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Lansing unable to secure $1 million grant for Creeper Trail
Greater Lansing Area Development (GLAD) reported to the Lansing Board of Aldermen they were unable to secure the parks grant for Lansing Creeper Trail Park, but will continue to pursue funds through private donations. “Sad news, we did not get the grant for the park,” said Ann Rose during Monday night’s aldermen meeting. “But, the GLAD board is in agreement we will start to pursue private donations and fundraising to at least acquire the ...
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"The Conscientious Objector"
“The Conscientious Objector” to be shown at Arts Center
A public showing of the award-winning theatrical documentary “The Conscientious Objector” will be present from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday May 21, in belated Celebration of America’s Armed Forces Day. Ashe County resident Col. Charles Knapp, U.S. Army retired, was consulting producer during the making of the documentary, and will offer an introduction and comments. “This film is the quintessential story of duty, honor, country,” said Knapp. “It is...
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Located in Warrensville, the BROC building is a donation site, thrift store and case management office.
BROC works to alleviate ‘symptoms of poverty’
For almost half a century, the Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC) has worked to alleviate the symptoms of poverty and help people help themselves achieve economic self sufficiency in Ashe, Alleghany and Wilkes counties. “Most people do not know we’re here,” said BROC Case Manager Louise Ham. Formed as result of the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) of 1964, BOC was chartered by the state of N.C. in 1966 as a nonprofit community actio...
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USDA resumes farm payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced May 8, that farm payments, which had been temporarily suspended due to sequestration, would resume. This includes payments for the 2011 Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE), the Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) and the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC). “I’m pleased to announce that farmers and ranchers c...
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2013 WAW Scholarship winners announced
The Watauga-Ashe-Wilkes Scholarship Board honored its 2013 recipients and their families with a dinner banquet at Sagebrush Steakhouse in Wilkesboro, NC on Thursday, April 11, 2013. The 2013 Ashe county recipients are Kelsey Eggers, daughter of Nathan Roger Eggers and Angela R. Eggers; and Hayley Ragland, daughter of Dean Ragland and Dana Andrews. The 2013 Watauga county recipient is Jake Page, son of John and Julie Page. The 2013 Wilkes ...
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<p>Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post</p><p>So far this year, flooding of Big Horse Creek in Lansing Creeper Trail Park has washed away picnic tables and playground mulch, and deposited trash and debris along the creek bottom. A clean-up effort organized by the National Committee for the New River and the Greater Lansing Area Development Committee will begin 11:00 a.m. Wednesday May 22.</p>
Big Horse Creek gets spring cleaning Wednesday
Big Horse Creek has flooded twice this year, washing away picnic tables and playground mulch in Lansing Creeper Trail Park, and depositing trash and debris along the creek bottom through the town of Lansing. A volunteer clean-up effort organized by the Greater Lansing Area Development Committee (GLAD) and the National Committee for the New River (NCNR) is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Wednesday May 22. “We will be picking up trash from the Lit...
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SkyLine/SkyBest dial tone services restored
SkyLine Membership Corporation announces that dial tone services have been restored in all of Ashe County and Shady Valley, Tennessee, following yesterday’s outage, and officials are attributing the cause of the outage to vandalism of the company’s fiber optic vault in Shady Valley. Damage to SkyLine’s fiber optic facilities in Shady Valley resulted in an initial outage there at approximately 3:24 a.m. Monday, affecting dial tone, Internet ...
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Phone service outage caused by vandals
A telephone service outage which affected most of Ashe County yesterday was caused by vandals. SkyLine Membership Corporation Public Relations Administrator Karen Powell reported this morning that the service outage was attributed to vandalism of SkyLine’s fiber optic vault in Shady Valley, Tennessee. Dial tone services have been fully restored to all of Ashe County and Shady Valley, Tennessee. SkyLine will provide more detailed informa...
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Lansing Farmers’ Market opens Thursday
The Lansing Farmers’ Market will open 1-6 p.m. Thursday, setting up at a new, more convenient location for its second year, said Ann Rose of Rose Mountain Farm. “We’re hoping for a great second year at the Lansing market,” Rose said. The grassy lot between Southern Style Hair Salon and the parking lot next to the Lansing Volunteer Fire Department will give market visitors faster, easier access than last year’s location in Lansing Creeper ...
