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School personnel from all over thecounty, along with many other arts

supporters, were on hand for an evening offund-raising, fine dining and great enter-tainment on Friday evening at Cross CreekCountry Club.

Nancy Malone, president of the SurryArts Council Board of Directors, waschairperson of the ArtsBall. Music wasprovided by the Craig Woolard Band.

All of the proceeds from the eveningwill go towards in-school free cultural artsprogramming in 2011-2012.

School personnel attending were thesuperintendent of Surry County Schools,Dr. Ashley Hinson and his wife, Lynne;Dana Draughn and Alison York fromCedar Ridge Elementary School; GayeCook and her guest, Darrell Snow, fromCentral Middle School; Sharia Templetonand her husband, James, from CopelandElementary School;

Others included: DeAnne Danley andher husband Paul from DobsonElementary School; Brent Long and hiswife Carmen from East Surry HighSchool; Molly Anderson and her husbandMichael from Flat Rock ElementarySchool; Kayla Ellis and her guest,Thurmond Hollar. from FranklinElementary School; Paige Badgett withher husband,Chad, and Carmen Heathwith her husband, Porter, from J. SamGentry Middle School; Holly Whitakerand her husband, Brandon, and JamesHayes and his wife, Mary Alice, fromMeadowview Middle School; Cathy Hulland Joy Swann from Mountain ParkElementary School;

Also present were: Bill Goins and hiswife. Lisa, from North Surry High School;Andrea Freeman and husband, Jake. fromPilot Mountain Elementary School; EmilyAntonecchia from Pilot Mountain MiddleSchool; Dana Thomas and her daughter,Brooke, from Rockford ElementarySchool; Summer Kreeger and husband,Nathan, from Shoals Elementary School;Nancy Hetrick and husband, Bob, fromSurry Central High School; Celia Hodgesand husband, Greg, from Surry EarlyCollege High School of Design; DonnaBledsoe and husband, Billy, fromWestfield Elementary School; and SandraScott and husband, Tim, from WhitePlains Elementary School.

From Mount Airy City Schools,Superintendent Dr. Darrin Hartness andhis wife, Lisa, attended, along with SusanBunch from Mount Airy Middle School.Jessica Simmons and her husband, Yancy,represented Millennium Charter Academy.

The ball room was decorated with yel-low and ime-green flowers and accents.Airmont Florist coordinated decorationswith the help of Cana/Mount Airy Florist,Creative Designs and Granite City Florist.Centerpieces were also auctioned as partof the fundraiser.

Proceeds underwrite in-school pro-grams from Bright Star Children'sTheatre, Barter Theatre, CarolinaSymphony Players, Poetry Alive, CarolinaTravelers, New York Ballet for YoungAudiences, Mike Wiley, and others.

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Darren Hartness and Lisa, left, with Lynn and Ashley Hinson.

Emily Loftis, left, greets Pam Yokley and Ron Greenwood.Craig Woolard sings to Betty Lynn.

Nancy Malone, president of the Surry Arts Council board, with husband, Dr. John Malone.

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Graham and Melissa Atkinson enjoy the event.

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Mary Emily and Wayne Cooke, left, andChip Pulliam and Laney Johnson attendthe event.

Ann Webb, center, chats with Kesterand Rosie Sink.

Greg Perkins, center, poses with hisparents, Shirley and Bob Perkins.

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Ann Webb, behind, chats with Emily Smith and Jewel Jarrell.

Deborah Epperson Stringer, Jennifer Epperson and BettyLynn visit.

Debbie Lyon, left, looks at gifts with Mary Fawcett. Sherry and Dub Blackmon are in attendance.

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Bill Dipretoro and Joanne Cheatham arrive at the party. Horace and Jewel Bondurant dance to the tunes.

