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Jenny Dennings Edwards holds tightly to her 6-year-old, Mirabella, as they pray for the military during Thursday's National Day of Prayer Thursday at the courthouse. (Sherry Matthews/Sampson Independent)
Locals lift prayers of thanks, hope during national observance
As the nation marked its 62nd annual National Day of Prayer yesterday, many Sampson County locals joined in the observance, gathering at the courthouse to bring prayers of both thanksgiving and concern before God. Apostle Marcus Becton of Way of the Cross Church in Turkey presided, welcoming everyone and beginning the event by reading 2 Chronicles 7:14. Becton then introduced some very special guests — 45 elementary students from Mintz Ch...
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Crimewatch
Arrests/Citations 4/30 - Veliado Dreen Hayes, 59, 185 Horace Henry Lane, Ivanhone, simple assault. Bond $500; court date May 9. 5/1 -William Field Burch 27, 165 Ernest Taylor Lane, Faison, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny — warrants from Wayne County. Bond $1,000; court date May 28. 5/1 - Amanda Suzanne Perry, 22, 514 Stewart Ave., Clinton, failure to appear on charges of possession of methamphetamine, simple p...
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During the county's Board of Education meeting Monday night, Roseboro-Salemburg Middle School teachers Pandora Matthews and Rhonda Wooten let two of their students, seventh graders Skylar Stephens and Sarah Wallace Strickland, demonstrate how the Perennial Math online competitions work. (Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent)
R-S students take math up a notch
The Sampson County Board of Education got a math lesson during its board meeting earlier this week. At the request of superintendent Dr. Ethan Lenker, Roseboro-Salemburg Middle School AIG teacher Rhonda Wooten, sixth-grade math teacher Pandora Matthews, and seventh-graders Sarah Wallace Strickland and Skylar Stephens gave a presentation to the board on Perennial Math, an online math competition the school participated in this year for the f...
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Meth waste found in Autryville
Sheriff’s investigators are hoping the public can help them locate those responsible for discarding hazardous materials used in the manufacture of methamphetamine in the Autryville area recently. The components were discovered while Criminal Investigation Division detectives were following up a case on Gray Street in Autryville. There, Sheriff’s Cpl. Marcus Smith said, a detective spotted a suspicious gym bag near a residence. That bag, S...
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Union High principal Edward Holmes, center, poses with CSM (Retired) Al Mckoy, left, and c/LTC Rogelio Bonilla accept the award for the school's JROTC. (Courtesy photo)
Union’s JROTC places 2nd in Azalea parade
The accolades continue to mount for the Union High School JROTC Program this school year. On April 13, the UHS JROTC’s 85th Army Cadet Battalion marched in the annual Azalea Festival Parade in Wilmingon, as the unit has done for the past 1u8 years. Marching in parades is a required part of the Army JROTC’s core curriculum, so that was all that UHS had intended to accomplish. In the past, only the local Wilmington JROTC programs were allow...
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Community Home Care and Hospice is located at 216 Beaman Street in Clinton. (Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent)
Community Home Care says thanks to its volunteers
As numerous charities, organizations, and volunteers across the United States celebrated National Volunteer Week last week, Sampson County’s Community Home Care and Hospice joined in, recognizing their own dedicated and caring group of volunteers. Sharon Keith, volunteer coordinator for Community Home Care and Hospice, shared that, while the volunteers expect nothing in return for their time and compassion, she made sure that each one of th...
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Custodians Freddie Robinson, Mary Parker, and Sherry Fann from Lakewood High School and custodians Charles Fussell, Gwen Morrison, and Debbie Hobbs from Hobbton Elementary School tied for the honor of Cleanest School/Top Custodial Team of the Semester and were recognized Monday night at the county Board of Education meeting. (Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent)
County custodians tie for cleanest schools
Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent Custodians Freddie Robinson, Mary Parker and Sherry Fann from Lakewood High School and custodians Charles Fussell, Gwen Morrison and Debbie Hobbs from Hobbton Elementary School tied for the honor of Cleanest School/Top Custodial Team of the Semester and were recognized Monday night at the county Board of Education meeting.
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The Sampson County Farmers Market opened Wednesday to a large crowd. It will be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October. (Chris Berendt/Sampson Independent)
Market opens with lots of fanfare, vendors
The Sampson County Farmers Market opened its season Wednesday to the largest turnout of vendors and patrons it has ever seen. Everything from produce to crafts and hand-stitched dresses to homemade soap was sold in what many labeled the “rebirth” of the market. From buyers to sellers, and everyone in between, all shared hope for the future of the farmers market, which enjoyed a positive beginning to a new chapter. Many also expressed cautio...
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Crimewatch
Arrests/Citations 4/29 - Christopher David Henry, 36, 2921 Fleet Cooper Road, Roseboro, habitual driving while impaired. Bond $5,000; court May 10. 4/30 - Veliado Dreen Hayes, 59, 185 Horace Henry Lane, Ivanhoe, simple assault. Bond $500; court date May 9. Incidents 4/25 — Twilla Jackson of Feed Mill Road, Roseboro, reported that someone stole a rear engine riding lawn mower valued at $600 from her property. 4/29 - Century Link e...
