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Ask SAM: Are there any shredding events coming up?

Ask SAM: Are there any shredding events coming up?

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, 3543 Robinhood Road, Winston Salem, will have a shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon April 23. They will accept monetary donations to benefit food programs serving children in Forsyth County and other missions of the United Methodist Women. Make checks payable to Mt. Tabor UMC-Circle 5. For more information, call the church 336-765-5561 or go to www.mttaborumc.org.

New Philadelphia Moravian Church, 4440 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, will have a document shred from 9 a.m. to noon April 23. The cost is $5 per box. Enter from Kilpatrick Street. They will unload. You do not have to get out of your vehicle. The shredding is sponsored by the Advent Class. Proceeds will benefit outreach ministries of the Moravian Church. For more information, call 336-972-0494 or visit www.newphilly.org.

Fries Memorial Moravian Church, 251 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston Salem, will have a community shred day from 9 a.m. to noon April 30. Shamrock Shredding will be shredding documents on-site in the church parking lot. Donations of $5 per file box or bag are requested. Paper only, no plastic or non-paper trash will be accepted. Proceeds will benefit local youth and family ministries.

Hopewell Moravian Church will have two shredding events at the Griffith Volunteer Fire Department, 5190 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem. The first will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30. The second will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25. A $5 per bag or box donation is suggested.

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Union’s Sam Empey is a top-three qualifier in two finals events at 4A state swim meet

Gaither Pool at Kelso High School

4A STATE MEET

At Federal Way

Local results

(Top 8 to finals; 9-16 to consolations)

200 medley relay — 7, Union (Sam Empey, Alexander Wahlman, Steven Empey, Owen Robertson) 1:37.83; 13, Camas (Nathan Kim, Tyler Torve, James Crawford, Sahn Kim) 1:41.12.

200 freestyle — 6, Owen Robertson (Union) 1:47.51.

200 individual medley — 8, Nathan Kim (Camas) 1:55.60.

50 freestyle — 3, Sam Empey (Union) 20.93; 9, Carsten Hicks (Battle Ground) 22.03. Also: 18, Sahn Kim (Camas) 22.81; 19, Steven Empey (Union) 22.93.

100 butterfly — 2, Sam Empey (Union) 50.43; 8, Carsten Hicks (Battle Ground) 52.92. Also: 17, James Crawford (Camas) 55.51.

100 freestyle — 9, Alexander Wahlman (Union) 48.65.

500 freestyle — 6, Owen Robertson (Union) 4:54.31; 12, James Crawford (Camas) 5:01.96.

200 free relay — 5, Union (Alexander Wahlman, Duc Bui, Steven Empey, Sam Empey) 1:29.02; 14, Camas (Isaac Yim, Andrew Wade, Andrew Wessel, Tyler Torve) 1:32.93.

100 backstroke — 7, Nathan Kim (Camas) 53.33.

100 breaststroke — 14, Tyler Torve (Camas) 1:01.34. Also: 19, Sahn Kim (Camas) 1:02.55.

400 free relay — 8, Union (Owen Robertson, Duc Bui, Alexander Wahlman, Steven Empey) 3:20.48; 12, Camas (James Crawford, Isaac Yim, Sahn Kim, Nathan Kim) 3:23.14.