Opinion
Stone Mountain News
The ladies at Little Stone Mountain Baptist Church will be serving a Fisherman’s Breakfast on Saturday, beginning at 7 a.m. They will have sausa...
March 29th, 2017 updated: March 29th, 2017. |
Staring into a face from the past
Oh, what an awful senior picture I had taken.Going in to the sitting, I knew it would be my last school photo. Mom once had told me to smile big for m...
Community Commentary
Jo Ellen Lyon (Ronda) “I love to go fishing or take a walk on Stone Mountain. And being outside with friends like I am now.”Pat Kelley (El...
Stone Mountain News
The ladies at Little Stone Mountain Baptist Church will be serving a Fisherman’s Breakfast on April 1, beginning at 7 a.m. They will have sausag...
March 22nd, 2017 updated: March 22nd, 2017. |
Whaaat, no gun on the plane?
They caught an 80-year-old woman at the Myrtle Beach Airport, on the old Air Force base there, trying to get on a plane with a walking cane.When they ...
Stone Mountain News
The Traphill Fire Department will have Bingo and a spaghetti supper on Saturday, beginning at 6 p.m. Go out and support our great fire department.Crab...
March 15th, 2017 updated: March 15th, 2017. |
View an eclipse, get a meal
Christopher Columbus was in trouble. During his fourth voyage to the New World, Columbus was shipwrecked on Jamaica. Hostile natives had cut off the E...
Community Commentary
Curtis Taylor (Beulah) “Those little Delights.”Steve Owings (State Road) “I really don’t like Girl Scout cookies. The lemon on...
Stone Mountain News
Billings Hill Baptist Church will have Community Youth Rally on Saturday at 6 p.m. Brother Luke Connor will be bringing the message. The Nunn Sisters ...
March 8th, 2017 updated: March 8th, 2017. |
New endangered species: barns
They don’t know what to do with the last barn in Mecklenburg County.Normally they get all excited down there over some big, new skyscraper going...
Community Commentary
Jack Richardshon (State Road) “Carolina. They’ll beat Duke by about eight points, even though they didn’t look like it last night.&#...
Stone Mountain News
The BROC Austin meal site will have a hot dog supper on Friday at 6 p.m. Elvis will provide entertainment. The cost will be $10 per person for the mea...
March 1st, 2017 updated: March 1st, 2017. |
Wrestling fans know something we don’t
The most popular villain in pro wrestling in Mexico right now is an American from Pittsburgh who is billed as a Trump lover and who enters the ring wa...
Community Commentary
Sherry Ball (Elkin) “Red Fish Blue Fish. I just like that book.”Robin Popiolkowski (Los Banos, California) “Cat In The Hat. ThatR...
Stone Mountain News
The third annual North Wilkes Baseball fundraiser, BBQ plates, will be on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The pick-up location is at the North Wilkes ...
February 22nd, 2017 updated: February 22nd, 2017. |
The day the teacher melted lead
It was the last day of school, and devilment was afoot.They found lotion on door handles and the time clock. Classroom chairs and desks were overturne...
Community Commentary
Gregory Coleman (Roaring River) “I think that we suffered a terrible loss when our cobbler died. Everyone was really broken up and now we have n...
Stone Mountain News
The Traphill Fire Department will sponsor a pancake supper on Saturday at 6 p.m. with all proceeds going to F.D. Holloway, who lost his home to a fire...
February 15th, 2017 updated: February 15th, 2017. |
‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ says farewell
Just more than a year ago, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced the last year of performances for their famed elephants, under ...
Marching for equality, justice: Why I will be part of the Women’s March on Washington
This week is an important one for our nation. It is the week we take time to honor Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; it is the week a n...
Requiem for the heart of Elkin
Once upon a time the best way to get to Winston-Salem from here was by N.C. 67, the Winston Road, through Boonville and finally along elegant Reynolda...
Community Commentary
Tina Brown (State Road) “My husband surprised me with tickets for the Island Ford Baptist Church Banquet on the 11th. Terry’s Cafe is cate...
Stone Mountain News
The Traphill Fire Department will sponsor a Pancake Supper on Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. with all proceeds going to F.D. Holloway, who lost his home to a fire ...
