Building items from the old days

Building items used on the farm – and in logging, in an earlier time – have become a hobby for Buster Stewart.  After retirement, Stewart began building sleds and yokes; items used on the farm and in the woods.

Invest in fall prevention; invest in your future

Although falls are commonly seen among older-age groups, it is not considered a normal part of aging. The U.S.

At the end of the day, I’ve got to pray

One Sunday – just before the sermon – the preacher asked one of the Elders to say a prayer.  The brother bowed his head and said, “Now I lay me down to sleep.” The congregation said, “Amen!”  During this pandemic, every area of our lives has been affected, including our faith.

“Equality Attack,” unpacked

A column which appeared last week in The Graham Star  (“The Equality Attack”) denigrated H.R. 5, The Equality Act.  The critique began with blaming the Democrats for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That is political, partisan and grossly inaccurate.

Cherokee stickball: a rugged game

The game of stickball – played by the Cherokee’s – is a physically-challenging game and certainly not for the faint of heart.  I first saw a game of stickball being played at the Cherokee Indian Fair as a child. We would go to the fair with our Cherokee neighbors, John and Florence Jackson Rattler.

Biggest town, smallest board: couldn’t there be a better way?

The largest community in Graham County is administered by the smallest board of its three municipalities.

The Equality Attack

The Democrat party has spent years trying to pass legislation amending the Civil Rights Act. When I say years, I am speaking about a span of almost 50 years.  The Equality Act was first proposed in the 1970s and the House of Representatives has finally passed it. It will now go before the Senate.

They got the gold mine; we got the shaft

You simply cannot tell me that a team that went 13-1, outright won the Smoky Mountain Conference and defeated the defending state champions twice this year, is a No. 8 state playoff seed. Yet, here we are. The N.C.

Lent: a time of self-examination

The Christian season of Lent is here.  Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, continues for 40 days – not counting Sundays (Little Easters) – and goes through Holy Saturday, the day before Easter.  Lent comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word, meaning “lengthening.

The tale of Rush Limbaugh

Last week, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh passed at age 70 from lung cancer.  President Ronald Reagan said that Rush “was the voice for conservatism and he should not worry that liberals call you the most dangerous man in America.