City eyeing hike in fees

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hike in fees 

TOM JOYCE 

STAFF REPORTER 

Circuses, telegraph offices and boxing matches aren’t 

normal sights in Mount Airy these days, yet the city’s 

schedule of fees for business licenses still lists those and 

other outdated entries. 

Changes could be in store for that fee schedule, based 

on discussion at a budget workshop of the Mount Airy 

Board of Commissioners Wednesday. Not only are some 

of the regulated business listings themselves reminiscent 

of earlier times, so are the charges for licenses required for 

their operation — which have been unchanged for years. 

For example, retail and other stores have paid an annual 

license fee of $25 for about a century. In fact, Commissioner 

Dean Brown said during Wednesday’s meeting that 

a framed copy of one of the first licenses issued to 

Leonard’s Jewelers — Mount Airy’s oldest business — reflects 

the $25 price. 

The updating of license fees, which usually occurs at 

the start of a budget year, will not be done before the next 

fiscal year begins on July 1, but officials said Wednesday 

it should happen soon. 

“It just seems to me that this is a small area we could 

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Veteran Mike King of Mount Airy looks at the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall 

Thursday for the names of two Army officers he served with who were killed. 

Shelton family honors 

scholarship recipients 

MORGAN WALL 


DOBSON — The 20 recipients 

of this year’s Shelton 

Foundation Scholarship 

were honored at a reception 

Thursday after- 

noon at the Hampton Inn 

and Suites at Shelton Vineyards. 

For three years, Ed and 

Charlie Shelton have 

awarded scholarships to 

students graduating from 

high school in Surry and 

Stokes counties who plan 

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 

Printed on 

recycled newspaper 

MONDEE TILLEY/THE NEWS 

Students at B.H. Tharrington Primary School wave good-bye on the last day of the 2010 school year yesterday. 

For more photos, see page 2A. Surry County schools also let out Thursday. 

to attend Surry Community 

College or Forsyth Technical 

Community College. 

The scholarships, which 

are awarded based on character, 

are renewable as long 

as the students maintain a 

See FAMILY, page 11A 

MORGAN WALL/THE NEWS 

The 20 Shelton Foundation scholarship recipients for 2010 are recognized at a 

reception Thursday afternoon. 

Vietnam Wall exhibit 

stirs memories, emotions 

TOM JOYCE 


The old Bassett Furniture 

plant is a long way 

from the jungles of Southeast 

Asia, but a replica of 

the Vietnam Wall now on 

display there is bringing 

the war’s impact close to 

home for Surry Countians. 

For some, including veteran 

Mike King of Mount 

Airy, the appearance of the 

Vietnam Traveling Memorial 

Wall sparked memories 

of those who didn’t come 

back. 

“It’s been 43 years,” 

King said as he carefully 

and somberly surveyed the 

vast list of names on the 

wall early Thursday afternoon, 

shortly after it was 

MONDEE TILLEY 


DOBSON — Shortly after students 

all across Surry County said good-bye to 

each other and their teachers, local bus 

drivers were saying farewell for the sum- 

erected in the parking lot of 

the now-defunct furniture 

operation. 

But still vivid and alive 

in the mind of King, who 

served in the Vietnam War 

from 1967-68 as a member 

of the U.S. Army, are two 

training officers he encountered 

during Officer Candidate 

School (OCS). 

After the training was 

completed and members 

of his unit were dispatched 

to their respective 

duty assignments, King 

lost track of the two tactical, 

or “tac” officers, 

whom he had known. 

Then one day in 1967, he 

picked up a copy of the 

Stars and Stripes service 

publication, looked at a 

war-casualty listing and 

saw where they had been 

killed. 

“They were artillery 

types,” King said, describing 

them as somewhat 

gung-ho. The pair of first 

lieutenants had the option 

of remaining in a safe area 

with commanding officers, 

but instead were in the 

thick of the fighting. 

Irony permeates that 

memory for King, as it did 

so many aspects of a bitter 

conflict that claimed more 

than 58,000 American 

lives. 

“Nobody in my OCS 

class got killed,” he said, 

“and I think nearly every 

one of us pulled a tour of 

duty over there.” Yet two of 

their training officers did. 

See WALL, page 10A 


Karen Lewis stands on the steps of bus 112 Thursday at the Surry County Bus 

Driver End of Year Celebration. She is retiring after 37 years of driving a 

school bus. 

BUS DRIVERS CELEBRATE 


mer as well at the annual Surry County 

Schools Bus Driver End of Year Jubilee 

held Thursday. 

Rodney Hardy, transportation director 

for Surry County Schools, said the tradition 

started a number of years ago by 

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Tharrington Primary Principal Lydia Lovell hugs student Marco Tarra on the last 

day of school on Thursday. 



Kids celebrate the last day of school on their last bus ride home from Tharrington 

Primary Thursday afternoon. 

Taking learning to a new level 

MORGAN WALL 


DOBSON — Students 

in Surry County Schools 

have exposure to a number 

of programs ranging from 

those designed to promote 

good behavior, those for 

students who want to be entrepreneurs 

and even those 

who want a different high 

school experience. 

At the Surry County 

Schools Board of Education 

retreat Monday and Tuesday, 

board members had the 

chance to see how these 

programs are going and 

what is in store for the coming 

year. 

Positive Behavior Intervention 

and Support is a 

program that was implemented 

in all of the county’s 

schools this year after 

Franklin Elementary experienced 

success with it previously. 

The program is designed 

to reward students 

for positive behavior instead 

of just focusing on 

negative behavior. 

A representative from 

the program visited Surry 

County Schools this year to 

evaluate how the programs 

Micheal McMillan 

1st Grade 

B.H. Tharrington 

are progressing. She visited 

Copeland Elementary 

School, Central Middle 

School and East Surry High 

School to evaluate the programs 

and spoke to teachers, 

students, staff and even 

substitutes. 

“She said for them to do 

that well on the first evaluation 

is phenomenal,” said 

Jennifer Scott, director of 

communications, who also 

said the representative was 

hesitant to visit a school 

system that implemented 

the program in every school 

at one time. 

The three schools had 

different experiences because 

they serve students of 

different ages. They had to 

approach the situation in 

different ways to appeal to 

the students with age-appropriate 

rewards. 

“I was a little bit anxious 

before we started this. Not 

only did it work, the teachers 

loved it,” said Denny 

Barr, principal at Copeland 

Elementary. “We started 

last summer putting things 

into place. It really cut 

down on a lot of problems 

we’ve had.” 

Implementing the pro- 

gram in elementary schools 

seemed to be easier than in 

upper level schools because 

they were starting to teach 

behavior at the ground 

floor. Schools posted signs 

in each area of the school 

detailing what behavior was 

expected of students in 

those areas and teachers 

spent the first couple weeks 

of school taking their students 

through each area and 

pointing out the behaviors. 

“The behavior is lightyears 

better at the elementary 

schools. The younger 

they are, the easier it is to 

implement,” said Barr. “I 

think the real difference is 

going to be seen five or six 

years down the road. That’s 

how you build it — you 

start with them in kindergarten 

and hopefully they’ll 

carry it with them.” 

At Central Middle, Principal 

Janet Atkins said the 

signs posted around the 

school for the program are 

something they did not 

have before. After the evaluation, 

she said something 

they are going to work towards 

next year is making 

the behavior system focus 

more on the positive rather 

than the negative. She said 

students who lose points for 

bad behavior need to have a 

way to earn points for good 

behavior as well. 

“The vague part of that 

for some of our kids was 

they didn’t know how to get 

positive recognition,” she 

said. “Eventually doing the 

right thing has to be its own 

reward. They have to learn 

that I am my own reward.” 

Atkins said the school 

announces good citizens in 

the morning and afternoon 

of each day. This is a list of 

students who did something 

positive during the day 

from opening the door for 

someone or helping carry 

supplies into the school. It 

does not necessarily have to 

be an academic accomplishment 

or an athletic accomplishment 

that gets 

them recognition. She also 

hands out T-shirts that say 

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GOLDING 

CANA, Va. — Mrs. 

Ossie Marie King Golding, 

71, of Cana, passed 

away at Forsyth Medical 

Center in Winston- 

Salem, N.C., on June 9, 

2010. She was born in 

Carroll County on April 

6, 1939, to the late 

Frank and Gladys Jones 

King. Mrs. Golding retired 

as a cafeteria 

worker from the Carroll 

County School System 

and was a member of 

Oak Ridge Baptist 

Church. Mrs. Golding is 

survived by a daughter, 

Michelle Watson and 

friend Roy Mitchell of 

Dobson, N.C.; a son 

and daughter-in-law, 

Wesley and Trudy 

Golding of Advance, 

N.C.; two grandchildren, 

Kayla Watson and 

fiancée Jonathan 

Wilmoth of Dobson and 

Joshua Golding and 

friend Lindsay Goad of 

Charlotte, N.C.; sisters 

and brothers-in-law, 

Dot Tolbert of Mount 

Airy, Connie and Clinton 

Cagle and Hazel 

and Verlon Combs of 

Cana and Betty Leftwich 

of Myrtle Beach, 

S.C.; brothers and sisters-in-law, 

Darrell and 

Marie King and Otto 

and Joan King of Cana; 

and special friends, 

David and Theresa 

Hughs, Jo Brannock 

and Belinda Draughn. 

In addition to her parents, 

Mrs. Golding was 

preceded in death by 

her husband, Wayne 

Golding; and a brother, 

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now-retired Assistant Superintendent 

Billy 

Sawyers. A cookout is 

held at the bus garage in 

Dobson, and the hot dogs 

are always cooked by 

Assistant Superintendent 

Chuck Graham. School 

board member Sue Stone 

also was on hand for the 

event this year and 

helped serve up the fixings 

for the hot dogs. 

Grover Cropps has 

been driving a school bus 

for Surry County for 

eight years. He drives a 

bus for Copeland Elementary. 

He started driving 

after retiring from 

Surry Telephone. 

“This is a happy, but 

sad day,” Cropps said 

about the last day of 

school. He said his favorite 

thing about driving 

a bus is seeing the 

kindergartners faces as 

they get ready to board 

the bus for the first time. 

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Curtis King. Funeral 

services will be conducted 

at Oak Ridge 

Baptist Church Friday, 

June 11, 2010, at 2 p.m. 

by the Rev. David 

Sechrist. Burial will follow 

in Flower Gap 

Primitive Baptist 

Church Cemetery. The 

family will receive 

friends from 1 p.m. until 

time of the service at 

the church. Online condolences 

may be made 

at www.moodyfuneralservices.com. 

JARVIS 

MOUNT AIRY — Mr. 

Steve Smith “Bo” Jarvis 

III, 19, of 147 Crane 

Lane, Mount Airy, 

passed away, Tuesday, 

June 8, 2010, unexpectedly. 

He was born Oct. 

16, 1990, in Surry 

County to Vicky Golding 

Jarvis Moore and 

the late Steve Smith 

Jarvis Jr. He was employed 

by Jantec Neon 

Signs and was a member 

of White Plains 

Baptist Church. Surviving 

are his mother and 

stepfather, Vicky Jarvis 

and Jeffrey Stewart 

Moore of the home; a 

sister and brother-inlaw, 

Sheena Marie 

Jarvis and Scott Bryant 

of Mount Airy; a stepbrother, 

Isaac Stuart 

Moore of the home; 

grandmothers, Sharon 

Jarvis of Mountain Park 

and Clara Golding of 

Mount Airy; a stepgrandfather, 

Sheppard 

Ausby Moore of Mount 

Airy; great-grandmoth- 

Karen Lewis said 

farewell to co-workers 

after 37 years on the job. 

Lewis not only drove a 

bus for 37 years, but kept 

a safe driving record for 

all of those years, according 

to Hardy. She 

drove bus 112 for 

Franklin Elementary 

School. She is hoping to 

do some substitute bus 

driving next year. 

“I’m going to miss the 

kids and the parents,” 

Lewis said. 

She said she has been 

driving for so long, she 

was picking up the children 

of the children she 

picked up years ago. 

Contact Mondee Tilley 

at 

mtilley@mtairynews.com 

or at 719-1930. 

OBITUARIES 

er, Rena Grimes of 

Mount Airy; and a 

niece, Kalana Bryant of 

Mount Airy. In addition 

to his father, Mr. Jarvis 

was preceded in death 

by his grandfathers, 

Smith Jarvis and Clay 

Golding; and a stepgrandmother, 

Martha 

Ann Collins Moore. Funeral 

services will be 

held 2 p.m. Sunday, 

June 13, 2010, at 

Moody Funeral Home 

Chapel of Mount Airy 

conducted by the Rev. 

Tom Delph and the Rev. 

Larry Norman. Burial 

will follow in the Central 

View Baptist 



friends from 7 to 9 p.m. 

Friday at Moody Funeral 

Home. Online condolences 

may be made at 

www.moodyfuneralservices.com. 

MOORE 

MOUNT AIRY — Mr. 

Chad Everette Moore, 

20, of 1361 Maple 

Grove Church Road, 

Mount Airy, passed 

away unexpectedly 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010. 

He was born Nov. 29, 

1989, in Surry County 

to Chris and Leona 

Golding Moore. He was 

a member of Blue 

Ridge Baptist Church. 

Surviving are his parents, 

Chris and Leona 

G. Moore of the home; 

“special girlfriend,” 

Charlotte Cooke of 

Mount Airy; grandmother, 

Clara Irene 

Golding of Mount Airy; 

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a grandfather, Sheppard 

Ausby Moore of Mount 

Airy; and a great-grandmother, 

Rena Grimes of 

Mount Airy. Mr. Moore 

was preceded in death 

by his grandmother, 

Martha Ann Collins 

Moore; and a grandfather, 

Clay Golding. Funeral 

services will be 

held at 2 p.m. Sunday, 

June 13, 2010, at 


Chapel of Mount Airy 

conducted by the Rev. 

Woody Flippen and the 

Rev. Tommy Shelton. 

Burial will follow in 

Blue Ridge Baptist 



friends from 7 to 9 p.m. 

Friday at Moody Funeral 

Home. Online condolences 

may be made at 

www.moodyfuneralservices.com. 

NUNN 

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. 

— Mrs. Nellie Iona 

Snow Nunn, 82, of 

Middle River, passed 

away Sunday, June 6, 

2010, in Baltimore. 

Mrs. Nunn was born 

Feb. 7, 1928, in Randolph 

County, N.C., to 

the late Robert and Ila 

Cova Arrington Snow. 

She was employed by 

Glen L. Martin Co. and 

later with Bendix Corporation 

and was also a 

homemaker. Mrs. Nunn 

was a member of Flat 

Rock Baptist Church. 

Surviving are her husband, 

Joseph Lee Nunn 

of the home; one son 

and daughter-in-law, 

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Paid for by Randy Wolfe NC House Committee 

Joseph Lee Nunn II and 

wife Nancy of Middle 

River; four grandchildren, 

Lisa and Jim 

Valdez of Phoenix, Ala., 

Joseph Lee Nunn III of 

Irvine, Calif., Derrick 

Nunn of Spruce Pine, 

N.C., and Eric and Jessica 

Nunn of Fort 

Meade; three greatgrandchildren, 

Ricardo 

Luke Valdez, Lucinda 

Michelle Valdez and 

Eric Shane Nunn II; sisters 

and brothers-inlaw, 

Thelma Martin of 

Murphy, N.C., Juanita 

Miller of Clemmons, 

N.C., Betty and Jimmy 

Midkiff of Fancy Gap, 

Va., and Claudia and 

Bill Rhyne of Pilot 

Mountain, N.C.; and 

one brother and sisterin-law, 

Roger and Gerlene 

Snow of Mount 

Airy. In addition to her 

parents, Mrs. Nunn was 

preceded in death by 

two sisters, Aleese Alfano 

and Arlene Gonce; 

and one brother, Robert 

Snow. Funeral services 

will be held Saturday, 

June 12, 2010, at 2 p.m. 

at the Moody Funeral 

Home Chapel in Mount 

Airy with services conducted 

by the Rev. 

David Burgess with 

burial to follow in the 

Brims Grove Baptist 



friends Saturday from 

A Day of Fun for the Entire Family 

10 1 AM - 4 PM 

Silent S Auction 

Bake B Sale 

Children’s C Face Painting 

Doggie D Games & Contests 

Vendors V 

noon until time for the 

service at 2 p.m. at 


in Mount Airy. Flowers 

will be accepted. Online 

condolences may be 

made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com. 

LOCAL 

JARVIS, Steve Smith 

“Bo” III, 19, of Mount 

Airy, son of Vicky Jarvis 

Moore and the late Steve 

Smith Jarvis. 

MOORE, Chad 

Everette, 20, of Mount 

Airy, son of Chris and 

Leona G. Moore. 

AREA 

GOLDING, Ossie 

Marie King, 71, of Cana, 

Va., widow of Wayne 

Golding. 

HUTCHINS, Edward 

“Chip” Eugene 

Jr., 49, of Siloam, son of 

Bernice Hutchins. 

NATION 

NUNN, Nellie Iona 

Snow, 82, of Middle River, 

Md., wife of Joseph 

Lee Nunn. 

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ESTABLISHED IN 1880 

The Mount Airy News Gary 

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we should have a government without 

newspapers, or newspapers without a 

government, I should not hesitate a 

moment to prefer the latter.” 

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Editorial 

This time, Dobson mistake 

will cost town residents 

What started out as a seeming win-win scenario for 

both Mount Airy and Dobson has turned into a no-win situation 

for both. 

The two localities entered into a contract calling for 

Dobson to purchase water from Mount Airy to the tune of 

$300,000 a year, beginning with the fiscal year that begins 

July 1. This was seen as a boon for Mount Airy, which has 

struggled in recent years with paying off bills to finance 

upgrades to its water and sewer system. Those upgrades 

were made largely at the behest of area textile firms, who 

soon afterward closed shop and left town, leaving the 

city’s water customers with skyrocketing bills. 

While selling water to Dobson wouldn’t meet all of the 

city’s financial needs, it was certainly going to go a long 

way toward helping pay those bills. 

Dobson, for its part, expected to use the water to service 

county customers outside the town limits, presumably 

at a bit of a profit for the town. 

Now, Dobson officials are saying the water purchase 

agreement might not be such a good idea, that without ready 

customers in the county the town can’t afford it. Unfortunately, 

the town signed a contract with Mount Airy to buy 

the water, and officials in the city have built their upcoming 

budget around that money. Leaders from both localities plan 

to meet and discuss the issue, but Mount Airy commissioners 

made it clear this week that while they would like to be 

neighborly and help with Dobson’s predicament, they fully 

intend to hold Dobson to the contract. 

We believe this is the right course of action, not because 

we wish Dobson residents any ill will, but this a 

simple case of leaders from two localities getting together 

and signing a contract for water. It would not be right for 

Dobson leaders to renege on such an agreement, pushing 

additional hardship on Mount Airy residents. 

The real issue here is why did Dobson enter such an agreement 

when it did not have a ready, sure outlet to sell the water, 

or at least a financial cushion in its budget to pay for the water 

until the town could develop those water customers? 

Given the financial irregularities in the Dobson town 

office, and the still unanswered questions about potential 

favored treatment some commissioners seem to have received 

regarding town services and use of town employees 

and equipment, this sort of thing shouldn’t be a surprise. 

Unfortunately, it is now likely Dobson residents will 

end up paying for this mistake in the form of higher water 

and sewer bills. 

Notable Quotes 

“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try 

the one I’ve never tried before.” 

