Surry Living - July, 2019 Issue

July 2019

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Gloria Brown

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Gloria is co-owner of The Nest & Hive Shoppe, a home décor business in Fancy Gap, VA, as well as the former host of The Vintage Southern Homemaker television show. Her musings on life growing up and living in the South have appeared in publications and on TV throughout the region. She is an expert antiques collector who grew up in the business and worked many years as a dealer in the Yadkin Valley area, where she currently resides.

Gin is the owner of Ginger Horse Studio. Her focus is lifestyle photography, covering horse shows, weddings, concerts, and doing on location portraits. Gin graduated from the University of Findlay with an Equine Business Management degree, where she also studied music and photography. She is a member of the Mount Airy Ukulele Invasion (MAUI) and the Granite City Rock Orchestra (GRO).

Gin resides in Lowgap, NC with her family on their small horse farm.

Sheri grew up in Mt. Airy, NC, and lives thereabouts with her husband. Together they run a couple of small businesses and plan their next vacation. A graduate of High Point University, her first job was as a writer at a marketing firm—and she’s been scribbling ever since. Sheri has several suspense novels in publication and Surry Living is proud to include sequential excerpts from one of her books in each issue.

Rynn is a writer and designer based in the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. She loves to share her ideas for adding simple beauty into hectic lifestyles. More than mere recipes, her mission is to offer practical shortcuts for food preparation along with visual tips for presentation. Rynn began her career in Aiken, SC, as a newspaper reporter writing feature articles about food, living, and the arts.

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Kristen Owen

Joanna Radford

Sarah Southard

Carmen is an NC Cooperative Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences. Making quick, easy, healthy food that tastes great on a budget is a challenge.

Carmen and her husband have two grown children, both of which were involved in sports from grade school thru college. With busy careers and lots of time at sporting events, coming up with quick, healthy meals was a necessity.

Carmen shares ideas and recipes to make this tough job a bit easier.

Kristen Owen is a Digital Content Producer for Lowe’s Home Improvement. She grew up on a small family farm in Buncombe County and graduated from N.C. State University with undergraduate degrees in Agriculture Extension and Communication, and a masters degree in Communication. She has a passion for agriculture and teaching. She loves the mountains, reading, meeting people and going new places. She lives in Salisbury with husband Matt, an agriculture teacher at a local high school.

Joanna Radford is the Commercial and Consumer Horticulture Agent for the NC Cooperative Extension in Surry County with expertise in entomology, gardening, and pesticide education. She began her career with NC Cooperative Extension in Stokes County in 1995 as a 4-H Agent, later switching to Field Crops and Pesticide Education in Surry County. In 2012, she assumed the role of Horticulture Agent for Surry County. She lives on a farm with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Sarah grew up at Crooked Oak in the Pine Ridge community of Surry County. Raised in the agriculture world, she went on to earn degrees in animal science and veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University. She and her husband, Adam, currently live in Statesville with Oliver the house rabbit, a few cats, Blossom the donkey, and a flock of Katahdin hair sheep.

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CONTRIBUTORS Contd.

Larry VanHoose

Gary York

Larry is the Executive Editor of Surry Living Magazine and the Creative Director at Vivid Graphics in Galax, VA. With over 25 years experience as a writer, graphic designer, and commercial photographer.

Larry and wife, Trina, have four wonderful, grown children, one awesome grandchild, and they live just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Grayson County, VA.

Gary resides in Pilot Mountain with his wife, Charlotte, at Vintage Rose Wedding Estate. A 1965 graduate of Guilford College, he received his MBA from Bucknell in ’68. His early career included service at York Oil Company and Neighbors Stores.

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Green Beans are Really I don’t know of another family that is any more patriotic than mine. Why, my momma and daddy were even married on Independence Day in 1959. We are proud to be Americans and do not take the privilege of our freedoms lightly. You might say we are flag-waving, anthem-singing, pledge-saying, Yankee Doodle Dandies.

And speaking of freedom, you would be hard pressed to find a family that exercised freedom to the extent we did when I was growing up. Take the freedom to work and provide for your family as you see fit. Well, my family believed that the pursuit of happiness was closely tied to work. And work we did. It seemed that every July 4 we were doing something in the tobacco patch or the garden. I use that term, patch, loosely. Tobacco acres is more like it. But either way it was there and had to be tended. As did the garden.

It seemed the green beans came in full force around the Fourth of July every year. Well, as you know, they don’t just hang there and wait.

They have to be picked at their peak. It might not have been so bad if we were only going to put up twenty or thirty quarts. but oh no, not us. We put up green beans by the dozens of quarts. And that was just the beans. I won’t even get into the quarts of tomatoes and tomato juice. The pickles and pickled beets. Nor will I mention the dozens of ears of corn, the squash, the peaches, the apples, or digging potatoes and pulling onions. Everything in its time of course.

Gardening was a family affair for sure. But for all canned, frozen, dried, or preserved fruits and vegetables, it is still the green beans that stand out to me. We picked and washed in the morning. After dinner, we strung and broke—my favorite part of the process. With wash tubs of beans all around our chairs, we sat there together in the shade of the poplar trees. And as we strung and broke, we talked. Neighbors might come by and stop to join the circle. They would just grab up a bowl, fill it up, find a chair, and join the chatter. There were sometimes as many as ten or twelve of us sitting and working our bowls of beans. I remember lots of laughter and hearing the same stories I’d heard a few times before.

It really didn’t seem like work at all. My ma always had tea and lemonade to refresh us and snacks to sustain us. Pa might even turn us out a churn of ice cream. They had a way of making it seem like a little party. And in its way, I guess it was.

All I know is I liked to eat green beans okay, but I sure did love to string and break.

When I look back, my family’s pride in working to provide for ourselves in our pursuit of happiness sure has given me many happy memories. I say, God Bless America—that we might always pursue happiness.

Even if happiness amounts to stringing and breaking green beans!

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THE BULLY (PATRIOTISM IS NOT DEAD)

by Larry VanHoose

The quiet little creek was wide, only inches deep, clear and cool. A perfect place for young boys, with rolled-up pant legs and hastily discarded shoes and socks, to run screaming through the water, chasing lightning-quick crawdads and polliwogs. Gully Creek was about the only cool spot on school grounds when summer’s heat hadn’t yet given way to the cooler days of autumn. Truth is, we weren’t officially allowed down in the Gully, but the teachers had mercy on us because of the heat and the need to let young boys burn off some of their fresh-from-summer-break vigor. As long as we didn’t get too wet or muddy that is.

Peter was a head taller than anyone else in our third grade class. Not only was he big, he was usually grumpy, tough, and most of the time just plain mean. That summer afternoon he found us playing in Gully Creek, laughing, splashing, and having a good time.

