Man of Stihl: HCC student to compete at national collegiate timber sports championship in July

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Tuesday, 24/04/2007

By Michael Beadle

Jay Blackburn never figured he’d be competing against the best axe-chopping, saw-cutting athletes in the country when he enrolled at Haywood Community College two years ago. Now he’s planning to pursue a career as a timber sports athlete.

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Improving the science of development

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Tuesday, 06/03/2007

When Bob Brannon saw a newspaper announcement last spring seeking developers to participate in a pilot mapping project, he already had most of the planning for his development, Mountain Watch, in place.

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