JANUARY 28, 2010 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
Trees in the High Country shuttered from another blanket of ice that covered them last week, but luckily the damage was minimal. The storm on Christmas Day 2009, though, did plenty of damage…
A meet-and-greet with new Watauga County Cooperative Extension Director Jim Hamilton took place on Monday, January 26, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Agricultural Conference Center in Boone…
Hawksnest Resort in Seven Devils, now famous for having the East Coast’s largest snow tubing park and the East Coast’s longest ziplining course
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Latest Headlines
- Bailey Hired As New Boone Planning Director—Begins Work February 1
- The Races Are On—Filing for Local, State and Federal Offices Begins February 8
- Smoke-Free and No Complaints in Watauga County
- HHC’s Christmas in the Mountains Volume 3 CD Sales Produce $27,000 to Fight Hunger in High Country
- Focusing on Childhood Hunger Top Priority for The Hunger and Health Coalition in 2010
- Citizens’ Plan for Watauga Recommendation Summary—Part II in Series Provides Synopsis of Input from Plan Oversight Group, Citizens, Consultants on County’s New Comprehensive Plan
- Defensive Coach Wiley Is Second Coach to Leave ASU Football Staff
- Gov. Perdue Makes Emergency Declaration for Western North Carolina—More than $9 million in Federal Funds Being Sought for Winter Storms
- Plug In To What You Love: Live United Volunteer Spotlight—Mary Jo Grubbs of High Country Women’s Fund
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The View
It’s like Iron Chef…except that it takes place in Blowing Rock, and you judge which restaurants’ teams make it to the next round…
In its ongoing mission to pay respects to the soul, funk, blues and rock of the ‘60s and ‘70s, Boone’s Soul Benefactor will devote an entire night to soul music royalty—or, you might say, the king himself…
The View Headlines
- Blowing Rock Winterfest Thursday to Sunday
- Hypnotist Jim Wand at Farthing Auditorium February 5
- Avery Arts Council Hosts Carnival Party Saturday—Advanced Reservations Required
- Celebrate, Educate, Appreciate, Diversity Conference Saturday at ASU
- ASU’s Performing Arts Series Presents Award-Winning Comedienne Lily Tomlin Feb. 20
- Judges Announced for 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition—Registration Closes at 5:00 p.m. this Friday
- Mudbound Selected for ASU’s 2010 Summer Reading Program
- Haircut 101’s Hot Lips 2010 Contest: Stop by, Pucker Up—Contest Ends February 13
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Not To Omit Mr. Lincoln… Lincoln Historian Harold Holzer To Lecture February 8
- Lift Ticket
- What’s Up in Downtown Boone?
- Heavy Weather at Canyons This Friday
- Shannon Whitworth Returns to Boone Saloon February 3
- Wanna Play Concerts on the Lawn? Request Deadline Is February 12
- Brewer's Briefs
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Shelter
In 2009, High Country Conservancy (HCC) completed 8 land protection projects, totaling 573 acres of permanently protected land in Ashe, Avery and Watauga counties…
“It’s what a lot of people would like to do to their home, but their wife won’t let them,” said Jack Hall of Hatchet Jack’s Trading Post…
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