Asheville Daily Planet August 2013

Bele Chere’s finale entertains — See Story, Pg. A9

David Holt

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Kathy Mattea sparkles in show

New horoscope offers a fun twist — See Horoscope, Pg. A12

Kathy Mattea

— See Review, Pg. B8

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‘That’s life, that’s what the people say....’

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The local band Pleasure Chest opened July’s Downtown After Five street party in downtown Asheville. Among the songs it featured was a somewhat psychedlic rendition of Frank Sinatra’s brash jazz classic, “That’s Life.”

Protesters vent against GOP policies

From Staff Reports In response to Republican-led legislation in state government in Raleigh, a Moral Sunday gathering was held on July 28 at White Horse Black Mountain and a protest march by Asheville-area teachers proceeded later in the week In the latest twist, a Mountain Moral Monday rally has been scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at Asheville’s Pack Square Park.

Moral Mondays, which are held weekly before the General Assembly in Raleigh, are billed as nonpartisan rallies, drawing thousands to protest the legislature’s actions.

Asheville’s rally will feature the Rev. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP. He has led the 13 Moral Mondays in the state capitol. Also speaking will be local leaders concerned with issues of education, racial justice, voter rights, health are, women’s health, the environment and local control.

See PROTESTERS, Page A8

Review: Keillor’s ‘Prairie’ wows crowd

By JOHN NORTH

Amy Alkon

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BREVARD — The news from Lake Wobegon — and beyond — was decidedly outstanding.

And a projected two-hour show became three and a half hours. Host Garrison Keillor appeared to be having the time of his life — as was his delighted audience.

From the strains of “I hear that old piano” to the adventures of Guy Noir, Private Eye, Keillor was able to make his fans laugh at one moment and wipe tears from their eyes over some poignant story at the next moment.

A standing-room-only audience was wowed by a July 23 performance of “A Prairie Home Companion With Garrison Keillor” on its Radio Romance Tour 2013 stop at Brevard Music Center.

Keillor, wearing a white pin-striped suit, along with his trademark bright-red tie and matching running shoes, sang (if even a bit more off-key than usual), told stories, joked with his fellow performers and — easily — captured the hearts of an estimated audience of 2,500 people.

The show was performed in the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium open-air amphi-

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Garrison Keillor and Aoife O’Donovan perform on July 23 during a performance of “A Prairie Home Companions” before an overflow audience at Brevard Music Center in Brevard. theater. On the grassy areas flanking each side of the facility, people were camped out on lawnchairs or on blankets, savoring the show under the moon and stars.

One of the highlights of the show occurred when Keillor told a story, with comedian Fred Newman at his side, providing hilarious sound effects

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He revealed that he’s dating his ex-wife.

She lives four hours away, and he visits her a couple times a month. We’ve since hung out at the pool and had drinks, but he again mentioned that he’s dating his ex-wife. I’ve never been this attracted to a man, and I can’t stop fantasizing about meeting him for much more than drinks!

Do I lie low, waiting for him to drop his ex-wife, or do I make a move?

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Public works chief grilled by CIBO attendees

By JOHN NORTH

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Asheville Public Works Director Cathy Ball caught some flak from several attendees of a July 12 breakfast meeting of the Council of Independent Business Owners at Biltmore Square Mall in West Asheville.

Ball provided an update on Asheville streets and stormwater, after which she offered to answer questions — and she was grilled by several people at the meeting.

“What is the city’s schedule and priority list for street repairs?” Ball asked, to begin her presentation “You can hardly see a road that’s not in bad condition. So we just went into a contract for about $1 million to fix about 10 streets.

“Next year, we’ve got a contract for about $1.6 million. Every street in the city has a score of 0 through 100. So it’s an engineering calculation that determines rankings.

Again, the message is... ‘We’re going to have more engineering work and construction work to be done.’’

Of the 3 cents approved in a recent tax increase, she said 1 cent will go into road resurfacing, “doubling the amount there. The additional 2 cents will generate money for general infrastructure improvements. We can increase the value of properties without increasing tax rates. The streets that are on the list for this year will be done,” but next year, she said, the plan is not firm, depending on how much money comes in to the city. “It could be more (roads to be repaved) or it could be less,” Ball said.

Rhetorically, she asked, “What is the state of the stormwater system? We have developed a capital improvement plan for stormwater. Sometimes — in-house — we will be doing some stormwater work, but we’d like to help the local economy” with outside contractors.

During the question-and-answer session, a man asked if there are any plans for the stormwater system on Charlotte Street?

“We made significant improvements on Nathan Street,” Ball replied. “We’re trying to evaluate the problem by better ditching” and other procedures. “We are looking at the problem.”

CIBO member Mac Swicegood said, “Biltmore Avenue and Maryland Avenue — every time it rains, it reduces down to two lans... be-

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cause the storm drains don’t work. How’s the problem going to be fixed, beyond engineering the thing to death. What is the city doing besides studying it to death?’

With a smile, Ball said, :Everything you’re talking about is Cathy Ball state roads.”

Swicegood shot back, “That’s the typical excuse for the past 20 years.... You have people with their backyards absolutely under water.

Ball did not respond.

A man asked how much money is collected for stormwater runoff?

“The biggest one is the stormwater fee that is collected,” Ball replied. “Nobody likes it because they can’t see it or feel it.

We have tried to develop a CIP. We also get revenues from permit fees.”

A man asserted, “So what you’re saying, two-thirds to three-fourths (of the public works budget) goes to administration — rather than to fix the problems.”

“The only thing I’d add to that is it’s mandated administration,” Ball replied, Another man asked, “Regarding Merrimon Avenue... The reason these stormwater drains clog up is because these commercial landscaping firms blowing grass, mulch and leaves out into the street. It happens wherever there’s a lot of commercial property. So let’s go after the cause.”

He added, “The question I have is... Merrimon has two new grocery stores opening … and there’s already Greenlife Grocery and Staples... It’s a traffic nighbmare. My question is ... are we going to get two or

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Ball noted Merrimon is a state road.

Another man asserted, “You were talking about the fact that people don’t see their stormwater money at work.... $1.3 (was spent) in wages and $195,000 spent on construction....”

Continuing, the man said, “I noticed in 2010... stormwater paid out $1.4 million (in wages) and (performed just) $347,000 in construction. It appears you’re spending a lot more on salary and wages than on construction.

In response, Ball said, “That $347,000 is just for materials and I’d have to get the information for how much in actual construction was done.”

A man asked, “What kind of contractors are you looking for?”

“Most of the work we’re talking about doing is pipe construction. … typically of a site nature,” Ball said. “Streetscape, landscape architects, that kind of thing. We’re also looking for someone to clean downtown sidewalks on a contractual basis. We’ve got $150,000 for that.”

A man asserted, “I’d like to make a suggestion.... You need to add a couple of good patch crews who know how to fix a damn hole. Your crews don’t know how to fix a hole.

Not missing a beat, Ball, with a smile, shot back, “So you’re going to hang around after th meeting, and tell me how to find these people who know how to patch a hole?”

In other action, CIBO heard: • An update from Mandy Stone, assistant county manager and health and human services director, on how social services are impacting Buncombe County’s budget.

Stone began by saying, “All of the services we provide are required by federal and state laws.... I was asked to talk about

Obamacare and what’s driving the increase in county funding.

“It’s actually up $4.8 million... and we’ve actually offset that largely ... with increases in technology and contracts for services whenever we’re legally able.”

Stone added, “I think for new county commissioners, they believe the area they can most impact is social services, which is the highest spending amount. But they soon find out they have no control,” when they find out virtually everything is state- and federal mandated.

“While we’re the largest component of the county budget, the county is a very small sliver of our budget (6 percent). About 1 percent of what we do technically could be called optional. (Adult day care and... the most expensive cost for a senior is health care...) When you’re administering $440 million in benefits per year, only 5 percent of that sits in administration.

“One of the largest frustrations for counties... the state has no money on the administrative side. The challenge is it makes it hard to get the state interested in technology, etc., because it has no skin in the game.

“Adult protective services, child welfare, …. if you just don’t do it, the state comes in and does it — and sends the county the bill.

“The point I want to make is, there is no long-term welfare any more. People are required to work and the vast majority of people we serve do work. At least one person in the house work... in 86 percent of the cases.

“The growth in Medicaid and food services.. We are very much driven by people” problems. “Most economists will tell you” in the U.S. that a first indicator of economic stress is a jump in food stamp recipients”.

See CIBO, Page A6

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CIBO

Continued from Page A4 In Buncome, she said food stamps are given to 20,000 households, composed of 40,000 individuals. “Those are pretty significant numbers when you think about it,” Stone observed.

As for why it’s important to provide those services in the case of child welfare, she said, “The cost of serving an intact family is less than $8,000. If that child comes into foster care, the average cost is $80,000, so there is significant savings and it benefits the child most with the former system.

“We have moved toward outsourcing more services. If somebody else can provide it as well or better, for cheaper or the same amount of money,” they will get the job.

“We have invested heavily in technology.

We have about 42 case workers delivering food nutrition. Our single most expensive cost is in our personnel,” she said.

“One of the good things in Obamacare is it requires more resources be spent on detecting fraud” and other problems.

Stone asserted, “In terms of Obamacare, it has inpacts for us, even though North Carolina. The state has “decided not to expand Medicaid... It’s anticipated there are about 2,000 people in Buncombe County who are qualified for Medicaid, but haven’t applied for it.

