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Vol. 131, Issue 359 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011 50 cents daily/$1.25 Sunday Donation to help career academy move forward Morgan Wall “The Reynolds American Foun- 2012 in Davidson County. A north- The N.C. New Schools Project “This award makes it far more staf reporter dation is proud to help bring trans- ern campus is planned for Surry is responsible for such entities as likely than previously that this formation to the Yadkin Valley re- County in the fall of 2013. Both the early college high school, which vision will in fact become a real- Plans for the Yadkin Valley Re- gion by supporting the improved academies will be the result of a Surry County Schools already has ity in Surry County,” said Surry gional Career Academy are moving educational outcomes this project partnership among Surry County in place on the campus of Surry County Schools Superintendent forward with the help of a donation will deliver,” said Steve Strawsburg, Schools, Davidson County Schools Community College. NSP has made Dr. Ashley Hinson. “Beyond that, from the Reynolds American Foun- president of the Reynolds Ameri- and the two city school districts in a commitment to support the acad- the Reynolds American Founda- dation. can Foundation. “It has long been Davidson County, as well as Surry emies with training, curriculum tion believes there are elements The foundation has decided to the foundation’s mission to help Community College and Davidson development and collaboration. By in what we’re proposing in the donate $250,000 towards the de- improve the communities where Community College. The schools partnering with area school sys- academies that exist in the early velopment of the academy which employees of Reynolds American and colleges also are partnering tems, this regional academy has college, which is a product of the will serve high school students in live and work, and this school will with local and regional businesses, become one of 20 North Carolina North Carolina New Schools Proj- Surry and Davidson counties by do that by improving graduation such as the Reynolds American schools selected to be recognized ect, that I think we need in today’s providing an innovative classroom rates and helping kids make good Foundation, the N.C. New Schools as a STEM Afﬁnity Network school educational environment.” experience for students interested decisions, including the decision to Project, the Piedmont Triad Part- under the federal Race to the Top “The N.C. New Schools Project in science, technology, engineering not use tobacco.” nership, the State Board of Educa- initiative which will provide some looks forward to partnering with and mathematics, entrepreneurship The ﬁrst academy, a southern tion and the N.C. Department of of the funding necessary to get the this new regional school and the and 21st century work skills. campus, should open in the fall of Public Instruction. academies up and running. See DONATION | A3 Pilot Outreach efort brightens Christmas for local families Dean Palmer heartland news service

PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Pilot Mountain Outreach Center has been a busy place in recent days, with volunteers keeping alive a holiday tradition of reaching out to brighten the Christmas season for numerous area families with need. Some 90 families had come through the center by last weekend as part of the center’s ninth community Christmas project. Participating families with need were given a supply of food for the holidays along with a visit to the center’s “toy store,” where parents could select Christmas gifts for their children. Additional couples and individuals received food only, pushing the total number of families receiving help for the holidays to more than 100. The food packages being distributed were designed to supplement meals for an entire family for eight to 10 days. Josh armstrong/the news According to center Co-Director Jimmy Caparolie, 192 Volunteers from Blackwater United Methodist Church prepare a meal for the inmates of Surry County Jail on Christmas Eve. children will receive Christmas toys because of the effort. “We probably had 35 to 40 volunteers at different times Blackwater United serves come out to help us,” Caparolie said. “We could always use more but this was good. We really appreciate everyone who took part.” Caparolie also noted the importance of an abundance of Christmas Eve meals to inmates food that has been donated recently due to numerous food drives. Josh Armstrong “That helped us to be able to supply what these families staf reporter needed,” he explained. “We’ve had churches, civic organizations, businesses and individuals step up in a big way. We DOBSON — Blackwater United appreciate that. This was a joint effort of our entire com- Methodist Church visited Surry munity.” County Jail on Christmas Eve to But, he continued, food supplies are still running low. He serve a hot, home-cooked meal with attributed the struggles to an increased demand, with the its inmates. number of individuals receiving help from the center con- Sheriff Graham Atkinson and wife tinuing to grow significantly over the past five months, from Melissa were among the church’s some 250 to 275 per month to the current level of over 400 members present at the jail Saturday persons each month. He pointed to the area’s continuing afternoon. high unemployment as a primary reason for the increasing “I’ve had lots of calls from moms need. this year that wanted to make sure The Christmas effort follows another community project we’re still doing this,” said Atkinson, organized each year by the center at Thanksgiving. For the “because they know their son is in Thanksgiving holiday, the center had distributed some 232 jail and can’t get any other Christ- bags filled with traditional favorites, with each bag holding mas meal.” food for four persons. Larger families received multiple bags. Blackwater pastor Ted Turman’s “That was great,” Caparolie said of the Thanksgiving ef- Josh armstrong/the news wife, Cathy, conceived the idea Sherif Graham Atkinson, left, stands beside his pastor, Ted Turman of Blackwater fort. “We had several volunteers taking part and area church- around 2006, when thinking of her United Methodist Church. es and individuals helped with providing the food supplies brother who was an inmate at a dif- for the bags. ferent location. Cathy saw a need for preparing and packaging food, was able to fill that position, having “We want to thank everybody for their support and par- among the inmates and an opportu- one of which involved having pro- been a member at Blackwater for ticipation this year,” he continued, “no matter how large or nity to minister to them. fessional supervision. Fortunately, many years. small their contribution. Together, we’re helping to take care To start the venture, Blackwater Cindy Marion, director of child nu- of the needs of our community. And we invite others to join needed to meet state requirements trition for Stokes County Schools, See MEALS | A3 with us. We can already see that next year, the needs will be even greater.” Over 100 turn out for Eve Before Christmas Eve event Mondee Tilley Llewellyn have been telling stories at staf reporter the event the past 14 years or so. An- gela Llewellyn read a story about a little On the Eve Before Christmas Eve, drummer boy who found his way back to more than 100 people came out to the the home where he started after going Gertrude Smith for a Christmas tradi- through a crazy adventure. At the end tion filled with music, storytelling, food of the story, when the little drummer and of course, the guest of honor, Santa boy played for Christ in the manager, Claus. she burst into tears. She said she wasn’t Ann Vaughn, executive director of the going to do that this year, but she did it Gilmer-Smith Foundation, which over- anyway. sees the Gertrude Smith house, said it Brack Llewellyn told the story of his was one of the biggest crowds she has first Christmas pageant when he was a ever seen at the event. child and the story about his first bicycle. “We’ve had a huge crowd. Some were “This is an impressive crowd. This is here for the first time and some people the most I’ve ever seen. Almost every have been here before because they know seat was filled all night,” said Llewellyn. that this is a great way to spend the Eve Kay Wilmoth, who brought along her Before Christmas Eve,” said Vaughn. daughter-in-law, Kaysa Wilmoth and Janice and George Randall said they grandson, Josh Wilmoth, to the event, have been coming to the event for years. said it was their first time in attendance. “It’s just a wonderful program,” said She said she enjoyed it because it got her Janice Randall. “It’s good to see the local in the Christmas spirit. talent being featured. We have so much “I love the house, I could just move in,” of it here.” said Wilmoth. Tina Smith, who sings at the event Santa made an appearance and several each year, sang a song that she wrote parents tried to get their children on his called, “It’s Christmastime Again.” lap to tell him what they wanted, unfortu- “God wrote that song on my paper. It’s nately, most of them cried and wanted to the first Christmas song — I’ve written go back into their parent’s arms. Maybe lots of gospel songs,” said Smith to the Santa will have better luck next year. mondee tilley/the news crowd. Reach Mondee Tilley at mtilley@heart- Storyteller Angela Llewellyn reads a story about a little drummer boy at the Eve Before Christmas Eve Storytellers Brack and Angela landpublications.com or at 719-1930. event at the Gertrude Smith house. A2

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The Surry County Sheriff’s Office is and is on probation for resisting public of- seeking information on the whereabouts ficer and injury to real property. of the following people: • Francisco Javier Briseno, 21, Hispan- 00480131 • Steven Lee Gregory, white male, 55, ic male, is wanted on probation violations is wanted on charges of felony possession and is on probation for two counts driv- of methamphetamine, maintaining a vehi- ing while impaired, seven counts driving cle or dwelling for a controlled substance while license revoked, two counts reck- and possession of drug paraphernalia. less driving, two counts hit and run and After • Floyd Rodney George, black male, two counts drive after consuming <21. 41, is wanted on charges of failure to pay • Trini Lee Chamberlain, 38, white fe- child support. male, is wanted on probation violations Christmas • Corey Anderson McClain Jr., white and is on probation for possession of male, 32, is wanted on charges of felony methamphetamine. larceny of a vehicle. • Cassandra Antoinett Sawyers, 23, • Miguel C. Hermenegild, Hispanic Sale male, 31, is wanted on charges of failure black female, is wanted on probation to pay child support. violations and is on probation for driving Anyone with information on these in- while impaired, driving while license re- Entire Store 25% off dividuals should call the Surry County voked, drive after consuming alcohol un- Starting Dec. 27th until Sheriff’s Office at 401-8900 or Crime der age 21 and open container of alcohol. Stoppers at 786-4000. View all probation absconders on the ***** internet at http://webapps6.doc.state. The Surry County Community Correc- nc.us/opi and click on absconders. Any- tions office is seeking information on the one with information on any probation whereabouts of the following individuals: absconders should contact Crime Stop- • Darren Andrew Dollyhigh, 30, white pers at 786-4000 or probation at 386- male, is wanted on probation violations 9742.

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Mount Airy, he was giv- Saturday in the incident, where an The 55-year-old victim was flown by en the honor of being outbuilding at 1214 Red Hill Creek a “Hometown Hero.” MOUNTAIN PARK —A woman AirCare to the Burn Center of Wake caught fire at about 1:57 p.m., ac- Forest Baptist Health in Winston- He regularly attended was hospitalized Saturday following cording to John Shelton, director of monthly town hall an outbuilding fire in the Mountain Surry County emergency services. Salem. meetings, always inter- Park community. The Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Further information, including the ested in knowing what The woman, whose identity was Department and Rescue Squad re- cause of the fire, was unavailable by was happening in his not reported due to patient privacy sponded to the emergency call, the time of press. town. Collecting used golf balls was a hobby. Who could forget these Meals being sold in egg car- tons at the Blue Bird From Page A1 ing for their meal. Most of Key decided to volunteer everything here from people Café! Griggs had many the inmates emphatically for the first time. charged with murder all the interests through life, “Every year, it’s really said they would. One even “Since I had time to do way down to people that HAMPTON always striving to do been amazing how we’re requested a Bible. it, I thought I might as well have traffic violations or MOUNT AIRY — Mr. his best and what was blessed by doing this,” said If there was one message give it a try. And I feel like child support they can’t pay,” Griggs L. Hampton, right. Having no ene- Turman. “The people here Turman wanted to con- it was worth it,” said Key. he continued. “We’ve got of Mount Airy, died mies and many friends, — they’re just like us, but vey to the inmates, it was “I was surprised at the ap- some guys in here who are Wednesday, Dec. 21, we salute you, Griggs, they’ve made mistakes, as “that there is hope in Jesus preciation I saw from the real hard cases. But most of 2011, at Golden Living for a life well lived and we all have. Christ. Christ can change prisoners.” them are people who make Center in Mount Airy. time well spent. The “We want them to enjoy lives. He takes what is bro- Atkinson was likewise very poor decisions, who He was born March citizens of Mount Airy, this Christmas as much as ken and mends it. That is impressed with the inmates’ are easily led into things by 14, 1949, in Mount your charities, friends they possibly can where true for all of us.” gratitude and politeness. other people, and have good Airy and was a lifelong and family will always they are.” Once the meals had been “They seemed to be qualities about them. resident. He loved his remember and miss The Turmans are very delivered, the volunteers moved that a group would “I think all of them today hometown and spent you. Griggs is survived active in their ministries. reconvened in the jail’s do that for them, especially — even the very worst ones his time with worthy by cousins, Gail L. In addition to Blackwater, kitchen to reflect on the ex- on Christmas Eve,” he said. we had — demonstrated the causes and interests Miller and her husband, Turman also pastors New perience. “I was very pleased with the very best that they’ve got in useful to his town and Dan, Ann L. Dunnam Hope and Stanford United “I get a blessing from be- way the inmates conducted them.” the wider world. Griggs and her husband, Doug, Methodists. Meanwhile, ing able to do something themselves, and I think they Reach Josh Armstrong sustained brain injury and their children, Brad Cathy pastors Stony Knoll for them that they wouldn’t genuinely appreciated it. at armstrong@heartland- at birth that left him and Robert Miller and and East Bend United normally get this time of “One thing people have publications.com or at with some handicaps. wives, Kelly and Gina, Methodists. She was unable year,” said Jerry Johnson, to remember is, we’ve got 719-1921. Even so, he graduated and Sarah and Lynn to attend the luncheon due who has been volunteering from Mount Airy High Dunnam. The service to preparation for Christ- since Blackwater began the School. He worked celebrating Griggs’ life mas services at church, said annual event. “We’re trying Give the gift with his father, Porter Turman. will be Wednesday, Dec. to help spread the cheer and that keeps on giving, Hampton, at the family 28, 2011, at 2 p.m. at An assembly line of the hope that there is some- the business, Triangle Dry Moody Funeral Home Blackwater volunteers thing better out there for Honor Card Cleaners, until he was Chapel in Mount Airy. placed ham, green beans, them.” 23 when Porter’s un- The family will receive mashed potatoes, a roll and When the event first be- from Yokefellow Ministry. timely death occurred. friends Wednesday homemade dessert onto gan years ago, it took about He spent the rest of his from noon to 1:30 p.m. a Styrofoam serving tray, Your gift will help those in need in our two-and-a-half hours to com- community with food, prescription life continuing activities at the funeral home. En- which were then loaded plete, said Atkinson. But begun with his father. tombment will follow at onto several carts. Accord- medicationsm utility paments and thanks to hard work and heating oil. A card acknowledging your This included his great Oakdale Cemetery. In ing to Turman, 120 trays practice, Blackwater’s vol- gift will be mailed to the honoree. interest and knowledge lieu of flowers, memo- were filled, with 90 of them unteers finished passing out of all sports and atten- rial contributions may going to the inmates. the meals 35 minutes early dance at practically ev- be made to the Griggs With each cell block, on Saturday. Thank You for Your Gracious Support ery Mount Airy Bears L. Hampton Memo- Blackwater church mem- For Jayme Key, the ex- game. The March of rial Fund – March of bers handed the inmates perience was a new one. YOKEFELLOW MINISTRY Dimes was their special Dimes and/or Relay For their food trays and drinks. He had heard of the special charity. With the gener- 215 Jones School Road • L. H. Jones Family Resource Center Life, Surrey Bank and Atkinson introduced Tur- lunch for many years, at- osity of Mount Airy citi- Trust, 145 N. Renfro man and asked if they would tending Blackwater. Finally, Phone: 789-5838 zens, he collected thou- St., Mount Airy, NC like for him to say the bless- sands of dollars for this 27030. Moody Funeral and the American Can- Services in Mount cer Society “Relay For Airy is serving the fam- Life” year after year. ily. Online condolences He received many state may be made at www. and national awards moodyfuneralservices. from both charities. Al- com. ways an ambassador for Donation From Page A1 Reynolds American Foundation on this ground-breaking effort that promises to expand opportunities for students and support economic development in the region,” said Tony Habit, president of the NCNSP. The career academy is an initiative to re-invent high schools around students’ career interests and a rigorous core curriculum, integrated with relevant work and community experienc- es and innovative uses of technology that result in graduating all students ready for careers and post-secondary education to support the evolving economic needs of the Piedmont Triad Region. The northern campus, located in Surry County, would have a primary focus on advanced manufacturing while the southern campus would focus more on aerospace and logis- tics. The regional academies will use inquiry and project-based approaches to learning that incorporate real-world issues and problems and an emphasis on critical thinking. Tobacco pre- vention scenarios will be used to teach not only health and science but also will be integrated with math, history, engineering and technology with the help of some of the funding from the Reynolds American Foundation. All students will earn an industry credential in their specific field if available, and then will enter a training or apprenticeship program or alternatively apply the college credits they earn to pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree at a partner university. “The fact that this initiative has received support from the Reynolds American Foundation I think is significant, not only from a monetary standpoint but from the point we have a major and highly-respectable foundation partnering with the Yad- kin Valley Regional Career Academy which means they feel strongly about this vision,” said Hinson. “I believe there will be other sources of support, both monetary and otherwise, that will continue to make this vision a reality.” Reach Morgan Wall at [email protected] or 719-1929.

