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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

July 25, 2024 (Thursday)

Momentum continues to build behind Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, and the national narrative as a whole has shifted.

Democrats appear to be generating significant enthusiasm among younger Americans. Yesterday, for the first time in their history, the March for Our Lives organization endorsed a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, organized March for Our Lives after the shooting there in 2018. Executive director Natalie Fall said that the organization “will work to mobilize young people across the country to support Vice President Harris and other down-ballot candidates, with a particular focus on the states and races where we can make up the margin of victory—in Arizona, New York, Michigan, and Florida.”

Andrea Hailey of Vote.org announced that in the 48 hours after President Biden said he would not accept the Democratic nomination, nearly 40,000 people registered to vote. That meant a daily increase in new registrations of almost 700%.

People are turning out for Harris in impressive numbers. In the hours after she launched her campaign, Win With Black Women rallied 44,000 Black women on Zoom and raised $1.6 million. On Monday, around 20,000 Black men rallied to raise $1.2 million. Tonight, challenged to “answer the call,” 164,000 white women joined an event that “broke Zoom” and raised more than $2 million and tens of thousands of new volunteers.

Another significant endorsement for Harris came yesterday from Geoff Duncan, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Georgia, who wrote on social media: “I’m committed to beating Donald Trump. The only vehicle left for me to do that with is the Democratic Party. If that requires me to vote for, speak for, or endorse [Kamala Harris] then count me in!” Duncan’s public announcement offers permission for other Georgia Republicans to make a similar shift. In 1964, South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond similarly paved the way for southern Democrats to vote for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

Harris’s appearances are generating such enthusiasm from audiences that when she delivered the keynote address this morning at the convention of the American Federation of Teachers in Houston, Texas, the applause delayed her ability to begin. After a speech defending education and calling out the cuts to it in Project 2025, Harris ended by demonstrating that after decades of Democrats being accused of being anti-American, Trump’s denigration of the country has enabled the party to claim the position of being America’s defenders.

“When we vote, we make our voices heard,” Harris said. “So today, I ask you, AFT, are you ready to make your voices heard? Do we believe in freedom? Do we believe in opportunity? Do we believe in the promise of America? And are we ready to fight for it? And when we fight, we win! God bless you and God bless the United States of America.”

Today the Commerce Department reported that economic growth in the second quarter was higher than expected, coming in at 2.8%, thanks to higher spending driven by higher wages. The country’s changing momentum is showing in media stories hyping the booming economy Biden’s team tried for years to get traction on. “Full Employment is Joe Biden’s True Legacy” was the title of a story by Zachary Carter that appeared yesterday in Slate; CNN responded to today’s good economic news with an article by Bryan Mena titled: “The US economy is pulling off something historic.”

With Harris appearing to have sewn up the nomination, the question has turned to her vice presidential pick. That question is fueling the sense of excitement as potential choices are in front of cameras and on social media advocating Democratic positions and defending the United States from Trump’s denigration. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro listed the economic gains of the past years, and said: “Trump, you’ve got to stop sh*t talking America. We’ve got to start standing tall and being patriotic and showing how much we love this amazing nation.”

The vice presidential hopefuls appear to be having some fun with showcasing their personalities, as Minnesota governor Tim Walz did in his video from the Minnesota State Fair where he and his daughter went on an extreme ride. So are social media users who have dug up old videos of, for example, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explaining how he would pilot a small starfighter that had lost its auxiliary shields, or Arizona senator Mark Kelly’s identical twin brother Scott pranking a fellow astronaut on the Space Station with a gorilla suit Mark smuggled on board.

That sense of fun is an enormous relief after years of political weight, and it has spilled over into making fun of the Republican ticket, most notably with a false story that vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance wrote about—and I cannot believe I am typing this—having sex with a couch. The story is stupid, but worse are the denials of it, which have spread the story into populations that otherwise would likely not have seen it.

Just two weeks ago, Vance appeared to be the leader of the next generation of extremist MAGA Republicans, but now that calculation seems to have been hasty. Vance is a staunch opponent of abortion—the key issue in 2024—and he has been vocal in his disdain of women who have not given birth, saying in 2021, for example, that the U.S. was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” He went on to say that people who don’t have children “don’t really have a direct stake” in the country.

Republican commentator Meghan McCain noted that Vance’s “comments are activating women across all sides, including my most conservative Trump supporting friends. These comments have caused real pain and are just innately unchristian.” Actor Jennifer Aniston, who tends to stay out of politics, posted: “I truly can’t believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States.” Vance had called out Harris by name in those 2021 comments, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff took to social media to defend Harris from Vance’s attacks on her as “childless,” calling her “a co-parent with Doug and I. She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.” Harris’s stepdaughter chimed in: “I love my three parents.”

Vance also ties the Republican ticket firmly to Project 2025. The Trump camp has worked to distance itself from Project 2025—not convincingly, since the two are obviously closely tied, but it turns out that Vance wrote the introduction for a forthcoming book by Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who was the lead author of Project 2025. The book appears to popularize that plan, right down to its endorsement of a “Second American Revolution,” and according to the book deal report, proceeds from the book will go to the Heritage Foundation “and aligned nonprofits.”

