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Elkin meth lab shut down by policeAnthony Gonzalezstaff writer

An Elkin resident was arrested and charged with allegedly operating a meth lab in a Bridge Street apartment complex.

In a joint effort with the North Carolina State Bu-reau of Investigation and the Yadkin County Sher-iff’s Office, the Elkin Police Department charged Jef-

fery Dewayne Cheek, 35, with manufacturing meth-amphetamine and posses-sion of precursors.

“A search warrant was executed on the subject’s home at 339 N. Bridge St., Apt 5, where parapher-nalia consistent with the manufacturing of metham-phetamine was seized. Mr. Cheek was placed under a $25,000 secured bond and placed in the Surry County

Jail,” said Chief Monroe Wagoner.

The lab was located in the basement apartment, underneath four apart-ments.

“You could smell the fumes,” said a tenant re-siding in the building. “It’s crazy. You have small chil-dren who live here. This guy was cooking in a base-ment, and a fire could’ve happened, let alone the health hazard.”

When asked, property owner Chris Lane of Bridge Street Apartments indicat-

ed that he will take steps to evict Cheek immediately.

Tenants unaware what luked in basement apartment

Jeffery Dewayne Cheek

Jeffery Dewayne Cheek was arrested at 339 Bridge St. where police say he operated a meth lab.

taylor pardue | the elkin tribuneIssues of the Chatham Blanketeer, currently on file at the Elkin Public Library.

‘Blanketeer’ copies wanted for Elkin LibraryStaff Report

Local historian and author Ja-son Couch is donating a “starter” collection of several hundred is-sues of Chatham Blanketeer to the Elkin Historical Collection, which houses historic items for the Elkin Public Library.

Now the library is looking for certian copies from the commu-nity to add to the collection.

Chatham Blanketeer was the newsletter of the Chatham Manu-facturing Company from 1933-1989, recording company events as well as personal ones.

“It talked about the ball teams

that they had, developments in the various departments, and it gave a lot of information about personal milestones like birthdays and how long people had worked at Cha-tham,” said Martha Smith, head li-brarian at the Elkin Public Library.

“Jason has given us this seed col-lection of several hundred copies, and he and I have gone through and we have a list of what we have and what we need,” said Smith.

“I’ve got a place here that we can lock them up so we can keep them here at the library if people want to come look at them,” she said.

Members of the library want to enlarge this collection with the

goal of compiling a complete set of issues. They invite the community members looking for a new home for their Blanketeer copies to call the library if they’re interested in donating them for preservation. Especially needed are the Blanke-teers from the years prior to 1960.

“What we really need are the 1930’s, 1940’s, and 1950’s. The older, the more needy we are for them,” said Smith.

“What people can do is bring what they have and if they want to just give them to us wholesale we’ll take them and see what can fill in an empty spot. Then if they

Who are the best businesses in town?Nathan DiBagnogeneral manager/editor

Who are the best businesses in Elkin? Let the readers decide.

The Tribune is kicking off the voting period for its an-nual Readers’ Choice contest, in which Elkin and Jones-ville residents will have a chance to tell others in the com-munity about the businesses in town they believe are the best.

This year, readers will have a chance to cast their vote both in print and online. To vote online, visit The Tri-bune’s website at www.elkintribune.com and and go to “Local Features – Contests” to click on the “Best of the Best” link. Voters can also go directly to The Tribune’s website and click on the “Best of the Best” button to the right.

Online voting will end at 11:59 p.m. on March 28.To cast a ballot in print, look for the March 8 and March

11 editions of The Tribune for the ballot. The deadline to return print entries is March 21. Copies will not be ac-cepted, and at least half of the ballot needs to be filled out.

Voting is open to anyone who is at least 18 years of age. Voters must first register and log in, and registration is free.

As always, there is no shortage of categories and op-tions.

Categories include “Best Food,” “Best People,” “Best Place to Purchase,” “Best Business” and “Best in Elkin area.” Within those categories are many more options, including “Barbecue” and “Biscuits” under “Best Food” and “Best Accountant” and “Best Teller” under the “Best People” category. These are just a few examples, but there are actually dozens of options.

The winners will be announced in a special section that runs in the April 26 edition of The Tribune.

For more information about the contest, visit The Tri-bune’s website at www.elkintribune.com.

reach nathan dibagno at 835-1513 or ndibagno@civitasmedia.com.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program seeking recruitsTaylor Parduestaff writer

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is a non-profit organization that recruits, places and supports older citizens in Yadkin, Surry, and Davie counties.

Gilda Pruitt is the direc-tor for the three counties. She recently moved offices and is now based out of the Yadkin County Senior Cen-ter next to Lila Swaim Park in Jonesville.

Pruitt said the program’s objective it to “engage per-sons 55 and older in volun-teer service to meet criti-cal community needs and to provide a high quality experience that will enrich the lives of volunteers.”

Pruitt said RSVP met those goals by matching recruited seniors with ser-vice providers whose mis-sions are compatible with the volunteers.

Current projects include: tutoring in the schools, Head Start, senior centers, the Homebound Meals program, food pantries, the library, medical trans-portation for veterans, friendly visitation, knitting for Hospice, and telephone reassurance.

With more than 300 vol-unteers in the tri-county area, the program is able to provide necessary so-cial services to those in the community every day, said Pruitt. She also adds that she could always use

taylor pardue | the elkin tribuneGilda Pruitt is at the Yadkin County Senior Center in Jones-ville, where her new office is located.

Board expected to table changes to county animal ordinanceKeith Strangecivitas news service

DOBSON — In an effort to spur what one county official called “a new chapter” in animal welfare in Surry County, the Board of Com-missioners is expected to table pro-posed changes to the county’s ani-mal ordinance Monday night.

But officials say they will still al-low public comment on the matter, since a public hearing on the pro-posed changes was placed on the agenda.

