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Elizabeth Cook: Welcome to the 24-hour newspaper

The tug-of-war between old media and new media jumps off the page in Robin Sloan’s bestseller, “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore.” Narrator Clay Jannon has traveled ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, February 23, 2014 12:00 am

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Elizabeth Cook: Long live Beatlemania

‘Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, tomorrow I’ll miss you. Remember I’ll always be true.” The lyrics almost didn’t matter to my sisters and ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, February 9, 2014 12:00 am

Letters

Letters to the editor — Saturday (1-3-14)

YMCA, United Way partner The YMCA is a leading nonprofit organization founded on Christian principles that promotes youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, January 3, 2014 12:00 am

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Take this quiz on news from 2013

Maybe the 13 in 2013 was an omen. Though I wouldn’t call 2013 an unlucky year, the past 12 months have brought frustrations at the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, December 29, 2013 12:00 am

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How we get the news is less important than the message

“WHY SENIORS NEED NEWSPAPERS “I was visiting my daughter last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. “ ‘This is the 21st ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 25, 2013 12:00 am

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Jobs, Thanksgiving and the future

With Christmas music playing in the background, we come to time of year when we think about the many things for which we are grateful. ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, November 24, 2013 12:00 am

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Elizabeth Cook: Time marches on, and so will the Post

I don’t know which has been more surprising, the announcement that the Post’s owner is seeking a buyer for the newspaper, or the public’s reaction ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 27, 2013 12:00 am

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Elizabeth Cook: The way we were shapes the way we are now

Joe Riley put a booklet on my desk. Turn it over, he said, and tell me — what’s the first thing you see? I saw ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 20, 2013 12:00 am

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Elizabeth Cook: Top of the ticket matters in Rowan

As soon as this year’s municipal elections are over in November, the people of Salisbury should push for a change in the way we select ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, September 15, 2013 12:00 am

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Elizabeth Cook: Memory problems? Forget about it

This is not welcome news: People who worry about lapses in memory may indeed be experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s, recent studies suggest. Researchers at ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, August 3, 2013 12:00 am

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Hunger begins in the checkout line

The woman ahead of me in the checkout line had a cart full of groceries. As she slowly put her items on the conveyor belt, ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, June 16, 2013 12:00 am

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Albom tells sports stories his way

SALISBURY — The five people I meet in heaven — if I get there — will probably tell me I blew it by not interviewing ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:00 am

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To lawmakers: Please don’t ‘help’ us

Dear Members of the N.C. House, Remember Ronald Reagan’s great line about the most terrifying words in the English language? “I’m from the government and ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, June 2, 2013 12:00 am

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Even ‘people of the screen’ need to read

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree? ‘Tis a marvel of great renown! It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop sea In the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:00 am

Columns

Coming together on public prayer

It’s one thing to disagree with the Rowan County Board of Commissioners. But should Rowan residents who disagree with commissioners on the issue of public ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, April 7, 2013 12:00 am

Books

‘Lean In’: Are women holding themselves back?

“Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” by Sheryl Sandberg, with Nell Scovell, Alfred A. Knopf, 228 pp., $24.95 hardcover. By Elizabeth Cook ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 31, 2013 12:00 am

Books

Leaning in: Local women leaders tell their stories

Scenes from the past came to mind as I read Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” Among other things, ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 31, 2013 12:00 am

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Maybe this will all work out, but …

I’ve been grasping at straws lately — any evidence that Rowan County government is led by compassionate, constructive people who have the welfare of the ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, March 17, 2013 12:00 am

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Peace on earth and in our hearts

Listening to Christmas songs last week, I was both touched and torn. While Teresa Moore Mitchell sang of the “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” in my ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Saturday, December 22, 2012 12:00 am

Local

Giraffe’s hooves trimmed without a problem

MOUNT ULLA — The giraffe whose overgrown hooves prompted accusations of animal cruelty is now walking around Lazy 5 Ranch on trimmed hooves. Lazy 5 ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:00 am

Books

Haunting images from a scarred landscape

“Gone: A Photographic Plea for Restoration,” by Nell Dickerson and Shelby Foote, Bell Books, 120 pages, $29.95. Long after the Civil War’s cannons fell silent ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Sunday, October 9, 2011 12:00 am

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Bud Troxler: A life in pictures

Not many people in Rowan County can say they graduated from Altamahaw-Ossippee High School. Not many people can say Altamahaw-Ossippee. But Bud Troxler of Salisbury ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Friday, May 20, 2011 12:00 am

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Inmates have ideas to ease jail overcrowding

By Elizabeth Cook Salisbury Post The inmates at the Rowan County Detention Center have a solution for jail overcrowding: Let them out. Lower their bail ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 12:00 am

News

Sen. Elizabeth Dole on the economy, war in Iraq and more

So who is Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s favorite in the heated battle for the GOP presidential nomination? “Oh, I’m staying out of that ó no endorsing,” ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 12:00 am

News

Judge Donald Graham challenges MLK gathering to ‘do something about it, one kid, one adult at a time’

Salisbury native Donald Graham, now a federal judge in Florida, issued a challenge to his hometown Monday. Help someone else. Transform your community for peace ... Read more

by Elizabeth Cook, Wednesday, December 2, 2009 12:00 am

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