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Month: January 2018

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The Strange-ness: Children’s Game of Tag A World Sport

January 31, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor “Tag, you’re it!” Do you remember playing tag as a child? The children’s chasing game is being promoted as a world sport:  World Chase Tag™. Chase Tag® events have been held […]

Logo source: Food & Water Watch
food

Privatized Inspection System Produces More Contaminated Chicken

January 30, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Food & Water Watch Analysis Finds 30% of Plants Under New System Failed Performance Standard for Salmonella. After over a one year delay, on January 23, 2018 the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection System (FSIS) […]

Source: US FDA/Panera
food

Panera Bread Preemptively Recalls Cream Cheese Products

January 29, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

While there have been no reported illnesses, out of an abundance of caution, Panera Bread is conducting a nationwide preemptive, voluntary recall of all 2 oz. and 8 oz. cream cheese products sold in its […]

Credit: North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition
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NC: 10,000th Drug Overdoses Reversed Through Community Naloxone Distribution

January 29, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

On January 29, 2018, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC), a statewide nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of people impacted by drug use, received a report of its 10,000th community-based drug overdose reversal […]

Things To Do in NC When You're Bored. Source: The Grey Area News, Zebulon NC.
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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Feb. 1-4, 2018

January 29, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor This list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond (Inner Coastal Plains-Five County area of Eastern NC). While most listed events are free […]

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President Jimmy Carter to Publish Book on Faith

January 27, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

President Jimmy Carter will publish a new work on faith, announced by Simon & Schuster on January 17, 2018. In FAITH: A Journey for All, to be published in March 2018, the former President contemplates how his […]

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Groups to Congress, “Protect Endangered Species from Pesticides”

January 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

A broad coalition of more than 250 conservation, consumer, agricultural and other public interest groups sent a letter to Congress opposing all efforts to weaken or gut Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements that address the effects of […]

Source: Knightdale Next, Town of Knightdale, North Carolina
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Knightdale Public “Design Charrette” Starts Jan. 29

January 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The Town of Knightdale invites all stakeholders to a multi-day, Community Design Charrette, January 29-February 2, 2018, at Knightdale Town Hall, 950 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale North Carolina. The Design Charrette is an important component of […]

Members of the 1937 American League All-Star team, Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg gather on the field for the fifth annual All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. Source: Library of Congress
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Library of Congress to Open Major Exhibition on Baseball in Summer 2018

January 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

A major exhibition opening in June at the Library of Congress will celebrate baseball as community, including the people, from amateur players to professionals, baseball diamonds from city lots to rural fields, and places across […]

NC Author with her new book, Thinking Out Loud. Source: Donna Campbell Smith
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NC Author Jackie Dove-Miller Releases New Book, “Thinking Out Loud”

January 26, 2018 Donna Campbell Smith

By Donna Campbell Smith Thinking Out Loud. is a Jackie Dove-Miller collection of prose and poetry that speaks about some hard issues including sexuality, racism and prejudice. Her bittersweet words are tempered with humor and […]

Jake May. Source: Wendell Historical Society, Wendell NC.
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Frank “Jakie” May Announced as Inductee into The NC Sports Hall of Fame

January 26, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The Town of Wendell, North Carolina is excited and honored to learn that Frank “Jakie” May will be inducted into the 2018 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (NCSHOF). Mr. Sid Baynes of the Wendell […]

Business Happenings 2018
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Eastern NC Business Events in Late January, February 2018

January 26, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor Area Chambers of Commerce, business groups, and local businesses/organizations hold educational events and provide free business training or networking opportunities. Events listed below may take place in the five-county area — […]

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Puzzles Page:  January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018 Kay Whatley

Click the link below to download this week’s puzzles. 2018 January 26 — online puzzles PDF — from The Grey Area News site, greyareanews.com Answer to the Cryptogram posted on next week’s puzzle page.  

One of the meatball labels released with the recall. Source: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Beef Meatballs Recalled for Possible Contamination

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Rich Products Corporation, a Vineland, New Jersey establishment, is recalling approximately 3,420 pounds of beef meatball products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced […]

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Why Is The Foster Care Crisis Growing in A Booming Economy?

