by Wadesboro | Oct 21, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Late night, a week ago Sunday, I watched Game 3 of the American League Division Series. The Boston Red Sox, a team I have been a fan of since Carlton...
by Wadesboro | Oct 7, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. What are you afraid of? It is a question that has haunted our kind since we first began gathering around communal fires in hopes of keeping the unknown at bay....
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...
