Opinion
Editorial: Our lives filled with ‘new normals’
They say we’re in for a new normal when governments start easing coronavirus restrictions. A new normal? I’ve been dealing with that all of my ...
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Opinion
Editorial: Songwriting master dies from COVID-19
On Tuesday, April 7, I was doing what I normally do during this coronavirus quarantine — sitting on my patio, enjoying a cold one, smelling ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, April 16, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
How much toilet paper has Burr stockpiled?
I wonder how much toilet paper Richard Burr has stocked up at home. One roll, two rolls, 200 rolls? You know Richard Burr. He’s our ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, April 9, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Barbers, beauticians really are essential
As I said last week, don’t panic, we’re all in this together. I keep saying that to myself over and over. After Monday’s announcement that ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Don’t panic, we’re all in this together
We’re all in this together, folks. Black and white, Muslim and Christian, Republican and Democrat. We’re all in this together. It’s somewhat understandable about the ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, March 19, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Interracial couple may have been first in state
Omelia Diane Farrington Garner didn’t grow up in Davie County, but she spent quite a bit of time here visiting her aunt, the late Lillian ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Open meetings should be goal of all boards
It seems that every candidate for office promises to have an open door. They want to hear from their constituents on just about every issue. ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:00 am
Opinion
John Butero a good man; crosswalk woes
He was a good man. How could any one of us want anything more to be said after we’re gone. In fact, it’s said a ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, December 5, 2019 12:00 am
Local News
Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
By the president of the United States of America, a proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, November 28, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Remembering local heroes from WWI
Sept. 29, 1918 was a big day for Allied Forces fighting in World War I. They broke through the Hindenburg line, pretty much spelling defeat ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, October 31, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Mocksville right to close streets for Halloween
Halloween is right around the corner. It’s my favorite holiday. No, I don’t really care about being scared. I really don’t care about going through ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Should prescription medications be widely advertised?
I wonder if Richard Nixon would approve. He started the war on drugs, you know. If you spend any amount of time at all watching ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Weather in everyone’s conversations
What time of the year is it? It’s so confusing these days. Is it summer? Is it fall? Do we live in a desert all ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, October 3, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Music can bring back memories
It’s amazing how music can affect us. Just a line from a song can remind us of a loved one who has passed, remind us ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: 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 year for four years. I smelled the ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, September 12, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: ‘Come and listen to a story about a cat with no name’
My apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and lovers of “The Ballad of Jed Clampitt” everywhere, but here it is: “Come and listen to ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial — Town board members need to better understand their roles
Sarge Butters’ removal from the Mocksville Police Department created quite the stir. It wasn’t entirely necessary. The decision came to the desk of Town Manager ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Let the manager’s home stay in county
Mocksville town board members are considering annexing a residential lot about a half mile from the current town limits. It’s a bad idea. Sure, it’s ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, August 22, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Reminiscing about our farming legacy
I bumped into Edwin Boger the other day at the store. We reminisced. It made me remember that our past is not only important, it’s ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, August 15, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Recycling profits dwindling
We’re trashy. Really trashy. But to make up for all of the throw-away things we use on a daily basis, we recycle. We love to ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, August 8, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Jeremy Walker another reason to be DC proud
As a lifelong baseball fan, Wednesday, July 24, was a day to remember. Two players from Davie County were on the same field in a ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, August 1, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: “I know what this country needs; homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see”
It’s that time of year again to pay homage to one of the most versatile vegetables, or fruits — we’ll get to that later — ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, July 25, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
A trip to the beach more complicated, but better
A trip to the beach with the family was a wonderful distraction last week. Relaxing. Fun. Bonding. Growing up in the ’60s, I remember we ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial — Wagon train a good lesson in U.S. history
I went on a wagon train a couple of weeks ago. Not a big one. Just 60 or 70 wagons and about that many people, ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Leave fireworks to the experts
I love fireworks. Don’t ask me why, because it doesn’t make any sense. Probably my first experience at handling fireworks came when I was a ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Grimes Parker deserves most recent honor
Who wants to spend a week with a bunch of elementary age kids all excited about being out of school for the summer? In a ...
by Mike Barnhardt, Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:00 am
Opinion
Editorial: Being a kid today ain’t what it used to be
Summer vacation ain’t what it used to be. Better? You decide. One thing has remained the same, however; summer vacation is on the minds of ...