When I happened to look up to see Peter standing over us, it was far too late to drift away down the creek, giving him our usual wide berth. That day even more than usual, he seemed to be looking for trouble. Before we knew it, he ran at us and chased us all out of the creek and up the bank, yelling that this was “his spot” and we weren’t welcome.

Our first experience with a schoolyard bully left me and my friends scared, frustrated, and defeated. We sulked over to the baseball field with its rickety benches and sat, angry and hopeless. That’s where Tony found us.

Tony was one of those guys you instinctively admire. Even though he was our age, something about him was different. He was only a tad taller than normal, but he was strong, smart, and somehow more thoughtful and aware than the usual third-grade boy. Tony had the “it” factor­­— “it” being that unspoken tough, cool, fearlessness that the rest of us pretended to have and secretly wished for.

Apparently, Tony could tell from a distance that we were upset and came to see what the fuss was all about. Even with everyone talking at once, we eventually managed to explain what Peter had done. Tony didn't' hesitate. “Let’s go,” he said confidently and marched of us back over to the creek. There sat Peter, alone on the bank of the Gully, quietly tossing pebbles into the water. He got up quickly enough when Tony braced him. The rest of us stood there in awe as Tony challenged Peter, telling him that if he caught him bullying us again, that he would deal with him personally.

“I’ll stomp you into the ground,” threatened Tony. You could tell that Peter believed him and surprising to the rest of us, he was truly scared. He dropped his head and this time he was the one to sulk quietly away. Wonder of wonders, Peter was vanquished, Tony was our new hero, the creek was ours, and all was right in our world again.

Or was it? We’ll probably never know what caused someone like Peter to be so mean, what difficulties, personal challenges, even torments he may have faced in his young life.

I believe that the painful truth is that we live in a broken world. A world full of injustice, pain, and horrible atrocities caused by hurtful, selfish, even brutal bullies. I also believe that we are not without hope, that even though this world we call home isn’t heaven, there is a better life to come (John 14:1-3). In the meantime, we do need someone, maybe someone like my childhood friend Tony, to stand up to the bullies of this world.

From an early age, I knew that I was blessed to be born and raised in a special country, the United States of America. Not a perfect country, but one where its citizens expected our people and our government to protect the weak, stand for the oppressed, and go where others feared to tread to administer justice and ultimately, bring peace. The USA is one of the few heroes left in this world – and I for one am proud to call it home.

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home, farm, & garden No, our country isn’t perfect just as our people aren’t perfect – far from it. But I'm convinced that PATRIOTISM IS NOT DEAD IN SMALL TOWN U.S.A., and we refuse to sit idly by while tyrants destroy the innocent, weaker peoples and nations.

We will not accept that just because we aren’t perfect or that some, in the name of tolerance, don’t like us getting involved, that we should just shut up and mind our own business. It’s my personal hope and prayer that we will not grow weary in well-doing, but that we will continue to love our country and its diverse peoples, that we will share our blessings throughout the world, to care for those less-fortunate, offer courage to the fearful, and strength for the weak.

Above all, that we will pursue God’s righteousness as a people and share his love to a hurting, beat up, and broken world.

In this life it may be that we will always have Peters – those who are bent on bullying, taking advantage, and even destruction.

But I pray that we may we also have plenty of Tonys – those who have the strength, courage and wisdom to be a help to those in desperate need.

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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by Sarah Southard, DVM

Veterinarians are People Too The topic I bring you this month is a heavy one; for that I apologize.

However, I will not apologize for making you aware of the mental health epidemic sweeping through the veterinary profession or for asking for your help to improve the situation.

On May 22, I received an email from a former veterinary school classmate. A close friend of hers, also a veterinarian from our graduating class, had apparently taken his own life after a long battle with depression. Despite finishing veterinary school later in life to pursue his dream of a second career and successfully building his own mobile equine clinic, our classmate and colleague had lost all hope.

While I never expected to lose a classmate, suicide among veterinarians is not something with which I am unfamiliar.

During my time as a veterinary student, one of the professors took his life. Years later, a veterinarian in private practice whom I had also known while in school attempted suicide. In higher profile situations, Dr. Sophia Yin, a world-renowned veterinarian specializing in animal behavior committed suicide in 2014. The same year, Dr. Shirley Koshi, a NY veterinarian in private practice took her life after a disgruntled community member attacked her personally and professionally, largely through cyberbullying, leading to the demise of her business.

Suicide among veterinarians has been a significant problem for decades. A study conducted by the CDC and published in the Journal of the AVMA found that veterinarians are 2 to 3.5 times more likely to take their own lives than the general public. Many factors may play into this increased risk. These include disproportionately high debt-to-income ratios, long working hours, poor work-life balance, compassion fatigue, perfectionism, unrealistic expectations, cyberbullying, and more. No matter the reason, something must change, and we can all help.

Appreciate your veterinarian and understand that we are human. Like you, we have personal lives, families, and significant concerns outside of the veterinary clinic. We cannot devote the entirety of our being to our career any more than you can. If we constantly give to the animals and owners whom we value so very much without ever stepping away to rest, recharge, disconnect from our career, and care for ourselves (none of which are we very good at doing if I’m honest!), we will eventually become completely depleted and have no more to give to your pet or ourselves.

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on their personal Facebook page, or sending an email to their personal account. Know that just as with human medicine, veterinary examinations, testing, procedures, and surgeries require valuable time and resources to perform. We cannot give these away free. We must pay our staff members and the utility bills. Our pharmaceutical and materials suppliers charge for their products. Please do not expect your veterinarian not to charge you for services rendered and supplies used. Most definitely do not accuse us of only being in it for the money.

Again, understand that we’re human and that we have bad days every now and then. We may have just euthanized a beloved pet and patient prior to walking in to examine your animal.

Be kind. Be considerate. Have compassion.

We are as concerned about your animals as you are, and sometimes more so. We lie awake at night worrying about how they are progressing, wondering if we made the correct treatment decision, and feeling wholly responsible for the outcome even when we have no control over the pre- or postvisit conditions and compliance. We care so, so much about our patients and our clients. We did not choose this profession for the fame or fortune. Neither of those are associated with it.

If you have time, money, or other resources available to donate, find out if and how you may be able to help your local veterinarian. While integrating volunteers into the veterinary practice itself may be difficult, your local clinic may be able to point you to a rescue group that could use time or resource donations. Monetary donations are almost always accepted by veterinary hospitals for a Good Samaritan-type fund to offset the cost of services and supplies for strays and wildlife brought in for care. Many veterinary hospitals can also make use of various household supplies, some new, some used. Call your veterinarian’s office to find out if you may be able to help.

Write a thank you note or simply a note of encouragement.

