“People do what they have to to survive. I was a victim of their survival.”

— Kenneth Neely,

shot in the stomach during home-invasion robbery

“I think we just need to get some legal

advice before we make a decision.”

— Jim Greene,

County Commission vice chair, on next step in prayer lawsuit

“Thank you for believing in me, for encouraging me, for challenging me, for being patient with me and helping me reach my goals.”

— Gene McLaurin,

thanking teachers during Teacher

Appreciation Week

“Just because I have renal failure, that’s no reason to stop, and I wasn’t going to stop.”

— Ingrid Streater, 65,

on earning degree from

Livingstone College while

undergoing dialysis

“We were told two months ago the railroad would have Centerview (Street( closed and we’re going on four months with nobody there working.”

— Don Bringle, 

China Grove mayor,  criticizing pace of work on railroad crossing project

“I might take another job, if something pops up.”

— Hubert Elliott, 84,

who retired last week as the oldest state employee in North Carolina