Ovarian Cancer - Don't Ignore the Symptoms!

Did you know that 21,000 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year?

A New Day for Animals in Buncombe County!

The new shelter and adoption facility are now open.

1 - 2 - 3 Be Prepared!

None of us expects to have an emergency, but we know that they do sometimes happen. In WNC it’s not uncommon to lose power because of a storm or heavy snow. Flooding isn’t unusual either. Even gasoline can be in short supply.

Voter Registration Deadline - October 8

All voters who wish to vote in their precincts on Election Day have until 5 p.m. Friday, October 8 to register to vote.

Food: Keep It or Toss It?

How many times have you stood at the refrigerator asking yourself this question? Now, an easy-to-use website has answers for you.

Enter the Scarecrow Contest! Register by 9 a.m. Oct. 2

Use your creativity to make an original scarecrow creation to enter in the Scarecrow Festival contest – you could win a prize!

How Anonymous Are You?

You may think that you are anonymous as you browse web sites, but pieces of information about you are always left behind. Learn how to protect yourself.

Ordinance Amendments to be Considered

The Planning Board has made several ordinance amendment recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. The public hearing will be held on October 5.

Invasive Plant Attack - We Need Your Help!

Volunteers concerned about exotic invasive plants like Oriental bittersweet in the landscape are invited to work with Asheville GreenWorks and the National Park Service on a weed pull work day.

Pet Pictures of the Week - Find Your Purr-fect Pet!

Some of these animals have gone years without a home of their own. Could you be the one to get them out of the shelter?

Recipe of the Week - Ranch Tuna Cobb Salad

Congratulations to Maria Smith for her Ranch Tuna Cobb Salad recipe!

In an emergency, do you know the best escape routes to get out of your house?

Find at least two ways out of each room. Now write them down - you have the beginning of a plan. To make a complete emergency plan, click on this link:

Emergency Plan - 1.26 Mb (PDF)

Bracelets! Bookmarks! Wallets! Masks! Come try your hand at leatherworking and see what you can create. Join us at East Asheville Library on Saturday, September 25 from 3 - 4:30 p.m.!

Free. Open to ages 11 to 18. For more information, contact the library at 250-4738 or eastasheville.library@buncombecounty.org.

The first day of Fall is September 22. On the equinox, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. This is true for both the fall and spring equinoxes. So on two days of the year you can find the exact cardinal directions of East and West by using the sun. The ancients did this when they set up their calendars at Stonehenge and the Mayan pyramid, among others. Learn more...

Many perennial weeds are most effectively controlled bty glyphosate (roundup and others) in late summer or early fall. When deciduous plants are getting ready to go dormant, they are translocating sugars from the leaves down to the root system, so you get good movement of the herbicide to the root system.

Unfortunately, when plants are drought stressed they do not absorb herbicides well through the leaves. However, cut stump treatments should be effective. So if you have invasive plants such as Oriental bittersweet, kudzu, honeysuckle, multiflora rose, privet, Paulownia, etc. the best treatment would be to cut the stem close to the ground and immediately treat it (within minutes) with concentrated glyphosate.

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