Dr. Myron Strickland is retiring after delivering nearly 9,000 babies and performing about 12,000 surgeries in a 41-year OB-GYN medical career.
Bill Kirby Jr.
Bill Kirby Jr. is a veteran journalist who spent 49 years as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist covering Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the Cape Fear Region for The Fayetteville Observer. He most recently has written for CityView Magazine.
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Column: FTCC celebrates almost 2,500 graduates in commencement ceremonies at Crown Coliseum
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
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Column: Retired Fayetteville businessman honored with Distinguished Citizen Award
“Charlie represents all of the Boy Scout oath,” Billy Wellons Jr. says about Charlie Harrell. “I am proud to call him my friend.”
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Column: When the game was on the line, Larry Miller was there for his beloved Tar Heels
“If the game was close and you needed to win, you went to him,” Franklin Clark says about former teammate Larry Miller, who died at age 79 on May 11 in Bethlehem, Pa., after years of declining health.
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Column: Longtime county educator bidding adieu to distinguished teaching career
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week.
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Column: Remember me not for how I died, Grant Singleton wanted us to know, but for how I lived
“If everyone had a father like I did,” a son says about his father in an emotional farewell at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, “they’d want to be a kid forever.”
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Column: A mother’s love is forever, Temple Bailey reminded us, today and beyond
“I have reached the end of my journey,” the late American novelist wrote in her poignant and insightful parable of 1933. “And now I know that the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them.”
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Column: Methodist University confers more than 500 degrees at spring commencement
Bill Kirby Jr.’s notes from the week
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Column: Gunfire at Dogwood Festival has not dampened the spirit or resolve of executive director
“I would be lying if I said this wasn’t devastating,” Kaylynn Suarez says about the second evening of the festival, where she estimates “11,000 to 13,000” people were evacuated from the park in the name of safety.
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Column: ‘Enough is enough,’ frustrated Fayetteville mayor calls on City Council to address gun violence
“I know these actions alone will not fix the problem completely, but it will give our law enforcement officers another tool to use to keep our community safe,” says Mayor Mitch Colvin, who is pitching ways to mitigate crime after gunfire on April 26 near the Fayetteville Dogwood Festival.
