Number of Robbinsville titles is 15, not 14

By Jim Hyde Guest Columnist If one goes online and looks at the official records of the N.C. High School Athletic Association, you will see that the title of most Football Championships (16) is given to Reidsville.

Be cautious of where you work on your cast

It was just one of those things. It didn’t really mean Marvin Pincus had lost his mind.  Consider this yourself for a minute. Marvin had opened the mail that morning and in it was the Fenwick glass fly rod he’d ordered. Oh, it was used, of course.

Going to a restaurant is a special event

Going to a restaurant was a special event when this writer was a child.  Restaurants were for anniversaries, Mother’s Day or a big holiday.  The family got dressed up. We ordered a fancy dessert that wasn’t available at home. The table was graced with a linen tablecloth and napkins.

A prudent re-opening is a sustainable answer

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column arguing that while a stay-at-home order might be justified as an initial response to an immediate and poorly understood public-health threat, it wasn’t “sustainable” for more than a few weeks.

The Great Suppression may linger

The 1930s had the Great Depression.  The early 21st century had the Great Recession.  Now, in the 2020s, we are suffering a Great Suppression.

The history of toilet paper

During the current “toilet paper war,” I thought readers might be interested in the history of that most sought-after possession. The first packaged toilet paper was invented in 1867 by an American named Joseph Gayetty. He called it Gayetty’s Medicated Paper.

Harrowing of Hell

Before the funeral service of a saint, his relative asked me a question. “What happened to Christ during the time between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection?”  In the church this is call the “Harrowing of Hell.

Obese more prone to COVID-19 effects

Family physician Mark Hyman, M.D. said being dangerously overweight raises our risk for death by more than three times. We all know that obesity is bad for our health. But now, it’s much more so during this very dangerous COVID-19 pandemic, he said.

Mother Earth gets her day in the sun

This column was co-written with Kim Hainge, who for many years wrote an informative and much enjoyed column for The Graham Star.  Her insights expanded our understanding in a most delightful way about the natural beauty that surrounded us.

It's not all sunshine for seniors

Across the United States and much of the world, students are missing months of school due to COVID-19.  Many of these students are high school seniors, myself included.  Seniors are missing a part of our lives that we have looked forward to for many years.