In 1901, Civil War veteran John Culp moved to Wenatchee (population about 450). He discovered a rich deposit of clay near the foot of Ninth Street and started making and
BANNER ELK – Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Lees-McRae College Allen Paul Speer III has recently published his fourth book in his “Voices Quartet” series highlighting more than 250 years
"The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance" by Frye Gaillard and Cynthia Tucker (New South Books, $25.95) is a collection of essays about how some of the worst qualities of the South seem to have infected the entire body politic of this country. It's a saddening book, and undeniably it has truth to tell.