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A candidates forum for all candidates interested in actually getting elected is planned for the public to be held at the Beaufort county Community College, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012.
The tournament is an annual fund-raiser to continue the Dorothy and John Tankard Memorial Scholarship for a Bath or Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College.
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Encouraging students to perform at higher levels of accomplishment is everyone's business.
Candidate for State Auditor and Wake County Board of Education member Debra Goldman placed first in a five-way straw poll held last night at the Wake County Republican Party county convention in Raleigh.
When Deputies responded to the area they witnessed Donald Moore exposing himself on the front porch of a residence.
Two government-funded surveys of "green jobs" released in March show vastly different estimates for the number of green jobs in North Carolina, even though both studies were funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
It appears that the writer had more of an issue with NC House Rep Norman Sanderson since there was no mention at all of Mr. Ken Jones, Mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, who is also contesting for this senate seat.
Rodgers was charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Possession with Intent to sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession of Cocaine and three counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
A few days ago, both Republicans and Democrats celebrated the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the signature program of President Obama's administration.
Beaufort County Sheriff's Department is making headway in the ongoing war on illicit narcotics.
The Beaufort County Community College Foundation is sponsoring a day trip to see the award winning play, "Wicked," at the Durham Performing Arts Center and the Alexander Calder Exhibit, "Form, Balance, Joy," at the Nasher Art Museum on Sunday, May 6.

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Government

Publisher's note: The author of this fine report is Don Carrington, who is executive editor of the Carolina Journal, John Hood Publisher.

Millions in tax funds have been spent in job-count effort

RALEIGH Two government-funded surveys of "green jobs" released in March show vastly different estimates for the number of green jobs in North Carolina, even though both studies were funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.

According to the "North Carolina Green Economy Study," produced by the N.C. Department of Commerce, "171,950 North Carolinians work in the green economy, representing 4.7 percent of the total covered employment in the state." Covered employment means employees covered by the state's unemployment insurance law.

Meantime, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released a study titled "Employment in Green Goods and Services -- 2010" that includes estimates for both the ... (read more)
The Beaufort County Economic Development Commission's ignorance of the strong cyclical nature of our economy has set taxpayers on an inadequately researched and ill-timed industrial park strategy.
Beaufort County, NC Unemployment Rate
The Economic Development Commission's activities can be sorted into two separate periods, the period between 2001 and 2005 and the period between 2005 and the present. By examining both periods taxpayers can form an opinion as to whether the EDC has efficiently managed their resources, i.e., have jobs been created or attracted to Beaufort County with as little expense to taxpayers as possible.

Initially, employers seem to have been aided by grants that were in lieu of property taxes. If an outside company would bring new jobs into the county then its property taxes would be rebated as a form of grant. The EDC reports that when Camfill Farr relocated... (read more)

Op-Ed & Politics

A candidates forum for all candidates interested in actually getting elected is planned to be held at the Beaufort county Community College, Tuesday, April, 3, 2012.

Remarkably, some candidates have declined to participate or have a conflict that night, which is almost the same as declining. Others have not returned the calls of the organizer, the Beaufort (County) Patriot Tea Party.

My advice, from someone who has been elected 5 times in local elections: Never miss an opportunity to express yourself to the public. Otherwise, it may be rightfully deemed that you may not have the "right stuff" to govern in today's society, with the problems we have now to deal with.

Truly young candidates, whom wish to govern: Do not cower when you have an opportunity to show you have real backbone. If you sincerely want the respect of your future constituency you will and you will do your best t... (read more)
For Immediate Release:

Goldman solidifies frontrunner status in race for North Carolina State Auditor

CARY Candidate for State Auditor and Wake County Board of Education member Debra Goldman placed first in a five-way straw poll held last night at the Wake County Republican Party county convention in Raleigh.

"Since we launched our campaign to revolutionize the State Auditor's office, I have been overwhelmed by the positive support of my friends and colleagues. I am humbled by the confidence that my home county of Wake has put in me with this victory tonight," said Goldman.

Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups. Winning straw polls is often seen as clear indicator of support among the grassroots activists in the Republican primary electorate. The Goldman campaign stressed the significance of winning the largest county in North Carolina, and the county... (read more)

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Community

Press Release:

Registration is now under way for the Ninth Annual Cutthroat Croquet Tournament to be held Saturday, May 19, along the waterfront in Bath.

