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Publisher’s Note

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ith a wave of her hand, Mother Nature has wiped winter off the landscape. Bradford Pears are popping, daffodils are dancing, Spring is coming to life all over the mountains. Here at the Laurel, our calendar is buzzing as well. We thank you for keeping us by your side this winter and we are excited to be sharing this bright new season with you!

Janet and Marjorie

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Contents

The Laurel Magazine • April 2013

Events

14 • Annual Rotary Golf Tournament 15 • Bingo for Cub Scouts 16 • Three Rivers Fly Fishing 17 • Garden Club Kitchen Tour 19 • Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser 20 • Arts & Crafts Show 21 • Annual Plant Sale 22 • Celebrate Clayton 24 • Albert Carlton Writing Contest 26 • Highlands-Cashiers Players 28 • Area Calendar

The Arts

Dining

30 • Cover Artist Dave Allen 32 • Savory Scrumptious Spickles 33 • The Bascom News 35 • The Betsy Paul Art Raffle 36 • Chamber Music Festival 37 • Art League of Highlands 38 • Highlands PAC 39 • PAC Youth Theatre 40 • Highlands Playhouse

Maps

18 • Highlands Map 34 • Cashiers Map

42 • The Kitchen CarryAway 44 • Southern Hospitality in Napa 46 • Curried Quinoa 47 • Dining Guide

History

48 • Highlands History 49 • Cashiers History

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Contents

The Laurel Magazine • April 2013

Staff

Giving Back

Homes & Lifestyles

Janet Cummings, Managing Partner

Marjorie Fielding, Managing Partner

janet@ themountainlaurel.com

marjorie@ themountainlaurel.com

Michelle Munger, Art Director

Luke Osteen, Writer

(828) 371-2689

52 • Vintage Highlands 54 • Trails & Such 55 • Favorite Golf Tours 56 • Why Do I Feel So Tired?

57 • Don’t Follow the Herd 58 • The Perfect Girls Getaway 59 • Cruising As a First Timer 60 • Brain Stickies 62 • All About Balance

66 • Highlands Rotary 68 • Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust 70 • Literacy Council Of Highlands 71 • Highlands Biological Station 72 • Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society 73 • Hospice - A Decision for Comfort 74 • Carpe Diem Farms 74 • Friends for Life 76 • Relay for Life

mungerclan5@aol.com

(828) 371-2764

(828) 342-3551

dumbdogs@ earthlink.net

Wiley Sloan, Writer

Donna Rhodes, Writer

Guides

wileyandsarah@ nctv.com

18 • Highlands Map 34 • Cashiers Map 28 • Area Calendar 47 • Dining Guide 64 • Where’s the Water?

63 • Service Directory 78 • Advertisers Index

donna847@ frontier.com

Contributing Writers: Jane Gibson Nardy, Gary Wein, Kathy Bub, Mary Adair Leslie, Elizabeth Fletcher, Sue Blair, Michael Rich, Sue Aery, Jim Johnson and Resa Johnson, Matthew T. Bradley, Tom Chillemi, Dr. Anastasia Halldin, Mary Ann Hardman and Michelle Price

Copyright © 2013 by The Mountain Laurel, LLC. All rights reserved. Laurel Magazine is published eleven times per year. Reproduction without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. The publishers and editors are not responsible for unsolicited material and it will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication subject to Laurel Magazine’s right to edit. Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, photographs and drawings. Every effort has been made to assure that all information presented in this issue is accurate, and neither Laurel Magazine nor any of its staff is responsible for advertising errors, omissions, or information that has been misrepresented in or to the magazine. Any substantial errors that are the fault of the magazine will be subject to a reduction or reimbursement of the amounts paid by the advertiser, but in no case will any claim arising from such error exceed the amount paid for the advertisement by the advertiser.

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Annual Rotary Golf Tournament Events

By Wiley Sloan

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and most prestigious course in true signal that the sumour area. Show your skills on mer season is near is the this course which has challenged Rotary Club’s Annual Golf many fine golfers throughout Tournament at the Highlands the years. Mulligans can be purCountry Club. Make your reserchased for $5 each. You’ll have a vations now by contacting Rotarchance to win great prizes includian and Tournament chair Joyce ing a closest to the pin and long Baillargeon at (828) 526-0501 or drive competition plus receive jbaillargeon@highlandscountryan HCC Tervis Tumbler mug and a club.com. Monday, May 6, is the good lunch at the turn. date, a 11:00 A.M. shotgun start is Throughout the years, the Tourthe plan. You can access the drivnament has raised more than ing range and the practice green Rotary’s Golf Tournament is a memorable stroll over the legendary links of Highlands Country Club. $100,000 to support many comat 10:00 A.M. along with registramunity projects like the Student tion. Proceeds farom this event Foreign Exchange Program, the allow the Rotary Club to support Literacy Council, local Boy Scout Troop, the Peggy Crosby their many charitable projects throughout the year.

