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Katy Drews, a Stoneville resident and a sophomore at McMichael High School, was chosen along with 10 other teenagers in the state to serve on the youth council for the N.C. School Community Health Alliance.

Members of the new council will serve for at least a year and are charged with recruiting and leading a group of their peers through a community project to address teen health issues.

The alliance, which receives money from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is a statewide organization supporting the work of school health centers.

The 56 school health centers in the state deliver preventive care, including mental health services, to adolescents.

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Air Force Airman 1st Class Keyana L. Lowe graduated in October from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Lowe completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force.

Lowe is a 2008 graduate of McMichael High School and the daughter of Cynthia and Keith Lowe, of Madison.

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Farmers who would like to apply for grants through the Rural Advancement Foundation International can attend a workshop Thursday at the Rockingham County Agriculture Center, 525 N.C. 65, Reidsville.

The workshop will be from 6 to 8 p.m. and will help clients understand the process of applying for the grants.

Funding priority is given to projects that provide opportunities for a new generation of farmers and to applicants who had tobacco income at the time of the Master Settlement Agreement.

Grant applications for the Western Piedmont Region are due Jan. 13.

Call county extension agent Kathryn Holmes at 342-8230 for more information.

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The Madison Rescue Squad will hold a fundraiser Dec. 18.

A Christmas concert will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Western Rockingham Middle School auditorium, 915 Ayersville Road. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 10 and older, and free for children younger than 10.

The show will include Encounter, Mayodan Baptist Church Handbells, Madison School of Dance, Hubert Lawson and The Bluegrass Country Boys, bagpiper Chris Donaldson, story time for the kids, Santa and national recording minstrel pianist David McClintock.

Call 427-8543 or e-mail rusty8005@hotmail.com for tickets or questions.

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The Rockingham County Help for Homeless thanks two groups for providing needed donations.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes from Reidsville High School collected bed linens and gently used clothes during a recent football game. Francie Trent and other student athletes organized the event.

The Rev. and Mrs. James P. Tharrington Jr. and Evangel Fellowship Church of God in Christ in Reidsville donated cots and more than 1,000 canned goods for the Room in the Inn Shelter. The church also volunteered to help feed residents during the year.

The grass-roots organization now needs volunteers and monetary donations for operational expenses. Call 548-9533 to volunteer or make a tax deductible donation.

Contact Morgan Josey Glover at 627-1781, Ext. 119, or morgan.josey@news-record.com