SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 ISSUE
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Top News of the Week
At least 18 full-time employees at ASU will lose their jobs as part of the university’s mandated budget reduction plan, which was submitted to University of North Carolina system…
As this article goes to press Wednesday night, the Watauga County Board of Education was scheduled to hold a closed session meeting to discuss the new superintendent search…
It appears that legal action won’t be necessary in the dispute between the Boone Town Council and the Watauga County Commissioners over ETJ appointments to town boards…
Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
Latest Headlines
- Feature Photo: Jerry Moore
- Moore Wins 200th Game, Welcomes Savannah State This Week
- Seasonal Residents Urged to Donate Food to Hunger & Health Coalition
- Museum HVAC Units Disturbing Blowing Rock Neighbors
- DBDA Annual Meeting September 29—Fotta Hired as Downtown Development Coordinator
- ASU Sponsors One of NC’s Largest Blood Drives September 28
- Makoto’s Celebrates 30 Years
- Casa Rustica Charity Golf Event Raises $12,500 for Blowing Rock C.A.R.E.S.
- High Country Legislators Vote to Put Marriage Issue on Ballot
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The View
With more than $100,000, 200 truckloads of dirt and hundreds of labor hours, Beech Mountain Resort has a national caliber mountain bike park that will host USA Cycling’s Mountain Bike Gravity National…
This year, a pair of dance partners will get the chance to take home the mirrorball trophy at the first annual Dancing with the High Country Stars, inspired by the hit ABC-TV show…
In 2006, a band with a weird name burst onto the Boone music scene that was quite unlike any other group playing the area watering holes. Their grooves were super tight. Their solos were fast, furious…
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Happening Now
- 4-H Horse Show in Blowing Rock September 24 and 25
- Horse Helpers of the High Country Fundraiser September 28
- Turtle Island Preserve Open House September 25
- Night of Missions at Alliance Bible Fellowship September 25—Program Explores Short-Term Missionary Trips
- Girl Scout Day at Grandfather Mountain Saturday
- Crippen’s Hosts James Beard-Recognized Chefs This Month—Dinners Held Two More Tuesdays
- Let It B.E. Music Festival at Lees-McRae Friday and Saturday
- Balsam Range To Perform at Grandfather Mountain Museum September 25
- Old-Time, Bluegrass, Folk Tunes at Jones House Friday
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- Foscoe’s Historic Camp Rainbow Craft Fair This Saturday
- Bird Names Play Espresso News September 23
- Boonetown Throwdown: Dance Party at Harvest House September 23
- Lees-McRae Hosts Reel Rock Film Tour Thursday
Happening Now
- Born to Run Author at ASU Thursday
- Mountain Dulcimer Lecture Thursday
- » click here to see a full list
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In Focus
Grandfather National Scenic Area Series
Have you noticed how the counties below the High Country are suddenly “our gateways?”
Caldwell County is “Where the High Country Begins.” Morganton, in Burke County, home to the largest sawmills…
The proposed Grandfather National Scenic Area occupies a particularly distinctive corner of the High Country—the northwest corner of Caldwell County.
Though Caldwell’s tourism revenue pales…
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Links To Other National Scenic Areas
- Map: Proposed Grandfather National Scenic Area
- Week 1—Grandfather National Scenic Area: An Introduction
- Week 1—National Scenic Areas: Protecting the View
- Week 2—National Scenic Areas Near and Far—A Path for the High Country?
- Week 3—National Forests: For ‘The Greatest Good’
- Week 3—Tracing Timber’s History in the Globe
- Week 4—Weeks Act Celebrated From the Perch of the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Week 4—‘The Lucky Triangle’ Resurrected: The Grandfather National Scenic Area
- Week 5—Lumber’s Numbers
- Photo Gallery: The Globe Area and Its Lumber History
- Video: GNSA Campaign Video
- Link: GNSA Campaign Site
Links To Other National Scenic Areas
- Roanoke Times: Mount Pleasant NSA
- Friends of Mount Roger
- Columbia River Gorge Visitors Association
- VIDEO: Columbia River Gorge NSA
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