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SPOUSE/GUEST PROGRAM There are two tours arranged for spouse members and guests: 1. The Biltmore Estate--Friday, August 10, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p. nt. A limited number of seats are :)reliable for a special tour of lite fi)mens Bihmore Est:tie. includiag the extensive house and gardens as well as Ihe winery. In the past two years, several new [~cc;ts of the house have bi:en renovated and opened up to public viewing, includiug :ldditional plies of tile scrvanls' quarters and additional flintily rooms. After a full buffet lunch ut the Eslatc's'Dccrpm'l: Restauram. the tour will continue on to file winery, where you can sample the Eslatc's award*win- nine wines and cbumpagncs. Buses leave from the Grove Park hm on Friday, Angusl 10. ;~[ 9:30 a.m. and will return at 3:30 p.m. PLEASE NOTE TIiAT TIle COST OF TIle TOUIt, $$0, IN- CLU Dl,].q TRANSPOi~TATION llY VAN, A GUIDED TOUR OF HOUSE AND (lltOUNI)S, AND A FULL BUFFET LUNCII, WITII A CllOICE OF TWO ENTREES. 2. Mountain Folk Art Tout--Saturday, August 11, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thc Blue Ridge mountains ure famous fc/r their skilled craftsmen and urdsans. You eau sce -:mac of the finest examples of their works during a visit to the Folk Art Center locamd on the Bluc I>,idge P:u'kway and the New Morning Gallery located in the Biltmore Village. Vans depm:t fl'eel the Grove Park Inn on August 11, :ti 9:(t0 u.m., returning :it 12:30 p.m. Lunch is NOT latin)led. The cosl is $15 per person. SATURDAY AFI'ERNOON PROGRAM--NO BINGO--Due to connuumg chuuges in No~ Carolina St:tie laws concerning bingo ils well as a dwindling amount of eligible prizes, the Associaliou ix no longer able lo offer die annual Bingo for Spouses and Guesls. In lieu of hinge, the Associaliou will host u special program for spouses :md gtiests on Saturd ly, Az :4t st 11, fro n '>'00-3' 15 n iud.: Grin Park bm. The 'Casual Corner" women's clothinv store will ,',resent u w trdrob I- sel,';hv--,.,....i, '~ . + 5 = 30." This seminar will show you how two suits, two skirts or sl:~cks lind five blonscs curt equal 30 outfits. The seminar also will provide infommtlon on building your w:trdrobe sad orgauizin.e yet r closet. Door prizes will be given away itt die end of the seminar. CONFERENCE PROGRAM INFOR1VIATION The lheme of this yea_r's Annual Conference is "Counlies in an En vironmental Decade," wilb most die general sessious f6cusing on die overwhelming enwronmental issues und olber key challenges of thc 1990s. Evidence ~s mounting that the 1990s will be a pivotal decade, especially in ligm of increasing ce,n: cern that many environmetlla] Jssnes will have lo be addressed within die next ten ye:irs tu Jrcvcu[ cai problems after the year 2000. GENERAL SESSIONS: Invited to address the Gener:d Sessmns are: 1. U.S. Senator Al (lore, Jr. from Tennessee addressed the Noi'th Carolin:) "1990 Emerging Issues Forum" in February about the "Politics of the Envkonment." He received a standing ovation for his cam- meals about the tough decisions that pnblic office holders face in protecting the environment while still encouraging ecouomic development. 2. Dr. Ellis Cowling, Professor, Forest Resonrees, at N. C. State University, coordinated the "1990 Emerg- ing lssues Forum" whicb looked ~.a the growing problems in protecting 0re envimnme~ ti. Dr. Cowliug is JUl expert in the area of licit[ rahl 'and other forest protection issues, but also is u noted ud voeale for over- all preserv:ttion of our life-sastaining resources.