Blogs
By Barbara Burns
Outlook editor
Lately, I’ve given serious thought to obtaining an online degree in religion — not for a career change, but simply for the pure enjoyment of reading theology. A quick check of tuition stopped me in my tracks, as the saying goes. But, yesterday an opportunity fell into my lap. Here’s what happened.
By Nash Dunn
O-N-E Staff Writer
In America, children are introduced to capitalism at a young age.
At home, kids tap moneybag tokens around cardboard games like Monopoly to dominate the housing market and possess the illustrious Boardwalk. At school, children work through math problems where little Jimmy wants to buy a cookie for $2, but only has nickels, dimes and pennies to make up the total.   Â
From the time we can take money in one hand and exchange something in the other, we are economic profiteers. It’s in our blood.
By Cody Dalton
O-N-E Sports Editor
On Friday, I had the pleasure of covering Justin Harper’s football camp for the very first time. I was pleasantly surprised by all the camp had to offer.
As I interviewed the many different players who were “counselors” at the camp, each one of them had a unique story about giving back. I think it is great to see former high school and college athletes give back to those kids who may need a boost in their lives.
By Michael Willard
O-N-E Publisher
Americans do a lot of things while driving our automobiles along roadways of this nation. Yes, we are doing more than keeping our hands on the steering wheel, focusing on the path ahead and charging our machines of fiberglass and metal along paved streets and highways.
By Kelli Straka
O-N-E Intern
Throughout my life, I can always recall my mother asking me if I remembered to bring (insert item here) before I left the house. I would grumble that I didn’t need it, refuse to bring it and regret not doing so.
This past Saturday wasn’t any different.
A couple of my friends and I went camping near Calloway Peak on the Daniel Boone Scout Trail. Instead of lugging around a tent, we decided it would be more fun to sleep in hammocks. It would have been, if it hadn’t been so cold.
By LaDonna Beeker
O-N-E Editor
I’ve been editor of The Observer News Enterprise for two years. I can guarantee that one thing still remains the same: We report the news about Catawba County for residents in the county. The main thing The O-N-E strives to do is to continue serving its readers – Catawba County residents. In order to do this to the fullest extent, we need to hear from our readers.
By Nash Dunn
O-N-E Staff Writer
Billy Townsend was floating at the bottom of a well – a cold, dark, deep and dirty hole.
He fell 40 feet while working on the old well’s pump more than an hour ago, barely hanging on to the slippery clay walls and few drop cords lowered to him.
“I’m cold,” Townsend’s voice echoed faintly.
By Cody Dalton
O-N-E Sports Editor
My view of the sports realm has remained fairly consistent, until the last 110 days or so. First, the NFL locked out its players on March 12. Then, this past Thursday morning at 12 a.m., my opinion of professional sports became even lower.
For the second time in just more than 100 days, another sports league, the NBA, locked out its players on Thursday. This begins yet another stalemate between two sides over one thing and one thing only — money.
By Kelli Straka
O-N-E Intern
“Star Wars” fanatics, brace yourselves — what I am about to reveal could have you crying bumblefluff like a Wookie for the rest of the day. And if you’re not an absolute “Star Wars” nerd, all you need to know is what I am about to say is a little shocking.
In the last 19 years of my existence, I had never seen a “Star Wars” movie until last week.
It’s not that I didn’t want to see them; it’s merely because I haven’t gotten around to it. Watching “Star Wars” hasn’t exactly been at the top of my priority list these past 19 years.
By Barbara Burns
Outlook Editor
I don’t think I’ll ever understand why men don’t ask for help. That’s the way it’s been since, well, probably the days of the cave man.
In books and movies, I don’t recall a cave man ever seeking help from a cave woman. Ugh, I recalled drawings of a cave man dragging his cave woman around by her hair. “We’ve come a long way, baby.”
