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Health Department features Maternal Health Program
By Mary Anne Johnson, RN Sampson County Health Department Sampson County Health Department’s Maternal Health Program provides early and continuous prenatal care to expectant mothers. The materna...
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All cataracts are not the same
I will continue our discussion on cataracts in recognizing March as National Cataract Awareness Month. A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye. This clouding can be a result of medical con...
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Figs and wine: to your health!
My health columns provided to The Sampson Independent have typically been inspired by recent journal articles that I read and feel the need to relay the health implications to our community to hel...
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A little too much March madness!
I don’t yell at referees. I don’t boo the umpire and I don’t yell ‘hey blue’ too loudly. I decided several years ago, if I wasn’t willing to umpire a ballgame, I had no business questioning calls;...
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Let our light shine for Jesus Christ today, everyday
What is the greatest love story of all time? Who so loved mankind that He died for us that we might be free from sin? Who looks beyond our faults, sees our needs, and loves us unconditionally? It’...
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Cast in rehearsals for ‘Never Too Late’
The Sampson Community Theatre is recovering from its long winter doldrums as the weather is slowly changing from snowstorms to sunny, bright days and this weekend we’ll even have another hour of d...
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Kandid Katie
by Katie Holland
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Well, the Academy Awards 2010 is finally over. In that one evening, we finally saw a woman, Kathryn Bigalow, win an Oscar for best director; we saw Jeff Bridges finally win an Oscar after four othe...
Robinson Chapel Male Chorus celebrates fourth anniversary
by Mae Bell Williamson
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The Male Chorus of the Robinson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church of Roseboro will be celebrating their fourth anniversary on Saturday, March 13, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 14, at 3:30 p.m. The g...
Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis: One vowel makes all the difference
by Dr. Ken Yang
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Take a small water balloon in your hand and squeeze it so just a small portion pops out sideways between your fingers. Or picture a very long thin balloon blown up partially so that a small dog tai...
Geothermal energy works as good complement to other alternatives in going green now — not later
by Callie Turlington
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We are well into March now! The time really feels like it has flown by! It seems like just yesterday we were watching the ball drop! This flying time makes it more obvious to us that we need to c...
If only animals could talk!
by Sherry Matthews, editor
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If you’re a pet lover as I am, I can almost bet there’s been a time in your life when you wished you were Dr. Doolittle. Maybe you’re not hankering to be Eddie Murphy, but rather the real, honest-t...
National Cataract Awareness Month is for healthier vision
by Dr. Tom Barowsky
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Eye-Q The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health have designated March as National Cataract Awareness Month to assist the public in b...
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