“The system, as it’s built by the federal government, will screen other people. .. We also believe we will serve a portion of the population who can’t navigate the (health care) marketplace. The Obama system is

built on debiting your account for those services?”

She noted that this is so because many people do not have conventional bank accounts.

A man asked, “Will there be pressures from the federal government to require those states that opted out” to return to the fold?

Stone answered, “Yes, I do think the federal government” would go in that direction. “If about 25,000 people in Buncombe County need services, that’s about half of the county, if I have my Jerry Vehaun numbers right.”

Another CIBO attendee noted, “Between 85 and 90 percent of these are in the top 10 largest counties in North Carolina. What happens in an economic downturn, people move from rural areas to urban areas, seeking jobs.”

A man asked, “Is that 125,000 different cases?”

“Yes,” Stone said.

“Is there a large increase in disability payments?” he queried.

“Yes,” she replied. “I will send you the numbers.”

CIBO member Mac Swicegood said in-

credulously, “Forty thousand people in Buncombe County receive food stamps... one in five Americans received food stamps last year.”

• Jerry Vehaun, as emergency services chief for Buncombe County, gave an update on several properties around the county that have faced major problems following the record rain for the year to date.

Specifically, he cited a situation with Beaverdam Fire Department dealing involving a house “sitting on a ravine.

“Of course, last Saturday it started slipping (from its foundation) ... We’re trying to work through this. It may ultimately mean the county will have to take care of this problem by taking down their house.

“Right now it’s so unstable, you couldn’t even put a backhoe in. … They went and explained to the people how dangerous it is....

So we’re watching that very closely.” d Vehaun added, “We’ve got some other problems in the county... but it surprises me

we don’t have more problems, considering how high the water table is. We’re bascally in daily contact with people... There’s not enough damage in Buncombe County to request a federal disaster declaration, so we’re not going to receive (at this time) any federal assistance.”

In answer to a question about government help, Vehaun said, “We have to follow the legal procedures. It can be done in a relatively short period of time.... My suggeestion is, if you live in a subdivision with private roads, see if you can get the state to take over the roads.”

In her separate presentation, Ball said of the problems stemming from the rain, “I will follow up with Jerry Vehaun on the road conditions... We have some roads that are closed right now.

“Believe it or not, we still are having some trouble with people trying to drive around them... In some cases, we’ve put up water-filled barricades. I’m worried about the storm coming up from the Gulf.”

Among road problems are Skyview at Sunset, Spooks Branch Road and Finley Avenue... “So it’s really a mess,” Ball said.

“We’re looking for people to do business with. We’re looking for contractors. We need y’all to be spreading the word that, if people have issues with requirements such as bonding, tell them to come talk to me.”

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GOP fires up faithful at picnic

By JOHN NORTH

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The Buncombe County Republican Party fired verbal fireworks July 25 to fire up a fullhouse crowd of about 200 people at its annual summer picnic at The Arboretum in West Asheville.

BCGOP Chairman Henry Mitchell noted that Reps. Tim Moffitt and Nathan Ramsey, both of Buncombe; and Thom Tillis, speaker of the House, could not be present because they were working late on legislation in Raleigh.

However, Mitchell noted that the picnic participants included three Buncombe commissioners — Mike Fryar, Joe Belcher and David King — and two Buncombe school board members — Lisa Baldwin and Amy Churchill.

Mitchell told the party faithful that the T.C. Roberson precinct “is one of the most heavily Republican areas that we’ve got” in Buncombe.

“You can’t believe everything your read in the Citizen-Times and on WLOS (television),” Mitchell said, noting that local Republicans need to peruse many news sources, including social media.

Speaking of the next election, he asserted, “It’d be nice to have control of the Board of Commissioners,” which would necessitate holding the current three seats and adding a fourth.

Further, Mitchell said, “The people (GOP legislators) in Raleigh have done more in three months than the Democrats in 140 years” of domination of state government. What’s more, he asserted, “We have control of the election board.”

He then introduced Claude Pope, chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, who began on a light note by saying he often is asked about the difference between a Democrat and a Republican.

Claude Pope Mike Lanning “Let’s say you have two cows,” Pope said.

“If you’re a socialist, you give one cow to your neighbor. If you’re a communist, the government takes both cows. If you’re a liberal, the government shoots the cows.”

After a pause, Pope said, “If you’re a Republican, you’d sell one cow and buy a bull.” The crowd laughed heartily.

He then noted that “on the plains of Africa, every morning, a gazelle wakes up and knows he must run faster than the fastest lion” to survive. In turn, a lion must be fast enough to catch a gazelle or it will starve. “Whether a lion or a gazelle, you’ve got to hit the ground running.”

“The GOP is like them — always with the odds stacked against them, but outhustling the Democrats,” who always outnumber the GOP. Pope added, “You can win” a majority on the Board of Commissioners. “You’re going to do it next time.”

The crowd erupted in cheers when the state GOP chairman referenced the state legislature, noting, “Isn’t it nice to be the majority?” If the Democrats had retained dominance in Raleigh, “we wouldn’t even be talking about tax reform, voter ID and abortion.”

Addressing squabbles within the GOP, Pope said, “We can’t let other people divide us — and we can’t let each other divide us.”

Further, Pope asserted, “It’s not disloyal to disagree, but it is disloyal to take your ball and go home” by abandoning the party if one does not get his or her way.

“Certainly, don’t let a left-wing press take you down,” he said, again prompting cheers.

Referring to Alexander Tyler’s analysis of U.S. democracy in the late 1800s, he said Tyler concluded that “democracies, as they evolve over time, go through their own evolution.”

Specifically, he said they go from bondage to spirited faith and awareness to liberty to abundance to complacency and apathy to dependence and back to bondage.

“We’re sort of in complaceny” now in the U.S., the state GOP chief said.

He added, “I’ve seen a renewal in faith, personal responsibility and in the Constitution” in his own interactions lately. “Americans are more enthusiastic” now about the aforementioned values than he has seen in years.

“The Republican Party really is run by those who show up ... and those here tonight showed up,” Pope said. “We can take the country back!’

The crowd cheered.

“If the House will pass and defund Obamacare, the Senate won’t,” Pope said. “I say ... shutdown the government” in that scenario.

The audience responded with prolonged and enthusiastic applause.

Regarding Obamacare, he noted, “I can’t think of another policy that’s more stymied business growth” in the U.S. Pope also urged the GOP faithful to deal with the news media because “we need to take back our message and restate it ... and the beans will start flying off the shelf.”

On a separate matter, Mitchell recognized Mike Lanning as the lone GOP candidate for Asheville City Council in the upcoming race.

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Protesters Continued from Page 1

“Mountain Moral Monday, like the Raleigh events, is focused on the issues and on the effects of what Barber calls ‘a radical agenda’ on the people of North Carolina,” a press release from Leslie Boyd of WNC Health Advocates stated.

“Although signs are encouraged, organizers of the event ask that they focus on issues and not personal attacks against politicians or parties.”

The press release said that “Barber and others decided to begin rallying and demonstrating in Raleigh after failing in efforts to meet with legislative leaders and the governor about new laws restricting voting, cutting funds for education and refusing to expand Medicaid under the new Affordable Care Act. “Barber promised to continue the dem-

onstrations until the end of the legislative session ... at the 12th Moral Monday, he announced the rallies would continue around the state.”

Barber noted that “they are leaving and we will follow them home.”

Boyd’s press release added that, “unlike the Raleigh events, no one will volunteer to face arrest at the Mountain Moral Monday event, which is the first outside of Raleigh.”

Boyd reported that more than 900 people were arrested over the course of the Raleigh events, charged with second-degree trespass and refusal to disperse when ordered.

Among those, more than 70 were from Western North Carolina, she noted.

Anyone who has been arrested in Raleigh is being encouraged to attend the event. Organizers are asking people to bring banners and signs indicating where they are from .

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Montreat College would give up name in merger with Point U. Daily Planet Staff Photo

David Holt (in center with hat) and the Lightning Bolts entertain the crowd on July 27 at Bele Chere in downtown Asheville.

8 teenagers charged in brawl at final Bele Chere

From Staff Reports

Asheville’s 35th — and possibly last — Bele Chere wrapped up peacefully July 28, folllowing performances by the bands Balsam Range, Nahko and Medicine the People.

Besides the live music, there was dancing, craft sales, finger food and exhibits in the last day of the three-day festival.

City leaders recently cited budget shortfalls in deciding not to continue funding Bele Chere after this year.

However, others at the festival expressed confidence that Bele Chere will be back under a new sponsor. Asheville festival coodinator Sandra Travis said Sunday’s Bele Chere wrapup was “definitely the end of an era.”

Meanwhile, Asheville police made nearly 30 arrests — including eight teenage boys for fighting in a melee on July 27 in Pack Square — for infractions during the recent downtown Bele Chere festival.

The other infractions included being intoxicated and disruptive.

In the brawl, those charged with simple affray misdemeanors were the following: • Marquese Kreshawn Moore, 18, of Holland Street, Asheville. Moore also was charged

with second-degree kidnapping and assault on a female.

• Kewan Marquis Shade, 18, of Kent Street, Asheville. Shade also was charged with injury to personal property and assault with a deadly weapon.

• Maurice Dijon Jones, 19, of Blaton Street, Asheville.

• Oshua Archie Peak, 18, of High Meadow Road, Asheville.

• Gavin Trey Peak, 19, of Riceville Road, Asheville.

• Tremaine Laquan Patterson, 18, of Shiloh Road, Asheville.

In addition, two 16-year-old boys werre charged with simple affray in the case. The Daily Planet is not revealing their names because of their age.

