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Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country | Founded 05-05-05
July 10, 2008 issue
Top News Stories
Templeton Wins Court Challenge
over Medical Clinic Permit Denial
Judge Finds Board of Adjustment Decision “Arbitrary and Capricious
(Full Story)
First Presbyterian Church Cost: $7.5 Million
Congregation’s Deadline to Move July 1, 2011
“The small house across the street from the church was used for the campus ministry,” said Gryder. “ASU will most likely demolish it, but the church building will not be demolished as was originally planned. It is in better shape than they originally thought and will be used for a lecture hall and offices. The parking lot would become staging for the new building..." (Full Story)
- Property Tax Rates in Neighboring Counties
- High Country Women's Fund Sponsors Believing is Seeing Programs
- Hunger and Health Coalition Begins Production of 2nd Christmas CD
- Goss, Tarleton Identify Local Impact of State Budget
- Drought Update: Drought LEgislation Goes to House
- Forest Service Warns of Dry Conditions
- Opportunity To Help Build a Trail Every Saturday
- Daniel Boone Days Headquarters Opens in Downtown Boone
- Treat Your Palate Wine Tasting To Benefit Wine to Water July 18
- After 25 Years, Appalachian Christian School Closes The Doors
- Register for Adult Fall Team Sports Programs Now
- Mystery of Boone Name Half-Solved
- Identity Theft Workshop at the Library July 15
- Exhibit and Sale of Significant 19th Century Paintings in Blowing Rock
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The View Stories
MusicFest ‘N Sugar Grove Strikes
a Chord with Young Players
Festival Begins Friday at 2:00 p.m. (Full Story)
TAKE A LOOK: An Appalchian Summer Guide
- An Appalachian Summer Schedule
- Patagonia's Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival Screenings Sunday
- App Summer Hosts Biltmore Estate Landscape Lecture July 17
- Doug Varone and Dancers at Farthing July 18
- World Renowned Vocalist Judy Collins Performs at Farthing July 19
- Eastern Festival Orchestra's July 20 Performance to Feature Andre Watts and Gerard Schwarz
- Broyhill Chamber Presents Final Two Concerts July 16 and 21
- Billy Jonas & Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Headline Playhouse Music Festival
- Cannon Music Camp Presents Free Concerts Throughout July
- This Week in FREE Live Music
- Celebrate Your Inner Scot! Highland Games Are This Weekend
- Hendrix in Peggy Lee's Dress: The Lascivious Biddies at the Hayes Center
- Dog Show, Dancing and Movie on Beech Mountain July 19
- Banner Elk Art & Master Craft Festival July 19 and 20
- Biologist Offers a Revealing Look at High Altitude Flora and Fauna July 16
- Summer Film Series Continued Weekly at New River State Park
- K-9s In Flight Frisbee Dogs To Appear at Tweetsie Railroad July 19 to 27
- 14th Annual Treasures of the Earth Gem and Jewelry Show July 18 to 20
- Family Day at the Turchin Center July 19
- Little Shop of Horrors at Lee-s McRae July 18 to 24
- Asheville's Brian McGee & The Hollow Speed Deliver Two Shows This Friday
- The Red Hot Jubilee Jam in Ashe July 25
Shelter Stories
High Country Bus Festival in Crumpler July 24 to 27
Volkswagen Bus owners are easy to stereotype as aging hippies or Grateful Dead heads, but VW Bus enthusiasts actually come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: Neaco
- Want To Lower Your Food Bill?
- Appalachian Women’s Fund Grant Application Deadline August 1
- Local Gardens: First Baptist Church Blooms on King Street
- Appalachian Enterprise Center Starts Wednesday Morning Coffee Chats
- Clean Water Management Trust Fund Grant Restores Deerfield United Methodist Creek
- Watauga Habitat For Humanity Finds a New Home on an Old Highway
- Livestock Agent Callie Birdsell Leaves Watauga County Extension
- Backyard Chicken Workshop Series Begins July 21
- Farm Profile: Alicia Breton and Sheila Sherman of My Favorite Plants
- Woodscaping Workshop for Landowners July 25 and 26
- Leadership Summit on The Creative Economy August 11
- This Week on the Parkway
- Feature Photo: Welcome to Downtown Boone
- Feature Photo: BREMCO Sponsors Youth for D.C. Trip
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