Laura bought her olive green Miz Mooz boots at Tops For Shoes. Her tights are from American Apparel, the skirt was a gift. Photo by Julie Tracy.
Year: 2009
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URTV executive committee votes to remove two board members
In a closed session on Monday, Feb. 9, URTV’s executive committee voted to remove board of directors members Richard Bernier and Davyne Dial, who have criticized what they see as a lack of transparency at the public access channel.
WCU leads campuses in reducing energy consumption
Western Carolina University has beat the pack by becoming the first N.C. university to reach a 30 percent energy-reduction goal.
Church Street
Ron and Jasmine.
Book Report: The Relationship Sutras
Local spiritual teacher Michael Mamas shares insights on love and relationships (just in time for Valentine’s Day) in a collection of small-but-mighty poems.
State DOT alters I-26 plan; new one would demolish fewer Burton St. homes
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has modified the Alternative 3 plan for the Interstate 26 connector. The new plan, if adopted, would demolish fewer homes — seven instead of 25 — in the predominantly African-American Burton Street neighborhood.
Mayor pitches savings bonds
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy is urging residents to buy savings bonds to combat the national economic crisis.
For Asheville arts council, an overhaul
The Asheville Area Arts Council could rent some of its gallery space to Asheville artist Jonas Gerard or another “strategic partner,” according to the group’s executive director, Angela Martinez.
Outside Push Skateshop
Charles got his Fallen hoodie and Vans from Push Skateshop. He also skates for the store’s team.
WPVM volunteers present station-management plan
Volunteers at Asheville’s low-power community radio station on Tuesday presented a plan for a new management structure to the board that oversees WPVM in the hope of quelling months of turmoil.
Pat & Alli’s Weekly Winners
Each week Xpress reporter Alli Marshall and WOXL DJ Pat Ryan team up to bring you their entertainment suggestions.
This weekend on a shoestring
Cheap shows, free shows and a few romantic offerings to boot.
Buncombe Commissioners
Commissioners instruct URTV to follow open-meetings law Arden resident Aaron Penland has a problem with the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, and at their Feb. 3 meeting, he made his feelings plain. “In the last election, all we heard is, ‘Change is coming, change is coming.’ Well, how long will it take to have this […]
The eye of the storm: Hearts With Hands
While many international aid organizations focus long-term efforts and energies on a specific population or location, Hearts With Hands’ work is determined by the disaster du jour. From hurricanes to tsunamis, the group turns its attention wherever the latest large-scale crisis has erupted. Healing touch: Dr. Maureen McLaughlin-Grant examines a patient at the Hearts With […]
A million orphans: World Camp
The small southern-African nation of Malawi is considered one of the world’s most impoverished places. Apart from malnutrition due to lack of food, the country also suffers from an extremely high illiteracy rate and an HIV/AIDS epidemic that has left the country with an orphan population estimated at more than 1 million. A giant leap: […]
Immense opportunities, overwhelming needs: Christian Friends of Korea
When the Rev. Billy Graham made his much-touted visit to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in 1992, there wasn’t much information flowing in or out of a country devastated by war and in the grip of a dictatorship. Opening doors: Top row, left to right: the Rev. Bill Moore, the Rev. John Somerville (Montreat), Lee […]
Succoring the “sick men” of Nicaragua: Vision Nicaragua
There’s a long-standing relationship between Christian evangelism and providing material aid. Vision Nicaragua does both, attending to the spiritual needs of several Nicaraguan communities while also supplying shelter, medical aid and financial support. Setting up shop: Asheville electrician Scott Bruns (center) teaches Nicaraguans Marlon and Melvin (seated) some basic electrical principles, with Carlos, a local […]
Shoulder to shoulder: Mundo Real
The slums of Rio de Janeiro have a global reputation for extreme poverty and unchecked violence, thanks to high-profile news reports as well as their starring role in the acclaimed 2002 movie City of God. The crammed-together shanties, stacked one atop another along the hillsides of Brazil’s second-largest city, house a large and rapidly growing […]
Askville
Brandee Ponder has a lot in common with many other young women. She likes to go clothes shopping, watch movies (mostly comedies and romances), help with church activities and attend country-music concerts. But in some ways she stands apart: Perhaps most notably, the 26-year-old Weaverville native is the reigning Miss Wheelchair North Carolina. Ponder, who […]
Downtown group offers volunteer help to complete park
Asheville Downtown Association members have offered to pitch in as volunteers to speed up the completion of the new Pack Square Park, ADA President Byron Greiner told the board of the Pack Square Conservancy on Feb. 4. The park in winter: Construction is proceeding on the new Pack Square Park, but the Asheville Downtown Association […]
Asheville loses water lawsuit
The North Carolina Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the city of Asheville concerning the constitutionality of state laws that regulate the city’s water system. The Feb. 9 decision appears to put an end to the long-running legal battle. In August 2008, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled against Asheville in its […]