Champions of freedom It’s election season, and so once again people look for heroes. Is Ron Paul one? Maybe. He’s fought a long, lonely battle to limit the power of government. As government grows, I yearn for champio...
The Tax Man Cometh Perhaps the picture of the Tax Man is not as dramatic as that of the Roman soldiers flipping carts of peddlers in the market to collect their taxes on the spot. But the Tax Man still commands a he...
Get ready to file your 2011 tax return You’ll be receiving your W-2 and 1099 income forms in the next few weeks. Your 1099 for bank interest and 1098 for mortgage interest paid in 2011 should show up in the same time frame. When they...
Who teaches us how to live—and die? Alzheimer’s. Just the word scares you to death, doesn’t it? A few years ago, I saw an article that described and gave examples of a new mental test that can make a very reliable preliminary di...
One more year of believing D.G. Martin One-on-One What does my brief appearance last month on stage in “The Murphey School Radio Show” have to do with Christmas memories? It is a little bit of a long story, starting w...
Has Barack Obama learned nothing in three years? During his State of the Union address, he promised “a blueprint for an economy.” But economies are crushed by blueprints. An economy is really noth...
You’ll be receiving your W-2 and 1099 income forms in the next few weeks. Your 1099 for bank interest and 1098 for mortgage interest paid in 2011 should show up in the same time frame. When they...
Alzheimer’s. Just the word scares you to death, doesn’t it? A few years ago, I saw an article that described and gave examples of a new mental test that can make a very reliable preliminary di...
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Dr. Mike Walden N.C. Cooperative ExtensionYadkin Ripple
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There’s a movement afoot to change how we buy. It’s not about how much we buy or even the kinds of products we buy. Instead, it’s directed at the origins of what we buy and where we buy. Broadly s...
Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of ...
When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn’t earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad. Their dads were businessmen, doctors and bankers, but our families ...
I want to heartily thank my neighbors, who came to the assistance of myself and my wife after I was struck by a car on the morning of Dec. 23. I also want to thank Roy Mojica and Justin Bowers of ...
With unemployment unacceptably high, we need to foster a climate in which businesses can retain and hire workers while maintaining production and investment. Earlier this month, President Obama vi...
I am responding to the article written by Stephanie Carroll Carson from N.C. News Service entitled, “Women’s Right to Know Act takes effect today” in the Oct. 27, 2011, issue of the Ripple. The ar...
I was having a real good day. My wife and I went to Bojangles for our late breakfast, went outside, picked up our Tribune on the way home. I sat down in my La-Z-Boy to enjoy the paper. Right the...
My name is Betsi Pendergrass, and I’m writing you to tell you about an upcoming relief effort headed by my sister Libby Pendergrass. After the Bertie County tornado, my sister had a strong desire,...
Recently my son stayed after school for a wrestling match and afterwards a school dance. Of course someone had to pick him up, so I left home to go to Forbush Middle School to “fight the crowd.” H...
Just a note to everyone at New Horizons Adult Day Services, Inc. I received such a Christmas blessing when I attended “The Christmas Story” presented by the adults of the day care services. It tou...
It is time to talk about books again. If you are looking for some special holiday gifts for some hard-to-give-to friends, I may have some help for you, thanks to UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatc...
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Dr. Mike Walden N.C. Cooperative ExtensionYadkin Ripple
2 months ago | 0 | 6 |
There’s a movement afoot to change how we buy. It’s not about how much we buy or even the kinds of products we buy. Instead, it’s directed at the origins of what we buy and where we buy. Broadly s...
Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of ...
When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose fathers didn’t earn a living working in the bowels of a factory like my dad. Their dads were businessmen, doctors and bankers, but our families ...