Asheville Bear Lake Lodge News: 01/09/2005

Saturday, January 15, 2005

01/15/05 News

High school basketball roundup
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Rashanda McCants scored 26 points Friday to help the Asheville Cougars remain undefeated on the season with a Mountain Athletic Conference victory ...

Patriots soar past Altitude, 94-86
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
FAYETTEVILLE, NC -- Omar Cook had the games only double-double to help lead the Patriots to a 94-86 victory over the Asheville Altitude at the Crown Coliseum ...

Out There: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Wayne McDevitt, senior vice chancellor at the UNC Asheville and former chief of staff for Hunt, succeeds JB Milliken as senior vice president for university ...

Bulldogs open Big South play on the road
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - UNC Asheville senior guard Lindsey Roche knows exactly what needs to happen for the Bulldogs to pick up a win today against Birmingham-Southern at ...

UNC may consider softer enrollment cap for freshmen
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
The discussion comes after officials withheld more than $97,000 from UNC-Asheville because the school exceeded the system's 18 percent limit on out-of-state ...

Teams rankings bring a first to this long rivalry
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Virginia Military (5-7, 0-2) at UNC Asheville (3-11, 0-3), 4:30 pm - The only two Big South Conference teams without a league win meet to decide sole ...

Fishery news
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... The â€˜New' Bankside Pool will be the venue for the Kingennie Summer League Fly-Fishing Competitions that will be sponsored with Â£1,000 of tackle from Greys ...

To Russia, with Jack
GolfDigest.com - USA
... When I took up fly-fishing in 1960, Russia was under communist rule, and a vacation there was as implausible as a trip to the moon. ...

Durham manager gets job
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount,NC,USA
... 10 years in management in Rocky Mount and seven years in Asheville before. ... city manager," Penny told about 100 people in the Durham council chamber, noting the ...

2005 North Carolina Men's Tennis Preview
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
... North Carolina does return four players who started in ... and a sophomore transfer join the Carolina roster for ... Ga.), junior Brad Pomeroy (Asheville, NC), junior ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... The UNC Board of Governors took its first step Thursday toward cutting the budget of the University of North Carolina at Asheville by $97,570 because the ...

Smooth operators from Wake Forest, North Carolina
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina's Raymond Felton is a tough point guard to defend, as Wake Forest's Chris Paul knows from humbling firsthand experience. ...

Fiscal challenges face Easley in second term
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Vance Hamilton has witnessed a lot of heartbreak in the South Market ... It is this North Carolina that Hamilton said he hopes the state remembers ...

Out There: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
The University of North Carolina system hired an adviser to former Gov ... Wayne McDevitt, senior vice chancellor at the UNC Asheville and former chief of staff for ...

UNC may consider softer enrollment cap for freshmen
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
... withheld more than $97,000 from UNC-Asheville because the ... The board made an exception for North. Carolina A&T, whose engineering program draws a large pool of ...

NC panels call for additional storm aid
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC - Two tropical storms that hit western North Carolina in September left more than $373 million in needs uncovered by federal disaster aid ...

Cooper's tough action against predatory debt management firm sends ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. Score one for the consumer. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper recently announced that a debt management firm based in ...

North Carolina Wake Forest
ESPN - USA
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Two of the most explosive teams in the country put their lengthy winning streaks on the line when No. ...

No. 9 North Carolina 77, NC State 75
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
9 North Carolina rally to beat North Carolina State 77-75. ... North Carolina finished 16-for-19 from the free-throw line in the second half. ...

Amber Alert Issued for Two North Carolina Children
CodeAmber.org (press release) - Mandeville,LA,USA
The Watauga County Sheriff's office and the North Carolina Department of Crime Control issued the Amber Alert after the children were abducted at gunpoint on ...

14 Year old North Carolina Girl Reported Missing
Team Amber Alert News - TX,USA
... She has been missing since Jan 7.2005. J Sara may still be in the local area or she may be in the Goldsboro, North Carolina area. ...

Illinois, Kansas, North Carolina intertwined again
SLAM! Sports - ON,Canada
... But Illinois, Kansas and North Carolina are defying that. Less ... Fours. His new task: to revive his struggling alma mater, North Carolina. ...

Quigley, DePaul dominate East Carolina
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... 23 points to help No. 9 North Carolina (13-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rally to beat host North Carolina State (12-4, 1-2). ...

North Carolina team showcases mobile hospital at EMS conference
Bonita Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... which took about one year to build. It was delivered to Carolina Medical in April 2004. A 75-member medical team, including surgeons ...

Librarian of the Year 2005--North Carolina State University ...
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
... professor called "an embarrassment" to its current role and site, a central force and place in the academic enterprise at North Carolina State University (NCSU ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
A state education panel put off a decision Friday on whether North Carolina should toughen grading of its end-of-grade tests, deciding to seek more data on the ...

High school basketball roundup
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... McCants scored 26 points Friday to help the Asheville Cougars remain undefeated on the season with a Mountain Athletic Conference victory over Smoky Mountain. ...

Renovations result in more marches to huts
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... can reserve space, and the capacity of Braun huts is less than that of 10th Mountain's. ... It just got very smoky," Kevin O'Driscoll, of Aspen, said of one visit. ...

Fishing fun tied to long life
Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era - Hopkinsville,KY,USA
... to call Buck's Baits in Hickory, NC For the benefit of those who don't already know, the "Buck" in Buck's Baits is EL "Buck" Perry, a true fishing pioneer who ...

Fishermen don't take the bait
Outer Banks Sentinel - Nags Head,NC,USA
... Terry Pratt, a past president of the NC Coastal Watermans Assocation and a 40-year fishing veteran summed up the general feeling of the crowd when he called ...

2005 North Carolina Men's Tennis Preview
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
... The returning starters in singles from a year ago include senior Geoff Boyd (Atlanta, Ga.), junior Brad Pomeroy (Asheville, NC), junior Derek Porter (Coral ...

WNC Religion Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
TO SUBMIT: Send news at least two weeks in advance to Religion Calendar, c/o Erin Cox, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail ECox ..

The Homeboy Boogie
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Tosti lives around the corner from the Biltmore in the house he bought in 1961 for his wife, Ruthe. He rarely drives anymore, but ...

Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 15
Playbill.com - New York,NY,USA
... 1981 Eva Le Gallienne, at age 82, returns to Broadway to star in To Grandmother's House We Go, which runs 61 performances at the Biltmore Theatre. ..

