Who makes the best barbecue pork and chicken around here, by the way?
Me, and I can prove it. Heck, you’ve ate at one of my pig pickings. Besides, the army gave me an Army Commendation Medal for a pig pickin’ at Fort Meade that I put on. But, if you are talking about restaurants, then Parker’s of Wilson is the best. Locally, The Pit is pretty good, but it ain’t Parker’s. There are several others around that are okay. Q: But I digress. You started on the “fire side.” When and where? A: I started volunteering with Durham Highway for a short time, but when I moved to Cary in 1979, I joined Yrac. I also volunteered with the Cary Area Rescue Squad. Incidentally, I was the last person who was allowed to be a member of both Yrac and CARS at the same time. There were issues back then with some of the folks, what with different rules and all, so they stopped it. My first job as a firefighter was at Raleigh-Durham Airport. No “international” back then. I started in June 1978 at a whopping annual salary of $8,735. My first turnout coat was too big, the pants were t
