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April 12, 2007 issue

TOP NEWS STORIES

ARTIC APRIL

A lone fisherman confronts the heavy April snow that fell across the High Country Saturday morning while tracking the first trout of the season. After temperatures broke 70 degrees in Boone for much of the end of March and beginning of April, Mother Nature changed her tune over the weekend, ushering in temperatures 30 degrees colder than normal across the High Country with record lows on Easter morning. Over the weekend, temperatures dipped to 16 degrees in Boone with 2 to 4 inches of snow, to 6 degrees on Beech Mountain with 6 inches of snow and to 9 degrees on Grandfather Mountain with 9.2 inches of snow. Despite the record cold, dozens of local anglers took to the creeks, streams, lakes and rivers of the High Country Saturday and Sunday for the opening of trout season and the 29th annual Blowing Rock Trout Derby. Photos by Randy Johnson, Jamie Goodman, and Ken Ketchie

Childcare Crisis in Watauga County

Two Centers May Close Within Next Two Months

Children’s Council Executive Director Jennifer Wilson-Kearse appeared before the Watauga County Board of Commissioners on April 2 to discuss a growing problem with childcare availability in the county. (Full Story)

 

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Under Fire: Proposed Land Transfer Tax Five Hours—No Decision Boone Board of Adjustment Adjourns Before Deliberating Templeton Case Seth Chapman To Keynote Democratic County Convention April 14 Teacher Shortage in North Carolina ASU Looks at Teacher Education and Enrollment New River Behavioral Health Care of Avery County Targets Youth Issues Spotlight on Youth Suicide Speak Truth to Power Author Kerry Kennedy Visits Lees-McRae April 16 Plant Paramedic Part 2: Did the Local Flora Survive the Deep Freeze? High Octane Solution New Greenhouse Will Run on Nearly Everything Avery County Hospice and Palliative Care—Serving the Needs of Avery County and Beyond	Take a Picture To Step It UpContribute to a High Country Photo Petition to Reduce Carbon Emissions Who Was Right? Winter Weather Showdown Between Dr. Ray Russell and the Woolly Worm Concludes Winter Weather STATS 2006-07 High Country Magazine Annual Winter Issue Available Now

 

 

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Community News

Community Features Bat Boy Mania Bites Boone April 18 to 22 ASU’s Department of Theatre and Dance will pay homage to Weekly World News’ favorite chiropteran, Bat Boy, April 18 through 22 by performing the cult-comedy Bat Boy: The Musical. Local Citizens Hold Benefit for Elk Motel Watauga Arts Council To Hold Art FanAttic Sale April 14 Avery Students Participate in the Adopt-a-Tree Program Just $25 Will Do It Watauga Arts Council Kicks Off Fundraising Campaign Tweetsie Railroad Renews Lease for Four Years Fifteenth Annual Taste Of The High Country April 24. Tasty Food Benefits Habitat for Humanity Appalachian’s People of the Planet Soccer Tournament April 15 Read to Your Bunny Author Visits Boone April 19 South Africa’s Senior Nutrition Adviser Visits Appalachian April 20 to 23 Business Spotlight of the Week   Foscoe Fishing Company & Outfitters— Tying It On Since the ‘80s

NC Wildlife Federation Canoe and Kayak-A-Thon Fundraiser June 9Register by May 1 To Qualify for an Early Bird Prize   Register Now for Summer Arts Camp and Missoula Children’s Theatre Watauga Arts Council Program June 18 to 23 Avery Foundation Looking For Grant Applications by April 20 Winter 2006-2007 Wrap-Up 2007 Blue Ridge Wine Festival Schedule of Events

 

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Events & Entertainment

Boone Idol OR Star Light, Star Bright, The Local Stars Come Out Next Friday Night Shooting Stars Comes to Farthing April 20 In the era of reality television and American Idol, it seems that just about everyone wants to be a star. In Watauga County, the Shooting Stars talent show gives school students the opportunity to stand in the spotlight. (Full Story)

Lees-McRae Cycling Team Home Race This Weekend

Regional Author Robert Morgan Reads Locally
April 18 and 19

ASU Hosts 12th Annual GuitarFest April 13 to 15

Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder Play Bohemia Café April 21 Champion Musicians Find New Style in Ancient Music

Poet Diane Gilliam Fisher Visits ASU April 19

Renewable Energy Workshop Series at Appalachian Begins in May

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Presents Amadeus, The Ballet April 24

Guess Who’s Modeling at the Boone Service League Fashion Show? Gala Fundraiser Takes Place April 21

 

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