

Wineka column: Nights at Newman aren’t complete without a Pinky dog and Dr. Clyde’s trumpet (excerpt
SALISBURY — James P. “Pinky” Trexler can be anywhere in Salisbury, and it’s not unusual for someone to yell across a grocery aisle or from the other side of the street, “Give me a Pinky dog.” “It makes you feel good,” says the man who has made hot dogs for Rowan County American Legion baseball games for 57 years. Wednesday night — “Pinky Trexler Night” at Newman Park — was no different. Trexler, 93, came to the ballpark early and cooked up 100-plus hot dogs to have at the rea