After spending 31 years as a Lincolnton firefighter, John âJohnny Bâ Barkley now brings the beach to listeners of Gaston Collegeâs WSGE 91.7 FM and Riptide Radio out of Myrtle Beach through the Internet. He really had no desire to become a DJ, but when the DJ who was doing the beach show for WLON left, Barkley was asked to fill in.
âAs a kid, I kind of caught myself playing the radio and Iâd take my cassette recorder and right when I knew the DJ was coming in, Iâd turn it down and Iâd be the DJ,â he said. âI think the first show I did was in 1980 and we developed an audience. Back then we didnât have computers, so everything was live on the air and we used telephones for communication.â
Nicholas Revels enrolled in the Civil Engineering Technology program at Gaston College after he graduated from high school.
Through the program, he learned what a civil engineering technician may encounter in day-to-day duties on a job site and, in less than a year, was hired as a Level I Drafter for POWER Engineers, Inc. in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
“Although I liked all of these different aspects of civil engineering,” Revels said, “I really enjoyed the drafting portion of the program. When I graduated from Gaston College in 2019, I was eager and ready to get out into the work field as a drafter.”
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Site work has begun for a new Manufacturing Solutions Center building that will allow the center to expand and add new capabilities for testing personal protective equipment.
An Ashbrook High School senior will receive up to $80,000 while earning a nursing degree at the University of South Carolina.
CaroMont Health Foundation recently awarded the Wayne F. Shovelin Scholarship, named in honor of the former longtime CEO of CaroMont Health, to Sophi Jolley. Shovelin scholars must pursue a career in healthcare and excel in their high school classes.
As a Shovelin scholar, Jolley will get up to $20,000 a year while studying nursing and earning a minor in Spanish. She will also be offered three paid internships at CaroMont Health.
CaroMont Health Foundation’s scholarship committee chose Jolley based on her passion and empathy for caring for others.