What's Happening In Buncombe

The Buncombe County Health Center is now making flu shots available in the Immunization Clinic of the Health Center.

Got leaves? They are beautiful to look at, but not so fun to dispose of...

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4! Precincts will be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Also known as “whooping cough”, pertussis is a serious, highly contagious disease caused by bacteria.

Enjoy the crisp fall weather while you are outside for these November chores.

Shop till you drop! Discover crafts, holiday decorations and unique gifts for everyone on your Christmas list.

Please consider giving a home to one of these wonderful pets! The shelter is okay, but I would love to have a home of my own!

Congratulations to Julie Johnson for her Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake recipe!

As if the taste of your grandmother's spaghetti sauce recipe weren't enough incentive. Studies show that the yummy red stuff is a major cancer deterrent, too.

Your risk of developing certain cancers (like prostate, GI, skin, or breast cancer) decreases significantly when you eat 10 or more tablespoons of tomato sauce per week. S'getti, anyone?

Lovely Lycopene
Many scientists believe that the active ingredient responsible for the cancer protection is lycopene, a carotenoid known for its antioxidant properties. All tomato products contain lots of lycopene, but it's more available to your body when it's cooked.

Soup It Up
While you're at it, add some cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, to your sauce. They contain chemicals that prevent cancer, too -- so you get double protection.

Source: RealAge.com

The next time you throw a Cigarette butt on the ground consider these facts -- Cigarette filters do NOT biodegrade. And one cigarette filter in two gallons of water leaches enough toxic chemicals to present a bio-hazard to aquatic life. Not to mention, that birds and fish mistake filters for food, eat them, and choke to death.

Please don't litter.

November 11 -- 10am
NC Arboretum

Join us for this program presented by Extension Master Gardener volunteers. No pre-registration. Tuesday is free admission to the Arboretum.

For more information, call Buncombe County Cooperative Extension at 255-5522.

Saturday, November 8 from 11am-1pm
Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood Street

Doug Swaim, the editor of the popular local history, Cabins & Castles: The History and Architecture of Buncombe County, North Carolina will be at Pack Memorial Library in downtown Asheville on Saturday, November 8. There will be a brief program beginning at 11am, followed by a book signing with light refreshments. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event with the proceeds benefiting The Preservation Society.

Cabins & Castles was first published in 1981 as a joint effort of the Historic Resources Commission and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. The book became enormously popular with natives, tourists, historians and preservationists as a primary source of knowledge about this richly historic mountain community. Photographs by Mary Jo Brezny accompany many of the specific architectural entries and complement Doug Swaim’s informative and well-documented notes for each listed property. Rapid development in Buncombe County makes this record both timely and valuable. Cabins & Castles is still sought after—and with this reprinting, a local classic is revived.

For more information about this free program, contact Pack Memorial Library at 250-4740. This program is sponsored by the North Carolina Collection at Pack Library and The Preservation Society.

Get your male cat neutered and a rabies vaccination for only $20 on November 14th at the Humane Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic. What a DEAL!

Call for an appointment and directions -- 252-2079.

The West Asheville Library will be closed on Tuesday, November 4th.

The library meeting room is a polling place and voting will take place there per the Board of Elections schedule. Wednesday, November 5th the library will re-open on its regular schedule.