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First Distinguished Eagle Scout Award given in ElkinJessica Pickensstaff writerjpickens@heartlandpublications.com

A new award created by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) honored Fred Jordan on Scout Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recognizes Eagle Scouts on a state, re-gional and local level. There is an award that celebrates Scouts on a national level

but this one was created to recognize Scouts on a smaller scale, said the Old Hickory Council historian, Ken Badgett.

“I was quite surprised and I think you always have a strong feeling of unwor-thiness when you receive an award,” said Reverend Fred Jordan, the recipient of the award. “I very much appre-ciate it.”

Winners of the award go through a nomination pro-cess, and 2011 was the first year Scouts could be nomi-

nated. Jordan was nomi-nated by Dr. Jim Harrell, Sr., one of the oldest Eagle Scouts in the area. Harrell became an Eagle Scout in 1938.

“Fred Jordan got the high-est Boy Scout award, and it is the first award presented in the United States,” Har-rell said. “In fact the medal-lion he received is the first one created to see if they wanted to make that style.”

Jordan did not know he was going to receive the award on Scout Sun-day when he was invited to preach at United First Methodist Church of Elkin.

“I was surprised. All I

tribune/photo submitted by ken badgettSteve Wilburn, Fred Norman, Jim Harrell Sr., Fred Jordan, Zach Jordan and David Jordan. Fred Jordan was awarded the Disting-ished Eagle Scout Award on Scout Sunday. Fred Norman and Jim Harrell are two of the first Eagle Scouts in the area.

tribune/photo submitted by ken badgettScout Sunday on Feb. 12 at First United Methodist in Elkin.

Grant will help enhance downtown appearanceJessica Pickensstaff writerjpickens@heartlandpublications.com

Downtown is getting a facelift.A Façade Improvement Grant has been

created for downtown business owners to improve the physical appearance of their businesses, said Main Street and Com-munity Manager Theresa Knops, who presented the grant at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting.

“The grant is designed to get Main Street into top physical shape,” Knops

said. “We want to create an appealing atmosphere for shoppers, visitors and downtown workers.”

The grant will cover improvements to façade improvements, exterior painting of previously painted surfaces, cleaning as a part of an overall improvement, masonry repair, repair to the original architectural design, sign improvements and landscap-ing just to name a few, Knops said.

Business owners can receive grants af-ter completing an application process.

“Any tenant or property owner in the

Elkin Main Street Municipal Service Dis-trict is eligible to apply,” Knops said.

The minimum amount for a project will be $400 and the maximum amount for a project is $2,000, Knops said. There is a 50 percent reimbursement match for the grant.

“This program will help preserve the unique historical character of Downtown Elkin, North Carolina,” she said.

For more information, please contact Knops at 336.835.9857 or tlknops@el-kinnc.org.

Tribune Tribute: Fred JordanJessica Pickensstaff writerjpickens@heartlandpublications.com

Fred Jordan was a Boy Scout before he was old enough to be a Cub Scout.

“I remember the first year Eisenhower ran for president in 1952, and the Boy Scouts were giving out medallions for the campaign,” Jordan said. “My dad was a Scout leader, and I tagged along and helped him with that.”

Originally from Salisbury, Jordan has been part of the Boy Scouts for 50 years. He went through Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts and worked at summer camps. He was once involved at Exploring on a regional and na-tional level and is currently the chairman of the Laurel Boy Scout Distract, as well as from 1990 to 1996.

“Scouting molded my life. My father was my first Cubmaster. A Boy Scout Camp was my first employer. The Eagle rank is some-thing I have always cherished. The simple values of the Scout oath and law form the core of my personal ethic,” he said. “I am thankful that Scouting taught me to be pre-pared and to do a good turn daily.”

Now the district superintendent of the

North Wilkesboro District of Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, Jordan first got his call-ing into ministry while he was in a teen-ager.

“I felt a call into ministry while I was in high school; about the same time I was in Scouting,” he said. “I had a time of spiritual awakening that moved into college and got a degree in religion and philosophy.”

Jordan’s ministry has taken him in sever-al directions, from large churches in Char-lotte and Brevard to smaller congregations in Elkin. It has also taken him abroad.

“I went to study in Scotland since all of my schooling had been in North Carolina. I thought it would be good to get out and see the see a different parts of the world. It was a real-life expanding experience for someone in his early 1920s,” Jordan said. “We speak the same language, but it was really a culturally challenging thing to be somewhere that didn’t celebrate the Fourth of July or watch American television.”

While in Scotland, Jordan had the op-portunity to pastor a large congregation. The senior minister fell down a set of stairs

tribune/photo submitted by ken badgettFred Jordan, grandson Zach and son David Jordan on Scout Sunday after Jordan was presented the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

Elkin’s first bridal showcase is SaturdayJessica Pickensstaff writerjpickens@heartlandpublications.com

Dancing, wine tasting, massages and cake cuttings can all be found at Saturday’s Bridal Showcase at the Fairfield Inn.

After wanting to attend a bridal showcase for several years, Spring Lail and Laura Earn-hardt-Auman decided to create their own.

“We were wanting to be a part of a wedding showcase like the expo in Winston-Salem,” said Lail, wedding showcase coordinator and owner of Detail Designs. “The vendor fee was way too much, and so decided to do our own.”

Door prizes will be given away at the show-

case, including a $100 gift card to All Star Rentals, a free bridal portrait session with photography Julian Charles, and a free bottle of wine and accessories from Slightly Askew Winery.

“The idea is to bring in attention to the re-gion. Even if a business is not participating, this will help stimulate the economy of the area by bringing people into the community,” Earnhardt-Auman said. “This will also open up relationships between vendors and let them explore ways to market with each other and be more successful.”

Elkin’s first bridal showcase will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Fair-field Inn. For more information visit http://idoweddingshowcase.webstarts.com/.

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on Christmas Eve and was seriously injured with a broken leg. From Decem-ber to May, Jordan was the preacher for the church.

“I was the pastor of a 1,400 member church in a foreign country. That was exciting,” he said. “The church worked out pulpit exchanges so I was preach-ing all over the city; that will be a never-to-be-forgot-ten experience.”

Jordan and his fam-ily have moved all over the state to preach at Method-ist churches. He first came to Elkin in 1996. In 2007, the bishop called Jordan and promoted him to his current position of district superintendent located in North Wilkesboro. Howev-er, he and his family decid-ed to settle again in Elkin.

“I was given a housing al-lowance and told we could live anywhere, so we are liv-ing in Elkin,” he said. “Two of our boys graduated from

Elkin High School, and the town reminds me of Salis-bury when I grew up there. I enjoy Elkin and the people who live here.”

Jordan’s Boy Scout ex-periences still play a large part in his life. Last Sunday, he was awarded with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, an award that rec-ognizes Scouts on the local, state or regional level who have demonstrated out-standing achievement.

Jordan said 52 years ear-lier on the same day, he re-ceived his Eagle Award.

“Scouting taught me the value of hard work. That you don’t receive something without earn-ing it and things aren’t just given to you,” Jordan said. “It pushes you to achieve and put forward the effort. That’s important for kids to learn. It also gave me a sol-id set of values. I have not always lived up to its high standard, but I have always had a high standard to live up to. That’s an important

to me.”Name: Fred JordanAge: 66Occupation: District su-

perintendent of the North Wilkesboro District of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church

Number of years on the job: Five years in June

Favorite food: Italian food, steak and baked po-tato

Favorite pastime: Back-packing

Family: three children and six grandchildren

Pets: dachshund named Elkie

Awards and Special Achievements: Outstand-ing Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America

Residence: ElkinBorn: SalsiburyInteresting Facts: Lives

to travelChurch: Go to about 93

churches to visit and super-vise services. My wife goes to Elkin First Methodist

Sports: Duke

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knew was that they had asked me to preach and wear my uniform,” Jordan said. “I didn’t even notice that the chief Scout was in the congregation.”

Ironically the title of Jordan’s sermon was “The Winner Is” focusing on text that gives images of athlet-ics such as winning races.

Jordan received the award from the BSA’s Old Hickory Council for his life-long involvement in Scout-ing that began in 1952.

“He has been a worker in

the Scout movement ever since he became an Eagle Scout,” Harrell said. “Every church where he has been the minister, he has started a Scout troop and worked with them. The award is for his tremendous amount of accomplishments in his ministry, scouting and civic work.”

Jordan’s family was pres-ent when he received the award including his wife Katherine, and their son and Eagle Scout, David, and daughter, Margaret, and grandchildren. Jordan’s son and Eagle Scout Robert

was unable to attend be-cause of military service in Korea.

Also present was Scout Executive of the Old Hick-ory Council Steve Wilburn who presented the award to Jordan.

