By Angelia Roberts, Special to the SRC When Troy Gaston asked Carla Sue Barksdale to call the Make a Wish Foundation so he could see and touch a real horse, she made the call, but it wasn’t to the Foundation. His aunt just happened to know a couple of local cowboys who could make that happen and recently, Tim and Jessie Smith, along with Seth Wortham arrived at Pioneer Nursing Home with…
Nesbitt spends Navel career as EOD Diver By Tammy Curtis, Publisher Often times we never know the impact the lives of people in our community have on history. Nothing is more true than of a formerly delusional high school baseball player who knew his life would be as an Atlanta Brave. From diving in world’s sea’s deactivating bombs for the Navy to forensically examining explosive materials from the Iraqi War, Poughkeepsie veteran…
By Tammy Curtis, Publisher, Managing Editor EDITOR’S NOTE: Oftentimes the stories housed within the walls of structures that dotted America’s landscape die with them. The goal of this three part series on poverty in Sharp County is to highlight how Sharp County residents have historically assisted the less fortunate, as well as exploring manners in which poverty was dealt with in the pre-New Deal Sharp County. Most have heard…
