Lenoir County names 'Smile' recipient
This week’s Lenoir County Smiles recipient is Valerie Witherspoon, who works at Chick-fil-A on Highway 70 West.
She was presented a gift from Lucy Marston, Lenoir County Tourism director, in recognition of "customer service beyond expectations." The weekly winners are chosen by recommendations from the community and will receive a small gift and be pictured in the Sunday edition of The Free Press, from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This is the eighth year of the program, which began in 2006 to foster "good, friendly service with a smile."
The program is sponsored by Lenoir County Tourism and The Free Press. To nominate someone, contact Marston at the Kinston-Lenoir County Visitor’s and Information Center, 252-522-0004 or lenoircountytourism@suddenlinkmail.com.
Bridge club names winners
The Fairfield Duplicate Bridge Club played a regular game June 11.
The winners were: Dayle Pond and Edith Cahn, first place; Joe Goldwasser and Dot Taylor, second; Eva Balknight and Jenny Holt, third; and Deloris Booker and Annie Bennings, fourth.
A regular game will be played at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at Fairfield Center. The club welcomes and encourages all bridge players.
For more club information, call 252-523-6791.
Library to offer Children’s Theater on Thursdays
The Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library is hosting Children’s Theater Thursdays this summer in the Schechter Auditorium. The movies are free and open to the public.
At 2 p.m. on Thursdays, from June 27 to Aug. 15 — excluding July 4 — the library will feature newly released movies as an added option for activities offered during the summer.
Selected films are: June 27, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”; July 11, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days”; July 18, “Mirror Mirror”; July 25, “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”; Aug. 1, “The Three Stooges”; Aug. 8, “Escape from Planet Earth”; Aug. 15, “The Croods.”
Both groups and individual families are encouraged to attend; however, groups are asked to sign up in advance.
For more information on upcoming events, or to pre-register, contact the library at 252-527-7066, ext. 133, or neuselibrary.org. Calendars of Events are available at each library branch in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties.
Vidant honors Wyse Fork woman
GREENVILLE — Barbara Malpass was honored recently by Vidant Medical Center in Greenville at the 15th annual Employee of the Year Awards ceremony.
Malpass was selected as Nurse of the Year. The award was presented at a luncheon May 9 in the East Carolina Heart Institute Auditorium. She is a Staff Nurse IV and works in Women’s and Children’s Services 1 West.
Malpass also was recognized with the Brody Award, receiving a plaque and check for $800. The Brody Award Program is sponsored by Vidant Medical Center Foundation through a $50,000 gift from the Brody family.
Malpass is the daughter of Edward and Brenda Eubanks of Wyse Fork.