He wanted to move to Mount Holly, but he was having problems getting approval there so on a whim one day, he got off at Riverside and he liked it here.

[Although much of the downed timber is on private land, Odom is hoping to get federal approval to process much of it in sawmills. But the future of the wind-scoured forests] is my big concern, ... It'll take 30 years to replace most of those trees. Losing that resource hurts us bad.

It will jump out at us if it's supposed to.

It remains to be seen if they're an asset or not. I know they're hard workers ..., but it's led to illegal activity.

We, as old timers, feel like we're being used.

We have not experienced any problems with bean shipments to Cuba. All of our previous shipments have been shipped, received and paid for.