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Filling Their Baskets 
Despite misty, cool weather last Saturday, lots of kids and their parents gathered at the Jones House in Boone for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. The regular eggs weren't that hard to find, but the golden ones - that kids could exchange for prizes - were a bit more elusive.
Photo by Kathleen McFadden
Ginn Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Part of Leatherwood Mountains
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Community News
Many Easter Traditions Have Ancient Roots
Passover: Annual Celebration of God’s Deliverance
Religious Art Depicts the Reason for the Season
Unwanted Guests In Your Garden?
Boosting Your Soil—Not a Time for Guesswork
A Horticultural Horoscope: Planting by the Signs
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Mountain Living
Each week's issue of Mountain Living, Amy Cooke features a different recipe.
Brewer’s Briefs:
Spotlighting live music in the High Country.
SWINGIN' FOR THE FENCES
A new column about the Watauga County Park & Recreation's Adult Softball League by Sam Calhoun.
This week's MerleFest series covers some of the newcomers you will see at this year's festival, as well as a schedule of workshops spanning the four day event. Learn from the experts about songwriting, instrumentation, and traditional dances! [full story]
Don’t Forget! Upcoming Events
More Egg-cellent Easter Activities This Weekend
Pull Up A Chair: Jammin’ At The Jones House
Young People’s Theatre Presents The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi April 21-23
African American Literature and Folklore Scholar Speaks April 24
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