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CityViewNC .com | 11 traded places with Paw James. In my mind, I hoped that Parker chattered incessantly about Summer and woodcocks and Mr. Bill. Gary and Kristi and Parker and littler brother Hudson became family to Paw James and his wife, JJ. Gary texted me a picture of Parker's first buck, taken on Eagle Farms while sitting in the Parker Blind with his dad. My wife and I coincidentally ran into them all in downtown Beaufort a summer or two back. Parker and I discussed Summer getting older and how we both hoped for one more hunt that fall. is past summer, during some crisis on the farm where a storm took out a power pole, Gary was on family vacation at James' house in Hatteras. James, in a chemotherapy regimen, would not call Gary to come home, because he knew Gary would have. e last time I spoke to Gary, he had been to clean out James' chicken coop because James was too weak to do it while recovering from his final round of chemo. On my last trip to the farm in August, I forgot my gate keys and texted Gary to leave it false-locked so I could get in. On Sept. 15, 2020, in the wee hours of the morning, for no good reason and with no satisfactory explanation, Gary Dillon, age 43, died at home of an apparent heart attack. e day before was one like any other in the world of a husband, a dad and an aquaculturalist. At the dawning of that next day, two boys were le fatherless; a wife of 17 years was widowed; a Cub Scout pack was le without its former Eagle Scout Assistant Troop Master; and a deer blind behind Pond High School on Eagle Farms was le without an owner. When JJ spoke to Gary's boys that aernoon, looking for words that mattered, Hudson said, "My Daddy went to visit Jesus, but he didn't take his truck." I have had to relocate my key ring for the gate. I need those keys, because I need to get inside to sit in that box with Parker and Hudson. ey need to hear from me that their dad was a great man - to know that I cannot explain any better what they cannot understand. ey need some hope that the world will be less cruel than it was on Sept. 15. ey, like this sometimes-bitter world, need love. And they need to know that trucks come free in heaven. FTCC CORPORATE & CONTINUING EDUCATION WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Hybrid and online settings available to meet all your educational needs! • A+ Certification: Hardware (Basic) • Accounting Clerk • Administrative Office Assistant • AFAA Group Fitness Instructor • A to Z Grantwriting • Become a Physical Therapy Aide • Become an Optical Assistant • Cardiovascular Monitor/Technician • Certified Nursing Assistant • Certified Personal Trainer • Computer Technician • Customer Service Representative • Grammar Refresher • GRE Preparation • Guided Reading and Writing: Strategies For Maximum Student Achievement • Health Information Technology • Human Anatomy and Physiology • Integrating Technology in the Classroom • Local Government Finance in North Carolina • Medical Administrative Assistant • Medical Billing • Medical Coding Certification Exam Preparation • Medical ICD-10 Coding • Medical Terminology: A Word Association Approach • Medical Transcription Editor • Networking (Introduction) • Paramedic Initial (A) • Phlebotomy • Physical Therapy Office Professional • Professional Medical Coding & Billing • Registered Medical Assistant • Singapore Math: Model Drawing for grades 1-6 • Solving Classroom Discipline Problems • Speed Spanish • Survival Kit for New Teachers • Teaching Preschool - A Year of Inspiring Lessons • Working in the Pharmacy You may register online, by mail or at the FTCC Campus: Neill Currie Bldg 2201 Hull Rd, Fayetteville NC 28303 910.678.8432 | WWW.FAYTECHCC.EDU/CONTINUING-EDUCATION Bill McFadyen can be reached at propertybill@nc.rr.com. Fayetteville's Certified Accessibility Specialist 910-387-1225 www.nextdayaccess.com Handrails Grab Bars Pool Lifts Stair & Porch Lifts Residential Ramps (Purchase or rental) Ceiling & Patient Lifts Bathroom Safety Products STAY IN YOUR HOME LONGER & SAFER! • Handrails • Grab Bars • Pool Lifts • Stair & Porch Lifts • Residential Ramps (Purchase or rental) • Ceiling & Patient Lifts • Bathroom Safety Products STAY in your home LONGER & SAFER Co-Founders Bert Tharp and Dennis Long

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