As for other festival arrets, 11 people were charged with intoxicated and disruptive. Also, four people were arrested for resisting public officers, four were charged with indecent exposure, and one each was charged with traspassing, open container of alcohol, providing alcohol to someone under 21, fraudulent identification, simple assault, panhandling, possession of drug peraphernalia and possession of majirjuana.

From Staff Reports While Montreat College would give up its name in a merger planned with another Christian school, Point University, some of the college’s alumni are questioning the proposal.

Willie Mangum, president of MC’s Alumni Board, told local news media outlets that he is under the impression that an April 26 vote by the MC Board of Trustees showed it agreed to “empower the executive committee to put together a structure for a possible merger.”

Others stressed that the board has not voted on any specific merger argeement. Point University’s board of trustees reportedly voted to pursue a merger on May 21. The plan would be to go for a formal merger agreement and accreditation approval.

The matter arose July 29, when Montreat officials announced they are pursuing a merger with the West Point, Ga., university.

The schools would maintain separate campuses, but the new entity would be called Point Unviersity, according to a joint release from the two institutions.

“The new, combined entity will be called Point University, but ‘Montreat’ will continue to be part of the name of the campus in Montreat,” according to information from a website about the merger.

Montreat has struggled in recent years with finances and low enrollment, leading to program cuts.

In January 2012, Montreat laid of 29 full-time employees and discontinued some

programs. Earlier this year, college officials announced that Dan Struble, who served as president of Montreat since 2004, was leaving the school.

“This merger will ultimately provide new opportunities to both Point University and Montreat College students, as Montreat expands its reach outside of North Carolina into new markets, beginning with offering graduate programs in Georgia,” a statement on the website explaining the merger said.

Point University “will bring some new undergraduate programs to Montreat through onsite teaching and distance learning,” according to the website.

“Students enrolled at Montreat for the coming year will have an “unterrupted” experience, the website stated.

The next regular meeting of the MC board is in October.

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Friday, Aug. 2

FUNDRAISER DINNER 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church, 21 College Place, Asheville. A fundraiser dinner will feature a dinner of fish, chicken or hot dogs for $8 and a hot dog plate for $2.

Saturday, Aug. 3

COMMUNITY YARD SALE, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., First Baptist Church, 63 N. Main St., Weaverville. The church will hold a community yard sale.

Sunday, Aug. 4

CELEBRATION OF MINISTRY, 10 a.m.,Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd., Mills River. A special celebration of the church ministry of the Rev. Chad O’Shea and his wife Lytingale will be held. The service will mark a shift in Unity’s ministry, with the Rev. Pat Veneema taking over the senior minister position from O’Shea, who will continue as outreach minister, focusing primarily on pastoral care for those in the hospital, homebound

or hospice. The O’Sheas began their service at what is now the Unity Center of Mills River on Aug. 1, 1983. O’Shea led about 1,440 Sunday services and around 120 special services.

The Rev. Chad O’Shea hugs Lytingale , in his wife Lytingale (Lois Hendrickson). He is stepping addition to her down as senior minister. She duties as minister of music, serves is Unity’s minister of music. as the editor for Unity News & Views, webmaster and leader of The Unitic Band. She also directs an annual show, “Unity Plays Broadway,” and she writes a series, “Lessons from the Garden,” for Unity News & Views.

SACRED ENERGY PROGRAM, 7-9 p.m., Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd., Mills River. Unity Center’s transformational Sunday evening service will open with the the sound of Sacred Synergy band, a collaboration of ethnic and tribal rhythms infused with jam-band and electronic groves to lift one’s mind, body and spirit. Movement and ecstatic dance are welcomed. After the music, meditation and satsang will be held, followed by guest speakers, a presentation, or a film on universal truths. The service with crystal singing bowls and silent prayer. A love offering will be taken.

River will hold “Truth on Tap,” a pub chat with the Rev. Chad O’Shea on matters spiritual and otherwise. A love offering will be taken.

copal Church, 766 N. Main St., Hendersonville. A historic church tour will celebrate SJEC’s 150th anniversary. Tours also will be offered Aug. 24., 31 and Sept. 7.

Wednesday, Aug. 7

Wednesday, Aug. 14

Mellowing the Drama Special Meditation, 7-9 p.m, Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd., Mills River. The Rev. Chad O’Shea will lead participants to relax into deep peace with a guided meditation, a bit of discourse, then discussion of the questions that attendees bring to the circle. A love offering will be taken.

Saturday, Aug. 10

HISTORIC CHURCH TOUR, 10 a.m., St. James Epis-

BOOK STUDY, 7-9 p.m., Unity Center, 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Rd., Mills River. The Rev. Pat Vaneema will lead a book study of “The Four Agreements” that will continue Aug. 21, 28 and Sept. 4. A love offering will be taken.

Sunday, Aug. 18

HOMECOMING, 10:45 a.m., Piney Mountain United Methodist Church, Pisgah Highway, Candler. The church will hold a homecoming. A meal will follow the service.

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Monthly Horoscope

By MARYANNE MORRIS Special to the Daily Planet

Taurus ( April 20- May 20) Taurus, take up a hobby this month, join a gym with an octagon. Your horns will serve you well.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Scorpio, your sexual chi is at a all-time high.

Don’t be afraid to bring out the video camera! You might capture something you don’t want to forget.

Gemini (May 21- June 20) Gemini, watch “who’s the boss” this month. Tony Danza will lead you on the right path.

Sagittarius ( November 22- December 21) Sagittarius, the stars will try to shun you this month, but your middle English is bad....

Aries (March 21- April 19) For the month of August, Aries, try not to be a jerk. The stars have shown your tolerance for human stupidity is low. Just know it’s you and not them...

Be patient!!!

Cancer (June 21-July 22) For the month of August, Cancer, stop whining !! Enjoy the freakin’ day....

Leo (July 23-August 22) If you’re a single Leo, it’s time to start dating again ,learn to sell your assets, like George Lucas. Don’t worry if others get mad at you. You’re being smart.

Virgo (August 23-September 22) Virgo, it’s time to clean up your mess this month and learned to let go!!

Libra (September 23-October 22) Libra, for the month of August ... things will pan out in your favor — no matter if you think the world is against you this month.

Capricorn ( December 22-January 19) Capricorn, this month you’re gonna be lucrative with your money, but don’t spend it on things that are meaningless.

Aquarius ( January 20-February 18) Aquarius, think about getting out of town this month and going riverboat gambling. Unless you have a gambling problem ... Then go to the beach....

Pisces ( February 19- March 10) Pisces, try to get some alone time in this month and to have a clear, level head, with certain decisions that you plan on making and your month will be better off ....

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Advice Goddess

Continued from Page A1 A: There was a reason the guy wasn’t asking you out, and it wasn’t because a cartoon witch put a spell on him and he was unable to say “How about a drink on Friday night?” until three animated teapots and several woodland animals broke the evil curse.

The wisdom of grandmas remains wise: If you want to catch a boy, don’t run after him. As I explain with some frequency, women evolved to be the harder-to-get sex because having sex meant they could end up a single mother dragging a kid around the Sahara. Men coevolved to expect women to be choosier and to suspect that something’s wrong with a woman when she’s doing the chasing. This evolution and coevolution got burned into human psychology over millions of years — as contrasted by the drop in the bucket of human existence that is the women’s movement in the past 50-some years.

So, even if a man’s ego is saying “Well, how groovy that she’s pursuing me!” his genes are probably starting a betting pool for whether you are seriously loose, are seriously needy, or will soon be frying up his pet koi and feeding it to him in a little lemon butter sauce.

Assuming some guy isn’t too fragile a flower to lay his ego on the line (in which case he’s lame partner material anyway), if he isn’t asking you out, he either isn’t interested enough or isn’t available enough. You’re now making this guy out to be the greatest thing since the four-slice toaster, probably to justify hanging around like a dog waiting for a scrap of food to get knocked off the counter. (In the wake of making a mistake, we have an unfortunate ego-coddling tendency to come up with reasons it wasn’t a mistake instead of admitting that, in fact, it was, which would allow us to move on.)

Any further date-flavored get-togethers with this man are a bad idea. By continuing to throw yourself at him, you’ll turn your self-respect into a chew toy. And even if he eventually detached himself from his ex-wife, there’s a good chance that, by chasing him, you’ve already screwed up the equilibrium for any relationship. A more productive deployment of your time and ego would be dating that man he offered up as a decoy or finding men on your own — the available kind — and flirting with them, which alerts them that you’re there for the chasing and interested in being chased. Flirting actually allows a woman to to make the first move — but far more alluringly than by yelling “Can’t you see I want you, you moron?!” while clubbing a man over the head with the poolside clue phone.

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Of course, deceptive self-marketing is not exclusive to online dating, and online dating does offer certain efficiencies that trying to meet a man at an art museum or cultural event does not. For example, people join a dating site specifically because they are looking for a partner. Some man you spot in a museum may also be looking for a partner — his wife, who was right behind him just a room ago.

It sounds like your friend is blaming the Internet because a guy she liked didn’t like her back. They maybe both projected what they wanted on each other and needed to dig deeper to find out who the person they were dating really was. This is what dating is for. It’s supposed to be a process of finding out about a person, not “I baited the hook; I caught the fish; now let’s decide what’s for dinner at the wedding!”

We often don’t need anybody to go to the trouble of deceiving us. We do that really well on our own, like by telling ourselves we’ve found the “perfect person” and ignoring any evidence to the contrary.

