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November 13, 2008  RSS feed
Kids get a taste of art at Fall ArtFest
More than 150 children enjoyed making their own hands-on art projects Saturday morning at the annual Fall ArtFest. Sponsored by the Washington-Wilkes Arts Foundation, the juried art show saw photographer John A. Weber of Watkinsville win the $1,000 First Prize for the second year. Jewelry artist Cherrie Granger took the $500 Second Prize and watercolorist Jeanne Mack took third and $250, President Lou Ricciuti said. The artists who took part in the two-day show said that traffic and sales were generally good. "And the prize money makes it even better," Cherrie Granger said. More...
City starts process leading to new service delivery strategy
By KIP BURKE news editor

In Monday night's Washington City Council meeting, city leaders began the conversation that will lead to the writing of a Service Delivery Strategy document by which the county and city governments will determine which entity pays for which service, and keep taxpayers from paying for services twice. More...

Obama's election impacts Wilkes people: 'He's set a new standard for everybody'
By KIP BURKE news editor

The election of Barack Obama last week was a moment in U.S. history that many Wilkes County citizens thought they would never see - a Black man was the president-elect, with a family that looked like theirs headed for the White House - and it's having a real impact in local families. More...

 News
• National observance will call attention to need for adoptions
Saturday, November 15, is National Adoption Day. The nation will celebrate adoption and encourage more people to give children in foster care permanent families through adoption. More...
• Aging agency sets hearing, discussion on services offered
• article has image TJ & Friends helps local cancer patient
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 The Office Cat
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Jack Frost' pays early visit to W-W
J ack Frost came calling in Washington-Wilkes Monday morning. If you got up early enough, you saw his handiwork in low-lying grassy areas, along the sides of streets and roads, and on your car. And wouldn't you know! More...
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 Opinions
• article has image I got to thinking
The old-timers went to bed with the chickens at sundown real time and got up with the rooster's crowing at sunrise. The rooster is God's natural alarm clock. Now, folks try to stay up half the night watching the one-eyed monster or as one preacher calls it, "The 21-inch sewer system." I wear my remote out trying to find something to watch. More...
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 Letters
• Burglar missed the real value of the library
To the person who broke into the North Wilkes Library last wekend: I congratulate you on your instincts. The contents of a library are infinitely valuable, second only to what you might find in a house of worship. You don't have to break into either place though. More...
• Appreciates trees, Loran Smith's column
• Thanks for Tignall festival help
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 Sports
• article has image Tigers cruise past Aquinas, will enter playoffs against Spartans
Last Friday, for homecoming, the Washington-Wilkes Tigers took on the Aquinas Fighting Irish in the last regular season game of the year. The Tigers came out on top in a wellplayed game by the score of 41-6. The Fighting Irish received the ball to start the game. More...
• article has image Briarwood Lady Bucs take third place in state GISA Class A softball tourney
• Region 7-A SCHEDULES and SCORES
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 Obituaries
• Jessie Walton
Funeral services for Jessie Walton, 70, of Tignall were held Sunday, November 9, 2008, at the Reeves Chapel Baptist Church, Tignall, with Minister Marilyn Smith as eulogist. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday, November 5. More...
• Willie Floyd Hall
• Joseph C. Wheeler
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 Personalities
• Mary C. Reid Women on Mission meet at First Baptist November 3
The Mary C. Reid Women on Mission of the First Baptist Church met in the Conference Room Monday morning, November 3. Mrs. Dennis Hopkins led the reading of the WMU Watchword, read the WMU Mission Statement and offered a prayer. More...
• article has image Girls of 1964 'do lunch'
• article has image Bobby and Sarah Myers honored at 50th anniversary celebration
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 Don't Forget
• Don't Forget
New Salem Baptist Church in Tyrone will have a Thanksgiving Service Wednesday, November 26, at 7:30 p.m. The pastor, Rev. Reynolds, and the congregation extend an invitation to everyone to attend. More...
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