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Nancy Reynolds News: Rock House Ruritans meet tonight Linda Black has returned home after spending a few days in the Forsyth Memorial Hospital with heart problems. The Rock House Ruritans will have their regular meeting Thursday night at 7 p.m. We w...
Sandy Ridge News: Ruritans are holding food drive The Sandy Ridge Ruritan Club is participating in an organized wide service project in September by conducting a food drive for East Stokes Outreach Ministry in Walnut Cove. The national date is S...
London News: Baileytown Gospel Choir to attend anniversary Happy birthday to everyone who is celebrating a birthday this week: Claude Johnson Sr., August 30; Sabrina Martin and Sharon Simmons, August 31; Vicurtiss Hairston and Zolee Brown, September 1; J...
King News: Stokes County Fair is less than two weeks away! The Stokes County Agricultural Fair will be at the American Legion Grounds September 13-18. Members of the American Legion Post 290 and American Legion Unit 290 and volunteers have been working h...
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Sandy Ridge News: Ruritans to meet tonight The Sandy Ridge Ruritan Club will meet Thursday night, August 26, at 7 p.m. at the community building. Sympathy is extended to the family of Earline Priddy who died Monday, August 16, at Walnut Co...
Nancy Reynolds News: Prayers needed for community members My sister, Ethel Inman, is still a patient at the Martinsville, Virginia Hospital. She had surgery over a week ago. She now has pnuemonia and congestive heart failure. She is in critical conditio...
Bluegrass Jamboree is Saturday Take a break from the heat, sit back, relax, and listen to old time bluegrass music at the Patrick County Music Association ( PCMA ) monthly Jamboree. It will feature Henry Mabe & Friends Dep...
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The Stokes County United Fund board meeting will be held Thursday night, August 19, at 7 p.m. at the Danbury Library. The Sandy Ridge Ruritan Club is participating in an organization-wide servic...
Happy birthday to the following people: Shana Davis and Jaylin Fulp, August 16; Steven Hairston and Annie Kate Watkins, August 19; Tressa Gray and Arthur Welch, August 20; Delaris Douglas and Rya...
Ken Brown of Sandy Ridge, along with his wife Margo Brown and their granddaughter, Johanna, attended the 66th Anniversary D-Day Memorial Service at Bedford, Virginia, on June 6. “It was a beauti...
Each year Food Lion raises money for the Children’s Miracle Network. The Food Lion in Walnut Cove held a Beautiful Baby and Terrific Toddler contest. Proud parents submitted pictures, and shopper...
Well, I must say I had yet again planned to feature pasta salads. But in driving through the Mountainview community while going to King, I saw a small sign that said “figs.” And I figured that w...
Hanes O. Watts, a rural letter carrier at Germanton Post Office, recently retired after more than 36 years service and one million-plus miles driving, earning him the distinction of being the lat...
Submitted photo Daisy Girl Scout Troop #41295, from King, enjoyed a late April weekend at Kamp Keyauwee in Randolph County. The girls hiked, boated, made crafts and more.
Editor’s Note: Events listed in the calendar must be submitted in writing. Calendar items are not accepted over the telephone. Information may be e-mailed to levans@thestokesnews.com or faxed to 59...
We hope everyone is preparing to enter a lot of entries in the Stokes County Agricultural Fair, which will be at the American Legion Grounds on September 13-18. Members of the American Legion Post ...
Happy birthday to the following: Margaret Fulton and Frank Dalton, August 8; Margaret Simmons, August 9; Tracy Brown, Avery Cruz, Jerry Price and Mildred S. Hairston, August 11; Margaret Robertson,...
Mary and Don Romine visited Ethel Inman Sunday afternoon at the Blue Ridge Rehab Center in Martinsville, Va. Jimmy Turney is a patient at the Forsyth Memorial Hospital. The Rock House Ruritan Clu...
aThe Stokes County ECA County Council will be held August 18 at 10 a.m. at the Extension Building in Danbury. The Stokes County United Fund board meeting will be held August 19 at 7 p.m. at the li...
Did you participate in Walnut Cove Little League baseball in 1972? Whether you played or coached for the Lions Club, Jaycees Red Sox or Yankees teams, sports journalist Dennis Tuttle is looking for...
Air Force Airman Justin C. Johnson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included trai...
Editor’s Note: Events listed in the calendar must be submitted in writing. Calendar items are not accepted over the telephone. Information may be e-mailed to levans@thestokesnews.com or faxed to 59...
The Sandy Ridge Ruritan Club will be holding a hot dog supper and bingo Friday night, August 6 at the American Legion Building on Amostown Road in Sandy Ridge. Food will be served starting at 6 p...
The Rock House Ruritan Club will have a free tractor show and cow bingo on Saturday, August 7, starting at 8 a.m. The bingo will be at 4 p.m. The tickets for the bingo are $10 each with one free ...
August has a lot of birthdays. June Higgins, Sam Sapp and Thomas Mitchell, August 1; Diane Booe, Chanda Dalton, Danielle Jones, Sarah Scales and Charlotte Watson, August 3; Leigh Johnson and Noca...
Poets and literary masters have marveled at sweet corn, and we are in the midst of sweet corn season. Again, I had planned to write about pasta salads this week, but having enjoyed several ears o...
Did anyone see the bright flashes and hear loud pops at the American Legion in King on July 9th and 10th? A Time Machine moved Cub Scouts back and forth from 1910 to 2010! Hanging Rock District cel...
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