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Contributed photo Jennifer Wilson, R.N., has been named case manager/clinical coordinator for the FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital.
Wilson Named Case Manager/Clinical Coordinator for RMH Wound Center
Jennifer Wilson, R.N., has been named case manager/clinical coordinator for the FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham. The Wound Care Center offers specialized treatment that is designed to monitor, manage and treat chronic non-healing wounds. In her role, Wilson supervises the center’s clinical staff in addition to providing case management for the facility’s patients. Wilson r...
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Rockingham Middle students take college level exam
Ben Morrison, Skylar Ramsey, Yash Patel and Jonathan Tadlock, four seventh graders from Rockingham Middle School, participated in the Duke University Talent Identification Program. Duke TIP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. Through identification, recognition, challenging educational programs, information, advocacy and research. Duke TIP provides resources to gifted students, their pare...
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Toddler causes courthouse evacuation
The Richmond County Judicial Center in downtown Rockingham was evacuated Tuesday at 11:14 a.m. when the fire alarm was activated, according to Captain Steve Newton with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. “A small child on the second floor pulled the alarm,” said Netwon. “So we had to evacuate the building and then we checked the whole building.” As common proceedure, when a fire alarm is activated, fire trucks are dispatched to the loc...
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Contributed photo Recently hatched chicks in an incubator.
Springtime chicks hatch in classroom for 4-H
Richmond County 2nd graders at all seven elementary schools participated in the 4-H Embryology School Enrichment Program last week. Children have a natural sense of curiosity about living things in the world around them. Building on this curiosity, 2nd graders gained an understanding of biological concepts through direct experience with living things, their life cycles and their habitats. Evidence has shown that youth learn best through the...
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Contributed photo Riding trainer Ashley Lovegrove competes at Carolina Horse Park with her personal horse, Diplomat.
Affordable riding lessons new to the Sandhills
Have you ever wanted to give your child horseback riding lessons? Perhaps your daughter or son just got a horse and wants to learn how to jump. A new trainer in the area wants to give children 6 years old and older the chance to have affordable riding lessons. Ashley Lovegrove is new to the Sandhills, fresh from Virginia, and has opened a riding school in Southern Pines. Located on Den Road in horse country, Lovegrove has developed an IEA o...
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Contributed photo Golfers prepare for the start of the Kelly Cup Golf Championship.
Sandhills Children’s Center considered winner of tourney
One hundred and sixteen golfers participated recently in the 15th Annual Kelly Cup Golf Championship at Pinehurst No. 8, The Centennial Course, and when it was all over Sandhills Children’s Center was the real winner. In a tournament that lacks any hoopla or circumstance, players and sponsors came together, enjoyed fantastic weather while helping to raise nearly $21,000 to benefit children throughout the Sandhills Region. “This is just a si...
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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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