by Wadesboro | Nov 9, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. When we hear the word “resolutions,” most of us think immediately of New Year’s. While there is some logic to starting a new year with a...
by Wadesboro | Oct 31, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The Dukane Corp. of St. Charles, Ill., manufactures a line of plastic and ultrasonic welding devices for diverse markets, from automotive to medical. But, if...
by Wadesboro | Oct 26, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. In the middle of the summer of 2004, I went with my wife and some friends to see “The Manchurian Candidate” starring Denzel Washington and Liev...
by Wadesboro | Oct 18, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Any group of bored college students can come up with stupendously dumb ways to spend a Saturday night, but in the fall of 1982 my Ohio University buddies and...
by Wadesboro | Oct 12, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. This week, a fascinating nugget of aviation history. In 1953, a Texas businessman named Ellis Hall disappeared while flying his small plane over the...
by Wadesboro | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized, Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. There is a shelf, it’s a cubby really, in our walk-in closet where I keep my everyday carry items: watch, change, wallet, pen, pocket knife, keys, etc....