Asheville Daily Planet July 2018

Iconic Chief Pontiac statue to be moved — See STORY, Pg. A2

Man gets ‘max’ after coach hit, paralyzed See STORY Pg. A7

‘Carolina Shag’ salutes beach music/dance — See REVIEW, Pg. B1

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Mayor defends transit system spending jump over fire dept.

By JOHN NORTH

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Following a presentation on the City of Asheville’s municipal budget for 2018-19, Mayor Esther Manheimer fielded at least two questions accusing the city of favoring its transit system — Asheville Redefines Transit — over its fire department based on its budget spending allocations.

The new budget takes effect July 1.

The action occurred June 8 during an early-morning breakfast meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners at UNC Asheville’s Sherill Center. About 65 people attended, including CIBO members, their guests, the public and the press.

Manheimer had been scheduled to give the presentation on the budget, but upon approaching the lectern, she called on the city’s Chief Financial Officer Barbara Whitehorn to review the specifics instead.

Among the many details Whitehorn shared were that the total $124.2 million budget amounts to a 2.9 percent increase over the previous spending plan.

She said the property tax rate would remain at 42.89 cents – and that the city has AAA credit rating — “the tops, which saves taxpayers money.”

Whitehorn noted that in the category of capital investments, $780,000 is alllocated

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in the new budget to enhance firefighter safety with an sdditional set of turnout gear, while $3,595,000 is being allocated for fleet replacements in the transit system, including three electric buses.

Esther Manheimer In a questionand-answer session after the budget presentation, an unidentified man asked about what he termed as the “under-manned fire department.”

In response, Manheimer said, “We’ve done quite a bit for fire this year. They had a request concerning turnout gear. And we also did another 2 percent to their 457 retirement plan — to the full 6 percent.” She added that the fire fighters “are not under Social Security.”

As for the city budget, the mayor asserted, “Please know (that) we’re probably embarking on the biggest-ever municipal budget.”

CIBO member Mac Swicegood asked, “Wouldn’t it be better to put more money into the fire department, rather than put more money into the underused transit system?”

See TRANSIT, Page A12

Buncombe puts $950,00 lien on ex-manager’s property From Staff Reports

A lien filed for more than $950,000 on property owned by former county manager Wanda Greene has been added to Buncombe County’s lawsuit against her, according to a recent filing.

An order of attachment that included the lien was filed on June 21 on all of Greene’s property possessed by State Employees Credit Union.

“The Buncombe sheriff’s office has

been ordered to ‘attach and keep safely’ Greene’s property with the county after a Buncombe-hired attorney argued that Greene intended to defraud her creditors,” the Asheville Citizen Times reported.

“However, a written return showing the order has been executed had not been filed as of June 25 morning,” the ACT noted.

The lien filing means SECU has been summoned as a garnishee and must reveal all of Greene’s property that is possesses. and See LIEN, Page A12

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After complaint, Chief Pontiac statue to be moved From Staff Reports

the vehicles, I tried to get Harry’s on the Hill to meet me halfway. They did not The 23-foot-tall Indian statue that has want to work with me.… towered over Asheville’s Patton Avenue In their eyes, I was an unfsince 1967, giving a “How” to passeducated Native American ersby, is coming down. woman with money.”

Pat Grimes, co-owner of Harry’s Arch said she left on the Hill automotive dealership, exHarry’s, bought a car from plained in mid-June that the image of a dealership two hours Chief Pontiac belongs to another era. away, and sent a photo The decision follows a letter to the of it to the salesman at editor of The Cherokee One Feather Harry’s, who she did not tribal newspaper, published May 31, think treated her “like a in which Sabrina Arch, a member of valued customer.” the Eastern Band of Cherokee, said she While the original meswas a victim of racial discrimination. sage containing the photo Arch explained in her letter that has not been made availshe did her homework online and able, the dealers’ replies found a couple of SUVs she liked at have — and apparently, he Harry’s. Arch said she talked to the thought he was posting to bank, which, she claimed, said that the his friends when he was dealership’s prices were too high. replying to Arch: She did not want to go to a dealer Special photo by CANDICE KRIM “look what this b****h near Cherokee because, she said, it was near time for the June per-capita Chief Pontiac statue, as it sent me” appeared on June 25. “cherokee lady on yukon” distribution. The “per cap” is a portion of casino profits given to tribal The other replies permembers semi-annually. December’s per cap tain to dreamcatchers and lack context. was $6,273 after taxes.

Harry’s co-owner Grimes said the incident left Arch explained, “I had been warned not to her “horrified and upset.” She apologized to Arch use any of the surrounding dealerships because they hate us and are jealous of us because of the and let her know that the salesperson had been terminated, the statue was coming down, and the extra income we receive.” dealership had published an apology on Facebook.

At Harry’s, though, she said the big Indian statue Grimes asked what else could be done, and should have been a warning sign. “I tried to negotiate with a salesperson, but he seemed like he did not Arch wrote in a follow-up letter to the editor, “I told her we have a lot of events where we give want to work with me or go down on their prices. back to the community, our kids and the elders, Remember, they know we are Cherokee, and it is where donations are welcome.” close to ‘per cap,’ so they increase their costs.”

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2 downtown properties, home to popular restaurants, sold From Staff Reports

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Above is the building at 48 Biltmore Ave., home to Chestnut Restaurant and Bar, which sold for $3.2 million.

Ellington Realty Group announced on June 6 the sale of two properties — home to two popular restaurants — in downtown Asheville.

The first, 48 Biltmore Avenue, was sold to Big Tex San Antonio, LP, for $3.2 million.

The building, adjacent to Barley’s Tap Room & Pizzeria and across the street from the Aloft Hotel, is home to Chestnut Restaurant and Bar.

While Lifshutz is a major developer in San Antonio, his portfolio includes the River Arts District’s Phil Mechanic Studios, which he purchased in 2016.

The other building, 26 Battery Park Avenue, was sold to Atlanta-based Collaborative Partnership Properties, LLC, with principals Samuel and Laura Rawlins. The building, identified by its tenant Kilwin’s Chocolates, Fudge & Ice Cream, sold for $2.4 million.

Spokespersons from Ellington Realty indicated that Chestnut, Kilwin’s and Appalachian Natural Soaps — which also runs

out of 28 Battery Park — will continue to do business uninterrupted.

What’s more, the upper floors of the Battery Park building will continue to be rented as office space.

“This building has been owned by the same family since 1943, and we are pleased that the new owner is a local investor who owns two other downtown properties,” Burns Aldridge, managing broker of Ellington Realty Group (who represented the buyer), announced in a press release.

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Exodus continues as county manager retires abruptly From Staff Reports

After a rash of reforms for transparency, which included an online dashboard for citizens to keep track of county money; the Buncombe County leaders most heavily engaged in the changes — including County Manager Mandy Stone — are departing and nobody is at liberty to explain why.

Six county employees in key positions have now retired since it became public knowledge that former County Manager Wanda Greene was under federal investigation.

First, Bob Deutsch, who was serving as the attorney for the board of commissioners, resigned in October. He only worked part-time, and he said he needed to spend more time with his private practice.

In December, Assistant County Manager and Planning Director Jon Creighton announced he would retire. Then, in March, the commissioners’ clerk, Kathy Hughes, followed suit. The latter two were eligible for retirement, and the county had offered incentives for early retirement, so not much was made of the events in the press.

Then, the people behind the closing of loopholes to make sure nobody would get away with ripping off the county the same ways the former county manager is accused of having done, started to leave.

CFO Tim Flora gave his two weeks’ notice on May 30.

Working under Greene’s replacement, Mandy Stone, Flora was instrumental in making county financial data more accessible to the public.

It was Flora who told the public what could be divulged about how staff in Budget and Finance had detected “irregularities” and “breaches.” They contacted the proper authorities, locked out the perpetrator, and began preserving evidence. Flora explained the former county manager had used multiple devices to appropriate unchecked power

to herself. “We trusted when we should have questioned; and when we did question, we let ourselves be convinced,” he lamented.

Flora’s letter of resignation was submitted after a two-hour closed session during which the commissioners discussed his performance.

His letter of resignation spoke of accomplishments and only offered, “the time is right.”

Mandy Stone Then, on June 8, the new county manager, Stone, announced July 1 would be her last day, and that she would use accrued leave time until that date. Stone had led the charge to redistribute powers her predecessor had amassed to herself. Under Stone’s leadership, the county set up checks and balances and strengthening the county’s internal auditing systems.

Stone pushed for more transparency and even caused upper management to take salary cuts to fund pay raises for the lowest earners on the county payroll. That decision followed the discovery that her predecessor had misrepresented to the commissioners the beneficiaries of a pay increase they approved.

The corruption Stone had inherited was so widespread, it took time for county staff to unravel the threads. The investigation is still ongoing, but Stone sought to right wrongs as they were discovered.

Stone gave no reasons for her departure, and commissioners’ Chairman Brownie Newman told the press he could not comment due to the ongoing federal investigation. Media outlets, however, are connecting her resignation to an anonymous press release from the county.

Stone claimed she had been responsible for a press

release issued only to certain media outlets on June 8.

Described as “clarifications,” it was reactionary to a second round of indictments with which her predecessor had been hit. The first round addressed $200,000 in public funds appropriated by Greene and her son Michael for personal use. The two had used gift cards and other employees’ purchasing cards, making detection difficult.

The second round of indictments concerned life insurance policies.

The “clarifications,” corroborated much that had been published with the indictment, but it added, “At least one employee asked the former chair and was advised that the board supported the county manager’s action specific to these policies.”

The chair at the time would have been David Gantt, and he released a statement reading, “I am troubled that the county is issuing statements to the media on behalf of anonymous employees. I would ask that the employee making this claim make it publicly or that the county, before issuing any more press releases, identify its sources.”

