SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
If ASU football head coach Jerry Moore wants to impress a potential blue-chip linebacker, he simply needs to show off the Mountaineers’ new weight room, locker room and athletic training facility.
“What we are seeing are prices are down for propane and other heating fuels anywhere from 30 to 40 percent from last year,” said Renee Whitener, director of public relations for Blue Ridge Energies, the heating fuels and propane subsidiary of Blue Ridge Electric.
Sharon’s face pressed uncomfortably against the shadowy bottom of a tall garbage can, her body bound from head to toe with masking tape.
Latest Headlines
- Author Greg Mortenson Visits Boone, Accepts Donations for Pennies For Peace
- Watauga County Receives More Yadkin County Inmates
- Live United Role Models: The Hearns
- United Way Campaign Kicks Off—Goal: Pull Together, Help the Weak
- Rallying the Troops’ Relatives—Support Group Starting for Family Members of Military
- Avery County Chamber of Commerce—A Busy Place
Almost time to ‘Wace’ the Woolly Worm
The View
With cold weather quickly approaching, it seems that this Saturday, September 19, is a final hurrah for numerous outdoor activities and special events.
There’s no place like Beech Mountain the first weekend of October as the old Land of Oz theme park comes to life for the Autumn at Oz celebration.
Grab your beer stein, put on your lederhosen and head to Sugar Mountain Resort for the 19th annual Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11.
The View Headlines
- Concerts on the Lawn Ends Friday—Final Show of Season Features Barbershop, The Forget-Me-Nots
- Celebrate Peace Day Monday—Commemoration at Noon, Parade at 4:00 p.m.
- Lees-McRae Theatre Presents The Risks of Heroes September 30 to October 4
- ASU Theatre Presents Lysistrata September 30 to October 4
- Holocaust Film Series Begins Sunday
- Local Family Competes on “Family Feud” Thursday
- Boone VFW To Host Benefit Concert Featuring Soul Benefactor Saturday
- Horn Hosts Apple Festival October 3, Haunted Horn October 22 to 31
- Appalachian Women’s Fund Membership Meeting September 22
- Cheese House Gallery Features Watercolors, Pottery in September
- Reel Rock Film Tour at Lees-McRae September 24
- ASU Diversity Speaker Series Begins September 30
- Hung Up On Hype—Beautymark Explores Devastation From Unreal Standards of Beauty and Other Things
- Dixon-Gottschild To Lecture, Sign Books at ASU September 22 and 23
- 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Opens for Registration and Submissions
- Hunger & Health Coalition and Boone Weight Watchers Team Up To Fight Hunger
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- A Chinese Menu of Influences—641rpm Presents Low Red Land, Appomattox,
Aminal Music at 8:00 p.m. Friday - Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
Water heating in your home uses a large portion of electricity and is preceded in energy consumption only by air heating and cooling systems.
After more than 10 years in business, Appalachian Furniture Store Owners Harley and Grace Ward know their business well enough to come up with a catchall slogan—“You’ll be amazed!”
Shelter Headlines
- Take Your First Step To Becoming an Entrepreneur—Free Start Your Own Business Workshop Series Begins in Boone October 6, Registration Deadline October 2
- SCORE Seeks Local Volunteers To Become Small Business Counselors
- Avery Humane Society Breaks Ground on New Shelter
- Farmers' Market Weekly Update
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