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It’s a child’s basketball league, for heaven’s sake!
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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During the first round of the state playoffs, Union’s Kayla Zand takes a shot. Lady Spartans head to 2nd round
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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Getting to know candidates now a very good idea
The filing period has gotten off to a fast-paced start this week, with incumbents and newcomers tossing their hat in the ring for any number of local, state and national seats ripe for the picking...
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Super Bowl was more than just another victory
For residents of New Orleans, and likely all of Louisiana, Sunday’s Super Bowl victory by its beloved Saints is about so much more than just another Vince Lombardi trophy and a ticker-tape parade....
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Trying not to find the pounds
I’m eating smarter, moving more and, along with the 45 or 50 other people in my N.C. Cooperative Extension-sponsored health and wellness class, I’m shedding some pounds. It’s a wonderful feeling! ...
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Roseboro group’s tenacity can make vision a reality
Much like Kevin Costner’s Field of Dreams is Roseboro’s vision of a bustling downtown — if you go after it, it will come. The proof comes in an announcement Thursday night (see today’s front page ...
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EDITORIALS
An egregious injustice
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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...
Be counted: Fill out your Census
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If it hasn’t arrived yet, chances are very good that the 2010 U.S. Census forms will land in your mailbox shortly, with great anticipation of being scooped up, filled out and sent packing, back whe...
Vision that paves way for students to be successful
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When it comes to educational innovation, one has to applaud Clinton City and Sampson County school for not only dipping its toes in the water, but often wading out to the deep end, all in the name ...
More-with-less approach right chord to strike
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As local government officials begin the arduous task of defining fiscal needs for their 2010-11 budgets, it appears the focus will be doing more with less. Mayor Lew Starling addressed it during a...
Letting the sun shine on that which is public
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You have a right to know: • What land your school board is looking to purchase for a new high school; • If there is a paroled sex offender living on your street or near the school your son or d...
The very best kind of hero
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Once in a while a hero comes along that can be admired, respected, loved and used an example. But those kind of heroes don’t usually come from the sports arena, the music industry or even the movie...
LETTERS
Troubling situation
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Dear Editor: We have lived at our current address for a little more than 12 years and as long as we have been here dogs that roamed the neighborhood have been a problem. Until last Thursday (Marc...
From our readers
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Take advantage of Dec. 1 concert
Tobacco a drug, too
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Editor: In reference to your story in the Sampson Independent about the myriad of drug charges being leveled. I am so happy that someone is catching these people; they are a danger to many peopl...
Show pride for all our veterans
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Editor: As a proud veteran of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, who is preparing for Veterans Day, I find it tragic that so many of my fellow Americans view Nov. 11 as just another day off wo...
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Turkey power: A bad deal for North Carolina
Letter to Editor
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Editor, Wearing a pink ribbon is a good way to raise awareness about breast cancer, but eating a vegetarian diet is an effective way to actually prevent and combat the disease. Studies show that ...
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Eat smart, weigh less ... I sure hope so
by Sherry Matthews
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Well it’s started, and despite my earlier thoughts to the contrary, I’m actually still alive! Five days into the Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program, I’m surviving and, so far, avoiding the ...
Word game scrambling my brain
by Sherry Matthews
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The queen of words has met her match. Well, at least I considered myself to be a queen of words until I started playing Scramble on Facebook about two weeks ago. Boy did that game put me in my pla...
Thornton leaving big shoes to fill
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f county commissioners thought they were in a quandary before, they are about to be in a real mess now. With the recent loses of a county manager, a county attorney, an EMS director and a recreati...
Coming forward
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Getting involved is difficult for most people who had much rather be sideline quarterbacks than on the front lines. That is particularly true when it comes to criminal investigations. But we have ...
Fulfilling our commitment to veterans
by U.S. Congressman Bob Etheridge
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As we observe Veterans Day, I ask you to reflect on the service and sacrifices of our veterans, both past and present. This year, as our military continues to be engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghan...
Age restriction a patient-centered decision by SRMC
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It’s a tough pill to swallow, particularly for families with newborn babies, but the decision by Sampson Regional Medical Center officials to put temporary age restrictions on visitors to the obste...
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