Police Schedule Rain Date Youth Day And Summer Movie Club
The New Bern Police Department plans two youth activities for Saturday. The rain date Youth Awareness Day returns to Kafer Park with track events and a cake walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It also launches a summer movie club at Neuse Village Cinema for ages 6 to 14, with weekly films for 10 weeks. Parents register at the Community Police Operations Center at 1305 Country Club Road. participants receive a free T shirt and ID card.
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Parker to be replaced on Craven TransPark panel
Craven County will select a new representative to the Global TransPark Commission this month to replace Gerald Parker who has served since December. Parker was convicted on federal drug charges May 26 and plans to resign were rejected by Parker. Three nominees for the seat, a minority requirement under law, were discussed as Parker’s fate was left to Craven County per legal counsel.
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Court backs Craven Community College in pay dispute
The 4th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling dismissing Th urza Strag's federal equal pay suit against Craven Community College. The panel found colleague Linwood Swain’s higher pay reflected experience and a market for a highly qualified teacher. The decision, delivered after March 9 arguments in Richmond, preserves the college's hiring practices under pay scale exceptions.
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New Bern
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Richmond
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Buddy” Swain
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Community College
Craven Special Olympics relay suffers gold reversal
Craven County’s best 4x100 relay lost its state gold at Raleigh after a lane infraction by James Flythe in the final leg. Wake County protested. officials followed track rules and disqualified Craven, though teammates offered medals to keep spirits high and celebrate a strong performance by New Bern athletes.
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Craven
Wake County
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McDowell
Desmarais
James Flythe
New Bern
Flythe
North Carolina State University
Travis Bowman
Jerome Wade
Jay Hill
New Bern High School
Health care reform slows until after 1996 elections says Nelson
Sally Nelson of Maine, head of Longview Group Insurance and incoming head of the AHIA, urged action on health care reform at the North Carolina Life Underwriters convention. She cited portability, medical savings accounts, and public education as keys, warning the momentum may fade amid election fears. Nelson advised informing lawmakers and consulting physicians to guide spending of health dollars.
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New Bern
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Portland
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Capitol Hill
Spiders on Pot and Patches Spur Odd NASA Study
A Alabama based NASA, dubbed brainy, conducts taxpayer funded experiments on spiders to test effects of marijuana, caffeine, and sedatives on web weaving. Researchers report wildly varying results with pot causing incomplete webs and caffeine triggering chaotic patterns.
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