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Contributed photo A revolutionary sports product is being distributed out of Rockingham to the global market. The GelDefender is designed and proven to reduce impact when worn under a helmet during contact sports, say its creators.
New headgear to reduce head injuries
A Rockingham man, along with a Rockingham business partnership, is revolutionizing the way athletes around the world take impact. GelDefender is a soft-gel head safety pad engineered to reduce the effects of g-force impacts that are sustained in contact sports and recreational activities for which helmet use is recommended or required. Its design incorporates advanced, lightweight technology that multiple rounds of laboratory tests indicate...
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Laura Edington | Daily Journal Marshall Davis, second grade teacher at Mineral Springs Elementary School, showed how he is a model for science.
Teachers display model performances for School Board
There was no runway, but the Richmond County Board of Education saw a show of models on Tuesday evening from Mineral Springs Elementary School. The presentation was named Ellerbe’s Next Top Model and was presented by Mineral Springs Administrator Wendy Jordan. Jordan said the program was designed for job embedded professional development, and the school asked teachers to think about what they do that represents good educational practices....
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Legal Aid Intake Day approaches
Legal Aid of North Carolina will be holding a local Legal Aid Intake Day next week. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, the Dobbins Heights Town Hall, 172 Earle Franklin Rd., Hamlet, will be holding Legal Aid Intake Day. Cases accepted are housing evictions, foreclosures, landlord issues, consumer issues, domestic violence, unemployment, Medicaid disability denials and other public benefits denials, testamentary wills, power of at...
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Contributed photo Each year, Richmond Community College Foundation hosts a reception where scholarship recipients have the opportunity to meet donors to thank them for their generosity in helping defray the cost of tuition and textbooks. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Ed Chisholm presented the Dorothy King Chisholm Memorial Nursing Scholarship to Shannon M. O’Neal. Pictured, left to right, are RCC President Dale McInnis, O’Neal, Chisholm and RCC Foundation Vice President Patrick Chappell.
RCC Foundation hosted scholarship reception
Contributed photo Each year, Richmond Community College Foundation hosts a reception where scholarship recipients have the opportunity to meet donors to thank them for their generosity in helping defray the cost of tuition and textbooks. On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Ed Chisholm presented the Dorothy King Chisholm Memorial Nursing Scholarship to Shannon M. O’Neal. Pictured, left to right, are RCC President Dale McInnis, O’Neal, Chisholm and RCC Foun...
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Contributed photo Team EZ Ryderz from Ellerbe Middle School, coached by Benny Leviner, eighth grade Exceptional Children teacher, show off their invention.
Richmond County Schools win several events at BioMoto Capstone Competition
The annual BioMoto Capstone Competition came to Rockingham Dragway on Saturday and all four middle schools in Richmond County participated. Three of the four schools placed in several events. The Capstone Competition is the culmination of the BioMoto STEM Challenge which is a year-long program. The Challenge is a collaborative educational initiative that is underwritten by a $300,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation and guided by the N...
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Fundraiser to help retired Army Sergeant
The Cascades Tissue Group in Rockingham will hold a benefit luncheon to help a local man with expenses incurred because of a lung transplant. John Taylor, born in Lumberton, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2004 and was put on the donor recipient list at Chapel Hill Hospital at the University of North Carolina. He finally received a lung transplant on March 3. He is a retired U.S. First Sergeant with the Army and has been marrie...
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Annual Arts Alive event to kick off March 7-8
Prepare to be impressed as hundreds of students, along with art and music teachers, gear up for an annual tradition. The Richmond County Schools Arts Alive! Celebration will be held Thursday and Friday, March 7-8 at the Cole Auditorium, 1042 W. Hamlet Ave., Hamlet. Since the program’s beginning in 2001, student artists and performers have showcased their talents in music and art for Richmond County parents, community members and educators. ...
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Contributed photo The Princess Ball girls collected shoes for a mission in Guyana. Pictured, from left to right, starting with the first row are Calleigh Hubbard, Hailey Smith, Calli Byrd, Emma Altman, Sydney Smith, Megan Rainwater, Paige Goodman, Marissa Tomlinson, Annalise Norton and Danika Smith. In the back, from left to right, are Gretchen Bradley, Annaston Martin, Emma Perry, Abigail Tatum, Kassie Smith, Josie Standridge, Olivia Thompson, Shyann Byrd, Victoria Tomlinson and Kayla Lynch.
Princesses give shoes to the poor
If you only made $800 a year, the gift of a new pair of shoes may seem like a blessing. Twenty-two girls at the Second Baptist Church of Hamlet in Girls in Action, along with their adult leaders Millie Vickers, Crystal Smith and Alyssa Bailey, held an event that allowed them to take up a collection of new shoes. The annual Princess Ball was held on Feb. 9 and each girl wore socks to the event and brought a new pair of shoes to donate to a...
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Contributed photo While maintaining the wooden duck boxes, a screech owl was disturbed from its resting spot.
Ducks Unlimited to hold Dinner and Fundraiser March 7
Richmond County Ducks Unlimited will be holding its annual Dinner and Fundraiser at 5:30 p.m. March 7, at the Moose Lodge of Rockingham. Among many causes to celebrate, the organization earlier this year cleaned and maintained around 67 wood duck boxes in the county. Proving to be regular visitors, screech owls were once again found in some of the boxes. The cleaning and maintenance continued to be a great success with the duck box program ...
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County Board takes over animal shelter
Every seat in the Commissioners’ Chambers was taken Monday night as the Richmond County Board of Commissioners voted to establish the animal shelter as a new county department under the jurisdiction of the Richmond County Health Department, while allowing the Humane Society to continue assisting with adoptions, rescues and fund raising. County Manager Rick Sago lead the presentation. “The Health Department and I have been meeting with the...
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