Bake a sweet treat to drop off. Have lunch catered for the staff.

Send a bright bouquet of flowers. And by all means, pray for us all—veterinarians, technicians, kennel and grooming staff, receptionists, and office managers. We need it every day.

For more information: Not One More Vet: www.nomv.org and facebook.com/NotOneMoreVetMembership National suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-273-8255

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Orleans Saints. Before that, he was employed for six years by University Medical Center/University Hospitals and Clinics, in Lafayette, Louisiana – where he held a variety of increasingly more responsible staff and nursing-management positions.

Fifteen years ago, Cucchiara earned his nursing degree from Louisiana Tech University, in Ruston, LA. He then earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2011 from Our Lady of the Lake College, in Baton Rouge, LA. Six years later, he graduated from South University, in Savannah, Georgia, with a Master of Science in Nursing degree.

Jason Cucchiara, FNP-C, has joined the clinical healthcare team of Northern Orthopaedics, the busy practice site of Northern Hospital of Surry County that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of orthopaedic disease and injuries – from arthritis and bone fractures to sports injuries and joint replacements.

Cucchiara, a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with specialty training and experience in orthopaedic and emergency/trauma care, will joined Northern on April 1. “I am excited to join the highly regarded Northern Orthopaedics practice, and look forward to helping my patients get back to work or back to what they enjoy doing,” he said. “Today, there are many effective treatment options for all types of orthopaedic problems; and I look forward to partnering with my patients – by serving as their clinician, educator, advocate and cheerleader – to help them achieve their individual health goals.”

Prior to his appointment with Northern Orthopaedics, Cucchiara worked at the Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic, affiliated with Louisiana State University Athletics and the New

Ironically, Cucchiara’s path to nursing almost didn’t happen.

“My father and grandfather were pharmacists, so it was in my DNA to be a third-generation pharmacist!” he jokes. That tradition was broken, however, when he was introduced to direct patient care while working as a technician in an Emergency Department. “I knew I wanted the satisfaction that comes from interacting with patients, so I enrolled in nursing school,” he said. Today, his family has embraced that decision – especially since he reminds them frequently that nursing is but a slight modification to the family “Pharmacy” legacy --because both his mother and stepfather are nurses.

The 39-year-old native of ‘Cajun Country’ is pleased to be relocating to North Carolina; and, in particular, Mount Airy. As a young boy and teenager, Cucchiara enjoyed many outdoor adventures throughout the Tar Heel State – where he camped, hiked and fished with his Boy Scout troop; and later engaged in deer- and duck-hunting expeditions with family and friends.

“As a result of my early exposure to the natural beauty of North Carolina, I’ve always thought of it as a magical place,” he says.

To schedule an appointment with Jason Cucchiara, FNP-C, call Northern Orthopaedics at 336-719-0011 or visit the practice’s office at 314 S. South Street, Suite 100, Mount Airy, NC 27030.

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by Joanna Radford

Strange Objects in the Landscape Now that we are outdoors more, we may notice things in nature that we wonder about. One of these wonders is the orange, octopus look-a-like alien nestled in cedar trees. There is no need to call in the National Forces just yet. This strange object is a gall created from the fungal disease called “cedar apple rust.”

Galls on cedar (Photo: H.D. Shew)

Cedar apple rust is a disease of apples. It is an interesting disease because it requires two host plants. Like the name implies, it needs a cedar and an apple (or crab apple) tree to survive and become a problem with apple trees. Eastern red cedar is the typical cedar tree that is the alternate host, but other junipers can help this disease complete its life cycle. As the rains subside, the gall dies, which may cause death of the cedar twig from the gall to the tip.

The gall takes on the appearance of a brown golf ball with horns completely covering it. In dry periods, the horns are short spikes.

If you find a gall with dried horns, cut it out of the tree, place it in a glass of water and watch over the next few hours as the horns expand. A little trick that will amaze the kids.

Wind currents move the disease from cedar trees to apple trees and then back to the cedar. This disease is a problem wherever susceptible apples and cedar trees are grown together. As the fungus moves onto apple trees, you’ll notice raised orange to yellow spots on leaves. In severe cases, the leaves will drop and cause reduced bloom the next season. Fruit can be infected, but typically in Surry County this is not a problem since the fruit forms after the leaves are already infected.

Symptoms on apple (Photo: E.C. Lookabaugh) 14 • SURRY LIVING July 2019 Issue

The easiest way to stop this disease is to plant resistant apple varieties.

Some favorite resistant apples are Jonagold, Pink Lady, and Winesap.

Another option that is difficult but does not involve chemicals is to remove Eastern red cedars from the area. However, if these trees are in your neighbor’s yard, this may not be a wise idea to cut them down! Your public relations with your neighbor may not be too high if you do. It is much easier to prevent the disease from occurring than to eradicate it.

Chemical control is more effective before symptoms are visible.

Chemicals may be sprayed on apple trees after symptoms appear; however, this will only provide a band-aid for the tree.

Application at this time may help prevent the tree from dying but may not eradicate the fungus entirely. Remember to apply all chemicals according to the label.

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THE BEULAH RURITAN CLUB

play; if you remember, I recently wrote about that group. All musicians are looking to entertain you and cause you to get up and dance!

There are staples in a community, organizations that have lasted over the years through hard times and good times and will always be there. The Beulah Ruritan club is one of those places.

It is located in Beulah Township, west of Mount Airy, on 89, less than a mile from I-77 and the famous Scoops Ice Cream Stand.

Club secretary, Goldie Sparger, invited me to the club. She has been the secretary since 2005, and she told me the community center has been there 60 years or so. Goldie spends a lot of time facilitating events at the club. She will likely be the person who also helps you find the perfect dessert. The club serves sodas, coffee, and homemade desserts. You will not find alcohol there; it is a family-oriented club.

What I found was open arms, fellowship, country music, and people dancing! Really dancing! I love seeing people enjoy music through dance. And to see more people dance than to sit was awesome. The dance floor was full.

Every Friday and Saturday night the club hosts country music bands, and Beulah club president, Billy Hazel, is likely to greet you at the door. The cover charge is a reasonable $8.00. And the regular folks are dancers!

So many dancers, it was refreshing to see people up and moving to the music instead of gazing into a cellphone. The money raised at these events goes back into the community in forms of gifts for folks living in retirement homes, donations to the children’s center, help with heating bills, and scholarships. Becoming a member is easy, I encourage you to join and support the club.

You can count on music at Beulah Ruritan on weekends.

Their normal rotation includes local great Dennis Tolbert, and other local bands such as 52 South, Granite City Rollers, Double D, Midnight Express, and Magnum Country. The night I went in May, The Woody Powers Band played.

