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Mark Your Calendar
Helpful Links
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Area Music
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Come to listen or to dance to the blue grass and old time musicians who play on Tuesday beginning at 7p and Saturday at 8p. Admission $4. The Jubilee is located on North Main Street, across from the Courthouse. 336-372-4591
Local blue grass and old time musicians jam each Monday, 2 blocks north of the Courthouse at the Crouse House in Crouse Park, beginning at 6p. Come and play or just listen. No charge, but a donation is appreciated. 336-372-5473
GREAT ACTIVITIES TO DO ANYTIME
Barns and other structures throughout Alleghany County are adorned with normal squares illustrating quilt patterns and add interest to a driving tour of the countryside. Drop by Alleghany Chamber of Commerce and Visitors' Center for a brochure. We are in the rock building with the green awning (58 South Main Street, Sparta). Our foyer is always open and a brochure is always available.
Brochures for three driving loops of the Alleghany countryside are available at the Alleghany Chamber of Commerce and Visitors' Center. Each loop is about a leisurely hour's drive and includes information on historic points along the way. The Chamber office is in the rock building with the green awning (58 South Main Street, Sparta). Our foyer is always open and a brochure is always available.
Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10a to 5p. Stop by to experience local history and to see the new displays, 7 North Main Street, Sparta.
Veterans' Morning Coffee at the VFW:
The VFW hosts an informal coffee just for veterans every Wednesday from 8:30-11a. Click to learn more.
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Alleghany Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 800/336-372-5473
Email: Info@Sparta-NC.com
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Business After Hours: New at your Library
 "Know what's happening at the Library?" If you answer yes, but the last time you actually set foot in the library was years ago, you are in for a surprise. Alleghany Library is not just a place to peruse magazines and check out books. It's a computer center: With 14 public terminals -- for surfing the Web, checking email, searching the library catelog, to name a few -- there's hardly a day when more than one or two are free. You can check out DVD movies and audio books. Taking a long trip? Grab a audio novel to fill the time. It's a culture center. With one or more programs on local culture and our community, you might hear Jack tales one night, listen to a Celtic band or watch a play. It's a child education center in the summer with reading programs that really grab youngsters' attention. And it is loaning e-books for you Kindle, Nook, Ipad or smart phone. This newest service is the focus of Thursday's Business After Hours at the Libary, 5-7p. You will be walked through the steps of borrowing an e-book. Learn how and you can read borrow these books from your home or office. Refreshments will be served. 336-372-5573
By the way, think your place is haunted. Then you'll want to be at the Library tonight at 7p for a program by ghost hunter Tally Johnson. Like almost all library programs, it is free. |
 Cross-country Marine rides through county. Tim Tuomey, a member of the Marines who served with the Second Reconnaissance Battalion, Second Marine Division, is riding from the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport CA to Camp Lejeune NC (3,355 miles) to raise awareness and funds for The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. If he is on schedule, he is slated to come through Alleghany County this Friday. He will cross from Virginia on NC 93 where he will pick up a police escort through Sparta (courtesy of the Marine League), and travel down the mountain on US 21. He is being treated to lunch at Browns. You can learn more at www.opawakening.com. Select the CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE ADVENTURE to follow his progress. |
 Big Dawg cooking at the River Rock. River Rock Grill and Family Fun Center has opened The Big Dawg, a take-out window next to the Fun Center door. Open Tuesday- Saturaday from 11a to 4p, they serve Nathans all beef hot dogs and bbq. So if you don't have time to sit and eat, grab your lunch from the Dawg. And you can order from the Dawg's menu and eat in the River Rock.
Remember, live music beginning at 7p each Wednesday at the River Rock Grill. Steve Dillard performs there tonight. 336-372-2695 |
 Auction to benefit Planning Committee. The Alleghany Planning Committee will be holding an auction on Friday, June 15, at the Alleghany Jubilee located on Main Street in Sparta at 6:30p. Boy Man Dixon (ncal #334) will be conductiont he auction. Go to coolsparta.com/auction.pdf to learn more. All proceeds will go towards the committee's emergency assistance funding. For more information please contact the Alleghany B.R.O.C. Office at 336-372-7284.
Camp Sunshine kicks off June 19. This is a day camp for children between the ages of 5-12 who are grieving due to the death of a family member or other loved one. Camp Sunshine is available to children and their family free of charge, however pre-registration is required. The camp is offered to any child who has experienced a loss not only those who's loved one was a High Country Health Care System Hospice patient. Camp Sunshine is held in Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties. For more information, contact Mary Lee at 336-372-8018.
