Remove ImagesJanuary 24, 2013
I know it's silly, but I love snow days. Snow days don't mean you get a day off in the newspaper business; it just means it's harder to get to work and there is usually more work for those who get in because not everyone does. But the joy that kids have on a snow day I find contagious. I did stop on my way to work Friday to take a few photos, and borrowed a saucer sled to go down the hill once. Then I resisted further temptation and managed to quit while I was still in one piece.
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We will continue to have drawings through our website for tickets for Greensboro Coliseum events. You have to check rhinotimes.com to see what is available.
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It is unbelievable to me that the News & Record editors would decide to put a modern day panhandler on the front page of its paper on Tuesday. The city just passed a more stringent panhandling law because the people in Greensboro have gotten tired of being accosted at every street corner by people asking for money. This guy only differs from the folks on corners with signs in that he has a computer and is begging for money electronically. He is a graduate of Greensboro Day School, not a cheap place to go to school, and according to the article flunked out of Howard University because he partied too much his freshman year. Because he flunked out he lost his financial aid. Now he wants people to give him money so he can go back to Howard, an expensive private university. Maybe he needs to go to a school he can afford. Both UNCG and NC A&T SU right here in Greensboro are excellent schools and are much less expensive than Howard. And he could save money by living at home. If people give him the money he needs, he will have learned a valuable lesson in life: You don't have to work if you're not too proud to beg.
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Congratulations to Republican state Rep. John Faircloth who was selected chairman of the Guilford County Legislative Delegation. Democratic Rep. Marcus Brandon is vice chairman for the upcoming year.
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