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Animal Resources Program (ARP) employees, Vickie Hardy, CMAR, RLATg,operations manager, Friedberg Campus, and Joy Brinkerhoff, LATg, LAR supervisor,Bowman Gray Campus, received awards at the annual Research Triangle Branch(RTB) AALAS (American Association for Laboratory Animal Science) AwardsBanquet in Research Triangle Park.

Surry County residents, Vickie and Joy were selected for exemplifying outstand-ing dedication and service to the field of laboratory animal care. They did not knowthey had been nominated and selected to receive these presentations until they wereannounced at the ceremony. Both were very pleased by this honor but remindedeveryone that was only possible with the help of an informed confident and diligentARP team. Several members of the ARP staff attended the banquet and a good timewas enjoyed by all.

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Vickie Hardy, right, was presented with the Manager of the Year Award andreceived a plaque and a gift card from Allentown Caging Equipment Co. JoyBrinkerhoff, left, was chosen for the Purina Mills Pro-Lab Award as LaboratoryAnimal Technician of the Year and she also received a plaque and a gift card.

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WorkForce Carolina announced recently that TraciHamilton has been recognized by The Business Journal asone of the Piedmont Triad’s 40 Business Leaders UnderForty. Hamilton, director of sales and marketing atWorkForce Carolina, was honored with this award onFeb. 17 in a special awards ceremony held at the EmbassySuites Hotel in Greensboro.

The 40 Leaders Under Forty award seeks to recognizeextraordinary young professionals in the Triad who havedemonstrated outstanding career achievements and sub-stantial community involvement. The individuals mustalso be a leader within their organization and between theages of 21 and 40. “Although this is an individual award,”Hamilton responded, “it is not at all possible without thesupport and efforts of my co-workers at WorkForceCarolina. I was serving as a lifeguard 15 years ago whenTeresa Lewis approached me poolside about applyingwith her firm. I would like to thank her for believing inme then and giving me the opportunity to put my career

on a successful path. I would also like to thank my fami-ly and friends for their outstanding support but, above all,I wish to give thanks to God who receives all the glory.”

In the last year, Hamilton has overseen significant rev-enue growth at WorkForce Carolina and has worked withmajor clients to streamline back-office transactions anddevelop more effective customer service programs. Inaddition to her responsibilities at WorkForce Carolina,Hamilton served as vice chairman of Membership for theGreater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, chaired theChristmas Tree fundraiser for the Surry Stop Child AbuseNow organization, served on the fundraising committeefor the Shepherd’s House and participated in a fundraiserfor the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History.Hamilton has been active in the United Fund of Surry formany years where she has served as chairman for theindustrial division and has also served on the board ofdirectors of the Mount Airy High School PTO where shechaired the fundraising committee. In addition to her pro-

fessional and civic excellence, Hamilton is a personaltrainer and a proud mother of three. “Traci has been withWorkForce Carolina since her graduation from collegeover 15 years ago,” commented Teresa Lewis, owner andpresident of WorkForce Carolina. “Her positive attitude,upbeat personality and desire to achieve have contributedto our success for many years. We are very proud of thisrecognition of Traci’s leadership ability.”

WorkForce Carolina (WFC) is a leading staffing andemployment-services firm headquartered in Mount Airy,North Carolina. WFC provides temporary, temporary-to-permanent and permanent-placement staffing services.WFC also offers drug-test collections, pre-employmentscreening, skill assessments and payroll processing.Founded in 1987 by Teresa Lewis, WFC has been namedto the Piedmont Triad’s Best Places to Work and rankedas one of the Triad’s Largest Temporary Placement Firmsby the Triad Business Journal.

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Traci Hamilton receives her awardfrom Dr. James K. Weeks, Dean ofUNC-Greensboro, Bryan School ofBusiness and Economics.

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Family and friends gathered at thehome of Rex and Leah Davis to celebratewith Eva Davis on her 84th birthday. Inattendance were Eva’s brother, CecilAtkins, her children, grandchildren andother close friends and family. Those inattendance enjoyed a covered-dish dinner,birthday cake and spending time with thehonoree.

