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Meetings are held at 7PM on the third Tuesday of each month at the Arts Council Building 120 North Main Street in Monroe, North Carolina.

CLUB NEWS:

****REMINDER****

Regular monthly meeting to be held Tuesday, March 16th at the Union County Arts Council Building in downtown Monroe.

Meetings are from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend.

This month please bring a selection of your work, or the work of your favorite author to share with the group.

We will also discuss participation in the Arts Walk scheduled for the weekend of April 16th in downtown Monroe.

The Anson County Writer's Club is having its' 2nd Annual Carolina Writers Conference on April 17, 2010

from 9-5. For more information please visit their webpage at ansoncountywritersclub.org.

From the Union County Library-

Monroe

Growing a Great Vegetable Garden

Everything tastes better when it’s home

grown! Jeff Rieves, Horticulture Specialist

with the Union County Agricultural

Center, will offer tips on planning

a garden, preparing the soil, seed selection

and planting, weed and pest control,

and anything else that will lead to

a bountiful crop.

FREE starter packets

of vegetable seeds will be given to the

first 25 people to arrive at this program.

3/9 at 6:30 PM

Ancestry On-line for Beginners

This two-hour class teaches you how to

use Ancestry.com to search the U.S.

Census! First

we'll look for

the same person

together. Then

you'll get help

looking for your

ancestors.

Requirements:

Comfortable using the computer's

mouse and registration. Call 704-283-

8184, ext. 224 to register.

3/13 from 1:30-3:30 PM

Joy Lost...and Found

Monroe resident Joy Brown will talk

about her autobiographical novel,

Joy

Lost…and Found

. The early death of

both parents, a shattered childhood, a

broken heart, an orphanage upbringing,

and the living death of alcoholism

shape the backdrop for this inspiring

story of triumph over tragedy. This

book is a testament to the divine spark

within every human being. Please join

us to hear Joy’s book talk. There will

also be a reception and book signing at

the end of the program. Call 704-283-

8184, ext. 241 for more information.

3/14 at 2 PM

The James Miller Camp of the Sons

of the Confederate Veterans presents

Greg Mast, Author of

State Troops

and Volunteers: A Photographic

Record of North Carolina's Civil War

Soldiers

Mast will feature "Tarheels in Color",

ambrotypes that have been colorized,

with a special emphasis on Union

County's boys in gray. There will be

mystery images of unidentified soldiers

—maybe you can help? And if you

have any photos of your Confederate

ancestors, Mast would love to

scan them for a future volume, so

plan to bring those. Need more

information about the program?

Please call Michael Chapman at

704-272-6290 or visit

www.JamesMillerSCV.org

or the

library at 704-283-8184, ext. 224.

Reminder that dues are well....due. Members are $20.00 per year. Members age 65 and over are $15.00 per year.

Please join us at YOUR club meeting.

UCWC has had a busy few months. Speakers at our recent meetings have included Joy Rorie, award winning poet, and Dr. Bill Fleming, who spoke to the club about oral presentation of prose and poetry. Grace Fleming gave a presentation about her fantasy novel The Travels of Fiere.
Linda Evans spoke to the club about writing winning query letters. Her new mystery novel, Talented Horsewoman, has just been published by Draumr Publishing.

If you haven’t paid dues this year, please do so by mailing your check for $20.00 to:

Union County Writers Club

P.O. Box 496

Monroe, NC 28111