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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>A wedding carriage is parked in front of Old North State Winery and Brewery, the venue for the 2013 Mount Airy Bridal Fair.</p>
Mount Airy Bridal Fair promotes local wedding industry
Brides from Surry County and surrounding areas were greeted by businesses and wedding industry vendors Saturday during the annual Mount Airy Bridal Fair, sponsored by the Downtown Business Association and held at Old North State Winery and Brewery. Jennie Lowry Caudill, a representative for the Downtown Business Association who helped to plan the event, said she believes the event offers brides more “one-on-one attention” than they would ty...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Old Time Music dancers of all ages took to the floor of the Surry Community College gym Friday night as the Fourth Annual Surry Old Time Fiddlers Convention opened with a square dance. The event in Dobson is organized to support, encourage and preserve traditions.</p>
Surry Fiddlers Convention opens with spirited square dance
DOBSON — The fourth Annual Surry Old Time Fiddlers Convention opened with a square dance on Friday night at Surry Community College drawing on the county’s old time music and dance traditions with an event organized by musicians for musicians and dancers. Convention organization committee spokesperson Buck Buckner said featured bands for the first night included the Zephyr Lightening Bolts, Slate Mountain Ramblers and the Mountain Park Old ...
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<p>Two officials of Leonard Aluminum, from left, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Strohl and Chief Executive Officer David O&#8217;Neal, are recognized by Mayor Deborah Cochran during a meeting of the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners Thursday night. A certificate of appreciation for Leonard Aluminum was read by the mayor as part of an ongoing city government program to honor older local businesses. Leonard Aluminum, established in 1963, is a privately owned manufacturer, distributor and retailer with product lines including utility trailers, storage buildings, truck covers and more.</p>
New historic rules don’t promote ‘demolition,’ planner says
Proposed changes to Mount Airy’s zoning ordinance affecting historic properties locally might say one thing, but they mean another, according to a city planner. Although the biggest portion of new guidelines recommended is labeled “demolition by neglect,” the intent of the ordinance revision is anything but demolition, Andy Goodall said during a recent meeting of the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners. Instead, the changes will promote repai...
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>Tanya Hall, chair of the Dobson Library Board, (third from left) is pictured with the family of the late Kenneth Earnest, who served on the town&#8217;s library board and recreation committee. The Dobson Board of Commissioner honored the service of Earnest during its meeting Thursday night.</p>
Dobson board honors memory of service
DOBSON — The Dobson Board of Commissioners took a moment out of its agenda Thursday night to recognize the service of Kenneth Earnest, who died last November. The recognition came as the board met for a special meeting in Town Hall. Town Manager Josh Smith, who made a few brief remarks, said Earnest deserved the recognition due to his years of service on the town’s library board and recreation committee. “Kenneth was extremely instrumen...
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>John Watts, environmental health specialist for the Surry County Health and Nutrition Center, leads day two of a three-day class on food safety. About 40 restaurant employees from the county attended the class, designed to teach safe handling and food safety.</p>
Offering safe food for Surry County
A class held Monday in the county’s Human Services building is designed to ensure that restaurants and other entities that serve food are doing so safely. About 40 restaurant, long-term care facility workers and others who provide food turned out for a class, designed to certify them to comply with new food safety guidelines, according to Lisa Ford, food and lodging supervisor with the county’s health and nutrition center. The classes are...
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Calling all festival vendors
DOBSON — Officials in Dobson are in the process of gearing up for the town’s second annual Spring Folly, and are looking for any vendors who want to participate in what is rapidly becoming a spring favorite in Surry County. This year’s event is set to kick off at 9 a.m. on April 20 and will run until 6 p.m., a little longer than last year’s inaugural festival, according to Rachel Pace, organizer of the event. “We held it from 10 a.m. unti...
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Health Board okays animal rescue policy
DOBSON — The Surry County Board of Health has approved changes to the county’s animal control policy that will effectively open the doors for local animal control officers to work with animal rescue groups, and they’re even offering a way to save them some money. During its meeting last week, County Manager Chris Knopf told the county Board of Commissioners that the health board has approved a placement partner agreement, going so far as to...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Central Middle School students and Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force Members model shirts designed by the group. The motto on the shirt is &#8220;I have 99 problems but prescription drug abuse ain&#8217;t one.&#8221; March is Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month in Surry County schools.</p>
Local students meet Attorney General
DOBSON — Recently six students Surry County students and two local adults met with State Attorney General Roy Cooper as part their effort to inform the public about the dangers of prescription drug misuse and abuse. The six are part of the Surry County Schools’ Prescription Drug Awareness Prevention Task Force. They, along with sponsor Sonia Dickerson and Frankie Andrews, area director for the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Ab...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>North Surry student Keightley Dalton begins her senior project demonstration by pouring water with food coloring into a bowl. The coloring simulates impurities in water. The solar-powered system runs water through filters and across UV lights to kill bacteria and make it safe for drinking. Dalton&#8217;s project raised money to send two of these units to the Amazon.</p>
North Surry students show variety in scope of senior class projects
North Surry seniors, like many of their counterparts, have presented multi-media presentations to meet graduation requirements as spring brings graduation closer. Indicative of the variety found in these projects were two recently presented by Greyhounds Austin Barker and Keightley Dalton. Barker, who is looking at a future in solar engineering, used solar-powered accessories to extend the use of his family’s golf cart on vacations. Dalton’...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>These members of the Surry Early College High School of Design Science Olympiad team earned medals in the regional tournament. Pictured are Jessie Kimel, Emi Jones, Taylor Gabbey, Miranda Jones and Kasey Bowman.</p>
Early College students earn medals in Science Olympiad
DOBSON — Surry County Early College High School of Design Science Instructor and Science Olympiad Coach Jeff Edwards is understandably proud of his team of 12 students. The team competed in the Northwest Region Science Olympiad at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, with almost half of the contestants capturing gold, silver and bronze medals. “This is the first year for us and I believe we are the first Surry County School to be a part o...
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