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A4 Sunday, December 25, 2011 The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, N.C. www.mtairynews.com SURRY COUNTY’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER -ESTABLISHED IN 1880- “Were it left to me to decide Gary Lawrence, publisher whether we should have a gov- [email protected] ernment without newspapers, or newspapers without a govern- The Mount Airy NewsJohn Peters, editor ment, I should not hesitate a [email protected] Printed on recycled moment to prefer the latter.” www.mtairynews.com/opinion Wendy Byerly Wood, associate editor — Thomas Jefferson newspaper [email protected] 319 N. Renfro St. Phone: (336) 786-4141 Mount Airy, NC 27030 Opinion Fax: (336) 789-2816 Editorial Will Dur$t’s 2011 Xma$ git wi$h li$t Bah humbug, everybody. bid West African For Presi- For Herman Cain: his Patient pressure And I imagine that senti- Hummingbird. dent Obama: own hour-long network talk ment is being echoed by For Wiscon- a continuing show with an all-male pro- The News & Observer, Raleigh: more than a few of you sin Governor series of ill- duction staff. overly familiar with the Scott Walker: timed, princi- For Anthony Weiner: see Some foreign policy problems are interminable and in- soft, dark underbelly of this the AFL- CIO’s pled stands by above. tractable. And when it comes to the seemingly endless and “happiest time of the year.” Organizer of the the Republican For Grover Norquist: a stubbornly difficult, North Korea is Exhibit No. 1. Those of us who have been Year Award. House. one-way ticket on the clue The Korean Peninsula north of the 38th Parallel has for washed prone by the gush- For the East For the Tea train. Tax-deductible, of decades been home to the planet’s most totalitarian and ing holiday faucet of red Coast: who Party: a boat- course. misbegotten regime. North Koreans are so thoroughly iso- and green greed and are whimpered for load of petards For Charlie Sheen: a per- lated in their misery that a good many of them don’t seem dreading the repurposed weeks after upon which sonal anger counselor on to know how bad they’ve got it. Many of the rest would like solstice celebration as it both a small they can hoist 24-hour call. to get out, but can’t. drips down the gutter of earthquake and themselves. For Donald Trump: a Food is always in short supply, and famine haunts the melancholy, revealing the a slight brush- For Barry stainless steel muzzle and memory of even the younger generation. The main forces regurgitated fruitcake of ing from a near Will Durst Bonds: the detailed instructions on holding the place together are extreme nationalism — gloom and despair. Whoa. hurricane: a Syndicated pleasure of his how to install it. With riv- based on the notion that North Koreans remain true Ko- Wow. Sorry about that. 12-month supply Columnist own company ets. of chill pills. for as long as reans, while South Korea lapses into Western decadence Then again; what the hell. And for all the rest of us: — and brute force. For American he can stand it. Pass a cookie and another a reality TV show called Yet despite countless predictions of its imminent col- Philatelists: some glue for For the Mayans: one of glass of nog and go easy Celebrity Russian Roulette lapse, the regime continues on its singular path, in many on the nutmeg and heavy their Barack Obama stamps those really cute “Baby starring the Kardashians. ways growing more dangerous. It survives no matter what on the brandy, because this that won’t stick to anything; Monkey Riding on a Pig” With the winner destined policies the United States and/or South Korea adopt toward warm, comforting holly and glossy coating for the calendars for 2013. it, either hard-line (seeking to precipitate regime collapse) jolly Xmas spirit needs be one honoring Mitt Romney, For Sarah Palin: a series to become revered as… The or soft (hoping for changes that will help ordinary people relit. And to honor all you which inexplicably causes of hedges to lurk behind for Last Kardashian. The New and lessen the danger to South Korea). brave and steadfast con- people to spit on the wrong the next 10 months. York Times says Emmy- Now comes a new moment of decision. Kim Jong Il, son sumers setting new records side. For Alec Baldwin: an un- nominated comedian and of the regime’s founder, Kim Il Sung, has died at age 69, in your patriotic quest to For Joe Biden: a satellite limited refillable prescrip- writer Will Durst “is quite mostly likely a victim of a bad heart and a caviar-and-Cha- sink heavily into debt to phone that works from the tion for Xanax in a carrying possibly the best politi- teau Margaux lifestyle. The less said about Kim Jong Il the honor the birth of that Jew- depths of whatever trench case suitable for travel. cal satirist working in the better. His was a tyrannical, homicidal rule that led to no ish hippie kid; we hope to he’s going to be sent for the For Angela Merkel and country today.” Check out good — and to the beginnings of a crude nuclear weapons rectify the sins of omission next year. the Euro Zone: a diet book the website: Redroom.com arsenal. His youngest son, twenty-something Kim Jong Un, perpetrated by the corpu- For Speaker of the House explaining how to thrive to buy his book or find has been picked to succeed him in the world’s only com- lent bearded one in the John Boehner: a gift cer- without Greece. out more about upcom- munist family dynasty. What should the United States do scarlet suit by offering up tificate to Kaiser Perman- For Tim Cook, the new ing stand-up performances about it? to the most deserving of us ente, good for one surgical CEO of Apple: a worldwide such as the XIXth annual First, we shouldn’t get our hopes up. North Korean gen- — this annual scathingly in- procedure to remove that epidemic of Jobs amnesia. Big Fat Year End Kiss Off erals, and the new Kim’s older relations, retain a firm grip cisive, yet always trenchant, unsightly Tea Party growth For Rick Perry, Michele Comedy Show, Dec. 26- Jan on power and policy. Change is not in the air over Pyong- WILL DURST’S 2011 clinging to his back. Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, 1. 7 Cities. 7 nights. 6 co- yang, no matter what the virtually unknown Kim Jong Un XMA$ GIFT WI$H LI$T. For the Penn State Uni- et al.: prestigious offers for medians. 2,347 laughs. A might have in mind. A “Korean Spring” in that Cold War For Newt Gingrich: who ad- versity Athletic Depart- deanships from various uni- few less in Walnut Creek. climate is unlikely. mits he says anything that ment: Harry Potter’s invis- versities so they can retreat Like us on Facebook. Or Second, the United States and its allies can’t stop try- flies into his head: a tiny, ra- ibility cloak. with a semblance of dignity. willdurst.com. ing. Some day, sanity will come to North Korea. Change can be hastened through a combination of prudent military strength — Northern generals should never be able Evangelicals should declare victory to calculate that an invasion of the South could ultimately succeed — and willingness to offer rewards if the regime’s This column might offend cals to declare is losing. mas tree—is also being po- behavior improves. you if you subscribe to the victory on this This faith in liticized. Some conservatives One key measurement should be an end to violent provo- ubiquitous evangelical com- front and fight the redemptive claim that the tradition is cations such as the North’s sinking of a South Korean navy plaint that secular America the real secu- power of the based on St. Nicholas, the ship and its deadly shelling of an island inside South Ko- wants to take the “Christ” lar threat to the purchase has patron saint of children, and rean territory, both last year. The nuclear-weapons issue is out of Christmas, and for true meaning of blinded us to that civic attempts to rename as knotty as they come, but the immediate goal must be to that I am sorry. But if you Christmas: Santa what evangeli- them “holiday trees” when prevent the production of any more bomb-grade material. don’t mind, let me tell you a Claus. cals say is the put in the public square ex- In return for better conduct the U.S. should be willing to story. Politically con- “reason for the hibit hostility to Christians. lift some (non-nuclear-related) sanctions, allow some trade Despite what Rick Perry servative Chris- season.” It’s not Actually, Baltic tribes started and be willing to negotiate. claimed in his infamous “War tians are fighting enough to insist the tradition back in the 15th Our prime goal should be to patiently pry open the North on Christmas” ad, Texas the wrong War that Christ stay Century to cheer each other to the wider world, in the justified expectation that modern schoolchildren do “openly on Christmas. in Christmas. up. They would bring an ev- life, and the universal yearning for human rights, can knock celebrate Christmas.” To- The real threat Politically con- ergreen tree into the public day, my two sons are having isn’t those kids servative evan- square on the winter solstice, down communist walls and dictatorships. Christmas parties at their on Glee, federal Jason Stanford gelicals should dance around it and then China, North Korea’s wary ally, is the final factor. Its gov- Austin public elementary judges trying to stop harping light it on fire. This was, of ernment will not work for a unified, pro-West Korea that school. “There’s going to be prevent the gov- Syndicated about activist course, before the advent of might allow U.S. troops along the Chinese border. But nei- food and crafts and activities ernment from Columnist federal judges Netflix. Later people took to ther will China benefit from a confrontation over nuclear and stuff like that,” said my going into the and do for oth- bringing the trees indoors weapons, or a famine-driven exodus onto its territory. 3rd grader. “The usual.” religion business, or well- ers what we wish that inn- and adorning them with lit China, too, has an interest in a North Korea different and Last year my oldest son’s meaning schoolteachers who keeper had done for Joseph candles, fruits, nuts, paper better than the one Kim Jong Un so mysteriously inherits. class sang holiday songs want to honor the traditions and Mary. Child homeless- ornaments and garlands to about Kwanza and Chanu- of all their students. ness is up 38 percent since celebrate having survived the Write your representatives kah, but not as some exercise The real threat to Christ- the start of the Great Re- darkest days of winter. And in multiculturalism. Some mas is Santa and the gospel cession, leaving 1.6 million while religious significance Mount Airy Commissioners kids in his class celebrate of gimme, gimme, gimme. American kids looking not has been attached to Christ- those holidays. We’ve gone from St. Nicho- just for a room at the inn mas trees for several hundred Mayor Deborah Cochran, P.O. Box 70, 710-0485 They also sang a song las performing the miracle but a safe place to live. El- years, the tradition that gives Steve Yokeley, 132 Greystone Lane, 710-0472; syokeley@ about a Jewish man travel- of bringing butchered and len L. Bassuk, president of me the most comfort on long mountairy.org ing with his very pregnant pickled children back to life the National Center on Fam- winter nights is the signifi- wife who was pleading with to sitting on the laps of de- ily Homelessness, says the cance of the candles. To our Dean Brown, 380 Folly Farms Road, 789-1979 (home) an innkeeper to rent them partment store Santas and recession has made more Germanic ancestors, the lit Jon Cawley, 508 Country Club Road, 786-7657 a room. It seems this man, telling them what you want. kids homeless than Hurri- candles on the tree meant Pilot Mountain Commissioners Joseph, was trying to find a And judging from the stress canes Katrina and Rita. In- that every day would get a safe place for his wife to give I see in everyone’s eyes, the stead of hyping the War on little bit brighter and that the Mayor Earl Sheppard, 817 Sunset Drive, 368-4958 birth to a child who was not circulars in my Sunday news- Christmas to score political worst was behind them. As Carolyn S. Boyles, 135 Lynchburg Road, 368-2556 his son but who would be paper, the countdown of points, wouldn’t it be nice if our country crawls out of a his king. I cannot imagine a shopping days, or the com- Rick Perry and his support- deep recession despite deep Linda Needham, 508 W. Main St., 368-5908 more Christian song to sing mercials telling me that I ers helped those children political divisions, this is an Andrew French, 604 W. Main St., 368-9003 anywhere, much less in a need to give my wife a new displaced by this man-made affirmation we can all share. Surry County Commissioners public school. car or diamond jewelry to disaster? Perhaps it could even focus If there is a War on Christ- make her happy, it’s clear that A pagan symbol that us all, both religious and Chairman R.F. “Buck” Golding, Lowgap, 352-3200 mas, the liberals are getting Santa is winning the War on Christians have adopted for secular Americans, on what (home); 919-667-5715 (cell); [email protected] routed. It’s time for evangeli- Christmas, and St. Nicholas this holiday—the Christ- really matters. Vice Chairman Garry Scearce, Mt. 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Informational programs are featured and their new year’s resolu- word exercise example drink Chiropractic will help you refreshments are served. For more information, call 789-9779. tions. We all just spent the many people water instead to reach your goals of be- Grief Support past few weeks going to get turned off of having a ing healthy by causing This group meets Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Sycamore office Christmas parties, to the thought soda or have you to have more energy, Baptist Church, Stuart, Va. Anyone dealing with grief is welcome. parties with friends, and of being inside vegetables as sleep better, and improv- For more information, call (276) 930-2768. family gatherings. One of a gym for an your side in- ing your immune system TUESDAYS the common threads of all hour or two stead of fries. to fight off illness. Chiro- Blue Ridge H.O.P.E. Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Sup- these parties is that you a day. The Also, if you practors can also help you port Group probably ate more than truth is you are having a with your exercise plan you should have, and you can exercise craving for un- to be sure that you doing This support group meets Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at probably did not make the anywhere and healthy food it proper exercises that will Northern Hospital of Surry County in the Lockhart Room. For healthiest of menu choic- still get great is ok to give in help you and not hurt you. more information, call 786-7766. es. With that being said, results. Find Craig Hensley every now and Another benefit of seeing Narcotics Anonymous your resolution should be a variety of then. How- a chiropractor is we can This support group meets Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in First Presbyte- to get healthy for the new activities that you enjoy ever, just limit the portion help you with your nutri- rian Church, 326 S. Main St., Mount Airy. For more information, year. Being healthy, does and pick one to do for size. For example, if you tion to improve your diet. call (800) 721-8225. not mean just losing a few thirty minutes each day. are craving chocolate eat New Year’s Day is Alcoholics Anonymous pounds. It means mak- You can walk, swim, ride a snack size bar instead of quickly approaching. This support group meets Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in First United ing sure your body works a bike, lift weights, or do a king size. Eating healthy This year make your Methodist Church, 203 Stephens St., Pilot Mountain. For more at its very best. Here are yoga. All of these are great is about making an effort resolution to become information, call 368-4548. some tips on how to make examples of activities that to put healthy foods in healthier you. You can Mourning Support Group your body as healthy as will help you to be healthy your body. do this by finding ways The Good Mourning Support Group meets the second Tuesday possible this year. next year. Another great thing you to get up and move every of every month from 9 to 11 a.m. at Prime Sirloin Restaurant. Can- To begin with, your The next step to be- can do to become healthy single day. Next, make cer or hospice patients and their families may attend for support. body needs to move. For ing healthy is cleaning next year is to be exam- good choices to improve Alzheimer’s/Dementia Group most of us we spend en- up your diet. Your body ined by a chiropractor. As your diet. And finally get Caregivers for anyone with Alzheimer’s or dementia related dis- tirely too much time sit- uses whatever you put in a chiropractor, our goal is your spine examined by a eases in Carroll County and surrounding areas are welcome to an ting down doing very little it to fuel itself and get you to help your body to func- chiropractor. All of these informational and support meeting at the Carroll County Senior activity. This is the op- through the day. If you are tion at its highest level. will help you to have a Center, 449 Training Center Road, Hillsville, Va., at 10 a.m. on posite of what your body putting junk in your body This is done by examin- great new year. the fourth Tuesday. For more information, call Sissy Frye, respite needs to be healthy. We all then it will not have the ing the spine to make sure Dr. Craig Hensley prac- program coordinator of District Three Senior Services, at (800) need to get up and spend ability to get you through it is in the alignment and tices chiropratic medicine 541-0933. at least a few minutes ev- the day. Eating healthy is moving properly. When at Delp Chiropractic. THURSDAYS Surry Task Force on Domestic Violence This battered women’s support group meets from 5 to 6 p.m. at the old courthouse in Dobson. For more information, call 356- Documents: Ohio ‘pill mill’ was corrupt drug den 2014. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) One pa- Adkins in the past said the clinic ney General Mike DeWine. Narcotics Anonymous tient was prescribed painkillers even had safeguards against such alleged Wiping them out in a single coun- This support group meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. in First Presbyte- after she was caught faking a urine abuse. ty was significant, but the painkiller rian Church, 308 E. Main St., Pilot Mountain. For more informa- test, while others paid a doctor to “To my knowledge they ran the tion, call (800) 721-8225. addiction crisis is still responsible increase their prescriptions, ac- place in accordance with the way Granite City Al-Anon for huge problems that will take cording to documents related to the they were supposed to,” said attor- years to resolve. This support group meets every Thursday at 8 p.m. at Central shutdown this week of a notorious ney Mike Mearan, of Portsmouth, United Methodist Church, 1909 N. Main St., Mount Airy. For The number of children born ad- clinic in a region of southern Ohio the seat of Scioto County. dicted to drugs, an increase linked more information, call 368-2427 or 789-3835. so identified with painkiller addic- A judge ordered the clinic tempo- Mount Airy City AA and Al-Anon to painkiller abuse, is skyrocketing tion that the office’s standard dosage rarily closed as a public nuisance, in Ohio and elsewhere. Last year, This support group meets at 8 p.m. at the Depot Station, Pine was known as “Portsmouth cocktail” with a hearing next week in which Street, Mount Airy. For more information, call 368-2427. nearly 1,200 Ohio newborns were after the nearby county seat. authorities will argue it should be diagnosed with drug withdrawal SUNDAYS The Greater Medical Advance permanently shuttered. The owners Granite City Al-Anon syndrome, up from just 310 in 2005. clinic in Wheelersburg, an Ohio of the property operated by Adkins, Florida, also struggling with ram- This support group meets every Sunday at 8 p.m. at Central River city of about 6,000 residents, Billy and Katherine Inmon, deny United Methodist Church, 1909 N. Main St., Mount Airy. For pant prescription painkiller abuse, was a perpetually busy drug house any involvement with the clinic or saw 1,374 babies with the syndrome more information, 368-2427. where the owner carried a handgun knowledge of what was happening Granite City Alcoholics Anonymous discharged from hospitals last year, and tens of thousands of painkillers there. a nearly 300 percent increase from This support group meets every Sunday at 8 p.m. at Central “We’re conservative people, peo- were dispensed at inflated prices, 2006. Kentucky, Maine and Penn- United Methodist Church, 1909 N. Main St., Mount Airy. For according to charging documents ple of faith, and people that don’t sylvania have also documented the more information, 368-2427. and search warrants The Associated stand for anything close to what increase, among other states. Press obtained through a public re- these people are accused of doing,” cords request. Billy Inmon, who owns several shop- Drug overdose deaths have sur- Authorities allege the clinic, the ping centers around Ohio, told the passed traffic accidents as the top last remaining “pill mill” in pain- AP. cause of accidental death in Ohio, Deal: NJ nurses Colorado, Massachusetts, New killer-plagued Scioto County, was a Documents paint a picture of an destination well-known among ad- operation where pills were read- York, Oregon and 11 other states. dicts and dealers and had just one ily dispensed to just about anybody Substance abuse counseling centers purpose: “to make as much money who could pay. are getting more and more referrals. off illegal drug trafficking and the So many patients brought in More than 1,300 people died from can skip aiding accidental drug overdoses in 2009 in funding of illegal drug trafficking as non-patients seeking drugs that the possible.” clinic had to post a sign limiting the Ohio, according to the most recent The documents reveal the length number of visitors, according to a data from the Ohio Department of to which addicts and dealers will go charging document. Husbands and Health. The number of fatal over- to get pills and illustrate the mechan- wives often received the same pre- doses has more than quadrupled hospital abortions from 1999, when the state recorded ics of supply and demand at a time scriptions, as did people living at NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Twelve nurses who sued one of the when painkiller overdoses are now the same address, raising suspicions 327 accidental deaths, according to state’s largest hospitals after claiming they were forced to assist the leading cause of accidental death that drugs were prescribed with lit- the department. in abortions over their religious and moral objections reached a in more than a dozen states more tle or no diagnosis. “A drug addict is sick; there’s deal Thursday with their employer in federal court. than car crashes. Clients could pay extra to have something that is not right, and Under the agreement, 12 nurses in the same-day surgery unit Clinics that critics call pill mills their prescriptions increased, and they need help,” said Angela Ham- of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey can often operate as pain management the “Portsmouth cocktail” was often ilton, 40, whose sister died in 2009 remain in their current positions and not be compelled to as- centers and are known for doing dispensed to convicted drug dealers the day after getting a prescription sist in any part of an abortion procedure. The nurses must only cash-only business with scant pa- and addicts, according to the docu- from Georgescu, according to U.S. help in a life-threatening emergency if no other non-objecting tient examinations. ments. Drug Enforcement Administration staff members are available and only until which time one can be Dr. Victor Georgescu, now fac- Clinic employee Tammy Newman records. brought in to relieve them, according to the agreement. ing corruption and drug trafficking would take a “pill tax” from patients, “They don’t need people to be Fe Esperanza Racpan Vinoya, one of the plaintiffs who said charges, told investigators he was usually two to five tablets, dur- greedy and look at them as a dollar she opposes abortion on religious grounds, said she was happy scared by goings-on at Greater Medi- ing the pill counts, the indictment sign,” said Hamilton, of Greenup that the agreement meant she and her colleagues would not have cal but needed the work because he against Adkins said. County, Ky., across the Ohio River to assist in any aspect of an abortion procedure. Despite the rul- had been fired from four previous Many patients traveled long dis- from Scioto County. ing specifying that the nurses wouldn’t be discriminated against, jobs after suffering a stroke, accord- tances, sometimes from other states, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a Racpan Vinoya said she was still nervous they would be trans- ing to a 2010 request for a search bypassing other clinics and pharma- bill in May cracking down on pill ferred, have their hours cut or otherwise be punished for having warrant during an investigation of cies, documents said. Many patients mills, blamed by health officials for sued. more than two years. appeared stoned while at the clinic, contributing to hundreds of over- “I’m still scared about the part of them having four nurses “You don’t like what you were do- and unsigned prescriptions or pre- dose deaths in the state each year. ing here,” Kevin Kineer, an investi- scriptions with stamped signatures brought in and we might become the surpluses,” Racpan Vinoya Around the country, heroin use gator with the Ohio Board of Phar- were found, in violation of Ohio law. said, referring to the hospital hiring four nurses who do not ob- is on the rise as addicts switch to ject to assisting with the procedure. macy, asked the doctor. Georgescu frequently wrote pre- the cheaper drug after starting with Matt Bowman, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, a “Right,” Georgescu responded. scriptions that lasted longer and coalition of Christian lawyers and organizations that represented “You know it’s wrong,” the agent with higher and stronger dosages painkillers, which can be expensive, the nurses, said they were satisfied with the agreement. said. than other doctors, according to according to the DEA and doctors An attorney representing the hospital, Edward Deutsch, said “Yes,” the doctor said. the search warrant request. During and counselors who treat addictions. his client was pleased the case was resolved. Columbus defense attorney Mike one nine-month stretch more than Haslam likened the fight against “I think it’s an appropriate resolution, and the hospital has Miller, who is temporarily repre- 14,000 prescriptions were written. pill mills to squeezing a balloon. been very accommodating,” he said. senting the 50-year-old Georgescu “A review of patient records found “They’re going to find ways to The hospital issued a statement saying the agreement address- but doesn’t expect to take his case, massive failure to comply with make money,” he said. “If it’s not in es the best interests of the patients it serves, while respecting said he hasn’t reviewed the charges health care standards and Ohio law,” Scioto County, they’re going to go the beliefs of its nurses. yet. Three other people were also according to Adkins’ indictment. to another county in Ohio or they’re Attorney John Peirano, who also represented the hospital in charged, including clinic owner The pill mills in Scioto County going to go to Kentucky, to Indiana, the suit, said the hospital had a mission to treat all patients who George Marshall Adkins, who faces there were once more than a dozen to Pennsylvania, to Florida, to what- come in, regardless of whether they share the nurses’ views. similar charges, as well as a count created regional collateral damage, ever state will allow them to do this The ACLU, which was not party to the suit, said it was con- of carrying a gun while involved in feeding addiction and crime in sur- until they’re policed and forced out.” cerned about a growing number of similar cases around the drug trafficking. Adkins often wore rounding counties and states that ___ country as what the organization sees as an effort to use religion a handgun while working, according lacked the clinics but not the people Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be to discriminate in a health care context. to documents. they served, said Aaron Haslam, the reached at http://twitter.com/awhco- “No one should ever have to worry about facing discrimina- A lawyer who has represented painkiller drug czar for Ohio Attor- lumbus. tion when they check into the hospital,” said Brigitte Amiri, an attorney with the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project. “No woman should have to fear that medical staff will place ideology over duty or deny her care.” Bowman said his clients would never compromise their duty Have story ideas or as nurses to care for patients or their oath to respond to medical emergencies. The agreement was mediated by U.S. District Judge Jose Lin- ares in Newark federal court. Linares said his understanding of suggestions? the agreement was that the nurses would be allowed to remain in the unit and wouldn’t be discriminated against because of their position on abortion, but he declined to rule on how the hospital Give us a call had to staff its shifts, saying that was an issue governed by contract rules and subject to collective bargaining. Linares said he would retain jurisdiction over the case to rule on enforcement or at 786-4141 any disputes that might arise. A6

