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Long Branch RED RASPBERRIES are RIPE - Organic Heritage Varieties!! Description: Sweet, juicy and luscious! The Organic Heritage Variety Red Raspberries at Long Branch are now RIPE! High in anti-oxidants for healthy eating! Bring the whole family out for some big fun picking and red-faced grinning! Please share the invitation with all your extended family and friends too! Suggested donations go to support our environmental education activities and appropriate technology demonstrations. Picnic tables available, solar demonstrations, waterfalls, hiking trails up to Big Sandy Mush Bald, 5,152 feet elevation! We’re open by appointment, usually Monday through Sunday, 8am until dark. Please call 828/683-3662 or email for directions. Thanks berry much for supporting your local organic food growers and watershed protectors! We look forward to seeing your smiling faces coming up the mountain! For conservation and sustainability, Paul -- Paul Gallimore, Director Long Branch Environmental Education Center POB 369 Big Sandy Mush Creek Leicester, NC 28748 Tel. 828/683-3662 Fax: 828/683-9211 E-mail: paul@LongBranchEEC.org Web Site: www.LongBranchEEC.org www.paul.sustainablewnc.org “To restore the land one must live and work in a place. To work in a place is to work with others. People who work together in a place become a community, and a community, in time, grows a culture. To work on behalf of the wild is to restore culture.” -- Gary Snyder 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm [5:30pm-7:30pm] Basic Home Maintenance Course-Class 3 of 5 Description: July 13th, 2010 @ 5:30 PM - July 27th, 2010 Asheville, NC As extra money continues to disappear from our pockets, our homes still need to be kept in good condition. Neglecting the minor repairs will only lead to more expense and lessen our homes’ value in the future. Have you wanted to make those basic home repairs but didn’t know where to start? The Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Center is offering a five-series Basic Home Maintenance Course beginning Tuesday, July 13 from 5:30 – 7:30pm. The remaining dates for the course are: July 15th, July 20th, July 22nd, and July 27th. Some of the topics to be covered are: saving on your heating and cooling bills, basic plumbing repairs, interior and exterior maintenance, landscaping and lawn care, indoor air quality, common household pests, etc. The course will be held at the Buncombe County Extension Center, 94 Coxe Avenue. The fee of $ 20.00 includes all materials. Space is limited so pre-registration is necessary. To register, call the Buncombe County Center at 255-5522. Event Location 94 Coxe Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 Contact Debbie Sparks at (828) 255-5522 Event Sponsor NC Cooperative Extension [6:00pm-9:00pm] Financial Tools w/Mountain BizWorks Description: Financial Tools Date: July 20, 2010 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Mountain BizWorks (Hendersonville) Cost: $85.00 members, $140.00 alumni, $170.00 public Deadline for Registration: July 19th Instructor: Amy Jo Riddick Contact: adriana@mountainbizworks.org Building on your Foundations - Financial Tools is a five session course which starts with the basics of bookkeeping and then launches into QuickBooks for more advanced financial management. Session 1 starts with bookkeeping basics Session 2 you set up your own company Session 3 deals with customer issues (invoicing and receivables) Session 4 deals with vendors issues (payables) Session 5 teaches you how to generate financial statements and touches on payroll and inventory. Visit www.mountainbizworks.org for more information. [6:30pm] WNC Chefs Challenge Weekly Battle Description: WNC Chefs Challenge Join us for a battle between 14 of the area's top chefs! The weekly heats for the WNC Chefs Challenge take place every Tuesday, starting May 18. Fourteen chefs will pair off in head-to-head competitions at The Flying Frog Café. Each chef will have access to the same pantry, but will be given a secret ingredient the day of the event that must be featured in their culinary creations. You decide the winner using the same guidelines as a professional food critic! Attendees will enjoy three fantastic creations from each chef, though they won't know which chef has created each dish. Then the audience will score the dishes to determine who advances to the final competition. Tickets to these culinary events are only $39 per guest (not including drinks, tax, and gratuity). When only two chefs remain, they will battle it out on Saturday, August 14, in an Iron Chef-style competition during the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting held at the Expo Center on the WNC Agricultural Grounds Campus near the Asheville Regional Airport. THE DATES Round One May 18 Deerfield – Asheville VS. Red Stag Grill, Grand Bohemian Hotel - Asheville May 25 Corner Kitchen – Asheville VS. Sunset Terrace, Grove Park Inn – Asheville June 1 Pomodoros Greek and Italian Café – Asheville VS. The Admiral – Asheville June 8 Early Girl Eatery – Asheville VS. A Moveable Feast Catering – Asheville June 15 Nico’s Café – Waynesville VS. Chelseas and the Village Tea Room – Asheville June 22 Cucina 24 – Asheville VS. Tupelo Honey Café – Asheville Round Two – Quarterfinals June 29 Dining Room, Inn on Biltmore Estate – Asheville VS. Winner of May 18 July 6 Winner of May 25 VS. Winner of June 1 July 13 Winner of June 8 VS. Winner of June 15 July 20 Curras Nuevo Cuisine – Woodfin VS. Winner of June 22 Round Three – Semifinals July 27 Winner of June 29 VS. Winner of July 6 August 3 Winner of July 13 VS. Winner of July 20 Final Competition August 14 Winner of July 27 VS. Winner of August 3 The final competition will be held during the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting at the Expo Center on the WNC Agricultural Grounds Campus near the Asheville Regional Airport. Seating will be limited. Visit www.wncmagazine.com/wineandfood/challenge for more information and to make your reservations. 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