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You can find Open Jams every second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, with all ages welcomed and encouraged. This is a great opportunity for young and old to learn how to play with others. Bring an instrument or come to observe.

One bit of advice when you go: take a Post-it note to hold your seat if you’re a dancer and know you will need a seat.

I was amazed at the number of folks who obviously came just so they could dance.

Seats fill up when the music takes a break, although some keep dancing to the radio.

Beulah Ruritan is the place to take your family to learn about music, dancing, and community. Many public events are happening here! Stop by on a Friday or Saturday night or give them a call to find out what is happening next. Take your dancing shoes and tell Goldie I sent you—and please give her a hug for me.

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ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY: FREEDOM AND FAMILY There are some experiences that change your life forever.

They stop you in your tracks, make you think and, hopefully, transform you into a better person. I had such an experience this past May, when I traveled to Normandy, France, to the American Memorial and Cemetery.

For a little while, I wasn’t sure if I would make it there. Several friends and I had planned an eight-day trip to Europe, with stops in England, Italy, and France. We were going to spend almost three days in Paris, carving out a day for Normandy. I was thrilled about the trip to France’s northern coastline and to the memorial that had become so important to my family. I was equally as devastated when one of the girls in my group was denied entry into France due a passport issue. I simply couldn’t not go – I was so close, and I wasn’t sure when, or if, I would ever be back. So, while my friends stayed in Rome, I pressed on alone, arriving at the cemetery on May 6. I went in and asked to see him.

And then I found him. An employee of the memorial led me to his grave and performed the traditional ceremony for family members – he rubbed sand from Omaha Beach into the gravestone lettering to make his name stand out and placed two flags, the U.S. and French flags, right in front. Then he stepped

A little more than 75 years ago, my great-grandfather William J. Gossett, Sr., stormed Omaha Beach as part of the D-Day invasion. He was a private in the 16th Infantry of the Army’s 1st Division, or “The Big Red One.” He never came home, dying in defense of his country on the beach. He’s buried in the cemetery, on the ridge right above the place where he took his last breath.

Words seem so inadequate a method to describe what it was like to be there. Hauntingly beautiful. Profoundly impactful.

Humbling, solemn, and incredibly sad. And yet, surprisingly peaceful and serene. My eyes saw more than 9,000 graves – white crosses lined perfectly, row after row after row. I ran my hand over hundreds of more names inscribed on a wall – names of those whose earthly graves will never be known. I studied maps of the Normandy invasion and the allied routes into Europe, and I read every word inscribed in the memorial’s stone walls.

away and I talked with my grandfather for a while. I told him about our family, what it was like now in our hometown and how proud we were of him. I told him he wasn’t forgotten – that he still had people who loved him at home. I prayed over his grave and told him I’d try to be back. It broke my heart to leave, but I was so glad I went.

I don’t think I’ll ever be quite the same again. Experiencing that, seeing his grave and the thousands of others there – changed me. The world owes them a great debt – they drove the nails 18 • SURRY LIVING July 2019 Issue

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SURRY COUNTY RURITAN CLUBS

Ruritan National was founded in 1928 in Holland, Virginia, and today has 25,000 members in 900 communities that serve America’s rural areas and small towns with fellowship, goodwill, and community service. Its purpose is to create a better understanding among people and to make our communities better places in which to live and work. The word Ruritan is a combination of the Latin words for open country, ruri, and small town, tan, interpreted as pertaining to rural and smalltown life. It is not restrictive to occupation, social position, or any other specific criteria.

Ruritan has become America’s leading community service organization.

We are blessed to have twelve active Ruritan Clubs in Surry County, including Beulah, Copeland, Eldora, Flat Rock, Holly Springs, Mountain Park, Pilot Mountain, Shoals, South Westfield, Westfield, White Plains, and Zephyr.

Today’s clubs have 214 members, who contributed $47,000 to local needs and over 8,000 volunteer hours in 2018.

Ruritan Clubs rarely have national programs. Each club surveys its own community’s needs and then works to meet those needs.

Some clubs work with FFA, 4-H, and other youth organizations.

Nearly one in three clubs sponsor Boy or Girl Scout Troops.

The Copeland Club, founded in 1962 under the guidance of the Franklin Club, is thriving today. One of its charter and most loyal members, Pete Carroll, passed in 2018 at age 102! In the late 1960s, Copeland had 110 members, the largest club in America. Immediately after receiving its charter, the club constructed a meeting facility, which became the community headquarters for area clubs, socials, receptions, and family reunions. A popular fundraiser is a monthly ham, egg, and biscuit and gravy breakfast.

In the spring of 1967, while I was coaching at Surry Central, there was a need for a local youth league team to prepare athletes for high school play. I appeared before the Copeland Ruritan Club seeking funds to buy uniforms and equipment. Without hesitation, club leaders asked, “How much do you need?” Totally 20 • SURRY LIVING July 2019 Issue

off guard, I replied, “A thousand dollars.” They wrote me a check on the spot! The club also paid to light the Copeland Elementary School ball fields; the Copeland Youth Foundation replaced the poles and installed LED lights in 2016. Club members Brent and Brenda McKinney related that most of the funds raised by the club go to support school needs, including college scholarships.

Fourth of July parades, staged by Ruritan Clubs and Volunteer Fire Departments, are huge gatherings as Shoals, Eldora, and Mountain Park Clubs celebrate Independence Day. Mountain Park’s is our county’s largest, starting with a parade at 11 a.m. and ending with the ever-popular fireworks display at dusk.

Over 200 entries line up at Charity Baptist Church to display American pride and gratitude. The Mountain Park Club secured $600,000 in fundraising and grants to build a beautiful park adjacent to the Mountain Park Elementary School. Shoals’ efforts honor Veterans.

Public school buildings and land in Surry County are owned by the county, and when the buildings are closed down, our County Commissioners have leased these properties to Ruritan Clubs that rehab existing buildings and acreage to serve community needs. Clubs that have converted properties are Beulah, White Plains, Mountain Park, Flat Rock, Eldora, Westfield, Copeland, and Shoals.

The Shoals Club, chartered in 1963, is now Surry County’s largest with 30 members. Through fundraisers and state grants, they’ve accumulated over a hundred acres of land for immediate and future expansion. Their park includes meeting buildings with full kitchens, Little League and softball fields, walking trails, soccer fields, handicap-accessible restrooms and shower facilities, picnic shelters, disc golf, and huge parking lots. The Eldora Ruritan Club leases and maintains the 1926 Eldora Schoolhouse, which includes kitchen facilities, auditorium, stage, restrooms, Boy Scout rooms, Little League and softball fields, and Ham Shoot targets.

Ruritan Clubs rely on volunteer efforts and are actively recruiting new members to carry their rich traditions and legacies. Publicity Director Donna Sutphin can be reached at 336-368-0440 or 336-416-4230.