Foursome teams will play a four-man scramble or Center, the Library, plus many other community groups.

Registration for each player is $150. If you are not able to captain’s choice. The Donald Ross-designed course was once the home of famed golfer Bobby Jones. Take play but would like to support the Rotary Club with a hole or advantage of this great opportunity to play the oldest corporate sponsor, contact Joyce as shown above. Fore!

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Rotary Bingo for Boy Scouts Events

By Wiley Sloan Everyone is invited to join the Boy Scouts of Highlands at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, April 11, at the Community Building for a raucous evening of bingo.

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he odds of winning at Rotary Bingo are really pretty good. You won’t be able to go to Monaco, but you can recover your investment and more. Plus, you’ll be able to support one of our area non-profits -- Boy Scout Troop 207 of Highlands.

The scouts will be saving a card for you at 6:30 P.M. Thursday, April 11, at the Highlands Community Building (next to the Town Ballfield).

Caller Tay Bronaugh enunciates the numbers clearly. You cover the appropriate spaces and win your money. It’s very simple. Winners can keep their pocket money or they can return it to the Boy Scouts of Highlands to help underwrite their many programs.

You don’t have to carry a rabbit’s foot to be lucky. People who can’t cover their cards quickly still have a chance to win. There’s always at least one game called “The Biggest Loser” where the last person to cover their first number wins a prize. Win or not, you still have tons of fun.

The price is right. A whole night of fun and entertain-

ment is only $15 (one card for each of the 15 games; you can improve your odds by buying additional cards). definitely you can buy more cards to improve your chances to win).

You can show additional support for the scouts by being a Table Sponsor. This opportunity is open to business owners and individuals. Buy a table advertisement to promote your business or just say “John and Jane Doe support the Scouts.” A table ad is only $50 or a half page ad is $25. Make your checks payable to Highlands Rotary Club.

Call Bill Edwards of the Boy Scouts in Highlands at (828) 526-9594 to buy your advertisement. Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, baked beans and chips will be available for a donation.

This is just one of the many ways that we can help the Scouts accomplish their many goals and objectives. Game 15 offers the greatest chance to win serious money. Stay and play. Laugh a lot, share with friends, and support the Boy Scouts of Highlands.

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Three Rivers Fly Events

Fishing Tourney

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ust as you’d guess, the bold streams that have shaped Highlands and drawn generations of visitors are home to wily schools of rainbow and brown trout.

That’s what makes Highlands’ Annual Three River Fly Fishing Tournament, set for May 16 through the 17, such a natural fit on the town’s Event Calendar.

The tourney is open to all anglers of all skill levels, and there are guided and non-guided competitions.

Funds raised benefit the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for Highlands High School graduates.

The entry fee includes various clinics, an invitation to the opening night reception, lunch for days, a fishing goody bag and a closing night winners’ dinner with food and prizes at Old Edwards Inn and Spa. Space is limited. Only the first 50 teams to register will be able to participate.

The fun kicks off Thursday, May 16, with a pair of Casting Clinics at Harris Lake. All participants can join in oneon-one coaching with the North Carolina Fly Fishing Team from noon to 4:00 P.M. The Highland Hiker will host an equipment tune-up from noon to 4:00 P.M. As a quick test of your skills, you can join in the Casting Competition from noon to 4:00 at Pine Street Park (one block from Main Street, the other direction). It’ll be judged by the members of the North Carolina Fly Fishing Team.

The Old Edwards Inn will serve as the site of a Fly Tying Clinic from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. You will learn how to tie the Jack Cabe Hopper, a jewel of a fly created by Highlands’ legendary fisherman/guide Jack Cabe.

All of that practice will be put to the test when participants take to the streams over the next three days.

From Highlands, the fishing boundary will have a northern boundary of US Hwy. 74, a western boundary of the rafting and delayed harvest sections of the Nantahala River, a southern boundary of the Hwy. 28 bridge on the Chattooga River and an eastern boundary of the Davidson River and the East Fork of the French Broad River. A map designating all streams within this boundary will be provided to each applicant.

To register or receive more information, visit www. highlandsthreeriver.com or call the Highlands Visitor Center at (866) 526-5841. The tournament is sponsored in part by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, the Highland Hiker, Old Edwards Inn and Spa, The Highlander, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. and Mountain Fresh Grocery.

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Garden Club Kitchen Tour Events

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Contributed by Brenda Manning | Photo by Helen Moore

items, including art, gourmet foods, aurel Garden Club’s second kitchcrafts, and floral creations, contriben tour is planned for Saturday, uted by Laurel Garden Club members.

