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Pastor Sam Bowman from The King’s Promise Ministries (center, in the red shirt) has his Dan River baptism interrupted by a man in a motorboat over the weekend. The boater was cited by a Hanging Rock park ranger when he entered the state park’s section of the river.
DANBURY At Monday night’s County Commissioners’ meeting, representatives from the new solar energy farm near Walnut Cove tried to explain fencing to the owner of a major fencing company, and it did not go well for the visitors.
At issue was a request by Pinegate Renewables, the Asheville-based company building the Lick Creek Solar farm, to use a type of woven-wire fencing around the large complex, fencing that would allow small animals to pass through. They even brought a section of the “wildlife permeable” fencing to show the Board of Commissioners.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Serving as Sheriff since 2010, Mike Marshall announced he is stepping down at the end of the month for health reasons.
Sheriff Marshall is a favorite fixture at local parades tossing out candy to the kids.
Marshall poses with Capt. Danny Bottoms during a ceremony to honor Bottoms on his retirement last year.
DANBURY Sheriff Mike Marshall shocked the County Commissioners Monday night with his announcement that he was retiring at the end of the month due to health issues.
Marshall did not provide details, other than that he had made “multiple doctor trips and trips to Baptist Hospital, and my last couple of visits have not been positive. I’ve had some issues come up that I don’t feel like I’m going to be able to recover from.”