Burke County's 2025 recipients of the Governor's Volunteer Service Awards are shown with Holly Jones, far, left, director of the governor's western office, and Burke County Commissioner Phil Smith, far right. Pictured are, from left, Jones, Julie Dickis...

Burke County’s 2025 recipients of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards are shown with Holly Jones (far left), director of the governor’s western office, and Burke County Commissioner Phil Smith (far right). Pictured are (from left) Jones; Julie Dickison; Jasper Hemphill; Joyce Poteet; Caroline Avery; Lindsay Cabe, Bob Harper, and Darcy Cabe of Salem United Methodist Church; Doug White; and Smith.

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