| Wednesday, January 7, 2009  Friday Morning Coffee - Drought still lingers despite rain, Watauga school again meet high marks and vote for the ASU tailgate by BooneWeb Blogger (posted: 11/14/08) Glancing at some Friday morning headlines as we preview tomorrow.
Mountains to get more rain, but drought lingers. 'Rainfall has returned to typical seasonal patterns in recent months, but WNC needs 8-10 inches of rain by the New Year to make up for the shortfall.'
Most Watauga schools reach distinction marks. 'Final school testing results confirmed that all nine Watauga County schools met expected standards of academic growth under the ABCs of Education end-of-year testing.'
You take 2 million tons and what do you get? State sets new recycling goal for Watauga County, and it's double the current recycling rate. (Good luck with that)
Gas prices drop again. Boone area prices dropped from $2.38 Tuesday to $2.15 Thursday.
New law aims to keep foreclosures down. 'North Carolina’s foreclosure figures are lower than at this time last year, and the state is hoping to keep the numbers down with a new law to give homeowners more time to renegotiate lower rates.' (The similarities between now and the Great Depression are eerie)
Highway Patrol tightening wrecker rules. 'Motorists complained that tow truck operators, called to the scene by troopers, were tacking on a host of added charges, such as a fee for sweeping up taillight glass, as well as treating car owners disrespectfully and, in some cases, stealing items out of cars.'
Aid to Fannie, Freddie may top expectations. We just want to know who's gonna bail the federal government out when it goes broke.
Number crunching - One perfect streak will fall. '0 - Road losses this season for Elon, sole perfect away record in the SoCon. 0 - Home losses this season for App State, one of three SoCon teams perfect at home. 1 - Number of home losses in App State’s last 40 home games (So .. which streak you got ending?)'
49ers diggin’ in for some football. 'There’s a whole new town in the ballgame. At least, there soon will be.'
App State-LSU: The rematch. One tailgate shall rule them all.
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