MAY 14, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
Testing Synergy—ASU Hosts Simulated Active Shooter Emergency Exercise On Campus
Three people are dead, including the shooter, eight people are injured and three hostages are now safe—that would be the hypothetical outcome of an active shooter scenario on the ASU campus if it had occurred for real this week.
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Blowing Rock Continues Push for Land Exchange with Parkway—Bill Supporting Trade Currently in U.S. House Committee
After more than a decade in the works, a proposed land exchange between the Town of Blowing Rock and the Blue Ridge Parkway could finally take place if a bill authorizing the trade passes Congress.
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Budget Cliffs Notes for May 19 Public Hearing—A Comparison: 2008-09 Adopted Budget vs. 2009-10 Proposed Budget
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. The lean proposed budget is $4 million less than Watauga County’s adopted budget for fiscal year 2008-09.
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More Top News
- Equal Rights Amendment: Steering Committee Forming For 2010 National ERA Conference
- 2009 SONC Spring Games Great Success—Twenty-Six Competitors Headed to Raleigh for Summer Games
- Chetola Resort Is 2009 Boone Chamber Business of the Year
- WHS Grads Celebrate With Seniorfest June 5
- Westglow’s Bonnie Schaefer To Receive National Women’s Award
- High Country Conservancy Protects 95 Acres In Avery County—Conservation Easement Borders Pisgah, Lower Flank of Grandfather Mountain
- Watauga Relay For Life Adds More Events, Raffles To Fundraisers
- Area WWII Vet Hopes To Document Fellow Veterans’ Stories on DVD
- Avery County Habitat for Humanity Dedicates Home to Buchanan Family
The View
Now Hear This!!—Free Music Abounds in the High Country All Summer Long
If you thought you were the only one to be thrilled about getting out and enjoying another glorious summer in the High Country, think again. Beginning this month, musicians of all stripes will finally begin to emerge from the dimly lit indoor stages to provide another summer full of free live music throughout the High Country.
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- Mountainhome Music Season Begins 17th Season May 23
- I Can Do This!—12th Annual ASU Math Camp Empowers Local Youth July 13 to 16
- Third Annual Mountain Valleyfest at Green Valley Park Saturday
- Southern Accent Hosts 8th Annual Fellowship Celebration Saturday
- Connecting with the Natural World—Area Summer Camp Offering First Ever EcoCamp June 14 to 20
- Local Youth Track Club is Up and Running
- Genealogists to Unite at Watauga Library
- AmeriCorps Benefit Bike Drive Now Until May 22
- Eseeola Lodge Opens for 117th Season
- Mountain Arts School Residency Programs In Search of Artists
- Miracle on the Mountain Drama Calls for Actors
- Savory Thymes To Host Italian Master Artisans, Vietri Founder Susan Gravely May 22
- From Ballads to Bluegrass: A Musical History of Wilson Creek—Special Music and History Event Takes Place Saturday
- 4th Annual P.B. Scott’s Reunion Party at Canyons Saturday
- Brewer's Briefs
Shelter Stories
High Country Water Projects On Hold After Governor Pulls Funding
Twenty-two water conservation and restoration grants in the High Country are currently on hold, affecting projects in Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties. The grants, awarded by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund in 2008, are currently unfunded after Gov. Bev Perdue removed $100 million from the trust fund in February in the midst of a projected state budget shortfall.
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