— Mae West 

Write your representatives 

Dobson Commissioners 

Mayor Ricky K. Draughn, P.O. Box 1021, Dobson, NC 

27017, 356-8201 (business), 356-4462 (home) 

Clinton Dockery, P.O. Box 235, 356-8524 

Lana Brendle, 223 Windsor Park Drive, P.O. Box 796, 

356-9091 (business), 356-8508 (home) 

John D. Lawson, 423 S. Main St., 356-8555 

Gerri Martíne, 607 Blessing Drive, 386-4178 (home) 

Wayne Atkins, P.O. Box 351, 356-8962 

Mount Airy Commissioners 

Mayor Deborah Cochran, P.O. Box 611, 710-0485 

Steve Yokeley, 132 Greystone Lane, 710-0472; 

steveyokeley@rogersrealty.com 

William Todd Harris, 403 W. Pine St., 719-2098 

Dean Brown, 380 Folly Farms Road, 789-1979 (home) 

Jon Cawley, 508 Country Club Road, 786-7657 

Teresa D. Lewis, 538 Montclaire Drive, 371-0344 

Pilot Mountain Commissioners 

Mayor Earl Sheppard, 817 Sunset Drive, 368-4958 

Carolyn S. Boyles, 135 Lynchburg Road, 368-2556 

Sam Rule, 122 Northview Drive, 710-5504 

Linda Needham, 508 W. Main St., 368-5908 

Andrew French, 604 W. Main St., 368-9003 

Surry County Commissioners 

Chairman Paul M. Johnson, Pilot Mountain, 351-5526 

(home); paulmjohnson196179@yahoo.com 

Vice Chairman Jimmy W. Miller, Mt. Airy, 786-6829 (home). 

Craig Hunter, Mt. Airy, 789-7515 (home); 786-1356 

(business); 786-8398 (fax); craigh@granitedev.com. 

Jim Harrell Jr., 835-4636 (home); 835-3337 (business); 

835-1241 (fax); jimharrell@jimharrell.com 

Bill Hamlin, Dobson, 374-3318 (home); hamlinb@hotmail.com. 

OPINION 

There are a lot of things 

that families pass on to 

younger generations — 

recipes, family heirlooms, 

holiday traditions. The 

Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention 

made it apparent 

last week that the passing 

down of musical traditions 

also is alive and well in this 

region. 

Being a music lover, I 

was tickled to get to cover 

the convention all weekend 

for the newspaper. Having 

never been to the convention 

before, I wasn’t sure 

what to expect. When I arrived 

at Veterans Memorial 

Park, my heart was warmed 

by what I saw. 

Everywhere you went at 

the convention, music hit 

you in the face. Every few 

tents you would see an impromptu 

jam session under 

way. I was surprised to see 

not only people of various 

nationalities at the festival, 

but also people of all ages. 

I walked by one tent to 

see a kid with sandpaper in 

hand, making his own guitar. 

A few yards away there 

was a youth practicing on 

It’s an odd love-hate relationship, 

this thing between 

North Carolina legislators 

and the state Department 

of Revenue. 

Bring in the money that 

legislators love to spend, 

and it’s all kisses and hugs. 

Generate complaints about 

delayed refunds or unfair 

tax bills, and the arrows fly. 

The love-hate stuff has 

never been more apparent 

than during the past year. 

Back in January, legislators 

cheered when the department 

and its secretary, 

Ken Lay, announced that it 

had collected better than 

$420 million in back taxes 

from multi-state corporations 

that had been shifting 

income to other states. The 

amount was $277 million 

more than had been budgeted, 

the result of companies 

settling up after Wal 

Mart lost a lawsuit over 

disputed taxes. 

Legislators were so happy 

with the result that they 

asked for more. The budget 

bills coming out of the 

House and Senate spent 

$110 million based on the 

stepped-up collections. 

The Senate budget bill 

Lawrence, publisher 

glawrence@heartlandpublications.com 

John Peters, editor 

jpeters@mtairynews.com 

Alive and well in Surry County 

the guitar. I was 

even more 

amazed when I 

watched some of 

the competitions 

on Saturday and 

saw kids like 6year-old 

Carson 

Peters play the 

fiddle and other 

instruments like 

seasoned pros. 

In a day when 

a lot of youth are 

caught up in music 

that is mostly 

created by computer 

programs 

and editing software, 

it is good 

to see young 

people who are carrying on 

the old traditions. What 

they do takes practice and 

talent. 

The passing down of 

bluegrass and old-time music 

preserves a part of our 

history, and it also creates a 

connection between generations. 

Many of the young 

people learn by listening to 

their parents, grandparents, 

or other older musicians 

play and by asking them 

questions. What 

a great way to 

bridge the socalled“generation 

gap” that 

seems to plague 

much of our society 

today. 

I remember 

when I first became 

interested 

in heritage music. 

I was a teen 

who had previously 

been 

hooked on pop 

and rock ‘n roll, 

who vowed she 

hated bluegrass 

music. But when 

someone introduced 

me to Nickel Creek, 

that’s all she wrote. Suddenly 

I was opened up to a 

world of music whose roots 

could be found in my own 

region. I started going to 

bluegrass jam sessions, and 

I even took fiddle lessons 

for a few months. 

While a love for music 

and musical ability were 

passed on to me, I wish 

heritage music had been 

passed down. I didn’t find 

Loving and hating revenue 

contained another 

provision, 

though, that 

wasn’t quite so 

friendly to the 

department. 

The provision, 

put into the 

bill by Democratic 

Sen. Dan 

Clodfelter of 

Charlotte, would 

limit when the 

department can 

hammer taxpayers 

with 10- and 

25-percent 

penalties for failure 

to pay their 

fair share of taxes. 

Clodfelter, 

co-chair of the 

powerful Senate 

Finance Committee, 

also filed a separate 

bill to do the same thing. 

He’s upset that Lay (no 

relation to the Enron guy) 

and his tax collectors are 

able to impose penalties, 

thanks to that Wal Mart decision, 

after forcing something 

known as a consolidated 

return. The consolidated 

return allows tax collectors 

to look at a compa- 

Meghann 

Evans 

Scott 

Mooneyham 

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ny’s entire revenue 

stream, and 

then apportion 

North Carolina’s 

share of tax liability. 

Clodfelter argues 

that it is unfair 

to impose 

penalties because 

multi-state 

corporations 

aren’t required to 

file the consolidated 

returns until 

they are notified 

of a problem. 

They don’t 

know their true 

tax liability until 

the consolidated 

returns are filed. 

He compares 

the department’s 

practice to a police 

officer handing out 

speeding tickets on a road 

with no posted speed limit. 

Lay says the penalties 

are an incentive for companies 

not to hide income. 

And he makes another 

point that should concern 

legislators: “If this gets 

passed, that $110 million 

goes away.” 

The money is no reason 

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Wendy Byerly Wood, associate editor 

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out until this weekend that 

my family had a history 

with old-time and bluegrass 

music. My mom told 

me that my great-grandpa 

Early Otis Quesinberry was 

a fiddler from these parts 

and some of my Bray ancestors 

were known as fiddle 

champions in Surry 

County. How I wish I 

would have started playing 

at a young age so that I 

wouldn’t have to start playing 

catch up now. 

I guess it’s not too late 

to dust off the fiddle, mandolin 

and two guitars that 

are sitting under my bed. I 

could revive an old family 

tradition to pass down to 

my own kids one day when 

I have them. You just might 

see me next year with a fiddle 

in hand at the convention. 

If so, be sure to say hi 

and pass along some good 

tips. 

Meghann Evans is a 

staff reporter with The 

Mount Airy News. She can 

be reached at 

mevans@mtairynews.com 

or at 719-1952. 

for tax collectors to treat 

anyone unfairly, even giant, 

multi-state corporations 

that aren’t always 

viewed so favorably by the 

public. 

But corporations that 

shift income, typically to 

states that have no state income 

tax, have brought 

these circumstances on 

themselves. For years, internal 

documents have circulated 

around the Legislative 

Building showing how 

accounting firms pitch blatant 

tax dodges promising 

companies the ability to 

avoid millions in tax liability. 

And they are dodges, 

not legitimate deductions 

or charges. Wal Mart set up 

a real estate trust in another 

state, then used income 

earned here to pay rent to 

itself. Mall retailer The 

Limited paid its out-ofstate 

holding company fees 

to use its own name. 

If you’re sympathetic to 

that kind of thing, perhaps 

you’d like a Bernie Madoff 

poster to hang on the wall. 

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NEW YORK — Investors sent 

the Dow Jones industrials back 

above 10,000 after a stream of 

upbeat economic news convinced 

them that maybe things aren’t so 

bad after all. 

The Dow rose 273 points to 

10,172. All the major indexes 

climbed more than 2.5 percent. 

Falling Treasury prices pushed 

interest rates higher as demand 

for safe investments eased. 

Energy stocks led the market 

higher after they slid late 

Wednesday on concerns that BP 

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because of the Gulf of Mexico 

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Investors have pounded stocks 

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was the latest swing in a market 

that has been volatile for weeks, 

including three late-day slides in 

the past four days. Some of the 

advance could be coming from 

what’s known as “short-covering.” 

That’s when traders are 

forced to buy stock after having 

earlier sold borrowed shares in a 

bet that the market would fall. 

The moves can add to the market’s 

climb. 

Markets around the world rose 

after China said exports rose 48.5 

percent in May, while imports 

jumped 48.3 percent. The increase 

in trade provides some relief 

to fears that debt problems in 

Europe would halt a global economic 

recovery. The 27-nation 

European Union is China’s 

largest trading partner. China has 

said it wanted to cool its economy 

to keep it from getting overheated. 

Traders had grown concerned 

that China would inadvertently 

slow growth too much and 

hurt a global rebound. 

“China so far has been able to 

Obama’s greenhouse gas 

rules survive Senate vote 

JIM ABRAMS 

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER 

WASHINGTON — In a boost for the president on 

global warming, the Senate on Thursday rejected a challenge 

to Obama administration rules aimed at cutting 

greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other 

big polluters. 

The defeated resolution would have denied the Environmental 

Protection Agency the authority to move 

ahead with the rules, crafted under the federal Clean Air 

Act. With President Barack Obama’s broader clean energy 

legislation struggling to gain a foothold in the Senate, 

the vote took on greater significance as a signal of where 

lawmakers stand on dealing with climate change. 

“If ever there was a vote to find out whose side you 

are on, this is it,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., 

chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. 

The vote was 53-47 to stop the Senate from moving 

forward on the Republican-led effort to restrain the EPA. 

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., predicted the vote 

would “increase momentum to adopt comprehensive energy 

and climate legislation this year.” 

But Obama still needs 60 votes to advance his energy 

agenda, and Democrats don’t have them yet. Sen. James 

Inhofe, R-Okla., said the vote made clear that a majority 

in the Senate back either a delay or an outright ban on 

“the Obama EPA’s job-killing, global warming agenda.” 

Republicans, and the six Democrats who voted with 

them to advance the resolution, said Congress, not bureaucrats, 

should be in charge of writing climate change 

policy. They said the EPA rules would drive up energy 

costs and kill jobs. 

But Democrats, referring frequently to the Gulf oil 

spill, said it made no sense to undermine efforts to curtail 

greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on 

oil and other fossil fuels. 

The effort to block the rules “is an attempt to bury our 

heads in the sand and ignore reality,” said Sen. Tom 

Udall, D-N.M. 

The White House earlier this week issued a veto threat, 

saying the resolution would block efforts to cut pollution 

that threatens Americans’ health and well-being. 

The EPA crafted standards on greenhouse gas emissions 

by big polluters after the Supreme Court ruled that 

those emissions could be considered a danger to human 

health and thus could be regulated under the Clean Air 

Act. The rules are to go into effect next January. 

The poor chances of the anti-EPA measure overcoming 

a veto and becoming law did not deter fierce debate. 

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky 

called the new regulations a “blatant power grab 

by the administration and the EPA.” With a broad energy 

bill unlikely to pass this year, “the administration has 

shifted course and is now trying to get done through the 

back door what they haven’t been able to get done 

through the front door,” he said. 

But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called 

the blocking measure, “a great big gift to big oil” that 

would “increase pollution, increase our dependence on foreign 

oil and stall our efforts to create jobs” in clean energy. 

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said 

Thursday that he anticipated the Senate taking up a 

broader energy bill in the next several weeks “and hopefully 

we can get something done before Congress adjourns 

this year.” 

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pull this off,” said John 

Apruzzese, partner and equity 

portfolio manager at Evercore 

Wealth Management in New 

York. “There’s more focus on Europe 

but I think it’s more about 

China.” 

The Dow rose 273.28, or 2.8 

percent, to 10,172.53. It was the 

Dow’s first close above 10,000 

this week and its biggest gain 

since May 27 when it climbed 

nearly 285 points after China said 

it didn’t plan to sell its European 

government bonds. 

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index 

rose 31.15, or 3 percent, to 

1,086.84, while the Nasdaq composite 

index rose 59.86, or 2.8 

percent, to 2,218.71. 

Brian Lazorishak, portfolio 

manager at Chase Investment 

Council in Charlottesville, Va., 

said he wants to see the market at 

least hold its gains for a few days 

before he considers Thursday’s 

advance as more than a blip. 

“We’ve all become a little 

gun-shy,” he said. 

The yield on the benchmark 

10-year Treasury note, which 

moves opposite its price, rose to 

3.33 percent from 3.18 percent 

late Wednesday. 

The euro, used by 16 countries 

CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER 

AP ECONOMICS WRITER 

WASHINGTON — The 

picture of a steady but still 

sluggish recovery emerged 

from reports Thursday that 

showed fewer people are 

claiming unemployment 

aid while U.S. exports are 

slowing. 

The reports echo Federal 

Reserve Chairman Ben 

Bernanke’s suggestion this 

week that the rebound will 

remain intact despite high 

unemployment, a fragile 

housing market and Europe’s 

debt crisis. But it 

will take time to create 

enough jobs to bring down 

the 9.7 percent unemployment 

rate. 

Initial unemployment 

claims fell by 3,000 to a 

seasonally adjusted 

456,000, the Labor Department 

said Thursday. That’s 

the third straight drop. 

However, claims haven’t 

moved below where they 

stood in January. 

At the same time, the 

tally of laid-off workers 

continuing to claim jobless 

benefits fell by 255,000 to 

4.5 million. That’s the 

largest decline in almost a 

year. It could be because 

more people are finding 

work. But it may simply 

mean that they have exhausted 

their initial state 

benefits. A Labor Department 

analyst said state 

agencies didn’t provide any 

explanation for the drop. 

A weakening in U.S. 

sales overseas could hurt 

the job market. The Commerce 

Department said the 

U.S. trade deficit rose to 

the highest level in 16 

months as exports fell for 

the second time in three 

months. Exports have been 

a source of strength for 

U.S. manufacturers. 

A bright spot for the recovery 

are near-record low 

mortgage rates that fell 

again this week. Rates on 

30-year fixed mortgages 

dropped to 4.72 percent — 

the lowest level of the year 

and barely shy of the 

record low of 4.71 percent. 

Yet the housing market 

hasn’t benefited the declining 

rates. Mortgage applications 

for home purchases 

fell to the lowest level in 13 

years last week and was 

down 35 percent from a 

month ago, according to 

the Mortgage Bankers Association. 

That’s a sign the 

market is struggling now 

that government tax credits 

have expired. 

Still, stocks surged 

Thursday as investors appeared 

pleased with the 

U.S. economic reports and 

with news that Chinese exports 

rose in May. The 

Dow Jones industrial average 

shot up about 178 

points in midday trading. 

First-time jobless claims 

have hovered near 450,000 

since the beginning of the 

year after falling steadily in 

the second half of 2009. 

That has raised concerns 

among economists that hiring 

remains weak and 

could slow the recovery. 

Claims peaked at 

651,000 in March 2009. 

Most economists will feel 

more optimistic that the 

economy is creating jobs 

once they fall below 

425,000. 

“The downward trend in 

layoffs which began in the 

spring of last year is clearly 

over, at least for now,” said 

Ian Shepherdson, chief 

U.S. economist for High 

Frequency Economics. 

“With claims stranded at 

this level, big private sector 

payroll gains are just not on 

the agenda.” 

Last week, the Labor 

Department said the economy 

generated only 41,000 

private-sector jobs in May, 

down from 218,000 in 

April. Temporary census 

hiring added another 

411,000 jobs. 

Economists also closely 

watch the total number of 

people claiming benefits. 

They monitor those who 

are initially receiving 26 

in Europe, rose to $1.2111. The 

currency has become an indicator 

of investor confidence in Europe’s 

ability to cut debt without 

spoiling a recovery. 

Traders grew more confident 

that a global rebound was intact. 

Beyond the news out of China, 

Japan’s economy grew faster than 

expected in the first three months 

of the year. In Australia, the government 

said full-time employment 

rose for a ninth consecutive 

month in May. 

While investors worry about 

Europe’s debt problems, there are 

also concerns about the job market 

in the U.S. An unemployment 

rate of 9.7 percent remains one of 

the biggest obstacles to a strong 

domestic rebound. 

The Labor Department said 

new claims for unemployment 

fell by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 

456,000. While that figure 

fell short of economists’ forecast, 

traders were heartened by numbers 

showing total claims last 

week dropped by the largest 

amount in almost a year. Total 

unemployment benefit rolls fell 

by 255,000 to 4.5 million. 

On its face, the drop is good 

news but there it also could indicate 

that people have run out of 

their state benefits and are mov- 

weeks of state benefits, on 

average. But they are also 

concerned about the number 

of people who have 

transitioned to extended 

federal unemployment benefits, 

which can last up to 

73 additional weeks. 

Nearly 5.4 million 

Americans are receiving 

extended benefits. All told, 

about 9.8 million people 

drew unemployment in the 

week ending May 22, the 

latest data available. 

That total is likely to 

drop in the coming weeks. 

The extended benefit program 

expired in early June, 

and Congress is debating 

whether to continue it 

through the end of November. 

About 325,000 people 

will lose unemployment 

aid by the end of this week 

due to the cutoff, the department 

estimates. That 

total could grow to 1.25 

million by the end of the 

month if the extension isn’t 

passed. 

The economy is expanding, 

but at a weaker pace 

than in many previous recoveries. 

The Commerce 

Department said earlier this 

month that the nation’s 

gross domestic product — 

the broadest measure of 

economic output — grew 

at a 3 percent annual rate in 

the January-to-March quarter. 

That was down from 

the 5.6 percent pace in the 

fourth quarter of 2009. 

After the last deep recession 

in the early 1980s, 

the economy grew at a pace 

of 7 percent to 9 percent for 

five straight quarters. 

——— 

AP Business Writers 

Martin Crutsinger and Alan 

Zibel contributed to this report. 

STOCK MARKET 

REVIEW 

NYSE Dow 

6,783.51 

+223.80 

10,172.60 

+273.35 

Amex Nasdaq 

1,844.17 

+43.83 

ing to longer-term federal benefits. 

Still, the drop in total claims 

provides some hope that laid-off 

workers are starting to find jobs. 

It was welcome relief after the 

Labor Department said last week 

that private employers slowed 

their hiring in May to the lowest 

level since January. 

Crude oil rose $1.10 to $75.48 

per barrel on the New York Mercantile 

Exchange. It was the first 

close above $75 in about a 

month. Gold fell. 

Among energy stocks, BP 

PLC rose $3.58, or 12.3 percent, 

to $32.78, while Anadarko rose 

$4.32, or 12.4 percent, to $39.15. 

Goldman fell $3.03, or 2.2 

percent, to $133.77. It traded as 

low as $131.30, below a previous 

12-month low of $134.20. 

About 2,700 stocks rose on the 

New York Stock Exchange, while 

only about 375 fell. Consolidated 

volume fell to 5.2 billion shares 

from 6.2 billion Wednesday. 

The Russell 2000 index of 

smaller companies rose 21.50, or 

3.5 percent, to 639.79. 

Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.9 

percent, Germany’s DAX index 

rose 1.2 percent, and France’s 

CAC-40 rose 2 percent. Japan’s 

Nikkei stock average rose 1.1 

percent. 

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All shipmates 

count — no matter 

where they served 

Editor’s Note: This article 

first appeared in the 

U.S. Navy magazine, “The 

LST Scuttlebutt,” in the 

Chaplain’s Corner column, 

penned by Dr. David 

Sparks, chaplain of the 

U.S. LST Association. It is 

being reprinted here to honor 

all those veterans who 

have served our country. 

King David 

goes to war 

In First Samuel, Chapter 

30, we read the account of 

King David leading his 

men to battle, but he was 

careful to leave 200 of his 

men behind to guard what 

was referred to as “the 

stuff.” 

Then David took another 

400 men with him to battle 

the enemy. Their victory 

was a smashing success. 

Not only did David’s army 

recover what had been 

stolen from Israel, but they 

captured enormous loads of 

spoils the enemy left behind. 

As they journeyed toward 

the homeland, they 

encountered the troops who 

had been left to protect “the 

stuff.” Some of the less 

thoughtful ones from the 

battlefield action said, 

“They didn’t go with us to 

the battle, so they can’t 

have any of the loot: (spoils 

of war). Tell them to go 

back home.” 

But King David said, 

Dear Dr. 

Graham: My 

husband is really 

getting forgetful 

(we’re both in 

our late 70s) but 

he refuses to admit 

it and won’t 

even think about 

seeing a doctor. 

The situation is 

getting harder 

and harder for 

me to handle, but 

I don’t know 

what to do. What 

would you suggest? 

— Mrs. 

K.W. 

Dear Mrs. 

K.W.: I’m not a 

physician, of 

course, but it’s 

important for 

your husband to 

be evaluated by a doctor to 

be sure his memory problems 

aren’t caused by a 

more serious underlying 

condition. Even if they 

aren’t, your doctor may 

suggest some ways to slow 

their progress. 

How can you get him to 

agree to see the doctor? It 

may not be easy; perhaps 

he secretly senses he has a 

problem and is fearful of 

having it confirmed. He 

may also fear losing his independence 

(such as being 

required to stop driving). 

However, elsewhere in 

your letter you mention that 

your children also have noticed 

he’s having these 

problems. I suggest you enlist 

their help — not only to 

encourage him to see the 

doctor, but also to help you 

plan for the future. 

Dr. David Sparks 

“No, my brothers! It was 

the Lord that kept us safe 

and helped us defeat the 

enemy. We share and share 

alike — those who go to 

battle, as well as those who 

guard the equipment.” 

From then on David 

made this a law for all of 

Israel and it is still followed 

to this day. 

Scuttlebutt readers 

sound off 

Now, Shipmates, as I 

read the many articles appearing 

in “The LST Scuttlebutt,” 

the accounts of 

service rendered by some 

of America’s finest and best 

sailors make up a mosaic, 

or wonderful picture, of 

just a portion of the action 

that took place during our 

country’s greatest wartime 

struggles: the World Wars; 

Korea; Vietnam; the Gulf, 

Old age isn’t easy, 

but God is faithful 

Billy Graham 

Spiritual 

Columnist 

See COUNT, page 7A 

Most of us 

fear losing our 

independence as 

we grow older 

— but that time 

will come for 

most of us if we 

live long 

enough. Now is 

the time to face 

this fact and prepare 

for it, instead 

of waiting 

until others have 

to make decisions 

for us. The 

Bible says, “Remember 

your 

Creator in the 

days of your 

youth, before the 

days of trouble 

come” (Ecclesiastes 

12:1). 

May you both 

also discover new strength 

from God during these 

days. Old age isn’t easy — 

but God is faithful, and He 

hasn’t abandoned you. 

Turn to Christ every day 

for the strength you need, 

for He has promised, “surely 

I am with you always, to 

the very end of the age” 

(Matthew 28:20). 

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of the church; the time, day and date of the event; 

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News, 319 N. Renfro St., Mount Airy, NC 27030; faxed to 

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Benefits and Fundraisers 

Liberty Baptist Church, Lowgap, will be having a 

youth fundraiser at Mayberry Mall on Saturday from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. selling baked goodies. 

Indian Grove Baptist Church will have a hot dog 

supper on June 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. The cost is $5 per 

plate. Plates include two hot dogs, chips, cake square and 

drink. Proceeds will go towards the work on the fellowship 

building. 

Mallalieu-Jones United Methodist Church, 231 N. 

South St., Mount Airy, will be holding a fish-fry fundraiser. 

The cost is $4 for a fish sandwich and a drink. This 

fundraiser will be held every Friday. 

Special Services 

Church of God of Prophecy, 123 Mahone St., Mount 

Airy, will have revival the week of June 13 at 6 p.m. on 

Sunday and at 7 p.m. on weekdays. The guest speaker will 

be Josh Holder. There will be a special singing each night. 

Calvary Assembly, 1536 W. Devon St., will be conducting 

a lifestyle evangelism seminar with Jim and Judy 

Vaught on June 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For 

more information, call 710-0848. 

Vacation Bible School 

Slate Mountain Baptist Church will have Vacation 

Bible School on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 

3 to 18. There will be games, puppets, music, crafts and 

more. 

Woodland Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible 

School Saturday through Thursday with Pastor Jimmy 

Slate from 6 to 8:30 p.m. There will be dinner each night. 

This event is for all ages. 

Pinnacle View Baptist Church, 1332 Shoals Road, 

Pinnacle, will have Vacation Bible School Sunday through 

Thursday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each night. June 18 is family 

night, and there will be a hot dog supper. There are 

classes for all ages. 

Vacation Bible School will be held at Friendly 

Chapel Church, Pilot Mountain, Monday through next 

Friday from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. There will be classes for all 

ages. There will be a cookout on Friday night. For more 

information, call 368-4735. 

Fancy Gap Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible 

School June 20-25 from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. each night. 

Calvary Baptist Church will have Vacation Bible 

School June 20-24 from 6 to 9 p.m. each night. Learn 

God’s plan for life. There will be games, skits and Bible 

study with a western flair. This event is for pre-schoolers 

to adults. 

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etc. The able crews of the 

frontline ships performed 

magnificently and heroically. 

But these comrades also 

realized that all along the 

mighty lifeline stretching 

from the enemy shores 

back to the U.S. coastlines 

and into the heart of America, 

there was vital, essential, 

indispensable and critical 

work going on to bolster 

and supply those in the 

battle with all the essentials 

for victory. 

Just as David’s army 

had all grades of responsibilities, 

the modern military 

have many levels of 

members with varying obligations, 

duties and assignments 

all of which are 

hugely important to the 

overall success of any deployment 

and battle. 

In talking with fellow 

veterans, it sometimes may 

seem that a shipmate didn’t 

think his service was very 

important or useful to the 

overall cause. “I just 

served in this or that capacity, 

and didn’t contribute 

very much during 

my time in service.” they 

may say, or at least think. 

The church and the 

military are like a body 

Notice carefully that in I 

Corinthians Chapter 12, 

(TLB), the Apostle Paul, 

said the church is like a 

body. Our bodies have 

many parts, but the many 

parts make up only one 

body when they are all put 

together. So it is with the 

church. Each Christian is a 

part of the one body of 

Christ. Some of us are 

Jews, some are Gentiles, 

some are slaves and some 

are free. But the Holy Spirit 

has fitted us all together 

into one body. 

Yes, the body has many 

parts, not just one part, 

Paul said. If the foot says, 

“I am not a part of the body 

because I am not a hand,” 

that does not make it any 

less a part of the body. And 

what would you think if 

you heard an ear say, “I am 

not part of the body because 

I am only an ear, and 

not an eye?” Would that 

make it any less a part of 

the body? Suppose the 

whole body was an eye — 

then how would you hear? 

Or if your whole body were 

just one big ear, how could 

you smell anything? 

But that isn’t the way 

God has made us. He has 

made many parts for our 

bodies and has put each 

part just where he wants it. 

What a strange thing a 

body would be if it had 

only one part. So he has 

made many parts, but still 

there is only one body. 

The eye can never say to 

the hand, “I don’t need 

you.” The head can’t say to 

the feet, “I don’t need 

you.” And some of the 

parts that seem weakest and 

least important are really 

the most necessary. Yes, we 

are especially glad to have 

some parts that seem rather 

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Faith Baptist Church will be having Vacation Bible 

School from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 20 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

June 21-25. 

Westfield Baptist Church, 6713 Westfield Road, will 

have Vacation Bible School June 21-25 from 6 to 8:45 

p.m. each night for age 3 through eighth grade. A meal 

will be served to each night. A kick-off cookout will be 

held on June 19 at 6 p.m. for adults and children. For more 

information, call the church office at 351-3311. 

Vacation Bible School will be held at New Life Baptist 

Church June 23-25 from 6:45 to 9 p.m. June 26 will be 

family night starting at 6 p.m. with food and entertainment. 

Come visit the Saddle Ridge Ranch while discovering 

God’s word. There will be music, crafts, games and 

snacks each night. 

Woodville Baptist Church, 5108 Westfield Road, 

Mount Airy, will have Vacation Bible School June 27 

through July 2 from 6:45 to 9 p.m. Supper will be served 

at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall each night. 

Vacation Bible School will be held at New Hope 

Baptist, 818 Prison Camp Road, Dobson, June 27 through 

July 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dress in western duds for the 

Saddle Ridge Ranch theme. A meal will be served each 

night beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, contact 

Lisa Downing at 352-3427 or 

lisadowning23@yahoo.com. 

Copeland Baptist Church, 169 Stony Knoll Road, 

Dobson, will have Vacation Bible School June 27 through 

July 2 from 6:15 to 9 p.m. 

Special Music 

Brush Arbor in Lowgap will have a gospel singing 

featuring Primitive Quartet from Candler on June 19 at 7 

p.m. Bring a chair. Food and refreshments will be available. 

Admission is free at the gate. A love offering will be 

taken. For more information, call 352-4346. 

Upcoming Events 

Angel Food orders will be taken today from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m. at Mount Airy Wesleyan Church, 2063 S. Main St. 

This program is for anyone and there are no requirements. 

For more information or to order, go to angelfoodministries.com 

or call the church at 786-7250, ext. 2, and 

speak with Tammy. 

Bannertown Baptist Church will have a bloodmobile 

Sunday from 1 to 5:30 p.m. All blood types are needed. 

For more information and to make an appointment, call 

789-2505 or 786-5407. 

Jesse Duplantis will be at King Christian Center, 995 

Brown Road, King, on Monday at 7 p.m. 

A pick-up truck cruise-in will be held at Copeland 

Baptist Church, 169 Stony Knoll Road, Dobson, from 2 to 

4 p.m. with a gospel singing by Bill Wall. Each truck entry 

will be given a chance to win $50. Bring family and 

friends. There will be activities for children and adults. 

First Baptist Church, Mount Airy, will have its annual 

Independence Day picnic at Fisher River Park on July 4 

following the morning worship service. 

Flat Ridge Baptist Church will hold its 85th anniversary 

celebration on July 11 at 10 a.m. A meal will follow 

the service. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite cov- 

tect from the eyes of others 

those parts that should not 

be seen, while the parts that 

may be seen do not require 

this special care. So God 

has put the body together in 

such a way that extra honor 

and care are given to those 

parts that might otherwise 

seem less important. 

This makes for happiness 

among the parts, so 

that the parts have the same 

care for each other that 

they do for themselves. “If 

one part suffers, all parts 

suffer with it, and if one 

part is honored, all the 

parts are glad.” 

Paul concludes with 

this: “All of you together 

are the one body of Christ 

and each one of you is a 

separate and necessary 

part of it.” You may ask, 

“Chaplain, where are you 

going with this analogy?” 

Can you see a special 

correlation between what 

Paul so beautifully explained 

concerning the 

church of our Lord and 

how a great military also 

operates? It may seem to 

some shipmates that what 

we did amounted to little 

more than staying with “the 

stuff.” But we can be very 

glad that all of us were 

privileged to be “a part of 

the whole.” We each had a 

job to do, and if we were 

faithful and as conscientious 

as we could be, we all 

can look back on our service 

with a sense of pride, 

pleasure and satisfaction, 

regardless of where our 

duty happened to be performed. 

Shipmates, never underestimate 

or disparage your 

worth to our beloved nation, 

which honors you; 

and never underestimate or 

disparage your worth to 

our wonderful Lord. God 

counts you so special that 

His people are called “the 

apple of His eye.” (Deut. 

32:10 KJV). He deems you 

and me so precious in His 

sight that “... God so loved 

the world, that He gave His 

only begotten Son, that 

whosoever believeth in 

Him should not perish, but 

have everlasting life.” 

(John 3:16 KJV). 

Thank you for your 

service, shipmate! 

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tapestry throw for sale with a picture of the church on it 

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Miscellaneous 

King’s Kids will have fun, learning Scripture and 

crafts every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist 

Church. There will be classes for all ages, children 

through adults. For more information, call the church at 

374-3250. 

Reformers Unanimous Addiction Recovery program 

will begin weekly sessions at Temple Baptist Church, 

3615 Rockford St., Mount Airy. Anyone with an addiction, 

stubborn habit or hangup is encouraged to attend. 

Childcare is provided and refreshments will be served. 

Meetings will be held every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. and 

there is no charge. For more information, call John Pulliam 

at (336) 926-2293. 

Grace Moravian Church will be holding Bible study 

each week on Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. with Pastor Tony 

Hayworth. 

Trinity Episcopal Church, 472 N. Main St., Mount 

Airy, is holding Inquirer’s Classes on Wednesdays from 7 

to 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and learn about 

church, its theology, its history and its ministry in the 

world. For more information, call 786-6067 or email trinityepis@embarqmail.com. 

Calvary Baptist Church has opened a clothes closet 

ministry on Wednesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. If someone is 

in need of clothes at other times, call the church office at 

786-4778. 

Livingwater Baptist Church is looking for laborers 

to work in God’s vineyards. Come worship and labor 

where God’s fields are white into harvest. For more information, 

call Pastor Benny Faw at 719-6500 or 429-8712. 

The First Baptist Church Feeding Friends Soup 

Kitchen provides a free hot meal to families and friends in 

need every Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The church is 

between Elm and Galloway streets at 714 N. Main St. 

Parking is available behind First Baptist off Arch Street. 

The feeding friends dinner is served in the fellowship hall 

in the building closest to downtown, with signs available 

to guide visitors. 

A free “soup kitchen” is available on the last Thursday 

of each month in the Piney Grove Baptist Church fellowship 

hall from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome 

to come as they are with no strings attached. The church is 

at 278 Piney Grove Road, which can be reached at 356- 

4196. 

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date of the event; and a contact phone number in case our 

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27030; faxed to 789-2816; or emailed to 

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Jamming in Jamsburg in Lambsburg, Va., is held 

every Friday from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Community Center. 

Bluegrass, old-time, gospel and other types of music will 

be playing. Situated at the foot of the Sugar Loaf Mountain 

and surrounded by the mountains makes a beautiful 

backdrop for the jam. There’s plenty of space indoors and 

outdoors. There are concessions with the clean entertainment 

for the whole family. All musicians and music lovers 

are invited to come play, dance or just listen and enjoy. 

Admission is free, and concessions are available. 

The Surry Arts Council presents free fiddle, guitar 

and banjo lessons for kids downstairs at the Andy Griffith 

Playhouse every Thursday evening. Master musician Jim 

Vipperman teaches fiddle at 5:30 p.m., and guitar and 

banjo at 6:15 p.m. No sign-up required, instruments are 

available for use during the lessons. For more information, 

call 786-7998. 

A Jam Session will be held every Thursday from 7 to 

10 p.m., free at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. 

A Jam Session will be held every Saturday from 9 to 

11 a.m., free at the Downtown Cinema Theater. 

WPAQ 740 AM presents a live radio broadcast every 

Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Downtown Cinema 

Theater. 

Every Thursday evening, the American Legion Post 

123 hosts Bingo at the American Legion Hall at Veterans 

Park, 691 W. Lebanon St. in Mount Airy. Cash prizes total 

up to $2,400 being paid. Early Birds start at 6:30 p.m. and 

regular games start at 7 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. Free 

coffee is offered, and drinks and snacks are sold. For more 

information, call 710-7322. 

If you or a family member is struggling with substance 

abuse, help is a phone call away. Twin City Area 

Narcotics Anonymous Helpline is available 24 hours a 

day at (800) 365-1035 or at www.teana.org. Call or visit 

the Web site for meeting schedules and additional information. 

This is a 12-step recovery program. 

Catch a tribute to “The King” on the second Saturday 

of each month at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Professional 

tribute artist Jimmy W. Johnson brings a unique 

Elvis performance. Showtime is 3 p.m. Prices for the 

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The Disabled American Veterans meets the fourth 

Thursday of each month at the National Guard Armory in 

Mount Airy at 7 p.m. Meetings are open to all members 

and their families. 

Join the Foothills Arts Council for The Artists Forum 

on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 5:30 

p.m. This is an informal artists group for anyone interested 

in exploring their creative side. These discussions are 

presented free at the FAC building, 129 Church St., Elkin. 

For more information, call 835-2025. 

The Woman’s Club of Mount Airy meets the fourth 

Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. The club is seeking 

new members. The Woman’s Club of Mount Airy is a 

member of the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs of 

North Carolina. It is a service organization which gives 

back to the community in many ways including scholarships 

for local students and projects around Surry County. 

Anyone interested in attending a meeting should contact 

Wendy at 786-5747. 

Clayworks is having open studio for ceramics in 

Elkin on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon on Front Street. 

This is for adults who would like studio time to work on 

their own projects with or without instruction. The cost is 

$145 for 12 sessions. Start any date, work on the project 

of person’s choosing. To register, call the Yadkin Valley 

Craft Guild at 835-2717. For more information, visit 

www.yadkinvalleycraftguild.org. 

Every Thursday, the Mount Airy Public Library will 

have Game Night at 6 p.m. The library will have games 

like Scrabble, Boggle, Uno, Life, Sorry, Yahtzee, Trivial 

Pursuit and other games available to play. 

The Beulah Ruritan Club will have a dance every 

Friday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Scheduled for the dances 

are June 11, Back Step; June 18, to be announced; June 

25, 2 Old 2 Young; and June 26, Maxcountry. Admission 

is $5. Children under the age of 12 are free. For more information, 

call 352-3383. 

Meetings will be held each Thursday at Bojangles 

from 6 to 8 p.m. for those healing from a broken marriage. 

Jam sessions will be held every Friday from 7 to 10 

p.m. at the Willis Gap Community Center. Jammers of all 

skill levels are invited to attend. Enjoy a night of fun, 

food, friends and fellowship while hearing bluegrass, oldtime, 

country and gospel music. Admission is free. 

The Wings of Glory Christian Bikers Ministry will 

meet the first Monday night of each month at Prime Sirloin 

in Mount Airy. Fellowship will begin at 6 p.m. and 

the meeting will start at 7 p.m. Anyone who rides a motorcycle 

or who would like to join with helping is invited to 

attend. For more information, call Brent Wall at 374-0830. 

The Mount Airy Public Library will have “Wii 

Wednesdays” beginning at 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday. In 

order to play, players will have to have a library card in 

good standing. Thursday nights are “Game Night” at the 

library starting at 6 p.m. 

The Surry Arts Council presents clogging workshops 

and classes taught by Samantha Wilhelmi. These clogging 

lessons are perfect for all ages and dance abilities, from 

beginner to advanced. Workshops will be held before the 

monthly Old-Time Dances in the Old-Time Music Hall, 

below the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, 218 

Rockford St., from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The workshop is free 

with the purchase of a dance ticket. The dance starts at 7 

p.m. and admission is $5. Popular old-time dance band 

The Slate Mountain Ramblers will provide the music for 

the dance. The Old-Time Dance and Clogging Workshop 

are held on the first Saturday of every month. Also, Wilhelmi 

is teaching clogging classes every Thursday from 

5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Surry Arts Council dance room. 

