1) Craft Sale at Senior Center Nov. 20
Please join us for our annual craft sale from Tuesday, Nov. 18-Thursday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each day at the Lois E. Harrill Senior Center. Crafts are handmade by local seniors who get 100 percent of their asking price. If you are a crafter age 60 or older and interested in earning extra money then make plans to participate in this year’s sale. Inventory forms and instruction sheets for participating crafters are available at either the Harrill Center or the Western Watauga Center. Please call 828-265-8090 for more information.
2) Appalachian Regional Healthcare System Recognizes Radiologic Technology Employees Nov. 2-8
Providing patients with safe medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments is the prime goal for the nation’s radiologic technologists. To recognize the vital work of its 53 imaging employees, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System is celebrating National Radiologic Technology Week®, Nov. 2-8. According to Shannon Moore, ARHS Imaging Operations Manager, the week is full of special meals, games, prizes and education opportunities to help celebrate the field of Imaging Sciences and the employees who work in it. “In addition to routine imaging screening exams, the ARHS imaging team plays a critical role in providing diagnostic information that helps the provider with a patient’s care,” said Beth Miller, ARHS Director of Imaging, Laboratory and Pathology Services. “Across ARHS, the imaging teams and radiologists are an extremely talented and professional group of clinical caregivers…they are the best.” ARHS’s 53 imaging employees work in the modalities of Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Mammography, CT, MRI, Radiation Oncology and X-Ray. They are represented at Watauga Medical Center, Cannon Memorial Hospital, Outpatient Imaging and Lab Center, Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center, AppUrgent Care Center and Appalachian Regional Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine. For more information, visit www.apprhs.org/services/radiologyimaging. NRTW was created by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists in 1979. The event is celebrated each year during the week of Nov. 8, the day that German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the x-ray in 1895. Medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals work with some of the most innovative equipment in the medical field to help identify pathologies, plan and administer treatment and restore patient health. R.T.s specialize in breast imaging, computed tomography, cardiac-interventional procedures, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, radiation therapy and general diagnostic radiology.
3) App State YALL Hosts Bill Frezza
Do you like communicating over all those electronic gizmos that my colleagues and I built for you? Do you know how much it costs to rent a senator or congressman? Libertarian nonprofit Young Americans for Liberty will host Bill Frezza, an extremely accomplished entrepreneur among several other things to address these questions and more. On Nov. 11, at 5 p.m., in Rough Ridge (room 415 in Plemmons Student Union) Frezza will speak on his illustrious career in technology while exploring the connections between risk, reward, failure, freedom and free stuff. The Huffington Post contributor and former Forbes writer began his distinguished career at MIT, majoring in both electrical engineering and biology. Throughout his career, he has been involved as a scientist, engineer, product manager, salesman, consultant, entrepreneur, author, technology evangelist and a venture capitalist. While researching several areas of technology throughout his life, he has managed to aid development of first generation electronic newspapers, home banking, home shopping, cable modems, multi-user video games, wireless LANs, and wireless email. He is also a frequent guest contributor on CNBC, FOX and CBN News. The event will be free to attend. Refreshments will be served and a social will be hosted as Espresso News following the event. Appalachian’s Young Americans for Liberty is thrilled to invite the public to join us as we bring the multi-faceted Bill Frezza to the High Country.
4) Irish Dance Tunes Performed Nov. 11
Jigs, hornpipes, reels and other Irish dance tunes will be performed Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. at Appalachian State University. The lively compositions will be performed by students in the Irish Ensemble in the Hayes School of Music. The free performance begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall. The ensemble is comprised of some of the students who participated in the school’s summer study abroad to Ireland. Dr. Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham is the director. The program includes “Gipsy Princess/Kesh Gig,” “The Boys of Ballycastle/The Rights of Man,” “The Butterfly,” “The Frost is All Over,” and “Whiskey in the Jar.”