September 21 from 9:00 A.M. to This 2013 tour follows the very suc5:00 P.M. During the week prior to the cessful 2011 Laurel Garden Club Kitchtour, interesting and exciting cooking en Tour, from which derived profits demonstrations will take place in fabuof $30,000 are being returned to the lous venues and homes in Highlands. community, via competitive grant Stay tuned for specifics and ways to funds awarded to local non-profits for be a part of these special culinary deconservation, horticulture, and beaulights. The tour will feature six Hightification projects. The tour serves as lands kitchens, ranging from rustic to Keturah Paulk and Ann Sullivan 2011 a fundraiser for the club, which has domajestic, cottages to mansions, new to Co-Chairs meet with 2013 Co-Chairs Sarah nated more than $60,000 to non-profhistoric--plus an opportunity for extenMorgan Wingfield and Judy Allison to share its for improvements of the Highlands sive glimpses into these great homes ideas and materials. plateau. Funds were acquired from and gardens. During the tour, a cookcombined profits of their award-winning cookbook, Celeing demonstration will take place in one of the kitchens.

Guests will arrive initially at the Performing Arts Cen- brate Highlands, and their successful and popular 2011 Kitchter in downtown Highlands for coffee and sweet treats, en Tour. You will not want to miss the 2013 Kitchen Tour and as they enjoy a short wait for their shuttle to the homes. Cooking Demonstrations.

A limited number of tour tickets will be sold. Cost will be Each guest will be transported to the six beautifully designed and appointed Highlands kitchens. At the conclu- $60 per person. Please check our website www.laurelgarsion of the tour, guests will be returned to the Performing denclubhighlands.com for further information about the Arts Center where a unique shop will feature one-of-a-kind purchase of tickets.

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Accommodations

Meadows Mtn. Realty............

Hen House..............................

4-1/2 Street Inn .....................

White Oak Realty Group.......

High Cotton............................

Martha Anne’s........................

Colonial Pines Inn..................

Inn at Half Mile Farm............

Restaurant

Peak Experience....................

Whiteside Cove Cottages......

Lakeside Restaurant..............

Scudders.................................

Mountain Brook Suites.........

Paolettis...................................

The Summer House...............

Mountain Laurel Rest............

Pescados.................................

Whole Life Market.................

Rosewood Market..................

Highlands Fine Art ...............

Wild Thyme Gourmet...........

Highland Hiker.......................

Laurel Magazine.....................

Wolfgang’s Restaurant &

Mirror Lake Antiques............

Mill Creek Gallery & Framing ..

Wine Bistro.............................

Arts

Services

Museum of American Cut Glass.......................................

Retail

Creative Concepts Salon.......

The Bascom ...........................

Alyxandra’s ............................

Highlands Visitors Center.....

Bear Mountain Outfitters......

Warth Construction...............

Real Estate

Cabin Casuals.........................

Aery Chiropractic &

Country Club Properties.......

Drake’s Diamond Gallery ....

Acupuncture..........................

John Cleaveland Realty..........

Dry Sink..................................

High Country Photo.............

Sundrops on Caney Fork.......

Dutchman’s Designs..............

To promote your business in on the Highlands map for only $20 per month, email marjorie@themountainlaurel.com.

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Cinco de Mayo Events

Fundraiser Contributed by Debbie Kenter

Cashiers Valley Preschool’s Seventh Annual Cinco De Mayo Fundraiser will be moving to Old Edwards Club at Highlands Cove.

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ashiers Valley Preschool will host its Cinco De Mayo Party from 6:30 to 11:00 P.M., Saturday, May 4, at the Old Edwards Club at Highlands Cove.

The evening will benefit the five-star rated preschool, which serves children throughout the area.

Complimentary Coronas, margaritas and house wine will be served from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. There will be live music by the Jackson Taylor Band and an amazing silent auction featuring goods and services donated by local businesses as well as some incredible travel packages and sports memorabilia.

Cashiers Valley Preschool is currently located behind Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library on Frank Allen Road. In the coming months the school will be moving into a new location at 180 Cashiers School Road, the former Ark Church site. This location will provide an enhanced learning environment and more space once renovations to the site have been completed. Funds raised from the event will go directly to the projects needed to get the new location ready for the fall semester.

The school’s motto is “Where each parent matters and every child is special.” The efforts of the friendly, caring, and experienced staff at Cashiers Valley Preschool have resulted in the school garnering a strong reputation for preparing children to excel in a classroom setting. Frank and Candice Ralston, Beth Talmadge, and Susan Renfro make learning fun and interesting by using interactive and creative teaching tools and techniques. Subsidy tuition assistance is available for eligible applicants.

Tickets are $60 per person and $100 per couple and can be purchased prior to the event or at the door. For more information, call (828) 743-4320 or visit www. cashiersvalleypreschool.com for more information.

The school is still accepting donations for the auction and sponsorships are welcomed.

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Events

5th Annual

Cashiers Arts

& Crafts Fair Contributed by Vanna Cameron May 25 - 26 are the dates for this year’s Annual Cashiers Arts & Crafts Fair at the Cashiers Village Green.

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he 5th annual Spring Cashiers Arts & Crafts Fair will be held May 25 and 26 at the Cashiers Village Green.

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, the Spring Arts and Crafts Fair will run from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. both Saturday and Sunday; rain or shine.

