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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>Youths prepare to fish at a past Kids Outdoor Healthy Expo: Unplugged event at Riverside Park.</p>
Event encourages kids to get ‘unplugged’
When discussing an upcoming healthy kids day event, Fonda Mooney of Reeves Community Center made a startling revelation Friday concerning the ability of human beings to survive 10 minutes or more without Facebook and other computerized attractions. “They actually can,” said Mooney, family services director at the center, who expects to see living proof of that during the fourth-annual Kids Outdoor Healthy Expo: Unplugged on May 4. Next Sa...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Christopher Bowman, center, participates in the long jump with the assistance of his buddy, North Surry High School student Samuel Holder.</p>
Special Olympics: a celebration of athletes of all ages and abilities
Hundreds of athletes of all ages participated in the 35th annual local spring games for the Special Olympics Friday, held at North Surry High School. A countless number of spectators, volunteers, staff, parents, buddies, coaches, family, athletes and special guests gathered for the opening ceremony, which began at 9 a.m. Excitement filled the air and a cheer broke forth from the crowd as the emcee, David Bumgarner from WBFJ radio, welcomed ...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Skype technology allows Surry County Schools Volunteer of the Year Tabitha Crouse to thank the audience for the honor. She had given birth to her son, Corbin, less than 24 hours prior to the reception. Crouse also was named to volunteer of the year honors at White Plains Elementary School.</p>
Surry County School System names volunteer of the year
DOBSON — Surry County Schools named its volunteer of the year on Thursday at the Shelton-Badgett Center for Viticulture and Enology, thanks to technology allowing Tabitha Crouse to Skype her thanks from Forsyth Medical Center to those assembled. Crouse, who is the White Plains Elementary Volunteer of the Year, had given birth to Corbin Tucker Crouse, a 9-pound, 9-ounce boy, at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The announcement capped off the recepti...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Surry Early College High School of Design Principal Celia Hodges, left, is surprised with the news she is Surry County Schools Principal of the Year as School Superintendent Dr. Travis Reeves, Board of Education Vice Chairman Brian Gates and Assistant Superintendent Human Resources Charles Graham applaud.</p>
Surry County Schools names teacher and principal of the year
DOBSON — Surry County Schools Central Office Staff and Board of Education members visited Surry Early College High School and Franklin Elementary School Friday in their version of the “Prize Patrol” to announce Principal of the Year (POY) and Teacher of the Year honors. (TOY) The Early College’s Celia Hodges was named principal of the year, and Franklin Elementary’s Pedro Caro was honored as teacher of the year. Hodges entered a packed audi...
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Local National Guard unit returns from Kuwait
Members of the Mount Airy National Guard unit returned Thursday afternoon from a mission to Kuwait which began last summer. The local soldiers were mostly tradesmen making up Detachment 2 of the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, which is based in Mocksville. They were scheduled to arrive Thursday afternoon in Charlotte, to the delight of loved ones gathered to greet them, said Maj. Jennifer Todd, a state National ...
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<p>Lucie R. Willsie | The News</p><p>Northern Hospital of Surry County held its 2013 Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon Thursday. It was well attended, and most everyone there was an active volunteer. In addition to a nice meal, the crowd first learned of this year&#8217;s five volunteer award winners, a secret until revealed at the luncheon.</p>
Northern Hospital holds volunteer luncheon
Thank you, thank you, thank you — for all the time, dedication and service given every single day. This was the overall sentiment of guests and officials alike at Thursday’s 2013 Hospital Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon held at the Cross Creek Country Club, and reiterated to the audience by Bill James, CEO of Northern Hospital of Surry County. “We thank you all,” James said. Five of the volunteers from the hospital’s volunteer organizat...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>Joan Inman, a representative of Friends of the Mount Airy Police Department, receives an envelope containing nearly $700 donated by members of its 2013 Citizens Police Academy class. The money was presented by Danny Ledford, one of the graduates.</p>
Drug incinerator eyed by police
The war on dangerous prescription drugs could be heating up in Mount Airy, where police are hoping to acquire their own incinerator to destroy pills disposed of by the public. They now must rely on services of an area business for that function, and say that the mobile incinerating device envisioned would have a dual purpose. This includes providing a cost-effective means of eradicating unwanted or unused medications, and illustrating to th...
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Habitat for Humanity home readied for move on Saturday
The excitement at North Surry High School literally is building as construction technology students and others involved in the construction of a new home for the Mount Airy Habitat for Humanity effort get ready for the structure to be moved Saturday to its site. According to Surry County Schools Director of Secondary Education Jill Reinhardt, the house move will take place, weather permitting, Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. She said the ho...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>Two Packard car clubs, the Old Dominion Packard Club and the Blue Ridge Packards, gather in Mount Airy for their spring tour. Yesterday, members parked their automobiles on North Main Street for a few hours while the members enjoyed the downtown area.</p>
Packard cars delight downtown visitors
Those who traveled through downtown Mount Airy yesterday were sent through a time warp, back to an era when luxury automobiles were built to perfection. Packard cars lined one side of the street, shining in the afternoon sun. A jingle from an old Packard radio ad featured the line “In a Packard you’ve got the world on a string; in a Packard you feel like a king.” The car evoked a nostalgia for the past, a time when the act of riding in a Pa...
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City police briefs
• A Virginia man was jailed under a $7,500 secured bond Wednesday after he allegedly was found in possession of methamphetamine and hydrocodone during a traffic stop, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. The incident occurred on Lakemont Trail at Skyview Drive, involving Elijah David Goad, 27, of 227 Pine Branch Road in Laurel Ford. Goad is charged with felony and misdemeanor drug-possession violations as well as possession of d...
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