Bring your family and friends to Hyco Lake on Saturday, May 4th from 11am - 3pm for West and Woodall Town, Lake and Country Properties' 5th Annual Hyco Lake Family Day!  This year's event will be held at The Harbor on Hyco Lake.  We will provide lunch and fun outdoor activities for the entire family, including music, a jump house/water slide, face painting, paddle board instruction and an ice cream truck.  ProMarine and Hughes Marine will be there as well.  We look forward to kicking off the summer on Hyco Lake with you! Bring your lawn chairs - all are welcome!

Bring your family and friends to Hyco Lake on Saturday, May 4th from 11am - 3pm for West and Woodall Town, Lake and Country Properties' 5th Annual Hyco Lake Family Day!  This year's event will be held at The Harbor on Hyco Lake.  We will provide lunch and fun outdoor activities for the entire family, including music, a jump house/water slide, face painting, paddle board instruction and an ice cream truck.  ProMarine and Hughes Marine will be there as well.  We look forward to kicking off the summer on Hyco Lake with you! Bring your lawn chairs - all are welcome!

The Person County Recreation, Arts and Parks Department will be offering a Canoe and Kayak tour of Mayo Lake on Saturday, July 7, 2012. This tour of the Mayo Lake shoreline will begin at the Mayo Park boat landing, and will follow a planned route to “The Rock,” a large stone outcropping on the lake’s shore.

Participants should meet at the boat landing picnic shelter at 8:45 am. The participants and tour guide will depart promptly at 9:00 AM and will return at approximately 1:00PM. Fees for this event are $10.00 or $15.00 for non-residents, and include canoe or kayak rental and guide.

Participants may register online at the Mayo Park online registration site, at the Mayo Park office, or by phone using a credit card.  Registration for this event is limited to 12 participants, so be sure to register soon! Registration ends July 6.

For more information on this, and other Mayo Park events, contact the Mayo Park Offices at 336-597-7806, or by e-mail at mayopark@personcounty.net

West & Woodall Properties and Legacy Building Company want to thank you for your continued support. Bring your family and friends to Hyco Lake on Saturday, May 5th from 11am - 3pm for a cookout and fun outdoor activities, including music, a jump house/water slide, face painting, paddle board instruction and an ice cream truck. We look forward to kicking off the summer on Hyco Lake with you! Bring your lawn chairs - all are welcome!

ProMarine will be there along with a Malibu and an Axis. Food, fun, games and music for the whole family - don't miss it!

Directions to 139 Summerlyn Place in Semora, NC for the 4th Annual Hyco Lake Family Day this Saturday, May 5th from 11am - 3pm. From Roxboro, take 57 North. Cross over 3 sections of Hyco Lake then take your 2nd left onto Rainy Ridge. Turn right onto Barefoot Landing. Turn right into Talley Pointe. Turn left onto Summerlyn. We look forward to seeing you there!

Benefit laps for Ronald McDonald House Charities at VIR's Spring Open House

March 30, 2012 | 9AM to 4PM

Usher in the spring at VIRginia International Raceway’s Open House featuring our Ronald McDonald
House Charities® benefit. This is the public’s opportunity to take their vehicles onto the historic VIR track
while helping others out at the same time.

The Benefit Laps will be held on Friday, March 30th from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, with the last group
taking the track at 3:30 PM that day. The cost is $25 per session, which will last from 20 to 25 minutes.
Donations of $25 either in cash or by major credit card will be accepted. TMI AutoTech, Inc. will once
again be offering rides in the Ariel Atom — the world’s quickest and most unique supercar — for $10 per
session. All donations will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of North Carolina® and
RMHC of Roanoke®, and are eligible for tax deduction.

Ronald McDonald House® has allowed families to focus on the health and well being of their critically
ill children by keeping families together who are in need of a community of hope, comfort and empathy. 
Their programs provide families with the comforts of home – private bedrooms, inviting community
spaces, daily home-cooked meals and stocked kitchen, a play room, computer room and laundry
facilities – as well as a network of support through interactions with other families, staff and volunteers.
Families with critically ill children face immense emotional, physical and financial challenges; knowing
that Ronald McDonald House Charities® will be there to support them in a safe and caring environment
helps to alleviate some of these challenges.