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I chose to frost in basic white piped stars because the flag inside is the wow factor! Not only does it look good, but this vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream tastes phenomenal. To top it off, you only need a mixer for the buttercream because the cake batter is stirred by hand.

FLAG CAKE Servings: About 20 Ingredients for Cake • 1 1/3 cups sour cream, room temp.

• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temp.

• 2 tablespoons Mexican vanilla extract • 8 egg whites, room temperature • 2/3 cup vegetable oil • 2 Duncan Hines white cake mixes • Red and blue food coloring Ingredients for Buttercream Frosting • 2 1/4 cups (4 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp.

• 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract • 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste • Pinch of salt • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream • 9-10 cups powdered sugar, sifted Supplies • 3) 9-inch cake pans • (1) 6-inch cake pan • Shortening • Extra powdered sugar 22 • SURRY LIVING July 2019 Issue

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Sifter Parchment paper 4-inch round cookie cutter Large star tip & piping bag

Directions for Cake 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare (3) 9-inch cake pans and (1) 6-inch cake pan with a coating of shortening and a dusting of powdered sugar. Cut out round parchment circles and fit them into the bottom of each prepared pan. Set pans aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl add the sour cream, buttermilk, vanilla, egg whites, and vegetable oil. Whisk until thoroughly mixed.

3. Sift the cake mix into the liquid mixture. Stir until combined and smooth but don’t overmix.

4. Divide the cake batter between 3 medium bowls. In the third bowl, place a little more batter than the other two bowls so that there will be enough red batter for (1) 9-inch and the 6-inch pans.

5. To the third bowl that has more batter, add several drops of red food coloring until you like the color. Fill a 9-inch and the 6-inch prepared pans with the red batter.

6. In another bowl of batter, add drops of blue food coloring and stir. Keep the intensity of the color the same as the red batter. Pour the blue batter into a prepared 9-inch pan.

7. Finally, pour white batter into the last 9-inch prepared pan.

8. Bake at 325 degrees for 25-27 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Directions for Buttercream 1. Using a large mixing bowl and mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the vanilla extract, vanilla bean paste, salt, and cream.

Beat well. Sift in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth, 3-5 minutes. Add more cream if needed for a thinner frosting.

Directions for Cake Assembly 1. Using a knife, split the white cake layer into two equal round layers. Set aside one layer. Then use the 4-inch round cookie cutter to cut out a 4-inch round in the middle of the other layer. Discard the “donut” but save the 4-inch round.

2. Using a knife, cut the 9-inch red layer into two round layers.

Set layers aside. Using the cookie cutter cut a 4-inch round out of the 6-inch cake layer. Discard the donut from the 6-inch layer but save the 4-inch round.

3. Center the cookie cutter in the middle of the blue layer and cut a 4-inch round. Save the blue donut but discard the 4-inch round.

4. On a cake platter, place the layers in the following order with frosting spread between each layer: a red 9-inch layer, a white 9-inch layer, a red 9-inch layer, the blue 9-inch donut.

Inside the hole of the blue layer, place a white 4-inch round and frost it. Next place the 4-inch red round into the hole.

Finally, frost the whole cake with thin layer of frosting. Then using a large star tip, pipe buttercream stars all over the cake.

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Do you think of oatmeal as a hot cereal enjoyed on a cold morning?

Think again! Try it as a cold cereal on a hot morning. Overnight oats make a perfect breakfast on a busy summer day. Made the night before, this delicious and versatile breakfast option is ready to go straight from the refrigerator. If you prefer oatmeal warm, it can be quickly heated in the microwave.

3. Gently fold in berries.

4. Cover and refrigerate eight hours to overnight.

5. Enjoy cold or heat as desired.

TROPICAL OVERNIGHT OATS Makes: 2 Servings This summery breakfast is a snap when you mix the oats, yogurt, spices, and refrigerate the night before. Add bananas and pineapple chunks in the morning and top with the almonds and coconut.

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2/3 cup old-fashioned oats (uncooked) 2/3 cup non-fat milk 2/3 cup non-fat Greek yogurt 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice or cinnamon 1 cup fresh pineapple chunks 1 medium banana, sliced 2 tablespoons sliced almonds Coconut (optional)

To achieve maximum texture, overnight oats use old-fashioned oats, sometimes called rolled oats, as the basis. Not as processed as the quick cooking or instant varieties, the oats are steamed and then flattened or rolled into flakes. The rolling process also helps Directions the oats to stay fresh longer by stabilizing the healthy oils.

There's no wrong way to prepare your overnight oats, but following 1. Mix oats, milk, yogurt, and allspice in two bowls or glass jars. these basic tips can help to ensure success.

• Start with a one-to-one ratio of uncooked old-fashioned oats 2. Cover and refrigerate overnight. and your choice of milk, yogurt, or other dairy substitutes. 3. Just before serving, add pineapple, banana, and almonds.

For thicker oatmeal use less liquid, for thinner use more.

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• For best results, let the mixture soak in the fridge for a full N.C. Department of Insurance • Mike Causey, Commissioner eight hours so the oats can absorb all the liquid.

PATRIOTIC OVERNIGHT OATS WITH BERRIES A mixture of milk, yogurt, and red and blue berries combine with dry old-fashioned oats to become a perfect make-ahead breakfast for the Fourth of July. Just mix and refrigerate overnight for breakfast the next morning. Makes: 1 Serving Ingredients: • • • • • • •

1/2 cup low-fat milk (or less for thicker oatmeal) 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt, fat-free 2 teaspoons honey 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats, uncooked 1/4 cup fresh or frozen raspberries, blueberries, and/or strawberries Directions 1. Combine milk, Greek yogurt, honey, cinnamon, and vanilla extract in a container or jar with a lid.

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all the rest Find out how a harmless prank entangles two college kids with a serial killer as we move to the next installment of A DEEPER CUT, a novel of suspense and forgiveness by Mt. Airy author Sheri Wren Haymore.

Miki lay awake at two a.m., listening to Jack’s steady snore, longing for sleep. Sometimes sleep was the only escape she had.

Jack’s heat made its claim on her skin; his body, his hands, his tongue knew many ways to burn her flesh with pleasure. But he hadn’t brought her the sedation she craved. Maybe no one could.

Still, she wasn’t ready to leave Jack. There was a dark, possessive side to him that thrilled her with its carnal masculinity. It excited her to be seen with him, to catch heads turning. She guessed he could be brutal, maybe dangerous, as Hunter said. But she didn’t fear him.

At this moment, she only feared not sleeping. As a girl of fourteen, she had lain awake too many nights while her parents screamed at each other: Accusations, lies, obscenities.

