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Grayson schools fully accredited

INDEPENDENCE — All eight schools in Grayson County have received full accreditation for the 2017-18 school year.

They came close a few times, said Schools Superintendent Kelly Wilmore, but this is a milestone that the division hasn’t been met for seven years.

Wilmore and the Grayson County School Board commended teachers and staff, administrators, parents and students, following the news.

Fugitives arrested in Galax

Staff Report

Two people wanted by police in North Carolina were arrested in Galax, in separate incidents.

On July 18, officers located Stacy Lee Key, 44, of Fries, after he fled a residence on Dobyns Street into a field.

Officer Darrin Alley and Sgt. Shawny Jones were attempting to locate a separate person on an unrelated matter, the police report said.

Officers prepare for the worst

HILLSVILLE — Collaborative efforts by local law enforcement agencies in the Twin County area have been undertaken to improve the cognizance and proficiency of emergency tactical responders who serve in the active line of duty.

Carroll County High School Resource Officer, Cpl. Kevin Kemp, coordinated closely with Carroll County High School administration on July 12 to utilize school grounds for establishing safety protocols while conducting advanced tactical research and emergency tactical response training.

Burnette named new CCMS principal

HILLSVILLE – Carroll County Public Schools have named a new middle school principal, while the high school principal continues recovering from a double lung transplant.

Dana H. Burnette has been named principal of Carroll County Middle School.

Brunette has served previously as the assistant principal at CCMS and has been an educator for the Carroll County Public School system for more than 25 years.

Arts committee seeks approval...

Banners, boards and budgets dominated the July 9 Galax City Council meeting after recognitions, retirements and installations.

Chris Pollins, in her role as head of the city’s Public Arts Committee, requested that council present the Galax Planning Commission with a sketch for a mural to be done on the low wall outside Chestnut Creek School of the Arts’ West Oldtown Street woodworking studio.

Pollins is also director of the school.

Grayson court commended by state

INDEPENDENCE — The office of the Grayson County Circuit Court Clerk was recently commended following an audit of activity between April 1, 2017 through March 31.

According to an official letter from the Auditor of Public Accounts, no issues involving internal control or the office’s operations were found during the audit.

Police warn of scam claiming to...

Staff Report

A phone scam has been targeting Twin County residents in an attempt to coax them into donating funds that are reputed to help officers killed in the line of duty.

Police have received reports this week that members of the community have been receiving calls from the National Police and Troopers Association (NPTA), and the caller states that the organization is in the middle of a fund drive to collect money for the families of fallen officers.

Readers Hotline 7/11/18

Doesn’t work
Please stop writing return to sender on junk mail. It does not go back to the sender.

Unhappy meal
Seventy years old is closer to me than 60 years old and in all my years, I have never seen a more uninviting, cold, hard, uglier McDonald’s restaurant than the newly remodeled one at I-77. We heard they are going to redo the one in Galax the same way. We are really disappointed. Whoever designed that restaurant is just so disappointing.

Congrats!

Rediscover your wild side at...

FLOYD — Just down the road from Galax, music fans can answer the call of the wild this week at FloydFest 18~Wild, an outdoor music festival featuring an eclectic mix of superstars and local favorites, including Foster The People, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gov’t Mule, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Tyler Childers and Greta Van Fleet.

The award-winning festival features 100 bands on eight stages over five days, right in the Blue Ridge Mountains town of Floyd, from July 25-29, 2018.

Public Record from 7-11-2018

Editor’s Note: This information is taken from open court records and is a matter of public record. The listings are complete.

The newspaper, as a matter of fairness, will not honor requests to omit any listing.

For additional information on this column or questions, call 236-5178, ext. 213.

Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded in February in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence: