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SALUDA—The Saluda Community Land Trust nominated Jim and Kathy Beyer for induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame, and the SWHF board accepted the nomination. The Beyers were officially inducted at the annual meeting of the Saluda Community Land Trust on Wednesday, May 7.

Kathy, as part of the Saluda Community Land Trust, can be seen clearing trails, editing the newsletter, and planting native plants. She is also the Secretary of Saluda Living in Place and has helped with the Veteran’s Breakfast and Towell Ministry. Kathy has volunteered at the Pop-Up- Pantry and serves on the board of Mountain Page Theater, where she also works on set design, costumes and crowd control with lots of children. 

Prior to moving to the Saluda area, she was executive secretary for the director of the Family Independence Agency and a big sister in the Big Sister/Little Sister program. Kathy completed a business studies program in Michigan. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, gardening, and volunteer work. She values being a team player on many community projects and would like to be remembered as a loving grandmother and for being kind.

Jim has been active in the Saluda Community Land Trust with trail maintenance, has built brides, and has done kudzu eradication on SCLT land. He served as Vice President of the trust. Jim’s involvement with the Towell Ministry involves home repairs and building ramps for home access. At Mountain Paige Theater, he does set building and construction. Before moving to Saluda, he was a social worker supervisor for the state of Michigan and was an officer in his church. He has a BA in Social Work.  

His hobbies include woodworking, gardening, and building things. Jim is pleased with his kudzu remand of many areas owned by the Saluda Community Land Trust and is proud of the bridges he has built. He would like to be remembered for having had a positive impact on the world by the things he has said and done.

Kathy and Jim moved to the area from Michigan in 2016, and they have three children

The mission of Second Wind is to identify outstanding volunteers who contribute so much to the quality of life in our community and to provide recognition of retirees sixty years and over who had a useful and productive life continuing beyond retirement while others paused to rest. They caught a ‘second wind’ and began a new career of service to the community and to mankind.

Second Wind Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) organization and welcomes nominations for induction.  Requests for nomination forms may be sent to carolbrowning72@gmail.com.

 

Submitted by Carol Browning