Whether it was playing tennis, basketball or soccer, dancing, singing or acting — or just plain splashing around in the water — Wilson youth had plenty of opportunities to spend their summer …
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8/16/19
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Troy King throws his bobber upstream, letting the current drag the bait in front of the fish.
King gives the line a jerk or two in hopes of stimulating a strike from below a constellation of brown …
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8/9/19
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To pull together all of the acting, dancing, singing, spotlights and music cues for a play simply takes work, work and more work.
That is the side of theater that the participants in the ACT! for …
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8/2/19
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People often approach Lesia Davis with fond memories about Reid Street Community Center.
Some remember seeing singer James Brown perform there. Others remember being in the shoe-shining contest, …
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7/26/19
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Most folks with country roots know how imperative the family garden was to filling the dining room table with vittles at mealtime.
Summer country gardens had corn, tomatoes, peas, butter beans, …
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7/19/19
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Randy Bailey reached across the table to hand Tom Jones a bag of fresh tomatoes in exchange for a few dollar bills.
Bailey works the booth with Old Needmore Farms in Sims, one of the long-term …
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7/5/19
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There’s a whole other world of critters living at the Wilson Botanical Gardens.
Butterflies don’t update their Facebook status when they flit from the cone flowers to the rosemary …
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6/28/19
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It’s been 80 years since the first baseball game was played at Fleming Stadium. Since then, the teams and the leagues have changed, but the fun of going to the baseball game has stayed the …
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6/21/19
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Pat Nicholson admits he is not going to get rich doing taxidermy, but then again, he’s not in it for the money.
“The rewards are the smiles you see on the faces of the kids when they see their …
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6/14/19
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It’s hamburger steak on Monday, fried chicken Tuesday, chicken pastry Wednesday, tenderloin and gravy Thursday, and seafood on Friday.
What more needs to be said? Nothing, according to the folks …
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6/7/19
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From the shore of Lake Wilson, Bob Mattern finessed radio controls as his two model sailboats plied across the water side-by-side.
Mattern handled the radio in each hand with ease.
“I’m …
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5/31/19
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