by Wadesboro | Feb 18, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The human brain has a fantastic ability to find patterns and connections in seemingly unrelated things. This ability has given us mathematics and engineering,...
by Wadesboro | Feb 11, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The inclement weather the past couple of days relegated me to working in the garage, so I decided to “tune up” my bicycle for the spring. I replaced...
by Wadesboro | Feb 4, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. This month’s Popular Mechanics features an article on the “science of making low-alcohol beer.” It turns out low-alcohol and no-alcohol beers...
by Wadesboro | Jan 28, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Whenever I drive into Anson County from the west on U.S. Hwy. 74, I pass a derelict Radio Shack sign in front of the Food Lion plaza in Marshville, and my...
by Wadesboro | Jan 21, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Like most boys growing up in Ohio in the ’70s, I was obsessed with football. As one of the least athletic humans ever born, I knew there was no way I would ever...
by Wadesboro | Jan 14, 2021 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Have you ever bought a product based solely on product placement in a movie or television show? I hadn’t either, until last week. Product placements are...