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August 5, 2008
By: Brie Handgraaf / Times-News
Hundreds of locals got together around Graham on Tuesday night to enjoy summer favorites like hot dogs and snow cones, play games, share stories and just get together.
But it was more than just widespread block parties. It was a national effort to raise awareness for anticrime efforts.
National Night Out is observed across the country, but everyone celebrates it a little different. Graham had businesses, law enforcement and neighbors gather at the police department for information, resources and fun.
A local resident tests the “Seat Belt Convincer” on Tuesday at the 25th annual National Night Out at the Graham Police Department.
Graham Police Chief Jeff Prichard was even raising money for Special Olympics at a dunking booth. He was a good sport about it, even when his 9-year-old daughter, Emily, stepped up to the line. Emily hit her target two out of three times, sending her dear old dad into the murky water.
"It was awesome," she said, adding that it was the highlight of the event for her. "I play softball so it was pretty easy."
Graham NC has National Night Out [Video]
Alamance County EMS and Graham firefighters showed off their trucks to eager kids and even bandaged up one boy's finger after he cut it at the event.
Members of the Alamance County Gang Task Force were also on hand to teach parents how to identify gangs and explain some examples of what members do to show off their allegiance to the Bloods, Crips, Sureño 13 and other popular local gangs.
"I hadn't seen all these policemen together like this before," Peggy Eaton said. "That is what I enjoy watching."
Clinton vows to invest in people at Graham stop
April 28, 2008
By Robert Boyer / Times-News
GRAHAM, N.C. -- Promising to "invest in the people who build America," Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton brought her presidential campaign to the Graham fire station on Monday.
Clinton also promised to end the federal No Child Left Behind education program and said she has a plan to begin withdrawing "one to two brigades a month" of U.S. troops from Iraq "within 60 days."
Clinton signed autographs and posed with the crowd for photographs after the event. She then took questions from the media.
Clinton Criticizes Obamas Objection to Gas Tax Holiday
Monday, 28 Apr 2008
By SARA KUGLER
GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday criticized Barack Hussein Obama for opposing the concept of suspending the 18.4 cent federal gas tax and 24.4 cent diesel tax during the peak summer driving months (from Memorial Day to Labor Day), a plan she has endorsed.
"My opponent, Senator Obama, opposes giving consumers a break," Clinton said, campaigning in North Carolina. "I understand the American people need some relief."
Clinton said she would make up the difference in revenue by imposing a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies.
"If we suspended it and made up the lost revenues, that's the best of both worlds," she said.
Clinton commented at a firehouse in Graham, where she was urging North Carolinians to take advantage of the state's early voting, which opened more than a week ago ahead of the May 6 primary.
She and Obama have been pushing their supporters to go to the polls early here and Indiana, which also votes May 6.
Besides her push for early voting, Clinton was to spend part of the day raising money. She and daughter Chelsea were to appear at a closed-door fundraiser in Greensboro, with two more fundraisers scheduled later in Charlotte.
