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Laura Edington | Daily Journal The men of Sandhill Boys BBQ Cooking Team smoked about 1,200 pounds of chicken and pork on Tuesday for the annual fundraiser to help the Rockingham Rescue Squad. The East Rockingham Fire Department let the Sandhill Boys use their facilities to cook the food. BBQ plates will be sold for $7 and there will be a choice between pork and chicken. The plates will include BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw, bread and a dessert. The proceeds will go towards maintaining the Rescue Squad’s building, equipment and also helping the squad go to emergency calls. The plates will be sold at the Rockingham Rescue Squad building on 1004 Rockingham Road on Friday, May 3, from 11 a.m. until the BBQ runs out.
BBQ fundraiser to benefit Rescue Squad
Laura Edington | Daily Journal The men of Sandhill Boys BBQ Cooking Team smoked about 1,200 pounds of chicken and pork on Tuesday for the annual fundraiser to help the Rockingham Rescue Squad. The East Rockingham Fire Department let the Sandhill Boys use their facilities to cook the food. BBQ plates will be sold for $7 and there will be a choice between pork and chicken. The plates will include BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw, bread and a desse...
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Contributed photo 4-Her Delani Reep, passes around her Fruit Salsa for the judges to taste during County Activity Day.
4-Hers show off skills during County Activity Day
Richmond County 4-Hers showed their presentation skills during County Activity Day recently. The event was held at the Cooperative Extension Office in Rockingham. 4-H members did project demonstrations on topics including Fruit and Vegetable Use, Livestock and Dairy Production, Horticulture Production, and Archery Safety. Finally, two members shared special talents — singing and dancing. Extension Agent Laura Grier said, “All the presenters...
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Seminars talk about keys for business success
Richmond Community College Small Business Center, in cooperation with NC REAL, is offering an educational opportunity for individuals interested in learning about starting a business. These are a set of 10 free seminars at Richmond Community College, at its Laurinburg campus. The first seminar starts May 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. The REAL Key series is a set of 10 seminars that walk you through the entire business planning process. Each semi...
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National Flight Academy scholarships available
The National Flight Academy located in Pensacola, Fla., is now accepting scholarship applications for its Ambition in-resident summer camp program for 7th-12th graders to attend one 5 ½ day summer session this year. The scholarship application is available online at www.nationalflightacademy.com/scholarship and is open to all youth that have not received an NFA scholarship in the past and will enter 7th-12th grade for school year 2013-2014....
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Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal Annie Buie, president of the Mineral Springs Improvement Council.
First ever Ellerbe Mayfest gears up
The Mineral Springs Improvement Council of Ellerbe is sponsoring a Mayfest on Saturday, May 4, from noon until 6 p.m. “The Mayfest is a fundraiser to assist with the construction of building a multipurpose community facility,” said Annie Jordan Buie, president of the council. “This facility will be used for numerous community activities such as continuing educational classes, summer youth programs, senior programs, male and female youth men...
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Contributed photo Pictured are students who achieved the A Honor Roll at West Rockingham Elementary School. On the back row from left to right: Avery Harrison, Aiden Talbert, Geena Driggers, Benjamin Ewing, Matthew Walker, and Nico Wells. Front row: Cameron Mabe, Angel Smith, Harley Waite, and Crimson Singletary.
West Rockingham Elementary names Honor Roll for the 4th six weeks
A Honor Roll Third Grade: Cameron Mabe, Angel Smith, Avery Harrison, Aiden Talbert, Matthew Walker II, and Nico Wells. Fourth Grade: Harley Waite, Benjamin Ewing and Crimson Singletary. Fifth Grade: Geena Driggers. AB Honor Roll Third: Briana Brewington, Wendy Brigman, Brandon Millsaps, Joshua Quick, Jayden Scholl, Autumn Shepherd, JaNiya Blue, Kayla Strickland, Nasir Crumpton, Benjamin DeAguillar, Saniah Durham, Tamia Malachi, Jour...
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Contributed photo Metal fabricator Mac Metz of Wet Glass Studio grinds metal during the steel fabrication stage of production. Wet Glass Studio is section of STARWorks. STARWorks is a former sock mill in Star, NC, that covers 187,000 square feet. At one time, it employed at least 800 people and was owned by a local family. But six years ago or so, the mill closed and moved everything to Mexico. The move had a huge impact on the town. About four years ago, the Yadkin/Pee Dee Project moved in. They renamed it Central Park NC and started using the huge sock mill as a place for entrepreneurs to create small businesses that would help sustain the local economy and give back to the community.
Star to shine with FireFest
FireFest is a three-day celebration of fire and its role in the creation of art. World-renowned artists in ceramics, glass and metal have been invited to participate, demonstrate, lecture and create sculptures to be installed at STARworks in Star, N.C. Some of those artists are local to central North Carolina. Some of the finest ceramic artists in the state are collaborating to create a fire sculpture that will be fired in place at STARwo...
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Community Health Assessment to be conducted
The Richmond County Health Department is preparing to conduct the 2013 Richmond County Community Health Assessment. A key component of the assessment is a community health opinion survey. From May 9 until May 11 the Public Health staff, along with student volunteers from Richmond Community College, and other Richmond County health professionals, will conduct door-to-door surveys throughout the county to get citizens’ thoughts on the most pr...
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Laura Edington | Daily Journal C C King, regional education specialist for the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission, and her son, perform a skit that involved a bear eating trash left behind by a fisherman.
Trash talk in East Rock
Laura Edington Richmond County Daily Journal The first Keep America Beautiful Contest ended at East Rockingham Elementary School on Friday, April 26, with numerous fourth graders taking home various cash prizes. The event was sponsored by East Rockingham and the Richmond County Keep America Beautiful Club and included a speech from Brenda Ewadinger, executive director for Keep NC Beautiful, and presentations from Jackie McAuley, adminis...
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National Day of Prayer goes strong for 20th year
The National Day of Prayer will be held May 2 on the Richmond County Courthouse steps in Rockingham, and will celebrate its 20th year. The National Day of Prayer Committee Chairperson Cathy Wilson said she and Sherrill Jackson began the Day of Prayer in Richmond County in 1993, and feel blessed to have been able to continue the event for so long. Last year the committee installed a billboard on Highway U.S. 1 that calls on people to be prou...
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