Our Newsletter is sponsored by The Bank of Stanly this month:

Bank of Stanly "Making A Difference", in Stanly County, for 20 years. Our mission is to provide first-class financial services to our neighbors, building upon our person-to-person approach to meeting customer needs. Recognizing that there is always a face before there's an account, we welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can assist you. (704) 983-6181

Outdoorsman Bonanza The Outdoorsman Bonanza will be held Saturday, April 3, 2004 at the The Stanly County Agri-Civic Center. The ADDC will be giving away $100,000 in prizes. Prizes will be given away every 5 minutes. For more details and a list of prizes to be given away, click here.

Stanly County Celebrity Golf Benefit Stanly County Celebrity Golf Benefit presents the Bud Shootout Wednesday, April 14 at Badin's Stanly County Club. It is a four-man captain's choice with tee times starting at 1:00 p.m. Entry fee is $50. Prizes, autographs and memorabilia auctions will be available. Call 704-422-3683 for more information.

Albemarle Tee Ball Registration Registration for Albemarle Tee Ball will be held March 1-5, 8:30am-5pm weekdays at the Rock Creek Park office. Tee Ball is an instructional, non-competitive baseball program for boys and girls born between June 1, 1997 and July 31, 1999. Fun and Fundamentals come first! Cost is $11 for city residents and $22 for non-city residents. First time participants must bring a copy of birth certificate at time of registration. For more information please contact the Albemarle Parks and Recreation Department at 704-984-9560.

Carolina Junction Carolina Junction, a Raleigh, NC Bluegrass band with local ties to perform at Oakboro Music Hall Saturday April 3, 2004 at 7:30pm. Albemarle native Kevin Hopkins and his bluegrass band, Carolina Junction will make their Oakboro Music Hall debut on Saturday April 3, 2004 at 7:30pm. The band plays the best in traditional and contemporary bluegrass music Kevin grew up in Albemarle and attended East Carolina University where he graduated in 1980. His family remains in Stanly County and he is glad to be returning for this premier engagement. He is grateful for his parents Nelle and Frank Hopkins for giving him lots of musical opportunities as he was growing up. Kevin has two brothers in the area. Scott Hopkins(City of Albemarle) and Todd Hopkins(Hopkins Home Crafters). He would like to invite all of his old friends as well as all bluegrass fans to come out for some good foot tapping sweet sounding bluegrass music.