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Article: The final game: Without football, Friday in East Bank won't be the same
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 28, 1998
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STAFF WRITER
In 38 years of living in East Bank, Charles Scarbro has had two
possessions stolen - a lawn chair and a pot of flowers.
He likes the tame, easy pace of the eastern Kanawha County
community. And though his aversion to crowds keeps him away from
most East Bank High football games, he has gotten used to the hubbub
surrounding fall Friday nights.
People park in front of his house on Main Street and make their
way west to Calvert Field. In years past, either the junior high or
high school bands have paraded past, lending a sense of drama and
anticipation to a normally sleepy town.
"It'll be sad here next year, after the team leaves," he said
Thursday, preparing to fire up his ...