If Stone was not let-go because of the press release, another rumor, which has not been substantiated, is that the FBI raided her office.

The last key person to announce their departure from the county was the county’s Director of Human Resources and Community Engagement Lisa Eby. Eby reportedly had intended to leave at the end of last year, but was asked by Stone to stay.

Under Stone, Eby had been responsible for revising the county’s personnel ordinance to eliminate opportunities for fraud and abuse. For example, Greene had modified the old personnel ordinance via a budget amendment. Eby also helped set up anti-nepotism rules and a no-retaliation whistle-blower hotline.

Greene pleads not guilty to more charges in federal probe

From Staff Reports

Former County Manager Wanda Greene pleaded not guilty in June to a second round of charges resulting from an ongoing federal investigation.

The charges, which took almost an hour to read, included 23 new counts, among which were wire fraud, federal program fraud, and money laundering.

The latest indictment concerned 10 whole life insurance policies and an annuity Greene had purchased through the county for herself and select other employees, including her son Michael and her sister Irene Wolfe.

Greene is a CPA and a trained internal auditor, and so she appears to have contrived a smokescreen so complex, it took investigators 10 months to figure out what had happened.

On Aug. 4, 2015, Greene came before the commissioners asking approval for checks totaling $8.59 million. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission had determined five men had been wrongfully convicted in the investigation of the murder of Walter Bowman in 2011. Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford, who himself now serves time for accepting

Wanda Greene

“2-point million” from its insurance policies.

During the meeting, Greene emailed Bo Cauble at Park Avenue Securities, “Just waiting for a signal we are a go.”

Cauble is not under investigation, apparently having believed Greene was working in with him in good faith. After all, Greene had used the budget amendment approved by the commissioners for the “Bobby Medford settlement” as documentation of their approval for the life insurance policies.

While the “Bobby Medford settlement,” representing an entire two cents of the tax rate, was scorned throughout the year as a Republican-versus-Democrat feather in the cap for high-ranking partisans, the settlement accounted for only half the amount the commissioners approved. The rest went to buy whole life insurance policies.

According to the indictment, Greene had asked those receiving the policies not to tell others they were among the chosen few.

She further misrepresented to staff the total amount of the policies as $15,000 when half the “Bobby Medford settlement” had been used to pay for them. On top of that, the county paid the annual premiums for the accounts, and CFO Tim Flora confronted Greene the second time she tried to increase the payments. One thing that

made discovering the device so difficult is Greene kept no master list of policyholders.

Greene did, however, quickly after her retirement, cash out her two policies, valued at $458,437.59, and send $155,000 to a Nashville law firm for real estate closing costs. With the exception of Greene’s son Michael, the other recipients of the policies, having been made aware of the fraud, have since reassigned them to the county.

The insurance company is cooperating to help the county recover losses, and the county has retained attorney Ron Payne to help recover general losses from the former administration.

Also in the indictment were charges that former Buncombe County Chairman David Gantt’s signature had been forged on documents awarding certain employees retention incentives.

Greene’s lawyers requested a jury trial, and Greene is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 6.

Until then, she is not allowed to have contact with certain people involved in the case, and she must have the permission of her probation officer to spend more than $10,000 at a time. The account Greene used for the Nashville real estate transaction has been frozen.

35-year career, he was also the manager of Lincoln County; Statesboro, Ga.; Cleveland, Tenn.; Kings Mountain; Pinehurst; and Kingstree, S.C. The commissioners had interviewed a handful of other candidates and said they had gotten a lot of good ideas from the interviews.

Wood said he is only somewhat familiar with the county’s ongoing federal investigation, but now that things seem to be sorted out, his plan will be to keep the county running on an even keel.

Wood will not be considered for the permanent position because he is retired and collecting state retirement. Consequently, he cannot earn more than $83,111 or work more than 999 hours for the county.

He will serve only until Feb. 28, 2019, unless a permanent county manager is found sooner. A resident of Lincolnton, Wood plans to work only three days a week — and spend the other four at home.

Wood had hoped to spend his retirement in interim municipal management jobs. His first day on the job for Buncombe County was June 13.

Continued from Page A1 As a result of the lien filing, SECU also must reveal whether it is aware of anyone else who has Greene’s property.

Regarding the county’s lien filing, Asheville’s WLOS television station (Channel 13) noted, “It’s all part of the federal investigation of Greene and the misappropriation of nearly $2.3 million in whole life insurance policies.

“Federal authorities made it clear in the documents that accounts belonging to Greene need to be frozen before it became impossible to get county taxpayers’ dollars back.

“Buncombe County and the federal government are taking steps to protect tax dollars allegedly taken by the former county manager,” WLOS reported.

Michael Greene

more than $300,000 in bribes from illegal gaming machine operators, was judged to have used coercive techniques to wrest false confessions.

Greene praised attorney Curt Euler, who still works for the county, for negotiating the settlements down to $71,42,250. She said the victims’ representatives had first asked $17 million, costs could have been as high as $44 million, and the amount the county was going to pay was definitely less than a jury would award.

On top of the settlements, the county had accumulated $767,000 in legal fees, and that number would increase. Greene added, nervously, the county might be eligible to collect

George Wood named interim county manager Lien

From Staff Reports Following the abrupt retirement of Buncombe County Manager Mandy Stone on June 8, the county Board of Commissioners worked with the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners to identify an interim replacement.

With rave reviews, the commissioners unanimously voted for a contract with George Wood at their June 19 meeting.

Commissioner Joe Belcher said references the commissioners contacted had given rave reviews, prompting Commissioner Al Whitesides to quip that he was going to take Wood to Lake Julian because, according to what he had been hearing, Wood could walk on water.

Wood is a retired city/county manager who George Wood most recently served in Wayne County. In his

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Asheville council changes stance on APD search limits

From Staff Reports

Asheville City Council engaged in corrective action, or at least gave the appearance of doing so, at its June 19 meeting.

Council had come under fire for several procedural breaches committed at its last meeting in the name of social justice.

In short, council had voted on a matter without notifying the public and without allowing public comment. While the matter had been discussed at several council meetings, the discussion came primarily from advocates making presentations or organized for public comment. After a few such sessions, police officers began showing up at meetings to have their say at late-hour, general public comment periods.

Councilman Vijay Kapoor strongly opposed what her termed the disregard for rules and told his peers at least three times they were being neither transparent nor democratic.

Furthermore, he said it was ill-advised to approve new rules without giving people with opposing viewpoints a chance to hear each other and reconcile contradictions.

The June 19 meeting started with Mayor Esther Manheimer stating that council would henceforth play by its own rules. For example, it would stop adding items to its published agendas during meetings, a process that had excluded people from sharing concerns with council before votes were taken.

The next big step was to rescind three actions taken by council and re-approve their substance in a more legallydefensible format. At its last meeting, council had approved three motions directing the city manager to implement policies governing the police department. The motions had been made on the fly, so the spoken language was messy, but formalized, they required, “a written consent policy for the APD for vehicular searches and searches of the person or personal property associated with the person,” “that APD not base a consent search on vehicular stops on a person having a criminal record or suspicious movement or behavior,” and “that APD de-prioritize low-level regulatory stops.” Kapoor and Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler had voted against the measures.

One problem with the actions was the city’s charter forbids council from telling the police chief what to do, and the three actions taken were construed by some observers as a thinly veiled attempt to do that. The reworded measures only authorized the city manager to work with the police chief to draft policies described in the three actions.

Police Chief Tammy Hooper had said repeatedly that before the campaign to adopt the changes began, the APD had de-prioritized lowlevel regulatory stops. Even though everybody was on the same page, it remained a bone of contention.

The other two measures were billed as addressing concerns raised a year ago about members of the APD disproportionately targeting people of color in vehicle stops. Dee Williams of the local chapter of the Vijay Kapoor NAACP persuaded council to invite Ian Mance, an attorney working for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, to share with council the numbers. They showed not only a disproportionate number of African-Americans being stopped, but also less contraband being found on African-Americans.

This led groups like Black Lives Matter to call for reforms in the APD, an institution they viewed as plagued by systemic racism.

Then, the incident happened, as analysts who study the application of statistics in shaping public sentiment have said, “surely it will.”

In Asheville, the incident was the brutalization of Johnnie Rush, captured on police bodycam footage. According to all accounts, Rush was a hard-working individual walking home from a late-night shift and harmlessly minding his own business.

The footage was leaked to Williams by somebody in the police department, and it became a cause célèbre. By extension, the department and the entire city were deluged with claims of systemic racism. The city responded by, among other things, creating a new Office of Equity and Inclusion that reports directly to the city manager. And, the public has been led to believe former City Manager Gary Jackson was forced out of office because of the incident and an apparent coverup.

Challenges to the actions council was trying to take came from police officers locally and regionally. Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan had attended one of council’s meetings, but had been unable to stay into the late hours to be heard.

Officers argued they needed all the tools state and federal laws allow. At the June 19 meeting, risk manager John Miall said the city was exposing council and law enforcement to liability suits they would not win by limiting officers’ abilities

Driver gets maximum in crash that left area coach paralyzed

From Staff Reports

Kyle Donte Carney pleaded guilty June 11 to several counts following a February 2017 car crash that left a Montreat College track coach paralyzed.

Superior Court Judge Gary Gavenus gave Carney the maximum sentence statutorily allowed, but the incident has spurred Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams to appeal to the legislature to allow stiffer sentences for extenuating circumstances like this.

Carney’s sentence could have been longer had he been impaired by alcohol or drugs, or if somebody had died.

He also was ordered to pay Olinger $162,456 for medical expenses as well as a $1,500 fine. He will also spend 29 to 47 months in jail, depending on good behavior.

According to police reports, Carney had been traveling 120 mph in a 20 mph zone.

He had reportedly landed at the Charlotte Airport and driven his 2015 Nissan Altima to Winston-Salem to pick up his mail. He then turned around and was driving to Buncombe County to meet his husband in a hotel when, leaving the interstate, he ran into a guardrail.

