“Russian woman attacked by wolf, axes it to death.”

Oh, that I were an attacking-wolf axer, but I do sin in my wish.

Alcohol sales had been illegal in Damascus since 1884, and referendums to change that were rejected by the town’s residents in 1933, 1976, 1984, 1992, and 1996. This time the vote was 2-1 in favor of alcohol sales. The owners of the three liquor stores a couple miles out on the roads out to the south, east and northwest and the bar further out on the road north to Mt. Airy must be pondering future sales forecasts. (link)