Now Vance’s words praising Project 2025 will be in print, just in time for the election. Yesterday, Trump posted: “I have nothing to do with, and know nothing about, Project 25 [sic]. The fact that I do is merely disinformation put out by the Radical Left Democrat Thugs. Do not believe them!”

Trump is clearly aware of, and concerned about, the changing narrative. This morning, he called in to Fox & Friends, saying, “We don’t need the votes. I have so many votes. I’m in Florida now…and every house has a Trump-Vance sign on it. Every single house…. It’s amazing the spirit…. This election has more spirit than I’ve ever seen ever before.” Tonight the Trump campaign proved their worry by backing out of debates with Harris, saying debates can’t be scheduled until she is the official nominee, although Biden was not the official nominee when they met in June.

The larger narrative shift has affected the media approach to Trump, who is accustomed to shaping perceptions as he wishes. Now, 12 days after the mass shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, there is increasing media attention to the fact that there has still been no medical report on Trump’s injuries, although he wore a large bandage on his ear at the Republican National Convention and said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday that he “took a bullet for democracy.”

Yesterday, FBI director Christopher Wray told Congress that it is not clear whether Trump was “grazed” by a bullet or by shrapnel, words that former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance called “FBI speak for, ‘it’s unlikely it was a bullet.’”

CNN chief medical consultant Dr. Sanjay Gupta noted last week that the people need a real medical evaluation of Trump’s injuries, explaining that “gunshot blasts near the head can cause injuries that aren’t immediately noticeable, such as bleeding in or on the brain, damage to the inner ear or even psychological trauma.” But, as Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has noted, much of the press has kept mum about the story.

Media outlets have reported Wray’s testimony, though, and in a social media post today, Trump called on Wray, whom he appointed to head the FBI, to resign from his post for “LYING TO CONGRESS.” Tonight, he reiterated that “it was…a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard.”

Perhaps eager to get back to their districts, House Republicans canceled their expected votes on appropriations bills scheduled for next week and left town today for their August recess. The House will not reconvene until early September. The government’s fiscal year 2025 begins on October 1.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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July 25, 2024 

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

JUL 26

Momentum continues to build behind Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, and the national narrative as a whole has shifted. 

Democrats appear to be generating significant enthusiasm among younger Americans. Yesterday, for the first time in their history, the March for Our Lives organization endorsed a presidential candidate: Kamala Harris. Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, organized March for Our Lives after the shooting there in 2018. Executive director Natalie Fall said that the organization “will work to mobilize young people across the country to support Vice President Harris and other down-ballot candidates, with a particular focus on the states and races where we can make up the margin of victory—in Arizona, New York, Michigan, and Florida.” 

Andrea Hailey of Vote.org announced that in the 48 hours after President Biden said he would not accept the Democratic nomination, nearly 40,000 people registered to vote. That meant a daily increase in new registrations of almost 700%.

People are turning out for Harris in impressive numbers. In the hours after she launched her campaign, Win With Black Women rallied 44,000 Black women on Zoom and raised $1.6 million. On Monday, around 20,000 Black men rallied to raise $1.2 million. Tonight, challenged to “answer the call,” 164,000 white women joined an event that “broke Zoom” and raised more than $2 million and tens of thousands of new volunteers. 

Another significant endorsement for Harris came yesterday from Geoff Duncan, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Georgia, who wrote on social media: “I’m committed to beating Donald Trump. The only vehicle left for me to do that with is the Democratic Party. If that requires me to vote for, speak for, or endorse [Kamala Harris] then count me in!” Duncan’s public announcement offers permission for other Georgia Republicans to make a similar shift. In 1964, South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond similarly paved the way for southern Democrats to vote for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

Harris’s appearances are generating such enthusiasm from audiences that when she delivered the keynote address this morning at the convention of the American Federation of Teachers in Houston, Texas, the applause delayed her ability to begin. After a speech defending education and calling out the cuts to it in Project 2025, Harris ended by demonstrating that after decades of Democrats being accused of being anti-American, Trump’s denigration of the country has enabled the party to claim the position of being America’s defenders. 

“When we vote, we make our voices heard,” Harris said. “So today, I ask you, AFT, are you ready to make your voices heard? Do we believe in freedom? Do we believe in opportunity? Do we believe in the promise of America? And are we ready to fight for it? And when we fight, we win! God bless you and God bless the United States of America.” 

Today the Commerce Department reported that economic growth in the second quarter was higher than expected, coming in at 2.8%, thanks to higher spending driven by higher wages. The country’s changing momentum is showing in media stories hyping the booming economy Biden’s team tried for years to get traction on. “Full Employment is Joe Biden’s True Legacy” was the title of a story by Zachary Carter that appeared yesterday in Slate; CNN responded to today’s good economic news with an article by Bryan Mena titled: “The US economy is pulling off something historic.”

