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Dear Savvy Senior, My 78-year-old father recently suffered a debilitating stroke. He is recovering slowly but he now needs much more care than Mom and I can supply. Do you have some ideas that can help us take care of Dad at home? More ... While global positioning satellite systems are a relatively new technology, humans have been using information for years from one ancient satellite: the moon. More ... Guests of Mrs. Gladys Drinkard were Charles Drinkard, Harold Drinkard, Gerald Drinkard, Lanette Drinkard, Barbara Walton, Daisy Johnson, Mozell Wiggs, and Joan Drinkard. Mrs. Evelyn Goldman More ... The North Wilkes Steering Committee met on Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the old school lunchroom. More ... It is interesting to learn the Rayle Volunteer Fire Department receives the most individual support from two Callaway women, both widowed More ... Tynisha Walton, an eighth grade student at Washington-Wilkes Middle School, attended a Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C., July 17-26. More ... By MARTHA PARTRIDGE Wilkes Co. Extension Agent Football season has arrived once again bringing with it the ever-popular tailgate party. More ... GED tests will be given in Washington Wilkes on September 8 and 9 in the fellowship hall of the First United Methodist Church. More ... Each student at WashingtonWilkes Elementary School will be given the opportunity to learn numerous skills in the technology lab during the 2005-2006 school year. More ... The Math Department at Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School will conduct a parent orientation meeting for the parents of any students currently taking Concepts of Problem Solving and Algebra I. More ... Summer will soon be gone. I for one will be glad. Church at Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday was good. We had a good crowd, good singing and good teaching and preaching. The sermon was on More ... Mitch Overend (left) was the guest speaker for the Washington Kiwanis Club at its regular Tuesday lunch meeting on August 23 where he discussed security issues of dams on the Savannah River. He specifically talked about threat analysis, vulnerability, risk, and the protection of critical dams on the More ... These sweet, calm young kitties need loving homes, as do many other friendly, lovable cats at the Washington-Wilkes Humane Shelter. More ... It was 70 years ago this month that President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, marking the creation of the most successful government program in our nation More ... The Taliaferro County Labor Day Fair will be honoring military men and women serving or who have served in the Iraq of Afganistan wars and who live in Taliaferro, Wilkes, and surrounding counties. More ... Morrison and I and our children, Mary Jane Scarborough, 37, and Lee Nash Maxwell, 33, and eight year old grandson, Tyler Maxwell Scarborough, are all excited about our upcoming 50th golden wedding anniversary this Sunday afternoon, August 28, at Phillips Mill Baptist Church where we both grew up and More ... |
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