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highcountryWEEKLY....................................
 Between
Iraq and a Hard Place
If you’ve been to downtown Boone this week,
you can tell by the snail-like snarl of traffic that Appalachian
State University has begun a new semester. Thousands of
college students have returned to the High Country to continue
their educational endeavors as ASU Mountaineers.
Native
Son Has Hope For Brighter Future In Kosovo
The following is the second of a two-part series
on Indiana National Guardsman Maj. Robert Millsaps, a Watauga
native, who is serving the NATO Kosovo Forces in Kosovo.
Eighty Pounds
Or Else
New NC Booster Seat Law Punishes the Skinny
 Area
Church Collects Donations For Tsunami Relief
Liberty United Methodist Church is a rural, family
church in the Matney community, its roots stretching far
back to 1892.
New
Titles For 2005
Parkway Publishers Keeps Them Coming
Johnson
Brings Glimpse Of Southern Winter To Watauga Library
Hicks
To Tell Tall Tales In Raleigh
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Have A Dream Week Rekindles King’s Message
High Country residents can renew their commitment to Martin
Luther King’s dream of racial and cultural harmony
this month thanks to the I Have A Dream (IHAD) Task Force.
2005
I Have A Dream Week Programs
Program
At Lees-McRae College To Provide New Opportunities To Women
In Need
Since
its creation in 1900, Lees-McRae College has educated students
not only in academics, but also in the importance of community
service.
 Mr.
WHS Pageant Raises Funds For Local Family
Twenty
Watauga High School students will compete for the title
of Mr. WHS this weekend while raising funds for a local
family in need.
Give,
But Give Wisely
BBB Warns Tsunami Relief Scams Likely
Writers
by the Swarm
Stephen Kirk Publishes Scribblers: Stalking the
Authors of Appalachia
$1,000
Checks Brighten Christmas for Flood Victims
School
Board Honors Chairman With Certificate
asheWEEKLY..............................................
 History
In The Making
If you couldn’t help noticing all the beautiful
old buildings in Ashe County, well, neither can Sherri Joines
Wyatt and Lori Tolliver-Jones.
Scouting
Training For Hispanic Christmas Tree Workers Planned
Ashe County
Extension Staff Receives State Recognition
 Valentines
Day Dinner/Dance Benefit Event Scheduled
The third Annual Children’s Trust Fund Dinner/Dance
fund raiser will be held at Jefferson Landing on Saturday
Feb. 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and ending with
dancing to the music of Donnie Story and The Fried Pies
until Midnight.
Master
Gardener Returns To Ashe County For Winter/Spring 2005
Ashe
County Volunteer Awards Ceremony Set For April 21st
New
River Community Partners Mini-grant Opportunity
Integrated
Pest Management Class Scheduled Jan. 27
Book
Discussion Group Sees High Turnout
Skyland
Books Welcomes Local Writer Saturday
Soup’s
On!
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