This class is perfect for all beginners as well as more advanced 

students, and all ages are welcome. The cost of the 

class is $25 a month. For more information, call the Surry 

Arts Council at 786-7998 or visit www.surryarts.org. 

The Surry Arts Council presents The Andy Griffith 

Museum. The museum is adjacent to the Andy Griffith 

Playhouse, 218 Rockford St., Mount Airy. Eng and Chang 

Bunker, the world famous pair of conjoined twins, lived 

most of their lives and raised their families in Mount Airy. 

Dozens of Bunker descendants still reside in the area. The 

Surry Arts Council operates an exhibit on the renowned 

Siamese Twins. The collection is open Monday through 

Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 

p.m. and Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is a 

minimum donation of $3 per person. For more information, 

contact the Surry Arts Council at 786-7998. 

Copeland Seniors meet the second Wednesday of 

each month at the Copeland Ruritan Building, across from 

Copeland School, at 10:30 a.m. followed by a covereddish 

meal. 

Pilot Mountain VFW and Ladies Auxiliary members 

meet the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the 

VFW Post Home on N.C. 268. The meeting starts at 7 

p.m. and is followed by finger food. 

n The Photography Club meets on the third Tuesday of 

every month. Each meeting will have a brief presentation, 

addressing areas in which the group members have expressed 

an interest. Following the discussion, there will be 

an opportunity for questions on the presentation or other 

topics. There also will be time to show photographs. 

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Mother’s Community 

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parents with concerns 

in education, 

discipline 

and family fun. 

Learn about nutrition, healthy 

living, raising a family on a budget and more. Group sessions 

are held every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at 

Surry SCAN. For more information, call Heather Hunter 

at 789-0111 ext. 221. 

n Join the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History the 

first Friday of every month for fun and fantasy as stories 

related to the museum’s exhibits are read. Explore history 

and nature through books, activities and more. 

Voice of the Blue Ridge is held every third Saturday 

at the Downtown Cinema Theatre, 142 N. Main St., 

Mount Airy. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 

and children 12 and younger free. For more information, 

contact the Surry Arts Council at 786-7998. 

The town of Historic Hillsville announces an expanded 

summer concert and classic car cruise-in series, all 

free of charge. This year’s schedule will include five 

events, all beginning around 5:30 p.m. and concluding 

around 9:30 p.m. Jailhouse Square will be home to beach 

music, food, beverages, children’s activities and dancing 

while the Historic Downtown area will house the evergrowing 

“Classic Car Cruise Ins.” This year’s band schedule 

is: June 26, The Entertainers; July 24, Craig Woolard 

Band; Aug. 21, Jim Quick and Coastline; and Sept. 11, 

Mark Roberts and Breeze. The concerts begin around 5:30 

p.m. For more information, call Larry South at (276) 728- 

2128 ext. 16 or email hillsville@embarqmail.com. 

Mayberry Ballroom Dance will be having dances at 

Pro Health Fitness Center, 280 N. Pointe Blvd., Mount 

Airy, on June 12, July 10, Aug. 14 and Sept. 11. Lessons 

will be from 7 to 7:45 p.m. and the dance will be from 

7:45 to 10:30 p.m. Visitors are $8 and USA Dance Members 

are $5. Youth, full-time students, are $3. Dress casual 

and bring a snack. Beverages will be provided. For more 

information, call the Mayberry Ballroom Dance Committee 

at 374-2712 or (276) 755-3072. 

The 2010 Summer Arts Series is ongoing at the 

Blackmon Amphitheatre. The Surry Arts Council sponsors 

the summer series with events every Friday and Saturday 

from May through September. For more information, call 

the SAC at 786-7998 or visit www.surryarts.org. 

Mayberry Cool Cars & Rods Cruise-In will have 

cruising, music, food, shopping, 50/50 drawings and door 

prizes every fourth Saturday of the month April through 

October, except September, from 3 p.m. until. This event 

is sponsored by Mayberry Cruisers and Mount Airy 

Downtown Business Association. 

The N.A.A.C.P. meets every third Sunday of the 

month at Spencer Funeral Home. 

The Lambsburg Ruritan Club has a dance June 12 

and June 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. featuring the Sounds of 

Now and Then. Concessions are available. 

The Lambsburg Community Center will be hosting 

cruise-ins from 5 p.m. until dark on the grounds of the former 

elementary school in Lambsburg, Va. Bring old cars, 

trucks or bikes and join in the fun with food, music, dancing 

and fellowship. Music will be provided by Off the 

Cuff, June 19; The Fenders’, Aug. 21; and Sounds Now 

and Then, Sept. 18. 50/50 will be sold during the event. 

There is no admission and all proceeds will go toward the 

maintenance and restoration of the Lambsburg Community 

Center. For more information, call Phillip Berrier at 

648-2078 or email pberrier@hughes.net. 

Live Children’s Theatre will kick off with a free series 

that will run all summer at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. 

Mark and Linda Donnell and their cast will present 

live interactive theater for young people every Tuesday at 

7 p.m., now through Aug. 3. In the event of rain, the performance 

will be held at the Downtown Cinema. This 

event is free. For more information, call the Surry Arts 

Council at 786-7998 or visit www.surryarts.org. 

Veterans of Foreign Wars meets the second Monday 

of each month at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park. 

The Surry Arts Council is hosting a four-day long 

camp, Arts Alive, at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. It will 

include drama, crafts, music, dance, storytelling and more. 

Children ages 3 to 5 years old meet June 14-17 from 9:30 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. Children ages 6- to 11-yearsold 

will meet June 21-24 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

each day. The program ends with the Arts Alive Parade 

and Festival on June 24 at 6 p.m. This year the theme is 

“Celebrate Mount Airy” and will commemorate Mount 

Airy’s 125th birthday. The cost is $35 for SAC members 

and $45 for non-members. This includes lunch, snack and 

a T-shirt. For more information or to register, call the Surry 

Arts Council at 786-7998. 

Today 

The Surry Arts Council’s Summer Concert Series 

presents North Tower at 7:30 p.m. at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. 

Tickets are $10 or free with SAC Season Pass. 

For more information, visit www.northtowerband.com or 

www.surryarts.org or call 786-7998. 

A Longaberger, Vera Bradley and Thirty-One Bingo 

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Bears were sighted Thursday in Mount Airy — not the ferocious kind, but teddy 

bears. Local Bank of America employees are shown with Mount Airy Police Department 

officers after the bank donated 50 teddy bears to a special police program 

that helps brighten the outlook for children involved in accidents, domestic 

violence or similar situations. Lt. Jim Armbrister said officers give out about 200 

teddy bears to kids each year with the help of such donations. Pictured, from left, 

are Sgt. Grayson Key, Community Police Officer Kelly Hiatt and Lisa Chambers 

and Laken Ferguson of Bank of America. 

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United Methodist Church. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and 

bingo will start at 7 p.m. The cost is $20 for 20 games. 

Door prize tickets are six for $5. Coverall tickets are two 

for $5. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 for the Thirty-One 

Super Sassy Sac, Large Utility Tote, Zipper Pouch and 

Coin Purse. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, drinks and 

dessert will be sold. 

A benefit for Patty Marshall will be held at the Ararat 

Ruritan Building, Ararat, Va., from 5 to 7 p.m. Bring any 

item for auction. Hot dogs and drinks will be sold. For 

more information, call Annette at 258-2460. 

Angel Food orders will be taken from 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. at Mount Airy Wesleyan Church, 2063 S. Main St. 

This program is for anyone and there are no requirements. 

For more information or to order, go to angelfoodministries.com 

or call the church at 786-7250, ext. 2, and 

speak with Tammy. 

Today and June 12 

The Oakland Ruritan Club will be hosting the Nine- 

Mile Sale, a community yard sale along Highway 97, 

Pipers Gap Road in Carroll County, Va., from 8 a.m. to 2 

p.m. with concessions being sold at Oakland Elementary 

School. There will be a cruise-in from 4 to 7 p.m. and 

bluegrass music. For more information, call Gerald Goad 

at (276) 233-2601. 

June 12 

“No Time for Sergeants” will be shown at the Blackmon 

Amphitheatre at 9 p.m., or in the Downtown Cinema 

if there is inclement weather. Tickets are $5 or fee with the 

Surry Arts Council Season Pass. For more information, 

visit www.surryarts.org or call 786-7998. 

Community Day will be hosted by the Dobson Dolphins 

Swim Team from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is 

free to swim. There will be music, games, food, an inflatable 

water slide and swim demonstrations. For more information, 

call Bonita Stanley at 460-7681. 

The Yadkin Valley Wheelin’ Sportsmen will have its 

fifth annual catfish roundup at Shelton Vineyards in Dobson 

from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is being held to give disabled 

persons an opportunity to fish for catfish and be assisted 

by volunteers. Army Sgt. 1st Class Dana Bowman will 

parachute into Shelton Vineyards at 11 a.m. flying the 

American flag in honor of soldiers past and present. Live 

entertainment will be provided. Bring a lawn chair and 

join in a day of fun, fellowship and activities. Free food 

and refreshments will be provided. This event is free to all 

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look at to add some revenue,” 

Commissioner Teresa 

Lewis said. 

“The fees really need to 

be raised across the board,” 

agreed Finance Director 

John Overton. “This has 

been on the to-do list for 

several years.” 

Lewis said she doesn’t 

believe business people 

around town would consider 

a $200-a-year fee to be 

unacceptable. 

One of the holdups is 

devoting the staff time to 

determine proper charges 

for the various retail and 

other entities that make up 

a lengthy list. This would 

include contacting other 

communities to see what 

their rates are, added Overton, 

who said that it has 

been difficult for his shortstaffed 

department to address 

the time-consuming 

task. 

Board members agreed 

that modernizing the 

schedule needs to proceed 

in a thoughtful, fair manner. 

“I think it should be 

done right,” Commissioner 

Todd Harris said. 

“I don’t think it would 

be right to just double it,” 

Brown said of the fee 

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Commissioner Steve 

Yokeley thinks the program 

should pay for itself in 

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Toast and Jam will be held at the Mount Airy Museum 

of Regional History from 5 to 7 p.m. There will be 

good wine, good music and a taste of Mount Airy, all set 

in the museum’s courtyard. The featured winery is Shelton 

Vineyard and music will be provided by the Klassix. Admission 

for museum members is $10 and non-members 

are $15. 

A hot dog sale and car wash will be held at Advance 

Auto in Mount Airy to raise money to help pay Mobility 

Assisted Dogs of Moravian Falls to train Sheena, a German 

Shepherd puppy given to Joshua Hazelwood for assistance. 

Miss Outer Banks will be at the event signing 

posters. Classic rock and roll will be played by Pepper’s 

All American Band. 

June 13 

The annual Smith reunion for the descendants of 

Joseph “Joe” and Hannah Smith will be held at the Francisco 

Community Building, 7100 N.C. 89 West. A business 

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. with lunch at 1 

p.m. Family and friends are invited. Bring a well-filled 

picnic basket. Eating utensils, drinks and ice will be provided. 

The 45th John Webb Martin family reunion will be 

held at the VFW building in Hillsville, Va. Visitation and 

registration will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A 

potluck lunch will begin soon after 12:30 p.m. Plates, 

utensils and drinks will be furnished. For more information, 

call (276) 236-2562. 

June 14 

Auditions for “Wedding of the Siamese Twins” will 

be held in the Old-Time Music Heritage Hall at 6:30 p.m. 

Performances will be July 30 at 3 p.m. and July 31 at 7:30 

p.m. in the Old-Time Music Heritage Hall. 

Former Register of Deeds, Dennis “Bud” Cameron, 

will be giving a presentation on Scottish history and heritage 

in Surry County at the Surry County Genealogical 

Association’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the teaching 

auditorium at Surry Community College. This meeting is 

free and open to the public. 

June 17 

The Redhead Express will be performing at the 

Downtown Cinema at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance 

or $15 at the door. Kids 12 and younger enter free. 

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Based on the true story of Chang and Eng Bunker, Burton 

Cohen’s play tells the story of the famous Siamese 

twins who toured the world in the 1800s, then settled in 

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“I got caught being good,” 

which she said the students 

really want to earn. 

Diane Beane, principal 

at East Surry High School, 

feels the program works at 

her school but has had to 

look for ways to motivate 

the students. The high 

school allows teachers to 

fill out referrals for positive 

behavior for students each 

day. At the end of each 

week, a name is drawn 

from the referrals and that 

student gets to have lunch 

from a restaurant. The 

names also are printed in 

the faculty newsletter so 

every faculty member 

knows who was recognized 

for positive behavior. 

“You have to feel good 

about yourself and feel 

good about what you’re doing,” 

she said. “We try to 

make it a big deal for students. 

It helps teachers start 

to look for good things in 

the kids.” 

Administrators hope to 

work this summer to figure 

out ways to share data with 

the faculty more often and 

to instill in them what merits 

a trip to the office and 

what needs to be dealt with 

in the classroom. 

“I really believe there is 

a culture of good behavior, 

manners and decency that 

pervades our school system. 

You could not ask for 

better representatives of our 

school system than our 

kids,” said Dr. Ashley Hinson, 

superintendent. “I believe 

the principal plays 

such a key role. I believe 

this system will work at 

every single school that the 

principals believes in it.” 

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anticipates a 100-percent 

graduation rate for those remaining 

from the first class. 

Some students have graduated 

but the 74 remaining 

student, including the 11 recent 

graduates, are all set to 

complete the program with 

a high school diploma and 

some college credit. She 

said that about 85 percent 

of the cohort also will have 

a degree from Surry Community 

College. 

“It is a work in progress. 

It is the largest in the state,” 

said Dr. Terri Mosley, assistant 

superintendent. 

Blake Hetrick, who just 

graduated from the Early 

College and will attend 

Campbell University in the 

fall, spoke to the board 

about his experiences at the 

school. 

“I decided to come to the 

Early College kind of late 

in the process. I always 

imagined myself going to a 

regular high school,” he 

said. “I can’t express how 

much the Early College has 

helped me as far as studying, 

as far as work ethic. 

I’ve learned how to study. 

I’ve learned how to prepare 

for a test.” 

For Hetrick, the smaller 

class sizes, each year admits 

around 80 students, 

were a big selling point for 

his experiences at the 

school. 

“I loved our school, because 

it was smaller and 

you really got to know 

everybody. You’ve got people 

who can pick you up 

when you’re down,” he 

said. “I can honestly say 

that I’ve had a conversation 

with every single person in 

our class more than once.” 

The Early College does 

not offer sports nor does it 

offer as many clubs for students 

to join as a traditional 

high school. However, students 

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those opportunities. 

“The more I’ve gone to 

school, the more I’ve realized 

in the early college environment 

you realize there’s 

more important things,” said 

Hetrick, who also said that he 

has gotten involved in acting 

because of a visit to the 

school by Brack Llewellyn 

during his first year, something 

he would not have 

done otherwise. 

“It would appear to me 

that students feel freer to be 

themselves. That probably 

is as important to me as 

anything,” said Dr. Ashley 

Hinson, superintendent. 

When asked if he would 

recommend the board continue 

funding the Early College 

even though money is 

tight, Hetrick said they 

should because of the 

unique opportunities it provides 

to students. 

“You have to realize it’s 

not the same as a regular 

high school,” said Hetrick. 

“For some people, they 

need this for an education.” 

Project YES 

Project Youth Entrepreneurship 

Surry has allowed 

a select group of high 

school students from across 

the county to learn more 

about entrepreneurship and 

what it takes to start a new 

business. 

As one of the projects 

this past year, participants 

were asked to create a plan 

for a business they would 

like to start in the county. 

Marissa Cockerham, a rising 

junior at Surry Early 

College High School of Design, 

teamed up with another 

student to create a plan 

for Mount Airy Bike 

Rentals. According to the 

plan, they would rent bicycles 

to people along the 

walking trail that moves 

through Mount Airy. 

Since the presentation to 

a panel of judges, which 

she and her partner won, 

Cockerham has decided 

that creating a plan was not 

enough. 

“I’m actually planning 

on opening this by myself,” 

she said. “I talked to the 

city and they agreed to let 

me open it, so I’m looking 

for sponsors for the bikes.” 

She plans to start with 

10 to 15 bikes at the end of 

this month or in early July 

and expand from there. In 

addition to this being the result 

of an assignment for 

Project YES, Cockerham 

has taken it a step further 

and plans to use the business 

as her senior graduation 

project. 

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Clara Hundley and Jim Nichols of the Pilot Mountain unit of the Veterans of Foreign 

Wars and Ladies Auxiliary offer a special tribute to prisoners of war and 

those missing in action during Thursday’s opening ceremonies for the local veterans 

gathering. 


Special exhibits also are part of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall display at 

the old Bassett plant off Park Drive. 


Veteran Mike King, left, chats with Greg Welsh of Cocoa, Fla., a fellow Vietnam vet 

who travels with the replica of the memorial wall which enables people around the 

country to experience it without traveling to Washington. 


Visitors look at names on the wall, with an Army Huey helicopter poised in the 

background. 

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Similar to many other 

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The names are 

grouped according to the 

date each person died or 

was listed as missing. 

While some of those 

visiting the traveling wall 

were engrossed in their 

search of a sea of tiny 

names dotting a black 

background, others stood 

back and marveled at the 

list’s length. 

The wall erected in the 

Bassett Furniture parking 

lot is a three-fifths-scale 

replica of the actual wall. It 

is 6 feet high at the center 

and spans almost 300 feet 

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eerily similar to the real 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 

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replica is transported to 

events around the country 

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sacrifices made in Vietnam 

and literally bring the war 

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“How many of us were 

going to go to Washington?” 

King said Thursday 

of the opportunity. “It’s 

fantastic.” 

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tribute to those still listed 

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in action. A speaker for 

the group says efforts 

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down soldiers unaccounted 

for, who must never be forgotten. 

Local poet George Randall 

also read “Voices From 

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Some Who Gave All.” 

Before and after the ceremony, 

visitors seemed 

drawn to the wall of names 

and what it signifies, including 

gospel singer Dean 

Browder. 

“I was looking to see if I 

recognized a name,” Browder 

said while gazing at a 

taller section of the wall. “I 

know several people from 

Surry County that died 

over there.” 

Later, King, the veteran 

whose training officers 

were killed in the war, 

made a special point to 

thank Greg Welsh, a vet 

from Florida involved with 

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“We’re honored to be 

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good standing. For the first 

time, there are scholarship 

recipients heading to colleges 

and universities 

across the state as the first 

recipients have finished 

their two-year stints at a 

community college. Of the 

39 scholarships awarded to 

date, all have been renewed. 

This year’s newest 

group will bring the total of 

recipients to 59. 

“This was Charlie’s idea 

and I’m just proud to be a 

part of it,” said Ed Shelton. 

“I would like to be in your 

shoes today. You’ve got 

more opportunities than 

any generation ever before. 

There’s nobody standing at 

the door telling you you 

can’t do it.” 

Both Charlie and Ed encouraged 

students to do 

their best to excel and not 

sell themselves short. 

“Talking to young people, 

sometimes I think they 

set their goals a little 

short,” said Charlie. “I 

want to encourage you to 

set them high because you 

might make it.” 

The brothers also 

warned the recipients that 

they will be keeping track 

of them in the coming years 

to make sure they maintain 

the standard of character 

that made them eligible for 

the scholarship. 

“We’ve got your name. I 

can get on Google and find 

you. I can even get on 

Google Earth and see what 

you’re doing,” said Ed. 

