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| People circle in Center City Park on Main Avenue in Gastonia and light candles during the PFLAG Gaston (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) 'Read out in Pride' event on Thursday June 21, 2012. The group is touting the event as the first ever LGBT pride event in Gastonia. |
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Read Out in Pride
Toy Run
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| Hundreds of motorcyclists ride East on Franklin Blvd. during the 25th Annual Gaston County Toy for Tots motorcycle ride on Sunday November 27, 2011. |
Gaston remembers 9-11
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| Devin McKenney, left, lights a candle for fellow Community Fire Department firefighter Stephen Roberts at the 10th Annual We Will Never Forget ceremony in Stanley on Sunday September 11, 2011. Over 100 firefighters from 18 departments attended this year's event. |
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| Linda English Edwards points the the plaque for her father to her grandson Ayden Whitney, 6, at the new Gastonia Police Memorial following a joint 9-11 memorial and dedication ceremony in front of the Gastonia Police station on Sunday September 11, 2011. Edward's father, Officer James Edward 'Red' English, was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1948 when she was 7 years old. |
A Marine Comes Home
A U.S. Marine Master Sergeant offers words to the family of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas O'Brien, including his mother Tammy O'Brien, second from right, sister Haley O'Brien and father Richard O'Brien, Jr. during a memorial service for fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas O'Brien at First Assembly of God church on South Myrtle School Road on Monday June 20, 2011.
Nicholas O'Brien was the first member of the armed forces from Gaston County to be killed in Afghanistan since the conflict began. A roadside bomb exploded while he and his fellow marines were on routine foot patrol in Helmand Province on June 9, killing O'Brien and wounding others.
View a full slideshow from the event and read more about it here.
U.S. Marines carry the casket containing the body of Lance Cpl. Nicholas O'Brien to a waiting hearse following the memorial service. O'Brien will be laid to rest next Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Above: Supporters with U.S. flags line the entrance to First Assembly of God to welcome the procession carrying O'Brien's body to the memorial service. Below: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders turn out in support of O'Brien.
Education in trouble
North Gaston physical science and chemistry teacher Elizabeth Leonard poses with the smart board in her classroom on Wednesday June 1, 2011. Leonard received a pink slip informing her she may not have a job next year despite being named the Gaston County Schools New Teacher of the Year.
Cheryl Virgil, left, a pre-kindergarten educator who works with autistic children, gets fired up while speaking at the "Save Our Schools" rally held by the Gaston County Democratic Party in front of the Gaston County Courthouse on Thursday May 26, 2011.
Graduation time again
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| Nataya A. Smith celebrates after receiving his diploma in Welding Technology during Gaston College commencement in Bojangles Coliseum on Friday May 13, 2011. |
Relay for Life
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| Breast cancer survivor Carolyn Glover kisses her granddaughter Mckenzie Glover, 8, during opening ceremonies for Relay for Life at Ashbrook High School on Friday May 6, 2011. |
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| Elizabeth (last name declined), 9, leads friend Heather Mattison around the track at Ashbrook during Relay For Life. |
HART Training
Emotional Send Off
Ashbrook High School cross country coach Al Hess, left, greets guidance counselor and athletic trainer Larry Carpenter in front of the school during a send off event for Carpenter on Sunday August 15, 2010. Over 150 friends, family members and coworkers gathered to give Carpenter support as he left for Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to receive a bone marrow transplant to treat an incurable form of cancer he was diagnosed with in February.
Below: Larry Carpenter's family, including niece Ashley Terry, clockwise from top left, daughter Elizabeth Carpenter, 6, Daughter Lauren Carpenter, 11, and niece Anna Barvinek, 7, weep during the send off.
Hit & Run
An N.C. Highway Patrolman records evidence at the scene where a man was struck by a vehicle shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday on Greenway Street in Alamance County. Witnesses at the scene said a woman in a white Mazda hit her boyfriend and drove off. The victim suffered head injuries and was flown by rescue helicopter to UNC Hospital.
Nash County Relay for Live
Linda Koen blows bubbles April 23 as cancer survivors walk by on the 'survivors lap' during the Nash County Relay For Life at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex. Below: supporters cheer cancer survivors on the 'survivors lap' around the track.
Cancer survivors, above, gather before taking part in the 'survivors lap.' Below: Carson Tadlock, 3, shakes hands with skydiver Don Carrington after Carrington and John Renfro parachuted into the stadium at the beginning of the Nash County Relay for Life.
It was wet today in Rocky Mount
Losse Phillips surveys flood waters, roughly 6 feet deep in places, behind his Beechwood Court home on Monday that he describes as the worst flooding he's seen in five years. Phillips, who's house was raised several feed after Hurricane Floyd, escaped serious property damage, but predicted his neighbor's partially submerged car would not be as fortunate.
Memorial
Seated with her family, Christine Boone's sister Minnie Jones, second from right, sheds tears Sunday during a memorial service for Boone at East End Baptist Church. Boone is the latest of eight Rocky Mount area women found murdered in recent years under similar circumstances.
Below: The hands of Jackie Wiggins, left, and Diana Nicholson lock together in prayer during the memorial service. Wiggins' daughter Jackie Thorpe and Nicholson's daughter Taraha Nicholson are two of the eight women, including Boone, found murdered in the Rocky Mount area in recent years.
Happy Dance
Brekenridge Retirement Center aid Rochelle Wooten dances with resident Charles Tripp as West Edgecombe Middle School students look on Friday during a school trip to bring Valentine's Day cards to residents.
Smoking Ban
Rick Rackley smokes Jan. 20 outside Mama's Pizza & Italian Restaurant on Benvenue Road. Rackley stated the smoking ban hasn't stopped him and his family from visiting the restaurant on each week.
Yurtfolk
LuAnne Harley and her son Owen Kruschwitz, 5, lead a group in folk dances Tuesday at Braswell Memorial Library. The two are part of a family, calling themselves Yurtfolk, who travel from library to library talking about nomadic cultures.
Moving the Wall
Surrounded in dust, Mike Jacobs with E.L Jacobs Masonry, inc. uses a grinder to remove mortar from bricks Monday during a project to demolish a section of the serpentine wall in front of N.C. Wesleyan College to make way for the new Northern Connector rout.
Jacobs, who's father worked on the construction of the original wall, stated that the bricks will be reused in the construction of a new section of wall alongside the Northern Connector.
The new section will be of equal or greater length than the original, preserving the wall's touted record as the longest Jeffersonian serpentine wall in the world.
This Guy Was Excited
William Johnson celebrates after winning a Chevrolet Blazer in a drawing held Tuesday by BHT Inc. for the top workers at its McDonald's restaurants. Johnson has been without transportation for the past two weeks after his previous vehicle broke down.
Winter Wonderland
Natalie Harrison, 9, on right, plays in a fake snowfall Friday during Rocky Mount's winter wonderland event at the Imperial Centre. Children at the event were able to sit on Santa's lap and play in the snow-like foam suds that were released every hour.
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