Thursday, August 26, 2010 —
The dreaded phrase many parents have been waiting for all summer most likely occurred on Wednesday morning.
“I don’t want to go to school.”
Hopefully the back-to-school blues were a little less intense this morning.
Yes, another school year has begun in Stanly County, so that means students are back to the books and back to the roads. This means many of us have to be prepared as well.
Since the roads will be fuller with parents picking up children, school buses transporting youth and students hurriedly leaving at the end of the day, be alert on our roads. This goes for mornings as well.
We don’t enjoy reporting on tragedies happening, especially when it comes to school kids. So adults, watch out for children. Children, watch out for adults.
We do look forward to reporting on the many exciting events planned for the upcoming year at schools throughout the county. While we are not able to make it to every single event, we will make an effort to attend many activities and always welcome submissions of articles and photos for the times when we are unavailable.
Students, study hard, compete intensely and most of all, enjoy the friendships you make during these years.
Opinion
Back to the books
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New jobs are a hopeful sign
We hear so much discussion these days of the economy and how it has hurt the job market.
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And the nominees aren’t
It might have made a nice Hollywood movie.
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We weigh in on the Super Bowl
Today is perhaps the biggest sporting event of the year.
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Shop local, support small businesses
The themes of bringing the community together, offering quality goods and customer service and shopping local were distributed throughout the Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Monday night.
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More questions than answers
The community had questions, we worked to provide answers.
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Your answers are coming
The relicensing process for the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project has been ongoing for several years, and we, like many others have had questions regarding how the process works and what have been the issues surrounding this particular license.
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Writing a new chapter
2012 promises to be a year of change in the lives of many people. I know it will be a year of change in my life.
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A bit of good news
Many times we find ourselves focusing on the bad things. We often are accused of only writing negative news, when we actually have both good and bad in every edition.
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Building forts
When I was a child, I considered building forts to be one of the most thrilling aspects of creative play.
The earliest “forts” I remember were rings of stuffed animals, dolls and pillows that surrounded me when I went to sleep at night. Mom and Dad would build these forts with me and my siblings at night to keep us from being scared of monsters under the bed or in the closet. They offered a sense of security and became a fun bedtime ritual. -
Replacing elections with lotteries
There has to be a better way.
Some of us reached that conclusion after discussing the mess our congressional and legislative governing systems have come to. - More Opinion Headlines
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New jobs are a hopeful sign
