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It is a cultural tradition that has survived to this day, in spite of its naysayers and crit- ics and those who generally can't (or won't) understand why such traditions continue in the first place. The easy answer to that is because they are… well, TRA- DITIONS! That said, here is what is happening with each group, as told by a couple of their of- ficers. Rusty Wise, a long-time member of the Cherryville New Year's Shooters, Inc. group, said their group is "…back to normal this year as in years past." He added, "(There are) no special COVID restrictions or anything since the public has access to the vaccines. Of course, things could change, but that is the plan as of this (past) week." He said their group will start at midnight of Dec. 31, at Black's Grill and end at Rudisill Stadium approximately at 6:30 p.m. Wise noted pluses for them are that "…membership is up 50 more members this year to date over years past. We expect a huge crowd this year since everyone has been restricted by COVID and wants to get out and celebrate. Also New Year's falling on Friday night and Saturday will bring out more people. We are pre- paring for large crowds." This year, Mr. Wise noted the entire 2022 shoot will be in tribute to the late Carl Boozie Dellinger the group's past President. Said Wise, "His picture is on our member ID badges this year and we will have a special tribute for Boozie at Rudisill Stadium." The CNYSI groups has, noted Wise, added 50 shots this year as in years past. He said, "We've added Boozie's family on there (the schedule) this year. We've had many people requesting us to shoot for them but we can only get to so many. We will shoot for Mt. Beulah Church this year just like last year. It's nice to see a church requesting us to shoot for them. If future new hosts keep requesting we will eventually get to them." Rusty also said he and his son, Winston have been working really hard on the Cherryville Historical Museum Shooters exhibit. "Winston and I finally fin- ished it. Hopefully, we'll do a 'grand opening' or something for it in the next few weeks." Traditional New Year's Shooters group officer Gary Dellinger and his fellow mem- bers are looking forward to getting out again to shoot in the New Year, as they always have for many years now. Like all New Year's shooters, the joy of getting to carry on a great and cherished tradition always puts a smile on their face and a spring in their step, no matter their age or who they are. Said Mr. Dellinger, "We have had a pretty big increase in the number of new mem- bers this year. We had 30 new members join last year, and we are already over that number this year with two meetings left. 1997 was the first year we started keeping a cumulative membership list. Prior to that, the membership records are only for that year for those who paid." Gary continued, "In 1997, we had 101 members. This year, we just went over 650 members. That doesn't mean they are all active this year, it just means at some time since 1997, they have filled out a membership application, been voted on by the group, and paid their dues." Dellinger noted that Cher- ryville makes up the majority of their members, with over half being Cherryville citizens. "Vale, Crouse, Lincolnton and Bessemer City combined make up another 1/4th of the membership, and we even have members from as far away as Michigan and Penn- sylvania," he said. As for the schedule, Del- linger said, "We are keeping some changes we made to the schedule last year. We will start at City Hall at midnight as usual, but from there we will be going out of the city limits where it is less populated to continue the route. We will come back into the city around 6 a.m. This follows the traditional intent of the schedule to welcome in the New Year in the city, then go where not as many people will be bothered by the noise while most people sleep. "We followed this route last year, and it was well received. It also puts more shots in the daytime in Cherryville where more citizens have a chance to see what is going on. It is often difficult to see at night when the smoke from the guns limits the view in the darkness." Gary noted there are a few new shots added this year. "We will be shooting for the Kurt Thornburg family on Hwy. 274, south of town, and the Rev. Keith Huss family on Sellerstown Road. The Brian Kelly family on Hwy. 27 in Vale moved from the Lincoln County pre-shoot route to the New Years route this year as well. We had a few shoots come off the route last year, but we always have new ones want- ing to be added, and we like to keep the number of shots to around 55," he said. In addition to himself as the group's Vice President, Gary said the other officers for the group this year are Dennis Devine (President), Mark Moss (Secretary), and Will McSwain (Treasurer). Megan Dellinger is the Administrative Assistant, and Scott Harrill is the safety officer and shot coordinator. "Our board members are Bud Mellon, Ryan Pence, Josh Mellon, Charlie Canipe, Jason Wilson, Zeb Mellon, Kevin Mc- Swain, Daniel Hendrick, Colton Brittain, Glenn Wilson, and Barry Sisk," he said. Get ready! It's that New Year's Shooting time of year again! After the chanter's cry ends, "And for good luck, we'll fire our guns," this Traditional New Year's Shooter member greets the New Year with a blast from his musket at the 2020/2021 eve nt. (Photo by Michael Powell) Looking like a scene from a Civil War movie set, black powder smoke rolls across the wet grass at a host's yard after members of the Cherryville New Year's Shooter's, Inc. group fire their guns for the 2020/2021 event. (Photos by Michael E. Powell)