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

An Interview with Economist Dr. Michael Walden of NCSU By Robert B. Butler The North Carolina economy is back. The state’s unemployment rate has fallen to a 17-year low, and the nation’s stock markets have […]

Solar panel installation. Source: US Dept of Energy
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DOE Announces Competition to Accelerate US Solar Manufacturing

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

On January 24, 2018, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $3 million prize competition to re-energize innovation in US solar manufacturing. The competition announcement came within days of the US government imposing tariffs on solar […]

The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount NC. It is located on the former sites of the Imperial Tobacco Company and old city library. Source: imperialcentre.org.
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Rocky Mount NC’s First Friday Returns in February

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

By Robin Cox, City of Rocky Mount NC Acrobats, a new exhibit, and live music are just three of the many reasons to visit the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences for “First Friday”, taking […]

A model of Explorer 1 is held high by (left to right) JPL Director William Pickering, James Van Allen, and Wernher von Braun at a late-night news conference announcing the launch of Explorer 1, held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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A Little Bit of History: NASA and Explorer 1

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science Sixty years ago next week, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier […]

Things To Do in NC When You're Bored. Source: The Grey Area News, Zebulon NC.
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Things To Do in NC When You’re Bored — Jan. 25-28, 2018

January 23, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor This list may include events from North Carolina counties of Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Wake, Wayne, Wilson, and beyond (Inner Coastal Plains-Five County area of Eastern NC). While most listed events are free happenings, […]

Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
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Selma Museum Holding Open House on Jan. 27

January 22, 2018 Kay Whatley

The public is invited to the annual Open House on Saturday, January 27, 2018, 11am-2pm, at The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, 104 West Anderson Street, Selma, North Carolina See a presentation outlining the plans for exhibits, […]

This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis. Source: NASA
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NASA Announces Space Station Mission Crew Updates

January 22, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

On January 18, 2018, NASA announced an addition to the NASA lineup for upcoming launches, and changes to some assignments for International Space Station missions in 2018. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, who previously was assigned to Expedition 58/59, has […]

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Not Your Grandparents’ Deal

January 22, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

By Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First Good Jobs First executive director Greg LeRoy made the following statement concerning Amazon.com’s announcement of a 20-site short list for its second headquarters, or HQ2, location. “Amazon continues to behave […]

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Puzzles Page:  January 19, 2018

January 19, 2018 Kay Whatley

Click the link below to download this week’s puzzles. 2018 January 19 — online puzzles PDF — from The Grey Area News site, greyareanews.com Answer to the Cryptogram posted on next week’s puzzle page.  

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Shades of Grey: Food Prep

January 18, 2018 Kay Whatley

Some situations are viewed in black and white; right and wrong. Yet, many people think situations also have a grey area where solutions are not so easily discerned. This is not just about the choices people make, but […]

Farmer harvesting industrial hemp. Source: NC Industrial Hemp Association, ncindhemp.org.
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NC Industrial Hemp Commission Next Public Meeting is Jan. 25

January 17, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission will hold a public meeting via telephone conference call to review and approve research pilot program applications. The meeting is Thursday, January 25, 2018, beginning at 9:30am. Access to […]

The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount NC. It is located on the former sites of the Imperial Tobacco Company and old city library. Source: imperialcentre.org.
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Imperial Centre Offers Free Educational Events, $5 Yoga

January 17, 2018 Kay Whatley

The Arts Center at Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences has scheduled free programs and inexpensive weekly Yoga classes for the early part of the year. Yoga in the Galleries, is held on Thursdays at […]

Internet Archive offers free e-books, media, and more at archive.org.
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Internet Archive Offers Free Books, Old-time Movies

January 16, 2018 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor If you’re not familiar with the free, online Internet Archive, give it a visit at archive.org. Whether you like to read, watch old films, or just learn new things, you’ll find there’s […]

2018 Best of Show winner Polly Kopka of Hubert NC, Photo: DeRosset Gordon
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Winners Announced for NC’s Art & The Bloom Floral Design Exhibition

January 16, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

The Four-day Art & The Bloom Exhibition Concluded Sunday in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Leading floral designers in North Carolina gathered in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art. Judged by […]

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