He continued at 120 mph to the intersection of State Street and Montreat Road in Black Mountain, when he ran into Britten Olinger’s 2004 Mazda sedan. The impact set off a chain reaction, damaging three other cars and the Town Hardware building.

Along with other serious injuries, Olinger’s spine was severed — and he was told he would never walk again.

Carney and others went to the hospital with injuries and were treated and released.

Carney was charged with, among other things, assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting serious injury.

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to do their jobs. He said plaintiff attorneys were “salivating” at the potential for failure-to-act suits.

Many questions from Miall’s presentations remained unanswered. Were traffic stops cherry-picked from all other police actions because they showed racial bias? Was the number of stops statistically significant? Were percentages somehow gerrymandered in ways to accentuate the advocates’ agenda?

And, most importantly, was correlation due to causation?

Feeling he was unable to get a fair-and-balanced staff report with a council agenda, Kapoor took it upon himself to research the statistics that council had been presented.

When provided with numbers in a historical context from the police department, Kapoor said he found the increase in African-American traffic stops followed an increase in gun activity. The city’s crime analyst had been asked to find out where the most incidents were occurring so more officers could be assigned to those areas. As it turned out, those areas were in public housing and other “black neighborhoods.”

In other words, he was saying that city police officers did not have an agenda against people of color. The department was following crime, to keep the peace and protect innocents. As is often the case, he added, Asheville’s low-income neighborhoods also have higher populations of people of color. Kapoor said he emailed the analysis to his peers on council, but outside his own decisions, they did not play into council action.

Kapoor also said during budget considerations that he supported the proposed additions to the police force. “We are seeing a continued, significant increase in violent crime – especially gun violence – in certain parts of the city,” he said. What’s more, Obama’s 21st Century Policing report seemed to be common ground on which people on both sides of the issues were agreeing. It advocated for officers to do more community policing, but now APD was spending all its time putting out fires.

Officers were continually being pulled out of other districts to handle crime downtown. When there weren’t enough officers to answer calls, how were they supposed to find time to engage in community fellowshipping, not to mention extra training to prevent profiling, etc.?

Advocates for the police restrictions were also advocates for not granting the police chief her request to hire more officers. One activist, Amy Cantrell, sat on the floor of the council chambers, behind the podium, until escorted out of the building by officers on security detail.

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The Daily Planet’s Opinion

Humane Society jammed; pet lovers need to step up

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ecent revelations that the Asheville Humane Society’s adoption center is filled beyond capacity truly strikes a sad chord in any caring human being.

The overcrowding is from a surge in stray dogs and cats beyond what the adoption center typically experiences during the summer.

Reportedly, the AHS has increased its occupancy of stray cats and dogs to a point that two at a time are occupying space typically reserved for one.

The crush of animals has prompted the AHS to get creative by waiving the adoption fees for any dog or cat older than six months. The fees start at $35 and can surpass $200 or more, depending on the animal.

The waiving of adoption fees is a sign of urgency — and not typical and highlights the extent of the problem, AHS spokewoman Meredith Pitcairn said recently.

The HSA has already taken in 6,800 animals this fiscal year, ending last month. That is an increase of 700 animals, up from all of the previous fiscal year, or an 18 percent increase.

While the solution to the problem of stray animals is complex, we urge pet-lovers in this area will step up and adopt some of these furry friends.

Quotes about our state stolen from a book you ought to own

CHAPEL HILL — Here is a present for you from a column several years ago--a few quotes about North Carolina.

“North Carolina is, I believe, the poorest state in the Union: the part of it though which we traveled should seem to indicate as much... The few detached houses on the road were mean and beggarly in their appearance, and the people whom we saw when the coach stopped had a squalid, and at the same time fierce air, which at once bore witness to the unfortunate influences of their existence.” From the journal of Frances Anne Kemble, traveling through the state in 1838. As bad as things sometimes seem today, we’ve come a long way in the last 180 years.

“A short time of conflict & the day is ours--ours for Freedom, for Right, for Self Government! They can never overcome, never conquer us, for we fight for our Birthright — Freedom!” An entry dated April 24, 1861, from the diary of Catherine Ann Devereaux Edmondston of Halifax County.

Are we always so confident of quick victory are the beginning of a “just war?”

“Between the lines [the South Carolina and Virginia borders]...was left an area which for years on end rejoiced in the generalization that it was a vale of humility between two mountains of conceit. The generalization is useful, as most generalizations are. A modicum of truth lies in it, a persisting modicum, borne out in the report of a modern North Carolinian that among his State’s neighbors there were only two classes of people, those who never had worn shoes and those who made you feel that you never had....[I]n a North Carolina [that is] recently more proud than humble, [there is] a continuing conviction that one man is as good as another and that if you don’t believe it he’ll show you he’s a damn sight better....”

Jonathan Daniels, writing in the 1930’s. “...Daniel Boone ...grew to manhood in the Yadkin River Valley near Statesville. He spent nearly half of his life here, and in fact did not settle west of the mountains until he was 41.” Joe Knox, in the Greensboro Daily News in 1976.

“This, Mr. Chairman, is perhaps the

D.G. Martin Negro’s temporary farewell to the American Congress; but let me say, Phoenix-like, he will rise up some day and come again.

These parting words are in behalf of an outraged, heartbroken, bruised, and bleeding, but God-fearing people, faithful, industrious, loyal people--rising people, full of potential force.” George White, North Carolina’s last black Congressman, in 1901, giving his farewell speech to Congress, after being defeated in a re-election bid.

“I am, by nature, very conservative, but I am firm in my convictions.. I want to blaze a trail for other women. I know that years from now there will be many other women in politics, but you have to start a thing.”

Lillian Exum Clement of Asheville, in 1920 or 1921, after becoming the first women to be elected to the North Carolina General Assembly.

“I shall continue to stand against wastefulness and extravagance in any activity. But there is a point, even in economy, beyond which self-respecting government cannot go. For to do so means not merely an abdication of its function but social bankruptcy.”

Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, in 1933, justifying a new tax to support education. What would he advise in today?

Want more? I stole all these quotes from a book that the UNC Press published 25 years ago. “Discovering North Carolina: A Tar Heel Reader” was edited by Jack Claiborne and William Price. Charles Kuralt said about it, “The most interesting book about North Carolina I’ve ever read.”

If you’ve read the column this far, you’ll want to read this book too.

• 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

Despite many red flags, ‘unhinged’ Trump sails on

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es, it’s all there. Drug trafficking, human trafficking and the immigration fiasco.

Blaming and denouncing Democrats, Obama, the media, turning on our long-time allies, embracing murderous tyrants like Putin and currently Kim Jong-Un, and anyone else for his horrific policies and shortcomings.

The Hitler-like similarities are undeniable and are cause for serious concern.

What bothers me the most is where is his family?

Why don’t they speak out as some members of his own political party have at last?

How many red flags will it take to remove this unhinged individual (aka Dictator) named President Donald J. Trump from office?

Herb Stark Mooresville

National Republican Party of today? Social Darwinists

As the 2018 national election season is now upon us, I want to try to inform as many of my fellow Americans as possible about how the 2018 national Republican Party is different from the one that I grew up knowing in the 1950s and 1960s.

The major difference is that back then “conservative” Republicans wanted the federal government to spend less than it was on social programs intended to help people, including Social Security.

Today, however, there are a large number of “conservative Republicans” (especially in the U.S. Congress, in the conservative-media and in “conservative think-tanks”) who go far beyond this and who are, in effect, modern cold-hearted “survival-of-the-fittest” Social Darwinists whose goal and plan is to

eliminate and abolish all federal government social programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps and College Student Loans.

However, they do not want to admit this to the public. Eventually, they will set their sights on Unemployment Insurance Benefits as well.

Stewart B. Epstein Rochester, N.Y.

July 4 should be spur U.S. to return to loving God, man

America has come a long way from July 4, 1776, when it declared its independence from Great Britain, and said in its declaration, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Many paid a great price to obtain independence from the then powerful Empire of Great Britain. Nine of the 56 signers of the Declaration “died from wounds, or hardships of The Revolutionary War of Independence.”

Since that war, hundreds of thousands more have died to preserve this great country and its principles.

Unfortunately, too many have forgotten what those principles were.

To many, “these truths” are not so “selfevident” any more. Instead of, “that all men are created equal” they divide us into different races and groups. But there is only one Human Race, and it started with Adam and Eve. When they divide, they are actually saying we are not equal to them. THOSE ARE THE REAL RACISTS. America must return to God, the Creator.

He did in fact create everything on Earth and the Heavens. Those fellows’ souls who said otherwise, are in the Hell God created.

Theirs was nothing but nonsense!

See LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Page A10

The Candid Conservative

The glue that binds and blinds?

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

— John F. Kennedy

Carl Mumpower

The problem

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on’t look now, but we live in a community of relentless conformity.

Blue hair, gender swapping, fullmonty tattoos, substance dependent euphoria and anarchistic radicalism have become today’s version of a ‘70s polyester leisure suit.

There are so many people working so hard to look hip that everyone’s looking the same.

All generations try to lay their unique touch on the world. That’s OK – even good. What’s not is pretending fifty-shades of sameness grants immunity from conformity’s smothering touch.

Conformity is like craft beer – too much makes you stupid.

Actually, craft beer is a perfect metaphor.

Can you believe we’ve arrived at a time and place where spending five bucks for a beer is considered cool?

No wonder everybody’s crying about Asheville’s affordability. We’re shoveling out thirty cents an ounce to keep Asheville’s beer-bubble intact. When it pops – and like polyester leisure suits it surely will – maybe we’ll be able to pay the rent.

For those discovering the secret to life cannot be found in beverage constrained largely to the influences of three ingredients, I’d like to help.

