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November 6, 2008 Issue

OBAMA WINS WATAUGA!
Still Blue—Obama, Hagan, Perdue Win in Watauga County

Late Tuesday night, a group of ASU students, ecstatic about Barack Obama’s win, gathered at Kidd Brewer, toppled a goalpost and then conducted an impromptu parade down King Street. Chanting, whooping, shouting and hugging, the students staged a raucous celebratory street party, with members of the Boone Police Department and Watauga County Sheriff’s Office standing by to help ensure that the euphoria stayed orderly and accident-free. As they passed the law enforcement officers stationed at the corner of King and Depot streets, several students exchanged greetings and high fives with the officers, with plenty of smiles on both sides. Read More »

Democrats EUPHORIC—Crowd Celebrates Obama, Other Democratic Wins at Dragonfly Theater

At the news that Sen. Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, Heather Owens, 26, erupted into joyful screams, closing her eyes, clasping her hands together and lurching back and forth in excitement.

She joined a crowd of about 350 to 400 people at the Dragonfly Theater and Pub in Boone, where the Watauga County Democratic Party hosted an Election Night Victory Party for any who wished to attend. The theater projected television election coverage onto a large screen, and patriotic balloons, Obama T-shirts and plenty of campaign stickers and buttons added color to the large room. Read More »

The View Stories

Movies, Music and So Much More—Boone’s Dragonfly Theater

The Dragonfly Theater and Pub is absolutely the only venue in the High Country that has, in four months, hosted major motion pictures, independent movies, live concerts, church meetings, fundraisers, multimedia events, political debate viewing parties, Monday Night Football and a beer tasting. To say that the Dragonfly is versatile would be a bit of an understatement. Read More »

Shelter Stories

A Bold Vision for Boone—Lawrence Group Presents the Results of Weeklong Planning Charette

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

So cautioned Craig Lewis of the Lawrence Group at the closing presentation of the Boone 2030 planning charrette last week.

What Lewis meant is that the collective vision of what Boone can become won’t be accomplished in one fell swoop or even in the next several years. The vision is a long-term one, looking ahead two decades from right now, and the only way to reach it is in incremental steps. Read More »