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Today's Features

  • Amateur teams feel the heat at BBQ contest

    Every year at Smoke on the Mountain, Virginia’s State Barbecue Championship, the streets are taken over by professional competitors with big smokers, big kitchens and the money to maintain them, transport them and use them in the contest.

    The twin Memphis Barbecue Network (MBN) and Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) competitions, and the subsequent free samples that many teams set out after the judging is over, are major draws for the public. It’s an exciting clash of cooking methods, meats and personal pride.

    Then there are the little guys.

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  • Cool sounds, hot BBQ at Smoke on the Mountain

    Staff Report

    In addition to flavorful food, the 13th Annual Smoke on the Mountain Virginia State BBQ Championship this weekend will offer a taste of great music.

    The event will be held July 21-22 in downtown Galax, hosted by the City of Galax and the Twin County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

    Headliners this year include returning favorites The Tams playing Motown and classic rock on Friday night from 8:30 p.m. and into the night; and the Tangent Band, playing “all-era” rock and roll from 8 p.m.-midnight on Saturday.

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  • Ayers, Riffey exchange vows

    Nick Riffey and Jessica Ayers were married June 6, 2017, at Myrtle Beach, S.C.
    Riffey is the son of Robert Riffey of Hillsville and Pam Nale of Galax. His grandparents are Jeanne and Buford Edwards and the late Elbert Riffey and the late Lora Jean Schuyler and the late Billy Schuyler.
    Ayers is the daughter of Daniel and Shirley Hiatt of Cana.
    The couple resides in Cana.

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  • BBQ contest fires up this week in Galax

    Staff Report

    The 13th annual Smoke on the Mountain Virginia State BBQ Championship will be held July 21-22 in downtown Galax, hosted by the City of Galax and the Twin County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

    The event is Virginia’s official barbecue cookoff.

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  • Great Race team wins division

    Staff Report

    The Crooked Road Racers once again went to the Great Race, leaving on June 21 and returning on July 3 after capturing a first-place win in the X-Cup Division and 44th place overall, according to native Galax racer Tom Littrell.

    The X-Cup Division involves youth navigators with an adult driver.

    The Galax team was also the first place X-Cup team in the pre-race event called the Trophy Run. It is a preliminary race held around the start city the day before the actual competition begins.

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  • 10th annual 'Praisin' In The Park' underway

    Staff Report

    This year marks the 10th anniversary of “Praisin’ In the Park,” which started Sunday night and continues through Wednesday, 6-8:30 each night in Felts Park.

    The event, put on by Cornerstone Community Church and other local churches and businesses, creates a family-friendly, Christian environment for fun and worship.

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  • 10th annual 'Praisin' In The Park' underway

    Staff Report

    This year marks the 10th anniversary of “Praisin’ In the Park,” which started Sunday night and continues through Wednesday, 6-8:30 each night in Felts Park.

    The event, put on by Cornerstone Community Church and other local churches and businesses, creates a family-friendly, Christian environment for fun and worship.

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  • She's one

    Pari Elise Snider celebrated her first birthday April 19 with a Minnie Mouse party with family and friends. Her parents are Curtis and Lorie Snider.

    She has three older sisters: Blair, Palin and Paisley. Her grandparents are Danny and Linda Deskins of Dugspur, Harold and Joyce Snider of Dublin and the late Kathy Snider. Her aunts are Holly Choate and Gina Bigham.

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  • Jason Delp: from Carroll to Cambridge

    By ABBY BODNAR, Staff

    CAMBRIDGE, England — Jason Delp, a 1999 graduate of Carroll County High School, recently earned an Executive Masters of Business Administration degree from the prestigious, 808-year-old University of Cambridge in England.

    The story starts long before this accomplishment, however, as Delp has received two other masters degrees and served in the military.

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  • Turns 101

    Opal Virginia McPeak Goad of Woodlawn had her 101st birthday June 2. She celebrated with her family at 13 Bones on June 3.

    She is the wife of the late Ernest Goad. She has three children, Janice Vass, Joyce Cagle and Elmon Goad; five grandchildren, Aaron Vass, Stephen and Joel Cagle, Vanessa Bottomley and Gerald Goad. Also, seven great-grandchildren: Arianna Slate, Alyssa Vass, Owen and Emmett Cagle, Logan and Seth Bottomley and William Goad due to arrive Sept. 3. She has one great-great-grandson, Samuel Slate.

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