01/25/05 News

Southern Womyn's Festival 2005
Gay Wired - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... "This year we have relocated to a mountain resort with RV sites, cabins, bunkhouses, waterfalls, streams, a shower house and flushing toilets.", says Pat Cobb ...

A real taste of Antarctica:Peregrine's wine and food cruise
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Australia
... as much time off the ship as possible, amid jaw-dropping mountain-scapes; Œcities¹ of ... All cabins have outside windows and the ship carries a maximum of 110 .

Cabin Hill report critical of school's response
4ni.co.uk - UK
A government report into allegations of the sexual abuse at Cabin Hill Preparatory School in the early 1990's has been highly critical of the school's ...

North Carolina Cuts Down No. 1 Duke
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
North Carolina, ranked 12th, put the clamps on No. 1 Duke with a 56-51 victory, limiting the Blue Devils to a season-low 13 first ...

North Carolina shakes, rattles and rolls Duke
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC - North Carolina got to loose balls quicker than top-ranked Duke, fought harder for rebounds and dug in with gritty, physical defense. ...

Population of North Carolina Town Climbs
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
RALEIGH, NC - At the time of the 2000 census, Princeville was still mostly a disaster zone after being devastated by flooding from Hurricane Floyd. ...

WOMEN'S ROUNDUP Top-Ranked Duke Falls to North Carolina
New York Times - USA
... North Carolina (15-3, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a 12-game losing streak in the series by limiting Duke (18-2, 4-1) to a season-low point total ...

NCEITA Announces New Board Leadership for 2005; North Carolina's ...
Internet Telephony Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
25, 2005 -- The North Carolina Electronics and Information Technologies Association (NCEITA) used its annual meeting as a platform for unveiling its executive ...

Fitch Rates Guilford County, North Carolina $183.22MM 2005A&B ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
25, 2005--Fitch Ratings assigns the rating of 'AA+/F1' to the $183,220,000 County of Guilford, North Carolina, variable rate general obligation bonds ...

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... Pender County has one of North Carolina's fastest-growing populations. But it lags far behind the rest of the state in one critical area: medical care. ...

No. 12 NORTH CAROLINA 56, No. 1 DUKE 51
GoDuke.com - Durham,NC,USA
#12/6 North Carolina-McBee, Kenya. Attendance: 6929 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total #1/1 Duke University..... 13 38 - 51 #12/6 North Carolina..... ...

Crawford Composites Shop In North Carolina
The Race Site - USA
Posted (01/24/2005) - We visited the Crawford Composites shop in North Carolina recently and captured some images of the people who work there. ...

Progress sells 2,600 acres to state for $10.2M
Raleigh Triangle Business Journal - Raleigh,NC,USA
Progress Energy has sold 2,600 acres of land near Ashville to the state of North Carolina for $10.2 million. Progress acquired the ...

Haunted Places in the United Kingdom
juiceenewsdaily - Jasper,AL,USA
... England - Harrogate - Ashville College - This school is inhabited by many very old teachers. Some of these are classed as ghosts! ...

Pack a workout into your next vacation
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
... Laid out by distinguished landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted - who designed Asheville's Biltmore Estate - this is a beautiful park with moss-draped ...

Kansas State University Continues Research on Cabin Air Quality
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
25 /US Newswire/ -- Kansas State University mechanical and nuclear engineering faculty members have studied aircraft cabin environments for more than five years ...

Necedah Refuge's Cabin Fever Festival Feb. 5
The Tomah Journal - Tomah,WI,USA
On Saturday, Feb. 5, the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge will host its annual Cabin Fever Festival. All indoors activities will ...

Everyone wants a cabin in the woods
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA
EAGLE COUNTY -To understand how hot the real estate market in Eagle County is you need only consider what happened to a new project Vail Resorts brought to ...

OUT THERE: News and briefs from around the region
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville,NC,USA
Lots of rain meant fewer visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year. Still, more than 9 million people came to ...

State news of national interest
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA
... GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park drew about 9.1 million visitors in 2004, down 2 percent, officials said. ...

No one hurt as Fayette cabins burn
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
... statement. Both cabins burned to the ground, Fayette Fire Chief Ron McLallen said. Normally, the cabins are vacant during the winter. ...

Blue Ridge Networks Expands Management Team to Bolster Federal ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
25, 2005--Blue Ridge Networks(TM), the premier provider of secure communications products and managed VPN services today announced the addition of Ms. Lori ...