“This is the Shelton 

Character Scholarship. 

They believe and I do, too, 

that your character is what 

will take you farther than 

any scholarship money,” 

said Dr. Ashley Hinson, superintendent 

of Surry 

County Schools and member 

of the selection committee. 

This year’s recipients include 

Chris Hardy and Lyndsay 

Ray from East Surry 

High School; Jeremy 

Lyons, Brianna Simmons, 

Logan Jarrell and Adriana 

Velazquez from Mount 

Airy High School; Steven 

Krause, Jake Haynes, Laura 

Strickland, Shannon 

Sawyers, Kayla Westmoreland 

and Keevie Newsome 

from North Surry High 

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Haley Comer, Shane Johnson 

and Haley Durham 

from Surry Central High 

School; Brittany Dalton, 

Jayme Bullins and Danielle 

Farmer from South Stokes 

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Surry’s Jayson Murphy streaks home to give the Pride its first run. 

CHARLOTTE (AP) — 

A cocky Muhsin Muhammad 

joined a Carolina franchise 

in 1996 that was beginning 

only its second 

season, and over the next 

two decades the Panthers 

and Muhammad effectively 

grew up and matured together. 

That’s why the former 

Pro Bowl receiver’s retirement 

announcement was so 

lengthy. There were a lot of 

memories to go over and a 

lot of people to thank. 

Carolina’s career leader 

in catches and yards receiving 

walked away from the 

game on Thursday after 14 

seasons, 11 of which were 

spent in Charlotte, where 

Muhammad made a transformation 

on and off the 

field. 

“I’ve done everything I 

could possibly do in an 

NFL career for 14 years, 

outside of actually winning 

a championship ring,” 

Muhammad said. “I’ve 

played in two Super Bowls, 

I have Super Bowl records 

and I’ve done a lot of good 

things throughout my career. 

I’m full, I’m fulfilled. 

I’m at peace with my decision.” 

The 37-year-old 

Muhammad had said after 

the 2009 season that he 

wanted to continue playing. 

But after the Panthers began 

a youth movement and 

chose not to re-sign him, 

Muhammad had to decide 

if he wanted to try to play 

elsewhere. 

A desire to spend more 

time with the private equity 

fund he recently started and 

possibly do television work 

made the decision easier. 

Muhammad, a crowd favorite 

known as “Moose” 

in these parts, is finished 

with football and set to 

chase his six kids around 

— including two adopted 

from Ethiopia. 

He finishes with a teambest 

696 catches and 9,255 

yards receiving, and his 50 

touchdowns are tied with 

Steve Smith for the most in 

club history. 

“It’s been exhilarating, 

it’s been fun, it’s been really 

fulfilling,” Muhammad 

said. “I really love my fans, 

the community. I’ll always 

be here, be a part of this. 


Sports 

It’s been really refreshing 

to always have the support 

of the fans, the organization, 

the city, of the state. 

It’s been an honor to represent 

this organization.” 

Muhammad was Carolina’s 

second-round pick in 

1996 out of Michigan 

State. There were some 

clashes early with veteran 

receivers coach Richard 

Williamson, and Muhammad 

had some trouble on 

and off the field despite his 

skill as a tall, possession receiver 

and exceptional 

downfield blocker. 

He drew publicity for 

Friday, June 11, 2010 

Pride down Kernersville, 5-3 

STAFF REPORT 

PILOT MOUNTAIN — 

The competition might be 

some of the best in North 

Carolina, but the Surry 

Pride senior American Legion 

baseball team is holding 

its own. 

Surry picked up another 

quality win Thursday 

against Kernersville, 5-3, 

to improve to 8-3 on the 

young season. 

The Pride played seven 

games in five days last 

week and came out of the 

grinder with a .500 record 

and a ton of confidence. 

Coach Barry Hall said 

Thursday’s win and the 

past week have shown that 

the Surry players belong in 

a league with numerous Division 

I talent and some of 

the top high school players 

in the state. 

“We feel real good 

about our record this time 

of year,” Hall said. “The 

kids have played hard. We 

always try to tell our kids 

we are trying to show other 

people that we do play 

good baseball in Surry and 

Stokes county, and our kids 

can compete if they pull together 

play good solid 

baseball.” 

After a rough start, Surry’s 

Austin McLamb (Surry 

Central) settled down and 

shut down the Kernersville 

bats. 

Surry’s Luke Harris 

(Surry Central) broke a 3-3 

tie in the bottom of the fifth 

when he took the first pitch 

of the inning out of Barry 

Hall Field. Next, Eric 

Kalbfleisch (North Stokes) 

singled and promptly stole 

second, which set up a Tanner 

Hudson (Surry Central) 

RBI double to put Surry up 

permanently, 5-3. 

Hall said any win in the 

western American Legion 

division is a solid win, but 

did add he would like to 

see more people come out 

and support the area’s top 

baseball talent and to see 

“good baseball.” 

“They (Kernersville) are 

a good ball club and that’s 

what we are seeing now,” 

Hall said. “When we 

played High Point, we saw 

a kid who is headed to 

South Carolina and got 

drafted over the weekend, 

and he hit it over the right 

field light pole. I’ve been 

here a long time and I have 

never seen anyone hit it 

over the right field light 

pole. People in Surry 

County are missing out on 

some good baseball and 

seeing what it takes to be a 

D-1 player.” 

McLamb entered Thursday 

off a complete game 

THOMAS SMITH/THE NEWS 

win in his last outing. After 

a shaky start, the reigning 

Northwest 1A/2A player of 

the year bounced back with 

a solid seven innings. 

“What we like about 

Austin is the three runs off 

of him were unearned, because 

uncharacteristically 

we made four errors,” Hall 

said. “But what I like about 

him is he battles, he never 

changes his expression. Errors 

don’t bother him. He’s 

going to go out six or seven 

innings every time. Right 

now he’s our No. 1, and if 

he keeps throwing we have 

a better chance in the playoffs 

than we’ve had before, 

at least finally getting out 

the first round.” 

In addition to McLamb, 

Hall said this season is the 

first time he feels comfortable 

with the amount of 

See PRIDE, page 4B 

Muhammad retires after 14 seasons 

MCT 

Muhsin Muhammad is retiring 

from the Carolina Panthers. 

putting “D. Coy” over the 

name on the back of his jersey 

at practice one day because 

he felt he wasn’t getting 

the ball enough. He 

was quoted after a 52-9 

loss to close the 2000 season 

that, “Amid all the ashes 

and rubble, a flower 

bloomed today” because he 

had gone over 100 catches 

for the season. 

But as Muhammad grew 

older, started a family, and 

teamed with Smith and 

new coach John Fox, the 

Panthers thrived as 

See 14, page 4B 

Section 

B 

Re-evaluating 

all this revolting 

realignment 

Things don’t seem like 

they could get much 

worse. As far as college 

sports goes the outlook is 

b-l-e-a-k. 

With the reported move 

of Nebraska to the Big Ten 

and Colorado to the Pac- 

10 the landscape of college 

athletics looks to me like a 

wasteland, with a few 

money-hungry despots 

looking down from darkened 

towers and marveling 

at just how quickly they 

could erase 40 years or 

more of tradition with a 

single stroke — all for a 

buck. 

Half the state of Texas, 

all of Oklahoma, the Big 

East and the ACC seem 

destined to follow to the 

slop trough and nothing 

will ever be the same. Tradition 

is no more, but hey, 

at least we can watch Big 

16 field hockey at 3 a.m. in 

a couple years. 

We all know football is 

the money sport in these 

big conferences, not so 

much in our beloved ACC, 

but in rest of the country 

the pigskin rules. 

Millions are made from 

the TV rights (as we’ve all 

heard ad naseum), but 

now, it seems the powers 

that be want billions. 

Personally, I’m not concerned 

about football. 

Should the ACC lose a 

school, like Maryland or 

Virginia, which has been 

thrown around, I might 

start to care. What I do 

worry about however is 

the effect it will have on 

the hardwood, and in my 

humble opinion, the possible 

outcomes of realignment 

will RUIN college 

basketball. 

Maybe not financially 

because people will still 

watch, but from a longstanding 

fan’s viewpoint, 

this stuff stinks. 

Maybe it’s an aversion 

to change, but I can’t 

imagine how a five or four 

conference stronghold of 

teams can make anything 

better. 

In football, the BCS is 

already a joke, and I think 

this new alignment will 

just work to undo any 

goodwill it had gained 

over the past seasons. 

Think about Kansas 

basketball not having a 

conference to play in. 

That’s like Duke being 

US vs. England is 

soccer’s moment 

in America 

RONALD BLUM 

AP SPORTS WRITER 

IRENE, South Africa 

— The bars are stocked 

across America, and the 

pubs are getting ready in 

England. A 70 1/2-foot 

billboard of Clint 

Dempsey stands near Penn 

Station in Manhattan, and 

there’s even a large poster 

of Landon Donovan in a 

store along Piccadilly Circus. 

American soccer has 

never been more popular 

in the United States or its 

players more well-known 

across the world. And on 

Saturday comes the first 

competitive match between 

the U.S. and England 

since the great American 

upset at the 1950 

World Cup. For one afternoon, 

millions will be 

watching from California 

to New York island. Like 

never before in the United 

States, this is the sport’s 

moment. 

“I don’t know what’s 

going to be better, at the 

bar with my friends back 

home watching it, or actually 

playing it, because it’s 

going to be special,” goalkeeper 

Tim Howard said 

Thursday. 

On the first cloudy day 

since the U.S. team started 

workouts June 1, the 

Americans practiced in 

Pretoria. Then their redwhite-and-blue 

bus with 

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit 

of Victory!” on the 

side made the two-hour 

drive to Rustenburg, where 

the big game will be 

played. 

Thousands of tickets in 

refurbished 38,646-capacity 

Royal Bafokeng Stadium 

were purchased back 

in the United States for the 

match at the foot of the 

Magaliesberg mountain 

range in the North West 

Province. Stevan Galich, a 

Thomas Smith 

Staff Reporter 

See RE, page 4B 

fan from Chicago, organized 

transportation for 350 

American fans from Sandton, 

a north Johannesburg 

suburb, to Rustenburg on 

Saturday. His party plans 

to meet outside the stadium 

with Sam’s Army and 

the American Outlaws, 

two supporters’ groups. 

They hope to offset the 

roar from English fans 

who usually travel with 

their team in large numbers. 

Donald Gips, the U.S. 

ambassador to South 

Africa, said Sunday that 

FIFA estimated 132,000 

tickets for the 64-game 

tournament were bought in 

the United States, the most 

in any nation outside the 

host. 

“Certainly the water 

cooler talk, if I can use that 

expression, is greater than 

anything I’ve seen around 

the World Cup, around the 

U.S. being in it, and certainly 

around the U.S.- 

England game for sure,” 

U.S. Soccer Federation 

president Sunil Gulati 

said. “The amount of time 

we’re getting on ESPN. 

The cover of SI. The cover 

of ESPN The Magazine. 

The cover of Time Magazine. 

Anybody remember 

when that last happened 

for soccer?” 

The Irish Pub, a few 

blocks from Carnegie Hall 

in Manhattan, is packed 

many weekend mornings 

for English Premier 

League games. Last 

month, it doubled in size 

in preparation for the 

World Cup. 

Youth soccer teams are 

planning to meet to watch 

together, and several Major 

League Soccer stadiums 

will open for viewing 

parties. 

Adidas, Nike and Puma 

have been busy selling 

See US, page 3B

2B Friday, June 11, 2010 The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, N.C. www.mtairynews.com 

BASEBALL 

MLB 

NATIONAL LEAGUE 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Atlanta 34 26 .567 — 

Philadelphia 31 26 .544 1 1/2 

New York 31 28 .525 2 1/2 

Washington 29 31 .483 5 

Florida 28 31 .475 5 1/2 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Cincinnati 34 26 .567 — 

St. Louis 33 27 .550 1 

Chicago 27 32 .458 6 1/2 

Milwaukee 24 35 .407 9 1/2 

Houston 24 36 .400 10 

Pittsburgh 23 36 .390 10 1/2 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles 36 24 .600 — 

San Diego 35 24 .593 1/2 

San Francisco 32 26 .552 3 

Colorado 30 29 .508 5 1/2 

Arizona 24 36 .400 12 

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Wednesday’s Games 

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Florida at Philadelphia, ppd., rain 

Cincinnati 6, San Francisco 3 

San Diego at New York, ppd., rain 

Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 4 

Houston 6, Colorado 2, 10 innings 

Arizona 2, Atlanta 1 

L.A. Dodgers 4, St. Louis 3 

Thursday’s Games 

Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 6 

San Diego 4, N.Y. Mets 2, 1st game 

Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 10 innings 

Houston 5, Colorado 4 

Atlanta 11, Arizona 7 

Florida 2, Philadelphia 0 

Washington 4, Pittsburgh 2 

N.Y. Mets 3, San Diego 0, 2nd game 

Friday’s Games 

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Cubs (R.Wells 3-4), 2:20 p.m. 

Houston (Myers 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 

7-1), 7:05 p.m. 

N.Y. Mets (Dickey 3-0) at Baltimore 

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Texas (Harden 3-2) at Milwaukee (Narveson 

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Toronto (R.Romero 5-2) at Colorado 

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St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-2) at Arizona 

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Seattle (J.Vargas 4-2) at San Diego (Correia 

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Oakland (G.Gonzalez 6-3) at San Francisco 

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Saturday’s Games 

Houston at N.Y.Yankees, 1:05 p.m. 

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 4:10 

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Philadelphia at Boston, 4:10 p.m. 

Washington at Cleveland, 7 p.m. 

N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. 

Atlanta at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. 

Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. 

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. 

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Toronto at Colorado, 8:10 p.m. 

Seattle at San Diego, 8:35 p.m. 

Oakland at San Francisco, 9 p.m. 

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Houston at N.Y.Yankees, 1:05 p.m. 


Washington at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. 








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St. Louis at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. 

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 

p.m. 

AMERICAN LEAGUE 

East Division 

W L Pct GB 

Tampa Bay 39 20 .661 — 

New York 37 22 .627 2 

Boston 35 26 .574 5 

Toronto 33 27 .550 6 1/2 

Baltimore 16 43 .271 23 

Central Division 

W L Pct GB 

Minnesota 35 24 .593 — 

Detroit 30 28 .517 4 1/2 

Chicago 25 33 .431 9 1/2 

Kansas City 24 36 .400 11 1/2 

Cleveland 22 36 .379 12 1/2 

West Division 

W L Pct GB 

Texas 32 27 .542 — 

Los Angeles 33 29 .532 1/2 

Oakland 31 30 .508 2 

Seattle 23 36 .390 9 

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N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 2 

Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 1 

Texas 12, Seattle 2 

Chicago White Sox 15, Detroit 3 

Minnesota 6, Kansas City 2 

L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 1 


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Saturday’s Games 

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. 

Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 

4:10 p.m. 


Washington at Cleveland, 7 p.m. 









Oakland at San Francisco, 9 p.m. 

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 

p.m. 

Sunday’s Games 

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. 


Washington at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. 








Oakland at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. 



Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 

8:05 p.m. 

Carolina League 

Northern Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Frederick (Orioles) 36 24 .600 — 

Wilmington (Royals) 28 32 .467 8 

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Potomac (Nationals) 26 34 .433 10 

Lynchburg (Reds) 25 35 .417 11 

Southern Division 

W L Pct. GB 

Winston-Salem (White Sox)38 22 .633 — 

Salem (Red Sox) 35 25 .583 3 

Kinston (Indians) 30 30 .500 8 

Myrtle Beach (Braves)22 38 .367 16 

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Myrtle Beach 3, Winston-Salem 2 

Frederick 4, Potomac 3 

Kinston 3, Wilmington 1 

Lynchburg 6, Salem 2 


Salem at Frederick, late 

Wilmington at Winston-Salem, late 

Myrtle Beach at Kinston, late 

Potomac at Lynchburg, late 


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Wilmington at Winston-Salem, 7 p.m. 

Myrtle Beach at Kinston, 7 p.m. 

Potomac at Lynchburg, 7:05 p.m. 

BASKETBALL 

NBA PLAYOFFS 

NBA FINALS 

L.A. Lakers 1, Boston 0 

Thursday, June 3: L.A. Lakers 102, 

Boston 89 

Sunday, June 6: Boston 103, L.A. Lakers 

94 

Tuesday, June 8: L.A. Lakers 91, Boston 

84 

Thursday, June 10: L.A. Lakers at 

Boston, late 

x-Sunday, June 13: L.A. Lakers at 

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x-Tuesday, June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 

9 p.m. 

x-Thursday, June 17: Boston at L.A. 

Lakers, 9 p.m. 

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schedule and standings 

Feb. 6 — x-Budweiser Shootout (Kevin 

Harvick) 

Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 1 (Jimmie 

Johnson) 

Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 2 (Kasey 

Kahne) 

Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray) 

Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson) 

Feb. 28 — Shelby American, Las Vegas 

(Jimmie Johnson) 

March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch) 

March 21 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. 

(Jimmie Johnson) 

March 28 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 

500, Martinsville, Va. (Denny Hamlin) 

April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, 

Ariz. (Ryan Newman) 

April 18 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort 

Worth, Texas (Denny Hamlin) 

April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. 

(Kevin Harvick) 

May 1 — Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond, 

Va. (Kyle Busch) 

May 8 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. 

(Denny Hamlin) 

May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, 

Del. (Kyle Busch) 

May 22 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, 

N.C. (Martin Truex Jr.) 

May 22 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star 

Race, Concord, N.C. (Kurt Busch) 

May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. 

(Kurt Busch) 

June 6 — Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500, 

Long Pond, Pa. (Denny Hamlin) 

June 13 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream 

Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich. 

June 20 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, 

Calif. 

June 27 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, 

Loudon, N.H. 

July 3 — Coke Zero 400 Powered By 

Coca-Cola, Daytona Beach, Fla. 

July 10 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill. 

July 25 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis 

Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, 

Pa. 

Aug. 8 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 

at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 

Aug. 15 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich. 

Aug. 21 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, 

Tenn. 

Sep. 5 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, 

Ga. 

Sep. 11 — Richmond 400, Richmond, Va. 

Sep. 19 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. 

Sep. 26 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. 

Oct. 3 — Price Chopper 400, Kansas City, 

Kan. 

Oct. 10 — Pepsi Max 400, Fontana, Calif. 

Oct. 16 — NASCAR Banking 500, Concord, 

N.C. 

Oct. 24 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, 

Va. 

Oct. 31 — AMP Energy 500, Talladega, 

Ala. 

Nov. 7 — Lone Star 500, Fort Worth, 

Texas 

Nov. 14 — Arizona 500, Avondale, Ariz. 

Nov. 21 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. 

x-non-points race 

——— 

2010 Driver Standings 

1. Kevin Harvick 1,898 

2. Kyle Busch 1,869 

3. Matt Kenseth 1,781 

4. Jeff Gordon 1,760 

5. Denny Hamlin 1,732 

6. Kurt Busch 1,726 

7. Jimmie Johnson 1,694 

8. Jeff Burton 1,657 

9. Greg Biffle 1,648 

10. Mark Martin 1,635 

11. Carl Edwards 1,602 

12. Ryan Newman 1,547 

13. Clint Bowyer 1,543 

14. Martin Truex Jr. 1,533 

15. Jamie McMurray 1,521 

16. Tony Stewart 1,520 

17. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,493 

18. Joey Logano 1,461 

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Feb. 13 — DRIVE4COPD 300 (Tony 

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Feb. 20 — Stater Bros. 300 (Kyle 

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Feb. 27 — Sam’s Town 300, Las Vegas 

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March 20 — Scotts Turf Builder 300 

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April 3 — Nashville 300, Lebanon, 

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April 9 — Bashas’ Supermarkets 200, 

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April 19 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, 

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April 25 — Aaron’s 312, Talladega, Ala. 

