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Clubs use donated food for baskets
The Adventurer and Pathfinders clubs, sponsored by the Powell Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church of Dryden, passed out bags the weekend of Oct. 17-18 for the community to donate food items. There...
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Boy Scout Jesse Austin, of Appalachia, has documented the locations of more than 300 veterans  graves in the American Legion Cemetery in Powell Valley, and engraved those names on aluminum plates, part of a veteran s memorial built at the site. Eagle Scout shares names on Veterans Memorial
On Saturday, Nov. 14, Boy Scout Troop 603 of East Stone Gap and area veterans’ groups joined in honoring Jesse Austin, son of Troop 603 Assistant Scoutmaster Doug Austin and wife Ann, as he ...
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Bake spicy Pumpkin Bread for Thanksgiving
by ROSA HERRON • Tasty Treasures From Home
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SWEET POTATO MUFFINS 1⁄2 cup butter 1 1⁄4 cups sugar 1 1⁄4 cups canned sweet potatoes, mashed 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1⁄...
Heavy rains bring memory of Arno slate dump explosion
by VADNA BUSH • Happenings & Happiness
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- Tuesday night I think it rained most of the night after a rainy and damp day but it could have been worse because we didn't catch the brunt of tropical storm Ida. We live far enough inland to not...
Remember friends, neighbors, family in prayer
by KENYA HARDISON • Italy Bottom News
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- Please remember the sick, shut-ins, the troops, churches, prisons and the lost in your prayers. They are greatly appreciated. Please keep the following people in your prayers: Ida Lee Bellamy, P...
Florida visitor enjoys 'step back in time'
by LULA BAXLEY • Mountain Musings
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- It was Veterans Day as I wrote this. I thought of my four brothers, my husband, a grandson, and the countless other men and women who have sacrificed their time and put their lives on the line fo...
Area veterans honored at special dinner
by JUNE FANNON • Duffield News
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- Area veterans and their spouses were honored Wednesday with the annual Veteran's Day dinner at Duffield Primary School. Thanks to those who work so hard each year for this event. We are proud of...
Long trip to ride Polar Express worthwhile
by MARY LOU BUSH • Appalachia News
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- Martha Caldwell has been a patient at Bristol Memorial Hospital in Bristol. Remember her in your prayers. - Last week, Gary and I took our grandson Connor and son Shaun to the Great Smoky Mounta...
Artist exhibits Pangaea at MECC November 11 – December 12
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James Veenstra’s Panagea, a display of paintings, prints and mixed media, will be on exhibit at the Slemp Gallery at Mountain Empire Community College from November 11 through December 12. “Th...