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Submissions to the com- mers of all skill levels are be held before the monthly the Surry Arts Council at • Voice of the Blue Ridge and Fridays, an informal munity calendar need to be invited to attend. Enjoy a Old-Time Dances in the Old- 786-7998. is held every third Saturday working group for new and in writing and arrive or be night of fun, food, friends Time Music Hall, below the • Copeland Seniors meet at the Downtown Cinema established artists. Those in- brought into The Mount and fellowship while hearing Andy Grifith Museum in the second Wednesday of Theatre, 142 N. Main St., terested should bring an art Airy News ofﬁce before 5 bluegrass, old-time, country Mount Airy, 218 Rockford each month at the Copeland Mount Airy. The show starts project to work on, supplies p.m. at at least seven days and gospel music. Admis- St., from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ruritan Building, across at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 or and a refreshment. Sessions before the event should ap- sion is free. The workshop is free with from Copeland School, at free with a 2011 SAC Season will be held Mondays from pear in the newspaper. The • The Wings of Glory the purchase of a dance tick- 10:30 a.m. followed by a Pass and children 12 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Fri- calendar runs each Sunday. Christian Bikers Ministry et. The dance starts at 7 p.m. covered-dish meal. younger free. For more in- days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Be sure to include the full will meet the irst Friday and admission is $5. Popular • Pilot Mountain VFW formation, contact the Surry at the studio school on West name and address of the night of each month at the old-time dance band The and Ladies Auxiliary mem- Arts Council at 786-7998. Pine Street. There is no cost, event; the time, day and date Lantern in Dobson at 6 p.m. Slate Mountain Ramblers bers meet the second Thurs- • The N.A.A.C.P. meets but donations to the Uptown of the event; and a contact For more information, call will provide the music for the day of each month at 7 p.m. every third Sunday of the Gallery are appreciated. For phone number in case our Tommy Freeman at 648- dance. The Old-Time Dance at the VFW Post Home on month at Spencer Funeral more information, contact staff has any questions. In- 1566. and Clogging Workshop are N.C. 268. The meeting starts Home. Cassie Snow at 325-5219. formation may be mailed to: • The Mount Airy Pub- held on the irst Saturday of at 7 p.m. and is followed by • The Dan River Farm- • GriefShare is a bi- The Mount Airy News, 319 lic Library will have “Wii every month. Also, Wilhelmi inger food. ers Market, Dan River Park, weekly support group for N. Renfro St., Mount Airy, Wednesdays” beginning at is teaching clogging classes • The Photography Club Ararat, Va., will be held ev- people grieving the death NC 27030; faxed to 789- 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday. every Thursday from 5:30 meets on the third Tuesday ery Saturday from 8 a.m. to of someone. Learn valuable 2816; or emailed to mtacal- In order to play, players will to 6:30 p.m. in the Surry of every month. Each meet- noon. information that will help. endar@heartlandpublica- have to have a library card Arts Council dance room. ing will have a brief presen- • The House of Recovery The program is held at Cal- tions.com. in good standing. Thursday This class is perfect for all tation, addressing areas in Faith and Hope will have a vary Baptist Church, 416 S. Ongoing nights are “Game Night” at beginners as well as more which the group members community feeding every Franklin Road, Mount Airy, • Meetings will be held the library starting at 6 p.m. advanced students, and all have expressed an interest. Saturday and Sunday at 3 at 6:15 p.m. on the irst each Thursday at Bojangles • The Surry Arts Coun- ages are welcome. The cost Following the discussion, p.m. and third Tuesday of each from 6 to 8 p.m. for those cil presents clogging work- of the class is $25 a month. there will be an opportunity • Join the Mount Airy month. For more informa- healing from a broken mar- shops and classes taught by For more information, call for questions on the presen- Museum of Regional History tion, call 786-4778. riage. Samantha Wilhelmi. These the Surry Arts Council at tation or other topics. There at 10 a.m. for the irst Friday • The Lambsburg Com- • Jam sessions will be clogging lessons are per- 786-7998 or visit www.sur- also will be time to show pho- of every month in fun and munity Center will host a held every Friday from 7 to fect for all ages and dance ryarts.org. tographs. Email to be placed fantasy. Explore history and GED classes on Tuesday and 10 p.m. at the Willis Gap abilities, from beginner to • The Surry Arts Council on the email list for meeting nature through books, activi- Thursday evenings with San- Community Center. Jam- advanced. Workshops will presents The Andy Grifith information and topics, Rob- ties and more. This program dra Sharp. All students are Museum. The museum is ert Merritt at merritt.rob@ is free and is intended for eligible to attend no matter adjacent to the Andy Grifith gmail.com or Hobart Jones preschool-age children. where they live. For more in- Playhouse, 218 Rockford St., at [email protected], • VFW Post 2019 will formation, call Sandra Sharp Mount Airy. Eng and Chang or call Hobart Jones at 710- meet the second Monday of at (276) 236-9221 and Phil- ALL DAY SKATE Bunker, the world famous 0139. Meetings take place in each month at 7 p.m. at Vet- lip Berrier at 648-2078. (The pair of conjoined twins, lived the downstairs classroom of erans Park. class will be only be taught most of their lives and raised the Andy Grifith Playhouse • The American Legion if there is enough interest.) 11am-5pm their families in Mount Airy. at 7 p.m. Riders have monthly meet- • Disabled American Vet- Dozens of Bunker descen- • Mother’s Community ings the last Tuesday of each erans holds monthly meet- WEEKDAYS dants still reside in the area. Connection is for parents month at Veterans Park. For ings every third Tuesday at The Surry Arts Council op- with concerns in educa- more information, call Gary 6:30 p.m. at the DAV ofice, NOW THROUGH JANUARY 3RD erates an exhibit on the re- tion, discipline and family Willard at 345-7388. 767 W. Lebanon St., Mount Fun & Games • Snack Bar Specials nowned Siamese Twins. The fun. Learn about nutrition, • American Legion Post Airy, at Veterans Park. For collection is open Monday healthy living, raising a fam- 123 will have bingo on more information, call 789- through Friday from 9 a.m. ily on a budget and more. Thursdays at Veterans Me- 0328. New Years Eve to 5 p.m., Saturday from 11 Group sessions are held morial Park. Doors open at 5 Dec. 31 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday every Thursday from 10:30 p.m. Early bird games start • Ring in the New Year Skate Party from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ad- a.m. to noon at Surry SCAN. at 6 p.m. The grill will be at Old North State Winery mission is a minimum dona- For more information, call open and will have hamburg- from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31ST tion of $3 per person. For Heather Hunter at 789-0111 ers, hot dogs, snacks and featuring music by RainJack- OPEN TILL 1 AM more information, contact ext. 221. drinks for sale. et and a champagne toast • Jam sessions are held at midnight. Tickets are BALLOON DROP & FREE SNACKS Sausage Biscuits...... 2/$2.00 every Friday night at the $15 and are available at the AT MIDNIGHT Lambsburg Community Mount Airy Museum of Re- Sausage Breakfast Plate...... $3.89 Center, Lambsburg, Va., gional History (786-4478) from 7 p.m. until. There is or at the winery (789-9463). STARLITE Chicken Tenders Plate w/Fries...... $4.99 no admission. Concessions The event is sponsored by will be sold. All musicians B&L Custom Jewelers, Cut- are welcome. For more infor- ting Edge Tile and Grout Skate Center Mt. Airy mation, call Phillip Berrier Cleaning and Old North at 648-2078 or pberrier@ State Winery. All ticket pro- HWY. 52N. hughes.net. ceeds beneit the museum. 336-786-7676 • Mount Airy American Jan. 3 789-3050 Legion Post 123 and Ladies • Westield Booster Club 804 Fowler Road - Mount Airy 00478991 00472192 Auxiliary meets the second will be having 50/50 Bingo Tuesday of each month. from 6 p.m. until at the - SUNDAY EVENING DECEMBER 25 TW - Time Warner Refreshments are served at Westield Community Cen 6:30 p.m. and the meeting ter. There will be food and TW 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 Dish DirecTV starts at 7 p.m. For more in- drinks as well as free coffee Friends "The One Friends How I Met Your How I Met Your Matlock In the Heat of the Night Cold Case Law & Order WCWG 5 3 20 20 formation, call 755-3231. and tea. All proceeds will go With the Routine" Mother Mother • Open Jam is held every to beneit youth programs at U.N.C School of the Arts "The Nutcracker" Nature Animals in Yellowstone Park Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey" Matthew continues Rembrandt in EastEnders EastEnders WUNL 4 4 26 26 navigate through winter. to grow into his role as heir. 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Jef Linville, Staf Reporter SUNDAY, (336) 719-1920 Josh Armstrong, Staf Reporter DECEMBER 25, 2011 (336) 719-1921 SPORTS [email protected] Newton leads Panthers to 48-16 rout of Bucs

