Women should take advantage of health series Women across Sampson County are being afforded a unique opportunity, one we hope they will take full advantage of, starting today. It starts and ends with a series of health discussions centered around issues women of all ages have questions about, but few real answers. Those answers can be found beginning today, at the first of five informal luncheons being held at Zeng’s and hosted by local health expert and gynecologist Dr. John Robert...
SCC president’s search Sampson Community College’s board of trustees has earned our respect for the very professional way in which members have handled their search for a new president thus far. Above board throughout the search process, trustees have been straightforward with the public about where they were in the search, how many viable candidates they had and, when the time to narrow the list down came, they were quick to provide that information to the publi...
What is fair … really? “A return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility will help us protect our people and our economy,” said President Barack Obama during his State of the Union Speech last Tuesday. He spoke of restoring an “economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share.” This was also the day that his primary (well, it was before last weekend) opposition in the fall presidential election, Mitt Romney released hi...
Perdue’s voice should be heard Gov. Beverly Perdue has thrown down the gauntlet, noting in an exclusive WRAL-TV 5 interview Sunday night that she would not be a lame duck governor, that she did not have to worry about political fallout and she would be waging an all-out battle for education during her remaining months in office. We’re behind her all the way. Perdue has the unique advantage of being poised to do exactly what we called for just a week ago on this page — ...
The test that can save lives If the American Cancer Society is correct, about 12,710 new cases of cervical cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United States; and about 4,290 women will die from the disease. Frightening statistics, no question, but statistics that need our serious attention all the same. While breast cancer remains one of the most talked about and most serious cancers that occur in women, and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women...
We need truth from our leaders Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians would just, well, stop being politicians long enough to tell us the truth? Not some semblance of the truth; not political rhetoric laced with some truth; and not the truth based on what you hear. We’re talking about the honest truth, painted on a canvass that looks exactly as it should. We don’t get much of that any more from our state and national political leaders or even those who’d like to be our repre...
Putting kids to work? A pretty good idea There are some politicians that I think I would probably like to be around but I don’t really care for their policies. I think former President Bill Clinton would be lots of fun to play golf with. Can you imagine the stories he would tell? But I didn’t agree with the way in which he led the country when he was president. President Obama seems like a nice person and would also probably be enjoyable to play golf with, but in a different way, an...
Crossing the aisle It’ll take more than a gesture to fix the problems between Democrats and Republicans in Washington, but what Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C. and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, intend to do by crossing the aisle to sit together during next week’s State of the Union address can’t hurt. Hagan announced earlier this week on Twitter that she and McCain will make the gesture, extending a bi-partisan hand, if you will, during what has been a tumultuous time ...
Ann Thornton: A community’s star A light went out in Sampson County Friday afternoon. It was one of the brightest lights to ever shine, a light that enveloped a community, warmed hearts, nurtured family roots and illuminated the lives of many. And it went out with Ann Thornton’s sudden, shocking and incredibly unexpected death. A community has mourned alongside her family and friends for the past few days, as we’ve all tried to wrap our minds around that which we never e...
A willingness to be open If you don’t believe in, or care about, a transparent government and what it can do for leaders and the people in a given community, take one good, hard look at what’s going on in the small Sampson town of Garland and we think you’ll change your mind. In the last few weeks, Garland has taken on a whole new persona, all because its leaders have swung open the doors to its citizens, inviting them to be active participants in the town’s busine...
Sampson expressions? Yes there are a few In the past few weeks there have been a couple of articles in this newspaper about expressions and terms that were considered “pure Sampson County.” While I have heard most of the terms listed used here in Sampson County, they are probably more generally Southern expressions. But I think there are some expressions that are unique to this area. I was reminded of one of those unique expressions while driving home a few weeks ago. I saw one of...
Seeing beyond the past as King always dreamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered by people of all ages and all races for a number of different reasons, most notably as a Civil Rights leader during a tumultuous time in our nation’s history. He will be remembered to for the way he inspired people and, quite frankly, for the way he incited them into action. Like most leaders, King was straight forward and often told people what they didn’t want to hear. And, like most leaders...
Public input vital to school chief search Public input is important, and never more so than when looking for the next person to lead Clinton City Schools. Not only does it allow parents, community leaders and educators the opportunity to help paint a portrait of the man or woman they want and, really, expect to be the next educational leader of the system, it shows the school board truly cares what others think, acknowledging along the way that members are open to ideas other than ...
A wee-hour arrogance that should be questioned It is often called the bewitching hour, the time after midnight when most good folk are snugly in their beds; the hours when, many say, nothing good can happen. That was certainly true in North Carolina’s General Assembly in the wee hours of Thursday morning when the Republican-controlled Legislature opted to steal away to their chambers after what was presumably the last act of the evening some 90 minutes before. They didn’t have the votes...
Plowing a straight row It didn’t look hard. Just plow and make the rows for tobacco. Daddy had told me to take the tractor and go into the field behind my granddaddy’s house and make the rows on which we would set out, or plant, our tobacco crop. No problem for this young teenager. He showed me where to start and I headed out on the tractor toward the end of the field. I had seen Daddy and Tommy, the man who helped us on the farm, do this before so this would be ...
Clinton Appliance & Furniture Co. was started in 1952 by J.A. Williams and the late Lyman Melton Horne Sr.
The business started on College Street as Clinton Appliance & Tire...
352 NE Blvd., Clinton, NC 28328
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