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Mission seeks to be acquired by PCA
From Staff Reports Asheville-based nonprofit Mission Health, the largest health care provider in Western North Carolina, has signed a letter of intent to be acquired by a for-profit health care system, Mission announced in a news release in late March. Mission noted that its board unanimously voted to enter into an agreement with HCA
Healthcare, a Nashville, Tenn.-based health care company that operates more than 179 hospitals and 1,800 outpatient facilities in 20 states and the United Kingdom. The agreement is not final and is subject to negotiations. Mission and PCA noted that they hope to complete the consolidation by the end of the calendar year. The due diligence process is expected to take 90 to 120 days, followed by a 90-day regulato-
ry review and, if all goes well, culminating in a signing of definitive agreements. Mission, with about 12,000 workers, is the largest North Carolina employer west of Charlotte. Officials from Mission and PCA immediately stated that massive layoffs at Mission are not envisioned. Meanwhile, Gov. Roy Cooper, who visited Mission’s Cancer Center in Asheville on
March 27, said the deal between Mission and PCA could be “positive,” but expressed concern about its possible impact on the region’s poorest residents. Specifically, Cooper called for a commitment in the deal to provide health care to WNC’s Medicaid and indigent populations, especially given that PCA is a for-profit health care company. MISSION, Page A12
Youth-led anti-gun protest draws 6,000 participants
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Students march during the “March for Our Lives” protest on March 24 in Asheville. More photos appear on Page A2.
Natural gas, solar panels termed tops for buildings
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Based on his energy-sector expertise and a quest for maximum efficiency, Asheville entrepreneur Stuart Weidie told the Council of Independent Business Owners on March 2 that the most cost-efficient path — now — is for businesses and homes to be heated and cooled
by natural gas, with solar panels on their rooftops. He also said that “I think propane is the best source (of fuel) for vehicles.” Weidie, president and CEO of Blossman Gas Inc., presented his “Energy Sector Report” to CIBO, following his update on the Enka Youth Sports Organization’s baseball
and softball facility. (See story on Page A 14 for his sports complex report.) About 30 CIBO members and guests attended, including N.C. Rep. Brian Turner, R-Buncombe. The meeting was held at UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center. He began his energy talk by noting, “I think everyone here knows and understands that we’ve been experiencing an energy revolution for the last number of years. See NATURAL GAS/SOLAR, Page A14
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Q: For three months, things were Amy Alkon going really well with this man I was dating. He’d introduced me to his daughter. We’d even planned a trip together. And then he just disappeared. I eventually texted him to find out what happened, but he simply texted back, “Really busy, all good.” This isn’t the first time this has happened to me or my girlfriends. Why do men do this? Why don’t they tell you what’s really going on? — Upset Want to know the answer? See ADVICE GODDESS, Page A12
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Press probe digs up more Greene issues
From Staff Reports
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March participants carried a number of signs that targeted congressmen who are funded by the National Rifle Association.
‘Enough is enough,’ protest crowd chants From Staff Reports
More than a dozen people — including a student who survived the Feb. 14 rampage by a shooter at a Florida High School — addresed a crowd that Asheville police estimated at more than 6,000 in Martin Luther King Jr. Park during a March 24 protest rally that was preceded by a march from Pack Square in downtown Ashevile. The March for Our Lives featured an address by Anna Dittman,
16, who triggered tears by some in the crowd as the recounted her horrific experience of running from bullets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The rampage left 17 dead. Asheville’s rally was organized by high school girls from Western North Carolina. Fired by passion, they sought to bring an end to gun violence in schools. The attendees chanted in unison “Enough is enough” while marching around downtown streets after the rally,
While authorities are not at liberty to discuss details, investigative reporters at the Asheville Citizen-Times continued efforts in March to uncover why former County Manager Dr. Wanda Greene is under federal investigation. The latest foray explored temporarily unsealed court documents pertaining to procurement cards. The cards are considered helpful for EMS and utility workers who need an item while they are out on a call. For instancce, it is easier to drive to Lowe’s and purchse Wanda Greene something than to submit a purchase order and wait for approvals. The county imposes caps on purchase card expenditures, but they may be lifted at the request of a department director, and the limits were increased for Greene’s assistants. The Citizen-Times’ probe is calling into question thousands of dollars in p-card purchases by office administrators at lifestyle stores. The latest disclosure found that the p-card issued to an assistant to the former county manager, Tiffiny Mila White, was used to purchase gift cards. A paper trail of emails indicated that White had been acting under the county manager’s direction, the AC-T reported. Greene told White the gift cards were for reimbursing the county commissioners for supplies, but none of the commissioners claim any knowledge about the supplies or cards. Investigators do not know what happened to the cards, either. See GREENE, PAGE A6
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A story (“‘I’m a Recovering Racist’ talk triggers discussion”) in the March edition of the Daily Planet incorrectly stated that author and essayist Bruce Mulkey is on the board of Evergreen Community Charter School. It should have said that Mulkey is the co-chair the Equity Leadership Team at ECCS.
Fresco grant request tabled, then withdrawn
From Staff Reports
The Haywood Street Congregation has withdrawn its application for $72,500 in Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority funding for a church fresco. The BCTDA had agreed to the grant. However, following several months of legal wrangling with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the church and the BCTDA agreed, “The most faithful response we can make at this time is to withdraw our proposal for funding.” The FFRF, based in Wisconsin, describes itself as a 501(c)(3) “nonprophet” working to “promote nontheism” and give voice to
“freethought (atheism, agnosticism, skepticism).” The high-powered legal force is 30,000 members strong, and it was tipped off to the Asheville story by an anonymous source. The Haywood Street Congregation had already commissioned Asheville artist Christopher Holt to create a fresco in the church’s sanctuary depicting the Beatitudes.The Beatitudes are Biblical verses pronouncing blessings on the poor, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness. The church said no images of divinity were
depicted; instead, the art would tell the story of the congregation’s ministry helping the homeless, a group that the Rev. Brian Combs said constitutes “the holiest among us.” Combs added, “The New Testament narrates a God who abandons heaven to take up residence as a homeless man on earth, who loiters on dirty corners, who breaks bread with outcasts, who touches the untouchable, who loves cherishing what has been discarded by the world.” He suggested, “This project can challenge viewers to embrace the beauty within the outcast, to see neighbors living in poverty with fresh eyes, and perhaps can stir a new passion for justice.”
The work was intended to be public art, “available to all who have an interest in viewing it,” according to Laura Kirby, the church’s executive director. However, the FFRF disagreed. Indeed, FFRF Attorney Ryan Jayne said he does not see what could not be religious about the portrayal of a Biblical verse inside a church. The TDA collects its revenues from area hotel taxes, and each year it awards grants through its Tourism Product Development Fund for capital projects that will attract more people to stay overnight in local hotels. Kirby said she was confident the fresco would do just that.
