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The short session of the General Assembly started this week with a few major bills already starting to move through committees. The floor sessions will remain largely uneventful until the committee work is complete and the bills can be referred to the full body. Our appropriations committees are also reviewing the governor’s budget proposal, but the majority party has already indicated that it has no interest in her plans. As I shared last ...
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Christians and Americans
Dear Editor, I am 70 years old and I don’t recognize the America I live in anymore. I am a member of the silent majority (possibly minority). I am a Christian, white, middle class and working business man. I have been working since I was 17 years old and I have never taken welfare handouts from the government. I am saddened by the fact that 50% or more of our fellow Americans have fallen into the trap of somehow depending on the governm...
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A solution for ‘help wanted’
Dear Editor, The editorial letter entitled “help wanted” April 28-29 was written by someone who is certainly in need of help. Using incomplete data and venting frustrations through exaggerated attacks makes for some weak and inaccurate claims. On a county commissioner board of seven, it is impossible for any two individuals to be in charge. Furthermore, why would two such individuals who supposedly have brought so much disaster to the c...
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Thanks for the support
Dear Editor, Heartfelt appreciation is extended to all the local churches, community groups and individuals who helped us achieve a banner year at the Baker House, Richmond County’s homeless shelter in Rockingham. Due to the overwhelming variety of contributions and generous donations this year, we were able to meet all program needs and expenses and, although it is hard to express our deepest gratitude in a simple thank you, we hope all ...
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Keeping in touch with the community
Dear Editor, The Richmond County Tourism Development Authority’s website, www.visitrichmondcounty.com has been improved with new additions. Jeffrey Cheatham of Walker Marketing works to keep it up-to-date. It now features “Travel Packages” for fishing, shooting and racing sports. These sites offer 10% discounts to travelers. In the “Recent Posts” section, I especially enjoyed the one on the Sandhills Game Land. Under “Go Fishing,” c...
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Where was God in all this, really?
North Carolinians heard God speaking in contradictory voices during the weeks leading up to the vote on May 8 when voters approved Amendment 1, which added to the state constitution a provision that “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized … .” In the campaigns leading up to the decisive vote, hordes of priests and ministers, mostly from mainline Protestant churches, lent ...
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Wealthy movie director changes his lifestyle after bike accident
If you wanted to film a documentary on the meaning of life, whom would you ask to direct it? Would it be the director of “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” the director of “The Nutty Professor” or the director of “Frankenstein: The College Years”? Well, the same guy directed all three of those wacky movies, plus “Evan Almighty” and “Bruce Almighty,” both of which starred Morgan Freeman as God. His name is Tom Shadyac. His mission was to find t...
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Divine by Design
Dear Editor, “It must suck to be you.” Even in jest, having these words or any variation of them directed at you could be momentarily disheartening, if not downright puzzling — “I am what I am, and that’s all that I am!’,” a certain animated sailor once exclaimed (of course, God’s “I AM THAT I AM” response to Moses came first, but that’s for serious scholarship, not my screed). How can it suck to be me when there isn’t another person ex...
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Thankful for clarification
Dear Editor, Glad to hear the County Commissioners were not involved in the animal wellness clinic being cancelled. Dolores Sheetz Rockingham
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The laws must change
Dear Editor, It’s sad, divorce happens every day. What started in love, ends in hate. It takes a toll on both of that union. What really hurts is when one part of that union tells the other, I have used our child against you, I have kept our child from you. The party being told that already knows, without being told, for they have lived with that hurt. Then the day comes, with the birth of a grandchild. The person that used their own ch...
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Animal Wellness Clinic involvement
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Mrs. Sheetz’s letter in Thursday’s (May 3) paper. As the Director of the Humane Society of Richmond County, I must clarify that the City of Rockingham nor the County Commissioners had any involvement with the recent Animal Wellness Clinic that was cancelled. The event was to be hosted by our local humane society and the Humane Society of the United States. Due to various conflicts of interest...
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Our Daily Bread
Dear Editor, As a volunteer for the Our Daily Bread food ministry I appreciate the article published in April. I also appreciate the retraction in the paper that we sell food. Our Daily Bread is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help the needy. We accept donations from churches, businesses and individuals. The donations are then given to clients who qualify for our program. Food is never sold under any circumstances. Thank y...
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Along These Lines: Do All Dogs go to Heaven?
My mother possessed the gift of hospitality. All who knew her marveled at her remarkable ability to charm people with spontaneous generosity and kindness. But her benevolence wasn’t limited to humans. She had the greatest affection for animals too, especially the many dogs that inhabited our home over the years. She raised fox terriers, and they were as much part of the family as any of us. So too was our only cat, who outlived many of the ...
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Thank you, Professor Robich
Dear Editor, Richmond Community College is losing a GEM. When I heard of the retirement of Professor John Robich I was saddened. Professor Robich has been a Motivator, a Mentor and most of all, he defines what an educator should be. I am a proud graduate of RCC Human Services c/o 2003. When I first met Professor Robich, I was an insecure student. I was a high school drop-out, a teen mom and had no serious plans for my future. However, m...
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Fountain’s long wait brings us the ‘Catch-22’ of Iraq War
What is really going on inside their minds when the soldiers come home? Before they can tell us, the call comes to go back to the Middle East for another long tour. In North Carolina, such brave soldiers and their families surround us. We try to honor them and show our appreciation for what they do for us. We do it as best we can when we see them in uniform in airports, on the streets, and at halftimes during athletic contests in universi...
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