Preparations -- A Southern Pines town truck sprays a brine solution on Murray Hill Road Jan. 24, as weather forecasts were calling for the possibility of a wintry mix Friday afternoon. (Glenn M. Sides)

Published on January 25, 2013

Cover Up -- Maurice Shaw of Southern Pines covers his car as sleet begins to fall Jan. 25 on Pennsylvania avenue. (Glenn M. Sides)

Published on January 25, 2013

Kindergartener Braeden Fields erases a picture he drew on his iPad tablet during free time at Carthage Elementary School Jan. 24. On Jan. 23, every student at Carthage Elementary received an iPad to use at school as a part of a technology initiative being piloted at Carthage Elementary. (Hannah Sharpe)

Published on January 25, 2013

The Union Pines swim team pushes head coach Beth Christensen into the pool after hearing the announcement that both the boys and girls' teams won the league championship. (Philip Taylor)

Published on January 25, 2013

Walker and Katie Morris were honored by the United Way of Moore County Jan. 24 as the 2013 recipients of the Cornerstone of the Community award, the highest award for volunteerism. (Tom Embrey)

Published on January 25, 2013

Sandhills Community College Flyers head coach Mike Apple and athletic director Aaron Denton stand on the court in Heins Gymnasium behind the Dempsey Student Center. SCC has announced plans to expand the gym to add seating for more than 500 fans and a full-length college-size basketball court. (Glenn M. Sides)

Published on January 25, 2013

Sgt. Tina Sheppard, of the Pinehurst Police Department, with her horses on her farm off N.C. 211 east of Aberdeen. Sheppard is now organizing a 12-member volunteer mounted patrol to work local special events, assist with search and rescue operations and serve as a public relations tool in the village of Pinehurst. (Glenn M. Sides)

Published on January 25, 2013

Rev. Angela Headen Davis celebrates during the Moore County branch of the NAACP's Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance ceremony Jan. 21.(Hannah Sharpe)

Published on January 25, 2013

Raffaele Gironda looks forward to spending more time in his workshop after he closes his longtime namesake restaurant in Southern Pines. Next month, Gironda will close Raffaele's as a step toward semiretirement. He hopes to open a smaller restaurant in 2014. (Glenn M. Sides)

Published on January 25, 2013

Taylor Davis, 6, watches as Joe Rabstejnek and her father, Greg, unload girl cookies Saturday at a warehouse in Southern Pines for her troop to deliver. This is Davis' first year selling girl scout cookies. Volunteers were out unloading delivered cookies Saturday despite cold weather and ice.

Published on January 28, 2013