First grader colors for safety, family

YEC announces that the 2021 Line­men Gear Up for Safe­ty Col­or­ing Con­test win­ner is Lan­don Falls of Blacks­burg. The son of YEC mem­bers Melis­sa and Chad Falls, Lan­don is a first grad­er at York Prepara­to­ry Acad­e­my. “I enjoy using lots of col­ors,” says Lan­don.

Landon Falls with his grandfather, Lewis Edwards
First grad­er Lan­don Falls sport­ing his new, offi­cial YEC hard­hat, accom­plish­ment with his Papa, retired line­man Lewis Edwards.

He is excit­ed to win, but more impor­tant­ly, he enjoyed mak­ing some­thing for his late great-grand­moth­er, Dora Cov­ing­ton, a lover of art. “I col­ored this for my Maw­Maw to make her smile while she was sick,” he says.

Lan­don also gave a nod to his retired line­man grand­fa­ther, Lewis Edwards, by writ­ing “Papa” on the line­man’s uni­form in his draw­ing. After Edwards worked for more than 40 years for the City of Rock Hill, includ­ing through Hur­ri­cane Hugo, the entire fam­i­ly shares a spe­cial place in their hearts for linework­ers. “I would either like to be a line­man or a storm chas­er when I grow up,” says Lan­don.

Lan­don won $50 and a YEC hard­hat, signed by sev­er­al of our local linework­er heroes.

In mem­o­ry of Lan­don’s Maw­Maw, Dora Cov­ing­ton.