Chick-Il-A Owner/Operator's Recipe Is 'Simple'
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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 Surry County’s Most Showers early then State champions Busy? Check us Wanted .... A2 scattered storms today. received rings .... out online at High 88. Low 70. ..... A2 A6 mtairynews.com Vol. 132, Issue 224 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 $1.50 Sunday Chick-il-A owner/operator’s recipe is ‘simple’ Tom Joyce front entrance area, each officials of both the city Cathy said he backs “the Staf reporter hard at work on a laptop government and Greater biblical definition of the computer. Mount Airy Chamber of family unit,” a marriage It is Friday morning, and Another person is pacing Commerce. An apprecia- between one man and one the new Chick-fil-A restau- around the kitchen section, tion for its chicken sand- woman. He also believes rant on Rockford Street in a man wearing shorts and wich and other menu items gay marriage invites “God’s Mount Airy is a blur of ac- a Mount Airy Bears T-shirt is the main motivating fac- judgment on our nation.” tivity even though it won’t who turns out to be Chad tor, they say. Those comments led open for nearly two more Tidd, the owner-operator However, the mention of to a public outcry on both weeks. of the local Chick-fil-A. He Chick-fil-A has meant more sides — including protest- Workers are sprucing up is being visited by a county than just food this summer ers who urged boycotts and around the already well- health inspector who’s mak- — with a major contro- gay “kiss-ins” at Chick-fil-A manicured exterior of the ing sure everything is ready versy cooked up as well. It locations, and supporters sparkling 4,500-square-foot to go for the restaurant’s started with the company’s who purposely patronized structure, and inside a local opening on Sept. 13. CEO, Dan Cathy, taking a the restaurant to reinforce cleaning crew is applying Businesses have come public stand against gay what they considered cloths to various surfaces. and gone on the local din- marriage, although the res- Cathy’s right to free speech. Four young men, part of a ing scene over the years, taurant chain already was However, Chad Tidd is team assisting in launch- Tom Joyce | The News but few arrivals have been well-known for promoting not concerned with those Owner/operator Chad Tidd stands in front of the new Chick- ing the new restaurant, are as eagerly anticipated as what it considers Christian seated in what will be its il-A restaurant on Rockford Street in Mount Airy, for which Chick-fil-A, according to values. See RECIPE | A12 grand-opening festivities are scheduled on Sept. 13. Virginia man killed in N.C. 89 wreck Tom Joyce Staff Reporter LOWGAP — A Virginia man was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle roll-over accident on N.C. 89 at Lowgap, according to a Surry County emergency official. The name of the wreck victim, who was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, was not immediately released due to authorities having to no- tify his next of kin. The driver is thought to be about 49 years old and was from the Galax area. Saturday night’s incident marked the third traffic fa- tality in Surry County this Labor Day weekend. Surry Emergency Services Director John Shelton said the latest accident occurred about 7:45 p.m. near the intersection of N.C. 89 and Lumber Plant Road at the former Lowgap Elementary School. “It looks like a high rate of speed” was involved, Shelton said of the wreck. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, which turned over and ended up in the parking lot of Photos by Tom Joyce | The News Fair-goers take advantage of the inal day of the event Saturday. See WRECK | A3 Fair attendance doubles Schools rising Tom Joyce Staf reporter If the annual Surry County Agricultur- to meet challenges al Fair seemed more crowded this year, that’s because it was, according to an of- ficial of the event. City, county oicials say transition “I would say we are about double last to Common Core going smoothly year,” Fair Manager Michael Thorpe said regarding attendance. As of Sat- Keith Strange urday afternoon, up to 15,000 people Staf reporter had ventured to the event, not counting numbers for the usual Saturday night County and city school officials say this year’s transition throng that climaxes its final day. to the new Common Core/Essential Standards curriculum, Friday night attendance was especially while still in its infancy, is changing the way students are heavy. taught and evaluated. “Last night, they had the biggest