This feature mines the McDowell News archives for what was going on this week in local history.
Twenty-six years ago this week, photographer Bob Rhoades showed off some of his artworks that were on display at MACA in downtown Marion. He is holding a picture titled “Twice as Pink” and stands in front of “A Change in Light No. 1.”
Local psychic Angela Moore posed with her dog Ren outside of her home in the Clinchfield community. Moore said she uses her psychic abilities to advise people.
The McDowell County Fire & Rescue Association held its annual banquet. McDowell County firefighters who received the Firefighter of the Year award were as follows: (back row, from left) Ray Ledford, Sugar Hill-Montford Cove VFD; Steven Lytle, Crooked Creek VFD; Gerald Trivett, Woodlawn-Sevier VFD; Ronald Morgan, Glenwood VFD; Dennis Killough, Pleasant Gardens VFD (front row, from left) Troy Lanning, Old Fort VFD; Edgar Ledford, Dysartsville VFD; and Dennis Laws, Marion Fire Department. Unavailable for photo were Lee Andrews, Ashford-North Cove VFD, Chris Lister and Chris Sparks, Nebo VFD; James Johnson, Pleasant Gardens VFD; and Fred Cline, McDowell County Rescue Squad.
The McDowell County Fire & Rescue banquet was held at Crane Resistoflex’s recreational complex. The awards ceremony took place after the meal. Those volunteers that were named First Responder of the Year were as follows: (back row, from left) Alan Snypes, Nebo Volunteer Fire Department; Jeff Benfield, Ashford-North Cove VFD; Jason McEntire, Crooked Creek VFD; Eddie Lanning, Sugar Hill-Montford Cove VFD; Jamie Grindstaff, Old Fort VFD (front row, from left) Mike Grant, Woodlawn-Sevier VFD; Fran Hemphill, Glenwood VFD; and Tommy Hoilman, Pleasant Gardens VFD. Unavailable for the photo was Roger Allison, Dysartsville VFD.
McDowell Post 56 pitcher Chip Fuertes fires a baseball to the plate. Fuertes got the win on the mound as Post 56 defeated Buncombe County 7-3.
Twenty-six years ago this week, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox (left) and Gov. Jim Hunt (right) honor Jennifer Brewer (center) as an outstanding student for the class of 2001. Brewer was a rising senior at McDowell High School. She was the student body co-second vice president and was scheduled to serve as first vice president the next year. She had served on the Prom Promise committee and co-chaired the Hearts in the Hallway committee. She was an active member of the Glenwood United Methodist Church.
During the week of June 23, 2000, students at Old Fort Elementary School took a break from the Adventure Program to play a game of spoons. Dakota Coursey (bottom left) studies his hand while Beth Caldwell (right), Sherry Caron (top right) and Austin Cope debate their next play.
The popular restaurant Carolina Chocolatiers moved to the old Hotel James in downtown Marion. Downtown officials hoped the relocation of Carolina Chocolatiers into the historic hotel building would revitalize Main Street. Jason Bryant, owner of the building (left) and Kelly Lewis, proprietor of the restaurant, signed the paperwork to make the agreement final.
U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor’s office presented an American flag to McDowell’s Legion Post 56 baseball team. This flag flew over the U.S. Capitol building on June 7. Trish Smothers, a representative from Taylor’s office, gave the flag to Zane Allison, a member of the Legion’s team.
Members of the Carolina Cruisers, a South Carolina-based motor coach touring group, were hard at work in Marion with two service projects. They planted flowers at Mountain View Nursing Home and painted an elderly woman’s home.
Lewis Smith (second from left), an employee of Rhinehart’s Saw & Lawn, passed the Briggs & Stratton Master Service Technician Exam, making him one of 3,000 engine technicians worldwide to achieve the status. In recognition of his hard work and service, Lewis received a plaque and a rifle from Dean McClure (left) and Lavonne McClure (right). Jim Strickland, a territory manager for Briggs & Stratton, presented Lewis with a Master Service Technician jacket.
Workers at the McDowell County Courthouse reported a swarm of bees on the upper level of the parking deck. County Maintenance Director Terry DePoyster said “People were scared to go out the doors in the back. It was just a black cloud of bees.” DePoyster called beekeeper Larry Lytle, who pointed them in the direction of a new hive. Lytle supplied the honeybees with a new hive and had them heading inside it in 15 to 20 minutes. “There were probably a couple hundred thousand bees,” said Lytle. “But that’s a small to medium swarm. I’ve seen them a lot larger.”
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This feature mines the McDowell News archives for what was going on this week in local history.
This feature mines our archives for what was going on this week in local history.
This feature mines the McDowell News archives for what was going on this week in local history.