Below are five attractions that bind and blind

one to conformity. There’s recovery in the five conservative-thinker antidotes that follow.

You can read it all in less time than it takes to down that five-dollar pint.

Addiction

Show me a person in emotional pain and I’ll show you an addict. That dependency can be on injected heroin or mall credit cards. In all cases, addiction hacks the heart out of our character and our future.

Addiction is dedication to anything that crowds out normal living. Human beings are flexible – we’re willing to become addicted to about anything.

Worry, overeating, fear, sloth, anger, and intoxicating substances are some of the more common addictions.

Noteworthy is the reality that with every ounce of addiction comes a matching ounce of denial. That’s where the ‘bind and blind you’ comes into play.

Pleasure

Speaking of addiction, an over-dedication to pleasure ranks at the top of the list.

See CANDID CONSERVATIVE, Page A10

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Commentary

Oh that wisdom walked among us!

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he only light in the one-room house was a tiny flame that bounced on a kerosene wick lamp.

The door and windows were shut against the night.

The cook fire in the far corner sent a slow thread of smoke up to the thatched roof, where it broke into countless fingers, each probing a way to escape.

The 13 men seated along the walls were smoking their usual blend of tobacco and guava leaves. I closed my burning eyes and relied on my ears to tell me who was speaking.

These were the nankedakay, “the old men,” the elders, gathered to “level out” a dispute in the community. I was included, they joked as the potent cup of rice beer made its rounds, because I had “the forehead of an old man.”

They needed no light. Most of them were barely literate, and besides, the local brand of justice required no documents. The facts of the case were known to everyone in this village of 35 houses. Everyone knew precedent cases. And the record of their decision would be stored in the remarkable memories of the participants.

The owner of the house where we were gathered had died the week before and, by tradition, all his property – rice paddies, coffee groves, banana patches and animals, if any – was to be divided equally among his three children. But the younger son protested. He had cared for their father during his final months, he said, and besides (he added in quiet tones to the elders), he had raised the pig that fed the guests at their father’s funeral.

I witnessed cases that took so long for consensus that the elders had to send out for another jar of rice beer. This one did not. The elders awarded the younger son a small paddy down by the river that otherwise would have gone to his sister – who, the elders noted, had only seldom visited her father during his illness. The sibling disagreement was over.

This incident took place 54 years ago in the Philippines. As a young missionary linguist describing this mountain language, I was specially privileged: I observed Wisdom in all her glory.

Wisdom has been much on my mind lately. Maybe it’s like money: you don’t think about it until there isn’t any.

The elders in my Philippine village had the ability to draw broad lessons from a deep well of life experience. Together, they applied an informed common sense, for the benefit of their community.

Their kind of wise leadership is not welcome among us today. Our leaders have developed a value system that shuts out wisdom – a horribly virulent strain of

Lee Ballard greed for power and more power. Wisdom cannot breathe that kind of selfish air.

America has known wise leadership.

Abraham Lincoln knew that Reconstruction had to be a national healing. FDR gave security to the common man. They saw a long view beyond their immediate problems.

I wonder if Trump supporters weren’t looking for this kind of leadership in 2016 – someone they could trust to shake things up for the better. If so, they didn’t get it.

To him, collective wisdom is a wimp. He’s guided by his gut, his daily whims. He has no long vision, only the four month until November’s elections. The Washington swamp is now a cesspool of crony criminals. Everything he does – and I repeat, everything – is to enhance his own position, especially with his faithful.

And I will declare ditto for the arrogant, gerrymandered Republicans in Raleigh.

We will soon be looking for new leadership. Our next president must be wise. He or she must not pander to the short-term selfishness of our time. They should talk of long-term – no, eternal – principle.

I notice Democrats looking for charisma.

How often does glamor and wisdom coexist in a person?

Two of our wisest presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman, succeeded to the office by a president’s death, not by election.

I pray for somebody who will beat Trump – but not just anybody.

Is there wisdom in what I say here? You judge.

• Lee Ballard lives in Mars Hill. For more “stuff Ballard wrote,” visit mountainsnail.com.”

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Arch, implied that the changes were made possible through a group effort, said that the Chief Pontiac statue “needs to be taken down.”

The statue was erected 51 years ago. It was one of many around the nation, averaging 22 feet high, made by International Fiberglass as advertising mascots.

Perhaps the most notable ones were the Sinclair Dinosaurs. To many, these largerthan-life characters represent a bygone era in Americana.

Harry’s Indian is an image of Chief Pontiac, and it is not the only one used as

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Candid Conservative

Continued from Page A8 Everyone wants to feel good, but when that mission becomes Job One, too many other good things are pushed aside.

Which provides more pleasure – overeating or dieting, couch sitting or exercise, sport-sex or committed sex? All are examples where the search for temporary pleasure can trump better things.

Stand-alone pleasures tend to downgrade the individual. In contrast, the harder to do growth stuff uplifts and improves. That’s pleasure in its best form – as a byproduct of good actions.

Distraction

We’re designed to function in the present. Most of us spend our time everywhere but there.

Distractions are an effective way to escape the present. In little doses, it’s no big deal. As a lifestyle, it keeps us always living ahead of ourselves.

A life built on distraction is like traveling via a jet. There’s a difference in going far and going well.

Anger

This one is the king of binders and blinders.

Anger works as a temporary strength elixir, but it achieves that magic by making one stupid, reactive, immature and corruptible.

Don’t look now, but our culture is growing angrier by the minute. That’s why you’re seeing a lot of the other stuff too.

Don’t want to be bound and gagged by anger? Shower the world with forgiveness – it’s free and it sets you free.

Fear and worry

It’s interesting that these are the two most referenced sins in the Bible. That’s because God knew that in a fallen world – one where we hold the priceless power of choice and the forces of darkness are similarly empowered to seduce us – we’d be faced with lots of fear and worry.

Both are toxic and – like peanut butter and crackers – come packaged.

Counter-measures include creative engagement, productivity, growing, and skills training in managing your head and heart. Many of us find giving our fears and worries to higher spiritual authority to be an indispensable resource.

An easier option is to join the grass-fed herd and smoke lots of weed.

Working

Now that we’ve covered five ‘bind and blind’ conformity traps, let’s flip over to what’s ironically today’s version of non-conformity.

Mind if we start with the novel idea of work as a crucial ingredient to happiness?

Work is the healthiest part of most people’s day. We’re useful, engaged, responsible and have a hand in feeding ourselves. Fermenting goofy social policies that relieve people of that responsibility/opportunity should be a crime.

People who figure out how to game the system, their parents or government benevolence may think they’ve gotten by with something.

Not true. When you stop working to add something to the world, you start the process of leaving the world.

Learning

Education in all matters is central to maintaining a happy and liberated spirit. The Churchill quote, “Most people die at thirty.

Their body lingers on a while longer,” is unfortunately true.

The big bonus with anything you learn is that it’s one of the few things that can never be taken from you.

A quick cue on a conformist is that he or she has an imagined license to stop learning.

Loving

Anything you do for the growth and betterment of yourself and others is love. It’s about that simple – it’s not that easy.

The world is constantly trying to break our love button. That’s because evil – in human or other forms – shrinks in proximity to love.

Love is a skill far more than a feeling or a thought. It must be turned to action to find its deeper mojo.

Nothing validates your non-conformist credentials like to effort to love without expectation of reward, recognition or return.

Gratitude

Have you noticed how so many people have misplaced their gratitude button?

A great example was found in the recent tax-payer funded teacher’s march on Raleigh.

The fact our educators have received a raise four year in a row, and have another one on the way, was lost in the noise. The fact that teachers are working 9 months a year and being paid above the mean wage of NC taxpayers working all year reveals a truism – it’s easy for greed to trample gratitude.

Those who otherwise make an active effort to count their blessings retain a positive and engaged spirit. That commodity is lost amidst the dark confines of angry conformity.

Looking up

Though its increasingly popular to dismiss the existence of higher spiritual authority, some still hold tightly to the value of faith.

We do so for many reasons – including our inability to find impressive results with manmade substitutes.

In one way or another, the four conformity antidotes mentioned above all came from America’s founding faith – Christianity. Don’t believe in that founding faith statement? Ask yourself why most of us have a “Christian” name.

Looking up for a compass reading is counter-intuitive. The wisdom of such is demonstrated in the seductive message of secular humanism – more for less. Contrastingly, Christianity takes you higher by making you work harder. Which message do you believe is sincere to nature’s message?

Take a peek at those lost in the endless maze of liberal orthodoxy. If it doesn’t work for them, it won’t do any better by you.

Find your inner non-conformist. Step out of the grass-fed herd….

• Carl Mumpower, a psychologist and former elected official, is chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party. He can be reached at drmumpower@

Letters to the editor

Continued from Page A8 The Creator did give us “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Defend those rights properly and appreciate them, and the sacrifice Americans have made to protect them.

Love God and your Neighbor/Fellowman, as He directed us to do.

In Jesus’ name, stop the baby killing!

Manuel Ybarra Jr. Coalgate, Okla.

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Sunday, July 16

Faith Notes

MOVIE NIGHT, 9 p.m., outside Nanci Weldon Gym, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lake Junaluska. The film “October Sky” (rated PG) will be screened. The film features Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. Attendees are urged to bring a blanket or lawnchair and dress for the weather. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Admission is free.

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Sunday, July 1

“FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN HYMNS” PROGRAM, 8:30-11 a.m., Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 E. Main St., Brevard. A “Festival of American Hymns” program will be held.

LAKE JUNALUSKA’S SUMMER WORSHIP SERIES, 10:45 a.m.-noon, Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, 20 Chapel Drive, Lake Junaluska. The Rev. Michael Williams will be featured in the summer worship series, which continues on Sundays through Aug. 5.

SECULAR SANCTUARY, 4-6 p.m., The Block Off Biltmore, 39 S. Market St., downtown Asheville.

