a gallery of your favorite photos
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the farm truck
This 1953 Chevy model 6500 truck was owned by my great uncle Russell Helderman (1918–1999) of Iron Station in Lincoln County. The Helderman farm was located down a 1½-mile dirt road. Russell used the truck, along with his Farmall tractor and pull-type road grader, to haul creek sand from the property for spreading on the road. The truck had a dump bed, a luxury in its day. It also would have been used all around the farm, including to haul lumber from the sawmill. We maintain his farm today. Bryan Abernathy, Charlotte
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cold pier
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jimmy’s banjo
This photo is a picture of Jimmy Fraley’s banjo on the porch of an old building in Gold Hill. Jimmy Fraley is the banjo player for A Deeper Shade of Blue and has been playing for over 40 years. His passion is country living and playing his favorite instrument. The band was there for a photo shoot, and the picture was taken by his wife, Joan Fraley. He simply sat the banjo down for a rest while other pictures were taken, and the country scene just popped. What a beautiful representation of our sweet Carolina country! Joan Fraley, Monroe, Union Power Cooperative
lucas and the lizard
Sea View Pier on a cold and windy morning on North Topsail Island.
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Mike Bitzenhofer, Wake Forest, Wake EMC
My children and I were working in the yard one evening this summer when my daughter, Rebekah, found this baby lizard. I decided to get a few pictures and asked Lucas, my son, to let me put the lizard on his nose. Lucas is 7 and a total character. He’s trying in vain to see the lizard while it was perched on his face. He was afraid it was going to get into his mouth. Rebekah and I were laughing so hard we could barely breathe.
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wave rider
My son rides the summer waves at Sunset Beach. Mark Terry, Chapel Hill, Piedmont EMC
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moses cone memorial park
On a family vacation in June 2010, we visited one of the walking trails at the Moses Cone Memorial Park, Milepost 294, Blue Ridge Parkway.
Iris L. Wright, Asheboro, Randolph EMC
Elizabeth Avent, Matthews, Union Power Cooperative
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