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Cherryville Chamber hosts 2023 Annual Meeting at CG&CC Smaller crowd comes out for this year’s event, but a great time was had by all! by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Not much can shut down or slow the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting and Dinner though COVID surely tried. So, it was great to see Cherryville’s business leaders and movers and shakers get together with Chamber and City staff to talk about how 2022 went. By all appearances, it seems to have gone famously, at least according to the Chamber Board President Pete Craft and the various speakers who took the podium Thursday night, May 4 at the large dining room at the Cherryville Golf and Country Club. Craft opened things up with his customary humor,
The winners of the three Cherryville Chamber of Commerce awards at the Thursday, May 5, Annual Dinner held at the Cherryville Golf and Country Club. Left to right are: Donna Beringer (Carolina Federal Credit Union) – 2022 Chamber Member of the Year; Kevin Wilson (Cherryville YMCA) – 2022 Business of the Year; and Kim Eaker – 2022 Citizen of the Year. (photos by MEP/The Eagle/CF Media) welcoming all to another Chamber event. The crowd this year appeared to be smaller this year than usual, and that fact was not lost on those in attendance, some of whom noting such to one another at their tables. That said, a good time was still
had by all and the Chamber recognized the Member of the Year; Business of the Year; and Citizen of the Year. Prior to that Cherryville Mayor H.L. Beam, III spoke about how excited he was to be there, along with City
staff members and some Council members. “I want to say 'thank you’ to the Chamber staff for all that you do” to get the event together, said Mayor Beam. Mr. Craft gave the invocation, then Chamber Director and Events Coor-
Cherryville Chamber of Commerce Chairman of the Board Pete Craft speaks at the opening of last Thursday’s Chamber Annual Dinner event. dinator Mary Beth Tackett proceeded to introduce the new committees and gave a review of how 2022 went for the Chamber. “We had many ribbon cuttings and were pleased to open the newly redone Belk Building on Main Street. We are also pleased to say we have partnered and are still partnering with our
Cherryville schools to let the students and the teachers and school staff’s know what we are doing and asking what we can do for them in the future,” said Mrs. Tackett. She also mentioned the success of the 2022 Independence Day Celebration, held in Rudisill Stadium, See MEETING, Page 4
Cherryville Family “Y” says 5K; Bubble Run event a great success Spring is a great time to get outside and run! These NC voting booths await future elections. (photo by Creative Commons)
North Carolina Supreme Court restores voter ID Reverses redistricting ruling; also ends felon voting by CAROLINA JOURNAL STAFF In a trio of opinions totaling 436 pages, the N.C. Supreme Court has restored North Carolina’s voter ID law, ruled recently that state courts cannot consider partisan gerrymandering claims, and ended voting for felons who have not completed their sentences. Each ruling issued Friday divided the court, 5-2. Republican justices supported the majority opinions. Democratic justices dissented.
Voter ID In Holmes v. Moore, the voter ID case, the state’s highest court reversed a Dec. 16, 2022 ruling from the outgoing Supreme Court, which then had a 4-3 Democratic majority. That court had affirmed a trial court’s decision to throw out the 2018 voter identification law as racially discriminatory. Voters replaced two Democratic justices with Republicans last November, a little more than a month before the state Supreme Court’s voter ID decision. Those new justices took office Jan. 1. The new court granted a rehearing of the case in March. The new decision reverses that decision. “There is no legal recourse available for vindication of political interests, but this Court is yet again confronted with ‘a partisan See VOTER ID, Page 2
by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Associate Executive Director of the Pharr Family YMCA and Cherryville Family YMCA, Josey Messer, said their April 5K and Bubble Run was a great success. And, as the YMCA noted on their web site when recruiting runners for the event, “It’s spring and a great time to get outside.” YMCA race organizers noted also they “…are excited to get back together and challenge (folks) to run or walk through the rolling hills of Cherryville. The race began and ended, as it has now for the past few years pre- and now, post-COVID, at Cherryville’s First Presbyterian Church, which is located on the corner of Academy and Mountain Street. It then headed northeast, noted Mr. Messer, towards Cherryville Elementary School. After the race he said everyone celebrated “together at the finish line with music and snacks!” The Saturday, April 29 1-Mile Bubble Run started at 9 a.m., and the 5K Walk/ Run began immediately
The kids getting lined up at the Saturday, April 29 Cherryville YMCA Bubble Run. (photos provided)
Eleven of the Cherryville 5K medalists take a minute to pose for a group photo at the YMCA 5K finish line. afterwards at 10 a.m., said Messer. As the race has always
been, it was again advertised as a “Dog-friendly event” with all dogs, big or
small, welcome to run with their masters, so Messer See RUN, Page 2
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