Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 8/10/17


For so many North Carolinians, summertime means sitting by a lake, fishing in a creek and floating on a river. These bodies of water are essential to our way of life. Growing up outside of Wilson, I was baptized in Finch’s Millpond and swam in Contentnea Creek to cool off during breaks from barning tobacco. These days I run our family farms in Nash and Wilson counties. Contentnea Creek crosses right through the old family farm in Wilson County. If Duke Energy gets its way, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will cross our farm – and it will cross the creek, too. 

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