KDPS crime campaign set for today
Howard-Carter Funeral Home has donated $300 to the National Night Out campaign, planned for 6 to 8 p.m. today by the City of Kinston Department of Public Safety. The event will be at Southeast Park, off Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between East Bright and East King streets.
This donation will enable KDPS to serve food items during the annual event that focuses on police and community partnerships involving crime prevention. KDPS will share information on keeping you and your family safe. Free tickets will be given to children younger than 18 years old for a visit to the Woodmen Community Center’s Lions Water Adventure.
For more information, call KDPS at 252-939-3139.
‘Back to School’ bash planned
The Gate of Lenoir County, in partnership with St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, will sponsor its fifth annual Back to School bash at 10 a.m. Saturday at The Gate, 201 E. Gordon St.
Free school supplies and hotdog lunches will be given out to youth in the community. Christopher L. King will be the guest speaker for this event. Students must be present to receive a school supply bag.
For more information, call Wanda Hall, executive director of The Gate, at 252-939-3223.
Students named to Barton honor society
WILSON — Barton College’s Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration held its third induction ceremony before the end of spring semester.
Area students among the 19 inducted include Holly Carol Lafond of New Bern, a member of the junior class; and senior class members Sarah Elizabeth Casey of Kinston and Lindsey P. Frederick of Goldsboro.
Candidates for bachelor’s degrees in accounting or business management at Barton College, who rank academically in the upper 20 percent of the junior or senior class at the time of the invitation to membership, may be inducted into membership following completion of at least one-half of the degree program in which they are enrolled.
Transfer students who meet the qualifications for membership may be inducted after they have completed a minimum of one term of work at the College in an accounting or business management degree program, provided their overall record, in the judgment of the collegiate chapter, is of Sigma Beta Delta caliber.
