1.   The Appalachian foothills here are a forlorn landscape of double-wides, rusting chemical drums and bald tires littering the roadside.

2.   They came to say Ronnie Chandler was a compassionate, charitable man, even though he oversaw a large-scale marijuana ring here in the Appalachian foothills.

3.   Winfield, Ala., is a four-stoplight town in the Appalachian foothills that celebrates an annual Mule Day festival.

4.   Dahlonega, a tourist town in the Appalachian foothills known for its history of gold mining, has extended a grand welcome to the Yellow Jackets.

5.   Then heavy rains and melting snow upstream in the Appalachian foothills caused the river to rise.