A new gathering of Freethinkers will celebrate curiosity and common sense in community.

Friday, July 6

JAZZ CONCERT, 7 p.m., in white tent outside Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, 20 Chapel Drive, Lake Junaluska.The Blue Ridge Big Band, an 18-piece group that specializes in jazz classics ranging from Glenn Miller to Chuck Mangione, will play selections such as “In the Mood” and “Strike Up the Band,” all the way through to the music of Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears. The band has played together for about five years and features some musicians from Haywood County and the Asheville area. The members are professional educators, local merchants, tradespeople and many others who get together to have fun by making music. Attendees are urged to bring a lawnchair and/or a blanket because seating is limited. Admission is free.

Sunday, July 8

LEANING INTO LIFE PROGRAM, 1:30-3 p.m., Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. A program on “Leaning Into Life” will be held on July 8 and 22. The program is billed as “a two-part, confidential, facilitated conversation around living with depression or other mental health challenges.” Facilitators will be the Rev. Laura Collins and Registered Nurse Betty Aubut.

The two women “have extensive training and

Sunday, July 23

The Blue Ridge Big Band will perform a mix of jazz classics, ranging from big-band to Chuck Mangione at 7 p.m. July 6 in the white tent outside of Stuart Auditorium at Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center in Lake Junaluska. professional experience dealing with struggling with mental health issues, as well as personal experience. This is a chance for individuals or their family members to address these concerns in a context of compassion, affirmative prayer and Unity principles.”

Monday, July 9

MOVIE NIGHT, 9 p.m., outside Nanci Weldon Gym, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lake Junaluska. The film “Moana” (rated PG) will be screened. Regarding the film, the center noted that it tells about “Moana Waialiki (who) is a sea-voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her island’s fishermen can’t catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti’s heart, so Moana sets off on an epic journey across the Pacific. The film is based on stories from Polynesian mythology.” Attendees are urged to bring a blanket or lawnchair and dress for the weather. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Admission is free.

Friday, July 13

CONCERT PIANIST PERFORMANCE, 7 p.m., Unity of the Blue Ridge, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River. Concert pianist Alex Watson will perform sacred, classical and jazz solo piano music.

A portion of the proceeds for this Benefit Concert supports the extraordinary work of CORPOINT Veteran’s Career and Coaching services an organization serving veterans and their families in Western North Carolina. Watson is a U.S. Navy veteran.

SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVIE NIGHT, 7-9:30 p.m., Sandford Hall, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, Asheville. The

UUCA will screen its monthly Social Justice Movie Night offering, the title of which is to be announced. After the screening, a discussion will be held. All are welcome and admission is free.

Saturday, July 14

CONCERT PIANIST PERFORMANCE, 4 p.m., Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Road, East Asheville. Concert pianist Alex Watson will perform sacred, classical and jazz solo piano music.

See July 13 for details.

MOVIE NIGHT, 9 p.m., outside Nanci Weldon Gym, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lake Junaluska. The film “Million Dollar Baby” (rated PG) will be screened. The film features Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman.

Attendees are urged to bring a blanket or lawnchair and dress for the weather. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Admission is free.

Sunday, July 30

MOVIE NIGHT, 9 p.m., outside Nanci Weldon Gym, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, Lake Junaluska. The film “Queen of Katwe” (rated PG) will be screened. Regarding the film, the center noted: “Written by North Carolina sportswriter Tim Crothers, ‘Queen of Katwe’ is the inspiring Disney adaptation of the true story of a Phiona, a Ugandan girl living in the slum of Katwe who learns to play chess in a missionary program. As she journeys to become a Woman Candidate Master, she must learn to overcome stress and identity issues as she is exposed to life outside Katwe.” The film features Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o.

Attendees are urged to bring a blanket or lawnchair.

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Asheville council districts bill clears Senate

From Staff Reports

Cantrell told them she wanted to be arrested, so they agreed to grant her wish if she would go peacefully outside with them.

Rondell Lance, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, said officers would be fine with the search changes, provided council gave them leeway. Rather than making written consent mandatory, he asked that the ordinances say, “when safe and practical.”

Illlustrations were given of when requiring written consent could endanger the safety of potential victims or the officer, and Kapoor and Councilman Keith Young got into a debate, with Young making claims and Kapoor factchecking.

The very exchange, the mayor said, showed council was not the body to be drafting the ordinances.

She said she had Keith Young talked to mayors in other jurisdictions who had implemented the policies council was trying to, and they described it as a very complex process.

In an impassioned speech, Young found fault with several claims made by members of the public. He said the Fourth Amendment protected an inalienable civil right.

Young disagreed with assessments that there was something wrong with his cutting off of public comment and overriding of the city manager’s authority at the last meeting.

Paralleling the officers’ requests, he spoke as if the ship was off-course, and he had to do what was necessary to steer it aright.

“Centuries of racial discrimination, of slavery and subjugation and Jim Crowe, didn’t simply vanish with the end of lawful segregation. It didn’t just stop when Dr. (Martin Luther) King (Jr.) made a speech …,’ Young said.

RALEIGH — After adopting an amendment to shift Asheville City Council elections to even-numbered years, the state Senate unanimously approved a bill June 25 to require five members of Asheville City Council be elected via district.

Sen. Chuck Edwards, R-Hendersonville, the bill’s sponsor, told the Senate that switching from the current procedure of electing all of council’s seven members in citywide races to five council members elected by district will “modernize Asheville’s election process ... move city government closer to its citizens and... restore confidence in the Asheville City Council election process. “ The bill was sent to the House— and a vote was expected to occur by the end of June. If it passes — as expected — in the Republican-dominated House, the next Asheville council election will be in 2020, instead of next year, as per the current system.

Council members would be elected to Districts 1 (West Asheville) and 2 (central and West Asheville), along with the regular member of council to be chosen citywide.

Continued from Page A1 “I share your concern about transit,” Manheimer told Swicegood. “It costs $7 for every $1 customer” to run the city’s buses. “Transit is not cheap. We cannot go backwards on transit, we can only go forward.

“Employers need it (the transit system) to get their employees to and from work. You’d be amazed by how many people struggle with just that issue of transportation. The only way for it to go is we’ve got to double the frequency” of routes.

“But it really is a benefit if you can get people to their job. One way or another, you’re going to have to pay for it as a society — either pay for transit, or pay for that person to receive social services.”

A man then asked about the potential sale of locally based nonprofit Mission Health to Nashville-based, for-profit HCA Healthcare, noting that the sale would “create a windfall to the city and the (Buncombe) county.

“Has there been any consideration” for how the windfall of taxes to the city would be spent? he asked.

“That’s a really good question,” Manheimer replied. “Right now, we’re conservatively estimating that the sale will bring in an additional 10 percent to (city’s) property tax revenues.

We want to think about where to spend it…

Of course, it may be an opportunity to reduce property taxes.”

She added, “On the Mission sale, we’re having a meeting of City Council, the county commissioners and Mission” on June 12.

“The endowment created from the sale will be $1 billion to $2 billion — the second largest n the state,” the mayor noted.

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Chuck Edwards

Terry Van Duynn

The mayor’s seat and seats on council from the remaining seats would be chosen in 2022.

An amendment offered by Sen Terry Van Duynn, D-Buncombe, backed by Edwards, was unanimously adopted by the Sentate to make the even-year election timing change.

In 2017, Edwards achieved passage of a bill that directed Asheville’s council to adopt a six-district structure that would have only the mayor chosen in a citywide vote. In the aftermath, council scheduled a

November 2017 referendum on the idea — and 75 percent of city voters rejected it.

His current bill would mandate that the mayor and one other member of council run citywide. Edwards said he made that change after talks he and other legislators had with members of council and feedback from the public via the General Assembly webisite.

After the vote, Van Duynn thanked Edwards “for being willing to compromise” by changing the number of districts.

“We both have the same objective and that objective is a City Council that adequately represents the voters of Asheville ... though we might disagree on some of the ways to do that,” she said.

Van Duynn told the Senate that, if city elections are moved to years in which state and federal offices also are on the ballot, “We can anticipate greater voter turnout and greater participation in the election.”

Van Duynn previously opposed Edwards’ bill and had said decisions on the election process should be made by council and city voters. She said she reversed course in the third week of June after she agreed to support the bill in return for Edwards’ backing the change to elections in even-numbered years.

50-year Biltmore Forest Country Club employee, 71, fired, escorted off property by police officers

From Staff Reports

Biltmore Forest Country Club’s Golf Operations Manager Sheila Fender, 71, received a letter of termination on May 31 — and was escorted off the property by police.

Fender had worked for the club for almost 50 years, handling bookings and sales.

The decision caused Fender’s attorney, Kellam Warren, to add wrongful and retaliatory discharge to a six-month legal battle with claims of unpaid overtime, age discrimination, and retaliation. Fender, reportedly, had been

told by a club member that the club would subject her to a long, messy court ordeal if she did not drop her charges and resign.

Representatives of the club said the termination stems from Fender demanding the termination of the club manager and expecting special privileges, like being able to park in members-only spaces.

Biltmore Forest Country Club Attorney Jonathan Yarbrough, however, said the court case is simply a question of how much overtime Fender is due. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, he

said, had already dismissed Fender’s claims of discrimination, deciding Fender had been administered a performance improvement plan for nondiscriminatory causes.

Warren says the performance improvement plan was retaliation.

Fender is trying to claim $86,000 in overtime not paid over a period of 20 years.

The club believes it fairly compensated Fender in accordance with a ruling of the Fourth Circuit Court saying salaried employees may be paid half-time instead of time-and-a-half for overtime.

On a second matter, an update was given onplanned improvements as well when work will begin on the Interstate .

About 65 people attended the early-morning breakfast meeting.

VeHaun I-26 pressentation was given by Jerry VeHaun Jerry VeHaun, who is a member of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. He also is the mayor of Woodfin.

