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Broome-Kirk Gets Bulldozed
The End of an Era: ASU’s Broome-Kirk Gymnasium Gets Demolished
During the first week of May, bulldozers and workers converged on the 51-year-old Broome-Kirk Gymnasium on the campus of ASU to demolish the High Country landmark, making room for the new Wellborn Dining Hall. Once the debris has been cleared later this month, work will begin on the new $29 million dining hall, which ASU hopes to complete in 30 months.
Primary Election Results [full story]
The High Country: “Green” Destination of Choice?
Blue Ridge Energy League Develops Plan for Business Owners to Improve the Bottom Line
Appalachian Skatepark To Be Delivered June 12
Price Lake Lowered For Sediment Removal
Local Activist Pushes For Solar Powered School
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Community News
Makoto’s Wins Small Business Of The Year [full story]
Mother’s Day Is An Appalachian Invention
Spring Tips for High Country Gardeners
Native vs. Non-Native Plants
Relay For Life Team Fund-Raisers 2006
USHGA-Sanctioned Inaugural Tater Hill Paragliding Open Continues This Weekend
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Events & Entertainment
Mountain Living
Each week's issue of Mountain Living, Amy Cooke features a different recipe.
Brewer’s Briefs:
Spotlighting live music in the High Country.
SWINGIN' FOR THE FENCES
A column about the Watauga County Park & Recreation's Adult Softball League by Sam Calhoun. This week marks the midway point for the 2006 spring season of the Watauga County Parks & Recreation Adult Softball League and the leader board is getting shaken up daily. By June, we’ll know who the champions are, but in the meantime, check out our continuing coverage on page 26-A for all the softball news and scores that are fit to print!
Don't Forget Upcoming Events
Ceud Mile Failte
(A Hundred Thousand Welcomes) to the Blue Ridge Celtic Festival
Kilts flying, energetic fiddlers send waves of Celtic rhythms flooding through Chetola Resort. A doomed queen and her retinue make their way through throngs of admirers. A marketplace – pottery, antiques, embroidery; you name it – beckons. Hawks scream through the air and kids try their hand at jousting. It must be time for the annual Blue Ridge Celtic Festival, taking place on May 20 at Chetola Resort in Blowing Rock. So if you want to hear some great Celtic music and you’ve always fancied tossing a chicken bone over your shoulder, make your plans now.
Eat, Drink and Be Merry At Yadkin Valley Wine Festival
Wilkes Hosts Music Legends Dionne Warwick and Kingston Trio
Steel Drums at Sunday Concert in the Park May 28
Patrick Fitzsimons Plays at Twigs May 17
New River Behavioral Health Hosts Voices of Hope Benefit
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