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Story and photos by Sam Seamster Greetings to all my fellow fishermen. I hope you all have had a chance to get out on the lake and do some fishing during the holidays. I certainly have had some good fishing trips over the past month or so, which brings me to the title of this article. Vertical jigging is a ...

Story and photos by Paul Liggitt “Go out and play” is what I heard growing up, what I have said many times to my kids, and is still a familiar phrase from moms and dads across the land. Maybe even more so this past year. In the age and culture of “screens,” it is a significant practice to simply go ...

By Norwood Walker Winter Winter has a way of stripping away and leaving things in all their naked beauty. The support sticks and wires were lined up, silent sentinels with bare vines clinging to them on the hillside going down to the venue. Row after row, they had a beauty of their own. Spring, summer and fall would bring the ...

By Jo Proia Covid hair, Covid extra pounds, Covid isolation frustration; by Nov. 19, 2020, I had just had it. Of course, I took the situation seriously (still do) but by Nov. 19, I needed a girls’ day out. I had not stepped foot in my parents’ home (the house I grew up in on my great grandfather’s tobacco farm ...

By Olivia Townsend, RCS Junior In Olivia's story "Family Traditions," she talks about learning that something her mom used to do with her cousins and my grandparents during the Christmas season was to make Kifli, a European dessert. Dough 4 cups unshifted all-purpose flour 2 cups regular margarine 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1 cup dairy sour cream Place flour ...

By Tom and Jackie Croft Grandchildren finding a geocache, small plastic container, on a Hyco island. Bet you didn’t know that there are hidden treasures around the Hyco Lake Region. Well, there are. Those hidden treasures are called geocaches. Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasures. It began back in 2000 when the selective availability of GPS ...

Story and photos by Sam Seamster I hope you’ve had successful fishing over the past couple of months. This time of the year is a really great time to be fishing. As the water cools down, the fishing gets hotter. A few weeks ago, I ran into Peter Berry, the owner of Hyco Lake Magazine, at the boat ramp. As ...

Passed Down Through Food and Stories By Olivia Townsend, RCS Junior Every family has a set of traditions they have passed down from generation to generation. These traditions serve as windows to our past and by participating in them, we are helping to keep those memories alive. My grandparents began teaching me the traditions of my family when I was ...

Story and photos by Sam Seamster When thinking about casting a fishing rod, most folks don’t consider the dynamics. So, what constitutes a good cast? To some, that would be not hooking themselves in the head or not tangling the line. To others it could be skipping a lure way back under an overhanging bush. All of these would be ...

By Peggy Mcfarland Pickleball is alive and well in Person County. For those who have never heard of the game, it was invented 55 years ago on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, Washington. One lazy summer day, three friends, including Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum, told their bored children to go out to their backyard badminton court. They gave ...