Veterans' Service Details Listed
The annual Veterans' Day memorial service is like no other. Ralph Broyhill says it will be like no other.On Wednesday, the official Veterans Day, a Veterans Day Memorial Service will honor military...
1:43 pm, November 06, 2009
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Church-School Partnership and Church-State Issues
Does the partnership between Wilkes County schools and local churches, to be announced in detail on Monday, violate separation of church and state? Dr. Steve Laws, Wilkes Superintendent, says that ...
05:44 am, November 06, 2009
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Health Care: To Some, Bill is on a Level with God
In legal writings, there is no word stronger than the word shall. Orders of magnitude stronger than should, much stronger than will -- shall conveys an absolute, unalterable requirement that someth...
05:36 am, November 06, 2009
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Foxx: "Health Care" Bill is Anything But
More dangerous than any terrorist -- one of the characterizations of the health care bill recently made by Fifth-District Representative Virginia Foxx. With the vote on the bill only hours or days ...
05:23 am, November 06, 2009
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Schools, Churches to Partner for Parental Help on No-School Days
Wilkes Schools officials and local churches have been quietly working since the school calendar change late this summer to come up with a solution to help out parents on those days when kids are no...
2:50 pm, November 05, 2009
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No More Sit-Out for Middle School Transfer Athletes
New policies have been adopted for middle school athletics at Wilkes schools, despite administration opposition. The board voted 3-1 with one abstention to allow middle school students who transfer...
05:48 am, November 05, 2009
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lack of Real Estate Sales Leads to Delay in Revaluation
The tax values of property in Wilkes will remain stable, at least for now. County commissioners have put off the regular reappraisal of property values, after learning this week there haven't been ...
05:42 am, November 05, 2009
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