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He was a Vietnam legend, the priest. Ralph Oriscello first heard about him while treating injured soldiers at the 93rd Evacuation Hospital in South Vietnam in the fall of 1967. One after another, the soldiers told the story of how the priest, unarmed except for a crucifix and a prayer, ran into the middle of a mortar firestorm and dragged wounded men to safety. As the battle escalated and the casualties mounted, so did the priest's momentum. With mortar shells exploding all around him, he brought back one injured man after another, saving lives and comforting souls. "Many of the...

MONROE -- In a surprising turn of events, Monroe City Manager Doug Spell resigned Wednesday afternoon, but neither he nor the City Council offered any clue as to why. The council unanimously -- Mayor Judy Davis was excused from the meeting -- accepted the resignation and its terms effective today, but offered no official explanation as to what led to the impromptu talks about his job performance. The council met in closed session for nearly 30 minutes to resume talks about Spell's job status that began Tuesday night after its regularly scheduled meeting. Spell, 46, was not present prior to...

Good Afternoon. I would just like to remind people in North Carolina, especially in the Union County area, of the public kickoff of the Union County Young Republicans. It will be this Saturday, August 7, from 5:30-8pm at the VFW in Indian Trail. We have scheduled to have Jay Rao, Republican candidate for Secretary of State in NC, as a guest speaker. The meeting is open to the public. Our website address again is www.ucyr.com. If you have any questions, you can email us at mail@ucyr.com. Thank you for your time.

Good Afternoon, My name is Nick Polyzos and I am the Chairman of the newly founded Union County Young Republicans, based in Monroe, North Carolina. As you can tell, we have a long and tumultuous fight ahead of us this November, with the Democrats trying to regain the presidency, and will pull every tactic to get it. John Edwards is from North Carolina and we are doing our best to make sure that the Tarheel State does not go into the Blue column in November. We are a young fledgling group, that is willing to put its resources to work...

Mavro-Schuler Frank Christopher Mavro and John "Michael" Schuler were married Oct. 29, 2003, at Two Hearts Wedding Chapel in Niagara Falls, Canada. Mavro, above left, is the son of Rosemary and Paul Rogers of Seminole. Schuler is the son of Steve and Linda Schuler of Clearwater. Mavro is a graduate of Union Hill High School (N.J.). He attends St. Petersburg College. Schuler is a graduate of Osceola High School. He attends SPC and served in the Army. They live in Largo.

<p>Thousands of resident Canada geese that have been fouling Union County's public parks and golf courses with their unhealthy and unsightly droppings will be destroyed this week, officials said.</p> <p>The county is moving into this drastic stage of its geese management efforts only after years of "exhaustive" alternative methods of controlling the burgeoning population of the nonmigratory birds failed, said Charles Sigmund, the county's parks and recreation director.</p>