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<title><![CDATA[Grants announced to help the needy through the recession]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Community Foundation of Burke County has awarded the second round of Recession Response Fund grants to support organizations addressing basic needs including food, shelter/housing, heating and utility assistance and medical/mental health issues exacerbated by the recession.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Miller donates to history museum]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Elinora B. Miller recently donated several artifacts to The History Museum of Burke County.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:38:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DAR doles out awards]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Quaker Meadows Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its November meeting at the Morganton Community House and announced the Good Citizen award winners. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:35:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A call to prayer for the city]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[During his daily prayer time in early September, Pastor Paul Culbertson of Calvin Heights said he felt burdened by the situation in Morganton. A conviction to pray more specifically — over the need for jobs, the school board situation and other issues — gripped his heart.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[King of slow soul comes to CoMMA]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Percy Sledge will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at CoMMA for one night only.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Morganton lights up downtown for the holidays]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Morganton kicks off the holiday season from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday with the Festival of Lights downtown.
The blue spruce pine tree will be lit on the lawn for the Historic Courthosue Square at 5:30 p.m. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burke charities seek helping hands, open wallets]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As the nights get colder and the holiday season approaches, charities serving Burke County are grinding their gears to help out the needy.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Archery offered at Salem Elementary]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[For students at Salem Elementary School, the goal of their archery class isn't just to hit the bull's-eye, but to build their characters, says physical education teacher Michael Steele.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoky fire damages home]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Traffic in front of Patton High School was a little slower than usual Wednesday afternoon when a house caught on fire at 644 Enola Road around 2:30 p.m.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Morganton offers locations for Overmountain Trail headquarters]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The National Park Service doesn't expect to name a site for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail's headquarters and visitor's center until 2011, but the process to select a location is already under way.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Police Blotter]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/19/police-blotter/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Public files from the Burke County Sheriff's Office and the Morganton Department of Public Safety.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WPCC speakers forum continues]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Anna Lappe, food activist and co-author of "Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet," was the featured speaker Tuesday. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:35:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit: officers responsible for death]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A woman is suing the City of Morganton and three Morganton Department of Public Safety officers for the wrongful death of her brother in October 2007.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four pedestrians struck, one dies]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A 78-year-old woman died Friday from injuries she received after a vehicle struck her on West Union Street.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Police closing in on counterfeiting ring]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Local investigators and the U.S. Secret Service are on the lookout for a band of counterfeiters who have been using fake bills at approximately 20 businesses since June.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scouts' good turn collects food]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/13/scouts-good-turn-collects-food/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Table Rock District of the Boy Scouts of America is keeping about 1,000 boys busy Saturday and the following weekend as it engages in its 19th annual Scouting for Food Good Turn.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Patton senior rocks for a reason]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[For Aaron Medina, music is more than just vibrations in the air. To him, music is calming, healing and cathartic. And now he's pouring out his passion into his senior project.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burke veterans recognized]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.morganton.com/content/2009/nov/12/burke-veterans-recognized/news-local/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Young and old faces dotted Patton High School's auditorium Tuesday morning, as veterans, their families, friends and community members gathered to acknowledge United States veterans.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A delivers ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Chick-fil-A in Morganton welcomed patrons to send messages to soldiers by mail on Tuesday. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student's senior project will raise funds for clinic]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It will begin to look a lot like Christmas on Sunday afternoon when the foyer and gymnasium of the Collett Street Recreation Center is transformed into a smorgasbord of holiday sights designed by John Griffin, an event planner from Raleigh who has worked with Martha Stewart.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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