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New mayor has plans for Fries

FRIES — At the beginning of the month, members of Fries Town Council selected Richard Farmer as the town’s new mayor.

Effective Sept. 1, Farmer will fill the spot formerly occupied by Gary Sumner.

A native to the area, Farmer grew up in the town and spent most of his free time at the Fries Recreation Center, or as he called it, the YMCA. “It was my home… I grew up there,” he said.

After graduating from Fries High School in 1965, Farmer moved away from the area, where he fulfilled a number of life goals.

Dees departs as senior director

Mike Dees is exactly the person you’d want to show you how to perform a difficult exercise move or figure out a complicated craft step: vigorous and competent, but also friendly and patient.

In repose, he has a glow of health and the appearance of stored energy waiting to be used with steady economy: he’s at rest, but not because he needs to be.

Grayson weighing bleacher options

INDEPENDENCE – Grayson County Public Schools will hire an engineering group to provide options for bleacher replacement after school board members approved the expense at their regular meeting this month.

The school division has been looking at using some leftover grant money (roughly $206,000) for the bleachers at the high school – which are in dire need of replacement and pose a safety hazard.

Superintendent Kevin Chalfant previously provided the board with three options:

Carroll changes the way it picks...

HILLSVILLE — Beginning this fall, Carroll County Public Schools’ top graduates will be honored differently than in previous years.

Instead of choosing a class valedictorian and salutatorian, two students will be chosen from the Summa Cum Laude graduates by members of the senior class and members of the school’s faculty and staff to serve as graduation speakers, according to the student handbook.

Governor asked to slow training...

Members of congress from Virginia are asking Gov. Terry McAuliffe to consider slowing the closing of several training centers for the developmentally disabled, including a facility in Carroll County.

One of those signing the bipartisan letter is Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-9th District), who represents Carroll and Grayson counties and the City of Galax.

Grayson residents can now pay...

INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County residents now have the opportunity to pay bills to the treasurer’s office without having to pay for postage or leave their vehicles, thanks to a new lockbox service.

Galax citizens reform...

Longtime Galax residents will remember the efforts of Eloise and Frank Vass — a married couple, now retired to a nursing facility in Charlotte, N.C. — who spearheaded efforts to beautify the city in years pass.

Mary Guynn — Eloise’s sister, and formerly a city council member — remembers their work well, and she wants to evoke the spirit of the Vasses through her own latest project: another beautification committee.

The Bird Diaper- a Solution to...

 We would all like to be friends to the birds and enjoy their company. However when a barn swallow builds a nest on your porch you will be tested to the limit by the resultant mess of mud and poop. 

Readers' Hotline 7/23/14

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Galax/Carroll Relay for Life...

HILLSVILLE — More than 250 people gathered at Carroll County High School last Friday and Saturday for the annual Galax-Carroll County Relay for Life benefit walk for the American Cancer Society.

According to the Relay for Life web page, this year’s event included 259 participants and 28 teams. On Monday, Judy Beasley, a coordinator for the walk, confirmed that more than $87,000 was raised this year.