The action is expected as the board convenes its regularly-sched-uled meeting in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room of the Surry County Government Center in Dobson. The meeting gets under way at 6 p.m.

Shortly after the proposed chang-es came to light, state officials said language proffered in the ordinance change would make it “next to im-possible” for out-of-state animal res-cue groups to secure animals from the shelter for adoption.

The section of the code under consideration related to animal res-cue groups reads as follows:

“Rescue Group: Surry County Animal Control will work with any rescue group or agency approved by the North Carolina Department of

Agriculture, in placing domesticated animals.”

Exceptions to the rule allow the shelter to refuse adoption to per-sons under the age of 18, anyone previously cited under the ordi-nance, and limits the maximum number of animals adopted to the same household to three in any given year.

But if it passed, the ordinance change would likely mean the end of an offer put forward by a New York rescue group, according to Dr. Lee Hunter, direc-tor of the animal welfare division of the state’s Department of Agricul-ture.

Earlier this year, North Shore Animal League Rescue, based in Long Island, N.Y., offered to travel to Surry County and pick up un-wanted animals. The animals would be transported to New York, where they would be placed for adoption.

Hunter, the Department of Agri-culture official, has previously said that requiring all rescue groups to be approved by his department would quash the North Shore offer

because they only in-spect brick-and-mortar facilities — primarily animal shelters — that are located within the state.

And the timing of the code change raised some eyebrows around the county.

The public hearing on the ordinance change was placed on the Surry County Board of Com-missioners agenda for Monday’s meeting, just days before a scheduled meeting between shel-

ter officials and animal advocates. The meeting has been touted as an opportunity for the two sides to sit down and work out their differ-ences.

That meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. on March 7, at the county gov-ernment center in Dobson.

A New BeginningFollowing years of dysfunction be-

tween local rescue groups and shel-ter officials, frustrated county offi-cials say it’s about time for a more amicable relationship between the two sides.

“We’re going to start a new chapter in the animal control issue in Surry County”

— Eddie HarrisChairman

surry county board of commissioners

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“I haven’t been to the apartment yet. I will fol-low paperwork next week to make sure that Cheek is evicted,” said Lane.

Busts of meth labs in North Carolina reached a new high in 2012. State Bureau of Investigation agents responded to 460 meth labs in 2012, com-pared to 344 meth labs in 2011 and 235 labs in 2010. Agents have busted more than 70 labs statewide so far in 2013.

Approximately 73 per-cent of the meth labs busted in North Carolina last year used the “one pot” method, which uses a small amount of pseudo-ephedrine to cook meth in a plastic soda bottle.

Surry County recorded a 400% increase in meth arrests for 2012, SBI re-

cords show.The menacing rise has

gotten the attention of lo-cal lawmaker, State Rep. Sarah Stevens, who co-au-thored a bill that she hopes will stop the surge in meth labs in Surry County.

House Bill 29 would make it a felony for any convicted meth cook to possess products contain-ing pseudoephedrine, found in some cold medi-cines and the key ingredi-ent needed to make the highly addictive illegal drug methamphetamine.

“Criminals who make meth would face more time behind bars and be banned from having the drug’s main ingredient,” said Stevens.

“I also support and seek stiffer sentences for criminals who make meth around children, seniors or the disabled,” she said.

Statewide, 120 children

were removed from homes where meth was being manufactured last year, up from 82 in 2011. So far this year, 14 children have been found living around meth labs. When a children are removed from a meth lab home, their clothing, toys

and other belongings usu-ally have to be destroyed because of the hazardous fumes given off during the cooking process.

Reach Anthony Gonzalez by calling 336-835-1513 or email at agonza-lez@civitasmedia.com.

State Bureau of Investigations officials post a warning for apartment 5 of 339 Bridge St. in Elkin.

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would like the excess back we will give them back to them,” she said.

Smith said the dona-tions would make a very welcome addition to the Library’s collection.

“People are interested in the history of the town and this is an original source.

It has incredible amounts about the people in the 50’s and 60’s and 70’s. It is just a good firsthand source of information that the library does not have.”

Please call Martha Smith at the Elkin Public Library, 336-835-5586, if you are interested in par-ticipating in the project.

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Blanketeer“I’m going to recommend, and I

expect that the board will support, tabling this proposal to allow us more time for public input and dis-cussion,” said Board Chairman Ed-die Harris.

Harris said there has been “quite a bit of back and forth” related to this issue, and the board is seeking input from experts on animal welfare.

“I’m seeking guidance and recom-mendations from Kim Alboum (di-rector of the North Carolina Chap-ter of the Humane Society of the United States),” he said.

The board chair said they want

any changes made to the animal ordinance to have a lasting effect, and hopefully end the animosity be-tween the two groups.

“We’re not going to do anything rash, and I want to ensure that ev-eryone has a say in the ordinance,” he said. “We’re going to start a new chapter in the animal control issue in Surry County.”

Thomas Williams, a spokesman for the county health and nutrition center which oversees shelter op-erations, said the department wel-comes public input.

“We have no problems with the tabling of this issue at this time,” he said. “We want to listen to the

concerns of any citizens who want to help us with this situation, but we want to ensure that we have a good working document at the end of the day.”

In other business, the board is ex-pected to receive an update on ac-tivities at the county’s libraries from John Hedrick, director of the North-western Regional Library system.

Wayne Black, director of the coun-ty’s Department of Social Services, will update the board on potential fraudulent activities by recipients of food stamps.

Reach Keith Strange at kstrange@civitasmedia.com or 719-1929.

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more volunteers.Pruitt said volunteers

can choose where and when to serve. RSVP has a volunteer program special-ist and director who can help select an oppor-tunity that fits c o nve n i e n t l y into the volun-teer’s schedule. She said this al-lows volunteers to get the most out of their ex-perience.