With Harris appearing to have sewn up the nomination, the question has turned to her vice presidential pick. That question is fueling the sense of excitement as potential choices are in front of cameras and on social media advocating Democratic positions and defending the United States from Trump’s denigration. Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro listed the economic gains of the past years, and said: “Trump, you’ve got to stop sh*t talking America. We’ve got to start standing tall and being patriotic and showing how much we love this amazing nation.”

The vice presidential hopefuls appear to be having some fun with showcasing their personalities, as Minnesota governor Tim Walz did in his video from the Minnesota State Fair where he and his daughter went on an extreme ride. So are social media users who have dug up old videos of, for example, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explaining how he would pilot a small starfighter that had lost its auxiliary shields, or Arizona senator Mark Kelly’s identical twin brother Scott pranking a fellow astronaut on the Space Station with a gorilla suit Mark smuggled on board. 

That sense of fun is an enormous relief after years of political weight, and it has spilled over into making fun of the Republican ticket, most notably with a false story that vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance wrote about—and I cannot believe I am typing this—having sex with a couch. The story is stupid, but worse are the denials of it, which have spread the story into populations that otherwise would likely not have seen it. 

Just two weeks ago, Vance appeared to be the leader of the next generation of extremist MAGA Republicans, but now that calculation seems to have been hasty. Vance is a staunch opponent of abortion—the key issue in 2024—and he has been vocal in his disdain of women who have not given birth, saying in 2021, for example, that the U.S. was being run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” He went on to say that people who don’t have children “don’t really have a direct stake” in the country. 

Republican commentator Meghan McCain noted that Vance’s “comments are activating women across all sides, including my most conservative Trump supporting friends. These comments have caused real pain and are just innately unchristian.” Actor Jennifer Aniston, who tends to stay out of politics, posted: “I truly can’t believe this is coming from a potential VP of The United States.” Vance had called out Harris by name in those 2021 comments, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife Kerstin Emhoff took to social media to defend Harris from Vance’s attacks on her as “childless,” calling her “a co-parent with Doug and I. She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.” Harris’s stepdaughter chimed in: “I love my three parents.”

Vance also ties the Republican ticket firmly to Project 2025. The Trump camp has worked to distance itself from Project 2025—not convincingly, since the two are obviously closely tied, but it turns out that Vance wrote the introduction for a forthcoming book by Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts, who was the lead author of Project 2025. The book appears to popularize that plan, right down to its endorsement of a “Second American Revolution,” and according to the book deal report, proceeds from the book will go to the Heritage Foundation “and aligned nonprofits.” 

Now Vance’s words praising Project 2025 will be in print, just in time for the election. Yesterday, Trump posted: “I have nothing to do with, and know nothing about, Project 25 [sic]. The fact that I do is merely disinformation put out by the Radical Left Democrat Thugs. Do not believe them!” 

Trump is clearly aware of, and concerned about, the changing narrative. This morning, he called in to Fox & Friends, saying, “We don’t need the votes. I have so many votes. I’m in Florida now…and every house has a Trump-Vance sign on it. Every single house…. It’s amazing the spirit…. This election has more spirit than I’ve ever seen ever before.” Tonight the Trump campaign proved their worry by backing out of debates with Harris, saying debates can’t be scheduled until she is the official nominee, although Biden was not the official nominee when they met in June. 

The larger narrative shift has affected the media approach to Trump, who is accustomed to shaping perceptions as he wishes. Now, 12 days after the mass shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, there is increasing media attention to the fact that there has still been no medical report on Trump’s injuries, although he wore a large bandage on his ear at the Republican National Convention and said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday that he “took a bullet for democracy.”

Yesterday, FBI director Christopher Wray told Congress that it is not clear whether Trump was “grazed” by a bullet or by shrapnel, words that former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance called “FBI speak for, ‘it’s unlikely it was a bullet.’” 

CNN chief medical consultant Dr. Sanjay Gupta noted last week that the people need a real medical evaluation of Trump’s injuries, explaining that “gunshot blasts near the head can cause injuries that aren’t immediately noticeable, such as bleeding in or on the brain, damage to the inner ear or even psychological trauma.” But, as Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memohas noted, much of the press has kept mum about the story. 

Media outlets have reported Wray’s testimony, though, and in a social media post today, Trump called on Wray, whom he appointed to head the FBI, to resign from his post for “LYING TO CONGRESS.” Tonight, he reiterated that “it was…a bullet that hit my ear, and hit it hard.” 

Perhaps eager to get back to their districts, House Republicans canceled their expected votes on appropriations bills scheduled for next week and left town today for their August recess. The House will not reconvene until early September. The government’s fiscal year 2025 begins on October 1.

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June 19, 2019: In other news

WCC announces spring 

2019 Semester President’s and Dean’s Lists

 Wilkes Community  College recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students through the President’s List and the Dean’s List each fall and spring semester. The students on the spring 2019 semester President’s and Dean’s lists are grouped by home county.

 To qualify for the President’s List, full-time students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average, complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and be awarded all “A’s.”

 To qualify for the Dean’s List, full-time students must complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, with no grade below a “B.”

