Today in Music History for June 7: In 1904, the Haskell Opera House was opened in Rock Island on the Quebec-Vermont border. Now classified as a historic site, it also includes a library on the main floor. Patrons from both countries enter the building without passing through customs. In the Opera House upstairs, the stage is in Canada, but most of the seats are in the U.S. In 1940, singer Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd,.
By: Delma Blinson
Fifty-six years ago I began my teaching career in a social studies classroom at Garner High School. I taught a freshman course in Government/Geography and a senior course in Advanced Government, along with a section of U. S. History. If I say so myself, I was a good teacher, in large measure because I believed in what I was teaching. I was proud to be an American and wanted every one of my students to understand why. I admired the Constitution and those who founded our nation. I taught my students that
they were responsible for making sure that our government did the right thing and that any official, elected or appointed, should be held accountable by the voters. I lied.
Feb. 11 KNIGHTDALE For the last two years, Dylan Wall drove a UPS truck, bouncing around Raleigh dropping packages and dodging family dogs.
An affable man with a red beard and a big smile, he loved playing xBox and Nintendo Switch more than most young men cooped up by a pandemic.
But at 23, Wall h