When the lights go out
Suddenly, the lights went out.On a chilly, dreary early Sunday evening here in the hometown, towards the end of a day during which I came home from ch...
Making Elkin the place to be
The saying goes, “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” Meaning, it’s OK to borrow someone else’s idea, but “realign it”...
Community Commentary
Moon Mullins (Dobson) “Take care of the disabled people. Stop taking money out of their disabilty check. Double Social Security checks. Take car...
Stone Mountain News
Bobby Trott will be preaching at Garden Creek Baptist Church, on Sunday at 9 a.m., weather permitting. If the Stone Mountain State Park should be clos...
Preying in the governor’s mansion
News note: new Gov. Roy Cooper keeps a pet praying mantis in the Executive Mansion in the state capital.A praying mantis is that odd, little green bug...
Movement kicks off with rally, march
“Show us what democracy looks like!” … “This is what democracy looks like!”My journey to Washington, D.C., Saturday was ...
Community Commentary
Faith Trivette (Jonesville) “Two winters ago I was sledding with my cousin. She hit a tree and we thought she broke her leg.”Cole Bauguess...
Stone Mountain News
Little Stone Mountain Baptist Church will be having a singing on Jan. 29 at 11 a.m., followed by a meal in the fellowship hall. Pastor Sammy Taylor in...
Roll the dice with Elkinopoly
I’ve seen them, and many of you have, too, those special editions of the Monopoly board game.I saw, with amusement, one time that they had speci...
Community Commentary
Linda Erlandson (Elkin) Obama and Kennedy. We were happy. It was an uplifting time.Dr. Jim Harrell Sr. (Elkin) “Franklin Roosevelt. We were in t...
Marching for equality, justice: Why I will part of the Women’s March on Washington
This week is an important one for our nation. It is the week we take time to honor Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; it is the week a n...
Stone Mountain News
New books available to check out at Traphill Branch Library include “Quilting For Busy Boomers” edited by Jeanne Stauffer and Sandra L Hat...
Finer moments in the hometown
But why had he always felt so strongly the magnetic pull of home, why had he thought so much about it and remembered it with such blazing accuracy, if...
Community Commentary
Christie Harrison (Elkin) “Before becoming involved in Foothills Theatre, I hadn’t done anything related to theater. Leighanne Martin Wrig...
Stone Mountain News
You can have soup and play Bingo at the Traphill Fire Department on Saturday, beginning about 6 p.m.New books available to check out at Traphill Branc...
Look at what we’re picking up
“Look at this,” she said proudly. She held out a shoe hanging from the end of one of those cane-like, pick-up devices. Called a Long-Reach...
Community Commentary
Richard Dale (State Road) “Read. That’s why I’m at the library.”Hayden Snow (Elkin) “Be outside and play in the snow....
White guy lookin’ for chitlins
Wafting over the office partitions came the magic word. I raised my head trying to capture the magic.You can tell by my photo why I grew up here in th...
Stone Mountain News
New books available to check out at Traphill Branch Library include “Little Penguins” by Cynthia Rylant, “Sneezy the Snowman” ...
Posterity shall rise, call us blessed
Perhaps getting lost amid all of the election-year racket are all of the steps being taken to enhance our natural heritage and preserve some wonderful...
Community Commentary
Duane Long (Yadkinville) “Family, the birth of Jesus and friends. And food!”Taylor Briscoe (Washington D.C.) “Family and friends and...
A Christmas tale of thievery
Sylvia was partial to the idea of spending Christmas in New York City, of seeing the big tree, shopping at the original Macy’s and such. But Tom...
Impression lasts moment more
It didn’t last very long at all. I had sat at the banquet just feet away from John Glenn, watching his reactions to what other speakers said. I ...
Community Commentary
Aaliyah Ganzzermiller (Elkin) “John Glenn’s death. That really struck me.”Norma Schoffstall (Elkin) “When we got to the moon.&...
Letter to the editor
To the editor,As if a metaphor were needed for Government corruption, maggots have been found at a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Oklahoma...
Letter to the editor
To the editor,It is again the holiday season, the giving season — and the season for rumors. The one about Santa Claus is true, but many others ...
Stone Mountain News
Welcome Home Missionary Baptist Church on the Traphill Road will have a Christmas program on Saturday at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to this special se...