Instead, there needs to be a vetting process, whether you meet a man online or at an artwalk. It involves asking questions and looking to see who he is and being willing to find out that he isn’t right for you.

This vetting is essential because, wherever you meet men, there’s one thing many will have in common: insisting they’re interested in whatever you are if they think you’re hot.

Try to help your friend see that holing up in the art museum isn’t the answer. Sure, it might be kismet that Mr. Dreamypants is standing in the lobby right next to her favorite sculpture, or he might just be waiting to enjoy the work of Sir John Harrington, the guy who invented the flush toilet found in the free public bathroom.

Do you text a guy after getting home from a fabulous date to hint that you want to see him again? Maybe to tell him how awesome he is or hint at your schedule?

My girlfriend says no, but I think a guy should know you liked him so he feels he can ask for a second date.

— Considerate There are times when a guy knows better than to ask a woman for a second date, like when she ended the first one by throwing herself out of his car while it was still moving. Otherwise, a man doesn’t need handholding and encouragement in the form of texts: “Here are all the dates I’m free through 2015. Also, I’m double-jointed. Pick me!

Pick me!” When you like a guy, you tell him so during your date by seeming happy and engaged and thanking him for a great time at the end, which suggests you’d be amenable to another date without also suggesting that you’re controlling and desperate. Just because we have all these fabulous high-tech ways of communicating doesn’t mean we should always be quick to use them, tempting as it

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Daily Planet’s Opinion

Bele Chere? Taking it to the limit one more time The 35th and likely final Bele Chere wrapped up about 6 p.m. Aug. 28 — and its wrapup came in the nick of time, leaving its positive legacy intact.

The music and craft festival, founded in 1979, long-ago accomplished its mission of helping revitalize a nearly dead downtown Asheville by bringing new businesses and visitors to the central business district.

Bele Chere eventually morphed into something that was more annoying than stimulative for many merchants. Indeed, on summer weekends, the downtown area is bustling with locals and visitors alike, rendering the festival unnecessary.

The apparent final nail in the coffin came recently when City Council, citing budget

shortfalls, decided to discontinue funding Bele Chere after this year.

Rumors have been rampant that some organization would pick up the Bele Chere name and format, but none has stepped forward (at least as of our Aug. 1 deadline).

A for-profit produce would likely need to place a gate around the party, charge admission and move it from downtown, “and then it wouldn’t be Bele Chere,” city festivals coordinator Sandra Travis said recently. A nonprofit probably would find it difficult to come up with the resources and funds to produce the festival.

Bele Chere served the city well and we are glad it ended — by all accounts — with a bang instead of a whimper.

If not Moral Mondays, what?

CHAPEL HILL — “I want to do something, something besides Moral Mondays.”

A friend was asking me what he could do to stop what The New York Times called recently a “demolition derby” in the state legislature.

But my friend was not ready to join the regular gatherings for protest at the state legislative building or be arrested. He wanted other options, and he knew that I had some experience from my work lobbying the legislature on behalf of the UNC system, even though that was many years ago.

“Whom should I talk with? Legislators?

Their aides? How can I persuade them to change directions?”

“Well,” I responded, “you probably can’t, at this stage, stop that demolition derby. It is far too late in the legislative session.”

Even if the ghost of Ronald Reagan appeared and attempted to turn this legislature around, he would be met with deaf ears.

The Republican legislators ran for election on a platform of smaller government, reduced spending, and lowering taxes for businesses and the wealthy. They have spent months preparing a legislative program based on their platform, and nothing is going to get in their way.

“But,” I told my friend, “if you do want to talk to a legislator or two, consider visiting them on their home turfs. Massive groups visiting the legislative offices in Raleigh does have a place and can sometimes be very effective. But time for a good conversation is more likely to be available on the legislator’s home ground.”

Although legislators cannot be expected to make a major turnaround on most issues, there are important matters that are still up for grabs because the House and Senate have different positions on a few matters.

For instance, they disagree on the level of support for the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, teachers’ classroom aides, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and a number of other important state programs.

On these issues, some legislators may be open to persuasion.

“But I want to stand up against the ‘demolition derby.’ I want to be heard,” my friend emphasized.

In fact, it is the duty of a concerned citizen to speak up. One option is the old standard of writing a letter to the editor of a

D.G. Martin local newspaper. Today, we can email copies to everyone on our list of friends and use social media to spread the word even if the newspaper never prints it.

More importantly, it is not too early to begin preparing for the election next year.

However, replacing a current legislator will be a formidable task. The current district alignments give an overwhelming advantage to incumbents. Many believe that the current legislative scheme assures Republicans of control of the legislature for many years.

But, even when the odds are stacked against a legislative candidate, a campaign can be useful to mobilize and develop political organizations for the future and to discuss issues.

Unexpected opportunities arise. This year’s legislature and its actions have angered a widespread group of people that go far beyond the Democratic base. Some districts that were considered “safe” for incumbents may be up for grabs next year.

Whatever the prospects for election victories in the near future, those concerned with the future of North Carolina should do everything they can to influence good people to take an active role in public life.

This year’s local elections provide opportunities for training grounds for candidates, political organizations, and registration and get-out-the-vote efforts.

Finally, there is an important nonpartisan issue that should not be neglected. The state needs a nonpartisan redistricting process. Almost nobody opposes this idea. But unless people who feel strongly about this issue organize and apply pressure to next year’s session of the General Assembly, nothing is likely to happen.

“And, if all these ideas leave you cold,” I told my friend, “maybe you should think again about showing up on a Moral Monday.”

• D.G. Martin hosts “North Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs Fridays at 9:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV.

Letters to the Editor

APD lieutenant praised for courage to speak out

Thank you for detailing accusations of a controversial cover-up surrounding the March 9th accident involving Asheville Police Chief William Anderson’s son, allegedly orchestrated by some city officials and Anderson himself. Police corruption is a widespread problem.

As reported in the July issue of the Asheville Daily Planet, Police Lieutenant William Wilke released a statement in June insisting he was “coerced and expected to submit to a series of facts and circumstances... that were clearly false and misleading.”

Based on two recent phone conversations with Lieutenant Wilke on another matter, I believe he is an intelligent, genuinely honest and empathetic individual. Speaking out against this police scandal, he has thus far displayed courage and strength in attempting to bring truth to the surface.

Lieutenant Wilke stated in the June 25th press conference: “Stand for what is right, and be there for those who need us when the call comes.” These inspirational words should be heeded by every officer throughout the country.

DAVID KALINER Las Vegas, Nev. See LETTERS, Page A16

The Candid Conservative

Bipartisanship? A myth

You may have heard the old joke about how to tell if a politician is lying – it’s anytime their lips are moving. In today’s America, we actually expect our politicians to lie and routinely give those on our side a free pass for doing so. Behind a pretense of statesmanship, the myth of bipartisanship feeds this formula for dishonesty.

Disreputable used car salesmen lie to sell something broken for too much money – politicians usually lie for the same reason. Democrats and Republicans typically partner on manufactured necessities mostly as a distraction from real necessities.

We have diverse political parties for a reason – to provide contrasting philosophies on governance that provide voters with choice. Homogenizing political parties dilutes the principles of both parties and leads to confusion about who stands for what. Much of this fog seems intentional.

If no one knows what you stand for it is hard to be called out for failing to live up to your promises. Bipartisanship is typically a political accountability dodge.

With the language of the lie so common to politicians in today’s America, President Obama, like most of his predecessors, promised a new era of bipartisanship. On achieving power, he initiated one of the most aggressive partisan reorganizations of government in our nation’s history. Once his poll numbers began to slip, his enthusiasm for the “let’s just get along” message that got him elected was renewed in vibrant word and – once again – shallow deed.

Republicans continue to get hooked with the same tired bait. Smarting from a reputation of being able to organize around only three words – “power, money, and no” – some members of the GOP wanted to appear cooperative. Why? Consistently Democrat political action reveals big government socialism with no track record of working with others except in support of that agenda. The Republican Party’s stated principles are about small government and being careful with other people’s money.

Those missions are not compatible and swapping principles for political breadcrumbs is naïve leadership.

Republican leaders need a refresher course on the party’s core principles and a slap on the hand every time they repeat the error of playing politics with Chicago’s Trojan horses. Bipartisan unity has more in common with a gang than governance. The problem in Washington is not that our politicians fail to work together. It is that they fail to work for what they say they stand for.

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A majority of self-described American

Carl Mumpower

conservatives do not vote. Noting the lock incumbents have on re-election, there is a “what’s the use” frustration that finds too many Americans staying home. It is to our collective detriment that so many people in what should be a dominant conservative voting bloc are thus detached. Liberal enthusiasm combined with conservative complacency elects most Democrats.

This frustration is stirring interests on term limits as a possible solution. In that the framers of the Constitution held a preference for citizen leaders over professional politicians, there is a surface sense to term limits. Establishing artificial restrictions on time in office is thus a tempting path to limiting the power of professional politicians.

In America, we elect our politicians on the basis of image. As a consequence, most of our representatives, like trained seals, become masters at the arts of performance. Principles and doing the right thing are consequently replaced with comfort words and political correctness designed to please and appease supporters and special interests. Once a politician becomes practiced at these dark arts, the stage is set for a pattern of shallow service high on image and low on substance.

A constitutional amendment on term limits might put a cap on how long a corrupt politician could have his or her way with the rest of us. Unfortunately, our best and brightest would also be lost as we reshuffle the deck. As importantly, the administrators and bureaucrats who really run things would be the experienced constant in the governance equation. If there is anything more corruptible than an elected official, it’s an appointed official.

