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An open letter to Walmart
Dear Mr. Cutshaw, Anson County and the Town of Wadesboro would like to request your assistance in answering several questions regarding the recently announced closure of store #1127 located in Wadesboro, NC. For more than 30 years the citizens of this County and Town have enjoyed a partnership in commerce…
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Faith Calendar
Due to COVID-19, all church events are subject to change or cancellation. We strongly urge contacting the host organization before attending any listed event. Wednesday, March 18 New Life Ministries Pentecostal hosts noonday prayer every Wednesday. Those interested can also call in prayer requests to Linda Mitchell at 704-270-4021 or…
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Coronavirus And Other Trials Call For Ambassadors For Christ
Rocks and minerals are rather ubiquitous at our church, being found everywhere from the name of the church to a loop off of the driveway to the watercourses and all the way into my office. The rocks and minerals in my office, though, are of a rather different nature than…
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Faith and the coronavirus
I truly hate to be suspicious of my wonderful church family, but sometimes they simply leave me no choice. It could have simply been a coincidence, I suppose, that at our recent potluck dinner some of them kept insisting that I try the Wuhan chicken, which no one else seems…
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Eric Clapton’s finest song
Eric Clapton may have lived a peaceful life with his parents in his home in Ripley, England until he was six or seven years old, when he learned it was all a sham, that his sister was really his mother, his father a Canadian airman he never met—and the ones…
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Fun with magnets
I’m thinking of a magnet, at the end of a cable, hanging from the boom of the toy crane which Daddy brought for me. “Watch this,” he said, as he pulled a nail out of his pocket and laid it on the floor , then he backed the crane up,…
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Church Calendar
Wednesday, March 4 New Life Ministries Pentecostal hosts noonday prayer every Wednesday. Those interested can also call in prayer requests to Linda Mitchell at 704-270-4021 or Pastor Randy Brooks at 704-690-4900. Revive! An Annual Spring Revival featuring Pastor Cindy Wiggings of House of Faith Outreach Ministries beginning at 7 p.m.…
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“Thou Shalt Vote”
Were one to look in Scripture for a direct command of God that says, “Thou shalt vote,” he would be disappointed to find that it is not there. But before any anti-voting types get too excited at that realization, it would be good to note that there are also no…
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Wednesday, March 4 Story Time from 10 am – 10:30 a.m. at the Early Childhood Resource Center in the Anson County Partnership for Children in Wadesboro. HOLLA ‘Let’s Move’ Fitness Center from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at the HOLLA! Center in Morven. Thursday, March 5 The documentary ‘Through the…
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Commentary: Running against Bloomberg isn’t easy. I know. I was his opponent in the 2001 New York mayoral race
Three weeks before the New York mayoral election in November 2001, I got a call from Mark Mellman, the pollster working on my race against Mike Bloomberg. “Well, I have good and bad news. The good news is that I’ve never had a client 20 points ahead this late in…
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Editorial: Taking on Big Tech: Josh Hawley’s bold proposal to overhaul the FTC
Security breaches, privacy violations and numerous scandals have done little to diminish the power of Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google. Federal institutions meant to punish these companies and protect the American people have failed. It is hard for companies with immense wealth and power to feel compelled to…
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Commentary: Recliners and punchers, unite! Turn that legroom rage into a demand for airline seat regulations
Most of us have probably seen the viral video of the airline passenger repeatedly punching the back of the reclined seat in front of him. Much like the photo of the striped dress from five years ago, which appeared blue and black to some and white and gold to others,…