CHARLOTTE (AP) Cam New- Steve Smith to spring him for a 91- ton keeps breaking records and yard score. That topped the fran- turning heads with his incredible chise record of 89 yards set in the athletic ability. Panthers’ expansion season of 1995 The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft by Kerry Collins and Willie Green. broke Peyton Manning’s rookie LaFell finished with a career-high record for yards passing and set 103 yards receiving. a franchise mark with a 91-yard Carolina’s offensive line com- touchdown toss to Brandon LaFell pletely mauled a Bucs defense that as the Carolina Panthers handed was without starting defensive the Tampa Bay Buccaneers their tackles Albert Haynesworth and ninth straight defeat, 48-16 on Sat- Brian Price. The Panthers piled urday. up a season-high 270 yards rush- Newton threw for 171 yards and ing and scored three times on the three touchdowns and scored on a ground, giving them 25 for the sea- remarkable 49-yard run up the mid- son most in the league. dle in which he outraced smaller The Panthers dominated the defensive backs to the end zone. Bucs (4-11) this season to secure The Panthers (6-9) scored on third place in the NFC South. eight of their first nine possessions Newton scored eight touch- and piled up 397 yards in three downs in two games against Tampa quarters against the league’s 30th- Bay four rushing and four passing ranked defense. Carolina coach Ron as the Panthers racked up 79 points. Rivera pulled Newton and the other Just as they did on Dec. 4, the key starters early in the fourth. Panthers jumped all over the Bucs DeAngelo Williams scored on early. runs of 8 and 22 yards, his sixth Newton led the Panthers on a and seventh TDs of the season, and picture-perfect, 80-yard, nine-play Jonathan Stewart ran for 88 yards touchdown drive to open the game, and caught an 11-yard touchdown with Williams scoring on an 8-yard pass from Newton. touchdown run. Newton entered the game need- LaGarrette Blount fumbled on ing 18 yards passing to break Man- the Bucs’ first play from scrimmage ning’s record of 3,739 and did so and the Panthers converted that with a 7-yard pass to LaFell on the turnover into a field goal. Blount first possession. was benched for the rest of the first David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/MCT “It’s tremendous, but if you ask half and finished with just 11 yards Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) stretches toward the goal line as Tampa Bay Buccaneers defenders the young man he’ll tell you the rushing. E.J. Biggers (31) and Elbert Mack (33) close in during the third quarter at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte most important thing is we won the The Panthers led 20-10 at half- Saturday. The Panthers defeated the Buccaneers, 48-16. game,” Rivera said. “There’s a lot of time but put the hammer down in good things ahead for us.” the third quarter as Williams ran art and took off through a huge hole He added a touchdown toss to 4-2 start, the Bucs have dropped Newton, however, was just get- for a 22-yard touchdown and New- on the right side of the line. New- Jeremy Shockey to close out the nine straight, scoring more than 20 ting started at that point. ton threw an 11-yard scoring pass ton juked a defender before shift- scoring. points only once during that span. On Carolina’s third possession, he to Stewart on fourth-and-1 to put ing into another gear and blowing Tampa Bay coach Raheem Mor- Josh Freeman threw for 274 backpedaled into his own end zone Carolina up 34-10. through the Tampa Bay secondary ris came into the game on the hot yards and accounted for both Tam- and unleashed a strike to LaFell, Then came the play of the game for the longest touchdown run ever seat and Saturday’s loss may not pa Bay touchdowns one passing who got a key downfield block from as Newton faked a handoff to Stew- by a Panthers quarterback. bode well for his future. After a and one rushing. Wade, LeBron say time has made them closer MIAMI (AP) Dwyane best scorers, perennial All- slid his body down a wall in Wade and LeBron James Stars, among the most rec- a room adjacent to the Heat are known to bicker like ognizable athletes in the training facility, slumping brothers. They screamed world. What’s often forgot- to the floor. at one another more than ten is the ties that really “Tired,” Wade said. once during Miami Heat bind, like both having dif- Two minutes later, James playoff games last season. ficult times as kids, relying entered the room. Even And when they’re on oppo- on one parent at a time and though he didn’t see how site teams in practice, they soon understanding that Wade took his seat, he did attack the other like they basketball was the vehicle the same thing, putting his would any opponent. for changing their lives. back to the wall and sliding Now they’re closer than James is 6-foot-8, Wade to the red carpet. ever. is 6-foot-4. James is from “Tired,” James said. And on the cusp of enter- Akron, Wade from Chicago. Maybe it’s more than a ing Year 2 together with James loves tattoos, Wade coincidence. the Heat, Wade and James doesn’t have any. James “What’s the saying? Iron opened up about their went to the NBA straight sharpens iron. Greatness friendship Friday in an in- out of high school, Wade breeds greatness,” Heat terview with The Associ- went to college first. coach Erik Spoelstra said. ated Press. Nonetheless, Wade and “So you see an example “I don’t think many play- James basically look at each of that next to you. Those ers that have the similar other as mirror images. guys want to be challenged. games as we have or have “That had a lot to do with Those guys like to be chal- Al Diaz/Miami Herald/MCT me coming down here,” lenged. They do not accept done the things that we did The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade and LeBron James say their chemistry will be better this season. in the league can come to- James said. “There’s noth- the success that they’ve gether this fast and make ing that I’ve seen that he had and where they are finished fourth. Since 1965, new champs raise their title numbers. It’s the other it work,” Wade said. “That hasn’t seen, and vice versa. right now. They’re always the only other time two banner. things.” communication is there. To be able to be alongside trying to push to go to the teammates were among the “For us, getting better Last year in training I don’t mind him saying him, be with him every day next level. And there’s no NBA’s top four scorers, and is not necessarily going camp, Wade and James something to me. I don’t and basically go through the better way for them to do played for a team that went to show in our numbers,” wanted to be on separate mind when I have to say same things on the court that than to have an equal to the NBA finals was 2001, Wade said. “It’s going to teams in practice, trying something to him. We know and off the court, it’s great. peer next to them, pushing when Kobe Bryant and Sha- show in our leadership. to set a tone for workouts. how to make it work.” Sometimes you’re able to them.” quille O’Neal did it for the It’s going to show in those This year, with an abbrevi- They have so much in sit back and see things from The biggest question Los Angeles Lakers. moments where we get in ated training camp and the common that both find it a different perspective in- when Wade, James and Of course, Bryant and those games like the finals core of last year’s Eastern almost funny sometimes. stead of everybody watch- Chris Bosh teamed up in O’Neal won the title; Dal- where we’re up 10 in the Conference championship Forget the obvious stuff: ing you.” July 2010 was will it work? las beat Miami in last sea- fourth quarter, how do we team back, the mano-a-ma- They’re both among the They take their cues from There have been bumps son’s finals. And James and help our team get that win no matchups haven’t hap- NBA’s highest-paid players, each other, whether it is in the road, and likely there Wade will get yet another no matter what’s going on pened much, their prefer- then make another truck- fashion, workout regimens will be a few more but they reminder of that defeat to- in the game. It’s moreso ence being to keep Miami’s load of money annually or just where to sit some- are making it work. day when the Heat open that, not just how we score first unit together as much in endorsements. They’re times. For Friday’s post- James finished second in their season against the the ball, rebound, pass. as possible to get sharp for both among the league’s practice interview, Wade the league in scoring, Wade Mavericks and watch the We’re going to have those the season. New Air Jordans cause nationwide shopping frenzy SEATTLE (AP) — The re- per spray on a few people who year, and release dates had to be shopping center around 5:30 said the crowd was on the verge lease of Nike’s new Air Jordan were fighting, and that seemed to moved to the weekends at some a.m., damaging decorations and of a riot and would have gotten basketball shoes caused a frenzy do the trick to break them up.” points to keep kids from skipping overturning benches. Police say a even more out of hand if the po- at stores across the nation Friday Murphy said no injuries were school to get a pair. 21-year-old man was arrested. lice hadn’t intervened. as scuffles broke out and police reported, although some people No one anticipated the hysteria In Lithonia, Ga., at least four About 25 officers from Tukwila were brought in to stamp out un- suffered cuts or scrapes from around the original Air Jordan, people were arrested after cus- and surrounding areas respond- rest that nearly turned into riots fights. An 18-year-old man was which spawned a subculture of tomers broke down a door at a ed. Murphy said police smelled in some places. arrested for assault after authori- collectors willing to wait hours store selling the shoes. DeKalb marijuana and found alcohol con- Shoppers stood in long lines ties say he punched an officer. to buy the latest pair. Some col- County police said up to 20 squad tainers at the scene. through the night to get their “He did not get his shoes; he lectors save the shoes for special cars responded. “It was not a nice, orderly hands on a retro version of one went to jail,” Murphy said. Shop- occasions or never take them out Officers escorted most of the group of shoppers,” Murphy said. of the most popular models of Air pers also broke two doors. of the box. people outside but took four into “There were a lot of hostile and Jordans ever made. The fights In Richmond, Calif., police say But the uproar over the shoe custody, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. disorderly people.” were reminiscent of violence crowds waiting to buy the Air had died down in recent years. In Northern California, two The Southcenter mall’s stores that broke out in the early 1990s Jordan 11 Retro Concords at the These latest incidents seem to be men were arrested at a Fairfield sold out of the Air Jordans, and on streets across America as the Hilltop Mall were turned away part of trend of increasing acts mall after crowds shoved each all but about 50 people got a pair, shoes became popular targets for after a gunshot rang out around of violence at retailers this holi- other to get in position for the Murphy said. thieves. 7 a.m. day shopping season, such as the Nikes, police said. In suburban Seattle, police No injuries were reported, but shopper who pepper-sprayed oth- In Stockton, Detective Joe Silva Shoppers described the scene used pepper spray on about 20 police said a 24-year-old suspect ers at a Wal-Mart in Los Angeles said a person was taken into cus- as chaotic and at times danger- customers who started fighting at was taken into custody. The gun on Black Friday and crowds loot- tody at Weberstown Mall on sus- ous. the Westfield Southcenter mall. apparently went off inadvertently, ing a clothing store in New York. picion of making criminal threats Carlisa Williams said she joined The crowd started gathering the Contra Costa Times reported. A representative for Nike, involving the shoes. Police also the crowd at the Southcenter for at four stores in the mall around The frenzy over Air Jordans based in Beaverton, Ore., was not were investigating an attempted the experience and ended up buy- midnight and had grown to more the new pair retails for about immediately available for com- robbery in the mall’s parking lot. ing two pairs of shoes, one for her than 1,000 people by 4 a.m., $180 has been dangerous in the ment. The victim was wrongly believed and one for her brother. But she when the stores opened, Tukwila past. Some people were mugged Other disturbances reported at to have just purchased Air Jor- said she’ll never do anything like Officer Mike Murphy said. or even killed for early versions of stores across the country ranged dans. it again. “Around 3 (a.m.) there started the shoe, created by Nike Inc. in from shoving and threats to prop- Police also were called to malls “I don’t understand why they’re to be some fighting and pushing 1985. erty damage and attempted rob- in Nebraska, Ohio and Kentucky so important to people,” Williams among the customers,” he said. The Air Jordan has since been bery. over reports of large crowds, told KING-TV. “They’re just “Around 4, it started to get pretty a consistent hit with sneaker fans. In Taylor, Mich., about 100 fights and broken doors. shoes at the end of the day. It’s unruly and officers sprayed pep- A new edition was launched each people forced their way into a In Tukwila, Officer Murphy not worth risking your life over.” A8

