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indoor yard sale and pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Peak Creek Ruritan Club, will be held at the Peak Creek Ruritan Community Center, 7062 NC Hwy. 88 East, in Laurel Springs. We are currently awarding a $1,500 college scholarship to an Ashe County and an Alleghany County high school senior. The pancake breakfast will be served by the Ashe County Independent Order of Odd Fellows. If you have any items to donate for our yard sale, please bring them to the Community Center on Friday, May 2, from 2-5 pm. No clothes items, please. If you need a pick up for your items, call 336-982-2048. Please be generous and help a deserving student get to college this year. Prices for yard sale items are by donation. For more info, call 336-982-9538 or email dlworsham@skybest.com

holds in-person meetings every Wednesday at noon in the Parish of the Holy Communion Mission House located directly across from Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (195 JW Luke Rd., Glendale Springs). Anyone who has been affected by a loved one's drinking or addiction is welcome. For more information, contact Linda, call or text (828) 964-8373.

to be held across from Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Wilkesboro, NC, on Saturday April 26, from noon-6 pm. Food plates available. Singing under the tent, featuring David Johnson and Dixie Dawn along with other music groups. The tent will be located behind MAACO off U.S. Hwy. 421. $6 for Food Plates. The singing is FREE. For more info, email boilingspringsbaptistwilkes@gmail.com

meetings are held at 6:30 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at Mt. Paddy Church, Jefferson, NC. Open to individuals who have had weight loss surgery, as well as those who are considering this surgery. Call Terri, 336-877-7018.

Join the Jefferson Odd Fellows! Lodge #38 meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 7:30 pm, at 226-A East Main St., Jefferson . Learn more about what we do! Call 336-620-1167.

meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 pm, on Ashe Park Rd. For info, 336-982-6233

meets Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7:30-8:30 pm, at Jefferson United Methodist Church, 115 E. Main St. Come to front of Church on Main St. (door on the far left.) Meetings are open. Also meeting Mondays from 6-7 pm, at Sparta United Methodist Church, 190 N. Main St., Sparta.

for children 7 and under, Mondays, 10:30 am, at the North Wilkesboro United Methodist Church, corner of 6th and D Sts. 336-670-3468.

breakfast at 9 am, every Friday morning, at the Whistle Stop in Warrensville. All veterans are welcome to tell their tales and sea stories. Call Tugboat at 828-406-4446 for more information.

serve as the judge’s eyes and ears on abused and neglected children who have been taken from their homes and are now in foster care. More than 1,500 abused and neglected children in North Carolina go to court without someone to advocate for them. Be a voice for the child and speak up for their best interests. For Alleghany, Ashe and Wilkes Counties, to find out more about being a Guardian Ad Litem, call 336-651-4421 or visit volunteerforgal.org.

meets the second Monday of each month at 6:30 pm, at 446 Ashe Park Rd., Jefferson. 336-982-3743.

is a fellowship of men & women who share experience, strength & hope, whose primary purpose is to stay sober and help others recover from alcoholism. Not allied with any sect, denomination, organization or institution, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. We meet 6 days/week at West Jefferson United Methodist Church, Room 113. Enter through the side door facing the parking lot. Closed meetings for alcoholics and those who feel they may have a drinking problem, Sat. at noon, Sun., 4 pm, Mon. & Tues., 7:30 pm. Open meetings for alcoholics and those interested in learning more, Thur. & Fri. 7:30 pm.

916 Helton Creek Rd, Lansing, NC (28643), invites you to their services, Friday nights, 7 pm, and Saturdays at noon. For more information, contact Corey Richardson, pastor, 336-620-8989.

Our current service schedule: Sunday School at 10am and Worship Service 11am each Sunday. We are also running 10-15 minute daily devotionals on FB live at 6pm each day. All Lives are posted on FB @BeaverCreekChristianChurch.

Friday nights, 7-10 pm, at 2425 Silas Creek Rd., Lansing, NC. Old-time, bluegrass and mountain music. No charge to get in, coffee is free. A great place to share some tunes or learn some new ones! We do ask pickers to play songs in the public domain. We appreciate our friends & love to meet new folks, so come out & let’s enjoy some music and fellowship!