Dec 22, 2017 | Celebrating Women
“I’m a native of Alamance County,” said Jackie Cole, Program Director of the North Carolina Therapeutic Riding Center and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lutheran Retirement Ministries (Twin Lakes). “I was born and raised here and was taught to be involved in...
Nov 29, 2017 | Celebrating Women, Uncategorized
While you might think county government is an occasionally dry topic for social media, Michelle Mills sees it exactly the opposite. As Alamance County’s Public Information Officer, a role she took on at the end of 2016, Michelle is charged with making government...
Oct 23, 2017 | Celebrating Women, Uncategorized
As noted by someone who knows her well, Linda Barron “wakes up every day with the gusto of a John Philips Souza march.” There is perhaps no more fitting tribute to a woman who has been a one-woman-band in every sense of the phrase since she arrived in Burlington...
Oct 10, 2017 | Celebrating Women
“Once upon a time, a woman was walking beside a river and saw a drowning woman being washed downstream. She rushed to pull her to shore just before she went over the waterfall. The next day there were two women in the river and she saved them both. The day after,...
Sep 28, 2017 | Celebrating Women
It’s safe to say that Anitra Walker is a bright ray of sunshine to her patients at Alamance Regional Medical Center. Called “caring,” “compassionate,” and “committed” by those who know her best, Anitra is a woman on the move. Perhaps that is why she launched Project...
Aug 30, 2017 | Celebrating Women
Passion to improve the lives of others, especially women and children, is a character trait that epitomizes Kathy Hykes. Originally from Pennsylvania, Hykes and her husband came to Alamance County in 1974. Two years later, a rape here shook the community when it...