Lower MAP standards ˜more realistic,' district official says
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... This fall, five elementary schools - Field, Derby Ridge, West Boulevard, Blue Ridge and Parkade - faced the possibility of penalties, but students raised their ...

Denver hotels see occupancy increase
Denver Business Journal - Denver,CO,USA
... In 2004, metro-area hotels reported 61.9 percent occupancy, up from 59.5 percent in 2003, according to a recent Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. ...

Business briefs, January 25
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... Denver-area hotels ended 2004 with an overall occupancy rate of 61.9 percent, compared with 59.5 percent in 2003, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report ...

NC man gets life in prison for kidnapping of Greene woman
Morristown Citizen Tribune - Morristown,TN,USA
... That vehicle was driven to Cocke County on July 4, where it was abandoned and Sheppard allegedly stole a 2000 Nissan from Smoky Mountain Rafting on the Old ...

2,600 acres set aside near Asheville
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... conservancy for the purchase. The tract is west of the French Broad River less than 20 miles from downtown Asheville. "We're preserving ...

Cornbread To Perform Live At Riverdragons Game This Friday
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... The Riverdragons begin a two-game road trip, tonight against the Asheville Altitude. Tip-off is 7:30 pm at the Asheville Civic Center. ...

NC colleges admitting students on the spot
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
... The liberal arts college has 600 students enrolled at its campus south of Asheville. East Carolina University also allows on-site admission. ...

01/24/05 News

State loan sought for $2 million campground near Hatfield-McCoy ...
Charleston Daily Mail - Charleston,WV,USA
... and ascending nearly 1,000 feet from the base camp to the mountain summit.". ... 20 back-in recreational vehicle sites, 20 tent sites, 20 cabins without plumbing ...

It's cabin fever for the rodent set
Lebanon Daily News - Lebanon,PA,USA
... I had headed up to Susquehanna County to check on the cabin in light of recent ice storms and power outages but only found a few downed limbs. ...

Shoppers, strollers find a cure for cabin fever
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
By Meaghan Wims, Sun Staff. BILLERICA Hours stuck indoors and a morning of shoveling made Dave Swift a bit stir-crazy. So yesterday ...

All About Abe: The Original Log Cabin Republican
Gawker - New York,NY,USA
We admit that we've sort of begged out of the whole "Gay Abe Lincoln" controversy that's been raging (har har) in the media ever since the release of historian ...

How do you spell that?
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor,OK,USA
... First or second place regional winners in Big Cabin, will compete at the State level in Midwest City on May 4. Call Grand Gateway ...

Liberty keeps winning streaks alive with victory over UNC ...
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
... fourth straight Big South win of the season while further extending their home conference winning streak with a 72-71 league victory over UNC Asheville Jan. ...

Aces Notes From The Flight Deck
SPHL (press release) - Asheville,NC,USA
Asheville will try to get back to their winning ways in this Friday night contest. Former Ace Chris Ferguson will return to Asheville ...

New Ownership Group Ready To Help Aces Take Full Flight
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
[ASHEVILLE, NC] 1 ... The sale of the team from previous owner, David Waronker, to the new ownership group was finalized in Asheville on Saturday, January 22, 2005. ...

Week 13 in Review
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... recorded his first hat trick of the season and added an assist as the Huntsville Havoc snapped a five game losing streak with a 6-1 win over the Asheville Aces ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
SKUNKED: Up to this point in the season Columbus, Asheville, Fayetteville and Roanoke have all "skunked" at least one opponent in the season series. ..

Smokies visitors down in 2004
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Lots of rain meant fewer visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last year. Still, more than 9 ...

Temps to rise after weekend cold
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... A thin blanket of snow fell Saturday night and covered parts of the Cumberland Plateau and communities near the Great Smoky Mountains but didn't cause as many ...

Lost hiker rehabilitating after losing part of right foot
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... more. David Dinwiddie, 62, was rescued following his December hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [ hiker recovering ]. ...

New director joins nonprofit
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... A similar license plate has helped the Friends of the Smokies raise more than $600,000 each year for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ...

Icy Conditions Close Roads in the Smokies
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
... of snow. Barriers block visitors entry to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Many roads are a solid sheet of ice. Park visitor...

Former alderman in North Carolina town is charged
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
EAST SPENCER, NC -- A former town alderman was charged Monday with mail and wire fraud for his role in a scheme to collect kickbacks from a local businessman ...

