Source:  John Dawson, KINSTON FREE PRESS, 4/12/11

Editor’s note: Columnist Jon Dawson is in Atlanta on his annual trip to pick up his new hair weave; here is a column he wrote for the June 25, 2009 edition of The Free Press after Kinston was named an All-America City.

There have been stories, testimonials and a few fisticuffs that have come about because of Kinston’s new All-America City title. Some folks think it’s a good thing, some folks think it’s a bad thing, and some folks — like myself — could give a tinker’s cuss.

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