Friday, January 14, 2005

01/14/05 News

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK GUIDED HIKES: Ongoing schedule of hikes. ... SMOKYMOUNTAIN FIELD SCHOOL: Ongoing calendar of events and classes. ...

Whitmire dishes it out for Tigers
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... This is the last chance we're going to have to play together. This is the last chance we're going to have to go undefeated (in the Smoky Mountain Conference). ...

Hale far! It warn't his name
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... during a book-signing session (there's always lots of spare time at a Venob signing), I browsed through a copy of "Knoxville: Smoky Mountain Majesty." That's ...

I Have Dropped The "G" From Most Adverbs
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
... a string, plucked a chord and as one off they went at Jakes "Foggy Mountain…boy's ... it's team over the hills into the hollers of the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Duke survives North Carolina State
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
RALEIGH, NC - Shelden Williams scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half to help No. 5 Duke beat North Carolina State 86-74 on Thursday night. ...

North Carolina is hard to beat
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Of all the adjectives that Roy Williams could use to describe the play of his North Carolina team, ugly seems to be well down the list. ...

Stormy weather brings watches, warnings to North Carolina
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
Lightning lit up the North Carolina skies Friday and thunder rumbled as stormy weather moved through the state ahead of a front expected to bring below ...

North Carolina Won't Vote Again on Agriculture Chief
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
A Wake County judge Wednesday threw out plans for a new statewide election for agriculture commissioner, a court victory for Republican Steve Troxler in his ...

Winter weather returns to Western North Carolina
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Winter weather returns to Western North Carolina today after two weeks of unseasonably warm temperatures that sometimes soared into the 70s. ...

North Carolina gets red lights
Computer Business Review - UK
Nestor Traffic Systems has supplied the city of New Bern, North Carolina, with automated red light enforcement services after legislation added the city to the ...

"Rooftop Robber" Suspect Resurfaces After Escape in North Carolina
KXTV - Sacramento,CA,USA
... for rooftop entrances into fast food restaurants was headline news in the Sacramento area five years ago is again in the news, this time in North Carolina. ...

Fitch Rates Concord, North Carolina $25MM COPs 'AA-'; Affirms GOs ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2005--Fitch Ratings rates the City of Concord, NC's $24,775,000 certificates of participation (COPs), series 2005 'AA-'. ...

RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA 2005 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - World
... View posters from large and small fairs from coast to coast, and learn more about North Carolina's rich tradition of state and county fairs. Free admission. ...

Snowbirds enjoying warm winter fishing trips
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... It's a great time to go fishing," said Speros. Meterologist John Quagliariello of the Wilmington, NC, office of the National Weather Service took a few moments ...

Fishin' & Outdoor Trails
Warwick Beacon - Warwick,RI,USA
... Co-chairs are Congressmen Robin Hayes (R-NC), Mike Thompson (D-CA ... Federal commercial fishing regulations need to be changed to allow commercial fishing boats to ...

Driven to be a master
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Classic, but when Omori's dream came true last summer in Charlotte, NC, it was ... over the three years following the victory -- at the expense of their fishing. ...

Winter turkey season set to open
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
... Information about the Grifton Shad Festival and the fishing contest is available by phoning (252) 524-4356. The NC Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) will ...

County to help find home for House of Flags museum
Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon,NC,USA
... The county's new legislative goal is to add to NC General Statute 153A-81 ... to enter into a program with the state to construct a handicapped fishing pier and ...

Press Journal sheriff's news: January 14
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL,USA
... Erik DeWayne Hammonds, 23, Lumberton, NC, felony aggravated ... 10600 block of Roseland Road, burglarized between 6 am and 4 pm Monday, fishing equipment, worth ...

Murray Kissinger
Wooster Daily Record - Wooster,OH,USA
... He also enjoyed bowling, traveling, fishing and dining out. ... Murray of Rittman, Scott (Wendy) Murray of Burbank, Sharon (David) Crist of Archdale, NC, and Brian ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... paddling, running and other outdoor activities in Western North Carolina, to: Outdoors Calendar, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802. ...

City manager search ends today
The Duke Chronicle - Durham,N.C,USA
... Penny is the assistant manager of Rocky Mount, NC and a former assistant city manager of Asheville, NC He was a finalist for the position in March 2001, when ...

Out There: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... To make a tax-deductible contribution, mail a check made out to "Habitat Tsunami Relief" to Habitat for Humanity, 30 Meadow Road, Asheville, NC 28803.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education Names Independent ...
AScribe - USA
... Dr. Joseph Lindner Jr., trustee of Asheville School in Asheville, NC, recipient of the Seymour Preston Award, given to a school trustee who has provided ...

Police shoot video in search of Quinn disappearance clues
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Somebody knows why his car was left in the parking lot of Little Pigs Barbecue with the lights on, a puppy inside and lips drawn on the back window ...

UNC may consider softer enrollment cap for freshmen
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
The UNC Board of Governors took its first step Thursday toward cutting the budget of UNC-Asheville by $97,570 because the school exceeded the system's 18 ...

Schools get pass on calendar law
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Asheville and Buncombe County are among 16 school districts in North Carolina granted waivers from a new state law requiring that school systems ...

Columbus Riverdragons Acquire Neil Yanke To Bolster Front Line
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... The Riverdragons return home on Sunday, January 16 to host the Asheville Altitude at 5 pm as part of the Martin Luther King-NBDL Showcase. ...

UNC group to examine cap on enrollment
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
... The issue came up during the committee's discussion of the enrollment cap at UNC Asheville, which this fall enrolled 13 more out-of-state students than it ...

After Two Active Duty Tours, Local Soldier's Education Benefits ...
Boone Mountain Times - Boone,NC,USA
... Guard units around the country, including Byrd's unit: the 211th Military Police Company out of Clyde, North Carolina, about 25 miles outside of Asheville. ...

UNC may consider softer enrollment cap for freshmen
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
University of North Carolina leaders plan to study whether to give member schools ... its first step Thursday toward cutting the budget of UNC-Asheville by $97,570 ...

Friends right up until tip-off
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
One was Sean May, his teammate at North Carolina. ... Gray, who grew up in Charlotte, and Asheville native McCants will always pull for each other -- except for ...

Death-row inmate accused in 17-year-old Charlotte murder
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
A North Carolina death row inmate convicted of raping and slaying two women has been ... to say she was leaving work and was headed to an Asheville bowling alley ...

