Henry Bernhardt says there’s good logic behind the name of Rowan County’s 250th birthday celebration, “250 Fest,” which is proudly featured on a new logo.
The logo was designed by Donnie Moose, who Bernhardt says will probably tell you he has the largest graphic design studio in the town of Faith.
It may be the only graphic design studio in the town of Faith.
But back to the name. Bernhardt says the steering committee planning the event, of which he is vice chair, chose 250 Fest over the traditional name for 250th celebrations: sesqueduplicentennial — or something like that. “That was too hard to remember,” Bernhardt says, “and harder to say.”
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All in a word: At a recent China Grove Town Council meeting, officials were preparing to approve the long-awaited legal agreement to extend water lines from Salisbury to the south end of the county.
The document had the imposing title “Memorandum of Understanding.”
After a brief discussion, Councilman Vernon Johnson moved to approve the “moratorium” on the water line. Another councilman quickly added a second motion, and the vote was at hand.
Town Clerk Walter Hamel vainly tried to get someone’s attention. Finally, when subtle signals failed, Hamel spoke up, pointing out that “moratorium” means to ban or stop.
Johnson restated the motion, and the council redid the action, thus assuring their taps won’t suddenly run dry.
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All in a name:Voters in the south end of the county will have some unique choices on the ballot Nov. 6.
Nicknames are common fare on ballots. There’s Pete, Will, and Pat.
But two municipal ballots go a bit further. The Kannapolis ballot includes a candidate for mayor, Ken “Stump Grinder” Dennis, and the council race features H.L.“Tater” Butler.
Neighboring Landis has its first ever “Wildman” — by name —on the ballot. Calvin Plyler was insistent that his nickname be included on the ballot.
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Raymond Coltrain, head of the Piedmont Research Station, says he’s been trying to enjoy the trip through life more. So while stalled in traffic in the Research Triangle Park recently, he was amused by a bumper sticker he saw on a septic tank truck.
Its message: “A flush is better than a full house.”
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