“The thing that really made it special was in 1960 the chief scout of executive of the Uwharrie Council presented me the Eagle Award on Scout Sunday,” Jordan said. “Here 52 years later on Scout Sunday, the chief executive presented this award.”

EagleFrom Page 1

Josh ArmstrongStaff Reporter

DOBSON — Potential candidates for county of-fices may now file the pa-perwork needed to run.

Monday at noon marked the official start of the fil-ing season. Already the majority of incumbents have filed for re-election.

Paul Johnson, county commissioner for the East District, was the first can-didate to file on Monday.

“I’ve always heard that if you file the first day, if there is anybody else thinking about running, that sort of makes them think twice,” said John-son. “But it wouldn’t af-fect me either way.”

Commissioner Jimmy Miller of the Mount Airy District likewise filed on Monday.

“It’s been a policy of mine to file early every time I’ve ran,” he ex-plained. “I want people to

know early enough, yes, I want to run and contrib-ute to the county.”

Clark Goings of the county board of educa-tion, Fifth District, filed on Tuesday. “I don’t want to wait until the last min-ute to do anything,” he said. “Doesn’t make any difference what it is.”

Other incumbents who already have filed include Don W. East of the N.C. Senate, 30th District; Sarah Stevens of the N.C. House of Representatives, 90th District, and Regis-ter Carolyn Comer.

According to Stevens, early registration shows commitment to serving the public.

“It doesn’t leave people wondering and question-ing,” she explained. “It reassures the public that you are definitely inter-ested in running again.

“I think sometimes the longer you wait, the more people question whether

you want to do it.”Comer agreed with that

sentiment. “The last two times I’ve filed, I’ve said, ‘I’ll be there at the start of it,’” she said. “It is my job, and I will fight for it.”

Only one incumbent has not filed: Michele Hunter of the Surry Board of Edu-cation, First District, who could not be reached for comment.

Thus far, no new can-didates have emerged among the race. However, there are still 11 days for that to change.

In addition to a notice of candidacy, individuals must open a campaign fi-nance committee via the Surry County Board of Elections. The forms of-ten take about 20 to 25 minutes to complete.

Afterward, individu-als filing more than the $1,000 threshold will be required to deliver consis-tent financial reports to the board. The ones who

file less than the $1,000 mark, however, will have to keep track of their own money they raise and spend.

Fees for filing vary among the positions. Can-didates among state offic-es must pay $207, where-as those vying for county partisan offices must pay $75 — except for the Reg-ister of Deeds position, a full-time role carrying a fee of $484. As for the Surry Board of Education, the fee is $5.

“Typically, the first and last day is when we get the majority of our filing,” said Director Susan Jar-rell of the Board of Elec-tions.

Individuals wishing to run have from now until Feb. 29 at noon, when the filing period will con-clude.

Reach Josh Armstrong at 719-1921 or arm-

strong@heartlandpubli-cations.com.

County incumbents officially file for re-election

Individuals wishing to run for county offices may now file the necessary paperwork. Already the majority of incumbents have filed. They include Commissioner Jimmy Miller, top left, Regis-ter of Deeds Carolyn Comer, Commissioner Paul Johnson, N.C. Sen. Don East, bottom left, N.C. Rep. Sarah Stevens and the Surry County Board of Education’s Clark Goings.

Spring is here and it’s time to think about your garden again. This year, as you cultivate your thriving plot, think about ways to get your whole family involved in garden-ing — which makes for a great fresh air activity.

Not only is gardening a terrific way to spend time with your kids, but it also regularly gets them outside and away from their TVs and computers. Here are some tips to get your little couch potatoes growing potatoes instead:

TeachKids are never too

young to learn how plants grow and where their food comes from. In fact, grow-ing a garden is an ideal hands-on lesson in life sci-ence, ecology and nutri-tion, and is a lot more fun than simply hitting the books. However, some of the concepts of gardening may be difficult for young-er kids to grasp. Fun age-appropriate learning activities and ideas can be found online, at such websites as MiracleGro.com/kids .

GrowGiving your kids their

very own gardening proj-ects will help motivate them to cultivate their green thumbs.

A gardening set de-signed with kids in mind is a great way to get them started. For example, Miracle-Gro Kids offers a variety of flower and veg-etable gardening sets that provide an optimal envi-

ronment for growth, and an opportunity to watch plants progress both in-doors and outdoors. Be sure to invest in age-ap-propriate tools for your children to use, so they can dig in the soil and wa-ter the plants right along-side you.

HarvestNow it’s time to enjoy

the fruits of your labor, literally. Once your plants are ready for harvest, work with your kids to find great-tasting recipes they will love, incorporat-ing the foods grown by you. From vegetable pizza to salad to fruit smooth-ies, the nutritious meals you plan and make togeth-er will be extra satisfying when you know the ingre-dients came from your own backyard.

EnjoyYou’ve worked hard

pruning, weeding and watering your plants, and now, you have a bloom-ing garden to show for it. Don’t forget to teach your children the importance of appreciating the beauty of nature. Take a break to sit back, relax and enjoy your garden, as you con-template what crops and flowers to include the fol-lowing year.

Cultivating your garden and watching it grow need not be a solitary activity this spring. By getting your children involved in the process, you will teach them valuable skills they can use for the rest of their lives.

Tips to get kids gardening this spring

Josh ArmstrongHeartland Publications

DOBSON — Surry Cen-tral’s Ivey Johnson has signed a letter of intent to play softball for the Surry Community College.

“Ivey has been a solid player for us,” said Eagle Coach Glenn Craddock. “She’s got the basics down and has a hard work ethic on and off the field.” He said that she “gets it done” between the lines and in the classroom with a high grade

point average.Craddock explained last

season’s stats don’t tell the entire story of Johnson’s ef-forts because she was out roughly half the season after a hand injury.

He characterized the catcher as a natural leader and “a joy to coach.”

“I look for her to have a really big year this year,” said Craddock. Johnson had previously won numerous awards while on the Eagle JV squad and last year was her first year on varsity. In

her sophomore year she served on both squads.

Craddock said that John-son’s recovery went well and that she is primed for success going into her final season.

“She’s got that momentum back,” he predicted. “We started practice Monday and she’s ready. She’s step-ping up.” He said Johnson played an important part in the team’s 2A state playoff run last year. The Eagles fin-ished eighth in the state in 2AA softball last year.

“Ivey had a big part in that coming back into the lineup,” added Craddock. In her absence, third baseman Brittany Myers was forced into duty behind the plate.

Johnson plans to study pediatric radiology begin-ning with two years at SCC. The senior has tentatively planned to further her studies at UNC-Greenboro.

“She can do it,” said Craddock, noting the dif-ficulty of medical studies. “She’s intelligent and I wish her the best.”

Ivey Johnson signs with Lady Knights

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There will be a spaghetti supper at the Traphill Fire Dept on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m.

All proceeds will go to the Roby Wiles, Jr. family who lost their home to a fire.

The ladies at Traphill Bap-tist Church are having a pinto bean supper in the fellowship hall on Saturday, Feb 18 be-ginning at 4 PM. Proceeds will go to the ladies mission fund.

There will be a Chicken Q and bake sale at Traphill Bap-tist Church fellowship hall on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help with the medical expenses of Lo-rie Reavis. Masonic Lodge personnel will be cooking the chicken. Plates will be $6.

The men at Old Roaring River Baptist Church cooked and served a Sweetheart Banquet for the ladies last

Saturday night. I hear they had wonderful meal and fel-lowship.

New books available at the Traphill Branch Library include “Moonlight in the Morning” By Jude Deveraux, “Private” by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro, “How to beat the bully without even trying” by Scott Starkey, “Suppose You Meet a Dino-saur (A first book of man-ners) by Judy Sierra, and “When Strawberries Bloom”, “Big Decisions” by “Running Around (and such)” all by Linda Byler.

You have another month to buy your raffle tickets for a chance to win a copy of “Log Cabin Families of Stone Mountain, North Carolina” by Hardin & Virginia Royall, sponsored by the Friends of Traphill Branch Library. The winning ticket will be drawn

on Mar 17. The library will be celebrating their fourth anniversary in the current building that day with a heri-tage day. Tickets are avail-able at the library, at Traphill Grocery, and Traphill Tan & Tone.

Get well wishes go to Mrs Robertson who taught school at Traphill Elementary School for several years before going to the North Middle School to teach. She will be having back surgery this week.

Happy birthday wishes go to Faye Brown & Jesse Miles on Feb. 13, Eva W. Barker, Nancy Riggsbee & Cameron Bell on Feb. 14, Jim Johnson on Feb. 15, Jordan Fender & Wendy S. Gant on Feb. 16, and Jamey Cranford on Feb 18.

