In praise of print during National Newspaper Week
It’s been a bad year for newspapers. Again.
October: Another fall season
The goldenrod is yellow; the corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. – Helen Jackson The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. – Emily Dickinson By Bill Shepherd Both poets speak to the sentiments of the moment. The long and hot summer days are getting shorter. Summer is winding down; the feeling of autumn...
Test your memory and reveal your age. Do you remember when?
1. You purchased gas, and the attendant would wash your windshield, check your oil, and sweep out the floor of your car free?
Letter to the Editor
Entire towns submerged. Homes and businesses destroyed. Lives lost. Hurricane Florence has devastated communities and impacted thousands of lives across South Carolina but particularly in the Pee Dee region. While some are anxiously waiting for the floodwaters to recede, the clean-up effort is underway in some places as we get through this trying time together. A number of our neighbors and friends lost much more than electric power...
Down South The John de la Howe School – A Story About Change
When I first heard that aristocratic four-word name, “John de la Howe,” I sensed something monumental, a nobleman, perhaps.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I was concerned about the focus of the new Darlington County Superintendent, Dr. Tim Newman, already focusing on more monies for construction of new schools. (Darlington County Board of Education discusses future facility needs, News & Press, September 5th, 2018). First, I would assume Dr. Newman would be concerned with matching curriculum for students to what businesses will need in the next 10 years. Which is that...