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<p>Officers remove evidence from a room at Starlite Motel Thursday as Mount Airy firemen stand by in case of an explosion, due to the volatile chemicals used in methamphetamine production.</p>
City motel searched; meth charges filed
A man’s attempt to have customers at a local pharmacy buy a nasal decongestant for him led to a search of Starlite Motel and felony methamphetamine charges being filed, Mount Airy police said Thursday. Law enforcement personnel were at the motel from late Wednesday night until Thursday afternoon processing evidence discovered inside a room there. The local and state officers who were involved found precursors, items typically used in the ma...
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<p>Elliott Draughn | Submitted Photo</p><p>Surry Central senior Elliott Draughn helps prepare some chicken for the barbecue. Draughn, with the help of his church, family and friends, staged a fundraiser meal that netted $2,100 to help missionary Jeremy Holloway in the Republic of South Sudan.</p>
Surry Central senior’s fundraiser staged to help Christians in South Sudan
DOBSON — Surry Central senior Elliott Draughn’s senior project recently required the young Christian to coordinate the talents of friends, relatives and his church family to stage a benefit barbecue chicken meal. He said the effort will help fund education to fellow Christians in South Sudan. Draughn, who is a member of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Mount Airy, realized a need through meeting missionary Jeremy Holloway and his family who ...
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Teen filmmakers shine at library’s first Teen Film Festival
The creativity of teenagers in Surry County was on full display at the Mount Airy Public Library’s first-ever Teen Film Festival, which premiered Thursday night with a collection of seven short films produced entirely by local teenagers. All films were required to feature a cast of teenagers and all film work had to be produced, edited, written by and directed by local teens. The theme for the films was based around reading, books, or the l...
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<p>Keith Strange | The News</p><p>County Tax Director Michael Hartgrove holds up a current property tax bill. He says that a new system being implemented will completely change the way residents pay their taxes.</p>
‘A nightmare’ on the tax horizon
DOBSON —On the eve of county residents receiving their first tax bill under a new billing protocol, local tax officials have one message for the public: Don’t blame us, we don’t like it either. According to Tax Director Michael Hartgrove, residents in the county should begin seeing their bills in the next month or so, but the new way the money is collected will mean delays in the county receiving the income, and could cost the county quite ...
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County mother, son charged with insurance fraud
DOBSON — A county mother and her son have been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to bilk an insurance company out of thousands of dollars, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced yesterday. Joy Michelle Simpson, 44, of 221 Mayberry Ave., in Mount Airy, and her son, Jackson Del Simpson, 19, of 113 Copeland School Road in Dobson, have each been charged with one count of insurance fraud and one count of obtain...
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Taking back the message
NEWTON — Saying their message has been corrupted by politicians and the media, organizers of the state’s Tea Party are planning a meeting to help take that message back. The party is planning a free conference this Saturday starting at 12:30 p.m., at the Pin Station Conference Center, located at 525 West A. Street in Newton, just outside of Hickory. With a theme of “Turning up the Heat on the Tea Party Message,” the event will feature spe...
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Hearing set on proposed industry
ELKIN — The Surry County Board of Commissioners is packing up and heading south for Monday’s board meeting, which will be held at Elkin High School, county officials said. The meeting is set to get under way at 6 p.m., in the high school’s media center. A brief agenda highlights the meeting, with a public hearing on a proposed economic development incentive topping expected board action. The county’s hearing on the as-yet-unnamed busine...
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Donations needed for Mount Airy Public Library
The Mount Airy Public Library holds two book sales hosted by the Friends of the Library each year, in the spring and fall. Last year’s fall book sale was one of the most successful, due to the large amount of books donated prior to the sale. This year, the library is running low on donations. Angela Llewellyn, of the Mount Airy Public Library, is putting the call out to community members to donate items. In addition to books, other items re...
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<p>Jessica Johnson | The News</p><p>The Health Care Reform Seminar, hosted by the Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, is led by Jason Cogdill, a corporate counsel and benefits attorney from Winston-Salem.</p>
Health Care Reform Seminar clears up confusion for local business owners
A Health Care Reform Seminar hosted by the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce was attended by a room full of local business owners yesterday morning. The seminar was conducted for business representatives from the area who had concern and confusion about the Affordable Care Act, which requires all businesses which have 50 full-time or full-time-equivalent employees to offer “reasonable health care coverage” beginning in 2014, or pay a p...
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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 • First United Methodist Church of Pilot Mountain will host its Sweet Repeats 2013 spring/summe...
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