Local
Butterflies roam free
Maybe you’ve noticed it — a lot of butterflies are visiting our area, getting ready for the great fall migration. Regular contributor Wayne Hinshaw, retired ...
Wayne Hinshaw, Author at Salisbury Post
Kannapolis
Photos: Kannapolis observes National Night Out
Singer Darrell Harwood was the featured entertainer for the National Night Out observance in Kannapolis. The annual gathering is designed to bring police officers, firefighters ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, August 7, 2019 12:00 am
News
The long and short of basketball uniforms
Photographing four to six basketball games a week for the Post, starting in December, I have become curious about whether I am seeing a trend ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, March 12, 2019 12:00 am
Faith
New pastor hopes to lead John Calvin Presbyterian ‘out of our comfort zone’
SALISBURY — “I hope to carry on the tradition every day of carrying on the conversation with folks who look different from me and think ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:42 pm
Local
Hinshaw column: The Old Gourd
As we go though life, it is amazing the things we get attached to and why we get attached. Some of the attachment is for sentimental reasons, ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, December 26, 2018 12:00 am
Education
Personal parking: East Rowan High seniors turn spaces into painting canvases
High school senior parking lots are typically rather dull places that serve the purpose of a place for seniors who are lucky enough to have ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:00 am
Gold Hill
Lighting of the Fall Fires in Gold Hill warms holiday nights
GOLD HILL — The Lighting of the Fall Fires in historic Gold Hill Village, held on Saturday, continued an 18-year-old tradition that kicks off the ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Rockabilly Resurrection rocks Kannapolis VFW
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post KANNAPOLIS — The third annual Rockabilly Resurrection brought rockabilly music and dances, a pre-1973 car show and a ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, August 20, 2018 12:07 am
Local
National Night Out brings people together
More than 20 Salisbury communities participated in the National Night Out event on Tuesday, some offering free food, children’s games and other outdoor activities and ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:00 am
News
Carolina Pickers event showcases a wide variety of collectibles
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post What’s the price for this table? What will you take for this jug? Such is the talk at ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Saturday, July 28, 2018 12:10 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: TV series tells the story of tortured art genius Pablo Picasso
“When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Saturday, July 14, 2018 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: July 4th from seven stories high
Sitting on the balcony of a condominium seven floors above the Atlantic Ocean at North Myrtle Beach (alias Windy Hill), feeling the ocean breeze, smelling ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Historic tintypes preserve images of mysterious people with stories to tell
Tintypes are photographs exposed on a thin sheet of iron that has been coated with collodion. They are also called “ferrotypes” because of the iron ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Friday, July 6, 2018 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw column: World viewed from my belly
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post Imagine, just imagine, lying on your belly on a wet soggy front yard to get an ant’s-eye view ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, June 18, 2018 12:05 am
News
J.C. Price American Legion Post continues long tradition with Memorial Day celebration
The J.C. Price American Legion Post Memorial Day celebration has for decades been the primary fundraiser to support the post’s youth program. The children’s rides ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Saturday, June 2, 2018 12:00 am
Kannapolis
Kannapolis Memorial Day ceremony moves inside because of rain
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post KANNAPOLIS — With rain falling Monday, the parade of veterans was moved from South Main Street and Veterans ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, May 29, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw column: Gargoyles on the Salisbury Station
The scary looking gargoyles on the tower of the Salisbury Station (formerly Salisbury Depot) have always been of interest to me. They are ugly, scary, and so ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, May 14, 2018 12:05 am
Columns
Stepping out in style at graduation
The Livingstone College lady seniors made that final step to graduation last Saturday in classic style wearing the latest, fanciest, most unique shoes to be ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Sunday, May 13, 2018 12:00 am
Local
Wayne Hinshaw column: Maple tree seeds
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post While walking to my car, I noticed that the wind was full of some sort of seeds fluttering, ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, April 23, 2018 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: Lighting the hyacinth bulb
The hyacinth bulb is often given as a gift from one friend to another during the winter months. The roundish brown bulb can then be ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Friday, April 6, 2018 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: Dilly dilly
If you have watched any TV sports broadcast in the past month, you have seen the Bud Light beer commercials in which the Medieval court is ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Saturday, March 24, 2018 12:00 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: There is a moon out tonight
On a recent night, following several days of fog, clouds and rain, the sky began clearing and the moon played the old children’s game of ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:00 am
News
Spring is here, but that doesn’t mean that cold weather is done
Ready or not, today is the first day of spring. Recently, some days are warmish, feeling a bit cozy and lazy like spring, and then ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:00 am
Local
The atmosphere was hearty during Saturday’s party: Library celebrates Dr. Seuss’ birthday
By Wayne Hinshaw For the Salisbury Post The 114th birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was celebrated at an annual event at the East Branch ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, March 5, 2018 12:10 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw column: My forefathers were immigrants
Have you ever wondered, “Who Am I?” “Where did I come from?” “Who were my ancestors?” I have done some research on my ancestors to ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, March 5, 2018 12:05 am
News
Wayne Hinshaw: Warm weather coaxing flowers into bloom; it’s just not normal
Driving around Salisbury on Saturday, it was easy to observe that the warm weather is not normal for February. When you change from coats and ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:00 am
Local
In a fog: Scene reminiscent of scissor-cut folk art
The heavy fog that covered the Polar Plunge on Saturday created a surreal feeling of being captured in a giant low-flying cloud. It was like ...
by Wayne Hinshaw, Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 am
News
Warm sunshine draws Catawba College baseball team outside
With the 60-degree weather and the start of a new season just weeks away, Catawba College baseball players took to the field Tuesday for conditioning ...