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FOOTBALL Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 At Pasadena, Calif. Fordham 0 0 .000 5 6 .455 ___ Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. George Washington 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 National Football Tuesday, Dec. 20 (ESPN) Rhode Island 0 0 .000 1 11 .083 League Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl Fiesta Bowl ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Sports Briefs By The Associated Press At St. Petersburg, Fla. At Glendale, Ariz. Conference All Games All Times EST Marshall 20, FIU 10 Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), W L PCT W L PCT ___ 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Duke 0 0 .000 10 1 .909 FOOTBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Dec. 21 ___ Virginia 0 0 .000 10 1 .909 LOS ANGELES (AP) —Southern California quarterback East Poinsettia Bowl Tuesday, Jan. 3 North Carolina 0 0 .000 11 2 .846 Matt Barkley has decided to return for his senior season and W L T Pct PF PA At San Diego Sugar Bowl Virginia Tech 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 put off the NFL. y-New England 12 3 0 .800 464 321 TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24 At New Orleans Maryland 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 With USC coach Lane Kiffin and his family in attendance N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 344 at USC’s Heritage Hall, Barkley announced that while he ___ Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 Florida St. 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 feels prepared for the NFL, he has unfinished business with Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 351 385 Thursday, Dec. 22 p.m. (ESPN) NC State 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 the Trojans. Miami 5 10 0 .333 310 296 MAACO Bowl ___ Wake Forest 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 “I am staying so I can finish what I started,” Barkley said. South At Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 4 Miami 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 Barkley is coming off a spectacular season in which he led W L T Pct PF PA Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 Orange Bowl Clemson 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 the Trojans to a 10-2 finish and the No. 5 ranking in the coun- y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 255 ___ At Miami Georgia Tech 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 try. Because of NCAA sanctions, USC wasn’t allowed to play Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 302 295 in the postseason. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound quarterback has Saturday, Dec. 24 West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 Boston College 0 0 .000 5 7 .417 been projected as a first-round pick in the NFL draft, in the Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 224 316 Hawaii Bowl p.m. (ESPN) SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE top 10 overall on some boards. Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 411 At Honolulu ___ Conference All Games ——— North Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (11- Friday, Jan. 6 W L PCT W L PCT PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh hired Wisconsin offen- W L T Pct PF PA 2), late. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Mississippi St. 0 0 .000 12 1 .923 sive coordinator Paul Chryst as head coach and charged him x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 250 ___ At Arlington, Texas Kentucky 0 0 .000 11 1 .917 with providing a much-needed dose of stability. x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 218 Chryst replaces Todd Graham, who left for Arizona State Monday, Dec. 26 Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 Florida 0 0 .000 10 2 .833 last week after spending less than a year on campus. Gra- Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 328 299 Independence Bowl p.m. (FOX) Auburn 0 0 .000 8 2 .800 ham’s departure — he resigned when the Panthers wouldn’t Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 294 At Shreveport, La. ___ Alabama 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 allow him to talk to the Sun Devils and notified players he West North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 5 Saturday, Jan. 7 LSU 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 was leaving via forwarded text message — was an embar- W L T Pct PF PA p.m. (ESPN2) BBVA Compass Bowl Mississippi 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 rassing turn for a program that thought it had seen it all over Denver 8 7 0 .533 306 383 ___ At Birmingham, Ala. Arkansas 0 0 .000 8 3 .727 the last year. Instead, his abrupt move left the Panthers searching for Oakland 8 7 0 .533 333 395 Vanderbilt 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 Tuesday, Dec. 27 Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN) their fourth coach in just over a year. It also opened the door San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 351 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl ___ Georgia 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 for Chryst, who was in the mix when Pitt was looking for Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 335 At Detroit Sunday, Jan. 8 South Carolina 0 0 .000 5 6 .455 someone to replace Dave Wannstedt and Mike Haywood a Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), GoDaddy.com Bowl Tennessee 0 0 .000 5 6 .455 year ago. NATIONAL CONFERENCE 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) At Mobile, Ala. SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ——— East Belk Bowl Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois North COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M senior W L T Pct PF PA (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Conference All Games offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio was killed in a car ac- At Charlotte cident, the university said. Dallas 8 6 0 .571 348 296 North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7- ___ W L PCT W L PCT Witness reports said Villavisencio swerved to avoid a buz- N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 386 5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 Elon 2 0 1.000 7 4 .636 zard and veered head-on into the path of an 18-wheeler near Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 342 311 ___ BCS National Championship W. Carolina 2 0 1.000 6 6 .500 the town of Normangee about 40 miles from College Station. Washington 5 10 0 .333 278 333 Wednesday, Dec. 28 At New Orleans Appalachian St. 1 1 .500 5 6 .455 Villavisencio spent part of the day with the team delivering South Military Bowl LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. Samford 0 1 .000 3 7 .300 gifts to families at a shelter after the Aggies finished their W L T Pct PF PA (ESPN) Chattanooga 0 2 .000 4 8 .333 last workout on campus in preparation for the Meineke Car At Washington Care Bowl. Villavisencio was heading home at the time of x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 306 Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m. ___ UNC Greensboro 0 3 .000 2 11 .154 the crash. Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 341 281 (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 21 South Villavisencio saw very limited action in his career with the Carolina 6 9 0 .400 389 384 Holiday Bowl East-West Shrine Classic Conference All Games Aggies. Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 449 At San Diego At St. Petersburg, Fla. W L PCT W L PCT ——— North Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. East vs. West, TBA, (NFLN) Coll. of Charleston 2 0 1.000 10 2 .833 CLEVELAND (AP) — Akron has hired Terry Bowden as W L T Pct PF PA ___ Davidson 2 0 1.000 7 4 .636 its football coach. (ESPN) Bowden, a onetime hot coaching commodity who spent y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 297 ___ Saturday, Jan. 28 Georgia Southern 2 0 1.000 3 7 .300 six seasons at Auburn and the past three at Division II North x-Detroit 10 5 0 .667 433 342 Thursday, Dec. 29 Senior Bowl Wofford 1 1 .500 7 5 .583 Alabama, takes over a team than went 2-22 and won just one Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 293 Champs Sports Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Furman 0 2 .000 6 6 .500 conference game the past two seasons. Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 432 At Orlando, Fla. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN) The Citadel 0 2 .000 2 9 .182 Bowden coached Akron’s quarterbacks in 1986 under West Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), ___ SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Gerry Faust. ESPN first reported Bowden’s hiring. W L T Pct PF PA 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Feb. 5 East y-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 327 185 Alamo Bowl Texas vs. Nation Conference All Games INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts owner Jim Irsay told NFL Seattle 7 7 0 .500 284 273 At San Antonio At San Antonio W L PCT W L PCT Network he couldn’t foresee a scenario in which Peyton Man- Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 328 Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 9 p.m. Texas vs. Nation, 2 p.m. (CBSSN) Lamar 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 ning would play anywhere but Indianapolis unless he can’t St. Louis 2 13 0 .133 166 373 (ESPN) Northwestern St. 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 play at all. x-clinched playoff spot ___ BASKETBALL SE Louisiana 0 0 .000 5 5 .500 Manning his missed the entire season and has not partici- y-clinched division Friday, Dec. 30 Cent. Arkansas 0 0 .000 5 6 .455 pated in full team practices since having the third and most invasive surgery on his neck Sept. 8.DENVER (AP) — Re- ___ NCAA Basketball McNeese St. 0 0 .000 4 7 .364 Armed Forces Bowl stricted free-agent guard Arron Afflalo agreed to a five-year Thursday’s Games At Dallas By The Associated Press Nicholls St. 0 0 .000 4 8 .333 deal to return to the Denver Nuggets. The Denver Post first Indianapolis 19, Houston 16 Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN) All Times EST West reported the guard agreed to a contract that could be worth Pinstripe Bowl AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE Conference All Games up to $43 million. Saturday’s Games At Bronx, N.Y. Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT ——— Oakland 16, Kansas City 13, OT Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. W L PCT W L PCT Texas St. 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors Maine 0 0 .000 6 4 .600 Texas-Arlington 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 completed a trade sending forward Lou Amundson to the Tennessee 23, Jacksonville 17 (ESPN) Indiana Pacers for guard Brandon Rush. Pittsburgh 27, St. Louis 0 Music City Bowl Albany (NY) 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 UTSA 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 ——— Buffalo 40, Denver 14 At Nashville, Tenn. Vermont 0 0 .000 6 7 .462 Stephen F. Austin 0 0 .000 5 7 .417 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Antonio McDyess was waived Carolina 48, Tampa Bay 16 Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), New Hampshire 0 0 .000 4 5 .444 Sam Houston St. 0 0 .000 4 8 .333 by the San Antonio Spurs, clearing a path to retirement for Minnesota 33, Washington 26 6:40 p.m. (ESPN) Boston U 0 0 .000 4 8 .333 Texas A&M-CC 0 0 .000 1 10 .091 the 17-year NBA veteran. The 37-year-old forward spent the Baltimore 20, Cleveland 14 Insight Bowl Stony Brook 0 0 .000 3 6 .333 last two seasons in San Antonio. He was drafted second over- UMBC 0 0 .000 1 10 .091 Friday’s Games all by Denver in 1995 and also played in Phoenix, Detroit and New England 27, Miami 24 At Tempe, Ariz. New York. N.Y. Giants 29, N.Y. Jets 14 Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. Binghamton 0 0 .000 0 10 .000 Maine 71, Brown 58 ——— Cincinnati 23, Arizona 16 (ESPN) Hartford 0 0 .000 0 11 .000 Albany (NY) 82, Dartmouth 74 CHARLOTTE (AP) — Forward Bismack Biyombo Detroit 38, San Diego 10 ___ ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE Vermont 65, Towson 49 signed a rookie contract with the Charlotte Bobcats hours San Francisco at Seattle, late. Saturday, Dec. 31 Conference All Games Hawaii 84, Xavier 82, OT after agreeing to pay a buyout clause to release him from his Philadelphia at Dallas, late. Meineke Car Care Bowl W L PCT W L PCT Dayton 64, Ill.-Chicago 57 contract with Spanish club Fuenlabrada. Terms of the deal St. Louis 0 0 .000 11 1 .917 Providence 80, Rhode Island 61 weren’t disclosed. Also, the Bobcats acquired center Byron At Houston Mullens from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for a Sunday’s Game Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), UMass 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 St. Bonaventure 82, St. Francis (Pa.) 58 2013 second-round draft pick. Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. Noon (ESPN) St. Joseph’s 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 UCLA 71, Richmond 63 ——— Sun Bowl Xavier, Ohio 0 0 .000 8 3 .727 Clemson 83, S. Illinois 75, OT BASEBALL Monday’s Game At El Paso, Texas Charlotte 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 Maryland 65, Radford 60 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Beltran and the World Series Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m. Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. Temple 0 0 .000 7 3 .700 Georgia 64, Furman 50 champion St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract Dayton 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 Tennessee 66, ETSU 63 pending a physical, a move that would fortify the lineup (CBS) following Albert Pujols’ departure. Sunday, Jan. 1 Liberty Bowl La Salle 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 Long Beach St. 64, Auburn 43 The team said it expects to make a formal announcement Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. At Memphis, Tenn. Duquesne 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 Georgia 64, Furman 50 shortly after the holidays. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 St. Bonaventure 0 0 .000 6 5 .545 Kennesaw St. 69, Texas A&M-CC 65 KMOX, the Cardinals’ flagship radio station, reported Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. p.m. (ESPN) Richmond 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 Texas-Arlington at Utah St., late. the deal is for $26 million over two years — the same figure San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Fight Hunger Bowl cited by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke to . The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. At San Francisco financial details of the agreement were not announced by Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m. UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. the team. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (ESPN) The 34-year-old Beltran hit .300 with 22 home runs, 84 N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. Chick-fil-A Bowl Sports Watch RBIs and a .385 on-base percentage for the New York Mets Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. At Atlanta and San Francisco Giants this year. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. ——— Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — All-Star pitcher Gio Gonzalez (ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 25 said the Oakland Athletics have agreed to trade him to the Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. ___ Washington Nationals, and the deal is nearly finished. Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2 ESPN.com first reported the swap. San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. TicketCity Bowl MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL A person with knowledge of the deal said Oakland will Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m. At Dallas 7:30 p.m. receive right-handers A.J. Cole and Brad Peacock, lefty Tom Milone and catcher Derek Norris. The person, who spoke Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, third place game, ——— on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the (ESPNU) teams TBD, at Honolulu trade hadn’t been finalized, also said the Nationals would NCAA Football Capital One Bowl 9:30 p.m. receive minor league right-hander Rob Gilliam. Bowl Glance At Orlando, Fla. ESPN2 — Diamond Head Classic, championship game, The 26-year-old Gonzalez was 16-12 last season. By The Associated Press Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 ——— teams TBD, at Honolulu Subject to Change p.m. (ESPN) NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees were hit All Times EST Outback Bowl NBA BASKETBALL with a $13.9 million luxury tax bill, their lowest since 2003. Saturday, Dec. 17 At Tampa, Fla. Noon The fee, assessed by Major League Baseball under its labor contract, is down from $18 million last year and $25.7 New Mexico Bowl Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 TNT — Boston at New York million in 2009, when the Yankees won the World Series. At Albuquerque p.m. (ABC) 2:30 p.m. Boston, which missed the playoffs for the second straight Temple 37, Wyoming 15 Gator Bowl ABC — Miami at Dallas season, is the only other team that will have to pay a tax. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. 5 p.m. The Red Sox received a bill for $3.4 million, up from last year’s $1.5 million. At Boise, Idaho Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. ABC — Chicago at L.A. Lakers Ohio 24, Utah State 23 (ESPN2) Season-ending payroll information and the tax was sent to teams and obtained . New Orleans Bowl Rose Bowl Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Belterra Casino Resort & Spa

