Like a doctor removing something important, Herb Collins gently peeled the wrapper back from the root ball and tenderly placed the baby tree in the hole. 

My father practiced social distancing before anybody knew what it was. 

Actually, he practiced it on my brother, Ken, and me. 

It is honestly scary to get infected with the coronavirus, but we have to do something to help strengthen our immune system as the best way to get rid of COVID-19. 

It has been a weary time in our land. 

Personally, what added to the weariness is not being able to gather with family, friends and our church families. 

Maintaining a good relationship with your editor is important.

So it is my policy to stop by The Graham Star office every week and discuss my column ideas with Kevin Hensley. 

By Jim Hyde

Guest Columnist

It was just one of those things. It didn’t really mean Marvin Pincus had lost his mind. 

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. 

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 “sust

The 1930s had the Great Depression. 

The early 21st century had the Great Recession. 

Now, in the 2020s, we are suffering a Great Suppression.