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3 Marines Killed at Camp Lejeune
During a night training 3 marines were killed in a helicopter crash. They crashed into a nearby river. All marines were stationed at Camp Lejeune.
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First Day of Kindergarten
At the end of August my mom sent off her first born to her first day of school at Stories Creek Elementary. My teacher was Ms. Tilman who has gone on to serve on our board of education. She still recognizes me to this day and we always stop and speak when we see each other. A lot has changed since I went to kindergarten. There is no longer a nap time and I most definitely could not wear my first day of school outfit now. -
9/11
The day that terrorists took over four different planes across the US with the intentions to take as many American lives as possible. http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks -
Chorus Concert
I tried out for and made the Chorus in my elementary school. I had a wonderful music teacher who created an entire concert for us to perform. It was full of all different kinds of music and there was even some skits. As you can see, we made it into the local newspaper. -
Youtube is Created
The domain name Youtube was activated on February 14, 2005. When it was created it was nothing like what we know it as today. At the time of it's creation you couldn't even upload videos!
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Miss North Carolina becomes Miss USA
Miss NC, Chelsea Cooley from Charlotte NC, at age 21 was crowned as Miss USA. http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20050412/miss-north-carolina-crowned-miss-usa -
OPAC Volleyball Champions
I have played volleyball throughout my entire life for school, for parks and rec, and for private traveling teams. In 2009 my team and I were able to defeat the almost all the teams in our conference to become the OPAC volleyball Champions. A banner now hangs in my middle school commemorating our great accomplishment. -
Smoking Banned in Restaurants & Bars
North Carolina legislation passes a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, despite it being the top producing tobacco state. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tobacco-state-nc-bans-smoking-in-bars/ -
Rio De Janeiro announced to host Olympics
On October 2nd, the world announcement of who was to host the upcoming 2016 Olympics was announced as Rio de Janeiro. This is a huge honor and builds the economy of the chosen location.
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Pat McCrory sworn in as NC Governor
Pat McCrory was the first Republican Governor in North Carolina in 20 years.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/05/north-carolina-first-republican-governor-in-20-years-is-sworn-in.html -
Boston Marathon Bombing
On April 13 of 2013 the annual Boston Marathon was hosted but two homemade bomb unexpectedly exploded near the finish line killing several and injuring many.
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Distinguished Young Women
I, along with 27 other girls from my town, competed and trained for the Distinguished Young Woman competition from July through September. It was a wonderful bonding and growing experience for all of us. We compete in categories such as academics, interview, talent, poise, fitness, and more. I won both the Be Your Best Self Award and Academics and earned a $450 scholarship. -
House Bill 13
In April, Roy Cooper signed off on House Bill 13 which reduced the classroom size in grades k-3 to no more than 21.
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I got ENGAGED!
On July first, my boyfriend at the time, and I had spent the day on the beach with friends and had gone to a nice waterfront restaurant in Beaufort for dinner. We were walking around enjoying the views and each others company when he decided to pop the question! -
Solar Eclipse
On Monday August 21, many Americans were able to view a partial or total solar eclipse.
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how
