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Joey Hopkins: From RCC to head of DOT

Joey Hopkins: From RCC to head of DOT By Gerri HuntRCC Director of Public Information WENTWORTH – In the early 1980s, a group from NC State visited Morehead High School to talk to students about the university’s textile program.As a junior, Joey Hopkins was invited to the presentation, although he wasn’t sure why he was one of students chosen to attend. After all, he wasn’t the best of students, he admits.“A lot of my family was in textiles and tobacco, and when I graduated high school, I was accepted into