Local headlines Funnel Cake Fun Friends 7-year-old Carson Hopper and Mercedes Ellis, 8, both of McKenzie, had fun eating a powdered sugar and cherry covered funnel cake during the Carroll County Fair last week. Before the sweet delicacy was consumed, both girls’ faces looked as if they had been painted in red and white. Carson is the daughter of Steven Hopper of Newbern and Amanda Hopper of McKenzie. Mercedes’ parents are Daniel and Kandi Ellis. ... [Read full story] County Clerk Carolyn Lutz bids farewell after 24 years RETIRING - County Clerk Carolyn Lutz waits on customer Nhyle Williams on Aug. 27. She is retiring after 24 years in office. County Clerk Carolyn Halter Lutz is leaving office after 24 years in that position. She has performed 2,323 weddings during her tenure, signed thousands of car titles as well as other important documents. Lutz, 67, retired on Aug. 31. She was sworn in on Sept. 1, 1986, when she took office for the first time. ... [Read full story] Joy Hampton takes top honors at fair DOMESTIC ARTS GRAND CHAMPION – Joy Hampton of Hollow Rock shows off a crocheted sweater that won a grand champion ribbon in the Carroll County Fair this year. She was grand champion of the Domestic Arts Department. Pennye Mays of Huntingdon was the runner-up champion. The winner takes all. That could easily describe Hollow Rock resident Joy Hampton’s wins at the Carroll County Fair this year. She has entered categories in clothing, cakes, knitting, quilts and other things in the fair for the past 10 years. This year is the most honors she’s ever won. Her banana cake won the grand champion ribbon (see other article on her cake). She is the grand champion of the Domestic Arts Department this year, an honor she also won in 2007 and 2008. In 2006 she was the reserve champion in that department. In the Domestic Arts Department this year she won grand champion ribbons on a crocheted sweater and double wedding ring quilt. She also won nine blue ribbons, four red ribbons and five white ribbons to accumulate 120 points in this category. “I start after the fair is over and work on the entries all year,” she ... [Read full story] Law enforcement officers honored by new monument MONUMENT DEDICATED AT VETERANS PARK – Members of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and the Huntingdon Police Department were on hand at Huntingdon’s Veterans’ Park for the dedication of a monument honoring outgoing Sheriff Bendell Bartholomew and all law enforcement officers of Carroll County. Those in attendance were: (seated) former Carroll County Sheriff Bendell Bartholomew; (standing, left to right) Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Tommy Decanter; Huntingdon Police Lieutenant Johnny Hill; Maurine Eskew; Sheriff Andy Dickson; Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Jackie Wallace; and Carroll County Sheriff’s Investigator Becky Keith. Members of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and the Huntingdon Police Department gathered at Veterans Park in Huntingdon on August 24 to witness the dedication of a new monument, containing a concrete urn and bench. The plaque on the monument reads, “In honor of Sheriff Bendell Bartholomew and all law enforcement agencies of Carroll County.” It is located in a shaded area, along a walking path, at the park. The monument was donated by Huntingdon resident, Maurine Eskew. ... [Read full story] Beer board grants permit In a meeting of the Huntingdon Beer Board immediately following the council meeting, the board, composed of the council members, unanimously approved an application filed by Randy Dale Boyd of 809 Northwood Drive, Huntingdon. Approval of the permit ... [Read full story] Huntingdon council changes zoning on Northwood Drive A home for the aged can now be built on property owned by Walter Butler on Norandal Drive, according to action taken at the Aug. 24 Huntingdon Town Council meeting. Council members passed the second and final reading on an ordinance that amends the ... [Read full story] Kirk McCartney qualifies as alderman in Trezevant election In the Town of Trezevant’s upcoming Nov. 2 election, Kirk McCartney, has qualified to run as an alderman. This will be McCartney’s first term. There are five positions open in the alderman’s race. The other four who have qualified ... [Read full story] CLARKSBURG MAYOR AND ALDERMEN SWORN IN Clarksburg’s city attorney Michael King (far right) swore in Stanley Scates, as alderman (far left); Jeff Reed, as mayor (second from left); and Michael Smith, as alderman (third from left) on August 16. The three men were elected to 4-year terms on August 5. ... [Read full story] Kent Smith selected as chief deputy Kent Smith Carroll County Sheriff Andy Dickson has chosen Kent Todd Smith, 45, of Yuma to be his chief deputy. Smith was employed by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department from ’94 to ’03 and during a portion of that time he served as sergeant over the day and night shifts at different times. After leaving the Sheriff’s Department he worked as a self- employed residential contractor performing construction work. From ’07 to ’08 he was employed by the Henderson County ... [Read full story]   [Local news archives]		Area Happenings Area Happenings           Top News Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic   Osteoporosis drugs may raise throat cancer risk   Employers hire more workers than expected   Earl lashes N.C. coast, officials survey damage   Are you in the hurricane zone? 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