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Slow Man By J.M. COETZEE
Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

Prepare to be impatient with the main character in More...

African-Americans' social, economic, and political dependency needs modification

Don't Fuss ... Let's Discuss The African-American Community Forum
By ARTHUR W. DANNER

Prelude: 1) 2014 will be the final year of the No Child Left Behind Act (assuming it is reauthorized in 2007) and we will know whether Wilkes County Schools made or failed to make "adequate yearly progress;" the present pattern of progress suggests More...

Total Tour makes great weekend

TO THE EDITOR: What a great weekend we have just experienced in WashingtonWilkes! More...

Lucky to have Gloria at the Shelter

TO THE EDITOR: This is in praise of Gloria Wheatley, who manages our Animal Shelter. More...

Vox Pop

Arrests have been made in Texas charging people with public drunkenness inside privately-owned bars because, police say, they are public places. More...