The tournament is an annual fund-raiser to continue the Dorothy and John Tankard Memorial Scholarship for a Bath or Belhaven student at Beaufort County Community College and for enhancing Historic Bath, to which the Tankards were dedicated. For the second year, the tournament will have more playing time for those interested in less aggressive play. The first round of the tournament will be used to flight players into one of two flights - the Cutthroat Flight for more aggressive players or the Rapscallion Flight for those who enjoy more leisurely play. Each flight will offer booty for the top four finalists.

The tournament will be held in conjunction with Bath Fest, a day-long series of activities that will also include historic d... (read more)

Business

The Beaufort County Economic Development Commission's ignorance of the strong cyclical nature of our economy has set taxpayers on an inadequately researched and ill-timed industrial park strategy.
Beaufort County, NC Unemployment Rate
The Economic Development Commission's activities can be sorted into two separate periods, the period between 2001 and 2005 and the period between 2005 and the present. By examining both periods taxpayers can form an opinion as to whether the EDC has efficiently managed their resources, i.e., have jobs been created or attracted to Beaufort County with as little expense to taxpayers as possible.

Initially, employers seem to have been aided by grants that were in lieu of property taxes. If an outside company would bring new jobs into the county then its property taxes would be rebated as a form of grant. The EDC reports that when Camfill Farr relocated... (read more)

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The Region

Press Release

Dr. Barbara Tansey, vice president of Academic and Student Services at Fayetteville Technical Community College, has been named as the new president of Beaufort County Community College.

Dr. Tansey's appointment was announced Friday by Mitchell St. Clair, chairman of the BCCC Board of Trustees in an email to college faculty and staff following her approval by the N.C. State Board of Community Colleges earlier in the day.

When Tansey assumes her duties June 1, she will be the first woman to head the college, located about five miles east of Washington, in its 45 year-history. She succeeds Dr. David McLawhorn who will retire May 31 from the post, a position he has held for almost 11 years.
Recently appointed President of the Beaufort County Community College - Dr. Barbara Tansey
"I am very confident in the decision the Board of Trustees has made in choosing the next pr... (read more)

The Arts

Publisher's note: As I am loathe to admit, Wyatt is probably our most read writer. Just a few nights ago, March 12, 2012, I was perusing our sister publication, Better Angels Now, and I noticed that so many of Wyatt's reviews, of the many fine films that occupy the public's interest, have not been availed to our readers through our Beaufort County Now publication.

Consequently, over the next few weeks, we will endeavor to remedy this mild injustice by publishing these reviews, in our current improved format, for your edification. Here below is our sixth in a series of these older articles of interest by our good friend, Wyatt Sanderman Day.

It is Either Up or Down in the Redemptive Process

And in Richard Millhouse Nixon long political career, he has known both. Unfortunately, the redemption he so desperately sought after the fiasco of Watergate evaded his grasp. His desire to ... (read more)
A Simple Message for Simple Minds

The Lorax: It is a film for the ages ... well, at least ... certainly for all ages under the age of eight. For everyone else that understands that there are some subtle complexities in life, this film based on the Dr. Seuss fable about the dangers of massive deforestation, and the resulting pollution of an affected area, might bore you to near total distraction ... or worse.

This gloomy theme of the possible ecological devastation of the planet was the thesis of Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel, when he wrote his Children's book, "The Lorax," in 1971. It is this apocalyptic tale, which terrified some children then, and remarkably entertains children now in 2012, and hopefully, these children will gain some understanding of the imperative importance of forest sustainability, and never detour from the present reforestation path that the United States... (read more)

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Living

Publisher's note: The article below appeared in John Hood's daily column in his publication, the Carolina Journal, which, because of Author / Publisher Hood, is inextricably linked to the John Locke Foundation.

RALEIGH Most of the John Locke Foundation's work - our research program, our journalism and communications services, our outreach events - focus on the present and future. They are intended to inform policymakers and politically active North Carolinians about the major issues affecting our state and stimulate discussion and debate about how best to address those issues in the future.

But to dwell only on the present and the future would be to give our audience an incomplete picture of North Carolina politics and public policy. "If you would understand anything," wrote Aristotle, "observe its beginning and its development." Without a solid grounding in the history of our stat... (read more)

Announcements

Mrs. Gloria S. Sawyer, age 63, a resident of 6863 Free Union Church Road, Pinetown, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at her home.

Arrangements will be announced by Paul Funeral Home of Belhaven.... (read more)

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