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Hot dog cookout, live music, car show will benefit Sgt. Davidson A fundraiser Saturday will help cover travel and medical expenses for Melinda Davidson, who is undergoing breast cancer treatment. By Lightning Reports, Published: June 23, 2021 A hot dog, car show and live music benefit is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Saturday at West Henderson High School for Melinda Davidson, a Henderson County Sheriff s Office sergeant who is battling breast cancer. Related Stories
Henderson County (Jun 11, 2021) - The Music of Queen is coming to a new venue perfect for summertime jamming West Henderson High School s athletic stadium, Johnson Field.
Callie Stepp McCall, a fourth generation member of the family that owns Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchards in Edneyville, has been named the 2021 Apple Ambassador by the North Carolina Apple Festival. The daughter of Rex and Danielle McCall, Callie is a student at Mountain Gems Academy. She will receive a $2,000 college scholarship. The Apple Ambassador represents the festival, making public appearance throughout the event s four-day run Labor weekend, and at other events locally and across the state. Each year, the Festival selects its Ambassador from local rising high school seniors. The Apple Ambassador and runner-up are awarded the Evelyn Lutz Hill Memorial Scholarship, named in honor the longtime secretary of the North Carolina Apple Growers for many years. Hill was serving as president of the North Carolina Apple Festival when she died in 2004.
Callie Stepp McCall is the Apple Ambassador for the 2021 Apple Festival. The ambassador represents the festival and at other events across the state. Each year, the representative is selected from local rising high school seniors, according to festival organizers. McCall, a student at Mountain Gems Academy, will receive a $2,000 college scholarship. Her parents are Rex and Danielle McCall. Her family has owned and operated Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchards for four generations. The runner-up is Sadie Anna Rowe, who is a rising senior at Hendersonville High School. Her parents are Charles and Debbie Rowe. She will receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Students are required to submit their transcripts, list of activities, provide letters of recommendation and write an essay on the Apple Festival and the importance of the apple industry to this area. The Apple Ambassador is selected based on this information and through an interview process.
In March, Kirby Johnson acquired the 3.7-acre tract and the two buildings that remained. The price through a court-ordered sale was $168,000. “I’ve been working on getting this property for about 10 years and I’ve finally been able to make it happen,” Johnson said. “We hope to use the gym for an antique tractor and implement museum and maybe make a duplex out of the cafeteria next door.” Johnson, a Mills River produce grower and packer who lives in the Valley Hill community, is connected with IHCC Chapter 43, a Western North Carolina antique tractor collectors club. On Saturday a yard sale was held in the old gym which, after a dozen years, was cleaned up for the event. The gym and cafeteria, both brick structures, are fully functional. After years of neglect, the school was bought by Pathway Christian Academy and used as a school again. But hard times fell on the private school business during the recession and the elements took a toll on the oldest of the three school buildings. After the roof caved in, the site was razed in 2018 but the rubble was never removed until last month.
DAR honors four high school seniors The Joseph McDowell Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution recognized four high school seniors for their citizenship at a virtual chapter meeting on Feb. 12. Awards went to Guadalupe Aguilar-Gaona of Henderson County Early College, Gracie Milner of Hendersonville High School, Sarah Monoson of West Henderson High School and Jordan Reaves of North Henderson High School. The topic for this year’s essay was: How do the combined actions of so many good citizens keep our nation moving forward? The winners also participated in extracurricular activities, contributed to the community, demonstrated preparation for college and exemplified the qualities that make a good citizen: dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. Each winner received a $50 check, a pin and a certificate. The Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Essay contest was created in 1934 by a resolution of the DAR Continental Congress. To date, more than 6,000 students have participated in the program.