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Volume XXXI | Number 7/8
JULY/AUGUST 2018

COVERING THE MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF
Virginia | North Carolina | West Virginia | Tennessee
| Georgia | South Carolina | Kentucky
PUBLISHER AND CEO .................................. J. Richard Wells
PRESIDENT .................................................................. Steve Beyer
VICE PRESIDENT CLIENT SERVICES .............. Denise Koff
EDITOR IN CHIEF ....................................... Kurt Rheinheimer
ASSOCIATE EDITOR ............................................... Liz Long
DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS EDITOR .............. Jeffrey K. Wood
SENIOR ART DIRECTOR ..................................Janette Spencer
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Milling, Joe Tennis

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Molly Dugger Brennan, Bob Grytten, Nancy Henderson, Cathryn
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