December 14, 2008
Sitting on the porch of her cabin one summer, Phoebe Roer watched with fascination as her dad grabbed a marshmallow and molded it into taffy. Roer, 10 at the time, mimicked him and made her own marshmallow taffy. "At this young age, I felt an unusual sens...
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The annual Greensboro Regional Realtors Association event to raise money for Clara House was held Dec. 4 in a newly constructed Wolfe Homes house in Northern Shores in Lake Jeanette. Clara House is a temporary emergency shelter for women and children who...
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EcoBroker Katie Jo Icenhower has joined Leap Realty, a green-focused real estate firm. She will serve residential markets in Guilford County, including Greensboro. Icenhower specializes in healthy homes and energy-efficient real estate. She is a member of...
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A ringing "well done" to UNCG and the Women Veterans Historical Project for the fine luncheon they held at the Elliott University Center on Nov. 3. The featured speaker was Lt. Col. Kathryn F. Wirkus, a 1974 graduate of UNCG. Her talk, "Standing on the Sh...
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GREENSBORO - There have always been two forces in Marianne Gingher's writing life: One was driving her, the other was impeding her. The urge to write is ever-present, but life doesn't always afford her the luxury of fully exercising her passion. Her jobs......
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Triadmommies.com, the largest free moms group in the Triad, has entered the "terrific threes." Triadmommies.com celebrated its third birthday with a bash Oct. 18 at Triad Park in Kernersville. The event doubled as a fundraiser for the "Give A Kid A Coat......
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Until 1958, it seems as if everyone felt the solution to High Point's housing shortage in the core community was to build more rental houses, flats, and duplexes. It was a vicious cycle of build, collect the rent, and watch as those constructed wood-frame...
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The inspirational words of one person can completely change the direction of one's life. Just ask John Graham, deputy director of Guilford Child Development in Greensboro. In the past year, his life has been transformed because he heard an inspirational s...
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Christmas comes but once a year; The excitement grows and grows. That giving spirit present in our lives Brings a feeling "good will" bestows! You've heard of Christmas in July, but have you ever heard of Christmas in early spring, like maybe March? If...
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December 10, 2008
In late 1999, after our monthly home-school meeting had finished, I listened to a friend describe how she and her young girls delivered phone books during December to make some extra money. This sounded like something that I could do with my own kids. As...
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December 8, 2008
On a Wednesday several years ago, one of the regulars approached artist Bill Mangum as he was leaving the morning prayer breakfast at Greensboro Urban Ministry, where he had just cooked eggs and passed out cups of milk. “He said, 'I’m really strugglin...
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December 7, 2008
It's always bustling at the Salvation Army of Rockingham County. But this year, in the midst of an economic crisis, Capts. John and Andrea Sikes are experiencing more of a demand for services from their clients in Rockingham and Caswell counties. Staff wr...
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Barry Osborne had been thinking about joining one of those social networking sites on the Internet. But the notion of actually doing just that was foreboding. "The idea of getting on Facebook seemed massive," confessed Osborne, who is minister of small gr...
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You may know someone who took Viagra to little avail, having ordered it online from one of those cryptic sources at simply an unbeatable price. But chances are much smaller that you know someone who took malaria drugs and died of malaria. The problem all...
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On Dec. 21, 1954, High Point City Council passed the housing and rehabilitation ordinance, which provided for the repair and elimination of unfit housing in the city. A Jan. 1, 1956, headline announced: "City Hall Cracks Down on Poor Living Conditions in...
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Many hands and perhaps thousands of hours have gone into creating the beautiful, warm religious wood carvings at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. The carvings throughout the church especially catch one's eye upon entering the sanctuary. There are beautiful...
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Bill Beavers has an infectious smile. That smile made him a top salesman for Greensboro's Cliff Weil Wholesale, from which Beavers retired in October with 55 years of service. He requested retirement in 1992 but was coaxed into a 16-year "soft retirement.
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Janice Sullivan always loved poetry. Even before she picked up her own pen to write lyrics, she enjoyed discussing poets and poetry with her sister, Susan Meyers of South Carolina.
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December 3, 2008
My son, daughter and I stepped out of our warm car and into the frosty night air Nov. 21, headed toward Gibsonville's annual Lighting of the Green. Nearing the town square, we could hear Mayor Lenny Williams speaking to those who had braved the cold tempe...
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December 2, 2008
David Hall has never seen Miley Cyrus live, but he knows what it's like to be at one of her concerts. The crowds. The screeching. The hands reaching out toward the star. Every time they walk into a room full of kids, he and business partner David Rawlins...
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Sometimes I just need a break from words. As a reporter, I spend the majority of my day considering, contemplating and critiquing words. Discarding words. Substituting words. Reading other people's words. I must. Choose. Words. Carefully. By the time I g...
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December 1, 2008
This chair is ugggly! It needs work and paint. For a hefty price, it could be yours, if it were for sale. Lore handed down from previous owners of Greensboro’s minor league baseball teams says the chair comes from New York’s original Yankee Stadium......
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GREENSBORO — Dee Ann Staley wore seven different badges in her 30 years with the Greensboro Fire Department. But only six were presented to her in the customary shadowbox at her retirement banquet. Her deputy chief’s badge was in the box. As were her...
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When my 6-year-old daughter Zoe's blood sugar registered in the 400s at midnight, I hissed a little at my husband. "I won't be here tomorrow night to deal with this," I chastised. "It will not be my problem." Shortly thereafter when her blood sugars regis...
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November 30, 2008
GREENSBORO - At age 7, Chandler Simpson learned she had Type 1 diabetes. And at almost the same time, she learned that she was going to have a sibling who might someday help cure the disease. Researchers at Wake Forest University's Institute for Regenerat...
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