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Drug store pledges to stay open, make deliveries to people in need
The author is Anil Chinapaga, owner of Cochrane Ridenhour Drug Co. in Mt. Gilead. We here at CR Drug (Cochrane Ridenhour Drug) are committed to helping you navigate through this coronavirus epidemic. We will stay open during this problem and work long hours if...
Field Notes: Blockbuster boomed before it busted
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I watched an excellent little movie called “Freaks” on Netflix the other night. It was a sci-fi/horror mashup about a little girl who is locked up in a dilapidated house by...
‘And I was dead. At least I thought I was.’
The author, Robert Russell, lives in Mt. Gilead. Aug. 22, 2018, was a day like every other day; rise up and pray, shower, dress, prepare a lite breakfast – milk and cereal, orange juice, banana, a handful of nuts. Just a normal morning. I was feeling good healthwise,...
Field Notes: Puttering in the (rotting) garden
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. After my freshman year at Ohio University, I returned home for the summer break and got a job at a local restaurant. It was menial work for minimum wage, but my coworkers were...
Morven woman elected to Congress in 1946
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Eliza Jane Pratt, who was born in Morven on March 5, 1902, was elected as a Democrat to the 79th Congress in 1946 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of...
Heroic Tuskegee Airman has Wadesboro roots
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society, recently accidentally discovered this article and photo about First Lt. Andrew Marshall. Even though Andrew Daniel Marshall was born in West Virginia in 1924, his...
Field Notes: Trails, dogs and people
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The Cattail Trail begins just off the picnic area and loops for two miles along the shore of Mountain Island Lake in Mecklenburg County's Latta Plantation Park. I have walked...
Wadesboro native ‘behind one of the most-sampled pieces of music in history’
Editor’s note: The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Wadesboro native Richard Lewis Spencer, a Grammy-winning musician, minister and teacher, is “behind one of the most-sampled pieces of music in history,” according...
Field Notes: Hanging with the sponge fishes
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. I’m not sure when the idea of wanting to be a marine biologist became a pop culture punchline, but it was certainly not so in the 1970s. For a period of two or three years...
Walking the Land: Trees are out there in the forest getting married
The author, Becky Dill, an amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, I walked along a Polkton dirt road to look for some of my favorite trees, called “marriage trees” or “husband and wife trees.” These are trees that have...
Field Notes: The war on Valentine’s Day
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. It seems to many that society today is waging war on the foundational traditions that we grew up with. They speak of the War on Christmas, the War on Thanksgiving and the War...
Walking the Land: What are ephemeral ponds and why are they perfect for salamanders?
"Walking the Land" is written by Becky Dill, an amateur naturalist, photographer and Paw barista. I hiked to my favorite ephemeral pond in the Polkton area this week, looking for spotted salamander egg masses. Woot, woot, there were plenty! Instead of seeing newly...