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Scouts seek police monument in Pilot
PILOT MOUNTAIN – An effort is under way to erect a monument in memory of two Pilot Mountain police officers killed in 1969. Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, community leaders and Boy Scouts from the Pilot Mountain area will be collecting donations at Hardee’s at 200 W. Main St. The contributions will be used to pay for a permanent granite monument in honor of officers Glenn Branscome and Ralph East. It will be erected near the spot where the...
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<p>Submitted photos</p><p>Luthier Johnny Gentry works to create a banjo. Gentry is part of the new Luthier&#8217;s Craft: Instrument Making Traditions of the Blue Ridge exhibit opening this Saturday at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History.</p>
Museum’s Luthier’s Craft exhibit opens Saturday
This Saturday, The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History premieres its newest traveling exhibit, The Luthier’s Craft: Instrument Making Traditions of the Blue Ridge. The exhibit explores the luthier’s craft of making stringed instruments and will include sections on banjo, guitar, and fiddle creation in the southern Appalachia and Blue Ridge Mountain areas, as well as biographical information on the luthiers. The exhibit includes a number...
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Black to be recognized during board meeting
DOBSON — The Surry County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular second meeting of the month Monday at 6 p.m. at the Surry County Government Center, 118 Hamby Road, Dobson. A public hearing is scheduled to hear comments on a proposed rezoning at 155 Hawks Road, Lowgap. In addition, Social Service Director Wayne Black will present for consideration the Leslie Eldridge Special Account for Children Resolution. At 7:15 p.m., a reception...
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Police briefs
• Property valued at more than $1,000 was stolen Sunday from a carport at the home of Ryan James Bunker on Galax Trail by a “known” individual, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. Included were two truck transmissions, a water pump and two children’s bicycles, one a Barbie model. • Constance Lynn Starkey, 56, and Richard Wesley Grubb, 38, both of 1846 Siloam Road, were arrested Sunday during a traffic stop on outstanding warr...
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Surry seeks to expand WIC caseload
DOBSON — Although the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, has existed since the 1970s, Surry officials think there could be a lack of awareness about its availability. “Our main goal in this is getting the word out,” Allie McCallum, WIC program director for Surry County Health and Nutrition Center, said regarding a renewed effort to promote greater use of its services. The federal...
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Solar farm eyed for old city landfill site
For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site. Petra Engineering PLLC, a Huntersville firm, has approached Mount Airy officials with a proposal for developing the solar photovoltaic power plant which would involve paying the city $125,000 for use of the land on City View Drive. During a meeting today at 7 p.m., the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners wi...
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<p>These are the Shelton Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2013 pose with foundation representatives Ed and Charles Shelton. In front are Megan Hampton, Brooklyn Tucker, Joanna Wall, Megan Gillespie, Kelli Ramsey, Jacqueline Cortes, and Tessa Burch. In the back row are Charles Shelton, Jacob Stultz, Eddy Cabrera, John Belcher, Jonathan Young, and Ed Shelton.</p>
Shelton Foundation Scholarship winners named
DOBSON — The Shelton Foundation Scholarship continued its mission of offering local students an opportunity to continue their education with a dozen students names as recipients for 2013. A dozen 2013 Foundation Scholars were honored at a reception at the Hampton Inn and Suites of Dobson on Wednesday afternoon. Ed and Charles Shelton welcomed the twelve scholars and their parents, along with principals and other representatives from the Elk...
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Four area bridges set for replacement, rehab
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Four local bridges are expected to get either replaced or facelifts, likely within the next year or so, according to state Department of Transportation officials. Bridges on Old Westfield Road, N.C. 268 and Cook School Road are scheduled for complete replacement, while a bridge on Dodson Mill Road will be getting a facelift, reported Greg Johnston, assistant bridge program manager for Division 11 of the North Carolina Depar...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Surry Early College Senior Jacob Simpson is presented with a framed picture of North Carolina State University. He was honored with the Principal&#8217;s Award on Tuesday at an academic awards ceremony. Principal Celia Hodges said Simpson plans to major in engineering.</p>
Surry Early College holds academic awards ceremony
DOBSON — Surry Early College High School of Design’s Academic Awards Program celebration Tuesday morning highlighted the dedication of its students to improve the future for themselves and for the community. “The students you see before you have chosen to take on the challenge of being a high school student and a college student at 14 years of age,” Hodges told the audience. “The college credit hours they earn will greatly improve their liv...
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Cross Creek Country Club celebrating 40 years with free party
Cross Creek Country Club will be hosting a 40th anniversary party that will be free of charge and open to the public. On May 31, Cross Creek and local radio station WSYD 1600 AM will host a 1973-themed party under the club’s pavilion. WSYD will be broadcasting live from the country club while playing hits from 1973. Other events during the party include an art raffle, a plaque dedication to Cross Creek Country Club’s founders, a 1973 cost...
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