by Myra | Aug 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Details are finalized for our college football fantasy league: Fall Paw Ball will officially begin with draft night at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 22 (Wednesday) at the Paw. You’re invited to participate. All you have to do is show up. Cost is $10. It’s easy to play –...
by Myra | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • The Ten Days of Uwharrie, which is happening all over Montgomery County Oct. 19-28, is such a big deal that it’s been designated North Carolina’s official outdoor festival for 2018. So...
by Myra | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • I am a strong supporter of mining free book bins with an eye toward rescuing old favorites from the tides of obsolescence. Such was the case with my “rehoming” of Roy J. Cook’s slim “One Hundred & One Famous Poems,” a collection that first appeared...
by Myra | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • The most recent edition of Our State magazine has a story, “The Mystery of Badin Lake,” about 2nd Lt. Charles McDaniel, USMC, and how his wife Mary and others looked skyward in 1944 as he...
by Myra | Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • For the past several years I’ve peripherally participated in North Carolina’s annual Middle School Battle of the Books. As a result, I’m exposed to and read 25-27 young adult-themed books per annum. I’m here to tell you that, amidst the dross in this...
