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HEY, WE JOIN OUR HEARTS TOGETHER.
WE ARE MINDFUL TONIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AND ALL THE BRIEF FAMILIES, AND WE COMMEND THEM ON TO YOU, LORD.
I PRAY FOR THE POLICEMAN GOD AND THE FIREMAN THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES.
I PRAY FOR THOSE THAT SERVE HERE AND WE'LL TAKE OATH HERE, LORD.
I PRAY FOR EVERY RESOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED TONIGHT.
I ASKED FOR YOUR SUPERIOR WISDOM, YOUR SUPERIOR PRESENCE.
LORD, I ASK YOU NOW LORD TO TOUCH EVERYONE HERE AND EVERY FAMILY AND EVERY HOME REPRESENTATIVE, I COMMEND THIS MEETING UNTO YOU LORD AND ASK YOUR SUPERIOR BENEDICTION, YOUR VICTORY AND YOUR PRESENCE IN JESUS NAME.
WHEREAS THESE COURAGEOUS ACTIONS IN THE BURNING
SHE WAS ALL WORRIED
AND THIS, THAT, THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY? THEY GET THIRSTY PHILOSOPHICALLY.
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SHE SAID, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THAT THEY FIND YOU'RE AN EAGLE SCOUT, GET TO KNOW HIM REAL WELL.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I SAID, WELL, THAT MEANS THAT THE SCOUTS ARE REALLY VERY WELL PREPARED.
UM, FIRST THING I'LL SAY THIS CPR ON MY GRANDFATHER, BACK IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, UM, HE HAD SOMETHING LIKE A HEART ATTACK AND MY GRANDMOTHER CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO GO OVER THERE.
SO IF YOU AREN'T HIM, HE CAME BACK TO LIFE AND HE'S ALIVE.
AND PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
HE'D BEEN IN HOSPITAL FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD JUST COME HOME, JUST ATE SOMETHING.
SHE CHOKED ON SOMETHING AND I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM.
AND LET ME GO OVER THERE ON HER.
SAME TO I'M STANDING UP FROM ALMOST A SOLDIER.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DO SOME RECRUITING.
DO YOU LIKE TO TELL THE PEOPLE ON CHANNEL 10 NOW YOUNGSTERS CAN GET INTO THE SCOUTING PROGRAM AND CPR.
SO THEN WE CAN HAVE CPR X WORK AND EVERYTHING.
HOW DO YOU BECOME A SCOUT? FIRST? I HEARD ABOUT SCOUTING PROGRAM BEFORE, BUT I NEVER REALLY GAVE MUCH THOUGHT TO IT.
AND SEVERAL MY FRIENDS, THEY GOT INTO SCOUTS THAT KNOW OF THE SCHOOL.
SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A TRY BECAUSE I LIKE BEING OUTDOORS AND STUFF.
IT'D BE YOU LIKE OUTDOORS AT ALL.
HE'S OUR ASSISTANT SCOUT MASTER AT THIS TIME.
AND UM, GOT A FORM, SPELL IT, EVERYTHING.
THE FIRST CAMP DEPARTMENT WENT ALMOST A WEEK LONG SUMMER CAMP.
IT WAS, IT WAS MY FIRST ONE ON THAT.
I GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF AT SUMMER CAMP.
AND FOR A WHILE, I KIND OF LOST INTEREST IN SCALE SYSTEM.
BUT FROM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I REALLY FELL BACK INTO IT A LOT, NOT JUST A GOOD THING TO DO.
IF YOU ENJOY ANYTHING, FRIENDS, FUN, CAMPING, UH, CONTACT DON BRINKLEY THROUGH 5 84 STOPPED AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HERE IN NEW BERN.
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NO, I HAVE IT WITH ME, SIR.MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF DEPARTMENT.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO SEIZE ON HIS SCOUTING OPPORTUNITY.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN EXPLORER POST, WHICH IS A BRANCH OF THE BOY SCOUTS AND TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, ANY A YOUNGSTER INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A POSSIBLE CAREER, UH, THEY CAN GET UP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, OUR, OUR EXPLORERS ARE AGE 14 TO 20.
SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KIDS TO GET INVOLVED AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE AND, AND SEE IF IT'S A CAREER THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE.
AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL FOR US BECAUSE WE GET TO HELP THESE KIDS AND SEE THEM FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY GET, YOU KNOW, GET OLD ENOUGH TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
SO SCOUTING IS A GREAT THING AND IT GOES A LONG WAY IN A LOT OF PLACES PEOPLE DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT.
SO OUR EXPLORER POST IS GREAT.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS COMING WEEKEND, THEY'RE GOING TO THE FIRST EVER NORTH CAROLINA EXPLORES COMPETITION, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS COMPETITION IN FORT BONNER.
WE'RE, CO-SPONSORING IT WITH ANOTHER KINGSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BRING BACK A COUPLE OF TROPHIES.
SO NOW TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND, INTRODUCING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE, OF THE NEW-BORN POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, TIMOTHY MICHAEL MARTIN MARTIN GRADUATED FROM SOUTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA IN 1989.
HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD FROM 1990, UNTIL 2002.
AND IN FEBRUARY OF 2002, HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE.
UH, HE GRADUATED FROM THE BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COURSE IN FEBRUARY OF 2002 AND JOINED THE RANKS OF THE NEWBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT ON AUGUST 22ND.
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JUST VERY QUICK.YOU MENTIONED THAT THE FEST WAS A WONDERFUL OCCASION.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET THAT BACKUP BACKUP ON.
THE DEAF ONE POINT WAS OUT OF SIGHT AND, AND WHY, WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN THESE LOVELY OFFICES IN SPANISH HELP TAKE SOME OF THE CREDIT FOR THAT DAY WAS JUST AWESOME.
THE NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER.
I LIKED THAT COMMUNITY AND CITY WORKING HAND IN HAND.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO SLING TO THE HASH IN THE MORNING TIME.
SO MAX RES WAS THERE AND HE TOLD EVERYBODY HERE THAT I PROBABLY WAS HOME WITH THE GOUT.
IT WAS SOMETHING, THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE CAN SHOW OUR APPRECIATION AND EVEN, BUT THEY PUT A PICTURE IN THE PAPER.
THERE WAS A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF A YOUNG MAN PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH HIS YOUNG SON DID TOTALLY THE KIND OF THING THAT WE WANT TO RELATE FROM.
AND THANK EVERYBODY PARTICIPATED AND EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP.
THEY WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR SOMETHING FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT DAY.
I MEAN, THIS STAFF IS YOU AND I DID THE EXTENSION, YOUR BEST WISHES, ALTHOUGH YOU WERE UNABLE TO BE THERE AND TOLD THEM THAT EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN HELD IN THE RAIN, YOU WOULD DUST OFF YOUR SWIM FANS IN YOUR BATHING SUIT AND BEEN RIGHT THERE.
EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE HOLES IN THE KNEE, BOTH KNEES AND YOUR BABY, THAT'S IT.
I TRIED TO MAKE THAT NOMINATION WHAT TIME IT WAS SOME REASON WE DIDN'T DO IT THAT NIGHT.
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MAY BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE MAYOR.I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVEMENT IN DUFF FEST.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE ACTIVITIES OF DUFFY DUFFY FIELD, THE GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD AREA.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HEALTHY AND MOVING IN A GREAT DIRECTION.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE OFFICERS THAT PARTICIPATED, BUT THERE'S TWO IN PARTICULAR THAT DID AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK IN GETTING IT, MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND WE KIND OF ALLEN, THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON IT.
IT'S LIEUTENANT GODETS DISTRICT.
AND SHE, SHE TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT SHE DOES WITH RELATION TO OUR DISTRICT.
AND I JUST REMEMBERED IT TODAY, BUT THERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A, AND THEY HAVE A YEARLY KENWORTH COMMUNITY DAY WHERE THEY GATHER AND HAVE A FESTIVAL OF SORTS.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT WE CLOSE MOORE'S AVENUE BETWEEN WAKE STREET, SYCAMORE STREET AND LOWELL STREET BETWEEN LEWIS AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE.
IT DOESN'T CREATE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ANYONE ACCESSING THEIR HOMES, WHATEVER I JUST RECOMMEND OH, I MEANT TO MENTION EARLIER TOMORROW MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OBSERVANCES AROUND COMMUNITY, AND THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO LIST ALL OUT, BUT WE CERTAINLY, WE CERTAINLY CANNOT FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, UH, ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW.
AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF THE CITIZENS CAN FIND THEIR WAY FROM ONE OF THE OBSERVANCES.
THERE WILL BE ONE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT 1145 AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
AND I DO NOT RECALL THE ONE AT 8:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING, BUT THAT ONE I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY MENTIONED AT UNION POINT.
AND IT'S IT'S THE VOLUNTEER, BUT IT'S THE FIREMAN'S.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TITLE OF THE ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEER FIREMAN'S ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH HAS HAVING A CEREMONY AT 8:00 AM POINT.
I WOULD URGE EVERYONE WHO CAN ATTEND ONE OF THOSE OBSERVANCES.
PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.
WELL, HISTORICAL NOTE ABOUT TOMORROW.
UH, THIS IS A LITTLE ON THE LIGHTER SHOT TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH 292ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF BERN, WHICH IS A HAPPY OCCASION.
SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE SIGN UNDER THE FLAG POLES THERE TELLS YOU THAT NEW BERN IS 292 YEARS OLD TOMORROW AND MASSA.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON OUR 300TH ANNIVERSARY AND WE WANT THAT TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION.
AND REMEMBER THAT THE BAD DAY WAS SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, 2001.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CURRENCIES ON THAT SEPTEMBER 11TH, BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARIES, AND SO FORTH THAT ARE A HAPPY OCCASION.
SO LET'S REMEMBER THERE'S PROPER SOLIDITY, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER IT'S JUST DAY AND EVERYBODY.
SO LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO A HAPPY OCCASION, CELEBRATING UNITY AND PATRIOTISM.
HOPEFULLY NOTHING ELSE WILL EVER HAPPEN.