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October 25, 2009
OPINION: Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair: A fair to remember
The Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair under way at the fairgrounds brings back some fond and not-so-fond memories.
October 23, 2009
OPINION: West Evans history worth improvement efforts
I have written about the 100 block of East Evans Street, my favorite block when Florence had a real downtown, but the 100 block of West Evans was pretty neat, too.
Everybody Calls Me Jana Banana: Autumn is the year’s last, loveliest smile
Thank you to all of you who expressed kindness to my family on the death of my brother and the birth of my little niece. The circle of life continues to amaze us, and spending time at the service, cleaning out his home and welcoming little Brooklynn Lee Lair from the hospital are memories that continue to affirm that each day is a gift.
October 22, 2009
From Where I Sit: 34 years later
Lately, my column, like weddings and engagements, has started appearing in the Wednesday or the Friday edition of the newspaper.
October 15, 2009
Everybody Calls Me Jana Banana: How can you explain a miracle?
This week my eldest brother Butch drew closer to leave his earthly body, and my mother and sister stayed by his side. They told me not to rush and to remember our visit in July, “You don’t want to remember him like this.“
OPINION: Voters need right to recall elected officials
If it were up to the people instead of the politicians, Mark Sanford would have already been removed from the governor’s office.
October 09, 2009
COLUMN: South Dargan Street shaping up culturally with museum site
On Feb. 3, 1939, Dr. Ralph Van Deaman Magoffin, head of the department of classics at New York University turned the key to a ground floor door at the Florence Public Library and opened the new Florence Museum.
HUMOR COLUMN: Neither right-handed nor left but in good company
I don’t know if I came into the world backward, awkward or some other way when I arrived with alacrity a little over 64 years ago.
October 08, 2009
Everybody Calls Me Jana Banana: Take care of your brain
Tucked away across from Lawton Park is a cute little house on Lanier Drive that is home to a group of women that work hard all year to promote something near and dear to my heart, brain related disorders. The Hartsville Pilot Club meets monthly to provide our community awareness in preventing brain injuries and awareness of brain-related disorders including traumatic brain injuries, Alzheimer’s disease, chemical dependency, and mental, physical and emotional disorders.
October 06, 2009
Time for Newspaper Folks to Fight Back! Here’s How
OK, newspaper folks. It’s time to pick ourselves off the ground and fight back. There is plenty of time left on the clock, and our fans — more than 100 million loyal readers — are pulling for us to win. So here’s how we rally.
October 04, 2009
OPINION: Another government takeover
We are all painfully aware of President Barack Obama and the Democrats’ plan to inject a public option into health care reform legislation, which I believe would undoubtedly lead to government-run health care in America.
OPINION: Democrats spin health care bill
A letter written by U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson to Republicans:
COLUMN: Florence natives were truly able to reach for the stars
A couple of Florence girls some years ago got jobs in Washington and left to reach for the stars, so to speak. They later found themselves knee deep in stars, but more about the stars later.
October 03, 2009
COLUMN: Sense of direction nil, but there’s art in boiling water
I’ve always admired those who can do mechanical and construction-type work, those who can read directions and those who have a sense of direction.
September 26, 2009
Florence on cusp of new season of local, cultural events
It dawned on me after attending a couple of events that a new season had started for the local entertainment and cultural scene.
ACC should be ashamed to back boycott
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) recently announced a decision to move its 2011-13 baseball championships from Myrtle Beach to North Carolina. The reason? They say the Confederate flag flying on South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds violates their commitment to “diversity, equality and human rights.”
September 24, 2009
OPINION: The war against the PASS Test
South Carolina is a right to work state. For many in the Palmetto State that distinction is a point of pride.
September 20, 2009
COLUMN: Sleepless night when Hurricane Hugo hit
The night Hurricane Hugo hit in 1989, I didn’t get much sleep, frequently getting up and looking around to see if there were any problems. I mean, other than the fact that the storm was raging outside.
September 18, 2009
COLUMN: Golf has long way to go as a gentleman’s game
Much ado has been made in the national media about Serena Williams’ explosive outburst against a line judge during the Women’s U.S. Open tennis shindig.
September 12, 2009
COLUMNIST: Woman wrote of very early days of Florence
In early 1939 the Morning News published some articles written by older Florentines looking back on the early days of the town. It was in connection with the 50th anniversary of creation of Florence County.
September 06, 2009
COLUMN: Obama should reflect on Johnson, Vietnam decision
Do you have a sense that we have been here before — maybe a little feeling of déjà vu all over again, as Yogi might put it? It might be a very good thing if Barack Obama reflected on what happened to Lyndon B. Johnson.
COLUMN: Permanent fix needed for dilapidated homes
I remember when I was a child how beautiful the flower beds and yards were in my neighborhood.
August 30, 2009
COLUMN: The almost-unknown story of Daniel C. Roper
In October 1884, young Daniel C. Roper left his home in Marlboro County, bound for Wofford College in Spartanburg.
COLUMN: Some things never change with 24-year-old sons around
Some things never change.
COLUMN: Plan ahead if you want to retire in the Upstate
According to one statistic, somewhere, a Baby Boomer is turning 61 every seven minutes.
August 24, 2009
OPINION: Why Santee Cooper is suspending the Pee Dee Energy Campus permit porocess
Santee Cooper’s Board of Directors recently approved a management recommendation to suspend permitting activities on the proposed Pee Dee Energy Campus in Florence County.
August 23, 2009
COLUMN: Writer from 1882 gives Florence glowing review
Where around here do you suppose you could find it “cheering to hear the sound of saw, hammer and trowel on all sides”?
August 16, 2009
COLUMN: The names of cities, town, places in the Pee Dee
Everybody — well nearly everybody around here — knows where Florence, city and county, got their name.
August 13, 2009
OPINION: Story and its approach concerning use of state plane are wrong
In my first race for Congress a local reporter in Myrtle Beach had taken a few words from an interview and used them in a different context to paint a picture that was far from what I believed. When I confronted him on taking my words out of context his simple reply was, “Life is out of context.”
July 26, 2009
OPINION: Uncle Walter: a connection with memories
In 1963, Morning News editor James Rogers told me we had been invited to send a reporter to Kansas City with the state’s Future Farmers of America delegation to their national convention. Would I like to take the trip?
