This week at NBHS

Monday
Noon – Boys’ varsity golf - Broadmoor
4 pm - Varsity softball vs. Mitchell High School
4 pm – Boys’ varsity tennis vs. McDowell High School
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball vs. A C Reynolds High School
5 pm – Girls’ varsity soccer @ Clyde A Erwin High School
5:30 pm - Junior varsity softball vs. Mitchell High School

Tuesday
4 pm - Coed varsity track @ West Henderson High School
4 pm – Boys’ varsity tennis - Asheville School

Wednesday
4 pm – Boys’ varsity tennis @ T C Roberson High School
4:30 pm - Varsity baseball vs. North Henderson High School
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball @ North Henderson High School
5 pm – Girls’ junior varsity soccer vs. Asheville High School
7 pm – Girls’ varsity soccer vs. Asheville High School

Thursday
4 pm - Junior varsity softball vs. Clyde A Erwin High School
4:30 pm - Varsity baseball @ Clyde A Erwin High School
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball vs. Clyde A Erwin High School
5 pm – Girls’ junior varsity soccer @ Tuscola High School
5 pm – Girls’ junior varsity soccer @ Tuscola High School
7 pm – Girls’ varsity soccer @ Tuscola High School

Saturday
9 am - Coed varsity track - Mooresville

NBHS wrestlers in national meet

North Buncombe High School wrestlers Dallas Rice and Chandler Robinson will be competing Wednesday through Friday at the NHSCA National High School Wrestling Championships in Virginia Beach, Va. Watch live at www.nhsca.com.

Weaverville Tailgate Market opens April 14

The Weaverville Tailgate Market will be back for its second year beginning April 14. The organizers have a new Web site up. Check it out at weavervilletailgate.org.

This week at NBHS

Tuesday
1 pm - Boys' varsity golf - High Vista
4 pm - Junior varsity softball vs. McDowell High School
4 pm - Coed varsity track - FCA @ Madison
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball @ McDowell High School
4:30 pm - Varsity softball @ McDowell High School
7 pm - Varsity baseball @ McDowell High School

Wednesday
3 pm - Boys' varsity golf - Reems Creek
4 pm - Boys' varsity tennis @ Enka High School

Thursday
3:30 pm - Boys' varsity tennis @ McDowell High School
6 pm - Girls' varsity soccer @ Madison High School

Friday
4 pm - Junior varsity softball @ T C Roberson High School
4 pm - Varsity baseball vs. T C Roberson High School
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball @ T C Roberson High School
4:30 pm - Varsity softball vs. T C Roberson High School
5 pm - Junior varsity soccer vs. West Henderson High School
7 pm - Girls' varsity soccer vs. West Henderson High School

Saturday
9 am - Coed varsity track @ A C Reynolds High School

Weaverville PTO site

It's been out there for a while, but just wanted to give a heads up to any parent of a Weaverville Elementary or Primary school student, there is a Web site for the Weaverville PTO with events, news, etc., listed. Check it out here.

Room makeover contest

Release from Michael Dale Painting

Michael Dale Painting & Services is holding a “Room Makeover Contest” during the Western Carolina Home Show being held at the Asheville Civic Center on March 19, 20 and 21. The winner will get to select a room in their home to be repaired, prepped and have the walls, ceiling and trim painted using Sherwin Williams Duration paint in the colors of their choice.

Everyone has at least one room in their home that they would like to change. Maybe you have a baby on the way and need to transform a bedroom into a nursery. It could be that your teenager has outgrown their “kid room”. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to have a faux finish in your living room. Or, you are haunted by the “Pepto Bismol” color of your bathroom.

If you are tired of any room in your home, all you have to do is enter this room makeover contest and Michael Dale Painting & Services will turn that room into a space that you can be proud of.

In order to enter the room makeover contest, you need to fill out an entry form and submit it to Michael Dale Painting & Services at their booth (C-8) at the Western Carolina Home Show. Their booth will be located just inside the main entrance of the Civic Center.

The winner will be chosen based on their answer to the question: “Why does this room need a makeover?”

You can obtain an entry form including the rules at their web site: www.mdalepainting.com. Entry forms will also be available for you to fill out at the Western Carolina Home Show. For more information about the Home Show, visit www.wcpshows.com/homeshow.html

Woodfin police chief recognizes efforts

Woodfin Police Chief Brett Holloman recognized the efforts of Det. David Plyler and Officer Jonathan Ammons for their work in two recent arrests that captured accused child predators. Both Plyler and Ammons worked with Computer Crimes Unit in the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office to help on the cases. Holloman called their efforts "classic police work."