Urban transportation planning group meets in Fayetteville
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
... ideas that can really help not only eastern North Carolina, but the ... transportation commission has previously met in Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, and Asheville. ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... listing of hiking, mountain biking, paddling, running and other outdoor activities in Western North Carolina, to: Outdoors Calendar, Asheville Citizen-Times ...

Careers in engineering to be focus of UNCA meeting
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - UNC Asheville will host a meeting of the Western North Carolina chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at 7 pm Tuesday in ...

Catholic cruising toward 7th straight all-sports title
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
Charlotte Catholic, on the strength of four state championships in the fall, has North Carolina's most dominant ... 3A: Skyland Roberson 230; Asheville 170; E ...

I Have Dropped The "G" From Most Adverbs
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
... unseen by each other, but each felt a right proper way to greet the sun as it drove it's team over the hills into the hollers of the Great Smoky Mountains. ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TRIATHLON CLUB: Hayesville-based club for those interested in running, biking and swimming competitions. Races throughout the year. ...

Winds down trees, cut power; cold on way
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... Dozens of trees were also blown down in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, blocking major Park thoroughfares and cutting power to Park headquarters at ...

Now serving south Phoenix
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... couple never minded the 25-minute drive to the International House of Pancakes ... Vitaly Feygin, owner of Vintage Market at Biltmore Fashion Park at 24th Street ...

This Tiger has his left foot in draft's door
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
... be after hearing Betz's accomplishments read to the audience at the Milennium Biltmore hotel in ... in a Conference USA game at the Elma Roane Field House, keep an ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Classes scheduled on an individual basis and offered at the 534 Biltmore Ave. ... poet and biographer spent his later years on the 263-acre estate Connemara, three ...

Capital Bank Names Branch Manager for Steele Street Office
dBusinessNews Triangle (press release) - Raleigh,NC,USA
... in the 2005 Leedership of Lee County through the Sanford Chamber of Commerce ... banking offices in Raleigh (4), Cary (2), Sanford (3), Asheville (3), Burlington (2 ...

New dealership reflects richer Charlotte
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... of the state," said Tony Crumbley, the Charlotte Chamber's vice president ... Automotive Group also owns dealerships in Hickory, Valdese, Asheville and Mooresville ...

Movie review: 'House of Flying Daggers' mixes romance and martial ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... While "Hero" offers a symphony of visual wonder and epic splendor, "House of Flying Daggers" is a quieter chamber piece, but nearly "Hero's" equal in grace and ...

Girls basketball: Arundel coach drives Wildcats to success
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
... as Alex McGuire and Ana Baker will play at Army and UNC-Ashville, respectively, next year. "After that first year, I went to Indiana, North Carolina and to a ...

Outdoors Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By bike. ASHEVILLE AMBLERS 25K BIKE TRAIL RIDE: Ride daily on the Blue Ridge Parkway and through Biltmore Forest on a 25K bike trail, sponsored by the American ...

Serious gamers strive to become Pokemon Masters
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Last year's city tournament was held at Craftish Geeks in downtown Asheville (the gaming center and store has since moved to Biltmore Square Mall). ...

Arkansas weekly fishing report -- Jan. 12
North Texas e-News - Texas,USA
... The generation is producing some excellent fly-fishing opportunities from a boat. The trout are all fat and healthy after the extended period of high water. ...

Central Oregon offers good chances for fly fishermen
Longview Daily News - Longview,WA,USA
By Associated Press. BEND, Ore. (AP) -- With winter settling in on the High Desert, fly fishing might be the last thing on the minds of many Central Oregonians. ...

LOG CABINS AND 100 NEW ROOMS IN HOTEL'S EXPANSION PLANS
Cumbria Online - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
The Melbreak Hotel, at Crossbarrow, wants to build 60 log cabins, plus a three-story extension to the hotel, creating more than 100 new beds. ...

Amidon ranchers build log cabins from burned pines
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
Loren Jacobson and John Hanson are using the burned pines to build log cabins. ... He and Jacobson calculate they have enough burned logs to build about 70 cabins. ...

Old cabins hinder plans for new Jewish center
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... an Aspen Jewish Community Center on Main Street remain in limbo until the city and the congregation can agree on what should happen to nine old cabins on the ...

Floods Strand Community in Southern Calif.
FOX News - USA
... In Follows Camp, flooding had damaged several cabins and washed out half of the community's fire equipment, including a fire engine that fell into the river. ...

Wonderland afloat for youngsters
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... Lots of restaurants, bars and pools. Satellite TV, a trendy internet cafe, verandah cabins and a casino where the pokies accept $US100 notes. ...

ARSONISTS HIT £6M COCKERMOUTH SEWAGE UNIT
Cumbria Online - Carlisle,Cumbria,UK
SIX cabins containing information for a £6 million sewage works project for West Cumbria went up in flames during the early hours of today. ...

Holiday weekend draws in-state skiers
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
... For ski/lodging packages, call Crested Butte Vacations at 1-800-544-8448. ... With a mid-mountain base of 52 inches, all beginner and intermediate trails are open ...

Downhill and out
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... At Sugar Mountain Resort in North Carolina, only seven of 20 trails were open Wednesday, leaving skiers who had booked vacations months in advance little ...

Marketing focus shifts
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA
... United States, including Copper Mountain in Colorado, Mammoth Mountain in California ... up nearly 19 percent for 2004, including skiers taking package vacations. ...

Exclusivity in the clouds
USA Today - USA
... Bouncing up a snowy mountain road at the edge of the slopes, he waves excitedly ... the past two decades as baby boomers turned to less demanding vacations such as ...

Ski resorts hoping weather will help, not hinder, holiday
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
... that greeted him as he boarded a lift to snowboard at Cannon Mountain. ... of the busiest times for resorts after the holiday season and February school vacations. ...

Women Only Walking Tours in the Legendary Land Down Under
TravelVideo.tv (press release) - World
Nature-Bound's guided walking vacations are simply phenomenal. ... World Heritage Listed area is now a walker's mecca covering historic mountain trails, cliff ...

A landmark begins with hard work, friends
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
... The porch is nearly a country mile long. Some folks say it reminds them of a Smokey Mountain lodge. Same folks predict it's got the makings of a landmark. ...