“The Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina and the Roanoke Ronald McDonald House
are very excited and proud about our relationship with VIR.  This event is a great way for people at
the track on March 30th to help seriously ill children and their families stay at 6 of our region’s Ronald
McDonald Houses.  It’s a special event where they can help others in need, while they enjoy the
experience of driving on this world-class track.”    —Fred Huebner, President of the Board of Directors,
Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina

ROXBORO — The Person County Recreation, Arts, and Parks Department will sponsore the first tournament of its annual Mayo Lake Bass Classic Team Tournament Series Mayo on March 24.

Tournament registration fee is $75 per boat (one or two person teams) per tournament. Prizes are based on 80 percent payback.

Register at the Mayo Park office, 1013 Neal’s Store Road, Roxboro, during regular business hours or visit mayo.personcounty.net online.

Find other interesting sports news at the Herald Sun: FANFARE: A look at local and national sports news in brief

While national home prices and sales may not recover to their historical levels until 2013 at the earliest, some local housing markets always outperform others in any given year.

In this second annual report (see last year's report: Top 10 Markets to Watch in 2011), Inman News examined housing, economic and demographic data for metropolitan areas nationwide to identify 10 housing markets to watch in 2012.

These markets are showing signs of strength in several key metrics, including above-average price appreciation, a flourishing job market, a high rate of sales in proportion to population, a high level of home affordability, low foreclosure activity, a below-average share of distressed sales, a low vacancy rate, and other characteristics indicating a healthy housing market.

http://www.inman.com/reports/markets-watch2012/raleigh

Please join us at our open house held at 4304 W. US 70 Highway in Durham.  The open house will be from Sunday, January 15th from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.  If you would like more information please call Stacy Slone (919) 972-1180. 

5 Min. to Duke! Ride your bike to Downtown or Duke Forest!  Completely renovated home w/ characters of old & new. This home, yard, garden and large field are very functional for that buyer looking to farm, have a workshop, hobby area & is private with mature hardwoods~landscaping to include apple & pear trees, camellia bushes, azaleas, heirloom roses & mature oak trees, 2.73 acres.  Inside you find a luxury kitchen, exposed beams, orginial pine flooring, great open floorplan for entertaining..AWESOME bonus room makes for great office or teen suite. If your looking for old house character with modernized conveniences this house is worth a look!

The Ridgeway Bass Anglers will be holding an Open Team Bass Tournament on Hyco Lake on Saturday December 10th. Entry fee is $50 and includes the lunker. Tournament hours will be 7:00am - 3:00pm with a five fish limit and 14" minimum. Registration will start at 6:00am at the ramp and launch order will be based on order of registration. Payout will be 1st, 2nd, 3rd and lunker. We have other open tournaments scheduled on Hyco on January 14,2012 and February 11,2012. For more information or questions, contact Tommy at bassman13@embarqmail.com

Finding the newest fishing hot spots at three Piedmont lakes may be as simple as looking in the trees.

Since earlier this year, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission personnel have bundled and sunk more than 80 evergreen trees at Jordan Lake, dropped eight artificial "tree reefs" constructed of recycled plastic on Hyco Lake, and cut-and-cabled 36 trees along the shoreline of Randleman Lake - all to attract fish and improve fishing opportunities.

Many popular sportfish, such as largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill, congregate around trees and artificial structures because of the food, shelter and nursery habitats they provide, according to Corey Oakley, a biologist with the Commission who oversees fisheries management for Randleman, Jordan and Hyco lakes.

"Our research has shown that crappie really like to congregate around sunken evergreen trees and artificial structures, so crappie anglers should cast around the fish attractor buoys on Jordan and Hyco lakes this fall," Oakley said. "Likewise, as the largemouth bass and crappie fisheries continue to develop in Randleman Lake, the cut-and-cabled trees will provide excellent nursery habitats as well as locations for large fish to capture prey. In fact, we have already received reports from anglers who have caught large bass around these trees."

The evergreen trees and artificial structures on Jordan and Hyco are clearly marked with fish attractor buoys, which are white with orange markings, black lettering, and a green N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission diamond. The cut-and-cabled trees on Randleman Lake are marked with white and black N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission habitat enhancement signs.

For more information on fishing in public, inland waters, visit www.ncwildlife.org/fishing.

From The Caswell Messanger