http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_310092516.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_310092516.html What do you do with 74 small dogs? Call Stanly County Humane Society (SCHS). At least that is what Animal Control officers did a few weeks ago when a local breeder decided to downsize. The major responsibility of Animal Control is public safety. The adoption of animals is a priority but must take second place to keeping the public safe from disease and injury related to animals. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_308094221.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_308094221.html The Miss Stanly County Pageant Association has announced the winners of the 2010 Junior Miss Stanly County Pageant, a support pageant for the Miss Stanly County Pageant and Miss Stanly County Outstanding Teen Pageant.The Agri-Civic Center Stage came alive Oct. 3 as 22 young ladies competed for the Junior Miss Stanly County titles. Age groups included ages from infants through pre-teens. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_306093146.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_306093146.html Ben Millsap, clinical program manager at Monarch, was honored recently as the recipient of the Professional of the Year from the Arc of North Carolina. He was selected from numerous applicants who work in the human services field from all over North Carolina. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:38:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_303133851.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_303133851.html During Assisted Living Week, Spring Arbor held a fashion show where residents modeled clothes from Hi-Lites Clothing of Albemarle. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:57:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_301115744.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_301115744.html Vocational Rehab showed appreciation to the employers they work closely with through an Employer Appreciation Day recently.This was the fourth year the celebration was held, the last three of which have been in partnership with the Albemarle JobLink Career Center. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_299092010.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_299092010.html Eagle Scout Josh Swain of BSA Troop 202 in Locust was a member of the 2009 Central NC Council Phil-mont Contingent and got to experience an 87-mile wilderness trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N. Mex. in July. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_296131924.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_296131924.html Davie Burleson of Davie’s Magic Illusions performs during the annual Senior Ball (above) at the Stanly County Senior Center Oct. 8. More than 150 people were in attendance at the event, which was in honor of Residents Rights Week. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_292114048.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_292114048.html Students in Shannon Sanders eighth-grade science class at Ridgecrest Elemen-tary School recently got a lesson in global positioning, but with a twist. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_292093242.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_292093242.html Students at Central Elementary School celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a presentation from Stanly County teacher Elsa Armijos, who is from Ecuador.Armijos, along with her son Arturo, taught students in each grade level about what it means to be Hispanic and that Hispanic Heritage Month is a time when Americans get to celebrate the contribution Hispanics have made to the culture. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_285110356.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_285110356.html There will be an Old Fashioned Chicken Stew and Gospel Singing on Oct. 17 at the Historic Oakboro Presbyterian Church. Destiny, The Singing Americans, and others will be entertaining throughout the night. Serving will begin at 5 until everyone is served and the singing will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the night are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_280113411.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_280113411.html Gov. Bev Perdue and the North Carolina Department of Transportation have recognized The Stanly County “Keep Stanly Beautiful Committee” for the committee’s participation in the 2009 Litter Sweep Fall Cleanup Campaign. This is the second year in a row that Keep Stanly Beautiful has earned this recognition. Members of Keep Stanly Beautiful and other volunteers picked up 33 bags of litter along N.C. 24/27 between U.S. 52 and the intersection of N.C. 740 and 24/27 on Sept. 18. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_278090208.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_278090208.html Stanly County Parents as Teachers will host Block Fest on Oct. 19-23 at the E.E. Waddell Community Center on Wall Street in Albemarle. Parents with young children are invited to experience the fun of math and science learning through block play at Block Fest NC, a hands-on block building extravaganza that gives parents and children the opportunity to experience different types of blocks. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_275131743.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_275131743.html Students in Eric Stine’s AP Biology class at Albemarle High School experienced the miracle of birth this week as eight baby snakes were hatched in their classroom.“This is a neat, hands-on experience for the students, and it’s something you won’t see very often in a public school classroom,” said Stine, who is a herpetologist and was recently the curator at the Charlotte Nature Museum. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:48:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_273094911.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_273094911.html Badin High School class of 1959 had its 50th reunion Sept. 19 in the Magnolia Room of Stanly Regional Medical Center. In conjunction with the Best of Badin Festival, classmates and friends met at 3 p.m. at Badin School to tour the school and remember some of the good times, and bad, that they enjoyed in those years. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_271113146.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/thesnaponline/aroundthecounty/local_story_271113146.html John Wendell, a meteorologist for WCNC, spoke to students at Locust Elementary School Tuesday about the weather and what it's like to be a meteorologist.“I enjoy coming to schools and talking to kids about weather because I never had that kind of thing when I was in school,” said Wendell.Wendell has been a meteorologist for 28 years after graduating from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelors of Science degree in meteorology in 1981