A former master trainer for the Army Reserve Command and a retired colonel have collected over 40 nativity sets from around the world for over 10 years.
Bill Horner III
Bill Horner III has spent most of his career in newspapering. His first byline in The Sanford Herald, founded by his grandfather in 1930, came when he was 13 years old. He spent more than 30 years at The Herald, the last 18 as publisher. The newspaper was recognized with four first-place “General Excellence” awards during his last six years there. After a short retirement beginning in 2016, Bill served for more than four years as publisher and editor of The Chatham News + Record, which won more news reporting awards than any other weekly newspaper in N.C. during his tenure there. He and his wife, Lee Ann, live in Sanford. They have three grown children and two grandchildren.
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How an Army Novice Turned Confusion into Connection, Then Became a Leading Instructor for Reservist Families
When Lori Hawkins married her husband, a colonel in the U.S. Army, she didn’t know much about military life. But over time, she became a master trainer for the Army Reserve Command.
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‘Kismet’ brought Molly Griggs to Fayetteville. Acting talent is taking her everywhere else
With major roles on Broadway and in a hit Netflix series, Molly Griggs, a Cape Fear Regional Theatre alum, is having a watershed year, adding Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to her credits on Oct. 2.
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Expanding orthopedic footprint
As an orthopedic specialist, Dr. Daniel DeRosa likes to say that nothing in the realm of neck or spine surgery is “a chip shot.” There are simply no easy plays. It’s the spine’s complexity and acuity — physicians speak about the intensity and high level of required care — that DeRosa grew to love during […]
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50 years down the road, rock’s Kansas continues to carry on
Lead singer Ronnie Platt says band’s diverse catalog of ‘prog rock’ music, longevity merits Rock & Roll Hall of Fame consideration
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Finding ‘sweet spot’ in new job
When she steps outside her office and onto the grounds of the Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Shannon Bell instinctively sees beyond the beauty surrounding her. She sees possibility. Of course, she notices the garden’s abundant flora. She revels when a school bus pulls up to deliver students for a field trip, or when first-time visitors […]
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‘Get in and get involved’
Seven years after he moved away from Fayetteville, Scott Embry returned, in part, simply because he loves the city. “People tell me, ‘You know, I don’t hear a lot of people say that,’” he said. “‘Well, you just haven’t tried it. You haven’t tried to get in and get involved — because if that’s important […]
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As a beautiful autumn approaches, don’t fall for the temptation to litter
In North Carolina, about a million pounds of trash is collected in our Adopt-A-Highway programs, on average, each month. That probably puts the uncollected volume at at least another million or two pounds per month.
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The attraction of distraction, or The Myth of the Multitasker
Multitasking is a bad habit born out of a yearning to distract ourselves with lower-stakes actions where we expect a more certain outcome
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A memorable summer
It wasn’t a rare occurrence, this thing I encountered — a jellyfish washed up on the sand of a North Carolina beach — but, to me, it still felt like it was some kind of omen.