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Board OKs incentive package
ELKIN — With a unanimous vote and little fanfare, the Surry County Board of Commissioners passed an incentive package that economic development officials say can make a real difference for future workers. The action came as the board met for its regular meeting at Elkin High School. The package for the as-yet-unnamed company, called Project Shield, includes a cash grant of about $28,000 from the North Carolina Rural Center, with a local m...
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Hagan bill to reverse military tuition cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surry County’s representative to the Senate, Kay Hagan (D-NC), has joined Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe to introduce an amendment to the Continuing Resolution that would reinstate the tuition assistance program for service members. Inhofe (R-Okla.) serves as the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In the wake of cuts forced on the Department of Defense by sequestration, the Air Force, Army and Marine Cor...
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12th annual Easter Egg Hunt, celebration scheduled for Saturday
DOBSON — Easter blooms a bit early this year, with the 12th annual Surry Parks and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt, Celebration of the Young Child, and Canned Food Drive scheduled for Saturday at Fisher River Park in Dobson. This free Easter event is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ball field area of Fisher River Park (use the soccer field entrance). Separate Easter egg hunts will be held for kids ages birth to 4, 5 to 7, and 8 to 11 years ...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Mount Airy City Schools Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction Vickie Cameron has announced her retirement from the system as March 28. She will have served more than 40 years of service in education at that date and has held a variety of positions including principal and teacher.</p>
Journey was important to veteran educator announcing retirement
The Mount Airy City Schools Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction Vickie Cameron has announced her retirement March 28 after 40 years and two months of service in education. Although she admits to being an avid supporter of celebrating and recognizing achievement in the system, she’d rather not be in the limelight herself. “I’m a big hoopla person for everyone but myself,” said Cameron, laughing. “I’ve really enjoyed my 40 years....
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Upcoming Talent Search and Gospel Concert at Lowgap Community Center
LOWGAP — The popular music genres of southern and bluegrass gospel, as well as inspirational country music, will be in the spotlight at the Lowgap Community Center on April 13, with an afternoon talent search competition and free evening concert featuring southern gospel trio Noah’s Faith and bluegrass band The Marshall Brothers. Talent Search Creative Visionz Recording and Music Group is hosting the talent search competition, which begi...
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<p>Wendy Byerly Wood | The News</p><p>Joan Holt, window clerk, goes over details of a package with Mount Airy Postmaster John Powers.</p>
Mount Airy’s new postmaster also serves in a district role
When John Powers put in a request to be hired as the Mount Airy postmaster, he didn’t know he would be continuing with the district job he already held and adding the postmaster duties to that. Powers, who grew up in Florida, has been serving as the service coordinator for the Greensboro district of the United States Postal Service since 2009, which means a lot of traveling from the coast to the mountains. The Greensboro district covers the...
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Sheriff’s briefs
Arrests The Surry County Sheriff’s Office has reported the following arrests: • On March 6, Abby Leigh Wilmoth, 33, of N.C. 268 in Elkin, was arrested and charged with four counts of breaking and entering, two counts of larceny and one count of conspiracy to break and enter to commit larceny. She was booked into the Surry County Jail under a $15,000 secured bond. • On March 9, Matthew Lee Bennett, 17, of Matthew Circle in Pilot Mountai...
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>This graphic illustrates the mini-park that could result in downtown Mount Airy on the corner of North Main and West Oak streets &#8212; at a $105,000 expense.</p>
Officials debate cost of downtown mini-park
When first proposed last fall, plans for a mini-park at the corner of North Main and West Oak streets were viewed as a way to enhance the downtown area at a minimal expense. However, the price tag for the mini-park could now exceed $105,000, according to a presentation in which those plans were updated. The mini-park is envisioned at a site near the former Workforce Carolina building that now houses a toy store, where part of a parking lo...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>Boy Scouts Ben Marshall, 9, left, and Nick Bryant, 10, transport an &#8220;injured&#8221; Drew Tilley, 11, on a stretcher during first-aid training at the annual Merit Badge College Saturday at North Surry High School. All three are members of Troop 596 in Mount Airy.</p>
Boys scout for merit badges at ‘college’
Drew Tilley, a local Boy Scout, learned much useful information during an annual Merit Badge College Saturday at North Surry High School — he just wishes he’d been exposed to some of it sooner. Had the member of Troop 596 been able to participate in a first aid activity — which was part of Saturday’s instruction — at an earlier time, it would have made a difference when a friend recently suffered a major foot injury. “I learned a lot about ...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>These bags of pills, shown during Operation Medicine Drop last year, were among 33,262 dosage units collected then.</p>
Operation Medicine Drop to be held Tuesday
At a time of year when thoughts turn to spring cleaning, public safety officials hope local residents will rid medicine cabinets of dangerous unused, expired or unwanted prescription drugs. Operation Medicine Drop, scheduled Tuesday, offers an opportunity to safely dispose of those substances and prevent accidental poisonings, abuse and theft associated with them. The take-back program will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Walmart’s upper ...
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