Lifestyle

Barbara Valentine column: I’m still here

That’s why I’m still here … to let women everywhere know that I am living and breathing evidence ...

Lifestyle

Mack Williams column: Back on King Street

The title’s not about my past ASU career, but a recent return to Boone, N.C., where “Main Street, U.S.A.” ...

Lifestyle

Dr. Magryta: Memorize, memorize and memorize some more?

The learning and education of our youth through college has long been the main goal of government and ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run: On the road again

Back in 2010, a group of local women decided to run the Blue Ridge Relay covering a total ...

Lifestyle

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Hand Evaluation The traditional way of counting points in your hand may not be the best way to ...

Columns

Lynna Clark: Eyes on Him

My beloved David is a Bible scholar. Even as I use the words I know that he would ...

Lifestyle

Jeff Long: Good Samaritan or just pretending?

I’m going to begin this article with Luke 10:30-37: “And Jesus answering said, ‘A certain man went down ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Giant problems?

Giant problems? Insurmountable odds? Improbable victory? Here’s a story about someone who had a giant problem: 1 Samuel ...

Lifestyle

Kent Bernhardt: Anger management

John Murphy quit his job as a radio talk show host in Eau Claire, Wisconsin last week. With ...

Columns

Barbara Garwood: A caregiver’s life

Shedding Light on Sundown Syndrome With the change to Eastern Standard Time coming Nov. 6, it seemed like ...

Health

Peggy Barnhardt: The challenging game of cancer — the climax

The last leg of the quest for cancer survivorship is no less daunting. Even CT, PET and MRI ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run: Another young runner to watch

The popular Spooky Sprint 5K is coming up next week with its costume contests and plenty of good ...

Lifestyle

Mack Williams: In search of Melba toast

Considering the similarity of this week’s column title with that of an old television show devoted to ancient ...

Columns

Dr. Magryta: Poorly fed and chronically stressed?

I have long wondered what it takes to reach the mind of a healthful person heading down the ...

Lifestyle

Ann Farabee: Got insurance?

Insurance is important. But, when we hear the word, it doesn’t always bring about a positive response, does ...

Lifestyle

Don Davis: Making children happy through Operation Christmas Child

Making Children Happy Through Operation Christmas Child In January 2005 my wife, Barbara and I were fortunate to ...

Lifestyle

Rev. John C. Elam: A Reunion with Reggie… 40 Years Later

Special to the Post by Rev. John C. Elam Spring, 1975. Chapel Hill is beautiful, as always. Seventy-five ...

Lifestyle

(10-22) Patti Kadick: Email musings

email musings . . . Late last night, reading The Christian Science Monitor online-daily, I was intrigued by a discussion ...

Lifestyle

Jeff Long: When it feels as though God has left

Sometimes when we feel lost or lonely, we lose our faith. Why? We feel as though God has ...

Columns

Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

We have always heard “the 5 level belongs to the opponents.” You need 11 tricks to make the ...

Columns

Dr. Magryta: Are iPads and tablets good learning tools?

This is a hotly debated topic that I continue to ponder. I truly believe that I retain more ...

Lifestyle

Mack Williams: Ballet music — Old Concord Road

Today’s column is about the things I associate with the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; but in using ...

Lifestyle

Gotta Run: A good time for your first race

I am writing this on the Saturday morning that hurricane Matthew passed by. I had the opportunity to go ...

Columns

Linda Beck: Regretting my losses

Disability and handicaps resulting from disease have been two of my greatest regrets in life. Loss of loved ...

Columns

Ann Farabee: Need popcorn?

Have you ever been in the Gem Theatre in Kannapolis, NC? It is a beautiful historical landmark that ...

Columns

Kent Bernhardt: Oddball Presidential History

We’ll soon go to the polls and cast our vote for President of the United States. I won’t ...

Columns

Gotta Run: Rowan’s first female 100-miler

For Valentine’s Day 2011, Karla Steedley received running clothes and an entry into that April’s Cooper River Bridge ...

Columns

Local bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

3NT: A Stop Sign For the last two weeks I have been writing from an article, Rules You ...

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