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yadkinripple.com · Jonesville, NC
Nearby: Jonesville, NCJonesville’s inaugural Slice of the Valley Country Ham festival brought in the crowds on Saturday at Lila Swaim Park. Fall colors, sunshine and blue skies set the backdrop for a delightful day of music, food and fun.Live music throughout the festival included local favorites None of the Above playing bluegrass tunes and Room to Walk jam band, as attendees milled about checking out the vendor booths and activities. Bluegrass band None of the Above plays for the first-ever Slice of the Valley Country Ham festival at Lila Swaim Park in Jonesville. Kitsey Burns Harrison Pig races drew onlookers and cheers at the event as well. Earlier in the day the humans got in the run fun with the Hog Run 5k on the Jonesville Greenway, with many participants dressed up as pigs for the race.Drawing lines throughout the day was the Foothills Meat Center booth which provided one free country ham biscuit to each attendee. The shop, located at 224 S.
elkintribune.com · Yadkinville, NC
Nearby: Yadkinville, NCSend community and church events to [email protected] by Friday at noon for the next week’s edition for publication in The Yadkin Ripple and Elkin Tribune. Please include event name, time, date, location and contact information.Nov. 14• 11 a.m., Charity UMC, 6440 Austin Traphill Road, is having a BBQ dinner starting at 11 a.m. until sold out. Plates are $10 and all proceeds go to Christmas missions, gifts for neighborhood children.• 4 p.m. — 6 p.m., All veterans and their spouses are invited to a free BBQ supper at Courtney Baptist Church, located at 3341 Courtney Church Road in Yadkinville. Dine in or carry out. This annual event is sponsored by the Yadkin Baptist Association, Courtney Baptist Church and Huntsville Baptist.• 5 p.m . — 7 p.m., Baltimore Global Methodist Church women’s group will have its annual Chicken Stew on Saturday. The church is located at 2419 Baltimore Rd., East Bend. Donations will be accepted.
The Clemmons Courier · Clemmons, NC
Nearby: Clemmons, NCFor more information on these and other programs, visit the library website at www.forsyth.cc/library/clemmons or call 336-703-2920. The Clemmons Branch Library is located at 6563 James St., Clemmons. Youth programs: Story times: Join for great books, finger plays, songs and crafts for toddlers and preschoolers in the story time room. Story time is on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., followed by a repeat performance at 10:30 a.m., and on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Preschool Craft Time: The fun continues on Thursdays after story time as attendees make a craft together at 11:15 a.m. Music and Movement: Join for dancing, singing and shaking out those sillies. Takes place every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Healthy Cooking for Teens: Learn to make healthy snacks from professional chef Floyd Davis. On Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 5 p.m., the group will be making shakshuka. Registration is required. Pokemon Club: Join on the third Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. to learn about and play Pokemon games.
The Clemmons Courier · Clemmons, NC
Nearby: Clemmons, NCBarring any last-minute changes, the much debated and failed Tanglewood Business Park will fade from the landscape in undeveloped Forsyth County bordering Clemmons and be replaced by a massive residential development. With it will come a swap from GI and RS-40 to RS-15 and a single-family housing district calling for up to 360 homes located only about one-half mile down the road from the nearby Riverwalk project that was approved by the county commissioners a few years ago and will provide 500-plus homes and townhomes not far away that will also be accessible from Idols Road. Welcome to gridlock in the village with two-lane Middlebrook Drive providing the main route of access to U.S. 158 and on to what’s already the congested mess of Lewisville-Clemmons Road on the way to I-40. And it’s just not the crushing impacts of an escalation of traffic, infrastructure and land use issues with the Yadkin River just west of the upcoming sprawling additions.
