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Volume 116 • Issue 38
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Main Street’s construction nearer to October completion Mayor, city staff, merchants enthusiastically l ooking forward to the completion of construction by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
In this 2020 image, firefighter and photographer Ryan Gunter captures the feeling of “Light Up The Night for Fallen Firefighters” as the CFD crew placed red covers over the lights by the station house’s flagpole. (photo by Ryan Gunter)
Fallen firefighters to be honored in month of October CFD been involved in honoring these men and women since 2019 by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
The month of October is the month when the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation honors and remembers the sacrifices of America’s fallen fire heroes. As they so clearly point out in their recent media release to inform everyone of the approaching month in which they traditionally have this event, “… nearly everyone knows a firefighter.” Nowhere is
that more true than in small towns and communities like Cherryville and the surrounding area. And according to Brittany Bingham, Administrative Assistant of the Cherryville Fire Department, CFD has been involved in the Oct 8 event since 2019. Bingham said the of the department, “We have red plastic covers that we place over the lights around the flag pole in front of the station. While the national events are week-long, we will make the front station lights red on the night of Saturday, Oct. 8.” She also noted local citizens can get involved if they wish to do so as well. See FALLEN, Page 9
Main Street Downtown Director David Day noted recently that construction on the town’s Main Street project is nearing completion. “Mayor HL Beam and the city staff are enthusiastically looking forward to the soon completion of construction on Main Street,” said Mr. Day, who quoted Mayor Beam as saying, “Our citizens have been patient for more than a year. Our project began in early July of 2021. Now, we all have the end in sight. A lot has been accomplished in only 14 months. We’re seeing our dream take shape.” Day also said Mayor Beam particularly praised the patience of the downtown merchants and owners by noting what all they have been through in those 14 months. Said Mayor Beam, “They’ve been through a lot.
Workers installing the brick pavers on the corner by the Chamber of Commerce building on Main Street. (photo provided) Now, they’ll see the payoff with a gorgeous Main Streat. We expect we’ll see Cherryville being a destination in the coming years.” Day also noted Director of Public Works Brandon Abernathy saying that, barring inclement weather, crews
will continue moving west toward completing at Mulberry Street. “After the sidewalks are complete, the crews will repave the street in a few weeks,” said Mr. Abernathy. City Manager Brian Dalton, pointing out the size
and scale of the massive construction project, said, “This has been a huge collective effort to revitalize our downtown. We’ve replaced miles of water and sewer pipes, gas lines and See MAIN, Page 6
Cherryvale subdivision receives council approval at Sept. 12 session CPD Det. Stout receives service award; Constitution Week proclaimed by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
CLT to put on Drama Desk winner, “The Last Five Years” by MICHAEL E. POWELL Editor michael@cfmedia.info
Cherryville’s Little Theater will put on a new play starting on Friday, Sept. 23, according to Treasurer Wade Stroupe. He noted Jason Robert Brown’s Drama Desk winner, “The Last Five Years”, which has been translated into a handful of languages and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 10 best
shows of 2001, is the one they are presenting to the Cherryville community. As Mr. Stroupe noted recently, the play is, “A testament to the show’s longevity, and spurred by the show’s regional popularity, ‘The Last Five Years’ enjoyed an Off-Broadway revival at Second Stage in 2013. A film adaptation was released in 2014, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.” The play, according to the information released about it from Mr. Stroupe and play director, Erika See DRAMA, Page 6
This regular session of the Cherryville City Council for Sept. 12 had one piece of what City Manager Brian Dalton termed was big news for the City and that was that Council approved the Requa Road-based Cherryvale subdivision. Mr. Dalton also added, “The total amount of potential houses is 504 (units).” A second piece of big news for the City, as Mr. Dalton also noted, is that the City “…adopted a resolution in support of the $3,000,000 grant to run a water interconnect between us and Cleveland County Water.” Cherryville Police Detective Lt. Mark Stout was recognized by the City Council for his 25 years of devoted service to Cherryville and its citizens. With Lt. Stout was his wife, Kim, who stood by her husband’s side as he accepted the certificate from a grateful Council and Mayor H.L. Beam, III. Mayor Beam and the
Cherryville Police Department Lt. Mark Stout receives his 25 years of service certificate of recognition from Mayor H.L. Beam. With him is his wife, Kim. (photo provided) Council then proclaimed it Constitution Week in Cherryville and presented a proclamation for such to the Cherryville chapter of the DAR – Tryon Resolves Chapter, which was represented by members Louanna Kiser, Millicent Heavner, Jerry Thornburg, Kay Turner, Debbie Beam, and Linda Barger. Constitution Week, according to the proclamation, started on Sept. 17, and ends on Sept,
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23. In giving the proclamation, Mayor Beam noted the Council wishes the citizens of Cherryville to “…reaffirm the ideals of the Framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be regained.” Additionally, Mayor Beam and the Council also proclaimed the week of Oct.
2-8 as Public Power Week, which is a week-long celebration of the City of Cherryville’s year-round service. Cherryville is one of 70-plus cities and towns across the state and are among the 2,000-plus similar cities and towns across America who have been providing power to their communities for more than 100 years, Mayor Beam noted as he read from the proclamation. See SUBDIVISION, Page 10