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 New
Cub On The Mountain
Carolina may be smarter than your average black bear. She
knows full well that the white bucket contains a delectable
mixture of peanuts and apples, but after spotting Christie
Tipton and Naima Montacer, both Grandfather Mountain animal
habitat staff members, Carolina, 8, remembers her top priority.
Farmers’
Market Opens Saturday
Opening Day Ushers In 31st Season
Students
Complete Community Service Through “The Candidate”
Documentary to Air Friday Night
 Foster
Families Provide Haven For Stray Pets
The Watauga Animal Control Department is still
seeing steady numbers of calls and abandoned or stray pets,
but volunteers have helped make things a little cheerier
on Landfill Road.
Fourth
Annual Summer Holocaust Symposium Held June 26-July 1
State’s
Tourism is Topic of Latest “Appalachian Perspective”
Appalachian
Educational Outreach Featured on UNC-TV May 1
Merlefest
2005 Sets Attendance Mark
Just
The Facts!
 Rebuilding
A Village
The tsunami killed hundreds of thousands of people and left
millions of others homeless. Finding a way to help those
who are struggling to survive can seem a difficult task
for individuals halfway across the world in the Appalachian
Mountains.
Event
Raises Funds For WHS Project Graduation
High Country residents can help Watauga High School
seniors have a safe graduation night by attending a fund-raiser
at Toyota of Boone this month.
Senior
Games: Celebrating 16 Years In The High Country
In two short weeks, the big event of the year
for area senior citizens will take place, and none too soon
for those who have been “in training” since the
last.
 How
Does Your Garden Grow?
High Country gardeners can learn how to reap a
more bountiful harvest at the Watauga County Public Library
this month. Lois Peterson, a lifelong home gardener, will
present Gardening at Home: Tips, Cautions and Mistakes to
Avoid Saturday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the library.
Swing
Fest Funds Three Project Graduations
The Green Park Inn will host Swing Fest Saturday,
May 7 from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Coalition
Holds Adult Services Expo At Boone Mall May 10
The Adult Services Coalition will hold its third
annual Adult Services Expo Tuesday, May 10 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Boone Mall.
Music
For Meds
Hunger Coalition Benefit Scheduled for May 14
Fundraiser
Set For Watauga High School’s Pioneer Academy
Litter
Clean-Up Planned For May 14
Watauga
County Library Hosts Resumé Workshop May 7
Verizon
Donates To ASU’s Sexual Assault Programs
Appalachian’s
Tiller Wins Sustainable Energy Leadership Award
Artist's
Work Benefits Land Protection In Western North Carolina
Whitley
To Graduate Summa Cum Laude
Grand
Hall Unveiled At Conference Center
Fun
Fashion Show
 Local
Woman Donates 14 Inches Of Hair To Locks Of Love
A local woman, Terre Blair, recently made the
big decision to cut off approximately 14 inches of her hair
to donate to Locks of Love so she went to her hair stylist,
Melissa Shepherd of Expressions Hair Salon.
Little
Miss And Junior Miss Ashe County Named
The Little Miss and Junior Miss Ashe County Pageant
was held Saturday and the queens were chosen.
Wanna
Dance?
Register Now For Summer Session Dance Classes
 Westwood
Students Work Math Problems To Help Cancer Patients
Fourth grade students at Westwood Elementary have
been solving math problems with more than academics as their
motivator. During the month of April, 27 students in Dianne
Brown, Monica Branch, and Ashley Brown’s classrooms
have participated in a Math-A-Thon for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital and have raised $1,900.
Ribbon-Cutting
Ceremony Held At Jordan And Jordan Law Offices
West
Jefferson Girl Named Academic Honor Student At ASU
Redesigned
Website Provides Info On Funding Opportunities
Ashe
Living Center Celebrates National Nursing Home Week
West
Jefferson Lions Club Starts Parade Preparation
State’s
Tourism is Topic of Latest “Appalachian Perspective”
Walk
In The Garden Of Art Is A Big Success Again
Heritage
Tourism Continues In Ashe County
Give
Blood At A Local Blood Drive Soon
Kelleher
Discusses Experience In Short Film
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