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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>A large crowd attends the Mount Airy Board of Education meeting Tuesday at J.J. Jones Intermediate School. Dr. Kim Morrison and family were welcomed by the board at the beginning of the meeting. Morrison will be the curriculum and instruction director for the school system.</p>
Mount Airy School Board centers on recognizing students’ achievements
The Mount Airy Board of Education held recognitions for a large amount of student achievements at the close of the school year while pausing Tuesday night to honor the horror tornadoes brought to Oklahoma. Board member Ben Cooke’s invocation asked for a moment of silence from the audience to mark the lives lost and damage to Oklahoma’s schools by the recent violent weather. He gave thanks for a “wonderful school year in Mount Airy Schools” ...
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Police briefs
• Property valued at more than $1,500 was reported stolen Sunday from the vehicle of a Franklin Street resident, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. After someone entered the 1996 Mercedes E300 owned by Taylor Addison Clark through an unsecured door while parked at Clark’s home, an Apple MacBook Pro laptop computer was stolen along with a Garmin GPS unit, a power cord for an Apple iPhone, a Gerber knife and another knife. • D...
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Rockford memorial service set for Saturday
The annual Memorial Day Service will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Rockford Methodist Church in the Historic Village of Rockford. This year’s guest speaker will be Chief Petty Officer Michael Hicks, U.S. Navy Retired. Hicks enlisted in the United States Navy in 1988 and has recently retired. He will share some of his experiences while serving in Iraq, Somalia and many other countries. Hicks will also be addressing the need to remem...
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<p>Participants in last year&#8217;s Vineyard Stomp run through the vineyards in a 5K race.</p>
Vineyard Stomp 5k race series begins June 1
A new series of 5K races is starting this year, with all of the events being held at local vineyards. The Vineyard Stomp is a four-event series cross-country races entirely on dirt or grass trails that lead around and through local vineyards. Each of the four races is about 5 kilometers, or 3.1 miles, in length. The June 1 race is at Stony Knoll Winery in Dobson, starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds will benefit Foothills Food Pantry. Because r...
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Fourth annual Marine Mud Run is scheduled for June 1
PINNACLE — The Percy John Fulton Detachment 1075 of the Winston-Salem Marine Corps League announces the fourth annual Marine Mud Run to be held June 1 at Jomeokee Park and Campground in Pinnacle. Run Director Allen Martin said the Mud Run has grown tremendously, from 1,335 participants in 2010, to 4,000 participants in 2012. He indicated last year’s event raised more than $70,000 for the Mud Run charities, including Wounded Warrior Battalio...
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>During its meeting last night, the Surry County Board of Commissioners honors DSS Director Wayne Black, second from left, as his wife Kathryn, left, looks on. Black will be leaving the county at the end of the month to take the helm of the state department.</p>
Board honors outgoing DSS director
DOBSON — In what Chairman Eddie Harris called “the end of an era,” the Surry County Board of Commissioners presented outgoing Social Services Director Wayne Black with a plaque recognizing his decade of service to Surry County at the helm of the department. The action came as the board met for its regular monthly meeting in the Commissioners Meeting Room in Dobson, and before the board recessed for a reception honoring Black. Last month i...
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<p>Submitted photos</p><p>Trevor Thomas is the first hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail, unassisted. He is now hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina with his guide dog, Tenille.</p>
Trevor and Tenille: Blind hiker and guide dog pass through area
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Trevor Thomas has accomplished more in the past eight years than most people accomplish in a lifetime. He hiked the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail at around 2,650 miles, and numerous other hikes. Thomas did this not only in great time, but he did it all with no sight. Thomas is blind. He is the first unassisted blind person to hike the Appalachian Trail, all 2,175 miles of the trail from Georgia to ...
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Grant will boost tourism, enhance music center
The Surry Arts Council has received a grant that will boost tourism locally as well as enhance the infrastructure of the Old-Time Music Heritage Hall in downtown Mount Airy. “I’m hugely excited,” Tanya Jones, the council’s executive director, said Monday of the grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership. Since the $15,000 in assistance required a local match, $30,000 will available altogether to meet those two objectives, ...
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City finally has mission statement
It’s mission accomplished as far as developing the first-ever mission statement for the city of Mount Airy is concerned. In a 5-0 vote during a meeting last week, the board of commissioners approved the statement, which reads: “It is our mission to provide services of the highest quality in an ethical, respectful, professional and cost-effective manner, and to preserve our heritage and environment.” The process to select just the right ...
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Police briefs
• A Mount Airy man is being held in the Surry County Jail under a $50,000 secured bond for allegedly trying to break into a home on West Lebanon Street, according to city police department reports. Jeremiah David Bruce, 30, of 184 Scenic View Drive, is charged with felonious attempted breaking and entering of a residence. The alleged crime occurred Thursday at the apartment of Matthew Wayne Shumate in the 100 block of West Lebanon Street, w...
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