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Dr. Mark Melton (left) and Wilkes Pre-Release Center Superintendent Ricky Cobb gave God's Marketplace Food Pantry over 450 cans of food for the Thanksgiving season. GMI Director David Toburen offered "a big thanks for their work in helping the Food Pantry and the hungry folks of Wilkes County." More ... Lee Thomson (left), president of the W-WCHS Chapter of the National Honor Society, presents mathematics teacher Larousse Charlot with one of more than two dozen Haitian relief shoeboxes filled by students at the high school. NHS members coordinated the effort to support the Haitian relief mission organized by Charlot's family. More ... LCPL Zach Dehil completed predeployment training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty Nine Palms, Calif. He is scheduled to deploy the first part of 2009 and will be assigned to the 2nd Supply Btn, Security Co., MP Platoon, 1st Squad, 2nd Fire Team. More ... Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bridges of Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gunn of Augusta announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenny Lyn Bridges, to Sergeant Tyler John Holladay, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Steed of Chichester, N. H. More ... Forty-five eager travelers left Washington in the wee hours of Saturday morning, November 15, for Port Canaveral, Fla., where they boarded the Carnival Cruise Ship, Glory, for a week's tour. Ports of call included Cozumel, Belize, Roatan in Honduras and Freeport, Bahamas and at each stop, the travelers enjoyed the shops, food and beautiful scenery. More ... Madison Lynne Locklair Mr. and Mrs. Joey Locklair of Washington announce the birth of their daughter, Madison Lynne, on Tuesday, November 25, at University Hospital in Augusta. Madison Lynne weighed 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and was 19 ¾ inches long. She has a brother, Hunter, who is five years old. More ... Kimberly Bentley was entertained at a baby shower on Saturday, November 8, in the fellowship hall at Danburg Baptist Church. Hostesses for the occasion were ladies of Danburg Baptist. Mrs. Bentley was presented a corsage of daisies tied with light blue ribbon and accented with a baby chick wrist rattle. More ... Holiday guests of Kermit Hocutt were Wayne, Blake, Gracie and Tommy Hocutt, of Charlotte, N. C., and Kim, Randy, Ryan and Matthew Fowler of Indian Trail, N. C. l Jane Garner celebrated the holiday week in Dunwoody with her daughter, Nancy Garner, family and friends. More ... Robert Matthew Shedd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Shedd of Rayle, celebrated his ninth birthday November 18. Matt cel- ebrated on his birthday with his third grade class at Washington Wilkes Primary School. He shared Rice Krispy Treats and juice boxes with his classmates during their snack time. More ... The W-WCHS Chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) placed third in the state in the "Operation October" event. The award recognized those chapters with the highest recruitment of members during the month of October. W-WCHS currently has 105 FBLA members. The chapter received the award at the FBLA Fall Leadership Conference in Athens November 21-22. More ... Craig R. Amason, Executive Director of the Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation, Inc. of Milledgeville, was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, December 2. Amason told members about the life of American novelist and short-story writer Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) of Milledgeville who wrote two novels and 32 short stories. He also described her 544-acre ancestral farm - Andalusia - near Milledgeville which is open to the public. Lillie Crowe (right) was the program host for the day. More ... Jasmine Cleveland is one of a number of students who recently finished with her Senior Project. The Senior Project at Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School is an opportunity for seniors to demonstrate obtained knowledge and the capability to create and execute a task utilizing the skills developed throughout their lives as students. The project requires students to demonstrate skills in time-management, research, problem-solving, human interaction, organization, and public speaking. Completion of these projects serves as the culmination of their efforts this semester in obtaining the very skills and abilities expected of colleges and/or employers. More ... The director and several members of the cast of "Sanders Family Christmas," to be presented by the Washington Little Theater Company this week, were guest speakers and performers at the regular meeting of the Washington Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, November 25. The play's director, Jo Randall (back, second from left), told members about the upcoming play and its setting - Mt Pleasant Baptist Church, Christmas Eve of 1941. Kay Nelms (back, right) sang two songs from the play accompanied by Sherri Bowers on piano. The play will be presented December 4-7, at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse. Kerry McAvoy (back, left) was program host for the day. Other cast members pictured above include (front, l-r) Sherri Bowers, Rosemary Hopkins, and (back) Pat Niemann. More ... A popular stop at last week's Candlelight Shopping was the Wilkes County 4-H Dairy Show Team booth offering pictures taken with a Christmas calf. The calf was stationed in a well-lit manger next to the Washington-Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, and volunteers took photos of kids (and adults) with the calf for a donation. The event was a successful fund-raiser for the Wilkes County 4-H club. More ... Members of the Wills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary sang Christmas carols before lighting its second annual Christmas Tree of Love" at last week's Candlelight Shopping on The Square. Auxiliary members received donations in memory of and in honor of loved ones to light the evergreen tree on the courthouse lawn. Proceeds from this project will fund necessary equipment for Wills Memorial Hospital. More ... |
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