DECEMBER 4, 2008 Issue
NEWS update: weigh in with YOUr thoughts on how best to brand the High Country AT www.highcountrypress.com/tourism
NEWS update: weigh in with YOUr thoughts on how best to brand the High Country AT www.highcountrypress.com/tourism
Top News Stories of the Week
Educational Institutions Tighten Their Belts
The word has come down from Raleigh to school districts, community colleges and universities across the state: your budget has been cut by up to 4 percent. In an effort to help offset an estimated state budget deficit of more than $1 billion, Governor Mike Easley has instructed state agencies to cut up to 5 percent from their expenses this year, and education hasn’t dodged the statewide cutbacks. Read More »
Tough Talk On Tourism: A Look at Local Tourism Development Authority Expenditures—Blowing Rock Tourism Development Authority
For the past six weeks, High Country Press has reported on the various reactions and initiatives produced from the High Country Tourism Summit. The mission of the High Country Tourism Summit was to collaborate marketing efforts to sustain tourism in the High Country during the country’s economic downturn.
This week, we guide the series in a new direction: looking at how local tourism development authorities are spending their annual budgets. Read More »
- FEATURE PHOTO—Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Heating Oil and Kerosene Prices Down Nearly One Quarter Since October—State Officials Still Seeking Additional Relief For High Fuel Costs
- Restore America’s Economic Strength: Ending the Bailout Gravy Train
- Newly Elected Watauga Commissioners Take Oath of Office
- High Country Football Referees Chosen To Officiate State Championship Game
- Project Lifesaver Becomes Operational in Watauga County
- The Snow Lay on the Ground: A Back-to-Basics Christmas in the High Country with Religious Services as the Focus
- It’s Beginning To Sound A Lot Like Christmas—The 2008 Christmas CD Buying Guide
- Rail Jam at Lees-McRae December 11
- LIFT TICKET—A Column About Skiing and Snowboarding in the High Country
- The Children’s Playhouse Seeks a Great Friend to Families—High Country Citizen Will Earn $500 for the Nonprofit of His/Her Choice
- Easy Ways To Help the Hunger and Health Coalition
- Gallery News
- 5th Annual Christmas Fine Arts and Crafts Show at Boone Mall December 12 to 14
- Ashe County Choral Society Holiday Concert Sunday
- Appalachian hosts ACAPPELLAGEDDON, an all a cappella show Dec. 9
- Ashe Arts Center Celebrates the Holiday Season with Ashe County Christmas Trees
- Catherine Smith Gallery Hosts Exhibition of Artworks by Candidates for the BFA in Studio Art—Artists’ Reception December 19
The View Stories
The Road to 4—ASU Faces Richmond in Noon
Quarterfinal Saturday
No matter how accustomed to success ASU football fans have become, it doesn’t get any easier for the Mountaineer football team to win championships. Despite making it to Round 2 of the 2008 playoffs, ASU has a hard road ahead in vying for a fourth consecutive national title.
“It gets tougher and tougher,” said ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards, speaking to the press in a teleconference Tuesday. “Everybody wants to get to how it feels to be a champion. Everybody wants a shot at us.” Read More »
- A High Country Christmas Carol Premieres December 5 to 14 at Hayes Center—Inman Crafts Signature Holiday Piece for Stage Company
- Boone Christmas Parade Moved to 9:00 A.M. Saturday
- Celebrate 10 Sparkling Years with the Cabbage Queens—Parade Appearance Saturday, Wanda Ball December 12
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Mountainhome Music Presents Community Christmas Tree Concert Saturday
- Downtown Boone Art Crawl Friday
- The HCP Holiday Rundown—Your Guide to the Holiday Season
- Mast General Store Celebrates Christmas in the Valle—The original Mast General Store in Valle Crucis will host Christmas in the Valle through Christmas Eve.
- Lees-McRae Candlelight Christmas—Concert Saturday and Sunday
- Hurt Never Sounded So Good—the everybodyfields Return to Canyons This Friday
- Boone Unlimited Music Project Hosts Inaugural Show at Dragonfly Thursday—Concert Features Harvard and Secret Lives of the Freemasons
Shelter Stories
Ray Russell Debuts 2009 RaysWeather.com Calendar
The work of local photographers plus enough weather statistics to satisfy even the most die-hard weather aficionados are incorporated into Dr. Ray Russell’s 2009 RaysWeather.com Calendar that debuted last week. The calendar is available at numerous retailers in Boone, Banner Elk, Newland and Jefferson, and a portion of the proceeds from calendar sales support the Hospitality House and its new capital campaign. Read More »
- Business Spotlight: Gladiola Girls—Urban Chicwear for Rural Residents
- Grandfather Mountain Holds Winter Weather Contest—Submission Deadline December 8
- Another Stretch of Kraut Creek Slated for Restoration
- Blowing Rock Seeks Applicants For Various Boards—Admission Deadline January 31
- Want To Lower Your Food Bill? Angel Food Available at Three Watauga Churches—Orders Due December 8
- Angel Food Ministries To Distribute Holiday Grocery Relief—Christmas Boxes Allow All to Celebrate With Traditional Holiday Cuisine
- Meet the New Owners of Café Portofino—Same Menu, Same Staff, Same Feel, Smooth Transition
- Easley To Fast Track Capital Improvement Projects To Stimulate State Economy
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