Two Publications Spotlight Local Men

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Articles in two different publications highlight the life and times of native High Country residents Orville Hicks and Earl Townsend.

In the November issue of The Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Clarks Creek resident Earl Townsend is profiled by writer Edgar Trexler.

Trexler revists the Townsend family after his original article in 1969 about Earl's father Jason Townsend and Holy Communion Lutheran Church. The piece includes an interview with pastor Larry Campbell, who according to the article, has been pastor at the church for 45 years and is the only full-time pastor the congregation has had in its 166 years. A link for the article can be found here

Award winning story teller Orville Hicks is featured in an article from the News and Observer newspaper. Writer Scott Sharpe's "Postcards From The Road" series caught up with Hicks and his Jack Tales at the 2008 Valle Country Fair in Valle Crucis. A link to that article can be found here.