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Teaching teen drivers how to be Alive at 25
Traffic crashes are the most frequent cause of death for teenagers. Although they represent only 13 percent of all licensed drivers, teenage drivers contribute to 28 percent of all traffic crashes and 24 percent of all fatal car accidents, according to the National Safety Council. To combat this problem, Richmond Community College is offering Alive at 25, a program developed by the Safety Council to promote safety among teen drivers. Aliv...
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EXIT Realty’s Jami Smart receives production award
EXIT Realty Platinum’s Jami Smart was recently awarded a Production Award by EXIT of the Carolinas. This award recognizes top agents throughout the Carolinas for high production levels. The awards ceremony was held in Charlotte on April 2, 2013. Awards and training were presented by Tami Bonnell, CEO of EXIT Realty International, and Michael Washburn, Regional Owner for EXIT of the Carolinas. “Jami has worked hard and this award is well-d...
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Tyler Dove
8th District students appointed to prestigious military academies
Two students who were nominated to United States Military Academies have received appointments, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson announced today. The students are from Richmond and Cabarrus Counties. Tyler Dove, a student at Richmond Senior High School, has received an appointment to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dove is the son of David and Cindy Dove and resides in Marston, NC. He is an honor student and a memb...
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Bob Moore
RCC to hold free seminar on raising credit score
The Small Business Center of Richmond Community College has invited professional speaker Bob Moore to present his seminar titled “How to Raise Your Credit Score to Over 740 Points; Receive That Business or Personal Loan” at the Cole Auditorium located at the Honeycutt Center, 600 McLean Street, Laurinburg, NC. An excellent credit score is now considered to be 740 points or higher. Should you have one credit card or four? Should you pay off ...
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Hamlet Police Captain Scott Waters takes the stand to raise sexual assault awareness at Cole Auditorium.
Community collaborates to fight sexual assault
Local residents and members of the Richmond County Sexual Awareness Response Team (S.A.R.T.) gathered outside of the Cole Auditorium on Richmond Community College’s campus recently in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (S.A.A.M.). Students, volunteers and local law enforcement officers attended the program to show support of the effort to protect the community from sexual assault. Everyone received a teal ribbon to represent the ...
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Rep. Ken Goodman
Omnibus gun bill set to be heard
An omnibus bill that would increase the penalties in certain crimes involving firearms, but would also relax some firearm restrictions, is set to be heard by the state’s House Judiciary Subcommittee A on Wednesday. House Bill 937, titled Amend Firearm Laws, was filed on April 11 and is sponsored by State Representatives Jacqueline Schaffer, of the 105th District; Justin Burr, of the 67th District; John Faircloth, of the 61st District and Ge...
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Contributed photos Sixth Grade A Honor Roll pictured are front row: Jayla Copeland, Triston Davis, Morgan Hooks, Anaya Jones, Kathryn Massagee, Chicaya McDaniel, Lilly Merghani. Back row: William Mossman, Hunter Smart, Kaiyah Sriratanakoul, Adam Tatum, Jordyn Wall, Greyson Way.
Hamlet Middle School recently released the honor roll for the fourth six weeks
Sixth Grade A Honor Roll Jayla Copeland, Triston Davis, Morgan Hooks, Anaya Jones, Kathryn Massagee, Chicaya McDaniel, Lilly Merghani, William Mossman, Hunter Smart, Kaiyah Sriratanakoul, Adam Tatum, Jordyn Wall, Greyson Way. Seventh Grade A Honor Roll Diamond Anderson, Anna Auman, Brock Bartlett, Anthony Bell, Owen Bowers, Madison Brigman, Destiny Buie, Kristin Chappell, Chase Coulthard, Miranda Cumber, Haylie Edmunds, David Greene, Al...
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Mike Collins
Time management seminar offered
The Richmond Community College Small Business Center will host “Getting It All Done: Time Management for Champions,” on April 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Honeycutt Center in Laurinburg. The seminar will show attendees how to find an extra hour a day, plan on purpose and plan with a purpose, deal with difficult people, set and track priorities (are you trying to do too much?), meet timelines and deadlines: how to do three things at once, w...
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Quitline helping smokers
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is providing extra help for N.C. tobacco users who want to quit for good. QuitlineNC, the state’s toll-free telephone and online support service to help tobacco users quit, is making nicotine replacement therapy such as patches, gum or lozenges, available at no cost while supplies last for North Carolina residents who enroll in quit coaching. Each enrollee will develop a personali...
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Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal Tony Martin at Martin Mini Storage in Rockingham now offers a new moving solution, called COWs or Containers On Wheels, practical for storage, moving or de-cluttering during renovations.
Richmond County finds storage solutions in ‘COWs’
Perhaps you’ve seen large containers with cows painted on them either parked beside someone’s house or on the lot of Tony Martin at Martin Mini Storage and Rentals in Rockingham on Fayetteville Road. COWs - Container on Wheels, a growing mobile storage company, opened its second location in North Carolina at the beginning of this year. COWs will be partnering with Martin Mini Storage and Rentals in Rockingham to bring mobile storage contain...
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