Vol. 49 No. 68 14 pages Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | Your Community News Source Since 1968 | www.thepamliconews.com | .50 NOTABLES OWC’s Garden Club Yard Of The Month Goose Creek State Park Palmetto Boardwalk Hike 1,400 Cyclists Converged in Saturday, May 6 at 10 a.m. Take an easy one-mile walking tour of the boardwalk and view a freshwater Oriental For The 14th Annual swamp that is transitioning to a brackish water marsh all without getting your feet wet. Meet at the visitor center. This hike is part of the Hike NC! initiative. CNC Coastal Ride Call 252-923-2191 for more information. By Georgia Wieland-Stanford This weekend, Cycle NC’s Oriental’s 12th Annual Town-wide Yard Sale Coastal Ride transformed Lou Mac COME ON DOWN! On Saturday, May 6 from 7am Park in Oriental into a miniature and th to noon, Oriental NC will be holding the 12 Annual lively tent city. Anyone could feel an Town-Wide Yard Sale. Residents, businesses and atmosphere of fun and community, organizations will join together for over 70 yard sales, even just when walking by. Riders sidewalk sales and special promotions. Free Yard Sale enjoyed fare from food and drink Maps noting each location will be available at the trucks, relaxed in chairs among mul- Oriental Town Hall on Broad Street the morning of ticolored tents, and strolled by the was “very well-organized,” and he the sale. You’re sure to find treasures in this quaint water. Saturday night also brought noted that the weather, while quite coastal village! music events to the waterfront. warm, could not have been better. Two cyclists from Cary, NC com- A group of participants from the Coastal Women’s Shelter Meet & Greet mented that the event was well-orga- Garner/Raleigh area said that they You are cordially invited to the Costal Women’s nized. One was a relative newcomer all enjoyed riding along the county’s Shelter Pamlico Meet & Greet. Tuesday May 16 at country roads, and “especially 5:30 pm at the Delamar Center, 5049 NC Hwy 306 enjoyed River Dunes.” The entire S., in Granstboro. Introducing Ruzalia Davis, CWS Drive by 1204 Lupton Drive. This is the home of Josiah Hoffman and Pamlico County Victim Advocate. Join us for Food, Susan Dillard. They are very happy to have been chosen yard of the month Fun, & Community Building. RSVP to cwspamlico@ for May by Oriental Woman’s Cub Garden Club. costalwomensshelter.net or by phone to 252-638-4509 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta The Oriental Woman’s Club Benefits Scholarship Fund on May 5 at 6 p.m. Wine tasting by Nautical Wheelers, tacos, Mexican dinner and dessert. $25 per Tents of all colors and sizes form a miniature person. Tickets available at Nautical Wheelers and “tent city” in Oriental’s Lou Mac Park. First Citizens Bank. to Cycle NC. He had only partici- Mariner 5k To Benefit Pamlico Christian Academy pated in two events, but commented Rose and Rose D.D.S., PA presents the Mariner 5K that being in Oriental made this the on May 13 to benefit Pamlico Christian Academy at best yet because of “getting to ride 9 a.m. at Arlington Place in Minnesott Beach. There by the waterfront.” His friend, a vet- A sign in memory of a rider’s friend. will be a 1/2 mile kids run, post race pool party, lunch eran Cycle NC participant, had rid- and music. Register on line at www.runtheast.com den in 5 events, but had never been to Oriental. He agreed that the event group were first-timers, to both Shoe Drive To Raise Money To Purchase Service Oriental and Cycle NC events. When Dog asked about the local traffic, the Oriental United Methodist Church is collecting wear- consensus was that our local drivers able shoes. This is a fundraiser to help Alexis, age 15 Bill Barker of Vanceboro, winner of the 14’ Core Sound sailing skiff by were kind to the cyclists and did, in who has Type I Diabetes to purchase a Diabetic Alert Heber Guthrie that was raffled off at this year’s boat, show made good on his fact, share the road. As far as memo- Serive Dog. Collection box for paired shoes is located promise to pay it forward. He gave it to a good friend of his, a commercial rable sights or favorite landmarks, a at Oriental United Methodist Church. For more infor- fisherman who lost everything in Hurricane Matthew. His friend was so flab- common response was the “dragon mation please contact Joan Lilley at 249-2690. bergasted and said it was the nicest thing anyone had done for him and that statue wearing a bike jersey” that he could not wait to use it to get out on the water and back to fishing. (Photo was perched on a lawn in Oriental. Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church Senior Choir courtesy of TownDock.net.) Anniversary Senior Choir Anniversary on Sunday May 7 at 4 p.m. In Concert New Bern Eastern Missionary Baptist As- sociation Unity Choir. Contact Mother Hilda Gibbs at 745-3365 or Sister Lucy Credle at 745-5524. Mineo Bingo At Minnesott Golf & Country Club Minnesott Golf & Country Club BINGO DATE CORRECTION! The Next Date is Wednesday, MAY 3rd. $10 for a pack of 10 Cards go on Sale at 5:30 pm. A Pork BBQ Dinner is available for $8 at 6 pm and PLAY begins at 6:30 pm. Bingo takes place on the Wednesday of the 3rd week after the last bingo event: May 3rd, May 24th, June 14th, July 5th and so on. A Dinner will be available at 6PM and play will begin at 6:30. Everyone is Welcome! Hope to see You there! Graduate Returns To PCC To Lead Medical Assisting Program Vegetable Garden Workshop “How To Get By Sandy Wall, Pamlico Community College lege and the Medical Assisting program. Started” At Pamlico Community College, the student really has become the teacher. “I loved school,” Hardison said. “I was on fire for it. That was my world.” Join Cooperative Extension for a Vegetable Garden Tina Hardison, a 2015 graduate of the college’s Medical Assisting pro- With a full-time course load, a full-time job and a family, she stayed busy, Workshop “How To Get Started” Topics include: gram, started work April 3 as the new director of the popu- but she completed the program with flying colors. Selecting and Preparing a Location; Soil Testing and lar two-year program, which trains students to work with One morning, she was working at a Tands-owned Fertilizer Application; Planting Seeds and Transplants patients in doctors’ offices, health care clinics and other Bojangle’s in James City, where she was training an General Care and Pest Control facilities. attendant at the drive-through window. A female cus- The workshop will take place on May 13, 2017 10 The 46-year-old Pamlico County native is taking over tomer drove up, and Hardison noticed she was wearing a a.m. ‐12 p.m. at the Operation Veggie Box garden at for Jessica Boomer, a registered nurse who will be leaving Coastal Carolina Health Care (CCHC) uniform. Oriental United Methodist Church 404 Freemason the college May 15 to move with her husband and son to The two struck up a conversation about medical assist- Street, Oriental. Contact Daniel Simpson at daniel_ Mississippi. ing and job opportunities, and the next thing Hardison [email protected] or 252‐745‐4121 Boomer, who has led the program for about three years, knew, she was working at CCHC as a medical assistant said Hardison will be a fantastic successor. – a job she held until she decided to return to her alma “I know the quality of student she was and the quality of mater and lead the program she had once attended. See Notables, page 10A worker she was,” Boomer said, adding that Hardison gradu- “I’ve always loved teaching,” Hardison said, adding ated from PCC’s Medical Assisting program in just three she hopes to instill a love of learning and a strong work InsIDE semesters with a 4.0 grade point average. ethic in her students. For her part, the modest Hardison said Boomer has been “They need to learn and recognize that you have to a great help to her as she learns the new job. She also said work really hard for what you want,” she said. Almanac .............................................................................................2A Jessica Boomer, left, who has led Classifieds .........................................................................................8A the new position is the latest chapter in a life spent working Pamlico Community College’s Medical PCC President Dr. Jim Ross said the college is fortu- Commentary ......................................................................................6A to better herself and to improve her circumstances. Assisting program for three years, is turn- nate that Hardison decided to return. Community ........................................................................................7A Hardison grew up in Pamlico County and graduated from ing over the reins to former student Tina “Tina Hardison will do a wonderful job with our Horoscopes .......................................................................................2A Pamlico County High School. She intended to become a Hardison. Contributed photo Medical Assisting program,” he said. “She is a product of Kitchen Chatter .................................................................................9A nurse, but things didn’t work out, so she took a job working Pamlico Community College and has a love for this col- Legals ...............................................................................................10A Neighborhood ....................................................................................3A in a medical office. lege and this community. Tina Hardison’s story illustrates the opportunities Obituaries ..........................................................................................7A At first, she worked as a receptionist, then transitioned into the insurance available right here at PCC.” On The Water ................................................................................... 11A and billing department.