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• County board hears call for school funds

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:50

  At a public hearing June 4, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners heard requests from educators for an increase in the supplemental tax paid by residents of the Asheville City Schools district. However, few speakers complained about the county...

• Mayor acknowledges cityís responsibility for ëeyesoreí

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:49

  Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy acknowledged June 5 that the city is responsible for maintainance of a water tank near Patton Mountain Road that many residents have said is an eyeseore. The announcement came after Bellamy wrote a letter to Gov. Mike ...

• UNCA staff member who fought termination accepts settlement, job at N.C. Arboretum

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:48

  A former UNC Asheville employee who was terminated after 22 years with the school and challenged her firing now has a new job at the N.C. Arboretum, as well as back pay, benefits and attorneyís fees. Cindy Branton Lane was fired from her position ...

• Fifth-inning eruption propels Hickory over Asheville 7-1

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:47

    Joe Mikulik HICKORY ó The Hickory Crawdads cruised to a 7-1 victory over the Asheville Tourists in front of 2,179 fans last Sunday afternoon. The Hickory win was keyed by an RBI single by Jose L....

• Touristsí manager, 7 players named to SAL all-star squad

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:46

  Asheville Tourists manager Joe Mikulik and seven of his players were named to the South Atlantic League All-Star squad for a game that will be played next Tuesday in Rome, Ga. Mikulik, who has never lost in three trips to the all-star game, will le...

• Two Buncombe players chosen on 1st day of draft

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:46

  Two high-school-senior baseball players in Buncombe County were chosen in the first day of the Major League Baseball draft last Thursday. Roberson High shortstop Justin Jackson and Reynolds High pitcher Sam Runion were among the first 70 players se...

• Eight college ballplayers with WNC ties taken in draft

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:45

  Eight college players with Western North Carolina connections were selected in the Major League Baseball draft last Thursday and Friday. Five players for Western Carolina University were among the WNC selections. WNC players chosen included th...

• ëHot Fuzzí proves to be a blast as a fun comedy-thriller mystery

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:43

    Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Sanford village police officers, attempt to catch a local escaped swan. By ANNA FREEMAN ìHot Fuzzî is a funny, adrenaline-infused murder mystery, set in a picturesque ...

• Asheville will miss AGR

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:41

  We bid bon voyage to our fellow weekly newspaper, the Asheville Global Report, which put out its last print edition May 24 after more than eight award-winning years of publishing the news that the big corporate dailies saw fit not to print. Every i...

• Can it be? A band that reads and writes, too

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:39

    John North Editor & Publisher The Rock Bottom Remainders must be one of the more unusual ó and, hands-down, the most literary ó of rock bands in recorded history. Composed of a gaggle of...

• Letters to the Editor: June 12, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:38

  Columnist criticized for anti-war stance In response to ìTrue People of Faith Would Never Participate in War or Join an Armyî by Marc Mullinax (in the Daily Planet) on May 22: I appreciate Mullinaxís conversational approach to the issues ...

• Best fantasy trilogy youíve (probably) never read? Try this one

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:31

  The fantasy trilogy has become ubiquitous long past the point of stereotype. Ever since ìThe Lord of the Rings,î readers of the genre have been besieged by trilogies. Maybe itís the simple beginning-middle-end structure it offers. Maybe itís...

• Small acts of kindness can cause big changes in others

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:29

  Janese Johnson When I was growing up, I often heard my grandmother talk about the importance of being kind. She would say that it was important to talk to people and ask them how they are doing because they m...

• A toast to the radical God who likes to party

  Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2007 18:27

  Marc Mullinax MARS HILL ó Warning: Iíll be somewhat sermonic in this column. Next week, the ranting resumes. But this column remains dedicated to the proposition that weíve no need to reheat yesterdayís cold soup. ...

• Meaning of ëestablishment clauseí in Bill of Rights debated

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:14

  By JIM GENARO RIDGECREST ó While the framers of the First Amendment were clear in saying that ìCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,î the specific meaning of this passage ha...

• Fallen soldiers honored

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:11

  Veterans and loved ones salute during the singing of ìThe Star Spangled Bannerî at a Memorial Day ceremony at City-County Plaza on May 28. About 300 people attended the ceremony, which featured songs, prayers and speeches by Mayor Terry Bellamy...

• County planners table controversial Beaverdam project

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:10

  From Staff Reports The Buncombe County Planning Board last Monday tabled a revised plan for the controversial Bartramís Walk development proposed for Beaverdam citing concerns that the plan includes more lots than are allowed under county rules. ...

• Asheville Global Report quits publishing, moves to TV

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:09

  By JIM GENARO One of Ashevilleís longest-running weekly newspapers announced recently that it will be ceasing publication. After more than eight years of publishing, the Asheville Global Report announced† in its May 24 edition that it will no...

• Police Blotter: June 6, 2007

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:05

  9 people arrested at party advertised on Web posting State Alcohol Law Enforcement agents charged nine people last Sunday on alcohol and drug charges at a party that was advertised on MySpace.com as offering all you could drink for $5. When t...

• Air Force assistant named BCís head football coach

  Created: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 17:03

    Paul Hamilton From Staff Reports BREVARD ó Paul Hamilton was named the fourth Brevard College football coach in 18 months during a news conference on campus last Friday afternoon. Hamilto...