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Founded 05-05-05
April 3, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
High Country United Way Fulfills Campaign Goal
The United Way met its 2007-08 goal of raising $600,000 even before the official end of the campaign on March 31. All the money will be distributed locally, in accordance with the organization’s mission.
The United Way strives to provide “human and financial resources to improve the quality of life for all in Avery and Watauga counties,” and the annual campaign raises money to be distributed to 25 local partner agencies that target various aspects of area residents’ well-being—including hunger, homelessness, crisis situations and children’s programs. (Full Story)
- New Report Quanitifies the Struggle to Make Ends Meet
- Blowing Rock, Boone Agree To Connect Water Systems
- The Price and the Faces of Progress: Dr. Jeffery R. Sutton-Family Eye Care
- OASIS Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary This Month
- Should Illicit Drugs Be Legalized?
- As If You Could Forget: It's Tax Time
- Music Students and Programs at Watauga High School Recognized
- Boone Service League Spring Benefit on the Afternoon of April 26
- Donations Needed for Playhouse Consignment and Rummage Sale
- Mountain Alliance Recruiting Volunteers for Youth Service Day April 26
- Coming to the Hayes Center in April
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The View Stories
Eat, Sip and Be Merry
Third Annual Blue Ridge Food & Wine Festival April 10 to 13
The third annual Blue Ridge Food & Wine Festival is set for Thursday to Sunday, April 10 to 13, in Blowing Rock. Sponsored by the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, the event features an amateur winemaking competition, cooking classes, vintners’ dinners, wine tastings, seminars and a chef’s challenge. (Full Story)
Relay For Life 2008 Team Fundraisers - CLICK HERE
- The Family According to Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof April 10
- Cove Creek Preservation and Development Monthly Barbecues Begin April 25
- Juried Art Displays Downtown This Friday
- Pining...in Peach Blossom Land at ASU April 16 to 20
- Inaugural Cove Creek Trout Fishing Tournament April 5
- 10th Annual Shooting Stars Set to Shine On Kids April 25
- Famed Physical Comedian Performs with Appalachian Symphony Orchestra April 18 and 19
- So Much Music This Week at ASU!
- Philharmonic Wind Quintet of New York To Perform April 16
- A Wee Bit of Scotland: Award-Winning Duo Performs in Ashe April 11
- Ashe Little Theatre Presents The Children's Hour Thursday To Sunday
- Watuaga Arts Council Announces Schedule for 16th Annual Concerts on Lawn
- An Evening of Art And Music April 18
- Pop Singer Colbie Caillat Plays Farthing Auditorium April 15
- Finally Ready to Get After It Again: Shannon Whitworth Plays Boone Saloon
- The Beginning of MerleFest Madness
- North Wilkesboro's Shine to Wine Festival Tickets on Sale Now
Shelter Stories
Carol Coulter—New Leadership for High Country Conservancy
A new talent is sitting behind the executive director
desk at High Country Conservancy and she brings with her a wealth of outdoor and outreach experience.
Carol Coulter took over the reigns at High Country Conservancy on February 17 and is already hard at
work on programs to further the nonprofit’s mission. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: The Cornerstone Bookstore
- Boone Cleanup Day and Litter Sweep April 19
- Blue Ridge Parkway Announces Spring 2008 Openings
- Holston Camp Hosts Open House for Community April 26
- New Farmers Market To Debut This Spring
- RAM Now Taking Applications for Summer 2008 Work Projects
- Twenty-Fourth Annual March for Babies April 12
- Celbrating Children: April is the Month of the Young Child
- Eleven Teachers Win Price Deverick Scholarships
- Extreme Mountain Cowboy Race at New Ashe Ag Expo Center April 5
- A New Station for Terrapins
- Huntington's Disease Fundraiser April 19
- Open House on Last Day of Joanne Williams' Yoga Class
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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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