(clockwise)Lynn Duncan, Joyce, Dr. Walter Edgar, Nancy
Wow! Nancy and I had the very special honor of being interviewed by Dr. Walter Edgar recently for his SC ETV-Radio program, Walter Edgar’s Journal. We were thrilled, to say the least. Nancy and I, along with Lynn Duncan, piled into the car on Wednesday (9/10) and headed to Columbia. Lynn is an Instructional Coach at Northwest Middle School, but in previous years, he was the advisor for the publication known as Echoes. Echoes was begun in 1984 by my TRHS (Class of ’70) classmate, Walt Cottingham and was shepherded for several years by Lynn after Walt moved to North Carolina. The idea of the publication is similar to that of the Foxfire series from Rabun County, GA, in that students went out into the community and interviewed residents about some of the “old ways”, like plowing with a mule. Lynn is presently working to preserve the 20 volumes of the publication on CD and make them available again.
We met Dr. Edgar at the ETV studios near Williams-Brice Stadium and proceeded to have a very pleasant conversation with him; it just happened that it was all being taped for later broadcast. We were able to talk about our Café and what it was that brought us back to Travelers Rest, our interest in the community and our desire to foster an awareness of the history of the area. Lynn talked about Echoes and Dr. Edgar talked about food. We did manage to get in a word about the Harvest Festival/TR200 celebration coming up in Travelers Rest on October 18 and the Swamp Rabbit Stroll on the Trail from 8-11am. Check out www.gcrd.org for information about the Stroll. I will try to keep some current information about it here, as well. Be sure to listen for us on Friday, October 3 at 12 noon on Walter Edgar’s Journal. Our local public radio station is at 90.1 FM.