| 111th Year, 25th Issue | Thursday, February 3, 2000 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Courtroom work now completedAfter finding lead-based paint on the walls of the Alleghany County Courthouse, $29,000 has been spent to remove the potentially hazardous element.
Schools close again Wednesday; forecast calls for warm weatherWith four or five more inches of snow falling in the county over the weekend and freezing daytime temperatures the norm, the Alleghany school system's extended vacation continued Wednesday morning.Building boom, brisk land sales reportedConstruction activity in Alleghany County continued to boom in 1999 and most contractors say they are booked up until the year 2001. |
Red Cross reports shortage in national blood supplyRecent snowstorms in Alleghany and throughout North Carolina have created a national shortage in the blood supply.Filing to end MondayA Sparta Democrat will challenge incumbent Democrat Lizabeth Reeves Roupe for the office of Register of Deeds, according to election filing information from the office of Karen K. Fender, director of elections.Read this week's Reality Check!The Alleghany News |
Local men among those honored on Battleship North CarolinaThere are 25 names inscribed on the Roll of Honor aboard the USS North Carolina of Alleghany men who gave their lives in World War II.Hayes to speak at programNASCAR show car representative Mark Hayes, who was diagnosed with cancer in 1994, will be the keynote speaker for the Relay For Life kickoff program scheduled for Feb. 8. Hayes of Yadkinville was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1994 and the cancer then spread into his lungs and head only three months later.
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