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  • Creeks rise as rain soaks in

    A National Weather Service hydrologist got an eyeful of Chestnut Creek in Galax and Carroll County after more than three inches of rain dropped from the skies on May 27.

    Peter Corrigan drove a dark blue Ford F150 down from the weather service office in Blacksburg to check out a U.S. Geological Service gauge in Chestnut Creek in the city limits. He made the visit to verify reports and improve future forecasts.

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  • Beamer succumbs to illness

    HILLSVILLE — Emily Page Beamer, 11, of Hillsville passed away Tuesday at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, N.C.

    Emily had been diagnosed with pineoblastoma brain tumor on March 13, 2008, and had been undergoing chemotherapy at Duke University.

    Despite being diagnosed while in the fifth grade at Fancy Gap Elementary, she continued to study and graduated with her class.

    She remained an inspiration for her family members by staying positive and strong and smiling through the hardships.

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  • DUI charge results in leave of absence

    HILLSVILLE — The executive director of the Carroll Wellness Center has taken a leave of absence after allegedly hitting a parked police car while drunk on May 22.

    Carroll County Deputy C.E. Edwards charged Gregory Randall Hampton, 45, of Galax with driving while intoxicated, second offense in five years, according to Carroll County General District Court paperwork.

    The deputy noted in the report that Hampton had hit a parked police car and that the smell of alcohol was present.

    A test yielded a blood-alcohol concentration of .10, the court papers said.

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  • County sets public hearing on vehicle stickers

    HILLSVILLE — Carroll supervisors have scheduled a public hearing for their regular June meeting to hear comments on a plan to do away with vehicle decals.

    Assistant Administrator Nikki Shank, Finance Director Pam Smith, Treasurer Bonita Williams and Commissioner of Revenue Louise Quesenberry have all met to discuss the best way to end the requirement to put decals in personal vehicles, while still retaining the fee.

    County Attorney Jim Cornwell reported on the resulting proposal.

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  • Turning The Earth

    HILLSVILLE — When Mark Shockley tends his fields in spring, he's in for a day of grueling, backbreaking fun.

    He calls it "fun," but the truth is what Shockley does to prepare for planting takes a lot of love and labor.

    It hardly felt like spring last Monday as the wind swept over the five acres that Shockley farms with his antique tools, and where he puts on “Old Timey Day” to demonstrate the old-fashion ways after harvest in the fall.

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  • Oldtown Pottery launches art school's Phase 2

    Chestnut Creek School of the Arts officially began Phase II of its long-range plans with the opening of Oldtown Pottery co-op in downtown Galax on April 1.

    Phase I is well underway with the successful completion of a variety of classes in diverse genres of art, crafts and music.

    Volunteers, board members and staff for CCSA and co-op members have been working for months to prepare membership guidelines, policies, leases and particularly renovations to the pottery studio building.

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  • A Mother's Wish Comes True

    All 18-year-old Emily Ogle can think about is making her princess fairy tale come true for her and mom Debbie Ogle, who is battling Stage 4 breast cancer.

    Emily has it all planned out, as she fantasizes about dressing up in an ball gown and riding with her date through town in a horse-drawn carriage on the way to prom on Saturday.

    “I wanted to be like Cinderella,” said Emily, a junior at Galax High School. “It's just a wonderful time of life.”

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  • Fighting to be the Best

    The fight is the easy part, says Cesar Llamas, as the 145-pound mixed martial arts fighter grapples his training partner to the mat inside of the cage, preparing for his big title fight Saturday in North Carolina.

    It's easy for Llamas because he’s at Elite Combat Martial Arts in Galax five days a week, hardcore training, conditioning, learning every fight scenario and brawling for hours in preparation for his title shot for Carolina Fighting Promotions in Wilmington, N.C.

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  • Team approach helps autistic student advance

    INDEPENDENCE — Three years ago, Parker Carico was diagnosed with autism and had a vocabulary of five to 10 clear words.

    Now — after a team effort between home and school — Parker can speak more than 300 words and use some full sentences.

    Parker is a kindergarten student at Independence Elementary.

    This past fall, the school system helped implement a program with Dr. Chris Layne, director of the Lake Norman Counseling and Autism Center.

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  • Galax fighter shatters opponent's undefeated record

    Mixed martial artist Cesar Llamas of Galax brought home the title last Saturday, putting his 5-0 opponent in a submission hold in the second round, during a competition sponsored by Carolina Fight Promotions in Wilmington, N.C.

    This is the fourth fight for Llamas, who has trained at Elite Combat Martial Arts in Galax for three years and now has a 4-0 record. The muay thai fighter describes his style as “vale tudo,” which is Brazilian for “anything goes.”

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