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Incredibly silly
This is in response to the lady that wanted the Town of Hillsville to put an ordinance against jake brakes for truck drivers. We really don’t have many truck drivers in town unless there is a tragedy on Interstate 77. You know there are so many things in this world that we could all be worried about and that just seems incredibly silly to me. I wish all drivers — independent, company drivers — would stop just for one week. They would be begging to hear a truck driver’s jake brake. Thank you for the Hotline.

NARROWS –– Galax won its third straight outing, unloading for four home runs and 14 base hits in a 14-5 Mountain Empire District softball win Thursday over Narrows.

Taylor Ashworth started the power surge for the Maroon Tide (7-11) with a two-run shot in the top of the first. Taylor Cummings and Holly Cassell each smacked a solo homer in the top of the third, and Cassell added a grand slam in the fourth inning as Galax took a 9-1 lead.

Taking two seconds to strap on a seat belt indisputably saves lives.
Yet researchers from a Virginia university found that more than a fifth of drivers still refuse to make that life-saving click.
Fortunately, the research can help guide law enforcement and education efforts to persuade more people to buckle up.
Researchers at Old Dominion University used a low-tech method to capture data. They stood at the side of roads throughout the state, clad in orange vests, clipboards in hand to eyeball passing drivers, making note of who was wearing a seat belt.

HILLSVILLE — School meal prices will rise again, even as some student fees get lower or go away entirely, the Carroll County School Board discussed at its Tuesday meeting.
“We have new guidance on these so they were looked at extremely carefully this year,” explained Tammy Quesenberry, school finances director. “A couple of the fees were removed, and we reduced a few of those. The fees for core subject areas such as PE and English were removed entirely and we reduced art and electronics.”