This Spring juried event will be showcasing some of the finest artisans of the Southeast. With more than 60 exhibitors, featured art media will include: clay, wood, fibers, metal, glass, watercolor, oils, photography; and take the form of jewelry, clothing, furniture, quilts, pottery, and home dĂŠcor. One can expect to find folk art with mountain themes, from paintings and metal art, wooden bowls and ceramics to homemade jams and relishes.

Artisans interested in participating in this show, or for further information should email artsandcrafts@cashiersrotary.org.

For a comprehensive list of area events and happenings visit highlands-cashierscalendar.com

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Annual Events

Plant Sale The Town Ballfield at the corner of Cashiers Highway (Hwy. 64) and Hickory will be brimming with beautiful, healthy plants on Saturday, May 25, for the annual Mountain Garden Club Plant Sale. Gates open at 9:00 A.M. and close at noon. Be there early for best selection. If rained out on Saturday, the sale will be Sunday, May 26, 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.

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he annual Mountain Garden Club Plant Sale provides a huge variety of sun and shade plants just waiting for you. You can rest assured that all of these plants are well acclimated to our area’s climate since they have been recently harvested from area gardens. Garden Club members and their trusty helpers choose only the very best hardy, healthy plants from throughout the area.

Many of you have come to the sale for years, but if you are new to our area, come out the Cashiers Highway to the Town Ballfield. There you will find rows and rows of beautiful plants.

Bring your own cart, wagon or sled for maximum ease in gathering all of your plants. Club members will be there to help you select and carry your plants. Shade plants or sun lovers, the Club’s extensive inventory provides great choices. Each year’s inventory varies depending on the plants that are available from area gardens, and there are always new additions. In years past the inventory has featured many varieties of perennials such as cinnamon ferns and other native plants, daisies, Lenten roses, lupines, ground covers, and much, much more, including an impressive selection of dahlia tubers.

If you have an abundance of plants in your garden and would like to donate to the sale please call Caroline Cook at (828) 526-2742. The diggers will leave your garden in great shape and get you started on that much needed thinning!

Proceeds from the sale provide funds to underwrite the Club’s many community projects including the Highlands School butterfly garden, the gardens at the Fidelia Eckerd Living Center, classes for youngsters at Highlands School on plants and butterflies, and college scholarships.

Since 1996, area students pursuing degrees in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, landscape design, forestry management or golf course management have been awarded scholarships funded through the plant sale.

To everyone, these students say “Thank You” for supporting this endeavor.

Handy helpers at the Plant Sale will load your car and make it easy for you. See you there. Cash or check only; no credit cards.

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Celebrate Clayton Events

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Contributed by John Shivers

Celebrate Clayton a premiere familyt’s time for Clayton, Georgia’s preoriented event. miere festival event. “Celebrate Festivities will kick off at the Rock Clayton” to fill the streets in Rabun House on the corner of Main and SaCounty’s largest town on Saturday, vannah Streets, with Celebrate ClayApril 27, and Sunday, April 28, come ton’s favorite radio personality. Moby rain or come shine. Hours for Saturin the Morning has been on hand so day are from 10:00 AM to 5:00 P.M. long, he’s anticipated as well by the Sunday activities will get under way at crowds that descend on the town.

10:00 A.M. and will close at 4:00 P.M. Periodically, throughout both days, There’ll be food and drinks, art and different musical groups will be frontcrafts, music and mountain customs, The colorful Celebrate Clayton will energize and-center at the Rock House enterhistory and hijinks and all can be the streets of Clayton Saturday, April 27 taining with bluegrass and gospel found in booths that snake their way and Sunday, April 28. tunes. Many other different crowdalong Main Street. In between these two downtown landmarks will be many of the same quali- pleasers can be found throughout the town.

In fact, there’s so much to see and do; so much fun that ty and creative vendors who have made Celebrate Clayton awaits, until you can pick and choose. Spend as much time a fixture on their show calendars year after year.

There is no admission charge and with two days of as you want, where you want and be sure that when you jam-packed activities, festival-goers can spend all day Sat- walk away, you’ll know you’ve had an unforgettable day in urday and still want to return on Sunday to revisit some Clayton, Georgia… celebrated just the way you like it. To booths and catch those they didn’t see the day before. learn more, check out www.celebrateclayton.com.

There’s plenty for kids and their parents alike, making See you at Celebrate Clayton!

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Albert Carlton Writing Contest Events

An ambitious contest by the Friends of the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library and the Cashiers Writers’ Group will recognize young writers and poets.

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iddle School students at Blue Ridge School, Summit Charter School, Highlands School and local homeschoolers are invited to enter “If I Were A Book.” It’s a writing contest in two categories – Poetry and Prose. The submitted poems or prose must begin with the words, “If I were a book…”

Submissions may be up to 325 words and students can enter both categories. Deadline is a postmark of May 6.

