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By JAMES CLARK If you want to have lunch delivered this Friday ? and help Relay for Life in the process ? you need to contact ?The Lunch Lady? Joy Tubb to reserve your order. Cost for the lunch is $5. For several months, Tubb has been delivering hot meals twice a week all around…

Howard G. Kirksey III, a Motlow College trustee and former chairman of the Motlow College Foundation, will deliver this year?s commencement address to more than 475 graduates, according to Dr. MaryLou Apple, president of the college. Commencement is set for 11 a.m. on May 5 in Copperweld Arena on Motlow?s Moore County campus. Kirksey is…

The wedding ceremony of Kimberly Ann Bratten to Kenneth Scott Francis was held March 31 at Chapel of the Park in Gatlinburg. Rev. Douglas Cunha officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of John and Shirley Bratten of Morrison. Her grandparents are Edna and the late William Quinn of Manchester, and Elizabeth and the…

Cinco de Mayo is a great time to gather family and friends for a fun evening of music, dancing, pi?atas and, of course, great food. For this special occasion, which celebrates the Battle of Puebla?s historic victory over the French on May 5, 1862, why not add a new dish or two? As an appetizer,…

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) ?Tony Stewart was fined and placed on probation by NASCAR Friday for skipping a post-race media session in Phoenix last week as he backpedaled from his remarks that likened NASCAR to professional wrestling, acknowledging Friday that he hurt the integrity of the sport. The two-time champion was called to a 6 a.m.…

Lady Pioneer Basketball Camp WCHS girls basketball coach Ann Eades and her staff, along with the Lady Pioneer basketball team, will hold their annual girls basketball camp for girls in grades 3-9 on June 18-21 in the WCHS gym. Cost of camp is $40 per camper or $30 for more than one camper per family.…

NEW YORK (AP) ? On this day at the NFL draft, everyone was a Hokie. Commissioner Roger Goodell, all the rookies in the green room and nearly all the NFL personnel working behind the scenes wore Virginia Tech lapel pins to honor the memory of those killed in the massacre an the football-loving campus earlier…

NEW YORK (AP) ? JaMarcus Russell barely had to wait before taking the stage as an Oakland Raider at Saturday?s NFL draft. Brady Quinn was the forgotten quarterback, plummeting all the way to Cleveland at 22nd. Russell was the top overall choice, by the offense-deficient Raiders. The 6-foot-6 junior QB who can throw the ball…

NASHVILLE (AP) ? The Titans saw a run on defensive players in the first round Saturday. Having the NFL?s worst defense in 2006, they couldn?t afford not to fill a hole left by the season-long suspension of cornerback Adam ?Pacman? Jones. Tennessee used the 19th pick overall on Texas safety Michael Griffin, choosing to wait…