The artificial protections afforded by forced term limits are similar to the equally artificial protections offered in campaign finance reform and public campaign finance. Like any action that replaces personal accountability with a new rule or restriction, each is ripe for abuse, manipulation, and special interest indulgence.

The authentic conservative view on term limits is that there is no replacement for voter engagement, accountability, and action. America’s citizenry will get no better than we earn. If we are unwilling to learn about our candidates and step forward as informed voters, then our fate is sealed by our own hand. Artificial limits on terms will never compensate for the corruptive impact of a lazy and detached electorate – liberal, conservative or otherwise….

See CANDID CONSERVATIVE, Page A17

Asheville Daily Planet — August 2013— A15

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Head in a fan....

As I write this essay, I am enjoying a balmy breeze provided by the appliance swirling overhead — a ceiling fan revolving at medium speed, quietly making my office more comfortable.

Though results vary, it’s estimated that ceiling fans raise an average person’s comfort level by about 4 degrees in summer heat. That can reduce or eliminate the need (or desire) for air conditioning, and simply make the warm months much more tenable for those to whom air conditioning is an unaffordable luxury.

For old Jimmy Buffett fans like yours truly, they frequently trigger remembrance of the bedroom scene in “Havana Daydreamin’.”

In wintertime the benefit of ceiling fans is harder to quantify, but given that warm air rises, their carefully considered use ought to help reduce heating costs by returning all that risen air toward our chilly feet. In high-ceilinged spaces, that can be particularly effective.

Hence, as a strategy for reducing energy use, installation of ceiling fans is excellent.

Spinning three or five blades draws much less power than running the fan and compressor in an AC system, or fueling a heat source. At the same time, it makes great good sense that any appliance should use as little power as possible to achieve desired results. That saves energy and shaves dollars off your power bill.

Federal legislation first passed during the G.W. Bush administration imposed efficiency standards on fan manufacturers, at the request of that industry. But the loonies now loose in Congress are doing everything they can to limit energy conservation.

The GOP, under the dim-bulb leadership of House Speaker John Boehner, is about as anti-conservation as can be imagined, though he has amazing competition in the idiocy department from other members of his party.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., recently put an amendment into the Energy and Water Appropriations bill forbidding the Department of Energy from enforcing that relatively modest efficiency standard enacted under Bush. Speaking before Congress, she harrumphed, “First, they came for our health care. Then, they took away our lightbulbs, and raided our nation’s most iconic guitar company. Now they are coming after our ceiling fans. Nothing is safe from the Obama administration’s excessive regulatory tentacles.”

Actually, Marsha, nobody came for your health care. You still qualify for the same federal employee health benefits you had before Obamacare began to halfway fix insurance for the rest of us.

And nobody took your lightbulbs either, no matter what that half-wit Bachmann might have screeched. I know you don’t get to the store much, but those inefficient incandescent bulbs are still available if you’re in a mad rush to run up your electric bills.

Our nation’s “most iconic guitar company” was violating international trea-

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Cecil Bothwell ties using illegally imported wood from endangered species. It would suit me just fine, as a guitar player, if they would stick to legally obtained domestic trees. Sitka spruce, from your chum Sarah’s home state, is superb for guitar manufacture. And get this, it’s legal!.

And tsk, now the EPA hopes to make ceiling fans a little cheaper to run. I don’t know if you get home to Tennessee much, but there are a whole lot of people out here in the mid-South who can’t pay their bills these days thanks to policies you support. Spending cuts in the wake of a major recession are keeping millions of people unemployed and depressing wages at the same time. Helping those folks cut electric bills wouldn’t amount to a whole lot of aid, but it would be something.

Astonishing as it may be to you, in your lofty perch, most of us aren’t as rich as the fat cats who wine you and dine you and fund your election campaigns.

I know that thoughts from out here in flyover country aren’t apt to make it into your bubble world, particularly when you’re surrounded by dim-bulbs without a shred

of conscience or concern for the peons who will pay for your mistakes.

But forget coming for your insurance or your fans, when people are ignored and impoverished for long enough they have been known to come for someone’s head.

• Cecil Bothwell is author of nine books, including the recent novel “She Walks On Water.” He also is a member of Asheville City Council.

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Disabled bridge compared to GOP in Raleigh Hasslebrook probably thinks too much.

Maybe he thinks because he doesn’t talk much. Or maybe he doesn’t talk much because he’s thinking.

Not that he comes up with solutions.

Mostly he wonders. He wonders if there really are people like the ones in TV commercials. In church, he will sometimes miss the sermon because he’s pondering something new in the Scripture lesson.

His mind often makes comparisons.

Looking over his flower garden recently, he saw a similarity between intrusive plants and aggressive drivers. He wondered if some humans and plants might share a twisted gene for bullying and competition.

He didn’t wonder enough to do research.

He just found the similarity remarkable.

So when the flash flood came last month and disabled his bridge, he had much food for thought.

The big rain came at night. By midnight Hasslebrook’s happy little stream was a mud-red juggernaut, carrying along tree trunks seemingly too big to have fit under bridges upstream. High-water lines on trees

Lee Ballard showed the creek rose 15 feet. It topped his bridge.

Now Hasslebrook stands on the bank of a peaceful stream – 12-foot-wide again, ankle-deep, crystal-clear. The great destroyer of last week is puttering its way over the solid rock creek bed, whispering hello to the bridge as it passes underneath, as it always did, seeming not to notice that its fierce alter-ego had smashed the bridge out of commission.

As Hasslebrook ponders this transformation of his creek, he feels…what? The popular word today is “surreal.” And it fits.

The scene is unreal, unbelievable. He looks up at the bridge towering overhead and tries to recreate in his mind his creek reaching that height and higher.

Then as so often happens, a clear comparison came to his mind: the Republican Revolution now underway in Raleigh.

Republicans came out of nowhere and swept away Democratic legislators long-secure in their districts. And once in control, the flood of their legislation was determined and inescapable.

Hasslebrook admires their efficiency of action, but he doesn’t agree with the substance of it. Just two days before the big rain, a friend had sent him a link to a New York Times editorial, “The Decline of North Carolina,” that listed some of the Republicans’ actions that we here know so well. “Decline,” Hasslebrook thought, “Yes, my proud state is in decline.”

But the now-quiet stream gives him pause. It doesn’t fit in the comparison to the Republican Revolution. Raleigh is a swirling turbulence today, not a dancing brook. The stream obviously speaks of North Carolina.at rest.

Maybe this is about the future, he thought. But when in the future?

If it’s near future, say 10 years, then the Republican Revolution worked! Their predictions of “freedom” came true. Crushing labor unions and slashing environmental regulations did bring in business, and jobs are abundant. The disabled bridge is an institution the GOP pushed aside – maybe the public school system. It’s still standing, but now it’s more bygone than busy.

If the future is farther out, Hasslebrook thought, then the peaceful stream is North Carolina. after Democrats have regained power and sorted out the GOP years. The debris of GOP failure litters our lives in North Carolina, but the stream of state is calm once more.

As Hasslebrook turns to leave the creek, the phrase “Bridge of Sighs” pops into his wondering mind. He muses that it’s appropriate both literally (of his destroyed bridge) and figuratively (of the institutions destroyed by the Republican flood).

“No matter,” he says out loud. “Time will tell.”

• Lee Ballard lives in Mars Hill.

I seek to avoid sin and I accept forgiveness from God through my faith in Jesus (see King James..thee and thou are not incomprehensible).

As an American, I do not care what Dick and/or Jane do in their personal lives and especially in their sex lives, as long it is all between consenting adults. Unfortunately, our government is deeply interested in our sexual orientation as it relates to marriage.

Let’s consider why the government cares about marriage. As a single man, I think I would pay less taxes if I was married by the government. I certainly would pay less living expenses and benefit from having a helper/ partner and I can make binding legal contracts. Why should these facts affect how much tax I pay?

I cannot be assigned benefits of another person as married citizens may.Why should this fact exist?

Let’s Make A Deal! strictly for cash, no sex involved,would anybody add me on to their health insurance until they find someone to be married to by the government.

I am sure we can find an equitable price for both of us. There should be no financial benefit from the blessing of government in marriage and therefore no reason for government to be interested in marriage.

Naturally, if a man and a woman have a child, a tax credit may be justifiable since society has an interest in the procreation of our society through the ages of time, but being married by the government is not going to bring a baby into this world.

As a Christ man, I may one day marry a woman with the blessing of God in Holy Matrimony.

As American citizens, we should all be free to enter contracts and agreements with whomever we choose in all legal and constitutional endeavors, including the choice of who we love and how we love them without the affirmation of the government or the approval and acceptance of anybody other than whomever is loved or beloved.

Polygamist are insane and could not possibly write a contract encompassing their lifestyle cognizable in American society since women are brainwashed chattel for the cult leader....

As for contracts with animals, it would be fraud and cruelty. Therefore, there is no

reason or need for government marriage in AMERICA. Divorce lawyers are resilient.

They will find other proceedings to handle well.

Dean Boyles Hendersonville

Letters to the Editor Continued from Page A14

Are city leaders misusing computers at meetings?

For several months, I have heard continuous rumors that one (possibly more ) City Council members are doing personal/ employer related work on their laptops during City Council meetings. I have largely dismissed these rumors to date as typical election year hype.

Today, through a very reliable source, I heard confirmation that this problem has been addressed with at least one council member by one of her peers already.

If true, this is an unconscionable abuse of the taxpayers dollar and a violation of the public trust placed in this person or persons. As a retired federal government employee, I never forgot who paid my salary. The ONLY business any elected official need concern himself or herself when they are supposed to be governing is the public’s business.