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Improving security at the County Complex, and the extent and manner in which local officials plan to do it, will be up for discussion during 2013-14 budget planning. (Chris Berendt/Sampson Independent)
Tightening campus security one of many topics up for county consideration
The Sampson County Complex has been the source of security concerns in recent years and, with the budget being mulled at the managerial level, it is one of the many topics being considered for inclusion in the final draft. Many department heads and employees have raised security concerns, detailing various needs across departments, ranging from metal detectors, guards, better lighting in parking areas, secure doors and swipe cards to securi...
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Rwanda is the region of Africa where Spell will be traveling for her mission trip. (Courtesy image/worldatlas.com)
Local fundraiser opens door for Africa mission trip; second planned
When 22-year-old Shanna Spell first traveled to Rwanda, Africa last September on a mission trip, she met two children who touched her heart and changed her life forever. Now, because of them and because of a growing desire to help other children in need, Spell is doing all she can to return to Africa once again. “These two kids I met really got my attention. I learned they were brother and sister and had never been to school,” shared Spell ...
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Midway seniors Brett Butler, Heith Smith, and Sessali Hunter examine the flowers growing in one of the school's two greenhouses. These three students are part of the horticulture class responsible for raising the plants in the greenhouses which the students then sell to fund future greenhouse projects as well as other school activities. (Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent)
Midway greenhouses cultivate seeds for student knowledge while raising funds for school
Midway High Schools’ horticulture students’ green thumbs are producing a lot of green for both the school and the community, everything from the vibrant green plants that fill the school’s two greenhouses to the faded green bills people exchange for the students’ homegrown produce. “The horticulture class raises the plants from start to finish,” shared Midway High agriculture teacher Scott Jolly. “They plant the seeds, do everything require...
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With their church family supporting them, the Pope family gathers at the playground's dedication service to cut the ribbon together. The playground, named the ClayBoy Fun Park, was dedicated in memory of Clay Pope who passed away last May in a car accident. (Courtesy photo)
Pope’s memory honored through church playground
Less than a year after the death of Clay Pope, a beloved husband, father and church member, a playground stands in his memory at Owen Grove PFWB Church, all because of his family, his church and the impact he had on their lives. “Clay passed away May 10th of last year,” shared his wife Anita Pope. “Before he passed away, we had already started putting money aside, in what we call the vision fund, for a playground. It was kind of my daughter...
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Burch
Man jailed in vehicle assault at family farm
A man visiting his family’s farm was arrested after employees at the Faison-area establishment noticed he was towing a trailer stolen from the farm and, during an attempted getaway in the truck, detained him, according to authorities. William Field Burch, 27, of 522 Raleigh St., Newton Grove, was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested by Sampson County Sheriff’s authorities at the 600 block of Burch Road,...
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Remembering Aliyah and her family Union Elementary School spells out its sympathy for the Alyiah Morgan family on their school sign. A candlelight vigil will be held at the school Thursday night as part of the National Day of Prayer events. The events will begin at 7:30 p.m.(Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent)
Remembering Alyiah and her family
Lauren Williams/Sampson Independent Union Elementary School spells out its sympathy for the Alyiah Morgan family on their school sign. A candlelight vigil will be held at the school Thursday night as part of the National Day of Prayer events. The events will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Erik Dyke has been with the Symphony with since 1978 is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Here he works with a student. (Margaret Turlington/Simple Gifts)
Simple Gifts brings Symphony to Sampson for fifth-graders
Simple Gifts is much more than just a scholarship and teacher grant program. This year, The Simple Gifts Fund provided the funding for the North Carolina Symphony to travel to Sampson County to perform an educational concert for Sampson County forth and fifth graders. This spring at the Sunset Avenue School auditorium, the North Carolina Symphony presented a concert for students called, “What Makes Music Music?” Conductor Ronald Curry discu...
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Brown’s Chapel celebrating choir anniversary Sunday
The Senior Choir of the Brown’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, H.B. Lewis Road, Clinton, will celebrate their choir anniversary Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m. Several singing groups will participate on the program. The special guests will be the Voices of God, the Untouchables of Fayetteville, Littlefield Gospel Choir of Newton Grove, Renewed Singers of Clinton, soloist Franklin Patterson and Mrs. Hilda Black, both of Clinton, Holly Grove and man...
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The Colonnade at Washington & Lee University
Simple Gifts offers chance to look beyond obvious college choices
Freshman year at Washington and Lee was much like I expected it to be and much of what I never imagined. When I came to Lexington last September, the school, with only 1,800 students, felt huge to me. Coming in, I knew only a handful of people, and all the new faces were pretty intimidating. Having just left Clinton High School where I knew almost everyone, I had to start making friends fast and get settled in to my new home. One of the gre...
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Farmer’s Market opens Wednesday
The moment of truth has arrived, and city officials, farmers and vendors are hoping that Wednesday’s grand opening of the newly expanded Sampson Farmers’ Market will see a plentiful display of product and an equally bountiful patronage. The farmers’ market will officially open at 9 a.m. this Wednesday, May 1, and extend until 1 p.m. at the Clinton City Market on Lisbon Street. The market will continue to be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays ...
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The white fawn of Turkey Swamp
Although the White Fawn was first seen in the Turkey Swamp area of Sampson County more than 130 years ago, many of the old timers remember hearing of this strange phenomenon. It was probably an albino baby deer but its appearance is not so easily explained. The Honorable Thomas I. Faison owned a large plantation called “Summer Hill” which was located on Turkey Swamp and Six Runs Creek, on the south side of the Old New Bern stage road. (It w...
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