Vo l u n t e e r positions are available to anyone 55 or older, with an emphasis placed on volunteers bringing friends to share in the experience.

“RSVP is a link between the resources of older adults and the need for the community,” Pruitt said. RSVP provides volunteers with technical support, limited insurance cover-age, limited mileage reim-bursement (when funds are available), and recog-nition for their contribu-tions, she said.

Volunteers are given a per-service orientation, on-the-job training from the placement agency or

organization, and supple-ment insurance while on duty, Pruitt added. The insurance overview is Ex-cess Accident Medical In-surance, Excess Automo-bile Liability Insurance,

and Excess Volunteer Li-ability Insur-ance.

Pruitt said that many people never volunteer be-cause they simply were not asked to. She said RSVP was a very impor-tant program and a very re-warding one.

“It’s a pas-sion I’ve got, to serve people. It’s

a passion to know that at the end of the day this job has made a difference in someone’s life who was less fortunate.”

For more information, call Director Gilda Pruitt at 336-526-1087, Surry Program Specialist Shir-ley Nichols at 336-786-6155 ext. 232, or Davie Program Specialist Gloria Womack at 336-753-8270.

To reach Taylor Pardue, call 336-835-1485, or email him at tpardue@civitasmedia.com.

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“RSVP is a link between the resources of older adults and the need for the community.”

— Gilda PruittDirector of RSVP

for Yadkin, Surry, and Davie counties

Obituary

Dr. Harry L. Johnson

Dr. Harry L. Johnson, JR, MD (84) of Salisbury, NC died March 1, 2013.

He was preceded in death by his parents Dr. Harry L. Johnson, SR and Louise Theobald Johnson, a special niece Catherine Qualheim Church, RN and a special granddaughter Alison Marie Medley.

Dr. Johnson is survived by a son, Harry L. “San-dy” Johnson, III and wife Barbara of Hickory, NC, daughters Jane Johnson Medley and husband Ray, Jeane Johnson Lowman, RN and husband David, Susie Johnson Shuping and husband Lynn and Beverly Johnson Raines

and husband Steve all of Rockwell, NC, 10 grand-children and 12 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Phyl-lis Johnson Qualheim, RN of Elkin, NC, niece Marty Qualheim Sparrow and husband David of Raleigh, NC and nephew Dr. Robert E. Qualheim, MD and wife Jan of Boone, NC.

A Memorial Service will be held on Monday March 4th at 11 AM at First Unit-ed Methodist Church in Salisbury, NC. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

A private graveside ser-vice will be held at New Garden Friends Cemetery in Greensboro, NC

In lieu of flowers the family wishes that memori-als be made to Friends of The North Carolina State Veterans Home, PO Box 599, Salisbury, NC 28144, First Methodist Church, 217 S. Church ST Salis-bury, NC 28144 or the charity of their choice.

Carolina Cremation of Salisbury, North Carolina is assisting the Johnson family. Online condolences may be made at www.caro-linacremation.com.

Read Across America Day encourages year-round readingJessica JohnsonStaff Reporter

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read with a child. You’re never too busy, too cool, or too hot, to pick up a book and share what you’ve got.”

This excerpt from the of-ficial Read Across America Day poem from the Nation-al Education Association (NEA), described events that took place this week all across the county, in schools, libraries, muse-ums and individual homes.

March 1 was Read Across America Day, and Dr. Seuss’ birthday is to-day. The NEA launched Read Across America Day 16 years ago. An NEA read-ing task force came up with the idea and paired it with Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which created many opportuni-ties for kids of all ages, as well as adults, to celebrate reading and the birthday of one of the most famous children’s book authors.

Celebration at the Mount Airy Public

LibraryDr. Seuss, who was born

Theodore Geisel, wrote whimsical children’s books that are loved by most ev-eryone, according to Ange-la Llewellyn of the Mount Airy Public Library, who dressed as The Cat in the Hat for yesterday’s library celebration. Dr. Seuss would have been 109 years old this year.

This is the fifth year the Mount Airy Public Library celebrated Read Across America Day, and yester-day’s celebration was at-tended by around 18 chil-dren, along with friends and family members. Sev-eral children were wearing Dr. Seuss hats they created and others were dressed in Dr. Seuss apparel and homemade shirts.

The event began at 10 a.m. with Llewellyn dressed as the Cat in the Hat and reading Dr. Seuss stories to the children. The room was colorfully decorated with Dr. Seuss decorations and a table contained a large selec-tion of his books, most of which were checked out by the kids at the end of the event. There was also a table with Dr. Seuss work-sheets and coloring pages, as well as free Dr. Seuss “I Love Reading” stickers and bookmarks.

Llewellyn read “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham” among other Dr. Seuss books. She made the stories come alive for the children with her enthusiastic reading

and lively commentary and questions. At one point, while showing the children a picture of a special Dr. Se-uss cleaning machine with multiple arms, Llewellyn asked the children, “Would you like to have something like this to clean your house?” A young girl an-swered, “I wish I had one so I could clean my room very fast and then go to the library!”

A variety of refresh-ments, donated by the Mount Airy Junior Wom-an’s Club, were served after story time, as well as a Dr. Seuss-themed cake, donat-ed by Walmart. Llewellyn led the children in singing “Happy Birthday” for Dr. Seuss, then served the cake and read another book while they enjoyed their refreshments.

At the end of the cel-ebration, several children named their favorite Dr. Seuss books:

• Nathan Dowell, age 7: “Go Dog Go”

• Kyson Jenkins, age 5: “10 Apples up on Top”

• Anna Dowell, age 5: “Oh Say Can You Say Di-nosaur”

• Jacob Clough, age 10: “Green Eggs and Ham”

• Gabby Vargas, age 4: “Hop on Pop”

• Faye Vargas, age 1: “Maybe You Should Fly a Jet”

Local schools celebrate Read Across

America DayDobson Elementary

School held a special Book Fair on Thursday, which is similar to a science fair. Students created displays about books and presented them during the book fair.

