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Things can change in an instant. One minute everything is fine, the next, near disaster is at hand. Lifeguards understand how true those words are, and they live with that understanding each and e...
EDITORIALS
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Many a cynical North Carolinian looks at state government and sees a bunch of paper-pushers who accomplish little but get high marks for doing so. State Auditor Beth Wood has confirmed some of tha...
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Paulette King believed in helping others. And every day of her life, whether it was taking care of her grandchildren, nurturing and supporting her husband, modernizing the Register of Deeds office ...
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The United Way of Sampson County is showing its heart, and from what we can tell it’s a big and giving one. Now, they are enlisting the rest of us to open our own, reaching out with them to help a...
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If one were to look at the numbers alone, the picture of hiring practices in Sampson’s two public schools would look extremely unbalanced, with far more Caucasian teachers in certified positions th...
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When it comes to the willingness to try new things, stepping, unafraid, onto the cutting edge of technology, one must first look to Lakewood High School as the example. It’s administration, facult...
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It wasn’t all that long ago that a legislator could resign on a Friday and be back in the legislative hallways the following Monday as a paid lobbyist responsible for winning votes from former coll...
LETTERS
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Dear Editor: When I heard of Mrs. M’s (Iantha Mitchell) death, I was saddened by the news. However, there were many happy events that flooded my memory. I never knew any other woman who was such...
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When it comes to presidential politics, I consider myself astute and knowledgeable. The Sampson Independent’s recent article, entitled, “Passage of jobs bill may be life raft of many locale teach...
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Dear Sampson Independent staff and subscribers: Being the sports writer for The Sampson Independent this summer was a great experience for me. I learned so much about the media side of sports....
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To the Editor: Thank you Sampson Independent, for the very heart-warming story “The Gift of a Smile,” featuring Sampson County/Clinton native Billy McDaniel, and his 44 years as a “true” value har...
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Dear Editor: I read with interest the latest story (Aug. 3, 2010) concerning the Clinton City Schools’ new board members. I wandered, “Will they really make a difference or will it be more of the...
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Editor: Last week, I never knew of this wonderful group that suddenly came to my home; all these young folks. ALL from different parts of Sampson County, and as I found out, ALL from different chu...
MORE OPINIONS
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Years ago, as a third-grader at College Street School, my teacher, Mrs. Tingleland, had us draw pretty pink hearts on construction paper, and then cut them out ever so carefully. It was one of my ...
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The first time I ever saw Emma Ann Chambers her smiling face was staring back at me from a framed photograph in my mother’s bedroom. I loved that picture. It was an old black and white, slightly w...
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Change happens. History shows us that. “Images of America — Sampson County” is a pictorial book showing the early history of Sampson County. It was published by the Sampson County History Museum ...
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What has happened with James Sprunt Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program is an egregious injustice and one that can’t be easily rectified. After all, a state audit has forced...
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By Mac McPhail Over the past year, I have had a new and quite different experience — officiating with the Clinton Parks and Recreation Department. Working baseball and football was interesting and...
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A major contribution from Union’s Summer Leverette moved the Spartans into the second round of the state playoffs after a 58-39 win over Red Springs Monday night. Twenty seconds into playoff actio...
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