Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
February 8, 2007 issue
Top Stories
Getting Carded
Next Wednesday is Valentine’s Day, and Amy’s Hallmark Shop in Boone Mall is ready, with a big selection of cards and gifts. A full week before the big day, Roxanne Hall selected cards for her loved ones at the shop, and her purchases will joing the average 180 million Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually—a number that doesn’t include the packaged cards kids exchange at school. Parents account for about 40 percent of Valentine card purchases according to Hallmark.
Photo by Ken Ketchie
They’re Out To Get Your Money
How To Avoid the Scammer’s Clutches -
One thing North Carolina doesn’t lack is scam artists. Just this week, Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman issued an alert about bogus fundraising calls from people who identify themselves as deputies and say they’re raising money for local deputies. Those calls are fake, so don’t give the callers any money. [full story]
How Walkable Is Boone?
Greenway Committee Wants To Find Out
People
- Phone Solicitations for Deputies Not Authorized
- Boham Discusses the Future with Google
- Boone Chamber Lunch & Learn: Howard Street Restoration Project
- Senior Tar Heel Legislature Identifies 2007 Priorities
- Goss, Tarleton Report from Raleigh
- Regional Meetings To Focus on New High School Core Course of Study
- What’s the Deal with the Checkoff Box on Your Tax Return?
- State Releases 2005-06 Dropout Figures
- Town Council Tables Water Request
- High Country United Way Inches Closer to $500,000 Goal
- Local Man Charged in Stabbing Death of His Brother Released on Bail
- Soldiers from North Carolina Killed in Iraq
- Senate Approves Dole, Burr Resolution Commending ASU’s National Football Championship
- Ray vs. The Woolly Worm—First Report Winter 2006-2007
- North Carolina Home Foreclosures at All-Time High
- Become Financially Literate in 2007
- Welch Named Junior Cotillion Director for Avery and Watauga
- New Administrators Join Lees-McRae College
Places
- Another Twist in Ashe Wind Farm Debate
- Commissioners Consider Zero-Waste Resolution
- Water Committee Discusses Allocation Method, Secondary Pressure Zone
- Boone Mall Update: Panera Bread Company to Open Spring 2007, No Word about Movie Theater, Candy Store Gone
- Owens Drive Residents Asked To Flush Pipes
- DOT Dismisses Rockslide Rumor
- Bistro Roca Eliminates Trans Fat from Menu
- Parkway Foundation Funds Parks as Classrooms
More News
- The Candlemas and Groundhog Day Link
- February Is Black History Month
- Free Income Tax Assistance Available at Senior Centers
- Claim a One-Time-Only Telephone Tax Credit
- Rabies Is on the Rise
- Public Notice of Industrial Users’ Hazardous Waste Reporting Requirements
- Losing and Winning in Iraq
- Motorcycle Deaths Increase in North Carolina
- Extension Advisory Council Discusses 2007 Plans, 2006 Accomplishments
- Agriculture-Related Opportunities: Tree Pests, Season Extension, Organics, Whole-Farm Planning, Value-Added Dairy