Rocket News Today

Thursday August 19, 2010

A not-so secret admirer.
Musicians Jamie Wilken and Josinaldo Costa entranced a young listener during last Friday’s Sunset Stroll with an intoxicating mix of jazz and classical music performed on flute and guitar in front of Art & Artifacts. The monthly art,
music and food gathering attracted hundreds of folks to downtown Blowing Rock.
Photo by Jeff Eason

Table at Crestwood wins
2nd place in Best Dish in
NC contest for crab salad

By Scott Nicholson
The Table at Crestwood of Boone took second place in the Best Dish in NC contest. The winning dish was field greens with almond encrusted goat cheese, tomato bisque with crab and basil salad, Hickory Nut Gap Farms rib-eye with summer squash fries, cheese cake with wild berry compote.
The Best Dish in NC competition is an annual statewide contest that recognizes and rewards the efforts of restaurants and chefs who use North Carolina products regularly in their menus. It also raises awareness about local foods, restaurants
and chefs. For more information, visit www.bestdishnc.com.

Officer Sarah Fetterolf
becomes the newest
member of the BRPD

A new police officer has joined the ranks of the Blowing Rock Police Department this week.
Police Chief Eric Brown announced this week that recent police training graduate Sarah Fetterolf has become the newest member of the Blowing Rock Police Department. Officer Fetterolf will work as a patrol officer, serving the Village both
on foot and in the squad vehicles.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Fetterolf has lived in the Blowing Rock area since 2000. She recently graduated from Caldwell Community College with a Basic Law Enforcement Training degree.
A fulltime member of the Blowing Rock Police Department, Officer Fetterolf will start on the squad’s night shift.

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