Category: Opinion

To the Editor: Come down to Rockfish and see the monument and the art work of the flowers and manicured landscaping. The grass is kept and cut every week along with seasonal flowers planted. The monument lights shine brightly at night to reflect its beauty. None other than our own Larry Chason, solely does this...

To the Editor: From a parent: I applaud Hoke County High! Many may have only seen a small portion but all the way down Bethel the teachers and staff had cars lined up and decorated! The stage wasn’t as small as it seemed! It was beautifully decorated, and the kids had a personal walkway to...

To the Editor: I wish to extend my sincere condolences to the family of George Floyd here in Hoke County and elsewhere. 1) The police officer, who held George Floyd down, knee on neck, has rightfully been arrested. Charges have been upgraded to 2nd Degree murder. Those officers with him, who made no attempt to...

To the Editor: I wish to extend my sincere condolences to the family of George Floyd here in Hoke County and elsewhere. 1) The police officer, who held George Floyd down, knee on neck, has rightfully been arrested. Charges have been upgraded to 2nd Degree murder. Those officers with him, who made no attempt to...

To the Editor:  I wanted to send a letter to share my experience with Smart Start in Hoke County during the pandemic. One of the many struggles of daycares and preschools trying to open back up is getting cleaning supplies as they are so hard to find to the pandemic. While I know all the...

“Stupid is as Stupid Does,” said Forest Gump. “Before you heal someone, ask him if he is willing to give up the things that made him sick,” wrote Hippocrates. Glancing over the Charlotte News a front pages headings “Will we lose our Summer“ brought back not so fond memories where in my youth we did...

To the Editor: I am responding to this week’s article about me judging V.P. Biden. I am not judging I am merely stating facts, Mr. Raymond Worrell. And if you who questioned me would look up the facts about children put in cages by Pres. Trump you will see it was proved that it was...

To the Editor: I read today with shock and dismay of Kenneth Purcell’s sudden passing. The person that wrote his obituary certainly knew Kenneth well. I knew him back when he was in high school and I was assistant principal and in charge of buses and bus drivers. I depended on all of those teenage...

To the Editor: I am writing in reference to Ms. Claudyne S. Brock’s letter in The News-Journal May 6, 2020. She states she taught Bible School for 62 years. I wonder if she thinks it’s alright to separate young children from their parents and put them in overcrowded cages, grabbing women by their private parts,...

To the Editor: Sunday was my grandson Archer’s fifth birthday, and of course, we could not have the party his parents had planned for him. What we did have was even better, a day where family and friends drove by to shout happy birthday from their cars, waving signs from their windows, and popping up...

To the Editor: Re. President Trump: I was aware of him for some years prior to his “running for President for the fun of it.” And like many, hoped he never would. He was a playboy, and a not very good businessman, except for filling his coffers, but basically turning his attempts at business into...

To the Editor: In answer to the article you had on poor people, my father was one of 12 children, born in 1918. Today would be considered dirt-poor farmers, they were farmers who raised everything they ate. Those were hard times. The boys worked until they could either share crops or go in the service....

To the Editor: I’m writing to express my disapproval of Mr. Huff’s “opinion” on political matters. Now he is certainly entitled to his right to voice his opinion, but by printing it you are validating his opinions. Likewise, it is your right to not publish his rantings. I subscribe to your paper to get news,...

To the Editor:  I am writing this letter in response to the article written by Mr. Ron Huff entitled, “We Don’t Need This Kind of Leader,” which appeared in the April 8 issue of The News-Journal. Everyone is entitled to his/her opinions. However, I don’t understand why people like you and most others in the...

To the Editor:“However (political parties) may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled, men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the...

To the Editor: We are in unprecedented times and must take unprecedented action. As a physician, I am urging you to stay home, shelter in place, and help us defeat coronavirus.  But it’s also important to continue to care for other aspects of your health. North Carolina’s family physicians and pediatricians have quickly implemented telehealth...

To the Editor: In response to Claudyne S. Brock’s letter (News-Journal, April 1) regarding a billy goat being the Democratic nominee opposing President Donald Trump for the next president of the United States, I would vote for the billy goat, regardless of party affiliation, because he would not do the damage to this country the...

To the Editor: The most highly contested race on the Republican ballot is the District 29 DA race between Mike Hardin and Arthur Donadio.  The discerning will vote Hardin.   Hardin has 23 years of “prosecutorial” experience, not some prosecutorial experience and much courtroom experience. Heavy prosecutorial experience is imperative for a D.A.  Hardin has...

To the Editor: My family and other families on Calloway Road want to send a special thanks out to a young lady who has made it her passion to keep Calloway Road beautiful. Mrs. Dine has been spotted every weekend briskly exercising and picking up litter. She told me she has bagged as much as...

To the Editor: I want to thank the News-Journal for its story “Hoke County Is Drowning in Trash” bringing the litter crisis to the attention of the citizens of Hoke County. I think it is appropriate to also say that the “boots on the ground” NCDOT employees are working very hard to keep our highways...