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Second annual antique fair organizer Keith Woodie addresses the West Jefferson Board of Aldermen during their meeting Monday night. Above Woodie, several of the photographs donated by the Ashe Camera Club can be seen.
W.J. Aldermen approve antique fair location
The fourth time was the charm for the West Jefferson Board of Aldermen when it approved the location of the second annual antique fair during its regular meeting Monday night. “We’ve been on this thing for four months…(and) I would really like to get it over, one way or the other,” said West Jefferson Mayor Dale Baldwin as he opened up the floor for comments on which area of downtown should be the site of the fair. At the end of the discu...
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Farm Bill Lunch and Learn Friday
Friday April 5 the Feastie Boys Food Truck will be parked on the King Street side of the Watauga County Cooperative Extension from 11-2 p.m.. Come grab a locally-sourced lunch, then head downstairs to the Agriculture Conference Center for a presentation beginning at noon on how the new Farm Bill Extension impacts farmers in the High Country. The event is sponsored by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (BRWIA) and the Carolina Farm Stewardship ...
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The Ashe County Board of Commissioners unanimously appointed Karl Lambert to the Airport Advisory Board during their meeting on Monday.
Ashe County BOC supports gun permit privacy
The Ashe County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution on Monday to support the exemption of public access to records containing information about who has handgun purchase permits or concealed carry permits. During the meeting, Commissioner William Sands read the resolution that prevents public access of citizens with weapons permits. The resolution reads: “Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Ashe County Board of Commissioners...
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Anna Blackburn, a sixth-grade student from Mountain View Elementary, competed at the Regional Spelling Bee at Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem March 18. Anna finished 14th out of a field of 33 participants.
Sixth-grader competes at regional spelling bee
Anna Blackburn, a sixth-grade student from Mountain View Elementary, won the 2013 Ashe County Schools Spelling Bee which was held February 7, at Ashe County High School. She won by spelling the word “exportation” correctly. Anns is the daughter of David and Kathy Blackburn. Runner-up was 7th-grader Ellie Swibold from Ashe County Middle School. Eleven elementary and middle school students competed for the honor of representing Ashe County ...
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CoEd founders Jeff (left) and Joe (mid-left) Berninger accepted a check from Mitch Phillips (mid-right) on behalf of the Jefferson's Rotary Club in honor of club Secretary Jeff Taylor's (right) service to Rotary.
Jefferson’s Rotary Club helps Guatemalan students
The Jefferson’s Rotary Club made a donation to “Cooperative for Education,” a non-profit charity that focuses on assisting school children in Guatemala. The donation was made in honor of Jeff Taylor, the Rotary Club’s secretary who also has deep ties to CoEd. “This is the first international project this group has been involved in,” said Taylor. A 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, CoEd provides educational resources, like textbooks, co...
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Ashe Assisted Living and Memory Care resident Alice Towber (left) helped Ava Cox (center), 4, and Teagan Wise (right), 4, apply temporary Easter tattoos at an intergenerational activity Thursday morning. Preschoolers from Generations Child Development Center visited seniors at AALMC to share Easter candy, swap tattoos and watch a movie.
Preschoolers visits seniors for Easter activities
Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post Ashe Assisted Living and Memory Care resident Alice Towber (left) helped Ava Cox (center), 4, and Teagan Wise (right), 4, apply temporary Easter tattoos at an intergenerational activity Thursday morning. Preschoolers from Generations Child Development Center visited seniors at AALMC to share Easter candy, swap tattoos and watch a movie. Dylan Lightfoot | Jefferson Post Melody Pierce, 5, proudly displays ...
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Ashe District Court decisions
The weekly session of the Ashe County District Court was held March 21, the honorable Jeannie Houston presiding. These decisions were handed down by the court: Manuel Juarez Alejos : (T) no operators license, (P) guilty, (J) PJC, $50 fine plus CC; (T) operating a vehicle with no insurance, (P) guilty, (J) PJC, CC. Streeter J. Blowers : (T) driving with license revoked, (P) no contest, (J) PJC, CC. Robert Doyle Cox : (M) probation vio...
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Cash Mob ASHE dined at Boondocks in West Jefferson in February. In the left foreground is Virginia Tate of Ashe County's Ripshin Farm, whose grass-fed beef was served to the mob.
Cash Mob ASHE hits Jefferson Saturday
Cash Mob ASHE will converge in downtown Jefferson 11:30 a.m. Saturday for their third demonstration of organized consumer support of local businesses and local products. “We were asked to ‘mob’ Jefferson this month by some of the business owners in Jefferson,” said Cash Mob ASHE organizer Nancy Shannon of Fleetwood. Shannon said the group would meet in front of Threads of Hope and Becky’s Ladybug, the two retailers chosen for the March mo...
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The antiques fair may find a new home in downtown West Jefferson on Jefferson Avenue.
Antiques fair may move to Jefferson Avenue
The West Jefferson Business Association voted to propose a new location for the second annual Olde Time Antiques Fair at Monday’s West Jefferson Town Alderman meeting. The location chosen for the fair was Jefferson Avenue, from the intersection at West Jefferson Town Hall to Tri County Monuments at the end of town. Also, the fair will branch off down East First Street (the side street at Blackjacks) and pass through businesses like Dr. Pepp...
