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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Holocaust Project judges Bisse Bowman and Jennifer Furr ask questions of Central Middle School students Gerardo Chavez Patino, Angel Isidoro, Javier Martinez and Pedro Grande. Students were able to select how they would depict aspects of the atrocities. Exhibits were designed for younger students and could be used as a traveling museum display.</p>
Central Middle Holocaust Project teaches citizenship to students
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Central Middle Schools’s Media Center became a museum recently as students’ exhibits about the Holocaust sat on table and shelf tops before being judged. Eighth-grade math teacher Martha Hyde said the goal of the effort was to effectively help children learn about historical atrocities so they can be aware of the impact of extreme groups and be responsible as a citizen to such a challenge. “All of the eighth grade teacher...
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>Tammy Lewis receives instruction on cutting a two-by-four with a power saw from Mike Johnson of the Lowe&#8217;s home-improvement store in Mount Airy, during a recent Habitat for Humanity clinic in preparation for Women Build Day this Saturday.</p>
Women to showcase building skills
The Marines are always looking for a few good men, but the local Habitat for Humanity organization is seeking women instead — preferably those good with hammers and saws. They will be able to put such skills on display Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during a Women Build Day at a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Holly Springs. While Habitat projects normally attract a crew of volunteers wanting to help supply housing for deserving fa...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>Members of the Pilot Mountain Middle School Battle of the Books team practice to prepare for the state competition under the watchful eye of Coach Rene Mosley. The team captured Region 7 honors to earn a chance for top honors.</p>
Pilot Mountain Middle team preps for state Battle of the Books competition
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Pilot Mountain Middle School is setting its sights on state honors after winning Regional 7 Battle of the Books honors. The school’s recent accomplishments speak for its program. Three out of the last four years PMMS teams have advanced to state competition. “I try not to think about it,” said Pilot Mountain Coach Rene Mosley, who has coached teams for the competition for a total of seven years. “There’s always stuff you ha...
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Surry Central yearbook recognized
Surry Central High School’s yearbook, AQUILA, has been recognized for excellence and featured in the 2013 Gotcha Covered Look Book, Volume 11, celebrating the best-of-the-best in yearbook design and coverage. Jostens Look Book is a collection of spreads and photos from outstanding yearbooks. Along with design excellence, the annually published Look Book honors the role yearbooks play in helping schools chronicle the experiences, stories and...
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<p>Eleanor Powell-Hines | Submitted Photo</p><p>Mount Airy City Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Little introduces Dr. Paul Webster, left, and Mount Airy High School Principal Dr. Sandy George, to a group of Mount Airy High School graduates at an organizational meeting to form an alumni association. Webster, a 1948 graduate, lives in Lancaster, S.C.</p>
Mount Airy schools look to start alumni group
A new alumni organization may be on the way for former Mount Airy City Schools students, and the group may already have its first project — a way to recognize teachers from the past. Dr. Paul Webster, a 1948 Mount Airy High School graduate, recently met with School Superintendent Dr. Gregory Little and others at an organizational meeting for city schools alumni. “I got the idea when I first became superintendent during a conservation with...
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Photography Mini-Series coming to the Pilot Center
DOBSON — Persons who wish their sports action images or vacation shots turned out the way they envisioned them when they snapped the shutter will have a chance through a class offered at the Pilot Center. Improving Your Skills in Sports and Vacation Image Making is the first course in a series of photography classes to be taught by Boyce Shore, master of photography, who has 30 years experience as a professional photographer. The class wi...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>Angie Chandler, the executive director of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership, explains a new music trails initiative involving Surry and other counties in western North Carolina. It is under way by Chandler&#8217;s organization in conjunction with the North Carolina Arts Council.</p>
Surry helps chart path for regional music trail
One thing was abundantly clear after a meeting Tuesday in Mount Airy to help plot the course for a program called the Blue Ridge Music Trail(s) of North Carolina: “The Blue Ridge Music Trail is not a road — it’s a region,” program leader Angie Chandler told about 35 people from a five-county area who gathered in the Earle Theatre for a planning session. The trails program seeks to better promote the traditional music heritage in 29 counti...
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<p>Tom Joyce | The News</p><p>Commissioners Jon Cawley, left, and Steve Yokeley, members of the city government Finance Committee, go over budget details for outside-agency requests Tuesday with City Manager Barbara Jones.</p>
Holding events in city could cost groups more
Charging extra fees to organizations holding events in Mount Airy — to offset the costs of related services provided by public safety personnel — could be a way to increase funding for agencies such as the Mount Airy Rescue Squad. That idea emerged during a meeting of the city government Finance Committee Tuesday, held to further discuss $222,650 in municipal funding requests received on April 9 from the rescue squad and three other organiz...
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<p>David Broyles | The News</p><p>B.H. Tharrington Primary School second grade students Christopher Gomez, Morgan Brinegar and Nadia Brim go through their art portfolios in search of pieces to display at the first grades K-5 art show held at the school Tuesday.</p>
Show puts young artists’ work on display
First year B.H Tharrington Primary School Art Teacher Ashlee Kniskern staged an art show for students in grades K-5 Tuesday as a means to showcase student effort. The native of upstate New York said she saw an opportunity with the show which was open to parents and staff from noon until 5 p.m. “The kids had worked so hard I wanted to show it all off before the school year ends,” said Kniskern. “They have so much creative energy and they r...
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Free Comic Book Day this Saturday at Yesterdays
Yesterdays will celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday. Steve Martin, co-owner of Yesterdays, said customers are welcome to pick up at least three free comic books from a selection of special Free Comic Book Day titles they have in stock. Free Comic Book Day began in 2002 as a worldwide event to share the love of comic books, which are enjoyed by many people of all ages, not only collectors, but also those who enjoy the “graphic storytel...
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