What's With The News and Record?

A story about the tragic loss of four lives on Alamance Church Road Friday night and I guess they just had to get a shot in with this:

"Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from the Chris Daughtry concert."

Why question one event?

Why not cover all the bases like......

Waddell said there was nothing to make him believe either party was coming from.......

their friends house after watching Carolina mount a fierce comeback to beat USC...

the Red Lobster...

Christie's Cabaret...

the Blind Tiger....

Plum Crazy's...

Gate City Chop House..... etc., etc., etc., etc.

Why try to cast a black cloud over the Daughtry concert downtown by your insinuations??

It's not the first time its happened either. Remember the teenagers killed near Forest Oaks in 2005 and the big "Alcohol is a Factor in Crash" headlines that you blasted all over the paper----only to be recanted later because it wasn't true.

Dad

Well its been a hard year.

The one year anniversary of your leaving us and it is still not any easier.

You've had a grandson get married and expecting a child, you had a grandaughter go off to college, a son getting ready to graduate college with his second degree, another grandson soon to graduate with a degree, and Jessica. What can you say about Jessica except she's still kicking ass in those Karate tournaments.

Then there's the Tarheels. They've had an awesome season and are still in the tournament and the Dookies didn't make it past the first round.

Man, I would have given anything to watch Carolina basketball with you this season.

Why am I writing this? Hell, you've got courtside seats to the games, and know everything going on down here with the family.

You're just not here to share it.

And I miss that.

Who said it gets easier as time passes? They must have never lost anyone close.

New Chief in the 'boro

Tim Bellamy named new police chief in Greensboro.

Really not a surprise as Ben has been saying for months that he would be the new chief.

Maybe now Mitch has someone he can play in the sandbox with.

Beautification

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Was really nice to see all the orange bags on the side of the road on my way to school this afternoon.

The criminals, convicts, prisoners, inmates, or whatever is politically correct to call them these days, have done a superb job of cleaning the Business-85 corridor from Vickery Chapel Road to the I-85 interchange.

For a while there I thought High Point and Greensboro (since the White Street landfill closure), had decided to dump all of their trash on the sides of Business-85.

Kudos to our incarcerated.