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<title><![CDATA['I just thought it would be a good thing to do']]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Bob Martin decided to light a candle instead of curse the darkness.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An old Tar Heel can't get enough of UNC ceremonies]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/aug/04/old-tar-heel-cant-get-enough-unc-ceremonies/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I have been privileged to attend three University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduations within the last six years. My daughter graduated in 2004; my son was in the class of 2007, and my niece invited me to her ceremony in 2009.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[There's no place like home: A writer on vacation]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The members of the Morganton Writers Group, most of whom take turns contributing weekly to the Burke County Notebook, are a diverse cluster of women. We've had a few male members drift in and out over the years, but we will refrain from making further comment concerning the commitment level of men.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My husband sleeps with an elephant]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Last year, I came back from Maine with a back ailment.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:14:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Library Matters]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/20/library-matters/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Take advantage of all the free programs, materials and events offered by your library. Start with Summer Reading Program. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:57:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moonshine, bootleggers and back roads]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jun/15/moonshine-bootleggers-and-back-roads/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["Thomas, don't you go tramping a path to here a blind man could foller!" ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:41:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Love is always a winner]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/may/01/love-always-winner/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[David Fletcher was the associate pastor of our church and principal of our new Christian school. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2009 11:47:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A bridge not far from Burke]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/apr/03/bridge-not-far-burke/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I turned the channel on the TV and caught the end of the movie, "The Bridges of Madison County," starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:11:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Private Investigator school 101]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/27/private-investigator-school-101/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Well, it's official. I am now a paid private investigator—Agent 000. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Volunteers In Service To America – VISTA in Alaska's Bush]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/14/volunteers-service-america-vista-alaskas-bush/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In the fall of 1967, two dazed young women deplaned and were left on the riverbank of the Kotlik Slough, a Yukon River tributary emptying into the Bering Sea.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local project seeks to fight hunger in Haiti]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/11/local-project-seeks-fight-hunger-haiti/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Ted Carothers, Bruce Bingham and Paul Mears, members of the Valdese Rotary Club, saw first-hand the hunger situation when they traveled to Haiti last November. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:07:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharing Wisdom]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/mar/02/sharing-wisdom/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We conversed for a while ...
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mollypops or spinach]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/feb/23/mollypops-or-spinach/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Food from our childhood — what an important part of growing up.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:45:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One energy-saving answer comes up every morning]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/feb/18/one-energy-saving-answer-comes-every-morning/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The sun sends enough energy to earth to satisfy in 40 minutes the world's energy needs for an entire year if we could capture it, according to building and electrical contractor Bill Poteat of Morganton.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Are you sure you want to win the lottery?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/feb/09/are-you-sure-you-want-win-lottery/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[When I was young, the lives of the superrich impressed me. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:05:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mail miracles and mishaps living in Alaska's Bush]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/feb/03/mail-miracles-and-mishaps-living-alaskas-bush/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In 1962, mail service was fairly reliable to the largest Eskimo village in Alaska, Point Barrow, located on the Arctic Ocean's coast. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:48:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inauguration brings healing to teen of the '60s]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/jan/23/inauguration-brings-healing-teen-60s/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I was in the ninth grade in Hickory in 1966 when our schools integrated.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:23:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alaskan Christmases - Making do in the bush]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2008/dec/15/alaskan-christmases-making-do-bush/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Barrow, Alaska, is a world without trees. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[They all speak the same language there]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2008/dec/02/they-all-speak-same-language-there/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Before I retired, I was the activity director and secretary in a Personal Care (assisted living) facility.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:21:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reminiscing on Thanksgiving past, being thankful for family]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2008/nov/24/reminiscing-thanksgiving-past-being-thankful-famil/entertainment/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Last Thanksgiving, I hosted the Thanksgiving feast for a portion of my family at my Morganton home. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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