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| Health club
Donna Henderson, left, of New York and Margaret Alley of New Hampshire begin a round at Land-O-Lakes golf course in Whiteville Friday morning. Each winter, the club allows golfers to use handcarts and walk nearly four miles in 18 holes. “Some of our golfers do that five times a week,” said Teresa Fountain of the club.
Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist
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Kendrick Lamont Page – one of four suspects being held in South Carolina -- made his first court appearance here last week on a charge of first-degree murder in the March 2005 execution-style killing of a Whiteville resident.
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Gov. Mike Easley released $10 million recently in additional public and private funds to help poor North Carolinians pay heating bills or weatherize their homes. More than $3 million of the money went to the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP).
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Columbus County’s status as one of the poorest counties in the state continues as 93 counties did a better job of funding their local school systems during school year 2003-04.
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| Maco Lights
An exhibit of Whiteville native and renowned artist Willie Marlowe’s art will open at the Columbus County Arts Center Thursday, Jan. 5. The public is invited to attend a 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. reception to meet the artist and view her colorful works. This painting is her interpretation of the Maco Lights, which she says she never saw but knew about as a Columbus County resident. See story on page 7-A of the printed edition
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Columbus County filed its response last week to a lawsuit filed by The News Reporter and Atlantic Corporation, the parent company of the Tabor-Loris Tribune, against Columbus County and Interim County Manager Jim Varner, seeking the release of what the newspapers claim is a public document.
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Adult whooping cranes can look an adult in the eye.
Submitted photo from the
International Crane Foundation
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In a rare move of cross-county cooperation, Wilmington Wave Transit and Columbus County Transportation are launching a public bus service from Whiteville to downtown Wilmington.
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