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Ford appointed to replace retiring principal Little

Gary Ford, current principal at Holbrook MS has been appointed by the Gaston County School board to replace retiring principal Sheri Little at South Point HS.

Ms. Little has been the principal at South Point for the past 15 years and won the Gaston County principal of the year during this tenure.

Ms. Little has been a tireless leader within an active high school program. She regularly participated in all sport activities, meets with parent groups and student groups, and has given great leadership to the staff and faculty at the high school. Her last day on the job will be June 30, but until then, she has plenty of work to complete.

The 2008 class at South Point is the largest to ever proceed to graduation with over 300 slated to receive their diplomas on Saturday, June 7.

May 15th, 2008 Leave a comment Belmont, Belmont Front Porch, Community, School, Small Town, South Point, South Point HS belmontfrontporch

Community Blood Center to open Belmont Office

Monday, May 5 Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. for the Community Blood Center of the Carolinas new Gaston County Donor Center in Belmont.

The location is 1212 Spruce Street in the CaroMont Health Building. This is the CBCC’s first satellite office.

It will collect whole blood and platelets.

CBCC is a nonprofit organization which provides more than 90 percent of the blood used at 14 area hospitals including Gaston Memorial, Piedmont Medical Center and all of the Carolinas HealthCareand Presbyterian hospitals in the Charlotte metro area.

For more details, call 704-972-4700 or visit www.cbcc.us.