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Friday, November 30, 2007

15th annual Grove Park Inn Gingerbread House Contest

3:49 PM

The 15th annual Grove Park Inn Gingerbread House contest will be held on Monday, December 3rd at the Resort & Spa. The award ceremony, which is free to all, starts at 5 p.m. in the Heritage Ballroom.

The ever-popular contest has three categories of: adult, teen and youth. Over $6,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the top gingerbread house artists, after an expert panel judges theses completely edible treats.

The winning entry and several unique entries will be taken to New York City for its tenth straight appearance on the ABC network's popular morning show, "Good Morning America."

The Inn also is currently displaying all entries, when it began allowing showings on November 20. The houses are scheduled to be on display through January 5th, 2008. For more information, call the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa at (828) 252-2711.

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Asheville expands recycling program

12:10 PM

Asheville's Curbside Management is adding two new materials to its collection program. All empty aerosol and plastic bottles will now be accepted for recycling!

Recycling expansion program

Asheville residents can now recycle both materials by placing them in their green recycling bin and following these rules:

  • For aerosol cans: Make sure the can is empty and remove the plastic top.
  • For plastic bottles: Remove the bottle's cap and throw it away with your non-recyclable garbage. Make sure to rinse the bottle and flatten it, as much possible.

To see whether a plastic container is in fact recyclable, here is what to look for:

  1. A neck on the bottle or an opening smaller than the widest part.
  2. A number of 1 - 7 inside the recycling symbol.

There are still a few plastics that cannot be recycled. The following items will not be collected:

  • Bottle caps or tops.
  • Antifreeze, pesticide, motor oil, or other hazardous / environmental waste material containers.
  • Containers that are not bottles; like yogurt containers, butter tubs, or flower pots.
  • Bottles not marked with a recycling symbol.
  • Prescription bottles.
  • Plastic bags.
  • Plastic wrap.
  • Styrofoam.

If you have questions regarding recycling in Asheville, please call Curbside Management at (828) 252-2532.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Asheville asking residents to conserve water

4:06 PM

With Western North Carolina still in a drought, Asheville City Government is asking residents to conserve water. This voluntary conservation effort is the first step of a three-phase plan that will be implemented if water consumption in the city cannot be curbed. The Phases are as follows:

Water conservation

Phase I - Voluntary Measures –
The City asks its customers to conserve water as much as possible.

Phase II - Mandatory Measures –
All citizens must conserve water. No irrigation systems can be used, no watering lawns, no washing vehicles at home, reduce clothes washing, etc. Commercial customers are asked to conserve as much water as possible while not impacting their revenue and employees' jobs.

Phase III - Surcharges Implemented –
Additional charges per unit of water (each 748 gallons) may be imposed to encourage water conservation. The current rate surcharge is $1.40 per unit of water.

Asheville's primary source of water is the 6 billion gallon North Fork Reservoir in Black Mountain, which is located in a 22,000 acre protected watershed. Asheville also gets water from the Bee Tree and the Mills River water treatment plants. These facilities provide water to all of Asheville.

Asheville uses a computer-based drought management modeling program that helps the city assess how much water is on-hand. The model takes into account current water levels, precipitation, past reservoir levels and recent rainfall to access future drought conditions.

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Asheville Native to Design Good Morning America Set

2:56 PM

Asheville native Cathy Barnhardt, Interior Designer for the Biltmore Estate has been chosen to be lead designer for Good Morning America's (GMA) Christmas set.

Cathy is Biltmore's floral manager and will be on GMA December fifth to show off her holiday design for the show. She will also give tips on Christmas tree decoration. Her decorations will be on-set to be seen by American viewers on December third, but won't be mentioned until that Wednesday when she appears on the show.

Cathy and her team of three floral designers are leaving Asheville for New York City on Thursday to start decorating. This is not her first time decorating the set; she was also chosen to decorate the set 15 years ago. Since then the set has changed considerably, and her team will have to deal with totally new color schemes. The new design will incorporate lots of Garland, and eight different Christmas Trees.

The Asheville team's main message is that you don't need expensive or elaborate objects to make a room beautiful. Simple things can be just as beautiful if not more so.

The Good Morning America show airs live from 7 AM until 9 AM on the ABC television network.

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