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Archive for November, 2009

Potpourri

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

In all the years I have been writing the New Castle Record my favorite part of the job is writing a column called Potpourri.  I would like to share a potpourri of some of the life styles, traditions and musings with our readers.  You may come to Craig County and see all the sights, [...]

Hike to McAfee’s

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Julia here from Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing writing my very first blog for the Craig County Tourism Site.  I will follow suite with the other bloggers and start with a short introduction.  I moved to Craig County a little over three years ago to become an outdoor leader at Wilderness Adventure.  I spent my [...]

A lot going on!!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

One unique thing about our community is our size.  Not our land area; that’s steep, open, beautiful, rolling, forested and farmed. What makes Craig stand out from lots of communities is how few people we have.   School enrollment K through 12 is around 750.  Total. Throw in the teachers and you’re just over 800.  We all know lots [...]

I love this community!

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Hello!  Welcome to the first of the Craig County Bloggers!!  Four of us have committed to sharing our passion — Craig County— and I’m the lucky one to be first!!
I was raised in Craig County and have lived here for most of my life, except for a few years when I ventured to Salem to [...]