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Oasis Shriners parade brings laughs, smiles to Mount Airy
Members of the Oasis Shriners were back in Mount Airy for their Spring Ceremonial, a return visit after having hosted their event here last year as well. Their Spring Ceremonial serves as a time for Shriners from the area to come together and conduct organizational business including induction of new members; thirty-eight were inducted over the weekend. Keith Osborne of the Surry Shrine Club said last year that around 500...
Northern ranked among top community hospitals in nation
Northern Regional Hospital has been recognized as one of the ‘Great Community Hospitals’ by Becker’s Hospital Review, a medical industry trade magazine. This year’s list, featuring 100 community hospitals nationwide, includes Northern Regional Hospital as one of only two in North Carolina to achieve this honor. Becker’s selects hospitals for inclusion on its annual “Great Community Hospitals” list based on several independent national ranking and rating agencies that recognize community hospitals for several key attributes, including clinical excellence, compassionate care, patient safety, and economic impact....
Passing the shears: Donna's Barber Shop sold
For years there has been a member of the Hiatt family cutting hair in downtown Mount Airy. Before Donna Hiatt struck out on her own and opened Donna’s Barber Shop she worked for more than a decade for her uncle Russell Hiatt, known locally as the real-life Floyd the Barber after “The Andy Griffith Show’ character ‘Floyd the Barber.’ This week, Hiatt has sold her shop at the corner of Oak Street and Renfro Street in downtown Mount Airy and is passing over both the...
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Russell Hiatt, known as Floyd the Barber after “The Andy Griffith Show” character, with his niece Donna Hiatt. The two worked together or nearly two decades before the younger Hiatt left to open her own barber shop. She sold Donna’s Barber Shop this week after 21 years in operation and 16 Mountie Awards.
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