April 29, 2005
Bearing down on Mother's Day
Boomer, Grandfather Mountain’s newest bear cub, plays with his mother, Carolina on Wednesday. The four-month-old cub will be raised and later released into the wild — most likely within the Pisgah National Forest. Boomer is a black-bear cub, and though his father, Kodiak, is cinnamon-colored, the young bear did not take on his father’s coloration. See Monday’s edition of the Watauga Democrat for a complete feature about Boomer and the other bears at Grandfather Mountain.
Photo by Marie Freeman
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AppalCART wants new $5 vehicle tax
The Boone Town Council will consider AppalCART’s proposal for a fare-free bus system in Boone — in exchange for a dedicated source of revenue, which could come in the form of a $5 per-vehicle registration tax.
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High Country Media will release ‘All About Women’ magazine
There are many amazing women in the High Country.
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Watauga Heritage Council gets to work
Arts, crafts, and a variety of historic and cultural resources are being cataloged as work continues on developing plans under the Blue Ridge National Historic Area designation.
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High Country Briefs: Police sheriff reports
Boone Police Reports — April 21 — Charter Communications, 211 N.C. 105, reported a larceny. There was no indication of what was stolen.
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School board honors band director
The Watauga County Board of Education began its April 11 meeting on a high note by recognizing Watauga County High School band director Bill Winkler.
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Parkway rangers will enforce leash laws more
The National Park Service is stepping up enforcement of pet leash laws for properties along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Stop the Litter! Kicks off April 30
Stop the Litter! is planning a big clean-up event for Saturday, and is continuing its mission to keep Watauga County a cleaner place to live.
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April 27, 2005
Art in the new park
Matt Balfrey finds a seat on the banks of the New River in Brookshire Park to paint a pastoral scene. Balfrey and the rest of his painting class at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, taught by instructor Jane Harrison, took advantage of the pleasant but cool day to learn the basics of pastoral painting. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Town and county may fund new park
The Boone Town Council is looking for ways to work with Watauga County to develop a new park.
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Air service set to launch Sunday in Hickory
Delta Airlines is launching its Hickory connection Sunday morning, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the first flight to leave the tarmac as part of its new jet service.
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Same gang suspected of three cases of school vandalism
A police investigator said he suspects a lone gang of vandals struck three different Watauga County schools over the weekend, breaking windows, scattering books, and stealing school supplies as they went.
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New partnership hopes to inspire entrepreneurs
The Watauga Entrepreneur Development Partnership has sparked the entrepreneurial spirit in area residents, inspiring many and helping them start their own businesses.
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Turning trash into black gold
A weekend workshop offered local residents a chance to turn trash into treasure for the garden.
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Water, sewer requests from Boone may become more complicated, thanks to new ordinance
As April comes to a close, so might the general simplicity of requesting water and sewer service within the town of Boone.
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April 25, 2005
Official oath of office
Appalachian State Chancellor Ken Peacock takes the oath of office read by the former U.S. Rep. James T. Broyhill (not pictured). Holding the Dougherty family bible for Peacock is Appalachian State University board of trustees chairman Robert Fox Jr. For more on the ceremony, please link with story below. Photo by Marie Freeman |
ASU chancellor takes official oath of office
There were no cardinals or conclave; nor was there white smoke rising from a modest chimney atop the Holmes Convocation Center. There were, however, plenty of people in robes (of the academic persuasion) to signify the installation of Appalachian State University’s sixth chancellor.
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ASU biologist fights adelgid with beetles
In an old science fiction movie, Mothra was summoned to Japan to fight a dangerous threat to civilization known as Godzilla. Four decades later, beetles from Japan are being recruited to fight a real-life enemy of an important Appalachian tree species.
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Boone crime stats jump in first quarter
Boone has seen a big bump in some key crimes the first quarter of 2005, according to recent figures released by the Boone Police Department, but Chief William Post said it’s way too early to assume a crime wave has overtaken the town.
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County takes on trail project
Watauga County has now gone into the greenway business after the county commissioners voted last Monday to carry liability insurance for a small recreation space donated by Appalachian State University.
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Second homecoming: Gulf War veteran returns home again
Dr. Chris Marinakis has been to war, and has returned to tell the tale — again. Having served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, his feelings were mixed when told he’d be returning for a second tour, this time in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He summed up his feelings in an interview last October before his deployment: “When duty calls, you’ve got to go.”
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High Country Briefs: Sheriff’s reports
April 11 - Arrests
• Jennifer Adele Minor, 23, 624 Moretz Rd., Boone, was served with a criminal complaint alleging writing a simple worthless check.
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