Volunteer Firefighters Take RCC's LP Gas Emergency Course
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WWW.YOURDAILYJOURNAL.COM February 23-24, 2013 Weekender $1.50$1.00 Get ready, get set … discover! Greater Sandhills region applauds Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham grand opening Dawn M. Kurry Discovery Place KIDS– City Manager Monty Crump Richmond County Daily Journal Rockingham grand opening and Discovery Place, Inc. The greater Sandhills ceremonies will begin promptly President & CEO John Mackay. region’s children will now at 9 a.m. on Saturday with After grand opening ceremo- be able to visit and benefit a ribbon cutting and remarks nies, the museum will remain from Discovery Place KIDS- from Discovery Place KIDS– open until 5 p.m. On Sunday Rockingham. Rockingham campaign cabi- operating hours will be noon to The brand new interactive net members, elected officials, 5 p.m. Admission on both days children’s learning museum, and Discovery Place, Inc. will be half price; $4 for adults located at 233 E. Washington staff. Key participants include and children age 1 and older St. in downtown Rockingham, State Senator Gene McLaurin, (younger than age 1 are free). Admission proceeds from the will offer exhibits where chil- Rockingham Mayor Steve Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal dren from all over the region Morris, Richmond County weekend will be designated to a fund that will provide future The greater Sandhills region’s children will soon be able to learn and play can learn, play, explore and Board of Commissioners in the brand new museum opening its doors Saturday morning for the build on skills. Chairman Kenneth Robinette, See OPENING | 3A first time. Trial by fire Hutchinson joins RCC Board of Trustees Staff Report and his juris doctoral John Hutchinson of degree from Campbell Rockingham has been University. He has worked named, by the Richmond as an investment advisor County Board of for 17 years. Commissioners, to the “I’m honored to be board of trust- selected to serve ees at Richmond on the board. I Community have always had a College in lot of respect for Hamlet. what RCC does He is a Senior for the citizens of Vice President/ our community, Investment for the county, Officer with and for the indus- the Hutchinson tries located here. and Vaughn Hutchinson Investment It is a three-way Consulting Group partnership that of Wells Fargo Advisors, benefits all concerned,” L.L.C. in Rockingham. said Hutchinson. A graduate of Davidson For Hutchinson, there College, Hutchinson has always been a family earned his master’s connection with the col- degree in history from lege. His father, Robert, the University of Virginia See RCC | 3A Siblings union, a Contributed photo Volunteer firefighters with the Northside Fire Department learned how to battle a LP gas fire in a controlled envi- ronment Monday night. Richmond Community College offered the course to firefighters in the county. Four depart- long time coming ments took advantage of the opportunity. Cassidy Odom Richmond County Daily Journal Five siblings were unit- ed for the first time in 29 years Thursday in Dobbins Volunteer firefighters take Heights, after a year-long search and nearly a life- time of unanswered ques- tions. Former school teach- RCC’s LP Gas Emergency Course er, Elizabeth Johnson of Melbourne, Fla., decid- Staff Report the fire, how to set the nozzles, Northside for two years. Imagine facing a wall of ed to begin a search to and how to shut off the valves. “I just joined one day and find out about her birth flames three stories high with “LP gas fires are not every day love it. I like that RCC offers just the spray from a fire hose. mother about a year ago. occurrences, but they do happen the training here so I don’t have She always knew she was It takes courage and training to Cassidy Odom | Daily Journal often enough that firefighters to go out of town for it. The adopted. safely fight fires. Monday night, need training regarding them, instructors have always been After 29 years of separation, firefighters from Northside, Sometime in the mid- the siblings hug tightly in whether it is for a commer- good. You need these classes to 1980s, Elizabeth was left Ellerbe, Mt. Creek, and Cordova cial or residential tank or for be able to handle situations, and celebration. Fire Departments participat- along with two other a tanker truck. Students learn everybody can get trained at the ed in a LP Gas Emergencies siblings, Constance and child before relocating to course offered by Richmond where the shut-off valves are same time,” said Caulder. John, at a police station Dobbins Heights. Community College, to learn and the attack strategies for how Workforce and Economic in Brooklyn, N.Y., by “There were always how to approach and extinguish to reach them,” said Laviner. Development Director Chip their mother, Debra Dial. questions in my mind this type of fire. The course was Matthew Calloway has been Osborne sets up classes, which Struggling to survive, about where I came from,” free to active volunteers. with Northside Volunteer Fire are usually hosted by a depart- Debra decided to give said Elizabeth. David Laviner, with Advanced Department for four years and ment, but are open to firefight- three of her children a Elizabeth started her Emergency Services Training of has taken several courses from ers throughout RCC’s service better opportunity at life search by going to the Laurinburg, was the instructor RCC. area. He said this was an intro- when she gave them up, Social Security office and and walked between two lines “It helps to learn a lot more ductory course, which provided said Elizabeth. The three inquiring about her birth of firefighters as they advanced about something so you won’t volunteers the opportunity to children were placed in mother with no luck. From foster care then later toward the flames. He coached get hurt when it actually hap- see where they are in the train- that point she went online adopted in New York. them on what to expect from pens,” said Calloway. ing process and assess their to an adoption registry. this type of gas, how to approach Matt Caulder has been with skills. Keeping the youngest two of her children, Debra Elizabeth was contacted later gave birth to another See SIBLINGS | 3A Obituaries 5A INSIDE NEWS, 5A Vol. 82, No. 40 Index Opinion 4A Deaths ON THE WEB: www.yourdailyjournal.com Calendar 2A Puzzles 4C Frank House, 88, Hamlet The missionary and the E-MAIL: [email protected] Classified 4B Sports 1B Jewell Stutts, 87 cure Obituaries can be found on Page 5A. Comics 4C TV Listings 2C The Daily Journal is published with pride five days a week for the people of Richmond County, Material inside this edition is N.C. The Daily Journal is committed to editorial © Richmond County Daily Journal. integrity and excellence. 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