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Aug 21, 2008 issue
Top News Stories of the Week
Booze Comes to Boone
While only 12.69 percent of Boone’s 11,943 registered voters cast ballots in the mixed-beverage referendum, an overwhelming number of them voted in favor of the ballot initiative, and restaurants in Boone will soon be able to serve cocktails along with dinner.
In unofficial returns, 1,106 voters—73.05 percent—cast ballots in favor of the referendum, and 408—26.95 percent—opposed the measure. (Full Story)
How Long Before Local Restaurants Serve Spirits? (Read More...)
Friday Is Move-In Day at ASU—Fall Semester Classes Begin August 26
You’ve been warned. Freshman Move-In Day at Appalachian State University is this Friday, August 22. Make the necessary mental and strategic preparations for worse-than-normal traffic congestion, packed-out restaurants and retail stores and the occasional mattress pad flying onto the street. (Full Story)
- Daniel Boone Days - Come Celebrate Boone in Boone on September 4,5 and 6
- 2008 Cohort Rate: Graduation Rates Decline in Watauga, Avery
- NC House Candidates Debate Issues at Kiwanis Meeting
- Appalachian Skatepark Council Members and Parents Question New Rules at Appalachian Skatepark
- Family Resource Center Open House Commemorates New Life Together for WAMY, OASIS and The Children’s Council
- Hospitality House To Launch Fundraising Campaign
- Death Penalty Opponent Sister Helen Prejean at ASU August 28
- Pat Boone’s North Carolina Link
- Local Women Thankful for High Country Women’s Fund Program
- Avalanche Triple Crown Continues with Valle Crucis 7 Miler September 5
- 2008 Appalachian Game Day and Parking Information
- BIG Sale on ASU Campus Friday and Saturday
- Gallery News
- N.C. Arts Council Awards $154,485 in Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes
- High Country Cotillion Registering For Fall Sessions
- This Week on the Parkway
The View Stories
Making Joyful Noise—7th Annual High Country Praise Festival Returns To Holmes Center August 31
The High Country Praise Festival looks more like a rock concert than it does a church service. Bands wearing trendy clothes blast out melodic songs with electric guitars and drums to thousands of adoring fans in the cavernous confines of ASU’s Holmes Center. (Full Story)
- Feature Photo—Sqrambled Scuares
- Artists Alley Studio Tour in Blowing Rock August 29 to 31
- Orchard at Altapass To Host Labor Day Barbecue Sept. 1
- Celtic & Classical: Puddingstone Performs for Mountainhome Music Saturday
- Child Abusers, Mentally Ill or Brilliant but Eccentric?—The Glass Castle Challenges the Reader To Decide
- Jeannette Walls To Open ASU Visiting Writers Series September 4—Six Writers Lined Up for Fall 2008 Series
- Junior Appalachian Musicians Program Accepting Students for Fall — Classes Start September 18
- Ashe Civic Center Provides Venue for Pandolfi, August 30 and 31
- Music Festival Madness Heating Up in the High Country
- Choral Evensong at St. Mary of the Hills Sunday
- Shape Note Gospel Singing Saturday
- Ginger Musical Opens August 29—Life of Acclaimed Actress and Dancer Celebrated in Next Hayes Production
- Mile High Kite Festival August & Dancing in the Streets August 30
- South Carolina’s Miss Wanda Johnson Is on a Blues Journey
Vocalist Returns to New River Blues Festival August 31 - This Week in Free Music
- Local Pickers Bring Home Top Prizes at Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention
- Cheesemaking Short Course in December Early-Bird Registration Deadline September 26
- Venturi to Speak at Golf Tournament Thursday
- Sudanese Refugee to Share Personal Story August 24
- Watauga Humane Society 11th Annual Fur Ball Is Sold Out
- Blowing Rock Stage Company Announces Fall Classes
Shelter Stories
High Country Real Estate: Slower Sales, Increased Value Since 2007
“The economic slowdown is affecting everyone and real estate is no different,” said Chris Coley, president of the Avery-Watauga Association of Realtors. (Full Story)
- Business Spotlight: Open To All—Carlton Gallery Celebrates 26 Years
- Watauga Commissioners Discuss Coyote Control
- Bright Ideas Grant Deadline September 30
- Trade Grist Mill Grand Opening August 30—Local Source of Freshly Ground Flours Continues Tradition
- ASU’s Recycle at The Rock Encourages Football Fans to Tailgate Responsibly
- High Country Conservancy Hosts Successful Wine Tasting and Auction
- Toyota of Boone Wins 4th Consecutive President’s Award
- Bark House Style Celebrates the Past and the Present of Bark Siding
- ET Researcher In Hickory Saturday Evening
- Local Gardens: Valle Crucis Park in Bloom
- Farmer’s Profile: Christian Teague Grows for the Future
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