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The Nationals Peacock and Milone made EARLY another offer but in the are still in the market for a their major league debuts end preferred the prospects “long-term, permanent fit” in Washington sent. center field, Rizzo said. in September, Norris hit 20 “I told everyone I spoke After failing to land free- homers at Double-A Har- to, we’d leverage one team agent pitcher Mark Buehrle, risburg, and the 19-year-old against the other,” Beane who signed with the Mi- Cole went 4-7 with a 4.04 ADVERTISING said. “We were giving up a ami Marlins, the Nationals ERA at Class-A Hagerstown. pitcher, and the ability to ac- “stepped up our efforts” to “To acquire a player like quire three very good major improve their rotation, Rizzo (Gonzalez), you need to give league prospects who were said, which led to trade talks up some painful players in pitchers swung it for us.” with the A’s. return, and we’ve done just DEADLINES The 26-year-old Gonzalez Beane is in rebuilding that, four players that are went 16-12 last season a ca- mode, having previously near and dear to our hearts reer high for wins with a 3.12 dealt starter Trevor Cahill because we drafted them,” ERA in 32 starts and was to Arizona to stockpile more Rizzo said. Hornets sign Mexican forward Gustavo Ayon To advertise in WESTWEGO, La. (AP) for the newly-acquired cality of the players and the — The Hornets signed for- player. athleticism,” Ayon said. ward Gustavo Ayon on Fri- “It’s going to take time,” Said Williams, “I think he the classifi eds on day, beefing up the team’s Duran said for Ayon. “Ob- can do a number of things interior three days before viously it’s a big change but we don’t know if he the regular season begins. for him. It’s going to take a can do against this caliber December 24th, Coach Monty Williams, period of adaptation to the of player. That’s what we’re however, isn’t sure ex- league, to the culture, to ev- anxious to see.” actly what the 6-foot-10, erything. Once he’s settled, For now, the Hornets 25th, 26th, or 27th 245-pound player from eventually he’s going to try are set at center with Chris Mexico will bring from his to improve every day and Kaman (7-0) and Emeka time playing in Spain’s top do the best for the team.” Okafor (6-10) and at power division. Ayon worked out with forward with Carl Landry Ads are due no later than Ayon, 26, will become the Hornets during a June (6-9) and Jason Smith (7- only the third Mexican- free-agent camp and said he 0). born player in NBA his- chose New Orleans because But even before New Or- 5pm, December 21st tory, but because he speaks of the relationship he had leans fell to the Lakers in very little English, Williams built with general manager the first-round of the West- said it might take awhile to Dell Demps over the past ern Conference playoffs, acclimate to league’s lan- few months. Williams said the front of- guage. In 10 games this season fice realized the team need To advertise in “Being real about it, any- with Fuenlabrada in Spain, to bulk up near the basket. time you don’t speak Eng- Ayon averaged 15.9 points “Playing Emeka and Da- lish well, you’re certainly on 65.7 percent shooting to vid (West) high minutes the classifi eds on going to have a problem go with 8.2 rebounds. He last year showed us that with basketball jargon,” earned the league’s MVP we needed some more Williams said. “If I said award for November. beef down low,” Williams three or four things about Williams believes Ayon said. “Dell has addressed Monday, January 2nd our team in our language, to be a versatile player those issues for sure. Now, Trevor (Ariza) and (Jar- who can pass, but because whether or not we can com- rett) Jack know exactly he hasn’t seen him against pete at a high level with the Ads are due no later than what I’m talking about. NBA-caliber players, he’s bigs we have, we’ll have to He may look at me like, unsure how he’ll fit in. wait and see. ‘OK coach.’ I think it’s go- Through Duran, Ayon Ayon joins Horacio Lla- ing to take awhile to start said basketball in Spain mas and current Charlotte 5pm, December 28th to pick up basketball NBA is “rich tactically,” which Bobcat Eduardo Najera language.” stands is different to bas- as the only Mexican-born Ayon’s agent Emilio Du- ketball in the NBA. players in the NBA says it ran agreed, speaking for “In contrast, here the big- might take awhile to accli- and translating to English gest difference is the physi- mate to league’s language. A10

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Sunday, December 25, 2011 A11 NC Senate leader warns city leaders over lawsuits RALEIGH (AP) The leader of area that a municipality wants to be heard by the Legislature to Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo changes “should not be able to the North Carolina Senate has acquire roughly four months to ensure North Carolina taxpayer defended the right of the cities use taxpayer money to receive a warned municipal leaders against turn in enough petitions to block money is not wasted on frivolous to challenge a law they see is un- third or fourth bite at the apple,” “frivolous and abusive legal ma- the annexation. The Legislature and abusive legal maneuvers,” fair. For Berger to “threaten cit- Woodhouse told supporters. neuvers” to challenge North Caro- also suspended involuntary an- Berger, R-Rockingham, wrote in ies for using their constitutional The N.C. League of Munici- lina’s new annexation laws, and nexations in eight cities to give the Dec. 21 letter to league execu- and legal rights like citizens do palities didn’t formally oppose the suggested the General Assembly landowners time to use the new tive director Ellis Hankins. and have in the past I think is bill changing the statewide an- could pass additional legislation method. A lawsuit filed by five of the very unfortunate,” Saffo told the nexation rules this year, but it had to make some current litigation Six of those eight cities Golds- six cities contends the new an- StarNews of Wilmington (http:// fought for years against efforts to moot. boro, Kinston, Lexington, Fay- nexation law can’t be enforced bit.ly/vHi7mb ). “In this country create referenda on involuntary Senate leader Phil Berger, in a etteville, Wilmington and Rocky because it only gives landowners everybody has that right, includ- annexations. It is not a party to letter this week to the North Car- Mount have challenged the laws the right to sign the petitions, not ing municipalities.” the lawsuits. olina League of Municipalities, in court. The mayors of those six all voters in the areas that could Dallas Woodhouse, North League lobbyist Kelli Kukura said the state constitution gives cities were copied on the letter, be acquired. The cities have spent Carolina state director of the said the group respects Berger the Legislature the authority to in which Berger mentioned the time and money to assemble the Americans for Prosperity, which but understands and respects the establish the boundaries of cities Legislature could still consider annexations under the laws before supported annexation changes, decisions the cities that sued had and towns. legislation next spring that would they were changed in June. praised Berger and the Senate to make. Legislators made dramatic simply repeal the suspended an- Berger wrote the compromise for taking “a principled stand “They fully followed the law at changes to forced annexation nexations. Some of the bills al- changes followed lengthy debate that they will not allow stubborn the time of these annexations and rules this year, particularly by ready have passed one chamber. within and out of the General As- mayors to ignore” current laws. had new law applied retroactive- giving property owners in the “If necessary, these matters will sembly. Cities who opposed annexation ly,” Kukura wrote in an an e-mail. NOW OPEN Judge orders oicer rehired in NC trooper case (located at) RALEIGH (AP) A judge er,” Beecher wrote in his responded to the scene. Moss, James Williams, has ordered the reinstate- ruling. “Petitioner shall be Tapes of radio traffic Walter Williams and Parrott Locally Owned & Operated ment of a police major fired reinstated to his position and dispatch calls captured were all fired by the state af- over the failure of officers with Respondent with all Walter William’s request to ter the tapes of the incident (336) 786-4107 under his supervision to ar- back pay and other benefits headquarters that a mes- were aired following a pub- Buy a 100# rest an off-duty state troop- retroactively, as if he had sage be relayed to Moss, lic records request. Cylinder $99.95 er pulled over for drunken never been discharged.” who was asleep at home. _ •Propane Tank Refi lls driving. Beecher also ordered the “Advise him I have a Follow AP writer Mi- Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri – 8 to 5 • Wed & Sat - 8 to 12 Butner Public Safety Maj. state to pay Moss’ legal fees trooper stopped,” Walter chael Biesecker at twitter. 814 Forrest Dr. • Mount Airy, NC 27030 Anthony Moss received an from appealing his dismiss- Williams told a dispatcher. com/mbieseck early morning call in April al. “He is a captain with the 2010 that one of his patrol The case now goes to Highway Patrol and he is officers had pulled over the State Personnel Com- extremely 10-55.” a captain with the North mission, which will make But rather than admin- Carolina Highway Patrol the final determination of ister a breathalyzer test to who was described as “ex- whether to hire Moss back. the trooper, the Butner of- Sponsored by Patterson Collins Chevrolet tremely 10-55” the radio Butner Lt. Daniel C. ficers called a tow truck for code used to indicate an in- Parrott pulled over Capt. his Mustang and drove him Log on and vote daily toxicated driver. However, James Williams Jr. of the to a Best Western motel. for your favorite recipe the officers didn’t arrest the N.C. Highway Patrol early The only written docu- trooper, taking him to a ho- on the morning of April ment filed about the traffic in each category. tel instead. 3, 2010, in a Ford Mus- stop provided by the state- In his ruling, Adminis- tang convertible observed run Butner police agency trative Law Judge Beecher weaving across lanes on did not list the trooper’s R. Gray overturned Moss’ Interstate 85. Parrott name and says the traffic firing for “unacceptable called for backup and stop was resolved “without personal conduct” because Capt. Walter B. Williams report.” Vote Now! the state failed to prove he mtairynews.com ordered the officers under One grand prize winner plus one fi rst place winner in each category his supervision not to arrest the trooper. Breakfast | Main Course | Appetizer | Dessert Beecher ordered the state-run public safety agency to give Moss his job back and pay his lost wag- Merry Christmas es, according to his order signed Nov. 22. From Everyone at Patterson-Collins “Respondent did not meet its burden of show- (336) 789-9011 ing, by a preponderance of 2300 Rockford Street evidence, that it had just cause to dismiss Petition- Mount Airy, NC www.collinschevrolet.com Mass. woman says TSA coniscated frosted cupcake PEABODY, Mass. (AP) A woman who just flew back home from Las Vegas says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a security risk. Rebecca Hains said the Transportation Security Administration agent at McCarran International Airport took her cupcake Wednesday, telling her its frosting was enough like a gel to violate TSA restric- tions on allowing liquids and gels onto flights to prevent them from being used as explosives. “I just thought this was terrible logic,” Hains said Friday. Hains, who lives in Pea- body, just north of Boston, said the agent didn’t seem concerned that the cupcake could actually be explosive, just that it fit some bureau- cratic definition about what was prohibited. She said he even offered to let her eat it away from the airport security area. Hains, a 35-year-old communications professor at Salem State University, said she told the agent she had passed through security at Boston’s Logan Internation- al Airport earlier in the week with two cupcakes packaged in jars, gifts from a student. But she said the agent told Dr. Bassiri & Associates, PA her that just meant TSA in Boston didn’t do its job. The TSA, which is en- trusted with protecting the nation’s transportation system, was reviewing the incident, agency spokesman Nico Melendez said. Pas- sengers are allowed to take cakes and cupcakes through checkpoints, he said. Hains ultimately surren- dered the cupcake. But she said the encounter high- lighted a lack of common sense by the agent and the ludicrousness of TSA policies. A12