Kanye West, Loretta Lynn impress in 2004.
Memphis Flyer - Memphis,TN,USA
... Red Bedroom The Fever (Kemado); We Shall All Be Healed Mountain Goats (4AD ... Soft soul so relentlessly gorgeous Smokey Robinson himself couldn't have topped it. ...

Thursday, January 13, 2005

01/13/05 News

High school sports honor roll
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in a win over Smoky Mountain. ... Scored seven points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Smoky Mountain. ...

Meet the Artist of Hidden Wonders of the Appalachians
Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA
... preview event from 5:30 pm to 7 pm The artist, Nancy Lowe, will briefly introduce the collection and her affiliated work in the Great Smoky Mountain Park with ...

Today's sports schedule
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... SIT 'N BULL PUB The Smoky Mountain Gypsy, featuring Appalachian-based singer-songwriter Jerry Harmon, performs today from 4-8 pm Cover is $10. ...

Off the Fridge Door
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... contest. A kicky Smoky Mountain Chicken and Rise Casserole took top prize of $5,000. At that kind of money rice isn't chicken-feed. ...

3-pointer alters how prep game is played
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... Coach Ken Shaw's boys teams at Sterling, Rocky Mountain and Smoky Hill have been very successful shooting from long distance. But ...

NC Aquarium shaping up to open its doors
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... Workers have also poured concrete for a 50,000-gallon cast-in-place tank for coastal waters gallery and the backdrop wall for a Smoky Mountain Waterfall. ..

WNC Home & Garden Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... the event. Fax them to her attention at 251-0585 or mail to McDaniel, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802. ...

High school sports honor roll
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... nominated player. Photos can be e-mailed to Messer. They also may be mailed to or dropped off at 14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville, NC 28802. ...

High Point 92, NC-Asheville 73
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... to lead five players -- three of them off the bench -- in double-digit scoring and lift High Point to a 92-73 win against North Carolina-Asheville on Wednesday ...

Forest Service Works To Recover From '04 Storms
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC -- Archaeologists are working carefully to recover artifacts threatened by last fall's torrential floods in western North Carolina. ...

Take caution when removing possible asbestos
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... home improvement. For more information, visit www.ntc-stone.com. Send questions to him c/o 70 Westside Drive, Asheville, NC 28806

NC charter boat captains dispute saltwater fishing license law
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... past them without any chance to comment, some Outer Banks charter boat captains are demanding that the state's new recreational saltwater fishing license law ...

FISHING FORECAST | TOM HIGGINS
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... 16. SOUTHERN NC COAST: Good bottom fishing offshore, especially for black seabass at Frying Pan Light Tower. Limits of king mackerel ...

Sunshine Network to Unveil New Style
OrlandoMagic.com - USA
... must-watch" for them each week as they prepared for a weekend of fishing in Florida. ... long look at the FSU football team as it prepared to take on NC State in ...

Journal 8: Well, well, well
Raleigh Biblical Recorder - Raleigh,NC,USA
... team for NC Baptist Men's response to the disaster in this country looked forward to a day of solid work. The plan was to spend the day in the fishing village ...

Tar Heel Baptists respond to tsunami disaster
Raleigh Biblical Recorder - Raleigh,NC,USA
... 8. For this project, NC Baptists are working in cooperation with Hungarian Baptist ... much of its efforts in Dodanduwa (duh-DON-dua), a fishing village several ...

Local Sports Briefs
Newburyport News - Newburyport,MA,USA
... Hound Rod and Gun Club will host its annual ice fishing derby on ... IL; Greencastle, IN; Atchison, KS; Baltimore, MD; Ypsilanti, MI; Hickory, NC; Bluffton, OH ...

Asheville police videotape re-enactment of missing man's ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Asheville police plan to videotape a re-enactment today of the disappearance of Zebb Quinn in hopes it will spur new leads in a case detectives ...

Local governments need to develop some cooperation on water ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
By Asheville Citizen-Times. Henderson County ... 280. Airport Authority bylaws require that its property be held by the City of Asheville. State ...

High school sports honor roll
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... player. Photos can be e-mailed to Messer. They also may be mailed to or dropped off at 14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville, NC 28802. Evan ...

WNC Home & Garden Calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... event. Fax them to her attention at 251-0585 or mail to McDaniel, Asheville Citizen-Times, PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802. BLUE ...

Buncombe gets less money to help residents pay their bills
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - It isn't much, but the emergency utility and housing money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency the county gets each year helps dozens of ...

Speakers: Flood solutions not simple
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - There are a wide array of measures that can be taken to reduce flood damage but they come with tradeoffs, speakers at a forum on flood protections ...

Buncombe County schools get waiver from state law requiring later ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
The Asheville and Buncombe County school districts are among 16 in North Carolina that were granted waivers from a new state law requiring that school systems ...

Local events honor King's dream of racial equality
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - A series of activities honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. will begin Friday in Asheville and other ...

State of the Park: troubled
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
PIGEON FORGE -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park Public Information Officer Bob Miller got a phone call from a California reporter Wednesday. ...

Double debut
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... Branson, Mo., the Houses of Parliament preside over another from London and cute bear cubs stand beside a wooden sign for Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Meet the Artist of Hidden Wonders of the Appalachians
Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA
... A portion of the proceeds from the sales will benefit Discover Life in America, the organization which supports the Smoky Mountains ATBI. ...

Chardonnays, Malbecs provide warm respites
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Planted on the high slopes of the Andes Mountains, the grapes bask in ... Made with fruit from the underrated Lodi appellation, this smoky and concentrated wine ...

NC Aquarium shaping up to open its doors
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... It will house five galleries under a Mountains to the Sea theme, plus a ... tank for coastal waters gallery and the backdrop wall for a Smoky Mountain Waterfall. ...

Second chances get North Carolina past Georgia Tech
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
... North Carolina coach Roy Williams didn't mind the change of pace against Tech ... The junior from Asheville scored 12 points, including two following a spectacular ...

MEN'S ROUNDUP Bulldogs' road winning streak snapped by Vols
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... to lead five players - three of them off the bench - in double-digit scoring and lift High Point (8-8, 3-0) to a win against North Carolina-Asheville (3-11, 0-3 ...

Local events honor King's dream of racial equality
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... is the third annual Cut the Risk benefit Monday for Asheville's Women at Risk program, sponsored by the Asheville chapter of the North Carolina Association of ...

Local lawmakers seek more than $300 million in extra hurricane ...
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Twelve people in Western North Carolina were killed by the remnants of Ivan. WNC lawmakers say they are working on the final details of the plan. ...