  Alexander County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Bradley Peyton Anderson,    Hiddenite; Tiffany Brooke Austin, Taylorsville;

Benjamin Carroll Bradburn, Hiddenite; Colt      Lane Cline, Hiddenite; Casey    Elaine Hefner, Taylorsville; Tanya Patricia Link, Taylorsville; Erin Faith Pinnix, Hiddenite; Ethan Ryan Sprinkle, Taylorsville; Savana Nhiawa Vang, Taylorsville.

 Dean’s List: Summer Leann Adams, Hiddenite; Lillianna Gabrielle Carrigan, Taylorsville;

Kayla Craig, Taylorsville; Holden Kelley Fox, Taylorsville; Kasey         Elizabeth Gwaltney, Taylorsville; Amanda            Hallman, Taylorsville; Noah Jacob Hudler, Taylorsville; Archie Neal Johnson, Taylorsville; Alexis          Marie Lingle, Taylorsville; Zackary Gordon Pearson, Taylorsville;

Aven Maverick Sheppard, Taylorsville; Madison Victoria Walker, Taylorsville.

  Alleghany County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Katelyn Davis, Sparta; Christopher Mark Johnson, Sparta; Sharon Blevins Lyons, Sparta; Joshua Grayson Moxley, Sparta; James Paul Phillips, Sparta; Samantha Roten, Sparta; Dania Brown Ruppard, Glade Valley; Holly Alexis Watkins, Sparta.

      Dean’s List: Logan Patrick Billings,     Sparta; Aaron Casey Brown, Piney Creek; Ashley Lynn Cornett           , Sparta; Ryan Edward Dowell, Piney Creek; Morgan Elizabeth Jasso, Ennice; Keeli Malaya Moxley, Sparta; Jennifer Brooke Tracy, Glade Valley.

 Ashe County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Kaylee Madison Campbell   , West Jefferson; Bethany Frances Council, Laurel Springs; Elizabeth Marie Goodman, West Jefferson; Kelsie Ann Goodman          ,West Jefferson; Caleb Allen Harless, West Jefferson; Zachary James Holman, Warrensville; Sarah Elizabeth Houck, West Jefferson; Allison Johnson Keppel, Jefferson; Joshua Ryan Knapp, Lansing; Jacob Tyler Milam, Creston; Brandi     Parrish, West Jefferson; Alec   Chase Roland, West Jefferson; Tonya Sizemore Sheets, West Jefferson; Devin Ray Sullins, Jefferson; Elva Jacqulyn Swibold, West Jefferson; Kellie Jourdan Taylor, Jefferson; Mackenzie Kathleen Watson, Fleetwood.

 Dean’s List: Hannah Sue Barker, Glendale Springs; Ethan Lane Cox, West Jefferson; Molly Mae Dawes, Jefferson; Christy Greene Denny, West Jefferson; Arianne Leigh Dillard, West Jefferson; Melissa Brown Edwards, West Jefferson; Hollie Michelle Harris, Jefferson; Wendy Rubi Hernandez, Warrensville; Samantha Paige Johnson, Creston; Jordan Ross Miller, Fleetwood; Amy Sienna Patrick, Creston; Karina Leal Rash, West Jefferson; John Clark Reavis, Fleetwood; Allison Diamond Roten, West Jefferson; Ethan Shrader, West Jefferson; Michelle Slaton, Lansing; Caroline Melina Trent, West Jefferson; Carolina Jennette Weinberger, West Jefferson; Bailey Laurell Witherspoon, Fleetwood; Kaitlyn Woods, Jefferson.

  Burke County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Jonathon Charles McManus, Morganton; Justin Ray Williams, Hildebran.      

 Dean’s List: Justin Lee Spurlin, Rutherford College.

  Caldwell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Janie Nichole Coffey, Lenoir; Alana Grace Hamby, Lenoir.

 Dean’s List: William   Everett McRary, Lenoir; Dillon Andrew Don Norwood, Lenoir; Elijah Christian Smith, Lenoir; David William White, Lenoir.

  Catawba County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Graham Franklin Huffman     , Conover; Adreanna White, Catawba.

 Dean’s List: Sydney Grace Arnett, Hickory; Karter Michael Peek, Hickory.

     Iredell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: James Robert Alkema, Statesville; Nicole Lindsey Beltrami, Stony Point;

William Henry Chapman, Statesville; Robert Curtis        Fox, Olin; Kacie Lian   Greer, Statesville;

Edward Todd Johnson  , Statesville; Timothy Jacob Williams, Statesville.

 Dean’s List: Christina Hope Beltrami, Stony Point; Morgan Nicole Blevins, Statesville; Krista Danielle Childress, Statesville; Amy Rena Harmon,             Union Grove; Brian Christopher Pekarek, Statesville; Jadyn Leigh Summers, Statesville; David James Williams, Union Grove; Austin Thomas Wooten, Statesville.

  New Hanover County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Lillieanne Bailey Eby, Castle Hayne.

  Surry County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: James Harrison Burcham, State Road; Hannah Faith Gentry, Elkin; Bryson Alexander Davis Key, Ararat; Kourtney Danielle Merkel, State Road.

