“We’ve in no way had nearly anything like this take place prior to.”
— Cheryl Cook dinner, soon after a massive fireplace broke out at the C&D Salvage yard that she and her husband, Scott, personal
“Convergence of economic things that are further than nearby command — inflation and gasoline price ranges — could ultimately have an impression. We are observing the numbers.”
— James Meacham, CEO of Rowan County Tourism discussing travel figures at the Salisbury Rotary Club
“I couldn’t be happier to rejoice this weekend that is now a nationwide holiday getaway. … It’s so incredible that we get to rejoice not only our freedom, but to don’t forget our background and cultivate our
long run.”
— Gemale Black, Salisbury-Rowan NAACP President at the Juneteenth accumulating at Bell Tower Eco-friendly
“They’re genuinely good little ones, not just excellent baseball gamers — a terrific representation of our county.”
— Thad Chrismon, coach of the point out champion South Rowan Significant School baseball team that was honored by the Rowan County Board of Commissioners
“Nobody needs economic development beside their home. I would not like it and no one else is heading to
like it.”
— Jim Greene, vice chair of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners who also spoke of the increased great an industrial park prepared for Lengthy Ferry Highway would carry soon after it received the rezoning approval it essential
“Firefighting is a job that communities by huge take pleasure in. Each time anyone tells me they’re interested in the industry, I notify them to just go for it.”
— Chris McGee, who retired soon after 30 a long time in firefighting but continue to volunteers and took part in the N.C. Transportation Museum’s Fire Truck Festival
“Any time somebody wins a condition title, it’s real unique. To earn two activities as a sophomore tends to make it added special.”
— Phillip Bush, North Rowan observe mentor talking of the Post’s Woman Observe and Subject Athlete of the Calendar year Brittany Ellis
“I was like, what variety of witchcraft is this?”
— Allan Lanton, on his first reaction to the food stuff production program that his firm Evergrowing Aquaponics works by using to mature crops in an oxygenated tank where additional than a dozen tilapia swim