| 115th Year, 48th Issue | Thursday, July 8, 2004 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Tobacco buyout legislation would bring $4.5 millionA total of 537 people in Alleghany County ZIP code areas would receive payments totaling about $4.5 million over a five-year period if a proposed $9.6 billion buyout of Depression-era tobacco subsidy programs is approved.
Parade enjoys good participationPredictions of rainy weather failed to materialize, helping a sizeable crowd enjoy the annual Fourth of July Parade last Saturday in Sparta.
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Board of Education puts budget on hold awaiting state's figuresThe Alleghany Board of Education passed an interim budget for fiscal year 2004-2005 on June 30.New vet hired at Twin Oaks clinicWhen some children are asked what they want to be when they grow up, to get them to pin-point it may seem an impossibility.Email The Alleghany News |
Game ShowCarol Frazier of Ramseur takes her horse Lady Bug through the barrell racing course during the annual Lions Club game show.School calendar bill continues to move forward in N.C. LegislatureAlleghany County Schools is one of 22 school systems statewide that likely would receive a waiver as part a new a school calendar bill.Warning: main(http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/115_48/index.php on line 93 Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.alleghanynews.com/ads.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/share/pear') in /home/u5/allnews/html/archive/115_48/index.php on line 93 |
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