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It’s that time of year again when area churches entitled “Where We
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we get to close our offices for a few Worship.” Ever wondered about an
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days and enjoy the holidays with area church or wanted to know a
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family and friends. little more about its history? T_his
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When we open back up Jan. 4, new feature should help answer
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we’ll have several new aspects of some of those questions.
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our paper that we’re excited about. Speaking of history, we’ve en-
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First and foremost will be our new joyed sharing historical photos of
offices in Woodfin. T_he space above the North Buncombe area this year
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the Neighborhood YMCA looks and plan to explore more of this
great, and we are looking forward area’s rich past with more features. Weaverville
to getting in on the early stages of T_here are also several more run-
the growing downtown corridor on ning series we hope to announce in
North Merrimon Avenue. the coming weeks.
We will also have several new ar- It’s a new year, a new decade and
ticle features rolling out early next several new aspects for the Weaver-
year. T_he first is a running series on ville Tribune.
Youth golfer
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As the area digs out of its first ma- trimming of trees and limbs that could
jor snow storm since the 1993 blizzard, have downed the power lines when this
area power companies struggled to get storm hit.
earns high status
the lights and I’m sure some area resi- Let’s be honest. It’s been about 16
dents, as of press time, are still without years since the last storm hit and in our
power. area; the weather in the winter is gen-
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Clint Parker
Perceptions of golf have longed
deemed it a retiree’s sport, high-
lighted by questionable attire and
Could the delay of getting the lights erally mild when it comes to snow. A
friendly wagers.
back on have been lessened? dusting to a few inches is the most we
However, put that flawed affront
Sure, I believe power utilities have usually get and there’s the occasional ice
aside when meeting 10-year-old
been working as hard as possible to get storm that we deal with when condi-
Callista Rice.
residents out of the dark. I am not ques- tions are right.
T_he determined fifth-grader at
tioning their efforts at all. What I am A little more effort into keeping the
North Windy Ridge School plays
questioning is that annual maintenance trees and limbs from power line right-of-
the sport with white-heat intensity
of the power line right-of-ways. ways could head off this level of power
and is quick to identify her favorite
In the way of full disclosure, my outages, but then again I’m a newspaper
aspect of golf.
power went out on Friday night and is editor not a power utility manager regu-
“I like to compete,” she said with
still out as of press time. However, I will lated by the state as to how much I can
steely resolve.
not mention my power company in this charge the customers of my business.
Rice recently received Player of
commentary because that is not the is- To include one more item in the full
the Year status in the U.S. Kids
sue. disclosure statement I started a few
Golf Association 10-year-old girls’
I heard that this time the power prob- paragraphs before, this is just my opin-
division with her qualifying score at
lems may be worse than it was in 1993 ion and it’s worth what you paid for it;
Cherokee Valley Golf Club in Trav-
but have not confirmed that rumor. the price of the subscription or 50 cents
elers Rest, SC. She immediately ad-
What could have helped to cut down on the newsstand.
vances to the World Cup Qualifier
on the severity of the outages is the You did pay, right?
in Pinehurst in August.
She also earned her second
straight first-place win during a
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two-day event in early December
in the National Junior Golf Club
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in the College Prep Series at T_he
Ocean Course in Kiawah Island,
SC.
T_he Town of Weaverville will not pick up trash this week because of the
Larry Carter, the pro at Reems
snow and the holidays. Schedule will resume Tuesday (Dec. 29).
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Creek Golf Club, said he first met she confronts.
Rice three years ago when her Rice’s favorite golfers are An-
grandfather Roger Buckner wanted nika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie.
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to get his granddaughter into golf. However, Carter hopes she follows
Carter said helping her learn the a path akin to the quasi-retired So-
many facets of the game has been a renstam.
rewarding experience. “I like to see [Rice] play college
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“It’s fun to work with kids who golf,” he said. Sorenstam played
have a real interest in the game,” he college golf for two years at the
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Carter said it is important for stepping stone. She would get a
Rice to learn from her tournament good education and play golf at the
play and handle the competition same time.”
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