EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Beginning with the End
Tanya Fermin is using a conversation at the dinner table to help us all start a conversation with our own loved ones. It's a tough topic, beginning with the end, but her story is one that affects us all.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Hear, ye! Hear, ye! Local art on a Pepsi
When Pepsi, one of the biggest soft drink makers in the world, puts your art work on two million of their cans, it's a big deal. Just so happens that Wilmington artist Sarah Sheffield's art work is on two million Diet Pepsi cans.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Master Falconer
Our Extraordinary Person of the Week uses birds for a variety of purposes. They are used for education, hunting, and even to deal with nuisance animals in a natural way. Nuisance animals and over-population that can bring down airplanes. Chip Gentry is a Master Falconer who has quite the wild life as we found out in Shallotte.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Brain Game Benefit
Memory loss and diseases like Alzheimers are all heartbreaking. Enter our Extraordinary Person of the Week who has brain games that researchers say could help reduce the risk.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Breaking Down Barriers
State statistics show that in the 2014-2015 school year, more than 11 thousand students dropped out of school in North Carolina. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is trying to lower that number.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Keeping Peace Connected
Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is from Wilmington but our interview is from about 77 hundred miles away where he just wrapped up Eastern Accord 2016.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Man of Many Hats
The man who has been with WWAY from the beginning is successfully riding off into the sunset. As he officially retires, it only makes sense that he be our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Raptor Rescuer
Some animals can't exactly go to the vet. But they can go to our Extraordinary Person of the Week who runs the Cape Fear Raptor Center.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Voice of the Washington Redskins; Leland's Frank Herzog
Leland resident Frank Herzog was the voice of the Washington Redskins for 25 years. If you're a Redskins fan you probably remember hearing Herzog on the radio. In fact he did play-by-play at three Super Bowls.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Disappearing Church
The Cape Fear is rich with history. There are beautiful people from yesteryear who we read and talk about and beautiful structures galore that we can explore. Some of it is right in front of us, some of it you stumble upon and that's just what happened to our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Color Keeper
A young man in Wilmington is intrigued by cemeteries. Specifically, Oakdale Cemetery. He's not alone. But it is what he is doing all year long that caught our attention. Tab Taylor is keeping a piece of history alive. And it all started with a book.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Port City Parachuter
First time Daniel Seamans skydived, he landed in the middle of a corn field up to his ears in stalks. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is a little more talented on the touchdowns.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Community Connector
Educators are wonderful, dedicated folks. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is used to be a teacher, but she is most definitely still a leader in, and out, of the classroom.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Comforting Life after Death
Wilmington is known as a very historical city. Many the structures and infrastructures are quite old, we know that. But did you know that many of the great minds behind them rest here. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is taking care of their history and comforting life after death.
KUDOS TO BEAU'S: Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year!!!!
Our friends at Beau's Coffee in Wilmington are brewing up some fantastic recognition from the business community.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Journey to a Perfect Smile
The son of a migrant worker would decide he didn't want to go to school anymore. The father would make him work full time in the fields with him, instead. About three days later the boy was back in school. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is on 'A Journey to the Perfect Smile'.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Prince of Pachinko
The first Pachinko Parlor in the United States was in Carolina Beach many, many moon ago. And it just so happens that our Extraordinary Person of the Week, Leo Daniels, worked there.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Great 'Jake' Generation
Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is one of those remarkable people who fought for our lives. He resides in Leland now, but back in 1945, Jake Shepherd's home was in the skies above.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: TEACCHing Autism
"They have given us a life for our son that he would have never had," Alice Brooks said of how TEACCH changed their family's lives.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Just Getting StARTed
Wilmington is home to all kinds of art. Theatre, music, paintings, photography, the list simply goes on and on. April 15 and 16 was the first ever Wilmington Arts Summit. One of the leaders behind it is Rhonda Bellamy, our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Building a Second Chance
Addiction is a monster. It's not so easy to be productive again after hitting rock bottom because doors don't exactly open easily when you have a troubled past. But we found a guy in Leland who is building a second chance. He helps in a unique way and that makes him our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: Four Miles of Smiles
How someone deals with adversity says a lot about them. For example, you can miss your ride to work shortly after getting your first job ever and decide to be a no show. Or you can be LaShanda Collins...our Extraordinary Person of the Week.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The Firehouse Heroes
We find a lot of humble folks in our Extraordinary Person of the Week series. Folks llike Carmen Delia. He's a Firehouse Hero.
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: The PrinciPAL
Being an educator is no easy ordeal. In perfect scenarios, bonds are formed. Such a scenario leads us to our Extraordinary Person of the Week... the PrinciPAL.
Ama's Girls make 'Extraordinary' donation to Dosher Memorial
We have an extraordinary update on an extraordinary group of girls featured in our Extraordinary Person of the Week segment. Yep, their mission is the definition of EXTRAORDINARY!