117th Year, 18th Issue Thursday, December 8, 2005 Sparta, North Carolina

Woodie honored by Rural Center

Patrick Woodie was recognized as one of North Carolina’s most outstanding rural leaders Nov. 3 at a conference in Raleigh.

He was given the Outstanding Rural Leadership Award for 2005, an honor bestowed by two groups, the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center and the Rural Economic Development Organization.

Woodie, of Piney Creek, is executive director of the Sparta-based New River Community Partners, former director of the Alleghany Chamber of Commerce and a former county commissioner.

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