An old coachs trick helps Lady Hawks secure first win
Its not how you start, its how you finish. The Lady Hawks volleyball team finished with a flurry on Thursday, August 30, and that flurry led to plenty of jubilation. Hiland Lady Hawks head coach Becky Williams was okay with her teams performance through three games this season coming into this contest, even though they had not won any of the trio of contests. So it was nice for her squad...
First touch downfall for Hawks in 2-1 loss to Columbus Academy
When playing on a gigantic soccer field, two feet may not seem like that much of a distance. However, when you are talking about control of the ball, two feet can look like the Grand Canyon. A failure to capitalize on first touches proved to be Hilands undoing against Columbus Academy (3-1) on Saturday, Sept. 1, where the Hawks dropped a 2-1 decision in a game that was right there for the...Ladies Night Out builds Home Improvement Confidence
Summary: Think you couldnt lay your own bathroom tile? At Keim Lumber Companys Ladies Night Out on Friday Sept. 7, women had the opportunity to try just that and many other activities designed to show them that home improvement projects are not just for men. Ladies, you can do it. And the Keim Lumber Company of Charm proved it at their 4th Annual Ladies Night Out held on Friday evening...Blame it on the Whiskey...Daredevils
Listen real close Youll hear that sound Something has cut loose. --from Ear to the Ground, by the Whiskey Daredevils It was to have been a typical Friday evening in the Daliege-Pierce household: me, with notebook in hand and an iced amaretto mocha at the ready, slogging through notes in preparation for my latest blog, while my husband furiously pecked out another writing project...Neil Young? Notre Dame? Time to go crazy
SUMMARY: Life flies fast and Mike Dewey, the voice of reason in any storm, finds himself making decisions that actually matter. His alma mater and the music of Neil Young take center stage. It's not every day that a chance lands in your lap, parachuting into your life with such startling suddenness that well, your head spins. But that's what seems to have happened. There I was,...FROMONLINE | 2012-09-09
This column marks an end of sorts – and a bittersweet one at that. This, I must confess, is the last column I will ever write on my IBM Thinkpad, my laptop companion of the last six years. Weve had some good times, ThinkPad and I, since I bought her (refurbished) from the local computer store. She is my second ThinkPad and shes outlasted most of the familys other computers. Once the...
STEPSRISERS representatives speak at Orrville Lions Club meeting
STEPS and EWH has a new support group named STEPSRISERS who work together to promote the stop the stigma campaign. They desire to break the myths about addiction disease. With a better compliance rate than asthma and diabetes, addiction can be effectively treated. Addiction is a brain disease, Bobbi Douglas, executive director of Liberty Street Connections, shared with the Orrville Lions...
Ive got to remember, its only rain and the pain passes
As I write, its raining. Again. I dont have actual empirical evidence to support this claim, but Eastern North Carolina cant have endured a wetter summer than the one weve just experienced. Unless Noah was somehow involved. Could explain why I saw a couple of snowy white egrets walking solemnly toward what looked like an ancient ark the other evening. I know. I know and can almost...
You know, thats funny, I dont care who you are
Life is too important to be taken seriously - Oscar Wilde A man was going through a mid-life crisis, so he went out and bought a brand new candy apple red convertible. He was speeding down the interstate at 90 miles per hour when he saw the blue lights of a state trooper. He went even faster, anything to outrun the law. Suddenly he realized that he wouldnt be able to get away, so he pulled...