Author Archives: Lois A. Bolin, Ph.D.

Cracker is one of the oldest “epithets” for hardworking, white Southerners who have an abiding tie to the land. For many, there is a mystery to the origin of a word that might be described best through lifestyles than by its historical development.

The Education Foundation of Collier County has received the highest rating, four stars, from Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator. The fourstar rating is achieved by only 25 percent of all evaluated charities, indicates that The Education Foundation is operating in the most fiscally responsible way. Co-chairs of the foundation are Todd Bradley and Sharon Treiser; president is Susan McManus.

Some people say you’re an old-timer if you can remember when it cost more to run a car than it did to park it.

I recently — and somewhat reluctantly — attended my 40th high school reunion in Rock Hill, S.C. I say reluctantly because somewhere in the back of my mind, back home was a place I didn’t necessarily want to remember.