Day: October 8, 2008
Dole, Shuler press CTS issue
Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Rep. Heath Shuler are both pressing the issue of groundwater contamination at the former site of CTS of Asheville on Mills Gap Road. Dole’s office announced that she’s written a letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency “demanding answers,” while Shuler’s staff is holding a meeting on the topic Thursday morning.
Book Report: Banjo Camp! pitches scales, not tents
Author Zhenya Gene Senyak’s new book, Banjo Camp! is a book about banjo camps that is, in and of itself, a camp. There are scrapbook pictures, doodles, coffee stains and swatted mosquitoes. And just when you think the book has met its kitschy-informative saturation point, there’s a companion disc affixed to the back cover so budding banjo enthusiasts can pick along.
Can we talk?
Even though it will come late in the game, Rep. Heath Shuler and Carl Mumpower, his Republican challenger for the 11th Congressional District seat, are set to square off in an Oct. 30 debate. The hot seat: U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler chats it up with Take a Stand! radio host Matt Mittan. Shuler and his … Read more
Gas pains
Asheville and environs are no longer seeing the hour-plus-long gas lines and severe shortages that forced colleges and municipal offices to close their doors recently. Gov. Mike Easley‘s office announced Oct. 2 that the pipelines and refineries sending fuel to the area were once again operating at normal capacity, though it would be another week … Read more
Campaign calendar
One Stop Early Voting begins on Thursday, Oct. 16, and ends on Saturday, Nov. 1 (all polls open from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 1). Early Voting is offered Monday through Saturday at the following locations in Buncombe County: • Asheville Senior Opportunity Center, 36 Grove St., Asheville (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) … Read more
Radio, radio: Two new area stations
WCQS has some serious legs in the region. The public-radio station’s nine translators blanket Western North Carolina with news, talk and classical music. But the station’s newest project is going to be a bit different. Launching from Mars Hill on Oct. 9, WYQS—90.5 on the dial—will jettison musical programming in favor of a 24-hour schedule … Read more
Pridefest a time for GLBT community to coalesce
Thousands of members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities both locally and nationally will converge in Asheville on Saturday, Oct. 11, to take part in Asheville Pridefest, says organizer Kali Brewer. But while the free event—themed “Live! Love! Be!”—is part party and celebration, the third-annual Pridefest also has a higher purpose in mind. … Read more