Afterward, when the huge house was finally quiet, she would pursue sleep through the night’s long hours. Dawn would often find her still awake, the deafening screams of her own soul still reverberating in her heart.

Tonight, she blamed Hunter for her lack of sleep. Why couldn’t he just leave her alone? He made her feel guilty for leaving, even though there had been no promises between them. She wanted desperately to forget Hunter, but somehow the memory of his hands warm on her skin, his lips moving in sweet, lazy circles on her mouth, wouldn’t leave her.

Damn.

Careful not to wake Jack, she slipped from the bed. In the darkness, she found a bottle of liquor and a few pills. Tonight she would wash away memories of Hunter, strangle the frantic cries within, maybe even find sleep. * * * Sleep had taken Hunter down hard. At three a.m., sleep released him abruptly to the distinct sensation of movement in the darkness. With an outraged scream, he leaped to a fighting position beside the bed. His fist struck only the wall.

From beside him came a jarring bang. In anger he screamed again and hit the light switch. He was alone.

Shaking and breathing hard, he looked around. Okay, the bang had only been the croquet ball crashing to the floor after his fist hit the wall. It was bound to happen eventually, so precarious was the ball’s perch on two nails.

But there had been another sound alongside his own scream; he was certain. The room appeared undisturbed. He checked the door. It was pulled shut, but the latch had not caught.

Someone had been in the room.

Dreading what he would find, Hunter opened the drawer of 24 • SURRY LIVING July 2019 Issue

his dining chest. Yes, there lay the gun, right where he had placed it four nights ago and exactly where it had not been the previous morning when Jack Franklin had searched his apartment.

Okay, cool. He was a twenty-year-old kid who was being set up by a professional killer. At the moment, it didn’t matter why.

Jack Franklin sure wouldn’t be asking why. What to do about it was what mattered.

His first instinct was to smuggle the gun out on the water in the skiff and drop it in a deep channel. Unfortunately, he was already being watched by the Feds. He would like to ask somebody why his every move was being monitored, yet no one seemed to notice his apartment being robbed. And then un-robbed.

His second instinct was to put it back in his grandfather’s desk and pretend he knew nothing about it. No longer did he want to kill his father anyway. He just wanted him gone. To do that, however, would involve Granny Jen. Unthinkable.

Call Grayson Tucker. Now there was a pleasantly innocent thought. Grayson would, no doubt, believe him. Grayson would not, however, be able to protect him from the simple fact that he was in possession of a probable murder weapon.

Hunter would bet his apartment that if any fingerprints were on the gun, they were his own. He decided not to wipe the pistol clean, however. If the gun were ever found, his only salvation might be in other fingerprints found on it.

Hunter switched off the light. Somewhere in the darkness, eyes were watching for his next move; he could be certain of that. The Feds couldn’t possibly know he had the gun. He guessed he had a few more hours before Jack Franklin saw the pictures Grayson found. Without the gun, Jack could question him from now until doomsday, but Jack couldn’t touch him. With the gun, Hunter was hung. No matter how pitiful the rest of the evidence was, Jack Franklin wanted his neck too much not to stretch it.

Quietly, Hunter opened every window in the room and switched on the air conditioner. Perhaps whoever was watching would assume he had gone back to bed. In the darkness, Hunter located a few items and opened the door of his one tiny closet. With his only kitchen knife, he sliced into the wall board and bent back a section just large enough to slide the small pistol through. A solid thunk told him it was secure. With his hands, he pieced back the wall and patched it with wall putty, then smeared a little paint over it with his fingers. Hopefully, since he had sloppily painted the closet to start with, this mess would not attract attention.

Feeling like a criminal, Hunter sprawled across his sofa to await whatever would happen. In the dark, he couldn’t be certain how well he had cleaned up the closet floor or his hands. If he were caught, he would be in worse trouble than if he had called Grayson. But maybe, just maybe, he would slip through this mess long enough to figure it out. * * *

all the rest At four a.m., Jen Kittrell woke up fearless. Soft light touched the room from the hall night-light. Footsteps had awakened her, and now a big man’s shadow darkened the hallway. Too big to be Hunter’s, it seemed.

“Rob? Rob, is that you?” she called in a clear voice.

The footsteps hesitated, then retreated. The kitchen door closed softly. A younger woman could have run to the window and perhaps glimpsed the intruder as he crossed the yard.

Jen was not young. Reaching beside her, she picked up the cordless phone. One touch put her through to the police station. A flashing blue light seconds later startled her, and she struggled to sit up even as she spoke quickly into the receiver.

The light also startled Hunter, even though he had been halfway expecting it. Jumping to his feet, heart pounding, he arrived at the window in time to see a big man dive into the back seat of an unmarked patrol car. “Kill the light, you idiot; it’s me,” he thought he heard just before the car sped away.

Granny Jen’s light was on. Hunter trotted down his steps and let himself in her back door noisily.

“Granny Jen, it’s me,” he called.

“I know, Hunter. What happened out there?”

“I’m not too sure.” He walked into her bedroom to find her sitting up in bed. Her hand was shaking as she reached for his.

“Did they catch him?” she asked.

“Catch who? What are you talking about?”

“The man who was in here. I called the police, but the blue light flashed before I was through talking. Surely they caught him.”

“Yeah, they did. They did,” he whispered, patting her hand.

He never knew until that moment that icicles could form in a man’s gut.

“I can’t be sure of what I saw,” Hunter told Grayson three minutes later. “It was dark. But I would know that voice anywhere.”

“You want me to believe that Jack Franklin was in this house?”

“Shh. Granny Jen just thinks it was an intruder and they caught him and it’s over.”

“C’mon, Hunter. I know you hate the guy, but . . .”

“Look, he was right in front of my apartment, diving into a police car. And somebody was in Granny Jen’s house seconds before that. Those are two facts.”

Grayson blew out a noisy breath. “Okay. I believe he was here. But he couldn’t have been in the house. He must have been investigating the intruder. You said yourself they’ve been watching the place.”

“He was running away.”

“Hunter, there simply has to be another explanation. I’ll get to the bottom of it. Trust me.”

“Yeah, sure.” There was nothing else to say. Hunter couldn’t

make much of an argument from what little he had seen.

“Hunter? Let me talk to Grayson,” came from Granny Jen’s bedroom. “Alone,” she added when Hunter entered the room. * * * “Did they catch him? Who was it?” Jen demanded when she had Grayson alone.

“Jen, I can honestly say that I don’t know what’s going on.

Please don’t worry. Hunter will stay with you tonight, I’m sure.”

“Oh, I’m not afraid. But it has to be tied in with these people looking for Rob. In fact, I first thought it was Rob.” “Are you sure it wasn’t?”

“He didn’t answer when I called. Rob wouldn’t have done that.”