All elementary schools in the Surry County School district held special cel-ebrations for Read Across America Day.

Mount Airy City Schools’ Tharrington Primary held Read Across America Day

Photos by Jessica Johnson | The NewsKindergarten students in Andrea Creech’s class listen to a story read by special guest Inglis Rowe.

Mount Airy City Manager Barbara Jones reads a Dr. Seuss book to Susan Bond’s first-grade students.

Angela Llewellyn of the Mount Airy Public Library, dressed as Cat in the Hat, leads the students in singing “Happy Birthday” to Dr. Seuss.

throughout the school yes-terday. Special guests were scheduled to read to the children, including Brack Llewellyn and Mount Airy City Manager Barbara Jones.

In Andrea Creech’s kin-dergarten classroom, Inglis Rowe read to the students, who were all wearing spe-cial hats. Later in the day, Creech said the children would enjoy a Dr. Seuss cake.

Susan Bond’s first-grade class was visited by a spe-cial guest, Bond’s sister Barbara Jones, city man-ager of Mount Airy, along with her husband. Jones answered questions from the children about the job of a city manager before reading a Dr. Seuss book.

According to the Nation-al Education Foundation’s Read Across America web-site, more than 3.2 million teachers in this country along with parents and college-level education stu-dents, participate in the event each year. The NEA also provides year-round free resources for parents and teachers, in an effort to encourage reading 365 days each year.

“In schools and commu-nities, let’s gather around, let’s pick up a book, let’s pass it around. There are kids all around you, kids who will need someone to hug, someone to read.”

Reach Jessica Johnson at jessica-johnson@civitasmedia.com or at 719-1933.

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Children’s story time at the Elkin LibraryEvery Friday morning

at 10:15 a.m. Margaret Adam, library assistant at the Elkin Public Li-brary, reads to a group of 2- and 3-year-olds in

the library’s conference room.

At 11:15 a.m., Martha Smith, the head librar-ian, reads to a group of 4- and 5-year-olds.

Known as children’s story hour, the weekly program is free to the public and everyone is welcome.

Photos by Taylor PardueStudents from Elkin United Methodist’s preschool listen to the story hour. The group is com-prised of Kristi Pilkenton’s 3-year-old class and Dorothy Harris’ 4-year-old class. Beth Darnell is the head of the program.

Elkin United Methodist preschoolers listen to story time.

Brenna Myers and her mom listen as Margaret Adam reads to the group.

Elissa Dickerson holds her sister Annabelle.

Children play “dinosaur pokey.”

Annabelle Dickerson smiles for the camera.

Preschoolers work on a crafts project.

Margaret Adam reads a dinosaur book to the excited group.

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Call me anything but late for supper

So how was I going to get out of this fix?

I had gotten a form to fill out on the computer. I don’t remember what I was for; it was a while back.

The computer conveniently had filled in for me my name, Stephen.

Then on the next line it had a blank box for my middle name. Well, Stephen is my middle name.

Don’t you just love it when the computer is too smart for its own good?

The computer would not let me change the name Stephen as my first name. I tried to submit the form with the middle name blank, but the screen flashed in red let-ters, “box must be filled.”

So somewhere out there in cy-ber land is a form listing me as Stephen Stephen Harris. Hopeful-ly when an identity thief strikes, that will be the name he or she gets. I wish I could see the thief’s expression.

I’ve noticed this oddity here in the hometown: a surprising num-ber of people are called by their middle names. I’ve haven’t noticed this so much elsewhere. Has any-body else noticed?

Often I don’t learn a person’s unused first name till I read their obituary. It comes as quite a sur-prise.

For instance, it was in the obitu-aries I learned that cousin Albert was actually John Albert, uncle Raymond was Johnsie Raymond, and cousin Frank was James Frank.

When you see my obituary in this ‘paper, let me warn you ahead of time. My first name is James.

Actually, I’m the fourth gen-eration of James Harris here. But none of us actually used the name James. Grandpa came the closest; he went by Jim.

Years ago on the first day of a physical education course the teaching assistant who was run-ning the class, on soccer, started off by reading the class roll.

“Jim,” he said. Silence. “Jim,” a second time. Silence. “Jim Harris” he said, a third time. Grandpa? I thought. No, he must mean me. “Here,” I finally said.

He continued on down the list of names so fast he didn’t give me a chance to correct him. And I never did. So for one semester in one class I went by the name Jim. Grandpa would’ve been proud.

Years later I ran across one of my old soccer classmates. He had become a dentist in Mor-ganton. We knew each other

only from soccer class.“Jim!” he blurted out first thing.

How did he remember that? I was too embarrassed to explain. So I let it go. So there’s one person in this world who thinks I’m Jim Har-ris.

I’ve never been able to find out much about this notion of being called by the middle name. “Wiki-pedia,” the Internet encyclopedia site, says that only in the U.S. “it is also common for people to use their middle name as the first name.“

I found an Internet website, “March 2011 Birth Club,” on which you may comment on call-ing a baby by the middle name. About half of the respondents complained about it, and half said it’s no big deal.

It’s appropriate to ponder all this as we look ahead to Middle Name Pride Day. I am not making this up. It’s the Friday of the first full week in March.

However, Middle Name Pride Day is for those who are called by their first names and never the middle. Promoters instruct people on this day to show their pride by telling at least three people their middle names.

I have found advantages in us-ing my middle name only.

Whenever I get mail addressed to James I chunk it unopened. I’m confident it’s from someone who does not know me.

Whenever I fill out customer surveys, product registrations or other such marketing-driven head-aches I use James. So when I get those annoying sales calls during dinner that asks for James, I can hang up with no hesitation.

