MAY 7, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
County Manager Presents Lean, Balanced Budget with No Property Tax Increases—Public Hearing On Recommended Budget May 19
After shaving more than $4 million from its total, Watauga County Manager Rocky Nelson presented his staff’s recommended budget for fiscal year 2009-10 to the Watauga County Board of Commissioners on Monday, May 4.
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One More Month—Watauga Commissioners Give Skatepark Users One More Chance To Follow Rules
An April progress report from Watauga County Parks and Recreation Director Stephen Poulos claimed that users of the Appalachian Skatepark, located off State Farm Road in Boone, were still not wearing proper equipment—primarily knee and elbow pads—and that park usage has dipped to an all-time low of five skateboarders per day.
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Our Guardian—High Country Humanitarian, Businessman Norman Cheek Dies at 70
The angels gained some worthy company last week, but the High Country is still in mourning over the loss of Norman Cheek, the local philanthropist and long-time owner of Toyota of Boone who passed away on Wednesday, April 29, at the age of 70 from a respiratory ailment.
Cheek is best known as “The Little Dealer with the Big Heart”—a name he earned since purchasing his Toyota franchise in 1979.
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Donna The Buffalo, Larry Keel To Headline Daniel Boone Days 2009—2nd annual Music & Culture Festival at Horn in the West Sept. 4 and 5
The High Country is about to join the herd.
Currently the last stop on their 20th anniversary tour, Trumansburg, N.Y.-based Donna the Buffalo will bring their blend of old-time-rock-reggae-zydeco to the stage at Horn in the West in Boone as they headline the 2nd annual Daniel Boone Days Music and Culture Festival on Saturday, September 5.
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More Top News
- Feature Photo: Rivers Rising
- Boone Could Require Bicycle, Motorcycle Parking in UDO
- Were You At Grandfather Mountain In April?—April Dollar Days Breaks Attendance Record
- Watauga Commissioners Proclaim Community Pride Week May 18 to 23—Household Hazardous Waste Collection May 23
- Boone Business Expo at Boone Mall May 14
- Mother’s Day 2009—A Look at Adoption Services in Watauga County
- Elk Knob Community Heritage Organization Becomes Nonprofit
- Watauga County Gets Ready to Stamp Out Hunger Saturday
- Flag Flies Over Capitol for Boone Resident Sonja West
- Hunger & Health Coalition Responds to Local Needs for Food Assistance
- Boy Scouts, Mountain Alliance Students Volunteer at Horn, Homestead and Other Locations
The View
Under One Roof—15th Annual Home & Remodeling Exposition at Holmes Center May 15 and 16
Numerous products and services are involved in building or renovating a home, and on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16, you can find representatives from home improvement businesses—from construction and landscaping to financing and insurance—all under one roof.
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- App Summer Hosts History Day at Farthing Auditorium May 15—Event Held in Honor of 25th Anniversary Season
- Blowing Rock’s Art in the Park Begins 47th Season May 16
- High Country Senior Games Returns May 16 to June 6
- Inaugural Auction for Watauga Education Foundation May 15 at Hound Ears Club—Event Follows Shooting Stars Golf Classic
- Serving Up Success—Three Blowing Rock Restaurants Reach Best Dish in N.C. Finals
- Fire On The Rock Chef’s Competition Has Two Winners—It's a Tie!
- Blowing Rock Jazz Society Hosts Pianist Keith Davis Sunday
- 2nd Annual POP Shoppe Sale Saturday
- 2009 High Country Pride June 13 and 14—Boone Pride Donates to Public Library, Announces 2009 Events
- Beech Mountain Opens Registration for Cycling and Running Events
- Lonesome River Band Returns To Hayes Center May 16
- Old Fort Pow Wow This Weekend
- Watauga River Conservation Partners Announce Summer Activities
- “Remember That Time When…”—P.B. Scott’s 4th Annual Reunion Party at Canyons May 16
- Peterson Returns as ASU Men’s Basketball Coach
- Massage For Hunger Supports Hunger and Health Coalition Throughout May
- North Carolina High Country Vacation Planner Now Available
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass—The Packway Handle Band Plays Boone Saloon May 14
- Feature Photo: Local Students Compete in Battle of the Book Competition
- Brewer's Briefs
Shelter Stories
Local Farms Featured in NC Agritourism Map
Eleven farms and nurseries from Ashe, Watauga and Avery counties are featured in a new full color, foldout agritourism map published by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS). The agritourism map, titled “Discover North Carolina Maps,” is available at state Welcome Centers, county Cooperative Extension offices, tourism offices and farmers’ markets.
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