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The Mount Airy News INSIDE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011 Society ...... B3 Advice ...... B2 LifestylesLifestyles Real Estate ...... B4 TDA hoping mural will spark tourism Dean Palmer Heartland News Service

PILOT MOUNTAIN — With the help of a local artist, the Pilot Mountain Tourism Development Au- thority is looking to add a little artistic lair to the downtown area. Artist Lisa Floyd of Floyd’s Artworks spent a busy weekend working on a mural which will cover the wall alongside the drive and walkway off Main Street, between First Citi- zens Bank and Hair Coun- try Salon. When inished, the painting will cover the entire expanse of the wall measuring 96 feet in length and just more than 11 feet high. According to Floyd, the painting will depict a piece of Pilot Mountain history from the town’s earliest days. Based on a sugges- tion by Pilot Mountain TDA member Chelli Brun- er, Floyd began to develop an idea which would see the image of a train illing the wall. She researched the downtown depot, located near the end of Depot Street, and eventually found two photos. One, taken in 1906, pictures the Depot in its quaint country setting at the edge of the Dean Palmer/Heartland News Service young town. In a history A portion of the wall relects the busy area around Depot Street as it might have been seen in the very early 1900s. provided by the town of Pilot Mountain, the area is referred to as a center of business and social activity during the period. The second photo, taken in 1889, the same year the town was incorporated, shows the train of the At- lantic and Yadkin Railroad which regularly served the depot. Floyd describes the railroad as the irst to carry supplies from northwestern North Carolina to the coast. Floyd combined ele- Dean Palmer/Heartland News Service ments of both photos to Local artist Lisa Floyd spends a busy weekend covering a create an original drawing 96-feet-long downtown wall with an image depicting an impor- which she is now transfer- tant part of early Pilot Mountain history. Floyd hopes to com- ring to the wall. The image plete the mural in the coming week. shows the train emerging from the foothills to pass by the Depot Street community of that era, with Pilot Mountain looming in the background. The project is being undertaken by the Pilot Mountain TDA with the support of the town’s board of commissioners and the approval of the property’s owner. According to Pilot Mountain TDA President Brandon McHone, the work is being done in an effort to stimulate tourism while continuing to foster Dean Palmer/Heartland News Service a spirit of community in Local artist Lisa Floyd spends a busy weekend covering a 96-feet-long the town. Dean Palmer/Heartland News Service downtown wall with an image depicting an important part of early Pi- This section of the wall depicts the train of the Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad. The train was a reg- lot Mountain history. Floyd hopes to complete the mural in the coming “It has already taken a ular visitor to the depot during the turn of the century era and a driving force for local economy. lot of people coming to- week. gether to make this hap- coming together and to look forward to seeing it history and highlights.” professionally since 1979 windows for Christmas. pen,” McHone said. “We raise community spirit. We draw people to our town. For Floyd, the wall mural when, at the age of 15, she She has gone on to paint want this to show and appreciate everyone who This is a way of introduc- is a familiar outlet for her began doing business signs signage in hundreds of encourage that feeling of has supported this and we ing visitors to some of our talents. She has painted and decorating restaurant See MURAL | B3

House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, ic- Caine, biography tion ***** Escape by Barbara Delinsky, large print Pre-school Story Hours happen weekly iction at the library. Library assistant Jenny The Sound of Sleighbells by Cindy Wright leads the Wednesday story times, Woodsmall, large print iction with the 2 year olds at 9:30 a.m., and the 3 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Blessings of the Heart by Jane McBride year olds at 10:30 a.m. Assistant Librarian from the staff at the library! The library Choate, large print iction Tommie Smith leads the 4- and 5-year-olds will be closed through Monday, Dec. 26, Never Far From Home by Mary Ellis, at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays. These events in observance of the Christmas holiday. large print iction are free, and open to the public. We will re-open on Tuesday, Dec. 27, with Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah, ***** our regular hours. large print iction On Tuesdays, and now Fridays, as well, Following is a list of titles recently re- The Thorn by Beverly Lewis, large print we gather at the library for Tai Chi at 10 ceived at the Mount Airy Public Library iction a.m. Join instructor Brack Llewellyn as he that are available for checkout: Autumn’s Promise by Shelley Sheppard leads us in a Tai Chi class for everyone, but The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates, especially for those with conditions, such iction Gray, large print iction Winter’s Awakening by Shelley Shep- as arthritis, that limit mobility. Those who The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, attend should wear comfortable clothes iction pard Gray, large print iction American Uprising by Daniel Rasmus- that do not limit movement. Fridays addi- Dollhouse by Kourtney Kardashian, ic- tional class will be a DVD review of Tues- tion sen, non-iction Destiny of the Republic by Candice Mil- day’s class. Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell, iction ***** Vigilante by Stephen J. Cannell, iction lard, non-iction What Your Child Needs to Know About Wii Wednesdays have sign-ups to play Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander beginning at 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday at McCall Smith, iction Sex, and When by Dr. Fred Kaeser, non- iction the library. In order to play the Wii games, The Next Always by Nora Roberts, ic- players will have to have a library card in tion The Complete Credit Repair Kit by Brette Sember, non-iction good standing. Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton, ic- ***** tion Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean, biography James Madison by Richard Brookhiser, The library has an afterschool program Twice Loved by Lori Copeland, iction on Wednesdays at 4 p.m., called “The World War Z by Max Brooks, iction biography Water’s Edge by Robert Whitlow, iction The Elephant to Hollywood by Michael See BOOK | B3 C2 B2A Sunday, new December 25, 2011 versionThe Mount of Airy News, Mount an Airy, N.C. old classicwww.mtairynews.com Dear Readers: A Merry ally decreased ( $ 5 1 9 . 9 6 ) , milking ($58, still at mini- birds ($519.96), three geese-a-laying ($162), ive Christmas to one and all. 13.3 per- three French mum wage), seven swans- French hens ($150), two gold rings ($645), four Here’s an interesting take cent), three hens ($150), a-swimming ($6,300), six turtle doves ($125), and calling birds ($519.96), on the following well- French hens two tur- geese-a-laying ($162), ive a partridge in a pear tree three French hens ($150), known song, igures cour- ($150), two tle doves gold rings ($645), four ($184.99). two turtle doves ($125), tesy of the PNC Christmas turtle doves ($125), and calling birds ($519.96), On the eleventh day of and a partridge in a pear Price Index: ($125), and a partridge three French hens ($150), Christmas my true love tree ($184.99). “The Twelve Days of a partridge in a pear tree two turtle doves ($125), gave to me, eleven pip- The total cost of Christmas” in a pear tree ($184.99), and a partridge in a pear ers piping ($2,427.60, these gifts would be On the irst day of ($184.99). 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Floyd Oleman and Edna McKinnon Sexton 60th anniversary Floyd Oleman and Edna McKinnon Sexton, Sexton Kernersville, Steve and Susan Sexton of Mount Airy and Road, Mount Airy, celebrated their 60th wedding an- Mark and Sherri Sexton of Pinnacle. They have seven niversary Dec. 24. They will observe the occasion with grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. their family after the irst of 2012. Hosts will be their Mr. Sexton owned Kim-Mark Hosiery Inc., and is now children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. retired. Mrs. Sexton is a homemaker. Their children are Wayne and Shirley Sexton Peele of They were married on Dec. 24, 1951.

Margot Hillard Childs and Mural William Paul Stanley From Page B1 mercial murals while in the the Pilot Mountain TDA to compliment Floyd and area and probably an equal with the question of how discuss the local history windows for numerous fast number of residential mu- the arts could be utilized represented. Childs - Stanley food restaurants through- rals. to promote tourism. She Floyd hopes to have the Mr. and Mrs. J. Mabon search Triangle Park. out the southeastern Unit- Another well known soon put them in touch mural completed, weather Childs Jr. of Raleigh an- Will is a 2008 graduate ed States. In recent years, area mural is an effort for with representatives of permitting, in the next nounce the engagement of North Carolina State she has worked primarily the Winston-Salem Rescue Lake Placid, Fla. The small few days. She estimated of their daughter, Margot University, a 2009 gradu- for Wendy’s and McDon- Mission, depicting images town, similar in many re- the overall effort will take Hilliard, to William Paul ate of Meredith College’s alds. from the ministry’s his- spects to Pilot Mountain, some 20 to 25 hours. Stanley, son of Mr. and Paralegal Degree Program With the help of her hus- tory and efforts. Located has become known for According to McHone, Mrs. Randel Stanley of Pi- and is employed as a para- band and children, Floyd at Seventh Avenue and the more than 40 murals the Pilot Mountain TDA lot Mountain. legal at Brown Law, LLP also has developed a repu- Cherry Street, the mural scattered throughout the is hoping the mural will Margot is a 2007 gradu- in Raleigh. tation for both commercial extends for two city blocks town. According to Floyd, be the irst of several to ate of Meredith College An April 14, 2012, wed- and residential murals and and stretches the commu- the paintings attract thou- eventually be completed in and is employed as an IRB ding is planned at The Pa- faux inish projects. nity’s Avenue of the Arts sands of visitors to Lake downtown Pilot Mountain, administrator at Coper- vilions at the Angus Barn “It usually starts with district. Placid each year. The town with each depicting history nicus Group IRB in Re- in Raleigh. me doing a sign,” she ex- After having previously also has served to advise and/or themes important plained. “But then I let resided in King, the Floyds small towns across the to the town. them know what I can do returned to the area by United States on how to “This is good for our and they begin to get a vi- moving to Pilot Mountain utilize murals to promote town,” McHone said. “It sion to do more.” some two years ago. tourism. sparks a lot of interest and The family spent seven “This time,” Lisa Floyd After research, the Pilot stimulates pride in our Western NC residents years in the Smith Moun- noted with a smile, “we’re Mountain TDA decided community. We’re lucky to tain Lake area of Virginia, here to stay.” to pursue having Floyd have the Floyds living here where they developed a Floyd has completed sev- complete the current mu- and we’re glad to be able snap up locally grown food reputation for their work eral area projects including ral. The project already to use a local artist. She is with murals. Lisa Floyd ASHEVILLE, (AP) It’s pretty simple: When it comes to multiple paintings at the is drawing attention, really talented and this is a local food sales, mountain consumers pony up the cash. estimated that the family Armield Civic Center. with residents coming by good way to draw attention completed some 20 com- The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project has She was approached by throughout the weekend to our town.” released estimates that Western North Carolina consumers bought $62 million worth of local food in 2010. That’s Book a four-fold increase since ASAP started its “Appalachian Grown” certiication and branding program in 2007. From Page B1 are free of charge. Join us! will last about an hour each older teens and adults. You “We are way ahead of the rest of the country when it There is no meeting in De- time, and is free. Call An- are welcome to bring sodas comes to supporting local farms,” said Charlie Jackson, the Weekly Reader.: Each week cember. We meet next on gela at the library with any with you when we gather we will use the children’s sustainable agriculture project’s executive director. Nation- Monday, Jan. 23. questions, 789-5108. for the movie, we provide ally, buyers bought $5 billion worth of locally-produced magazine Weekly Reader ***** ***** popcorn as a snack. as a lesson for the week. food last year. The Winston-Salem Ur- Due to unforeseen cir- ***** Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project also re- The class will be free, will ban League offers basic cumstances with one of the The Creative Writing leased results of a survey on local food buying habits that last about 30 minutes, and computer classes for se- performers, the library has workshop for middle school it conducted this spring in nine counties in the Asheville is open to kids in Kinder- niors here at our library. to cancel the performance students through adults will garten through third grade. The Digital Inclusion Proj- of actress Barbara Bates be held on Monday, Jan. area. It found: Free! The talk this week ect offers one hour of class Smith and her dramatic 23, at 6 p.m. The class is One-third of area consumers spend more than 20 percent will be about clouds. time from 9 a.m.-12 a.m. on presentation of “Deck the free and will be led by SCC of their overall monthly food bill on locally grown items. ***** Tuesday, Wednesday, and Halls with Southern Writ- instructor Sarah Wright. More than 80 percent of respondents choose local food Game Night continues Thursdays each week. The ers”, with musical accom- Bring a notebook and pen- because those purchases help support local farms and con- at the library on Thursday program is designed to get paniment by Jeff Sebens, on cil with you to class. tribute to the local economy. nights, beginning at 6 p.m. seniors, age 55 or older, Thursday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. ***** Seventy-seven percent said local food is a “somewhat” or The library provides cards online! Call the library for We regret having to cancel Brush Up Your Shake- “very important” consideration in choosing a grocerystore, and board games for those details, 789-5108. this event, and apologize speare! Beginning in and 64 percent viewed it as “somewhat” or “very impor- who would like to play. ***** for any inconvenience. January 2012, on the last tant” when choosing a restaurant. New players are always The Imagine That! Sto- ***** Tuesday of each month at More than 55 percent mentioned Ingles as their grocery welcome! rytellers meet at the library The Travelogue for the 6:30 p.m, we will gather to store of choice for locally grown food. ***** every irst Tuesday of the month of January is on Co- discuss the works of Wil- Having Ingles, with some 200 stores in its chain, head- Every Thursday night is month at 6:30 p.m. They lumbia, South America, and liam Shakespeare, and the quartered in Black Mountain, and organic supermarket Pajama Story Time at the meet next on Tuesday, Jan. will take place at the library discussion will be led by chain Earth Fare based in Asheville, is a huge plus for local library for children aged 3. Any who are interested on Monday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. Heather Elliott. The class farmers like Michael Porterield. pre-K through third grade. in storytelling are invited to Never been? Then come is free and open to anyone He and his business partner, Alan Rose, started New Kids may come dressed in attend, and tell stories, or hear details of the area. who would like to know Sprout Organic Farms this year, an operation that leases their pj’s and bring their fa- just listen. The workshop is Already been? Come share more about the works of 50 acres of farmland in Buncombe County and another 150 vorite cuddle toys. We’ll tell free, and open to the public. remembrances with us! The The Bard of Avon. in Henderson and other mountain counties. They sell to bedtime stories, do some ***** discussion is free! The library hours of op- Ingles, Earth Fare, Greenlife and several local food co-ops. relaxing exercises, and par- The library will be closed ***** eration are: Sales this year hit the $500,000 mark. ticipate in activities that on Monday, Jan. 2, in ober- The Picture Books Book Monday through Thurs- “We would deinitely like that to quadruple or more, and pertain to the story. Free! vance of the New Year Club meet at the library on day: 8:30 a.m. till 8 p.m. I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t,” Porterield said. ***** holiday. We will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m., Friday: 8:30 a.m. till 5 “Asheville is really kind of a unique place for the natural Book Chats is an informal Tuesday, Jan. 3, with our to watch the movie of the p.m. foods industry, in part because you’ve got a lot of natural book club that meets at the regular hours. book The Princess Bride, Saturday: 10 a.m. till 1 foods type companies based out of here, and there’s a tradi- library every fourth Mon- ***** by William Goldman. The p.m. tion here of small family farms.” day at 1 p.m. We gather at Every Tuesday in January book will be available for Phone = 789-5108, and Ingles Markets Chief Financial Oficer Ron Freeman said the library to discuss books the library will be having a checkout at the front desk ind us on Facebook under the chain strives to get as much local food as possible in its that everyone is currently Young Actors Workshop for in the weeks prior to watch- “Friends of the Mount Airy 203 stores and has “substantially increased” such sales in reading. These discussions kids aged between 8 and 18. ing the movie. The book Public Library”. all its stores. are open to the public, and The class will begin at 4pm, club is free, and open to The library- Check It Out! “All through our market area we like to work with groups like ASAP and individual growers,” Freeman said. “If we can reliably obtain local products at a competitive price, Land transfers we’re going to buy because it’s a win-win-win between the In recording deeds, the state of Ollise B. Grifith, $724. than Carlos Bueno Romero and Deya- grower, customer and Ingles.” North Carolina does not require that • Sunny B. Jones and Sunny M. nira Rivas Castillo, $76. The local food market also has boomed because of the the amount paid for property be stat- Barnes, one lot in Shoals, to Steve J. • E. Dean Bray III, 19.39 AC in mountains’ nearly ideal growing climate and a thriving ed on the deed. However, a tax stamp Jones, Sr., $36. Mount Airy, to 561 Hay Street LLC, restaurant scene, with many restaurateurs promoting local at the rate of $2 per $1,000 valuation • Tonia S. Beamer, .2035 AC Lot $0. products as a drawing card. of fraction thereof is afixed to each 25 PB 1 157 in Elkin, to Maria Aguilar • Laphine F. Brown, Tract One Throw in a bustling tailgate market some 65 in the moun- deed. Delourdes Galicia, $48. 3.05 AC & Tract Two 4 2/10 AC, to tains are operational throughout the growing season and • Bank of the Carolinas, 4.35 AC • Rhonda V. Bedsaul, Lot 3 Wind- Lesa Edwards, $164. it’s a perfect environment. in Shoals, to Ralph R. Grifith, Jr. and gate Subdivision in Dobson, to Jona- The 23-county mountain region has some 12,000 growers. “We are also fortunate enough to have an inlux of new Building permits farmers coming into the region and starting out farming and some who have transitioned into new ideas after the The Surry County Inspection De- Road, Mount Airy, Valuation $2,400 ting Co. Inc., 1546 Carter Street, tobacco buyout,” said Maggie Cramer, communications co- partment issued the following build- • Interior Renovation to Spencers Mount Airy, Valuation $25,362 ordinator at ASAP, which released its estimates last week. ing permits the past week: Inc., 238 Willow Street, Mount Airy, • Finish New House to Virgil “We are just really rich with farmers who are are innovative • Stick Built Storage Building to Valuation $10,000 J. Goodwin, 287 Eleanor Avenue, and trying new things, and offering a great deal of products Michael Lee Harrell, 286 Farmbrook • Metal Building to Ballston Knit- Mount Airy, Valuation $2,000 to consumers.” www.mtairynews.com C4

