Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
Most of you know and have heard about Jim Valvano. He was the N.C. State basketball coach who led the Pack to a NCAA victory in 1983. He later worked for ESPN and died from cancer in 1993. He also was...
A while back, Missus and I had another bout of COVID, or something darn near like it. When it was over, and things were returning to normal, I was out in the yard one day and had to rest a moment, hav...
By Cynthia Stephens Tabor City Chamber We trust that each of you had a wonderful time at the N.C. Yam Festival! The weather was absolutely perfect for a fall festival and we are so grateful for that....
Downtown Whiteville is about to get busier than a pecan pie table at Thanksgiving. Starting Friday, Nov. 6 with the Pecan Prelude, followed by the Veterans Celebration Parade and the NC Pecan Festival...
We have officially reached that point in the election process where I must wonder, however briefly, if being ruled by an inbred, psychotic, syphlitic despot thousands of miles away in England was real...
It’s rare that we can look at a tax as a good thing, but the quarter-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot (also your early ballot) is a tax everyone should get behind. It’s one-quarter of one penny on ...
As I stepped outside to greet the morning, the fog gave everything that ethereal feel that Hollywood can never quite capture. The pines were disputing the sun’s right to seize the day, but Ol’ Sol was...
By Cynthia Nelson Tabor City Chamber of Commerce EVP The North Carolina Yam Festival is upon us! Entries for the Sweet Potato Quality Contest will begin being accepted this Friday, Oct. 16. Youth and ...
Well, well, well, it looks like Columbus County has managed to put something on the Nov. 3 ballot that was just begging to be a My Quarter’s Worth column: a quarter. More precisely, a ¼ of a penny lo...
There are no yellow ribbons now, at least none for the little boy most of us never met. They’ve been gone for years, faded and forgotten and frayed by a generation of weather. Tristen “Buddy” Myers wa...
My host insisted we stop the truck, get out and walk around some. I didn’t argue; it was a beautiful day for February, bright and dry, not terribly chill, and if a gentleman staring his 90th year in t...
Around here, word of mouth can be worth more than any advertising money can buy. Someone tells you where to get a good hamburger, who can fix your lawn mower, which plumber calls you back. That’s how ...
If robots conquer the world, it won’t be armies of evil cyborgs stalking the landscape with superweapons. It will be through telephone and computer screens. On a daily basis, my computer, iPad or phon...
By Joe Small N.C. Yam Festival The Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce has graciously dedicated this column to the N.C. Yam Festival. I am Joe Small, the NC Yam Festival President and I woul...
Thursday, Sept. 17, is Constitution Day. This is the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. This document established the framework for the U...
I was on the phone with a close friend for a half-hour the other day. He recently had surgery, and on top of that, a mutual friend had passed away the day before. In my circle of friends, those exact ...