Preservation awardsThe Wilson Historic Properties Commission presented its annual preservation awards Wednesday to people who contributed to historic preservation. The Silver Cup went posthumously to Hugh B. Johnston Jr. for his research. Award winners on front row are Ernestine Aycock and Sid Tomlinson, president and project chairman, respectively of the Black Creek Historical Society, which won the Leadership Award; and Edna Long Johnston, accepting the Silver Cup for her late husband; back row; Susie Webb, librarian, and Sherry Moye, accepting the Restoration Award for the Elm City Library; Fred Hight, who received the Craftsmanship Award; and Guy Cox of Raines and Cox Photography, 1994 Silver Cup winner, holding the keepsake cup the studio Will keep. (Photo by Keith Barnes)