Activate Selma Archives

First Red Vest Tuesday group. Source: Melissa Dooley, Town of Selma

First Workday for Lowe’s 100 Hometowns Project A Success, Activate Selma Sets Next “Red Vest Tuesday” for Sept. 21

September 15, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cindy Brookshire (Activate Selma NC) and Billy Roach (Selma Parks and Recreation) On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, volunteers from Selma Parks and Recreation, Activate Selma, local businesses and Lowe’s of Smithfield endured the heat […]

Activate Selma group photo. Source: Cindy Brookshire

Lowe’s “100 Hometowns” Projects Planned in 8 North Carolina Locations including Selma, NC

July 22, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

After 100 years of serving communities, Lowe’s today revealed the 100 impact projects out of more than 2,200 submissions that are the cornerstone of 100 Hometowns, an initiative to celebrate Lowe’s centennial. Eight projects were […]

Activate Selma group outside George Boyd’s Trackside Antiques. Source: Cindy Brookshire

Activate Selma Submits Application for HGTV’s “Home Town Takeover”

February 11, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

By Cindy Brookshire Could Selma, North Carolina be the focus of an upcoming HGTV show? Producers of Home Town Takeover, a proposed 2021 series with Ben and Erin Napier, are inviting towns across the United […]

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The Strange-ness: Mount Everest Climbers More Cavalier Than You Might Imagine

December 5, 2014

By Kay Whatley The definition of cavalier is “showing a lack of proper concern”. Climbers in Nepal have been cavalier — reportedly dropping their trash on Mount Everest for years. Nepal is now telling these […]

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The Strange-ness: Red Rain

December 1, 2012

Multiple “red rains” have fallen on India since summertime. As recently as mid-November, these colored rains were still being reported. Residents in several cities in India have reported red rain and their concerns as to what may be […]

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Rhine Mysterious Short Story Contest Accepting Submissions

May 21, 2019

Do you have a psy-fantasy or ghoulish narrative that would make Edgar Alan Poe proud? Perhaps you or someone you know has had a psychic experience that you could relate in a short story? This […]