Prizes include the following: First place in each category, a Kindle and publication in Laurel Magazine; Second place in each category, a $25 gift certificate to Chapter Two Book Store. Also, the first place winner in each category is invited to read his or her entry on Poetry Night at the Cashiers Library on August 15.

The Cashiers Writers’ Group will judge the entries.

For further information and to receive an entry form, call Kathie Blozan (828) 743-1765.

For a comprehensive list of area events and happenings visit www.highlands-cashierscalendar.com

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Events

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Highlands-Cashiers Players Events

“Love, Loss & What I Wore,” Highlands Cashiers Players’ exploration of the surprising links between women’s fashions, their passions and the unexpected ways they illuminate their lives, will be staged at the Martin-Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in Highlands, May 23 through May 26, and Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2.

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Love, Loss & What I Wore” by playwrights Nora and Delia Ephron has been the mainstay of the Westside Theatre in New York for the past four years. The Ephrons have written such well-known works as “Sleepless in Seattle” and “When Harry Met Sally.”

Based on the 1995 book by Illene Beckerman, the play includes a series of monologues covering a wide range of topics. Director Dr. Ronnie Spilton leads the Women of Highlands and Cashiers as they share their opinions of relationships and wardrobes and the interaction of the two throughout their lives. These ladies will share numerous scenarios of comic relief mixed with thoughtful, pensive banter and times of recollection.

What is the correlation between a brownie’s uniform, Madonna’s wardrobe styles and how they have impacted the modern American woman, plus the impact of a young lady’s prom dress have on one another? As a time capsule captures the highlights of time gone by, these monologues give you a glimpse of segments of these women’s lives. It’ll be staged Thursday, May 23, through Sunday, May 26, and Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2. Call the Highlands Cashiers

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Players Box Office at (828) 526-8084 or e-mail highlandscashiersplayers@gmail.com for reservations.

The second production of the season is “The Last Romance” by Joe DiPietro, which runs June 6-9 and 13-16.

Have you ever wondered if you have become too old to love and be loved in return? Is there an age limit on falling in love? Well, Ralph Bellini (David Milford) doesn’t seem to think so, because when he spots Carol Reynolds (Becky Schilling), sparks fly. Share in the laughter, warmth, tenderness and the surprises that make up this celebration of love and romance!

Directed by Ralph Stevens and David Milford, this romantic comedy for ages 12 to 102 also features Bellini’s cranky sister Rose (Shirley Williams), and the Young Man (Robert Helma, a tenor from Western Carolina University). As Shakespeare once wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on.”

Milford will appear through courtesy of the Actors Equity Association. When the Florida Studio Theatre did this play last year in Sarasota, the show was so popular it was held over for an extended run. Mark your calendars now and get your tickets early!

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Mark Your Calendar

• Mountain High Dulcimer Club meets Monday, April 1, Highlands United Methodist Church.

Beginner’s lessons - noon. (828) 787-1586, (828) 200-9532.

• Free Children Movies, 3:30 P.M., Wednesday, April 3, Hudson Library, (828) 526-3031.

• Monthly Jam, Saturday, April 6, Blue Ridge Music, Clayton, GA, (706) 782-9852.

• Live Music, 8:30 p.m., Saturdays, April 6: Grits and Souls; April 13: Southbound Turnaround; April 20: HI 5; and April 27: Jay Drummonds. The Ugly Dog Pub, (828) 526-8364.

• Landscape Photography in a Changing World, April 6-June 16. Opening reception 5:00-7:00 pm., Curator Talk 6:00 p.m., Saturday, April 27, The Bascom, (828) 526-4949.

• Story Swap, 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 9, Highlands Writers Group, Ugly Dog Pub. Preregistration required, (828) 369-1927.

• Rotary Bingo for Boy Scout Troop 207 of Highlands, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 11, Highlands Community Building.

• Classics by Steve Johannessen, 5:00-8:00 P.M., Friday, April 12, Buck’s Coffee Cafe, Cashiers. An evening of live romantic music and the great love songs. For showtime, contact (828) 743-9997.

• Kickoff Rally For Relay For Life Of Highlands, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Saturday, April13, Highlands Fire Station.

• Recently Released Movies, 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, Hudson Library, (828) 5263031.

• “Safe At Second” kickball tournament, Saturday, April 20 at Zachary Park on Buck Creek Road. For more information about this event contact Dave Linn at dlinn@oldedwardsinn.com • Volunteer Workday, 10:00 A.M-Noon April 20 to celebrate Earth Day, Highlands Botanical Garden. Please let Horticultural Specialist Erika Selman know in advance, by calling (828) 5260188 or e-mailing emselman@email.wcu.edu.

• A Never Ending Stream: The Art of Linda Anderson, April 20-July 28. Opening reception 5:00-7:00 p.m., Artist Talk 6:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, The Bascom, (828) 526-4949.

• Youth Art Exhibit, K-12, April 20-May 10, Opening reception 2:00-4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 27, The Bascom, (828) 526-4949.

