Commentary on Current Events of Interest to Columbus, and the Surrounding Counties of NC
On June 23, 1918, Macy Nelson Taylor was born in Norlina, N.C. He was the first of three children to Doma and Samuel Taylor. He went joined the Navy before World War II, in part because he met a cute ...
As an older adult, we tend to talk about how it was, the way “we” used to do things. Parents and neighbors would step in and correct a child and give them a “whoopin”. Our generation downs the new gen...
I went into something akin to a full-bore panic the other day when I discovered my primary pocketknife was missing. Miss Rhonda found my beloved Sodbuster in the laundry, none the worse for wear after...
Why would I be worried about companies using my personal information to catch criminals when I am not a criminal, right? So what if the Flock cameras watch and surveil my tag number, my travel paths, ...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce The past few weeks have been filled with various graduation ceremonies at many area schools and colleges. Just this past Friday and Saturday ou...
The day was so hot, the corn begged for mercy. I know that the corn was actually thriving on that still, humid June day, but to me it seemed the day was so hot the fields around the little church were...
Columbus County and the Residents Who Fought on D-Day By Ron England Veterans Memorial Park Board of Directors On June 6, 1944 – forever remembered as D-Day – American forces joined Allied troops in t...
The first thing I do after starting the car in the morning is pray for the day ahead, and on the particular day in question, I had a lot to pray for. It was a Monday for starters, and that’s never a g...
By Cynthia Nelson Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Hopefully you all had a great Memorial Day weekend! I trust that you took a little time to reflect upon the reason for our National Memorial Da...
They stand frozen in time, two men far younger than I am now, Gary Cooper-esque smiles under dark eyes. The taller of the two is my grandfather, W. Thomas Weaver. My dad was 2, leaning to 3, when Gran...
We were watching television the other night – well, the TV was on, Rhonda was nodding off, and I was waiting for the news to come on while doing some work – when suddenly my bride sat up straight. She...
A lot of people are upset about the number of teams in the high school playoffs this year. The concerns range from complaints that too many teams made the playoffs to the rising cost of the travel. Bu...
I clicked on what should have been an amusing online video of things kids say the other day and was utterly shocked. While several of the clips were just young’uns being almost annoyingly cute, a coup...
The legislature and Governor Josh Stein have an opportunity to avoid making the same mistake twice. The newest industry feeding off of tax dollars is the boom in data centers. As technology embraces m...
Editor’s note — I wrote this column several years back, but in honor of today’s release of files at war.gov/ufo, I thought it was a good time to share it again. I was relishing a rar...
I have been accused of living under a rock on more than one occasion; it’s due more to my personality and preferences than my lack of staying informed. The more news I see of late, the more I want a r...