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Field Notes: Ignition roulette and the Blue Bomber

Field Notes: Ignition roulette and the Blue Bomber

The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  I come from a family of car nuts. All my siblings and their children and their children’s children are gear heads. My brother-in-law’s funeral procession looked like a photo...
#ShopLocal: It’s a golf club, not a country club

#ShopLocal: It’s a golf club, not a country club

Emily Granholm, ace Paw barista, loves to spread the news about local entrepreneurs. This week she fired a few questions at Wendy Hill, who, along with her husband Mike, runs Twin Valley Golf Club.  Question: What is your philosophy in running Twin Valley Golf Club?...
Wadesboro man founded Southern Pines, and much more

Wadesboro man founded Southern Pines, and much more

Editor’s note: Steve Bailey, outreach coordinator at the Anson County Historical Society, gives us a history lesson every week. This week features a piece compiled by Charles H. Bowman Jr. in 1994. In the photo, courtesy of Shirley L. Ratliff, that’s John Tyrant...
FIELD NOTES: Refrigerator’s aren’t disposable

FIELD NOTES: Refrigerator’s aren’t disposable

The author, John Marek, is executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership.  I awoke Saturday morning, padded to the kitchen, pulled a mug down from the cupboard and inserted it under the water dispenser on the door of my refrigerator, just as I...