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My youngest son graduates from Kinston High School this week. While this is a momentous occasion in his young life, for me it's the end of a long chapter of mine. Though I have worn many hats over the years, the one that got the most wear was the mother hat. What do all the other parents do when their children transition to adulthood?
Graduation season is always a bittersweet time, but it is a lot different when you are going to be the one walking across the stage. Graduating means different things for everyone.
The 14 graduating seniors in the Class of 2021 at Lenoir County Learning Academy had to come up with a great many answers on the way to earning diplomas, but the educator who keynoted the commencement ceremony Wednesday asked them to ponder some important questions as they step out into the world.
Today is Memorial Day, a day that honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. At first, this observance was called Decoration Day. Citizens would decorate the grave of the fallen soldiers in the years following the Civil War. That grueling four-year blood bath claimed the lives of almost half of all the war dead from all the wars throughout our nation's history.
Graduating from the best school in the county is bittersweet (I may be slightly biased). From meeting my lifelong friends to learning more about myself than ever before, North Lenoir has given me the best four years of my life.
Not only are blueberries a favorite springtime snack; they also pack a lot of nutritional punch into one little bite. While a cup of the little blues is only 80 calories, you’ll get 14 percent of your daily fiber and a boost of heart-helping antioxidants. Blueberries have also proven to keep you fresh, active, fit, sharp and in a great mood!!
You've probably heard the expression, "Where there's smoke, there's fire," and smoke seems to linger around the continuing speculation about voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Are you convinced that you don’t like radishes, or maybe you are afraid to try them?? If this is you, here is why you should give them a try and make them a part of your regular diet. Radishes are the perfect vegetable to add spice to your recipe when fresh or a savory taste when cooked. They also have a variety of health benefits!
After attending the awards ceremony honoring winners of the Lenoir Soil and Water Conservation District on May 12, I left the ceremony with a desire to learn more about the practice of conservation and its history in North Carolina. Despite the push for many years to add industrial and manufacturing facilities to our state economy, the Number 1 industry in North Carolina is still agriculture.
How happy do you want to be today? You can make that decision. We all have so much to be happy about and thankful for, but we seem inclined to dwell on the perils of today, such as our current gas shortages, price increases, Covid-19, civil unrest, election irregularities, etc., to the point that we find ourselves longing for the "good old days." But just how "good" were those days?
Thursday evening I attended the 2021 Annual Education Celebration at the Lenoir County Livestock Arena. Not only did I have the opportunity to see students recognized for posters, speeches, and computer products, but I also learned a bit about the purposes of these competitions and their organization.
Another Mother's Day has come and gone but, actually, every day is Mother's Day because, as the old saying goes, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." Mothers know that children are influenced by what they see and hear, starting in the home.
Multiplied thousands – perhaps millions – across this country heard Mother’s Day messages this past Sunday. The story of Mother’s Day usually focuses on Anna Jarvis. Following her mother’s death in 1905, Jarvis had the idea of establishing a day to honor the sacrifices mothers make for their children.
It’s always a great time to celebrate our mothers, this year keep it casual and enjoy these pick-up foods made with bounty from your local Farmers Market!
Are nurse anesthetists overpaid by 74%? Are telemarketers underpaid by 25%? If you accept the standard statistical model used to defend huge and sweeping pay raises for public schoolteachers, then you pretty much have to accept these conclusions, too. They derive from the same set of data.
Let's talk about age today. This year, 2021, the United Nations expects the number of people living past 100 to rise to approximately 573,000 worldwide, with the highest concentration in the U.S. and Japan, and with a significant number of those living well beyond the age of 100. In that category are people like Emma Morano, who died on April 15 at age 117.
For weeks after the ballots were counted, supporters of the defeated presidential candidate insisted the election had been stolen. Some alleged a shadowy conspiracy to rig vote-counting machines, throwing out just enough legal votes and manufacturing just enough illegal ones to decide the outcome.
On Friday, April 23, I attended an induction ceremony at Trenton Elementary School for six new members of the school’s National Elementary Honor Society. I went chiefly because my grandson Alex was taking part in the induction ceremony. Last year, Alex was inducted. This year he had one of the lead roles in inducting this year’s honorees.
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