CIBO had asked him specifically to addresa questions about the “projected timeline” and if some are “trying to delay” the project and, if so, why.

He began his six-minute presentation by defining the MPO, which, he said, “works with DOT (Department of Transportation) on highway projects, among other things.

VeHaun added that the MPO is comprised of people from Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Haywood counties.

“We met on May 24 to decide whether or not to ‘cascade‘ certain projects, one being the I-26 project through West Asheville. (The group gave the OK to trash last email.

“Anyway, based on the points system, the MPO can add 100 points to the DOT point system. The MPO voted to ‘cascade’ three projects,” including: • I-240 through West Asheville.

• I-40 from Monte Vista Road to Wiggings Road.

• I-26 from U.S. 64 to U.S. 25 in Henderson County.

“Now there is one more vote the MPO” will cast on the aforementioned projects on June 28. To that end, he urged CIBO members to share their views with the MPO during the public comment period that ran through June 22.

He noted that the MPO already had received “a tremendous amount of input” from the public on the I-26 project.

What’s more, VeHaun noted, “As a side note, the Liberty Road project in Candler will not be affected by any of these actions.”

After winding up his brief update, VeHaun prompted laughter when he quipped that, “I’ll take questions from anyone except Mac.” (VeHaun’s reference was to CIBO member Mac Swicegood, who is known for his tough questioning of guest speakers at CIBO meetings.)

During the question-and-answer period, an unidentified man asked, “Is this (MPO vote) mainly to get it (I-26 improvements) done faster?

“Yes,” Vehaun replied.

State Rep. John Ager, D-Fairview, added that “there is a bill going through the (state) legislature that hopefully will free up funds to speed this up” even more.

Another man asked, “So the other two sections (exluding West Asheville) are through (as far as funding goes), but this would speed up the final section” in West Asheville?

“Yes, this will bring it in line so it is finished at same time as other sections,” VeHaun answered.

On a third matter, commissioners’ Chairman Brownie Newman introduced Jim Holland, who presented the county’s budget.

Holland began by noting, “The commis-

sion has been very involved since July of last year… to work dedicated to the budget. That’s been a critically important aspect.”

Holland said the effort has resulted in a $315.3 million budget ,with a tax rate of 52.9 cents , which amounts to a one-cent reduction The city was “able to save one-cent on the tax rate, which enabled us to absorb the increase in education by keeping the tax rate flat.

“In a nutshell, the city’s budget totals $318,720,851,” with a tax rate of 53.9 cents per $100 valuation.

However, the new budget proposes that the tipping fees be increased when the tipping station opens in August.

Follwing is a listing of some of what Holland termed the key projects “delivered” through the new budget: • Affordable housing • Greenways/trails (Enka, Woodfin and Black Mountain) • Lake Julian playground and dock • New East Asheville library • Renovations to Enka library • Community investment grants • Commissioner strategic priorities During a question-and-answer period afterward, an unidentified man in the audience said, “ I’d like to say bravo to all of your comments.”

CIBO’s Swicegood added, “I’d like to say thanks for showing us all of the working parts.

We’ve never had this before.”

A woman asked about space for classrooms for teachers.

Holland replied that “we’ve been working with the school board and they’ve presented a very solid plan for physical space” for teachers in the schools.

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Continued from Page A1 Having regular sex with you does not give another person the right to rake through your diary like it’s the $1 bin at Goodwill.

Your boyfriend probably equated your approaching this other guy with an attempt to cheat, but it sounds like it was something different — a sort of preliminary investigation into whether you had any chance with that guy. It turns out that we have a sort of inner auditing department that gets triggered to calculate whether “the one!!!” should maybe be that other one.

Accordingly, research by evolutionary psychologists Joshua Duntley and David Buss and their colleagues suggests that we evolved to cultivate romantic understudies — backup mates whom we can quickly slot in as partners if our partner, say, dies or ditches us or their “mate value” suddenly takes a dive.

What else might trigger going for — or at least testing the waters with — a backup mate? Well, though you didn’t have sex with this other guy, it seems instructive to look at why women tend to have affairs.

Research by the late psychologist Shirley Glass finds that women view seeking love and emotional intimacy as the most compelling justification for cheating. (Seventyseven percent of women surveyed saw this as a compelling reason to have an affair, compared with only 43 percent of the men.

Men were more likely to see sexual excitement as a compelling justification to stray — with 75 percent of the men, versus 53 percent of the women, giving that reason.)

As for whether you should take your boyfriend back, the question is: What was missing that led you to try to trade up, and is it still missing? We’re prone (per what’s called the “sunk cost fallacy”) to want to keep putting time and energy into things we’ve already put time and energy into, but the way to judge whether something’s actually worthwhile is to assess how well it’s likely to pay off in the future.

If you feel (and act) more certain about your partner, he is less likely to have mateguarding impulses triggered (like the temptation to snoop). However, if you do get back together with this guy, privacy rules need to be spelled out — and followed. (Presumably, your daily journal entries start with “Dear Diary,” not “To Whom It May Concern.”)

Nightlight at the end of the tunnel

My boyfriend thinks there’s something wrong with me because of how much I sleep. I’ve always needed to sleep a lot (like, nine hours). I’ve been tested for everything, and I’m fine. Do some people just need more sleep? How do I get him off my back?

— Duvet-Covered Okay, so you’re the love child of Rip Van Winkle and a log.

Studies on identical twins suggest that

our “sleep duration” (how long we tend to sleep) is between 31 and 55 percent “heritable” —which is to say factory-installed, driven by our genes.

Beyond your boyfriend not being tuned in to the genetics, there’s a little-known feature of our immune system — basically the psychological version of that plexiglass partition in liquor stores in bad neighborhoods — that may be causing him to worry about your sleepathons. In addition to warrior cells being sent out by our immune system to attack bodily invaders, such as viruses, psychologist Mark Schaller’s research suggests we have a psychological warning system — the “behavioral immune system” — to help us avoid being exposed to disease in the first place.

This warning system gets triggered by, among other things, atypical behavior — for example, sleeping far more than most people. To get your boyfriend off your case, you might tell him that being adequately rested is actually associated with lower risk of heart disease, obesity, and psychiatric problems.

In fact, it’s even associated with less risk of early mortality — despite the things your boyfriend probably yells in bed: “Hey! Hey! You still alive? Should I call 911?”

• (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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Bringing the beach to the mtns.

‘Carolina Shag!’ celebrates the ‘swing of the South’

Fourth of July to be celebrated by array of events From Staff Reports

By JOHN NORTH

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ENDERSONVILLE — Flat Rock Playhouse’s performance of its “Carolina Shag!” tribute show brought the beach to the mountains during its recent run.

The show ran June 1-10 as part of the Music on the Rock series at FRP’s downtown Hendersonville stage. The June 2 show filled about half of the venue’s 200 seats.

The show, which celebrated the musical phenomenon that developed in the early 1950s on the coasts of North and South Carolina, featured Carolina beach music, with songs from such bands as The Embers, The Tams, General Johnson & the Chairmen of the Board, and the Drifters.

Shag, a dance genre that is a modification of the jitterbug, is sometimes referred to as the “swing of the South,” as it reportedly was developed when military personnel from the North showed it to their Southern counterparts, who slowed it down and smoothed it out.

Many of the audience members enthusiastically accepted the invitation by the trio of singers to join in the party — and danced to the hits.

FRP’s “Carolina Shag” was fronted by three talented vocalists — Alfred Jackson, Sha’Leah Stubblefield and Anthony Jowan — who also provided choreographed swinging and swaying to the music that made the show a musical and visual treat.

The stellar band included George Special photo courtesy of FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE Wilkins, music director and keyboards Alfred Jackson sings in Carolina Shag at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown.

No. 1; Andrew Rogelberg, keyboards No. 2; Daniel Iannucci, bass; Casey Cramer, Number in My Little Red Book.” liams & the Zodiac’s “Stay.” Other secondguitar; and Phillip Bronson, drums.

Other first-set songs included The Tempset songs included “Hey, Baby,” “I’d Rather Jackson and Stubblefield previously Be in Carolina,” “Sixty-Minute Man,” “With appeared in FRP’s production of “Motown tations’ classic, “My Girl,” as well as “My Guy,” “Girl Watcher,” “Cooling Out” and This Ring,” “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” Summer Nights” in 2017, while Jawan “Be Young, Be Foolist, Be Happy.”

“Stand By Me” and “Higher and Higher.” made his FRP debut in “Carolina Shag.”

The second set opened with General As the band launched into “Girl Watcher,” The show opened with The Embers’ Johnson & the Chairmen of the Board’s Mountain Shag Club officer Morgan Teague “I Love Beach Music,” followed by The “Beach Fever,” followed the Isley Brothers’ was called to the stage to dance with the trio Catalinas’ “Summertime’s Calling Me” “This Old Heart of Mine” and Maurice Wilof singers — to the delight of the crowd. and The Drifters’ “You’re More Than a

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he Fourth of July will mark the 242nd birthday of the United States — and Western North Carolina communities will be celebrating the occasion with fanfare and fireworks.

Following are Independence Day events in the area in chronilogical order: •

MONTREAT FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, 10 a.m.-noon, along Assembly Drive, Montreat. The annual Montreat Fourth of July parade will be held.

ASHEVILLE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, 2-10 p.m., Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. As all-day activities, downtown Asheville’s Independence Day celebration will feature ultimate air dogs competitions, Splashville, bouncy houses and kids activities. At 5 p.m., opening musical acts will perform. At 8 p.m., the Larry Keel Experience will perform. At 9:30 p.m., a fireworks show will be ignited. Admission is free.

BLACK MOUNTAIN FOURTH OF JULY GALA, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Sutton Avenue area, downtown Black Mountain. For Independence Day, Black Mountain will feature a street dance with live music from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Food vendors will be on site. Firework will start at dusk behind the former Bi-Lo supermarket.

INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS HIKE, 6-11 p.m., Swannanoa Valley Museum, 223 W. State St., Black Mountain. An Independence Day Fireworks Hike , billed as a 1.5-mile moderate hike to the peak of Sunset Mountain, will be held. Hike leaders will share history and vintage photographs. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic, water, folding chairs, cameras and flashlights. The museum will provide watermelon and transport cargo to the summit. The fee is $50 for nonmembers and $35 for museum members.

HENDERSONVILLE OUTDOOR CONCERT/PATRIOTIC TRIBUTE/FIREWORKS, 7-9 p.m., Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville.

The beach and golden oldies band Wishful Thinkin’ will perform for the special Fourth of July concert-patriotic tribute-fireworks show in the annual Music on Main concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and blankets. No backpacks, coolers, alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed. Admission is free.

Weaverville FOURTH OF JULY GALA, 7-10 p.m., Lake Louise Park, Weaverville. Weaverville’s “Fire on the Lake” Independence Day celebration will feature food, vendors and live music. The fireworks will begin at 10 p.m.

Shows to feature Isaacs, Skaggs, Gatlin Bros.

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RANKLIN — Two musical icons — Ricky Skaggs and Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band — will be performing in separate shows on consecutive nights as special guests of The Isaacs in early July at the Smoky Mountain Center for Performing Arts.

Skaggs will perform with The Isaacs at 7 p.m. July 6, while the Gatlin Brothers will take the stage with The Isaacs at 7 p.m. July 7.

The Isaacs, a multi-award-winning gamily group, feature a style that blends tight, family harmony with contemporary musical instrumentation that appeals to a variety of

audiences. The group performs frequently at the Grand Old Opry.

Skaggs, a 15-time Grammy Award winner, will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this fall.

For his Franklin show with The Isaacs, Skaggs told the Daily Planet in a telephone interview on June 27 that “I’ll have some new songs and instrumentals — and a whole new band since I’ve been to Franklin” the last time. He also praised The Isaacs, noting that he himself is a top fan of the group.

Regarding his upcoming induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, he said, “It’s still kind of hard to believe.”

See ISAACS, Page B7

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Ricky Skaggs will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this fall.

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Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers perform in a recent concert.

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Flat Rock Playhouse’s production of “Broadway on the Rock” will open at 8 p.m. July 6 on the mainstage in Flat Rock.

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Sunday, July 1

“MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS” PRODUCTION, 2 p.m., Hendersonville CommunityTheatre, 229 S. Washington St., Hendersonville. The HCT will present its final performance of “Moonlight and Magnolias.” Regarding the production, the HCT noted, “1939 is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznickhas shut down production of his new epic, ‘Gone With the Wind.’ The screenplay doesn’t work, so Selznick hires screenwriter Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming. The three of them fashion a screenplay in five days that becomes the most successful film of all time.” For tickets, visit hendersonvilletheatre.org or call 692-1082.

BIG BAND CONCERT, 3 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Rd., West Asheville. The Asheville Jazz Orchestra will perform hits from the big-band era.

Wednesday, July 4

See the Fourth of July roundup story on Page B1 for detailed listings of area events for that day — and night.

Thursday, July 5

PARK RHYTHMS OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The mountain music band Crooked Pine will perform in a free concert. Food vendors will be on site.

Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets. Admission is free.

Friday, July 6

BROADWAY BOUELVARD OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The band Broadway Boulevard will perform under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series.

Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

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RICKY SKAGGS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. Ricky Skaggs, a 15-time Grammy Awardwinner, will perform in concert, as he continues to be among the leaders in the recent revival of bluegrass music. For tickets, which are $30 and $37 (and $65 for VIP), call 524-1598 , or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER ADULT SHOWS, 7 and 10 p.m., Event Center, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, Cherokee. Two adult shows featuring the Thunder From Down Under will be offered. The group of Australian men have “chiseled bodies, seductive dance routines, cheeky humor and boy-next-door charm,” Harrah’s noted in a preview. Harrah’s also termed the event the “perfect girls’ night out.” For tickets, visit caesar.com/harrahs-cherokee/shows.

“MAME” PRODUCTION, 7:30 p.m., HART Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. The Jerry Herman blockbuster musical, “Mame,” starring Lyn Donley in the title role, will run through July 29. For tickets, call the HART box office at 456-6322.

“BROADWAY ON THE ROCK” PRODUCTION, 8 p.m., Flat Rock Playhouse, Flat Rock. The FRP production of “Broadway on the Rock” will run July 6-21. Regarding the show, the FRP noted in a promotion, “You liked last year’s hit production of ‘Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night?’ You’ll love this celebration of top Broadway blockbusters from ‘Les Miserables,’ ‘Miss Saigon,’ ‘Wicked,’ ‘Newsies,’ as well as classic hits from the Golden Age of the Great White Way.” Showtimes vary. For seats, which range from $17 to $55, call the box office at 693-0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

Saturday, July 7

FREEPORT JAZZ OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The band Freeport Jazz will perform smooth jazz under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

GATLIN BROTHERS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, with more than a dozen top 40 hits over the past 50 years, will perform in concert. For tickets, which are $30 and $37 (and $65 for VIP), call 524-1598 , or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.

SHINDIG ON THE GREEN GALA, 7-10 p.m., Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. The annual Shindig on the Green features live bluegrass music, big circle mountain dancers, storytellers and cloggers. Attendees are urged to bring a lawnchair and/or blanket. Admission is free.

See CALENDAR, Page B3

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A production of the Broadway musical classic “Mame” will open at 7:30 p.m. July 6 at HART Theatre in Waynesville.

To the left is Lyn Donley, who is featured in the title role. The show will run through July 29.

Showtimes vary.

Dances at the VFW

North Main Street, Hendersonville

Special photo courtesty of HART THEATRE

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Monday, July 9

POLITICAL MEETING, 6:30 p.m., Leicester Community Center, Leicester. Citizens for Change will hold a meeting for Shad Higgins, Republican candidate for sheriff. In addition, the two Leicester candidates for county commissioner — Glenda Weinert, new candidate for District 2, and Robert Pressley, seeking re-election for District 3 — will be there. The public is invited.

POLITICAL MEETING, 6:30-8 p.m., Buncombe County Democratic Headquarters, 951 Old Fairview Rd., Asheville. A meeting of Progressive Democrats of Buncombe will be held. Future meetings will be at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 and Sept.

13. Attendees will be updated on “how progressive Democrats are changing the face of politics across the country,” a PDB press release noted. “Learn about ways for you to get involved in support of progressive issues. Enjoy the company of and share with other progressive Democrats.

THE GET RIGHT BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-8:30 p.m., Quad, UNC Asheville. The annual Concerts on the Quad series will feature The Get Right Band, billed as “hip-shaking, earthquaking, pure punk fun” by The Alternate Root. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets and picnics. Also, food and beverages will be available for purchase. Admission is free.

Tuesday, July 10

GROOVIN’ ON GROVEMONT OUTDOOR CONCERT, 6-7:30 p.m., Grovemont Square, next to Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston Ave., Swannanoa. The Groovin’ on Grovemont summer outdoor concert series will feature the Jordan Okrend Experience. The Asheville-based singersongwriter will perform what is billed as “vintage pop imbued with funky jazz and soulful music with socially conscious lyrics.” In addition, performing fire dance with batons and hoops will be fire dancer Laura “Lulu” Edmonds, part of the Unifire Theater Troupe and a librarian in the Buncombe County Library System. Taco concessions will be provided by The Social Pizzeria. Admission to the concert is free.

BENEFIT/DANCE, 6-10:30 p.m., The Topsider, (second floor) of VFW Post 5206, 900 N. Main St., Hendersonville. A benefit/dance to repair the air conditioning system at the VFW will feature live music by the Rick and Lesa duo, along with recorded music by DJs Sonny Coren and Phil Noland. Also featured will be a cash bar, food and a silent auction. Tickets are $10.

Thursday, July 12

MAME’S FASHION PARTY/LUNCHEON, noon-2 p.m., HART Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville.

HART and Caravan’s of Asheville are teaming

up to celebrate the opening of HART’s summer production of the Broadway musical “Mame” by staging what it is billing as “may be the fashion event of the year” — Mame’s Fabulous Fashion Party and Luncheon with Lyn Donley, the star of the show. The event “promises to be a fashion spectacular that will include vintage costumes from HART’s collection and contemporary items from Caravan’s. The event is being held to benefit the theater. For tickets, which are $75, call the HART box office at 456-6322.

PARK RHYTHMS OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The band Motown Willie & Friends will perform Motown, soul and blues music in a free concert. Food vendors will be on site.

Friday, July 13

BRUCE LANG BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The Bruce Lang Band will perform swing and light rock music under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

MOUNTAIN VOICES CONCERT, 7 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin.

Mountain Voices, a 55-member chorus, will present “Music by the Decade” in a concert. The program will include show tunes, Top 40 hits, gospel and patriotic songs from more than 50 years of music. Mountain Voices is directed by Beverly Barnett and accompanied

by Lorie Meservey. For tickets, which are $12, call 524-1598, or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.

96.5 HOUSE BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The annual Music on Main concert series will feature the 96.5 House Band. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and blankets. No backpacks, coolers, alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed. Admission is free.

SUPER ‘60S BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Bridge Park gazebo, Sylva. The Super ‘60s Band will perform classic hits from the 1960s.

Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets. Admission is free.

OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT EVENT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The Outdoor Movie Night series will feature a film to be announced. Attendees are urged to bring blankets and lawnchairs. Admission is free.

OUTdOOR FILM sCREENING, 8 p.m., Roger McGuire Green, Pack Square Park, Asheville. The film “Ghostbusters” will be screened as part of the City of Asheville’s monthly Movies in the Park series. Atttendees are urged to bring a lawnchair and blanket. Children’s activities will begin at 6:30, followed by the film screening at dusk. Admission is free.

