Norwood Walker

By Norwood Walker The roar of hundreds of motorcycles. Men and women clad in leather jackets. Long hair, beards, bandanas. What reaction does this bring to your mind and body? Are you ready to close and lock all the doors and windows and hide under the bed? Or, you may be ready to slap on your leather and rush out ...

The Person-Caswell Lake Authority has worked tirelessly over the years to provide camping, swimming, picnicking and boating activities, and continues to look for new offerings to enhance the lake experience for residents and visitors. There are tent camping sites, RV camping sites  and cabins, as well as shelters and a community building for large gatherings. Recently, a disc golf course, ...

By Norwood Walker This story was published in the 2015 Summer issue of Hyco Lake Magazine. It is perfect to get you excited about our next issue of this regional publication. In our Summer 2020 issue you will find a story titled... "Hyco Lake Becomes a Region" Whether you are sitting on the screened in porch of your lake house, ...

By Norwood Walker “…access to the most magical place on these 400 acres: The tunnel for which the property is named. A part of the Lynchburg to Roxboro railroad and spanning an old postal road, the tunnel is a majestic yet humble structure amid woods just over the creek. Who knows how many generations of children who grew up in ...

For the Common Good Tunnel Creek Vineyards, A Place for All Story by Norwood Walker Photos Paul Liggitt Photography, Laura Galyean, and Kay Farrell by Paul Liggitt Photography In 1989 the movie Field of Dreams opened in theaters and captured the hearts and minds of audiences around the world moving even stony-faced men to wipe their eyes. 30 years later ...

Distinguished Young Women – Chapter 3 By Norwood Walker (Click here to read first story in this series: Junior Miss to Distinguished Young Women) When the 25 participants in this year’s Roxboro’s Distinguished Young Women’s Program take the stage at the Kirby on Saturday, September 21, 2019, they will have much in common with previous participants. For the young women ...

By Norwood Walker When you enter The Old Country Club Steakhouse you immediately notice many portraits of young women lining the walls, in the main left dining room there are more of the same. All of these young women share the title of Roxboro’s Junior Miss, Young Woman of the Year, or Distinguished Young Women, which are really all the ...

New Location for PCTDA Office and New Visitor Center for the Area By Norwood Walker Person County is not just the home of many Distinguished Young Women (Click here and here previous stories) but also the home of distinguished women period. Two of these have done more for Person County than many people realize. Back Story Forming a Tourism Development ...

Distinguished Young Women The Story Continues By Norwood Walker (Click here to read first story in this series: Junior Miss to Distinguished Young Women) Thomas Wolfe is credited with the quote “You can’t go home again.” Many young people, male and female’ have taken that quote to heart over the years and never fully returned to the area of their ...

By Norwood Walker THE RURITAN MISSION Ruritan is a national organization dedicated to improving communities and building a better America through Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service. Altruism is defined as “the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.” It could just as easily be spelled r-u-r-i-t-a-n. Unfortunately, too many today are not so ...