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Local municipalities will change their schedules in honor of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 3.

The Town of Pikeville will be closed on Monday. The town board meeting will be rescheduled for September 4 at 7 p.m. A public hearing will also be held during that meeting.

Fremont will close town offices on Monday, and trash pickup will be on a one-day delay next week.

Eureka Town Hall will close on Monday.

Stantonsburg will close town offices on Monday, and garbage pickup will be delayed one day.

Ag demonstration Sept. 7

A demonstration of mowing and bailing of corn stover and drought damaged soybeans will be held at the NCDA Cherry Research Farm, 201 Stevens Mill Road, Goldsboro on Friday, September 7 from 10:00 until noon.

Utilization of crop residues will be imperative this year. At least 80 counties in North Carolina will be critically short of hay and winter forage this year due to the severe drought conditions affecting most of the state.

Topics covered will include sampling for nitrates, relative forage quality/protein supplementation, mowing effect on bale condition, storage considerations, net wrapping vs. twine, silage wrapping soybean haylage, and the dollar value of stover as feed.

Tent revival going on now

A Holy Ghost Tent Revival will be held at the corner of E. Nash and East Streets, across from Edwards Funeral Home, in Wilson through Saturday, September 1, and from Monday, September 3 through Saturday September 8. Services will start at 7:30 p.m., and are sponsored by Tabernacle/Temple of Jesus Chris of Wilson. Apostle Marvin Smith from West Palm Beach, Florida, will be overseeing, and Pastor Ida Hamilton of Wilson will be guest pastor. For more information, call 252-243-0443 or 243-3512.

Officials seeking information on Goldsboro woman

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the assistance of anyone who knew Mrs. Leislotte Severt of 221 Brookwood Drive, Goldsboro, or any of her relatives. Mrs. Severt passed away at her home on Sunday, August 12, 2007. The Sheriff’s Office has been unable to locate any of her relatives or relatives of her late husband, Wilfred Louis Severt. Mrs. Severt was born in Germany and apparently moved to the United States in the 1950s. She was married to Wilfred Louis Severt until his death in January 1998.

The Sheriff’s Office is requesting that anyone having knowledge of any of the Severt’s relatives to please contact the Det/Sgt. Robert Chunn at 919-731-1373 or Captain Tom Effler at 919-580-4067.

WCC offers broker course

Wayne Community College Continuing Education will offer a 15-week Real Estate Broker Pre-License course this fall. Classes will be held 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 4 through December 11 in Room 217 of the Wayne Learning Center on the main campus in Goldsboro. Leading the class will be Robert McClave, an N.C. Real Estate Commission-approved instructor. Cost is $60 plus the price of the textbook. Students can register and pay the fee at any time in the Continuing Education Office on the first floor of the Walnut Building. For more information, contact Margaret Roberton at (919) 735-5151.

Cocaine Anonymous meetings

Cocaine Anonymous meets every Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. at Carolina Treatment Center, 1700 East Ash Street, Suite 200, Goldsboro. The group is 12-step focused, open, and non-smoking. For more information, call Kim at 919-583-9326 or Amy at 800-810-8423, ext. 145.

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