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Updated: Avery County Obits – Compiled April 3, 2012

Janice Wise, D. April 3 Janice Wise, D. April 3, 2012. On Tuesday April 3, 2012, Jesus called and Janice Beam Wise answered. She was born December 28, 1949 a daughter of the late Ray and Retha Clark Beam. Janice was a member of Jonas Ridge Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, camping, being in the outdoors and watching wildlife.long with her parents, Janice was preceded in death by her son, Kenneth Freeman. loving Wife, Mother, Mamaw and Nanny, she has left to cherish her memory: her husband, Rick Wise of the home; daughter, Misty Shane and husband Adam of Hickory; son, Dean Freeman and wife LeAnne of Jonas Ridge; sisters, Chloe Hudson, Estelle Carswell and husband Luther all of Jonas Ridge; grandchildren, Brittany, Zachary and Brooke.uneral services for Janice Beam Wise will be conducted on Thursday, April 5th at 8:00 PM at the Grandfather Chapel with Rev. Donald Gragg and Rev. Ron Greene officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until the service hour. Family, friends and pallbearers are asked to meet at the funeral home on Friday, April 6th at 12:00 p.m. to go in procession to the Jonas Ridge Cemetery for interment services. Pallbearers are: David …

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Forest Fire Off 421 Near Parkway Bridge

March 30, 2012. According to reports coming in, and confirmed by the Boone Fire Department, a forest fire is burning off of Highway 421 near the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge. The Boone Fire Department said that was in the Deep Gap Fire Department’s jurisdiction but added that crews from Boone are assisting the Deep Gap Fire Department in fighting the fire.

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Watauga County Obituaries – Compiled April 3, 2012

Watauga County Obituaries – Compiled April 3, 2012 Linda Wilson Pope, D. April 3, 2012 Linda Wilson Pope, age 49, of 1241 Odes Wilson Road, Zionville, died Tuesday morning, April 3, 2012, at Glenbridge Health and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Pope was born May 12, 1962 in Watauga County, a daughter of Harold Pope and the late Betty Wagner Wilson. She was a homemaker and a member of Bibleway Baptist Church. In addition to her father, she is survived by her husband, Junior Pope of the home; one son, Mason Pope of Zionville; two step-sons, Eddie Pope of Boone, and Roger Pope of Deep Gap; two brothers, Jim Wilson of Fleetwood and Mike Wilson of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and one sister, Patricia Harless of Wilkesboro. Funeral services for Linda Wilson Pope will be conducted Thursday afternoon, April 5, 2012, at 2:00 o’clock, at Bibleway Baptist Church. The body will lie in state, at the church, from 1:00 until 2:00 o’clock. Officiating will be Reverend Michael Greene. Burial will follow in the Reece Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, from 6:00 until 8:00 o’clock, at Hampton Funeral Service. Online condolences may be sent to the Pope family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com. Hampton …

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ASU’s LIPS Club Hosts ‘SlutWalk’ to Raise Awareness About Female Sexuality, Sexual Assault and Rape


On Wednesday, March 28, at 2:30 p.m., the Appalachian State chapter of LIPS: Expressions of Female Sexuality Club hosted a “SlutWalk” through the streets of Boone. Approximately 50 people gathered and the walk began at Sanford Mall on the campus of ASU. Walkers made their way down King Street to South Depot Street, then down Rivers Street and back to Sanford Mall. “We are putting on this event to show that dress is not an invitation for violence or to be raped,” said Elizabeth Penick, co-founder of the ASU LIPS club. “It is also showing that people have the autonomy to decide who they want to have sex with, as long as it’s consenting, and they do not need to be judged or shamed for it.”
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World-renowned Ice Climber, Will Gadd to Conduct Climbing Workshop at Footslogger’s Climbing Tower

March 29, 2012. Climber Will Gadd will conduct an ice climbing workshop at Footsloggers’ outdoor climbing tower in downtown Boone on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Gadd will also be presenting a film in which he is featured, “Reel Rock: Ice Revolution,” as part of the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Tickets to the film festival sold out in the first week of March.

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