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SPEAKER SERIES—Robert Niblock, center, chairman and chief executive officer of Lowe’s Companies Inc., was the first speaker for the Robert L. Tillman School of Business Distinguished Speaker series at the Mount Olive College last Friday. After the lecture, he spoke with Dr. William Byrd, left, president of MOC, and Robert “Bob” L. Tillman, former chief executive officer for Lowe’s and for whom the school of business is named after.

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HEROES RECOGNIZED—Volunteers of the Wayne County chapter of the American Red Cross who participated in the Heroes 2008 Campaign were honored at a banquet held last Friday at the Red Cross headquarters on George Street in Goldsboro . Front row, l-r are SAM’S Club representatives Kay Rose, Ann Caver and Keiann Reid, and Brogden Elementary School students, Cenajo Darden and Hugo Gonzalez. Back row, l-r are Donna Moerie, Mario Re, Allison Pridgen, Red Cross Executive Chuck Waller, Beth Jorgensen, Stephanie Lane, Kristie Thornton and Ashley Westbrook.