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SUnDAY, Home tips ...... B4 DeceMBer 25, 2011 Gardening ...... B4 RealReal EstateEstate Decorating ...... B4 Moving irm study: People going south, west Jim Salter the nation’s largest moving parts of the Northeast and those trends that have been institutions and others use (55.6 percent). Associated Press company are any indication, Midwest. around for many years may United’s data for planning But the trend of migra- the South and West are get- But the study by subur- be slowly changing. and analysis, he said. tion to the West seems to ST. LOUIS (AP) — If mi- ting more crowded and peo- ban St. Louis-based United United Van Lines has For 2011, United tracked be slowing because several been tracking moving 113,916 interstate moves states with high inbound gration trends tracked by ple are moving away from Van Lines also indicates trends since 1977. Its study from Jan. 1 through Dec. 9. numbers over the past de- released to The Associated For the fourth year in a row, cade are now relatively sta- Press on Wednesday looked Washington, D.C., had the ble, Walter said. Homestead Realty at all moves that involved highest percentage of in- Illinois and New Jersey either going to or leaving a bound moves, 62.2 percent. tied for the largest out- 135 MOORE AVENUE, DOWNTOWN MOUNT AIRY • (336)789-1655 state or the District of Co- Other top inbound states bound migration, with 60.5 View All Listings On Web At: www.homesteadmountairy.com lumbia. were in the South — North percent of moves involving • www.bobbiecollins.com • Email: [email protected] The study over the years Carolina (60.6 percent those states heading out. has accurately reflected mi- of moves were inbound), The study looks only at gration trends in the U.S., Arkansas (55.4 percent), numbers of moves and does NEW LISTING said Carl Walter, vice presi- South Carolina and Texas not seek to determine why dent of United Van Lines. (both 55 percent) — and people are moving to or The data is so accurate that in the West — Oregon away from any particular real estate firms, financial (60.6 percent) and Nevada states, Walter said.

4021 Hatchers Chappel Rd - Very nice bungalow on 1.8 acres with lake in front of house. One large bed room with jetted tub, one bath 626358 - 4678 Friends Mission Rd - Large brick home in country 629694 - 724 Depot St. - Two bedroom cottage on 1.55 acres. with separate shower, living room, dining room and kitchen. Perfect setting with great views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 4 bedrooms, 2 There are two houses on this lot. One is considered to be used for house for the weekend getaway place or for a permenant home. Great full, 2 & half baths, 1.89 ac. brocker owned...... $250,000. storage only ...... $45,000. county and mountain scenery ...... $68,900.

609890- 1048 PARNELL MTN. DR.- Beautiful home with lots of 608912 - 236 SPRING CREEK TRAIL - Beautiful brick home privacy. Home has 2 bdrms and 2 baths with tiled walk-in showers. Lg ready to move in. Immaculate condition, with hardwood ﬂ oors 622718 - 171 SPRING HILL COURT - Beautiful modular home great room with soap stone wood stove. Kit. bar separates the kitchen through out main level. New sun room off Living area, 3. Br. 2.5 in excellent condition. Home has LR, den, dining, 3 bed, 2 bath, from the living room and kit. has black granite countertops. Large baths,upper level has ofﬁ ce, den & large bonus room(or make nice garage, granite countertops, and so much more. Must see! Call for wrap around deck with hot tub. Laundry room/Mudrm has separate shower. Home has 1.1 acre with more acreage avail. Potential short media room, exercise room), full basement, workshop area,plumbed your appointment today...... $185,000 sale...... $179,900 for bath, front porch - A must see...... $299,900

623161- 273 GRAVELY-Nice home recently remodeled with new carpet, new windows,new interior paint,new refrigerator and stove, 101-103 BITTING - Recently updated DUPLEX with New Vi- and roof is almost new. Owner has a quote of $5000. and another nyl Siding, New Windows, N. Roof, N. EBB, N. Interior Paint and 195 LOUISE AVE - Awesome brick ranch home in great neighbor- for $6000 for new heat pump installed and will allow $5500 for the B.Vanities. Each unit has 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath. Currently rented for hood. Has 3 bedrooms, 1 and ½ bath, hardwood ﬂ oors, heat pump , installation ...... $68,000 $400/m per unit $800/m Total...... $58,950 1 car carport and so much more. Make your appt today! ...... $93,900 Why Rent When You Can Buy

622480 - 509 KYLE ST. - Revitalized home with new 355 HADLEY - Nice three bedroom one bath home in con- roof, vinyl, carpet, windows, doors, and all repairs venient location. New Vinyl siding,New Windows, Hardwood Floors,New interior paint, Updated Kitchen, Gas Heat pump, cen- 612296 - 804 (702) EAST PINE ST. - 4 bedroom, 4 bath home needed to put it in good condition. 3 BED 1 BATH tral air, New vinyl ﬂ oors in bath and kitchen, Currently rented for currently being used as a bed and breakfast. Close to all town ...... $57,200 $500./m...... $65,500 amenities!...... $279,000 LAND LISTING CLAY DAVIS LOTS - 00 CLAY DAVIS RD. Dobson, NC - 1 of 3 lots available. 129 EAST OAKDALE - Building lot just off N.Main St ...... $25,000 This lot has 0.72 ac. House along with 2.37 ac also forsale, just across the street. See MLS# 588126 ...... $11,900 00 McKINNEY RD. - 3.19 Acres - Nice land, currently pastured CLAY DAVIS - 1 of 3 lots available. This lot has 0.72 ac. House along with 2.37 and fenced. Could be a great homesite as well! ...... $38,900 ac also forsale, just across the street. See MLS# 588146 ...... $11,900 CLAY DAVIS - 1 of 3 lots available. This lot has 0.88 ac. House along with 2.37 Bench-Dog holDer ac also forsale, just across the street. See MLS# 588136 ...... $10,500 614755 - 4400 WESTFIELD RD. - Nice 29.92 acre tract, frontage on Westﬁ eld Rd. Has been timbered, creek on property. great for building and small To keep from losing the bench dogs for his Black & Decker Workmate, club member chris 00 DIAMOND ST. - This property is conveniently located close to town and is semi- mini farm ...... $79,900. private. Could be used as multi-family, subdivision or single residence. Call about Quitter of lebanon, ohio, designed this simple storage device. he irst drilled four holes this property today...... $89,900 HILLSIDE LN. LOT #8 - MLS #516195 Acreage .93 Nice wooded lot in gated into a section of scrap 3/4-in. plywood using a 3/4-in. Forstner bit; then he used a ile to NEW LAND LISTING - 624318 - 00 Little Rock Rd. - 9 acres on a low community, Mountain View Estates, beautiful Lowgap. Improvements must be stick lane asphalt road app. 8 miles from downtown Mt. Airy with mountain built residential with no less than 800 sq. Ft. single story or 1200 Sq Ft two story, enlarge the holes to 25/32 in. (chris points out that you could achieve the same results views and creek on back border. Own your own hunting grounds, or build subject to approval by Home Owners Association...... $8,000 your home on your land...... $34,900. with an expansion bit.) next, he notched the corners of the scrap so that it wouldn’t block the factory-bored dog holes once mounted. Finally, he screwed the holder to the under- Bobbie Shelia John K. T. Becky Haley Collins Vernon Collins Garland Holland Cassell side of the bench top using three 1-1/2-in. screws. 374-9063 786-2862 374-0406 Holland 325-8761 429-1630 325-8672

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The Staff of Rogers Realty & Auction Company wishes all a Merry Christmas and NEW LISTING! 629646 1907 INMAN CIRCLE, MT. AIRY Nice 3 BR, 2 BA home in a desirable neighborhood. Finished a Happy New Year! bsmt. offers a great space for an additional den or play- room. Nice in-ground pool and hot tub. Kitchen has been beautifully updated……....$169,900

NEW LISTING! 629996 1440 WILDLIFE RD., MT. AIRY, NC. Located in Stokes County, this adorable 2 bedroom, 1 192 SARAH ST., MT. AIRY. Well maintained brick ranch bath home sits on Big Dan Lake. Amenities include lake, 762 ROUND PEAK CHURCH RD., MT. AIRY. This brick ranch home! 2 BR’s 1.5 BA’s, large living room w/ﬁ replace, swimming pool & club house. What more could you ask home has a gorgeous mountain view, swimming pool and kitchen/dining combo, bonus room/utility, workshop and for?...... $74,500 one level living with over 6.9 acres…………....$209,900 storage building…...... $104,900

623654 166 WESTERN CAROLINA DR., MT. AIRY. Beautiful home in a quiet neighborhood. 3 BR, 1.5 BA brick rancher with great open fl oor plan. Laminate hardwood fl ooring 611670 246 WESTBRIDGE PLACE, MT. AIRY. Cape Cod locat- 301 Westbridge Dr., Mt. Airy. Excellent 3BR/2BA with 2 car throughout, new heat pump in 2008. Nice, cozy back yard ed on 1.7 acres with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths & full basement. garage, hardwood fl oors, & mountain views!...... Only with great deck, custom playground equipment & 2 stor- Come enjoy the yard and the view………...... $158,900 $136,900 age buildings……...... $109,900

623812 733 DEPOT ST., MT. AIRY. Remodeled 4 room vinyl 614110 6540 WESTFIELD RD., WESTFIELD, NC. Over 5 619237 318 WORTH ST., MT. AIRY. Convenient location sided house featuring large chain link fenced lot. 2 BR’s, near Tharrington school with nice backyard. Three bed- acres of land go with this charming home that’s waiting kitchen, dining area, living room w/fp, hard wood ﬂ oors, room cottage with hardwood ﬂ oors, new roof, newly for you! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, front porch! 2 outbuild- basement, new vinyl windows, oil furnace, city utilities, one painted interior and lots of character……...... $54,900 ings……...... $99,500 outbuilding. Very private for a city lot…...... $59,900 Visit us online at: www.mtairynews.com Visit