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Cowboy Church pastors hold services in cowboy boots, cowboy hats and official Cowboy Church Network belt buckles -- not your typical vestments. The church's mission is "impacting the cowboy culture with the gospel of Jesus by planting Cowboy Churches throughout North America."
Cowboy Church trades saddles for pews
At a time when church attendance is down nationwide, the Cowboy Church Network of North America (CCNNA) is forming new churches with enthusiastic congregations, like the Happy Trails Cowboy Church of Jefferson which, after a long search for a pastor and a permanent place of worship, now serves a growing membership of 30-plus who are “Ridin’ for Jesus.” “We’ve had a great response,” said Deacon John Lisk, a member of the Cowboy Church since ...
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The Easter Bunny was ready to take pictures with children during 2012's Easter egg hunt.
3,600 eggs for the taking
To celebrate Easter, the Ashe County Parks and Recreations will hold their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30 at Ashe County Park, and a big turnout is expected. Missy Parker, program manager of Ashe County Parks and Recreations, said she expects between 250-300 children to show up for the Easter Egg Hunt. Approximately 3,600 eggs will be placed throughout the park for the children’s entertainment. “This is absolutely one of our...
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Jefferson aldermen hear Tim Church's proposal for additional triggers for the town's Water Shortage Response Plan. From left to right: Aldermen Charlie Caudill, Luther Anderson and Bluferd Eldreth, Water Resources Director Tim Church and Alderman Mark Johnston.
Jefferson amends Water Shortage Response Plan
Despite a snow storm and a power outage, the Jefferson Board of Aldermen met Monday evening as scheduled and, with the mayor, treasurer, town clerk and one alderman absent, conducted what Alderman Mark Johnston called “the second shortest meeting in town history, maybe the third.” The board considered a single-item agenda: amendment of the 2010 Jefferson Water Shortage Response Plan to include additional trigger conditions. Water Resource...
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George Trullinger performing as Buddy Holly during one of his shows.
“Buddy Holly” and “Roy Orbison” coming to town
The Blue Ridge Dinner Theater will present two legends of rock and roll, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, brought back to life by skilled impersonators during a show from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 30. George Trullinger always knew he wanted to be in the music business. While impersonating Buddy Holly, he has the audience cracking up with his jokes about looking like a “geek” with his greasy, slicked-back hair, big horned-rim glass...
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Logan Trivette
Two charged with larceny after cutting locks off storage buildings
The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office arrested two individuals in connection with a series of breaking and enterings and larcenies that occurred at Safe Haven Mini Storage in Fleetwood. Logan Trivette, 18, of Fleetwood was charged with four counts of felony breaking and entering and three counts of larceny after breaking and entering. Joseph Keith Dillard of West Jefferson was charged with felony possession of stolen goods/property and possess...
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Applications available for SkyLine-Sponsored youth programs
Applications are now available for youth programs sponsored locally by SkyLine Membership Corporation, including the Frank James-SkyLine Scholarship, Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) Youth Tour and Cooperative Leadership Camp. Frank James-SkyLine Scholarship Ten local scholarships with a total value of $25,000 will be awarded in 2013 to children of SkyLine/SkyBest customers to assist them with the cost of a college education. Five $...
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Emilee Williams, a fourth-grader at Mountain View Elementary, with her winning poster.
Ashe students win poster contest
Emilee Williams, daughter of Mike and Ali Williams and fourth-grade student at Mountain View Elementary School, recently won the 2013 Soil and Water Conservation Poster Contest in the fourth grade category at both the Ashe County and Area level. Emilee’s poster entry will go on to compete at the state level in May of this year. Congratulations, Emilee, and good luck in the state competition. Alyssa Cahan, a third-grader from Westwood, won...
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Aaron Banks Dixon
Fleetwood man allegedly watched sexual abuse online
Following last week’s arrest of Aaron Banks Dixon, 28, of Fleetwood, on multiple sex crimes, more information has been discovered connecting Dixon to the arrest of Sarah Lippy Adleta in Florida. Adleta, 28 of Oviedo, Fla., was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on three child pornography charges. She is currently being held in the Seminole County Jail without bond. Two young children are involved in the case. Because of the “...
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Judy Bare (left) and Dale Weinberg (right) presented information to the Ashe County Board of Commissioners about the N.C. 221 project's impact on local farmland.
Commissioners hear U.S. 221 improvement impacts on farmland
During the Ashe County Board of Commissioners meeting held on March 18, Judy Bare and Dale Wineberg, the chairman of the Farmland Preservation Advisory Board, gave a report about the impact of the N.C. 221 widening project on local farmland. At a Feb. 25 public meeting with Jamille Robbins, the public involvement officer at the N.C. DOT, the Ashe County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Board asked if farmland on volunteer agricultural distri...
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LifeStore Financial Group announces earnings
LifeStore Financial Group (LSFG), the holding company for LifeStore Bank and LifeStore Insurance Services, Inc., announced financial results for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2012. Net income was $188,889 or $0.19 per share for the quarter ending on Dec. 31, 2012, and for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2012 net income was $$416,511 compared to $230,667 for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2011. This follows the June 30, 2012 year end results wher...
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