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‘Towering figure’ in Salem’s African American history passes on
Lucy Martin Harmon might have been a tiny little lady, but to people who knew her well, she was “a towering figure in Salem’s African American history.” That’s what Salem Museum Director John Long called Mrs. Harmon, who died at age 99 on Monday of this week. She was a legend in Salem for... » There’s a sweater farm in my car
There’s a sweater farm in my car That’s what our former reporter Julianna Doerzaph said her dad used to call it, when she left her sweaters in the family vehicle. Actually, there’s a jacket farm in my car. If this weather would ever make up its mind if it’s winter, spring or summer, I... »Almost too pretty to eat
Sandy Lane gets excited when she talks about eating flowers. Red buds, apple blossoms, violets, the herb rosemary’s lavender blooms, petunias, pansies, violas, calendula, marigolds, and more. The horticulturist who is director of the Compensated Work Therapy greenhouse program at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center spoke to a packed afternoon session at the... »
There’s an empty place in the courtroom these days
There’s an empty space in the courtrooms in Salem and Roanoke County these days. And there’s an enormous hole in the hearts of the people who work there and used to. The missing piece is Murry White, a longtime court watcher for more than 30 years who sat through so many cases that attorneys... »
‘Why? Because we love you’
I can still hear the familiar music that ended with what always sounded like sincere words…”Y…Why? Because we love you…M-O-U-S-E.” That’s the closing of the original “Mickey Mouse Club” television show from the 1950s. All that came back this week when Mousketeer Annette Funicello died at age 70, after years of living with multiple... »Working moms ‘leaned in’ before the trend
These days the talk is about “Lean In,” as in the title of Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean in: Women Work, and the Will to Lead.” Those of us women who went to college on a career path, worked and decided to raise families – before, after or during the times we were... »Spring peepers of all kinds
I heard faint “peep, peep, peep” as I walked through the Roanoke Extension Service offices the other afternoon. “Peepers,” said Barbara Leach, the horticulture technician. I nodded, thinking there was a recording of spring peeper frogs as background music. Then I saw Lina Prillaman – the granddaughter of our Jeanne and Ray Robinson, our... »Three Letter Words spell f-u-n
The name of our team was Three Letter Words. And as anybody who plays Scrabble knows, three letter words played in the right places can win. The game is not so much about spelling big words but about putting those tiles on double word and triple word spaces where you can earn the most... »
I think I can make it now
Until now, I wasn’t sure spring would really come this year. Isn’t there a children’s book called “The Year Spring Forgot to Come”? I wondered if this might be the year. It’s not that we’ve had a hard-freeze winter, but having snow-and-freezing-rain forecasts twice a week every week for six weeks has taken a... »Cousin’s funeral brings family together in happiness
My husband’s favorite cousin died the other day, and her funeral brought the family together for a happy time to remember her in Georgia where she was born and reared. Bill and his cousin Margene Branch Gerfen grew up in the Atlanta area almost like brother and sister because each was an only child.... » Meet the Locals
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Meg Hibbert
Meg Hibbert has been editor of the Salem Times-Register and The New Castle Record since July 1999, and holds more than two dozen awards from the Virginia Press Association for feature writing, columns, business articles, health and environmental writing and education coverage. She and her husband, Bill, live in Salem and are avid University of Georgia Bulldogs.
Well said, thanks for the article. It brought tears of joy and sadness to my heart. Stay in ...
1 Comment »diane skelton March 7, 2013