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Stock cars and bootleggers—the real story
What is North Carolina’s favorite sport? For lots of North Carolinians it is stock car racing—the NASCAR variety. Even those of us who are not NASCAR fans take pride in a sport that we think ...
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Destination weddings may not be so difficult
Dear Dawn, Please help I am getting married next April and am going crazy! The limo, banquet hall, flowers, cake, invitations, seating arrangements and trying to find hotels for all my out of to...
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O! Say, Can't we sing?
Amongst Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day squirms the most beloved civic holiday of the K-12 bunch: The Last Day of School. Another year of learning the Three Rs and how to get along wit...
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My Southern Expressions; by Joe Lee
Well I Disease
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Somehow the doughnuts missed the shop
Krispy Kreme’s promotion announcing their new Cheerwine doughnut may have paled in comparison to the hype surrounding Lebron James’ move from Cleveland to Miami. However, there was plenty of fanf...
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An unwelcome gift on William Friday’s birthday
In a poignant moment at William Friday’s 90th birthday party last week, current UNC President Erskine Bowles stopped by to express regards to his predecessor. Later, in a video, Bowles praised F...
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Hershey goes to the movies
by JT Smith
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I’m not sure how my wife convinced me to take her and our dog, Hershey, to a movie. Actually, it was a drive-in picture show in Henderson. Somehow, she even talked me into driving my brand new car ...
Gospel hymns bring back pleasant childhood memories
by JT Smith
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Last week, I was flipping through the channel’s when I happened upon a show featuring country music star, Alan Jackson, performing a series of old gospel hymns. Jackson sang several of my favorite...
If you could have just ten, what books would you keep?
by DG Martin
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What if you had to choose just ten books to last you the rest of your life? It is a question I ask sometimes when I look around my room and see so many unsorted books stacked up everywhere. The...
Heartbroken over losing my easychair
by JT Smith
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One of a man’s most treasured relationships is the bond he shares with his recliner. When surveyed, men often rank the recliner second only to the TV as their most prized possession. Over time, ...
Playing Penny Poker
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My Southern Expressions By: Joe Lee
About time to punt my cable company
by JT Smith
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My cable remote control is about as reliable as a weak car battery in the dead of winter. The efficiency rate of the blasted thing has got to be less than 10 percent. It all but requires the skills...
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