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Eva Davis sits with her birthday cake.Sitting are, from left, Eva Davis and brother, Cecil Atkins. Standing are, from left,Eva’s children, Charles Davis, Sylvia Collins, Burton Davis and Rex Davis.

Eva Davis poses with family and friends.

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The 2011-2012 biennium of the NorthCarolina General Assembly convened onJan. 26 with House Speaker Thom Tillispresiding over the opening day proceed-ings.

Sarah Stevens, N.C. House representa-tive, District 90, said it was cold down inRaleigh and it was snowing in MountAiry. “I had a faithful group of supporterscome down and watch the ceremony andthen stop by my reception immediatelyfollowing the events. I was so thankful tohave my friends and family there with meon such a special day,” she added.

Stevens went on to say, “This session istruly historic. It is the first time that theRepublicans have held the majority inboth chambers in 100-plus years. This ismy second term and with this senioritywithin the majority party, my chamberseat moved up from #119 on the back rowto middle at seat #56. My office changedas well, and I am now in a bigger office in416A of the legislative office building.Please come by and see me if you are inRaleigh during session.”

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N.C. House of Rep., District 90, Sarah Stevens is shown with Speaker of the House during the general assembly.

Stevens greets County CommissionerGarry Scearce.

Kathy Chilton, from Sarah Stevens Law Office, speaks with Surry CountyCommissioner Paul Johnson. Stevens welcomes Mount Airy Commissioner Dean Brown.

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Animal Medical Services of Mount Airy,a local veterinarian clinic jointly ownedby Dr. Clark Fincher, DVM and Dr. ReneeSykes, DVM, recently donated 150pounds of dog and cat food to MountainValley Hospice & Palliative Care. Thisfood is being distributed to the patientsand their families who may need a littleassistance in the care of their belovedpets. MVH and Animal Medical Servicesunderstand the important emotionaland spiritual connection pets providefor our patients. Pictured are SabrinaMcKeithan, RN, holding Wolfie, FredChildress, volunteer Linda Short andvolunteer Mary Fielder as they presentto Childress some of the donated dogfood from Animal Medical Services.Childress has three dogs, all of whomare cherished members of his family.

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DOBSON — It was a love affairthat began in their teens. But it wouldbe another 70 years before they tied theknot.

Curtis Marion and Colleen Hutchinstook part in a cake-cutting and bridalluncheon Feb. 22 at the DobsonNutrition site. They waited a long time.A very long time before they reunited.

Marion’s wife died in May.Hutchins’ husband died 14 years ago.Ironically, it was a phone call thatbrought them together. And the couplethought the Dobson Nutrition site wasthe fitting place to celebrate their newlife among friends.

But it wasn’t until last Septemberthat Marion telephoned Hutchins. Fourdays after their first conversation morethan 50 years ago, Hutchins andMarion went to a local restaurant.That’s where they rekindled theirromance. Marion had a wedding ringready a week or two before he pro-posed to Hutchins.

At a time when most people in their80s had long since retired, Hutchinsand Marion reached out to each other,declaring their wanted to live the restof their lives together.

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Curtis Marion and Colleen Hutchins took part in a cake-cutting and bridal luncheon Feb. 22 at the Dobson Nutrition site.

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The honoree, center, is shown with,front, from left, Portia Oakley, Betty JoMcCraw, Margarita Works and BrookieBunton; standing behind are HelenDalton, Madge Miller and NeldaThomas.

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IS YOURENGINE LIGHT

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To all Ford customers affected by the recent sudden closing of Twin County Ford. The closing

of a business in a community is a sad thing for allconcerned. If you are a Ford owner and have

service concerns, please feel free to come and see us.We are equipped to deal with all of your service

needs and have established arrangements to assistyou with Ford Specific Issues. Call or stop by if

you need questions answered or advise on the repair of your Ford Vehicles.

