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Don’t you want to be here now, in the sunshine? Army Corps of Engineers staff member Matt Boyd captured this recent image at Flannagan Lake. MATT BOYD PHOTO


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Spring and fall are the best days for sunrises, says Wayne Riner of Long Ridge. ‘The reason may be that we are experiencing the change of the seasons.  Let’s always just take time to stop and look at the wonders of nature.’ WAYNE RINER PHOTO
Sunrise
Clinchco has received $51,040 from the county Board of Supervisors for a playground and recreation area expansion. Council member Jelane Mock, third from right, received the check from supervisors during their Sept. 28 meeting. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PHOTO
Recreation dollars
This beautiful, traditional piece was made by guild members and raffled to benefit the county senior citizens’ fuel fund. JO HAMILTON PHOTO
Quilt show celebrates 15 years
If you haven’t been to the Ridgeview schools complex recently, you haven’t seen the fast pace of new elementary school construction. Block walls are going up, structural steel is being installed and the project remains on time and on budget, according to project officials. JEFF LESTER PHOTO
School construction is on track
Hailey Sutherland has been laying down the law for the Lady ‘Pack. PHOTO BY KELLEY PEARSON
Lady Wolfpack celebrates some firsts in big week
Unique walking stick
Siblings standing behind their parents headstone at Counts Chapel.  Pictured from left to right are Bill, Charlotte, Cookie, Genoa and Joe. (Three other siblings are deceased, Eda Gay Patton, a former teacher and school board member in Dickenson County, Patsy Blankenship, also a lifelong resident of Dickenson County, and Cheryl Clay, who lived in many places while her husband was in the army but then after he retired they returned to Dickenson County to live on Bise Ridge). 
Family gathering
The above is an early photo of the Cumberland Church of the Brethren.
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