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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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<p>J. J. Jones Intermediate School | Submitted Photo</p><p>Martha Dobson talks with Jones Intermediate Students about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Dobson uses the example of the Red Lantern Award for the last place finisher&#8217;s perseverance as applying to never quitting in life. Dobson was the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail in 2011.</p>
Iditarod Teacher on the Trail speaks to Jones Intermediate students
Iditarod Sled Dog Race Teacher on the Trail Martha Dobson recently rewarded J.J Jones Intermediate school students interest in the event with a presentation from her unique perspective as a participant. Dobson was the Teacher on the Trail in 2011 and has been involved with the race to some degree for seven years. According to Reading Specialist Cindy Wilson, Dobson saw an article on the students’ Mini Iditarod Dog Sled Race in the Mount A...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>This Mount Airy Fire Department Fire Engine and Command vehicle take up positions in front of the Thai Cafe Monday afternoon. Two more fire engines and a ladder truck responded to a fire call at 12:44 p.m. Assistant Chief Chris Fallaw said members of the restaurant staff smelled electrical wiring burning and saw smoke from an area of the wall and called for assistance. Fallaw said a grill had been set too close to the wall and burned a small area of the wall. No injuries were reported in connection with the fire and the restaurant was expected to be re-open by Monday night.</p>
Fire empties Thai Cafe for a few hours
This Mount Airy Fire Department Fire Engine and Command vehicle take up positions in front of the Thai Cafe Monday afternoon. Two more fire engines and a ladder truck responded to a fire call at 12:44 p.m. Assistant Chief Chris Fallaw said members of the restaurant staff smelled electrical wiring burning and saw smoke from an area of the wall and called for assistance. Fallaw said a grill had been set too close to the wall and burned a small ...
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Michael Dinkins and Susan Ward Lapping
Mount Airy native receives Ward scholarship
Mount Airy native Michael Dinkins, a 21-year-old Midshipman First Class attending UNC Chapel Hill, recently received the Captain Marshall Ward Memorial Scholarship Award, a $10,000 scholarship named for the late Ward, another Mount Airy native. Susan Ward Lapping, Ward’s daughter and a 1972 UNC graduate, was on hand to present Dinkins with the scholarship during the 2013 Awards Day Ceremony for the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROT...
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<p>Surry County&#8217;s VOCE choral ensemble will present their Spring Concert &#8220;An American Journey&#8221; Thursday at the Andy Griffith Playhouse and May 13 at First Baptist Church.</p>
VOCE spring concert features Melva Houston
Surry County’s VOCE choral ensemble will present its spring concert “An American Journey,” a collection of American sacred and folk music. Thursday’s concert begins at 7 p.m. at the Andy Griffith Playhouse and a second concert will be performed at 7 p.m. on May 13 at First Baptist Church in Dobson. A donation of $10 is requested for admission. Organizer and member Mark Gillespie said the special guest for the concert is “the sensational M...
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Manager recommending water rate increase, no tax increase
PILOT MOUNTAIN — During a special meeting held to go over budget proposals for the 2013-14 fiscal year, Pilot Mountain Town Manager Homer Dearmin said he is not recommending a tax rate increase, but he did recommend a 4.5-percent water/sewer rate increase. Even without a tax increase, Dearmin was able to recommend a 1.5-percent cost-of-living salary increase for employees who are not at the top of their pay range, and for those who are at t...
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Sheriff’s Report
Arrests The Surry County Sheriff’s Office has reported the following arrests: - On April 30, Sarah Elizabeth Lowe, 28, of Luffman Road in Lowgap, was arrested and charged with resisting a public officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two felony counts for possession of a schedule I and II substance. She was booked into the Surry County Jail with a $25,000 secured bond. - On April 30, Michael Shannon Gravley, 42, of W. Cleve Stre...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Cathy Surratt and Deyton Rogers work on nailing the sides up for a storage shed. The two were part of volunteers from Lowe&#8217;s Hardware in Mount Airy, The Mount Airy Junior Woman&#8217;s Club and Cornerstone Baptist Church who participated in a Women&#8217;s Build Day Saturday at the new Habitat for Humanity home.</p>
Habitat hosts Woman’s Build Day
Greater Mount Airy Habitat for Humanity volunteers at the Women Build Day Saturday would be the first to tell you warm hearts will stave off chilly temperatures. Volunteers were part of an estimated 10,000 women nationwide who are expected to volunteer at Habitat construction sites the week of May 4-12. This is the sixth year of the effort. Lowe’s Hardware is the underwriter of Habitat’s Women Build program and has donated more than $1.75...
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