Happy anniversary wishes go to William & Carol Sparks Faircloth who celebrate their

19th anniversary on Feb. 14.Fay Harris reports that

Traphill had a low tempera-ture of 18 degrees on Feb. 12 and a high temperature of 56 degrees on Feb. 7. There was .3 inch of rain and a few snow showers during the week of Feb. 6-12.

Stone Mountain News

William and Courtney Bauguess announce the birth of their daughter, Camdyn Reece Bauguess. She was born on Dec, 7, 2011, at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. She weighed 3 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 16 inches long.

The proud grandparents are David and Robin Cox of Hamptonville, Fred and Anita Mastin of Ronda and Billy Baugess of Ronda.

Lucas’ great-grandparents are Ethelene Holman of Jones-ville, Betty Cox of Mount Airy and Mozelle Woodruff of Roaring River.

Camdyn Reece Bauguess born Dec. 7, 2011

STATEPOINT CROSS-WORDTHEME: THE OSCARSACROSS1. Type of eclipse6. *1941’s “How Green ___ My Valley”9. Drink too much13. Being of service14. Gilligan’s home15. Chicago’s ORD16. Smelling _____, pl.17. In the past18. Type of beam, also an acronym19. *Best Picture nomi-nee set in Jackson, MS21. “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” showpiece, e.g.23. Accused by some of breaking up The Beatles24. Obama to Harvard Law School, e.g.25. Bud or chum

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64. Wavelike patterned silk65. Make imperfect67. Home to BYU68. Curving outward69. “___ to Joy”70. Pivoted about a ful-crum71. It usually contains the altar in a church72. Women’s organiza-tion73. Rub outDOWN1. A deadly sin2. Beehive State3. World’s longest river4. Even though, arch.5. Wish ill6. Smack or sock7. Leo month8. It has no back and no arms9. Bangkok inhabitant

10. Kiln for drying hops11. The hunted12. “Ever” to a poet15. *He played Cold War spy20. Grommets, e.g.22. Milk ___, popular at the movies24. Coroner’s perfor-mance25. *Place of Woody’s midnight magic26. Unaccompanied27. Used for washing29. Often spread in the classroom31. Beaten by walkers32. Imposter33. *Best Actress win-ner in “Tootsie”34. “Crocodile Rock” performer36. Augmented38. Foolish person

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Keith StrangeHeartland Publications

Make plans now to at-tend the 18th annual per-formance of one of the most watched arts events in Sur-ry County.

This year’s Surry County Honors Chorus will present its annual concert Tues-day at 7 p.m. The concert will be held at Elkin High School’s Dixon Auditorium.

The Honors Chorus is made up of students select-ed from six middle and five high schools in Surry Coun-ty, Elkin and Mount Airy.

For the past month, about 300 choral students have been preparing numer-ous pieces of music from

around the world that will be presented in the hour-long concert.

The event is open to the public, and admission is $5 for adults and $3 for chil-dren. Proceeds from the performance will be used to help fund future events and a scholarship fund, accord-ing to Debby Diamont, cho-rus director at North Surry High School.

“One of the highlights of this yearly event is the opportunity students have to be exposed to some rig-orous music of different styles, genres and cultures as well as an exciting re-hearsal experience with outstanding guest conduc-tors and accompanists,” she

said.This year, the group will

be assisted in the perfor-mance by Dr. Tony McNeill and Melanie Rector.

McNeill is a graduate of Appalachian State Univer-sity and serves as a guest lecturer in choral music at the school. In addition, he conducts the university’s jazz vocal ensemble, men’s glee club and gospel choir.

Rector is the choral di-rector at Lexington Middle School and serves as mem-ber-at-large of the North Carolina Summer Choral Institute at Warren Wilson College.

Serving as accompanists for this year’s performance are Amy Johnson, organ-

ist and director of music at First United Methodist Church of Elkin; and Wilson Smith of Pilot Mountain, a piano/organ teacher, church director and organist.

Schools participating in this year’s concert are Elkin Middle School, El-kin High School, Mount Airy High School, Mount Airy Middle School, Surry Central High School and Central Middle School, Gentry Middle School, Meadowview Middle School, North Surry High School, East Surry High School and Pilot Mountain Middle School.

Reach Keith Strange at kstrange@heartlandpubli-

cations.com or 719-1929.

Surry County Honors Chorus sets annual concert

Keith Strange/Heartland PublicationsStudents from six middle and five high schools have been rehearsing for weeks to prepare for this year’s Surry County Honors Chorus. The event gets under way at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Elkin High School’s Dixon Auditorium.

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(StatePoint) Thanks to modern technology, more Americans are able to work from home than ever before. According to the latest Amer-ican Time Use Survey, 24 percent of employed persons do some or all of their work at home.

If you’re joining their ranks — whether full-time or part-time — there are sev-eral things you should know about working efficiently and effectively from home.

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John Hood

Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Bev-erly Perdue’s veto last summer? Liberal activ-ists predicted economic disaster. By failing to extend a sales-tax increase, and by balancing the state’s General Fund with budget savings rather than tax increases, the General Assembly had supposedly damaged North Carolina’s job market by shoving tens of thousands of workers into unemployment.

For the first couple of months after the new budget went into effect in July, Democratic poli-ticians and their allies scoured the monthly jobs reports looking for evidence consistent with their dire predictions. They highlighted every statistic that appeared to confirm their Keynes-ian hypothesis, while disregarding the idea that smaller government might actually have eco-nomic benefits of its own.

Haven’t heard much about this lately, have you? That’s because the employment numbers have become politically inconvenient.

From June 2011 to December 2011, North Carolina experienced net job creation. During the same six-month period in 2010, 2009, and 2008, North Carolina experienced net job loss-es. It doesn’t matter whether you look at the raw data or the seasonally adjusted. Here are the raw numbers: 11,100 jobs created during the last six months of 2011, vs. 3,400 jobs lost during the same period in 2010, 26,500 jobs lost in 2009, and 69,700 jobs lost in 2008.

Now, conservatives who support the legis-lature’s policy shouldn’t get carried away with themselves and commit the same error the lib-erals did. They shouldn’t try to attribute all of the monthly changes in North Carolina employ-ment to changes in state spending and taxes. There are many other factors in play here – na-tional and international trends, weather, and other policy variables such as monetary growth and regulation.

It is also too early to draw firm conclusions, or to celebrate victory. North Carolina is still down hundreds of thousands of jobs from its 2007 peak of 4.2 million jobs (again, using the raw data rather than the seasonally adjusted fig-ure).

My point is simply that if North Carolina’s

economy had performed as poorly in 2011 as it did in 2010, Democrats, liberal activists, and more than a few editorial writers in our state would currently be blaming the GOP’s tight budget for dampening demand and eliminating too many tax-funded jobs. Now that it is evident North Carolina employment was up in 2011, af-ter declining during past years, the Left is ob-serving radio silence on the matter. This is no accident.

Rather than indulge in the usual partisan grandstanding, might I suggest that everyone see this as a learning opportunity. Here are some lessons worth absorbing:

• Look before you leap. Grabbing one or two months’ worth of data and making sweeping pronouncements may be politically tempting, but it’s a temptation you’d be wise to resist. There is a worse option than saying nothing – saying something that will look dumb in hindsight .

• Look for what is initially unseen. It may be easy to identify the individuals ad-versely affected by, for example, reducing the size of government agencies. But what of the individuals who will benefit from lower taxes that allow them to keep more of their own money to spend or invest?

The 19th century French economist Fred-eric Bastiat’s observation remains all too true: “There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one,” he wrote. “The bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be fore -seen.

“Yet this difference is tremendous; for it almost always happens that when the im-mediate consequence is favorable, the later consequences are disastrous, and vice ver-sa. Whence it follows that the bad econo -mist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.”

North Carolina’s new fiscal restraint is not solely responsible for our recent , slight improvement in employment. But it likely helped a bit . And the apocalyptic claims of the Left proved baseless.

What happened to the jobs debate?

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Why I chose Newt over Santorum

In 2008 — when my wife, Gena, and I were on the cam-paign trail backing former Arkansas Gov. Mike Hucka-bee for president — former Sen. Rick Santorum of Penn-sylvania was fight-ing to get former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney elect-ed. (Visit http://bit.ly/zEIaPw to hear how Santorum pas-sionately endorsed and elevated Mitt in his bid for the Oval Office.)

Just three years ago, in his inter-view with radio host and conserva-tive commentator Laura Ingraham, Santorum also emphatically told millions of listening Americans, “If you’re a conservative … if you’re a Republican … there is only one place to go right now, and that’s Mitt Rom-ney.”

Why an alleged conservative would fight for the flip-flopping Massachusetts moderate on the presidential campaign trail — espe-cially in light of the fact that Hucka-bee and even McCain were run-ning then, both of whom had much clearer conservative records — I will never know.