North Carolina Environmental Protection: Preservation Of Key ...
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
January 22, 2005 -- RALEIGH - Several key natural areas in North Carolina received protection in 2004, thanks to the combined efforts of three state ...

NCAA Game Summary - North Carolina State at Maryland
The Washington Evening Journal - IA,USA
... games. North Carolina State ended 12-of-26 from beyond the arc. Nik Caner-Medley paced Maryland with a game-high 15 points. John ...

New Rodent Hits South Carolina
WCIV - Mt. Pleasant,SC,USA
... include stuffed nutria hindquarters and nutria chili. The rodents already are making themselves at home in Georgia and North Carolina.

North Carolina
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... support services. Growing gang activity across North Carolina is sending more gang members to the state's prisons. The Governor's ...

Bid-rigging Investigations Continue in North Carolina
Insurance Journal - USA
Investigators have been assigned by Commissioner Jim Long of the North Carolina Department of Insurance Commissioner to take a closer look at possible bid ...

01/23/05 News

`Wife's life worth more than that'
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
ASHVILLE - James Vines is angry that his stepdaughter has been sentenced to serve only five years in prison for stabbing his wife to death. ...

No. 6 North Carolina 87, Miami 67
CBS Sportsline (subscription) - USA
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) As the only North Carolina starter not averaging in double figures, Jackie Manuel rarely gets the attention given to his more famous ...

Nasty Weather Clearing Up In Western North Carolina
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
ASHEVILLE -- It looks like the snowy weather that lingered this morning in North Carolina's mountains is clearing up. But forecasters ...

Florida A&M 93, N. Carolina A&T 86
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Freshman Jon Mason came off the bench to score 20 points and lead six Florida A&M players in double figures as the Rattlers beat North Carolina A&T 93-86 on ...

Carolina Covenant Facts
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
... the entire freshman class. -- About 88 percent of covenant scholars this year hail from North Carolina. -- 37 percent of covenant ...

Virginia Routs Carolina In Men's Swimming & Diving
TarHeelBlue.com - USA
- Tenth-ranked Virginia won 12 of 13 events Saturday afternoon to score an easy 172-71 victory over No. 19 North Carolina in men's swimming and diving action. ...

North Carolina Fallen Firefighter's Raffle Blanket
The Lincoln Tribune - USA
Stewart is now making a blanket for the North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Fund that hopefully will incorporate patches from the more than 2,000 North Carolina ...

2006 - Two Asteroids devastate North Carolina and Florida!
ProFindPages.com - Boston,Lincs,UK
Both will land in the Atlantic, one off the East Coast of Florida and the other off North Carolina. A third Asteroid is expected to land in the Gulf Of Mexico. ...

Dangerous Roads In North Carolina Mountains
WSOCtv.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
BLOWING ROCK -- -- Strong winds, freezing temperatures, and a steady snowfall are making roads dangerous in Blowing Rock. One man ...

Virginia Women's Swimming and Diving Knocks off North Carolina
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
... 15th-ranked Virginia women's swimming and diving team won 11 of 16 events in cruising to a 179-119 victory over 15th-ranked North Carolina Saturday (January 22 ..

Park cabins used as meth labs
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
... who brought their three children with them to Brown County State Park are accused of using the family excursion to turn two park cabins into methamphetamine ...

Miles And Miles Of Cross Country Skiing At Diamond Lake
WilliamsOregonNews.com - Williams,OR,USA
"Because we are mainly a motorized resort, we advise cross country skiers to stay in the lake front cabins at the north end of the compound," said Rockholt. ...

Lodges cater to flatland skiers
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... But not everyone can afford a vacation there, and luckily, there are many other lodges and cabins where guests can ski right from their doors. ...

Youths Touched by Plight of Tsunami Victims Get Creative With ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Alyssa Lokie decided to take her babysitting earnings -- about $40 -- and add them to the collection her classmates at Blue Ridge Middle School started to help ...

Skiing's downhill season: Warm weather dampens sport
Bristol Herald Courier & Virginia Tennessean - Bristol,TN,USA
... "We're not getting the sales, and we're not getting the rentals.". ... like Phil McKenzie, though, nothing beats the convenience of North Carolina's slopes. ...

Run for the hills
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Just three miles east of town, the eight-mile loop of the Great Smoky Mountain Arts & Crafts Community features more than 80 shops and craft vendors. ...

