AUGUST 27, 2009 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
The Watauga Pioneers have no desire to look at their past. After back-to-back 10-4 seasons and trips to the third round of the playoffs, the Pioneers finished last season 5-7 and lost in the playoff’s opening round.
In response to complaints from downtown retail owners about the lack of proximate parking for customers on Saturdays—especially on dates of ASU home football games—the Boone Town Council voted to execute a new special event parking plan beginning Saturday, September 12.
Traffic delays are coming soon for motorists traveling on King Street in Boone. According to NCDOT Assistant Resident Engineer Ed Treadaway, the contractor in charge of the Highway 421 widening project informed NCDOT this week that it will begin installing water and sewer lines and storm drains at Highway 194...
Latest Headlines
- U.S. Census Office Slated to Open in Boone in December
- Child Support Services To Transfer to DSS in 2010
- Boone Occupancy Tax Doubles to 6 Percent
- Leigh Appointed To Fill Aycock’s Seat on Council
- ASU Budget Cut 10.2 Percent, Reducing Funding by $15 Million
- ASU Rises in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Rankings—Included in “Top Up-and-Coming Schools” and “Best Undergraduate Teaching” Categories
- Wilkes County Schools Pilot Project Underway—Project Saves Teaching Positions and Almost $1 Million
- Hawksnest Mountain Bike Race a Success—New Venue Attracting Athletes to High Country
- Composer Marvin Hamlisch Benefit Concert for Temple A Success
- Boone Police: Home, Vehicle Break-Ins and Graffiti Increasing
- Feature Photo: A Day for the Fans
- ASU Quarterback Armanti Edwards Update—Edwards Healing, Expected to Be Back in Game Shape By Home Opener
- Buy Tickets Now for ASU Football Games—Reserved Seats Still Available for September 12 Home Opener
- ASU, Watauga Community Read Three Cups of Tea—Humanitarian Greg Mortenson To Participate in Upcoming Events
- Stimulus Funds at Work in the High Country—Youth Participant Earns Money to Continue College Career
- Blowing Rock to Host Start of Fall Cycle North Carolina Bicycle Ride
The View
In case you haven’t heard, the Herd is coming.
Next week, men and women, moms and dads, professionals and workers, students and children from all over this country will be grinning ear-to-ear as they punch the timeclock or hear the dismissal bell.
Next week, men and women, moms and dads, professionals and workers, students and children from all over this country will be grinning ear-to-ear as they punch the timeclock or hear the dismissal bell.
Step into the living and working spaces of an artists’ neighborhood on the weekend of Friday to Sunday, September 4 to 6, during the annual Artists Alley Studio Tour and Sale in Blowing Rock.
The View Headlines
- Dollar Brothers, Elkville String Band at Jones House Friday
- Watauga Humane Society Pet Show Sunday
- Blue Ridge Descendants Perform Sunday
- Whip Daddys Perform in Banner Elk Thursday
- Annual “Mini” Book Sale August 27 to 29
- Mountain Home Music Presents Labor Day Celebration September 6
- Valle Crucis 7 Miler September 5
- Avery A&H Fair Seeks Volunteers, Contestants and Exhibitors
- Bluegrass and Barbeque Bonanza at Jones House September 4—Fundraiser To Benefit Watauga Arts Council
- New River Blues Festival in Jefferson September 6 Featuring The King Bees
- Mile High Kite Festival—Fun Option for Labor Day Weekend
- Beech Mountain Hosts Bike and Mountain Board Competition September 5 and 6
- Mountain Alliance Hosts Pancakes in the Park September 5 from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m.—Breakfast Benefit Takes Place Before Daniel Boone Days at Horn in the West
- Register Now for High Country Cotillion 2009-10 Session
- Ashe County Arts Council September Events Roundup
- Jewish Film Festival September 13 to 16 at the Hayes Center
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
Last year, High Country Press introduced readers to High Country Green Boxes’ DwellBox, the first permanent inter-modal steel building unit (ISBU) residential home in North Carolina.
The Michael R. Patricelli Craft Enrichment Program at ASU is now enrolling for the 19 courses offered this year in a variety of mediums.
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