Even Santorum now admits that Romney “bragged he’s even more liberal than Ted Kennedy on social issues.”

So the question that keeps coming to my mind now is this: How can the “alternative to Romney” also be a Romney supporter?

Though I commend Santorum for some of his stands since leav-ing Congress — for example, his opposing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the stimulus, the Fannie-Freddie bailout and the auto bailout — I have a slew of problems with what he did while serving in the U.S. Senate from 1995-2007.

Here are the reasons — as noted by the Club for Growth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, SCHotline and other watchdog and news sources — that Gena and I gave our endorse-ment to Newt and not to Santorum:

—Santorum was a serial earmark-er — requesting billions of dollars during his time in the Senate and not reversing his position on ear-marks until 2010, when he was out of Congress.

—Santorum voted to raise the na-tional debt ceiling five times.

—Santorum voted for the 2005 highway bill that included thousands of wasteful earmarks, including the “bridge to nowhere.”

—Santorum voted for the Do-minican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, which removed duties on textile and apparel goods traded among participating nations, resulting in nearly all textile compa-nies leaving the South.

—Santorum voted for the Sar-banes-Oxley Act of 2002 (though he now says he would repeal it), which imposed job-killing federal regula-tions on businesses.

—Santorum voted against the National Right to Work Act of 1995, which would have repealed provi-sions of federal law that require em-ployees to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment.

—Santorum voted for taxes in the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act.

—Santorum voted for the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, which raised the minimum wage, al-lowed punitive damages for injury or illness to be taxed, allowed damages for emotional distress to be taxed, and repealed the diesel fuel tax re-bate to purchasers of diesel-powered cars and light trucks.

—Santorum voted to confirm President Bill Clinton’s nomination of Alan Greenspan to be chairman of the Federal Reserve System for a fourth four-year term.

—Santorum voted for the Medi-care outpatient prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, though he’s critical of it now. It was the larg-est expansion of entitlement spend-

ing since President Lyndon Johnson’s administration, and it costs taxpayers more than $60 billion a year and has almost $16 trillion in unfunded liabilities.

—Santorum voted in 1997 to support the Lautenberg gun ban, “which stripped law-abiding gun own-ers of their Second Amendment rights for life, simply be-cause they spanked

their children or did nothing more than grab a spouse’s wrist,” accord-ing to a press release from Dudley Brown, executive director of the National Association for Gun Rights.

—Santorum voted in 1999 for a bill “disguised as an attempt to in-crease penalties on drug traffickers with guns … but it also included a provision to require federal back-ground checks at gun shows,” ac-cording to Brown.

—Santorum “came to anti-gun Ar-len Specter’s defense in 2004 when he was down in the polls against pro-gun Republican Pat Toomey. Specter won and continued to push for gun control during his years in the Sen-ate,” Brown said.

—Santorum voted with Barbara Boxer in 2005 on the Gun Lock Re-quirement Amendment.

—Santorum voted for the No Child Left Behind Act.

—Santorum sponsored legisla-tion to force companies to pay laid-off workers benefits.

—Santorum worked for an in-crease in funding Head Start and other big-government programs.

—Santorum voted for taxpayer money to go to Pennsylvania fami-lies for their heating bills.

—Santorum introduced and co-sponsored big-government health care bills.

—Santorum voted for HR 796, a bill that would have protected abor-tion clinics.

—Santorum actively supports The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which “channels a large portion of its funds through Planned Parenthood’s affili-ates around the world and through a British group Marie Stopes Interna-tional (the largest chain of abortion mills in the UK),” according to a let-ter from the Gerard Health Founda-tion, which provides millions of dol-lars to pro-life groups.

—Santorum boasted of teaming up with Joe Lieberman, Barbara Boxer and Hillary Clinton in his 2006 political ad during his race for re-election to the Senate, which he lost to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. by the largest margin of victory ever for a Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvania and the largest margin of victory for a Senate challenger in the 2006 elections.

—Santorum opposed the tea party and its reforms in the Repub-lican Party, saying, “I’ve got some real concerns about (the libertarian) movement within the Republican Party and the tea party movement to sort of refashion conservatism, and I will vocally and publicly oppose it.”

It’s no wonder that in January, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas accused Santorum of having a “very liberal” political record.

I’m bringing this up now because if Santorum were to win the nomi-nation, President Barack Obama definitely would bring this up in the general election campaign.

And the question that keeps com-ing back to my mind about Santo-rum is: How can the “alternative to Romney” also be a Romney sup-porter?

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ARLINGTON FIRSTBAPTIST CHURCH

345 South Main Street, JonesvilleSunday School — 9:45 a.m.

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Community Calendar

Church CalendarMonday, Feb. 13 -17• 7:30 p.m. – Marler Road

Baptist Church will hold a Winter Jubilee Preaching each night with Rev Steve Dagenhart of Calvary Baptist Church, Rev. Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church, Rev. Larry Stone of Anchored in Jesus Baptist Church, Rev. Bill Watson of Little Moun-tain Baptist Church, Rev. Barry Wall of Amity Hill Baptist Church will be the quest speakers. Special sing-ing nightly. Wednesday & Thursday will be the Reggie Saddler Family. For more In-formation Call 336-468-8610.

Saturday, Feb. 18• 7:00 p.m. – Full Gos-

pel Tabernacle Association Campground in State Road

will hold a Fellowship Service. Rev. Bobby Norman will be the guest speaker. For more information call 835-4281.

Sunday, Feb. 19• 4:00 p.m. –The First

Baptist Church of Elkin will be having a Mardi Gras Cel-ebration in the fellowship hall. The deadline to purchase tickets for ONE DOLLAR is Sunday, February 12th. You may call the church office at 835-1998 to reserve a space or stop by the church office to pick up tickets. This event will include talent and “tal-ent” presentations, desserts, and fellowship. Come and enjoy the fun.

Wednesday, Feb. 22• 5 p.m. – Freedom House

Church will host a free meal

before each Wednesday night service. Service starts at 7 p.m. Located at 501 Cedar Brook Road in Jonesville. 4th church on left past Jonesville Elementary School. Call 336-526-2326 for more informa-tion.

Monday, Feb. 27 to March 2

7:00 p.m. –Creation Con-ference will be at East Side Baptist Church in Mt. Airy N.C. Free to the public. Call pastor John Tolliver for more information, 336-648-1802. Chris Caudill, Evangelist.

Wednesday, Feb. 29• 5 p.m. – Freedom House

Church will host a free meal before each Wednesday night service. Service starts at 7 p.m. Located at 501 Cedar

Brook Road in Jonesville. 4th church on left past Jonesville Elementary School. Call 336-526-2326 for more informa-tion.

Wednesday, Feb. 29• 5:30 p.m. – A Pancake

Supper will be held at The First Baptist Church of Elkin in the Fellowship Hall. Bring your family and enjoy a night

of Shelia’s Pancakes. Proceeds go to the Grace Clinic.

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Friday, Feb. 17• 10:15 a.m. – Join us at the

Elkin Public Library every Fri-day for Children’s Story Hour. Today’s theme is “I Can Help”. 2 & 3 year olds at 10:15, 4 & 5 year olds at 11:15. For more information contact the li-brary at 835-5586.

Friday, Feb. 17• 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Monday -Thursday. Friday 6 a.m. -7 p.m. Saturday 7 a.m. -2 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Elkin Recreation & Parks Spring Soccer Registration for boys and girls ages 3-12. Age as of July 31, 2011. Will continue from January 16 to February 17. Run and Kick Residents $15, Non-Residents $20. U6-U12 Residents $30, Non Residents $45. Cal Rip-ken Baseball Registration is for boys ages 9-12. Age as of April 30, 2012. Residents $55, Non Residents $75. For more information call Elkin Recre-ation and parks at 336-835-9814 or at www.elkinnc.org.

Friday, Feb. 17• 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Special Dance (Easter Seals Benefit) at L.H. Jones Audito-rium 215 Jones School Road, Mt. Airy N.C. $600 at the door, includes refreshments. Live entertainment by “Coun-try Magic”. Open to all ages. Call Annalisa at 336-786-6155 ext. 222.

Sunday, Feb. 19• 4:00 p.m. – The Elkin

Public Library will present Dr. Jason Couch in a talk and signing for his upcoming book “Images of America, ELKIN” to be released by Ar-cadia Publishing this month. The book is a compilation of photographs of Elkin , its citizens and activities, from its founding through the early 20th century. Dr Couch also will present a slide show of pictures not included in the book. The event is free and open to all and will be the An-nual Wanda & Charles Pipes Memorial Lecture. Please call the library for more informa-tion 336-835-5586.

