|| High Country Press Newswire

April 19, 2007 issue

Community Interest

Chamber CalendarMountain Living Mountain Keeping Feature Photos
Things2Do • Things2Know • Things4Kids

 




 

Taking Green To the Next Level

In an April 15 New York Times article, foreign affairs columnist Thomas L. Friedman writes in “The Power of Green” that he wants to change theconventional associations with the concept of “green”—“liberal,” “tree-hugging,” “sissy,” “girlie-man,” “unpatriotic,” “vaguely French” —to “geostrategic,geoeconomic, capitalistic and patriotic.” (Full Story)


Local Events Center Around Earth Day Celebrations

Keeping Kids Out of the River New Youth Focus Emerges from Summit

The Children’s Council Celebrates 30 Years of Service

Local Organizations Raise Awareness and Lots of Money

Fifth Annual Home Sweet Home Regional Show April 21

Barista Snow Woman Wins Chamber Snowman Contest

Lee Smith To Speak at Watauga Public Library April 22

Checking in with Relay For Life

App Roots Revival Comes To Fairgrounds This Saturday, April 21

Twenty-First Annual Spring Fest Celebrated April 21

Tweetsie Railroad Renews Lease for Four Years

Fifteenth Annual Taste Of The High Country April 24.
Tasty Food Benefits Habitat for Humanity

South Africa’s Senior Nutrition Adviser Visits Appalachian April 20 to 23

 



Tweetsie Railroad Renews Lease for Four Years

Fifteenth Annual Taste Of The High Country April 24. Tasty Food Benefits Habitat for Humanity

South Africa’s Senior Nutrition Adviser Visits
Appalachian April 20 to 23


High Octane Solution
New Greenhouse Will Run on Nearly Everything


NC Wildlife Federation Canoe and Kayak-A-Thon Fundraiser June 9Register by May 1 To Qualify for an Early Bird Prize

Help Clean Boone April 21 and Get an Earth Day T-Shirt

Boone Service League Fashion Show and Silent Auction April 21

Register Now for Summer Arts Camp and Missoula Children’s Theatre Watauga Arts Council Program June 18 to 23



Business News


Business Spot Light
Joe's Italian Kitchen



Total Vein

Haircut 101

The Decorative Collection

ASU Small Business and Technology Development Center

Moody’s Furniture

Feather Your Nest

The Peddler Steak House

Appalachian Enterprise Center

Boone Meat Center

Blue Ridge Birds & Gardens

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2006 Business Spotlights

 

 

 

Community Features

 

 

Ski News

Check out LIFT TICKET 06

Race Results

High Country King of the Hill Boardercross and Skiercross at Hawksnest Feb. 25

 

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