Sunday, December 27, 2009
Charity: Need will still exist after the holidays
Two trends at the Goldsboro Community Soup Kitchen: More clients to feed and more court-ordered volunteers to help out, the kitchen's director says. "Right now I've got 15 to 20 (court-ordered) volunteers on my lists, to come in and do...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Helping Hands Mission takes care of 125 with Christmas food baskets
MOUNT OLIVE -- People didn't seem to mind the cold last Monday morning as they waited outside the doors of Helping Hands United Mission while waiting for a basket of food to prepare a traditional Christmas meal. The final...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Honor Society donates flags to classrooms
A professional honor society of women educators is donating North Carolina flags to each fourth-grade class in Wayne County Public Schools. The Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International has purchased the state flags to accompany the U.S. flag already...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Shopping 'til they drop
Parking spaces were at a premium Saturday as shoppers swarmed Wayne County stores in hopes of finding bargains . Shoppers said they were excited about the many sales -- some offering as much as 75 percent off, while store...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Civilian employee earns one of DOD's top honors
In the crack of a tree limb, Greg Hare started toward the ground. "I was shaking pecan trees for a friend. We shook the smallest one first and decided to do the biggest one second," he said. "When the...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Marker notes Cornwallis' crossing
A little known Wayne County historical fact is that during the Revolutionary War, British Gen. Charles Cornwallis passed through the county on his journey that eventually wound up in Battle at Yorktown and the birth of our nation. Historians have...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Workers sought for '10 Census in Wayne
The Census Bureau is looking for people it can count on in the coming year -- to knock on doors and to help ensure Wayne County gets its rightful funding. "Census is coming in 2010, it's constitutionally mandated," said Rob...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story
Special Olympic athletes bring home medals
Special Olympian Shannon Moore of Wayne County and North Carolina at the Southeast Regional Powerlifting Invitational held in Macon, Ga. He won a gold medal in the bench press, a silver in the dead-lift and a silver in the all-around...Published: Dec 27, 2009 1:50 AM Full Story