INSIDE SPORTS, 1B INSIDE NEWS, 6A INSIDE OPINION, 4A WEATHER Sunny skies. Winds WNW at Raiders, Pinecrest Third hospitalist When gender equality 5 to 10 mph. go down to wire joins Richmond is no longer a fairy HIGH: 100% recycled 80 LOW: 53 newsprint Memorial tale RICHMOND COUNTY Vote Bo Frye Sheriff See our ad on 1B DAILY JOURNALPaid for by committee to elect Bo F rye Sheriff THURSDAY • April 29, 2010 Rockingham, N.C. 50 cents Market to offer fresh options Philip D. Brown Richmond County Daily Journal Expect more choices at this year’s installment of the Richmond County Farmer’s Market when it opens this weekend. The market is set to kickoff the season Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Harrington Square on Washington Street in downtown Rockingham. It will be open each Saturday until November. Market President Jackie Sherrill said public interest in supporting local agriculture has grown over the past several years. PETER WILLIAMS/DAILY JOURNAL “The big thing now is everybody A National Guard soldier adjusts an antenna atop of a truck during a disaster drill Wednesday at Rockingham Speedway. wants to eat local food and know where it’s coming from,” Sherrill said. “That’s something we hear every day, and I don’t think it’s a trend that’s going away anytime Troops fine-tune disaster skills soon.” She attributes the trend, in large part, to increased public awareness of general health concerns, but says at Rockingham Speedway there are other factors at play. “We’ve had a lot of, I guess you Philip D. Brown lions of dollars worth of vehicles would call them food scares, like Richmond County Daily Journal the contaminated tomatoes and the and equipment. salmonella outbreaks,” Sherrill said. North Carolina National Guard The team specializes in mitigat- “When you know where your food troops were tested Wednesday ing chemical, biological, radiologi- source is, that helps your peace of on how they would respond to cal, nuclear and explosive threats, mind more than buying food from, the release of a chemical nerve and had been staged in Scotland in many cases, foreign countries, agent during drill at Rockingham County for the past several days. and you also lose so much nutri- Speedway. At the track, U.S. Air National tional value when you have to wait “It’s like a novel that I hope Guard Lt. Col. Tim Murphy over- so long for the food to get from the never comes true,” Track General saw the exercise for the Guard, farm to the dinner table. Manager Robert Ingram said dur- and explained the hypothetical sit- “Eating locally grown foods is ing a walk-through of the exercise. uation: race day is tomorrow, the just one of the easiest and simplest The scenario was a track employ- governor is attending functions in ways to stay healthy.” ee was drawn to a generator out- Troops unpack their vehicles to set up decontamination and Southern Pines and evidence of a Acting Richmond County side a storage building on the command areas at the speedway. domestic terrorist group plot has Cooperative Extension Director backstretch, where recreational Paige Burns pointed out that these enforcement was called, which in based 42nd Civil Support Team been uncovered vehicles park to watch the race. “They will be going into the are “timely concerns,” especially During an investigation of the turn contacted the North Carolina had no notice of the drill, and with the prevalence of childhood inside of the building, a rudimen- National Guard for support. received a call at 4 a.m. to respond TEST obesity and diabetes in Richmond tary laboratory was found, and law The 22-member Greenville- to The Rock. They brought mil- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A County, but there is another benefit of shopping at the farmer’s market. “And that is economic,” Burns said Wednesday. “Some people are concerned that buying food from Blacks, Hispanics urged to donate blood the farmer’s market may cost more money, but you have to consider Hollie Nivens Recruitment Representative for The nents. A recent study completed by citizens, unless there was a nearby that the food you’re buying is much Richmond County Daily Journal American Red Cross. the Red Cross shows that in com- need for it. June 30 ends our year fresher than food you buy at the Volunteering and donating never The American Red Cross is put- munities with higher populations for donations, the goal is 1,924 pints grocery store. It has traveled many goes out of style and making sure ting out a special call to African of African Americans and Hispanic and we are close,” said Jorrett. fewer miles, and in many cases was that there is enough blood donated Americans and Hispanic Americans Americans there is a higher per- These are the following locations picked just hours before you buy it. in the community is a must. Citizens to donate blood and platelets during centage of blood donors with Type and dates: May 10 at Walgreens in “Also, you’re buying from your of Richmond County will have four the coming summer months. O or Type B blood, the two most Rockingham from 2 to 6:30 p.m., neighbor, so more of your money is chances to donate in May. While the American Red Cross requested blood types by hospitals. May 14 at Richmond Senior High going to stay in the county, and that “When donations are made in invites everyone to donate blood, Type O negative blood is universal from 8:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., May benefits everyone in the county.” Richmond County the funds are African Americans and Hispanic so anyone can receive it. 21 at the FirstHealth Fitness Center Sherrill said the biggest change dispersed right back in the com- Americans are highly encouraged “The blood that is given here in to donate blood and blood compo- Richmond will remain here for the BLOOD MARKET munity,” said Cindy Jorrett Donor CONTINUED ON PAGE 7A CONTINUED ON PAGE 5A Rockingham native takes key position at UNC Elect Hollie Nivens Scholars Program at UC-San Francisco She is a board-certified obstetrician- Richmond County Daily Journal and also earned a master’s degree in gynecologist, a perinatal epidemiologist Rockingham native Dr. Wanda epidemiology from UC-Berkeley. and a fellow in the American College Nicholson is back in North Carolina, this “Growing up in Richmond County Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She JC’s and the Little Philadelphia community also serves as an oral board examiner JIMMY time as an addition to The Center for Women’s Health Research at was easy going and nurturing. I for the American Board of Obstetrics the University of North Carolina still remember my grandfather & Gynecology and is a member of the at Chapel Hill. Nollie Patterson picking us up ACOG National Committee on Health Dr. Nicholson, 46, is a 1982 and taking us to Sunday school Care for the Underserved Women and graduate of Richmond Senior High every week, ” said Nicholson. the U.S. Preventive Services Task and received her medical degree She is returning to UNC Force. from the Johns Hopkins School CAPPS and completed an internship and “There are many memorable moments. residency in obstetrics-gynecol- of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health in It is too hard to pick just one. Delivering ogy from UNC Chapel Hill. She is Nicholson a baby is always memorable and gratify- the daughter of Thelma Patterson Baltimore Md., where she was an associate professor of gyne- ing. Doing gynecologic procedures that Nicholson and the late William Cole improve the quality of a woman’s life COUNTY Nicholson of Rockingham. cology and obstetrics and also popula- tion and family health sciences. also brings a sense of satisfaction,” Dr. “It feels good,” she said this week. Nicholson said. “I had been interested in returning for “I am excited about my return to UNC, my alma mater and the opportu- Her new research focus is the epide- COMMISSIONER some time. It is good to be closer to my nity to do some exciting work with the miology of chronic conditions in women, family, especially my mother who is in including gestational diabetes, type Rockingham.” program on diabetes and obesity at the Following her residency, she entered Center for Women’s Health Research,” PAID FOR BY Nicholson said. 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