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Donation to Help Career Academy Move Forward Morgan Wall “The Reynolds American Foun- 2012 in Davidson County A1 LOG ONTO WWW.MTAIRYNEWS.COM FOR ARCHIVE • GAMES • FEATURES • E-EDITION • POLLS & MORE The Mount Airy News Serving Surry County since 1880. INSIDE STORY WEATHER SPORTS ONLINE Victim sufers ‘sig- Partly cloudy Panthers get win Holiday Meals & niicant burns’ in today. High of 59. over Buccaneers Memories contest at outbuilding ire .... A3 Low of 34 ........ A2 .... A6 mtairynews.com 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 volun- teers 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 sup- ply 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 organiza- tions, 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.
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