Salisbury has plenty of good restaurants

In the front page article on Feb. 22, “A different kind of college town,” by Jeanie Groh, the following restaurants were praised:

Go Burrito — four times

Cook-Out — three times

Panera — one time

Starbucks — two times

Salty Caper — one time

Maybe if you had printed my letter to the editor in response to the lady who would rather go to Statesville or Mooresville than drive on Jake Alexander Boulevard to eat — just maybe — some of the college students would be eating at The Landmark Restaurant on South Main Street. There is an entire bar section at the back of the restaurant which is always open except when it is booked for birthday parties. I just wish you would try one of their Philly cheese steak or chicken sandwiches. If so, you would understand why I think so much of the restaurant.

Oh, I didn’t miss any of the 10 questions in “Week in review: Test your nose for local news” this week. I love it.

I just read the article, “Back to the future,” which states that, “Veteran Services, for example, is currently housed in the county’s administrative building on West Innes Street.”  My office (and now Ricky’s and my office) has been in the Rufty-Holmes Senior Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue since October 2008.  There needs to be a correction before veterans spend money to be taken to one location, just to be told they need to go to another location.

Thanks for reading (and understanding).

— Elaine C. Howle 

China Grove

Salisbury

We’re still separate

In January, the community celebrated the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast to commemorate Dr. King’s life and legacy. Co-sponsor Dr. Seth Labovitz told the crowd how the theme, “Separate or Together,” came about. He said when he and his co-sponsor partner were leaving a restaurant, the cashier asked, “Are you separate or together?” Thus, the fitting theme for life and times today.

As I sat there, I heard too many speeches from guests invited for one presentation only. There were clerics, a hospital director, the mayor, county commissioner and others, all giving speeches. I wondered if we wouldn’t be better served to recognize guests and by calling their names and asking them to stand.

The young people from Black Achievers and the presentation of the dance about the four black girls bombed to death in Birmingham, Ala., were excellent, and their mentors are to be commended.

The dual presentation of the college presidents, Livingston College’s Jimmy Jenkins  and Catawba College’s Brien Lewis, was a breath of fresh air. Kudos to both.

I wondered as I left the breakfast, are we really separate or together? How easy it is to gather at an event from our varied cultures and communities for a couple of hours, share a breakfast, hear prayers, speeches, proclamations, see dancers, speak of one nation, with freedom and justice. And then leave just as separate as we came.

We have now eaten the meal —  that is, digested the life and legacy of Dr. King — and still we are not together. Still we remain separate, in employment in general and police and fire in particular, public schools, colleges, neighborhoods, churches, government employment, the treatment of females and blacks. This is still a city of haves and have nots.

— Dr. Odingá Lawrence Maddox

Salisbury

Stew-pendous success

Thank you, Salisbury and all of Rowan County, for braving the snow this past Thursday to help the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge sell all of the Brunswick stew! More than 200 Masons from all over the Piedmont pitched-in to make the 58-year- old fundraiser successful for all of our charities. It snowed a lot, yet, you came. There was no school, yet, you came. Many of you couldn’t get to work, yet, you came. Salisbury is a special place full of special people. Bless you all for joining my brothers and me to partake in our annual Brunswick Stew, raising thousands of dollars for those in need.

To my brothers who worked long, hard, cold hours, your friendship and unselfish commitment was, as always, overwhelming!

Thank you, Mark Wineka, for your great article showcasing our event; Jeana Spry for her expertise on our ad; and the rest of the Salisbury Post staff for their support.

I am so proud to live in Salisbury.

Mark your calendars for the last Thursday of February 2016!

— Tony Hoty

Salisbury

Tony Hoty served as the 2014 Brunswick Stew Master.