The Clemmons Courier · Clemmons, NC
Nearby: Clemmons, NC“The Clemmons library staff sent me here.” On Nov. 3, the incredible staff at the Clemmons public library individually researched and assisted at least 138 voters who showed up at the library to vote — once they started keeping count after several queries — to find their correct precincts. In addition to handling their normal daily duties, they dedicated vital time and energy to ensuring local citizens could locate their assigned polling places. As an election judge and an election help desk official, we are deeply grateful for their unwavering support of the democratic process. A heartfelt thank you goes out to the library staff. This is just one more reason why it remains the most active branch in our county library system. Thank you. Sincerely, — Kirsten Russ and Liz Weide Local Clemmons residents, library patrons and Election Day officials
The Clemmons Courier · Clemmons, NC
Nearby: Clemmons, NCMichelle Barson, mayor pro tem and council member, concluded the previous Clemmons Village Council meeting with news they she had just found out regarding Forsyth County having a public hearing on an air quality permit on Dec. 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Clemmons Library. And she did the same at the end of Monday night’s meeting during council comments with more on the details and an explanation to clarify the board’s stance from a legal perspective. “As it relates to the proposed asphalt plant, I want to reiterate it is not within this council’s ability to be for or against this project,” Barson said. “Legally, we cannot be for or against this project. There is a theory that commenting on it or attending the upcoming public hearing hosted by the county may even unintentionally influence the administrative process.
The Clemmons Courier · Clemmons, NC
Nearby: Clemmons, NCThe Village of Clemmons unveiled its new marker dedicated to honoring the sacrifice and bravery of local veterans on Tuesday, just ahead of Veteran’s Day. The unveiling included remarks from representatives of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post, 9010. “For those of us who have worn the uniform, a veterans memorial carries a very personal meaning. When we look upon a memorial such as this, we do not simply see stone, brick, concrete, flags or names. We see people. We remember friends. We remember brothers in arms, sisters in arms. We remember those who we served beside, and we remember those who never made it home,” said post 9010 Senior Vice Commander Matt Merckson, tearing up. “Behind every name is a story, behind every veteran is a family and behind every sacrifice are those spouses, children and other loved ones who also carried part of the burden of their memorial service.
Salisbury Post · Cleveland, NC
Nearby: Cleveland, NCVeterans Day in the town of Cleveland was doubly meaningful as not only veterans were celebrated, but also seeing the dream for a veteran park becoming a reality as the official groundbreaking and name of The Danny Gabriel Veteran Memorial Park and Trail was held. The park is located at 201 School Street, Cleveland, directly adjacent to the West Rowan Public Library and West Rowan Elementary School, and on the same street as EMS and fire department. Cleveland Mayor Pat Phifer opened the ceremony with a welcome to those in attendance and a word of thanks to the veterans who were there, telling them he didn’t know how to thank them enough and that because of what they have done, he gets to be him.
Martinsville Bulletin · Stuart, VA
Nearby: Stuart, VAThe Patrick County Board of Supervisors will review a landowners agreement involving the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Town of Stuart related to the Mayo River at its upcoming meeting, though details and terms of the agreement remain undisclosed…
The Dispatch · Lexington, NC
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Salisbury Post · Salisbury, NC
Nearby: Salisbury, NCAn incident unfolded at Overton Elementary School on Thursday that ended with a mother of three students in handcuffs, as well as the school briefly going into lockdown. According to that mother, Shelly Rorie, she went to the school to file a complaint about the bus driver that operates the route that her three children take. Rorie said in a phone call on Thursday that the driver had left her children at the bus stop multiple times in addition to driving in a way she described as reckless and dangerous. The Rowan-Salisbury Schools marketing and communications director confirmed that a complaint was made and that like any formal complaints made by parents, the school system is investigating it. What happened next at the school is not 100 percent clear. The school resource officer, who is a uniformed law enforcement officer and not a staff member of the school system, initiated an arrest on Rorie, who was ultimately charged with disorderly conduct.
Salisbury Post · Salisbury, NC
Nearby: Salisbury, NCIn Salisbury Police Department reports A hit and run causing property damage occurred in the 600 block of Park Avenue between 4:55 and 5 a.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred at Walmart around 6 a.m. on Nov. 10. An assault occurred in the 600 block of Mocksville Avenue around 9:22 a.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred at the Food Lion on Mahaley Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred in the 1800 block of West Innes Street around 1:10 a.m. on Nov. 11. A robbery occurred in the 500 block of East Innes Street between 4 and 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 11. Larceny from a motor vehicle occurred in the 400 block of Gold Hill Drive between 9 p.m. on Nov. 10 and noon on Nov. 11. The total estimated loss was $60. Larceny occurred in the 600 block of Roy Leazer Avenue between 10 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. The total estimated loss was $899. Larceny from a motor vehicle occurred in the 400 block of Pinewood Avenue between 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 10:10 p.m. on Nov. 11.
