Commissioners to Meet with Towns

Buncombe County Commissioners will visit all six local municipalities beginning in August.

On August 7-9 you can shop tax free on certain items.

Rabies is a preventable disease that is caused by a virus. The disease is usually found among wild animals; however it can be passed to pets and humans.

In August we start planning for our children's return to school. That can be a happy thought until you have to start making back-to-school purchases.

Did you know that we each get about 40 pounds of direct mail each year? Direct mail is the unsolicited advertising, marketing or publicity material sent to you.

Here are recommended garden chores for August.

Buncombe County Special Olympics is seeking athletes to compete in Bocce Ball and Soccer.

Can you give a dog a home? A cat? How about a kitten? These animals need your help.

Congratulations to Theresa Benson for her Cola Burgers recipe!

The top five Counties with the highest foreclosure rates as of May are:

1. Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas) with 1 in every 54 homes in foreclosure -- this is also one of the fastest growing Counties in the US.
   
   
2. Lyon County, Nevada with 1 in every 60 homes in foreclosure.
   
   
3. Yuba County, California (near Sacramento) with 1 in 63 homes in foreclosure.
   
   
4. Osceola County, Florida (near Orlando) with 1 in 68 homes in foreclosure.
   
   
5. San Joaquin County, California (Stockton) with 1 in 70 homes in foreclosure.

Local ballad singer, historian and author Betty Smith will present a program at the Weaverville Library on Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 p.m. on the life and times of famous Madison County resident Jane Hicks Gentry.

The program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Weaverville Library and the Dry Ridge Museum as part of the North Carolina Humanities Lecture series.

For more information, please call the Library at 250-6482 or email weaverville.library@buncombecounty.org.

The Friends of Pack Memorial Library will be having a used book box sale on Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Boxes of used books will be sold for $3 a box on Friday and $2 a box on Saturday.

Boxes will be provided and shoppers will fill the boxes with their own selections. All proceeds will benefit the library.

For more information call 250-4700 or email library@buncombecounty.org.