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January 9, 2006

Reality Town, USA

It looks like High Point has a follow up act to Fantasia Barrino and he's coming to a small screen near you, soon.

Austin Carty, another High Point native, is going to be a contestant on the next Survivor series.

In about three weeks, viewers can tune into the show, which will feature Carty, 24, and other contestants on a tropical island off the coast of Panama, vying for $1 million.

Carty is the author of “Somewhere Beyond Here,” a novel published in 2003. He lives in High Point.

The Carty family isn’t unknown to fame. Elizabeth Carty, Austin’s sister, was named Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2004.

The show airs February 2 at 8 p.m. on WFMY Channel 2.

Carty's from the Emerywood area, so it's a stretch to throw him up here, but I figured what the heck. We've only got one High Point blog anyway.

Posted by Jonathan Jones at January 9, 2006 4:43 PM

Comments

Thanks for the hot tip. I'll alert City Hall immediately, so they can get the transportation office working on the "Home To Austin Carty and his Sister" signs.

Posted by: Emory Wood at January 9, 2006 5:26 PM

"What the heck. We've only got one High Point blog anyway..."

No, actually, Jonathan, High Point itself doesn't warrant it's own blog. You see our demographics aren't good enough and our homes are not new enough. We don't boast the potential for growing readership.

So, please confine all future postings to actual NORTH High Point/Jamestown events (if there are any).

Posted by: High Point's Pain at January 9, 2006 5:37 PM

HPP, you're right, at least in part, that the paper wants to gain readership in north High Point. It's part of the reason we have a reporter, me, whose job description has NHP at the top of the duty list. In case you're wondering, I also cover growth, transporation, FedEx developments, and Jamestown.

I don't think that means we won't have any other High Point related blogs in the future though. So far, the NHP and Jamestown blog is the only community specific one we have, but I'd expect more will come in the future. You'll have to ask JR about that over at The Editor's Log

Posted by: Jonathan Jones at January 9, 2006 6:39 PM