Ditto for those strange enve-lopes with no return address and addressed to James. No one by that name here.

So when you call “The Tribune” to compliment the great Monday columns, be sure to tell them the name Stephen.

When you call to complain use James.

***********Stephen Harris returned home

to live in State Road.

Seat-switching among educators, legislators, a great first step

Ruth SamuelsonRepublican Conference LeaderN.C. House, District 104

Educators from across North Carolina literally put them-selves in the seats of state leg-islators last week, when they came to the Capitol for a series of meetings arranged by House Speaker Thom Tillis.

For a total of six hours of give and take in the state House chamber, superinten-dents, principals and teachers candidly and publicly shared with legislators their thoughts on every major education re-form issue today.

Perhaps the most telling revelation came from Gaston County schools Superinten-dent Reeves McGlohon, who reported that this was the first time in his 43-year career that he had been invited to such a session.

But there were other impor-tant insights as well.

More than one educator ex-pressed concern that a merit

pay system could spark unwant-ed competition among teachers and damage morale at schools. I still believe that merit pay is an essential part of any educa-tion modernization effort. But I do see the value of including overall school performance as a component of a merit pay for-mula, as a way to promote a supportive environment and a sense of camaraderie at every school.

Another educator reported that the school calendar makes it very difficult for our more ambitious high school students to take courses at our community colleges. Our community college system is one of North Carolina’s most valuable resources, and we want everyone who wishes to be able to take full advantage of it. Perhaps we should give our school systems more flex-ibility so that more high school students can benefit.

On the flip side, I was very glad that Speaker Tillis was able to talk directly with these educators about the challenges

that we as legislators face in balancing competing priorities. For example, more money for K through 12 education might mean less for Health and Hu-man Services, which could mean that more children show up for kindergarten unprepared.

These meetings didn’t solve the big challenges our educa-tion system is facing today. Legislators and educators are probably still quite far apart on school choice issues – especial-ly charter schools and tax cred-its for families sending their children to private schools. And, although the opinions of these experienced educators should be highly valued, so should the voices of parents and students.

But this was a great first step.Educators literally sat in our

seats this past week. I can’t prom-ise they’ll agree with everything the legislature does this session, but I can promise that as we make important decisions about our education system, we’ll put ourselves in theirs.

Health booth can’t replace doctor

Matilda Charles

Coming to a Walmart or Sam’s Club near you: a self-ser-vice health booth. SoloHealth Stations are interactive kiosks that could keep you from going to your doctor for proper medi-cal care.

There, I’ve said it. I’m against them.

Here’s how they work: You sit at a machine and answer questions about your lifestyle, what you eat and the health of family members. You get cuffed and have your blood pressure checked. Weigh in and get your eyes checked. Learn your BMI — body mass index. Get advice on vitamins and pain manage-

ment and heartburn. (How con-venient that the machine will even tell you what aisle the vita-mins are on.)

One-stop health monitoring, say those who are responsible for putting these machines in Walmarts.

But is a machine going to no-tice if you’re looking a bit pale? While it’s taking your blood pressure, will it also listen to your heart and notice just the faintest little blip that shouldn’t be there? How do you ask it questions?

And what of privacy? You’ll enter a lot of personal informa-tion into the machine when you sit down for your do-it-yourself health exam. Where does that information go? Down the road, those same machines will be able to assess your diabetes

risk, enroll you in a medical-care policy and who knows what else. There is a proposal to let these machines help you diag-nose whether you have high cholesterol — and even pick up an over-the-counter drug for it.

Make yourself a promise: If you’re tempted to use one of these health kiosks, go ahead, but send the results to your doc-tor. It’s one thing to play with high-tech toys. It’s quite another to turn your health over to an electronic gadget without any human medical intervention.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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MONDAY,MARCH 4, 2013 SportS Matthew Gorry, Sports Writer

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Four local wrestlers place at state tournament

Matthew Gorry | The Elkin TribuneEast Wilkes’ trio of qualifiers - Zack Prevette, Cody Mathis and Zack Faircloth - all placed at the 1A NCHSAA Wrestling State Championships Saturday in Greensboro. Mathis (middle) became the schools’ first state champion.

Matthew GorrySports Writer

GREENSBORO — Four local wrestlers powered their way to the podium this weekend at the 1A and 2A North Carolina High School Athletic As-sociation State Wrestling Championships at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Led by Cody Mathis’ individual title at 152 pounds, East Wilkes’ trio of Mathis, Zack Prevette and Zack Faircloth each placed in their respective bracket, while Forbush’s Storm Long finished fourth to round out the award-winners.

As the second seed from the West, Mathis cruised to the finals with wins over Dixon’s Eric Merritt and Daniel Bromar (Mitchell) to punch his ticket.

In the finals, Mathis battled past Robbinsville’s Joey Cable in overtime, winning a hard-fought 8-6 decision to capture the in-dividual crown, East Wil-kes’ first ever state cham-pion.

Prevette followed suit reaching the championship match at 132 pounds.

The senior knocked off

Jaleel Hitchins (North Rowan) in the opening round before pinning Rob-binsville’s Kade Guffey early in the second round to secure his spot in the finals.

In the title bout, Pre-vette was blanked by Southwest Onslow’s Joby Armenta, the No. 1 seed from the east, 7-0 to cap his high school career with a silver medal.

At 195 pounds, Fair-cloth battled his way to a fourth place finish to give East three place-winners at states.

Faircloth opened his run with a pin of Curtis Jones (Ayden-Grifton) midway through the third period before falling in the semifi-nals to Dixon’s Tyler Hud-son 6-5.

In the consolation bracket, the senior blanked Humberto Mendoza (Pam-lico County) 4-0 to reach the third-place match.

Faircloth hung tough be-fore falling 6-4 to East Sur-ry’s Cody Caskill to secure the fourth-place medal.