Monday, Feb. 20• 7-9 p.m. – Surry County

Bee School will be hosting “bee keeper” classes on Febru-ary 20, 27, March 5, 12 & 19 with field days being March 17, 31 & April 14. For reser-vations call the Surry County Extension office at 336-401-8025 or visit http://beekeep-ing.insurrycounty.com/. Classes are heldat the Farm Bureau downstairs meeting room, Dobson. Registration is $25 which includes book & classes with children 16 & under being free. More infor-mation contact mark 704-258-1828.

Friday, Feb. 24• 10:15 a.m. – Join us

at the Elkin Public Library every Friday for Children’s Story Hour. Today’s theme is “Something Fishy”. 2 & 3

year olds at 10:15, 4 & 5 year olds at 11:15. For more infor-mation contact the library at 835-5586.

Wednesday, Feb. 22•7:45 a.m. - The Yadkin

Valley Rotary Club meets ev-ery Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. at the Fairfield Inn. For more information about the Yadkin Valley Rotary Club, visit www.yadkinvalleyrotary.org.

Friday, Feb. 24• 5:30 p.m. – Longaberger

Basket Bingo at the Dobson Rescue Squad Building. Held by Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” in Surry County. $30 Packets include two cover-all cards. Lots of door prizes and concessions available. Bingo begins at 6:30 p.m. Snow date: Friday, March 2nd. For more information call 336-356-8241.

Saturday, Feb. 25• 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

There will be a Benefit Gos-pel Singing for the Heather & Steven Norman Family. It will be held at Salem Fork Baptist Church, 555 Twin Oaks Rd, Elkin, N.C. 28621. Donation Only Event. Donations can be made at area State Employee Credit Union. Hot dogs will be served, cooked by: Don Snow. For More Information call Keith & Pam Miller 336-374-3547 or at kprmiller@yahoo.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 29•7:45 a.m. - The Yadkin

Valley Rotary Club meets ev-ery Wednesday at 7:45 a.m. at the Fairfield Inn. For more information about the Yadkin Valley Rotary Club, visit www.yadkinvalleyrotary.org.

Sunday, March 4

•7:30 a.m. - FREE 12 week 5K training class for begin-ning & advanced walkers/run-ners starting Monday, March 5th. Enjoy getting outdoors & great fellowship! Kick-off Par-ty will be at the Peace Haven Baptist Church Gymnasium 2200 Booger Swamp Rd. Yad-kinville. For more information call: 336-679-2426 or e-mail fjohn317@yahoo.com.

Friday & Saturday, March 9 & 10

Children’s Clothing & Toy Sale Fundraiser for Elkin Ele-mentary School will be held at the Elementary School Gym. Earn 70% profit! Prepare & Tag your items and we’ll sell it for you. Lots of family friendly vendors will be on site. Ven-dor spots are available. There will also be friendly activities for the kids to enjoy while you shop. Refreshments available for purchase. Will coordinate children’s clothing & toy sales as fund raisers for your school, PTA, daycare or church. Spring & Summer Sales be-ing booked now. Have 5 spots left. Email: Dottie Jackson for more details. dottie@yadtel.net.

Tuesday, March 136 p.m. – The American

Business Women’s Associa-tion (ABWA) -Carolina Tri-Wa Charter Chapter meets the second Tuesday of every month at Matty’s Restaurant on N. Bridge Street in Elkin. The ABWA brings together business women of diverse occupations and provides opportunities to grow per-sonally and professionally through leadership, educa-tion, networking and na-tional recognition. For more information call Laurette Leagon at 336-366-9122.

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FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 17, 2012 SportS Matt Gorry, Sports Reporter

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Elks fall to Trojans for the third timeMatthew GorrySports Writermgorry@heartlandpublications.com

SPARTA - The third time’s a charm … sometimes.

Unfortunately for the Buckin’ Elks, this adage did not hold true Tuesday night in the opening round of the boys Mountain Valley Conference tournament against fierce rival Alleghany.

Elkin snatched a double-digit lead in the third quarter before seeing the Tro-jans storm and hold on in the end for the thrilling 62-59 triumph.

“We just didn’t play smart in the sec-ond half,” Elkin head coach Kenneth Abrams explained. “We could not buy a free throw - we shot 11-for-22 from the line, and we didn’t take care of the bas-ketball in the fourth quarter. They played well and deserved to win. To sum it up, we made some bad decisions protecting the ball and taking good shots.

“We missed six layups, and that didn’t help either. We had a seven-point lead going to the fourth quarter and came out shooting threes and jump-shots, and they

didn’t fall. We had a good first half, but we stunk it up in the second,” he added.

The Trojans used a season-sweep of the Elks - a 54-48 overtime win in the first meeting and a 69-64 victory on Jan. 16 - to snatch the top spot among 1A clubs in the conference in the final standings, but Elkin was looking for re-venge in the most important match up of the year.

The Elks came out of the gates looking like a determined team on a mission to knock off their rivals, led by a confident Trey King.

After Sam Lane hit a hook shot in the lane 30 seconds in, King scored six straight team points to give Elkin an 8-6 advantage with 2:03 left in the first.

Lane connected before the opening-quarter buzzer from behind the arc to give the Elks an 11-8 advantage, but the teams exchanged baskets throughout the second, trading the lead back and forth.

After an Alleghany trey to tie the game at 17-17, Elkin ignited an 8-2 to run to close out the half - highlighted by threes

TRIBUNE/Matthew GorryElkin’s Frank Miller fights for a layup over two Alleghany defenders Tuesday night in the opening round of the MVAC tournament.

TRIBUNE/Matthew GorryElkin’s Chris Hudspeth goes up strong between two Alleghany defenders Tuesday night in the opening round of the MVAC tournament.

Matthew GorrySports Writermgorry@heartlandpublications.com

MORAVIAN FALLS - The Lady Rams ran into a “buzzsaw” in the form of Wilkes Central Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Mountain Valley Con-ference tournament.

The Eagles, who ran away with the regular sea-son conference title un-touched, dominated Star-mount from the opening tip en route to a convincing 68-25 win to secure a spot in tonight’s championship game.

“Buzzsaw, tractor trail-er…you pick the metaphor that fits,” Rams head coach Scott Blackurn said. “We didn’t match their physi-cality, and they are good at what they do, and we knew that. We’ve played the No. 1 and No. 2 team in the state [Wilkes Central and North Surry] a total of five times, and none of them have been fun. I think we can play bet-ter, but I don’t want to take credit away from them.

“You have to be mentally strong and prepared when you play them, and I coach them so I’ll take the respon-sibility for that,” he added.

Central’s Katie Ryder

took the opening tip and drive down the court for an easy layup just seven seconds into the ballgame - and the rout was on.

The Eagles pieced to-gether a dominating 15-0 stretch in the opening three minutes where they seemed to score at will while suffo-cating the Rams defensive-ly in a full-court press.

During that run, Star-mount had no answer for the press, turning the ball over six times, calling two timeouts and attempting just one shot.

Brittany Moose finally broke through for the Rams, scoring on a layup at the 4:40 mark - just their third shot attempt of the quarter - to momentarily stop the bleeding.

But the Eagles kept roll-ing, racking up 29 points in the frame, while holding Starmount to a mere four points.

The second quarter wasn’t much better for the Rams as Wilkes Central reeled off a 17-5 run over the course of the period to extend its lead out to 37 at 46-9 at the break.

Heaven Walters got Star-mount into double-digits midway through the third with back-to-back threes,

but the Rams could not manage to get anything go-ing offensively.

With the game well out of reach (63-19 after three quarters), Blackburn elect-ed to play reserves through-out the entire fourth quar-ter.

“You get to the point where you have to quit looking at the scoreboard,” he explained. “We told them at halftime that it’s about next year in a way and how you want to be as a basketball team, the kind of identity you want to have. Of course we could have played better, but I only would have been frustrated in the second half if we had laid down, and I don’t think we did that.

“[Brittany] Moose is kind of an example of that. She gets after it. Getting on the floor for loose balls, playing defense, even if she made an aggressive mis-take, so I’m proud of her and the team,” Blackburn added.

Asia Martin, Jordan Shore, Whitney Pardue, Mackenzie Hutchens and Christy Reavis played sig-nificant minutes down the stretch to help Starmount score 16 points in the sec-ond half and salvage some

pride in the loss, while catching the eye of Black-burn.

“If there has been one drawback to the year not having a JV program is that we have some kids that are decent players that, from a minutes perspective, just haven’t been able to play a lot,” he said. “Asia Mar-tin and Jordan Shore, two juniors, have had perfect attitudes about what was best for our team. I thanked Jordan the other night for putting Starmount bas-ketball above herself, and I love that about kids like that. And Asia played hard tonight, so I’m proud of her and happy for her.”

