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<p>Lucie R. Willsie | The News</p><p>Newly-met friends at the Highland Park Baptist Church&#8217;s Lenten Lunch Wednesday are, from left, Annabell Hodges, Jane Joyce, Paul Beasley, Willie Hutchins and Glenda Hiatt.</p>
Highland Park Baptist serves food for the soul and the body
A parking space could not be found. Cars filled the entire main lot of Highland Park Baptist — in every visible parking space — as well as around the side and even on the street on a sunny and temperate day last Wednesday. This year is Highland Park’s turn to offer spiritual and physical sustenance to the folks of Mount Airy. Parishers of many area churches enjoyed the church’s second Lenten service on Feb. 20, and a special Lenten meal...
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Will Interstates project move forward?
ELKIN — Faced with a looming deadline described by officials as the “point of no return,” the Surry County Board of Commissioners is in the process of trying to determine whether the county can afford to move forward with the much-anticipated Interstates Sewer Project. During its retreat Friday, the board discussed the project at length, learning that with the impending tight budget year a decision must be made in the coming weeks as to whe...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Family Five singer Jamar Tyree and Eloise France are in the first group that opened the annual 100 Men in Black service at the Chestnut Ridge Primitive Progressive Baptist Church on Sunday. The event was staged as part of Black History Month.</p>
Eighth annual 100 Men in Black service held at Chestnut Ridge
WESTFIELD — Chestnut Ridge Primitive Progressive Baptist Church held its annual 100 Men In Black service Sunday as part of Black History Month’s activities. The church was packed for the 3 p.m. service which featured the singing groups Family Five and the Faithful Travelers. A procession of 51 men dressed in black suits opened the spirited service. According to Church Deacon Rick Mitchell, this is the eighth year the event has been held and...
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Economic development to be a key topic at retreat
Normally a retreat implies running away from something, but on Wednesday and Thursday Mount Airy officials will meet several key issues head-on during an annual city government planning retreat. While a variety of topics is scheduled to be discussed, one stands out in particular: economic development. “One of my biggest goals is to continue to watch Mount Airy grow jobs,” Commissioner Shirley Brinkley said Monday in outlining an ongoing o...
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Be Heart Smart event today offers free CPR training
DOBSON — The Be Heart Smart event set for today at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service office in Dobson is an effort to train more residents to help cardiac arrest victims. According to information from The Regional Approach to Cardiovascular Emergencies (RACE) group, only one in five victims nationally last year received Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander. According to data from RACE , cardiac arrest claimed ...
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Police briefs
• Larry Wayne King, 50, of 204 W. Church St., was arrested Tuesday on a breaking and entering charge that had been filed Saturday, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. No details have been released regarding the alleged offense, with King held in the Surry County Jail under a $5,000 secured bond. He is scheduled to be in District Court on March 11. • A Mount Airy man is facing a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, inflicti...
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<p>Kenny Hooker | S&amp;K Photography</p><p>Surry Arts Council&#8217;s Arts Ball benefit for cultural arts programs in local schools will be held this Friday at Cross Creek Country Club. Last year&#8217;s event, pictured, was a great success, helping the Surry Arts Council to reach more than 10,000 students with free programming from October through April.</p>
Surry Arts Council’s Arts Ball benefit to be held this Friday
The annual Arts Ball, a Surry Arts Council benefit for school cultural arts programs, will be held Friday night at Cross Creek Country Club. Events for the evening include a silent auction, passed hors d’oeuvres and soup, a seated dinner, a live auction, live music by Band of Oz and dancing. Also, there will be a live auction at 8:30 p.m. of a surprise vehicle donated by Patterson Automotive. Last year’s Arts Ball broke several records,...
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New widow, widower group starting in Pilot Mountain
PILOT MOUNTAIN — A new local support group for widows and widowers will get its start this week with an organizational meeting on Tuesday morning. At 11 a.m. that day in the Mountain Valley Hospice Community Room on Key Street in Pilot Mountain, Neil Breed will organize the initial meeting of Pathways, a social support group for widows and widowers in Surry and Stokes counties with a free lunch and fellowship. Breed said that he came up w...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Members of the Faithful Travelers of Martinsville, Va., perform at the 100 Men in Black service at the Chestnut Ridge Primitive Progressive Baptist Church on Westfield Road. A total of 51 men clad in black suits participated in the service as well. Church Deacon Rick Mitchell welcomed participants and said the service was &#8220;an opportunity for men to step out and step up.&#8221;</p>
Annual 100 Men in Black service held at Chestnut Ridge Baptist
Members of the Faithful Travelers of Martinsville, Va., perform at the 100 Men in Black service at the Chestnut Ridge Primitive Progressive Baptist Church on Westfield Road. A total of 51 men clad in black suits participated in the service as well. Church Deacon Rick Mitchell welcomed participants and said the service was “an opportunity for men to step out and step up.” For a full story and photos, see Tuesday’s print edition of The News.
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>Organic is better, Johnson said, as she shows off the rich brown dirt under one of her compost piles.</p>
A taste of therapy
When Sue Johnson first got started in gardening, the effort was less about communing with nature and more about necessity. “I’ve been gardening since I was a child,” she said. “But at that time, we depended on our garden to eat, so it was about sustaining our family. We canned, we put up food because it was a necessity to be able to eat through the winter. “I think I enjoy it more now,” Johnson said with a laugh. And if her bright eyes ...
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