Dwight Sparks, Author at Davie County Enterprise Record - Page 26 of 27

Editorials

Beach chair musings while flying a kite

MYRTLE BEACH — For a week, our daily routine was wonderfully boring: Sleep late, make coffee, buy the newspaper, read of Donald Trump’s latest antics, ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, August 6, 2015 9:30 am

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Professor’s gift sent smart girl off to college

The little girl from the headwaters of Bear Creek happily walked the two miles to the bus stop every morning in first grade. At Farmington ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, July 30, 2015 9:29 am

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Did Mothers On Wagon Trains Rebel At Denver?

DENVER — They had bumped along in their Conestoga wagons for a thousand miles over the prairie, surviving Indian attacks, thieves, cholera and dysentery. They ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, July 23, 2015 9:20 am

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Columbine High School Memorial

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL — A warren of rabbits played and nibbled on the manicured lawn — 10 of them. It was summer break. Only two ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9:30 am

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Raising A Stink Over Land Near New High School

Ah, the country life. Peaceful. Relaxing. And the air’s a little … stinky? Pity the city slickers — or members of the Davie County Board ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Friday, July 10, 2015 9:12 am

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In Congress, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, July 2, 2015 9:21 am

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R.I.P, Patsy

WINCHESTER, Va. — We fanned out in three  directions looking for the grave with pennies atop the tombstone. Elizabeth searched the hillside at the expansive ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:23 am

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Jeb Bush Runs With Brother’s Legacy In Tow

The only bad reports I’ve heard about Jeb Bush come from an aunt-in-law in Florida. When we talk by phone, she always gives me an ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Friday, May 15, 2015 9:03 am

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Taking Valdese, Bat Cave, Old Fort Exits

A hundred times I had sped by the exit and wondered about the Town of Valdese and the Waldensians. A hundred times I had seen ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, May 7, 2015 10:07 am

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A talk about race

For 90 minutes we talked about race. Calmly. Compassionately. And productively, I thought. Faithful reader Alice Brown, a member of the Davie County chapter of ... Read more

by Dwight Sparks, Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:29 am

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