http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_310132521.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_310132521.html On Nov. 20, Downtown Albemarle will usher in the holiday season with its 17th annual Christmas event. This year’s event, which will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m., has a new theme, “Christmas Around the World,” and promises to be alive with fun, food, entertainment and a new “Christmas Around the World” game. Downtown stores will be decorated to represent different countries around the world. Some of the decorations will be handmade by the children at Central Elementary School, Kendall Valley Elementary School and Park Ridge Christian School. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:37:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_308093804.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_308093804.html Have you ever needed a tree taken town, topped and trimmed or simply the removal of dead limbs? You called a local tree service when they were done with the job and felt you were overcharged? Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_301134456.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_301134456.html Two individuals from Sweden recently spent an evening in Stanfield, but the visit was not merely a vacation.Linda Hokka, 18, and Martin Johansson, 22, stopped at a home in Stanfield after traveling by bicycle from New York City. They began their journey on Sept. 2 in Manhattan and plan to travel along the eastern edge of the United States to northern Florida. After reaching Florida, the youth plan to turn west and travel to California before turning north and continuing to Canada Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_299094916.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_299094916.html Thursday at 2:59 p.m., the weather conditions at Kendall Valley Elementary were ideal and the school had the numbers to back what all of us were experiencing this glorious October afternoon: temperature - 76.3 degrees; relative humidity - 42 percent; winds - calm; and barometric pressure - 29.44 inches of mercury. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_296133308.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_296133308.html In celebration of the life of the late Crystal Barbee, the Barbee family collected and donated nearly 1,000 children’s books to local organizations on Oct. 5, which would have been Crystal’s 24th birthday. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:57:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_292095805.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_292095805.html In this day of star chefs on TV and the popularity of Food Network, it is easy to forget the daily heroes of the food service industry. The nursing homes and hospitals in the area have a group of dedicated workers that cook and serve in these facilities’ kitchens on a daily basis. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:21:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_289122220.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_289122220.html Several members of the Stanly County Floralian Garden Club, which was first organized in 1957, recently visited the Mt. Gilead Historic Museum where they received a rare treat. Currently on display at the museum are approximately 30 quilts from around the Mt. Gilead area, a few of which have ties to Stanly County. Though many of the creators of the quilts are now deceased, their family members have worked to keep their legacy, their quilts, intact. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:19:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_278092053.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_278092053.html It was an ordinary Thurs-day night in August 2004. Beth Huneycutt was looking at TV. There was nothing to indicate she and her family were about to embark on a wild emotional and physical roller coaster ride that would affect the rest of their lives. Then she inadvertently rubbed her hand across her right breast — and found — a large lump. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_275134106.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_275134106.html Members of Palestine and Bethel United Methodist churches are holding a benefit to reach out to the community to help Cameron Newell, who is the grandson of former pastor Nick Rochester. Rochester was the pastor at Palestine and Bethel for about six years but left last July.“It's unusual for preachers to run out of words, but I really am at a loss. I’ve been struggling with how to thank these congregations. It is because of their love for the Lord that they have put this benefit together and we are just in amazement of what they are doing,” Rochester said. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_271140434.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_271140434.html Tracing her family tree brought one Myrtle Beach, S.C. resident to Stanly County where she found a side of her family that she didn’t know existed.Lucy Oakes began her journey nearly six years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that her research brought her to Albemarle.She began her genealogy journey after her grandmother, Lucy Blake Fowlkes Watts French, died. Lucy explains that she was close to her grandmother, and she missed her. So as a way to learn more about her grandmother, Lucy began researching her family tree. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:02:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_268120312.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_268120312.html Falling Rivers Gallery will once again host the North Carolina Professional Potters Guild Pottery Show Sept. 25-26 at the Gallery, 119 W. Main St., Albemarle. The show hours will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, with an artist reception held Friday from 6-9 p.m. Potters from Stanly and surrounding counties will showcase their work and offer it for sale. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_264095155.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_264095155.html Old Mill Town Market in Albemarle is giving back to their customers in the form of a drawing. Each month, a drawing will be held in which a customer who has spent at least $10 in the store is eligible to receive a $100 cash prize. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_261095100.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_261095100.html Church members, local municipality officials, friends and neighbors gathered Saturday for the groundbreaking of what will again be the home of Parkers Grove Baptist Church in New London.The ceremony was just days before the two-year anniversary of the Sept. 14, 2007 accident in which a speeding drunk driver hit the church’s signage, and slid into the side of the edifice, knocking it nearly four feet off its foundation, eventually leading to it being torn down. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_259094721.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_259094721.html The Buckinghams performed their hits and hits of others from the 1960s during the opener of the 2009-10 Stanly County Concert Association concert series Saturday night at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_254094919.html http://www.clintonherald.com/thesnaponline/features/local_story_254094919.html Tina Hall was a mother, a wife and a friend, who was a strong, simple woman. She enjoyed every moment of her life, but in August, she lost her battle with a brain tumor.Long-time friend Freda Brattain remembers how strong Tina was, even in her last days.“She was a very simple person. She never wanted much, and she didn’t need a lot. With her, what you saw was what you got. I learned so much from her. She taught me to keep life simple and enjoy every minute of it,” Brattain said.