Put that PC to sleep A personal computer seems so clean. No gas-guzzling engine spins its hard drive; no trees need to die to produce its paperless documents — just plug it in and play in the stream of electrons. But when the source of those streams is a coal-fired electric power plant, your computer […]
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Andie, Stella and PETA (oh my)
“Cancer is a wake-up call, like any life-threatening illness,” local visual artist Vera Struck, herself an eight-year survivor, recently explained via e-mail. “To me,” says Struck, “every day is a gift.” For Struck and other survivors, that gift is something that must be shared — either as a way of healing oneself, of helping others […]
North Carolina State House District 116
The candidates are Doug Jones, Democrat, and Wilma Sherrill, Republican. Doug Jones Age: 27Address:24 Elkmont Drive, AshevilleOccupation: TeacherYears in WNC: 9Education: B.A., UNCA; M.A., Appalachian State; M.Sc., University of EdinburghPolitical party: DemocratPolitical experience: President, Buncombe County Young Democrats 1. What sets you apart from your opponent? “Where do I begin? I think my youth sets […]
Letters to the editor
Keever’s integrity trumps single-issue concerns I read with great interest the letter to the editor [“Placating the Masses…,” Oct. 6] written by James Dennis of Asheville on the subject of gay marriage and the congressional race here in the 11th District. While I was moved by his situation and am in full agreement with Mr. […]
Candidates for Buncombe County Board of Commissioners: Mark Crawford
Vote for four. The candidates are Mark Crawford, Republican; David Gantt, Democrat; Mike Harrison, Republican; Mike Morgan, Republican; Carol Weir Peterson, Democrat; Bill Reynolds, Republican; Bill Stanley, Democrat; and David Young, Democrat. Mark Crawford Age: 43Address: 105A Orchard St., Black MountainOccupation: Real-estate agentYears in Buncombe County: Most of life, excluding military serviceEducation: Master’s degree, political […]
The junk journal
Views • Two Fridays ago, former Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ front man Kevn Kinney — the vibrant, underground, Southern songsmith by way of Milwaukee –stopped into Almost Blue for an intimate, acoustic performance. The engagement at the downtown record store was meant to highlight a superb new record, plus his band’s gig later that evening in […]
Local ABC operations need new leadership
The performance of the local Alcoholic Beverage Control operations and their governing board raises some major questions. Although this board is appointed by City Council, for many years it’s been allowed to operate with very little oversight. The current board consists of Deborah Holmes-Young, Barbara Field and Thomas Bell. ABC operations must follow strict state […]
Buzzworm news briefs
The letter of the law Video-poker machines in Buncombe County appear to be out of compliance with state law. In recent visits to eight local establishments that have such machines, Xpress did not find any that seemed to satisfy the letter of the law. The most frequently encountered violation was placing the machines out of […]
Letters to the editor
A Swift response to the Davids’ animal-rights concerns Whenever I see something written by one of the Davids (Stewart or Terri), either in this paper or the local daily, I can count on it being well-written, concerned with the treatment of animals and also a bit “edgy.” I compliment them on their sincerity and willingness […]
Treasure maps
As the justly famous garden expert Yogi Berra once observed, “You can see a lot just by looking.” Hey, they don’t call them “farm teams” for nothing. And baseball seasons are bracketed by first and last frosts. But as far as I can determine, Yogi never went public with the essential companion wisdom that he […]
Kind of blue
artwork by Jason Krekel So here’s the scoop: The Blue Rags are back together, and they have a new CD. But don’t believe everything you read. While it’s true the group will debut songs from a still-unnamed album at their upcoming Orange Peel gig, the “new” disc was recorded back in 2000. Furthermore, this makes […]
Asheville City Council
How do you plow through a jam-packed work-session agenda while keeping one eye fixed firmly on the clock? On Sept. 21, the Asheville City Council did it by resorting to major surgery. Faced with a full slate of widely varied topics, Council members missed their targeted 6:30 wrap-up time by a mere 15 minutes — […]
Give ‘em the (Free) Bird
“Creative people struggle with demons, and try to deal with them on certain levels,” suggests Mark Kemp, author of the just-published rock ‘n’ roll memoir Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. “Based on conversations I’ve had with musicians, alcoholics, drug addicts and recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, […]
Letters to the editor
SCV portrayal was one-sided journalism The article by [freelance] writer Jon Elliston [“Between Heritage and Hate,” Aug. 18] was one-sided journalism, poorly written and not well documented. It was an attack on the century-old Sons of Confederate Veterans based on the rantings of outcast SCV member Walter Hilderman of Eutawville, S.C. Hilderman, who has been […]
The junk journal
Clarification The Sept. 1 installment of “Junk Journal” attempted to lavish praise on the “biting original rhymes” of Pens & Needles‘ master wordsmith The Mad Rabbi. However, “biting rhymes,” in its hip-hop “verb” form, amounts to the very uncool thievery of another rapper’s lyrics. Thus, some readers may have read the line as an unintentionally […]
Green building is everybody’s business
The crucial need to balance private interests and community interests lies at the heart of a number of recent heated development-related controversies in Asheville, such as the Grove Park Inn building proposals, the Wal-Mart Supercenter in east Asheville, and the Campus Crest for-profit student housing project in Montford. Protecting community interests from self-interested attempts to […]
Wicker Park
According to astrologers, when the planet Mercury is in retrograde, communications of every kind get fuzzed up. Computers crash. E-mails get sent to wrong addresses. Highway signs get missed, and you end up in Tennessee instead of at your new doctor’s office. Tissy fits and hurt feelings run rampant, because everyone is misinterpreting what everyone […]
Essential oils
Crude-oil prices hit $48 per barrel recently, and experts say $50 is on the near horizon. Meanwhile, Green Toe Ground, a community-supported-agriculture farm near Burnsville, is running its tractor on biodiesel made on-site from discarded cooking oil collected — free of charge — from local restaurants. Of course, there’s presumably not enough used deep-fryer grease […]
Letters to the editor
Alt-fuel advocates respond to “Clean Machines” I wanted to be sure your readers were aware that, in addition to the alternative-fuel developments mentioned in your article [“Clean Machines,” Aug. 11], Asheville also has its very own Biodiesel Co-Op. This group was formed in February of this year, and has been steadily gaining new members. We […]
Buzzworm news briefs
It ain’t over till it’s over Under North Carolina law, if no candidate in a primary receives more than 40 percent of the vote, the second-place candidate can request a runoff against the leader. That’s what happened with the July 20 Democratic primary for the office of superintendent of public instruction. Marshall Stewart barely edged […]
Big wheels keep on turnin’
It’s enough to make your head spin: the southeastern Ultimate Frisbee Hodown, Throwdown, Showdown VIII; three Home Trust Bank Cycling Classic races; and the mountain boarding 2004 RIDE international championship, all here the same weekend (July 30 to Aug. 1), with all events free to spectators. Ultimate Frisbee showdown Ultimate Frisbee and fencing just might […]