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Beating of jaywalker triggers outrage, change
From Staff Reports
Bodycam footage was leaked to the Asheville Citizen-Times on Feb. 28 showing Asheville Police Department officer Chris Hickman repeatedly beating, choking and tasing Johnnie Jermaine Rush. Rush was walking home at night after a 13-hour shift at the Cracker Barrel restaurant on Tunnel Road. Hickman accused him of jaywalking because he was walking through the parking lot of a business that was closed for the evening. The incident occurred Aug. 24, 2017. Following an administrative review, Hickman resigned the same day Police Chief Tammy Hooper said she planned to fire him. The officer has since been charged with felonious assault and misdemeanant communication of threats. The video footage went viral and attracted national attention. It has further stirred the pot for allegations that not only the APD, but everybody in city government is afflicted by deep-seated, systemic racism. A number of citizens expressed their outrage at the way the situation was handled. While the police chief followed protocols for reporting, there was mass public perception that it would have made sense to handle the reporting differently. That the matter was concealed from the public for almost six months and came to light only when an unnamed source leaked the video certainly appeared to be — to a number of people — a coverup. Angry citizens, many of whom said they were “sick and tired of being sick and tired,” called for the police chief, the city manager, and others, to resign. City Manager Gary Jackson, who had already announced his intent to retire at the end of the year, was subsequently dismissed. Mayor Esther Manheimer made the surprise announcement before a scheduled council work session March 20. Jackson, as well as all members of council, said he had not known of the beating until the footage was leaked Feb. 28. Hooper said she had immediately informed an assistant city manager, John Maddux, to whom she properly directly reported, about the situation; but that state privacy laws prevented anybody except members of the police force and the victim and his lawyers from viewing the bodycam footage. Changes to the city’s organizational chart made in the aftermath of the Rush incident now have the police chief reporting directly to the city manager instead of one of his assistants. The director of the city’s new Office of Equity and Inclusion will also report directly to the city manager. Assistant City Manager Cathy Ball will serve as interim manager until council recruits and installs Jackson’s successor. Rondell Lance, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, was blindsided by the decision. It appeared the city was being unusually vulnerable to special interests, or that there was more to the story than met the eye. “We believe that making this change now is in the city’s and his best interests,” is the only explanation the mayor offered. At a recent meeting of Asheville City Council, the Racial Justice Coalition made 10 demands of council. The RJC asked for: • Taxpayer funding for all medical, trauma-based, and legal expenses that Rush will incur as a result of police brutality • That all bad actors in the incident be held accountable • That the city increase internal controls and transparency to prevent future mishandling of betrayals of the public trust
said written-consent forms would be useless, as they could be forged, completed under duress, or claimed to be one or the other. Following the Rush incident, the APD already has begun requiring incidents
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• That hotlines be created, as well as well-advertised means for whistleblowers to speak up without fear of retribution • That all police incidents involving excessive use of force be subject to criminal investigation, in spite of traditional protections indemnifying officers as agents authorized to protect the peace • That traffic stops for minor offenses like burned-out taillight be deprioritized • That the city require people searched in traffic stops to sign consent forms • That law enforcement officers undergo more sensitivity training • That the city work harder and more intentionally to recruit people of color to serve as APD officers • That the city impose profiling quotas for its civil service board • That council lobby for House Bill 165, which would establish citizen review boards with decision-making powers. The RJC is billed as a group of diverse interests united in the cause of racial justice. Its members include the local branches of the ACLU and NAACP, the Asheville City Schools Foundation, the Center for Diversity Education at UNC Asheville, Carolina Jews for Justice, Christians for a United Community, Democracy North Carolina, the Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation, and the local YWCAs, among others. About a year ago, when council first discussed findings that shoed the APD was disproportionately targeting people of color in traffic stops, and finding disproportionately less contraband on them, Hooper said the department had already deprioritized traffic stops. At the same meeting, Lance
involving alleged excessive use of force to be investigated criminally. The incidents must also immediately be reported to city council, the district attorney, and the State Bureau of Investigation. See JAYWALKER, Page A6
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GQ rates Asheville as ‘coolest city you’ve never been to’ From Staff Reports
GQ magazine recently named Asheville “the coolest city you’ve never been to” and commissioned author Charles Frazier to explain why. First, Frazier praised the clean air and the mountains, and all the opportunities for outdoor sports. His favorite places lie along the Blue Ridge Parkway. He enjoys the views and the mountain vistas from Craggy Gardens — and he has found the areas near the Bent Creek Experimental
Forest and the North Carolina Arboretum are just about everybody’s favorite place for everyday hiking, jogging and biking. A reader himself, Frazier said he loves the quantity and quality of bookstores downtown. Two favorites include the more than 50-yearold Captain’s Bookshelf and the two-story Battery Park Book Exchange in the historical and picturesque Grove Arcade. There are literary connections throughout the town, he noted. Thomas Wolfe staged many of his novels in the area, which has also been visited by notables including O. Henry (Wil-
liam Sidney Porter), F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Edith Wharton and Henry Miller. Other Asheville attractions include a potpourri of restaurants with character — and boutique hotels. In spite of locals’ gripes with tourism, Frazier said the city has been a tourist destination since at least 1795. Then, there’s the beer. Frazier said Asheville’s craft scene is authentically indie. With about 25 breweries and a population approaching 90,000; the city has the highest per-capita brewer-to-resident ratio of the top 10 cities for beer drinkers as selected by the
SmartAsset website. Shoutouts also went to Wedge Brewing Co. and Highland Brewing Co., which Frazier called the “granddaddy of Asheville beer.” Frazier , born in Asheville, continues to write in the area. His books include the novel “Cold Mountain” and “Varina,” a Civil War epic. Asheville continues to make best-of lists, including Conde Nast’s Top Beer Cities in America, Frommer’s Best Places to Go, and the Huffington Post’s Best Food Destinations. The Matador Network gets credit for naming it the “Coolest Town in the U.S.”
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Groundwater radioactivity findings ‘premature’ (including at Luke Julian), Duke Energy asserts From Staff Reports
Duke Energy intentionally obfuscated findings of high levels of radioactivity in groundwater monitoring reports, Earthjustice Senior Administrative Counsel Lisa Evans, who specializes in coal ash cases, is claiming. Evans said instead of presenting concentrations of various elements in a summary table, as is standard procedure, Duke Energy hid levels in a 20,000-page report, which she made the effort to scrutinize. What Evans found, she said, was “startlingly high levels of radioactivity at 11 out of 18 plants.” The monitoring tests groundwater at coal-ash cleanup sites, in accordance with an Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency rule affecting more than 400 coal ash sites nationwide. Concentrations in test wells at Duke Energy’s Asheville Lake Julian plant were the highest in the state, according to Earthjustice — at “38 times what EPA considers safe for drinking water.” Lake Julian has filled two coal ash ponds. A 45-acre pond opened for business in 1964 has since been fully excavated; and a second, 46-acre pond, is expected to be fully exca-
Duke Energy generates power on Lake Julian in South Asheville. vated by 2022. However, EPA proposals, announced by the current administration in March, would ease up on coal ash monitoring requirements and save utilities up to $100 million in costs of compliance.
In turn, spokespersons for Duke Energy are not alarmed. They have responded by noting the tests referenced are done at the coal-ash ponds and not near residential drinking-water wells. The utility spokespersons said Earthjustice’s findings are premature; Duke is doing its own monitoring and expects to publish more conclusive results later this year. Soils are naturally radioactive, and it is important to isolate the contamination from the background noise, Duke Energy said. Until results of a Duke University study raised awareness in 2015, arsenic, lead, selenium and mercury were the major byproducts of interest in coal ash analyses. The university study found the combustion process concentrated elements like radium and lead-210, leading to isotope counts up to five times higher than in normal soils. A 1997 report from the United States Geological Survey acknowledged radioactive elements were present in coal ash, but considered uranium, thorium, and their decay products to be trace elements not as chemically toxic as other byproducts. The report said to gauge environmental risks of radiation, data had to be collected on the composition, concentration, and distribution of isotopes.
Buncombe ranks as most ‘intoxicated and disruptive’ N.C. county
From Staff Reports
Asheville is, by many standards, Beer City. It is also in the most “intoxicated and disruptive” county in the state, according to an analysis in the Raleigh News & Observer. According to 2017 data from the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, there were 552 cases of intoxicated and disruptive behavior in the county. Wake and Mecklenburg counties, which have four times Buncombe’s population, came in second- and third-place with only 324 and 275
cases, respectively. Buncombe accounted for 14 percent of all cases in the state, while its population is only 2.5 percent of the total. Henderson County placed tenth with 73 cases. The preponderance of incidents, 532 out of 593, occurred within the Asheville city limits; all but four led to arrest. While the number of incidents in Asheville stays around 500 per year, in 2011, 836 were recorded. The North Carolina General Statutes define “intoxicated and disruptive” behavior as, “blocking or otherwise interfering with
Historical Flatiron Building for sale for $6M From Staff Reports
Downtown Asheville’s iconic Flatiron Building is up for sale. The building, sized to fit a triangular lot, has featured prominently in the city’s skyline since construction was completed in 1927 by developers Lynwood B. Jackson and Charles Malone. Located at 20 Battery Park, the building is home to about fifty offices. It features solid steel construction with classical trimmings and amazing views of the Smokey Mountains from the upper floors. Through its life, it has been home to businesses as diverse as radio station WWNC, when bluegrass was in its formative stages, and Electric Spacecraft, Inc., an international network of independent researchers. It is
now home to lawyers, engineers, designers, doctors, practitioners of alternative medicine, artists, and nonprofits, among other professionals. The property is listed on LoopNet for $16 million by broker Mike Bryant. Bryant said he’s gotten calls, mostly from investors interested in replacing stock in their portfolios with equity Real estate downtown is a seller’s market; the stigma of owning significant properties in Asheville combining with practically non-existent listings. Russell Thomas, a managing partner with Midtown Development Associates, says he really doesn’t want to sell the building. Midtown purchased the Flatiron in 1985 for $440,000 and invested about $1 million in upfits.
Continued from Page A2 Within a week, White’s p-card was used to purchase six $500 gift cards from Walmart, seven $250 cards from Office Depot, seven $250 cards from Staples, and seven $250 cards from Target. White and another assistant, Rachel Norton, said the former county manager had and frequently used their p-card numbers as well; cards assigned to the two were used for a total of $84,000 in purchases over a 40-month period. White’s and Norton’s cards were canceled a week before Greene retired, corresponding with the timing in CFO Tim
Flora’s report that the county began locking down access and preserving evidence as soon as internal controls had detected a potential breach. Greene ceased to have a county-issued procurement card in 2011 and instead filed for reimbursements. With or without the card, she would typically incur tens of thousands of dollars in annual expenses. There is no record of why Greene ceased to have a county-issued card. The Citizen-Times also looked into Greene’s expenses when she did have a credit card.