• John Lennon and Me will be presented by PAC Youth Theater at the Highlands PAC, April 25-28. Evening performances are 7:30 P.M. and the Sunday matinee: is 2:30 P.M. Tickets may be purchased online or by calling 828-526-9047.

• Mountain Madness Duathlon, registration begins at 8:00 A.M., race at 9:00 A.M., Saturday, April 27, at Franklin’s Tassee Shelter Greenway.

Contact Dave Linn at bringingit2life@yahoo.com to register.

• “Celebrate Clayton” 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Saturday, April 27, and 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Sunday, April 28, come rain or come shine.

• Art League of Highlands meeting, 4:30 P.M. Monday, April 29, Calderone Gallery in Sky Valley, GA, (706) 746-5540 for more information and directions to the venue.

• The Betsy Paul Art Raffle for the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, will be held on April 30. For more information, call (828) 7430880.

• “If I Were A Book” writing contest in two categories – Poetry and Prose for middle school students at Blue Ridge School, Summit Charter School, Highlands School and local homeschoolers. Deadline is a postmark of May 6.

Cashiers Writers’ Group will judge the entries. For further information and to receive an entry form, call Kathie Blozan (828) 743-1765.

Weekly Events

Every Monday • Hatha Level 1-2, 9:30 A.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Ballet/Jazz/Across ages 3-5, 3:15 P.M., Ballet ages 6-11, 4 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Dulcimer Lessons - Intermediate Class 10 A.M., Beginners Noon, Highlands United Methodist church, (828) 787-1586.

• Slow Flow Beginner Yoga, 3:30 P.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Mind Body Flow Level 2, 5:30 P.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Barn Jamming with James, Fressers Eatery, (828) 526-8847.

Every Tuesday • Mat Pilates, 9:15 A.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Hatha Yoga-Level 1-2, 10:30 A.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Dulcimer Acoustic Jam, 10:00 A.M., Bird Barn and Gift Emporium, Cashiers, (828) 7433797.

• Senior Fitness, 10:30-11:30 A.M., Cashiers Community Center, (828) 743-1947.

• Highlands Rotary Club, Noon, Highlands Community Center.

• Duplicate Bridge, 1:45 P.M., Albert CarltonCashiers Community Library. (828) 743-0215.

• Ballet/Jazz/Across ages 3-5, 3:15 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Pilates with Sandi Trevathon, 4:00 P.M., Jane Woodruff Clinic, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, (828) 526-5852.

• Children’s Martial Arts, 4:00 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Weight Watchers, 5:30 P.M., Highlands Rec Park.

• Women’s Self Defense Class, 7:00 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

Every Wednesday • Highlands Mountaintop Rotary, 7:30 A.M., dining room at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital.

• Rotary Club of Cashiers Valley, 8:00 A.M., Cashiers United Methodist Church, (828) 7432243.

• Preschool Story Time, 11 A.M.-Noon, Albert Carlton Library (828) 743-0215.

• Cashiers Quilters Guild, 12:30 P.M., Cashiers Methodist Church.

• Duplicate Bridge Games, 12:45 P.M., Highlands Civic Center.

• Mah Jong games open to the public, 1:00 P.M., Albert Carlton Cashiers-Community Library, (828) 743-0215.

• Ballet, ages 6-11, 4:00 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Warm Flow Yoga, Levels 1, 2 & 3, 5:30 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Bluegrass, 8:30 P.M., Ugly Dog Pub, (828) 526-8364.

Every Thursday • Hatha Yoga Level 1-2, 9:30 A.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Art Class Offered, 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M., Sapphire Valley Community Center. Call (828) 743-7663 or (828) 743-5552 for more info.

• Senior Fitness, 10:30-11:30 A.M., Cashiers Community Center, (828) 743-1947.

• Yoga Foundations, 3:30 P.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Pilates with Sandi Trevathon, 4:00 P.M., Jane Woodruff Clinic, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, (828) 526-5852.

• Children’s Martial Arts, 4:00 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Adult Jiu Jitsu, 6:30 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

Every Friday • The Zachary-Tolbert House Tours, 11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M., (828) 743-7710.

• Duplicate Bridge Games, 12:45 P.M., Highlands Civic Center.

• Hip Hop, age 10+, 4:00 P.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• Live Music, 6:00 P.M.-close, Hummingbird Lounge, Old Edwards Inn, (828) 787-2625.

Every Saturday • Birding Field Trips, 7:30 A.M., Highlands Plateau Audubon Society, meet at Highlands Town Hall, (828) 743-9670.

• Vinyasa All Levels, 9:30 A.M., Yoga Highlands, (828) 526-8880.

• Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Levels 1 & 2, 10:00 A.M., Cashiers Valley Fusion, (828) 743-9000.

• The Zachary-Tolbert House Tours, 11:00 A.M. to 3 P.M., (828) 743-7710.

• Live Music, 6:00 P.M.-close, Hummingbird Lounge, Old Edwards Inn, (828) 787-2625.

