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Week 8 Update (10/22)

 
This week, I worked more in depth on my wakelet story on the top 5 Halloween-themed events in North Carolina. Even though our draft was due last week and I had a good chunk of it complete, I decided to make it the best that I could, so I did even more research to provide the best information possible on my five events. 
On Saturday evening, I even physically went to the one local event myself (Woods of Terror) to get a real life experience about the event. I took some of my own photos to incorporate into my wakelet story. 
I also took some time over the weekend to look into my third story on Congdon Yards. I created a google doc sheet on some research I found along with some contact references to use. I looked up what good days and times are to go to Congdon Yards to check out the building on my own time.
This week, I plan on finalizing, perfecting and submitting my final wakelet story and also getting ahead on my third story.
My beat in general has a lot of updates as well, and I am lookin at some of these stories to use as my future 4th story. I found that a burger joint located and originated in High Point, Pie ‘N Burger, was recently named the best in the country. Also, a triad high school student with down syndrome was just named homecoming queen. 

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