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Contributed photo Pictured are students who achieved the A Honor Roll for the fourth six weeks. On the front L/R: April Schlotter, Shivani Surati, Marlen Resinos, Alexa Coble, Savannah Quick, Breanna Daley, Asha Brewington, Jasmine McIver, Mara Cobb, Ashley Oldham, Gabby Eaton. On the Second Row L/R: Destiny Reed, Michael Saunders, Tylor Thompson, Amelia Bellanger, Jacob Simmons, Bryce Dixon, Hannah Hoopaugh, Miranda Haltom, Angela Chen, Tyesha Spencer, Zarna Shah. On the third row L/R: Ryan Watkins, Ryan Ross, Cate Freeman, Peyton Tucker, Rachel Jarrell, Kelsey Mabe, Hailey Mason, Ryan Humphrey, Jada McKenzie, Montana Kelley, Yue Yang, Ibrahim Henson, Shelby Mossman, Peyton Butler, Hannah Battley, Kaitlyn Brwon, William Pressley, Bianca Casarrubias; and on the Fourth Row: L/R: Jose de Jesus Gomez, Jeremiah Stewart, Adam Bailey, Braxton Faircloth, Madelyn Chappell, Hunter Gibson, Alex Lopez, Ryan Morgan, Brooke Johnson, A.J. Massagee, Marcus Greene, DyAvion Brower, Stormy Flinchum, Daniel Greene, Damien Todd, McLean Lovin, Austin Patrick, Wells Griffin, Byron Williams, Justin Wilson, Savannah Stubbs. Not Pictured are Angelica Deaver, Alexis Grant, Raeli Garner, Ephfini Goins, Alexandra Mabe, Anthony Pierce, John Pittman, Tanisha Ratliff, Victoria Rich, Jacob Ruperd, Derek Wilderman
Richmond County Ninth Grade Academy announces the honor roll for the 4th Six Weeks
A/B Honor Roll Austen Adams, Sunayya Ali, Gabrielle Allred, Lauren Ashworth, Madison Baldwin, Nicholas Bass, Breanna Bostick, Brett Bowers, Regina Braswell, Tajahia Bruce, Taylor Buie, Gabrielle Burgess, Hayden Burns, Dylan Chavis, Eric Carrillo, Jordan Carroll, Phillip Clayton, Stephen Collins, Charles Covington, Stephanie Crawford, Aaron Crouch, Sarah Crump, Dante Davis, Blake Dawkins, Jacob DeWitt, Michael Diaz, Amber Dickens, TyKerra Do...
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School Board meeting change
The Richmond County Board of Education meeting will be on April 9 instead of April 2. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m., this is because April 2 will fall in the middle of spring break.
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Contributed photo Pictured, from left to right are Leroy Crowder, Frankie Leach, Anna P. Thomas, J.C. Watkins, Wiley Mabe, George Norris, Jerry Ethridge, Joe Richardson, Sylvia Long, Cleo Ferguson, Thomas D. Hager.
Leak Street Alumni buys school building
The Leak Street Alumni became the owners of the Leak Street High School real property on Monday. Three documents were signed to hand over the property to the Alumni: the deed, the sales agreement and a HUD-1 or closing statement. The former school was sold for a nominal fee of $10 and there was a $26 recording fee. “This is a historic occasion for us,” said J.C. Watkins, president of the Leak Street Cultural Center. “Public schools in t...
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Martin Brossman
Two seminars in one day will teach customer relations
Two seminars, sponsored by the Small Business Center, will be held in the Cole Auditorium at Richmond Community College in Hamlet on April 2. Both seminars, which will be taught by Martin Brossman, are free and will teach attendees how to reach new customers and how to keep them when problems arise. The first seminar will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and is titled “Conflict Resolution That Builds More Loyal Customers.” In this seminar, Bros...
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Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 26, 2013
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office recently made the following arrests: • Gabriel Warren Love, 22, of Ledbetter Road, Rockingham, and Ryneem Ne’Wan Evans, 17, of Brenner Lane, Rockingham, were arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering and larceny of firearms. According to the Sheriff’s Office, Love and Evans were arrested a short distance from a residence they broke into located on Reid Avenue in...
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Planning board to consider permits for produce stand, landscaping materials on Wiregrass Road
Dawn M. Kurry Richmond County Daily Journal The Richmond County Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustments will meet next week to consider two applications for conditional use permits. Both proposed projects would be located on Wiregrass Road, within a half-mile of U.S. 1. “Both of these are very similar,” said planning and zoning director of GIS James Armstrong. “I’m expecting there won’t be any issues.” The meeting will take place on ...
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Contributed photo The Chris Lane Band will take the stage at the pre-race concert at 6 p.m..
Three bands set to rock The Rock
Laura Edington Richmond County Daily Journal The pre-race concert on Saturday, April 13, at the Rockingham Speedway promises to be bigger this year. The city of Rockingham and Rockingham Speedway have brought in three bands to perform at the concert instead of one. This year’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at The Rock presented by Cheerwine will see performances from the Chris Lane Band, Ty Brown...
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Father Jean Pierre: new Pope Francis ‘for the people’
Dawn M. Kurry Richmond County Daily Journal Changes in the Vatican reach across the globe to all corners, including Richmond County. In Hamlet, at St. James Catholic Church on Highway 74, Father Jean Pierre, a missionary originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the changes are good. Pope Benedict XVI resigned on Feb. 28, unexpectedly, because of declining health due to old age. “My first reaction was a shock,” said...
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McDonald’s renovation includes shorter sign
Along Rockingham’s busy commercial corridor, Business U.S. 74, the golden arches will live on. At a meeting Tuesday night, the Rockingham Board of Adjustments and Appeals approved a variance for McDonald’s at 1304 E. Broad Ave. (also known as Business U.S. 74). Sign Clinic is McDonald’s sign contractor, and made the variance request on behalf of the restaurant regarding its non-conforming sign, said John R. Massey Jr., Planning Director f...
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Rep. Garland Pierce
McCrory budget a problem for some lawmakers
Laura Edington Richmond County Daily Journal On Wednesday, Governor Pat McCrory submitted his recommended budget for 2013-2015 and some lawmakers are apprehensive about the cuts proposed. The proposed $20.6 billion budget would eliminate funding for teacher assistants in second and third grade, reduce Local Education, LEA, funding by $26 million, cut over $100 million from the university system, increase college out-of-state tuition, cu...
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Laura Edington | Daily Journal Annie "Dorris" Chavis, general manager, has worked at Hardees for 40 years.
Hardee’s celebrates Chavis’ 40th year
Dawn M. Kurry Richmond County Daily Journal In her 40-year career with Hardee’s, Annie “Dorris” Chavis has met many people and traveled to many places. The company recently thanked her for her commitment to them and to the people of Hamlet. She started out as a regular Hardee’s crew worker in Charlotte at age 21. She moved around to several stores and made it to general manager before she found her way to the Hardee’s in Hamlet. “I re...
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Rockingham Middle headed to state
Laura Edington Richmond County Daily Journal The Rockingham Middle School Science Olympiad team will be traveling to the state competition on April 27 at North Carolina State University. The team consists of 36 students in sixth through eighth grade who maintain a B average and demonstrate an enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also called STEM. Students compete in more than 20 categories called Anatomy, B...
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Daily Journal earns awards from press association
Staff Report The North Carolina Press Association handed out awards Thursday to winners of the NCPA 2012 News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest, and the Richmond County Daily Journal took home two awards. The awards were given at the press association’s annual Winter Institute, held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center in Chapel Hill. The awards are given in a yearly competition among daily and weekly newspapers throughout the stat...
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Mineral Springs 3rd grade students making the A Honor Roll for the fourth six weeks grading period were, front row from left, Sheila Martinez, Uriel Chaparro-Vazquez, Shavonne Green, Dexter Mabe, and Yingkong Xiong. Second row from left, Makayla Webb, Jamie Kay Sears, and Tykia Robinson.