“Are you sure?”

“You’re talking like somebody who knows he didn’t catch him,” Jen said.

“Jen, you’re too smart. All I can say is that a patrol car picked up someone, but I don’t know if it was your intruder. You try to rest now. Hunter can help me look around and see if anything’s missing, then I’ll get out of here and let you sleep.”

“Sleep? It will soon be time to get up.”

Grayson went out shaking his head.

After Grayson left, Hunter sat on the porch and drank coffee.

From here he could watch his own apartment and hear Granny Jen if she called.

She didn’t call. There was a crash from her room at about six o’clock. Hunter ran to her, expecting to find her on the floor.

A lamp was on the floor. She was still in bed.

“Granny Jen, what happened?”

She shook her head and smiled a sad, sweet smile.

“Oh, no. Please, no,” he sobbed.

She closed her eyes while he dialed the paramedics, her face gray, still shaking her head, still smiling.

Sheri Wren Haymore lives near Mt. Airy with her husband, Clyde, and has been scribbling her entire life. A DEEPER CUT is her second novel. To read the next installment in the book, pick up the latest issue of Surry Living Magazine. You can find A DEEPER CUT at Pages in Mt. Airy, Chapters in Galax or at your favorite online bookseller.

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MOUNT AIRY EVENTS For more information on Mount Airy, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/mount-airy MOUNT AIRY FARMERS MARKET 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Fridays. 111 South Main Street, Mount Airy (Post Office) JULY 2, 3 & 4: KIDS SUMMER SERIES FREE MOVIE - WONDER PARK 9:30 AM, Creekside Cinemas, Mt Airy JULY 4: FOURTH OF JULY PARADE & CELEBRATION 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Downtown Mount Airy – The Fourth of July Parade & Celebration is brought to you by the Downtown Business Association. A reading of the Declaration of Independence will begin in the Mount Airy Museum courtyard at 10:00 a.m. The parade will begin from Veteran's Park at 11:00 AM JULY 5: JUNIOR AND THE JAR SHAKERS 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Thirsty Souls Community Brewing, 238 Market Street, Mount Airy, NC JULY 9, 10 & 11: KIDS SUMMER SERIES FREE MOVIE - MINIONS 9:30 AM, Creekside Cinemas, Mt Airy JULY 11: BREWS & BRUSHES – UNCORKED 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Surry Arts Council Presents: Brews and Brushes at Thirsty Souls Community Brewing. Create your own masterpiece! We will paint step-by-step together. Craft beer available for purchase. All Materials Provided!

For more information and to register, call (336)786-7998 or visit www.surryarts.org JULY 13: PETE PAWSEY LIVE 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Thirsty Souls Community Brewing, 238 Market Street, Mount Airy, NC JULY 13: LARRY SIGMON & MARTHA SPENCER 7:30 PM, Historic Earle Theatre – Enjoy a Saturday evening downtown at The Historic Earle Theatre with Larry Sigmon and Martha Spencer in concert! For more information and tickets, visit www.surryarts.org JULY 16, 17 & 18: KIDS SUMMER SERIES FREE MOVIE - SECRET LIFE OF PETS 9:30 AM, Creekside Cinemas, Mt Airy JULY 18: A LIFE OF SORROW – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CARTER STANLEY 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. The program uses a mix of storytelling and music to bring to life the saga of an Appalachian Mountain Music Treasure, Carter Stanley, the front man for the legendary Stanley Brothers duo. Tickets are $10. Call the Museum at 336-7864478 for further information or email Justyn Kissam at jnkissam@northcarolinamuseum.org JULY 20: MAYBERRY COOL CARS & RODS CRUISE-IN 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Downtown Mount Airy Enjoy cruising, music, classic cars, unique shopping and dining, all in the Historic setting of "America's Hometown" Downtown Mount Airy!

JULY 20: JIMMY W. JOHNSON, THE SPIRIT OF ELVIS 3:00 PM, Historic Earle Theatre – Enjoy an afternoon with Jimmy W. Johnson performing The Spirit of Elvis. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.surryarts.org JULY 20: SKULL CAMP OUT 12:00 PM, Round Peak Vineyards – This year Round Peak and Skull Camp are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first Skull Campout by offering two camping events -- one on July 20th and another on September 7th. Come experience the vineyard under the stars! Camping in the vineyard, live music, dinner from the Skull Camp Smokehouse, S'mores, great beer & wine, and tons of fun! Skull Camp Out is family-and dog-friendly so bring the whole clan. For tickets and more info, online at: https://roundpeak. com/shop/product-category/tickets-events/ or by phone: (336) 352-5595 or at the vineyard July 23, 24 & 25: KIDS SUMMER SERIES FREE MOVIE - LEGO MOVIE 2 9:30 AM, Creekside Cinemas, Mt Airy JULY 27–29: MAMMA MIA! Andy Griffith Playhouse – Live community theater performance.

Showtimes: Saturday, July 27 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, July 28 at 3:00 PM and Monday, July 29 at 7:30 PM. For tickets, www.surryarts.org JULY 30, 31 & AUG 1: KIDS SUMMER SERIES FREE MOVIE – HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD 9:30 AM, Creekside Cinemas, Mt Airy

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July 5: 12Th Annual Jimmy Lowry Tribute Concert July 6: Steve Owens and Summertime July 11: The Embers Featuring Craig Woolard July 12: North Tower Band July 18: Jim Quick and Coastline July 19: The Magnificents Band July 20: The Entertainers July 25: Band of Oz July 26: The Legacy Motown Revue

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Thirsty Souls Brewing is excited to announce our upcoming Spring, Summer and Fall event series.

For the first time, Thirsty Souls Brewing will be hosting First Fridays on Market. Join us at 4:00 PM on the first Friday of each month from May to October, as we will host a wide range of local vendors and musicians! Our primary goal is to bring together local food, farmers, artists and musicians to highlight our rich and growing community. All this excitement, of course, will be brought together with our own delicious beer!

Please see the following link below for vendor and sponsorship applications.

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PILOT MOUNTAIN EVENTS

Pilot Mountain Tourism, 124 West Main Street, Pilot Mountain For more area info, visit www.pilotmountainnc.org

PILOT MOUNTAIN FARMERS MARKET 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Every Saturday. Downtown. For more info contact Market Manager, Lauren Slate at farmersmarket@PilotMountainNC.org JULY 4 – TO THE MOON AND BEYOND! – STAR PARTY AT PILOT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Join us for a fun-filled evening of moon, sky, and star related activities! Bounce your way through history of moon-exploration and celebrate the amazing journey of Apollo 11. We will look at the moon, planets, stars and other deep-space objects. It will be out of this world!