Long rounded out the award-winners, wrestling five matches in the tourna-ment, finishing fourth at

126 pounds on the 2A side.The junior opened the

tourney with a surprising 8-3 upset win over Bran-don Britt (Topsail) - the top seed from the east. He followed up the win with a hard-fought 7-5 deci-sion over Andrews-T.W.’s Nicouzi Mitchell to ad-vance to the semifinals.

Long fell 5-2 in the semis to eventual champion Cody Walker from Cuthb-ertson to drop to the con-

solation bracket.In the losers’ bracket,

Long pinned Thomasville’s Louis Depree in the first round to punch his ticket to the finals, setting up a rematch with Mitchell for the bronze medal.

Mitchell got revenge in the finals, edging Long 6-1 to send the junior a fourth-place finish.

Forbush’s Dylan Ed-wards picked up a win in the 195-pound bracket, but

failed to reach the podium. The junior topped East Lincoln’s Trenton Hender-son 3-1 in overtime in the consolation bracket before losing his second match of the day to Bryce Baswell (Piedmont), 12-9,

Starmount’s trio of quali-fiers struggled in the tour-nament, only picking up two combined wins.

Michael Wood recorded a pin of North Pitt’s Brian Staton in the losers’ brack-

et, but lost immediately after for the second time, ending his high school ca-reer.

Garrett Stokes picked up a win at 220, pinning Michael Eubanks (Durham School of the Arts) in just 48 seconds in the consola-tion bracket.

Sergio Sarinana went 0-2 at the tournament in his final matches.

Reach Matthew Gorry at 835-1513 or mgorry@civitasmedia.com.

East Wilkes’ Cody Mathis crowned champ at 152

Elks, Cards kick off season with routsMatthew GorrySports Writer

ELKIN — Defending Mountain Valley Conference champion Elkin opened its 2013 slate in a big way Friday afternoon.

The Buckin’ Elks, coming off a perfect 14-0 season and a league title, routed rival Starmount 9-0 in tennis’ rendition of the Battle of the Bridge in the season opener.

Tyler Macy, Ryan Schell, David Bullins, Ashton Gant and Chad Vestal all won easi-ly, blanking their opponent in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 to power Elkin. Jacob Lyon defeat-ed Jonathan Allison 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 5 match to complete the singles sweep.

In doubles play, Macy and Schell breezed past Starmount’s Ricardo Hernandez and Daniel Stinson 8-0 as Bullins and Vestal blanked Nick Worley and Jordan Roberts in the second match. Gant and Coley Mc-Culloch rounded out doubles play with an 8-2 win over Allison and Josh Tucker.

East Wilkes followed suit with a domi-nating 9-0 victory over Forbush in the sea-son opener.

Greylin Cleary, Levi Barker and Luke Patterson cruised to straight-set sweeps in the match, winning 6-0, 6-0, while Al-vin Sales won 6-0, 6-1. Top-ranked Dillon Shew battled past Forbush’s Alex Sales 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 1 match, while Jeffrey Haynes’ 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 4 complet-ed the singles sweep.

In doubles, Shew/Barker and Haynes/Patterson breezed to a comfortable 8-0 victory, while Cleary and Sales finished

off thet sweep with an 8-2 win in the No. 1 match.

Reach Matthew Gorry at 835-1513 or mgorry@civitas-media.com.

Matthew Gorry | The Elkin TribuneTyler Macy and the Elks knocked off Star-mount 9-0 to kick off the season Friday af-ternoon.

Starmount Kicking Clinic

Starmount will be host-ing the 21st Annual Kick-ing Camp on April 13. In-struction in placekicking, punting and snapping will be provided by Carol A. White (former coach at Georgia Tech and direc-tor of the Auburn Kicking Academy) and a group of North Carolina and Geor-gia players active at colleg-es in the Southeast. This one-day clinic is designed as a supplement to spring football practice and as a means to encourage the development of shared practicing throughout the summer months. The clin-ic will cost $45 for kickers and punters and $40 for snappers. For registra-tion forms or if you have any questions, contact Starmount football coach Scott Johnson at 468-2891 or scott.johnson@yadkin.k12.nc.us.

Spring Baseball Registration

Registration for spring baseball in Elkin has begun in three classifications: kid pitch, T-Ball and machine

pitch and kinder T-Ball. Kid pitch, for kids ages 9-12 as of April 30, 2013, will hold registration until February 16. Cost is $55 for Elkin residents and $80 for non-residents. T-Ball and machine pitch, for kids ages 5-8 as of April 30, 2013, will hold registra-tion until March 22. Cost is $20 for Elkin residents and $40 for non-residents. Kinder T-ball, for kids age 4 as of April 30, 2013, will hold registration un-til March 22. Cost is $15 for Elkin residents and $20 for non-residents. For more information, contact the Elkin Recreation and Parks at 794-6477 or at www.elkinnc.org.

Spring Soccer Registration

Spring soccer regis-tration has kicked off in Elkin. Registration will continue until March 2 for all age groups. Run-and-Kick, for three-year-olds (by December 31, 2012) will cost $15 for Elkin residents and $20 for non-residents. Spring soccer for ages 4-13 (as of July 31, 2012) will cost $30

for Elkin residents and $45 for non-residents. For more information, contact the Elkin Recreation and Parks at 794-6477 or at www.elkinnc.org.

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour

The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour (HJGT) is ex-cited to continue expan-sion within the state of North Carolina that will increase the national ex-posure of all participating players. With over 85 pre-mier events this upcoming season, the elite tour will feature three high quality tournaments in the state of North Carolina. Upcom-ing events the spring of 2013 include: March 2-3: Lochmere, Cary; April 27-28: Lonnie Poole, Raleigh; September 21-22: Fox Den Country Club, Charlotte. For more information about the Hurricane Ju-nior Golf Tour please visit www.HJGT.org, or call the HJGT headquarters toll free at (904)-379-2697 or email info@hjgt.org. Be sure to follow the tour on Twitter, Facebook, You-Tube, and Instagram.

