Sept 11, 2008 issue
Top News Stories of the Week
High Country United Way Launches 2008-09 Campaign With $625,000 Goal
High Country United Way board members and partner agency directors gathered at Wachovia for a breakfast kickoff off the 2008-09 campaign last Thursday, September 4. This year’s fundraising goal is $625,000. (Read Full Story...)
Daniel Boone Days Is Here To Stay—Boone’s New Annual Festival A Success On All Counts
The three-day, inaugural Daniel Boone Days Music and Culture Festival surpassed all expectations last weekend, providing an eclectic array of local activities that brought out all ages of visitors and locals to multiple events held around the Town of Boone. (Read Full Story...)
- Owners of a New World Record! Record For Largest Gathering of People Dressed As Daniel Boone
- Watauga Teacher Recognized for Distance Learning Excellence
- Blowing Rock Commons Close to Council Approval
- Report: Keep Offices Out of First Floors in Blowing Rock’s Main Street
- True Test Ahead—ASU Bye This Week; at James Madison September 20
- Jill McCorkle To Speak at Fundraiser Benefiting ASU Library September 26—Deadline To Purchase Tickets Is Friday
- Not So Hard After All: Daniel Boone Chase Foot Race
- Nominations Sought for Active at Work Community Award—Deadline for Nominations October 3
- Christian Science: Church of Ginger Rogers—Star Featured in Backwards In High Heels at Hayes Center
- Free Reference Books for Kids Thanks to Civic Clubs, Dictionary Project
- 20th Annual Bridge to Bridge Bike Ride September 21
- Officials Gather to Learn About Wind Power in WNC
- Family Fitness Festival in Blowing Rock September 20
- Avery CROP Hunger Walk Fundraiser September 28
- Avery County Dedicates Three Civil War Trail Markers Saturday
- Mast General Store Celebrates 125th Anniversary with Poster Contest
- ASU 9th Annual Queer Film Series Begins in October
- Boone Saloon Reopens Following Five Month Renovation Caused by April Blaze
The View Stories
Sing, Laugh & Dance in September! Hayes Center Gears Up for a Triple Dose of Music, Comedy and Ballet
After nine months of virtual non-stop entertainment, Blowing Rock’s Hayes Performing Arts Center shows no signs of slowing down as it prepares for a fall season filled to the brim with top-shelf entertainment of all kinds. The latest round of shows at the town’s premier performance space include side splitting routines by Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe on Friday and Saturday, September 19 and 20, a rousing cabaret-style show of song and humor by 1970s TV star Linda Lavin on Sunday, September 21, and the highly-anticipated return of acclaimed dance troupe the Richmond Ballet on Friday, September 26. (Read Full Story...)
- Elk Knob Headwaters Community Day Saturday & Elk Knob State Park Celebrates Take a Child Outside Week September 24 to 30
- ASU Music Guests, Faculty and Grad Students Show Off This Week
- Blowing Rock Jazz Society Hosts Pianist Oscar Perez This Sunday
- Watauga Arts Council Hosts Ice Cream Sociable at Jones House Sunday
- Horse Program Teaches Relationship with God, One Another September 30, October 1
- 11th Annual Farm Heritage Day in Cove Creek September 20
- Auction To Benefit the Turchin Center September 26
- Rosen Concert Hall Hosts 27th Annual Barbershop Quartet Show September 20
- Swim, Bike and Run At Watauga Lake Triathlon This Sunday
- Chinese Film Series at ASU in September—First Film Thursday, September 11
- Wilkes Candlelight Ghost Tour Saturday
- A Special Treat for Train Lovers: Fall 2008 Rail Excursions from N.C. to Virginia—Tickets On Sale Now For Nov 1 and 2 Trips
- The Sugar Bean Sisters in Ashe September 25 to 28
- Women’s Studies Fall Lecture Series Continues Thursday
- Florida Musician and ASU Grad Grant Peeples Returns to the High Country—Americana Singer-Songwriter Plays Woodlands This Thursday and Sunday
- Boone Punks The Karloffs Return To Black Cat September 19
- Four Public Seminars at Watauga Library in September
- Gallery News
Shelter Stories
Hawks in Sight—High Country Audubon Hosts Hawk Watching Trip September 20
It’s not unlikely that many mountain folks have caught a glimpse of a bird of prey, either perched on a tree or a power line or swiftly swooping through the air. If you love the excitement, fascination and pure satisfaction of spotting a hawk—or if you’ve never been lucky enough to see one—the next couple of weeks are the best time of year to do it. (Read Full Story...)
- Big Sweep To Clean Local Rivers Saturday
- Coalition Releases Conservation Vision for North Carolina’s Mountains—Land Trusts Identify 28 Places with Highest Need for Protection
- Local Authors Launch Bark House Style with Pair of Parties
- Clock Starts Ticking Today: Create Something New, Useful From Everyday Object
- Sue Counts Green Retirement Party October 12
- Apply Now for Woolly Worm Funds—Application Deadline October 4
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