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STAN SPANGLE SR: Veterans appreciate the support our community shows
The people around this area have shown a great deal of appreciation to veterans over the last few days. I believe I speak for my brothers and sisters in arms when I say, “Thank you fellow citizen...
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YOUR VIEW: Grice is the correct choice for Davidson sheriff
Hasn’t it been wonderful to have a professional and respected sheriff for Davidson County for the past 51⁄2 years, without all the hype and crazy antics of our past sheriff? I’m not a very politi...
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PAULA WILLIAMS: Amid tragedy, despair, seek your blessings to count
I recently read an interesting quote by a young adult named Sam Lefkowitz: “When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty, my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.” That seems to be...
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JULIE FOX: Hammering at Habitat is a real-life experience
The other week, I had the opportunity to work at Habitat for Humanity for a few days with some of my classmates from High Point Christian Academy. I had to make a choice between a musical extravag...
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YOUR VIEW: That San Quentin Quayle is one fine bird
To the delight of your many readers, my annual letter to the editor a couple of years ago included the promise that it would be my last letter. My one letter per year always appeared at the beginn...
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YOUR VIEW: State’s bus contract decision costs jobs, revenues
Well the state saved $7.5 million by not awarding the contract to Thomas Built Buses. This will offset the $7.5 million we gave Dell to move to China or Mexico. And just think, we also will now b...
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YOUR VIEW: Failures of Congress got us into this mess
Days of “livin’ in high cotton” will return. A promise of a chicken in every pot, a new electric car in every drive and a 401(k) that keeps going up, that’s what will lead us there. High cotton is...
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GUEST COLUMN: Move market, downtown revitalization forward together
Doug Brackett Many comments appear in the Enterprise which astound me. The latest, “the furniture market robbed us of our downtown” ranks right up there with “the meaning of is is.” I arrived in ...
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ROBERT HEALY: We need rational discussion on Islam and hate
Why don’t most of you just admit it? Why don’t you just come out and say that you just hate Muslims? It’s not that you merely hate a mass murderer, the U.S. Army officer who killed and wounded m...
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YOUR VIEW: Our ‘change’ looks headed in the wrong direction
Here we are one year after voting for change. I am assuming the people voting for change wanted it to be for the better. How’s that working for us? I realize that change takes time, but I see no s...
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