Monday I was taking my wife from Roanoke Rapids to Duke University Medical Center to consult with an orthopedic surgeon. We were early so we decided to stop at the McDonald’s, just off Interstate 85, in Oxford.

When we got back in the car it would not start. I opened the hood and within a minute a young boy came running over to ask if I needed jumper cables. I walked back to his car with him and asked the lady driving if she would be willing to jump start my car using hers. She was in the McDonald’s Drive Through Lane but she said she would help me as soon as she picked up her order.

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I’ve been reading and listening to comments about the city proposals to start a fitness center and sell monuments.

Am I the only one who disagrees with arguments against these proposals?

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Monday, Lafayette Gatling was held accountable, found in default and his contract to buy the Roanoke Rapids Theatre ended.

If there is any criticism to what council did it would be it should have been done sooner but we understand these things take time and complex legal maneuvering.

The Gatling saga is not over with as the Chicago businessman told us himself Wednesday. “We aren’t planning on running away.”

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