Martie and Brad Chotiner of China Grove have two children of their own, but it's been their dream to adopt. Last April, they flew to Ethiopia to pick up a boy named Mekasha, who had lost both of his parents to AIDS. Read about the Chotiner family ...Read More

On Friday, Nov. 6, Waterworks Visual Arts Center launched a first-time event, The BIG CHILLi Cook-off. Guests entered through Waterworks and then entered the F&M Trolley Barn, which was decorated in a western theme, complete with hay bales, cactus, h ...Read More

By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.com The artistry and culture of Native Americans will be on display in Salisbury this week. President Obama has designated November as National Native American Heritage Month. "The indigenous peoples of North Am ...Read More

MaCenzie Reece A daughter, MaCenzie Elizabeth, was born to Elizabeth Nina and Nicholas Wayne Reece of Kannapolis on Sept. 9, 2009, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces. She has a brother, Connor Joseph, 3. Grandparents a ...Read More

By Sue Manning Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The basset hounds at Daphneyland aren't the only ones with long, sad faces. Donations to the nation's largest basset hound rescue have never been so low, bills so overdue, the need so crucial or t ...Read More

By Linda Lombardi Associated Press
People have low expectations of cats. Sam Connelly tells of the time that she and her cat Storm observed a Canine Good Citizen test while they were waiting for their feline agility class to start. ...Read More

Piano students of Tina Brown of Rockwell presented a Halloween recital on Oct. 30 in the fellowship hall of Organ Lutheran Church. Many students dressed in their Halloween costumes. The recital featured pieces based on a Halloween theme such as: b ...Read More

By Steve Huffman news@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Ray Weddington remembers being in Belgium during the last year of World War II when a sergeant surveyed him and several of his fellow infantry members standing before him at attention. The serg ...Read More

Abe Daniels won "Post Adjutant of the Year" at the fall conference of the American Legion Department of North Carolina at the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel on Oct. 17. The department is comprised of more than 300 American Legion Posts throughout North ...Read More

Claire Nance A daughter, Claire Madison, was born to Bradley Joel and Mandy Mills Nance of Woodleaf on Oct. 19, 2009, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. She has a brother, Cameron Adam, 2. Grandparents are Gary and Pe ...Read More

Fulton Heights held its annual Halloween celebration last Saturday. With part of Mitchell Avenue blocked off, residents of the neighborhood, plus guests, competed in a costume competition and strutted their stuff — scary, funny or cute — in a p ...Read More

By Katie Scarvey kscarvey@salisburypost.com Bypass. A town with a name like that doesn't sound like it would be the center of much of anything. But award-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette made the mythical town a comic destination in his b ...Read More

J.C. Price Halloween gathering ...Read More

By Shavonne Potts spotts@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — When Renda Ayscue's older sister, Rhonda, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, the world changed. Rhonda, a single mother, was about to discover the love one sister, friend and a co ...Read More

Carillon Assisted Living of Salisbury held its fourth annual Night on Broadway Sept. 26. Despite inclement weather, more than 100 guests attended. Featured this year were former Broadway performers Drew and Wendy Weant and their daughters, Ginny an ...Read More

The Washington Post Occupational therapist Sharon Anderson and speech and language pathologist Amy Freedman are two of the four authors of "Is It a Big Problem or a Little Problem: When to Worry, When Not to Worry, and What to Do," a guide to help pa ...Read More

By Mari-Jane Williams The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Every parent can spot the potential child-development nightmare: grocery store tantrum, birthday party meltdown or lack of interest in peers. But when can parents tackle a child's behavior themse ...Read More

Club submissions To add your club, or to update your listing, send information to shall@salisburypost.com. Club listings consist of the club's name, brief purpose statement, place, day and time of meetings, a contact phone number and/or e-mail addres ...Read More

William Kluttz IV A son, William Clarence, was born to MacLean and Bill Kluttz of San Diego, Calif. on Oct. 19, 2009, at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He weighed 5 pounds, 5 ounces. Grandparents are Susan and Bill Kluttz of Salisb ...Read More

GQHS Reunion The Granite Quarry High School Class of 1959, forever known as "The Last and Best Class," held its 50th reunion on the weekend of Oct. 3. The reunion was held at the Faith American Legion Building in Faith, appropriately so, since that ...Read More

GQHS Reunion The Granite Quarry High School Class of 1959, forever known as "The Last and Best Class," held its 50th reunion on the weekend of Oct. 3. The reunion was held at the Faith American Legion Building in Faith, appropriately so, since that i ...Read More

By Susan Shinn Catawba College News Service Folks living in the Tar Heel state may have seen that cheesy announcer, Gameshow Gary, on commercials touting the North Carolina Education Lottery. And people around Charlotte may have seen that goofy bur ...Read More

By Katie Scarvey kscarvey@salisburypost.com Liberty Cozart knows how important it is to be able to call home when you need to. When she was in sixth grade, she went to Space Camp in Alabama, and she remembers feeling homesick. Fortunately, her moth ...Read More

By Katie Scarvey kscarvey@salisburypost.com Anna Tonseth has the kind of life that a lot of middle school girls would probably love. She keeps busy, especially with sports, and she likes to hang out with friends, both human and critter. She share ...Read More

By Liz Wurster For The Salisbury Post Oh, these legs. They've gotten me into trouble and they've scrambled me out of it. They've kicked alongside sharks in the Great Barrier Reef and stood upon icebergs in the vast wonderland of Patagonia. They've ...Read More