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<p>Will Jackson urges the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners to approve incentives for a local industry wishing to expand. Jackson was one of several speakers at a Thursday night public hearing on that issue.</p>
City urged to support existing local industry
Several speakers offered comments during a public hearing Thursday night on proposed incentives for an expanded-minded company in Mount Airy, but all had a common theme: Local government should do what it can to support the businesses and industries already here — which sometimes are overlooked in the mad rush to recruit manufacturers from outside. “I think it’s important that we seize every opportunity to grow our town,” said Will Jackso...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Carolyn Choate, right, of Mount Airy, stands with her ribbon and gift bag after she received People&#8217;s Choice award. Pilot Mountain Librarian Anna Nichols, left, presented the awards.</p>
Regional Library Photography Awards showcase visual creativity of amateur photographers
PILOT MOUNTAIN — The visual creativity of local artists had full exposure at the awards reception and photography exhibit for the Northwestern Regional Library Photography Contest, which was held Tuesday night at the Charles H. Stone Library in Pilot Mountain. The contest received photography entries from amateur photographers who resided in each county involved in the Northwestern Regional Library System — Surry, Stokes, Alleghany and Yadk...
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Youth Leadership Surry students participate in day of service
High school juniors from all across Surry County gathered Wednesday morning to take part in Youth Leadership Surry’s day of service. Youth Leadership Surry participants were selected from a group of students who represented the top 20 percent of their junior class. The coordinator of the YLS, James Reams, who works for the Boy Scouts and Learning for Life, said the students in the group have exhibited “natural leadership abilities.” “The ...
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A life too short
This morning, I traveled to Dobson to pick up what we here at the paragraph factory colloquially refer to as “cops and court.” It’s a duty that is one of the more menial tasks we do to ensure that readers know who’s buying what property, who’s getting married and/or divorced, who got arrested and what the county police are investigating. They run in Sunday’s paper. But today was a little different than other days. Today, workers in the ...
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<p>Wade Collins, left, is enthusiastically greeted by Wade the English Shepherd. The daughter of the former owner, Pam Collins, center, and volunteer Savannah Hutchens, right, walk the dogs for one last time before they will go to foster and adoptive homes.</p>
National English Shepherd Rescue sends dogs to new homes
Thursday afternoon volunteers from the National English Shepherd Rescue prepared a group of dogs, rescued from Pilot Mountain after their owner died, for transportation to foster and adoptive homes. The rescue group presented Dr. Mark Hauser and his staff at Surry Animal Hospital with a certificate and jars of Vermont maple syrup as a thank you gift. The certificate presented to Dr. Hauser was paired with an illustration from an old book ...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Students taking part in the Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge are helping with the final preparations on the newest project in Pilot Mountain. Habitat Director Lynn Wilkes calls for a round of applause for Sharon and Darin Hodges whose family will live in the house. Pilot Mountain Commissioners, Town Manager Homer Dearmin and Mayor Earl Sheppard were also on hand Wednesday.</p>
Clemson students enjoy getting to know Habitat family
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Habitat for Humanity’s representatives were under a Carolina blue sky Wednesday afternoon praising the efforts of Clemson orange as a team from the South Carolina school worked on the home as part of a collegiate challenge component helping the organization. Pilot Mountain Mayor Pro Tem Linda Needham, Commissioners Gary Bell and Dwight Atkins as well as Mayor Earl Sheppard and Town Manager Homer Dearmin were on hand to prai...
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Cleanup of unusual items brings out scavengers
In what could be Mount Airy’s version of the Bermuda Triangle, the city will begin collecting unusual trash items from residences next week — some of which might disappear before sanitation crews even arrive thanks to scavengers. Over a two-week period each spring, crews pick up extra materials from Mount Airy homes which normally aren’t accepted, in addition to regular trash collections. Included are appliances, tires (with or without ri...
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Dobson to begin budget process
DOBSON — A brief overview described by town officials as a “broad strokes” look at the upcoming budget process highlights the agenda when the Dobson Board of Commissioners convenes for its regular monthly meeting tonight. The meeting gets under way at 6 p.m. in Dobson Town Hall at 307 Main Street. Town Manager Josh Smith said tonight’s update is simply a chance to familiarize the board with the process. “Most of the budget work will be ...
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Name of dead probation officer released
A 48-year-old county probation officer is dead from a gunshot wound. According to Dobson Police Chief Sean Myers, maintenance employees discovered the probation officer dead in his office around 7:30 Wednesday morning. Myers said that James Matty was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound from what they believe was a .40 caliber handgun. But police are releasing few details, citing the continuing investigation into the...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Dobson Elementary School student Abigail Johnson gets her hair styled by Vannah Jenkins. The day out to Surry Community College capped off a nine-week program teaching fifth-grade girls confidence skills they can use when they advance to middle school.</p>
Mission Beautiful seeks to ease middle school transition
DOBSON — Mission Beautiful at Dobson Elementary School is not just a field trip for fifth-grade girls to Surry Community College’s Cosmetology Department. Participants are expressing outwardly what they have spent nine weeks in class learning about themselves. Likewise, the boys’ counterpart to this program, an obstacle course, is more about what they face entering middle school rather than in the gym. Dobson Elementary Home/School Coordina...
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