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Sales circulars in Tuesday, May 13 Jefferson Post
These sales circulars for Food Lion, Ingles, Lowes Foods, Walmart and Window World can be found inside the Tuesday, May 13 print edition of The Jefferson Post. The Post can be purchased for $1 at over 30 locations throughout Ashe County and yearly subscriptions are just $38.
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<p>James Howell | Jefferson Post</p><p>The current building housing the Fleetwood Volunteer Fire Department is scheduled to be purchased and then torn down to make room for U.S. 221 when it is widened into a four-lane highway.</p>
Fleetwood VFD will need new home, eventually
As the N.C. Department of Transportation continues acquiring right-of-way property along U.S. 221 for the roads widening into a four-lane, the property housing the Fleetwood Volunteer Fire Department has been targeted for purchase, leaving the Fleetwood VFD to look for a new home for its people and equipment. “I think we’ll probably be able to stay where we are for quite a while until we get a better indication of where we need to go,” said...
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<p>Photo submitted | Jefferson Post</p><p>Garrett Miller standing in front of Wagoner Baptist Church.</p>
Following His call
Every Sunday morning, preachers and priests deliver messages to their congregations all across Ashe County. Garrett Miller, the interim-pastor at Wagoner Baptist Church in Laural Springs, delivers messages like his fellow preachers, but with one obvious difference; Miller is 18 years old. “Everybody in life, I believe, has a purpose and everybody has a job, and this is my job. I welcome it now,” said Miller. Miller felt called to preach...
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Lawsuit seeks to eliminate arsenic in animal feed
North Carolina’s poultry and hog farmers could face changes in what goes into their animal feed if a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is successful. The agency continues to allow an organic form of arsenic in feed given to chickens, turkeys and hogs. A handful of advocacy groups, including the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, want that to change. According to the Institute’s senior advisor in science, food an...
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Blue Ridge Electric members will share in $4 million credit
Checks or bill credits are coming in May to members of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, thanks to a $4 million capital credits retirement approved earlier this year by the board of directors. Checks mailed earlier this week to members due a capital credits refund of $35 or more. Members due less than $35 are receiving their capital credits refunds in the form of a credit on their May electric bill. The amount of each refund is ba...
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<p>Image submitted | Jefferson Post</p><p>This map of Todd is featured on the Todd Mercantile website and was designed by local artist Jim Lewis.</p>
Todd adds a web presence
In an attempt to share the Todd community with the rest of the world, the Todd community and the Todd Mercantile have created websites to disperse information about the area. “You have to have a web presence in today’s world,” said Helen Barnes-Rielly, who owns the Todd Mercantile with her husband. Todd’s website, toddnc.org , gives information about upcoming events and also shares the history of Todd, which at one time, was a larger com...
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DPI releases public reports on educator effectiveness
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has made available to the public the summary results of teacher and administrator evaluation systems for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. These data can be accessed from the Educator Effectiveness Database . The online data display provides a resource that is user-friendly and easily accessible so that parents, educators and other community members can see data reflecting the effec...
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Mother’s Day Hat Contest
Staff photo | Jefferson Post To honor Mother’s Day, the senior center hosted the Mother’s Day Hat Contest on Friday. Winners were chosen according to audience applause from four different categories, which included most creative, best color, oldest style and unusual size. The winners were (from left to right:) Mary Rozier, for most creative, Ina Bare and Irene Sheets for unusual size, Jenifer Barker for oldest styles, and Madge McNeill for be...
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Ribbon cutting at People’s Drug Store
Photo submitted | Jefferson Post Bradley and Aletha Eller, who purchased People’s Drug Drug Store in West Jefferson in November, had their ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Back row, left to right: Town Manager Brantley Price, Misty Shatley, Ashe Chamber of Commerce board members Jeff Dreyer and Josh Roten, Town Planner Matt Levi, Sherrie Matthews; Middle row, left to right: Brent Eller, Linda Ward, Amanda Goodman, Louise Burgess, Janie Roten, ...
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C.J. Burford (center) completed a 315 mile ride through N.C. at the South Carolina state line last year. With C.J. were his father Craig Burford (left) and family friend and fellow cross-country cyclist Bernard Molinda.
Eight-year-old bikes across N.C.
Eight-year-old C. J. Burford of Walkertown will set off on a bike ride across the state of N.C. Monday morning, traveling 360 miles and raising money to provide live-saving heart surgery for children. ”This bike ride isn’t a race,” Burford said, “instead it’s a great opportunity for many people to help me show God’s love and support families all over the world with children who do not have the medical care they need.” Burford, who has b...
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