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October 6, 2006
The Deal: Offers on WHS still active
Recent land-use regulations adopted by the Town of Boone have not affected offers to buy the existing Watauga High School property.
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Watauga tops landslide list
 Watauga County is the most likely county in the western North Carolina region to experience hazardous mud slides, according to an analysis underway by a state geology team. Rick Wooten, a senior geologist with the N.C. Geologic Survey, said of the six counties targeted for landslide hazard mapping, Watauga showed the most data suggesting previous landslides, which he said was a predictor of future episodes.
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FBI arrests sex-crime suspect
The woman and daughter were fictional characters created by FBI investigators looking to detect Internet predators in a Yahoo chat room. Frederick Stephen Klee, 41, of Holly Springs, located just south of Raleigh, was indicted Sept. 29 by a federal Grand Jury on a charge alleging he tried to persuade a person he believed to be under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.
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Sentencing scheduled for Trivette
Convicted Internet predator George Clayton Trivette, Jr., will be sentenced later this month in a Statesville Federal courtroom for attempting to lure what he thought was a 13-year-old girl to meet him for sex late one night nearly two years ago.
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New sauce fires up Farmers’ Market
 Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on, and others just keep coming back for more. It’s that last group that Dorene and Pete Jankowski targets with their handcrafted hot sauces sold and marketed under the name “Fire From the Mountain.”
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Commissioner candidates move to quash rumors
Although most candidates for the Watauga County Board of Commissioners report smooth sailing in their campaigns, some have claimed that misinformation is being spread about them.
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UNC system may cap tuition
The University of North Carolina system may place a 6.5 percent cap on tuition increases, which would apply for the next four years to the system’s 16 campuses, including Appalachian State University.
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Erskine Bowles visits Boone
He came from the hill to the mountaintop. Appalachian State University Chancellor Ken Peacock used such a phrase to describe a visit by Erskine Bowles. Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina system, visited Boone Wednesday for the Walker College of Business CEO Executive Luncheon, where he delivered the keynote address.
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October 4, 2006
Steep-slope rules pass
 The Boone Town Council took action and adopted its revised recommendations for steep-slope development and view-shed protection. The decision for approval was made through a procession of procedural votes at a special council meeting Monday, Oct. 2.
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Center continues syrupy tradition
 The peaceful pastures of Valle Crucis are the last place you’d expect to find someone “raising cane,” but the results are generally considered sweet. The Valle Crucis Conference Center, owned by the western North Carolina diocese of the Episcopal Church, has been growing sugar cane for decades, in keeping with a tradition that was carried on by the old mountain families that settled the area.
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County picks law firm for financing
The Watauga County commissioners selected a law firm to oversee its school financing during Monday’s regular meeting. Finance director Doris Isaacs presented qualifications of four law firms to provide legal counsel for high school financing.
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Watauga jobless rate is state’s fifth lowest
Watauga County had the state’s fifth lowest unemployment rate for the month of August. According to statistics from the Employment Security Commission (ESC) of North Carolina, the unemployment rate dropped in nearly all of the state’s 100 counties for August.
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New vaccine will be available at health department by year’s end
A new vaccine developed to help prevent cervical cancer likely won’t be available through the Watauga County Health Department until the end of the year, though private physicians may have supplies.
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October 2, 2006
Downhill from here
A member of the Lees-McRae College cycling team takes a photo of his teammates as they lead an 800-member strong peloton of cyclists through Banner Elk Sunday morning. More than 1,200 recreational cyclists began their weeklong ride from the mountains to the coast as part of the Cycle North Carolina event. The three-time national championship Lees-McRae team led a mass departure in a controlled descent down N.C. 194 through Matney. The riders passed through Boone at about 10 a.m. Photo by Marie Freeman |
NPS takes comment on school expansion
The final stage of the approval process for an expansion at Parkway Elementary School is being paved. The National Park Service is taking comments on an Environmental Assessment for granting a right-of-way permit for the Watauga County Board of Education.
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Chancellor addresses App State growth
As part of Appalachian State University Appreciation Week, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a special “Wake Up, Watauga” breakfast on Friday. ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock presented the keynote speech to chamber members at the recently reopened Dan’l Boone Inn.
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Mixed results flow through river basin study
A water quality study conducted by the state shows that the Watauga River Basin is in “generally good” shape, though six waterways show the impacts of development and growth and one creek is rated as “impaired.”
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Double injuries at Broadstone
A congested intersection in southwest Watauga County has seen two injury accidents in less than a week, most recently sending a local tow-truck driver to the hospital with leg injuries.
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Motorcycle crash kills man
A 21-year-old Beech Mountain man was killed when he struck a guardrail while riding his motorcycle on Wilson Ridge Road Saturday afternoon. Charles Melton Flanagan, III, died when he lost control of his 2006 Suzuki motorcycle after cresting the hill on Wilson Ridge as he headed from Deerfield toward Bamboo Road.
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Chamber serves up appreciation to ASU
The Boone Area Chamber of Commerce treated Appalachian State University to lunch. Chamber members invited members of the ASU family to dine at the Broyhill Inn & Conference Center Thursday, Sept. 28, as part of the chamber’s ASU Appreciation Week.
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