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<p>Denise Pilcher | Salem Baptist</p><p>Mitch Stanley, portraying Jesus, rehearses the final scene for &#8220;Bow the Knee.&#8221;</p>
Popular Easter play returns to Salem Baptist Church in Dobson
DOBSON — Salem Baptist Church in Dobson will present a free performance of “Bow the Knee,” a musical Easter drama, at 7 p.m. March 21 through 24. This year’s performance is the fourth Easter drama produced by the church, and it continues to be one of the most popular Easter events in the county with more than 2,000 people attending the performances last year. According to Dan Hornak, the director of the play and a member of the church, th...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>From left, Rosie Sink, Stewart Roten and Travis Holt plan for the future of the garden as they await Girl Scout Troop #41489, who will plant the first roses in the garden.</p>
Hospice home rose garden begins life with first roses
Gertrude Stein once famously wrote, “rose is a rose, is a rose, is a rose,” but in the new rose garden at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, a rose is not just a rose, it is a tribute to those who have passed from this world and a source of peace and comfort for those still here. The Garden Gate Garden Club is in the beginning stages of a Rose Garden project at the hospice home. It is a continuing project of love and beauty f...
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Community calendar
Submissions to the community calendar need to be in writing and arrive or be brought into The Mount Airy News office by 5 p.m. Tuesday for the event to be in Sunday’s newspaper. The calendar runs each Sunday. Be sure to include the full name and address of the event; the time, day and date of the event; and a contact phone number in case our staff has any questions. Information may be mailed to: The Mount Airy News, 319 N. Renfro St., Mount ...
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Health calendar
MONDAYS Surry Cancer Support Group Surry County Cancer Support Group meets on the first Monday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. in Grace Moravian Church, 1401 N. Main St., Mount Airy. Informational programs are featured and refreshments are served. For more information, call 789-9779. Grief Support This group meets Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Sycamore Baptist Church, Stuart, Va. Anyone dealing with grief is welcome. For more infor...
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Pilot of crashed plane identified
A pilot involved in a crash Thursday night at Mount Airy-Surry County Airport has been identified. Chris Gammons was the person injured in the incident, according to Myron Waddell, senior supervisor of Surry County Emergency Services. Gammons is about 35 and has a Statesville address, Waddell said, and is a former Surry County resident. He was alone in a BD-5, a small single-engine experimental aircraft, which had left Statesville Munic...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Mountain Park Coach Tobey Mitchell jokes with team members in between rounds. Mitchell stressed that the most important thing for his team was to enjoy themselves in the battle of the books competition at Rockford Elementary School Friday. He characterized the event as a celebration of reading.</p>
Competition level increases in Elementary School Battle of the Books
DOBSON — The second Surry County Schools Elementary School Battle of the Books Competition hosted by Rockford Elementary School had the intensity of its middle school division counterpart but appeared more competitive with 11 teams fielded. Coordinator Donna Bledsoe said 11 teams really increased the excitement for the event. She said elementary participants read from a listing of 17 books for the elementary division competition. “The com...
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Answer filed on airport suit
The Surry County Airport Authority has filed a response to a suit charging that the airport, through its manager, John Spane, tried to destroy the business of a county flight instructor. The response moves for dismissal of the Jan. 7 suit, alleging that the plaintiff, James Michael Venable, and his business, Foothills Aviation LLC, fails to state a claim warranting relief. In the response, filed last week in Surry County Superior Court, a...
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Tax move to hurt local business
A move by the state to change the way vehicular property taxes are sent out is going to hurt one local business. The state is taking over the collection of property taxes on vehicles in an effort to increase the collection rates in counties which are having trouble collecting taxes, a change that many tax officials see as more of a headache than a help. SouthData Inc., located off of Riverside Drive in Mount Airy, processes tax documents...
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<p>Surry Community College student Nathan Gunter is treated for exposure to hazardous materials and readied for transport during a multi agency mass incident drill at the college Friday. The exercise began with a larceny in progress reported on campus.</p>
Surry Community holds mass incident drill
DOBSON — Surry Community College’s Police Department hosted is first multi agency mass incident drill Friday. Chief Marty Shropshire was pleased with the level of cooperation he saw between agencies. “The drill went as planned. The collaboration between departments has been wonderful. No issues came up,” said Shropshire. “That was expected because we all have worked and trained together for years.” The drill took place on the Dobson campu...
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Local tour group on board malfunctioning Carnival Dream cruise ship
A local tour group, Day Trips and Tours, is on board the malfunctioning Carnival Dream cruise ship docked at St. Marteen (also called St. Martin) in the Caribbean, according to an employee of the business, Ronda, who declined to give her last name. According to a statement released by Carnival, the Dream ship docked at St. Marteen on the last leg of the seven-day cruise. During a routine inspection, emergency backup generators were malfunct...
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