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Avis Fair Wilkins Monroe recently celebrated her 104th birthday at a reception given in her honor in the ...

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The 1945 class of Granite Quarry High School met on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the K&W cafeteria in ...

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‘Superboy’ Landen Spry turns 2

MOCKSVILLE — On Aug. 16, Landen Spry’s second birthday, more than 100 friends and family members gather at ...

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RiverDance, the annual fundraiser for the LandTrust for Central North Carolina

iverDance, the annual fundraiser for the LandTrust for Central North Carolina, was held at the Historic Salisbury Train ...

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Woodleaf festival celebrates all things ’mater

WOODLEAF — The eighth annual Woodleaf Tomato Festival, celebrating more than a century of tomato farming in the ...

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For these thrifting friends, it’s the ‘thrill of the hunt’

Ever heard of thrifting? Me neither, until my friend Susan Stubbs told me about it. We’ve known each ...

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Derek Miller travelogue: Mesa Verde, Colo.

I’ve always loved visiting Americas national parks, especially in the West where they are so wild, isolated, vast ...

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The graduating class of 1950 of Granite Quarry High School held its annual reunion on Aug. 2 in ...

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Happiness is a hummingbird

On an uneventful Saturday evening I turned to Facebook to stir something up. “What’s making you happy right ...

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Jim Morton looks back — and he likes what he sees

HINA GROVE — There comes a season in every man’s life where he tends to look back on ...

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Inspired by cyclist David Freeze’s journey from Maine to Florida, local athletes Trudy Gale, Carol Hauss and Susan ...

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Historic doll comes to live at the Spencer Doll & Toy Museum

Recently the Spencer Doll and Toy Museum received an historic treasure in the form of a doll given ...

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Wedding licenses issued in Rowan County, first half of July 2014

Wedding licenses issued from the office of Register of Deeds Harry L. Welch Jr. James Ingram to Priscilla ...

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“Welcome, sweet springtime, we greet thee in song…”

Just before 6 on Tuesday evening, Shelby Lookabill drags heavy cushioned chairs into a circle in the activity ...

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First Calvary, founded in 1866, celebrates homecoming on Sunday

First Calvary Baptist Church, 400 S. Long St., will celebrate its 148th homecoming Sunday, with pastor Leamon E. ...

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The wood whisperer: Steve Martin’s serious hobby produces beautiful results

Steve Martin pulls a thick holly branch from the woodpile behind his house on Old Beatty Ford Road. ...

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South Rowan High School is planning a community reception to welcome Mrs. Kelly Withers as the new principal ...

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Third annual Chickweed takes place Saturday

Forget tough. These chicks are indestructible — and they want to pass that power on. Chickweed returns Saturday ...

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The Graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority crowned their 2014 Miss Fashionetta on June 28 at Tubman ...

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Get FootLoose to help fight Alzheimer’s

Would you like to have fun with shoes and support Alzheimer’s research at the same time? If the ...

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During ‘Wine Down and Create,’ art teachers have improved own talents

Since March, Patt Legg and Carol Dunkley have been teaching weekly Wine Down and Create classes. Not only ...

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At the Kneeling Gardeners June meeting, Brenda Trott gave the welcome, chaplain Janelle Murray led devotions and the ...

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Retired school employee Zelia Frick enjoys photographing ‘God’s beautiful world’

Zelia Frick photographs whatever God puts in front of her — or sometimes, what he puts behind her. ...

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Miss Rowan County Veteran competition on July 4

FAITH — The Miss Rowan County Veteran competition is held in conjunction with Faith 4th of July activities. ...

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PIANO The piano students of Diane Freeman performed in recital on Sunday, June 8. Beginner, intermediate and advanced ...

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Gotta run? Find the right shoe

heck the local sports calendar this time of year, and you’ll find a road race about every weekend. ...

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Pet Project: Rebeka Julian on the medical facts about spaying or neutering

What are the “true medical facts” about spaying and neutering your dog and cat? Since I was a ...

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The Rockwell AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post 845 took center stage at the AMVETS State convention at Greensboro on ...

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