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Announcements

About Announcements

This collection of announcements, community notices and news releases appeared in The Mountain Laurel in years gone by as a way for us to share with our readers things that were happening in the Blue Ridge. They are provided here for historical reference and just to give everyone a true flavor of what was happening in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the 1980's.

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Title Created Date Author
A Timely Christmas Idea December, 1988 Written by NAPPS
One Mullins Family January, 1989 Written by Marie R. Justice
Good News Hikers September, 1989 Written by VA Division of Travel and Tourism
Woodstock Court Days September, 1989 Written by VA Division of Travel and Tourism
Floyd Fall Festival October, 1989 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Virginia Quilt Documentation Day Planned October, 1989 Written by The Virginia Quilt Project
Berea College Appalachian Crafts November, 1989 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
The Undying Past Of Shenandoah National Park November, 1989 Written by Shenandoah Natural History Association
Free Book Catalog Contains Recipe Books January, 1990 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Shenandoah National Park Announces Logo Contest April, 1990 Written by Shenandoah Natural History Association
Books Available from the Historic Crab Orchard Museum April, 1990 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Reference Books about Wythe County, Virginia May, 1990 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Blue Ridge Draft Horse and Mule Show July, 1990 Written by Blue Ridge Institute - Ferrum College
Camp Hoover August, 1990 Written by Shenandoah Natural History Association
Descendant of J. E. B. Stuart To Speak In Patrick County May, 1991 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Mother's Day Festival May, 1991 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
New Genealogy Book - Wythe County, Virginia May, 1991 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Sheep Shearing At Rocky Mount, Tennessee May, 1991 Written by Rocky Mt. Historical Association
Family History Institute of Southwest Virginia June, 1991 Written by Mary B. Kegley
Patrick County, Virginia Bicentennial Festivities June, 1991 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
BACKROADS on VIDEO - Crockett's Cove, Wythe County, Virginia August, 1991 Written by Susan M. Thigpen
Foxfire's Portrait of Aunt Arie Is Back In Print June, 1992 Written by University of North Carolina Press
The Storied Queen Anne of Sidna and Bette Allen March, 2015 Written by William G. Lord

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