Despite the setback, the Lady Rams are in prime position to host a postsea-son game next Monday in the state playoffs as the second-seeded 2A squad in the conference, and that is the silver lining, according to Blackburn.

“I told our kids after the game that we have a playoff game Monday; and we may even host a playoff game, depending on how the seed-ing works out. And I think that’s pretty big,” he ex-plained. “I’m unbelievably proud of them, in spite of tonight. The silver lining,

whether home or away, it’s a playoff game with the op-portunity to do something. I don’t know the last time Starmount has won a girls basketball playoff game, but that’s the next step in front

of us.“We’re looking forward

to Monday - it’s a big day for a basketball program,” Blackburn added. “At least we don’t have to see Wilkes Central again.”

Lady Rams fall in MVAC semis

TRIBUNE/Matthew GorryStarmount’s Heaven Walters drives into the lane past two Wil-kes Central defenders Wednesday night in the semifinals of the MVAC tournament.

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Vietnam Vets organizing Adult Baseball League

The Vietnam Veterans Chapter 1021 of Mt. Airy is organizing a baseball league for ages 18 and older. The first meeting will be held at the Lantern Restaurant in Dobson on March 3rd at 10 a.m. Anyone interested please contact Tom Pendergraft at 755-6210 or the Vietnam Vets at 356-2085.

Spring Soccer registrationLast-chance registration for

spring soccer. The league is open for boys and girls ages 3-12 (age as of July 31, 2011). The Run and Kick division price is set at $15 for residents and $20 for non-residents, while the U6-U12 divisions cost $30 for residents and $45 for non-residents. Registra-tion closes today at the Elkin Recreation Center. For more information, please contact the Recreation Center at 835-

9814 or at www.elkinnc.org. Cal ripken BaseballregistrationLast-chance registration

for Cal Ripken baseball. The league is open for boys ages 9-12 (age as of April 30, 2012). The cost is $55 for residents and $75 for non-residents. Registration closes today at the Elkin Recreation Center. For more information, please contact the Recreation Center at 835-9814 or at www.elkinnc.org.

t-Ball & Machinepitch registrationRegistration for t-ball and

machine pitch baseball is now open. The t-ball league is open for boys and girls ages five and six (age as of April 30, 2012). The machine pitch league is open for boys and girls ages seven and eight (age as of April 30, 2012). Both leagues will begin prac-tices mid-April with games

beginning late-April. The cost for both leagues is $20 for El-kin residents and $40 for non-residents. Registration opens Feb. 13 and will close March 16 at the Elkin Recreation Center. For more informa-tion, please contact the Recre-ation Center at 835-9814 or at www.elkinnc.org.

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Having qualified as Co-Execu-trix of the Estate of Jack A.Underdown, late of SurryCounty, North Carolina, this isto notify all persons havingclaims against the estate ofsaid deceased to present themto Jeannine U. Collins at POBOX 5, Boone, NC 28607 onor before the 28th day of April,2012, or this notice will bepleased in bar of their recov-ery. all persons indebted tosaid estate please make im-mediate payment.

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PUBLISH: January 27, Febru-ary 3, 10 & 17, 2012.NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Co-Exe-cuctos of the estate of HelenFrances Wiles, late of SurryCounty, North Carolina, this isto notify all persons havingclaims against the estate ofsaid deceased to present themduly verified to the under-signed executors on or beforeMay 25, 2012, or this noticewill be pleaded in bar of theirrecovery. All persons indebtedto said estate please makeimmediate payment.

This the 17th day of February2012.

William Dale Wiles4025 Austin Traphill Rd.Elkin, NC 28621orVirginia Dare W. Little127 E. Spring St.Elkin, NC 28621

PUBLISH: February 17, 24 &March 2 & 9, 2012.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSESTATE OF OLA JEAN VANEATONTake notice that Fredrick G.Johnson has qualified as Ad-ministrator of the Estate of thelate Ola Jean Van Eaton, ofSurry County. All persons,firms and corporations havingclaims against said deceasedare to submit said claims toFredrick G. Johnson, at theaddress hereinafter stated, onor before May 1, 2012 or thisNotice will be plead in bar ofany recovery. All persons,firms and corporations in-debted to this estate shouldmake immediate payment.This the 31st day of January2012.Fredrick G. Johnson, Adminis-tratorEstate of Ola Jean Van EatonP.O. Drawer 512Mount Airy, NC 27030

PUBLISH:February 3, 2012February 10, 2012February 17, 2012February 24, 2012Resolution # 2012-__Resolution Authorizing Sale ofPersonal Property by SealedBid

Whereas, North Carolina Gen-eral Statute § 160A-268 per-mits the Town to sell propertyby advertisement and sealedbid; andWhereas, the Town of Jones-ville owns a 2010 modelE-ONE Inc. - Typhoon1250/1000 Custom PumperFire Truck that has been de-clared surplus to the needs ofthe Town.Now Therefore, Be it resolvedby the Jonesville Town Councilthat:1. The Town Council herebyauthorizes the sale of theabove described property bysealed bid:2. The Town will accept sealedbids for the truck until 3:00p.m., Thursday, February 23,2012. Bids shall be deliveredto the office of the Town Man-ager, 1503 N.C. Hwy. 67, Jon-esville, N.C. 28642.3. At 3:00 p.m., Thursday,February 23, 2012, all bids re-ceived shall be opened in pub-lic and the amount of each bidrecorded. The record of bidsshall be reported to the TownCouncil at their workshopmeeting on Thursday, Febru-ary 23, 2012.4. The Town Council will deter-mine the highest responsiblebidder for the property and willaward the bid by its meetingon Monday, March 12, 2012.Bids will remain open and sub-ject to acceptance until theTown Council awards the bid.The Town Council has desig-nated that the minimumamount that would be consid-ered for award to be $250,000.5. To be responsible a bidmust be accompanied by a biddeposit of five percent (5%) ofthe amount of the bid. A biddeposit may take the form ofcash, a cashier's check, a cer-tified check, or a surety bond.The deposit of the bidder towhom the award is made willbe held until sale of the prop-erty is closed; if that bidder re-fuses at any time to close thesale, the deposit will be for-feited to the Town. The depos-its of other bidders will be re-turned at the time the TownCouncil awards the property tothe highest responsible bidder.6. In addition, to be responsi-ble, a bidder must be currenton payment of all propertytaxes owed to the Town.7. The Town reserves the rightto withdraw the property fromsale at any time and the rightto reject all bids.Adopted on this 30th day ofJanuary 2012.

Lindbergh Swaim, Mayor

ATTEST:Lynn Trivette, Clerk

PUBLISH: February 17, 2012.

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Resolution # 2012-__Resolution Authorizing Sale ofPersonal Property by SealedBid

Whereas, North Carolina Gen-eral Statute § 160A-268 per-mits the Town to sell propertyby advertisement and sealedbid; andWhereas, the Town of Jones-ville owns a 2010 modelE-ONE Inc. - Typhoon1250/1000 Custom PumperFire Truck that has been de-clared surplus to the needs ofthe Town.Now Therefore, Be it resolvedby the Jonesville Town Councilthat:1. The Town Council herebyauthorizes the sale of theabove described property bysealed bid:2. The Town will accept sealedbids for the truck until 3:00p.m., Thursday, February 23,2012. Bids shall be deliveredto the office of the Town Man-ager, 1503 N.C. Hwy. 67, Jon-esville, N.C. 28642.3. At 3:00 p.m., Thursday,February 23, 2012, all bids re-ceived shall be opened in pub-lic and the amount of each bidrecorded. The record of bidsshall be reported to the TownCouncil at their workshopmeeting on Thursday, Febru-ary 23, 2012.4. The Town Council will deter-mine the highest responsiblebidder for the property and willaward the bid by its meetingon Monday, March 12, 2012.Bids will remain open and sub-ject to acceptance until theTown Council awards the bid.The Town Council has desig-nated that the minimumamount that would be consid-ered for award to be $250,000.5. To be responsible a bidmust be accompanied by a biddeposit of five percent (5%) ofthe amount of the bid. A biddeposit may take the form ofcash, a cashier's check, a cer-tified check, or a surety bond.The deposit of the bidder towhom the award is made willbe held until sale of the prop-erty is closed; if that bidder re-fuses at any time to close thesale, the deposit will be for-feited to the Town. The depos-its of other bidders will be re-turned at the time the TownCouncil awards the property tothe highest responsible bidder.6. In addition, to be responsi-ble, a bidder must be currenton payment of all propertytaxes owed to the Town.7. The Town reserves the rightto withdraw the property fromsale at any time and the rightto reject all bids.Adopted on this 30th day ofJanuary 2012.

Lindbergh Swaim, Mayor

ATTEST:Lynn Trivette, Clerk

PUBLISH: February 17, 2012.

