2000 Volvo V70XC AWD wagon. Excellent snow car. Looks great. 149,000 miles but good mechanical condition. Leather, tow package, third row seating, roof rack, moon roof, fully loaded.  Many new items in last year: radiators, alternator, tune-up, battery. New engine installed at about 52,000 miles by Volvo.  Asking KBB trade-in value at $4500 or best offer.  E-mail ostwaltce@appstate.edu or call 262-5180.

.98 acre corner lot located very close to town, just minutes to hospital, shopping and campus, but located outside of town and ETJ limits.  Perk test administered in 2009 for three-bedroom house, entrance complete with culvert. Small stream flows through right corner of lot, wooded with nice privacy foliage.  Lot located at the corner of Wilson Ridge Road and Hickory Lane (near Bamboo Road intersection). $60,000. If interested, contact Greg Ragan at 828-773-6122 or ragangg@appstate.edu.

Tara Strickland, a staff member in the Registrar’s Office, has been approved to participate in the Voluntary Shared Leave Program.  To donate vacation time (minimum 4 hours) send a letter or e-mail to Kathy Hamby, Human Resource Services (hambyka@appstate.edu). Remember to include your Banner identification number. The deadline to donate leave is Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Energy and space efficient, clean air and low allergens, passive solar house with 3,000 square feet, including 1.5 car garage, four bedrooms, three baths, plus office (or away room) and mudroom. Sits on 1.9 acres in Kalmia Acres, great landscaping.  $459K. Call Eric or Kim at 828-263-9251 or e-mail marlandes@appstate.edu for more details and a tour (come with an agent or just give us a call).  Listed with pictures at http://www.highcountryflatfee.com. MLS Number: 82920.

Two oak end tables and one oak sofa table. Queen Anne style legs. Medium oak finish. Mint condition. Price:  $250 (negotiable).  Phone 262-9716 or e-mail roarkkb@appstate.edu for additional information.

Huge (950 square feet) one-bedroom apartment with study in quiet, country setting. $650 per month plus $325 deposit.  Washer and dryer. Water included. Absolutely no pets and no smoking. Two miles from town and campus. Call Lynn at 828-964-8032 and leave a number for more information or if you would like to see the apartment. Available immediately. Short term lease possible.

Used red Performance Series Baby Jogger for sale.  Very good condition. $150.  Photos available upon request.  Contact nealdj@appstate.edu.

Magic Chef dorm-size refrigerator. Like new, very minor ding in door. Will deliver. $50 Call 828-963-8199.

Charming house for sale by owner. Quiet location in Valle Crucis, just over a mile from the Mast Store. Convenient to Boone and Banner Elk. Two bedrooms, one bath, garage, large wooden deck.  Hardwood floors, woodstove, 1.2 acres. $190,000. Contact Julia Rowland at  rowlandja@appstate.edu or 828-773-6585.

2006 Scion TC, five speed, 40,000 miles, great gas mileage (30-32 MPG).  A deal at only $11,500 (under blue book value).  Dark blue color, two sunroofs.  Power everything.  Call Mary at 963-8286.

Jon Winek (HPC) has published a graduate text with Sage Publications titled “Systemic Family Therapy: From Theory to Practice.”

Used 10-gallon aquarium in good condition. Includes hood, light, filter upgrade, heater, gravel, decorations, goldfish food and various aquarium care products – just add water and fish…perfect dorm pets. Value is more than $ 100, will sell for $35.  Available for inspection at Room 3103 Turchin Center (Education Wing) Office of Arts and Cultural Programs. Contact Sali at gilljohnsons@appstate.edu or 262-6084 ext. 101 for more information.

O Happy Dog obedience training and problem solving.  Animal Behavior College certified trainer Kriss Heiks uses positive methods to teach basic obedience cues and to resolve behavioral problems.  Fifty percent discount for all non-tenure track faculty.  Free consultations offered.  Call 828-264-9230 or e-mail kheiks@yahoo.com.

Bedroom set, antiqued cream painted dresser, nightstand, headboard and large oval mirror. $100. Call K. Clark at 478-951-6943 or e-mail cc36059@yahoo.com. Photos available.

Safety Week is Sept. 8-11 on campus. With the theme “ASU: A Safe University,” activities will focus on measures individuals can take to help ensure their personal safety on campus and in the community.

Activities include “Shots Fired” training, which portrays actions to take if an armed person is reported on campus; RAD (Rape Aggressive Defense) Training, a safety course for women that includes basic self-defense instruction and includes information about prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance; and an opportunity to tour the N.C. Highway Patrol’s Breath Alcohol Testing Mobile Unit, known as the BAT Mobile.

Also planned is suicide prevention training and the presentation “Sex and a Six Pack,” a play about the consequences of alcohol abuse and date rape.

Tables in Plemmons Student Union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the week will have information about Appalachian’s campus emergency alert system called AppState Alert, H1N1 flu prevention, alcohol use and abuse, the dangers of sleep deprivation, and other topics related to personal safety.

A complete schedule of activities is online at www.today.appstate.edu/safetyweek.

Appalachian will conduct its monthly test of the campus siren warning system Friday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. The test has been moved from the first Wednesday of the month to coincide with Safety Week Sept. 8-11 at the university. For more information, visit http://www.news.appstate.edu/2009/08/27/appalachian-to-test-siren-warning-system-sept-11/.

Joby Bell will present an organ recital Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert. Admission is free. Bell is university organist and  an assistant professor in Appalachian’s Hayes School of Music. The program includes “Toccata-Sortie” by Théodore Dubois, two  movements from “Symphony No. 6” by Charles-Marie Widor, “Sketches for Pedal-Piano, Op. 58” by Robert Schumann, “Gospel Prelude” by William Bolcom and “Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 532” by Bach.

Tenor Jeremy Hunt will perform Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. in Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Hunt will be accompanied by pianist Bair Shagdaron.

Hunt is an assistant professor of voice at the University of Central Florida. In addition to works by Schumann, Grieg and Sibelius, Hunt will sing Mussorgsky’s “Where are you, my little star?,” Richard Hundley’s “Waterbird” and Marc Blitzstein’s “I wish it so,” among other vocal selections.

New state legislation will ensure that more items are kept out of the landfill and recycled instead. Beginning Oct. 1, motor oil filters, wooden pallets and plastic bottles are outlawed from entering any North Carolina landfill.

Appalachian has recycling programs for these materials in place. Resource Conservation Manager Jennifer Maxwell hopes the new ban will help her area capture even more of these materials for recycling and keep them out of the waste stream.

Beginning in January 2011, computer equipment and televisions will be added to the list. Appalachian currently has a program in place for all previously banned materials, including the upcoming ban on computer equipment and televisions.

Learn more about the new legislation at http://www.busaf.appstate.edu/pp/Landfill_Ban_Oct2009.pdf . Information about the university’s recycling program is available at http://www.busaf.appstate.edu/pp/recycles.html.

For more information, call Maxwell at 262-3190 ext. 108.

The  Appalachian State University Scholarship Golf Classic benefiting Appalachian’s Walker College of Business will be held Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons. The event is sponsored by 4 Brothers Food Stores and Beroth Oil Company Inc. For more information, visit http://www.news.appstate.edu/2009/08/24/golf-classic/.