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SALISBURY the magazine September 2017

Letter from the Editor of SALISBURY the magazine, Mark Wineka No thanks to this windbag, Spencer Shops became a museum Back in 1981, when I was ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 17, 2017 6:12 am

Local

What does future hold for Salisbury’s Confederate monument?

SALISBURY — Numerous events have happened in recent days to create a snowball rolling down the hill toward Salisbury. It’s headed directly for the Confederate monument. These ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 17, 2017 12:00 am

Books

Catherine Goodman Farley will sign new children’s book Saturday in Salisbury

SALISBURY — Catherine Goodman Farley and her kid co-authors, son James Farley and nephew Gray Goodman, will be signing their new children’s book, “Mimi Discovers ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 17, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Downtown bank building on brink of demolition

SALISBURY — A demolition crew and equipment are poised to raze a former bank building at West Innes and South Church streets. The work could start ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 16, 2017 12:00 am

Local

A found 1856 medical diary prompts a leap into history

SALISBURY — Melissa Eller recently was going through boxes left behind by her late father, Vance Eller, when she spied a worn, leather-bound book, the size ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:00 am

Local

‘Blankets and Bluegrass’ set for Sunday at the Hall House

Special to the Post SALISBURY — The Historic Salisbury Foundation will present midsummer evening of musical entertainment Sunday on the Hall House lawn. Located in ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 15, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Yesterday: A student-teacher-parent conference in 1954

Since the start of school already is happening or is just around the corner, it seems a good time to share this 1954 Salisbury Post photograph ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 14, 2017 12:00 am

Business

For 25 years, Leadership Rowan has given participants a ‘deep dive’ into the community

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Susan Sides still thinks of that first Leadership Rowan Class 25 years ago as a life-changing experience. She went ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 13, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Independent-minded Gerri Butler reaches a milestone

SALISBURY — Gerri Robbins Butler, who will always be a girl from Big Sky country, attended the University of Montana in Missoula on an academic ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, August 11, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry hires former commissioner Steve Blount as town planner

  GRANITE QUARRY — Steve Blount, who served as a Rowan County commissioner for 12 years, is the new planning and zoning administrator for the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, August 9, 2017 12:00 am

Granite Quarry

Granite Quarry officials asked to put ‘In God We Trust’ on Town Hall

  GRANITE QUARRY — The U.S. Motto Action Committee, founded and based in Davidson County, has asked the town of Granite Quarry to display the words ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 8, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Blanket coverage: Trading Ford ladies make lap quilts for Honor Flight in Ohio

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Somewhere in Ohio this past week, members of Buckeye Military Families opened up boxes mailed from Spencer, N.C., and ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 7, 2017 12:05 am

Local

Yesterday: A birthday party for Mrs. Gheen in 1954

Gene Mitchell provided this photograph to the Post. It was taken at Mrs. W.B. Gheen’s 81st birthday party at the home of Roger and Zela Evans. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, August 7, 2017 12:00 am

Health

Another free dental clinic approaches; for patients, volunteers, the experience is powerful

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In 2015 during the first N.C. Missions of Mercy dental clinic held in Salisbury, among the hundreds of volunteers was a ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, August 6, 2017 12:00 am

Education

Starr Forney, the brightest star you ever met

SALISBURY — At Erwin Middle School, teachers and coaches sometimes decided students needed "a Forney sermon." They were referring to Starr Forney. The physical education ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, August 5, 2017 12:10 am

Local

Wayne Pickler had a big appetite for life, a big heart for others

ROCKWELL  — Wayne Pickler was never cheated at life. “He flew by the seat of his pants,” said his wife, Dana, on Wednesday. “When the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Heart-felt messages drawn on West Fisher Street: ‘Find some chalk, spread the love’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s a different kind of roadside memorial, but just as powerful. For much of the length of the 100 ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 8:02 pm

Health

Trinity Oaks Health and Rehab earns national award for life enrichment program

  SALISBURY — Kaye Brown Hirst recalled going to breakfast one morning at Trinity Oaks Health and Rehab, where her mom had lived for almost a year before her ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: a tour of the Woodleaf quarry in 1989

In early May 1989, personnel with Martin-Marietta offered close to 250 customers, neighbors and local officials a lunch and tour of its quarry site in Woodleaf. ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 31, 2017 12:00 am

Gold Hill

Tree surgery: Lightning unzips a red oak

GOLD HILL — Randall Smith knows he has a life most people would envy. His property off Old Beatty Ford Road includes a 100-acre tree farm ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Rifleman: A gentleman farmer becomes a precision gunsmith

CLEVELAND — When he was 6 years old, Gary Blythe received a .22-caliber rifle from an uncle, who won the gun in a raffle. Call ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Friday, July 28, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Amid money pressures, Rowan Museum pursues its education, preservation mission

SALISBURY — The other day, I stopped in at the Rowan Museum headquarters in hopes of gathering some details on an Aug. 5 concert featuring musicians Clay Lunsford ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 27, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Rowan United Way sets 2017 goal of more than $1.4 million

Staff report SALISBURY — The Rowan County United Way board of directors has adopted a goal of $1,478,000 for its 2017 campaign, which kicks off ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Wednesday, July 26, 2017 12:00 am

Local

Yesterday: Gheen Bridge on Salisbury-Woodleaf Road

A Salisbury Post article published Dec. 31, 1949, called this the ‘Bridge of Contention.’ The Gheen Bridge, described as ‘old’ at the time and constructed ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 24, 2017 12:00 am

Faith

First Methodist dedicates ‘The Williams Playground’

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When the greeting, prayers, Scripture, acknowledgements and official words of dedication for a new playground have all been said, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Monday, July 24, 2017 12:00 am

Local

CHICKWEED: The music is great, so is the cause

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — How important is CHICKWEED — Celebrating Indestructible Women — to the diehards such as Cynthia Hill? “This is the ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Sunday, July 23, 2017 12:00 am

Lifestyle

SALISBURY the magazine August 2017

A balance of power comes from the young and old Mark Wineka Editor, Salisbury the Magazine I can’t help but talk about this month’s issue of ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Thursday, July 20, 2017 2:29 pm

Local

Layers of love: For Becky Morgan, ‘quilting gives me a place to go’

SALISBURY — When it comes to quilts, the Morgan siblings are covered. Becky Morgan has seen to that. She is the wife of Richard Morgan, ... Read more

by Mark Wineka, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 12:00 am

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