I hope someone can get the public records of the city’s Internet and/or Wi-Fi access and tell us what is really going on.

Thank you.

Angela Phillips Candler

Are we becoming slaves to government control?

A recent paper contains articles stating the government trend toward fiscal responsibility hurting valuable programs while offering no alternatives to just borrowing more money to spend on them.

Individuals ignore the responsibility of paying for programs either by borrowing or taxing and condemn those who have that responsibility. Is it any wonder that individuals want someone else to accept responsibility for their poor decisions?

We have become a nation of dependents, not independents, relying on others to pay for our poor choices whether in how much education we get or in what we determine we need or want. The government encourages dependence, so they can control your vote and freedom of choice.

The definition of a slave is “one who has

no freedom of choice and must do what the master says, in return for the minimum necessities of life (food clothing and shelter).” Think public housing, food stamps, Medicaid, etc.

A free man will take responsibility for providing for himself even if it means suffering for the privilege of making his own choices. The call used to be “freedom or death” not “slavery for food.”

Are we becoming a nation of slaves to government control?

Allyn Aldrich Asheville

‘Hooterville’ termed Hell; need for warning sign cited

According to urban legend, the late terrorist Osama bin Laden vacationed in Hendersonville back in 1973, when he was a young jet-setting international playboy, and long before becoming a terrorist.

Urban legend has it that during bin Laden’s weeklong visit to Hendersonville, the future terrorist leader became convinced that Hendersonville is the Biblical Hell, and the Hell depicted in Dante’s “Inferno,” as well as the Hell of fire and brimstone, which bible-thumping fundamentalist preachers threaten their sinning flocks with, if they don’t live straight as the gate!

As a matter of fact, Hendersonville is the biblical Hell, and the Hell depicted in Dante’s “Inferno,” and the Hell of fire and brimstone ....

And the denizens of Hell (in) Hendersonville are the devils and demons of Hell assigned to torment the damned for eternity for their sins!

There should be a sign at the entrance to Hendersonville that warns, “Let ye who enters Hendersonville abandon all hope!!” which is what I have done. There is no escaping Hell or the torments of Hell.

RICHARD POPE Hendersonville

Government chided for involvement in our lives

As a Christ man, I believe homosexuality is sinful along with a whole lot of other things in this world that do not glorify God and therefore are sinful as well.

Brown bag in a bind as result of budget cuts

With the culmination of summer, parents across the county brace themselves for the fall storm approaching. The yearly department store storm, that is. Parents relentlessly dish out a pretty penny just on school supplies every single year that their child is in school.

Parents of this year’s up-and-coming kindergarteners, for example, are having to provide the following for the 2013 year. hand sanitizers, baby wipes, mats to nap on, as well as quart and gallon sized plastic bags. All supplies are collected and distributed at the beginning of the year and most are shared throughout it. With the economy still shaky, having to buy supplies seems to get more rough every year.

Soon-to-be fifth-graders must tote three ring note books, graph paper, supply boxes See LETTERS, Page A19

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Illegal immigration? Birthed in greed, not benevolence

The decades-long violation of America’s borders is the greatest law breaking scheme in our history. Republicans wanting an exploitable labor pool and Democrats wanting an exploitable voting bloc have assured that immigration enforcement remains insincere.

Author Ernest Hemingway coined the phrase “never mistake motion for action.”

He could have been speaking to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency which, like most Federal bureaucracies, prioritizes procedures over outcomes. In any case, though border control matters, it will never work without meaningful consequence for those who fund the migration – U.S. employers who hire illegal workers.

Organizations like the Chamber of Commerce assure employers routinely dodge accountability for illegal workers by winking at fake credentials and the pretense of compliance. At a time when we have 15 million unemployed Americans, we also have over 15 million illegal aliens being aided by employers, churches, Congress, and other enablers.

In a free market economy, importing and exploiting an impoverished underclass allows employers to suppress wages, transfer health, education, and social service costs to the rest of us, and undercut the competition.

Illegal immigration enablers continue to cry crocodile tears as they spin the facts and resist enforcement efforts. The fact remains that illegal aliens break the law when they cross our borders and again when they use fake IDs. We are accepting one million legal immigrants a year. That is four times our traditional number. Illegally adding another million is turning our melting pot into a boiling pot. Those advocating amnesty are hoping we don’t know that others have tried that path to failure many times, including President Ronald Reagan.

Before any new laws are created, we must first get serious about enforcing those we have. We would do well to ignore the criticism of hypocritical detractors, including Mexican leaders who hide behind their own draconian immigration policies, and employers, politicians, and others who benefit from the importation of a vulnerable underclass. There is no amnesty from the fact that the American Dream must be earned – not stolen….

We do not choose our color

If you’re a conservative and have a friend who still judges people by color, a slap up the side of their head might be in order.

If you‘re not into beating people, try a little dose of reality as a substitute. Racism centers on bias toward your fellow man on the basis of color.

Think about it a minute ... Can you imagine a more immature, unChristian, and irrational basis for judgment?

People are born with their color, and they have no choice in the matter. How can we judge anyone on the basis of something over which they have no control?

That kind of thinking deserves a slap right up the side of the head. But if you’re not into that, at least raise your voice.

Judging people by color is nonsense – judging people by choices, character, and culture, well that’s another matter.

We chose our lifestyle, mold our character, and can reject dysfunctional cultural influences.

What so many attribute to color is really about choices, character and culture. Yet there are some silly souls who continue to judge people on color – they may just need a slap up the side of the head.

• Carl Mumpower, a former member of Asheville City Council, may be contacted at drmumpower@thecandidconservative.com.

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Advice Goddess

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It’s scold in here

Online dating isn’t going so well. I’m a 34-year-old professor seeking a relationship. I listed an age range of 18 to 35 on my profile, not because I particularly like 18-year-olds, but simply to avoid limiting my options. I messaged a 24-year-old woman, noting that I loved that she “enjoys supporting people who have a purpose and a passion.” She wrote back: “You seem really cool, but the fact that you’re considering dating women as young as 18 is a deal-breaker. 18-year-olds aren’t people yet.

You’re a professor. You know that.” She then scolded me for failing to admire that she clearly has purpose and passion — she doesn’t just support those things — but considering my interest in 18-year-olds, purpose and passion probably don’t matter much to me anyway. Huh?! Should I really be faulted for being open-minded?

— Reprimanded

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They cite research showing that new “stuff” soon stops giving us the same zing, while experiential purchases not only contribute to our sense of self and our connection with others but get more meaningful over time through the stories we tell about them.

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So, instead of deciding between the espresso machine that’ll guess her weight and the one that gets basic cable, think about an experience she’d really love. It could be a Champagne balloon ride or driving a racecar around a track (nascarracingexperience.com).

But fret not if these are too pricey. The research suggests that even when people spend just a few dollars, they get more lasting pleasure from an experience than a thing.

And even when experiences go wrong, like a romantic picnic that ends in horrible poison oak, they tend to be viewed fondly in hindsight.

Your girlfriend may not have asked for a series of hydrocortisone injections for her birthday, but years later, she’ll be laughing with you and friends about that and not the story of how you once got her a bowl from Pottery Barn.

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In the mating sphere, women evolved to be “commitment skeptics,” prone to overperceive men as hookup-seeking cads until they prove otherwise. For men, it would have been costly to miss any mating opportunity… leading to a 34-year-old man being “open” to a wide range of women, including a woman only slightly older than some of his socks.

You can turn this into a positive experience in two ways: by thanking your lucky stars that you won’t be the boyfriend she’s ripping into at the supermarket for eyeing the wrong potato and by listing an age range that’s less ire-producing. This actually shouldn’t limit you in the slightest, since you can write to any woman you find attractive — including those who’ll think you’re “like, so much more amazing” than the other “men” they’re dating, because you don’t live with your parents or have a job that requires a paper hat.

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Concert Reviews and Calendar of Events

The Band Perry performs July 6 at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone.

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These young fans were ecstatic with the Band Perry’s performance at ASU.

REVIEW: Band Perry scores hit with young fan base

By STEVEN CHASE Special to the Daily Planet

BOONE — Superstar country trio Band Perry is a sibling act, but Kimberly Perry was the clear focal point and star of the July 6 show at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Stadium.

Brothers Reid and Neil Perry each played a supporting role on guitar and mandolin, respectively.

Kimberly is a dynamic singer with an oversized personality to match. Her presence on stage completely overpowered her two brothers and one wonders what they bring to the act; their voices just barely audible in the mix.

Kimberly Perry The act is just perfect for their teen base with every move on stage planned and choreographed as if in a Disney Channel episode. Lighting and effects too, plays an intricate role in creating excitement and production value.

The mostly college audience (and a few parents, of course) knew just about every hit song, and sang along when given the chance, on cue.

Although billing themselves as a “country” group, their sound owes much more to rock ‘n’ roll than to traditional country roots.

As typical with most, contemporary country acts, the sound is big and loud with almost no nuances. Indeed, their five-piece back up band does a workmanlike job in recreating the CD soundtracks for Kimberly to perform over.

The show, the opener of the Appalachian

Summer Series, was delayed for more than an hour by a storm system that brought rain, thunder and lightning, all of which sent fans

scurrying for cover. However, the pioneer spirit that ASU and Boone are known for outlasted the spat of bad weather, and even-

tually Group Perry — to the delight of its fans — was able to perform. It was a great beginning for a summer festival.

