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Hello, Chattanooga: ASU heads for Championship showdown
Mountaineers down Richmond
Armanti Edwards made sure that Appalachian State would make a third-straight trip to the FCS finals.
Edwards, Appalachian State’s quarterback, put on a performances for the ages in the Mountaineers’ 55-35 victory over Richmond in front of a crowd of 24,140 at Kidd Brewer Stadium Friday. It was the largest FCS/I-AA playoff crowd for a non-championship game since the playoffs began in 1978.
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Sports Update
Watauga sinks Vikings
The Watauga High Pioneers blasted rival Avery 84-58 in a game that never seemed that close. Watauga, already leading by 11 at the end of the first quarter, outscored the Vikings 29-9 in the second to take a 50-19 halftime lead.
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Girls squad wins second straight
Watauga’s girls’ basketball team won its second straight game Thursday, beating rival Avery 53-48 at Lentz-Eggers Gym. Ashlyn Baird, behind the strength of three 3-point baskets, led the Pioneers in scoring with 16 points.
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Coming at you
During Appalachian State’s playoff game with Eastern Washington Saturday, this Santa made his way through the crowd. The Mountaineers won the game with a score of 38-35. Many have it top on their Christmas list for a Mountaineer win over the Richmond Spiders when the Spiders come to town Friday for another playoff game. The game takes place at 8 p.m. at Kidd Brewer Stadium on campus. Photo by Marie Freeman |
Homicide suspect arrested in Watauga
A double homicide suspect from Yadkin County was apprehended by Watauga County Sheriff’s deputies in the early morning hours of Dec. 4 on N.C. 421 near Hardin Road. Read more.
States compete for top tree growing status
North Carolina now wears the country’s Christmas tree crown. Well, depending on whom you ask. When state agriculture commissioner Steve Troxler watched the harvesting of a presidential tree in Ashe County last month, he announced that the state was now the nation’s leader in Christmas trees.
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Coopers awarded as top local philanthropists
The Watauga County Community Foundation (WCCF), an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF), hosted its second annual luncheon honoring National Philanthropy Month.
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Fast food eatery serves up solar
Arby’s in Boone will be one of the first local restaurants to make a move toward solar energy. The Winning Team, a North Carolina-based Arby’s franchisee, has committed to converting its hot-water heaters to solar energy, a response to both rising energy costs and a desire to become more environmentally friendly. Read more.
Area writers release diversity of new works
Bigfoot, Bathanti, bushwhackers and a blossoming journey are among the new offerings from local creative minds. Read more
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Biodiesel bus rolls on to WHS campus
Do you want fries with that? A biodiesel bus made a pit stop at Watauga High School Tuesday, blending education with the opportunity to recharge batteries and convert used fryer oil to motor fuel. Read more.
Fire in Sampson community contained
A brush fire ravaged three acres in the Sampson community Tuesday afternoon. The fire began just after 2 p.m. and N.C. Forest Service officials have determined the blaze to be arson. Read more.
Death of a Blowing Rock woman under investigation
The State Bureau of Investigations has been called in to assist investigators with the Watauga County Sheriff's Office regarding the death of Sharon Yates. Officers were called to the camper where Yates, 50, was living on Clarence Newton Road in the Blowing Rock community at 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 28. The sheriff's office incident report stated that Yates was dead on arrival. Watauga medical examiner Dr. Brent Hall said the cause of death was "blunt force chest trauma, secondary to a pedestrian, motor vehicle accident." Police are not releasing any further information pertaining to the incident, saying only that interviews are being conducted throughout the day Tuesday. Updates will be posted on the Web at wataugademocrat.com as information becomes available.
Single vehicle accident on N.C. 105
A Banner Elk woman is in stable condition after a single vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon. Anne Stephens Pike, 65, of Banner Elk was traveling northbound toward Boone at 1 p.m. when the vehicle dropped off the right side of the highway. According to trooper Morgan of the N.C. Highway Patrol, Pike overcorrected and lost control of the 2001 Oldsmobile Bravada. The vehicle left the right side of the northbound lane, overturned and came to rest on its top. Pike was trapped in the Bravada for approximately 30 minutes while rescue personnel worked to free her from the wreckage. She was transported to the Watauga Medical Center. A spokesman for WMC said Pike is in stable condition, but is being transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Forsyth County for further treatment. Watauga Medics, Watauga Rescue Squad and the Foscoe Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene. Morgan said the cause of the accident appears to inattention, and no charges will be filed.
