One in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society’s data from 2013. My mother, Sue Simkiss at age 56 is now the 1 in 8. She was watching the morning news in early May 2013 when the anchor said that a local Belk store would be […]
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Stop Legislating Hate, North Carolina!
March 25, 2016 by
This post was previously published on CandidCeillie, Ceillie Simkiss’s personal blog. I am disappointed and disgusted with my state this week. For those of you who don’t know, North Carolina’s General Assembly wasted $42,000 yesterday calling a special session in order to pass an “anti-discrimination bill” that gives homophobes and transphobes the ability to be […]
Effects of poverty on WNC children’s education
May 31, 2015 by
“Growing up in a family living in poverty or near poverty negatively impacts a child’s health throughout his or her life,” according to NCChild’s 2014 Child Health Report Card. In the same report it also says that “education and health outcomes are also tightly intertwined; success in school and the number of years of schooling impact health […]
Show Review: An Evening with Avidity
April 12, 2015 by
I can’t think of a better way to kick off my time as a staff writer for The Western Carolina Journalist than to review a show put on right in our neighborhood. Those of us addicted to concerts know that that’s a big deal because we are used to driving to Asheville to get our […]
“Robin Hood – The Legacy” a rousing success
February 28, 2015 by
Ceillie Simkiss contributed to the written reporting on this story. “Robin Hood – The Legacy” premiered Thursday, Feb. 26, to a crowd that had been cooped up because of snow for the past few days. Even with the inclement weather, the event had a good turnout with people coming from all over the area to see […]
Volunteering brings new hope, options for Haywood homeless
October 22, 2014 by
Everyone who volunteers has a different reason for doing so, whether it’s to get credit for it in a class or because they believe in the organization that they’re volunteering for, but the reason that they volunteer doesn’t really matter in the end. What matters is that they are there and doing what needs to […]
