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Wednesday, Feb. 12 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, Feb. 13 Wadesboro Rotary Club from…
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I’ll be seeing you(or if too short)Songs that really speak to you
“Sometimes songs really speak to me,” he said. “Which ones?” I asked “Like ‘Side by Side,’” he answered. “Oh we ain’t got a barrel of money…” I sang “Maybe we’re ragged and funny…” he added. “But we’ll travel along,” …I countered. “Singing a song… “ he said, then paused. Then…
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Items for the church calendar will be accepted by mail to The Anson Record, PO Box 959, Wadesboro, N.C. 28170, brought by our office at 123 E. Martin St., Suite 400, Wadesboro, or emailed to cwood@ansonrecord.com. Deadline is 3 p.m. the Thursday before publication. Calendar items must be complete and…
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Community Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 29 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, Jan.30 Wadesboro Rotary Club from 12…
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You Ain’t from Around Here
In Spring, 1970, I left Columbus, wearing a suit and an overcoat, to fly into Texas, to be interviewed for a teaching position at a University. I tell the story as I remember it; but I have changed some names. In Ohio, the new leaves were nearly as wide as…
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The Day Death Dies
The mournful sound of Taps echoed slowly across the gently rolling hills of the cemetery one county over from our church. One of our members, a veteran of the United States Air Force, was being laid to rest. I stood in reverential awe through it all; the twenty-one gun salute,…
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Fish out of water
Regular readers of this column have come to know the Wagner animals pretty well, and are aware that, to put it mildly, our pets are not usually the brightest bulbs in the box. Others have dogs who run for help to save little Timmy from drowning in the well; our…
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Young Professionals Anson 2020 Kick-Off
Have you heard about the 2020 kick-off of the Anson County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional Anson group?! Join us at Oliver’s Restaurant on Thursday, February 20th starting at 5:30 p.m. to learn about joining the group! YP Anson’s MISSION is to provide an environment for individuals between the ages…
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Sowing division, reaping lives
Did Trump say out loud, “I’m going to gut the original environmental law of the US and it will affect everyone’s health negatively but the health of black and brown people the most?” Of course not. But that is exactly what is afoot with his intention to roll back major…
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Could Bernie Sanders win the nomination?
Throughout 2019, few observers thought Bernie Sanders had a real chance to win the Democratic nomination. The media treated him more like a gadfly than a serious contender. Then 2020 dawned, and it dawned on people that the “democratic socialist” who for years wasn’t even a Democrat might end up…
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TOWN HALL CLOSING AND GARBAGE COLLECTION
Town Hall will be closed on Monday, January 20 due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. There will be no garbage pickup on Monday, Jan. 20. Garbage collection will be shifted a day the entire week. Monday’s route will be picked up on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Tuesday’s route will…
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The three pigs
“Won’t they smother, Daddy?” I asked when the farmer put the three little pigs in a tow sack, and placed them in our trunk. “No, Son,” Daddy smiled. “It’ll just keep them out of trouble ‘til we get home.” As soon as we stopped rolling, I got out and ran…