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April 30 — Bubba Burger 250, Richmond, 

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May 7 — Royal Purple 200, Darlington, 

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May 15 — Heluva Good! 200, Dover, 

Del. (Kyle Busch) 

May 29 — Tech-Net Auto Service 300, 

Concord, N.C. (Kyle Busch) 

June 5 — Federated Auto Parts 300, 

Lebanon, Tenn. 

June 12 — Meijer 300, Sparta, Ky. 

June 19 — Road America 200, Elkhart 

Lake, Wis. 

June 26 — New England 200, Loudon, 

N.H. 

July 2 — Subway Jalapeno 250 Powered 

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Fla. 

July 9 — Dollar General 300 Powered 

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July 17 — Missouri-Illinois Dodge 

Dealers 250, Madison, Ill. 

July 24 — Kroger 200, Indianapolis 

July 31 — Iowa 250, Newton, Iowa 

Aug. 7 — Zippo 200 at The Glen, 

Watkins Glen, N.Y. 

Aug. 14 — Carfax 250, Brooklyn, Mich. 

Aug. 20 — Food City 250, Bristol, 

Tenn. 

Aug. 29 — NAPA Auto Parts 200, Montreal 

Sep. 4 — Atlanta 300, Hampton, Ga. 

Sep. 10 — Virginia 529 College Savings 

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Sep. 25 — Dover 200, Dover, Del. 

Oct. 2 — Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas 

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Oct. 9 — Camping World 300, Fontana, 

Calif. 

Oct. 15 — Dollar General 300, Concord, 

N.C. 

Oct. 23 — Gateway 250, Madison, Ill. 

Nov. 6 — O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, 

Fort Worth, Texas 

Nov. 13 — Arizona 200, Avondale, 

Ariz. 

Nov. 20 — Ford 300, Homestead, Fla. 

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Braves blow big lead, still beat Diamondbacks 11-7 

PHOENIX (AP) — 

Bobby Cox said a long 

goodbye to Arizona’s 

Chase Field. For almost 

four hours, he watched his 

Braves build a big lead, 

blow it, then break it open 

again for an 11-7 victory on 

Thursday. 

“That was a hard game 

to enjoy, it really was,” said 

the longtime manager who 

will retire at the end of the 

season. “It would never 

end. ... That would have 

been a tough one to swallow 

if we lost.” 

After the Braves blew a 

five-run lead, Brooks Conrad 

scrambled home to 

break a ninth-inning tie, 

banging into catcher John 

Hester while diving headfirst 

across the plate. 

“He was kind of blocking 

the plate,” Conrad said. 

“A situation like that 

you’ve got to do anything 

you can to score that run. 

So my thought process was 

if the ball beat me, I’d try 

to do something to jar it 

loose. He got the ball right 

in the web and I pretty 

much got there at the same 

time. There was enough of 

the plate to kind of get 

around him.” 

The speedy Conrad hit 

for David Ross, who had a 

double, single and two 

RBIs. Conrad singled, stole 

second and beat right fielder 

Justin Upton’s throw after 

pinch-hitter Brian Mc- 

Cann’s one-out single off 

closer Chad Qualls (1-3). 

“For only playing one 

inning, he got dirty,” Cox 

said. 

Jason Heyward and Eric 

Hinske also had RBI singles 

off Qualls. A sacrifice 

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Continued from page 1B 

Muhammad became an important 

locker room presence. 

Muhammad was a key 

cog in Carolina’s 2003 Super 

Bowl season, catching 

an 85-yard touchdown pass 

from Jake Delhomme, still 

the longest in Super Bowl 

history. 

He made his second Pro 

Bowl in 2004, only to leave 

for Chicago after the Panthers 

released him when 

they couldn’t agree on a restructured 

contract. 

“You never should have 

left,” Panthers owner Jerry 

Richardson told him Thursday. 

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World Cup gear. More 

than 55,000 fans went to 

Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial 

Field for the U.S. 

team’s sendoff game on 

May 29. 

Interest ratcheted up 

last June when the Americans 

upset Spain in the 

semifinals of the Confederations 

Cup, a World Cup 

warmup tournament in 

South Africa. The Americans 

ended the European 

champion’s streaks of 15 

wins and 35 unbeaten 

games. 

The December draw 

boosted it even more when 

the United States was 

matched up with England 

to get things started. 

It’s far different from 

1990, when the U.S. team 

returned to the World Cup 

for the first time in 40 

years and few American 

fans made the trek to Italy. 

There wasn’t much to root 

for, with the U.S. losing 

three straight games. 

“We thought we knew 

what the World Cup was. 

And you know what? Reality 

slapped us right in the 

face,” said Marcelo Balboa, 

a defender on that 

U.S. team who is covering 

this tournament for the radio 

network Futbol de 

Primera. “Soccer has just 

grown so much. Look at 

where we’re at now, and 

look at where we stood in 

’90?” 

And with growth comes 

responsibility. When the 

U.S. went 0-3 at the 1998 

World Cup in France and 

finished last in the 32-nation 

field, the blowout created 

turmoil in the American 

soccer community. But 

it hardly got a rise out of 

most U.S. sports fans. 

Following a run to the 

quarterfinals at the 2002 

World Cup, where the U.S. 

fly by Troy Glaus off Carlos 

Rosa capped the late 

burst. 

Atlanta matched its season 

high with 16 hits yet 

still left 12 on base for a total 

of 47. The Diamondbacks 

struck out 16 times, a 

season high for them and 

for Braves pitchers. Arizona 

batters have struck 

out 570 times in 61 games, 

by far the most in the majors. 

“We’re long past it being 

a concern,. The more 

we talk about it, the more it 

happens, I think,” said Arizona 

manager A.J. Hinch, 

who added a big understatement. 

“Probably lineup-wise 

we strike out a significantly 

amount more 

than we should.” 

Reliever Jonny Venters’ 

throwing error on what 

should have been an inning-ending 

double play 

set up a three-run double 

by ex-Brave Kelly Johnson 

in the eighth that tied it at 

7. 

Peter Moylan (3-1) got 

the final out of the eighth 

for the win. He was on the 

mound when outfielders 

Nate McLouth and Heyward 

collided on a gamewinning 

inside-the-park 

home run by Gerardo Parra 

in Wednesday night’s 2-1 

loss. 

Arizona loaded the 

bases in the ninth against 

Billy Wagner, but Rusty 

Ryal and pinch hitter Chris 

Snyder struck out to end it. 

Atlanta leadoff batter 

Martin Prado reached five 

times on three hits and two 

walks. 

Tommy Hanson, looking 

for his fourth straight 

Muhammad reached another 

Super Bowl with the 

Bears in the 2006 season, 

but his numbers declined a 

year later and he was released. 

Smith, a close friend, 

quickly tried to get management 

to sign him as the 

Panthers had struggled to 

find an adequate complement 

for Smith, who had 

emerged as a star. 

Muhammad re-signed 

with Carolina before the 

2008 season. 

“Making up was better 

than breaking up,” he said. 

Muhammad became a 

veteran influence in the 

locker room, Carolina’s 

union representative, active 

in the community and was 

still one of the game’s best 

blocking receivers. 

“A guy I knew I could 

opened with a 3-2 upset of 

Portugal and beat Mexico 

2-0 in the second round, 

there were great expectations 

for the 2006 tournament. 

But the team had another 

0-3 flop. 

Reaching the final eight 

was the best finish for the 

United States since it advanced 

to the semifinals of 

the first World Cup in 

1930. Playing England, 

with Wayne Rooney, 

Steven Gerrard, Frank 

Lampard and John Terry, 

is a chance for American 

players to measure themselves 

against some of the 

best and most celebrated 

players. 

Nine of the 23 players 

on the U.S. roster were 

with English clubs last 

season, including Donovan 

during a three-month 

loan, so the teams know 

each other well. And the 

supporters have a fairly 

win, had a 7-2 lead when 

he left after 5 1-3 innings. 

“He didn’t get any 

breaks,” Cox said. 

Asked if Hanson throwing 

a season-high 121 

pitches had anything to do 

with umpire Angel Hernandez’s 

challenging strike 

zone, Cox said, “It was 

rough. That’s all I’ve got to 

say.” 

Hanson’s two-run single 

had been the highlight of a 

five-run Atlanta fifth inning. 

All five runs were 

charged to reliever Cesar 

Chavez in just two-thirds 

of an inning after erratic 

Dontrelle Willis was lifted 

with the game tied 2-2 

through four. 

Chris Young led off the 

Arizona seventh with his 

10th home run, then Johnson 

singled and later scored 

on Stephen Drew’s groundout 

to cut the lead to 7-4. 

In the eighth, Venters 

walked Mark Reynolds 

with one out to bring up 

Ryal, who bounced to the 

pitcher for what looked to 

be an inning-ending double 

play. Venters, though, 

threw the ball into center 

field and both runners were 

safe. He regrouped to strike 

out Adam LaRoche, but 

walked Young to load the 

bases. 

The lefty stayed in to 

face the left-handed hitting 

Johnson, who lashed an 

offspeed pitch just inside 

the right field line to clear 

the bases. 

Willis, who was bothered 

by a torn fingernail, 

gave up two runs and three 

hits, throwing 95 pitches in 

four innings. 

NOTES: McLouth had 

count on in tough times,” 

Fox said. “I knew he’d 

keep a level head even in 

good times, would grab 

guys by the throat in the 

tough times. Moose did all 

of those things.” 

But the Panthers made 

no effort to sign him in the 

offseason as they shed numerous 

veterans, including 

Delhomme. 

“They just told me that 

they’re doing something 

different now,” Muhammad 

said. “They’re going 

younger, they’re rebuilding 

and that kind of stuff. 

“Would there have been 

an opportunity to re-sign 

me if it presented itself? I 

don’t know that, but that 

opportunity would have 

passed me. I was ready to 

do something else.” 

Dressed in a blue suit at 

good knowledge, too. 

That’s why this match has 

captured public imagination 

on both sides of the 

Atlantic. 

“I think the cultures are 

similar, which is probably 

the biggest reason why,” 

said American forward 

Jozy Altidore, who spent 

last season at Hull. 

While the U.S. is 2-7 in 

head-to-head-matchups, 

eight of those were exhibitions. 

The only one that really 

counted was the meeting 

in the 1950 World Cup, 

won famously 1-0 on Joe 

Gaetjens’ goal in Belo 

Horizonte, Brazil. 

That’s considered one 

of the great upsets in 

sports history. 

So from Rustenburg to 

Raleigh to Rotherham, 

eyes will be focused on the 

match. 

“I know the people 

back home are just, they’re 

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Atlanta’s Tommy Hanson throws a pitch earlier this season. Hanson threw 121 

pitches in Thursday’s 11-7 win over Arizona, his highest total of the season. 

the day off after his collision 

with Heyward on 

Wednesday night. 

McLouth’s head slammed 

to the ground on the play. 

... Willis had 3-0 counts on 

the first three batters and 

four of the first five. He 

walked three of them. .... 

The Braves are 4-4 on their 

longest trip of the season, 

which ends with three at 

Minnesota. 

a podium at Bank of America 

Stadium, Muhammad 

thanked former players and 

people in the organization 

ranging from Richardson to 

the training staff to security 

guards. 

He didn’t tear up until 

he looked at Christa, his 

wife and former high 

school sweetheart in the 

front row, and Smith, sitting 

in the back of the 

room. 

“I was trying to keep my 

eyes away from them because 

I knew I was going to 

get emotional,” Muhammad 

said. “Playing with 

(Smith) and not being able 

to play with him again. 

Tears of joy more for my 

wife and I and our relationship.” 

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ROSSBURG, Ohio (AP) 

— Jimmie Johnson led 

from start to finish to win 

Tony Stewart’s dirt track 

charity race Wednesday. 

Johnson, the four-time 

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Cup champion, survived 14 

cautions with Kyle Bush on 

his bumper for each restart 

to win the sixth running of 

the Prelude to a Dream on 

Eldora Speedway’s halfmile 

oval owned by Stewart. 

Busch finally lost track 

position on the final restart 

with two laps left and finished 

fourth. Clint Bowyer, 

who had the fastest qualifying 

time, finished second, 

and Carl Edwards was third 

after starting 17th. 

Twenty-seven drivers, 

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Sprint Cup series, competed 

in late-model stock cars in 

the 30-lap event that benefited 

four children’s hospitals. 

Stewart started from the 

back, but his track knowledge 

and dirt-track experience 

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sixth. Stewart elected to 

start from the back because 

of bonus money that would 

have gone to the hospital 

designated for the winner. 

“If we could’ve got some 

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Stewart said. “It 

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“It makes me feel good 

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“I would have bet a million 

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“I thought it was scar 

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I know you can go 

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Beason’s voice then 

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“It’s just crazy,” he said. 

It was indeed the anterior 

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right now. The only way to 

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the best arms the area has 

to offer. 

“Coach Scott and I have 

been real proud of our 

young men,” Hall said. 

“They’ve come out competed 

and we’ve lost a 

lem starts at the Ivoriest of 

Ivory towers — Notre 

Dame. 

If Notre Dame would just 

play nice and join the Big 

Ten like it should have 20 

years ago, the Big Ten 

wouldn’t be courting Big 

12 schools and the Pac-10 

might not be either. All of 

this is reactionary — it’s 

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Surry’s Casey Felts gets caught in a pickle 

between second and third Thursday. 

game or two, but as long as 

we compete, we are happy. 

This year we’ve been lucky 

because we have enough 

arms. We can be good 

every time we go out there. 

And it’s local kids. That’s 

what we feel good about.” 

Surry has a night off today 

before it hosts Eastern 

Randolph Saturday at 7 

fighting over a wilderbeast. 

My solution to make 

things better? 

Force Notre Dame to the 

Big Ten, grant the Mountain 

West a spot in the BCS 

and shut your mouth, because 

if this plague of locusts 

moves east I might 

take up arms. Touch the 

ACC and things could get 

ugly, is all I’m saying. 

five-time Pro Bowl defensive 

Julius Peppers, both 

starting defensive tackles 

and starting strongside 

linebacker Na’il Diggs. All 

were let go in Carolina’s 

youth and penny-pinching 

movement. 

“First of all, a guy like 

Thomas, my heart goes out 

to him,” coach John Fox 

said. “Just going through 

that, personally, is hard, so 

I’m disappointed for him. 

I’m not sure you replace a 

guy quite of his abilities.” 

Davis’ spot is important 

in defensive coordinator 

Ron Meeks’ system because 

it requires a speedy, 

athletic player to roam free 

and collect a bunch of tackles. 

One option for Carolina 

is to move the speedy, 

hard-hitting Beason to outside 

linebacker, insert inexperienced 

Dan Connor in 

the middle and keep James 

Anderson at strongside 

linebacker, where he began 

practicing this spring to replace 

Diggs. 

Beason entered the NFL 

playing the outside before 

quickly moving to the middle 

to replace the injured 

Dan Morgan. Beason could 

make the transition, but he 

also set a team record with 

169 tackles last season and 

went to his second straight 

p.m. The Pride will head to 

Randolph County Sunday 

then will have Burlington 

at home Monday, all at 7 

p.m. 

Surry 5, Kenersville 3 

K — 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 7 0 

S — 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 x — 5 8 4 

WP: Austin McLamb 

LP: Shane Dickerson 

My question is, “Where 

does the interest of the fan 

lie in all of this?” Why do 

we let these money-hungry 

university and conference 

heads rip and shred our favorite 

pastimes so they can 

eat a little better? It’s 

ridiculous and I think if it 

does happen the way all 

those talking heads on TV 

say it will, the country will 

see just what a bad idea 

this bad idea will be. 

Panthers could move Beason in for Davis 

Pro Bowl playing middle 

linebacker. 

“My number one goals 

is to win. If that’s something 

the coaches want me 

to do then I will do it to the 

best of my ability,” Beason 

said. 

Another option for the 

Panthers is to keep Beason 

and Anderson in place and 

promote Jamar Williams to 

starting weakside linebacker. 

A five-year veteran, 

Williams was acquired in 

April from the Bears for 

safety Chris Harris. 

Chicago deemed 

Williams expendable because 

he playing behind 

five-time Pro Bowler 

Lance Briggs. 

“He’s a leader, he’s accountable 

and he’s making 

a lot of plays,” Beason said 

of Williams. “He looks 

great in shorts. Now we’ll 

get a chance to see how he 

looks in pads.” 

The usually tightlipped 

Fox wasn’t saying which 

way he was leaning to replace 

Davis, who will undergo 

surgery soon and begin 

another long rehab 

process. 

“There’s nobody to 

come save us,” Beason 

said. “At this point you 

have to go with what you 

have and somebody has to 

step in and fill the void.” 

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TO: FRANKIE LEE 

HEATH 

TAKE NOTICE that a 

pleading seeking relief 

against you has been 

filed in the above-entitled 

action. The nature 

of the relief being 

sought as follows: 

Absolute divorce based 

on one year's separation. 

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2010, and upon your 

failure to do so the 

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Attorney at Law 

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State Bar No. 9522 

Publish: May 28, June 

4, 11, 2010 

June 15, 2010 

112-9303-02 

SECTION 00 11 16 - 

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FOR BID 

Sealed Bids for Elkin 

High School Additions 

and Renovations – 

Phase III located at 334 

Elk Spur Street, Elkin, 

North Carolina 28621, 

will be received by the 

Owner, Elkin City 

Schools at the Board 

Office, 202 West 

Spring Street, Elkin, 

North Carolina 28621- 

3448, on July 22, 2010. 

Sealed bids for single 

prime construction will 

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p.m. All bids will therefore 

be opened and 

publicly read. 

The Work is to be constructed 

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prime contract. The 

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Project is a 11,670 s.f., 

three story, classroom 

Renovation to Elkin 

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sitework, concrete, 

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North Carolina, 28217, 

telephone, (704) 525- 

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offices: AGC, F.W. 

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Center. 

All bidders are hereby 

notified that they must 

be properly licensed 

under that state laws 

governing their respective 

trades. Bidders 

are also hereby notified 

that applicable provisions 

of Chapter 87 of 

the General Statues of 

the State of North Carolina 

shall be observed 

in the receiving of bids 

and awarding of contracts 

for the Work. 

All bidders are hereby 

notified that The Elkin 

City Schools shall 

have a verifiable ten 

percent (10%) goal for 

participation by minority 

businesses in the 

total value of work for 

which separate prime 

contracts are awarded 

pursuant to N.C.G.S. 

Section 143-128. For 

additional information 

contact Elkin City 

Schools. 

Bid security in the 

amount of 5% of the 

bid, in certified check or 

bid bond executed by a 

surety company licensed 

by the State of 

North Carolina shall be 

submitted with all proposals. 

A Performance 

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Material Payment 

Bond, each in the 

amount equal to 100% 

of the Contract Sum 

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drawn for a period of 60 

days after receipt of 

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the right to reject 

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and to waive any and 

all defects or irregularities 

in any bid. 

A pre-bid conference 

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Street, Elkin, North 

Carolina on July 8, 

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11 16 

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& 16, 2010. 

NOTICE TO 

CREDITORS 

ESTATE OF 

CHARLES WADE 

WESTMORELAND, 

JR.Take notice that 

Fredrick G. Johnson 

has qualified as Administrator 

of the Estate of 

the late Charles Wade 

Westmoreland, Jr. of 

Surry County. All persons, 

firms and corporations 

having claims 

against said deceased 

are to submit said 

claims to Fredrick G. 

