‘God put a rainbow in the clouds’

After an afternoon rain on July 8, I looked up in the sky and saw a beautiful rainbow. It looked as if it arced over the Fort Hill area in Robbinsville.  Columnist Roger Carlton captured the rainbow with a photograph printed in the July 16 edition of The Graham Star.

Fear can present harmful ramifications

Emotions come in many forms and levels of intensity.  The joy we experience with the arrival of a new family member is intense. The sorrow we feel with the death of a parent may be of mixed intensity.

Control your anger, before it's too late

All of us have experienced what it means to be angry at any levels.  But not all of us know how to control it. Adult Psychiatric specialist Agnes Padilla said being angry forever – especially when holding grudges – is not good for your health.

Teaching school is never easy

The job of a school teacher has never been easy, even under the best of circumstances.  This coming school year will be made all the more difficult, due to all the coronavirus restrictions that will be in place.

Bill helps journalism right way

There have been some rather disingenuous attempts to “help” journalism by state and federal officials who wanted a degree of control in recent years.  However, new bipartisan legislation introduced July 16 is a hand up – not a hand out – and deserves the public’s support. U.S. Reps.

Just your normal ‘job well done’

“Think you can do it? You are the first class to graduate without a walk-through.” And with that, Robbinsville High School Principal David Matheson gave the Class of 2020 its final charges, a mere 90 minutes before an overdue commencement ceremony at Modeal Walsh Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Decisions have lasting impact

By Lynne Stevens Guest Columnist Exactly what do we in Graham County care about judges given lifetime jobs on the Federal and Supreme Court?  It is worth looking at how the decisions these judges make influence our lives for decades.

Respect for our Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is one of three branches of the Federal Government. Congress and the Executive Branch are the other two.  One thing is certain. The Founding Fathers had great experience with an all-powerful monarch in the form of King George III.

Aunt Sarah is star attraction

One of the poignant scenes of the COVID-19 pandemic is staged outside windows of nursing homes all over the nation.  Friends and relatives gather there to visit – without physically touching – their loved ones, held captive in their rooms by the virus.

Change your lifestyle to fight dementia

Dementia has often thought to be unavoidable and incurable. In recent years, risk factors – including lifestyle attributes – have been associated with the two commonest forms of dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease and vascular dementia.