Editorials

There was a full moon week before last, so I'm going to blame that for the total anarchy that broke out in one of my writing classes.
We were talking about food writing and barbecue came up and a student asked, "Are you talking about that stuff with too much vinegar?"
There were a couple of gasps, and if I'd have had pearls, they would have been clutched. I assumed she'd been to a chain restaurant and tried to remember that not everyone is fortunate enough to have grown up in Eastern North Carolina.

This week's edition, as always, is packed full of local news - but also includes a lot more!
You'll find tucked inside an all-inclusive guide to the Nashville Blooming Festival and the new Nashville Chamber of Commerce directory.
These two publications alone display the enormous role Nashville's chamber plays in our community. The chamber has no paid staff. Every single event or community program is carried out by volunteers. That's pretty amazing this day in time!

HISTORIC MOMENT - This photo published in The Nashville Graphic on May 14, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) visited Rocky Mount. The estimated crowd gathering to see the president ranged from 50,000 to 200,000.