Rams fall in thrilling season openerMatthew GorrySports Writer

BOONVILLE — Starmount opened the 2013 season Friday night with two hard-luck losses to solid 1A squads.

In the season opener against Moun-tain Valley Conference rival West Wil-kes, the Rams let a late lead slip away before falling 9-3 in extra innings. East Surry then held off Starmount 11-8 Saturday in a make-up contest from earlier in the week.

The Blackhawks struck first with an early run without a base hit in the first inning Friday night. Luke Shore and Samuel Stone saved another run in the frame with strong relay throw from center to short to gun down a runner at the plate.

Offensively, the Rams struggled in the blistering cold weather, finally picking up their first hit in the fourth inning.

After Tanner Mathis drew a walk to lead off the frame, Ben Combs blooped a single down the left-field line. Zack Worley followed with a bunt single to third to load the bases with nobody out.

With Stone at the dish, Mathis stole home on a suicide squeeze attempt to tie the game at 1-1. Two batters later, attempting another suicide squeeze, Combs was tagged out coming home as Stone was caught breaking for sec-ond as the Rams failed to capitalize on the runners in scoring position.

The Rams put together another big inning in the fifth playing small ball.

Shore reached first on an infield sin-gle off the pitchers’ leg before stealing second. Sawyer Davis followed with a bunt single to third, advancing to sec-ond on keen base running on the play, setting up Starmount with two run-ners in scoring position and one out.

Caleb West broke through with a single past a diving shortstop, plating two runs to give the Rams a 3-1 edge.

Still clinging to the two-run lead heading to the top-half of the seventh, the Blackhawks finally got to sopho-more Blake Cheek on the mound.

West clawed their way back to tie the game at 3-3 with two outs in the frame, sending the game to extra in-nings.

After 1-2-3 innings in the eighth for both squads, the ‘Hawks exploded for six runs in the ninth to cruise to the 9-3 victory.

Mathis picked up the tough loss, al-lowing just one unearned run in 3.2 in-nings of work, while striking out four. Cheek pitched 4.1 solid innings in his first varsity game, striking out three.

The Rams return to the field Wednesday night in a non-conference tilt with Surry Central before heading to Ashe County Friday night.

Reach Matthew Gorry at 835-1513 or mgorry@civitasmedia.com.

Photos by Matthew Gorry | The Elkin TribuneStarmount’s Tanner Mathis fires a pitch against West Wilkes Friday night in the sea-son opener.

Starmount’s Zack Worley squares to bunt Friday night against West Wilkes.

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Thursdays at 10:15 a.m. Book Babies with Miss Wendy will be at the Elkin Public Library. Featuring stories & songs for you and your baby. The program last for 20-25 minutes. Age 0-24 months and their caregiver.

Children’s Story Hours: The Elkin

Public Library• 10:15 a.m. Fridays is

Story Hour for 2 and 3 year olds.

• 11:15 a.m. Fridays is Story Hour for 4 and 5 year olds.

Thursdays at 10:30, Boonville Community Public Library will have Preschool story time for ages 2-5 year olds. This will consist of stories, songs, and crafts. Call 367-7737.

• 5:30 p.m. Every Third Thursday of every month the Jonesville His-torical Society meets at the History Center. For more information call 428-2160.

March 2Deadline for Registra-

tion for Spring Soccer. Ages 4-13 as of July 31, 2012. Registration at the Elkin Rec Center. Cost $30-Elkin Residents; $45-Non- Residents. Call 336-794-6477.

Registration Deadline for Run and Kick Soc-cer. Age 3 by December 31, 2012. Cost $15-El-kin Residents; $20-Non-Residents. Call 336-794-6477.

March 5Make reservations for

the Celebration and Sup-per Program for the New Hope Pregnancy Care conversion to a medical clinic at Family Life Cen-ter in Yadkinville.

March 8The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Flying High.”

March 9• 6:00 p.m. New Hope

Pregnancy Care will have their annual Banquet and will be celebrating New Hope Pregnancy Care Conversion to a medical clinic, offering limited ultra sound ser-vices. Held in the Family Life Center of Yadkin-ville United Methodist Church. Celebration Sup-per and Program pro-vided. No Charge. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Make reservations by March 5th, Call 336-679-7101 or go to www.newhope@yadtel.net.

• 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Community action/interest group meeting for people who love dogs is being organized. This is to create more options for dogs and people to share their needs and in-terests. The meeting will be at the Elkin Public Li-brary. At Noon until 2:00 a review of the previous

action on a “Proposed Dog Park” with Open discussion will be held. You may join the meeting at any time during the schedule or just contact Pamela Bauman with your input. Check out the “Do you love dogs listing on Whatsupinel-kin web site, or TEXT your question and/or contact info to 614-580-2832 or leave a message at 336-827-0066.

• 12:00 p.m. Destina-tion FFA Cattle Sale at Mt. Airy Stockyards in Mt. Airy. Registered and Commercial Cattle Sale, Breeding Bulls, Angus/Hereford/Charolais/Sim-mental/sim-Angus. Open Heifers, Bred Heifers, Bred Cows, Bred gilts, Feeder Pigs, Breeding Gilts, Cow/Calf Pairs. All commercial cows must be examined SAFE in calf or be nursing a calf. Commercial cows must be sound, less than 8 years old. Contact 336-363-4639 or 276-692-8108.

March 15The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “St. Patrick’s Day.”

March 22The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Easter Morning.”

Deadline Registration for TBall and Machine Pitch Baseball. Ages 5-8 as of April 30, 2013. Registration at the Elkin Rec Center. Cost $20-El-kin Residents; $40-Non-Residents. Call 336-794-6477.

