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Gotta Run: Racing today, how it’s changed

There are no local races this week as we begin the summer slow-down. The Shiloh Mission 5K in ...

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Mack Williams column: Unexpected nap

On one of my first weekends home from Appalachian in the Autumn of 1969, I was feeling tired ...

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Ann Farabee: One thing that remains

I  love when “out of nowhere” and “just when you least expect it” — a moment in time becomes ...

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Mack Williams: The dance

Recently, it’s been “dance show season” here in Danville, and likely, also Salisbury. The first dance teacher I ...

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Kent Bernhardt: To perspire – or sweat? That is the question

My two favorite seasons of the year are spring and fall – in that order. North Carolina springs ...

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David Freeze: Rowan’s biggest 5K, and a young running star emerges

On Friday night, the South Rowan YMCA and the town of China Grove host the Main Street Challenge ...

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Local Bridge with Myrnie McLaughlin

Bridge returns After a seven week hiatus necessitated by my medical condition, I am able to resume writing ...

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Jeff Long: Testing your faith, or getting your attention?

While studying the book of Job, I was illuminated with how it correlates with the creation story. In ...

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Lynna Clark: The best is yet to be!

I saw the quote somewhere, maybe in the back of a magazine. It was under a picture of ...

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Gotta Run: Open water triathlon and Craige Farmer’s love for running

If you ever thought about doing an open water triathlon, Saturday’s Badin Lake Triathlon is worth considering. The ...

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Dr. Magryta: Vitamin K

K: Vitamin K is number four of four fat soluble vitamins. It has two forms, K1 phylloquinone and ...

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Mack Williams: Returns

On Saturday, May 21, George Washington returned to Salisbury after being away for 225 years, making the original ...

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Wayne Hinshaw: A visit to the World of Coca Cola

ATLANTA —This world is truly the world of Coca Cola. A company brand name that is known world ...

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A caregiver’s life: Nursing home a new frontier

Editor’s note: With Barbara Garwood taking some time off this month, Katie Scarvey is handling this month’s caregiving ...

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Ann Farabee: The Touch

Don’t you love the feeling you have when walking with a child and they reach up for your ...

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Dr. Henry B. Waiters: The retributive God

God not only dispenses or exacts rewards or punishment in the hereafter; He has done it often here. ...

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Gotta Run: 10 things I’ve learned about runners

Remember that the 15th Annual Bare Bones 5K is on tap for Saturday at Knox Middle School. The ...

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Mack Williams: Nowhere frog

Just the other evening, I was sitting in a Danville Chinese restaurant waiting for take-out to be cooked. During ...

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Dr. Magryta: Vitamin E can be your best friend

Vitamin E is number three of the four fat soluble vitamins. It has eight isoforms, four tocotrienols and ...

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Katie Scarvey: Salisbury Squirrel Revival

The concept of Pentecost has always been a bit confounding to me, an exotic notion that doesn’t quite ...

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Ann Farabee: Here’s hope

One of my greatest spiritual memories took place a few years ago, while on a mission trip to ...

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Doug Creamer: God is the author of change

Our church has gone through a peaceful change of leadership. Our previous pastor retired and now we have ...

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David Freeze column: Jennifer and Michelle add another month of success

When last we totaled up the progress at the end of March, both Jennifer Payne and Michelle Patterson ...

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Mack Williams column: Cousin Washington

A very special person in American history will have the Rowan Museum’s special attention paid to him, courtesy ...

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Gotta Run: A bike ride for all and the Queen of Rowan County racing

On Saturday, the third annual Great Berry Ride, benefiting the United Way and Rowan Hospice, takes off from ...

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Dr. Magryta: Rethink the sun: Vitamin D deficiency is serious

We all love sunny days and the effect the sun has on our psyche and feelings of wellness.  ...

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Jeff Long: Freedom is possible

While listening to the radio one day I heard someone say, “God doesn’t let you go, but rather ...

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Ann Farabee: ‘Immeasurably more’ moment

Are you one of those people who does not want to experience something new until you understand how ...

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