Go check out the gallery of pictures from Asheboro’s alcohol referendum day.
My favorite: A gray-haired woman hula-hooping on Sunset Ave with a guy in a car giving a thumbs-up behind her.
Entries from July 2008
July 30, 2008
Referendum day pictures from Asheboro
July 30, 2008
Talking alcohol in Asheboro with Steve Schmidly
N&R columnist Jeri Rowe talks with Steve Schmidly, whose Committee for the Future of Asheboro won a referendum victory yesterday, finally legalizing liquor sales in what was NC’s largest dry town.
I’ve done some audio for the N&R website, but usually with features.
I’m going to start doing audio for every news story where it makes [...]
July 30, 2008
In the line of fire
This was the front-page photo from the Asheboro Courier-Tribune story on legalized alcohol today.
My green shirt and bald head sort of become the center of the picture, obscuring the actual celebrating masses the photog was going for. But then, he probably thought I was one of them.
July 30, 2008
(Legal) Martini time in Asheboro
Alcohol is now legal in Asheboro.
And the town hasn’t yet been sucked into a gaping Hellmouth.
But the day’s not over.
My original lede for this story? “That sound you hear is champagne corks popping.”
They thought that was a bit flip because, you know, there were also people crying.
July 13, 2008
Crazy snake handling Christians may have the right idea
Authorities have seized more than 100 snakes, many of them deadly, from the home of a fundamentalist Christian pastor in Kentucky.
Looks like the pastor was buying many of the deadly snakes online for between $50 and $450 a piece.
Choice quote from the local zoo director:
“You can purchase anything off the Internet except common sense …A [...]
