Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
March 20, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
Great EGG-spectations
More than 100 local children and parents enjoyed some Easter fun and games at the Watauga County Library last Saturday at the Downtown Boone Easter Egg-stravaganza, the town's annual Easter celebration coordinated by the Downtown Boone Development Association. Many local children, including the egg hop contestant on the left, couldn't help but ogle the baskets and baskets of brightly colored Easter eggs that served as prizes for the many games set up around the library. During the event, children enjoyed storytelling by Lisa Baldwin, Easter crafts, balloon art, visits with the Easter Bunny, face painting and the egg hop game - a game similar to musical chairs. Pictured at right, Watauga County Library Youth Services Specialist Owen Gray awards eggs to some lucky egg hop game winners. Photos by Sam Calhoun
- WHS Price Tag Higher than January Estimate
- Security Questions Follow ASU Lockdown Scare
- The Price and the Faces of Progress: The Graham Building
- Oldest Building at Tweetsie Destroyed by Fire
- Bojangles Raises Funds for Muscular Dystrophy
- Easley Announces Legislative Plan for Addressing the Drought
- Hope for Wilson Creek - Landowners Agree to Sell 649 Acres to State
- Bethel Team Wins Battle of the Books Competition - Second Year Running
- Watauga Pioneers Take Second at National Cheerleading Competition
- Support Group Uses Crafts to Deal With Loss: Grief Quilt Complete
- Sharing the Spirit of Hope
- Watauga Schools Services for Gifted Students Contradict Statewide Audit Findings
- DOT: Traffic Light at Highway 105 and Poplar Hill "Unwarranted"
- Price of Postage Increases May 12
- Feature Photo: Kiwanis Donates Books to Hardin Park
- ASU Host Double Dose of N.C. Indie Rock
- Blowing Rock Could Receive $300,000 to Help Alleviate Water Woes
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The View Stories
Opera in the High Country
ASU Produces American Opera
Street Scene April 3 to 6
Thanks to Appalachian State University and the Hayes Performing Arts Center, opera comes to the High Country at least once a year. On Thursday through Sunday, April 3 to 6, ASU Opera presents Kurt Weill’s American opera Street Scene at the Hayes Center. (Full Story)
Relay For Life 2008 Team Fundraisers - CLICK HERE
- Enjoy Easter Egg Hunts This Weekend
- Appalachian Dance Ensemble at Farthing April 2 to 5
- Watauga County and the Civil War
- Blowing Rock Trout Derby April 5 to 6
- Lees-McRae College Spring Global Community Series April 7 and 9
- Concerts Feature Voice, Organ and More at ASU
- Lees-McRae Announces Summer Theatre Schedule
- UNC-TV to Film North Carolina Weekend at Canyons in Blowing Rock
- Swing! The Musical, Featured at Lees-McRae April 2 through 6
- Anticipating Spring at Carlton Gallery
- Art of Aging Juried Art Show and Competition Accepting Entires May 5 to 9
- Feature Photo: Banner Elk Basketball
- Internationally Acclaimed Cashore Marionettes at Hayes Center April 11
- Feature Photo: Watauga Storm Basketball
- MEISA Hosts Second Annual Music Festival at Geno's this Thursday
- Singer-Songwriter Sally Jaye Tells Her Southern Stories on Amarillo
- Turchin Center's Community Art School Announces March/April Schedule
Shelter Stories
Want to Make Energy Off the Grid?
WNC Renewable Energy Initiative Has a Course for You
Alternative energy is the big buzz term these days, but how practical is it to create energy from the sun, wind and water? If you want to get up to speed on the current practices, products, prices and feasibility of creating your own energy, the Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiative at Appalachian has a course—or two or three or four—just for you coming up this spring and summer. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: Southern States Boone Service
- New Immunization Requirements for Kindergarten, Sixth Grade and College
- Morning Star Gallery Has a New Home
- Vote for Your Favorite Photo in the Appalachian Mountain Photo Competition
- Appalachian Pathways Classes Explore Diverse Topics in April and May
- CEO of Southern Shows Speaks April 1
- Ninth Annual SURGE Conference March 28 to 30
- Recognition Now Available for Blue Ridge Parkway End-To-End Travelers
- The PermiBus - on the Skills for a New Millennium Tour - Arrives April 18
- Pete's Signature Barbecue & Country Kitchen To Open in Banner Elk in April
- Boogie on the Backstreet Saturday
- Watauga County Student Represents North Carolina at National Conference
- Reid's Gourmet Take-Out and Bakery To Open in Boone By End of March
- High Country Farmers Get Grants For New Ventures
- Arbor Day Foundation Offers Ten Free Trees to Those Who Join in March
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Shelter Business Spotlights of 2007
Story by Sam Calhoun
The High Country—or any community for that matter—is defined by its local business people. Whether born and raised here or from out of town, these entrepreneurial spirits believe in the area so much that they have decided to meld, share and align their business passions with the everyday goings-on of the region. (All Spotlights in 2007)
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