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News January 19, 2006
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W-W Elementary announces merit list, honor roll students
     Wanda Jenkins, principal of the Washington-Wilkes Elementary School, has announced the names of students who have made the honor roll and merit list for the third six-week grading period. Students named are:
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Nat. Greene names top students to honor roll, merit list
     Wilkes County students at Nathanael Greene Academy, Siloam, who have been named to the honor roll or merit list for the second quarter are as follows:
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Waters will speak in Greensboro
     Dr. Mark Waters of WashingtonWilkes will be the guest speaker at the Greensboro Chapter of the
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Promotes art through Foundation
     Anita Darden, chairman, described the mission and function of the Washington Wilkes Arts Foundation to members of the Washington Kiwanis Club at their regular Tuesday lunch meeting on January 17. She said that the foundation was formed three years ago as a consequence of the elimination of music and
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W-WCHS called ‘effective, dedicated’ by QART
     A Quality Assurance Review Team (QART) representing the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), visited Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School and has certified that the school has satisfactorily met all standards for accredit
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Pet of the week
     Bets is a Pointer-mix, a beautiful dog, very even-tempered, and affectionate.
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VFW awards essay contest winners
     The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5899 recently awarded savings bonds to three Washington-Wilkes students for their essays. The essays will go on to compete at the district level, with the national prize a $10,000 savings bond. Pictured are (l-r) VFW’s Laura Houpt, students Courtney Gunter, Joel Fai
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Students concentrating on grades; these tips can help with homework
W-WMS Corner
By W-WMS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS
     As we start the second semester at W-WMS, many students are starting to concentrate on their grades so they will make it to the next grade. Some students need some help to buckle down on their grades so here are some homework tips to help them.
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From berries to cuttings, experts talk propagation
     Bodie Pennisi and Paul Thomas promise purple hands, and it won’t be due to the cold.
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Rayle EMC taking applications for five scholarships
     The Rayle Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is currently accepting applications for five scholarship that will be awarded to deserving students from each of the five directorate districts that it serves.
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CWRT’s first ’06 meeting slated for Monday at 6
     The first meeting of the new year of the Civil War Round Table of Washington will be Monday, January 23, at 6 p.m., at Watchmaker’s Restaurant beginning with dinner for $10 per person.
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Your Pet’s Health
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     As Jack Frost finally begins to arrive, many of us will begin to feel common aches and pains in our joints. We all have our favorite medicine for relief of these ailments. Our pets often experience similar symptoms on these colder mornings. While some medications that we use to treat your animals wi
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Winter is prime time to prune some plants
By FAITH PEPPERS University of Georgia
     Winter doesn’t offer a total break from garden chores. Now is a prime time to prune plants, but only if you need to, University of Georgia experts say.
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Council votes on rate for gym rental, hears proposal for cable franchise
     The January meeting of the Tignall City Council was held at the City Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, with Mayor Richard Gammon presiding.
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Legal services available Jan. 3 at Senior Center
     Members of the Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) staff will be in Wilkes County to meet with senior citizens wanting free legal help, on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Tignall News
By CAROLYN GAMMON Please call 285-2736 and NOBIE KEENER Please call 285-3232
     The community extends sympathy to the family of Gene Parker. He will be missed by so many people in this county. Sympathy is also extended to the family of Henry Clark Walton. Many of you may know his sister, Mrs. Marie Bradley, who resides at Harpers Personal Care Home. Rev. Donnie Berry of Mallor
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RAYLE NEWS
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
     Winter, summer, fall, or spring! Whis is it? It is supposed to be winter and I miss it. I got a new red knitted-cap for Christmas that I want to wear. I’m like Doe now. I want some snow and a blizzard. I miss Doe, too, and I know all of you do. Eudora Glenn Huyck, who wrote the Tignall news until re
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Lundberg News
By SAMILLE SHERRER Please call 678-7363
     After spending most of the week in Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Mrs. Juanita Bradford came home Friday and is somewhat better. We hope she will continue to recover and soon be able to be out and about. Rev. and Mrs. O’Neil Martin visited Mrs. Juanita Bradford at Doctors Hospital Monday afternoon. Mr
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GLSP to provide free help here for low-income people Feb. 7
     The Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) provides free legal help to low-income people with civil (non-criminal) legal problems.
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Tyrone News
     Thanks to all who put and have put beautiful flowers in the sanctuary of Phillips Mill Baptist Church over the years. The pretty flowers Sunday, January 15, were placed by Jean Gunter in loving memory of her father, the late Walter Pope McAvoy. Many have fond memories of his family going back to his
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Aonia News
By SHERRY W. NEWSOME Please call 678-2898
     Kenneth Shank of Tucker; Mrs. Ruth S. Randman of Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Joe Shank of Lexington, S.C., came last week to attend the funeral of Miss Clifford Shank. There were also other cousins who attended. Russell Goldman of Doraville spent Sunday with Mrs. Sara Huff. Russ was pianist for Mt. Zio
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