Description:

Sweet, juicy and luscious! The Organic Heritage Variety Red Raspberries at Long Branch are now RIPE! High in anti-oxidants for healthy eating! Bring the whole family out for some big fun picking and red-faced grinning! Please share the invitation with all your extended family and friends too! Suggested donations go to support our environmental education activities and appropriate technology demonstrations. Picnic tables available, solar demonstrations, waterfalls, hiking trails up to Big Sandy Mush Bald, 5,152 feet elevation! We’re open by appointment, usually Monday through Sunday, 8am until dark. Please call 828/683-3662 or email for directions. Thanks berry much for supporting your local organic food growers and watershed protectors! We look forward to seeing your smiling faces coming up the mountain! For conservation and sustainability, Paul -- Paul Gallimore, Director Long Branch Environmental Education Center POB 369 Big Sandy Mush Creek Leicester, NC 28748 Tel. 828/683-3662 Fax: 828/683-9211 E-mail: paul@LongBranchEEC.org Web Site: www.LongBranchEEC.org www.paul.sustainablewnc.org “To restore the land one must live and work in a place. To work in a place is to work with others. People who work together in a place become a community, and a community, in time, grows a culture. To work on behalf of the wild is to restore culture.” -- Gary Snyder

Description:

July 13th, 2010 @ 5:30 PM - July 27th, 2010
Asheville, NC

As extra money continues to disappear from our pockets, our homes still need to be kept in good condition. Neglecting the minor repairs will only lead to more expense and lessen our homes’ value in the future.

Have you wanted to make those basic home repairs but didn’t know where to start? The Buncombe County Cooperative Extension Center is offering a five-series Basic Home Maintenance Course beginning Tuesday, July 13 from 5:30 – 7:30pm.

The remaining dates for the course are: July 15th, July 20th, July 22nd, and July 27th.

Some of the topics to be covered are: saving on your heating and cooling bills, basic plumbing repairs, interior and exterior maintenance, landscaping and lawn care, indoor air quality, common household pests, etc.

The course will be held at the Buncombe County Extension Center, 94 Coxe Avenue. The fee of $ 20.00 includes all materials. Space is limited so pre-registration is necessary. To register, call the Buncombe County Center at 255-5522.

Event Location
94 Coxe Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801

Contact
Debbie Sparks at (828) 255-5522

Event Sponsor
NC Cooperative Extension

Description:

Financial Tools

Date: July 20, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Mountain BizWorks (Hendersonville)
Cost: $85.00 members, $140.00 alumni, $170.00 public
Deadline for Registration: July 19th
Instructor: Amy Jo Riddick
Contact: adriana@mountainbizworks.org

Building on your Foundations - Financial Tools is a five session course which starts with the basics of bookkeeping and then launches into QuickBooks for more advanced financial management.

Session 1 starts with bookkeeping basics
Session 2 you set up your own company
Session 3 deals with customer issues (invoicing and receivables)
Session 4 deals with vendors issues (payables)
Session 5 teaches you how to generate financial statements and touches on payroll and inventory.

Visit www.mountainbizworks.org for more information.

Description:

WNC Chefs Challenge

Join us for a battle between 14 of the area's top chefs!

The weekly heats for the WNC Chefs Challenge take place every Tuesday, starting May 18. Fourteen chefs will pair off in head-to-head competitions at The Flying Frog Café. Each chef will have access to the same pantry, but will be given a secret ingredient the day of the event that must be featured in their culinary creations.

You decide the winner using the same guidelines as a professional food critic! Attendees will enjoy three fantastic creations from each chef, though they won't know which chef has created each dish.

Then the audience will score the dishes to determine who advances to the final competition. Tickets to these culinary events are only $39 per guest (not including drinks, tax, and gratuity).

When only two chefs remain, they will battle it out on Saturday, August 14, in an Iron Chef-style competition during the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting held at the Expo Center on the WNC Agricultural Grounds Campus near the Asheville Regional Airport.

THE DATES
Round One

May 18
Deerfield – Asheville VS. Red Stag Grill, Grand Bohemian Hotel - Asheville

May 25
Corner Kitchen – Asheville VS. Sunset Terrace, Grove Park Inn – Asheville

June 1
Pomodoros Greek and Italian Café – Asheville VS. The Admiral – Asheville

June 8
Early Girl Eatery – Asheville VS. A Moveable Feast Catering – Asheville

June 15
Nico’s Café – Waynesville VS. Chelseas and the Village Tea Room – Asheville

June 22
Cucina 24 – Asheville VS. Tupelo Honey Café – Asheville


Round Two – Quarterfinals

June 29
Dining Room, Inn on Biltmore Estate – Asheville VS. Winner of May 18

July 6
Winner of May 25 VS. Winner of June 1

July 13
Winner of June 8 VS. Winner of June 15

July 20
Curras Nuevo Cuisine – Woodfin VS. Winner of June 22


Round Three – Semifinals

July 27
Winner of June 29 VS. Winner of July 6

August 3
Winner of July 13 VS. Winner of July 20

Final Competition

August 14
Winner of July 27 VS. Winner of August 3

The final competition will be held during the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting at the Expo Center on the WNC Agricultural Grounds Campus near the Asheville Regional Airport. Seating will be limited.

Visit www.wncmagazine.com/wineandfood/challenge for more information and to make your reservations.