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• High School Teachers

  Created: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 11:32 Author: Giles County Observer

  Do you ever reflect back to your school days and think about teachers that influenced your life? Possibly, after becoming an adult you realized that they weren’t the icons you perceived them to be when you were young? Maybe their advice, or a one senten...

• I-95 Speed Trap Scam – Beware VT Fans and Others

  Created: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 08:14 Author: Giles County Observer

  The tiny town of Ridgeland, S.C. uses an automated camera to take pictures of your car after it has been clocked on I-95 by an automated radar gun. The town then mails offenders a speeding citation. They tell you that if you pay the fine they won’t noti...

• Doctors Should Examine Their Backbones

  Created: Thursday, November 04, 2010 11:01 Author: Giles County Observer

  I’ve known many good doctors during my lifetime, both men and women, who practiced medicine with concern for their patient first and all other matters second, if at all. Unfortunately, medical schools don’t seem to be sending more of those doctors to ...

• Mental Illness Stigma

  Created: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 04:49 Author: Giles County Observer

  So you’ve had a mental illness and think you’ve licked it? Well, if so, you are in for a surprise because no one will ever let you forget your past. You will go through the rest of your life being constantly evaluated by your friends and questioned by...

• The Braggart

  Created: Thursday, September 30, 2010 00:00 Author: Giles County Observer

  I don’t know why it is that I can’t escape the aggravation of some people. I must admit that I probably have less patience with obstinate, rude, arrogant, and selfish people than others who encounter these same malfunctioning personalities. I feel lik...

• What is Happiness?

  Created: Monday, September 27, 2010 07:51 Author: Giles County Observer

  What is happiness? Is it wealth? Health? Family? Friends? Your job? Love? Security? Promise for the future? Maybe it’s a little of all of these? Maybe you can be happy with nothing more than your spiritual belief? ...

• Virginia Tech Football Meltdown

  Created: Monday, September 13, 2010 08:22 Author: Giles County Observer

  I’m going to add my two cents worth to the regional and national analysis of the Virginia Tech melt-down. Others have blamed the players for not tackling, not blocking, being out of position, player confusion in their defensive formations, and much more...

• Obama and News Networks Love Affair

  Created: Friday, September 03, 2010 07:57 Author: Giles County Observer

  I always thought the three major television news networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) were reliable, non-prejudiced, and professional journalists who investigated and researched news stories broadcast on their network. It took the Obama campaign for president and sub...

• Muslims, Mosques, and the World Trade Center

  Created: Sunday, August 22, 2010 13:35 Author: Giles County Observer

  There is much dialogue going around our country about the Mosque that has been approved for construction near “Ground Zero” in New York City. Commentary about the issue of religious freedom...and the beliefs our country was founded upon have generated...

• My Friend Has Died

  Created: Friday, July 30, 2010 06:13 Author: Giles County Observer

  The death of my best friend and his suffering once again presents a test of my spiritual faith. I know full well that I’m not alone as I wallow in my grief. I know that others have felt the sting of death, which gives cause for them to question why God ...

• Anne B. Crockett-Stark

  Created: Thursday, July 15, 2010 08:34 Author: Giles County Observer

  Annie B. Crockett-Stark has been the elected delegate for the 6th District of Virginia since 2005. She is a very nice lady and can be rather entertaining when relating her many life-stories to her captive audience. What she isn’t is an effective delegat...

• All Men Are Created Equal

  Created: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 08:05 Author: Giles County Observer

  We grew up in America with the words of our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution burned into our brain and heart, especially the phrase inserted by Thomas Jefferson which states; “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are cre...

• Confessions of a Home Town Boy

  Created: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 08:17 Author: Giles County Observer

  I am one of those people who moved away from my home town soon after high school graduation. Yes, I am guilty of having left the place I called home for most of the first 20 years of my life. I left at first to attend college, so that wasn’t too much of...

• Pulaski Community Hospital - New River Valley Cancer Care Center

  Created: Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:55 Author: Giles County Observer

  I have been transporting my best friend to the New River Valley Cancer Care Center for almost two months for treatments. He has received radiation and chemo-therapy during this time and I have been so very impressed with everyone whom has administered his...

• Non-Resident Payroll Tax

  Created: Saturday, January 30, 2010 14:50 Author: Giles County Observer

  Should non-residents be required to pay a payroll tax to the locality where they work? If not, is this fair to residents of the locality who pay taxes for all of the infrastructure used by the employed non-resident?...

• American Cancer Society

  Created: Sunday, January 24, 2010 11:49 Author: Giles County Observer

  What is the mission of the American Cancer Society (ACS)? How much true progress in cancer research can be attributed to funding provided by the ACS? Should donors be concerned about their millions of dollars that pay the huge salaries of ACS executives...

• Disappearance of Young Women

  Created: Sunday, January 24, 2010 08:09 Author: Giles County Observer

  The well-publicized disappearance of various beautiful young women across our country reveals some commonalities. Blond hair, beautiful facial features, excellently proportioned bodies, age 18-21, a degree of naiveté, and adventuresome personalities. All...

• Financial Reparations for African-Americans

  Created: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 07:20 Author: Giles County Observer

  On January 6, 2009 Rep. John Conyers introduced H.R. 40, which proposes a Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act. A brief description of the bill follows:...

• People: Afraid of What They Don’t Understand

  Created: Sunday, December 13, 2009 17:35 Author: Giles County Observer

  From Big Foot to the Loch Ness monster, people are afraid of the unknown. The next door neighbor who spends his time behind locked doors is feared because he is unknown. The contents of an envelope stamped Past Due evokes fear of the contents. The face be...

• Lost Freedoms

  Created: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:39 Author: Giles County Observer

  We live in an era of increasingly lost freedoms. The computer age and other advanced technologies make it easier for our government to track our every move. Your movements, whereabouts, travels, purchases, conversations, computer activity, and what you th...