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Cover Artist Dave Allen The Arts

by Donna Rhodes

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he mountains of Western North Carolina are constantly in motion, changing every day, every second with each shift of light, shadow, and season. David Allen, master of preserving those breath-taking moments, has chronicled them on the covers of the world’s most popular photography magazines including Outdoor Photographer and National Geographic. And for his estimable talent he has been dubbed the Carolina Photographer.

Allen has always been involved in a field creative. He began as a professional musician straight out of high school.

From the performing arts he leapt to the visual arts where he owned and managed a graphic arts business for years until 2008. It was then he picked up a digital camera to document the beauty of the Carolinas. He photo-journaled from coastline to mountaintop, each day more in love with the digital process than the day before. One thing led to another and now he is known worldwide for his incredible images of mountains, waterfalls, and fine art landscapes.

He has a dedicated following in the region and makes weekly deliveries and photo shoots to Highlands. His home base is Hendersonville. He says, “’Highlands Sunrise’ (www.daveallenphotography.com/highlands_sunrise. php ) is one of my most famous images, and has been featured on the cover of Outdoor Photographer Magazine as 34 | April 2013 | www.thelaurelmagazine.com

well as many others. In fact, Outdoor Photographer Magazine even published an article I authored about Highlands North Carolina, in the May 2012 issue, which can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/werksmedia/6930946216.”

After articles are written, deliveries are made, and books kept, Allen hits the trail for days of shooting whenever time and weather permit. His stockpile of licensed images is popular amongst big name magazines. In fact, you have probably seen dozens of his shots without even knowing it.

He feels lucky to be blessed with a job that is so rewarding. He says, “I feel very passionate about my work. For people fortunate enough to enjoy what they do, I believe that true wealth has little to do with one’s bank account.”

To see more of his work, catch a glimpse of the Nikon gear he uses, or learn how to order his quality prints and calendars, visit his website at www.daveallenphotography.com. From there you can contact him about commissions, ordering prints, or you can make an inquiry about his work. In addition, you can friend him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/daveallenphotography. He welcomes your comments and is pleased to share Mother Nature’s portraits with fellow Carolinians.

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Savory Scrumptious Spickles The Arts

by Donna Rhodes

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hen asked where he got the Spickles recipe, Tom Banks, owner of Spickles, in Cashiers replies, “I actually ‘stole’ the recipe from my mother who had ‘stolen’ it from her niece who had ‘stolen’ it from a friend in Alabama.” Southern recipes do have a way of making the rounds.

When asked why his pickle recipe is better than all those he ‘stole,’ Banks replies, “I tweaked it, making my Spickles with three layers of flavor...dill, sweet and spicy.

I know that lots of people can make spicy pickles but only we can make Spickles.”

The Banks family pickles have been around a long time. Tom’s mother, Faye Banks, 98-year-old matriarch, was the originator. Over the years the Banks gave gift jars of pickles to family, friends, fellow-church members, and friends-of-friends until their pickle-making grew into a business. Now they cater to several regional stores including Ingles, Bryson’s, and Mountain Fresh. Their goal is to go nationwide with a full product line of pickles and relishes.

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over pickle juice can be a jumpstarter for pickled onions, beets, or other veggies.

Just throw a few garnishes in the juice and marinate a day or two and you have your own personalized pickle du jour.

Folks frequently share their favorite Spickles recipes with the Banks. One customer said, “I made Spickled Trout (pun intended). I drizzled a tablespoon of pickle relish on the trout and baked it. Mmmm, fish delish!”

Spickles relish mixed with a little mayo makes a wonderful tartar sauce. Spickles juice can be mixed with a spoonful of oil for a tasty dressing on greens or potato salad. One little jar packs a whole lot of flavor into a variety of foods. It is a very versatile product.

Last year John Dawson, Spickles Vice President and son-in-law of Tom, entered Cashiers first chocolate cookoff competition. He says, “Our sweet and spicy pickles seemed like the perfect flavor match for chocolate, so I experimented and made chocolate covered Spickles. I entered them, and we won the People’s Choice Award.”

There seems to be no end to Spickles possibilities.

Here’s a factoid: pickles, which have been around about 4,000 years, were part of Cleopatra’s beauty regimen.

She claimed pickles were responsible for her beauty.

Who knew? Pass the Spickles, please.

If you want to know more about Spickles, or if you want to purchase a case at cost, contact John Dawson at (817) 777-0782 or visit Spickles’ website at spicklesproducts.com. Or, better yet, attend a Spickles tasting event at the Cashiers Ingles on Friday, April 5, from 3:00 - 6:00 P.M.

Bascom News The Arts

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t’s April already (or perhaps you were waiting for it sooner!) and you can bet on The Bascom for a variety of exciting exhibitions opening this month: Landscape Photography in a Changing World April 6 to June 16 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 27, 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Curator Talk: 6:00 P.M. Jane Jackson, former director of The Sir Elton John Photography Collection, curates the exhibition and will discuss photographers old and new and the art of photography.

