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Veterans Day, banjos, and a petition

Watauga's Veterans Day Ceremony is at 9am at the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building, with the Presentation of Colors, remarks from a featured speaker, and a moment of reflection.

Today

9am Veterans Day Ceremony at the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building.
6pm Wednesday Jazz Jam at FizzEd, house tunes until 7:30 and an open community jam after, until 9.
6pm Thanksgiving Wine Tasting, with Huzzah Books pouring red and orange wines and Parallel pouring whites and bubbles. Float between the two. It's 52 and mostly clear at 6pm, 47 by 8, so bring a jacket.

Thursday

9:30pm Beer & Banjos with Tray Wellington and Midlife Trip at Boone Saloon, $5, 21+.

Worth knowing

In the 5th District, Democrat Chuck Hubbard leads Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx by 325 votes, 139,672 to 139,347, in the unofficial results. Rockingham hasn't posted its provisional votes yet. How the count moved.

In the N.C. House 93 race, Democrat Charlie Wallin leads Republican Rep. Ray Pickett by 345 votes, 19,075 to 18,730, in the unofficial results, after provisionals broke 200 to 82. The district covers Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga. Watauga's count is done and nothing local flipped.

Want to check that your own ballot counted? Here are the tools North Carolina gives you.

Shred Boone is circulating a petition for a permanent live music venue, a proposed 1,000-person space they are working on with the Watauga Arts Council. What they're asking for.

Forecast says rain turning to snow Thursday night into Friday, low of 29. Boone forecast

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