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The Office Cat Independence Day Parade. Lineup is in Fort Washington Park behind the courthouse. People, dogs, cats, bicycles, tricycles, scooters, wagons -- anything not motorized -- are invited to participate in this 10th annual parade. It's a short walking parade with a short remembrance of freedom time in the park. . . . Other Fourth of July entertainment begins on The Square at 10 a.m. and continues through the spectacular fireworks display about 9:30 p.m. . Brenda Morgan (Moochie) Weber is a long way from home in Wilkes County. She now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Moochie cut lots of hair during her years in Wilkes County, but now she's cutting ground beef for roadrunners! That's right. Roadrunners - like you've seen on the old Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons. She was told when she went to Albuquerque that the birds don't eat seeds or anything that birds usually eat. They eat hamburger. They make themselves at home on her deck and she feeds them. If they don't get fed, they come peck on the sliding glass doors until she comes. One morning she had the feeling that something or someone was looking at her. She checked through the house and in the living room was a roadrunner. She enticed him (or her) out with a hand full of ground beef. She put out hummingbird feeders and was enjoying a reminder of home in Wilkes County. But she discovered that the roadrunners were eating the hummers so she took the feeders down. Roadrunners don't fly but they are high jumpers and they were catching the hummers at the feeders. Everyone knows Moochie always had pretty flowers and loved growing things. She says everything in New Mexico is brown, but she has her own little container garden with colorful flowers on her deck. A picture of one of "her" roadrunners will be in next week's paper. Her brother, Winfred Morgan, told us about the roadrunners and brought pictures of them that Moochie had sent to their sister, Nita. . The Atlanta Braves. No comment. . Arcadian Kerns Eaton, grandson of Pam and Rod Eaton, arrived Sunday from Guyton (Ga.) to get ready for Kermit to give him his first haircut! Arcadian is the son of Linda and Ulysses Eaton. Mama and her camera arrived Tuesday for the big event. . Ashley Barnett, Washington- Wilkes Tourism Director, says that the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce has plans for a Miss Wilkes County beauty pageant in conjunction with Mule Day in October. Ashley has lots of experience with beauty pageants, having been a participant and a winner. It should be interesting and fun. So get ready, girls. . Henry and Shay Harris will be having the ribbon cutting and grand opening of their new store -- The Antiques Orphanage -- Friday, June 29, at 1 p.m. The store is located next door to Petal Pushers on The Square. . Another ribbon cutting and grand opening will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 6-7, when the new Advance Auto Parts will be celebrating its opening. . . . I've heard that when all the construction and landscaping are finished and the area is cleaned up, Taco Bell will begin construction on the lot adjacent to Advance Auto. . The Wilkes County Board of Education will have a ground-breaking for the new Washington-Wilkes Middle and High Schools Monday morning, July 2, at eight o'clock. The site is on the Tignall Road. There is some talk about naming it something besides Wilkes County or Washington-Wilkes schools. What do you think? . True crime writer Ann Rule's book, No Time to Say Goodbye, about the murders of Dolly Hearn and Jennifer Corbin, is on both the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. The author, whose visit to Washington-Wilkes for a book signing this month was postponed because of illness, is expected to be here sometime in the fall. . The June-July issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine features the magazine's pick of the 100 top entertainers in the country. Washington Wilkes' Hillary Lindsey is No. 61 on the list. The article says, in part, "She's one of Nashville's hottest behind-the-scenes commodities, co-writing Carrie Underwood's monster hits, 'Jesus Take the Wheel' and 'Wasted,' plus some of the better recent album cuts from Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, and Bon Jovi. . . . . earning her first No. 1 with McBride's 'Blessed.'" . A "Hard Hat Tour" of the newly expanded and renovated Pope Community Center will be available to the public Friday, June 29, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. The work is not finished yet but is making progress. It's going to be really nice. . Here are some more "Manners That Matter" as printed in the Athens Banner-Herald in observance of National Etiquette Week. Be a gracious guest. When you receive an invitation, kindly respond to the host's request. An RSVP means you let the host know either you are attending or you are not attending. RSVP means respondez s'il vous plait, meaning "respond if you please" regardless. You can ask your guests to RSVP by phone, in writing or e-mail. Regrets means the hostess only wants to know if you are NOT coming to the party.
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