TARBORO —
Happening on the Common, which offered the opportunity for a day filled with leisurely entertainment, didn’t just happen.
It took a great deal of hard work just to establishment the logistics for the event, which drew crowds estimated at upwards of 5,000. There’s the measuring of spaces and the marking of the same ... the placement of the stage and equipment and everything else that goes along with the production.
We’re sure there are some who probably think that, after 42 years, the Happening just, well, happens — but it doesn’t.
There are the vendors and the entertainment and the promotion and publicity — not to mention the collective prayers that “its” day is a day like Saturday.
But Happening is not the only thing the Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Council does in the community.
Coming up, we have the North Carolina Symphony on the Common and there are Second Saturdays, the Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery and the Blount-Bridgers House.
There are art shows scheduled into mid-October and, from Nov. 2-25, there will be The Great Tarboro Art Bazaar.
So, for all you do, with and without credit, hats off to the Arts Council for helping make a huge difference in the quality of life in our community.
Opinion
Arts Council does many things for community
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You, too, can be a slacker spy
Think you're a loser just because you dropped out of high school and never finished the military training you began?
Think you're a dud just because you work as a security guard even though you dreamed of becoming a global savior?
Well, don't beat yourself up. You, too, can become an international superspy like Edward Snowden. -
Let’s welcome AIB judges to community
Judges James Abraham and Ed Hooker of America in Bloom will be in our community on Monday and Tuesday and we’d ask all of you to give them your best Eastern North Carolina welcome.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor:
It breaks my heart to look at the puppies and kittens at the Tarboro Animal Shelter pictured in Monday’s edition of the Daily Southerner. June is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Month, and I pray these fur babies will find a good forever home. Bucking a statewide and national trend, the kittens have a better chance of getting adopted than the puppies. Why? -
Do not surround yourself with mediocrity
If you’re running a company, your own business or a government the worst thing you can do is to surround yourself with mediocrity. When I was a young (age 26) General Manager I told someone that I was about to hire a man for an important position in the company. This person advised me not to do this because the man was older than I was, had a lot of talent, and ambition and would probably be after my job. My answer to this advice was, ‘If I’m not up to doing my job properly then I should lose it, and that I wanted to surround myself with the most talented people I could so our company could be very successful.’
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Small town hospitals often get bum rap
By and large, I think small town hospitals get a bum rap.
I know everyone has a horror story to tell about their hospital experience, and I’ve heard my share since arriving in Tarboro, but it’s not just the hospital up the street that sometimes experience problems. -
Covering things up doesn’t work
I used to kid that I never told a lie except to get out of trouble. Actually, that was true, for a while, during my misspent youth. There were times when I was a kid that I did tell some lies in order to get out of trouble.
It didn’t work, but I kept trying for a while. Actually it made things worse and I had to pay a bigger penalty. -
Give thanks to our fallen today
Today is Memorial Day. It is the day officially set aside to honor those men and women who have died in service to our nation.
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My 13 years have been lucky
It was 13 years Sunday that a drought was broken in Big Spring, Texas, After that, we ate Mexican for dinner with a gathering of family and friends.
The next day, a Saturday, Stephanie and I joined one another in marriage under a beautiful little gazebo by Comanche Trail Lake, fed by the historic spring from which the community draws its name. -
We Salute...
Each Friday, The Daily Southerner will recognize individuals, groups and businesses in Edgecombe County who have gone “above and beyond” in their effort to make this a better place to work, play and raise a family.
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Benghazi: We need the real truth
The American diplomatic mission at Benghazi, in Libya, was attacked on Sept. 11, 2012 by a heavily armed group. The attack began during the night at a compound that is meant to protect the consulate building. A second assault in the early morning the next day targeted a nearby CIA annex in a different diplomatic compound. Four people were killed including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured.
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