SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Daniel Boone would be proud. Even if the American pioneer never wore a coonskin cap, Daniel Boone still would have appreciated the furry nod to his legacy...
One month has passed since Joshua Watauga, a well-known street peddler and fixture of downtown Boone, collapsed behind a restaurant on Blowing Rock Road and was transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem...
A new downtown Boone parking plan will go into effect this Saturday, September 12, for ASU’s first home football game versus McNeese State.
The High Country United Way announced its 2009-10 campaign goal of $600,000 on Thursday, September 10, at the campaign kickoff at 9:00 a.m. at the Agricultural Conference Center in Boone.
Latest Headlines
- Stop Bullies in Their Tracks! Workshop Friday—Free Program Designed for Parents, Students, Teachers and Community Members
- What’s Up in Downtown Boone?
- Good News and Bad News On Taxes—Avoid an Unpleasant Surprise On Tax Day
- Boone Summer Not As Cool and Wet As Perceived
- Charity Golf Tournament Raises $10,100 for Hospitality House
- Local Family Stars on “Family Feud”
- ASU Football Hosts FCS Stalwart McNeese State Saturday—Team Learns from ECU Loss
- Edwards Ready to Play, Feels ‘100 Percent’
- WHS Volleyball Team Eyes Another Winning Season—Pioneers Begin Conference Play Against South Caldwell Thursday
The View
If you haven’t heard of at least one of the names in this year’s Performing Arts Series lineup, it’s time to dig your head out of the sand. The coordinators of the annual entertainment series have scheduled five high-profile performers and groups to fill the seats at Farthing Auditorium in the 2009-10 season.
Although exhibition openings at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts typically coincide with the monthly Downtown Boone Art Crawl, the latest offerings at the museum are coming one week later this month.
The View Headlines
- Tweetsie’s Railfan Weekend Saturday and Sunday—Weekend Includes Exclusive Photo-Special Train Ride and Train Shop Tours
- Rhodes Brothers at Avery Fair Saturday
- 5th Annual Watauga Lake Triathlon September 19
- Barbershop Quartet Show September 19
- High Country Hospice Fall Ball September 19—Tickets On Sale Now
- Third Annual Ft. Hamby Pow Wow September 18 to 20
- Boone United Methodist Church Hosts 25th Annual Fall Bazaar
- Sunset Stroll on Sunset Drive in Blowing Rock Friday
- Art in the Park in Blowing Rock Saturday
- ASU Launches Visiting Artists Series
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Lost Ridge Band, Whitetop Mountaineers at Jones House Friday
- Jazz Society Presents Jon Thornton Jazz Group Sunday
- Girls on the Run Continues To Seek Participants in Grades Third Through Fifth
- Audience Doubles for Daniel Boone Days 2009—2nd Annual Event Attracts Families & Fans from 25 States & 3 Foreign Countries
- Widespread Panic Keyboardist Jojo Hermann at Canyons September 14
- Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
Face it—if you are builder and don’t have a plan to go green soon, you are way behind the pack. Green is definitely the buzzword these days, especially in regards to building...
WAMY [Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and Yancey] Community Action, Inc. has provided a number of services and activities that benefit the entire community, improving the quality of life in its four-county area since July 7, 1964.
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