Play ball, Belvin
Some of you might remember the Rev. Belvin Jessup, who was a member of Greensboro City Council from 2001 to 2003. He beat longtime Councilman Earl Jones, then was defeated two years later by Dianne Bellamy-Small.
Anyway, if someone ever puts together a baseball team made up of former city leaders, this guy can be the ringer.
I watched Jessup play Saturday, during a reunion of members from the Woodyside community (between Guilford College and I-40). At 73, he hit a pop-up, tried to steal third base and got caught in a run-down. All in 88-degree heat - without breaking much of a sweat. He didn't even mess up his "Grand Marshal" sash, which he was still wearing from the parade a few hours earlier.
About that Woodyside community gathering: We'll have a story and some nice pictures by photographer Jerry Wolford in the paper tomorrow.
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