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Letters

Talkback: What online readers say about …

… School board OKs new, later start times  How is starting middle schools earlier going to provide more time to make decisions in weather related ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, May 1, 2015 12:58 am

Letters

Editorial: A mother’s discipline

It’s a good thing Toya Graham is a struggling single mother and not a professional football player. Otherwise she might be in jail. As it ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:10 am

Editorials

Editorial: Compromise possible?

The house at the center of debate between preservationists and St. John’s Lutheran Church is not a famous landmark or architectural rarity. But it is ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Early years set the stage

President Obama was expected to focus on women’s wages during his town hall discussion in Charlotte on Wednesday. No one seemed to mind that child ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, April 27, 2015 12:01 am

Editorials

Editorial: Trouble in Dukeville

Duke Energy is brewing distrust in Dukeville. The power company’s attempts to quell concerns about its coal ash ponds were significantly undercut last week when ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 26, 2015 12:10 am

Editorials

Editorial: Master plan’s collateral damage?

It will take some time to digest the master plan presented Monday night to the Rowan County Board of Commissioners. The document builds a case ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Editorial: Teaching accountability

The camera may not lie, but it might not tell the whole story, either. That’s something to remember as the nation debates the merits of ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:33 pm

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: New school building signals new spirit

One word sums up the sentiment at Saturday’s groundbreaking for the Rowan-Salisbury schools’ central office: finally. When the Rowan and Salisbury school systems merged, my daughters ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 19, 2015 12:38 pm

Editorials

Early years set the stage

President Obama was expected to focus on women’s wages during his town hall discussion in Charlotte on Wednesday. No one seemed to mind that child ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:07 am

Editorials

Editorial: Keeping vigil over children

The trial last week of former soccer coach Ralph Wager gives even more impetus to this year’s observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Wager pled guilty ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Jobs for Life: A ministry that works

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. — ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 12:10 am

Letters

Letters to the editor — Monday (4-6-15)

Commissioners of old accomplished quite a bit The writer is responding to a story in Friday’s Post, “McCombs honored in highway dedication.” I would like ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, April 6, 2015 12:08 am

Guest columns

My Turn, Donald Tracy: On Iran, Hillary and immigration

On letters concerning immigration and President Obama: It is unfair to write about the problems of immigration as if they are problems created by President ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Monday, April 6, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“In order to be champions, we had to be a team. It was a good mesh, and it just worked out.” — Clarence Shuford, on the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, April 3, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

From test time to serving time

Academic testing has become such a high-stakes affair that some educators change students’ answers — and get caught in the act. In some cases, prosecutors ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, April 2, 2015 12:06 am

Editorials

Freedom to discriminate in name of religion?

The storm of protests hitting Indiana over its “religious freedom” law could be headed North Carolina’s way if lawmakers pass a similar bill here. They ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 12:18 am

Editorials

Climbing the escalator

Optimism ran high Wednesday morning as the Economic Development Community Forum started in the Rowan County Agriculture Center. Commission Chairman Greg Edds’ spirited kickoff suggested ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 26, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Keeping the public in public notices

When was the last time you searched the Internet for some good public notices? Probably never. But readers of this newspaper and many others in ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:15 am

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Leaders face a changing Rowan

The Leadership Rowan class organized by the Chamber of Commerce stopped by the Post Thursday. They were devoting the day to exploring communications — a ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:15 am

Local

Rowan’s population in a word: Shifting

Migration brings changes, especially among the young By Elizabeth G. Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com North Carolina’s surge in population in the 21st century appears to have passed ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Importance of openness

Most people never feel compelled to attend a meeting of the county commissioners, school board or town board — until a crisis arises. Your children ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 19, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Branding Rowan

See how many of these questions you can answer correctly: Which animal is on Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes boxes? What is Las Vegas’ slogan? What two ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:00 am

Opinion

A new chapter for Rowan County

Salisbury-Rowan — book lovers’ paradise? Salisbury has long been home to countless book clubs and a thriving library. With three colleges and a theological seminary ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 8, 2015 12:51 am

Editorials

Quotes of the week

“I was a pilot. I was female. But I never wanted to be considered a ‘female pilot’ … just a pilot.” — Cheryl Peters first ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, March 6, 2015 12:26 am

Education

Slusser to retire from Communities in Schools

After changing thousands of students’ lives over her 17 years with Communities in Schools of Rowan County, founding Executive Director Vicky Slusser is retiring, effective ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, March 6, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Life-saving difference at animal shelter

The impact of social media and community support on the lives of stray dogs and cats at the Rowan County Animal Shelter is nothing short ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, March 5, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Starting a conversation about crime

The raw crime numbers reported in Sunday’s Salisbury Post go part of the way toward putting the city’s crime in perspective. The number of violent ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 12:00 am

Editorials

Livingstone proves itself

“In sports, you simply aren’t considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 12:00 am

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