Thought for Today: Practice and Concentration Lead to Success
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete and golf Hall of Famer, born 1911, died 1956. The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration, then more practice and more concentration.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Remembering Rhyne as it closes after 60 years
The final day at Rhyne Elementary marked the end of a 60 year campus. Students move to four different schools next year as consolidation reduces aging facilities. Former principal Linda Neely says memories endure beyond a building, with a farewell day of music food and games underscoring lasting memories.
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Snaggletooth
Rhyne
Rhyne Elementary
Gaston County
Linda Neely
Apologies and the 1934 Springfield Gastonia dispute
Alan Petty questions mayoral apologies over the 1934 Springfield visit to Gastonia and argues apologies must be from the offender. He recalls personal experiences, notes the era’s segregation context, and asks whether townsfolk owe each other apologies for past actions while criticizing officials for acting as apologists.
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Brenda Lee
Gazette
Gastonia
John Bridgeman
Springfield
Mass
Gaston County
Tony King
Ernest Taliaferro
Taliaferro
Massachusetts
Textile group backs NC delegation for Trade Promotion Authority
Augustine Tantillo president of the National Council of Textile Organizations praises Sens Burr Tillis and Rep McHenry Elimers Foxx Holding Hudson Pittenger Rouzer Walker for supporting Trade Promotion Authority. NCTO represents 48 NC textile facilities and highlights 42,300 statewide textile jobs in 2014.
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National Council of Textile Organizations
Sens
Richard Burr
Thom Tillis
Congress
White House
NCTO
U.S
Washington
North Carolina
TPA
Capitol Hill
United States
Augustine Tantillo
Washington, D.C
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