Pilot Mountain News

It's no secret that since the first whisper I've heard about it I've been a fan of Pilot Mountain Pride, if for no other reason than it's a deceptively-simple-yet-absolutely-brilliant program.

Chip Holton designed the impressive backdrop for Cinderella. He is shown here painting cobblestones on the stage.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Family and Consumer Agent Carmen Long has announced two Medicare changes workshops to help seniors protect themselves from fraud by learning how to read the new format of Medicare billing summaries.

Pilot Mountain Middle School SOAR Camp participants start their morning out Wednesday by walking to various classrooms where activities to get them used to the school and to learn about their new classmates are held.

Authorities succeeded in their efforts to locate a 30-year-old Pilot Mountain woman after 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Police describe her as a heavy set white female with long brown hair. She is about 5'6" and is only partially clothed.

As the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate is organizing its 20th anniversary celebration for next weekend, the group also is embracing an interim director and board members are taking on more responsibility following the recent resignation of the executive director.

New cemetery plot rates and a sale of land as part of a right-of-way settlement were approved during last week's Pilot Mountain Board of Commissioners meeting.

"First Baptist Church of Pilot Mountain is pleased to announce Dr. Stephen B. Pierce has been called as senior pastor as of June 2," representative Brenda Dalton said in a written statement released by the church.

With its second event of the season scheduled for Saturday, organizers of the "Hot Nights and Hot Cars" cruise-in series are eager to build on a strong beginning.

In order to eliminate drop-offs, the contractor places stone next to the roadway prior to reopening the lane of traffic.

Locally, economic development officials are working on a number of projects in Pilot Mountain and other areas, and on the state level, proposed changes could shift how and where money flows through the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Pilot Mountain's town manager officially presented his proposed 2013-13 fiscal year budget Tuesday night, and as expected, there is no tax increase proposed and a proposed 4.5-percent increase in water and sewer rates.

East Surry Principal Diane Beane and graduate Cameron Sheets mug it up for the photographers at a graduation ceremony held on the athletic field on Friday night.

The event will take place beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the Rock House Ruritan Community Building, 2889 N.C. 268, five miles east of Pilot Mountain.