Mineral Springs recently named its Honor Roll for the fourth six weeks
A Honor Roll Third Grade: Dexter Mabe, Jamie Kay Sears, Yingkong Xiong, Tykiya Robinson, Uriel Chaparro-Vazquez, Sheila Martinez, Shavonne Green, Makayla Webb Fourth Grade: Diana Recinos-Gonzalez, Johan Chavez, Cale Luckey, Hailie Lyerly, Faith Brewington, Tyler King, Julianne Richardson Fifth Grade: Monasia Kearns, Michaela Turner, Frank Atilano-Valencia, Dymond McNeal, Makayla Parsons, Shannon Lassiter A/B Honor Roll Third Grade: ...
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Cordova Baptist Church welcomes Pastor A.B. Brown
The congregation of Cordova Baptist Church has welcomed their new pastor, A. B. Brown. Brown is a native of Richmond County and a graduate of Hamlet High School. His wife, Barbara is also a native of Richmond County. They have two married children, Greg and Susan, and five grandchildren. His educational background is varied in that he did his undergraduate work at Welch College (Free Will Baptist) in Nashville, Tenn., his post graduate at C...
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Richmond County ranked among unhealthiest counties
A new study has ranked Richmond County as one of the unhealthiest counties in North Carolina. The University of Wisconsin, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released the rankings based on 25 health factors. These factors measured adult obesity, adult smoking, drinking, motor vehicle crash death rate, high school graduation, unemployment, children in poverty, children in single-parent households, access to healthy foo...
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U.S. Senator Kay Hagan
Military tuition assistance passes U.S. Senate
On Wednesday the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan amendment to restore Tuition Assistance for military service members. In early March, the Marines, Army and Air Force abruptly suspended Tuition Assistance for the remainder of fiscal year 2013. Service members who are currently enrolled were eligible to complete their coursework, but no new students were permitted to receive assistance. The military branches reported the cuts were a result...
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Laura Edington | Daily Journal On Friday, March 22, the lodge will open it’s doors to sell homemade chicken and dumplings from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The plates, which will sell for $6, will include chicken and dumplings, cole slaw, green beans and homemade dessert. According to Mason Jim Barbee, proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards the Oxford Orphanage, also called The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, the WhiteStone in Greensboro and lodge maintenance. This fundraiser is one of three the lodge does every year. The plates can be eat in or take out and delivery is available for orders of five or more. For more information on the fundraiser, or to place an order, call 910-582-4039. Hamlet Masonic Lodge #532 is located at 307 Main St., Hamlet.
Masonic Lodge dumpling sale
Laura Edington | Daily Journal On Friday, March 22, the lodge will open its doors to sell homemade chicken and dumplings from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The plates, which will sell for $6, will include chicken and dumplings, cole slaw, green beans and homemade dessert. According to Mason Jim Barbee, proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards the Oxford Orphanage, also called The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, the WhiteStone in Greensboro and...
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Contributed photo The Richmond County Schools Education Foundation recently presented students at Hamlet Middle School with new laptops for a mobile computer lab. Pictured on the back row, left to right, are teacher Brenda Burr, Hamlet Middle School Assistant Principal Rob Ransom, District Superintendent George E. Norris, Foundation Vice President Scott Brewer and member Jason Stroll; on the front row is teacher Jordan Page, Foundation President Nicole Hayden, and members Jami Smart, Pam Easterling and Bobbie Sue Ormsby. The Foundation was established with the purpose of raising funds that have a direct impact on student learning in a positive and visible way to prepare students for 21st century life. The group is currently working to provide Richmond Senior High School with 30 new laptop computers to boost accessibility to new online testing. The Foundation will hold its 8th annual golf tournament fund raiser on Friday, June 21, 2013, at Longleaf Golf & Country Club, and is looking for sponsors and players to join the cause to support the students of Richmond County. For more information, contact Mallory Brown, Public Information Officer for Richmond County Schools, at 910-582-5860.
Hamlet Middle School gets new laptops
Contributed photo The Richmond County Schools Education Foundation recently presented students at Hamlet Middle School with new laptops for a mobile computer lab. Pictured on the back row, left to right, are teacher Brenda Burr, Hamlet Middle School Assistant Principal Rob Ransom, District Superintendent George E. Norris, Foundation Vice President Scott Brewer and member Jason Stroll; on the front row is teacher Jordan Page, Foundation Pres...
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