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Elizabeth City State University has announced its academic lists for the Spring 2010-2011 Semester.
Nash County residents named to the Chancellor’s List include Shenella Haymon and Mahogany Joyner.
The Carolinas Credit Union Foundation (CCUF) awarded Olivia Moss of Spring Hope a Scholar Vision scholarship. Moss who is a member of LGFCU plans to attend North Carolina Wesleyan College.
The Scholar Vision Funds are a collection of funds and resources established to help credit union members in North and South Carolina achieve a higher level of education.
Nash County residents were among those receiving degrees from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke during the Spring 2011 semester.
GREENSBORO– Chancellor Linda P. Brady has announced the names of students who graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the Spring 2011 semester. At the May 6 commencement, 2,512 students received degrees, including 1,701 undergraduate and 811 graduate degrees.
Air Force Reserve Airman Melvin E. Taylor graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.
This week, because of the 4th of July holiday, we are writing this week’s news on the 1st of July, before the holiday. By the time you read this the holiday will have already passed so I say to you all, I hope you had a safe and happy 4th of July. Sometimes we complain about our independence not being as great as we wish it would be, but we have the greatest freedom and independence of any country.
George Howard “Pete” Briley, Sr., age 84, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011. Born October 19, 1926, he was the youngest son of the late Henry B. Briley and Flora B. Wallace Briley. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert Briley.
ROCKY MOUNT – Ella Westry, 91, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
ROCKY MOUNT – Brenda Faye Knight Thompson, 60, of Rocky Mount died on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.
ROCKY MOUNT – Marc E. Johnson, 40, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
Battleboro – Annie Hankerson, 92, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Nash General Hospital.
BATTLEBORO – Marquiz Te’vonn Thomas, 17, of Battleboro, died on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids.
ROCKY MOUNT – George Williams, Jr., 76, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, June 26, 2011.
James Walter Kehoe, 26, passed away, Monday, June 27, 2011. He was born November 28, 1984 in Wake County. He is the son of James and Donna Kehoe of Nashville.
Minnie Lee Proctor Drake, 94, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011. She was born August 12, 1916 in Wilson County. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Viola King Proctor. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence B. Drake; and her daughter, Evelyn Tyson.
RALEIGH – Gloria Jean Bitting, 59, of Raleigh, died on Monday, June 27, 2011, at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh.
Rocky Mount – Sheila Grinnage, 61, of Rocky Mount, died on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
SPRING HOPE - J. Harvey Burnette, 83, of Webbs Mill Rd., died Sunday, July 3, 2011. He was born in Nash County on November 13, 1927 to the late David and Nannie Vick Burnette.
NASHVILLE - Timothy Cory Lancaster passed away on Friday, June 30, 2011.
Since the Soapbox has covered some heavy topics the last couple of weeks, it seems our readers need something a bit lighter. What could be better than a little accumulated Dumb Crook News and other Stranger Than Fiction Items?
“Don’t ever give up” – one of the oldest cliches known to man, sure has proven true for one little local group. Oak Level Community Against Forced Annexation (OLCAFA) has fought long and hard, keeping the fuel to the fire fighting forced annexation both on the local and state level.
By: Letters to the Editor:
The North Carolina General Assembly’s passage of two laws, Session Law 2011-173 (Senate Bill 27) and Session Law 2011-177 (House Bill 56), dealing with the Oak Level community annexation poses a number of challenges for the Rocky Mount City Council. What do they now do with the Oak Level annexation? Do they invalidate the annexation, do they challenge the new laws in court or do they proceed with the annexation within the bounds of the new laws?
By: Letters to the Editor:
After all has been said and done we still have the people nearest the I-95 and route 97 land complaining about potentials. There is concern about water and contamination and land values with no attention being paid to people who are out of work and trying to find something to provide income. We have people driving 50 miles to other counties to work.
By: A PICTORIAL LOOK INTO THE PAST
NEW FIRE TRUCK – This photo orginally published in The Graphic on August 29, 1963. Three members of the Castalia Volunteer Fire Department inspect a new fire truck. Pictured are Roger Bartholomew, H.E. Drake and Wesley Manning. (Graphic photo by Smith.)
By: Alana Fisher, Harold D. Cooley Library Director
Summer is here and Harold D. Cooley will again participate in the State Library’s Summer Reading Program the month of July. This year’s theme is One World, Many Stories.
The fun started on Friday, July 1 with Wendy Ferguson-Whitehead sharing stories from Australia while children ages 8-12 make a boomerang from 5-6pm.
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