North Lenoir honors N.C. Scholars
North Carolina Scholars is a special state recognition for students who complete the requirements for an academically challenging high school program, which includes an unweighted grade-point average of 3.5 or better.
North Lenoir High School honored its N.C. Scholars during the Annual Awards Day May 24.
Honored were Kacey Neill, Victoria Morris, Ashley Scarborough, Memoree Blackmon, Molly Braxton, Olivia Tyer, Mallory Whitfield, Aaliyah Wade, Cristina Joyner, Majesty McPhail, Hannah Gerding, Zachary Respess, Caleb Baird, Deshona Cox, Joseph Grady, Sarah Irsik, Wes Nimmo, Jorie Edwards, Elizabeth Deal, Jordan Shear, Justin Shimer, Morgan Harrison, Tori Howard, Haleigh Leonard and Jennifer Moulton.
Woman joins First South, Kinston
Katherine Barrett is the new assistant vice president, Community Banking officer at the Herritage Street branch of First South Bank. She will focus on expanding First South’s presence in the greater Kinston area, building customer focused relationships and promoting the bank’s services and solutions.
Barrett brings more than 12 years of banking experience, formerly associated with RBC Bank, BB&T and Wachovia Bank. She is a past member of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce and Financial Committee for Wayne Community College. She looks forward to becoming active with the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber.
Originally from Waynesville, Barrett attended UNC Wilmington. She and her husband Aaron, with the U.S. Air Force, have two sons, Jordan and Canon.
Library to celebrate Juneteenth Saturday
“Juneteenth: A Celebration” will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library’s Schechter Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public.
Festivities will include African dancers, drummers, singers, storytellers, local and professional acts. The celebration is a time to reflect and rejoice, assess, self-improve and plan for the future.
Juneteenth has become the oldest, nationally-celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Word of the Confederate surrender reached the Texas frontier in the third week of June 1865, although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued more than two years earlier. Texans celebrated continually beginning that year, calling it Juneteenth probably because they were unsure of the exact date. The event has become a legal holiday in 31 of the 50 states.
For details, contact 252-527-7066, ext. 133 or neuselibrary.org.
