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Doug Creamer: The Storms of Life

            For weather enthusiasts, this has been a very busy hurricane season. People along the Gulf coast are ...

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Dr. Magryta: Adaptation and extremes

Since the days of Naturalists Darwin and Lamarck, humans have thought about the changes that occur within mammalian ...

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David Freeze: Gotta Run

Ed Dupree’s streak comes to an end I can’t remember the time that I first met Ed Dupree. ...

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Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Bury the STOP It is now official! The ACBL has finally put an end to the use of ...

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Mack Williams: Cow Pastures, Comets, and Car Sales

The other night I was headed up US Highway 86 back to Danville from visiting with my son ...

Columnists

Another trip down ‘Thunder Road,’ but this time, Dad’s on it

“Let me tell the story, I can tell it all. About the Statesville man who ran illegal alcohol ...

Columns

Doug Creamer: We need Hope

            Last Sunday the Emmy Awards were on. My wife and I try to watch the Emmys and ...

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Ann Farabee: Love U 4-Ever

The call came. The one where your heart sinks before you answer it, because you know something is ...

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Drs. Magryta and Grey: Maternal and child health, part 4

Final in the series on maternal and child health Pregnancy is a dynamic event where a mother’s body ...

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Mack Williams: Signatures

My mother, Lorraine Williams, passed away in 1998, and the last time I saw her signature was back ...

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Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Handling pesky opponents What do you do when partner opens 1NT and pesky RHO doubles? If you have ...

Columns

Kent Bernhardt: A letter to Duke

Dear Duke Energy: I’ve been a loyal customer of yours all of my adult life. Even before that, ...

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Doug Creamer: Stormy Life

I am sitting at my computer looking out the window at the wind and rain from the much- anticipated ...

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Mack Williams: Outbuilding on Sparta Road

On North Wilkesboro’s Sparta Road (a road coming in at close second to the Old Concord Road in ...

Columns

Drs. Magryta and Grey: Maternal and child health, part 3

Third in a series of four on maternal and child health  In the Journal Pediatrics from April 2017, ...

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Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Progress: A beautiful thing Over the past two years our Evergreen game has grown to a point that ...

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David Freeze: Gotta run

Running while traveling I just read in one of the running magazines about this new race in Florida that ...

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Doug Creamer: Family

 Last weekend my sister was blessed to have her entire family, including grandchildren, at her home. My sister ...

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David Freeze: Vivian goes on the DL while Brooke meets major goal

August had just a small dose of the agony and ecstasy of sport for Salisbury’s weight loss duo. ...

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Drs. Magryta and Grey: Maternal and child health, part 2

Second in a series on maternal and child health The single most important avenue for preventing dysfunctional human ...

Columns

Mack Williams: The Great Schlotzsky’s Eclipse of 2017

I first saw a picture of a total solar eclipse in the old Golden Nature Guide, “Stars,” carried in ...

Columns

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Who’s Jacoby? At one of our games a player complained that a Jacoby 2NT bid wasn’t alerted. Those ...

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Ann Farabee: Ship coming in?

My ship came in once, but I was at the airport. (Sounds like me.) Why does a seagull ...

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Doug Creamer: Back to routines

            I imagine most of us are glad we do not live down near ...

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Dr. Henry B. Waiters: Is it a church service or just a big show?

The News Journal recently showcased local aspects of a growing cultural phenomenon: the worship renewal movement. The special ...

Columns

Linda Beck: Are you a water walker

I was searching on cable for two pastors that I used to watch on satellite and I found ...

Columns

Mack Williams: Brochure trips

Back in my Granite Quarry School days, early September meant some in-class, off-the-cuff public speaking: “Where we vacationed ...

Clubs

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLughlin

Lesson season Several of our members are giving bridge lessons on many topics. Tuesday, Aug. 29 at 11:30 ...

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