Johnson at the address 

hereinafter stated, on 

or before August 31, 

2010 or this Notice will 

be plead in bar of any 

recovery. All persons, 

firms and corporations 

indebted to this estate 

should make immediate 

payment.This the 

25th day of May 2010. 

Fredrick G. Johnson, 

AdministratorEstate of 

Charles Wade Westmoreland, 

Jr.FAW, 

FOLGER & JOHN- 

SON, P.C. 

P.O. Drawer 512Mount 

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STATE OF NORTH 

CAROLINA 

IN THE GENERAL 

COURT OF JUSTICE 

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VISIONSURRY 

COUNTY 

07-CVD-1367COUNTY 

OF SURRY, 

P l a i n t i f f , 

vs. 

HAZEL B. EASTER; 

UNKNOWN HEIRS 

OF HAZEL B. EASTER 

(IF DECEASED); 

TROY LEE EASTER, 

POTENTIAL HEIR 

OF HAZEL B. 

EASTER; WANDA 

FAYE EASTER; 

TRI-CO GASTROEN- 

TEROLOGY (LIEN- 

H O L D E R ) ; 

NORTHERN HOSPI- 

TAL OF SURRY 

COUNTY (LIEN- 

HOLDER); CITY OF 

MOUNT AIRY (LIEN- 

HOLDER), 

Defendant. 

NOTICE OF SERVICE 

OF PROCESS BY 

PUBLICATION 

TO: HAZEL B. 

EASTER; UNKNOWN 

HEIRS OF HAZEL B. 

EASTER (IF DE- 

CEASED); TROY LEE 

EASTER, POTENTIAL 

HEIR OF HAZEL B. 

EASTER; WANDA 

FAYE EASTER; TRI- 

CO GASTROEN- 

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(LIENHOLDER); 

NORTHERN HOSPI- 

TAL OF SURRY 

COUNTY (LIEN- 

HOLDER); CITY OF 

MOUNT AIRY (LIEN- 

HOLDER) 

TAKE NOTICE that a 

pleading seeking relief 

against you has been 

filed in the above entitled 

action. The nature 

of the relief sought is 

the collection and/or 

foreclosure of property 

taxes owing on property 

located in Surry 

County, North Carolina 

(Parcel No. 5020-08- 

88-2347) and being 

more particularly described 

in the Complaint. 

The Plaintiff 

seeks to extinguish any 

and all claim or interest 

you may have in the 

property 

You are requested to 

make defense to such 

pleading no later than 

the 12th day of July, 

2010; and upon your 

failure to do so, the 

party seeking service 

against you will apply 

to the Court for the relief 

sought. 

This the 25th day of 

May, 2010. 

MEADOWS & ADER- 

HOLD, P.A. 

By: Mark T. Aderhold 

Mark T. Aderhold, EsquireAttorney 

for PlaintiffNC 

State Bar No.: 

22973 

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Ste. C 

Winston-Salem, NC 

27106Telephone: (336) 

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SALE 

IN THE GENERAL 

COURT OF JUSTICE 

OF NORTH CAROLI- 

NASUPERIOR 

COURT DIVISION- 

S U R R Y 

COUNTY10sp129IN 

THE MATTER OF THE 

FORECLOSURE OF A 

DEED OF TRUST EX- 

ECUTED BY SADIE S. 

THOMAS DATED 

FEBRUARY 24, 2004 

AND RECORDED IN 

BOOK 1001 AT PAGE 

541 IN THE SURRY 

COUNTY PUBLIC 

REGISTRY, NORTH 

CAROLINAUnder and 

by virtue of the power 

and authority contained 

in the above-referenced 

deed of trust and 

because of default in 

the payment of the secured 

indebtedness 

and failure to perform 

the stipulation and 

agreements therein 

contained and, pursuant 

to demand of the 

owner and holder of the 

secured debt, the undersigned 

substitute 

trustee will expose for 

sale at public auction to 

the highest bidder for 

cash at the usual place 

of sale at the county 

courthouse of said 

county at 10:00 AM on 

June 25, 2010 the following 

described real 

estate and any other 

improvements which 

may be situated 

thereon, in Surry 

County, North Carolina, 

and being more particularly 

described as follows:Being 

Lot #11 

Farm as recorded in 

Plat Book 8 at Page 8 

in the Surry County 

Registry, Dobson, 

North Carolina.And 

Being more commonly 

known as: 117 Kimberly 

St, Mount Airy, 

NC 27030The record 

owner(s) of the property, 

as reflected on the 

records of the Register 

of Deeds, is/are The 

Estate of Sadie S. 

Thomas.The property 

to be offered pursuant 

to this notice of sale is 

being offered for sale, 

transfer and conveyance 

"AS IS, 

WHERE IS." Neither 

the Trustee nor the 

holder of the note secured 

by the deed of 

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nor the officers, directors, 

attorneys, employees, 

agents or 

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unpaid taxes and assessments 

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transfer tax associated 

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900 Merchandise 

Furniture 

For Sale 2 bed room 

suites, living room furniture, 

desk & chair & 

other furniture items 

call for details 336-969- 

1317 or 325-3387 

LR Suite couch 2 

chairs, 2 end tables, 

coffee table, & 2 lamps 

Burg & Green $400 

336-374-3400 

Miscellaneous 

1ct Marque w/ band, diamonds 

on each side 

$1000 firm 336-528- 

9234 

Delta 10in prof radial 

arm saw model 33-830 

$600 352-5625 

Dining Room table like 

new Austin Gray brand, 

Seats 6 Call for information 

336-374-2588 

New Bar set w/ 4 

stools, glass top $175 

336-786-1698 

Want to Buy 

WANT To Buy Junk 

Cars. Pay $100 to $150 

276-251-3416/ 648- 

6569 

Yard Sale 

2 Family 

Sale 

Sat June 12 7am-until, 

Corner of Red Brush 

and Pine Ridge Road 

old Car wash Lots to 

choose from First Sale 

of the year! 

2 Family Yard Sale 

Sat 6/12 6am-12pm 

195 Summit Drive 

Across From Franklin 

Elementary School 

Mens womans clothing 

coolers chainsaw 

home items shoes 

stuffed animals camcorder 

TV chairs etc 

3 Family Yard 

Sale 

413 Orchard Street 

across from Mt Airy 

High School Household 

items couch chair 

refridge and more 

clothes glassware 

tools and much more 

3 Family yard Sale 

Sat June 12th 7am - 

until Dobson Rescue 

squad bldg. Boys 9mo 

- 3T, Bikes, Wreaths, 

Porcelain Dolls, Canning 

stove, Jars, Jewelry, 

furniture, fold up 

cot/bed & more 

3 Family Yard 

Sale!! 


until 200 Forest Hill 

Rd., Mt. Airy (off of 

Riverside) Womens 

clothes, mens clothes, 

bags, shoes, home 

goods, coffee table, 

side table, drum set! 

4 Family Yard Sale 

Fri & Sat June 11th & 

12th 7am - until. in 

White Plains Community. 

off Old Hwy 601 

onto Simpson Mill Rd. 

straight to Old Creed 

Rd. Watch for signs furniture, 

clothes, glassware, 

something for 

everyone. First time 

5 Family Yard 

Sale 


until 1252 Redbrush rd 

furniture, kitchen items, 

kids riding toys, paintball 

equip, 

appliances,clothes all 

sizes, shoes, pocketbooks 

& jewelry, golf 

items, case knives, antiques, 

exercise equip, 

lots of toys & videos, 

Dodge Mini van good 

cond 

Anne's Garage 

Sale 

Fri & Sat 119 Boxwood 

Ln. end of Franklin Rd. 

8:30 - 12:30pm Baby, 

boys & girls, children, 

Women plus, girls Jr. 

clothes, Curtains & 

comforters, home 

decor., furniture, cargo 

shorts, 2 wedding 

dresses

www.mtairynews.com The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, N.C. 

Friday, June 11, 2010 7B 

Yard Sale 

Annual Yard Sale 

10+ Families 

June 11 & 12 8amuntil 

1707 Little Mtn 

Ch RD near Home 

Place Rec Park tools, 

golf clubs baby items 

furniture something 

for everyone ! 

Benefit Yard Sale 

Sat June 12 8am-noon 

336 Folly Farm Circle N 

on N Main turn RT on 

Hylton Turns into Folly 

Farm Crib Baby Backpack 

carrier toys clothing 

many HH items baked 

goods ALL PROCEEDS 

TO BENEFIT VICTIMS 

OF GULF OIL SPILL 

AND EQ IN HATTI 

Big 6 families Yard 

Sale 


until New Street (Bannertown 

Community) 

Turn beside New Dollar 

General Store. Lots of 

Clothes (Men's, Womens 

& Children's ) furniture 

& household items 

Big Garage Sale 

Thur, Fri & Sat June 10, 

11 & 12 7:30am - until 

623 Towe Rd. Pilot 

Mtn. Come an see 

what we have!! some 

antiques, two old 

trunks, old hand tools, 

old high back bed 

BIG YARD 

SALE 

Fri Sat June 11 & 12th 

231 Pine Ridge Road, 

First Sale of the year 

Books, Plus size clothing, 

Girls Hollister & 

A&F Household items 

and lots more! 

Big Yard Sale 

Sat 7am - 12pm Take 

first left off Pipers Gap 

Rd onto Shallowbrook 

Trail. immediate left. 

lots of clothes, shoes, 

scrubs, purses, jewelry, 

furniture, TV's, household 

items / decorations 

& much more 

Big Yard 

Sale 

Sat June 12th 7:30 am 

- until 2663 Wards Gap 

Rd Womens & Men 

Clothing Household 

items Something for 

everyone 

Big Yard 

Sale 

Sat June 12th 7:30am 

- until. Webb Community 

Center Hwy 52 

just across the VA/NC 

line. Scrubs size XS - 

XL, Avon Bottles, 

Jewelry, Variety sizes 

of Name Brand Adult 

clothes & Name 

Brand Baby Girl 

clothes size NB - 3T, 

Kitchenware, Home 

Decor, Glassware, 

Computer, Antique 

Trunk, Metal kitchen 

cupboard, Car Seat & 

Stroller, High Chair & 

lots more 

Huge Yard 

Sale 

Fri 11th, Sat 12th, 

7am-until Home Decor 

& lots of everything 

else Old Hwy 601 

Piney Grove RD onto 

Simpson RD Follow 

Signs. 

Electrical Electrical 

Simpson Contracting Services 

Alarm Systems Electrical Contracting 

Electrical Contracting - NC & VA 

Alarm Systems - NC Licensed and Fully Insured 

336-363-2632 cell 336-657-7628 

www.simpsoncontractingservices.com 

Cleaning Cleaning 

Nancy’s Cleaning 

Christian Owned 

& Operated 

Contact 786-4978 

Handyman Handyman 

THE HANDY COUPLE 

Handyman Services 

Fred and Kathy Gilman 

143 Lee Roy Hicks Trail,White Plains, NC 27031 

336-401-2457 

No Job Too Small - Reasonable Rates 

Home 

Improvement 

Piedmont 

Metal 

Roof 

Systems 

Steve Wolfe 

Yard Sale 

HUGE YARD SALE 

June 12th 7am-until 

White Plains Vol. Fire 

Dept Whilte Plains, 

Furniture Clothes of 

Every Size infant - 

Adult Home Decorations 

Home 

Appliances Washer & 

Dryer Housewares 

and Kids Toys! 

Huge Yard 

Sale 

Sat June 12 7am-3pm 

old Nissan building 

Renfro Street rugs 

clothes household 

items and more! 

HUGE YARD 

SALE 

NO EARLY 

BIRDS 

137 Stone 

Bridge RD on 

right off Pipers 

Gap, 7am-until. 

Lots of Brand 

Name baby girl 

clothing, Boys 

youth clothing 

sizes vary, 

Womans and 

Mens clothing. 

Toys & Household 

items 

something for 

everyone. 

First and only 

Sale of the 

year! 

Multi Family Yard 

Sale 

Shady Acres Dr Cana 

Va 52N to Epworth RD 

turn rt on Epworth 1 

mile to Fishlake RD rt 

on Shady Acres Name 

Brand clothes Mens 

2xl womans l-2x boys 

7-10 Girls 4-6x much 

more 

Multi-Family 

Sale 

June 12th 2010 7:30until 

Foothills Furniture 

1156 W Lebanon 

Street Household items 

baby clothes toys and 

misc items. 

Several Family Yard 

Sale 


12th 7am - until 126 

Muse Ave off Hwy 89 

@ Toast at Monks 

Glass Co. 1st house on 

rt. Clothes men & 

womans L & XL, babies, 

cooking items, 

cook books, VHS 

tapes, roll top desk, 

toys, computer table & 

tools 

Willow Street 

Community Yard 

Sale 


12th 8am - 2pm Willow 

St. Mt. Airy. Clothes, 

toys, books, furniture, 

items to numerous to 

list 

Yard Sale 

1st time this year 3 

Family Yard Sale Sat 

7am until 293 O'Neal 

RD, Siloam RD to 

Crotts RD left on 

O'Neal RD Look for 

Signs Something for 

everyone Rain or 

Shine 

Yard Sale / 

Moving Sale 


until 1358 Ararat Rd, 

Ararat, NC beside Post 

Office. Furniture, Antiques, 

Plus size 

clothes, everything 

must go 

Chad D. Simpson - Owner 

Home 

Improvement 

“Roofs Lasting a Lifetime” 

Free Estimates 

Home: 336-374-5471 Cell: 336-401-5717 

wolfi e@surry.net 

Yard Sale 

Yard Sale 

1 day Sat June 12 

8am-until Draughn's 

Auto Parts Parking lot 

Dobson Eight Families 

Tools clothes all ages, 

furniture books toys 

auto supplies something 

for everyone! 

Yard Sale 

7am-2pm 1181 

Reeves Mill RD turn 

left off Holly Spring 

Church RD to Reeves 

Mill RD 12th house on 

right Furniture name 

brand clothes. 

Yard Sale 


12th 7am - until 189 

Charlie Norman Rd. 

(South 52 at light after 

neighbors turn rt at 

Charlie Norman rd) 

Something for everyone 

& lots of coats 

Yard Sale 

June 11th & 12th 7amuntil 

248 E Lebanon 

Street 5th house on 

right past Rite Aide, 

Name brand boys & 

girls sz 12m, 4t, 5t and 

14 mens XL household 

items Boyds 

Bears toys and much 

more 

Yard Sale 

Sat June 12 7am-until 

420 Cherry Street Behind 

Reeves on right 

corner Sofa entertainment 

center mens 

womans children clothing 

framed art books 

and more! 

Yard Sale 


1pm 128 Eaton St. 

(Flat Rock) Gold & Silver 

Jewelry, new 

printer, gas grill, nice 

clothes, kitchen items, 

king bedspread w/ 

shams & curtains, 

much more! 

Yard Sale 


until Antioch Church 

Hwy 89 W Sewing machine 

w/ cabinet, large 

metal safe, furniture, 

girls clothes 24 mo - 2T 

& pretty plus clothes, 

adult clothes, books, 

toaster oven, kitchen 

items & more 

1000 

Recreational 

Vehicles 

Motorcycles 

2009 Kawasaki 900 

Vulcan loaded 3,100K 

over 10,000 invested 

asking $6,000 336- 

443-9449, 864-382- 

9633 

2000 Automotive 

Autos 

03 Chevy Malibu, Like 

new, 4 dr, V6, loaded, 

auto, new brakes, rotors 

& tires, 30MPG, 

130K miles, $3,900 

386-8193 or 326-6009 

2003 VW Golf 

pw,pd,ps, CD, 

silver w gray int 

109k $6000 

336-368-4690 

Lawn Service Lawn Service 

MARTIN’S LAWN CARE 

Commercial & Residential Experienced 

Reliable Service Insured 

Reasonable Rates FREE ESTIMATES 

MOWING & LANDSCAPING 

Call Darrel Martin 

336-356-8770 336-401-1034 

Pet Grooming Pet Grooming 

MOVED! NEW LOCATION & SHOP 

PAWS-N-CLAWS 

PET GROOMING 

Toe Nail Trim $5.00 

Glenda Graves, Owner 

14 yrs. experience! 

Home 

Improvements 

Autos 

03 Mustang convertable, 

local, 1 owner, 

white w/ tan top, 61K 

miles, V6, auto, loaded, 

exc cond, non smoker, 

make a great graduation 

gift $7995 336- 

306-2439 

06 Chevrolet Aveo 31K 

miles, auto, air, up to 

40 MPG, Still under 

warranty. $6200 336- 

352-4382 

What Do You Want? 

We Do Layaways! 

Over 150 Guns To Choose From 

WE BUY GUNS, 

GOLD, SILVER COINS 

& DVD’S 

West Lebanon St. Mt. Airy, NC 

336-789-8300 

Will buy junk cars. 

351-5223 $150- 

$200 if complete 

Sport Utility 

96 Ford XLT Explorer 

4WD, needs trans, 

make offer 336-325- 

5923 

Trucks 

07 Chev Silverado std 

cab P/U 55k 8' bed 

w/uncover & full bedliner 

V-6 AC Auto Like 

new $16k 336-374- 

3210 

3000 Real Estate 

Sales 

Cemetery Plots 

2 Cemetery plots Skyline 

Gethsemane section 

336-703-7270 

J Edward Wall Chimes 

B 2spaces Skyline 

Mem Gard $1000ea, 

368-5073 

Commercial 

Pine Plaza. Office 

Space, $150 per mo. 

Call Dean, 786-6182. 

Condominiums 

Condos For 

Sale/Lease 

On Blue Ridge Parkway, 

Fancy Gap, Special 

Financing, Starting 

at $39,000. 

Call 336-416-2573 

Houses For Sale 

1 level 3BR/3BA open 

concept Condo home 

2,100sq, custom finishes 

for sale by owner 

next to CCCC Golf 

Course 336-429-4024 

3BR/1BA Brick, just 

outside City limits, new 

paint & carpet 336-325- 

9724 

3BR/1BA ranch style 

home lg family room, 

kitchen/ dinning room 

combined. laundry 

room w/ lots of cabinets, 

1.5 acers, 9951 

Hwy 601 Dobson 

$79,900 firm 336-374- 

3633 

Brick 3BR/1BA, full 

base 1 acre remodeled, 

deck call for info 

351-4836 

118 PINE CREEK TR 

MOUNT AIRY 

786-1089 

Home 

Improvements 

MCKINNEY BUILDERS, INC. 

Fully Licensed & Insured NC Contractor 

30 years experience 

New Home Construction Additions Remodeling 

Patios Decks Roofi ng Siding Concrete Pumping 

Michael G. Mckinney - BUILDER 336-374-0845 

389 CEDAR KNOLL DR. MOUNT AIRY 

Houses For Sale 

Dobson 3/2 For 

Sale-Possible Lease Purchase 

Completely remodeled with formal 

dining room. New energy star appliances 

including washer/dryer 

hardwood floors, front covered 

porch and back deck. This home 

will offer many years of maintenance 

free living. Walk to pool and 

schools. Newer heatpump and 

hotwater heater. Double hung insulated 

vinyl windows amenities to 

numerous to list. Call for more details 

and pics Nelson 336-902- 

4142 or Diane 336-902-7277 

3500 

Real Estate 

Rentals 

Apartments / 

Townhouses 

1 room apt. all appliance 

& electricity furnished 

$375 mo 

336-368-2605 

1714 N.Main St Studio+1BR 

$275-$325M, 

429-1959 HUD approved 

2 Bedroom Apt Worth 

St. $425 call Dean 

786-6182 

2BR apt $400 mo $400 

dep 789-7555 day 789- 

3387 night no pets 

4846 - 3 Ararat Hwy 

Ararat, VA large 

2BR/1.5BA $400mo 

Dep & ref Req 336- 

325-8761 

Large 1BR $325M+D, 

2BR$425M+D, No Pets 

336-789-3785 

Mayberry Apts, 2BR 

stove, ref, water, furnished, 

pool near Mt 

Airy High School $389- 

$401 dep $115 plus application 

fee Hours 

Mon -Fri 9-9 786-2957 

Northwood Apts. 

