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September 13, 2007
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Fall is just around the corner, and time is approaching for a series of fall events that keep Washington- Wilkes hopping through the season. Starting with the Mule Day Heritage Festival, events this fall also include an all-new Market Days Street Festival, and the bigger-than-ever fourth annual AR... More...

In its regular September meeting, the Washington City Council heard the long-awaited recommendation of the swimming pool committee, and council members discussed that and other far-ranging programs under consideration. More...

With the deadline for entries less than a week away, pageant organizer Ashley Barnett (left) talks with Hannah McTier, Hollie Huffman, and Hannah Ward about all the activities planned for the upcoming Miss Wilkes County Pageant set for September 29. "Girls and moms, we really need your entry forms... More...

Tickets are on sale now for the Washington Little Theater Company's Annual Gala which will be held Saturday, October 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of "The Washington Follies." The Gala will begin at 5 p.m. in the ballroom of the Fitzpatrick Hotel. More...
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Members of the First United Methodist Church will have a consecration service for their new fellowship hall Sunday, September 16. There will be an open house at a later date for all of us to see the beautiful building they have worked so hard to finance over a period of many months. I got a "s... More...
When I was growing up, helping folks just came naturally because hospitality was taught by action. It was common place for folks to help each other because money back then in the 1950s was scarce as hen's teeth as the old saying goes. More...
Last Friday night the Washington- Wilkes Tigers lost to the Bulldogs of Thomson by a score of 34-6. The game was really a tale of two halves, with the Tigers only being outscored 7-6 in the second half. This is the third game in a row, including the jamboree, where W-W has played better in the sec... More...
Funeral services for Mattie Lue Asbury Fannings will be held Saturday, September 15, 2007, at Watts Funeral Home Chapel in Union Point at 2 p.m. Interment will be at 3:45 p.m. at Mount Pleasant AME Church Cemetery on Quaker Springs Road, Washington. More...
Candice DeAnne Saggus and Jay Ross Holmes of Anderson, S.C., exchanged wedding vows in an impressive double-ring ceremony Saturday, August 11, at three o'clock in the afternoon at Good Hope Baptist Church in Iva, S.C. Rev. Jimmy Bryan of Elberton officiated. More...
Transforming Life Ministries and Amethyst D. Wynn will celebrate 14 years of ministry in the Washington-Wilkes area on September 16, 3:30 p.m., at the Third Shiloh Center. More...

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