See CALENDAR, Page B6

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“The Lions Sleeps Tonight” and “Come Go With Me.” For tickets, which are $18, call 524-1598 , or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.

“MAMA MIA” PRODUCTION, 8 p.m., Flat Rock Playhouse, Flat Rock. The FRP production of “Mama Mia” will run July 27-Aug. 18. Showtimes vary. For seats, which are $17, call the box office at 693-0731, or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

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Saturday, July 14

FIRECRACKER JAZZ BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The Firecracker Jazz Band will perform jazz under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

SHINDIG ON THE GREEN GALA, 7-10 p.m., Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. The annual Shindig on the Green features live bluegrass music, big circle mountain dancers, storytellers and cloggers. Attendees are urged to brng a lawnchair and/or blanket. Admission is free.

Sunday, July 15

ETHICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM, 2-3:30 p.m., Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Road, Asheville. “Do No Harm — Harm Reduction” will be addressed by Dr. Jennifer Mullendore and Michael Hareny at the July meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville. Informal discussion and refreshments will follow the presentation.

Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.

Monday, July 16

RISSI PALMER OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-8:30 p.m., Quad, UNC Asheville. The annual Concerts on the Quad series will feature Rissie Palmer. She describes her style as “Southern soul,” although press release said she has appear for fans of country music as well as soul. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets and picnics. Also, food and beverages will be available for purchase. Admission is free.

Wednesday, July 18

LEADERSHIP ASHEVILLE PROGRAM, 7:30 a.m., Expo Center, Crowne Plaza Resort, 1 Resort Drive, West Asheville. Leadership Asheville will hold a Buzz Breakfast program that will include a presentation on “Sexual and Gender Diversity: How Do We Promote It?” by Tina Madison White and Laura Webb.

Thursday, July 19

URBAN SOIL BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 5-9 p.m., Main Street between Allen and Caswell streets, downtown Hendersonville. The band Urban Soil will perform Americana, rock and soul in the annual Rhythm & Brews concert series. The opener will be Modern Day Society. No dogs are allowed. Admission is free.

PARK RHYTHMS OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The band Patrick Lopez Experience will perform jazz music in a free concert. Food vendors will be on site.

Friday, July 20

BRUCE LANG BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The Bruce Lang Band will perform swing and light rock under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

DOWNTOWN AFTER 5 CONCERT, 5-9 p.m., North Lexington Avenue near the I-240 overpass, downtown Asheville. Fantastic Negrito, a roots and blues band, will be the headliner at 7 p.m., preceded by the opener, The Get Right Band, a local funk rock and reggae band. Admission is free.

FLASHBACK-THE PARTY BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The annual Music on Main concert series will feature FlashbackThe Party Band. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and blankets. No backpacks, coolers, alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed. Admission is free.

“HAIRSPRAY JR.” PRODUCTION, 7:30 p.m., Hendersonville Community Theatre, 229 S. Washington St., downtown Hendersonville. The musical “Hairspray Jr.” will be performed July 20 through Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. For tickets, which are $26 for adults, $20 for students ages 18 and up, and $15 for students under age 18, visit hendersonvlletheatre.org, or call 692-1082.

SKID ROW/GREAT WHITE CONCERT, 8 p.m., Event Center, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, Cherokee. A pair of 1980s metal music heavyweights will “let down their hair” — Skid Row with special

Saturday, July 28

FREEPORT JAZZ BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The Freeport Jazz Band will perform smooth jazz under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

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Sock Hops, a doo-wop and oldies quartet (above), will perform at 7:30 p.m. July 27 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. guest Great White. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Saturday, July 21

FLASHBACK BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The band Flashback will perform rock hits from the 1980s under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

HOT SAUCE BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., town square in front of Hickory Tavern and Brixx restaurants, Biltmore Park, Asheville. The Charlotte-based dance band Hot Sauce will perform in an outdoor concert. The five-piece band plays hits from high-energy rock, pop and soul.

Admission is free.

SHINDIG ON THE GREEN GALA, 7-10 p.m., Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville. The annual Shindig on the Green features live bluegrass music, big circle mountain dancers, storytellers and cloggers. Attendees are urged to bring a lawnchair and/or blanket. Admission is free.

Tuesday, July 24

GROOVIN’ ON GROVEMONT OUTDOOR CONCERT, 6-7:30 p.m., Grovemont Square, next to Swannanoa Library, 101 W. Charleston Ave., Swannanoa. The Groovin’ on Grovemont summer outdoor concert series will feature the Wonderful Nobodies (Seth Taylor, Lacy Green and Aaron Williams), a Nashville-based group of singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists from the Appalachian region of Virginia and North Carolina. Individually, they have played stages that range from the Grand Ole Opry to Carnegie Hall.

They have toured the country and performed on numerous recordings. Collectively, they deliver a unique blend of bluegrass, pop, soul and country with what are billed as “outstanding vocals and top-notch instrumentation.” Concessions will be a veggie and barbecue “bluegrass picnic” by The Social Pizzeria. The special pre-Groovin’ library

program will be “Kidsenses: Rockin’ Rockets” at 5 p.m. for children ages 6 and up, who will watch a rocket fire upward into the sky. Admission to the concert is free.

Thursday, July 26

PARK RHYTHMS OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The Big Deal Band will perform bluegrass music in a free concert. Food vendors will be on site.

FOLKMOOT SHOW, 7 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. Folkmoot USA, the state International Festival of North Carolina, will offer a performance that celebrates the world’s cultural heritage through colorful, authentic and original reproduction costumes, lively dance and folk music. For tickets, which are $21 and $26, call 524-1598, or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.

Friday, July 27

NUANCE BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The band Nuance will perform jazz under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

ROCK & ROLL BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The annual Music on Main concert series will feature the band Rock & Roll Reunion.

Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and blankets. No backpacks, coolers, alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed. Admission is free.

THE SOCK HOPS CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. The doo-wop vocal quartet, The Sock Hops, will perform in concert. “Let’s celebrate the summer with a drive down memory lane as The Sock Hops perform hits from all your favorite songs of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s,” the SMCPA urged. “The group specializes in four-part harmonies. Among the classic hits that will be performed are “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” “At the Hop,” “Sherry,”

Sunday, July 29

SUPER ‘60s BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 5-7 p.m., lake, Blue Ridge Community College, East Flat Rock. The Music by the Lake series will feature the Super ‘60s Band, which plays rock oldies.

Admission is free.

Friday, Aug. 3

FRENCH BROAD PLAYBOYS BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The French Broad Playboys band will perform under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

THE NIGHT MOVE BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Visitors Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The annual Music on Main concert series will feature the Night Move Band. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and blankets. No backpacks, coolers, alcoholic beverages or pets are allowed. Admission is free.

Saturday, Aug. 4

CLAY LUNSFORD BAND OUTDOOR CONCERT, 4-8:45 p.m., gazebo, Antler Village, Biltmore Estate, Asheville. The Freeport Jazz Band will perform jazz music under the gazebo in the Live Music at the Bandstand concert series. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets.

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Continued from Page B1 Skaggs added, “I’m letting it soak in and enjoying it... At (age) 63, I feel I have lots of years to play still ... For a country music artist, that is the zenith — this career plaque. It’s a very reputed and high honor.”

Regarding bluegrass music today, he said, “What I like in bluegrass, in general, is there are still young kids out there who still want to learn the old stuff. I’m thankful for their heart and desire.

“As for country music, I think they respect us. We get respect from the young guys. But I don’t hear them singing the music from the past. They’re kind of just playing today’s music and going with the flow.”

However, Skaggs did single out country music performer Chris Singleton as someone who “is not going with the flow because he is so different” from the others.

Skaggs, billed as a pioneer of bluegrass and country music, has been playing music for more than 50 years.

He recorded 12 No. 1 hit singles in his career and already has been indicted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

He has his own record label, Skaggs Family Records, and the Grand Old Opry has released his autobiography, “Kentucky Traveler.”

As for his career as a musician, he said, “I think this was chosen for me for the conditions of the world. I can’t imagine doing anything different.”

As for Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, band member Rudy Gatlin quipped in a separate phone interview with the Daily Planet on June 27 that, for the

show in Franklin, “We’re going to do a bunch of hits — and even throw in a few misses” to keep the fans on their toes.

More seriously, Gatlin said, “I’m just looking forward to singing” any of their 40 top 10 songs.

More than 50 years ago, Larry, Steve and Rudy Gatlin started singing in their little hometown of Abilene, Texas, and, as the SMCPA noted in a press release, “went on to make music history.”

A unifying musical element of the Gatlin Brothers is the purity of the family harmony.

“Gatlin harmonies spin with high and light precision and their music bleeds and screams of love and a lot of living,” according to Country Capsule.

In his interview with the Daily Planet, Rudy Gatlin answered questions about the group’s newest album, “The Gospel According to Gatlin,” noting that it is “edgy” and “somewhat different” from their previous albums.

For instance, he noted that the new album asked questions about “What would Jesus do?” on certain social issues.

Regarding the album, Larry Gatlin said in an interview elsewhere, “Steve, Rudy and I didn’t get where we are by playing it safe. We have always pushed the envelope. We have always crossed borders others were afraid to cross and we’re not going to stop now... and that’s ‘The Gospel According to Gatlin.’”

Regarding the contemporary country and gospel scenes, Rudy Gatlin told the Daily Planet, “There are a lot of fine artists out there,” but “the songs aren’t what they used to be.”

He joked that the first rap song was country musician Charlie Daniels’ “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” which was released in 1979 in Jacksonville, Fla. Forthcoming Gatlin Brothers’ projects include a Gaither music collaboration that also will include The Oak Ridge Boys.

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