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This section shares information, tips, stories or ideas about parenting, family life, children, outings and trips, finances, self-care, customs, stories about cultural heritage and tradition, our furry pet companions (even hairless ones), and any other aspects of our domestic experience in Asheville and Western North Carolina.
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Sheville Staff
Why is it so expensive to live in Asheville? Because Cindy Weeks hasn’t built enough buildings yet -
an article by Jess McCuan in Verve Magazine more...
Sheville Staff
Eight years ago on March 14, 2002, the five-member Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to weaken its regulatory authority over broadband Internet access via a cable modem. more...
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Mission:
Create awareness of the issue of bullying and youth harassment
Provide resources for these professionals to address the issues within their constituent groups
Provide training/education regarding best practice methods for reducing and eliminating bullying behavior and promoting advocates and allies
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Deliver a Burst of Color and Flavor to Summertime Parties with Fresh Fruit Arrangements Featuring Exotic Fruits and Seasonal Flair. Edible Arrangements® fresh fruit bouquets add a burst of color and flavor to summertime events with colorful arrangements brimming with exotic fruits and seasonal themes.
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North Carolina’s State Dog the Plott Hound has been running across the rugged mountain ranges of Western North Carolina and through the dense swampland on the east coast for over 250years.
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Center for Diversity Education - SAFE SCHOOLS FOR ALL
WNC Supporters of the School Violence Prevention Act Anti-bullying film screenings, workshops set in Asheville. more...
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Rain is guided by her connection with Spirit in all of her work. As an animal communicator, she is dedicated to helping people deepen their connection and understanding of their animal companions by fostering appreciation and mutual respect among all species.
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Our craftsmen have over 10 years experience and ANDY OnCall® provides a one year WRITTEN WARRANTY on craftsman workmanship. Always available to you, ANDY OnCall® is committed to fair and honest interaction with our customers. Priced By The Job Not By the Hour! more...
Maureen MacNamara
Indigo’s last breath left her body with a gentle sigh. Her giant head sagged heavily into my hands more...
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In The Schools
Nancy Riestenberg -
Safe and Drug Free Schools
I recently conducted a site visit with a school that has a truancy prevention program. more...
Maureen MacNamara
A staff member of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) called to tell me that Ruby had been awarded the 2000 Trooper Award for Animal Heroism. more...
Sheville Staff
The Progressive Voice of the Mountains
A broadcast service of the Mountain Area Information Network more...
Sheville Staff
MAIN’s relationship with our mountain region is “biological, not industrial,” more...
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MANNA FoodBank a private, not-for-profit service organization, links the food industry with 331 partner
agencies. MANNA assists partner agencies with acquiring food to serve those facing hunger. Please donate Please click here to contribute. more...
Lytingale
I'm really a Type-A personality; you know, the kind that wants everything done yesterday, in the absolutely most efficient way. I've read the books; I know it's bad for my health. My husband and co-workers aren't too crazy about living with it either... more...
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Animal Compassion Network, Asheville, NC — Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. For an animal in need, these heroes often come dressed as Animal Compassion Network foster parents. ACN places unwanted dogs and cats in loving foster homes while they await adoption. Often times these animals come into the homes neglected and lonely and leave as perky, beautiful animal companions. more...
 More Women doing Home Repairs
Sheville Staff
The Wall Street Journal reports that home repair activity by women is up substantially in this country. It appears to be driven in part by the greater number of single women buying houses. For more information, please see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120001596712982785.html?mod=taste_primary_hs
 The WNC Adoption Network
Sheville Staff
The WNC Adoption Network provides awareness, education and support to adopted persons, adoptive families and birth families through educational workshops, monthly get togethers and online resources. Contact: Mari Cochran at 828.989.4511 Email: mari@wncadoptionnetwork.org http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/NEWS01/71222124/1009
New Girl Order
Sheville Staff
Heard about the New Girl Order? It's a worldwide phenomenon. Even in a number
of quite sexist societies, women are discovering that marriage may not be the
best career choice! From New York to Poland to India to Japan to Korea, women
are staying single into their thirties as they pursue career goals - and also
as they reject many of the traditional ideas about marriage and female subservience.
This SYF (Single Young Female) trend has hit many cultures completely by surprise.
And it's not so easy for societies to try to reject it out of hand: the trend
has spawned considerable economic buying power. For more info, see http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_new_girl_order.html
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About Animal Compassion Network
ACN is the largest no-kill, non-profit animal welfare organization in Western North Carolina. It achieves its dual mission of eliminating companion animal overpopulation and finding homes for unwanted animals as a volunteer-driven foster network that is an alternative to traditional sheltering. more...
 Children First of Buncombe County
Sheville Staff
Our Mission: The mission of Children First is to improve the lives of children, youth and their families through community collaboration, advocacy and programs.
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 Quotable - Alice Walker
Alice Walker
"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers' names."
M. Linda Rowe
The handcraft tradition in North Carolina is a long one and includes items as diverse as dulcimers and pottery, knives and quilts. Handmade never meant that tools were not used, but that the tools ran on human power, not motor power. In the 20th century, electricity reached even the most remote mountain coves and hollows, and along with it came machinery that made crafting work easier. more...
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Indigo
"Oh, Ruby don't take your love to town..."
Wendell Berry and MAIN’s alternative media vision by Wally Bowen
MANNA needs donations!
Animal Compassion Network - WNC's largest no-kill, non-profit animal welfare organization