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traffic on a highway or public vehicular area; or blocking or lying across or otherwise preventing or interfering with access to or passage across a sidewalk or entrance to a building; or grabbing, shoving, pushing, or fighting others or challenging others to fight; or cursing or shouting at or otherwise rudely insulting others; or begging for money or other property.” The charge is a misdemeanor. Spokespeople are quick to call attention to the city’s daytime population, which increases 30 percent, largely due to tourism. Beer is a large draw for tourists, and so
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Continued from Page A4 The U.S. Justice Department is currently investigating the Rush incident. The mayor also floated the idea having a tax-funded attorney who, while working outside of city government, could help whistleblowers register complaints against police officers. The attorney would help people know their rights and explain the processes required for viewing and make public body camera footage. In so doing, the attorney would reduce citizen anxiety and confusion. The attorney could also eliminate unrealistic expectations about what can be done. For example, there are many instances in which the police department is not at liberty to share the dispensation of a case. Proposals were also batted about for City Council to lobby for changes to state statutes that would prioritize complainants’ interests over privacy concerns. Members of council expressed apprehensions that the setting up of a citizens’ review board would not play out as perfectly as public aspirations for it. Greensboro has a citizens’ review board that was created with special legislation, which Asheville could probably get. The board gets to weigh-in on matters of officer terminations; but citizens’ review boards are not allowed to see police bodycam footage, anyway, and if they do procure special permission from a judge, it is under a gag order. It was supposed the state could
much drinking takes place in public. As with all crime statistics, high numbers of arrests could be attributed to a more enthusiastic police force as much as they could to higher rates of criminal activity. One mitigating consideration offered is that the city and county operate a dedicated Asheville Buncombe DWI Task Force. That argument is countered by noting DWI arrests were down 25 percent in 2016, but they tended to be reduced statewide as well. Across North Carolina, there were 3,871 cases, 3,896 charges, 3,400 persons charged, and 1,421 convictions.
grant a member of Asheville’s new Office of Equity and Inclusion, or perhaps a member of the city’s Human Relations Commission, the privilege of viewing police tapes. Changes could also be made to the city’s civil service board. Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler noted civil service boards exist to protect government employees from wrongful claims, and the challenge will always be trying to judge fairly to protect members of the public and public servants from abuse. Lance noted that tightening the screws on police officers was only going to make recruiting and retention for what is already a high-stress position more difficult. Lastly, unintentionally implying that racism pervades the community at large, and that people will respond better to law enforcement officers if they share similar skin colors; council wants to explore ways to redouble efforts for targeted recruitment of black-and brown-bodied people for the police force. Council has grappled with bringing racial ratios on the police department more in-line with the demographics of the community at-large for at least a couple of decades, to no avail. The mayor expects the solution to the problem will be multifaceted, and nothing will be instantaneous.
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The Daily Planet’s Opinion
If HCA Healthcare buys Mission, then locals lose
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ission Health claims that it does not expect to see significant local job losses as it pursues a potential acquisition by Nashville-based HCA Healthcare Inc., but we think there will be substantial layoffs (as there always seem to be in such consolidations) and, just as importantly, a loss of local control of our health care system. Asheville-based Mission said a deal with HCA would put it in a stronger position in the Western North Carolina community for years to come, but admitted that at least some positions within the company likely will change or be eliminated due to “changes in market demand,” but nothing beyond what it would typically experience. We remain skeptical and our concern is that Mission, as the largest private employer in North Carolina west of Charlotte with about 12,000 workers, is downplaying the impact of the proposed consolidation, which will result in economies of scale, and could conceivably cut numerous local jobs. Also, we share the concerns expressed March 27 by Gov. Roy Cooper, who said the Mission-PCA deal could be “positive,” but was worried about its possible impact on WNC’s poorest residents, given that Mission is a nonprofit, while it could become part of PCA, which is a for-profit conglomerate. Cooper, rightly, was calling for a commitment by Mission and PCA to provide health care to the area’s Medicaid and indigent populations. Mission has long been a shining star as the Asheville area’s leading health care provider, and we’d like to keep it that way, so we strongly oppose its absorption into PCA.
Who are today’s public intellectuals?
CHAPEL HILL — Billy Graham’s death and memorial service brought back memories of a column I wrote about North Carolina’s “Public Intellectuals” 16 years ago. I had noticed a book by Richard A. Posner titled “Public Intellectuals: A Study In Decline.” In his book Posner listed the country’s top 100 public intellectuals. Posner’s list made me wonder who should be on a list of North Carolina’s top public intellectuals. The only North Carolinian on the list was the late John Hope Franklin, Duke University’s renowned historian of the African-American experience. What is a public intellectual? I defined the term as follows: He or she is a living North Carolinian whose ideas and opinions are regularly published or circulated widely throughout the state and whose views have a real impact on the way a significant number of North Carolinians live their lives, understand the world around them, and make choices about how they will be governed and by whom. He or she is someone who is forming public opinion rather than just following it. In addition to Franklin there were two obvious choices: the late former University of North Carolina president William Friday and former governor Jim Hunt. Friday was active for numerous public policy causes. He fought against the state lottery, for limiting the role of commercialism in college athletics, and for holding down the cost of higher education. Until his death in 2012 Friday stayed in the public eye every week with his UNC-TV program, “North Carolina People.” Hunt still uses his connection with the Emerging Issues Forum sponsored by North Carolina State University annually to set a public agenda for many North Carolinians. Hunt, like Friday until his death, stays busy every day, giving speeches, talking on the telephone, visiting with editorial writers, and stirring pots in the area of public policy. I thought Billy Graham belonged on the list. Back then, in 2002, he was still active in writing and had not given his last revival sermon. I put Graham on my list because his example of tolerant and common sense approaches to public issues had an important impact on the way people thought. In the days of strict segregation, Graham’s
D.G. Martin insistence that his events be fully integrated led many Jim Crow southerners to be open to change. Who are today’s public intellectuals? In the past, hard hitting editorial writers at the state’s major daily newspapers used their platforms to influence public life. But in the past few months the state has lost some of its best voices. Jim Jenkins at the News & Observer, Bob Ashley at the Durham Herald-Sun, Doug Clark and Susan Ladd at the Greensboro News & Record, and John Railey at the Winston-Salem Journal have departed. Sadly, many newspapers can no longer afford to fund vigorous opinion pages. Editorial writers whose work does not bring clicks to the big newspaper’s web pages are at risk these days. But columns and public reporting from smart writers like Colin Campbell, Mike Walden, John Hood, Tom Campbell and, until the end of last year, Chris Fitzsimon, along with others who share their views with newspapers across the state and through blogs, could be considered public intellectuals. The University of North Carolina System president Margaret Spellings’s informed communications about the need for higher education to be affordable, relevant, and widely available would make her welcomed by William Friday as a fellow public intellectual. The passionate, informed, and opinionchanging messaging about our responsibilities for the poor from the Rev. William Barber and UNC-Chapel Hill law professor Gene Nichol make them public intellectuals in my book. Who would be on your list of public intellectuals? Let me know why. Write me at nceateries@yohoo.com. • D.G. Martin hosts “North Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs at noon Sundays and at 5 p.m. Thursdays on UNC-TV.
Letters to the Editor
Candid Conservative or... maybe... candid extremism?
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he February (Candid Conservative) opinion column, “Are You a Useful Idiot?” is amazing in its poorly linked accusations. Saul Alinski was an American philosopher and a great community organizer—that does not make him a Marxist. In his words “philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it’s Christianity or Marxism.” The insinuation that Clinton and Obama are Marxist because they saw value in some of Alinski’s work is ridiculous — it is extreme, misguided and, as the title clearly suggests, an intended insult to the millions of American’s who supported and continue to support both. Through the years I have valued some of (Carl) Mumpower’s perspectives, it would be great if they were not so awash in extreme rhetoric — it makes it difficult to hear the conservative viewpoint. The informed discussion of opposing viewpoints is the foundation of democracy. As the Trump administration pushes to silence opposition, squelch the free press and restrict voting; and as editorials like “Are You a Useful Idiot ?” demonize other viewpoints — decency, and democracy, are increasingly in jeopardy. Jeff Baker Asheville
Trump’s impeachment urged to restore normalcy As we try to size up President Donald Trump and his administration, let’s look at the pros and cons. The negatives far outweigh the positives thusly: He is an advocate for sexual assaults taking the side of the perpetrator over the victim, has cheated on his wives through extramarital affairs, lying virtually every day, making comments using
vulgarity he knows will create controversy thereby creating divisiveness among voters and he can’t understand why so many people are anti-Trump and disrepectful. I have read letters saying the president deserves respect and the office of the president should be respected. Well, many of us respect the office but not the current occupant. When President Trump shows respect for American voters, we might reciprocate.Between the Russia investigation and his latest silence on the school shootings in Florida again shows the negatives far outweigh the positives. Yes, the economy remains strong and immigration rules have been tightened. His weak leadership and scatter-gun thinking has the free world both laughing and fearful of what this overgrown bully will come up with next. He can be best described as dangerous for our well-being by his erratic behavior and actions, all of which are done for his personal gratification. No matter how hard tries to sell his “I love America,” “I love our military,” it all adds up to “I love me!” I haven’t even mentioned his rolling back regulations that protect clean air, clean water, health care, senior care, food, unnecessary offshore drilling for oil and delusion “clean coal!” Add the ongoing ‘Trump and the Porn Star’ scandal to the list confusion plus the nepotism as part of his administration and you a disaster of epic proportions looming. The coming 2018 elections may be the most important life or death decisions voters ever have to make to survive this Evil Empire. I am of the opinion impeachment would be a start to put this great nation back on track. Maybe some welcome April showers could help wash away some of the aforementioned negative “accomplishments” and bring back civility and normalcy to our beleaguered country. Herb Stark Mooresville See LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Page A10
The Candid Conservative
Anger is killing us
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” — Buddha
The problem
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hough the tale has yet to unravel, Asheville recently achieved national notoriety for something besides beer and gender exchange. A video mysteriously surfaced of a city peace officer being anything but during a middle-of-the-night suspect encounter. That the victim kept repeating a challenged behavior and insisted on taking an antagonistic nocturnal problem-solving approach in a dangerous neighborhood with armed officers seems to have been lost in the mix. You know, lost, as in video of a six-month-old event and accountability for city and police administrators. Of equal importance, a lot of community good will, reason, dignity and the law-enforcement future of a skilled protector were also ground up in the process. Just another example of how anger is busily killing a lot of good things.
