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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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<p>Submitted photo</p><p>Lee Phipps, right, asset manager for the Western District of UDSA Rural Development, presents Ricky McMillian, Willow Hill Apartments maintenance caretaker, with a plaque of appreciation.</p>
Apartment personnel recognized for work
The manager and the maintenance caretaker for Willow Hill Apartments have been recognized for their work, and one was honored on the state level and now is eligible at the national level for honors. Kim Glass, manager, and Ricky McMillian, maintenance caretaker, were honored with a celebration April 23 at Willow Hill Apartments, which are financed through the USDA Rural Development division. Glass was named Site Manager of the Year for the ...
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First 2013 cruise-in set in Lambsburg Saturday
LAMBSBURG, Va. — The Lambsburg Community Center will host its first cruise-in of 2013 Saturday, with all lovers of antique, classic or special cars, trucks or bikes from the area invited. The community center is two miles north on Lambsburg Road after exiting I-77 at the Exit 1 in Virginia. Music will be provided by Soundfactory, and Elvis will make a special appearance. Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Food will be ...
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City police briefs
• A break-in was discovered Saturday at Walker’s Garage on North South Street, resulting in a property loss of nearly $1,700, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. Entry to the business was gained by breaking a padlock, enabling the theft of six Rockford car stereos, along with three speaker boxes and two amplifiers of the same brand; a Dewalt air compressor; an Emerson speaker box with red and blue lights; a JVC touch-screen rad...
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<p>An artist&#8217;s rendering depicts the possible design of Dobson&#8217;s new park.</p>
Dobson receives $497,000 grant for town park
DOBSON — The city of Dobson received a grant to build a new town park, worth just under a half a million dollars, $497,000, from The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. The park is planned for a 2.2 acre site on the corner of West Atkins and South Crutchfield streets. The grant is a “50/50 match grant,” according to Dobson’s Town Manager Josh Smith, who explained with a projected cost of $994,200, additional funding will be re...
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City budget to be released Thursday
Mount Airy property owners will know the fate of their pocketbooks as it relates to the city budget after the 2013-2014 municipal spending plan is released Thursday night. The proposed budget will be unveiled during a 7 p.m. meeting of the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners. The board also will decide Thursday whether to spend nearly $190,000 to replace a section of decrepit sewer lines and another $70,000 to build a downtown mini-park. Tax...
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Rotary, DBA offer refunds to raffle ticket holders
The Budbreak Wine Festival, Mount Airy Rotary Club and the Downtown Business Association issued a joint statement Monday in which the organizations said they will refund the $100 purchase price to anyone who bought a ticket as part of a Budbreak raffle being run by David Chaloupka. The raffle took place on May 4 and had as its prize a Fiat, and one local business woman, Vickie Riekehof, thought she had won the car when her raffle ticket num...
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Cause of blaze determined
The cause of a fire that damaged a Mount Airy restaurant Saturday has been determined. The blaze which broke out at the Chase & Charli Restaurant by the River shortly after noon on Saturday was caused by an electrical short in the attic area above the kitchen, according to the Mount Airy Fire Department. The fire department, which said it arrived on the scene within three minutes of receiving the 12:03 p.m. call, said total damage was est...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Ariel Neal, left, and Mary Sobol are tourism program students from UNC-G who partnered with the Mount Airy Visitors Center to create a plan for encouraging the use of the area&#8217;s gap roads for motorcycle enthusiasts and adventure travelers.</p>
UNC-G projects offers business ideas
Students from the Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Management Program at UNC-Greensboro returned to Mount Airy last week for the final presentations of their Community Partnership Projects. The Surry County Economic Development Partnership coordinated the projects with Dr. Erick Byrd, professor of the Issues & Trends in Hospitality and Tourism class, which consisted of 24 students in the tourism program. The final projects were present...
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<p>Pilot Mountain Middle School | Submitted Photo</p><p>Pilot Mount Middle School Coach Rene Mosley stands with her team as they nabbed top regional honors. The team topped off a successful season by winning the state title on a rebound question in the last round. Team members are Austin Burton, Anthony Fulp, Elena Heath, Abby Key, Nathaniel McGraw, Elizabeth Porter, Abigail Robertson, Katarina Sechrist, Nathan Sheets, J.T. Tarn, Cassidy Torrey and Jayne Willard.</p>
Pilot Mountain Middle School captures State Battle of the Books title
GREENSBORO — Pilot Mountain Middle School captured its second state title in Battle of the Books recently after a harrowing moment in the last round when the championship of the tourney was decided on a rebound question. PMMS Coach Rene Mosley said nine teams competed in the tournament at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro last Thursday. “Every team played nine rounds,” recalled Mosley. “This was decided in the last round on a...
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