December 5, 2007
Fir better or worse
There was more than Christmas spirit in the air Saturday afternoon at Ewing’s Fraser Fir Farm in Vilas. Romance blossomed among the firs, as Craig Moram proposed to his girlfriend, Sally Boswell, during the couple’s tree-shopping trip. Moram hung an engagement ring on the tree branches as if it were an ornament, then guided Boswell to the “tree of his choice.” Customers and employees cheered when Moram, who had informed Ewing Harmon of his plan earlier, shouted down, “She said yes!” This is the third trip to the High Country for the Charlotte couple to participate in the choose-and-cut tradition.
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Boone hit with wave of auto break-ins
Police believe a series of weekend auto break-ins and thefts are connected. Boone Police Detective David Osbourne said a total of 10 vehicles were broken into between Friday Saturday. Read more.
Watauga County sheriff reports
Nov. 21 — Breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and larceny were reported at Valle Crucis Park. A suspect took the victim's purse from the vehicle. Read more.
Traveling worker charged in student assaults
Campus police arrested an itinerant worker at Appalachian State University on Sunday within hours of two assaults on students. Read more.
County will help fund college expansion
The Watauga County Board of Commissioner agreed to use future capital improvement funds to accelerate an expansion at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute. CCC&TI president Ken Boham presented construction bids Monday for a planned Phase II expansion of the Watauga campus on White Oak Road. The first phase included three modular buildings, while the next phase is a combination of nursing and vocational space and a maintenance storage area. Read more.
County plants seeds for ‘green business’
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but the county hopes “going green” will generate more green in the local economy. Read more.
Academic paper unearths Hartley cemetery saga
Rob Brown, a geography professor at Appalachian State University, took a story of a relocated Watauga County cemetery and introduced it to the world of academia. Read more.
December 3, 2007
Kissable parade
Children of all ages guard a huge Hershey’s Kiss during Saturday’s Boone Christmas Parade. Photo by Marie Freeman |
New federal grant will preserve byways land
The federal government has ponied up a quarter of million dollars to help preserve land along designated scenic byways. Ten land trusts have jointly been awarded a $252,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration to help preserve land along 560 miles of North Carolina’s scenic highways. The preservation effort will focus on 27 scenic byways, more than half of the scenic byways in the state, in 37 North Carolina counties. Read more.
The final curtain
The last picture show was a time of memories, reflections and of course Milk Duds and popcorn. On Thursday night, audience members for the final screening at the Appalachian Twin Theatre in downtown Boone expressed sadness at the loss of the town’s oldest theater with some showing up out of loyalty and others wanting to sit through a final couple of hours in the place where they’d been exposed to movie magic. Read more.
News briefs — Signs of vandalism affect tree farms
Acts of vandalism and theft damaged more than directional signage for a few Watauga County Christmas tree farmers last weekend. Sales were down as tourists were unable to locate farmers during the busiest weekend of the choose-and-cut Christmas season. Read more.
Watauga County sheriff’s reports
Nov. 13 — Fraud was reported by a resident of Cardinal Lane in Boone. An individual used the victim’s name to obtain a credit card. Read more.
Reading for pleasure continues downward spiral, study shows
A new study by the National Endowment for the Arts confirms what “popular wisdom” has held for years: People are reading for pleasure less than they did a generation ago. The report draws on a number of different studies that corroborate a declining readership in the United States, that fewer books being read for pleasure, and that book sales are declining. However, many educators feel people read just as much, but they are just seeking out other ways to get information besides books. Read more.
County survey process moves among communities
Watauga County residents now have a variety of ways to add their input to the county’s next long-range growth document. Read more.
Suspect in graffiti vandalism caught
A graffiti artist was caught in the act by Boone Police late Thursday night. Just after 10 p.m., an officer patrolling West King Street witnessed Curt Marshall Campbell, 25, previously of Asheville, spray paint in hand, vandalizing an apartment building on the 400 block. Read more
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