Words with the Publisher 
For those who take the opportunity to have a few words with our publisher. This space is reserved for one to explain or entertain, but please do not bore.|
Yesterday the famed 101st Airborne returned home to Fort Campbell Ky to a well deserved homecoming with their families after a year of combat in Afghanistan.
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2011 @ 2:01 pm
By: George H. Schryer
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As my life progresses, I am more concerned with the way my country is lacking in unity.
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 @ 3:35 pm
By: Debra Neff
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Just add a "federal mandate" (aka TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT) to leave EVERY child behind
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 @ 1:28 am
By: Jennifer Paul Collins
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I'm writing in response to Ms. Winborne's letter which recklessly attacks the Tea Party and the GOP.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 @ 3:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Please remember that "non profit" never implies a lack of financial self interest or a failure to be motivated by the bottom line. UHS is not the "white knight" its supporters suppose
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2011 @ 5:10 pm
By: Warren Smith
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It seems that the Mainstream media suddenly woke up and determined that Palin should go away and Michelle Bachman should be muted.
Published: Monday, February 14th, 2011 @ 6:07 pm
By: Doug Rufino
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Those who complied with N C General Statute 131E-13 are to be commended. They likely prevented a challenge to the contract with UHS being brought.
Published: Friday, February 11th, 2011 @ 5:50 pm
By: Velma Hickman
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Businesses of all types are properly run every day and I am sure good self management is not beyond Beaufort Community Hospital's reach.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 @ 9:33 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Your article insults my intelligence. You provide no evidence to support your "belief", yet you spout ignorant rhetoric.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2011 @ 10:36 am
By: Doug Rufino
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The following are comments made by Velma Hickman that will be spoken before the Beaufort County Commissioners on January 10, 2011.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 @ 10:17 am
By: Velma Hickman
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Just a thought from the outside looking at this whole process of the take-over of the hospital: I wonder if it is rigged? Have you ever heard of The Hobson Choice?
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 @ 9:57 am
By: Susan Sounding
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This is the second entry in our Words with the Publisher category that expresses an opinion from the second public hearing held on the fiscal condition of the Beaufort Regional Health Services.
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 @ 10:12 am
By: John Murphy
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Velma Hickman schools the crowd, mostly advocates for the medical community, on the process of governing small counties in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 @ 10:03 am
By: Velma Hickman
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Well this day, the Publisher wishes to tender a few thoughts to his readership so we will, in turn, reverse roles, and this time the column will be: Words from the Publisher.
Published: Thursday, October 28th, 2010 @ 11:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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So the Washington Daily News has jumped on the University Health System bandwagon. Or is it "jumped into bed with" UHS?
Published: Monday, October 25th, 2010 @ 3:41 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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It's becoming a Ground Zero for a heated exchange between those who respect the events of 9/11 and the Muslim community (represented by Imam Rauf) who doesn't seem to.
Published: Monday, October 11th, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I don't know about you, but I'm tired of honest, well-intentioned, patriotic Americans being called names, and especially racist ones.
Published: Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 11:10 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Labor Day traditionally begins the mid-term election campaign season and is a good point to reflect on what will happen in some eight short weeks.
Published: Friday, September 10th, 2010 @ 10:42 am
By: Greg Dority
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On Monday, Aug. 30, the Huffington Post posted a vile piece offering $100,000 for a sex tape or other incriminating information on Glenn Beck so they can permanently remove him from the airwaves.
Published: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As a human being, I am touched at the virtues that Shirley Sherrod came to embrace. I am thankful that her lesson is the one we are talking about instead of divisive racist inuendo.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2010 @ 5:06 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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These past few weeks, I've heard all kinds of people, celebrities, groups, and even animals (ie, the New Black Panther Party) label the TEA Party as "racist."
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2010 @ 11:52 am
By: Diane Rufino
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After federal troops were finally withdrawn from the South following the Civil War and Reconstruction era, Democrats regained power in every state in the South.
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 @ 11:13 am
By: Diane Rufino
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