Local builder's own home certified as `healthy-built'
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Stankus said 30 out of 42 are located in the Asheville area. ... "We hope to help voluntarily transform the building market in North Carolina into one where the ...

Speakers: Flood solutions not simple
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College were told. Flooding from the remnants of hurricanes Frances and Ivan has many people in Western North Carolina ...

County to help find home for House of Flags museum
Tryon Daily Bulletin - Tryon,NC,USA
... 3 percent of gross receipts from such lodging and decided ... s new legislative goal is to add to NC General Statute ... Reviewed the Little Mountain Remediation Plan ...

A cold weekend could slow fishing
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Information: www.royalshows.com. Fly Fishing Show -- Saturday and Sunday, Reckord Armory, University of Maryland, College Park. ...

Outdoors Calendar
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Fly Fishers Winter Month's Round Table: "Tying Winter Steelhead Flies," guides' deadly half dozen, 3-6 pm Saturday, The Fly Fishing Shop, 67296 EUS 26, Welches ...

Fishing: When the sun smiles the action heats up
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... River, guide Graeme Ryder is awaiting the hot weather that triggers the insect hatches and brings on the eastern Bay of Plenty's spectacular dry-fly fishing. ...

Outdoor calendar
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
Jan. 15-16: Maryland Fly Fishing Show, Reckford Armory, University of Maryland, College Park. ... March 26: Second annual Fredericksburg Fly Fishing Show. ...

It's show time for fishermen
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
... Bucking heads with the Expo Saturday and Sunday is the 2005 Maryland Fly Fishing Show at Reckord Armory at the University of Maryland, College Park. ...

Fishing report
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... pounds. SACRAMENTO RIVER, REDDING TO ANDERSON: Fly fishing for rainbows are producing some nice trout in the Redding to Anderson area. ...

THE FISHING REPORT
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... 50 Hot Shot in black, gold or copper-orange). The steelies average 6 pounds, go to about 9. The fly-fishing set also is doing well, drifting the same water. ...

WNC Home & Garden Briefs: Loewer to give program at arboretum
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Garden author and illustrator Peter Loewer will present a slide lecture on 18th-century ... The arboretum is off NC 191, south of Biltmore Square Mall. ...

Organic park development: Residents, developers share ideas about ...
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
... Jim Pitts, who runs the firm's office in Ashville, NC, explained that while the firm will design the project in keeping with residents ' input, much of the ...

PROPOSALS TO BUILD 60 HOLIDAY CABINS
Whitehaven News - Whitehaven,Lake District,UK
The Kirkby family, who took over the Melbreak Hotel eight years ago, want to build 60 log cabins on a large field behind the hotel next to the A595 at Great ...

Hunting Island park may double its cabins
Beaufort Gazette - Beaufort,SC,USA
Hunting Island State Park may look to more than double its stock of cabins over the next few years, adding 20 to 30 cabins to the 14 that are already a ...

Kokee cabins weekly
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
By Diana Leone. The state is considering a proposal to rent up to 30 vacation cabins in Kokee State Park by the week rather than under long-term leases. ...

Development has compatible-use issues, planners say
Benton County Daily Record - Bentonville,AR,USA
... In other business, a planned unit development on more than 400 acres will be developed into ranchette lots, a 47-lot subdivision, cabins, walking trails and ...

Services They're for everyone
Hilltop Times - Hill Air Force Base,UT,USA
... Carter Creek Cabins is located about 105 miles from Hill AFB in the Uintah Mountains. The camp features cabins, RV pads, tent sites and recreational areas. ...

Centre purchases crappie and donates $500 for Chamber boat shows
Cherokee County Herald - Centre,AL,USA
... Mayor Phil Powell said he received a call from Tommy Minnix regarding two log cabins located on his father¡¦s property in the Northwood Estates. ...

All about the various shows
Cincinnati Post - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... the view from a mountain top still makes you feel small and leaves you in awe of Mother Nature. -- Weekend Retreats and Full Family Vacations: Family-friendly ...

Warren on Washington, women and the future of skiing
Tacoma News Tribune - Tacoma,WA,USA
CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN -- After three hours of signing books, snowboards, lift tickets and $1 million bills adorned with his face, Warren Miller finally had a few ...

A sympathy for tea
Ha'aretz - Jerusalem,Israel
... many people became acquainted with the different brews during vacations in Galilee ... windows and a balcony that overlook a splendid mountain vista - definitely ...

Where Russia's elite go out to play
International Herald Tribune - France
COURCHEVEL, France Up a mountain in a snowy corner of France, arguably the ... Potanin is reported by Russian media to be encouraging vacations nearer home and ...

Judge Sides with 1-800-SKI VAIL
First Tracks - Loudonville,NY,USA
... against skiing giant Vail Associates, Inc., parent company of Vail Mountain Resort, over ... a specific company with the purchase of their ski vacations products. ...

Photograph by Felipe Buitrago
Silicon Valley's Metro - San Jose,CA,USA
... soccer matches in San Jose since 1974 and plans his family's vacations around the ... SSV showed up in business attire and indeed moved the mountain they intended ...

CheapTickets(R) Takes to the Seas With The World's Largest Cruise ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... itineraries, free MasterCard Gift Cards up to $500 per cabin on all 2005 ... hotel accommodations, cruises, rental cars, vacation packages, condo rentals and Last ...

CheapTickets(R) Takes to the Seas With The World's Largest Cruise ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... savings up to $1,000 with cash-back incentives, cabin upgrades, onboard ... hotel accommodations, cruises, rental cars, vacation packages, condo rentals and Last ...

After ruling Ga. Tech, North Carolina prepares for No. 4 Wake
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... North Carolina joined Wake Forest atop the ACC with a flourish Wednesday night, dispatching disjointed Georgia Tech, 91-69, at the Smith Center. ...

North Carolina romps
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC -- For the first time in four games, North Carolina did not reach 100 points. ... 3 North Carolina rolled to an impressive victory, 91-69 over No. ...

Worleys named Farm Family of the Year for North Carolina
Goldsboro News Argus - Goldsboro,NC,USA
The Bryant Worley family of Wayne County has been chosen as North Carolina's Farm Family of the Year by the state's Association of Soil and Water Conservation ...

