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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>The Surry Shrine Club was presented with the first place Salvation Army Bellringer Award. The award was accepted by Bobby Harold on behalf of the Surry Shrine Club.</p>
Salvation Army recognizes volunteers and achievements
The Salvation Army’s Annual Civic Appreciation Dinner honored the organization’s board, introduced new board members, and recognized volunteers in the community with awards for the Christmas Bell Ringers. Volunteers and board members were welcomed to the event Wednesday night by Major Michael Rodgers: “It is a great honor to work side-by-side with all of you as well as our great advisory board, majors, and staff members. We are appreciative...
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‘Significant’ meth dealer charged
A Mount Airy woman has been charged with 20 drug violations as the result of a Surry County Sheriff’s Office investigation of alleged methamphetamine trafficking in the North Franklin Road area. Evidence was developed by the county narcotics unit to obtain a search warrant this week for the home of Crystal Dawn Quesinberry, 33, at 1247 N. Franklin Road, according to Sheriff Graham Atkinson. “As a result of the search warrant, they found a...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Extension and Community club members Joyce Ingram and Agnes Carlyle receive certificates from Extension Agent Carmen Long, right, recognizing their 50 years of service. An achievement program celebrating ECA&#8217;s centennial was held at Piney Grove Baptist Church Thursday evening.</p>
ECA celebrates 100 years of improving families and communities
The line between the celebration of 100 years of Extension and Community Associations was inseparable from local clubs’ service for family and community in an achievement program at Piney Grove Baptist Church Thursday evening. County Extension Director Bryan Cave greeted ECA groups from across Surry County at the beginning of the program. “North Carolina owes many of its successes to those like you in this room,” said Cave. “Your efforts to...
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<p>Frederick Johnson</p>
Local lawyer honored by state bar
The Distinguished Service Award was recently presented to Fredrick G. Johnson of Mount Airy at the North Carolina Bar Center in Cary during the annual meeting of the Education Law Section. Johnson’s legal assistants, Donna Puckett and Kyla Johnson, as well as his son, Richard, attended this event. “I am extremely honored and humbled to receive this award,” said Johnson.”I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to mold education and l...
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Burnett files for Patrick school board seat
ARARAT, Va. — Kandy Marshall Burnett has announced she intends to run for the Dan River District seat on the Patrick County School Board. That seat is held by Quinn Brim, the vice chairman of the board. Neither has filed to run with the Patrick County registrar’s office, according to that office. “As a citizen and mother in Patrick County, my desire for the position as a school board member comes from my passion for not just my children, ...
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Church calendar
Submissions to the community calendar should be sent to mtacalendar@civitasmedia.com before 5 p.m. on Tuesday before the event should appear in the newspaper. Be sure to include the full name and address of the event; the time, day and date of the event; and a contact phone number in case our staff has any questions. Benefits and Fundraisers • Haymore Memorial Baptist Church will hold a port-a-pit chicken fundraiser Thursday from 11 a....
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<p>Mount Airy Visitor&#8217;s Center representatives Eleanor Atkins, far left, and Esther Johnson, center, assist visitor Ruth Ealley at the I-77 North Carolina Welcome Center. Various area agencies and businesses gathered at the welcome center for the annual tourism event, held during North Carolina Tourism Week. Ruth Ealley said she is from South Point, Ohio and she is passing through the area on the way to Myrtle Beach. She was interested in finding out more about Mount Airy and Surry County since she passes through each year on the way to her beach vacation.</p>
I-77s Welcome Center marks NC Tourism Week
Mount Airy Visitor’s Center representatives Eleanor Atkins, far left, and Esther Johnson, center, assist visitor Ruth Ealley at the I-77 North Carolina Welcome Center. Various area agencies and businesses gathered at the welcome center for the annual tourism event, held during North Carolina Tourism Week. Ruth Ealley said she is from South Point, Ohio and she is passing through the area on the way to Myrtle Beach. She was interested in findin...
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<p>Jack G. Koontz</p>
YVEDDI head ‘shocked’ by Surry official’s comments
An official of Yadkin Valley Economic Development District Inc. (YVEDDI) defended the agency Wednesday in the wake of financial-irregularity and other accusations leveled during a Surry County commissioners meeting. Jack G. Koontz, the chairman of YVEDDI’s board of directors, said he was “shocked” to read published comments by Commissioner Paul Johnson, which emerged during the Monday night meeting. Johnson took aim at the overall operation...
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BLET facility to be named for slain officer
Like many of his associates, Sgt. Greg Martin, a former Mount Airy police officer, learned the ropes of his profession through local Basic Law Enforcement Training — but he shares a unique place in its annals. “Greg is the first and only graduate of the BLET program at Surry Community College to have lost his life in the line of duty,” said Chet Jessup, who regularly organizes events to honor fallen officers locally. “And we hope the last...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Freedom School Project Director Jesse Hiatt talks to Mount Airy Board of Education members Mike Hiatt, Amy Bledsoe, Kate Appler and Vice Chairman Tim Matthews about the components of the school to bolster literacy among 50 at-risk students this summer.</p>
Freedom School targets students for summer
The Mount Airy Board of Education work session Tuesday was dedicated to presenting a summer school educational option for at-risk kindergarten through fifth-grade students known as Freedom School. Project Coordinator Jesse Hiatt and Site Coordinator Lee Hunter told the board about the project’s components and goals. “We are very excited about this,” said Hiatt. “We want to give our student scholars a head start, a healthy start, a safe st...
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