CONCERTS FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL GENRES — JAZZ, BLUEGRASS, FOLK, ROCK, INDIE-POP —

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Thurs., Aug. 1

CONCERT, 6-8 p.m., Pritchard Park, downtown Asheville. Ben Wilson will perform in concert, as part of Asheville Downtown Association’s Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program. Admission is free.

DANCE/FOLK FESTIVAL, 7 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square, downtown Asheville. The 86th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, the nation’s longestrunning folk festival, will be held through Aug. 3. general admission is $20 per night and free for those ages 12 and younger. For tickets, including a three-night package is $54, call 257-4530 or visit 222. dwtheatre.com.

PARK RHYTHMS CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. Cedric Burnside Project will perform hill country blues. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/ or blankets. Admission is free.

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER CONCERT, 8 p.m., Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone. “An Acoustic Evening With Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin” with special guest Suzanne Vega will be presented For tickets, visit appsummer.org or call (800) 841-ARTS.

Friday, Aug. 2

POETRY/JAZZ SESSION, noon, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, 225 W. State St., Black Mountain. Jazz pianist and composer Michael Jefry Stevens and poet Tina Barr will present the finale of their fourweek Brown Bag Lunchtime Literary & Music Series. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.

MUSIC ON MAIN STREET, 7-9 p.m., parking lot next to Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The Crew will perform in the Music on Main Street weekly summer concert series.

PICKIN’ IN THE PARK, 7-10 p.m., Canton Recreation Park, Penland Street, Canton. Bluegrass and country music, with clogging, will be performed every Friday through August.

CONCERTS ON THE CREEK, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bridge Park, downtown Sylva. Whitewater Bluegrass Company will perform. Admission is free.

Sat., Aug. 3

ARTS/CRAFTS FAIR, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., on the grounds at the Cathedral of All Souls, Biltmore Village. The 41st annual

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The Vinyl Brothers band will perform from 7 to 9 p.m.

Aug. 3 at Asheville’s Biltmore Park Town Square.

Village Art and Craft Fair will be held over two days and feature 118 artists from 14 states.

Sunday’s hours are noon to 5 p.m. The event will be held rain of shine and admission is free.

AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION, 1 p.m., Malaprop’s Bookstore/ Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. Carolyn Toben will present her memoir, “Recovering a Sense of the Sacred: Conversations With Thomas Berry.” Toben also will make her presentation at 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 3 at City Lights Bookstore,

3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

CONCERT IN THE PARK, 7-9 p.m., plaza in front of Hickory Tavern and Brixx Pizza, Biltmore Park Town Square, Asheville. Vinyl Brothers, a throwback horn band, will perform. Admission is free.

MAGIC SHOW, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin.

“Spencers: Theatre of Illusion” will perform. For tickets, which are $15 or $18, call 524-1598 or visit greatmountainmusic.com.

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Sunday, Aug. 3

COMEDY OPEN MIC, 9-11 p.m., Wall Street Coffeehouse, 62 Wall St., Asheville. All who sign up are given six minutes to make the audience laugh.

Sunday, Aug. 4

COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT, 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place, Asheville. Cosy Sheridan will perform at the monthly Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse.

Admission is free, but the suggested donation is $15 for adults, $10 for students and free for ages 14 and younger. Upcoming shows will include Ben Bedford, Sept. 8; Jon Shain, Oct. 3; and Friction Farm, Nov. 10.

Tues., Aug. 6

“COMING TO AMERICA” FILM SCREENING, 8:45 p.m., Cinebarre, Biltmore Square Mall, Asheville. “Coming to America” will be shown as part of the theater’s annual summer outdoor film series. Attendees are asked to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets. Admission is free.

Thurs., Aug. 8

ECONOMIC FORECAST, 5:30 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre, downtown Asheville. The 14th annual Asheville Metro Economy Outlook, a presentation of the latest significant economic treds at the local and national level, will be offered by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Coalition. Networking will begin at 5 p.m. The presenters will include James F. Smith, chief economist of Parsec Financial Management; Tom Tveidt, president of SYNEVA Economics; and Chris Cavanaugh, present and founder of Magellan Strategy Group.

CONCERT, 6-8 p.m., Pritchard Park, downtown Asheville. Pierce Edens will perform in concert, as part of Asheville Downtown Association’s Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program.

Admission is free.

Friday, Aug. 9

TOP OF THE GRADE CONCERT, 6:30-8:30 p.m., McCreery Park, Main Street, Saluda. An outdoor concert will be feature the band Sound Investment.

Admission is free.

SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Rogers Park, Tryon. Nikki Tally and Letters to Abigail will perform Aug. 9 in the Summer Tracks Concert Series. Admission is free.

MUSIC ON MAIN STREET, 7-9 p.m., parking lot next to Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. The Flying Saucers will perform in the Music on Main Street weekly summer concert series.

CLINT BLACK CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. Country singer-songwriter Clint Black will perform. For tickets, which are $35, $45 or $55, call 524-1598 or visit greatmountainmusic.com.

CONCERTS ON THE CREEK, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bridge Park, downtown Sylva. Lonesome Sound will perform. Admission is free.

Sat., Aug. 10

SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER, 5-8 p.m., Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway St., downtown Asheville. A spaghetti dinner will be offered as a fundraiser.

CONCERT/DANCE, 6-8 p.m., outside Firehouse Subs, 825 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville.

Deano and the Dreamers will perform oldies rock in a free concert/dance.

SHINDIG ON THE GREEN CONCERT, 7-10 p.m., Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville.

The 47th annual Shindig on the Green will be held Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31. Traditional and old-time strin bands, bluegrass, ballad singers, big circle mountain dancers and cloggers will perform. Features include a stage show and informal jam sessions. Admission is free.

Sun., Aug. 11

CONCERT, 5 p.m., The Altamont Theatre, 18 Church St., downtown Asheville. The Appalachian Brass Quintet will perform. Tickets are $15

Country music singer-songwriter Clint Black will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 9 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. at the door. For advance tickets, which are $12, call 254-7123 or visit www.pan-harmonia.org.

Tues., Aug. 13

LIBERTARIAN MEETING, 7 p.m., 130 Miller St., Waynesville. The Haywood County Libertarian Party, which meets on the second Tuesday, meets for open discussion, with debate encouraged. All perspectives and persuasions are welcome, regardless of political or religious affiliation. For more information, call Windy McKinney at windymckinney@yahoo.com.

“KUNG FU PANDA” FILM SCREENING, 8:45 p.m., Cinebarre, Biltmore Square Mall, Asheville.

“Kung Fu Panda” will be shown as part of the theater’s annual summer outdoor film series.

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

Wed., Aug. 14

HEALTHCARE FILM, 6:30 p.m., Kenilworth Presbyterian Church, Kenilworth Road, Asheville.

KBC will screen the documentary “Escape FireL The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare.” Admission is free.

Thursday, Aug. 15

RHYTHM & BREWS CONCERT, 6-9 p.m., Azalea Lot, along King Street between 3rd and 4th avenues, downtown Hendersonville. George Porter Jr. will perform in the outdoor concert series. Admission is free.

CONCERT, 6-8 p.m., Pritchard Park, downtown Asheville. Caromia will perform in concert, as part of Asheville Downtown Association’s Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program. Admission is free.

PARK RHYTHMS CONCERT, 7-9 p.m., Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain. The Swayback Sisters will perform. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets. Admission is free.

Friday, Aug. 16

DOWNTOWN AFTER 5, 5:15 p.m., North Lexington Avenue near the I-240 overpass, downtown Asheville. The Revivalists, billed as the next breakout band from the music capital of New Orleans, will headline downtown’s monthly summer street party. The group is billed as blending soulful, syncopated rock and earnest songwriting through a meticulously crafted and ever-evolvin live performance. The opener will be the local band Lyric, which began as street musicians who got their start filling downtown Asheville with their unique mix of rock, funk and soul music. Lyric has opened for Grammy winner Liz White. Admission is free.

MUSIC ON MAIN STREET, 7-9 p.m., parking lot next to Visitors Information Center, 201 S. Main St., downtown Hendersonville. Tuxedo Junction will perform in the finale of the 2013 Music on Main Street weekly summer concert series.

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Friday, Aug. 16

“DIRTY DANCING” FILM SCREENING, 7-10 p.m., Morse Park Meadows, Lake Lure. A free showing of the film “Dirty Dancing,” which was partially filmed at Lake Lure, will be presented on a giant temporary outdoor screen as part of the annual Dirty Dancing Festival.

CONCERTS ON THE CREEK, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bridge Park, downtown Sylva. Steve Weams & The Caribbean Cowboys will perform. Admission is free.

Saturday, Aug. 17

Dirty Dancing Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Morse Park Meadows, Lake Lure. The annual Dirty Dancing Festival will feature live music, dancing, dance lessons, the lake lift, games and contests.

Adult tickets are $25 at the door. Among the bands performing will be Danny Woods & The Party Prophets with a special guest tribute to the late Billy Scott. Also performing will be the Night Move Band For advance tickets, which are $20, visit info@dirtydancingfestival.com.

WHO’S GOT TALENT SHQW, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. A “Who’s Got Talent” show will be presented. For tickets, which are $7, call 524-1598 or visit greatmountainmusic.com.

Sunday, Aug. 18

LECTURE/DISCUSSION, 2-3:30 p.m., Friends Meeting House, 227 Edgewood Rd., Asheville.

Mark Hebbard will present a talk titled, “What Is a Living Wage? And, Why Do I Care?” to the Ethical Society of Asehville. Hebbard is coordinator of the Living Wage Just Economics Certification Program. A discussion will follow the presentation.

