Info night for parents of disabled children

INDIAN TRAIL — Parents of disabled children can receive information about programs within Union County Public Schools during a parent education night on Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Sun Valley High School. For information, call 704-283-3557.

WU having fundraiser for Turning Point

WINGATE — Wingate University’s service learning organizations are partnering with Lee Park Baptist Church in Monroe to raise money for Turning Point, a Union County nonprofit organization that provides education and shelter for victims of domestic abuse. A blitz to raise A Mile of Quarters on campus runs through this week. Collections will be accepted at various student life events, as well as large collection jugs distributed throughout campus. An actual mile of quarters (4,250 of them) would raise $17,000. For more information, contact Shannon Waite at 704-233-8023.

Watts in Sweet Briar production

SWEET BRIAR, Va. — Brooke Watts, daughter of Danny and Michelle Watts of Waxhaw, is the chorus leader in the Sweet Briar College Theatre’s fall production, the ancient Greek tragedy “The Bacchae.” Watts is a sophomore theatre major at Sweet Briar. The show opens today in Babcock Fine Arts Center’s Murchison Lane Auditorium. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Five graduate from Western Carolina

CULLOWHEE — Five Union County students were among 417 who received degrees from Western Carolina University at the completion of the summer term.

They were:

• Daniel Eric Nickel, Mineral Springs, Bachelor of Arts in music

• Robert Scot Lease, Waxahw, B.S.-Business Administration in entrepreneurship

• Legan Mackenzie Collins, Weddington, Bachelor of Science in communication

• See Vang, Wingate, Bachelor of Science in mathematics

• William Bryson Wike, Wingate, Master of Business Administration.