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And now, some wrap-ups from the International Civil Rights Center and Museum opening.

Council members applauded Mayor Bill Knight for graciously asking former Mayor Yvonne Johnson to cut the ribbon on the museum.

“It was just appropriate,” Knight said, considering Johnson had been a student in Greensboro when the sit-ins started 50 years ago. “Anybody would have done the same.”

Being a city official at such events has it’s perks, it seems. Councilman Jim Kee called on a police officer to give him a ride from downtown back to N.C. A&T after he got stranded following the student march Monday.

He thanked the officer at Tuesday night’s council meeting for helping a man in need.

Meanwhile, some – similarly stranded over the weekend by the winter weather – were miffed that the city pulled out all stops to clear out downtown for the ceremony. It took days and thousands of hours for all the city streets to clear out.

But in a few short hours Saturday, 55 employees cleared downtown of every spec of snow. Eighteen tons of salt and $18,750 later, downtown was ready for its spotlight.