2 BR/2 BA, appl. 

furn., w/d hook up, 

year lease, North 

Main St. quiet area. 

786-1888 

SHAMROCK TER- 

RACE APARTMENTS 

1-Bedroom units, conveniently 

located at 200 

Shamrock Terrace 

Lane, Dobson, NC, 

with handicap accessible 

units available. For 

elderly (62 or older) or 

handicapped/ disable 

reguardless of age. RD 

rental assistance available. 

Call (336)386- 

4502 or (336) 

835-4627. Office hours: 

Tuesday 9am to 3pm. 

TDD relay 1-800-735- 

2962 Equal Housing 

Opportunity 

Twin Oaks Apartments, 

Pilot Mtn. area. 

2 bedroom, 1 bath, appliances 

furnished. 

$450mo + $150 dep 

351-3226 

Commercial 

MT AIRY OFFICE 

SPACE 

Office spaces for lease 

at 154 N Renfro includes 

electricity & 

high speed internet, 

phone service with 

long distance and fax. 

Call 401-6222 

Have your own business? 

We can put your business HERE for 

less than $8 per day! 

Call the classifi ed department 

to start your ad! 


336.719.1927 or 336.719.1914 

Lawn Service Lawn Service 

LAWN PLUS 

LAWN SERVICES 

COMPLETE LAWN SPRAYING SERVICES 

5-STEP PROGRAM AVAILABLE 

WE CAN MAKE YOUR 

CLOVER DISAPPEAR! 

LICENSED AND INSURED 

336.972.3848 • 336.710.1567 

Land Services Land Services 

CL JONES LAWN CARE 

Average Residential $35 00 

Also Mulch, Pressure Washing 

Home 

Improvements 

Houses for Rent 

1, 2 & 3 BR/1.5BA Heat 

pump, appl inc, dep & 

ref req 336-325-6706 

112 Duplex Ln. Ararat, 

VA 3BR, appli, Lawn 

care inc., $525 mo dep 

& ref req 336-325-8761 

Pinnacle area 3br/2ba 

$800M+D nice 1800sf 

336-972-9431 

Land (Acreage) 

Wanted to lease land to 

plant shrubbery will pay 

$100per acre per year 

long term lease 336- 

352-4048 

Want to Rent 

Family in need of a 

house to rent in Carroll 

County, Va., preferable. 

4-5 BR. Some 

land would be preferable, 

as would option 

to purchase. Some 

fix-up work fine -- willing 

to do repair/refurbishing 

work in 

exchange for lower 

rent. Call 276-266- 

6555 or 366-719- 

1931. 

4000 Manufactured 

Housing 

Rentals 

2 & 3 Bedrooms off 

Hwy 103 at VA line 

276-251-5535 

2BR/1BA. Central air, 

stove, ref., we mow the 

yard & furnish the 

water. $425 mo/ $425 

dep. No pets. 336-789- 

0200 

3BR/2BA, semi-private, 

Pilot Area, No Pets! 

$450mo + dep. 374- 

3058 

2BR/1BA Cana VA 

$325 + deposit, no pets 

336-306-2278 

Dobson/Beulah area 

2BR, appl, $450, yard 

main, no pets 352- 

3202 

Quaker Gap area mobile 

home for rent 

2BR/2BA, private lot. 

983-3591 

Orchard View Moblie 

Home Park Mt Airy, 

Hidden Lakes in King 

RTO 2/3BR Spaces 

Aval 336-648-0133 

Quite Clean Nice 

2BR/2BA lawn main, 

Water & Garbage 

close to VA line No 

outside pets $110-115 

week $400D, 336-710- 

0529 

Sales 

LOOK! LOOK! 

2 Bedroom 2 Bath Mobile 

Homes Ready To 

Move into Payments 

as low as $250 + $150 

Lot Rent per month 

with DOWN PAY- 

MENT. Call Wheels & 

Deals Inc (336) 789- 

0200. 

and Clean-up. 

401-5670 

Home 

Improvements 

Allen’s Construction 

No Job Too Small 

Decks Additions Kitchens Baths 

Basements Windows Flooring 

General Repairs, etc. 

BILLY ALLEN (336) 429-2185 

Sales 

New 28x52 at a Repo 

Price, $37,500 CASH 

No Financing- No setup 

etc. 336-783-6994 

Open House 

Sat 2pm - 4pm 

1999 3BR/2BA reduced 

to $18,500 195 

Deerfield Lane off of 

Peele RD 

5000 Resort Property 

6000 Employment 

Administrative / 

Professional 

Part time Office assistant 

needed for a busy 

medical office. May become 

full time. Must be 

bilingual please send 

resume to ad #47 319 

N. Renfro St. Mt. Airy, 

NC 27030 

Cashier / Clerk 

Front desk clerk 

needed 2nd shift & 

weekends 32 to 40 hrs. 

Prior Motel exp preferred 

& computer exp 

necessary Please 

apply at the Best Western 

/ Bryson Inn @ 125 

Plaza Ln. No phone 

calls please. 

Child / Elderly 

Care 

Need Part-Time 

Teacher for F.U.M. 

Preschool in Pilot Mtn. 

Sept - May Hours: 8am 

- 1 pm Send Resume 

to: judyw 

simmons@gmail.com 

Drivers & Delivery 

Driver - CDL-A: 

Sign-On Bonus 

PAID at Orientation! 

Teams make .46 

upto .82 cpm split! 

O/O's make Top Industry 

Pay! Call 

R&R Trucking 

Today! 866-204- 

8006 

Medical 

Pay scale per experiencs 

for CNA 

2nd & 3rd shift 

CNA’S needed. 

Temp FT LPN or 

RN 7am-7pm 

PRN, LPN or RN, 

Mon-Fri. Apply in 

person at Central 

Continuing Care 

1287 Newsome St, 

Mt Airy 

Technical Trades 

Experienced HVAC 

service tech. min 2 

years experience in 

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& Gas furnace 

336-789-6453 

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reading, writing, 

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listening to both English 

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Other Services Other Services 

Attention Moms & Dads 

Make a difference 

Work from Home 

Call Toll Free/Recorded Message 

1-800-896-7102 code #150 

Heating & Cooling Heating & Cooling 

If you need your 

AC checked, call 

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351-2872 • 325-5400 

Flea Markets Flea Markets 

bonnie lou fl ea market 

Hwy. 52 S. Mt. Airy Behind Big Lots 

304-222-3390 Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun to reserve tables 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, June 

11, 2010: 

This year, you become even more 

expressive. Do be careful how much 

you say when triggered, especially 

with a family member or roommate. 

You have a lot to deal with, but are 

more than capable. A key relationship 

plays a strong role in your choices. 

This person is likely to be controlling at 

times. If you are single, you draw 

many different types of people. Ask 

yourself what type of relationship you 

want before choosing your sweetie. 

Another GEMINI is intrigued with 

how different the two of you are! 

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll 

Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 

2-So-so; 1-Difficult 

ARIES (March 21-April 19) 

★★★★★ Whether going to work or 

leaving, you seem to be talkative. It is 

as if someone infused you with energy. 

Don’t push too hard to attain a goal. If 

you relax, more will fall into place. 

Consider a new diet and/or exercise 

program. Tonight: A force to be dealt 

with as the weekend begins. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) 

★★★ Be aware of how much you 

have to offer. New beginnings become 

possible through a misunderstanding. 

You could feel uncomfortable with 

vacation plans or plans that involve 

you spending more money. Rein yourself 

in. Tonight: Treat a buddy to TGIF. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) 

★★★★★ Though you might be at 

work, you are energized and want to 

dive into your weekend plans. Expect 

a hassle later when you want to leave. 

In fact, somehow anticipating another’s 

demands could be critical. Tonight: 

Footloose and fancy-free. 

CANCER (June 21-July 22) 

★★ You could be overworked. 

Watch a tendency to swallow your 

moods and internalize situations. You 

will discover at a later point that you 

misread a situation. Don’t make any 

judgments until you know more. Take 

a walk if you’re stressed out. Tonight: 

Relax at home. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) 

★★★★★ Zero in on what you 

want. A meeting could be instrumental. 

Don’t commit more funds than you 

want or can. There are many different 

ways to the same end. Opt for a late 

lunch, though there could be a problem 

with the other party. Tonight: Do 

absolutely what you want. 

Today’s Answers 

THE LOCKHORNS William Hoest 

Jacquelene Bigar’s HOROSCOPE 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) 

★★★ You could question a key 

authority figure. This person doesn’t 

appreciate having his wishes questioned. 

You know this fact; perhaps 

you will need to claim responsibility 

for part of his reaction. You might need 

to work late. Tonight: Don’t even consider 

an early night. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) 

★★★★ Don’t get caught up in 

another person’s version of what is 

happening. Remember, people only 

see what they want to see. Bring your 

expertise to the table and help open up 

thought. It is clear that no one is clear! 

Tonight: Take off ASAP. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) 

★★★★ Deal directly with others. 

Delegating could be problematic. A 

friend or a meeting could be disconcerting. 

Deal with a money matter 

head-on. Lunch could become a happening 

if you are open. Tonight: 

Continue the togetherness theme. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) 

★★★★★ Your thoughts could 

change radically during the day. A 

boss or someone in charge could be 

seeing red, which impacts your plans. 

Others seem to know how to appeal to 

you. Just go with the flow. Tonight: 

Wherever you are, there is fun to be 

had. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) 

★★★ Keep your eye on the big picture. 

Yes, someone is pushing you very 

hard to get certain results. Establish 

clear boundaries, and let this person 

know what you are capable of. 

Tonight: Clear out an errand or two on 

the way home. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) 

★★★★★ Mischief, even if just 

thought of, seems to become you. 

Others gravitate toward you. Be careful, 

as an associate or partner could feel 

threatened. You don’t want a problem, 

do you? A brainstorming session could 

be rich with ideas. Tonight: You know 

what to do. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) 

★★★★ Understanding will evolve 

to a new level if you take the time to 

stop and talk to a family member. 

Often you find this person cold and 

touchy. What you see happening could 

change radically with a positive 

approach. Tonight: Head home. 

Jacqueline Bigar is on the Internet 

at http://www.jacquelinebigar.com.

‘His children, however, have a hard time accepting me’ 

www.mtairynews.com The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, N.C. Friday, June 11, 2010 9B 

Dear Annie: I am 60 

and have been in a relationship 

with “James” for nine 

years. He is 76 and a kind 

man. When we met, his 

wife had died six weeks 

earlier. I had been widowed 

for four years. 

We live together in my 

home. I never go to his. 

James never treats me as a 

wife because we are not 

married. My children are 

OK with our relationship. 

His children, however, 

have a hard time accepting 

me. Only one of his daughters 

treats me nicely. 

When I met James, he 

felt like a lifesaver. We’ve 

had great times together, 

but when it comes to his 

kids, I’m always left out. 

We also have no sex life. 

What do you suggest I do? 

I don’t want to be fighting 

all the time, yet I don’t 

want to be alone. It’s also 

very hard to find a good 

man. — Frustrated 

Dear Frustrated: If 

James began seeing you six 

CHRIS TALBOTT 

AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 

The fans love Carrie Underwood 

and they proved it 

again during the CMT Music 

Awards. 

The former “American 

Idol” champ won Wednesday 

night’s top honor, 

video of the year for “Cowboy 

Casanova,” and CMT 

performance of the year for 

“Temporary Home” two 

months after making history 

by winning her second 

Academy of Country Music 

Awards entertainer of 

the year. Both awards are 

chosen by fans tuned into 

the live shows. 

She was the night’s only 

multiple winner. 

“They were there before 

I had anything, an album, a 

record deal, a tour or anything 

like that,” Underwood 

said after the show. 

“They built me from the 

ground up.” 

The CMT Awards, 

which are chosen exclusively 

by fan voting, were 

another salute to some of 

country music’s top young 

stars. Lady Antebellum 

continued its scorching run 

by winning group video of 

the year for the trio’s 

crossover hit “Need You 

Now” and Miranda Lambert 

taking female video of 

the year for “White Liar,” 

her first No.1 song. 

“Tonight’s all about the 

fans,” trio member Dave 

Haywood said after receiving 

the belt buckle trophy 

given to winners. “Thank 

you fans!” 

Lambert followed up 

three wins at the ACM 

Awards with yet another 

win. She jumped up and 

pumped her fists as she 

made her way through the 

crowd and shouted, “My 

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weeks after his 

wife died, we 

can understand 

why his children 

might have 

had a hard time 

accepting you. 

And the fact 

that after nine 

years he doesn’t 

treat you as a 

lifetime partner 

indicates he still 

is not fully 

committed to 

you. His children 

can see 

that and use it to 

drive a wedge. 

If James doesn’t 

insist that they 

show you more 

respect, nothing 

will change. 

One of the 

major mistakes 

a woman can make is believing 

her life is only 

worthwhile if there is a 

man in it. Don’t be so 

afraid to be alone that you 

remain in a relationship 

first buckle! This rocks!” 

when she reached the stage. 

Lambert’s “White Liar” 

video features the red-hot 

singer ditching her dishonest 

husband-to-be at the alter 

for his cheating ways. It 

was the first time she put 

on a wedding dress. The 

second time will come 

when she weds fiance 

Blake Shelton. 

“Let’s just hope that my 

next wedding doesn’t end 

up like that video,” she told 

the crowd. 

Keith Urban won male 

video of the year for “’Til 

Summer Comes Around.” 

After sending a shoutout to 

his wife, actress Nicole 

Kidman, who attended the 

awards, he turned serious 

and talked of the oil spill in 

the Gulf of Mexico. 

“I want to send my 

deepest love to all the families 

around the gulf, who 

are going through an insane 

time right now,” Urban 

said. 

A few minutes later Urban 

lit up the stage with a 

scorching guitar duel with 

John Mayer as the two 

played “Hit The Ground 

Runnin’.” 

“John Mayer and Keith 

Urban making love on guitars,” 

the show’s host, Kid 

Rock, said. 

It was one of the hottest 

performances in a night full 

of them. 

The CMT Music Awards 

usually skew lighthearted 

and with the rowdy Kid 

Rock hosting, things quickly 

got interesting. 

The good times started 

immediately when he was 

joined on stage by surprise 

guest Hank Williams Jr., 

who rarely attends awards 

shows, Trace Adkins, Zac 

Brown, Jamey Johnson, 

Randy Houser, Martina 

McBride and Kellie Pickler 

for a medley of “Cowboy,” 

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Annie’s Mailbox 

Advice 

Columnists 

that doesn’t 

make you happy. 

Dear Annie: 

I’m the mother 

of a beautiful 9year-olddaughter 

who has 

autism. “Shawna” 

doesn’t 

speak or use the 

bathroom, but 

she is a very active 

child. 

My husband 

and I don’t have 

any friends or 

family who are 

supportive, because 

they don’t 

understand 

Shawna’s behavior(shrieking, 

grabbing 

food, hitting 

others and running 

away). When we are at 

family gatherings, they treat 

her like a problem child and 

act annoyed at us for her 

“bad” behavior. 

I want to let people 

“Bawitdaba” and “Good 

Ol’ Boys.” 

Kid Rock called 

Williams, “My rockin’ 

rebel father Bocephus,” before 

saying: “Does anybody 

realize how hard it is 

to get Bocephus out of the 

house? I don’t think you 

understand this. The party 

has just begun.” 

The surprises continued 

later when “Saturday Night 

Live” star Kenan Thompson 

showed up in a green 

dress and red wig doing his 

Reba McEntire impersonation. 

He sang a few lines 

of a Reba song, then was 

joined on stage by McEntire. 

“Um, ma’am, I’m in the 

middle of a song here,” 

Thompson said to McEntire, 

who also wore a green 

dress. 

“What are you doing?” 

McEntire asked. 

“I’m Reba!” Thompson 

shouted. “R to the E to the 

B to the A. Reba!” 

Kid Rock smoked a cigar 

on stage and told a few 

bawdy jokes, including one 

aimed at Lady A, “the hillbilly 

Fleetwood Mac.” 

know it makes the parents 

feel very lonely and isolated. 

Taking care of a child 

with autism or any other 

disability is hard work. 

Please be more understanding 

and supportive. Let 

them know you are there 

for them. — V.W. 

Dear V.W.: Autistic 

children are a tremendous 

challenge for the parents 

and are exceedingly difficult 

for relatives and 

friends who aren’t as emotionally 

invested. You cannot 

expect them to understand 

if they haven’t been 

educated. Please contact 

the Autism Society of 

America (autismsociety.org), 

4340 East- 

West Hwy., Suite 350, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, for 

support and help. Good 

luck. 

Dear Annie: “It’s Cold 

in Maine” was upset with 

her granddaughter’s language 

on Facebook. One 

would think a 21-year-old 

college student would be 

“But I don’t suspect 

they do drugs or sleep with 

each other,” he said. 

Lady A was one of four 

hot young acts who led all 

nominees with three apiece 

on the fan-voted awards 

show. Also nominated for 

three awards were Carrie 

Underwood, who took 

CMT performance of the 

year, Taylor Swift and Jason 

Aldean. 

A field of 10 video of 

the year nominees was 

whittled down at the start 

of the show to “Need You 

Now,” Toby Keith’s 

“American Ride,” Lambert’s 

“White Liar,” Taylor 

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interested in projecting a 

more professional attitude 

on a Facebook page that 

might be seen by future 

employers. There will always 

be someone who will 

pull photos and comments 

out of cyberspace and often 

at the most inopportune 

time, ruining that job or 

promotion they worked so 

hard for. Skeletons have a 

way of falling out the closet. 

We grew up in a different 

time. Most parents want 

their children to be 

brighter, smarter and better 

educated than they were, 

simply because it will take 

that much more knowledge 

and money to support them 

through life in the manner 

they would like. I’d like to 

share some great wisdom 

that my mother gave me: 

1. I cannot stand between 

you and what will 

hurt you as you travel 

through life. 

2. Think twice before 

you speak. 

Me” and Underwood’s 

“Cowboy Casanova” making 

the cut. 

Brooks & Dunn continued 

to draw attention as 

they wind down their career 

together. They won 

duo video of the year for 

“Indian Summer” just two 

months before they perform 

together for the last 

time at the end of their 

“Last Roundup” tour. 

Kix Brooks said the win 

took him and partner Ronnie 

Dunn by surprise. 

“We were not expecting 

this so much that Mr. Dunn 

has gone to the restroom — 

in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I 

told you you should be 

3. Never put anything in 

writing that will come back 

to haunt you. 

4. Fools’ names and 

fools’ faces are often seen 

in public places. — Chicago 

Dear Chicago: Excellent 

advice for everyone. 

Thank you. 

Annie’s Mailbox is written 

by Kathy Mitchell and 

Marcy Sugar, longtime editors 

of the Ann Landers 

column. Please e-mail your 

questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, 

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Fans lift Carrie Underwood to 2 CMT Awards wins 

here,” he said to the camera, 

aiming his comment at 

Dunn. “I am not bringing 

this to you. You’re going to 

have to come and get it. 

This is the kind of thing that 

will make them think we’re 

going to break up the duo.” 

Luke Bryan won breakthrough 

video of the year 

for “Do I,” a song he wrote 

with Charles Kelley and 

Haywood of Lady A, Shelton 

and Trace Adkins won 

collaborative video of the 

year for “Hillbilly Bone” 

and Shaun Silva won director 

of the year for Kenny 

Chesney’s “Out Last 

Night” and Rascal Flatts’ 

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