Quotes of the week
Published 3:26 pm Saturday, October 8, 2016
“I was at the grave site when her body was recovered and, I’ll tell you, there’s some pretty tough officers who had a pretty tough time. It’s worn on all of us.”
— Sheriff Kevin Auten, on finding the remains of Erica Parsons, missing since 2011, when she was 13
“It’s because I pray before I move.”
— Gary Roseborough, charter bus driver, on how he’s driven 7.3 million miles without an accident
“It takes a village. … It’s not a walk in the park, this little journey.”
— Janet Haynes, cancer survivor, on the friends and professionals who helped her
“This is what we have asked for … but the reality is, we still face many, many battles ahead.”
— Deborah Graham, Dukeville resident, on Duke Energy’s decision to excavate coal ash ponds at Buck Station
“Once the bond of trust is broken, it’s hard to repair.”
— Ed Shell, Granite Quarry resident, on a zoning dispute for a State Employees Credit Union branch