Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
Sept 4, 2008 issue
Top News Stories of the Week
Makoto’s Serves Boone’s First Mixed Beverages—Only Three Restaurants Have Received Permits Thus Far
Just 10 days after Boone voters resoundingly approved the town’s mixed drink referendum, a small contingency of celebratory locals gathered inside Makoto’s Japanese Steakhouse sushi bar promptly at 11:00 a.m. last Friday, August 26, to partake in Boone’s first round of legal mixed beverages. (Read Full Story...)
Big Loss in Bayou Country—Despite LSU Loss, ASU Still Ranked No. 1 in FCS
It was hot, it was humid, it was humbling.
Appalachian State University football fans went into Baton Rogue, La., last weekend, riding on a yearlong high after the team’s upset of No. 5 Michigan last season. But this time, it wasn’t to be.
(Read Full Story...)
- Daniel Boone Days Is Here—Boone’s New Annual Music and Culture
Festival Takes Place Thursday, Friday and Saturday - So How Exactly Do Those New Inspection Stickers Work? Electronic Inspections
Begin October 1 - 19th Annual Walk for Awareness Honors Assault Victims
- Piece By Local Woodworker Featured in Upcoming Major Motion Picture—Movie
Stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane - Boone Fall Cleanup Day September 20
- Watauga’s Grassroots Grants Deadline Is September 15
- Contributions to ASU Foundation Soar 95 Percent
- Claire Hartsook Boyce Passes Away at 96
- Watauga County Animal Care and Control Needs Foster Families
- Local Builder Watched “Little” Sister’s Team Go Gold in Beijing
- WAMY Hosts Inaugural BBQ Benefit at Family Resource Center September 10
- Feature Photo—Audition for Hardin Park’s Lip Synch Contest
- High Country Women’s Fund Power of the Purse Luncheon September 12
The View Stories
The Darwin Bicentennial—ASU Dedicates Yearlong Lecture Series to Charles Darwin and His Ideas
One hundred and fifty years ago, the publication of Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species marked the beginning of a dramatic sea change in biological studies. But the implications of Darwin’s theory of evolution extended far beyond the boundaries of science.
The concepts of natural selection and “survival of the fittest” have influenced numerous disciplines, including economics and the social sciences. Evolution presented a significant challenge to creationism and the institutions of religion—so much so that the inclusion of evolution in public school science curricula continues to be a subject of great controversy, even today. (Read Full Story...)
- North Carolina Mountain State Fair September 5 through 14
- ASU Home Opener vs. Jacksonville Set for Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
- Downtown Boone Art Crawl Friday
- Grandfather Mountain Presents 5th Annual Kidfest September 13
- Blue Ridge Equestrian 4-H Horse Show September 13
- Civil War/Heritage Day at the Banner House Museum September 13
- School of Music Concerts Return to Local Entertainment Lineup
- Boone Civitan Handbag Auction Fundraiser Saturday
- Two Pow Wows Close to Boone September 12, September 19 Weekends
- High Country Youth Ministries Concert September 12
- Former Second City Student Forms Local Improv Troupe
- Feature Photo—Rep. Cullie Tarleton Named to OCS Hall of Fame
- Keyboard Master Johnny Neel Returns to Boone with The Criminal Element—Band Plays Murphy’s September 12
- Larry Keel & Natural Bridge Play Daniel Boone Days Saturday—Band Has Long Enjoyed Success in the High Country
- This Week in Free Music
- Gallery News
Shelter Stories
Become a Volunteer Water Watcher—Muddy Water Watch Program Launches in Watauga and Avery
Donna Lisenby, the Upper Watauga Riverkeeper, is looking for Muddy Water Watch volunteers in the Watauga and Elk River watersheds who will monitor construction sites and take pictures of potential violations; document and report streams, creeks and other waterways that are polluted with excessive sediment; attend meetings and report water pollution to a toll-free pollution hotline at 1-877-277-8642; learn how to use several data storage websites and much more.
The first Muddy Water Watch meeting will be held Monday, September 8, at the Agricultural Conference Center on Poplar Grove Road in Boone from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. (Read Full Story...)
- Want To Lower Your Food Bill? Angel Food Available at Three Watauga Churches—Orders Due September 12
- Crafter’s Profile: Ruth Vannoy Creates Art from Nature
- Two Entrepreneurial Events Coming Up
- This Week on the Parkway
- Local Gardens: Visit Daniel Boone Native Gardens This Fall
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