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Doug Creamer: God really does care

            The calendar announced the arrival of fall last week, and right on schedule, my allergies kicked in. ...

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Ann Farabee: Where are you?

   The words, ‘Where are you?’ sure did jump out at me that morning as I opened ...

Health

Dr. Magryta: More on carbs

Carbohydrates are made up of sugars and starches. They are used as a major storage form of energy ...

Lifestyle

Lynna Clark: Hurricane readiness

I didn’t think I was worried. But last night when I woke from a dead sleep to the ...

Columns

Hearts a bustin’ all over

You may have noticed a spindly plant with unusual red berried fruit when walking in the woods or ...

Columns

Mack Williams: Florence thoughts

Just a few days prior to Hurricane Florence’s landfall, my landlord’s tree trimming (a “cutting down” kind of ...

Columns

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Special games planned Get out your calendars and make notes. All of the rest of the games in ...

Lifestyle

Peggy Barnhardt: On a hot day we crave iced tea

Iced tea is a perfect metaphor for comfort, for the calming, refreshing effect it imparts — especially on ...

Lifestyle

Felecia Wesley: It’s just a mole hill

The phrase “don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill” was something I heard back in Africa ...

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Doug Creamer: Florence

            I am sitting at my computer looking out my window at a hummingbird at the feeder. It ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: I quit

 I can’t. It is too hard. I am inadequate. I quit. Yes, these words were said out ...

Lifestyle

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Do I, don’t I, and when Timing for drawing trump is often a question and doesn’t always follow ...

Lifestyle

Lynna Clark: A well-seasoned man

  I happen to be blessed with a well-seasoned man. Like a great cast iron frying pan passed ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run

Anne and Dave May race each other and make it work There are lots of couples that both ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Magryta: When your child wants to quit — what to do?

I just read an excellent article written by Emma Walker. On the website For Every Mom, she tackles ...

Lifestyle

Mums — a splash of color

Adding chrysanthemums in the fall adds a splash of color to our landscapes. Chrysanthemums, also known as “garden ...

Lifestyle

Mack Williams: Some memories of Pastor Floyd W. Bost

Runners of antiquity sometimes brought bad military tidings; but the Facebook tiding I saw late September 5th was ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Those tears

She was a sinner. But, she knew where to find Jesus. She slipped in behind him as he ...

Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Be Prepared

            I am a Boy Scout, in fact, I am an Eagle Scout. Most of my life I ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Magryta: Carbs affect longevity

An article published recently in the journal The Lancet Public Health by Dr. Seidelmann looked at the macronutrient ...

Columns

Local Bridge withth Myrnie McLaughlin

One of the first things a declarer must do is plan how he will play the hand to ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: My highway friends

I have driven between Salisbury and the north end of Charlotte nearly every workday since 2000. And I’ve ...

Columns

Mack Williams: ‘Rainbow’ walk

Out on the Dan River Walk Trail again with the new hip bones, I saw some things which ...

Columns

Dr. Henry Waiters: Gossiping and backbiting

The ninth commandment says, “Thou halt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (Ex. 20:16). The evident object ...

Lifestyle

Doug Creamer: Time and change

            I enjoyed Labor Day weekend. I hope you enjoyed your day off because the next one won’t ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Me hold you

 Even indoors, the boom of thunder was frightening – especially to my two year old granddaughter, Hope. ...

Lifestyle

Darrell Blackwelder: Bloomin’ azaleas

Are azaleas blooming now? Yes, there are certain cultivars of azaleas, Encore azaleas, that bloom in the spring ...

Lifestyle

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

After 60 years, the Salisbury Women’s Club game ended with the Aug. 28 game. The game will live ...

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