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Editor Eric Cravey
Photography Eric Cravey, Steven Porterfield
Managing editor Andy Patton
Copy editor Michelle Schultze
Contributing writers Eric Cravey, Dee Dee Ellison
Cover photo Steven Porterfield
Cover and pages design Taraea Anthony
Recipes Andy Patton
Publisher Terri Hale
Advertising managers Lisa Stadelman and Jeremy Basham
Marketing consultants Debbie Maxwell, Peggy Weidensall, Ashley Counts, Teresa Evans
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this issue. As the summer heats die down, and holiday shopping right around the corner, stop into local shops for some fun fashion. Find sourwood honey and apothecary remedies in Bluefield, or tour historic home thats seen almost 200 years of history.
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DEPARTMENTS
• Diversions, 6-7
• Along the way, 8-9
• Recipes, 10-11
• Keeping up with history, 12-14
• Apothecary remedies, 15-17
• 200 years of History, 18-20