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UPCOMING EVENTS: Wednesday, Nov. 20

Mitchell News-Journal
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Storyteller The Center for Pioneer Life is hosting storyteller Donald Davis for a performance at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Burnsville Town Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. Davis will be having a “Collect Your Memories in a Family Storytelling” workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday,  Nov.
Blue Ridge Partnership for Children has received an AMY Wellness Foundation grant to expand Healthy Families. Pictured are Tonya and Christopher Franklin. (Submitted)

Blue Ridge Partnership for Children has received an AMY Wellness Foundation grant to expand Healthy Families. Pictured are Tonya and Christopher Franklin. (Submitted)

BRPC gets grant to expand Health Families

Mitchell News-Journal
Thursday, November 21, 2019
The Blue Ridge Partnership for Children, or BRPFC, announced in a press release the receipt of an AMY Wellness Foundation grant. BRPFC applied for the funding to expand the home-visitation Healthy Families program into Avery County.

Website ranks Mayland in top 10 nationally

Thursday, November 21, 2019
SPRUCE PINE – Mayland Community College has been ranked in the top 10 in the nation by the website thebestschools.org.  The website compiled its list of “The 50 Best Community Colleges in the United States” and ranked Mayland at No. 10.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan listens to staff from the North Carolina Geological Survey talk about landslide mapping capabilities Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Museum of North Carolina Minerals in Spruce Pine. (Submitted)

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan listens to staff from the North Carolina Geological Survey talk about landslide mapping capabilities Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Museum of North Carolina Minerals in Spruce Pine. (Submitted)

NC Environmental Secretary stops in Spruce Pine

Thursday, November 21, 2019
SPRUCE PINE – North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Sec. Michael Regan was in Spruce Pine this past week to conclude a three-day trip to Western North Carolina that included stops in Avery, Mitchell, McDowell and Rutherford counties.

Hale named CEO of Blue Ridge Regional

Thursday, November 21, 2019
SPRUCE PINE – After Blue Ridge Regional Hospital CEO Becky Carter announced she is leaving the hospital in the near future, Mission Health announced Tonia W. Hale, DNP, MAOM, BSN, RN, is replacing her effective Dec. 16.
Quilts of Valor volunteer Stamie Cline (left) embraces United States Air Force veteran and Brian Center resident Ephraim “E.K.” Brown as Brian Center Administrator Shelley Tinsley helps wrap Brown in his Quilt of Valor. Brown, 67, is a highly decorated veteran who served more than 20 years in the Air Force, including three tours of duty in Germany. (Cory Spiers/MNJ)

Quilts of Valor volunteer Stamie Cline (left) embraces United States Air Force veteran and Brian Center resident Ephraim “E.K.” Brown as Brian Center Administrator Shelley Tinsley helps wrap Brown in his Quilt of Valor. Brown, 67, is a highly decorated veteran who served more than 20 years in the Air Force, including three tours of duty in Germany. (Cory Spiers/MNJ)

Veteran receives Quilt of Valor

Cory Spiers
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
SPRUCE PINE — The Brian Center honored its resident veterans Monday, Nov. 11, at a special Veterans Day ceremony.  Brian Center Administrator Shelley Tinsley welcomed the guests and then turned the presentation over to Shannon Tipton, who led a time of live, patriotic music.