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highcountryWEEKLY....................................
 Volunteer
Outreach Center Expands Services
The Volunteer Outreach Center (VOC) wants to reach
out to more High Country volunteers and residents. In an
attempt to expand its services the VOC Advisory Board recently
hired Janet Pepin as the center’s part-time executive
director.
Friends
Of The Blue Ridge Parkway
Annual Blue Ridge Parkway Gala
FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway is hosting a
Blue Ridge Parkway Gala to celebrate the Parkway’s
glorious fall season.
 The
Beautiful Fight
Ward has trained in several martial art forms.
He is a master in Arnis, the Filipino art of stick fighting
and is a 10th degree black belt in Sil-Lum Kung-Fu and Emperor’s
Long Fist style.
Mountain
Molasses Makers
Beech Mtn. family keeps sweet tradition.
For the past seven years, Parlier has invited his family
and friends to make some old fashioned molasses from the
patch of sugar cane that he grows each year.
Farming
For Golden Eggs
The Hubert Family’s front yard is filled
with the chatter of shared excitement.
wataugaWEEKLY........................................
 Bachelors
Bring Big Bucks
When it was all over, the 22 bachelors who had agreed to
participate in the High Country United Way’s first
Bid for Bachelor Auction had fetched bids topping $8,000.
Let’s
Talk Month
Winning the battle against teen pregnancy requires an open
line of communication between parents and their children.
 Red
Ribbon Breakfast Kicks Off Campaign Against Addiction
The Red Ribbon Celebration is a community involvement
campaign encouraging citizens to participate in substance
abuse prevention activities and celebrate healthy lifestyles
while wearing and displaying red ribbons as a visible symbol.
Boone
Convention & Visitors Bureau Upgrades Tourism Web Site
In addition to a great calendar of events, the site offers
an enticing overview of the diversity that exists in High
Country lodging, restaurants and attractions.
 Boone
Police Chief Speaks At Wake Up, Watauga
Bill Post has seen the relationship between police officers
and community members come a long way in the past few decades.
In
Search Of Funding
The Watauga County Public Library will host a training session
Tuesday, Oct. 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. for new grant search software,
which is available in the library’s public access computer.
 Local
Pathfinder Club To Collect Food
Instead of trick or treaters this October, you may have
a young person knocking on your door collecting cans of
food for the needy. That’s because Boone is now home
to the Appalachian Pathfinder Club.
Senior
Citizens Beware
According to the Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing
and Electronic Commerce, people 60 years of age and older
accounted for 26 percent of telemarketing fraud victims
last year.
Play
Good With Wood
October 19-25 Is National Forest Products Week
Education
Foundation Board Pledges Full Support Of Our Children, Our
Future Campaign
RE/MAX
Realty Group Grand Opening Celebration
Burt’s
Bees Skincare Seminar Offered
asheWEEKLY..............................................
 Afterschool
Programs Celebrate ‘Lights On Afterschool’
Last Thursday, more than half a million people
across the country rallied for the afterschool programs
that are key to kids’ success.
ACHS FFA One Of Four Programs Nationwide Chosen For PALS
Ashe County High School’s FFA Chapter is
one of four programs in the nation chosen to participate
in the PALS mentoring program.
 Gwynita
Steele Named Ashe District Manager
Gwynita Steele has been named district manager
of Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation’s West
Jefferson office. “This is an exciting new opportunity
and I look forward to serving our members in Ashe County
and becoming even more involved in our community,”
said Gwynita Steele.
Celebrate
Heritage
This unique conference will showcase Ashe County
heritage and genealogy, but will also offer presentations
relating to the High Country and mountains in general, according
to Ashe Historical Society President Lonnie Jones.
Libby’s
Sponsors Golf Tournament For American Cancer Society
Over $2,200 raised during event. Seventy-four
golfers joined together to play in the 4th Annual Jack Wall
Memorial “Golf for a Cure” Tournament.
You
Can Go Home Again…To Ashe County That Is
Theme,
Grand Marshall Announced For 2003 Christmas Parade
New
Beginnings To Hold Craft Sale At St. Francis Church
Volunteers
Needed For Latino Expo Scheduled In October
West
Jefferson Short Stops Have Fun In Service Learning Project
Students
Learn About Tractor Safety
Emily
Johnson Crowned ACHS Homecoming Queen
VWF
Offers Scholarships
A
Day In The Life Of. . .
averyWEEKLY............................................
 Avery
Health Care Volunteers Recognized
The Avery Health Care System volunteers were showered
with much deserved recognition at a special luncheon held
in their honor.
Gynecologist Dr. Norman Brings Specialized Care To The Women
Of
Avery County
Women in Avery County now have local access to a specialist
in gynecology, urogynecology and pelvic reconstructive surgery
with the addition of Dr. Andy M. Norman to the area.
Artist’s
Show Benefiting Grandfather Home A Great Success
Evelyn Wallace’s show at Lees-McRae Cannon Student
Center Gallery sold 14 pictures for a total of $9,000.
 Lees-McRae
College Faculty Member Has Illustrations Published In Children’s
Book
Lees-McRae College faculty member Caroline Garrett
last weekend launched the promotion of Jeremiah, a children’s
book about a young giraffe with a short neck who stumbles
upon the Nativity.
Lees-McRae
College Library Purchases Laptop Computers For Teaching
Internet Research
The James H. Carson Library at Lees-McRae College
recently received a $39,992 grant to purchase 31 new laptop
computers to be used to teach students how to use the Internet
as a research tool.
 Halloween
Photos By Debbie DeVita To Benefit Children’s Miracle
Network
Local photographer Debbie DeVita will donate the
proceeds from her special children’s Halloween photos
to The Children’s Miracle Network in memoriam to her
nephew Ryan Michael O’Hara, who died earlier this year.
51st
Register Of Deeds Convention Successful
The 51st Register of Deeds Convention was held
at the Broyhill Center in Boone September 13-16th.
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