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Jeff Johnson ChevroletJeff Johnson Chevrolet

Craig Bowman - Sales Mgr. Steve Dowdy - Sales

Chad Sykes - Finance Mgr.Johnny Savage

General Sales Mgr.

Robert Worrell - Sales

David StaplesInternet Sales Lucky Woodyard - Sales

5876A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise,local trade, only 28k miles

09 Chevrolet Cobalt LT

$11,9505963B - Local trade, auto,tow pkg.

07 GMC Canyon 4X4

$18,70007 Ford Mustang Convertible GT

C2789 - Leather, alloy wheels,only 24k miles $23,950

P5895 - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise,local trade

2010 Chevrolet Camaro LT

$23,70005 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4

C2786 - 4 door, pw, pl, tilt,cruise, manual $15,950

11 Chevrolet Traverse LT AWD

C2778 - 3rd seating, alloywheels $29,950

08 Chevrolet Trailblazer

C2797 - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, CD,only 46k miles $18,950

04 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4X4

SPECIAL EDITION! - Leather,roof, CD, ow, pl, tilt, cruise $13,470

05 Chevrolet 1500 4X46020A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, localtrade $16,950

05 Chevrolet Equinox LT

P5858 - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise $12,950

07 GMC Sierra 3500 4x4

C2804 - Crew Cab, Psl, auto, pw, pl, tilt, cruise

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09 Dodge Nitro 4X4P940A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, localtrade $16,950

07 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4

P5852A - Quad Cab, auto, V8,local trade $19,950

006 Ford F-250 XLT 4x4

P5950 - DSL, Auto, pw, pl, tilt,cruise, towing only 61k miles $25,950

08 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

C2795 - 5.3 pw, pl, tilt, cruise,towing, NICE! $24,950

08 Ford F-150 4X4

P5978 - Super Crew, auto, V8,pw, pl, tilt, cruise $23,950

06 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4

P5972 - V8, manual, long bed,local trade $15,950

11 Ford Fusion SE

P5962 - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, alloywheels, SHARP! $18,500

Frankie Driver - Sales

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Wee Buyy Pre-Ownedd Vehicles

Brad Horton - Sales

04 Wildwood BX Forest River Camper

P5903 - 26 ft., local trade $6,95005 Dodge Grand Caravan

C2777A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise,local trade $7,950

10 Malibu LTZ

P5970 - Leather, roof, pw,heated seats, loaded $20,950

09 E-350 Van

C2805 - 15 passenger, only 53k miles $19,950

08 GMC Envoy 4X4

C2809 - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, roof,very nice, only 40k miles $19,950

05 Mitsubishi Endever 4X4

6034A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, localtrade $9,950

10 Chrysler Town & Country

C2808 - power doors, alloywheels, loaced $19,950

07 Pontiac G6

5984A - Pw, pl, tilt, cruise, localtrade $10,950

09 Ford Focus

P5959A - Auto, local trade, CD $12,950

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2006 Ford F-150#T190C

$10,975*

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2006 Mercury Milan#RM2538B

$10,975*

2008 Suzuki SX4#RM2511B

$10,975*

2009 Ford Focus#RM2517

$13,975*

2008 Ford Escape#RM2475A

$17,975*

2000 Crown Victoria#RM2531A

$8,995*

2003 Ford F-150#P2420A

$10,975*

2007 Dodge Ram 1500#T201A

$12,975*

2007 Ford Explorer#RV003A

$18,975*

2009 Ford Mustang Convertible#RM2519

$17,975*

2003 Ford F-450 Cab & Chassis#1T025A1

$17,975*

2004 Ford Freestar#C178A

$9,975*

2005 Kia Amanti#1C087A

$9,975*

SCENIC FORDSPRING SALES EVENT

2006 Hyundai Sonata#T300C

$10,975*

2005 Ford Taurus#C189A

$9 ,975*

2007 Ford Edge#RM2486

$17,975*

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