After the meeting, time for informal conversation will be provided.

CONCERT, 6:30 p.m., pavilion adjacent to Town Hall, Soco Road, Maggie Valley. The Haywood Community Band will perform. Concerts will be held every third Sunday through October.

Monday, Aug. 19

MESOPOTAMIA LECTURE, 11:25 a.m., Humanities Lecture Hall, UNC Asheville. A lecture titled “Introduction to Humanities/Mesopotamia” will be given by Merritt Mosely, a professor literature.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Tuesay, Aug. 20

“PEE WEE’s BIG ADVENTURE” FILM SCREENING, 8:45 p.m., Cinebarre, Biltmore Square Mall, Asheville. “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” will be shown as part of the theater’s annual summer outdoor film series. Attendees are asked to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets. Admission is free.

Thursday, Aug. 22

CONCERT, 6-8 p.m., Pritchard Park, downtown Asheville. Ten Cent Poetry will perform in a free concert, as part of Asheville Downtown Association’s Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program.

A “Sinatra Forever” tribute concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

Friday, Aug. 23

TOP OF THE GRADE CONCERT, 6:30-8:30 p.m., McCreery Park, Main Street, Saluda. An outdoor concert will feature the band Sound Investment.

Admission is free.

SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT, 7 p.m., Rogers Park, Tryon. The Honeycutters will perform Americana music Aug. 9 in the Summer Tracks Concert Series. Admission is free.

CONCERT, 7 p.m., Foundation Performing Arts Center, Isothermal Community College, 286 ICC Loop Rd., Spindale. “An Evening With Michael English” will be presented. For tickets, which are $20, call 286-9990.

CONCERTS ON THE CREEK, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bridge Park, downtown Sylva. Porch 40 will perform. Admission is free.

Saturday, Aug. 24

CONCERT/DANCE, 6-8 p.m., outside Firehouse Subs, 825 Spartanburg Hwy., Hendersonville.

Tom Brown, One Man Band, will perform oldies rock in a free concert/dance.

Monday, Aug. 26

EGYPT LECTURE, 11:25 a.m., Humanities Lecture Hall, UNC Asheville. A lecture titled “Egypt” will be given by Brian Hook, associate professor of classics. Admission is free and open to the public.

Thursday, Aug. 29

CONCERT, 6-8 p.m., Pritchard Park, downtown Asheville. Jason Daniello will perform, as part of Asheville Downtown Association’s Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program. Admission is free.

CONCERT/DANCE, 7 p.m., TD Stage, amphitheater, The Peace Center, Greenville, S.C. The Craig Woolard Band will perform in Greenville-Larkin’s Rhythm on the River 2013 concert series.

Friday, Aug. 30

CONCERTS ON THE CREEK, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bridge Park, downtown Sylva. Lisa Price Band will perform. Admission is free.

ASHEVILLE MASONIC TEMPLE FUND-RAISER Spaghetti Supper • Sat., Aug. 10, 5-8 p.m.

80 Broadway St., downtown Asheville

Asheville Masonic Temple is currently in the process of restoring the 100-year-old building and making it available for public use.

In order to continue the restoration and upgrade of the building and its facilities, we are having a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser.

Included in the fund-raiser will be drawings for items donated by local businesses. There will be a string quartet playing as the public enters the building.

Tickets are on sale for $10 and may be purchased at the door the day of the event.

If you cannot make the event and would like to make a donation, please make the donation payable to the Asheville Masonic Temple (AMT) Restoration Fund.

For questions, please contact the event coordinator Cindy Daye at (828) 252-3924 or (828) 575-4171.

The film “Dirty Dancing” will be screened for free from 7 to 10 p.m. Aug 16 outdoors at Morse Park Meadows in Lake Lure.

CABARET DINNER CONCERT, 6:30 p.m., White Horse, 105-C Montreat Rd., Black Mountain. Dinner will be served at 6:30, followed at 8 p.m. by a show, “A Tribute to Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee.” For tickets, call 669-0816 or visit www.whitehorseblackmountain.com.

Saturday, Aug. 31

“SINATRA FOREVER” TRIBUTE CONCERT, 7:30 p.m., Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. “Sinatra Forever: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra” will be performed. For tickets, which are $20, $23 and $26, call 524-1598 or visit greatmountainmusic.com.

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Pokey LaFarge, 30, embodying the pre-World War II spirit of Jimmy Rogers, Django Rheinhart and others, performed July 12 before a full — and enthusiastic — house at the Grey Eagle Music Hall in Asheville’s River Arts District. LaFarge plays original compositions in the style of the Dust Bowl-era musical greats. He has garnered some national attention lately with appearances in the film “The Lone Ranger” and on television’s “Late Night With David Letterman.” Six or seven years ago, he was busking the streets of downtown Asheville, albeit unsuccessfully. He performed with a Boone band, the Major Sevens.

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Author researches meaning of Motown classic ‘Callin’ out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? / Summer’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the street....’

By Dave Rowe

Special to the Daily Planet

It’s a song worth writing about.

That’s what best-selling author Mark Kurlansky decided about “Dancing in the Street” and on July 16 he gave remarks on his finished project, “Ready for a Brand New Beat,” at Malaprops Bookstore/Café in downtown Asheville.

According to Kurlansky, it all started with a fire hydrant. He reported that Motown songwriters William Stevenson and emerging super star singer Marvin Gaye on a sultry day were driving in Detroit when they spotted a group of white teens cooling off that way.

From there, wrote Kurlansky, it was back to Hittsville, USA, the large frame house where the Motown record company was

based and, with help from Ivy Hunter, the song was created.

Originally, said Kurlansky, the son was intended for Kim Weston, but Martha Reeves happened to be in the studio that day and sang it as a demo. It sounded so good they brought in Reeves’ backup singers. The result was a hit that dislodged the Beatles’ “Hard Day’s Night” at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

At that time, Kurlansky noted, there was a lot going on outside the world of music.

Two days after the song came out, the war in Vietnam escalated and four weeks later bombings in Harlem.

“Dancing in the Street” became the theme song for the Black Power movement and also was a rallying point for the discrimination-fighting Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, he said.

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Kathy Mattea performs with her group on July 20 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

Review: Kathy Mattea

lights up Franklin stage

By JOHN NORTH

john@ashevilledailyplanet.com

FRANKLIN — Grammy Award-winning country singer Kathy Mattea wowed crowd with a high-energy, passionate performance before about 800 people on July 20 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts.

Besides singing and strumming her guitar to some of her big-time hits, she joked with the crowd about her South Charleston, W.Va., roots, her near-“Deliverance” experence and the fossil fuels — coal and gas — that were the subject of some of her songs.

Mattea sounded superb, and was backed by a talented trio of musicians. Her lyrics reflected environmental concerns and an intriguingly introspective twist to her personality.

One of her first songs, “Lonesome Standard Time,” prompted much enthusiasm from the crowd, setting the pace for the remainder of her 90-minute show with no intermission. Afterward, she signed autographs for a long line of fans.

Joking during the show, she quipped, “Who knew you had a place like this (the SMCPA) on top of a mountain in North Carolina?”

More seriously, she praised the Town of Franklin “for building a place like this to celebrate the arts.”

Mattea also said that, no matter one’s

political stance, it is important “to have civil conversation when we disagree.” The crowd cheered.

One of her other songs that stood out and drew a large crowd response was “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses.”

On a nostalgic note, Mattea, later in the concert, announced that she would be playing her first hit, which she record 27 years ago.

She added that she is is 54 years old now.

Indeed, Mattea’s first big hit was “Love at the Five and Dime,” a cover of Nanci Griffith’s song. The crowd responded with much applause.

Perhaps one of the most haunting and memorable songs of the night — and a complete surprise to this reviewer — was her rendition of The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.”

Just like Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger, Mattea sang the following: “War, children, yeah, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away War, children, yeah, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away, hey, yeah....’

However, in her version, Mattea ended the song with some tweaking of the lyrics to reference peace — and added the highly provocative line: “It’s just a kiss away.”

Mattea’s rendition of the Stones’ classic aws greeted with rousing applause that was repeated throughout the show.

Back in Motown, wrote the author, Martha Reeves was asked about the political connotation of the song and she broke into tears saying, “It’s a dance song.”

With an unmistakable hook based on a minor Mark Kurlansky chord and unmistakable beat, many musicians have agreed – the song has been covered by more than 35 artists ranging from Ramsey Lewis to the Grateful Dead and parodied by the Rolling Stones in “Street Fighting Man.” Nearly 100 people packed into Malaprop’s for the event and following his 20 minute presentation – which included a loud-playing through the coffeehouse

speaker system of “Dancing in the Street” – Kurlansky took questions.

Asked whether there’s a song today that will have such an impact, he said, “No, and it’s got to do with politics – they don’t teach music in the schools like they used to.”

Asked about his current project, Kurlansky, former foreign correspondent for the Miami Herald and author of “Salt,” a book entirely about the mineral, and “Cod,” about the fishing industry, said he is finishing up a book of short stories and a globe game he plays with his 14-year-old daughter.

Kurlansky is 63 and Reeves, who served a term on Detroit’s City Council, is 72.

“She’s still going strong,” he said. “She’s still playing shows. She’s still singing ‘Dancing in the Street.’”

He spent two years researching the 237page “Ready for a Brand New Beat” book.

“It was a lot of interviews,” he said, “but I’ve thought about it for a long time. I’ve had this song in me since I was a teenager.”