August 26, 2010 RSS feed / News

... on base before deployment

Jene and Joyce Moore, along with Tena Moore, and Dale and William Thomas, took their News-Reporter with them when visiting their grandson, Captain Bryan Fanning, his wife Crisitin, and their daughter, Marlie, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where Fanning More...

STOCK OF THE WEEK Pactiv Corp. (PTV/NYSE)

A Look Back: Sometimes things work out better than expected ... a lot better!! Pactiv was reviewed on 02/04/2010 when it was selling for $21.94 ... a price I felt undervalued the company a great deal. More...

Church group visits aquarium

Members and guests of the First United Methodist Church who took a trip to the Georgia Aquarium on July 28 included Cliff and Susan Hargrove, Walker and Jordan, Aaron Stasyshyn, Shelley and Logan Warrenfells, Dot Branham, Gale Seibert, Justin Riley, More...

Shelton, Crook show prize goats at inaugural Young Farmers show

Spectators from all over Wilkes County turned out to observe the Young Farmers Market Goat Show held recently at the McGill-Woodruff Ag Center. More...

...on the peninsula in Bristol, Maine

Jim and Randee Barry joined Laura and Dave Toburen, and their News- Reporter, in the state of Maine where they “endured” 75°F weather during the day and 54°F weather at night. More...

Planning begins on ninth Fall Festival set for November 6

The North Wilkes Steering Committee met last week to begin the plans for the ninth annual “I’d Rather Be In Tignall” Fall Festival on November 6. Everyone be sure to put that date on your calendars. More...

RAYLE NEWS

We had a good service at Sardis Baptist Church Sunday morning. Rev. Jim Newsome brought the message on “Giving What You Have” from the Book of Mark. The congregational singing was led by Joyce Fry with Pam Hall playing the piano. More...

News-Reporter will raise single-copy price to 75 cents on Sept. 2

Beginning with the September 2, 2010, edition of The News-Reporter, the single-copy price of the newspaper will increase to 75 cents. More...

Fashion fund-raiser to benefit NASA on September 17

In memory of the late Bill Bennett, energetic and esteemed leader of the North Alexander School Association (NASA), an entertaining fund-raiser will be held for NASA on Friday, September 17, at the Woman’s Club. More...

Who knew math was so much fun?

Washington-Wilkes Primary School second graders Emily Eligio, Brett Tanner, and Jada Porter from Elizabeth Lunceford’s class are enjoying a game of desktop basketball as they create data for their work with tables and graphs. More...

In memory of Carol Summerville

Ernie Summerville (at right) and son Chris place a brick in memory of wife and mother, Carol Summerville, at the entrance to Wills Memorial Hospital. The brick is a gift from Avola Callaway, for whom Mrs. More...

Fishing Creek to host country cooking supper Saturday 6-8

The Christian Service Organization of Fishing Creek Baptist Church will have a country cooking supper fund-raiser at the church Saturday, August 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. More...

LWREA elects new officers, discusses goals for new year

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Snake slain

Rattler Henry McAvoy killed this whopper of a rattlesnake with a pitchfork at his place near Rayle. The snake was over five feet long, about four inches in diameter, and had 13 rattles and a button. More...

Tignall News

There’s something about mud that pigs and some people seem to gravitate toward. I’ve heard of snow bogging but never mud bogging, until now. More...

Lundberg News

We were thankful for the good rain Friday night and also a nice shower Saturday night although just down the road at Lundberg they didn’t get any. More...