 Dean’s List: Kyla Danyelle Anderson, Elkin; Matthew Paul Giuffre, Ararat; Abriella Michelle Jarvis, Elkin; Emily Hope Jones, State Road; Justin N. Leonard, Pilot Mountain; Anayeli  Loa, Elkin; Brandon James McGrady, Elkin; Corbin M. Soots, Mount Airy; Michelle Kathleen Teague, Elkin; Cassidi Rae Wood, Elkin.

  Watauga County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Barry Craig Adams, Deep Gap; Hattie Cox, Deep Gap.

 Dean’s List: Serlina Morales Francisco, Deep Gap; Carlos Sandoval, Boone.

  Wilkes County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Maghan Katrice Adams, Hays; Logan George Anderson, North Wilkesboro;

Scott Bryan Anderson, Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Bauguess, Millers Creek; Oliver Dean Bentley, Wilkesboro; Jarrett Reid Blevins, Millers Creek; Kaycee Danielle Brown, Millers Creek; Victoria Lane-Kaye Bullis, Wilkesboro; Dillon John Carlton, North Wilkesboro; Aidan Quinn Cecile,           Wilkesboro; Jacob Hunter Chipman, Roaring River; Cassidy Noah            Clack,  North Wilkesboro; Jodie Lynn Coffey, Ferguson; Ruth Noel Crawford, Purlear; Victoria Beth Dockery, Millers Creek; Katie Gorich Duncan,    Wilkesboro; Kristen Emily Farrington, North Wilkesboro;

Brian Keith Foster, Hays; Amanda Lynn Goforth, North Wilkesboro; Gabriel Griffin, Millers Creek; Keith Wayne Haynes,            North Wilkesboro; Sara Elizabeth Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Kacee Leann Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Kayla Leigh Johnson, McGrady; Amanda Lyn Jordan, Wilkesboro; James Allen Kerr, Moravian Falls; James Thomas King, Wilkesboro; Eric Karl Kohlmeier, Wilkesboro; Breanna Nichole Laws, North Wilkesboro; Ilse Limon-Garcia,

  Moravian Falls; Eric Kent Lunsford, Boomer; Rebecca Bounds Matherly, Ferguson; Tonya Deneese McNeil, Traphill; Shabrina Denise McPherson, North Wilkesboro; Jessicah Ellen Mesa,

North Wilkesboro; Lisa Gail Mikeal, Wilkesboro; Zachary Nolan Miller, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Minton, Millers Creek; Jacob Benjamin Muller, Moravian Falls; Marchella Campbell Nance, Ronda; Sierra Nicole Nance, Wilkesboro; Nhung Thi Nguyen, North Wilkesboro; Sapphire Renee Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Samantha Amber Nickelson, Wilkesboro; Staley Elizabeth Parks, Wilkesboro; Haley Perez, Wilkesboro; Roger

Dale Queen, Millers Creek; Jason Orion Redding, Roaring River; Paiton Elise Roberts, North Wilkesboro; Brittany Eller Rutherford, North Wilkesboro; Janine Diane Severt, Wilkesboro;

Cassie Marie Shepard, North Wilkesboro; Amy L. Talley, North Wilkesboro; Trenton Grant Teague, North Wilkesboro; Jared Allan Vice, North Wilkesboro; Trendon Seth Wagoner, North Wilkesboro; Rachel Elizabeth Watkins, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Christine Watson, Ferguson;

Logan Avery Whisnant, Wilkesboro; Lexey Makayla Williams, Moravian Falls; Catherine Christine Yates, North Wilkesboro; Christopher Richard Zeidner, Wilkesboro.

 Dean’s List: Brittany   Nicole  Anderson, North Wilkesboro; Karson Shae Anderson, Moravian Falls; Olivia Faith Anderson,        Moravian Falls; Ryan    Richardson Barrett, Wilkesboro; Megan Billings, Ferguson; Samuel Richard Blevins, North Wilkesboro; Charles Bryson Bowers,     Millers Creek; Jesse Brown, Millers Creek; Dennis Wayne Buchler, North Wilkesboro; Caleb Allen Byrd, North Wilkesboro; Candace Leigh Call, North Wilkesboro; Kacie L. Cardwell, Millers Creek; Melissa Grace   Cleary, North Wilkesboro; Tonya Golden Combs, Purlear; Devin Owen Courtner, North Wilkesboro; Brookelen Mercedes Cox, North Wilkesboro; Alexandria Taylor Cress, Wilkesboro; Breanna Lynn Dancy, North Wilkesboro; Hope Colette Davis, Wilkesboro;

