“I have been in solitary confinement for two weeks, following a 4-day stay in the hospital about 45 minutes away. While in the hospital, I was under armed guard (2 corrections officers at all times) who kept me in leg irons and chained to the bed 24-7.
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Patrick O'Neill: A Birthday Behind Bars
Next Saturday, March 27, Patrick turns 65. He will observe his birthday living in a prison cellblock at the Oakton Federal Correction Institute in Lisbon, Ohio, where he is serving a 14-month sentence for breaking into a U.S. Navy base to protest nuclear weapons.
Read MoreOpinion: My Open Letter to the WCPSS School Board. Dr. Sallie Permar
“I am a pediatric infectious disease physician, virologist, immunologist, vaccinologist, and parent, previously at Duke and now the Dept Chair of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Weill Cornell Med School/NewYork-Presbyterian. I have a child who remains in Wake Co schools until the end of this school year., and I am writing to speak out for the children under your care.”
Read MoreGarner High School Alum Dolly Sickles Publishes New Novel
“I never felt like I was being strangled by a small town, like I think a lot of people do. To me it was a safe place, a good place to grow up,” she said. “You kind of have a sense of place and belonging.”
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Local Garner Activist Patrick O'Neill Reports to Federal Prison
“We come in peace on this sorrowful anniversary of the martyrdom of a great prophet, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fifty years ago today, April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee as a reaction to his efforts to address “the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism.” We come to Kings Bay to answer the call of the prophet Isaiah (2:4) to “beat swords into plowshares” by disarming the world’s deadliest nuclear weapon, the Trident submarine.”
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Helen Phillips: A Tribute
Born January 15, 1927, Mrs. Phillips, who died June 2 at age 93, was always proud of the fact she shared a birthday with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a man I consider the greatest American who ever lived. Mrs. Phillips, who turned 2 the day King was born, may be the greatest Garner citizen who ever lived.
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1968: School Integration Comes to Garner - Part 2: Teacher Perspectives
One largely characterizes integration as unproblematic, but judges it that way because of the lack of blatant conflict. The other recalls rallying black teachers together to support one another against a racist backdrop, and emphasizes the importance of acknowledging both the good and the bad.
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Corona Relief Crew members Andrew Lacewell and Genesis Moragne gathered supplies wrote letters to fight the loneliness of quarantine.
Community Navigators Community Builders 'Corona Relief Crew' Awarded $10,000 by Lead4Change for Fighting the Isolation of the Quarantine
A group of ten Garner high school students donated over 300 care packages to local organizations to address the needs of the homeless and those in assisted living facilities during the COVID-19 crisis. They planned and implemented their project, the Corona Relief Crew, as a part of their involvement in the local organization Community Navigators Community Builders and were awarded a $10,000 grant by the Lead4Change Student Leadership Program for their efforts.
Garner Businesses and Organizations During COVID-19: The Community is in Your Hands
The decision for a small business owner or someone who runs an organization comes down to assessing risk, something good entrepreneurs are already good at. Only in this situation those risk assessments extend beyond their doors and into the entire community.
Read MoreGarner Retirees to the Rescue; Making Masks Makes a Difference in Local COVID-19 Battle
“We are just using what technology skills that we know how to do to meet the need. We’re all stuck at home with nothing to do. It kind of adds a little power to what we can do in our retirement,” said Nancy Cope, a retired educator. “We do not sell them, and we do not have any for sale. Our focus is healthcare and frontline workers like the police and the fire department.”
Read MoreLocal Architect Mon Peng Yueh Appointed to Garner Parks and Rec Advisory Board
Longtime Garner resident and architect Mon Peng Yueh, who is known for her work as lead designer on the Garner Veterans Memorial, was chosen to fill a vacancy on the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department’s Advisory Committee.
Read More1968: School Integration Comes to Garner - Part 1: Principal Wayne Bare
The Story of Our Storyteller: Garner's Tim Stevens Inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
Life-long Garner resident Tim Stevens is one of twelve people to be honored later this year with induction into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, paying tribute to his 48-year career as a high school sports writer and editor for the Raleigh Times and later the News and Observer.
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Photo by Rick Mercier
You Probably Don’t Know How Much You are Going to Miss Brandon Zuidema
It is hard to conceive of a better police chief than Garner’s Brandon Zuidema, the energetic, community-focused chief who has led the Garner force for 10 years and gained statewide, national and international recognition in the process.
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