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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Burke Robertson, chairman of the Tourism Partnership of Surry County, shows group members the cover for the new &#8220;Very Surry&#8221; visitor&#8217;s guide, which will launch in May.</p>
Tourism Partnership sets Very Surry guide
DOBSON — The Tourism Partnership of Surry County on Monday set the launch of a new “Very Surry” visitor’s guide for May. The partnership continues to work directly with a graphic designer Jennifer Scott, who designed a cover for the visitor’s guide which featured an autumn photograph of the knob of Pilot Mountain in the foreground with Hanging Rock and Sauratown Mountain in the background. Several members remarked that the guide is improv...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Providence College Student Marilyn Rideout lines up some trim on a Habitat for Humanity home under construction in Pilot Mountain. Students from Providence and Wittenberg University in Ohio are in the area to help with the build as part of Habitat International&#8217;s Collegiate Challenge.</p>
Students spend spring break on Habitat build
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Traditionally, images of spring break for college students bring to mind tropical locales such as Cancun. Not so for a group of 20 students from Connecticut and Ohio, who will be wrapping up their break in Pilot Mountain this week on a Habitat for Humanity home there. According to Habitat Executive Director Lynn Wilkes the 20, consisting of ten each from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and Wittenberg Unive...
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>Long-time animal advocate Jim Hazel, left, joins county animal control officials Gary Brown, center, and Samantha Ange at the podium. The Board of Commissioners said they are going to continue working on the county&#8217;s animal control ordinance.</p>
Board tables animal ordinance
DOBSON — The Surry County Board of Commissioners voted to table proposed changes to the county’s animal ordinance last night, but not before making one thing perfectly clear: They are willing to listen to any and all ideas about how they can reduce the number of animals killed in the local shelter. The action came as the board met for its regularly-scheduled meeting in the county’s Government Center in Dobson. Prior to opening a public he...
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Codes enforcer Steve May, foreground, discusses problems Mount Airy officials can face in dealing with dilapidated structures. An image of a house on Dyson Place the city government paid to demolish last year can be seen to the rear.
City getting more aggressive with housing code violations
Mount Airy wants to get tougher on violators of the municipality’s minimum housing codes, but that could come at a high price. Launching a formal enforcement process against an errant property owner is the easy part. But recovering the costs of such actions can be much harder, officials were told during at an annual city government planning retreat several days ago when enforcement of minimum housing codes was a key discussion topic. Plan...
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A pink fire truck that promotes breast cancer awareness will be at Riverside Park Saturday during the Griggs Fun Run there.
Griggs Fun Run to include pink fire truck
Griggs Hampton, Mount Airy’s charity fundraiser extraordinaire, is no longer around to support worthy causes, but would be proud that his work is continuing — including an event scheduled Saturday. Multiple charities will be the beneficiaries of the second-annual Griggs Fun Run at Riverside Park in Mount Airy, which will feature a pink fire truck as a special attraction. “I just know that’s what he would want,” said Donna Hiatt, a longtim...
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Arnder tackles hard work of team spirit
With both a serious tone and a sound of excitement, East Surry cheerleader Autumn Arnder summed up four years of hard work in her voice as she recalled the commitment and dedication required to be on her A-game in her continued pursuit to persevere in competition, share her passion for sports and build up others around her. “As a senior, I have to be a motivator, a pusher with the team and cultivate younger ones on the team to go in our foo...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>The basketball hoop shot is a popular event at the Yadkin Valley Senior Games, played here at the Armfield Civic Center in Pilot Mountain.</p>
Upcoming Yadkin Valley Senior Games’ registration deadline nears
The Yadkin Valley Senior Games, scheduled for May 6 through June 6, is registering participants ages 55 and older (must turn 55 by Dec. 31). Scheduled events include sports, as well as visual, literary, heritage and performing arts. Sporting categories include 50 events such as cycling, track events, basketball, bowling, swimming, badminton, ping pong (table tennis), bocce ball, billiards, croquet, horseshoes, tennis, and more. There are 33...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Pilot Mountain Middle School donated a chair covered in Sunday Comics and a hand painted tote by Lisa Belcher, art teacher.</p>
Surry Arts Council’s annual Arts Ball benefits school cultural arts programs
On Friday night, the Surry Arts Council’s Arts Ball raised money for cultural arts programs for students in all public schools in Surry County for 2013-2014. The benefit took place at Cross Creek Country Club for a large crowd of elegantly-dressed supporters. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from ticket sales and auction items went to Surry Arts Council, who will use the fund for cultural arts programs for 24 schools in Surry County. The...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Reenactors portray the militia for the historical dramatization and reenactment of the Bond School House Shootout, which took place 150 years ago in Yadkin County.</p>
Reenactment includes historical dramatization of Bond School House Shootout
ROCKFORD — The Battle of Rockford and 150th anniversary of the Bond School House Shootout took place yesterday, and will continue today in Rockford, in the area surrounding Rockford General Store. Reenactors from the 7th, 12th, 13th, 21st, 28th, and 63rd N.C. Calvary groups took part, as well as the 24th Virginia Calvary. Snow began to fall as the reenactors prepared to portray the militia and deserters who were involved in a shoot out on...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Geraldine Odell carefully decorates her egg with beeswax before she dyes it with the first color.</p>
Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop held at Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History held a Batik Easter Egg Workshop yesterday afternoon on the second floor of the museum. The Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs with wax is called pysanky, and dates back to 1300 BC. The ancient practice used traditional motifs that date back even further, to 3000 BC, and many examples were provided for the students by the class instructor, Maria Skaskiw. Skaskiw learned the art of decorating t...
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