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• Grove Arcade terminates lease of restaurant after tenants complain about cooking odors

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:25

  The Grove Arcade has begun legal procedings to evict a Middle Eastern restaurant whose cooking smells have prompted complaints from other tenants. Ali Baba, which has leased a small space on the interior of the historic arcade for the past 2 1/2 ye...

• Tourists stage comeback to defrock Captains 11-7

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:16

  The Asheville Tourists rallied to top the Lake County Captains 11-7 in front of 2,283 fans at McCormick Field on Sunday afternoon. Sparking the comeback was Touristsí utility infielder Spence Nagy, who smacked a double that drove in two runs durin...

• Asheville playoff tickets offered at McCormick Field

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:13

  Potential playoff tickets for the Asheville Tourists went on sale last Thursday morning at the McCormick Field box office. The Tourists, who are battling to win the South Atlantic Leagueís Southern Division, would meet the Augusta GreenJackets on ...

• Tiger Woods chooses WNC for 1st golf course in U.S.

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:04

  Tiger Woods, the top-ranked golfer in the world who won the PGA this past weekend, has signed a contract to develop his first United States golf course at The Cliffs at High Carolina, off Interstate 40 in Fairview, according to Golf.comís Web site. ...

• Ex-WCU runner named coach of six UNCA teams

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:01

  UNC Asheville named Jesse Norman as the new coach of its menís and womenís cross country and track and field teams (indoor and outdoor). Norman, 26, a former Western Carolina University distance-running standout, was introduced as the coach of si...

• Arden man finishes first in Sourwood race again

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 16:00

  BLACK MOUNTAIN ó Stuart Moran, 31, of Arden won the 19th annual Sourwood 5K race for the second consecutive year, finishing in 15 minutes, 14 seconds last Saturday. Second-place was captured by Josey Weaver, 17, of Weaverville, in 16:20 , while Jo...

• Ex-Roberson star Maybin promoted to Double-A club

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:53

  Former Roberson High standout Cameron Maybin was promoted last Wednesday to Detroit Tigersí Double-A club in Erie, Pa. The shift was announced after the center fielder got a hit off an eight-time all-star, Pedro Martinez, who was making a rehab st...

• WCU panel unveils ideas to improve football program

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:48

  CULLOWHEE ó For Western Carolina to win in football, it needs $300,000,† better players, a recruiting coordinator and an atmosphere conducive to a winning culture, the WCU Football Task Force noted in findings released in a news conference Aug. 3. ...

• Grizzlies win 4th in row by toppling Knights 28-6

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:43

  SWEETWATER, Tenn. ó The Asheville Grizzlies ripped the Knoxville (Tenn.) Knights 28-6 in semi-professional football last Saturday night. Knoxville was the first team to score on Asheville in four games this season. Leading the Asheville charg...

• Home run king/entertainer Barry Bonds at 756*

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:08

  EDITORíS NOTE: The following editorial appeared in last Thursdayís edition of The New York Times: ï The natural curve of a baseball sluggerís performance resembles the arc of a high, looping home run ó up and up and up and then, inevitably, down an...

• ëStardust,í while fun enough, gets mired in cluttered story

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:06

  Roger Ebert A fantasy, even a comic fantasy, needs above all to be lean and uncluttered. Only reality is untidy. The classic fantasy structure involves the hero, the quest, the prize and what stands in the way. It i...

• Bad cops should face the Hello Kitty

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:04

  There has been a recurring theme in the local news lately ó law-enforcement officers gone bad. In the most notorious local scandal, two former Buncombe County Sheriffís deputies were arrested by federal officials recently, charged with assisting ...

• Ricky Martin jumping on adoption bandwagon?

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:03

  John North Editor & Publisher Color me perplexed over Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martinís recent announcement that he wants kids ó adopting ìone from each continent,î if possible. At first blus...

• Capitalist pursuit of greed is not a fundamental right

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:01

  Bill Walz Whenever someone advocates overcoming some inequity or abuse in our social and economic system by advocating governmental involvement as the solution, as with proposing that we adopt government-paid univ...

• Buncombe County commissioners hear report on at-work health plan

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:00

  By Jim Genaro Health care topped the agenda of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners August 7, as the board heard updates on the Eblen Foundationís primary-care program and welcomed a new health director. Bill Murdock, Eblenís director,...

• Advice Goddess: Desire to marry not worth tolerating abuse

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 14:58

  The Advice Goddess Amy Alkon On New Yearís Eve I met the only man I ever wanted to marry. We have the same likes and dislikes, his family loves me, mine loves him, and he wants to marry me. Still, he finds wa...

• A suggested top-10 list of North Carolina-related books to read

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 14:55

  By D.G. Martin Today, I am going to give you a list of North Carolina-related books for you to consider for your summer reading ó or for you to suggest for your book clubís upcoming season. Why am I doing this? If you know me well, you ...

• Is your life guided by fate? Free will? Or perhaps both?

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 14:52

  Janese Johnson Have you ever wondered if your life is guided by fate or free will? Are we really free at all to make changes in our life to be the healthy, happy individuals that we all deserve to be; or are we de...

• Biltmore Baptist Church minister resigns after 14 years of service

  Created: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 14:50

    James I. Walker James I. Walker, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church for the past 14 years, resigned last Monday. Under his leadership, the church has experienced significant growth. During his ten...

• Planning board initially OKs 23-story ëboutiqueí hotel

  Created: Tuesday, 07 August 2007 18:56

  A proposal for a 23-story luxury hotel on Biltmore Avenue moved forward last Wednesday as the Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the project. Though the commissionís support of the project is not binding, it will carry ...