Source: Jule Hubbard, WILKES JOURNAL-PATRIOT, 10/19/21


A leader in environmental stewardship in farming is the latest inductee in the Wilkes County Agricultural Hall of Fame. Gary N. Blake of the Somers community in southeastern Wilkes became the 19th inductee a year later than planned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Bill Davis, chairman of the Wilkes Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, presented Blake with a plaque with his image in a brief ceremony on the Blake farm along Hunting Creek Road on Oct. 12.

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