Editorials

It was a hectic week. We took one car to the scrap yard (sad) and another went to the mechanic. One of my sons bought a vehicle online and delivery got delayed.
My new book's proofs came in, I still had reports due for work and started a new medication. We're way behind decorating the house. Life is lifing.
I wasn't intentionally "not in the Christmas Spirit," It's just sort of run by me.
Then my sister called Saturday to tell me she had half a rum cake waiting for me.

My phone rang on a Thursday afternoon last spring. Former owner of The Spring Hope Enterprise, Ken Ripley, had just read my column regarding my suspicions of the county wanting to absorb the Nash County Arts Council under their wing of government.
Ken had been a champion for the Nash County Arts Council when the dedicated group of folks fought to save the 1914 building thus forming the arts council.
Though lying in local rehabilitation facility after a hospital stay, Ken was still staying abreast of local news.

This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on Jan. 27, 1976. Graphic staff won state press awards at the annual convention. Pictured, Saravette Trotter and Ken Ripley are presented press awards by Jim Holshouser (center) at the annual awards banquet held in Chapel Hill.