Archive - Food and Leisure
June 3rd, 2013
Perennial favorite, Inky the Clown brings his unique style of entertainment to the Bryan Public Library today at 2 p.m. The library expects to break last year’s record attendance with children coming from all over West Point and Clay County to enjoy the antics of everyone’s favorite clown. Inky brings magic, juggling, jokes and all around silliness to delight everyone from age 1 to 101. Come one, come all to the Bryan Public Library this afternoon and every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m. for the “Dig Into Reading” Summer Reading Program. File Photo
May 30th
On Thursday morning, West Point paid tribute to the 1,385 military veterans who either died in the line of duty or have passed on after serving honorably in the Armed Forces. Above, retired West Point Fire Chief Caradine Young is escorted to receive a flag from city CAO Randy Jones by Dewel Brasher. More photos on page 8. Photo by Bryan Davis
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May 29th
Caroline Jester, daughter of Chris and Andrea Jester gets an early start on her lemon aid business this week as the temperatures begin to rise. Photo by Donna Harris
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May 20th
Last week, I fired off against several of West Point’s city Selectmen after Tuesday night’s board meeting.
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May 17th
Candace Pittman has battled extreme health issues but still continues with her education and her life. She shared some of her courage in adversity with the West Point Civitan Luncheon Club.
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So many times we have gone to the polls on election day, and we have checked the name of a man or woman we want to represent us.
Many times, however, we do not think about the impact of that vote.
Whether it is the President of the United States, or a candidate for a local body, we check that name because we believe that person is fit to represent the people as a whole.
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I was still a kid between second and third grade, June 17, 1972. This was when President Richard Millhouse Nixon sent a couple to guys to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. I remember the press scrambling to report the cover-up after the infamous “Deep Throat” turned over the information that allowed the prosecution of G.
May 15th
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Special to the Daily Times Leader
The West Point Clay County Arts Council recently hosted Noon Tunes at the Bryan Public Library. The talented musicians tickled the ivories with Music from the Movies. The pianists performing were Patti Clay, Justin Estes and Hannah Garbutt. Garbutt entertained the crowd by playing supercalifragilisticexpialidocious UPSIDE DOWN!! Our next Noon Tunes will be Wednesday, June 12, at the library. Photo and cutline submitted
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On Tuesday night, some members of the West Point Board of Selectmen crossed that fine line between utter incompetence and gross absurdity.
We’ve seen this board pull some in the past, but Tuesday night’s motion by Ward 5 Selectmen Jasper Pittman, which called for the city to retain an attorney who would be tasked with looking for improprieties in the May 7 election is not only absurd but in this editor’s opinion is an insult to the taxpayers of the community.
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May 14th
Nobody that reads this column would ever believe that I am actually on a diet. Maybe one day I will talk about healthy food, however, today is not that day. Instead, I’m going to talk about cinnamon rolls.
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