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Don’t overlook races for sheriff

April 5, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

In the 1969 parody Support Your Local Sheriff!, James Garner plays a skilled but somewhat-disreputable gunslinger who stumbles his way into the job of sheriff in a Colorado frontier town. During one escapade, the mayor, […]

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Harley-Davidson’s rough ride

April 5, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

During the first half of the twentieth century, there were two prominent American motorcycle companies: Indian and Harley-Davidson. Motorcycles were subject to frequent breakdowns. The technology was still crude. Riding on dusty roads and frequent […]

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Getting ripped at the gym

April 3, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

Double take! That’s what I did the other day when I was finishing up my workout at Workout Anytime of Clinton. Was that Phillip Finch, one of the employees of the fitness facility, working out […]

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Needed: Political marksmanship

April 3, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

John W. Schoen, CNBC, wrote in a June 2016 article that “The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates there are roughly 5 million to 10 million AR-15 rifles [privately] owned in the United States… .” The […]

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Easter and the Final Four

March 31, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

What do Easter and the Final Four have in common? Besides occurring on the same weekend this year, you would think the holiday and the basketball championship have little to do with one another. I […]

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These few precious days

March 28, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

“Oh, it’s a long, long, time from May to December, but the days grow short when you reach September…. These few precious days, I spend with you….” A wonderful old song that catches the magic […]

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Enjoying life likes there’s no tomorrow

March 27, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

Did you ever do something that takes your breath away? I live to do things like that. Because that is what makes this life so exhilarating. Just like standing up in the back of my […]

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A lesson from a bike ride

March 24, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

Well, we all knew that we would pay the price for all of the sunny, seventy degree weather we had back in February. And we have. March came in like a cold, wet, windy lion […]

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Carolina politics offers national lessons

March 22, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

If you are a political junkie, you follow closely the daily ins and outs of elections and legislation. I do, too. Let’s step back for a second, take a breath, and consider the phenomenal events […]

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Better leaders means better politics

March 21, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

The public is in a surly mood. According to a January poll by Gallup, only 38 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with how well “the U.S. system of government works.” That’s down from […]

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History in the making with the Philadelphia Eagles

March 20, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

As I stood approximately 200 feet in the air, electricity reverberated through my body as I felt the energy and excitement of more than 75,000 people. Was I harnessing my superhero powers? No. I was […]

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It’s a trilemma, not a dilemma

March 17, 2018 Sampson Independent 0

Pa was in a dilemma. He probably didn’t think about being in a dilemma, all he knew was that he needed to do something about his heart. A dilemma is defined as “a choice between […]

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