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DEFEATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Topsail High School is one of only six high schools in the country to have a U.S. Coast Guard JROTC Program.
By Anna Beth Adcock
A United States Coast Guard JROTC program has officially been established at Topsail High School (THS), making THS one of only six high schools in the country to have such a program. “About nine weeks ago about 80 students made their way across the parking lot, right out those doors, to our classrooms, and each had their own reasons for being there, but I would dare say none had a full understanding of what they had signed up for,” said Joseph Solomon, Senior Maritime Science and Coast Guard JROTC instructor at Topsail High School. “They are in a sense what we in the Coast Guard call ‘plank owners,’ an inaugural crew challenged with the daunting task of building a unit from scratch, and that’s what they’ve been hard at work doing.” | CONTINUE READING ONLINE 20
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Safe Haven of Pender County provides hope, healing and help for victims of domestic abuse in Pender and Duplin counties. Everyone knows someone who has been affected by domestic violence — and the statistics are staggering, with as many as one in four women and one in seven men experiencing domestic violence during their lifetimes. | CONTINUE READING ONLINE
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