Christopher Volant Dodd, North Wilkesboro; Gralan Brock     Durham, Roaring River; Cole Grayson Elledge, North Wilkesboro; Lauren      Alise Eller, North Wilkesboro; Nicole E. Eller, Wilkesboro; Hannah Dawn Ellis, Millers Creek; Charles Alexander Erhardt, North Wilkesboro; Lauren Renee Gaines, Wilkesboro; Raegan Leann Gragg, Millers Creek; Lola Mae Griffith, Ferguson; Mason Andrew Hartley, Wilkesboro; Tambrey C. Hauser, Wilkesboro; Aaron Matthew Haymore, North Wilkesboro; Andrew Dylan Holder-Walker, North Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson; Jonah Mark Horton, Wilkesboro; Madison Faith Huffman, Millers Creek; Madison Grace Jarvis, Purlear; Olivia Rebecca Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Winston      Blake Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Courtney Paige Key, Millers Creek; Noah Lee Krause, Wilkesboro; Thomas Jeffrey Lambert, North Wilkesboro; Tifanie Nicole Lamm, Roaring River; Sara Mari Lopez, Thurmond; David Trent Love, North Wilkesboro; Taylor Nicole Lowe, Moravian Falls; Jonathan Lugo-Parra, North Wilkesboro; Cynthia Esmeralda Maciel, North Wilkesboro; Devany Nataly Maldonado Garcia, Millers Creek; Keelee Jade McGlamery, Hays; Katheryn Nicole McGuire, North Wilkesboro; Ahlivia Shauntrisha McMillan, North Wilkesboro; Jason Allen McQuinn, Wilkesboro; Tanner Ian Medley, North Wilkesboro; Luis Carlos Mora, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Nichole Mullis, Roaring River; Bo Kimbol Mullis, Roaring River; Macy Taya Murphy, Moravian Falls; Emaleth Violet Myers, Boomer; Christopher Stephen Nardini, North Wilkesboro; Autumn Faith Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Matthew John Nielsen, North Wilkesboro; Alex Joe Parker, Wilkesboro; Timothy Ryan Pettyjohn, Ronda; Billy Jack Plowman, Millers Creek; Rosalee Joy Reavis, North Wilkesboro; Madison Elizabeth Faye Reeves, Millers Creek; Madeline Reese Roberts, North Wilkesboro        ; Jacob Darren Roe, Wilkesboro; Rebekka Jonel Rollison, Moravian Falls; Neil Jacob Rotsheck, Millers Creek; Sara Stephanie Shinaman, Moravian Falls; Adam Paul Shoemaker, North Wilkesboro; Destiny Storm Smith, North Wilkesboro; Anna Maria Sotelo, Wilkesboro; Antonio Torres-De la Paz, Wilkesboro; Joshua Townsend, Ferguson; Karen Trinidad-Meza, North Wilkesboro; Mary Jane Boiser Vawter, McGrady; Emilee Michelle Waddell, Roaring River; Ronnie Easton Wagoner,

  Roaring River; Caroline Elizabeth Walker, Moravian Falls; Jordan         Mitchell Walker, North Wilkesboro; Harrison Wall, Wilkesboro; Travis Remington Wall, Wilkesboro; Kimberly Dawn

Watson Staley, Millers Creek; Samantha Jo Welborn, Ronda; Nicholas Ryan Whitley, Hays; Elizabeth Pearl Williams, Wilkesboro; Jacob Lee Wood, North Wilkesboro; Matthew Allen Woodie, Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson.

 Yadkin County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 President’s List: Amanda D. Ford, Hamptonville; Austin Martin Gentle, Hamptonville; Shannon Jeanne Holden, Yadkinville; Jessica Lauren Rakes         , Hamptonville  ; Jeremy Ronald Salmons, Yadkinville.

 Dean’s List: Brittany Melton Allred, Yadkinville; Kendra Nicole Davis, Jonesville; Victoria Marie Johnson      , Boonville; Ryan Parks, Yadkinville.

 Carroll County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

 Dean’s List: Gabrielle Rose Ziems, Galax, Virginia.

 Wilkes Community  College, a member of the North Carolina Community College System, is a public, two-year, open-door institution serving the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties and beyond. Established in 1965, WCC continues to build on a strong history of meeting the educational needs and cultural interests of our students, community and workforce. WCC prepares learners for success in a dynamic world.

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Nov. 1, 2017: Obituaries

Hubert A Hankins,  85

Hubert A Hankins, age 85, left us on October 29.  He was a gentle and compassionate man who loved God, his family, laughter and good music.  He enjoyed electronics and his ham radio (W4UOD).  He had to opportunity to travel most of the United States and photograph the many sights.

               Hubert served active duty in the Korean War.  He moved to Wilkes in 1960 and spent his early career in auto body repair. He then began doing wedding photography with the goal of providing quality pictures at an affordable price. He did hundreds of weddings.  He served as a deacon and provided help and support to many people.  For several years he taped church services to provide cassettes for those unable to attend.

               He was the loving husband to his wife Charlotte for 61 years and proud papa to his daughter Lois and granddaughters, Brittany and Caitlin.

               A celebration of life service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jim Gore officiating.                                      Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

 Mae Hawkins, 92

"Ruby" Mae Hawkins, age 92, of North Wilkesboro, died Saturday, October 28, 2017 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. She was born May 27, 1925 in Wilkes County to Hillary and Minerva Baldwin Harrold. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Hawkins was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Charles Lemon Hawkins; and grandson, Russell Hawkins.

