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If you have ever lived in the country, then at some point in your life you have been tempted to raise a flock of chickens. Growing up, my daddy took great care to make [Read More]
We were knights, pilots, adventurers, daredevils and the good kind of motorcycle gang members. In reality we were just kids on bicycles, but the world was ours, as long as we got home in time [Read More]
I was listening to radio one morning on my way to work recently, and the Wallflowers were singing about the one headlight being out and still driving it home. I’m sure there is a lot [Read More]
I should have realized that the truck was possessed when I found the stash of switches in the glove compartment. The salesman assured me they were all old switches, that everything had been replaced. I [Read More]
It’s just trashy to litter. As cliché as it may seem to criticize litterbugs and the refuse they produce, it’s amazing we still have to point out that trash doesn’t belong in the woods, by [Read More]
Articles in the Commentary section are opinions, not news. We feature columns by staff members and guests, letters to the editor, and editorials from Columbuscountynews.com. Dissenting opinions are always welcome and encouraged. Length should be [Read More]
Tabor City life wasn’t easy during the 1930s, but hard times helped create a special woman. Essie Nealey, often known by the name of “Aunt Essie,” even to those who truly weren’t related, is [Read More]
Note to my readers: With rare exceptions, I do not like to reprint columns, since I consider this to be a lazy habit. However, this is one people ask me about every year. This column [Read More]
Buying a new house is never an easy thing. You have to give a loan company your information, and let them delve deep into your paper trails, and pull out the insides. After all the [Read More]
In the book of Genesis, after the fall from Eden, God tells Adam that he will no longer have it easy. The first man is told he’ll have to earn his living by the sweat [Read More]
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