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Or maybe better we should say, distinguished retiring Air Force Colonel is ending her career and speaking to community 9/11 remembrance at the POPS. The park will open at 8 that morning with a number of emergency vehicles on hand and information available from local veterans groups. The program with get underway at 10.

Bobby D. Bright, age 53, of Rutherfordton, passed away September 1, 2021.

Bill Conner, age 76, of Cliffside, passed away September 1, 2021.

Bill Thomassen, age 60, of Forest City, passed away August 26, 2021.

Bob Sellers, age 85 of Forest City, passed away August 23, 2021.

Boyce H. Kennedy, age 86, of Rutherfordton, died September 3, 2021.

Carey Carlton Appling, 87, of Forest City, passed away September 2, 2021.

Dale Beam, age 67, of Forest City, passed away September 2, 2021.

Federico Trejo age 57 of Forest City, passed away September 2, 2021.

Geraldine Byrd McKinnon, 96, passed away September 1, 2021.

On August 29, 2021, Glenn Scott Dinga, beloved husband and father of three, passed away at the age of 58. Glenn was born in Pompton Plains, NJ to Charlie and Joanne Dinga.

Hazel Hawkins Upton age 99 of Waller, Texas and formally of Wellford, SC died September 2, 2021.

Jacalyn A. Roche, age 74 of Mooresboro, died August 25, 2021.

Jean (Jeannie) Ann (Warren) Aller, 69, of Forest City, NC, passed away August 28, 2021.

Jerry Campbell, age 69, of Starr, South Carolina, passed away August 30, 2021.

Jerry Edward "Eddie" Philbeck passed away August 19.

Jimmy England, age 59, of Rutherford County, passed away September 1, 2021.

John H Lightsey Jr, passed away September 2, 2021.

Kelly M. Lowery, age 47, of Mooresboro, passed away September 1, 2021.

Kimberly Roy James, age 63, of Rutherfordton, NC, died September 2, 2021.

On September 4 2021, Peggy McGinnis Wells of Spindale, NC passed away.

Ree Williams, 96, of Rutherfordton, died September 2, 2021.

Shane Holland, age 44, of Forest City, passed away August 28, 2021.

Tammy Constance Johnson, age 61 of Forest City, died September 1, 2021.

William Hunter Huskey, age 27, of Forest City, passed away August 26, 2021.

At six a.m. my temperature gauge read eighty degrees. The humidity was stifl ing. The recent weather has not been fi t for man or beast and it's showing up in the lack of success most fishermen are enduring