OpinionExtreme weather
- Last Updated on 08:52 AM 01/23/13
- Paula I. Bryant
Last week, this area went from being in a drought condition to receiving six inches of rain plus two inches of snow, and temperatures ranged from the 30s at night to the high 50s during the day.
Dumpster diving 101
- Last Updated on 08:51 AM 01/23/13
- Doug Ford
How many of us admit to the fine art of dumpster diving or going through other people’s refuse for hidden treasure.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Jan. 23
- Last Updated on 08:50 AM 01/23/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
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Change can be good
- Last Updated on 08:24 AM 01/16/13
- Paula I. Bryant
After this weekend’s announcement that “big changes” are coming to the 2013 Virginia Cantaloupe Festival, the public is responding, and the Virginia Cantaloupe Festival Committee is promising to react to some of the suggestions.
Meet George Jetson
- Last Updated on 08:23 AM 01/16/13
- Doug Ford
I got a kick out of the news coming out of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Jan. 16
- Last Updated on 08:23 AM 01/16/13
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On uranium mining, a fiscal conservative might well say ‘no’
- Last Updated on 08:21 AM 01/16/13
- Katie Whitehead
Traditional conservative values support continuing the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia. Moving forward with legalization of uranium mining in Virginia would be expensive for taxpayers, with no guarantee the costs would ever be recovered.
Resisting evil in a violent world
- Last Updated on 08:21 AM 01/16/13
- Dane Skelton
The Bible, in one sense, is the story of the cosmic struggle of good versus evil. It teaches us that evil is real, that it is in the world to stay, and that, as Solzhenitsyn said, “The line between good and evil runs through the middle of the human heart.” The Bible also teaches us that we have a duty to resist evil, first in our own hearts, and then in the world, and to work for the good of others.
When meals attack
- Last Updated on 08:48 AM 01/09/13
- Doug Ford
Reader’s Digest released a list of the worst foods you can eat, and gee, what a shock, I’ve “enjoyed” them all in the past several days.
A job well done
- Last Updated on 08:37 AM 01/09/13
- Paula I. Bryant
Great teamwork between E-911 dispatchers, Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police, South Boston Police and Halifax Police resulted in quick arrests of three suspects Saturday morning following a scary home invasion in the Nathalie community.
