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Big cats, sharp sticks and the enigmatic whisker biscuit
(Photo courtesy of wideopenspaces.com) The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Over a period of several months in the late 1960s, my Ohio hometown was beset with numerous sightings of a large cat-like animal...
Field trip to the cornfield proves enlightening
By Bruce Shankle III I was invited with my fiancé, Emily Granholm (Paw barista!), to tag along with John Springer to learn how corn is harvested here in Anson County. John gave me his permission to share the video I made and I think it’s very interesting to see corn...
A ‘silver startup’ is the best startup
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. What is the best age to start a new business? That number may be higher than you think. When we think of entrepreneurs, we typically envision someone relatively young,...
Working mom: You can have it all, but not all at once
Editor’s note: The author, lawyer Brooke McIntosh Crump, is a mom in Mt. Gilead and writes bi-weekly for the Speckled Paw Times. I have always struggled with perfectionism. That’s funny because I’m not always perfectly coiffed and put together, my home is far from...
Mary Dunn was legendary; she could even catch flying babies
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Mary Ann Sheffield Dunn (1759-1862) and her husband Isaac Dunn (1754-1836) arrived in Anson County during the early part of the Revolutionary War and settled in a large log...
Hundreds of schoolkids visiting uptown tomorrow
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. This post originally appeared here. Tomorrow, Sept. 20, hundreds of students from Anson County elementary schools will converge on Uptown Wadesboro for the inaugural K-5...
Remembering Angelene Cash Carter of Peachland, killed on 9/11
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. On a bright and beautiful late summer morning, Angelene Cash Carter and her husband, Fred Carter, drove to the Suitland Metro Station just outside Washington, D.C. They...
It’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Montgomery County
Max Lariviere is a little boy from Mt. Gilead who's battling cancer. Thanks to advocacy by his mom, Dianna Lariviere, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday adopted the following resolution in support of federal funding appropriations for childhood...
Letter: Indian Mound warrants more support
As a member of the Board of Directors of Friends of Town Creek Support Group, I do not feel that enough is done to promote the state historic site locally or at the state level. Many people do not realize what a treasure we have right here in our own back yard! Town...
Basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s mom is from Anson County
The author, Steve Bailey, is outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society. Did you know that basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s mother, Cora Douglas, was born in Ansonville? Jabbar, originally named Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., was born in...
Be skeptical, very skeptical, of local brewery legend
The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Like any other aspect of community life, economic development has its share of myths and legends. These generally center around game-changing opportunities that “got...
It’s still better than living in Ohio
(Image: The location of Hurricane Dorian as of 10 a.m. today courtesy of Fox News.) The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. As you read this, Hurricane Dorian is lashing the North Carolina coast. This marks...