Please bring a red flashlight, or see park staff for free red filters for your white light – ask why? *After scheduled closing, overlooks and trails away from the Summit Parking Area will be closed.

JULY 6: JOMEOKEE HIKE 10:00 AM, Pilot Mountain State Park, Summit Area, Jomeokee Trail JULY 6: HOT NIGHTS, HOT CARS CRUISE-IN 3:00 PM – 9:30 PM, Downtown Pilot Mountain. Familyoriented events offering an open street cruise-in, FREE live music by Gary Louder and Smokin' Hot, and plenty of food and beverage vendors. Food trucks, local vineyards and craft breweries.

For more information, visit http://hotnightshotcars.com JULY 14: SNAKES! 2:00 PM, Pilot Mountain State Park, Summit Parking Area JULY 20: SEARCH FOR SLITHERING SNAKES 10:00 AM, Pilot Mountain State Park, Pilot Creek Access JULY 20: MOVIES ON MAIN - FIELD OF DREAMS 8:00 PM, Pilot Mountain. FREE, outdoor, family friendly event. Movie begins at dusk. Located on the lawn in front of The Art of Massage. Don’t forget your favorite lawn chair or blanket! concessions available for purchase. **In case the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will move the location to the basement of Town Hall** JULY 21: INSECT SAFARI 10:00 AM, Pilot Mountain State Park, Pilot Creek Access JULY 27: GEOLOGY 101 10:00 AM, Pilot Mtn. State Park, Summit Area, Jomeokee Trail JULY 27 – SUMMER CONCERT: ANDREW MILSAPS & THE RUSSELL HUNT BAND 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Downtown Pilot Mountain. Food Trucks & Beer! Gates open at 6:00 PM. Bring lawn chairs and/ or blankets. The music will start at 7:00 PM. Tickets $5 at the gate.

JULY 28: SEARCH FOR SLITHERING SNAKES 10:00 AM, Pilot Mountain State Park, Pilot Creek Access SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR HILDA’S PLACE 215 E. Main St., Pilot Mountain, 336-444-4359

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JULY 6: DJ Drew Dance Party 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM JULY 10: Open Mic Night - 7:00 PM JULY 11: Game Night - 7:00 PM JULY 12: The Not Brothers In The Lounge $5 Cover - 7:30 PM

• JULY 13: Acoustic Harmonies - 7:00 PM • JULY 18: LADIES NIGHT OUT 4:00 PM -

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• JULY 24: Open Mic Night - 7:00 PM • JULY 25: Fredd Reyes In The Lounge $5 Cover - 7:30 PM

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ELKIN EVENTS

For more area info, visit www.elkinnc.org

SURRY COUNTY (ELKIN) FARMERS MARKET 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Every Saturday.

Downtown Elkin Market, 226 North Bridge Street, Elkin.

JULY 7: LIVE MUSIC AT GRASSY CREEK 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM, Grassy Creek Vineyard, 235 Chatham Cottage Ln, State Rd, NC. Live music by William Nesmith in the Red Barn Tasting Room JULY 27: CRUISE ELKIN & DOWNTOWN BLOCK PARTY 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Historic Downtown Elkin – Downtown Elkin Business Association & Explore Elkin present Cruise ELKIN. The theme of this Cruise-In is Cool Cars, Hot Days. Everyone is invited to attend!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE REEVES THEATER & CAFE 129 West Main Street, Elkin. Call 336-258-8240 for more Info.

NOTE: Every Tuesday (excluding Holidays), the Reeves hosts an open mic night. Free to watch, free to play • JULY 6: MARTHA BASSETT SHOW - CLAIRE HOLLEY 8:00 PM • JULY 18 TODD SNIDER WITH MOLLY THOMAS 7:30 PM • JULY 19: REEVES HOUSE BAND PLAYS LED ZEPPELIN 8:00 PM • JULY 20: JAMES TUCKER WITH BILL WEST 8:00 PM • JULY 25: OLD-TIME JAM AT THE REEVES 5:30 PM (FREE!) • JULY 26: FRONT COUNTRY 8:00 PM • JULY 27: BARRE, BRUNCH, & BUBBLY 9:30 AM • JULY 27: MEMPHIS THUNDER FEATURING TAYLOR VADEN 7:30 PM

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DOBSON EVENTS

For more information on Dobson, NC, visit www.yadkinvalleync.com/dobson DOBSON FARMERS MARKET 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Thursdays. 915 East Atkins Street, Dobson.

JULY 13: MOVIE NIGHT - INCREDIBLES 2 Dobson Square Park. Free family movie outside at Dobson Square Park. The movie begins at dark. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs. Concessions available for purchase.

JULY 20: SUMMER CONCERT SERIES FEATURING TOO MUCH SYLVIA 6:00 PM, Shelton Vineyards. Tickets can be purchased online at http://sheltonvineyards.com or by calling 336-366-4724. Day of concert all tickets will be $25 at the gate. Tickets purchased in advance receive $5 off ticket price. Wine Club Members Advance Ticket Price $15. Local NC Beer and Shelton Vineyards wine will be available from Harvest Grill Express. The famous Rollin’ Bones food truck from 13 Bones will be onsite also.

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NEARBY COMMUNITY EVENTS JULY 4 (GALAX, VA): INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE, DUCK RACE & FIREWORKS The day kicks off with the annual "Great Galax Duck Race" down Chestnut Creek at 10:00 am, followed by the Independence Day parade down Main Street at 7:00 PM, and fireworks in Felt's Park at 11:00 PM. JULY 11–14 (LINVILLE): GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN HIGHLAND GAMES Call (828) 733-1333 JULY 12–13 (SPARTA): ALLEGHANY QUILTERS GUILD QUILT SHOW Call (336) 372-3027 JULY 12–13 (LENOIR): NORTH CAROLINA BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL Call (828) 726-0616 JULY 12–14 (KERNERSVILLE): STRONG SUN INTERTRIBAL POW WOW Call (336) 816-7747 JULY 19–20 (SPARTA): ALLEGHANY COUNTY FIDDLER'S CONVENTION Call (910) 372-2033 JULY 19–21(BANNER ELK): FINE ARTS AND MASTER CRAFTS FESTIVAL Call (828) 898-5605 JULY 20 (CHINA GROVE): FARMERS DAY FESTIVAL Call (704) 857-2466 JULY 20 (PINNACLE): WHAT DOESN’T BELONG? 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, 308 Horne Creek Farm Rd, Pinnacle, NC. This is a program specifically for children. Kids will scout around the farm looking for things that are inappropriate for an early 20th century farm. Free, although donations are appreciated.

JULY 26–27 (JEFFERSON): ASHE COUNTY BLUEGRASS & OLD TIME FIDDLERS CONV. Call (336) 846-2787

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