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Volume 116 • Issue 44
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Cherryville ABC Board presents $10,000 check to City Council Total distribution for FY 2021-2022 is $40,000 by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
The former Belk Building is just one of the many great looking buildings in downtown Cherryville, sporting a newly-painted and “refabbed” façade. (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media)
Grand Re-Opening of Main Street set for Thursday, Nov. 10 media release that the Grand Re-Opening of Main Street is set for Thursday, Nov. 10. The whole town is excited about this as by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor the merchants and the michael@cfmedia.info citizens can see progDowntown Main ress has been made, Street Director David and that “…after more Day stated in a recent than a year of construction downtown, CherA few more little cosmetic touch-ups here and there, then we should all be ready!
ryville’s Main Street is set for a grand re-opening and ribbon cutting” on that day. The actual time will be from 5 to 8 p.m., said Mr. Day, who added, “It will be in the (downtown) Mini Park.” He continued, “Festivities will feature
The Cherryville City Council Work Session of Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 was probably, according to Council members, one of the shortest in recent memory, if not outright since the City has been having meetings. The main item on the agenda was the presentation of funds to the City from the Cherryville ABC Board. This came in the form it aways does, namely a check for $10,000 given to Mayor H.L. Beam, III by Board Secretary Tim Moss. Said Moss, “I feel honored to be able to give this
Cherryville ABC Board Secretary Tim Moss presents Mayor H.L. Beam, III with a check for $10,000. (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media) check, and I want to thank our General Manager Allen Fraley for his great man-
agement; our employees for working so hard for us; and See ABC, Page 2
See MAIN ST., Page 10
Charlotte stained glass artisan Natalie Bork, with Shed Brand Studios, is shown here painstakingly applying final touches to the restored signs. (photo provided)
Wade Stroupe and the Déjà Vu band kick into some tunes at the Scary-Ville festival last week. (photo by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media and Susan L. Powell)
Large crowd packs out City of Cherryville Chamber’s 2022 Scary-Ville festival newest downtown festival, Scary-Ville, has brought the crowds of thrill (and scares) seekers to the “Town Where Life Blossoms.” by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor Chamber President michael@cfmedia.info Mary Beth Tackett esFor the third time in timated last week’s fesits history, Cherryville’s tival brought roughly “…4,000 to 4,500” people to Downtown Cherryville for another rising This beloved festival’s third year bringing food, fun, and frights to the downtown area
tradition – Scary-Ville. Music for the event was provided by Wade Stroupe and the Déjà Vu band, of whom Mrs. Tackett said, “Déjà vu! They are phenomenal! This is also the third year we have had them for Scary-Ville!” Beer and alcohol sales did well, but Tackett See FESTIVAL, Page 10
Cherryville bank’s stained glass windows professionally restored by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
A couple of recently restored stained glass windows that formerly hung in Cherryville’s First National Bank look great and are ready to be seen by an appreciative public, according to a recent email sent to the Eagle. Sid Stroupe, a local volunteer, said a Charlotte restorer had been found who took on the job and made the windows look like they had just been set in their
leaded mullions. Stroupe said the two windows had been boxed up and stored in the Museum. Said Mr. Stroupe, “These two stained glass windows were recently completely restored back to (their) original form.” He continued, “I researched restorers in the Charlotte area, settling on one recommended by City Councilman Gary Freeman, ‘Shed Brand Studios’, and I engaged them. After four months work, they are complete; one for
the (Cherryville Historical) Museum’s display and the other one hopefully gifted by the Museum to Mr. Patrick O’Leary for hanging in the bank building when it’s completed.” Stroupe noted that artisan, Natalie Bork of Charlotte, with ‘Shed Brand Studios’, undertook the project, painstakingly applying the important final touches to the restored glass artworks. Stroupe continued, “Mr. Doug Blackburn, a local, See BANK, Page 9
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