NOVEMBER 12, 2009 ISSUE
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Students at Parkway Elementary School paid tribute to 59 military veterans who attended the school’s annual Bring a Veteran to School Day on November 6.
As High Country Press reported in August, the state reduced ASU’s base budget by 5.2 percent—roughly $7.8 million dollars. An additional 5 percent reduction by Gov. Purdue was determined to occur on a month-by-month basis…
Many readers are old enough to remember striking out with their parents across the cold countryside with saw and hatchet in hand to find a tree—not just any tree…
Latest Headlines
- SoCon Showdown—ASU Looking To Win Fifth Straight Conference Title This Saturday
- Local Tourism Agencies Brighten Their Internet Window on the World—High Country Host, Blowing Rock TDA Unveil New Websites
- Honoring Our Guardians—Local Military Officers Association Hosts Veterans Day Ceremony at Boone Mall
- Pursuing a Passion, Providing Therapy—Live United Volunteer Spotlight—Jamie Fish
- Avery, Watauga School Report Cards Released by NC Dept. of Public Instruction
- Additions Keep Coming at Appalachian Ski Mountain—New Season Features New Terrain Park and Slope, Late-Night Lift Tickets, Improved Snowmaking, More Ways to Learn
- ASU Men’s Basketball—Mountaineers Ready for Season with New Coach
- ASU Women’s Basketball—Young Mountaineers to Help Women’s Team
- Women In Black Speak for the Voiceless November 25—Silent Vigil to Highlight Local Victims of World’s Violence Against Women
- Free Clinic in Linville Much Appreciated by Farmworkers
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The View
When Barbara McCaughey heard about her daughter’s ASU project, “Barbies We Would Like To See,” she immediately thought of a Grandma Barbie…
The monthly Downtown Boone Art Crawl takes place this Friday, November 6. Receptions at several downtown art galleries begin around 6:00 p.m. and continue throughout the evening.
The View Headlines
- Holiday Farmers’ and Craft Markets
- Tellabration at Jones House November 21—Tales To Be Told by Three Well-Known Storytellers
- Scottish Singer/Songwriter Performs at River House Inn
- Amahl and the Night Visitors—ASU Hayes School of Music Performs Christmas Opera November 19 to 22
- Christmas on Apple Hill Farm Begins November 21
- One Leg Up Performs at Peabody’s Charity Wine Expo Saturday
- Wilkes Playmakers Present The Wizard of Oz November 12 to 22
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Kentucky Writer, Poet Frank X. Walker at ASU November 19
- MerleFest: 18th Annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Now Accepting Entries—Submission Deadline February 18, 2010
- Blowing Rock Christmas Ornament Features Green Park Inn—Limited Quantities Available
- International Education Week at ASU: ‘Sowing Seeds of Prosperity and Peace’
- Turkey Trot 5K at Lees-McRae November 21
- Blue Star Mothers Charter Local Group
- Carolina Chocolate Drops at Canyons November 18
- AVOW Plays Geno’s November 20
- Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
Local residents can receive big discounts on home energy audits by attending a free E-Conserve workshop administered through the Watauga County Cooperative Extension and Building Performance Engineering…
Remember the anticipation for the school bell to ring signaling recess? That’s the reminiscence John Paul Pardy chose to use in naming his new snow and skateboard shop…
Shelter Headlines
- Coal Country Documentary Screening November 17
- Appalachian Voices Hosts Open House November 19
- Blowing Rock TDA Thanks Local School PTO with Contribution
- Tax Credit for First-Time and Existing Homebuyers Extended Through April 2010
- Mountain Farmers Eligible for Funds to Diversify Operations in 2010—WNC AgOptions’ Intent to Apply Deadline November 23
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