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112th Year, 49th Issue Thursday, July 19, 2001 Sparta, North Carolina

Fiddlers set for weekend

String musicians of all ages will be gathering in Sparta on Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21 for the Alleghany County Fiddler's Convention.

Numerous tractors pull Saturday

The weather was cooperative — the first weekend without rain in a while — yet attendance was relatively light at the 11th annual Antique Tractor Pull and Engine Show last Saturday at the Alleghany County (Carlisle Higgins Agricultural) Fairgrounds.

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Drug charges filed against five locals

Five local residents netted drug charges in the culmination of an investigation that began in October of 2000, Sheriff Mike Caudill said in an interview Tuesday.

Gymatorium may be complete by August

With Alleghany High School's new gymatorium/classroom complex "virtually complete," school officials hope to round out finishing touches to the construction in time for the beginning of the school year.

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Cell companies attend meeting on ordinance

Representatives of two cellular phone companies and Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation met with county commissioners on a proposed wireless communication tower ordinance for Alleghany County.

A family tradition becomes Alleghany County's only winery

A family tradition became "a small hobby that got carried away" for Larry Ehlers.
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