High school basketball: A.L. Brown boys will be tough

Don’t forget to give credit to Teven Jones, former player from the University of Virginia. Teven has trained those boys last years and did so again this year. Of course, he trained them during the off season and those boys are dedicated to the training that Teven has given them.

— Jeffrey Culbertson

… Happy’s Farm offers Western adventure for children

My granddaughter Layla Ward has been going there for two years. She loves it. It’s an amazing fun, safe loving place. I don’t have to worry about her when she is there. Everyone is so amazing that works there.

— Teresa Sides

Christmas in Cleveland: A ‘genuine’ town delivers …

We love the Cleveland parade. It is authentic fun that reflects a great little North Carolina community.

— Micah Roseman

Salisbury stops Randleman, advances to state championship

These two schools have a championship history between them. Shelby with a victory in 1970 13-7 and Salisbury winning in 1974, 14-3. Both games were played at Shelby.

— Jeff Stout

Congratulations to all the players and coaches on a great year. Bring home another championship to Salisbury.

— Blair Cooper

“Bond doesn’t equal punishment:” How a tool is used …

I thought it odd that people were upset when she made her bond, not when the bond was set. Everyone has the right to make a set bond.

— Ronda DeHart

I don’t understand why you’re not considered a threat to others when you commit a crime like she did. And going to a home with children in it, no less. The justice system is screwed.

— Kimberly Harwood Yost

Before we judge Michael’s family and their actions or responses, maybe we should stop and ask ourselves how we would feel if it were our child that was killed, dismembered and buried on someone else’s property.

— Jennifer Lynn Hellard

School board to discuss East’s virtual academy …

The online virtual academy is quite impressive. And classroom space allocation is a controversial topic that requires elected leadership to use bold discernment. This board is fully capable of that.

— Joe Morris

Smith sworn in as first female mayor of Landis…

Taking credit for stopping a theft means there was a theft in progress. When does my stolen money get returned?

— Kelly Cooke Owens

Elizabeth Cook: Wineka ready to set out on a new path

No matter where I found myself on this great planet — from the rural streets and back roads of Cleveland, in Rowan County; the beautiful mountain-sides in Boone; to the traffic jams of southern California; the lights of Vegas; and even the uncertainty of Iraq — I could always rely on Mark’s stories to bring me a little closer to home.

— Robert Mason Waller

Mark is such an inspiration to those of us who write. They say no one’s irreplaceable, but in this case it’s just not true.

— Maggie Blackwell

I count myself lucky to have worked with Mark at the Post.

He was a great colleague, a wonderful storyteller and a funny guy who gave me a nickname in a column he once wrote: Katie (Take Your Vitamin C to Avoid) Scarvey.

— Katie Scarvey

Mark is an amazing man who makes the story and the people appear in your living room.

He has a special way with people and their stories.

— Araby Collins

Letter: Let 2020 election decide Donald Trump’s fate

Worst criminal conduct by a president in history. Not only should he be impeached, he should do 10-20 years in prison for his crimes.

— William Moffitt

If you know you can’t beat him, impeach him. That’s their motto.

— Ron Scruggs 

John Noble, East Spencer’s longest-serving alderman …

You have done a marvelous job, and what I love best is that you haven’t forgotten where you came from and the ones who helped you.

— Ella Bryant

Kannapolis City Schools apologizes for assignment …

The Three-Fifths Compromise solution was to count three out of every five slaves as people for this purpose. Its effect was to give the southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored, but fewer than if slaves and free people had been counted equally.

— Mark Lyerly

Ted Budd: More needed to stop veteran suicides

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2019 National Veterans Suicide Prevention Annual Report, 69.4% of veteran suicides involve the use of a firearm.

I find it interesting that Ted Budd is against consideration of red flag laws.

— Barry Stokes