SAS Championship 2013 Winner

The winner of the SAS Championship 2013 is Russ Cochran who closed with four consecutive birdies to rally for a one-shot win at the SAS Championship at the Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, NC. The 3 day event ended today. Cochran holed an 8-foot putt on the final hole Sunday and managed an one-stroke victory over David Frost.

 

Talk of NC and TN Reopening the GSMNP

With reports of more than $33 million being lost from tourism in North Carolina and Tennessee due to the closure of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, there is talk from officials from both states about what it would take to open the GSMNP. Other governors from across the US have funded the reopening of National Parks in their own states. The Department of Interior has stated that states can use their own funds to reopen parks. The cost of reopening the GSMNP would be split by NC and TC. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and NC Governor Pat McCrory are reportedly looking into the possibility. Both states are losing money due to the park closure. October is a very popular time of year for visitors to the GSMNP to see the fall foliage peak leaf colors.

NC Fall Foliage 2013 Report Update

NC fall foliage 2013 peak leaf colors are visible now in the highest elevations at and above 5,000 feet.The lower elevation areas near Grandfather Mountain, Sugar Mountain, and Beech Mountain have about 75 % of the trees showing color. At the 3,500 feet elevation areas of Boone and Blowing Rock almost half the trees are showing color. Colors this week are pretty but the NC fall foliage show should really be great the next 2 weekends (or from about October 18- 27). More south toward Asheville there is report of peak color change in 2-3 weeks time.

 

NC Museum of Art Porsche Exhibit Now Open in Raleigh

The NC Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC has opened today with a new exhibit of cars. The exhibit features the German-made Porsche, 22 Porsche are on display including: a 1938 Type 64 Berlin-Rom Racer; Steve McQueen’s 1958 Speedster; Ralph Lauren’s 1988 Type 959; a 1989 Panamericana concept car with a zip off roof (a one-of-a-kind Panamericana concept car on loan from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany); and Janis Joplin’s psychedelic look 1965 Type 356C Cabriolet. The exhibit Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed “marks the North Carolina Museum of Art’s first design exhibition, exploring the history and development of the Porsche lineage from the 1930s to the present day”  as stated on the NC Museum of Art website. The exhibit starts October 12 and runs till January 20, 2014.

The NC Museum of Art is located at 2110 Blue Ridge Rd.