               Surviving are her sons, Bobby Jerry Hawkins and wife Gloria, David Joe Hawkins all of North Wilkesboro, Steve Russell Hawkins and wife Janice of Hays; daughters, Shirlene Hawkins and husband Jacky of Millers Creek, Brenda Kay Hawkins Miller and husband Tim of Kernersville; grandchildren, Kimberly Hawkins, April Haney Olsen and husband Derek, Josh Severt; great grandchildren, Tyler Hawkins and Brooke Bauguess; and one great great grandchild, Glorianne Bauguess.

               Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 2,  at Miller Funeral Chapel with Rev. Ronnie Millsaps and Pastor Donnie Shumate officiating. Burial will follow in Mountlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Miller Funeral Service from 6:00 until 8:00 Wednesday night. Flowers are accepted.

               Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

Hadley Church, 86

Mr. Hadley Sherman Church, age 86 of Millers Creek, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist-Wilkes Medical in North Wilkesboro.

               Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday at Scenic Memorial Gardens with Rev. Sherrill Wellborn officiating.

               Mr. Church was born November 11, 1930 in Wilkes County to V M and Celeste Greene Church. He was Co-Owner of Bruce Church Paneling and a member of Millers Creek Baptist Church.

               He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister; Vetra Church and six brothers; Hayes, Homer, Duane, Clay, Bruce and Hayden Church.

               Mr. Church is survived by his wife; Nelda Gentry Church of the home, a brother; Bryant Church and wife Bobbie of Wilkesboro and several nieces and nephews.

               In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lewis Fork Baptist Church, 395 Lewis Fork Baptist Church Road, Purlear, NC 28665.

 Roger Baldwin, 74

Mr. Roger Lee Baldwin, age 74 of Wilkesboro passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at his home.

               A Memorial service will be held at a later date.

               Roger was born August 14, 1943 in Wilkes County to William Paul Baldwin and Ruby Billings Call.  He was a member of Yadkin Valley Baptist Church.

               Roger was preceded in death by his parents.

               He is survived by two daughters; Janice Baldwin Shepherd and husband Gene of North Wilkesboro, and Jennifer Baldwin Holding and husband John of Raleigh, and one son; Jeffery Baldwin of North Wilkesboro, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild, three sisters; Pauline Baldwin Alexander of Roaring River, Juanita Baldwin Johnson of Ronda, Glenda Baldwin Mintz and husband Bill of Mooresville, Jan Baldwin Boyd and husband Al of Thurmond, two brothers; Rick Call and wife Robin and Ronnie Call and wife Lorry all of North Wilkesboro.

 Ruby Lefevers, 80

Mrs. Ruby Burchette Lefevers, age 80 of Hays passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Wilkes Medical Center.

               Funeral services were held October 28,  at Haymeadow Baptist church with Rev. Matthew Foster and Rev. Lloyd Payne officiating.    Burial was in the church cemetery.  

               Ruby was born August 7, 1937 in Wilkes County to Robert Captain and Bertha Mae Clore Burchette.  She was a member of Haymeadow Baptist Church.  

               In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son; Thomas Beaman, a step-daughter; Lesley Ann Lefevers, a granddaughter; Lisa Pierce, a sister; Purnie Anderson and three brothers; James Burchette, Glenn Burchette and Robert (Bobby) Burchette.

               She is survived by one daughter; Margaret Sue Rhodes and husband Tommy of North Wilkesboro, three sons; Donald Beaman of North Wilkesboro, Jimmy Beaman and wife Tammy of Roaring River, Robert (Bobby) Beaman and wife Natalie of North Wilkesboro and step-son; James Daniel Lefevers and wife Julie of Crumpler, nine grandchildren; Jacob Beaman, Martin Beaman, Chris Beaman, Tonya Dimmette, Tommy Lee Rhodes, Robby Rhodes, Star Johnson, Josh Beaman, Kristy Jansen, twenty great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Pruitt Health Hospice, 924 Main Street, Suite 100, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

 Vee  Emrie, 84

Mrs. Vee Baker Kiser Emrie, age 84 of Rock Hill, passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Park Point Village in Rock Hill, SC.

               Funeral services were held  October 30, at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Pastor Joey Moore officiating.  Burial was in Yellow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  

               Mrs. Emrie was born January 5, 1933 in Wilkes County to Milton Greenwood and Zelma Mae Whittington Baker.  

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband; Charles Kiser and her second husband; Norton Emrie, three sisters; Lou Huffman, Irene Eller, Natella Blakeley, five brothers; Alfred Baker, Pervis Baker, Burl Baker, Gwen and Billy Baker.

               She is survived by one daughter; Sherrie DeLane Kiser of Rock Hill, one son; Charles Douglas Kiser and wife Trina of Rock Hill, step-daughters; Jody Jones, Rebecca Foster, Jenny Funderburk and husband Eugene and step-son; Christopher Emrie all of Charlotte, three grandchildren and five step-grandchildren, and one sister; Ennis Sponaugle of Boonsboro, Md.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Alzheimer's Association, 4600 Park Road, Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

 John Eller, Jr.  64

John Clate Eller, Jr. age 64, of Ferguson, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born June 8, 1953 in Akron, Ohio to John Clate Eller, Sr. and Wavogene "Jean" Springston Eller. Mr. Eller was preceded in death by his father; grandson, Johnathan Cole Eller; and brother, Jack Eller.

