True Meaning

      What gives your life true meaning? I don’t pretend to be able to answer that for you, but perhaps can help you explore the issue a bit further for yourself.

Mom, Dad, Siblings at ASU Classroom Dedication

     We have previously discussed

Holiday Season Safety Tips

      From our Lewis & Daggett family to yours, we send wishes for a happy and safe holiday season. Please remember to keep safe this holiday season so you are left with happy memories. Please consider the following safety tips.

     We reviewed a number of safety tips for Thanksgiving, and you can review those tips here. There are additional safety guidelines for this holiday season that specifically apply to your Christmas tree, holiday lighting and ...

Three Questions

      This past Saturday morning our Lewis and Daggett team participated in the kickoff brunch for the 34^th Annual Frank Spencer Holiday Basketball Tournament featuring 12 local high school teams. Present were approximately 200 high school players, coaches, principals, administrators, and senior school system officials.

      We presented a talk with visual accents to encourage, challenge, and support the student athletes. Jeff Battle

Heart of the Triad

     The financial markets are down, unemployment is up, and the economic forecasts for the upcoming months are bleak. However, locally we have a bright ray of sunshine. According to some recent national statistics and reports the Triad area ranks No. 2 in the nation in per person charitable giving.

     Last week Chuck Harmon of the Second Harvest Food Bank was a guest speaker in our office. Our entire Lewis & Daggett team decided unanimously to support the Second Harvest Food Bank at this h ...

Every Penny Counts

     We were impressed by the success of the Special Parkinson’s Event held a couple of weeks ago at the A Touch of Class beauty salon in King. Our Lewis & Daggett team was proud to be a small part of the effort, and we had a lot of fun too!   

     Tonya Wood and her team at A Touch of Class rolled out the red carpet to all customers who came to participate in the event. All receipts for the day were donated to Michael J. Fox Foundation for ...

Giving Thanks Safely

     Our Lewis & Daggett family wishes you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. We also hope you and your family are safe, so we will share with you a few safety tips we have researched for the holiday.

     Home fires are the number one most frequent calls to fire departments, and cooking fires are the most frequent reason. Thanksgiving is the day with the highest number of home fires with three times more fires than on normal days. The leading cause of fire is unattended food on the stove or in the oven. Stay in the kitchen while cooking food. Pot holders and towels should be kept away from the stove. For more tips see

Special Parkinson’s Event

     Special community events in support of needy causes are part of the Values and Culture here at Lewis & Daggett. Sometimes these special causes are close to the hearts of our folks here. Support for Parkinson’s Disease research is one of these extra special causes.

Mrs. Brown with her four daughters on her birthday.

     Karen Googe, our firm administrator, and her family fought Parkinson’s disease for many years with their ...

Post Election Hope And Promise

     Election day has now come and gone. We have all read all of the articles, and continue with our daily activities. Perhaps now is a good time to look at some lessons learned and look to the future with hope and promise.

      There are so many aspects to this past election that a complete treatise on the subject could be written. Let’s leave most of the opinions and analysis to the commentators and pundits. Instead, let’s focus briefly on a few seeds of thought and information that are lessons for us all.

      Participation – Last week’s elections set records for the highest amount of participation in history. This means the important right to vote is ...

Our Valuable Right

~Please Vote~

     Election Day is this week. It seems like it has been a long campaign season, but one of the real positives is that it appears there are record turnouts in the number of people voting.

     The right to vote is one of the most important rights granted by our forefathers in the Constitution. The right to vote is so important that it is repeated in the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Further, our Supreme Court has recognized that the right to vote in a free and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our democracy.

     This political season has seen long, and at time ...

Rules for Goblins and Ghouls

     We hope you and your family have a happy and safe Halloween. While you are watching out for witches, ghosts, and goblins please remember a few safety tips so that you and your family has a safe and fun Halloween.

• Your children should be closely supervised by adults.
• Older children should go out in groups, never alone.
• Use flashlights and reflective clothing to make certain you are visible to cars.
• Always walk facing traffic (on the left side of the road). Take care when crossing streets.
• Walk - do not run on dark streets and driveways.
• Limit visits to homes of ne ...