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		<title>Voice of Confidence Despite Mountain to Move</title>
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By Windy Mason
After 23 years working in the maintenance department for the Virginia end Assateague Island National, Ish Ennis was promoted to chief of maintenance last September 1; and took over the office at the Maryland Visitor Center, in charge of the entire barrier island seashore. Two and a half months later, the November nor’easter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandmother, 72, and Her Girls Follow Childhood Dream to Chincoteague</title>
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By Tammy Rickman
In 1839 English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote, “…the pen is mightier than the sword.” Though I suspect he coined the term with somewhat more purposeful intentions, they rang no less true for less intense purposes.
Not unlike Mr. Lytton, Marguerite Henry is famous in her own right for her stories of Chincoteague and Assateague [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Migrating: A Stressful Time for Birds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Wilma Young
The writer celebrated her 90th birthday in November. In the late 1980’s, she served as a volunteer and intern at several national parks, including the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Along with her volunteer duties, she found time to make use of her research and writing talents. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breathtaking Scenes in a Foot of Fresh Powder</title>
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By Tammy Rickman
On Saturday, January 30, 2010, winter made its presence known to the islands. The storm moved in late Friday night and the snow began to fall somewhere around dawn Saturday morning. Weather reports were calling for somewhere between 8 to 14 inches, a rarity along barrier islands which lay just off the coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery Under Way for Beach Parking</title>
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By Windy Mason and Robert Boswell
Taking into account the economic impact of Assateague Beach to Chincoteague Island and all of Accomack County, the parking lots buried under 3 feet of sand by the powerful November storm, will be restored for use by summer; paid for by the National Park Service.
Lou Hinds, manager of the Chincoteague [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refuge Becomes a Winter Wonderland</title>
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By Tammy Rickman

On Saturday, January 30th, 2010, winter made its presence known to the islands. The storm moved in late Friday night and the snow began to fall somewhere around dawn Saturday morning. Weather reports were calling for somewhere between 8 to 14 inches, a rarity along barrier islands which lay just off the coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motorists, Beware of those Scampering Squirrels</title>
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By Kate White
Co-Editor, Wild Pony Tales
Thanks to the efforts of the biologists and other staff members of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, and those at other refuges, the fluffy tailed Delmarva Fox Squirrel, still on the endangered species list, continues to gain in population. Around 200 of them live on the refuge now.
But with mating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By the Time Most People Arrive, the Cowboys are Already Riding</title>
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     Pony Penning in 2010 will be held the week of July 26-July 30. The Swim will be Wednesday, July 28 and the Auction, the following day, Thursday, July 29. For full schedule go to http://www.chincoteaguechamber.com/

  By Misty Thornton and Robert Boswell


Here in the middle of winter on the Eastern Shore of Virginia may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus Tour, Great Way to Learn About the Wonders of Assateague</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Brianna Bowden 






I have lived near Assateague Island in Virginia all my life. Most of my ancestors were born nearby, on Chincoteague Island and many have lived there for years. I have visited them often over the years and have been to the beautiful Assateague Beach many times. 
But today I got to see a part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife on Refuge Adapting as Salt Water Levels Decline</title>
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 By Windy Mason
The thousands of snow geese and other waterfowl that each year take the Atlantic Flyway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge where they feed and rest in the pools of fresh and brackish water, delighting the visitors who show up to see them each Thanksgiving, this year found their feeding grounds covered with [...]]]></description>
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