Editorials
Our view: Small stuff
In a 1A story today, staff writer Matthew Hensley reported that school officials say that they have identified two people responsible for vandalizing Scotland High School the night before the home...
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Mayor's column Putdown undeserved
It has been a somewhat uneventful past two weeks in the city of Laurinburg since the last column, but there are always things of importance to discuss. Regarding the shooting at Piggly Wiggly, it ...
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Our View: Great debate?
What happened to the big debate over the money that the school board says the county owes? After all the hubbub about the county commissioners failing to do right by the school system, school offi...
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Our view
Earlier this month, businessman Robert Walters accused the town of East Laurinburg of trying to put one over on him. Walters said the town officials devised a phony letter from the state that said...
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Our view: Maxton's folly
While Maxton Mayor Gladys Dean would have us believe that Katrina Tatum decided on the spur of the moment to quit her job Wednesday as town manager, it seems pretty clear that the town board orche...
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Difficult budget
My focus this week is around the difficult budget decisions and some bills of interest. House lawmakers continued the difficult task of writing North Carolina’s budget for the coming fiscal year. ...
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Column - Letter From Home
Recently, I signed on to a bill that would help more folks explore the opportunity to open a small business. Small businesses are the crucial to this country’s economic rebound and we must take ev...
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Our View: Closing remarks
After a recent photo caption about a plant vendor in Laurinburg raised eye brows, the bloom is certainly off the rose for attempts at witticism. Several readers found the caption kicker: “Plant cl...
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Our View: Double talk
We know that the Scotland County school system, like the state, has had to make some tough choices with its budget. But that doesn’t make the recent decision to nix the contracts of two doz...
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Our View: Citizen inaction
The newly-formed Citizens Action Committee held its fist meeting this past Saturday. The group has certainly lived up to its name by proposing action on a number of different fronts. The Committe...
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Our View: Submissions please
In today’s newspaper there are a number of items that came from our readers. One example that stands out is the story from Woody Maultsby of Laurel Hill who thought he might have seen a tor...
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Letter: Exchange editor chose to "deny" facts about Willis in editorial
To the editor: After reading the editor’s response to my letter concerning Chairman J.D. Willis, I knew it was a sad day for Scotland County. For over 200 years, newspapers have been the fr...
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Our view — Not gun shy
There has been an upswing in gun violence in Scotland County in recent weeks. Just this past weekend, there was an incident reminiscent of a wild west shootout. That shooting occurred last Satur...
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Our view: County finances
We agree with former School Board member Bill Morgan that questions should always be asked about how the county spends taxpayer money. But laying the blame for all problems real and imagined at th...
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Our view: The wrong goodbye
There is a time and place for everything. But Laurinburg Councilman Curtis Leak’s diatribe against Craig Honeycutt right after council finished honoring the outgoing city manager, was ill-ti...
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Our view: Public education
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Following the brouhaha over Scotland County Schools Superintendent Shirley Prince's salary, education leaders were faced with what some might call "a teachable moment." They had the chance last we...
Our View: Forward thinking
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On Sunday, Scotland County will join most of the nation in moving our clocks ahead by an hour. We hope the semi-annual task will include other changes as well. You should check and replace the b...
Our View: Side effects
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Like any good physician, Dr. Bill Purcell knows a little prevention can go a long way in pre-empting a bigger problem. And like any good politician, Sen. Purcell is also aware that it is hard to k...
Our View: A personal story on the value of giving
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Next Saturday marks the 10th annual National Donor Day. I'll explain why the day should be important to you. But first let me say why it is significant to me. In August of 1999, I went to the eme...
Our View: Focus and follow-through key objectives for chamber
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The bad news drips and dribbles out like some kind of economic water torture. On Monday, it was announced that Butler was laying off 105 employees at its Laurinburg plant. A day later, FCC said it...
Obesity Battle of the bulge — a fight for all of us
by Kathie Cox
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For me, it’s hard to know if this is good news or bad news: Obesity will soon overtake smoking as the “leading cause of preventable death” in this country. Every day new reports continue to dominat...
Our View: The kindest cut
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Larry Kissell promised to bring a fresh perspective to Congress. So far he has. The former civics teacher has only been there a few days — members were sworn in on Tuesday — but he has already spo...
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire – A great time for all
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The Bold-Faced Liars’ Showdown is a hoot — a fun-filled day and evening of laughter when lying through your teeth is an art form. No one likes to see themselves as a prevaricator ... except when y...
Our View: Hospitable
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You may not be a doctor or even play one on television, but on Thursday you will have a chance to offer some medical advice to health care providers. The opportunity comes as part of Scotland Heal...
Our View: Growing pains
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As the new year inches forward, many people are still trying to wrap their heads around the idea that it is now 2009. Residents of East Laurinburg have had to come to grips with that reality soone...
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