OCTOBER 22, 2009 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Airing on the side of aesthetics rather than commerce, the Watauga County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Watauga County Ordinance to Regulate Signs that prohibit new billboards in Watauga County.
A man steeped in Shakespeare puts Lees McRae College in Banner Elk on secure path in short order. Last spring, looking into a financial abyss and at potential systemic failures—problems weighty enough to consider closing the college’s doors…
One of Buzz Peterson’s stops in between stints as the ASU men’s basketball coach could be distinguished by his footwear during Tuesday night’s practice.
Old Man Winter teased snow lovers last Saturday with intermittent spurts of snow. Overnight, though, the Old Man proved that he came to play…
Latest Headlines
Muncipial Elections 2009
- Boone 2030 Land Use Master Plan Adopted—What’s Next?
- New Boone Flood Maps Take Effect December 3
- Swarming the Ball—Mountaineer Defense Prepares for Black Saturday
- Hayes Center in Blowing Rock Takes Steps with Arts Consultant
- Appalachian High School Class of 1952 Holds 57th Reunion
- Citizens’ Plan for Watauga Community Meetings November 2, 3 and 5—Preparation of County’s Comprehensive Plan Moves Forward
- High Country AAA Brings Local Perspective to HBO Documentary Series
- Reservation Deadline For Salvation Army’s Appreciation Dinner Friday—Volunteers Needed To Ring Bells, Carry Kettles During Seasonal Fundraiser
- The ‘Crazy Aunt’ in the Cycling World Takes Center Stage—High Country Cyclocross Series at High Country Fairgrounds Every Thursday
- Meeting a Need—Live United Volunteer Spotlight—Bill Parker
- Multisport Moose—Triathlete with Ties to Boone to Race in World Championship
- Millie Barbee Returns to Executive Director Post at High Country Host
- Share the Warmth in Your Community this Winter—Mast General Store Hosts 5th Annual Share the Warmth Campaign
- The Future of Health Records is Now—Are You Ready?—Classes Offered to Assist Medical Professionals with new Electronic Health Record Laws
- Company Expected To Close on Green Park Inn Sale in December
- Feature Photo: Performance Enhancing Heat
- LifeStore Seeks To Be Lifelong Resource—AF Bank Changes Name, Look, Updates Philosophy
- Early Voting Underway in Watauga and Avery Counties
- Boone Candidates Share Views, Goals at Forum
- Newland Town Council Election—Four Candidates Running for Three Open Seats
- Sugar Mountain Village Council Election—Four Candidates Vie for Two Open Seats Carrying Four-Year Terms
- Seven Devils Town Council Election—Three Incumbents, One Challenger Vie for Three Open Seats
- Beech Mountain Town Council Election—Eight Candidates Vie for Three Open Seats
- Other Races in the High Country
The View
Whether you want to explore a haunted house, walk a spooky corn maze, listen to live music or just carve a pumpkin, Halloween and harvest events in and around the High Country are plentiful.
The final Greater Avery Tour de Art of 2009 will take place this Saturday, October 24, at 12 participating galleries and studios in the Foscoe, Banner Elk, Linville and greater Avery County areas. The event has taken place on the fourth Saturday each month since June.
The View Headlines
- Watauga County Historical Society Hosts Reception for The Architectural History of Watauga County, North Carolina at Jones House Friday
- Theatre Version of War of the Worlds in Blowing Rock October 30
- Banner Elk Downtown Get Down at Banner Elk Town Park Sunday–Inaugural Event Benefits Local in Need of Kidney Transplant
- Visiting Writer Paula Meehan at ASU November 4
- Pioneer Playmakers Presents Elegy at WHS November 2
- Children’s Playhouse Offers Year Round All Weather Fun and Bargains This Weekend
- Stick Boy Mayview Madness 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run November 7—Register Before October 31 and Save $5
- Group Art Exhibition in Downtown Boone Friday and October 28
- Stewart Simmons Fish Fry Sunday
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Club Cotillion at Broyhill Inn Saturday
- Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
Locals Embrace Idea of Community Supported Agriculture—High Country CSA Celebrates Successful Season
The idea of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) first began in 1965 by concerned mothers in Japan to address the quality and availability of fresh, healthy produce.
Twenty-one years ago, a single mother who was struggling with finances day to day and having to walk to work came into a dealership where Alfred Glover was selling cars.





















