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Darrell Blackwelder: Amaryllis – worth the effort

A lady at Richards BBQ has an amaryllis bulb that she had brought indoors after being outdoors over ...

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Dr. Jim Beard: Tolerance and understanding

I grew up in a rural area of northern Indiana in a place that might remind you of ...

Columns

Ann Farabee: All rise

     All rise.   In the courtroom, those words bring silence. Voices stop mid-sentence. Everyone stands. ...

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Doug Creamer: Do prayers work?

I had my annual physical this summer with the accompanying blood work. I like to look through the ...

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Roger Barbee: Don’t worry ’bout that

We may be past the dry, hot weather that we have endured since early August. At least for ...

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Mack Williams: Hospitable vs Hospitality

At first glance, the words “hospitable” and “hospitality” sound like the same thing. But there is a difference, ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: Hardy, colorful muhly grass

Driving north on I-85 toward Lexington, you may observe colorful white and pink grasses planted on the roadsides ...

Health

Dr. Magryta: Too easy

Regarding your children at all ages, think seriously about making life uncomfortable for them now and then. I ...

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Lynna Clark: Write Your Own

We lost two friends last week. Both men died after dealing with cancer for a number of years. ...

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Doug Creamer: Rock star

  Since I retired in June I had not ventured back to East Davidson. Well, I couldn’t stay ...

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Ann Farabee: The sweet savor

 Need time to pray? Take it. Go to that place.   It is the place where you ...

Columns

Dr. Henry Waiters: The blessed hope

“Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ (Titus ...

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Mack Williams: The 50th East Rowan Class of 1969 Reunion

Our class reunion happened at Saint Matthew’s Lutheran Church’s Family Life Center on Octo. 19. I really can’t ...

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Kent Bernhardt: Once again, TV just can’t do church

….or “Bringing in the Heaves” I had such high hopes for a new NBC sitcom called “Perfect Harmony.” ...

Columns

Peggy Barnhardt: The good old days: before Facebook

Time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all and we accept this, but now technology records it and replays ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: Pansies: bright and bold all winter long

It’s time to yank out summer annuals and extend color with mass plantings of pansies. Pansies paint the ...

Columns

Ann Farabee: Need comfort?

   *In the darkness of the night, the baby cries. You walk in the nursery and whisper, ...

Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Creative trek

  We took our annual trip to Asheville last week. I wasn’t expecting to see any fall colors, ...

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Mack Williams: One year at a time

“It was a ‘49, ’50, ’51, ’52, ’53, ’54, ’55, ‘56, ’57, ’58, ’59 automobile.” I’m not talking ...

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Dr. Magryta on vaping

Most of us are rapidly getting an education on the severe risks of the new E cigarette/vaping epidemic ...

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Lynna Clark: Decadent cheesecake recipe

My kids seldom ask for anything. It’s true. Our three grown daughters with children of their own seem ...

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Doug Creamer: Fall projects

  It seems to me that it has taken fall a long time to get here this year. ...

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Ann Farabee: Take it back

     It could have become a big problem. Two of my 6th grade students were on ...

Health

David Freeze: Gotta Run

Etiquette for today’s runners I do nearly all my runs in the dark of very early morning. Between ...

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Kent Bernhardt: My new reality

  I’ve done what most American males do throughout the course of their lives, gained a couple of ...

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Darrell Blackwelder: The spider mite is tiny but hungry

A few weeks ago, the yellow lantana at St. John’s Lutheran Church looked great. The leaves were healthy, ...

Columns

Mack Williams: New(er) car in the night

Well, I’ve gone from ’92 Lumina to 2000 Alero to 2007 Pontiac G6 (I remember a “G6” song, ...

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Doug Creamer: Prayers

  I love to pray and talk to my Father. Sometimes, it is a little more talking to ...

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