APRIL 30, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
More Than 70,000 Festivalgoers Converge on MerleFest 2009
The economy may be down and the sun was scorching at times, but more than 70,000 music lovers basked in the glorious spring weather at Wilkes Community College during last weekend’s 22nd annual MerleFest.
According to a press release, attendance on Thursday was the fifth highest on a Thursday in the festival’s history.
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Perdue Orders Furloughs For All State Employees—ASU Chancellor Peacock Issues Letter of Announcement and Explanation
Gov. Beverly Perdue signed an executive order on Tuesday, April 28, calling for unpaid furloughs for all state employees. The order is in response to a worsening state budget shortfall that analysts now say could climb to $3 billion. Perdue’s move is expected to save the state $65 million this fiscal year.
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Clyde Jones Decides Not To Re-Open Auto Parts Store—Local Parishioners Honor Long-Time Business Owner
On March 20, after cataloging and liquidating more than 300,000 auto parts, Clyde Jones turned off the lights at his long-standing store, locked the door and said goodbye to a structure that housed so many of his precious memories from the last 55 years. Clyde’s sad story is one of many, as his business is one of the casualties of the Highway 421 widening project that began last year with right-of-way acquisitions—one of which was Clyde’s building, which will be demolished in the coming weeks.
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More Top News
- Peterson Returns as ASU Men’s Basketball Coach
- Beech Mountain Brings Biggest Loser To High Country This Summer—Ten-Week Competition Kicks Off June 13
- Watauga Relay For Life Adds More May Fundraisers For June 20 Event
- Survey: 81 Percent of Wataugans Know Victim of Sexual Violence
- Boone Business Expo at Boone Mall May 14
- Boone Chamber Recognizes 2009 Amazing Customer Service Award Winners
- N.C. Tax Returns Four Weeks Behind—Secretary of Revenue Expects Backlog Cleared By End of May
- High Country United Way Receives $12,196 in Stimulus Funding—Local Service Agencies Urged To Apply For Funding By May 14
- ASU Spring Commencement May 9 and 10—Price, Beck, Jordan and Morton To Speak
- Moms In Touch Host Invitational Luncheon May 7
- Banner Elk’s Wildcat Lake Now Stocked With 5,000 Fish
- Stimulus Package to Provide Summer Jobs for Youth Ages 16 to 24
- Boone Civil Air Patrol Cadet Appointed to United States Air Force Academy
- The Civil Air Patrol: Boone Wing Flying High
The View
High School Musical 2 On Stage in Blowing Rock Thursday through May 9—Tickets Available for All Nights!
Disney’s High School Musical franchise has taken the nation’s youth by storm, and beginning Thursday, April 30, the smash hit High School Musical 2 comes to the Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock for a “fabulous” stage production. The Blowing Rock Stage Company production presents a unique opportunity to introduce young fans of the hit television movie to the wonders of live theatre.
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More View Stories
- Music Festival Season IS HERE!!! Mark Your Calendar
- Studio K Spring Recital Saturday and Sunday
- 17th Annual Taste of the High Country May 5
- Sugar Mountain Resort’s Summer Season Begins Friday
- Grandfather Mountain’s Naturalist Weekend Offers Fun, Education May 15 to 17
- Tweetsie Railroad Opens Friday—Wild West Adventure Park Begins 52nd Season May 1
- Blowing Rock Stage Company Presents DramaFest! Saturday
- Downtown Boone Art Crawl Friday
- 4th Annual P.B. Scott’s Reunion May 16 at Canyons
- MEISA Hosts 3rd Annual Music Festival at Geno’s Friday
- ASU’s App Studies Program To Honor Donors with Fundraising Concert Thursday
- Brewer's Briefs
Shelter Stories
Boone’s Solar System—Installation of Boone’s First Community Owned Solar Project Complete
The Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy (AIRE) has taken a step towards independence from coal-produced energy. This week the group completed installation of a 2.5-kilowatt photovoltaic solar electric system on the roof of their home office, The Greenhouse in Boone.
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