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LAURINBURG — Scouting America Troop 1447, sponsored by Trinity Presbyterian Church of Laurinburg, has announced that Kayla Oxendine of Maxton will celebrate her accomplishment of obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout — the highest rank in the Scouting program — during her Eagle Scout Court of Honor June 2.

UNC Health Southeastern recently donated a GE Logiq E9 ultrasound machine to Robeson Community College’s Medical Sonography program. The health system’s decision to donate the equipment is to enhance training in our area by providing technology similar to what is used in the workforce where sonography students would eventually be hired to work.

THE QUESTION: The Red Cross has made a plea for blood and platelets. Can you help?

Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have detected the virus among cattle in nine states, mainly in Texas and New Mexico, and most recently in Colorado, said Nirav Shah, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a May 1 event held by the Council on Foreign Relations.

Motherhood is amazing and all of you mothers are amazing and your poise is unmatched and you are the most powerful and awesome things in the world…

The Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater in downtown Lumberton will present the popular musical “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” June 5-9.

Lego Club: Play with Legos and meet some new friends 5-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Pembroke Library, 413 Blaine St. Pembroke.

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