Surry County Brochure Serv-iceExecutive summaryThe Tourism Partnership ofSurry County (TPSC) is seek-ing to engage an independentcontractor (Contractor) to pro-vide stocking and manage-ment services of brochurestands placed in, for example,but not limited to, Surry Countyaccommodation and key tour-ism/visitor service outlets.*RequiredWe are seeking a professionalwho will service these standson the organization's behalf tomaintain the quality, quantityand appearance of the bro-chures within the stands to astandard that is orderly, rele-vant and meaningful to visitorsto the area. All requests forgeneral upkeep and replenish-ment will be the responsibilityof the Contractor.

* Project descriptionThe successful Contractor willservice stands on a monthlybasis, or as needed and/or re-quested by the establishmentin which the stand is located,or the Project Coordinator ofTPSC. The Program will com-mence by servicing eight (8)outlets. The Contractor willprovide their own transporta-tion to transport the requiredbrochures and/or the move-ment, location or relocation ofbrochure stands to variousoutlets. TPSC reserves theright to add up to 6 additionaloutlets before renegotiatingexisting contracts and com-pensation rates.

* Timeline and BudgetTPSC wishes to commencethis service, following the ne-gotiation and signing of a serv-ice contract, during the monthMarch 2012; the contract dura-tion is for one year, 12 months;No additional compensationwill be provided for fuel orother vehicle expenses; Nobenefits package is included.

* ConclusionThe TPSC Board will review allproposals received and com-mence final negotiations withthe chosen Contractor inMarch 2012.Interested parties should sub-mit proposals electronicallywith a personal resume and 4professional references nolater than February 28th, 2012to lschlender@elkinnc.org(preferred) or by mail to: Les-lie Schlender, Chair Person,Tourism Partnership of SurryCounty, C/- Town of Elkin, POBox 857, Elkin, NC 28612.For questions and additionalinformation phone: LeslieSchlender, 336-835-9800

PUBLISH Tribune & Mt. AiryNews:Tribune: February 17, 2012

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Surry County Brochure Serv-iceExecutive summaryThe Tourism Partnership ofSurry County (TPSC) is seek-ing to engage an independentcontractor (Contractor) to pro-vide stocking and manage-ment services of brochurestands placed in, for example,but not limited to, Surry Countyaccommodation and key tour-ism/visitor service outlets.*RequiredWe are seeking a professionalwho will service these standson the organization's behalf tomaintain the quality, quantityand appearance of the bro-chures within the stands to astandard that is orderly, rele-vant and meaningful to visitorsto the area. All requests forgeneral upkeep and replenish-ment will be the responsibilityof the Contractor.

* Project descriptionThe successful Contractor willservice stands on a monthlybasis, or as needed and/or re-quested by the establishmentin which the stand is located,or the Project Coordinator ofTPSC. The Program will com-mence by servicing eight (8)outlets. The Contractor willprovide their own transporta-tion to transport the requiredbrochures and/or the move-ment, location or relocation ofbrochure stands to variousoutlets. TPSC reserves theright to add up to 6 additionaloutlets before renegotiatingexisting contracts and com-pensation rates.

* Timeline and BudgetTPSC wishes to commencethis service, following the ne-gotiation and signing of a serv-ice contract, during the monthMarch 2012; the contract dura-tion is for one year, 12 months;No additional compensationwill be provided for fuel orother vehicle expenses; Nobenefits package is included.

* ConclusionThe TPSC Board will review allproposals received and com-mence final negotiations withthe chosen Contractor inMarch 2012.Interested parties should sub-mit proposals electronicallywith a personal resume and 4professional references nolater than February 28th, 2012to lschlender@elkinnc.org(preferred) or by mail to: Les-lie Schlender, Chair Person,Tourism Partnership of SurryCounty, C/- Town of Elkin, POBox 857, Elkin, NC 28612.For questions and additionalinformation phone: LeslieSchlender, 336-835-9800

PUBLISH Tribune & Mt. AiryNews:Tribune: February 17, 2012

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from King and Chris Hud-speth - to take a 25-20 lead into the break.

The Elks - who were no-torious for their struggles coming out in the second half earlier this season, coined as the “third-quarter blues” - owned the third quarter Tuesday night and began to sepa-rate themselves.

After an early Allegh-any hoop, Elkin used a 10-2 run to push its lead to double-digits at 35-24 midway through the pe-riod.

Ben Osborne kept the lead at 11 with a pair of free throws at the 1:05 mark, but the Trojans scored four points in the final minute to trim the lead down to seven at 42-35 after three quarters to excite the rowdy crowd.

The Alleghany burst continued to open the fourth, as the Trojans scored four-straight points in 43 seconds to trim the lead down to three at 42-39, leading to an Elkin timeout.

Alleghany stormed out of the stoppage and tied the game at 46-46 on a Haddin Williams ‘and-1’ before taking the lead on a John Billings layup in the paint at 48-46 at the 4:06

mark.Jeremy Mabe added an

exclamation point to the Trojan comeback with a trey - Alleghany’s first three-pointer in 10 at-tempts in the second half - 20 seconds later to extend the lead out to 51-47.

“When they went on that run, they hit a couple big threes to bring them back into the game,” Abrams said. “We defend-ed the three well, but for some reason, we stepped back up off them and they started hitting them when they need them.”

The Trojans capitalized on a stunned Elkin squad and began pulling away, extending their lead to 10 at 58-48 with a minute and some change remain-ing.

But King, Lane and the Elks were not going to concede.

After Hayden Snow drilled a three, Lane con-nected on a hook shot in the paint to trim the lead to seven at 60-53 with 20.2 left to play.

Lane then converted a three-point play with 8.5 seconds remaining to cut the lead to five at 61-56, but the Elks simply ran out of time.

Despite only hitting five of nine free throw at-tempts in the final minute

and King drilling a deep three at the buzzer, the Trojans were able to sur-vive and knock off Elkin for the third time this sea-son 62-59.

“It’s very hard to play at Alleghany; I don’t know what it is,” Abrams said. “Our kids were in a posi-tion they were not used to being in. The old say-ing of ‘if you get them down, you have to keep them down,’ and we had them down but they got back up. They played bet-ter than we did in the last five minutes, and that’s why they won.”

King sank four treys en route to 18 points on the night, while Lane added 18 points of his own.

Snow finished with nine points with Frank Miller pitching in six.

In spite of the loss, the Elks will likely host a home game Monday night in the upcoming 1A state playoffs, which will be announced Satur-day.

“We’re going to try and bounce back on Monday,” Abrams said. “It hap-pens, but you hate that it happened tonight. We were pretty much in con-trol, but we just didn’t play smart. This one hurts because we had it…this one hurts bad.”

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Elkin, NC

Lisa Wall,CPA, PLLCWE’VE MOVED! CHECK OUT OUR

NEW LOCATION: 1804 N. Bridge St., Elkin

(in the HH Business Park Complex/Sela Building)

Servicing all of your accounting needs.Individual & Corporate Taxes, Payroll Services

336-835-5853

Foothills Metal Roofsis now offering metal roofs for the price of

shingle roofs.For free estimate call

336-957-1649

Advertising Works!

Call Holly at

835-1513

Want to see your business

here?Call Holly

at835-1513

A.E.S.American Electrical Solutions

Brian Mounce, OwnerLicensed Electrical Contractor

2279 Mining Ridge Church RoadState Road, NC 28676

brianm@americanelectricalsolutions.com

336-957-7764Commercial • Residential • Farm

TREE-B-GONE

Statesville, NC

Ken Phillipstreebgone@att.net

704-437-0991

Tree Trimming & RemovalStump Griding • Storm Damage

OVER 46 YEARS EXPERIENCE

FULLY INSURED • FREE QUOTESSENIOR DISCOUNT

Now Open on Saturdays 9am-12pm

Licensed-Building, Plumbing, ElectricalFor Spanish - Call Regulo @ 336-244-9807 For English - Call Steve @ 336-320-2771

Elkin, NC

Home Construction/ Repair

Auctions (MERCH)

AUCTION SALESat. Feb. 25

10 AM...Rain or ShineHousehold, Antiques, Furniture, Appliances Silver & Old Money, 2-Guns,

Pocket Knives, Grandfather Clock, John Deere Mower Estate of Late Robert & Katie Hollyfi eld & Others

Yadkin County.- Boonville City Limits501 Sunset Dr. Boonville, NC

Curio cabinetHand toolsLamps & picturesWood deskSm. Chest Freezer2-2 pc LR SuitesOld bottles & jarsSentry SafeWasher & DryerSmall Cement Mixer20 Silver DollarsRed Seal $5 & $2 Dollar bills30-$1 Silver Certifi cates1862 Confederate Bills $1 & $2

