Editorials
Mocksville right to close street for Halloween
Halloween is right around the corner. It’s my favorite holiday. No, I don’t really care about being scared. ...
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Should prescription medications be widely advertised?
I wonder if Richard Nixon would approve. He started the war on drugs, you know. If you spend ...
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Churches can still make a positive difference
From the N.C. Rural Center Churches are, and always have been, the backbone of rural North Carolina. Places ...
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Everyone talking about the weather
What time of the year is it? It’s so confusing these days. Is it summer? Is it fall? ...
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Music can bring back memories
It’s amazing how music can affect us. Just a line from a song can remind us of a ...
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More volunteers needed
Let’s hope that some of these programs requiring students to do some type of community service work as ...
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Mule Days a festival like no other
Yee haw. Yee haw. Clippity clop, clippity clop. I went to sleep hearing those sounds one weekend every ...
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‘Come and listen to a story …’
My apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and lovers of “The Ballad of Jed Clampitt” everywhere, but ...
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Town board members need to learn roles
Sarge Butters’ removal from the Mocksville Police Department created quite the stir. It wasn’t entirely necessary. The decision ...
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Leave manager’s residence in county
Mocksville town board members are considering annexing a residential lot about a half mile from the current town ...