by Wadesboro | Sep 30, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I grew up in a small “company” town in Ohio. Gypsum had about 200 residents, most of whom worked at the wallboard plant a half-mile down the road...
by Wadesboro | Sep 23, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I love a good documentary, especially one that details a scientist or researcher attempting to prove a weird or controversial theory. In 1972, I convinced my...
by Wadesboro | Sep 16, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Considering this column is published in a coffee house newsletter, it is perhaps a little strange that I have never written about coffee. The truth is,...
by Wadesboro | Sep 9, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I don’t know if students today still diagram sentences, but I know I spent a disproportionate amount of time in seventh grade reading class drawing...
by Wadesboro | Sep 2, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 1981, I found myself in the food court of the Sandusky Mall with my buddy, Carl. We were home on break and...
