- This year's Chickweed festival featured a number of performers and artists who all help raise money to benefit the Family Crisis Council's battered women's shelter. Saturday marked the fourth year for the annual indoor/outdoor festival event which was held in the Rail Walk Artists District at North Lee Street. Shavonne Walker/Salisbury Post
Quotes of the week
Published 12:03 am Friday, July 24, 2015
Capsules of commentary
“We are trying to emphasize the positive — the strength of these women.”
— Sue McHugh, organizer,
on Chickweed, a street festival featuring mostly female artists, to raise funds for the battered women’s shelter.
“I ask that you not join the likes of Stalin, Hitler and ISIS in eradicating history.”
— James Ward, Marine,
speaking up for keeping the Confederate Monument in place on Innes Street
“Who are the crushed now? Who are the vanquished now?”
— Anthony Smith,
referring to “Gloria Victis” on the Confederate Monument, meaning glory to the crushed or vanquished
“I’ll put it this way. I may run for council in the future or I may run for something else.”
— Paul Woodson, Salisbury mayor,
on not seeking re-election this year
“The whole purpose of the bill, as I see it, is to keep the flames of passion from overriding common sense.”
— N.C. Rep. Michael Speciale, R-Craven,
on bill to require state approval to move public monuments
Common sense
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