The method
Did you get a chance to see the postevent Citizen’s Police Advisory Committee meet? Maury Povich couldn’t have crafted
Carl Mumpower a better script in mass chaos. Looking at the police chief (Tammy Hooper), it was easy to imagine her thinking – “Wow, we’ve nurtured this political correctness thing so long we may have reached the tipping point in our ability to keep a lid on the crazies.” It was either that or something like, “I’m toast – and I thought Asheville would be my happy place.” Perhaps the greatest irony was a government-enabled mob raging amidst the challenges of cushioned seats and a temperature-controlled room. Their target – a single stressed officer over-reacting on a nighttime street you and I wouldn’t traverse unless we were one of the gazillion making drug scores at nearby Lee Walker Heights. Have you ever seen a situation where anger was effectively applied as an antidote to anger? If looks could kill, the guy filming the advisory committee forum – or more accurately, anger mismanagement class – would be DOA. See CANDID CONSERVATIVE, Page A10
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Commentary
Lasting fame requires one’s name gains use as a common noun
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don’t think most of us want to be famous. I don’t think we envy – I hate this word – celebrities. Sure, we enjoy being called by name by a bank teller or known as having a lovely garden. It’s like the theme to “Cheers”: “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.” But there are people who really do seek it. They go to Hollywood and New York, and some go to bizarre lengths – like going on “Family Feud” or running for public office. Time scrubs away fame, anyway. I’m guessing that a majority of my readers here cannot name Bob Dole’s running mate in 1996. And Jack Kemp was a great pro quarterback and member of Congress. No, there’s only one way to gain real fame. It cannot be sought after or achieved. It has to be bestowed. True fame, you see, comes only when a name becomes part of the language. You’ve arrived when your name is used as a common noun. Henry Shrapnel invented an artillery shell that exploded in the air and showers the enemy with deadly pellets. In a twist of fate, the fragments got his name, not the artillery shell itself. If the reverse had been true, Shrapnel would have remained a proper noun, like poor Gaston Glock and Richard Jordan Gatling, whose names are capitalized. Charles Cunningham Boycott was the land agent for an absentee English earl in Ireland in 1880, when the earl ordered widespread evictions over rents. The locals organized against Boycott. All workers in the earl’s house and all farm laborers resigned, and shopkeepers wouldn’t sell to him. Mail delivery was cut off. Newspapers started using “boycott” as a verb almost immediately. C.C. Boycott was in the wrong job in the wrong place at the wrong time. Charles Lynch headed a county court during the American Revolution. Tories were commonly imprisoned, but Lynch reasoned that in wartime, juries were unnecessary. Texas land baron Sam Maverick received 400 head of cattle in payment of a debt. Breaking tradition, he didn’t bother to brand them, and they came to be known as “mavericks.” That meaning has extended to unorthodox people. These men rest in lower-case peace. So do Nicolas Chauvin (chauvinist), Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya, James Watt, Luigi Galvani (galvanize), John Duns Scotus (dunce), Marquis de Sade (sadistic). By contrast, Charles Ponzi , Sylvester Graham (cracker) and John. B. Stetson still
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Lee Ballard carry the capital-letter millstone around their names. Now our curiosity kicks in, doesn’t it? We can’t be content that these past-tense people were awarded permanent fame in our present-tense language. We want to sneak a peek at the new words included in future updates of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). And, of course, the entries we will look for are the men history will call “The Calamitrio”: Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. I think we would see in our peek at OED updates that “Trump” never appears as a new listing, and for that, I blame his grandfather. It was Gramps who ditched the family’s original name, Drumpf. “Trump” is an existing English word, and existing definitions don’t yield easily – except “awesome.” We would see that common-noun “ryan” appears first in the 2020 OED update. An article explains that it slid into English beside “skunk” and pretty much replaced “weasel.” It has a cowardly, cringing connotation. The example cited: “We believed he would be tough in negotiations, but he turned out to be a ryan.” And we would actually learn through the OED updates that history will view Mitch McConnell, in his last years as GOP Senate leader, as a zero, a non-player. His eponym draws its meaning from the eight years of Barack Obama. A “mccnnell” will be described as an obstruction, wherever one occurs. The example given: “His intense abdomenal pain turned out to be a full-blown bowel mcconnell.” • Lee Ballard, who lives in Mars Hill, is a published lexicographer and semanticist.” To reach him, email mountainsnail. com.
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Letters to the editor
Continued from Page A8 EDITOR’S NOTE: Stark also sent the following letter to the editor concerning a topic related to his lengthier letter to the Daily Planet: So our President Donald Trump is to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un for the purpose of working out a plan to live in peaceful coexistence. I for one wish them success. Both leaders have the same confrontational, in-your-face approach and would be wise to bring their top diplomats to the table. Both stand on a level playing field since “Small Minds Think Alike!” As President Trump so frequently says, “We’ll see what happens.” I say, “Give them a chance.”
If humanity leaches off the environment, and I leach off humanity, then I am helping the environment as the hippies taught us. This I don’t question. But if humanity leaches off the environment and Christianity leaches off humanity, as Nietzsche might say, and I leach off Christianity, say by eating at ABCCM, then am I still helping the environment? Perhaps humanity leaches off the environment, Christianity leaches off humanity, America leaches off Christianity and I try to leach off America, thus helping the environment. That feels better. I prefer my leaches in even numbers. Alan Ditmore Leicester
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Candid Conservative
Continued from Page A8 I got a recent personal dose of untethered malice in suggesting our city schools were marinating our children in liberalism. It was my further observation they were duplicating the model of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge in exploiting the vulnerabilities of youth to further political agendas. In the case of the K-R’s good old boys, they turned teens into primer automaton executioners who put out the lights of a million-plus souls. In the case of our city’s progressive good old boy-girl-other school administrators and teachers, they’re turning out teens into liberal automatons echoing the party line. Don’t believe it? Do some checking on what amounts to a parade of administratively supported progressive pep rallies on the angry liberal women’s agenda; the angry LBGTQ agenda; and the angry leftist anti-gun agenda. Programming children in liberal myopia is a form of child-abuse. The responses to a write-up by our local daily were revealing. If words could kill, my cell phone would have seared out my eyeballs and blown out the back of my head. There’s growing evidence that some of the loving left may have mislaid their kumbaya compass.
The impact
Anger is a poison. Like all poisons, it works from within. Some forms, like quiet anger, kill us slowly. Others, like rage, pull the plug quickly. Anger has a direct link to depression, sleep disturbance, blood pressure issues, chronic health problems, fatigue, violence, worry and suicide. Anger – unmanaged or mismanaged – can destroy an individual, a family, a community, a culture, a country – and if we are not really, really careful – a world. Anger –like yawning – is also contagious. Ponder anger’s growing touch on what was once known as cool, green Asheville. Note the sour looks amidst all the bounty found in our communities well-stocked health food stores. Witness the growing road rage on our overflowing roadways – ironically cultivated by transplanted residents seeking tranquility added to road-blocking lawyered-up environmentalists seeking to “love the planet.” Read the letters to the editor and dare to interject conservative thought into the zombie-like liberal group-think flavoring Asheville’s super-dominant majority. Speak to social workers, first responders, nurses, physicians, drug abuse counselors and others trying to keep the lid on. Listen to the abuse they routinely encounter from a culture that has so carelessly unleashed anger as a legitimized response to just about anything. Pardon me a moment of personal indulgence in laying that accountability firmly at
the door of the naive progressive movement. Their champions – the Clintons, Obamas, Nancy P, Chuck S and a host of liberal advocacy entrepreneurs masquerading as journalists – have done more than anyone to unleash our angry culture. Even now they are beginning to witness the malevolence of their creation. Darkness, unconstrained, inevitably turns on its parent.
The antidote
Anger management begins with the recognition this emotion acts like rat poison. It kills rats but will also kill everything else. Using De-con to solve most life problems is like using a shotgun to intercept a mosquito. One of my favorite anger mis-management tools is the mythicized justification of “righteous anger.” The real deal is for times when someone is mugging your wife; destroying a community with a runa-way drug culture; or harming a child. Claiming righteous anger when a careless rush-hour driver cuts too close on the Jeff Bowen Bridge doesn’t make the cut. That’s self-righteous anger and that’s what most people practice when they’re dissed off. Consider the fact that it’s not possible to reject human beings into being better human beings. Anger is the king of rejection methodologies. For those who prefer to live on the honest side of life, it’s worth noting that anger is what might be called “The Imposter Emotion.” It’s fake to the extent anger always hides deeper emotions like fear, hurt, or sadness. We go to anger – an emotion that makes us feel powerful — to escape other emotions that makes us feel powerless. That’s the equivalent of pumping air into a punctured tire before patching the hole. Anger is addictive. The more you do it, the more you want to do it. There’s some indication that both of the protagonists in the recent police-citizen confrontation were products of that addictive process. Most of the speakers in the Citizen’s Police Advisory Committee meeting apparently suffer this affliction. We all travel this planet with an internal mixture of circulating darkness and light. The one practiced the most is the one that wins. That equation warrants some conscious thought. The search for the best counter to anger lands firmly on the word “forgiveness.” Forgiving snuffs out anger the way water quenches thirst. Real forgiveness requires an absence of conditions. No one has to change; apologize; make amends or otherwise justify our consideration. We’re forgiving for us, not them. It’s a smart play because anger is a tighter bonding agent than love – forgiveness breaks the connection and sets us free.
Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, Dist. 11. But I’ve decided to vote for Dr. Steve Woodsmall on May 8th because he knows a lot. He knows that a complex problem like gun violence is not solved by solely allowing guns to be carried in our schools and concealed in our pocketbooks and waistbands. Rather, this Navy veteran and 2nd Amendment advocate proposes a multi-pronged, common sense solution that includes: • Adequately funding School Resource Officers (SROs) and other security measures, • Tighter background checks, • Increasing the legal age to purchase a firearm, • Creating a Gun Violence Restraining Order (“red flag law”) that allows judges to temporarily confiscate guns from those deemed a danger to themselves or others. If guns don’t kill people, people kill people, let’s at least remove guns from those prone to kill others,
• And a ban on the civilian sale of semiautomatic weaponry. He knows that a healthy society is an economically productive society, and that we should provide affordable healthcare to all our citizens. Every other democracy does this. Why not us? He knows that as important as jobs are, they’re only part of the income inequality solution. Wage stagnation must be addressed if our economy — and Middle Class — is to be healthy again. I feel as though Steve Woodsmall knows me, shares my values and will work to restore those values to North Carolina. That’s why I’m voting for him in the Democratic primary on May 8th. — probably sooner, as early voting begins April 19th. If you share these values, please join me in supporting Steve Woodsmall for U.S. representative, Dist. 11. Isn’t it time we got our democracy back? Stephen Advokat Asheville
Those we forgive are still stuck with their real or imagined wrong and Karma will take it up with them later. It’s worth repeating – anger is a poison that destroys the container that holds it. As a conservative thinker in the land of liberal myopia, I get frequent anger management practice opportunities. A key to restraint is a simple message to self – “This angry person has ingested cancer and they
don’t know it. “It’s a kind of cancer that’s catching. I’ll pursue my own script.” It helps to remember Mr. Karma is watching us both… • Carl Mumpower, a psychologist and former elected official, is chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party. He can be reached at drmumpower@aol. com.
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EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE, 7 a.m., French Broad Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, off Brevard Road (near the N.C. Arboretum), West Asheville. Unity of The Blue Ridge will host an Easter sunrise service. Led by the Revs. Laura Collins and Morgan J. Barclay, the outdoor service will last 30 to 40 minutes, followed by breakfast at 8 a.m. at Kosta’s Kitchen on Hendersonville Road. Unity noted that there will be “plenty of time to still get to the 9:45 (a.m.) Easter service” at Unity of The Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE, 7 a.m., amphitheater at the cross, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska. The center will host an Easter sunrise service. EASTER WORSHIP SERVICE, 11 a.m., Edgewood Baptist Church, 61 Moody Avenue, Candler. Sunday services will feature the Easter story in word and music with special music provided by guests Karl Gessler and family. Sunday Discovery classes start at 9:45 a.m.
Saturday, April 7
RICHARD SHULMAN GROUP CONCERT, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Unity of The Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. The Richard Shulman Group will perform music from its new CD “Turned into Lemonade.” Unity added, “Come enjoy the melodic and dynamic jazz from the composer of ‘Light Music’ and ‘11:11 Piano Meditations for Awakening.’ The Richard Shulman Group’s ‘Turned into Lemonade’ envelopes the listener in an uplifting tapestry of beauty. Gorgeous piano and saxophone are joined by acoustic bass and drums in a flowing interactive style. Three extraordinary vocal tracks express transformation to gratitude and finding peace.” The band includes Shulman on piano; Jacob Rodriguez , tenor and soprano saxophones; Zack Page, bass; Rick Dilling, drums; and Wendy Jones, vocals. Following the concert, refreshments — snacks, finger foods and, of course, lemonade
Tuesday, April 17
RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING WORKSHOP, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Unity of The Blue Ridge, 2041
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The Richard Shulman Group will perform music from its new CD “Turned Into Lemonade” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 7 at Unity of the Blue Ridge in Mills River. Afterward, free refreshments — including lemonade — will be served. — will be served to celebrate the album release. Tickets, which are $15, Tickets may be purchased in advance at: https://richheartmusic.com/events
Monday, April 9
MEDITATION CLASS, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Unity of The Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. A twice-monthly class, “Meditation for
the Love of It,” will be led by Gayle Ray. The class also will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m. April 10. The name of the class also is the title of a book by Sally Kempton that will be used as a guide. Participants will discuss ideas from the book and do guided meditations. The class cover posture, mantra, breath, grounding, quick centering techniques and include a number of guided meditations. The class, which is for beginners and seasoned meditators, will continue every second Tuesday evening and every second Wednesday afternoon. The class will be offered on a love-offering basis — and all are welcome.
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SPIRITUAL HEALING WORKSHOP, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Unity of The Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. A spiritual healing
workshop will be led by Mark Earlix. The workshop will continue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 14. The “interactive, experiential and knowledge-filled workshop will provide you with a deeper understanding and experience of healing,” Unity noted. “Mark Earlix is a nationally known healer, intuitive, master teacher, author and ordained priest
who was born in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 20, Mark was given a profound gift that dramatically transformed his life, and purpose, forever. For over 40 years, Mark’s healings and teachings have helped tens of thousands around the United States, and from Israel to India. Admission to the April 13 introductory workshop is on a loveoffering basis, while there is a $95 charge for Saturday’s all-day workshop.
lationshop,” will be led by Pam and Charley Rogers. “Discover the power of compassionate listening and transformative language,” Unity said of the event. “A timely workshop on why and how to find our way back to each other, in an age of increasing disconnection and widening divides. Join us ... if you desire an everyday deepening of relationship with family, friends, co-workers, if conflict has broken a relationship and you want to repair it, if connecting with new people, learning different perspectives is important to you.” The workshop will share practices that enable those outcomes, including compassionate listening and transformative language. Unity asked, “Are you facing a difficult emotionallycharged conversation in order to re-connect? Learn skills that enable you to enter that conversation with more ease and confidence. And, once in it, to have the experience be productive and meaningful.” The workshop is open to all on a love-offering basis.
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Advice Goddess Continued from Page A1 A: When a guy just cuts you off like a bad tree limb, it’s tempting to come up with egocushioning explanations: He’s in a coma! He’s trapped in a wooded gully in his crashed car! He’s being interrogated at a CIA black site! (“Sorry…Mr. Jones is getting a series of painful electric shocks to his nipples right now and cannot come to the phone.”) However, the best explanation for this man’s disappearance is probably textbook stuff -- psych textbook, that is, and specifically a couple of personality traits. One of these is “conscientiousness.” And the bad side of the spectrum is being “low in conscientiousness” -- psychologists’ term for a person who is careless, irresponsible, impulsive, and lacking in self-control and who habitually ducks his obligations (as if they were flaming arrows). The other trait is the unfortunately named “psychopathy.” Though it calls to mind shower-stabbing hobbyists, it doesn’t necessarily lead to murderous rampages. Still, it isn’t exactly the personality trait of angelic hospice nurses, as it’s marked by exploitiveness, aggression, poor impulse control, self-centeredness, and a lack of empathy. Low conscientiousness and psychopathy partner up into an inability or unwillingness to admit to being wrong. Apologizing takes emotional strength and character strength — the conscientiousness and empathy that leave the wrongdoer feeling borderline queasy until they come clean and express remorse to the person they hurt. It isn’t just men who do the disappearo thing; it’s anyone low on conscientiousness. The problem is, when love appears to be on the horizon, we want to believe more than we want to see. It’s helpful to take an almost pessimistic approach to any new relationship: Assume a man has flaws; figure out what they are; and decide whether any are deal breakers.
This takes observing his behavior over time (at least a year) in a variety of situations -- especially crisis situations. You want to know that when the chips are down, a man’ll have your back -- and not just to use you as a human shield so the SWAT team snipers won’t pick him off.
Continued from Page A1 “HCA Healthcare is a leading healthcare operator that offers advantages on a scale that would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve otherwise,” Mission Health Board Chair Dr. John Ball stated in a press release. A key part of the proposed agreement is the establishment of a new foundation, according to the press release. Additionally, Mission Health said it expects to generate millions of dollars in tax revenue. Ball sad the new foundation “will be life-changing for the residents of our region, providing tens of millions of dollars annually in new support for the most vulnerable.” Mission Health operates a number of hospitals throughout Western North Carolina. Although HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading system operators, it does not currently have operations in North Carolina. “HCA Healthcare appreciates that Mission Health has the capacity to work alone, and yet we both recognize that meeting our core missions could be achieved more effectively together. It is a tribute to the Mission Health Board and team that we are in such a position of strength that we can make the best choice for our people, our parients and our community,” Mission Health President and CEO Ronald A. Paulus stated in the press release.
News of the possible acquisition of Mission by HCA comes months after Mission faced a heated and highly publicized sixmonth dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina over coverage. The health care provider and insurance company finally came to an agreement in December.
