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Spirit: Team player: Nick Means guides kids in sports, life
By Maggie Blackwell For the Salisbury Post It’s a fiercely competitive basketball game. Players are 7 to 9 ...
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Spirit: Bringing people together: P.J. Ricks’s goal is to unify the community
By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com Bringing people together: P.J. Ricks’s goal is to unify the community P.J. Ricks has ...
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Spirit: Kids helping kids: Brooklynne Witherspoon impacts area youth
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — This year, 10-year-old Brooklynne Witherspoon has made it her mission to find ...
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Spirit: An open book: Library supervisor Laurie Lyda wants to make a difference
By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Call her Dr. Lyda if you like. Rowan Public Library’s Laurie ...
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Spirit: Staying involved: Vivian Hopkins serves as ambassador for Gold Hill, bluegrass
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com GOLD HILL — Coming from the park, Kimberly Corl led her friend Kim Martin ...
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Spirit: West Rowan’s Jimmy Greene fights for his team, community
By Elizabeth Cook For the Salisbury Post By day, 48-year-old Jimmy Greene is a partner at Fisher-Greene Insurance, ...
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Spirit: ‘Everybody deserves a chance’: School Resource Officer Scotty Robinson wants to make a difference in students’ lives
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Scotty Robinson has tried to not be defined solely by his position ...
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Spirit: Tackling tough issues: Rocky Cabagnot thrives on community action
By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com His motto is “I want to put the community and action back into ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Healthy Rowan moves forward
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com Just a few years ago, Rowan County’s health outcomes could best be described as ...
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Spirit of Rowan: East Spencer follows through with Gateway Master Plan
In March 2014, the East Spencer town board began creating its Gateway Plan, designed to create development ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Spencer
The past year has been a busy one for the town of Spencer. Fred and Alice Stanback Educational ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Tourism is growing by leaps and bounds
By Deirdre Parker Smith The economic impact of tourism in Rowan County continues to grow, prompting further efforts to ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Rowan — ‘It’s got everything going for it’
By Jessica Coates jessica.coates@salisburypost.com Rowan County has the land. It has the job skills training programs. It has ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Job training is a different landscape
By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com For years, prospective employees fought over a small selection of jobs. But industry professionals ...
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Spirit: IDEA Center to spur entrepreneurship and growth
By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com Countless communities have business incubators to help people start businesses. The Rowan IDEA Center is being ...
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Spirit: Duke Energy has a stake in growing Rowan
By Susan Shinn Turner For the Salisbury Post Not only does Duke Energy provide electricity for more than ...
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Spirit of Rowan: N.C. Transportation Museum becomes a hub for county tourism
By Deirdre Parker Smith Kelly Alexander, executive director of the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, is pleased with ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Cleveland and Landis
Mayor Danny Gabriel says Cleveland is a small town with a limited staff. But the town is doing everything ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Airport is county’s ‘gateway for business’
By Elizabeth Cook elizabeth.cook@salisburypost.com Rowan’s county airport is working to build a regional image. Rebranded in 2017 as Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Many agree: High Rock Lake is full of potential
Ten years ago, Mikey Wetzel had obtained a fair portion of the American dream. He graduated from California ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Granite Quarry has plenty on its plate
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com At a two-day retreat recently, the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen held a session called ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Dreams move toward reality in Kannapolis
In 2015, Kannapolis officials took a bold step by purchasing nearly 50 acres and eight blocks of buildings ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Bell Tower Green will have big impact on downtown
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com When Jason Walser takes the Bell Tower Green show on the road, so to ...
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Spirit: This is a good place to start
From Cheerwine to real wine, millwork to farm work, it’s all homegrown. That’s one way to describe this ...
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Spirit: Wild Turkey Farms takes local food to new market
By Elizabeth Cook editor@salisburypost.com Lee Menius tosses hay into the sheep pen at Wild Turkey Farms. The flock gravitates in ...
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Spirit: Grapes have brought a new kind of business to Rowan
By Deirdre Parker Smith deirdre.smith@salisburypost.com Wine has become a part of Rowan County’s economy, as it has all ...
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Spirit: Goodman Millwork knows one way to do things
By Susan Shinn Turner For The Salisbury Post Benjamin and Nicholas Goodman remember growing up at Goodman Millwork, ...
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Spirit of Rowan: Row crop farming remains a vital industry for Rowan County
By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com As Phillip Sloop moved through soybean fields in his combine, a wealth of information lay ...