
The Will of the People held a meeting on January 26, 2012, with about a hundred individuals and members present. Chairman Tom Harrington opened the meeting. Member, Dot Bush could not be there because of sickness, and I hope she recovers soon. There were some new faces, in the crowd, which is good, however, it [...]

Institutional planning role filled at RCC (Wentworth, NC) – Kevin Osborne has been named director of institutional planning and research at Rockingham Community College following the retirement of H. David Smathers. A North Carolina native, Osborne studied at Davidson County Community College, earned a bachelor’s in information systems and operations management from UNCG, and a [...]
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WENTWORTH, NC (Jan. 27, 2012) – Rockingham County Reads, the one book-one county reading program, will begin book discussions of THE PACT in February at four of the branches. Book discussions are free and open to the public at: Feb 23, 12 noon at the Reidsville Library Feb 27, 12 noon at the Mayodan Library [...]

SBC offers February seminars (Wentworth, NC) – From September through April, the Small Business Center at Rockingham Community College offers free seminars to entrepreneurs and those interested in starting a business. The seminars provide help on the myriad facets of owning a business. Seminars are held Tuesdays or Thursdays from 6-8:30 p.m. in room 206 [...]

(Reidsville, NC) – Charlene Evans Hawks, 65, of 171 VFW Road, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2012 at Hospice Home of Rockingham County. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM on Monday, January 30, 2012 at Reidlawn Cemetery with Dr. Ron Boswell officiating. Mrs. Hawks was born on January, 30 1946 to [...]
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(Eden, NC) – Pamela “Pam” Snody Moore, 33, of 713 McConnell Avenue, passed away late Thursday evening, January 26, 2012, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, January 30, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Goodwill Primitive Baptist Church [...]
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(Eden, NC) – Janie Lawrence Thomas, 82, of 345 East Harris Place, died Thursday, January 26, 2012, at Moses Cone Hospital. A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2012, at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Craig Bowman officiating. Interment will follow at 4 p.m., on Monday, in Edgewood [...]
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(Reidsville, NC) – The Upward Basketball and Cheerleading program at Community Baptist Church, in Reidsville, NC is designed primarily to teach children (k-6) skills, sportsmanship and how to have a positive attitude. Now in it’s fifth year of helping teach those skills to approxamitly 130 area youths, the program fills the Community Baptist gymnasium each [...]

(Eden, NC) – On Friday, January 27, 2012, at approximately 9:17a.m., the Eden Police Department received a 911 call from Starlite Technology, located at 413 Bridge Street, Eden, North Carolina in reference to an armed robbery. The suspect entered the business and displayed a firearm. The suspect took an undisclosed amount of money and left [...]

The Movie ‘Abduction’, which stars Taylor Lautner, will be featured to help raise funds for E-Books (Rockingham County, NC) – On Thursday, February 2, 2012, the feature film “ABDUCTION” rated PG-13, will be shown in the Western Rockingham Middle School’s Auditorium, as part of a fundraiser geared towards the purchase of E-Books. Showtime is at 3:15pm, [...]