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Dobbins Heights town hall has new hours of operation
The Dobbins Heights town hall will be closing for an hour everyday beginning immediately. The change of hours began Monday. The hours will be Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until noon. From noon until 1 p.m. the building will be closed and will reopen from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Mary Magee, the Dobbins Heights town clerk, said they are adding a lunch hour because Antonio Blue, mayor for Dobbins Heights, wants the staff to take a lunch break at...
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Judson Theatre Company presents ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ March 21-24
Morgan Sills, executive producer for Judson Theatre Company, has announced that the organization will open its second season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic play “Driving Miss Daisy” from Thursday, March 21 through Sunday, March 24 at Owens Auditorium, Sandhills Community College, located at 3395 Airport Road in Pinehurst. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinee performances Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, Ma...
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Attention being brought to colon cancer
Because March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, many doctors are drawing attention to the importance of colon cancer screenings and understanding the disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control, colorectal cancer, which is cancer of the colon or rectum, is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. “Colon cancer is a disease with high morbidity and mortality in the United States, but it can be prevented t...
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Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal Kenneth Robinette shows off his antique 1907 Thermoil engine, seen here in a calendar.
Got To Be N.C. Festival seeks antique tractors and vendors
Space is still available for antique tractor and farm equipment hobbyists to display their machines at the Got to Be N.C. Festival at the State Fairgrounds May 17-19. “The display of more than 1,000 tractors and other antique farm machinery is a highlight of the festival, and we’ve got room for more,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. Tractors in working order can also participate in the daily tractor parade through the fairgro...
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Carolina Farm Credit supports N.C. AgrAbility to help local farmer
Carolina Farm Credit recently made a donation to the North Carolina AgrAbility Partnership (N.C. AgrAbility) to assist an Iredell County farmer. N.C. AgrAbility serves people engaged in production agriculture statewide who are limited by a wide range of physical, mental, age-related disabilities and health-related issues. The donation by Carolina Farm Credit was used to assist Adrian Crosby of Crosby Farms & Greenhouses in Iredell County....
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Joel Gabriel Ward
Man arrested on drug charges
A Winston-Salem man was arrested recently by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office on a series of drug-related charges. Joel Gabriel Ward, 25, of Harwood Street, Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested and charged with felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substance, possession with intent to sell and deliver a schedule 1 substance, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of drug paraphernali...
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Scotland Health Care System celebrates Certified Nurses Day
LAURINBURG, N.C. — March 19th is Certified Nurses Day and Scotland Health Care System is celebrating. “On this day we honor our registered nurses who have earned specialty certification with events planned just for them,” said Camille Utter, Interim Vice President of Patient Care. “We celebrate those nurses who took the extra step to become certified in their health specialty.” On Tuesday, 48 nurses will receive recognition because of the...
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Ellerbe residents of Marvin McCaskill Road to have water turned off for one day
NCDOT contractors will be turning off the water on a portion of Marvin McCaskill Road in Ellerbe to tie in a new relocated water line, prior to a new bridge replacement. Water will be switched off Tuesday, March 19, no earlier than 8 a.m. The Richmond County Water Department will also be present in the area to tie in the new relocated water line. This will necessitate cutting the water off for more of the day. It is suggested that a batht...
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Seminar on revitalizing your business comes to RCC
If your small business is going stale or you need to re-energize your customer base, then the “Revitalize Your Business” seminar may give you the solutions to your problems. The Small Business Center of Richmond Community College will hold the seminar March 19 from 9 a.m. until noon in the Cole Auditorium, on the Hamlet campus. This seminar will teach business strategies on finding new profit centers, re-energizing the customer base and i...
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Local churches hope to bring unity for Holy Week
The week of Sunday, March 24, through Sunday, March 31, eight local churches will join forces in observance of Holy Week. Holy Week has been a tradition observed in many denominations of Christianity for centuries. It is in recognition of the savior, Jesus Christ, who died in payment for the sins of mankind, then rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. Publicity Chairperson for Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Jackie Stroman, said the l...
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Contributed photo On Tuesday, Leadership Richmond toured the Hamlet Depot, Tornado Building and Visitors Center. First row: Cynthia Bradley, American Red Cross; Kelli Gillis, Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties; Deborah Griffin, Mega Force; Cheyenne Revels, Rockingham Police Department; Don Belcher, Sandhills Regional Medical Center; Ashley Huneycutt, FirstHealth Fitness Center; Julie Bryant, Richmond Co. Partnership for Children; Carmen Villaronga, BB&T; Anne Hildreth, FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital; Suzette Lillard, Bayada Home Health. Second row: Justin Pruitt, Hamlet Fire and Rescue; David Gallops, Rockingham Police Department; Chance Steen, Hamlet Fire and Rescue; Jake Lewis, Maness Tire; and Amery Griffin, Hamlet Police Department. Not pictured: Laura Grier, Richmond Co. Cooperative Extension; Dustin Johnson, Rockingham Police Department; Crystal Shepard, CommunityOne Bank; Harry Andrews, FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital and Amber Covington. If you would like more information on Leadership Richmond contact the Richmond County Chamber of Commerce at 895-9058.