Coastal America Designates North Carolina Aquariums as the ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
13, 2005--Today, Coastal America designated the North Carolina Aquariums as the 18th center in the United States to be part of the national network of Coastal ...

North Carolina OneMap
LBS (Location-Based Service) Zone (press release) - Frederick,MD,USA
The interactive mapping tool you are about to use features data served, in real time, by NC OneMap participants from local, state and federal government ...

Changes in North Carolina licensing standards
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
(KRT) - Car crash rates declined sharply in North Carolina after lawmakers toughened licensing standards for beginners in December 1997. Here's what changed: ...

North Carolina boy hurt by falling door at Home Depot awarded ...
CBC News - Canada
DURHAM, NC (AP) - The family of a North Carolina boy who sustained brain damage at a Home Depot store when a steel-and-glass door fell on him was awarded ...

No. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 91, No. 8 GEORGIA TECH 69
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
3-Point Goals_Georgia Tech 3-17 (Jack 2-4, Jones 1-1, West 0-1, Fredrick 0-1, McHenry 0-2, Bynum 0-4, Morrow 0-4), North Carolina 9-22 (Felton 3-8, Scott 2-5 ...

ACS, EDS continue North Carolina Medicaid dispute
Dallas Business Journal - Dallas,TX,USA
An administrative law judge in North Carolina has made a recommendation to sustain Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s protest of North Carolina's award of its ...

Fitch Rates City of Charlotte, North Carolina's 2005 GO CP BANs ' ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
12, 2005--Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'F1+' to the City of Charlotte, North Carolina's $150,000,000 general obligation commercial paper bond anticipation ...

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

01/12/05 News

Fundraising fly-fishing competition
U.TV - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
Stuart Findley and Darren Wallace of Woodford Fly Fishery are holding the competition on January 15. Prizes have been donated by ...

When it's winter, it's show time
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... Another event across the Hudson River will be the Fly Fishing Show, billed as "the world's largest 100% all fly-fishing show." >From Friday, Jan. ...

Chasing Those Colorado Trout Blues Away
Rocky Mountain Game and Fish Magazine - USA
... anglers willing to play the midwinter game of tiny trout flies and light tippets on the Yampa, Blue, Frying Pan and Taylor rivers, the epic fly-fishing for pig ...

Overshadowed by bass, Fla. shad on the rebound
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... there.". Captain Scott Nickels is a fly-fishing guide who specializes in catching redfish in the Indian River Lagoon network. But ...

May you always have tight lines
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
It is a great honor to be chosen to write the fly-fishing column for roanoke.com. I always looked forward to Harry Slone's column ...

Democrats to meet to nominate clerk
Idaho State Journal - Pocatello,ID,USA
... Gabetas, a long-time fixture in the southeast Idaho fly fishing community, will focus on fly fishing destinations in eastern Idaho, some well-known, others less ...

Food Notes
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... based caterer, announces a new management team for its operations at The Providence Biltmore Hotel. ... 12, the seat the restaurant deems the worst in the house. ...

Food Notes
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... All of the wines are made from estate-grown grapes ... a New York based caterer, announces a new management team for its operations at The Providence Biltmore Hotel ...

Development talks: Commercial growth's impact near battlefield ...
Walker County Messenger - LaFayette,GA,USA
... to the McDonald's restaurant in front of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC, as an ... If a tract of land contains a landmark 150-old-cabin, for example, the ...

Development talks: Commercial growth's impact near battlefield ...
Walker County Messenger - LaFayette,GA,USA
... Kimbell points to the McDonald's restaurant in front of the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC, as an example of kind of commercial development the county has ...

It's No Wonder Cruis'n with the Mouse is so Much Popular
Frommers - USA
... From the unrivaled kids facilities and programming for infants through teens, to extra-roomy cabins with a bath and a half, free unlimited fountain sodas from ...

Frommer's Cruise Spotlight: The Maine Windjammer Association
Frommers - USA
... And most understand that they won't be getting luxury cabins or doting service: On these boats, cabins are almost universally tiny, most with only rudimentary ...

Weak dollar lures European skiers to American resorts
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Intrawest, the owner of British Columbia's Whistler Mountain, has blamed sluggish ... is up nearly 19 percent for 2004, including skiers taking package vacations. ...

AirTran Airways Partners With Walt Disney World
Magical Mountain - Orlando,Florida,USA
... The agreement will allow customers of AirTran Airways to book Walt Disney World vacations seamlessly with one internet session or telephone call. ...

Western Pa. ski resorts waiting for cold to hit
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... and New Year's day, when school was out and some families took vacations. ... Nonetheless, Nemacolin's Mystic Mountain and other resorts "fully expect to have a ...

You go, girls!
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... provided by Fisher and an instructor or two from the host mountain's ski school ... merely want to be able to rip it up during their annual ski vacations, they all ...

Believing in Buck Hill
Skiing Magazine - USA
... He invested heavily in his mountain, hiring the finest race coach he could find ... racing they're asking for more clinics and spending their vacations at summer ...

Medical Emergencies Top Fear for Travelers, Survey Says
KTVU.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... that many Americans enjoy adventurous vacations. The survey found that while on vacation, 26 percent of people ski, almost 14 percent go mountain climbing, and ...

Lodging.com's 'New Year, New You!' Sale
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... Health and Fitness Goals - For travelers who typically see vacations or business ... lessons and tee times, skiing and snowboarding at Shawnee Mountain, and hiking ...

Culture, scenery and adventure
Davis Enterprise - Davis,CA,USA
... A mountain canyon, called The Gap of Dunloe, is a hidden gem near Killarney ... who in turn will design your stay with an experienced agency like Brendan Vacations. ...

Cancelled ski trips could cost thousands
Stanford Daily - USA
... get some use out of the rented cabin, Pocek said. However, even this private trip was impossible. Pocek was told by Michelsen's Vacation Rentals, the company ...

Stuck at the Airport? Improved Services Take the Edge Off the Wait
Frommers - USA
... children can crawl on the wings and wiggle through the cabin, giant mural ... services, gyms, hair salons, medical clinics, DVD movie and player rentals and even ...

The New Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino Opens March 15 at ...
First Tracks - Loudonville,NY,USA
... From Thanksgiving through Easter, guests of the Inn of the Mountain Gods can ... The resort also encompasses the Casino Apache & Travel Center, Smokey B's Grille ..

Singer Jimmy Buffett Launches NC Restaurant, Aids Charity
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC -- Fans of singer Jimmy Buffett got more than a cheeseburger in paradise last night. They got to hear -- and see -- the man himself. ...

