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Grace Lutheran Church will host a Red Cross blood drive on Saturday, February 8th from 9-1:30. Please call the church office at 828-264-2206 to make an appointment or go to RedCross.org to schedule your time. Please come donate blood as supplies are low. We'll provide the best canteen in town and will promise welcoming smiles. See you at Grace Lutheran 115 E. King Street, Boone, NC
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Location: Meeting Room, Watauga County Public Library, 140 Queen St., Boone, NC 28607 A light meal will be served. RSVP to pres@namihighcountry.org. Free
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The chip timed 8K race takes place on a rolling hills course with start and finish on the school campus. Sign up by February 15th and save! The 8K entry fees are $35 for adults and $20 for students. The 8K fees increase $5 on February 16th. The 1-Mile Fun Run entry fee is $15. Runners will warm up after the race with a Luella's Bar-B-Que chili lunch including cornbread and fixings. Free t-shirts are guaranteed for all participants who register by February 5th. Spectators can purchase a chili lunch for $5. For more detailed event information and to register, go to www.chillychallenge.com.
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Repair Hub’s Visible Mending Workshop   Favorite jeans have a hole? Stained your go-to jacket? Come and learn artful and practical skills to mend, patch and repair damaged clothing and textiles inspired by Japanese Sashiko a visible mending technique using decorative stitches to repair garments. Repair Hub sponsors its first workshop ‪on Saturday January 25, from 1:00-3:30‬ focusing on visible mending as a method to save clothing and reduce waste.  Repair Hub, in addition to bimonthly repair pop ups, is conducting workshops to provide skills to help reduce waste. Students will learn several techniques for patching clothing, materials needed, and how to draw and stitch patterned Sashiko.  Each participant will receive:  • a Sashiko needle • Floss for stitching • a Sashiko thimble   Please bring an article of clothing you’d like to repair or embellish. Since each mend will be different, students will receive feedback on their personal mending projects and guidance throughout the process. If you don't have a garment to bring, that's okay. You can practice the techniques on provided fabric swatches. A variety of fabric swatches will be provided for students to experiment with and to use in their mending projects.    This workshop is a fundraiser for Repair Hub with a suggested donation of $10. Please sign up by either calling Andy Groothuis at ‪(828) 773-6530‬ or email repairhuborg@gmail.com and get directions.  
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An Open Mic event sponsored by the Watauga Public Library will start October 3rd being held the first Thursday of every month. The kick-off event will be October 3, 2019, from 5:30 to 7 pm with a social hour to follow at the Lost Province Brewery. The October 3rd event has already been booked with local writers Earl LeClaire- The Only Resolve, and other titles, ReVonda Crow, Grace Wakeman, Lory Whitehead- reluctant warriors, Mary Tucker, Paula Finck, Frank Thomas, Carey Rowland- Glass half-Full. Coordinator, Maryrose Carroll- Love Poems~Poemas de Amor, and other titles, will give a brief homage to a father of poetry, Robert Bly. The second Open Mic, December 5th is still being booked. Please email maryrose.carroll@gmail.com if you would like to present your work. Readers for each evening will be selling their books allowing the audience an opportunity to continue to enjoy their work.
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