Jim Jacumin stands in front of one of the original Waldensian ovens which he and a group of concerned Valdese residents have preserved and res…

Jim Jacumin, the man who spearheaded the development of the Trail of Faith, moves the stone from the front of the Tron Stone Oven.

The restored and preserved Tron Stone Oven on Faet Street in Valdese.

The monument stone which relates the story of Albert Tron’s arrival in America.

The passenger manifest from the passenger ship that brought a number of the original Waldensian settlers to America in the late 1800s.

Shown above at the restored Tron Oven on Faet Street in Valdese are (from left) Larry Earp, Valdese Town Councilman Gary Ogle, Jim Jacumin, Ro…

Burke County nonprofit C2Life prepares, packages, and distributes healthy and medically tailored meals for Medicaid recipients in 16 North Car…

Sarah Ryan mixes vegetables at C2Life earlier this week.

Healthy meals await packaging at C2Life’s production facility.

C2Life staff member Travis Deal mixes jambalaya at the company’s production facility in Valdese earlier this week. The food distribution compa…