January 2018
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Spring sports signups starting
Anson County Parks and Recreation will hold registration for spring sports from Feb. 1 to March 2. The sports include: Tee Ball — ages 4-6, Coach Pitch — ages 7-8 Minor Baseball — ages 9-10 Major Baseball — ages 11-12 Girls Softball — ages 4-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-15 Micro…
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Morven student chosen for youth tour
WADESBORO — Pee Dee Electric announces that Shymari Robinson, of Morven, has been selected as the 2018 Rural Electric Youth Tourist. Sponsored by the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association and Pee Dee Electric, the Washington Youth Tour is a leadership experience that fuses the history of electric cooperatives and the…
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Wingate health and wellness fair a success
“When you have a platform to educate all types of people, you should take advantage of that opportunity.” Wingate University School of Pharmacy student Trana Rashid summed up the primary purpose of the University’s Health and Wellness Fair, held Saturday at the Union County Agriculture Center in Monroe and sponsored…
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Domestic violence survivor details abusive relationship
Zondia Gaddy spent 24 years in a domestic violence relationship, and is ready to finally share her story in hopes of helping others. Gaddy, now a Wadesboro resident, said that at first, her relationship was lovely. She first met Samuel Hudson at Anson County Hospital, and Gaddy’s sister gave him…
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‘You deserve it’
Vancine Sturdivant was surprised with the state’s highest civilian honor Jan. 20 during the annual Toys for Tots Banquet. Sturdivant — who serves as an Anson County commissioner, director of Anson County Toys for Tots and is founder of Gumby’s Faith Based Center of Hope — is now on a…
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Family ties to the wreck of the Sea Venture
In 1607, the London Company established a settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Then in 1608, supplies and more settlers arrived there to bring the population to around 200 brave souls. At this point, there had already been many deaths, possibly due to lack of experience as to how to survive in…
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Naming my Model A
On the way home from Uncle Lon’s, I thought about the black Model A Ford we left parked under his barn. Because Daddy didn’t have the money to pay for her, he had to wait for some good fortune to bring us the $60 we needed. Actually, it was not…
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Gov. Cooper should lead from his mind, not from his chin
Roy Cooper is an experienced and capable politician. So far, his approval ratings are fine. But he’s hardly made of iron, or even Teflon. Inviting easy attacks on him is foolish. And in recent weeks, foolish is precisely the right description of the strategy the governor’s political team and partisan…
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Lessons learned about leadership
We need good leaders more than ever. In our local schools and businesses and churches. We need them in responsible government positions in our state and at the highest national level. So, what is good leadership? How do you find it? How do you develop it? And how do you…
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TAR HEEL VIEW: Independent commission needed for redisticting
It is well beyond time to take redistricting out of the hands of state legislators. The state legislative and congressional district boundaries first drawn in 2011 by Republican lawmakers and redrawn in 2016 after a successful court challenge remain under litigation today. And it is not beyond the realm of…
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LETTER: Thanks for making MLK celebration a success
To the editor: The MLK Jr. Committee would like to express appreciation to all who had a part in making this year’s celebration successful. This year’s event was held at Empowering Word Ministries, where Apostle Reginald White is the pastor. The committee would like to offer thanks in particular to…
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Bye, bye, FBI: The case for disbandment
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is always under fire for something. As of late January, that something is destruction of evidence. Text messages between agents involved in the Bureau’s investigations of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, from a key time frame during the presidential transition, are missing. Congress, the Bureau,…