Weaverville to apply for FEMA grant

Weaverville Town Manager Mike Morgan hopes to receive about $54,000 from FEMA in to help cover cleanup costs related to the Dec. 19, 2009, snow storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on North Buncombe.

The town is also applying for a FEMA Hazardous Mitigation Grant in the amount of $724,000for three emergency generations to back up the Ivy River Treatment Plant. Power was lost at the plant during the snowstorm, and while there is a generator to back up the building itself, there is no backup source to power the treatment. Weaverville can borrow water from Asheville, which does have back generators for its treatment plant, during such times.

Town council approved a $13,000 budget amendment to cover costs related to the preparation of the grant application.

This week at NBHS

Tuesday
4 pm - Coed varsity track - Jus Running @ TCR
4:30 pm - Varsity baseball vs. A C Reynolds High School

Wednesday
4 pm –Boys’ varsity tennis vs. Asheville High School
4 pm - Junior varsity baseball @ Charles D Owen High School
4 pm - Varsity softball @ Charles D Owen High School
5 pm – Girls’ junior varsity soccer @ McDowell High School
5:30 pm - Junior varsity softball @ Charles D Owen High School
6:30 pm - Varsity baseball @ Charles D Owen High School
7 pm – Girls’ varsity soccer @ McDowell High School

Thursday
3 pm – Boys’ varsity golf – CCA

Friday
4 pm - Junior varsity softball @ Enka High School
4 pm - Coed varsity track - @ Polk County
4:30 pm - Varsity baseball vs. Enka High School
4:30 pm - Junior varsity baseball @ Enka High School
4:30 pm - Varsity softball vs. Enka High School

Business news

* IHOP opened this week after months of anticipation. Another dining option in North Buncombe is always welcomed.
* Next door to the new IHOP is an open space. We've heard a copier business may be setting up shop in the future.
* At Northridge Commons, a video game business will likely be filling the open spot next to U.S. Cellular. HomeTrust will be building its Northridge location as well some time in the future. It is not yet known for sure whether Main Street location will remain or not.
* Speaking of Main Street, it is currently completely booked with the recent openings of Dry Ridge Family Medicine and Appalachian Animal Hospital.
* AdPro in Woodfin, next to Glenda Kay's salon, closed up shop in the last week.

What else is out there? Got any business news?

This week at NBHS

Tuesday
4 pm
Varsity softball vs. Mountain Heritage High School
4 pm
Coed varsity track - NBHS
4 pm
Boys’ varsity tennis vs. Enka High School
5:30 pm
Junior varsity softball vs. Mountain Heritage High School

Wednesday
3 pm
Boys’ varsity golf - Reems Creek
4 pm
Junior varsity baseball @ Brevard High School
4 pm
Varsity softball vs. Brevard High School
5:30 pm
Junior varsity softball vs. Brevard High School
6 pm
Girls’ varsity soccer vs. Madison High School
7 pm
Varsity baseball @ Brevard High School

Thursday
3 pm
Boys’ varsity tennis vs. Franklin High School
4 pm
Coed varsity track @ Asheville High School
4 pm
Varsity softball vs. Madison High School
5:30 pm
Junior varsity softball vs. Madison High School

Friday
4 pm
Junior varsity baseball vs. Asheville High School
4:30 pm
Varsity baseball @ Asheville High School

Saturday
1 pm
Varsity baseball vs. Mountain Heritage High School
1 pm
Junior varsity baseball @ West Henderson High School

Resident's letter makes national magazine

Weaverville author and radio producer Fred Flaxman was kind enough to send along a "Letter to the Editor" he wrote that was recently published in The Nation, a nonprofit periodical devoted to culture and politics from a liberal perspective. Here's an image of Flaxman's letter. 

Fox makes All-Star roster

North Buncombe High School senior Seth Fox, whose BlackHawks bowed out in the second round of the NCHSAA basketball playoffs last week, is a member of the Blue-White All-Star squad that features the top public school players in Western North Carolina. The game will be held March 19 at T.C. Roberson.

Growing grapes in WNC

The March 16 Growing Grapes in WNC event is sponsored by the BioNetwork BioBusiness Center, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. It is promoted as a six-hour program aimed at helping gardeners and farmers select the right kind of disease-resistant, high-altitude, cold-hardy grapes to grow in the mountains of WNC; organic grape growing/winemaking; and medicinal/herbal uses of grapes.
Here's the information:

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: A-B Tech, 1459 Sand Hill Rd., Enka Site, Candler, North Carolina 28715
Cost: $15 (includes handout materials and lunch)
Registration Online: http://www.ncbionetwork.org/index.php?/component/option,com_eventlist/Itemid,4/id,123/view,details/