Four-bedroom, 3.5 bath house for sale. Located near downtown Boone  at 170 Edgewood Drive. In walking distance to Earthfare, campus, and the shops and restaurants of King Street. Clean and updated for just $368,000.  Best deal in Boone.  Private and warm with additional bonus room, two-car garage and hot tub. Call 828-268-2977.

Yard Sale this Saturday, Oct. 31, 147 Rivendell Court Boone from 8 a.m. until 1p.m. Take a right on Fieldstream Drive passed Hardin Park School, then take second left onto Rivendell Court. Rain or shine.

Modern and rustic dining room table for sale, In good condition.  Four-person round dining room table. Table has a wood top with wrought iron legs. Four wrought iron chairs with natural color/tweed seat cushions attached. $100. Call 262-7365 or 263-0616 or e-mail tillerycy@appstate.edu. Pictures available upon request.

Cuban-born poet Isel Rivero will read from her work Oct. 29 at Appalachian. The reading begins at 7 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons. The public is welcome.

In addition to the reading, Rivero will visit a class on U.S. Hispanic writers Oct. 29 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. in room 507 Sanford Hall, and meet with faculty and students Oct. 30 from 2-3:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Watauga Room.

Rivero’s presentations are sponsored by Appalachian’s Global Studies Program, University College and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Furnished studio apartment with private bath, kitchenette and separate entrance for rent. Prefer to rent to mature female. Located in Deep Gap. Has reasonable winter access. Rent is $500 a month and includes all utilities. Three- or­ six-month lease. May exchange some rent for occasional dog sitting. References required. Available Dec 1.  See http://simplicitysprings.com or call 828-265-1053 if interested.

1996 Subaru Outback Imprezza, five speed. 141,000 miles. Runs great.  $3,000. 1997 Outback Legacy with 93,000 miles. Automatic, runs great,  $4,200.  2006 Saturn Vue.  FWD.  Redline Package.  Black, automatic.  8,000 miles.  $5.100. Call Rusty at 828-387-6393.

The Global Studies Program invites the campus community to the second panel in a special lecture series titled “20 Years after the Wall: 1989-2009,” commemorating the events of autumn 1989 and the opening of the Berlin Wall. The discussion will be held Monday, Oct. 26, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Price Lake Room.

Speakers are:

Dr. James Barnes (Government and Justice Studies): “European Democracy Today”

Dr. Laurie Semmes (Hayes School of Music): “The Ukrainian/Bandura: A Metaphor of Freedom in Individual Expression and Collective Unity”

Dr. Nancy Love (Interdisciplinary Studies Program): “Skrewdriver and the Skinhead Scene: Where Anti-Communism Meets Neo-Fascism Before and After the Wall”

Global Studies is a unit within Appalachian’s University College. University College consists of the university’s integrated general education curriculum, academic support services, residential learning communities, interdisciplinary degree programs and co-curricular programming – all designed to support the work of students both inside and outside of the classroom.

I need a female ASU student to fill my spot in a four-bedroom apartment on Straight Street (Steeplechase) for the remainder of the lease which lasts until August 2010. Rent is $480 per month, all inclusive, through the Winkler Organization. Has Internet which costs each renter $15 per month. Contact Mackenzie at smithmn@appstate.edu if you are interested.

Frank Borkowski (former chancellor, retired faculty) has been awarded the Zygmunt Gloger Prize and Medal from the Stopka Literary Society in Poland. The award is in recognition of Borkowski’s contributions to popularizing the Polish music tradition in the United States. Gloger was a Polish historian, archeologist, geographer and ethnographer. Borkowski was nominated for the award by Longin Pastusiak, former marshal of the senate of the Republic of Poland and a past visiting professor in Appalachian’s Department of Government and Justice Studies.

Faculty-member owned two-bedroom and two-bath condo in Blowing Rock. Located within walking distance to downtown Blowing Rock. Move-in ready with beautiful hardwood floors, new refrigerator, and high-efficiency washer and dryer, and updated bathroom light fixtures. $182,500. Listed with pictures at http://www.blowingrockrealty.com/property-86862-multi_family-47-0-20.html. MLS Number: 86862. Call or e-mail Blowing Rock Realty (828-295-9861, blowingrockrealty@boone.net) for more information.

House with four bedrooms, two full bathrooms for rent in great location to campus. Great condition, new carpet/countertops.  Available immediately.  Rent is $950 per month.  No students (zoning); no pets (allergies). Call Peggy Eller at 336-977-8848 (days) or 828-264-6784 (evenings).

.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.

Locally farm raised, whole lamb or half lamb, cut, wrapped and frozen, ready in November. We also have wool for sale.  Call Allie at 336-385- 9031.

House for sale by owner (retired faculty). Quiet, tree-lined neighborhood. Only five miles from campus and downtown Boone. Built in 1995. Four bedrooms, four baths, two-car garage, large wooden deck. Total of 3,100 square feet. Cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors, stone fireplace, granite countertops. All appliances included. Lots of closet and storage space. Ground-floor apartment has a kitchen and full bath. Excellent condition. $399,000. Broker interest. Contact Fred Milano at milanofa@appstate.edu or 828-265-0445.

2004 Harley Davidson Dyna Low Rider. Only 3,160 miles! Lots of extras included:
quick detach windshield, sundowner touring seat, quick detach chrome sissy bar and back rest, chrome luggage rack, diamond plate pegs and grip. Price is $12,000. Call Mike or Diana at 828-295-7271 after 5 p.m. or e-mail wilcoxdc@appstate.edu.

2003 Saturn ION 3, FWD, excellent condition, 105,000 miles, five-speed, spoiler, CD, black, tan interior.  $5,500. Call 828-264-0759.

2000 Dodge Grand Caravan for sale. 112,000 miles, candy apple red, gray interior, A/C cold, power windows, power locks. Dual slide doors, captain seats, second row, bench seat third row, brand new tires, CD, AM/FM, cruise control. Owned by non-smoker, no pets, accident free. Excellent condition interior and exterior. $5,500.  Call Sarah at 336-209-7554 or Michael at Michael  828-773-5428.

Comfortable home needs roommate. Quiet neighborhood and clean living environment. 1/2 mile from New Market and 421. References required.  Call Peter at 407-421-7363.

Available in December, a one-bedroom apartment only five miles from campus. This basement apartment has a kitchen, bath, den and bedroom.  Free Internet access and Direct TV. No pets please.  Rent is $600 a month and includes utilities. Call Linda McCalister at 266-3073.