And they note that while such a drastic change is daunt- crowd they’ve had in I don’t know how ing, both teachers and students appear to be rising to the long,” Rawley King said Saturday while challenge. sitting under a tent giving out political Officials with the state Department of Public Instruction posters. “Seven or eight, I’d say.” mandated the change to the new curriculum starting this King, a military veteran, is familiar Safa Choudry, left, and her sister Urwa, who came from High Point, play school year. with the fair due to leadership roles with the stare-down game with a rooster Saturday during the annual Surry The new curriculum was put in place to focus education County Agricultural Fair. Organizers hope to increase its farming-related on better preparing students to live in the Information Age. See FAIR | A13 exhibits next year. It is designed to be much more rigorous and force stu- See SCHOOLS | A3 ‘Trikes’ making presence known over weekend Tom Joyce Veterans Memorial Park on Staff Reporter West Lebanon Street has been home base for trikers from vari- If a scientist undertook some ous states, but they did venture bizarre experiment that in- out on occasion, including for volved mating a car with a mo- a Saturday morning parade torcycle, the likely result would through downtown Mount Airy be a “trike.” to show off their conveyances. Though no men wearing “Coming out of the park, we white lab coats and carrying had 44,” said Tim Nine, who test tubes have been spotted spearheads the annual gath- around Mount Airy this holi- ering of trikers from various day weekend, that hasn’t been states through his role as North the case for the unusual three- Carolina director of the group wheel vehicles known as trikes. Brothers of the Third Wheel. They have been drawing plen- And no two of the trikes were ty of double-takes all around alike. While some resembled town, due to their dual person- familiar-looking cars, only alities that tend to make the un- with one of the customary four orthodox rides resemble both wheels missing, others had the cars and bikes — or at least the look of chopper motorcycles Tom Joyce | The News something in between. — with one more wheel than Participants in the National Trike-In held in Mount Airy ride their three-wheel vehicles through the downtown area Saturday during a parade. All this has resulted from the normal. National Trike-In being sched- Some people who knew of the uled here for the first time, af- plans for the parade took up event stopped what they were and three children of Westfield, was the first word that emerged ter an East Coast version of the strategic positions along North doing to watch. Pa., who happened to be pass- from Schoonover’s mouth to de- event was held in Mount Airy Main Street Saturday, while That latter category included ing through Mount Airy and the past two years. others who were unaware of the Ken Schoonover and his wife noticed the parade. “Unique” See TRIKES | A2 A2 A2 Sunday, September 2, 2012 The Mount Airy News, Mount Airy, N.C. www.mtairynews.com Arrests Westield, was arrested and • On Aug. 25, Jonathan The Surry County Sheriff’s charged with larceny and ob- Gray Kirkman, 31, of Old Office has reported the follow- taining property under false Lowgap Road in Mount Airy, ing arrests: pretenses. He was booked into reported the theft of two Rot- • On Aug. 23, Joseph Lee the Surry County Jail under a weillers valued at $1,000. Duncan, 39, of Badgett Avenue $5,000 bond. • On Aug. 25, Ronald Nel- in Mount Airy, was arrested son Poole, 41, of Spurlin Lane and charged with being a fugi- Incidents in Lowgap, reported the theft tive from justice in Virginia. The following incidents are of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo val- He was booked into the Surry under investigation by the Sur- ued at $1,500. County Jail under a $10,000 ry County Sheriff’s Office: • On Aug. 25, James Thom- bond. • On Aug. 26, James Doug- as Brim, 60, of South Franklin • On Aug. 23, Donna Carole las Hayes, 38, of Deerield Road in Mount Airy, reported Harris, 45, of Fancy Gap Road Lane in Mount Airy, reported the vandalism of a 2000 Jeep in Mount Airy, was arrested the larceny of a gas grill valued Grand Cherokee. The dam- and charged with one count of at $150 from his property. aged was valued at $500. obtaining property under false • On Aug. 25, Melissa • On Aug. 25, Avery Ellis pretenses. She was booked into Sue Rakes, 32, of Rick Road Cox, 53, of Ararat Road in the Surry County Jail under a in Mount Airy, reported the Ararat, reported the theft of William Brock Ely Richard Wesley Grubb Sr.