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Local Studios Open for Tour
The NC Mountain Arts Adventure begins with twelve local artisans opening their studios and galleries. Friday, June 15 - Sunday, June 17, 10a-5p potters, jewelry makers, woodworkers, and even glass blowers, will be demonstrating their talents. If you can't get to all the studios on the tour, don't worry, there will be another chance in October to see all these gifted craftspeople again.
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 This Saturday, live music and lots of dancing. Big Blues Beat returns to the Silver Dollar Music Park. Doors open around 5:30p with all-you-can-eat buffet at 6p. Music starts at 8p and ends around 11:15 p. Admission is $17.50 per person. for food and music. That's a steal! 336-372-6874 |
Dental Clinic is this weekend. 
Alleghany CARES is offering its annual dental clinic this Friday and Saturday, June 15 & 16, at Alleghany High School. Hours range from 6a-5p on Friday and 6a-3p on Saturday. Call 336-372-5959 for details or be at the new gym at 6a to register.
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Music in the Park with Strings, Ivory and Brass. Saturday's Music in Crouse Park features this eclectic group plays a little of everything: gospel, beach, rock and roll, bluegrass and then some. They are: Paul Wagoner, keyboard; Sue Wagoner, vocals; James Billings, vocals and lead guitar; Edward Lyons, bass; Roy Billings, saxaphone; and Gordon Vickers, drums. Music starts at 6p in the Crouse Park amphitheater. There's no admission charge. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy an evening with your neighbors. Crouse Park is located two blocks behind the Courthouse. From Main Street, turn onto NC 18 north/East Whitehead Street at the traffic light in the center of town. Take the second left. Crouse Park is on your right. 336-372-5473
 Food Lion shoppers are cool as a cucumber. Food Lion renovations are in full swing with the addition of the new enclosed produce area that is kept about 10 degrees cooler than the store. Shoppers can as cool as any cucumber in the produce isle.
Idenity theft: Don't be a victim. Grayson National Bank is a free siminar to help you become wise to idenity theft schemes. The 45-minute presentation is being offered twice: Tuesday, June 19 at 10a at the Independence Fire Department, 529 Davis Street; and that same day at 3p at the Galax Elks Lodge, 800 East Stuart Drive. No registration is required. 866-773-2811 or 276/773-2811
 NASCAR wannabees race lawn mowers in various stock and modified classes for points this Saturday. Concessions available. Admission $6; gates open at 5p. Race held at the dirt track at the County Fairgounds, 1.5 miles north of Sparta on US 21.
In recognition of June Suicide and Depression Awareness Month, a gospel celebration of life will be held at Saturday in the Alleghany Community Auditorium on the campus of Sparta Elementary School beginning at 6p. Scheduled to attend are singers from the following churches: United Faith; Pine Fork Baptist; Mt. Zion Holliness, Galax; Macedonia Methodist; and Higher Hope Ministries, Winston-Salem; as well as Gary and Amanda Atkins, Diane Bryan Lepper, Sherry Clodfelter and Johnny Kyle, Galax; to name a few. 336-657-0033
 Swing into the First Annual Golf Tournament Benefit for JAM to be held at High Meadows Country Club in Roaring Gap, NC. This tournament will benefit JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) and will begin with a shotgun start at 1p followed by dinner and concert at 6p with Wayne Henderson and Jeff Little. The tournament is limited to 100 golfers and 60 non-golfers. Sign-up registration forms and brochures will be available at the Chamber of Commerce and various businesses as well as High Meadows Country Club. For more information, contact Dian or Kim at 336-922-4000.
Sparta's Independence Day Parade will be held on Saturday, June 30, at 2p on Main Street. Its theme is Protecting America - Past, Present, Future. Homemade floats are encouraged. A $50 prize will be awarded in two categories: "Best Depection of Theme" and "Most Original." Pre-register by calling Barbara Lucier at 336-372-6135. There is no registration fee. Parade participants must sign a Waiver of Liability form at the parade staging area. Staging begins at 1p in the Sparta Elementary School parking lot on the auditorium side. World War II Veteran, Mr. Rudolph Edwards, will be parade Grand Marshal. That evening, from 6p to 10p, a free concert and dance featuring Seasuns Pleasuns will be held at Crouse Park. Bring blankets and chairs. Food will be available for purchase.
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