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Boone Rotary’s Ride to End Polio slated for Saturday Sara Jordan-Heintz Contributing writer While Polio is not a disease that affects many Americans, it is still a deadly ailment that affects the lives of people, most notably, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Locally, the Boone Rotary Club is hosting a Ride to End Polio on March 27 to be held at McHose Park, 1215 Francis Mason Dr., Boone. Jamie Rabe and Lisa Nerem are coordinating the event. “People can walk, ride, run, play basketball or lift weights — any activity can be applied to this,” Rabe said. “Our goal is to have all our Rot...

“The hardest thing for males is to express their emotions.” Many of his poems he has written as songs, as he also plays the guitar. He said music added another element to the poems. “I can sing them but not read them. They're quite raw, I get choked up.” He pointed out that many religious teachings were traditionally through songs such as Psalms for Christians, and chanting by Buddhists. His writings are often in free verse, and regularly the song, melody, guitar accompaniment and words all came to him at once. “It’s easier writing songs than poems ... and it made it easier ...