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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Mount Airy Middle School students Jaden Brinkley and Sydney Worth practice CPR and rescue breathing under the instruction of Northern Hospital of Surry County&#8217;s Fern Wall. In October, House Bill 897 announced CPR instruction as a requirement for graduation by 2015.</p>
Mount Airy Middle School students learn CPR
Mount Airy Middle School eighth-grade students learned Wednesday Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is not only about saving a life, it’s now a requirement for graduation. The Tuesday recent death of New Garden Friends School junior Josh Level in Greensboro during a basketball game was a reminder cardiac arrest can occur anywhere at any age. According to information from State Superintendent June St. Clair Atkinson, the October bill rul...
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City board to discuss street safety issues
Streets will be the order of the day tonight when the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners meets at City Hall. During the 7 p.m. session, the board will consider one measure aimed at improving pedestrian safety at Reeves Community Center — an ongoing concern. Another will address a solution for traffic issues created on Park Drive with the opening of Chick-fil-A last fall nearby. DOT Help Sought Mount Airy officials are poised to seek ...
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Police briefs
• A Mount Airy woman turned herself in Monday evening at the city police station on felony charges that had been filed the day before in Stokes County. Jessica Marie Marchetti, 27, of 323 Millard Lane, is accused of obtaining property by false pretenses and receiving stolen goods. The offenses were issued through the King Police Department, but details regarding them were not listed in Mount Airy Police Department reports. Marchetti is free o...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>East Surry High School students honored for awards and certificates in Career Technology Education programs get punch and cookies at a reception in the school cafeteria. Board of Education members, school staff and School Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves formed prize patrols to recognize students in class.</p>
Students honored during Career Technology Education Month
Surry County Schools this week recognized the efforts of students during Career Technology Education Month with prize patrols at all three high schools for a second year. Members of the Board of Education, School Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves and Assistant Superintendents Dr. Terry Mosley and Charles Graham went to classrooms and congratulated students on certifications and awards earned. According to information from Director of Educa...
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<p>Rep. Sarah Stevens</p>
Stevens bares facts on ‘nipple ban’
RALEIGH — What began as a simple measure to redefine “private parts” in North Carolina law has made the state a butt of jokes nationwide, which a local lawmaker whose committee sponsored the legislation finds regrettable. House Bill 34, which defines a woman’s bare nipples as indecent — and the public exposure of them a felony — stemmed from a request by officials in Asheville after a topless protest occurred during a women’s rights rally i...
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<p>Dr. Cory Stewart. a professor at Surry Community College, speaks on the difficulties African-Americans faced in the early days of the nation.</p>
Historian shoots down Revolutionary War myths
Anyone wanting to learn about Revolutionary War-era history as it relates to African-Americans shouldn’t rely on movies such as Mel Gibson’s “The Patriot,” a local historian says. “Sometimes a historian can be a pest,” Dr. Cory Stewart said during a black history program at Ararat Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Airy, regarding the shooting down of myths. “Sometimes you’re telling people things they don’t want to hear.” That goes for p...
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Surrey Bancorp (Pink Sheets: SRYB)
Surrey Bancorp (Pink Sheets: SRYB), the holding company for Surrey Bank & Trust, recently reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 more than doubled from the same period a year earlier and a more than 23 percent increase for the year when compared to 2011. The company said that for the quarter which ended Dec. 31, net income totaled $976,399 or 23 cents per diluted share, compared with $422,530 or 10 cents per common share earned ...
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>This Farrand organ that&#8217;s around 100 years old will be on the auction block Friday night at Cross Creek Country Club as part of an annual fundraiser for the Shepherd&#8217;s House.</p>
Deal sweetened for Shepherd’s House auction
Anonymous donations of both a vintage organ and piano are music to the ears of organizers for a Friday night auction planned during a fundraiser for the Shepherd’s House homeless shelter. “They were just donated by people in the community,” Shepherd’s House Executive Director Phil Goble Jr., said of the 1927 Foster & Company piano and a turn-of-the-20th-century Farrand organ. “These are just two classic pieces of American music,” Goble sa...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Jones Intermediate School Principal Jason Dorsett introduces third grader Alex Chapman and fifth grade student Meredith Marion. The two read the mission statement of the intermediate school during a Mount Airy City Schools meeting Tuesday which launched the strategic plan for the district.</p>
Education board approves strategic plan
The Mount Airy Board of Education accepted the final draft of its schools community-based strategic plan on Tuesday night at Mount Airy Middle School. Superintendent Dr. Gregory Little praised the commitment of community and business leaders in writing the document. “This group has set a high bar of achievement with this plan and it’s going to take a lot of work but if we want to be a national leader in education you have to set the bar hig...
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<p>Alane Anno | Alane Anno Photography</p><p>Billy Hawks plays fiddle with Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice during a concert at the Historic Jonesborough Bluegrass Series in Tennessee.</p>
Local musician’s bluegrass band wins multiple awards
Billy Hawks, a Surry County native who lives in Dobson, is a member of the award-winning bluegrass band Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice. Hawks plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin and contributes to background vocals. Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice received numerous nominations and multiple wins this year at the two main award ceremonies for bluegrass music. At the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards (IBMA), held last September, t...
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