Asheville snaps back with victory over Patriots
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
ASHEVILLE, NC, January 11, 2005 - The Asheville Altitude snapped a two home-game losing streak with an 85-76 win over the Fayetteville Patriots Tuesday night ...

Heart-transplant patient meets mother of her donor
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... We have a heart for Tina, the caller said to the hospital. Do you want it? An airplane flew the surgeons to Asheville, NC, where Natalie was on life support. ...

Dave Russell
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Readers can write to Russell at PO Box 2090, Asheville, NC, 28802; phone him at 236-8973; or e-mail him at drussell@citizen-times.com.

Asheville City Council OKs plan to end homelessness
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - The city of Asheville took a step Tuesday toward changing the way it addresses homelessness. Asheville City Council ...

Hungering for healthful foods
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Harrell. The chain, based in Asheville, now has 11 stores and plans to open three new ones a year, company officials said. . Food ...

Aces' Petkoff is loaded with potential
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - Asheville Aces forward Joel Petkoff is one of the fastest skaters in the Southern Professional Hockey League. Not knowing ...

Parrot Heads raise $96,000 for charity
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE - It wasn't one of those "wonderful dreams" - it was Jimmy Buffett in the flesh performing Tuesday evening for nearly 300 fans crowded into his new ...

Chancellor: ASU must continue to grow but keep small-town feel
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Family Caravan that's visiting cities throughout the state, Peacock spoke with alumni, students and business leaders at a luncheon in Asheville Tuesday and ...

Heart-transplant patient meets mother of her donor
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Do you want it? An airplane flew the surgeons to Asheville, NC, where Natalie was on life support. ... In Asheville, a ventilator was turned off. ...

Snakes sweep Aces, take two of three on wee
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... They swept a home-and-home series with the Asheville Aces on Thursday and Friday while falling in a one-goal loss to the Macon Trax on the road Saturday night. ...

High school basketball roundup
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... HAYESVILLE - Leah Setzer hit three free throws in the final 22 seconds as Hayesville outlasted Rosman in Big Smoky Mountain play. ...

Recommended diversions
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Regard this part of this column as your SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS FREE PASS FOR BROKEN RESOLUTIONS (My editor hasn't OK'd this use of the paper yet, but he has a ...

Peeks Creek's slow road to recovery
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... But the house -- the entire structure -- is pinned against the mountain at an upward 30-degree angle, its foundation a bed of decaying trees and debris. ...

The Naturalist's Corner
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... Saturday (Jan. 1) and drove 30-plus miles crisscrossing Balsam Mountain Preserve and never found a single red-bellied woodpecker. Last ...

Hailing a Cab
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... With fine balance between deeply flavorful fruit, ripe tannins, and smoky oak, this ... and black cherries, this also shows a distinctive Spring Mountain streak in ...

Unmet needs still in the millions
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
By Sarah Kucharski . Staff Writer. Damages in Haywood, Jackson and Macon counties account for about 20 percent of Western North ...

Hailing a Cab
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... being replaced by cooler air that rolls down from the mountains (as well as ... With fine balance between deeply flavorful fruit, ripe tannins, and smoky oak, this ...

A Chilean wine list
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... valleys, which run transverse to the Pacific Ocean, the majestic Andes mountains are ever ... de resistance is 2003 EQ Syrah ($25 US, 94), a smoky, violet- and ...

Bass Fishing Tour Looms Large
BassResource.com (press release) - USA
... Hackney of Gonzales, La., Chris Baumgardner of Gastonia, NC, and Edwin Evers of Mannsville, Okla., will be making return trips to bass fishing's premiere event ...

Sunshine Network To Unveil All New Style With New Look, New Music ...
Seminoles.com - USA
... a "must-watch" for them each week as they prepared for a weekend of fishing in Florida ... long look at the FSU football team as it prepared to take on NC State in ...

Whale near shore may have returned to deeper water
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... Wildlife officials think the whale may be tangled in fishing lines. ... She said if the whale is sighted again, a rescue team based in Wilmington, NC, would be ...

Boaters seek removal of illegal no-wake buoys
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... The marine commission or NC Wildlife must approve each no-wake buoy that goes into ... The fishing tournament -- the first Bassmaster event on the lake in 11 years ...

Finalist envisions a return to Durham
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... Education: Bachelor's degree in political science, NC State University, 1979 ... Hobbies: Photography, boating, fishing, cataloging collectibles, riding motorcycles ...

FIRST-PERSON: It's OK to seek help
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
THOMASVILLE, NC (BP)--They looked like the all-American family: Jim, the smiling ... He and his father enjoy fishing together, building model airplanes and working ...

North Carolina Tribe Fights Poker Law
Casino City Times - Newton Center,MA,USA
NORTH CAROLINA -- As reported by the Asheville Citizen Times: "…Sports bars that normally sit empty on weeknights in Raleigh are now teeming with hundreds ...

Tribe bets poker craze will bring big payoff
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... the main gaming operation. The casino is the largest employer in North Carolina west of Asheville. The Eastern Band of Cherokee ...

NewDominion Bank Opens, Hires Banker with Two Decades of ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... in North Carolina, heading its commercial banking operations in Charlotte. In another seven years at First Union, Covington worked in Charlotte, Asheville and ...

Unmet needs still in the millions
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... has appointed David Kelly to become the head of the Western Office of the North Carolina Redevelopment Center. The office, located in Asheville, has been set ...

Fight The Liberal Boycott
American Daily - Stow,OH,USA
... The North Carolina Conservative" is a boldly conservative newspaper, so we knew there ... liberal contempt surfaced, when the president of an Asheville, NC based ...

Macon leaders updated on plans for SCC campus
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... you'll find anywhere in Western North Carolina," said SCC President Cecil Groves. The facility, designed by architect Mike Watson of Asheville-based Bowers ...

Corpus 3405: The play's the thing
Narragansett Times - Narragansett,RI,USA
... Growing up in Tennessee and North Carolina, she had dreams of Broadway, and received her BA in theater from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. ...

Summers at camp inspire mystery tale
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... on North Carolina that goes way back. He spent a dozen summers of his youth and young adulthood as a camper and staffer at Camp Sequoyah, north of Asheville. ...