Deadline Registration for Kinder TBall. Age 4 as of April 30, 2013. Registration at the Elkin Rec Center. Cost $15-El-kin Residents; $20-Non-Residents. Call 336-794-6477.

March 29There will be no Story

Hour at the Elkin Li-brary.

March 31•10:00 a.m. Pleasant

Hill Baptist Church in Elkin will have a Com-munity Easter “Son-Rise Celebration” at Elkin High School Dixon Audi-torium. Message by Pas-tor Danny Dodds, special music and a nursery will be provided. Everyone Welcome. www.PHBCEl-kin.com.

April 5There will be no Story

Hour at the Elkin Li-brary.

April 10• 12:00 p.m. - 1:00

p.m. NC Cooperative Ex-tension will have a class ”Coping with Rain” at NC Cooperative Extension in Dobson. To reserve your spot, call 336-401-8025.

April 12The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Hats Off!”

April 19The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Happy Birthday.”

April 20• 9:00 a.m. “Storybook

Character Breakfast” at First United Methodist Church, Elkin. Tickets available at the Elkin Li-brary for $10.00. Free for children under one year old. Children will get to meet beloved characters from favorite storybooks and will have the oppor-tunity to visit with the characters and take home a memento. Proceeds go to benefit the Summer Reading Program. Call 336-835-5586.

April 26The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Sunflower Day.”

April 27• 7:30 a.m. The 3rd

running of the Habitat Hammer,5K Run/Walk through downtown Elkin Kick off. Registration at the picnic shelter at the Rec Center. The free kid’s fun run is at 7:30 a.m. and the race begins at 8a.m.Awards, door prizes, food, and fun for a great cause. All proceeds to go toward homebuild-ing in our community. For more information call 336-526-2277 or visit Upper Yadkin Valley Habitat for Humanity.

May 1• 12:00 p.m. - 1:00

p.m. NC Cooperative Ex-tension will have a class ”Spring into Action-Man-aging Highs & Lows” at The Reeves Community Center-Kids Klub Room, Lower Level. To reserve you spot, call 336-401-8025.

May 3The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Birds of a Feather.”

• 6:00 p.m. Relay For Life For the Surry Foot-hills community (walk for cancer) will be at Elkin High School. The time to register is now! Come out and support a worthy cause. For more information call 276-728-8939 or go to www.relay-forlife.org/surryfoothill-snc.

May 10There will be no Story

Hour at the Elkin Li-brary.

May 17The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Meet Pete the Cat.”

May 24The theme of the chil-

dren’s story hour at the Elkin Library will be “Flower Power.”

June 1212:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

NC Cooperative Exten-sion will have a class ”Decoding Fat: Is it Good or Bad?” at The NC Co-operative Extension in Dobson. To reserve you spot, call 336-401-8025.

Submission guidelines for calendar events:

One-time events may be submitted for place-ment in the calendar at least two weeks prior to the date of the event. Information should in-clude date, time, place, brief description and contact information, if necessary. Calendars are published as space permits and do not run in every issue of the pa-per. If your submission is not showing, it is due to the chronological or-der of the events. Events to be included are at our discretion, and informa-tion is subject to editing. Send events to triedi-tor@civitasmedia.com.

Community CalendarMarch 4-8

•7:00 p.m. 3rd Annual Creation Con-ference at East Side Baptist Church, Mt. Airy. Bring your youth group, church, friend or friends. Everyone is welcome, wanted, and encouraged to attend. This is a free event. Come and learn how the Bible answers tough questions asked by evolutionists. For directions or more information Call 336-648-1802 or 336-428-1421.

March 9•5:30 p.m. Gospel singing by the

“Enon Brothers”, Chicken Stew, Veg-etable Soup and Desserts, Live Auction all for the Relay For Life Fundraiser at Center United Methodist Church, Cen-ter Road, Yadkinville.

•5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.-The Mitchell’s Chapel United Methodist Men will have a Pancake Supper in the church fellow-ship hall. Bingo games will be played following the supper. The church is lo-cated at 2410 Center Road, Boonville, NC.

March 22•5:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.-Clothing and

Toy sale at Center United Methodist Church, 1400 Center Road in Yadkin-ville. Come choose from the HUGE se-lection of items that will be available. For further information on how to be a consignor please call 336-679-8247. ab-bottm@yadtel.net.

March 23•8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.- Clothing and

Toy sale at Center United Methodist Church, 1400 Center Road in Yadkin-ville. Come choose from the HUGE se-lection of items that will be available. For further information on how to be a consignor please call 336-679-8247 or

abbottm@yadtel.net.

March 24-27•7:00 p.m. Mountain view Baptist

Church Of Hamptonville, will hold Spring Revival Services. Guest Speaker will be Brother Glenn Sellers, Pastor of Center View Baptist Church in Maiden. Everyone is welcome. Call Church Of-fice 336-468-8199.

March 31•10:00 a.m. Pleasant Hill Baptist

Church in Elkin will have a Community Easter “Son-Rise Celebration” at Elkin High School Dixon Auditorium. Mes-sage by Pastor Danny Dodds, special music and a nursery will be provided. Everyone Welcome. www.PHBCElkin.com.

April 20•5:00 p.m. Choir practice begins

for “This Generation For Christ” King James Version Youth Revival at Shoaly Branch Baptist Church, Elkin. Service starts at 6:00 p.m. For more informa-tion you may contact Pastor Keith Blankley or call 957-2553.

Submission guidelines for calendar events:

One-time events may be submitted for placement in the calendar at least two weeks prior to the date of the event. Information should include date, time, place, brief description and contact infor-mation, if necessary. Calendars are pub-lished as space permits and do not run in every issue of the paper. If your sub-mission is not showing, it is due to the chronological order of the events. Events to be included are at our discretion, and information is subject to editing. Send events to trieditor@civitasmedia.com.

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