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July 27, 2006  RSS feed
Motorcycle riders raise thousands for Sheriff
Motorcycle riders and law officers from around Georgia and South Carolina rode into Washington Saturday and raised more than $15,000 for the family of Wilkes County Sheriff Gary Rogers at a fund raiser called "Support your Local Sheriff - Ride for Gary." More...
High steel prices, low state aid puts new school complex at risk; tax hike won't be nearly enough
By KIP BURKE

Because of situations both in the state capitol and in the Middle East, Wilkes County may not be able to afford to build the proposed new high-school/middle-school complex, at least not now. More...

' Em boys ain't right

Bradley Barber (left) and Graham Maurer will play a dozen small-town characters each in the rural comedy "Greater Tuna" at the Washington Little Theater the second weekend in August. Bradley Barber, even when he's not wearing a dress, will direct the comedy at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturda More...

 News
• article has image Introduces new librarian
Celeste Stover, retired director of the Bartram Trail Regional Library headquartered at the Mary Willis Library, spoke to the Washington Kiwanis Club at its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 25. Stover, who retired as director on April 30, updated members regarding recent activities at the library, e More...
• Food distribution set Aug. 24 for Wilkes low-income families
• Women's fall Bible study uses Beth Moore's book on Daniel
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 The Office Cat
• article has image The Office Cat
Seeing a Hilton in the Hilton
M ary Craven and Mandy Whisnant have moved the More...
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 Opinions
• article has image Be careful where you lie
I remember my childhood prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep." We need to lie down with a prayer on our lips and in our hearts. Be careful where you lie! There's an old saying, "If you lie down with the dogs, you will get up with fleas." How true that is. More...
• Book Review
• article has image Vox Pop
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 Letters
• Police commended, challenges issued
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to commend officers Jamie Bridges and Gene Norman for a great job that they did in finding the individuals responsible for terrorizing my family (wife, 14year-old daughter, and six-year-old son) on Monday, July 24, 2006. Three teenage boys (18, 15, 13) not having anythi More...
• Middle School students with disabilities make AYP
• Reader has concerns for seniors
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 Sports
• Tiger football practice to begin next week; reserve seat tickets on sale now for 2006
Washington-Wilkes Tiger Athletic Director Russell Morgan has announced that it is that time of year again and mandatory Tiger football practice will begin next Wednesday, More...
• Barnett wins homerun derby at '06 USSSA championships
• Girls softball teams set tryouts for varsity and middle school
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 Obituaries
• Audrey Harris Jones
Audrey Harris Jones, 80, of Washington, will be held in Virginia at a later date. Mrs. Jones died Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at her home. More...
• Lindsey Johnson
• Naomi M. Crew
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 Worship
• article has image A Different Perspective
We are all familiar with the old saying, "You can't see the forest for the trees." It is quite true that we often become so concerned with the details and daily functions of living that we may lose our perspective. More...
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 Personalities
• article has image Virginia Lee King marries Robert M. Willingham Jr.
Virginia Lee King and Robert M. Willingham Jr. of Washington were married on Saturday, June 24, at three o'clock in the afternoon at The Church of the Mediator with the Rev. Dr. John Via officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Steve deShazo hosted a reception at their Spring Street home following the ceremony. More...
• article has image Callaway family enjoys reunion aboard 'Freedom of the Seas'
• article has image Landon Bailey celebrates tenth birthday
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 Don't Forget
• Don't Forget
The Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Fall Fashion Show will More...
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