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Yadkin County musings
While they may have mumbled through the process, it was clear to observers; the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners lifted the county-wide hiring freeze Monday night to make way for the sheriff t...
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Getting at Yadkinville town budget proved to be an interesting exercise
Telling the story of how you have an opportunity to read about the proposed Yadkinville 2010/11 budget in this week’s Ripple is one that might almost seem hilarious, if the issues at hand were not...
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Our continued success comes at a price
It’s often been said “you get what you pay for” and here in Yadkin County people might soon get a clear demonstration of that universally-agreed upon truth. There is perhaps only...
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Thank one and all
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Soapbox moments
It seems that a large portion of the general public expects perfection from everyone except themselves
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Lessons in respect needed in Yadkin County
Respect appears to have lost its meaning and its rightful place in Yadkin Cou
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Yadkin County musings
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While they may have mumbled through the process, it was clear to observers; the Yadkin County Board of Commissioners lifted the county-wide hiring freeze Monday night to make way for the sheriff to...
Getting at Yadkinville town budget proved to be an interesting exercise
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Telling the story of how you have an opportunity to read about the proposed Yadkinville 2010/11 budget in this week’s Ripple is one that might almost seem hilarious, if the issues at hand were not ...
Is global warming dead? Let’s ask an expert, us
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While we, and nearly the entire East Coast, have been shoveling out from record snowfalls, something extraordinary happened...global warming was declared dead. While we huddled in our Snuggies dre...
The elephant in the room
by By Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed.
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The elephant in the room
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Remember what the U.S. flag stands for
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From the time that we were small children, we were taught how lucky we were to be born in this great country. We were taught to respect the flag. With us there is only one flag and that is “Ole Glo...
Astonished at Yadkinville mayor's reaction to water woes
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Today, Saturday, June 19, the Yadkinville Mayor Hubert Gregory came down to see us after our neighbors and us called and left messages about the undrinkable water in our town. He told us that ther...
Doug Groce for Sheriff
by Chris Shore, Hamptonville
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Dear editor, As a lifelong resident of Yadkin County, I felt compelled to write this reference for my lifelong friend Doug Groce. I have known Doug ever since childhood as well as my teenage and ...
Upset over husband getting ticket
by Elizabeth Gouveia Miner, Hamptonville
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Dear editor, My husband was ticketed in Wilkesboro on Friday for not wearing a seatbelt while riding as a front seat passenger in a car that I was driving.  I had just picked him up from work.  We...
Supports Yadkin Commissioners Kevin Austin and Brady Wooten
by Jimmy Steelman, Hamptonville 
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Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the letter from Bradley Hardy in the March 4 edition of the Ripple. Hardy clearly has an ax to grind with two of our current commissioners. He seems to sti...
Ripple staff should move to Cuba
by Keith Spillman, Yadkinville
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Dear editor, In your editorial  “Democrats should push through health care bill” you stated that both sides were “spouting out poll tested talking points” to “frighten” Americans. Why is it that l...
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Letters to the Editor
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To the Editor: Yadkin Riverkeeper Inc. greatly appreciates recent news coverage regarding public health impacts from the proposed Fibrowatt Poultry Litter Incinerator in Surry County. We recently ...
Musical chairs - More Jobs = More Career Paths
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If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times. “Too many young people leave Yadkin County never to return.”
Letter to editor
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Huntsville Baptist Church would like to express their thanks to Courtney Baptist Church, Courtney Ruitans and former Sheriff Jack Henderson and many others that helped our church with a breakfast f...
Coming off the sideline
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And it feels great
Letters to the editor
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Property tax distresses
Letters to the editor
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I knew that Elkin/Jonesville people were some of the nicest in the area, that is why my husband and I decided to move here six years ago, but I met three of Elkin and Jonesville’s angels when I was...
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