Quotes of the week
Published 11:37 am Friday, December 4, 2015
- Young girls are regular drivers in the quarter midget racers at the local track. Left to right: Lacey Houghton, 7, from Salisbury; Katie Yonchuk, 6, from Lexington; Taylor Elena, 6, from Mooresville; Abigail Kenney, 10, from Salisbury; Brianna Lawson, 6, from Southern Pines; Maci Burkhart, 8, from High Point; and Delana Hodge, 9, from Mooresville. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
“I think that it’s awesome that girls get to race on this track. I used to do basketball, but not any more.”
— Abigail Kenney, 10, quarter-midget racer, on the track in Rowan County
“Some people get shot, stabbed, killed in areas I was born and raised up in, but they were able to keep me and protect me and get me out of that
environment.”
— The Rev. Donald Gray, pastor, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church of Catawba, on helping Kannapolis children through a program called Think Before You Move
“The business case is an easy one; what’s not so easy is to get people to turn out in a March election … dominated by the presidential
primaries.”
— Dr. Philip Dubois, UNCC chancellor, on support for a $2 billion bond referendum
“I hope I have left some type of legacy that (Salisbury) would be proud of.”
— Pete Kennedy, after serving on Salisbury City Council for 20 years
“We need people receiving training in high-tech, high-paying sectors like cybersecurity, and we need them receiving that training right here in Rowan and Cabarrus counties.”
— Dr. Carol Spalding, president, RCCC, on the college’s designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Two-Year Education
