Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 2: A summer retreat develops
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Keith Gourdin and I share grandparents, John Keith (J.K.) and Mary Palmer Gourdin. Both died long before we had a chance to know them. However, their memory and their DNA remain deep in our souls just as their toil, sweat, and bones lie deep in the historic village of Pinevill...
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My Encounter with America
Part 9: Travel ordeals still haunt me
By Zadok Ekimwere zomwere@hotmail.com
      I traveled to Berlin twice - before the great wall fell, and after. I went in the summer of 1983 when there were two Germanys - East and West - and likewise two Berlins, also East and West. And I again went back in the spring of 1999, under a united Germany. It is a country...
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