20+/- Nice Pocket Knives, Old Timers, Boker, Case XXOak Dry Sink Washer & DryerMany fi gurines2-3 pc BR Suites2 Living Rm SuitsMicrowave, toasterOdd tablesSewing machineGerman Made Grandfather ClockBattery ChargerIndian Head PenniesV & Buffalo Nickels1934-$20, $10 Bills

20-Large Cents (1851 & others)Schrade Shooting Team KnifeEnd Tables, GlasswareLarge BookcaseSeveral TV’sSmall Oak DR SuiteRocking ChairsTable SawIke DollarsSilver MoneyMaytag RefrigeratorPots & Pans, HousewaresJohn Deere GX85 Mower3 pc Wall Unit Bookcase

Yard & Shop ToolsJapan(Sone) China DishesCraftsman Tool CabinetGarden TillerPull Yard SprayerMarlin 22 Mag. Rifl eStevens 410 Single ShotgunCase XX CommemorativesJim Parker CommemorativeDesert Storm CommemorativeCase Folding Hammerhead

See AuctionZip.comfor photos

Pre-Viewing: Friday Feb 24, 3 - 5 PM or by appointmentTerms: Payment in full on sale day . All property is offered “AS IS”. Directions: From the Stoplight in Downtown Boonville @ Hwy 601 & Hwy 67 Interchange, Go Hwy 601 North Approx. 1/4 mile & turn left on Sunset Dr. Sale 3 blocks on the left.

Pets (ANIMALS)

Quail Hill Farm Kennels

Tracy Hayes • 366-2513 • 366-0491

• licensed boarding kennel • retriever training• obedience training available

Apartments/Townhouses (RENT)

Elk Court Apartments150 Elk Court Dr. Elkin, NC 28621

ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY (62 YEARS OR OLDER)

OR THE DISABLED / HANDICAPPED (REGARDLESS OF AGE)

$ RENT BASED ON INCOME $Rental Assistance Available

•WALL TO WALL CARPET•STOVE & REFRIGERATOR•ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN•ON-SITE LAUNDRY FACILITIES•CONVENIENT TO SHOPPING•PRIVATE PATIOS•CABLE TV READY•MINI BLINDS•HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE UNITS

Call JoAnn Ahrens 835-4033Leave Message, TDD 711

Rural Development

Help Wanted - General (HW)

JOIN OUR GROWING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

For information on how to apply please visit www.wilkesregional.org

EOE

HOME HEALTH

RN CASE MANAGERFull time position 8am-5pm Monday - Friday with call. Requires RN with 1 year Med./Surg.

experience, Home Health experience preferred. Must have current NC RN license. Sign on

Bonus $1,000.

REAL ESTATE SALES

Condominiums (REAL ESTATE)

Why Rent When You CanBuy

Condos for sale with owner fi-nancing. Call 336-838-3900.

Houses For Sale (REAL ESTATE)

4 sale: State Road Area2 BR 2 & 1/2 bath house w/fullbasement. Utility room mainlevel, carport, paved drive.336-527-0766 or 244-1229.4Br 2.5Ba Home for SaleIn Historic DowntownElkin 4Br 2.5Ba housefor sale at 716 WestMain Street Elkin. Oldcharm with functionalupdates and over 2000sq. ft of finishedliving space. Hardwoodfloors, 2 decks, gasfireplace, den, livingroom, dining room,custom fenced in backyard. $148,000.336-466-0898

Great Investment3 BR, 2 bath on 2.3 acres 256N. Elkin Dr., Elkin. Reduced:$70,000,244-2231.

HOUSE FOR SALE3 BR, in Boonville. Possibleowner financing. 526-3403

HOUSE for SALE-ELKINUpper Yadkin Valley Habitatfor Humanity accepting appli-cations for new houses to bebuilt beginning summer 2012.Must have housing need,regular income not to exceedguidelines, ability to pay ap-prox $450-$500/month &downpayment, willingness topartner with Habitat. SeeUYVhabitat .org or cal l336-526-2277.

Owner FinancingYour Job is your credit. 3 BR,2bath, 1 acre, Boonville area,1800 sq ft. separate den andparent retreat. Private welland septic. $5,000 cash down,$600 a month 704-746-4492

Price reduced-2 or 3 BRCondo/townhouse. Lease,sale, buy or trade w/possibleowner finance. 336-838-3900

Lots (REAL ESTATE)

HAMPTONVILLE AREALots for sale, owner finance,$850/down, $250/mo each noclosing cost 258-0273

REAL ESTATE RENTALS

Apartments/Townhouses (RENT)

1 & 2 Bedroomapartments available. Start-ing at $325. Most utilities in-cluded. 336-428-6976.

Rooms to RentBy the week. Great Rates!!!Call 336-468-0810

Spring Valley ApartmentsPlease call Madeline today at336-835-7067 and ask aboutour great move-in & free rentspecials!

Work 4 RentMust have transportation! Call336-838-3900.

Commercial (RENT)

Elkin Area900 sq. ft. of office or retailspace for rent at $600. On 2ndfloor with bath & kitchen, wa-ter, sewer & trash pickup, nonsmoking, 1 year lease, 1month deposit. Call 835-3355or 468-6444.

Restaurant for leaseTurn Key operation, 160 Stan-dard Street in Elkin. Call336-835-1731

Retail or Office SpaceFor Rent, 625 sq. ft. 1129West Main Street Yadkinville,(336)416-1691

Sale or Leasecommercial building on MainSt. in Boonville. Two level,completely remodeled, call336-345-0799

Condominiums (RENT)

Condos for Rent1st month f ree, Cal l336-838-3900.

House For Rent (RENT)

2 BR, 1 bath housein Jonesville on Arlington Ave.$475/mo. HUD approved.ALSO 3 BR apt. in Boonville,$575/mo. 468-4495 or902-3095.

House For Rent (RENT)

HOUSE FOR RENTElkin/Hamptonvillearea. 3BR/2BA SF Homeon 1 Acre. $775/moincludes lawn maint,water use, and wklygarbage p/u. Updated,open floorplan, veryclean, quietneighborhood. W/Dincluded. Emailoverland1009(at)gmail(d-ot)com for more info.

Jonesville Area1 BR, 1Bath, Brick house, ap-pliances, heat pump, Deposit,$300 a month. Cal l336-835-2143.

STATE ROADAdams Ridge Rd-2 bedrooms1 bath, plus office, all appli-ances, new heatpump & c/a,move-in ready, $500 monthly,call Melinda @ 336-682-3060

MANUFACTURED HOUSING

Rentals (MANUFACTURED)

2 BR, 1 Bathcorner of Whitaker and Centerroad, $350.00 per month, call(336)467-0002

EAST BEND, 2 BRM H, private lot, AppersonRoad, very clean, $450/mo +deposit, 336-391-5857.

East Bend, Smaller 2 BRvery clean, private lot, sewer,garbage, lawn care, carport in-c luded, $375 mo. +deposit,(336)403-5294

East Bend- 2 BRmobile home on private lot.Excellent condition, no pets,$110 per week + deposit.336-699-8723.

Elkin-2 BR, 2 bath MHprivate lot, appl, Water & trashincl. $475/mo. $400/Dep.336-455-3082 or 835-7290

Jonesville AreaSingle wide for rent, 3 BR, 2baths, quiet neighborhood, NOPETS. Serious inquires call336-468-7099.

Nice 2 BR, 2 Bath, C/AYadkinville area, yard workincluded, 500/mo., callJohnny (336)466-0077

Yadkinville, 2 BR, 2 Bathprivate lot, $500 a month + de-posit, no pets, references re-quired, (336)699-8997

EMPLOYMENT

Help Wanted - General (HW)

Experienced Dump TruckDriver needed, Requires CDLclass A or B, (336)463-2854leave message if no answer

Grill Cook Wanted2nd Shift. Call 336-428-9906or 468-2000.

Harvest Grill RestaurantHiring all positions full time &part time. apply in person be-tween 10am & 4pm Mon. - Fri.Drug screening & backgroundcheck required. No calls.

RN / LPNFull Time

7 am - 3 pmMust Apply in person at

Heritage Healthcareof Elkin

560 Johnson Ridge RoadElkin, NC 28621

EOE/M/F/VVeterinary Assistant

needed part time. Duties to in-clude assisting doctor in pa-tient care with high public in-teraction. Other duties to in-clude answering phones, com-puter entry, record keeping,animal handling and cleaning.Must be confident, self suffi-cient, a quick learner, possesscomputer skills, able to interactwell with others and overalltrustworthy. Experience is notnecessary, but is consideredpreferential. Submit applica-tions to Timbercreek Veteri-nary Hospital, 3446 Fall CreekCh. Rd., Jonesville, NC 28642.NO PHONE CALLS WILL BEACCEPTED"

Help Wanted - General (HW)

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