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Special events cost city $42,237 a year
Special events held in Mount Airy cost city government $42,237 a year, according to figures for 2012, which also show the municipality is taking in only $2,575 in permit fees for them. Much of the expenditures result from a single event — the three-day Autumn Leaves Festival held every October by the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce — which costs the city $23,188 in extra manpower and equipment for such needs as security, traffic cont...
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<p>Gladys Henson of Yokefellow Co-Operative Ministry in Mount Airy sorts items collected by local postal workers during last year&#8217;s food drive.</p>
Local food collection ‘going postal’
Postal workers are known for delivering the mail through snow, sleet, rain and hail — and the same perseverance is applied toward collecting food for the needy. This Saturday, local mail carriers will put the stamp on an annual program that results in thousands of pounds of non-perishable items for distribution by Yokefellow Co-Operative Ministry of Mount Airy. “The carriers are delivering bags all week,” said Judy Hughes, a postal superv...
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Surry County EMS budget requests include essential equipment
Surry County Emergency Medical Services is asking for an increase of roughly $450,000 in the 2013-14 operating budget, but most of that is for capital expenses. The budget request, as presented to the Surry County Board of Commissioners, asks for $5,455,364, up from the present year’s budget of $4,997,082. John Shelton, Director of Emergency Services, said the budget request includes $652,000 for capital needs, which actually leaves the o...
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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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