“Something greater than we were came up and stopped it for us. You looked up in the sky and said, ‘Thank God for this.’ ”

— Price Brown,

retired Salisbury police officer,

on sudden rainstorm that prevented a confrontation between marching KKK members and black residents in 1960

“The last thing is, I don’t want them to feel like I’m mad at them. They did what they could.”

— Nykia Ford,
mother of the late Kymello McLane,

referring to the boys who were with him when he fell through ice at Hurley Park pond

“When times are good, you really have to stay on top of it to make sure the total compensation package is desirable. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive.” –

— Aaron Church, county manager,

on studying county salaries to avoid losing employees to other counties

“It’s always been a struggle. Nothing falls from the sky. People have had to do something.”

— Anthony Smith, Mission House pastor,

on the civil rights movement as depicted in the movie, “Selma”

“When I started, the What-a-Burger was still 35 cents. With a large drink and fries, it was 78 cents.”

— Pete Stamper, manager of
What-a-Burger No. 10 in Kannapolis,

which has been in business for 50 years