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BOB BROWN: “I Remember World War II”

On December 7, 1941, my sister, Edith, eight years my senior, and I were in Gray’s Drug Store, Hampton Boulevard, Norfolk, Virginia, a few miles from the U.S. Naval...

FRED FIRST: Go West At Last, Old Man

Decades of frugality have come abruptly to an end. I have made the choice to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bring Back The War Department

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a prescient and heartfelt speech in Chautauqua, New York, on...

FRED FIRST: Changing of the Guard

The theme for the Lenoir Words Writers Group this month is AUTUMN. And since I...

BOB BROWN: The Truth About Lying

Everyone lies! That’s the truth. Most people are relatively honest most of the time. The average...

To Make A Cool, Delicious Summer Classic, You Need A Little Magic

by Mike Keeler The beverage was originally dreamed up in Scotland.  The idea was to combine the cool bubbly refreshment of an ale with...

Be Still And Know That I Am God – By Rev. Joseph P. Lehman

Before John Solomon Rarey’s “horse-whispering” technique was published in the 1870s, the only way to break a horse was by violence and force...

Rules, Rules and More Rules

by Keith McCurdy One question I am often asked, especially from parents of toddlers, is “how many rules should we have?”  For some reason...

Recipe of the Week: Fried Mahi Mahi Sandwiches Topped with Tartar Sauce Cole Slaw

by Leigh Sackett To me the ocean’s personality is very much like God’s personality – a force of great power to fear yet at...

Counting Blessings as Children Move On

by Joe Kennedy As scheduled from the moments they were born, my daughter Katherine and my son Michael packed their beds and other belongings...

Exercise . . . And So Much More

by Mary Jo Shannon When I joined the Salem Family YMCA in January 2000 and enrolled in a water aerobics class, my main concern...