Leadership Richmond tours Hamlet
Contributed photo On Tuesday, Leadership Richmond toured the Hamlet Depot, Tornado Building and Visitors Center. First row: Cynthia Bradley, American Red Cross; Kelli Gillis, Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties; Deborah Griffin, Mega Force; Cheyenne Revels, Rockingham Police Department; Don Belcher, Sandhills Regional Medical Center; Ashley Huneycutt, FirstHealth Fitness Center; Julie Bryant, Richmond Co. Partnership for Children; Carmen V...
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Contributed photo The Order of the Long Leaf Pine was awarded to three Richmond County citizens on Feb. 22. Issued by Gov. Pat McCrory, the awards were in recognition of past community service, in addition to being strongly involved with the Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham project. It is the highest community service award made by the governor. Receiving the awards were, front row from left, J. Neal Cadieu, Dr. John S. Stevenson and Russell E. Bennett. Making the presentations of behalf of the governor were, second row from left, State Rep. Ken Goodman and State Senator Gene McLaurin. These citizens join the ranks of others like Maya Angelou, Andy Griffith, Billy Graham and Oprah Winfrey.
Richmond County citizens receive Order of Longleaf Pine
Contributed photo The Order of the Long Leaf Pine was awarded to three Richmond County citizens on Feb. 22. Issued by Gov. Pat McCrory, the awards were in recognition of past community service, in addition to being strongly involved with the Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham project. It is the highest community service award made by the governor. Receiving the awards were, front row from left, J. Neal Cadieu, Dr. John S. Stevenson and Russell...
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Contributed photo Eighth graders at Ellerbe Middle School celebrated Happy Pi Day with a fun activity. Students gathered into the cafeteria Thursday afternoon to participate in a mathematical exercise. The task was to figure out the surface area of a pie using the Pi equation. After completing the exercise, some students participated in a contest of “who can recite the most digits of pi.” All the students ended the afternoon activity by enjoying a wonderful piece of pie. Two eighth graders are pictured here working on an exercise.
A Pi celebration
Contributed photo Eighth graders at Ellerbe Middle School celebrated Happy Pi Day with a fun activity. Students gathered into the cafeteria Thursday afternoon to participate in a mathematical exercise. The task was to figure out the surface area of a pie using the Pi equation. After completing the exercise, some students participated in a contest of “who can recite the most digits of pi.” All the students ended the afternoon activity by enj...
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Contributed photo John Formica will teach people management while still managing your business at a seminar at RCC.
Seminar to teach people management coming to RCC
Do you struggle in your business with trying to find the time to keep track of your people, coach individuals and hold people accountable? If so, then the seminar coming to the Cole Auditorium on March 20 maybe be worth checking out. Titled, “Who Has Time To Manage People. I’m Trying to Run A Business,” this seminar, which will be held from 9 a.m. until noon, is designed to show leaders, staff and professionals the secrets of managing peopl...
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Hamlet Police Department arrests and complaints for March 16, 2013
The Hamlet Police Department recently made the following arrests: • Lemarble Borden, 30, of 841 Circlewood Drive, Hamlet, was arrested for failure to appear - driving while license revoked. He was placed under a $5,000 secured bond. • Keenan Vonderick Johnson, 18, of 105 S. Stewart St., Rockingham, was arrested for failure to appear - injury to personal property. He was placed under a $600 secured bond. • Ronald Lee Hill, 50, 245 McGirt...
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Contributed photo A table at the health fair offers a variety of health education free to members of the community.
Jesus Is Justice Ministry holds health fair
Since last year, a ministry has been growing in East Rockingham and has since expanded into various forms of outreach. The red building at 469 Mill Road that used to be a tattoo and piercing parlor is now Jesus is Justice Mission Church. Pastor of the church Cynthia Bryant and her husband Bishop Harlan Bryant come from New York City, where they founded the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. Organization in 1990, which stands for Justice, Unity, Strength To Imp...
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Conditional use considered for apartment complex
A planned but unbuilt apartment complex and a new sign for the McDonald’s restaurant will be the two agenda items before the Rockingham Board of Adjustments and Appeals when it meets next week. The board will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, at Rockingham City Hall, located at 514 Rockingham Road. Up first is a request from Sign Clinic for a variance to alter a non-conforming sign at 1304 E. Broad Ave., at the McDonald’s currently bei...
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Contributed photo The Wild Game Cookery Contest will once again allow visitors to taste strange dishes while chefs share their unusual dishes.
Annual Wild Food Cookery returns to Ellerbe
Have you been wanting to share your father’s recipe for snake? Or maybe you’d like to serve up some armadillo stew? The annual Wild Foods Cookery Contest is your chance to share your wild game dishes and deserts. The Sandhills Rod and Gun Club, Martha Faye Crafters Club (formerly Extension Homemakers), and Richmond County Cooperative Extension are sponsoring the thirteenth annual Wild Foods Cookery Contest, to be held March 19 at the First ...
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Contributed photo The animal shelter will still be located at 529 U.S. 74 Business in Rockingham.
Animal shelter will see another change
A week after the decision was made to put the Richmond County Animal Shelter into a new department under the Richmond County Health Department, the decision was changed to have the shelter fall under the County Manager. For years the shelter has been run by the Humane Society. At the County Board meeting on March 4, the county commissioners voted to establish the shelter as a new department under the jurisdiction of the Health Department....
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