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Laura Allen: Give the gift that keeps on giving
By Laura Allen During the holiday season, it is common to spend lots of time pondering the best gifts to give to the children in ...
By Laura Allen During the holiday season, it is common to spend lots of time pondering the best gifts to give to the children in ...
Each year, I think about a few things we can do for others during this magical season and finally what we can do for the ...
Our inaugural Exercise Is Medicine (EIM) went amazingly! Dr. Kim Smith and I had a blast with our first group. And we had great improvements! ...
By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension One of my favorite things about wintertime is curling up with a warm cup of tea and a good ...
By Ashlie Miller Christmastime is a season of showering others with love in many ways — giving gifts, spending quality time with family and friends, ...
By Lilli Casey Rowan Public Library Rowan Public Library is offering a Winter Reading Challenge for adult patrons ages 18 and up in the form ...
By Ann Farabee While on a field trip to a farm with my 20 kindergarten students, we saw some sheep. You know — those beautiful ...
By Ashlie Miller Christmas Eve night, after the candlelight service, a drive through neighborhoods with pretty lights, and hot cocoa accompanying a shepherd’s meal of ...
By Doug Creamer Have you ever struggled with doubt? Yeah, I have too. No one wants to struggle with doubt, but it’s a natural human ...
By Ashlie Miller A familiar scene if you love the movie “A Christmas Story” — mother and the old man are sitting together, sipping a ...
By Toi Degree N.C. Cooperative Extension Holiday stress is a common experience for many people. While the holiday season is often associated with joy and ...
By Doug Creamer I have talked with several guys recently who were trying to get a new job. The conversations quickly turned me back into ...
By Ann Farabee I categorize myself as a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to Christmas decorating, even though we put our tree up ...
By Paul Birkhead Rowan Public Library If you didn’t know already, the Walt Disney Company is celebrating 100 years of existence this year. It’s hard ...
By Doug Creamer It is always nice to have a few days off, even when one is semi-retired. The holidays are a busy time and ...
By Ann Farabee As a children’s Sunday school teacher for many years, I was often asked this question, “Where is God?” My response: God is ...
By Shelby Carroll N.C. Cooperative Extension As the holiday season approaches, many families in North Carolina are preparing to bring a piece of nature into ...
By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension The big news in the gardening world in the last couple of weeks is the Plant Hardiness zone maps ...
By Ashlie Miller “What Christmas tradition reminds you of hope or faith?” I asked my husband as we drove for another lovely Thanksgiving meal. As ...
By Wendy Campbell Rowan Public Library Rowan Public Library welcomes the community to participate in library events over the holiday season. The fall programming season ...
By Lyndsey Maloney Rowan Public Library In addition to regular material checkouts, Rowan Public Library offers rentals of popular new releases in fiction and nonfiction. ...
By Doug Creamer Last week, I wrote about being thankful. I thought at the time I had more to write about it. I know this ...
By Ashlie Miller Are you enjoying the gifts of the season yet? No, I’m not asking what you purchased on Black Friday or during the ...
By Ann Farabee It is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. Democracy is a beacon shining from generation to ...
By Laura Allen N.C. Cooperative Extension Olivia Stirrup, a Rowan County 4-H member and a 5th generation 4-H’er, recently represented North Carolina at the National ...
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Using the slang phase “back in the day” might be the best way to describe the formation of ...
By Ann Farabee Her hair was white. She moved a little slowly. That meets the criteria for being old, right? Yes, she was definitely old ...
By Gretchen Witt Rowan Public Library One of the highlights of my role as supervisor of the Edith M. Clark History Room is working on ...
Sunday’s AAC slate includes the Charlotte 49ers (7-8, 0-2 AAC) facing the Memphis Tigers (11-3, 1-0 AAC) at…
The Charlotte Hornets (7-26) are heavy underdogs (by 15.5 points) to stop a five-game road losing streak when…
The Davidson Wildcats (11-4, 1-1 A-10) face a fellow A-10 opponent, the Rhode Island Rams (12-2, 1-1 A-10),…
Saturday’s Sun Belt schedule includes the James Madison Dukes (9-6, 2-1 Sun Belt) playing the Appalachian State Mountaineers…
The Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (6-9, 1-1 Big South) meet the South Carolina Upstate Spartans (4-12, 0-1 Big South)…