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<p>The Greater Mount Airy Area Habitat for Humanity is honored during Monday night&#8217;s county commissioners meeting in recognition of its 20th anniversary this year. Pictured, from left, are Robert Fritchey, manager of the local Habitat ReStore that sells used household and other items to support the organization&#8217;s mission; Commissioner Buck Golding; Lynn Wilkes, local Habitat for Humanity executive director; and commissioners Chairman Eddie Harris.</p>
County board opposes immigration bill
If indeed an immigration-reform bandwagon is chugging its way through Washington these days, the Surry County Board of Commissioners is not riding. The board unanimously approved a resolution Monday night in opposition to a U.S. Senate bill on immigration, an action greeted with loud applause from the audience packing a meeting room at Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. “I think the bill is greatly flawed,” said commissioners Chairman...
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ECA 100 Years celebration slated for Thursday at Piney Grove Baptist
Surry County’s Extension Cooperative Agency will be marking 100 years of service Thursday, and those taking part in the event will learn as they look back how much their predecessors were looking to the future. The celebration is set for 6 p.m. at Piney Grove Baptist Church. Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Education Carmen Long said Surry County’s ECA groups followed the state, which began in 1913. Surry’s group became noted for its ...
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<p>Submitted photo</p><p>Lilla Draughn, 4, with her brother Myles Draughn, 7. Lilla suffered a childhood stroke at a young age and was diagnosed with left-sided Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. She attends a special summer camp for children with hemiplegia and her family and friends are raising money for the camp with a fundraiser this Saturday, at the Bannertown Volunteer Fire Department.</p>
Local girl with hemiplegia finds promise in camp for children
Lilla Draughn is 4 years old. She is described by her mother, Angelia Noonkester-Draughn as a “typical little girl” with “the best personality, so sweet…full of willpower and drive and very independent.” “Anyone who meets Lilla just sees this amazing little girl, and our daughter does not realize that anything is different about her, that anything is wrong.” Lilla has left-sided Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy, caused by a childhood stroke. Her...
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<p>Members of The NoneSuch Playmakers perform as The Treblemakers with a 1950s and 60s pop and Motown musical review, scheduled for Saturday night at the Jones Family Resource Center, at 7 p.m. Members of the group are, from leftt, Elizabeth Folger, Heather Elliot, Angela Llewellyn, and Peyton Marion.</p>
The Treblemakers rock the house on Saturday with 1950s and 60s pop and motown hits
This Saturday, the NoneSuch Playmaker’s girl group, The Treblemakers, will perform a musical revue of 1950s and 60s pop, Motown, and R&B hits at the Jones Family Resource Center’s auditorium. The performance begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are $5 and available at the door. The Nonesuch Playmakers have performed musical revues in the past, such as a Broadway revue and a love song revue, and founder Angela Llewellyn said they had a lot of luck w...
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<p>Lucie R. Willsie | The News</p><p>Tortilla Rolls by Marsha Brooks and Kathy Pardue/Page 15</p>
Giving people comfort
Guests gathered around the lengthy buffet table, oohing and ahhing, looking at the array of treats — from entrees to desserts, appetizers to rolls — that were offered for taste-testing last Thursday at the Mountain Valley Hospice’s latest “Comfort Cookin’ ” cookbook. But the best was yet to come — the eating of the specially prepared dishes, from recipes right out of the new cookbook. And not a single dish was a disappointment, guests all...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Budbreak Fiat Raffle ticket buyers Jodi Crawford, Jess Vaughn and Vickie Riekehof talk about Saturday&#8217;s raffle at Leons Burger Express on Tuesday. The three said they feel the fair thing to do in regards to the contest would be to refund all ticket buyers. money.</p>
Some Budbreak raffle participants want refunds
An impromptu press conference was held Tuesday afternoon at Leons Burger Express in Downtown Mount Airy to call for fairness in regards to a Budbreak Wine Festival controversy in connection with a fundraiser at the festival. Vickie Riekehof was called out as the winner of the raffle for a 2013 limited edition Fiat Abarth, or that is what she thought. After arriving to claim the car, she said David Chaloupka, who said he is the owner of Amad...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>Surry County Commissioners Paul Johnson, left, and Eddie Harris discuss the county&#8217;s involvement with Yadkin Valley Economic Development District Inc. (YVEDDI) Monday night.</p>
Surry may sever ties with YVEDDI
Recent alleged financial irregularities and other problems surrounding a non-profit corporation that operates a variety of senior citizen, preschool and additional programs in Surry are prompting the county board of commissioners to end that involvement. “I think it’s time for Surry County to take a new look at YVEDDI,” Commissioner Paul Johnson said of the acronym for the organization with the full name of Yadkin Valley Economic Developmen...
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<p>The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History&#8217;s Jesse Franklin Pioneer chapter of the Tarheel Junior Historians recently participated in a statewide competition. Participants include (from left, back row), Jacob Simpson (adviser), Quinn Cullen, Henry Richardson, Jacob Hiatt, William Erickson, Madison Lawson, and Matt Edwards (adviser)l (front) Piper Jennings, Jake Gunter, Emily Richardson, Jonathan Casey, Karlie Gwyn, Olivia Edwards, and Haley Casey. Not pictured are Glenda Edwards (adviser), Aiden Woods, and Kamber Lovill.</p>
Museum’s Junior Historians bring home awards
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s Jesse Franklin Pioneer chapter of the Tarheel Junior Historians received three individual awards and one team award at the Tarheel Junior Historian State Convention in Raleigh. The Jesse Franklin Pioneers received second place in the Elementary Division Literary Contest for preparing a script of an old-time radio program. Matthew Edwards, Mount Airy Museum of Regional History’s executive directo...
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Officials hit wall on city mission statement
The reason why the city of Mount Airy hasn’t adopted a mission statement during its 128-year history is becoming apparent. Members of the city board of commissioners have discussed that issue twice within a month, but both times have been unable to reach a consensus on how the municipality’s fundamental purpose should be verbalized. That means the mission of determining a mission statement is back on the drawing board after the latest att...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>North Carolina Farm to School Calendar Award winners Abe Martinez and Cora Perryman are congratulated by the Surry County Board of Education for their art work being selected for print in 2013-2014.</p>
Surry County Board of Education votes to raise price of school lunches
DOBSON — The Surry County Board of Education’s meeting Monday in the Surry Early College High School of Design auditorium included a diverse agenda which saw action on school lunch prices as well as improvement projects to several schools and recognition of students achievements. Reluctantly, the board followed a presentation of options to bring the district in line with requirements of the Federal Healthy Hungar Free Kids Act (HHFK) on by ...
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