               Surviving are his mother, Wavogene Eller of Ferguson; daughters, Kristy Eller Minton and husband Chris of Wilkesboro, Amy Eller Anderson and husband Chester of Moravian Falls; his son, John Clate Eller III of Laurel Springs; brother, Tom Eller and wife Yvonne; grandchildren, Jeffrey Dale George, Jamie George, Kayla Minton, Clate Eller, Jaedyn Eller, Katie Anderson, Daniel Anderson and Kaleb Viers; girlfriend, Carol Scott of Ferguson.

                Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-9956.                                      Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

 Janet  Bumgarner, 69

Ms. Janet Kay Bumgarner, age 69, of North Wilkesboro passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at Westwood Hills Nursing Home.

               Funeral services were October 29,   at Hinshaw Street Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Gore and Rev. Jeff Collins officiating. Burial was in  North Wilkesboro City Cemetery.

               Ms. Bumgarner was born October 15 1948 in Wilkes County to John Paul and Blanche Lankford Bumgarner.  She was a member of Hinshaw Street Baptist Church. Ms. Bumgarner was one of the first clients of Wilkes Adult Daily Activity Program (ADAP), where she worked in the community.  She earned employee of the month several times during her 25 years of service.  

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother; Kenneth Paul Bumgarner and a sister; Barbara Gail Bumgarner.

               She is survived by: two sisters; Sheila Bumgarner Shealy and husband, Fouche` of Columbia, SC; Paula Bumgarner Rhoades, widow of Doug Rhoades of North Wilkesboro; one niece, Alicia Gaddy Spicer of Elkin; three nephews, Scott Ashley and Jonathan Ashley both of North Wilkesboro, and William Gaddy of Elkin.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Wilkes ADAP PO Box 968 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

               The family would like to give a  special to Thank You to the staff of Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehab Facility.

 June  Harris, 55

Mrs. June Elizabeth Gwyn Harris, age 55 of North Wilkesboro, passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at her home.

               Funeral services was held  October 28th, at Reins Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Michael Greene officiating. Graveside services   followed in Dow/ Ward Cemetery in Watauga County  

               Mrs. Harris was born November 7, 1961 in Avery County to Esquire May and Hazel Carver Gwyn. She was a CNA.

               She was preceded in death by her husband; Vincent Scott Harris and her parents.

               Mrs. Harris is survived by two sons; Bruce Watkins and Billy Felts of North Wilkesboro, three grandchildren, a sister; Rachel Hall of North Wilkesboro, three brothers; Esquire Gwyn, Jr., Earl Gwyn  and Ray Gwyn of McGrady.

 Geretha Handy, 70

Mrs. Geretha Handy, age 70 of Hays, passed away Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

               Funeral services were  held October 26th,  at Piney Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Teague and Rev. Larry Wingler officiating. Burial was  in Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.             Mrs. Handy was born September 22, 1947 in Wilkes County to Verna Mayberry.  She was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church.

               In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband; Albert McKinley Handy and a brother; Ronald Mayberry.

               Mrs. Handy is survived by two daughters; Tina Handy of Hays and Shauna Handy Riggans and husband, Barry of Hays, two grandchildren; Morgan Shumate and husband, Nathan and Beau Riggans, one great grandchild; Maverick Shumate and several special nieces and nephews and a special pet Buddy Lee.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 434, Hays, NC 28635.

 Toni  Boles,   43

Mrs. Toni Nanette Walker Boles, age 43 of Roaring River, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 in Wilkesboro.

               Funeral services were held  October 27th,   at Union Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Casey Walker, Rev. Karl Payne, Rev. Albert Saunders and Rev. Keith Knox officiating. Burial will be in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 1:15 at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home prior to the service at the church.

               Toni was born February 15, 1974  in Wilkes County to Rayford and Kay Gentry Walker. She was a Sales Representative with AT&T and a member of Union Grove Baptist Church.

               Mrs. Boles is survived by her husband; Zemar LaFredrick Boles of the home, her parents; Rayford and Kay Gentry Walker of Roaring River, a daughter; Destiny Shakay Walker of the home, a son; Christian Ray Boles of the home, a grandchild; Quintion De'avier, three sisters; Tabitha Walker Dick and husband, Daniel of Roaring River, Tandy Walker of Roaring River and Carmen L. Harris of Wilkesboro and one brother; Casey Rayford Walker of Roaring River.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Union Grove Baptist Church 6768 Old 60, Roaring River, NC 28669.

Carl Triplett,  84

Carl Max "Buster" Triplett, age 84, of North Wilkesboro, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Wilkes Regional Medical Center. He was born April 15, 1933 in Wilkes County to Mathie and Vera Hamby Triplett. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters; and a son.

               Surviving are his son, Jeffrey Triplett and wife Misty of New York; and two brothers, Roy Clay Triplette and wife Reba of Millers Creek, Boyd Triplett and wife Renee of Lenoir.