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Every photo my boyfriend takes of me is horrific (one eye kind of shut, bad angle of my face, etc.). My female friends take decent pictures of me, so it’s not like it’s impossible. I know my boyfriend loves me and thinks I’m beautiful. Could he be trying to keep other men from being attracted to me? — Occasional Bride Of Frankenstein You’d think you wouldn’t have to give a man who loves you a detailed list of instructions for photographing you -- down to “immediately erase any shots in which I look like I’m having a seizure or bear a strong resemblance to a surprised goat.” In fact, you are far from alone in complaining that the man you love takes terrible pictures of you -- or in worrying that it means something. However, this worry of yours probably comes out of what I call our mind’s neatfreakitude. Research by cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests we get so itchy over mental chaos -- being in a state of uncertainty about someone or something -- that we’re quick to sweep aside inconsistencies and ignore missing information in service of creating a coherent narrative. And then (conveniently!) we turn right around and go with the story we’ve created -- in this case, the suspicion that your boyfriend is plotting to make you look uggo in photographs. The reality is, if you aren’t a professional model being shot by a professional photographer, it sometimes takes dozens of shots to have even one you don’t want to delete in horror. (Shoot my
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long face from above, as my boyfriend sometimes forgets and does, and I look like a movie star -- the horse that played Seabiscuit.) Because men evolved to prioritize physical attractiveness in women and women coevolved to expect this, women are extremely sensitive to being photographed in ways that don’t show them off at their sparkliest. That’s probably why, if you glance at various 20-something women’s Instagram pages, you’ll see that many strike the very same pose in photo after photo (having figured out their exact best angle, to the micrometer). Sure, some men are as acutely sensitive about engineering their perfect pose -- mostly those whose work attire is a sequined evening dress, a ginormous feather boa, and chandelier earrings the size of New Jersey.
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I have a history of terrible relationships that end in awful heartbreak. The advice I keep getting is to date down -- get together with a man who is less attractive than I am and who likes me a little more than I like him. I was kind of into the idea of equality on all levels, but maybe I’m wrong. — Rethinking Woman After you’ve had your heart broken, it’s tempting to opt for romantic safety measures. For example, a garden gnome could be an ideal partner -- because few women will fight you for your 18-inch “Man of Resin” and because his stubby little legs are molded together, making it impossible for him to run away. There’s a name for this “dating down” thing you’re contemplating: “the principle of least interest.” This is sociologist Willard Waller’s term -- from his observations of dating dynamics between college students — describing how whichever partner is the least emotionally attached is in a position to “exploit” the other. Now, you aren’t looking to clean out a guy’s bank account or make him scrub the baseboards with Barbie’s toothbrush. Regardless,
you’re likely to have more power in any relationship -- and be less likely to be the exploitee -- if your response to a guy’s “I love you SO much!” involves polite gratitude or pointing skyward: “Look! A UFO!” The problem is, how do you engineer this sort of situation? Only “swiping right” on men you have the lukewarmies for? Only accepting dates from men you don’t entirely respect? Of course, even an “I’m just not that into you” strategy like this isn’t foolproof, because what anthropologists call “mate value” can shift -- like when the mouth-breathing nerdy loser becomes the mouth-breathing but unexpectedly sexy startup multigazillionaire. Tempting as it is to look for hacks to avoid heartbreak, it’s probably more helpful to look at whether there was anything you could’ve -and should’ve -- done differently in your past relationships. (Were there red flags you spotted and then dropped off at Goodwill with the weird tablecloth from your aunt?) Beyond any willful blindness on your part, the reality is, relationships sometimes end in heartbreak. It’s just the price of getting together with a man you love and lust after -- as opposed to one you approached with “You know, I’ve always kinda pitied you and found you borderline sexually repellant. Whaddya say we get a beer?” • (c.) 2018, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol. com (advicegoddess.com). Weekly radio show: blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon
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Natural gas/solar Continued from Page A1 “This last month (February), we (the United States) averaged producing over 10 million barrels of oil per day. A decade ago, we were producing 5 million barrels per day. “As for natural gas, I think that will be” seeing major gains, along with solar. He added, “I’m suspicious of wind. I’d love to see everything powered by natural gas, with solar panels on the roofs.” In a reference to Blossman Gas Inc., Weidie noted, “In my business, LPG, we’ve doubled our production.... “So we’ve gone from being an importer of propane ... Stuart Weidie to be a net exporter at 19 million gallons per year. That’s a big number. “We’re becoming the biggest energy exporter” in the world, Weidie said. “But whether it’s good or bad, I’m concerned. We’re not exporting oil out of the United States. “Two years ago, we started exporting natural gas out of the United States. The rest of the world, particularly Asia, is starting to consume vast increases. The United States — we’re flat in terms of our consumption in the energy sector. Our production has to go somewhere. “So for those of you who are thinking about energy — whether powering a facility or getting a fleet to service your custom-
ers or business…. “Saudi Arabia — it only costs them $10 to produce a barrel of oil. (That also has a $90/barrel fiscal cost — to cover all social costs.) “The U.S. is the only country in the world that allows individuals to produce oil, etc. “The probabilities are, I think, over the next seven years — I think we’ll see oil up a little bit, and that that will have an impact on businesses,” Weidie said in concluding his talk. During a question-and-answer session that followed, a man asked, “Do you see the automobile or trucking industry getting more involved in natural gas conversion?” “There’s a lot of talk about the electric vehicle,” Weidie replied. “Young people are taught it’s a zero-emission vehicle. But where does it get its power from? “An electric vehicle on campus here (at UNCA) is getting its power from a coalfired plant at Skyland. And its emissions are not that good. “I think propane is the best source for vehicles. “Whether you believe in climate change, I think we all need to be good stewards of our environment,” Weidie added. CIBO’s chief and moderator Buzzy Cannady asked, “What about the supply of natural resources?” “In the 1970s, we thought we’d reached peak oil,” Weidie answered. “A lot of people thought we were going to run out. Same with natural gas. We thought we’d run out. Now, we’re exporting it to China and Asia.”
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Major progress is being made on the Enka Youth Sports Organization’s baseball and softball facility, group spokesman Stuart Weidie told the Council of Independent Business Owners during a March 2 meeting at UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center. Weidie, who runs Blossman Gas Inc., said he is not an Asheville native, but has lived in the area since 1991and is involved in community improvement. He told CIBO that “the concept of the Enka YSO ... really excited me. After 10 years of talking of what impact this will have on our community, on July 19, we will have a grand opening there. “The plan is to have 22 to 24 weekend tournaments on an annual basis, from 2019 and beyond. We already have 12 after our July 19 (opening) for this year. “We estimated there will be millions of dollars of economic impact on our community. And that’s great from an economic perspective.” Weidie added, “But more importantly, we will have a facility available for our residents to use... I also feel you learn a lot from economic participation.” What’s more, he said that participants “ learn to compete, the value of teamwork and the value of hard work... It’s a life experience you can have” because “in sports, you have to learn to fail and be resilient.” He noted that $8 million had been raised to date on the $10 million project. “We have sponsorship opportunities — large billboards” and other marketing opportunities. “We’ll finish by July 19. We’ll be playing ball. Whether (on July 19) we have the parking lots done, some of the landscaping,
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The fronting trio of Bill and the Belles makes a little magic — musically — during a recent concert.
Throwback group unleashes a contemporary reimagining of musical gems from way back
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LACK MOUNTAIN — The retro country group Bill and the Belles wowed the crowd with soaring harmonies, stunning musicianship and terrific showmanship March 9 at White Horse nightclub. About 30 or 40 people attended the morethan-two-hour, two-set show that featured the Johnson City, Tenn.-based quartet’s contemporary reimagining of what it billed as pop music from the 1920s and ‘30s. Among the standout songs during the concert were the opener, “Work Don’t Bother Me,” and “Old Lonesome Blues.” The show ended with a bang with “The Deal Rag,” after which the group left the stage, but the crowd chanted for more, so Bill and the Belles soon returned to perform an encore featuring the rousing and bedazzling “Tired of Me.” See THROWBACK GROUP, Page B7
Bill and the Belles include (from left) Kalia Yeagle (fiddle and vocals), Karl Zerfas (standup bass), Kris Truelson (guitar and vocals) and Grace Van’t Hof (banjo and vocals).
Beatles tribute show proves pleasing to 4K fans By Dave Rowe
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“You think the world must have heard too many silly love songs” is a line Paul McCartney wrote following his Beatles’ days. Well, 4,000 or so people in downtown Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center on March 23 enjoyed a show comprised mainly of early Fab Four hits, performed capably by a cover band called 1964 The Tribute.
