The Father 👨 and Son team from Roanoke, Virginia that actually hung the new scoreboard. They have had a roll in each of the current boards standing at the High School.

For the third time inside of a week I found myself getting to hang out with the Maintenance Team and my appreciation for them grows each time! This group of Men are responsible for every aspect of keeping all 10 of our School buildings up and running!

Part of the process over the past few days has been to try and document everyone that played a roll in getting the project from the drawing board to the finish line.

The past week has been a combination of Fun and educational. The fact that I have learned more about the inner workings of how one group of Men, led by Steve Puckett, keep our Schools 🏫 in their best shape possible made everything that much more memorable !

Game #1 – vs Floyd

Game #2 – vs Floyd

 Game 3 vs Floyd

Floyd County just pulled into a tie for second place with Alleghany at 9-3 by holding off the visiting Bobcats 49-41.

 Now that the regular season is over and we have a tie 👔 for second place we can move on to the tie breaker phase of the process !

As I sit here and watch Brandi coach these girls, it really makes me thankful that we have her.

  She gives up so much of her time for the basketball program one can’t help but have love and appreciation for her. She’s incredibly patient with these kids and does a fantastic job teaching them the game. Such a great asset to Carroll County and the basketball program!

  Also just found out that this is Brandi’s 2nd practice today in different gyms. And for whatever reason these girls are hyper! Must be all the Valentine’s Day Candy.

Brandi Cochran- Mitchell is Kevin’s Home Town 🏡 Hero !

 While we were waiting on the truck 🚚 to arrive from Roanoke with the scoreboard this morning, Coach Rick Nester needed to run 🏃‍♂️ an errand. He said he was going to run over to the Sunny Side store.

While I have driven past the store a number of times over the past few years I had no idea of its existence.

 Coach immediately started to reminisce about how his childhood was spent going to the store and how the early Christmas 🎄 years involved going downstairs and the joy it brought.

 My Grandparents on my Dad’s side ran a similar type store over in Finchley, Virginia. Finchley is not even a bump in the road on US-58, east of Clarksville but it was a big part of our childhood.

Having spent a lifetime in the newspaper 📰 business, I was quick to notice the newspaper stand located inside the store. I was pretty sure that the stand was as old as I am (60) and turns out the rack has been there since the early 1960’s!

 The next thing you know we are looking at a laminated copy of a story from the early days.

Check out the prices from nearly 100 years ago.

 About the volunteer 🙋‍♀️ aspect to the story. This is one of the three main points in our organization. One of my many ways to volunteer is to help out the good folks at Google Maps. My contributions are closing in on four Million now ! If you offer up a photo 📷 and the place of business is missing one, poof it appears!

Today was one of those days ! I won’t find a cure for cancer or make any life altering discovery in my lifetime but I promise to keep plugging away at being the best possible version of myself everyday. If I can make a few people smile along the way, that’s a Bonus !!