Family-friendly ski deals abound
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... nights. Ober Gatlinburg's Smoky Mountain Snow Sport School sponsors learn-to-ski classes for children and adults several times a day. ...

TWRA taking hunting ideas
Maryville Daily Times - Maryville,TN,USA
... Feb. 5 at the Smoky Mountain Sports Club in Louisville. The clays shoot will begin at 1 pm and a turkey shoot will follow that. ...

East Tenn. hit with icy winter blast
WATE.com - Knoxville,TN,USA
... Highway 441 through Great Smoky Mountain National Park is closed. Gatlinburg police say the Gatlinburg Bypass and Little River Road are both closed. ...

Lodges cater to flatland skiers
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... per person for two nights and $235 for three nights in rustic cabins, $195-$292 ... Pincushion Mountain B&B, Grand Marais: Just 3 miles up the Gunflint Trail from ...

Forest cracks down on off-road violations
The Casper Star Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... They include three dealing with snowmobiles -- from Recreationists of the Bow, Mountain Meadows Cabins and a coalition of snowmobile supporters. ...

The challenge is partly mental for ultra-endurance athletes
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
... deep in the void appear at first to mark the remote cabins along the ... a lot more climbing and descending, and the Trail of Tears 100-mile mountain-bike race in ...

Canada on ice
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... Squeezing down a narrow passageway past several locked cabins, I find a compact bar ... light wanes, we suddenly hit the trip's most spectacular mountain terrain. ...

Flood of '38 Forever Altered the Southland Landscape
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... rivers and dams and sent an airliner with nine aboard slamming into a mountain. ... Nearly 400 cabins and buildings in and around San Antonio Canyon washed away. ...

Unscripted lens
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... "It's mountains, and it's a mountain culture," he says of the area near Johnson City. ... "There are still a lot of old log cabins and block houses from the early ...

Is there a cure for the dreaded Cabin Fever?
Albert Lea Tribune - Albert Lea,MN,USA
... I have done a self-diagnosis and have determined I have once again become afflicted with the dreaded "Cabin Fever." There is no quick remedy for this but there ...

Professor admits to cabin fever
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... It fits. Mulfinger has researched cabins, going cabin-door-to-cabin-door across the Midwest. He's designed dozens of cabins around the country. ...

snow dazed cabin fever can be cured
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
... lines -- Gasp! The kids are stuck home with no TV?! -- and you might be facing some serious cabin fever. Play with your food. If ...

New site sought for Civil War cabin
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... After removing the exterior siding, interior studs and drywall, Dale Scheperle and his work crew have discovered the pre-Civil War cabin to be in good condition ...

2 accused of using park as meth lab
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... Again, when cleaning the cabin after the Hillens checked out, park officials found paraphernalia and a small quantity of meth, prompting authorities to issue a ...

Cellphone aids in lost man's rescue
Halifax Herald (subscription) - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... A news release said he contacted police at about 9 am and told them he had become lost after trying to walk from a remote cabin in the area. ...

Tips for traveling on Queen Mary 2
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
FARES: With an advance booking through Cunard, an inside cabin for an Atlantic crossing runs about $1,500 per person, double occupancy. ...

Liberty 72, NC-Asheville 71
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
David Dees scored 24 points, including the first six in a late 8-0 run that gave Liberty the lead, and the Flames beat North Carolina-Asheville 72-71 Saturday ...

Asheville restaurant sets standard for others
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
For years, the relocation and meticulous restoration of Asheville's Richmond Hill Inn -- a mansion more than a century old -- has been one of its main talking ...

NBDL daily developments
OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA
... The previous record was 74, set by the Asheville Altitude, ironically against the Flight on December 10 of this season. ... WHY ASHEVILLE? ...

Dragons lose fifth straight
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... In the overtime period, the Riverdragons didn't have an answer for Asheville's Lenny Stokes or Ron Slay as Asheville (14-8) scored the final 11 points to ...

Region avoids wintry mess by a few degrees
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... service. The mountain regions, including Asheville and the Tennessee border region, are expected to get 4 to 6 inches of snow by today. ...

Run for the hills
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Only 10 hours away by car, the Smoky Mountains are becoming a cheap and easy refuge for many New Orleanians looking to escape the madness. ...

State briefs
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... more, doctors said. David Dinwiddie, 62, was rescued after his December hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He needed ...

Family-friendly ski deals abound
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
Ober Gatlinburg at the western gateway to the Smoky Mountains and seven ski areas in western North Carolina offer opportunities for a variety of winter sports ...