In matching suits with appropriate haircuts, the four for themost-part look-alikes and sound-a-likes played and sang note-fornote accurate versions of arguably sappy hits, such as “I Saw Her Standing There” and “She Loves You.” Sandwiched in between the songs McCartney wrote with John Lennon were 1950s classics the Beatles recorded, including Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” and Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven.” See BEATLES TRIBUTE, Page B7
Part two of two parts n last month’s column, I wrote about my quest to find a new pet sitter who wouldn’t be frightened of my haunted house. We hadn’t even boarded the ship before she started experiencing ghostly activity. Patty and I had barely touched down in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., when I started receiving messages from my new pet sitter. Isla asked me if there was a man that liked to walk up and down the road. I knew she was talking about a ghost. She said he was in his 70s or 80s and that he was walking aimlessly along the road to the new cemetery. I told her that I noticed a new grave was dug in that cemetery a few days ago and I bet he was the new resident. This seemed to relieve her, as she said she’d seen him twice and thought it was her imagination. I suggested she should go introduce herself to the residents of the cemetery and tell them we’re friends. I told her they would help her out if she got in trouble because they helped me. I actually wrote about that experience in my Asheville Daily Planet column in May 2016 headlined “The Friendly Dead.” In it, I give details about how a bag of tortilla chips aported into the kitchen and how something had made my bed up for me all in the same week! My friend Joshua Warren asked me if something was strong enough to do all of those things, what else could it do? That was the point at which I started feeling uneasy. On my way home, I had to pass the cemetery. It was about 2:30 in the morning, foggy and eerily quiet. Anyone else would have driven past it quickly and avoided looking at it. Not me. I pulled into the cemetery and stopped my car. I started explaining the situation from the tortilla chips to my bed and told them about that uneasy feeling. I asked the residents if any of them would like to go home with me to keep an eye on things and keep me safe. To my amazement, my car immediately felt like it was filling up with people. I drove the short distance down the street to my house and parked. I thanked them for their help and told them I was going to go to bed. I slept like a baby. When I got up the next morning, they were gone and had taken whatever had been there with them! I knew from that experience that if she did what I did, the residents would keep her safe, too. I’d lived in that house for years before this experience happened, but I’d always made it a point to greet the residents every time I drove past them and exchange pleasantries. Well, I was the only one with the pleasantries, but I knew they heard me. I hadn’t been aboard the ship but two days when I started getting text messages about a trickster in my house that had messed with her a couple of times. See WRIGHT, Page B7
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AUTHORS’ READING/DISCUSSION, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville. English Department visiting writers Donald Morrill and Lisa Birnbaum, husband and wife, will read from and discuss their wide range of works, from Birnbaum’s “Worthy,” a philosophical tale of love among con artists, to Morrill’s award-winning poetry, non-fiction and forthcoming novel, “Beaut,” winner of the Lee Smith Novel Prize. Admission is free and all are welcome. LEADING LADIES FILM SERIES SCREENING, 7 p.m., Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. The TFAC’s “Leading Ladies” film series will feature a screening of the 1955 romantic thriller, “To Catch a Thief.” The TFAC noted that “Grace Kelly met Prince Rainer in Monaco, close to the filming location, and the rest was royal history” As for the plot, “gentleman winemaker John Robie (Cary Grant) served with the French Resistance and was pardoned for his crimes as a notorious cat burglar. But a recent spate of jewel heists put his freedom at risk. Into the fanciest of the resort’s hotels walks American heiress Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly), who sets her sights on the debonair former crook. Many high-energy capers ensue. While postponing their big kiss, the pair indulges in a lot of flirty double entendres that made the film censors wince.” Tickets are $6.
Thursday, April 5
BOB SEGER TRIBUTE SHOW, 7:30 p.m., Mainstage, Flat Rock Playhouse, Flat Rock. Steve Kelley with his band, The Tribute Kings, will perform in the tribute show, “The Music of Bob Seger,” running April 5-8. Kelley will perform Seger favorites, including “Night Moves,” “We’ve Got Tonight,” “Old-Time Rock and Roll” and “Against the Wind.” Performances will be at 8 p.m. For tickets, which are $35, call the box office at 693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org. ART GARFUNKEL CONCERT, 8 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre, Pack Square, downtown Asheville. Art Garfunkel, billed as “the consummate sensitive male and folk tenor sensation’ from the duo Simon & Garfunkel, will perform in concert.
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Great!” — will feature Lt. Gov. Dan Forest as the keynote speaker at the 2018 Annual LincolnReagan Dinner. Other speakers will include U.S. Rep. and Chief Deputy Whip Patrick McHenry, R-Gastonia; Rep. and Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows, R-Asheville; Dr. Mark Chreech of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, and Chad Connelly, director of faith engagement for the Republican National Committee. A VIP reception will be held from 4 to 5:15 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 5:30. For tickets, call 253-5800 or visit www.eventbrite.com/2018bcgop-lincoln-reagan-dinner. Tickets also will be available at the door at $90. VIP tickets are available at $150 and up.
Monday, April 9
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATES FORUM, 6:30-8 p.m., Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Road, Asheville. The Progressive Democrats of Buncombe will hold a general meeting and Democratic congressional candidates forum. Candidates featured will include David Brown for District 10 and Phillip Price, Dr Steve Woodsmall and Dr. Scott Donaldson for District 11. Candidates will give a brief introduction of themselves followed by response to a series of questions formulated from a list of progressive issues, such as campaign finance reform, clean energy policy, universal health care, racial justice and environmental protection. The event will close with a question-and-answer session involving the audience. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for sign-in and conversation.
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AUTHOR’S TALK, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville. Author Joy Harjo, a native of Oklahoma and member of the Mvskoke Nation, will speak. Harjo is the author of seven books of poetry and has won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. All are welcome and admission is free.
Friday, April 13
ANTHEM LIGHTS CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin, The Christian pop band Anthem Lights will perform in concert. Regarding the band, the SMCPA noted, “Formed while founding members Chad Graham and Alan Powell were both living in Los Angeles, California, Christian pop band Anthem Lights began as a solo project for Graham in 2007. After working on songs for Graham’s debut, the pair decided to expand the project into a four-piece pop group, recruiting vocalists Kyle Kupecky and Caleb Grimm into the group. Working under the name Yellow Cavalier, the four singers released their self-titled debut EP in 2009 before they changed the group’s name to Anthem Lights the following year. For tickets, which are $18 and $22, call 524-1598 or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.
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Folk-rock vocal icon Art Garfunkel will perform at 8 p.m. April 5 in Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.
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Saturday, April 14
DAILEY & VINCENT CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Greeneville, Tenn. The duo Daily & Vincent will perform in concert, along with Jimmy Fortune. MASTERWORKS CONCERT, 8 p.m., Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, downtown Asheville. The Masterworks concert series will feature the Asheville Symphony Orchestra in a concert titled “Patriots.” Serving as conductor will be Jayce Ogren, while Joyce Yang will be featured on the piano. The program includes, “Adams: The Chairman Dances,” “Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain” and “Sibelius: Symphony No. 2.” For tickets, which are $24 to $69, call 254-7046 or visit ashevillesymphony.org.
Tuesday, April 17
UKELELE CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall, The Peace Center, 300 S. Main St., Greenville, S.C. The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain will perform in concert. Regarding the ensemble, The Peace Center noted, “From Tchaikovsky to Nirvana, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, footstomping journey of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only the “bonsai guitar.” The ensemble was “formed in 1985 as a bit of fun, the Ukulele Orchestra’s first gig was an instant sell-out. The ensemble has gone on to play concerts around the world, including the Sydney Opera House, The Royal Albert Hall, and Carnegie Hall. By royal request, the orchestra proudly performed at a private 90th birthday party for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.” For tickets, which are $15 to $45, visit Ticketmaster.com.
Thursday, April 19
JONATHON KEATS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Hall, UNC Asheville. Jonathon Keats, UNCA’s newest Black Mountain College legacy fellow, will follow in the footsteps of BMC’s John Cage and stage a concert based on randomization in art and musical composition. GARTH BROOKS/ALAN JACKSON TRIBUTE CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Flat Rock Playhouse’s Hendersonville stage, 125 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The FRP’s Music on the Rock series will feature “The Music of Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson” from April 19 through April 29. (Showtimes vary.) Regarding the show, the FRP said it features “the music of two country superstars and legends, both known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds with classic rock and roll. ‘Remember When’ you had ‘Friends in Low Places’…? ‘Ask Me How I Know”’and, please, ‘Don’t Rock the Jukebox!’” For tickets, beginning at $35, visit FlatRockPlayhouse.org or call 693-0731.
Friday, April 20
THE MIDTOWN MEN CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Greeneville, Tenn. The Midtown Men all were original cast members of Broadway’s “Jersey Boys,” and the quartet has taken “the world by storm,” NPAC noted. “From the development of ‘Jersey Boys,’ through their historic three-season run on Broadway, The Midtown Men are together again, doing what they do best: ‘Sixties hits with a modern twist.’” For tickets, visit boxoffice@npacgreeneville.com or call (423) 638-1679.
Saturday, April 21
AUTHOR’S READING/DISCUSSION, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville. Asheville native Charles Frazier, who gained national fame with “Cold Mountain,” will introduce his new (and fourth) novel, “Varina,” in a special event hosted by UNCA’s Great Smokes Writing Program in partnership with Malaprop’s Bookstore/ Café in downtown Asheville. “Varina,” which is scheduled for an April 3 release, is based on the life of the young woman who married an older widower, Jefferson Davis, and despite her own ambivalence about war and secession, became the first lady of the Confederacy. Eventually, with the Confederacy falling and her marriage in tatters, she flees with her children in this portrait of a woman who comes to realize that complicity carries consequences. THE MIDTOWN MEN CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. The Midtown Men, original cast members of Broadway’s “Jersey Boys,” will perform in concert. Regarding the Midtown Men, the SMCPA noted, “Together, they create a dynamic concert featuring top hits from a Who’s Who of the 1960s, including the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Temptations and the Jackson 5. This spectacular evening features show business stories, memories and a special tribute to the Four Seasons, whose story they brought to life every night as stars in the original cast of ‘Jersey Boys.’” For tickets, which are $33, $39 and $45, call 524-1598 or visit www. greatmountainmusic.com.
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The Midtown Men, stars of Broadway’s original “Jersey Boys,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 21 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The vocal quartet also will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 20 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville, Tenn.
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Saturday, April 21
EDWIN MCCAIN CONCERT, 8 p.m., Veh Stage, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon. Edwin McCain, a Greenville, S.C., native singersongwriter, will perform in concert. Called the “great American romantic” by The New York Times, the TFAC noted that “McCain has built an enviable career over the past 20 years by balancing his massive pop success with the year-round touring schedule of a tireless troubadour. His hit songs, authentic spirit and surprisingly affable sense of humor keep fans coming back time and time again for nights that feel more like parties with old friends than rock concerts. After recording two of the biggest love songs in the history of pop music, McCain now performs upwards of 100 shows annually throughout the U.S. as a solo artist, with his full band or his acoustic trio. Recently, he’s added orchestras to his repertoire, performing with symphonies in select markets where he brings his powerful songs to majestic new heights Those enduring love songs (and wedding must-haves) ‘I’ll Be’ and ‘I Could Not Ask For More’ aren’t just for the romantic at heart; ‘American Idol’ and ‘The Voice’ contestants turn to Edwin’s ballads every single year to help them win over judges and fans alike (just ask last season’s AI winner, Nick Fradiani). Even Justin Bieber has been known to belt out ‘I’ll Be’ during his own concerts.” For tickets, visit www. tryonarts.org or call 859-8322.
