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September 7, 2006  RSS feed
Fall Cruise-In to be held Saturday on The Square
The annual Fall Cruise-In on The Square in Downtown Washington will be held Saturday, September 9, from 6 to 9 p.m. More...
Ed Pope Jr. elected to council; actual election said not needed

Edward B. Pope Jr. has been elected to fill the term of departing Washington City council member Anna Norman, announced Wilkes Co. Supervisor of Elections Judge Jim Burton. More...

Vital second meeting set for 'Leadership Wilkes' Oct. 28
By KIP BURKE

The critical second meeting of the new Leadership Wilkes community effort has been set, and committees are now forming to tackle many of the problems and challenges identified at the first community meeting two weeks ago. More...

 News
• 'Steel Magnolias' to celebrate 35 years on stage
"Steel Magnolias," the Washington Little Theater Company's next production, is special in that it marks the group's 35th anniversary, 19712006. More...
• Little Theater reception planned for 'Steel Magnolias' weekend
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 The Office Cat
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It's not The Biscuit Place anymore
The always popular Cruise-In on The Square in Down More...
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 Opinions
• Book Review
Seldom Disappointed
Tony Hillerman, author of the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee More...
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 Sports
• article has image Tigers convincing in 35-16 win in opener
The Washington-Wilkes Tigers started the 2006 football season off right with a 35-16 win over the Screaming Devils from Warren County. More...
• Cross-Country teams host meet Aug. 30
• Punt, Pass, Kick competition set by Optimist Club
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 Obituaries
• Mildred Amelia Cosby
Funeral services for Mildred Amelia Cosby, 90, of Washington will be held Thursday, September 7, 2006, at Hopkins Funeral Home, Washington, r 11 a.m., with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. Interment will be in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Tignall. She died Sunday, September 3, in W More...
• Margie Nell Fanning Hopkins
• Lydia Bernal Fanning
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 Worship
• Fishing Creek Baptist to host country supper September 9, 6-8:30
There will be a country cooking supper at Fishing Creek Baptist Church Saturday, September 9, from 6:00 until 8:30 p.m. Cost is $6.00 per plate for all you can eat. More...
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 Personalities
• Ashley Turner, Ames Barnett honored at engagement party
The home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Denard on Tignall Road was the setting of an engagement party honoring Ashley Turner and Ames Barnett on Saturday evening, August 19. More...
• article has image Amy Denise Smothers marries Kevin Thomas Wheelis on Aug. 5
• article has image Cynthia Louise Wynn marries Torri LaFreadrick Norman
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 Don't Forget
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There will be a general membership meeting of the Washington More...
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