Chancellor: ASU must continue to grow but keep small-town feel
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... with alumni, students and business leaders at a luncheon in Asheville Tuesday and ... for ASU) would meet the needs of the leaders of North Carolina," Peacock said ...

Palmer honored at Southern Conference headquarters
Contra Costa Times (subscription) - Contra Costa County,CA,USA
... in a row, finishing a stroke behind Harvie Ward of North Carolina at the ... Conference has been in temporary space since moving operations from Asheville, NC, to ...

Georgia Tech North Carolina
ESPN - USA
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Two of the nation's elite teams meet Wednesday night when No. 4 North Carolina hosts No. ...

North Carolina Medicaid Protest
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... law judge has made a non-binding recommendation to sustain EDS Information Services' protest of the contract between ACS and the North Carolina Department of ...

The North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Information System
LBS (Location-Based Service) Zone (press release) - Frederick,MD,USA
(FMIS) is an integral part of the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program. Using a map-based interface, users have three sets ...

Carolina Men's Tennis Earns No. 18 National Ranking
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
STILLMAN, NJ - North Carolina's men's tennis team checked in at No. 18 in the first preseason ranking issued Wednesday by the Intercollegiate ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... ownership of exotics, he said. About 30 of North Carolina's 100 counties have local restrictions. Within the past 18 months, two ...

North Carolina Judge Recommends State Medicaid Award Be Voided ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... to states, today said it was pleased by the ruling of Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison here on Tuesday that the state of North Carolina's award of ...

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

01/11/05 News

Snapshots of the past
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... it's hard to imagine what it looked like in 1911 or '12," said Anne Bridges, research librarian and co-director of the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project. ...

Commentary on the News
Omega Letter Intelligence Digest (subscription) - USA
... The North Carolina Conservative is a boldly conservative newspaper, so we knew there ... liberal contempt surfaced, when the president of an Asheville, NC based ...

Time running out on relief for NC special session
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... legislative session to seek additional money for storm relief in western North Carolina. ... be done by Thursday, task force chairman Gordon Myers of Asheville said ...

Winthrop 78, NC-Asheville 70
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Otis Daniels scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds off the bench as Winthrop defeated North Carolina-Asheville 78-70 on Monday. ...

Syracuse halts Notre Dame streak
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... Asheville 11 (Rush, Garland 3). Total fouls--Winthrop 18, NC-Asheville 19 ... Sophomore Adam Simons, a 6-foot-10 center from North Carolina State, has transferred ...

Boeheim hits a landmark in Big East
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... Winthrop 78, (at) NC-Asheville 70: Otis Daniels scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds off the bench as Winthrop defeated North Carolina-Asheville. ...

'Ask Gary' returns with a late holiday gift
Kusports - Kansas,USA
... The Asheville (NC) Flash has started every game and seems to be getting ... North Carolina, Wake and Illinois have incredible teams and will be there til the end ...

We, the people need to rise up to stop involuntary annexation
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... I am surprised that the citizens of North Carolina accept the fact that they have no say in increased property taxes, and they seem to tolerate cities annexing ...

RINOS and Fishing In the North Carolina House
The Conservative Voice - USA
One of my fondest memories is that of fishing for bass with my grandfather. ... two years I've heard countless lamentations about the Republicans in the NC House ...

New Directions International and Winston Joseph to Spearhead ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... International, a global missions and relief organization based in Graham, NC, and Winston ... $1,000,000 for the purchase of food, water and new fishing boats that ...

Best Undiscovered Inns for Valentine's Day From BedandBreakfast. ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... NC: Inn at Ragged Gardens, Blowing Rock: This elegantly appointed turn-of- the ... TX: Moonlight Bay B&B, Palacios: Set in a quiet Gulfside fishing village, the ...

DSM Expands US Production Capacity for Dyneema(R) Fiber and Bullet ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... Material DSM opened its first US yarn production line in Greenville, NC, in May ... an important component in ropes, cables and nets in the fishing, shipping and ...

Daytona Countdown: '66
Nascar (press release) - USA
... winner's purse and still have enough money left over for a nice fishing rod and ... his Barracuda to Plymouth, the 789-mile drive from Level Cross, NC, would have ...

Company news
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... Terms were not disclosed, The services offered by Charlotte, NC-based Viewpointe will allow ... Brainerd, has received a patent for its Buzz Stix ice fishing rod. ...

World mourns Anderson-born man of letters
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson,SC,USA
... the various states of health of family and friends, and outings for fishing and picking ... note that he quit high school before moving to Durham, NC, to study art ...

Dolly Parton to be honored during CRS in Nashville
Top40-Charts.com - Ricking,NY,USA
... 9 to 5, starred in her own network television series Dolly and founded the entertainment amusement park Dollywood preserving her Smoky Mountain heritage, now ...

Martin emerges as one of Ivy League's best
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... sports fans will remember Anderson as the prolific quarterback who passed for nearly 6,500 yards his final two football seasons in the Smoky Mountain Conference ...

Where there's smoke
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
... He uses compressed air to lighten the front side of the mountain. The ... shop. In each smoky pattern, there are a multitude of options. ...

Outdoor calendar
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... Santiam Flycasters: Andrew Harris will give a presentation called "Fly Fishing Northern California Rivers." The group meets at 7 pm at the Pringle Park ...

Outdoor Journal: Rainbow trout release scheduled for today
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... Presentations from fly fishing authorities, casting lessons, kayak demonstrations, trout fishing, product and equipment vendors, and chances to win gear and ...

Don't Get Skunked on the Skagit
Washington/Oregon Game and Fish Magazine - USA
... For Nelson, there are only four ways to fish this river: boon-dog it, plug it, anchor it, or fish it with a fly, although he doesn't do much fly-fishing. ...

Health calendar
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... 213. LUPUS LENDING LIBRARY: An open house luncheon for healthcare providers, support group facilitators, patients and ... 25 at MAHEC, 501 Biltmore Ave., Asheville ...

Mud Tears Through Cabins in Crestline Neighborhood
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Flash flood destroys two homes. Owner who had temporarily moved with her toddler feels lucky. By Seema Mehta, Times Staff Writer. ...

Massive fault under Missouri will rumble again one day
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... Those 1811-1812 quakes, many hundreds of miles away, no doubt rattled many of the few cabins and teepees and Indian huts standing in our river valleys back then ...

Torrential rain dislodges killer slide
South Australia Advertiser - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... The family was staying in cabins near the creek. Several people in the cabins had refuse