Wednesday, April 25 STAGE PRODUCTION, 7:30 p.m., N.C. Stage Co., 15 Stage Lane, downtown Asheville. The production “Burden” will be performed April 25-May 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Regarding the show, the NCSC asked, rhetorically, “What do you gain by lying to yourself? An original play four years in the making, ‘Burden’ tells the story of a journalist in pursuit of truth and justice, while being unwittingly blind to both. It is a new American play inspired by classic American themes, created by two frequent NC. Stage collaborators.”
Saturday, April 28
COMEDY PET THEATRE, 7 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. The World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater will perform. It is billed as a “family-oriented blend of the unique comedy and clown skills of Gregory Popovich, and the talents of his furry costars. Featuring are more than 30 pets in the show, each one having been rescued from animal shelters and given a new ‘leash’ on life, filling the stage with skills, stunts, laughs and excitement.”
The Popvich Comedy Pet Theatre has been voted Las Vegas’ “Entertainer of the Year” and “Best Family Show.” For tickets, which are $18 and $23, call 524-1598 or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com. ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY CHORUS, 7:30 p.m., Arden Presbyterian Church, 2215 Hendesonville Rd., Arden. The Asheville Symphony Chorus will perform. The conductor will be Dr. Michael Lancaster. The program will include “Bach: Mass in B Minor” and “Part One: Kyrie and Gloria.”
Sunday, April 29
WIND AND PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES PROGRAM, 3 p.m., Lipinsky Hall, UNC Asheville. The UNCA Wind and Percussion ensembles, directed by Matthew Richmond and Fletcher Peacock, respectively, will perform. BROADWAY COMES TO GREENEVILLE, 3 p.m., Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Greeneville, Tenn. The show “Broadway Comes to Greeneville” will be performed.
Tuesday, May 1
LEADING LADIES FILM SERIES SCREENING, 7 p.m., Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. The TFAC’s “Leading Ladies” film series will feature a screening of the 1953 romantic comedy, “Roman Holiday.” Regarding the film, the TFAC noted that “Princess Ann, graceful figurehead of an unnamed European country, is played by Audrey Hepburn in her first American film. On a whirlwind tour of Rome, she grows desperately bored with her official role. One night she sneaks off, becomes lost, and is rescued by Joe (Gregory Peck), an American reporter. He colludes in her secret adventure, and with the help of his friend, photographer Irving (Eddie Albert), they have a fantastic day — until duty calls once more and forces the princess to make a choice.” The TFAC added that, “shown at the peak of the Red Scare, the film was written by blacklisted “Hollywood 10” writer Dalton Trumbo, who had to disguise his authorship. Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) was Oscarnominated for his role as Trumbo in the eponymous 2015 film.” Tickets are $6.
Thursday, May 3
ECONOMIC CRYSTAL BALL XXXIV SEMINAR, 7 p.m., Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville The Econmic Crystal Ball XXXIV seminar will be held. The seminar will feature two noted economists, David W. Berson and James F. Smith, who will make forecasts on the business and financial outlook for the coming year, and discuss the policies of the Federal Reserve and the new administration. A reception in Lipinsky’s lobby — from 6:15 to 7 p.m. — will precede the seminar that will be hosted by Parsec Financial and UNCA’s
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1964 the Tribute (above) salutes the Beatles in a recent concert.
Beatles tribute
Continued from Page B1 On Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t” and “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby,” Tim Woods, the 1964 the Tribute member portraying George Harrison, contributed riveting rockabilly guitar licks. Bobby Potter as Ringo Starr lunged happily behind his drum kit as the real item. He sang a lusty “I Wanna Be Your Man,” a tune Lennon and McCartney gave to the Rolling Stones to record first. As Paul McCartney, Mac Ruffing looked the part, but sang in a voice not up to McCartney’s richness. The voice of 1964 the Tribute’s Mark Benson was uncannily like that of John Lennon. Benson played harmonica as well as guitar and led the crowd in a strongly participated
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Continued from Page B1 I was so glad that I’d been upfront with her and gave her an idea of the type of things that sometimes occur there. I knew she’d be brave, though, and not abandon my cats. It wasn’t until I returned home that she gave me any real details. Most of the activity occurred in the kitchen. As with most hauntings, it started with the little things. Isla told me she had separated recyclables in a plastic grocery bag that she hung from a drawer handle beside the refrigerator. When she returned the next day, the bag was hanging from the drawer handle across the kitchen. She was fairly freaked out because she was certain of where she hung that bag. On another day, she was scooping kitty litter in the laundry room and heard two loud thuds in the kitchen. It was two soup cans that I had stacked on top of each other and pushed way back on the counter that had been pushed onto the floor. She tried over and over to make them “accidentally” fall by themselves, but could never recreate it. Isla ended up being very firm with whatever was messing with her and told it she was supposed to be there and for it to stop messing with her. It did. She didn’t have any more incidents after that. I have a friend that believes all houses have a house spirit and perhaps that’s what Isla experienced. I don’t think it meant her any harm. I think it was just trying to protect my cats and my house. At any rate, Isla now has a wonderful story about her adventures in pet sitting and I have a very sweet, very dependable pet sitter who ain’t afraid of no ghosts! • Shelley Wright, an Asheville native, is a paranormal investigator. She owns and runs the web-based Nevermore Mystical Arts and works at Wright’s Coin Shop in South Asheville.
sing-along on “Twist and Shout.” The 90-minute set also including several more mature Lennon-McCartney songs, such as “Day Tripper” and “Paperback Writer.” At one point Benson asked crowd members to take out their smart phones, punch in the number of someone close then hold them up. “In My Life,” a reflective ballad, followed. Performing as the Beatles since 1984, 1964 Tribute is playing 90 shows this year worldwide. The March 23 was a fundraiser for the Asheville firefighetrs, which among other admiral acts, provides children wih coats and helps families burned out of their homes. Each year, the firefighters stage a downtown fundraiser show — past performers have included Marty Stuart, the Ohio Players and B.J. Thomas.
Continued from Page B1 Prior to the encore, band leader Kris Truelson, who plays the role of “Bill,” noted that Bill and the Belles would be performing again in the Asheville area at 7 p.m. June 2 at a Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation event. The group has been making waves in the past year or so. For instance, Rolling Stone magazine rhapsodized in a recent review, “From sentimental Southern ballads to the popular songs of Tin Pan Alley to regional fiddle breakdowns, a Bill and the Belles show is a celebration of the diversity country music once represented.” Further, Rolling Stone noted, “Bill and the Belles play alongside America’s top roots music artists as the house band for the historic radio program ‘Farm and Fun Time’ presented by Radio Bristol and the Birthplace of Country Music. “Lifelong musicians Kris Truelsen, Grace Van’t Hof, Kalia Yeagle, and Karl Zerfas bring to the stage an uplifting show unlike any other, full of humor, high spirits and allaround revelry. It’s clear this group shares a rare musical connection and deep love for the music, and their excitement is contagious.” Meanwhile, Music City Roots, a weekly live musical variety show based in Nashville, Tenn., described Bill and the Belles as “a 78 RPM shellac record come to life. What a wonderful and authentically American sound.” During 2017, the group was nominated for four International Bluegrass Music Association awards, and hosted the official IBMA Awards Show After Party. Also during 2017, Bill and the Belles played some in some major festivals, including the Brooklyn Folk Festival, Grey Fox, Ossipee Valley Music Festival and Old Tone. The Black Mountain show began with
“Work Don’t Bother Me,” followed by “Old Lonesome Blues” and a song to honor North Carolinians — “Carolina Sunrise” by the late Jimmie Rogers. Going way, way back — to 1917, the group perform a dazzling rendition of “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!” as well as another World War I hit, “Put Me in Your Pocket,” a hilarious “The Preacher and the Bear” and “Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now.” Truelson then introduced “Wedding Bells” as “the most romantic song you’ve ever heard,” followed by “I’ll See You at the End of My Rainbow.” The first set ended with the always-popular — and lively — “Salty Dog Blues.” The second set began with “Hum Your Troubles Away,” followed by “Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues,” “Old Smoky Mountain,” “I Once Loved a Sailor,” and “When I Wore a Tulip and You Wore a Rose.” The band then introduced “a new song” it recently had recorded on Jalopy Records, titled “Good Gal, I’ll Be Okay,” followed by “Moonlight, Shadows and You.” In an interview afterward, Truelson, who sings most of the leads and plays guitar, told the Daily Planet that he grew up liking “garage rock” music, such as The Seeds, and was inspired to look back further in time at once-popular songs. Truelson said he found himself especially enthralled by the country songs of the 1920s and ‘30s — and formed Bill and the Belles to perform them. Fiddle-player-singer Kalia Yeagle, who is from Anchorage, Alaska, told the Daily Planet that she has long loved the music of the early 20th century. She studied music at East Tennessee State University, where she now teaches music when not playing with Bill and the Belles.
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