Exhibition description: Through the years, there has been a significant change in landscape photography. The simplistic beauty of nature devoid of humans as photographed by Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter has moved toward a broader and more complex view of our surroundings. Here, these contrasting views will be shown in photographs by Adams, Harry Callahan, Henri CartierBresson, Lee Friedlander, Brett Weston and others. A special video installation by Jennifer Steinkamp will be also be on view.

Youth Art Exhibit, K–12 April 20 through May 19 – Loft Gallery Opening Reception: Saturday, April 27, 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. In support of the art specialists and their art education programs, The Bascom is proud to showcase the talents and creative spirit of developing artists who attend public schools located on the Plateau: Blue Ridge School, Highlands School and Summit Charter School.

A Never-Ending Stream: The Art of Linda Anderson April 20 through July 28 – Balcony Gallery Opening Reception: Saturday, April 20, 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Artist Talk: 6:00 P.M. Linda Anderson’s bucolic scenes have evolved and become more refined. Her work continues to surge forth in a never-ending stream of pictures, stories and fantasies.

A selection of Anderson’s early works will be shown with the most recent, all revolving around the things she loves.

It’s a wrap!: The Bascom’s 2013 catalogue is out. Those who have received The Bascom’s latest catalogue say it should win a beauty contest. But, as in life, it’s what inside that counts. Check it or the also-redesigned website, www.thebascom.org, for the latest in adult, youth and family classes and workshops in ceramics, painting, printmaking and mixed media. Even if it’s not listed, you can sign up for Art by Appointment, a customized program in a variety of media for a skill that you’ve always wanted to learn.

Adult programs: Call Sara Hill at (828) 787-2865 or email shill@thebascom.org.

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To promote your business on the Cashiers Map for only $20 a month, email janet@themountainlaurel.com.

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Betsy Paul Art Raffle The Arts

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ranny Robinson is delighted to offer her fifth painting, a water color of a mountain, for the April art raffle to benefit the Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department. After a long career as a registered nurse, Tranny became a self taught artist with God’s help. Her favorite media is watercolor. Her paintings have been shown in Brevard art shows, Sapphire Valley art and craft shows, and South Carolina State Fairs. She and her husband make their home in Sapphire Valley and Columbia, South Carolina.

Viewers are invited to see each month’s raffle item on display from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday at Betsy Paul Properties, 870 Highway 64 West, Cashiers, North Carolina. Checks can also be mailed directly to the Cashiers-Glenville Fire Department, P.O. Box 713, Cashiers, North Carolina, 28717. For more information contact Betsy Paul Properties, (828) 743-0880.

The Betsy Paul art raffles for the Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, will be held on April 30, in the afternoon. For more information, call (828) 743-0880.

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Mtn. LaureL ShoppeS Dining • Shopping • Accommodations

Slabtown Road off Hwy. 107 N., Cashiers, NC

Discover these and other wonderful places and things in the Cashiers Valley.

Map of Cashiers

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Chamber Music Festival The Arts

By Luke Osteen The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival sets the stage for its 32nd season with a pair of events that provide unforgettable up-close performances by some of its internationally-recognized musicians, paired with irresistible culinary creations.

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olfgang’s Restaurant and Wine Bistro hosts Martinis and Mozart at Wolfgang’s Wine Bistro from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Sunday, May 19. Owners Wolfgang and Mindy Green will open their venerable Highlands Main Street Restaurant for a concert by Highlands Chamber Music Festival favorites The Vega String Quartet. As you’d expect, the Greens will treat concert-goers to some of their crowd-pleasing hors d’oeuvres – lamb pops, crabcakes and much more – and martinis and wine. Reservations for the evening can be made through the HCCMF office at (828) 526-9060 or hccmf@frontier.com. Pricing for Martinis and Mozart is $85 per person.

This Season HCCMF is offering a new event, similar to its Feasts of the Festival program.

The exquisite home of Kathy and Mark Whitehead will host the premiere installation of the Salon at Six series Sunday, June 16. The evening begins with wine served from 5:30 to 6:00 P.M., followed by a musical program (approximately one half-hour) by Festival Artistic Director and pianist extraordinaire William Ransom.

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William Ransom

The Vega String Quartet

Ransom in attendance. Reservations can be made through the HCCMF office or hccmf@frontier. com. Ticket price for this event is $50 per person.

These events set the stage for an ambitious 2013 season.

“Because of the July 4th weekend, our opening concerts will be a little earlier than usual next summer – we open on June 28th-29th with William Preucil and friends for a weekend of brilliant string playing,” said Dr. Ransom. “Other highlights will include the festival debut of the dashing young Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony, David Coucheron, and his talented sister pianist Julie. Other newcomers include English flutist Anthony Reiss in a program entitled ‘The Magic Flute’ and clarinetist Roeland Hendrikx from Belgium. It wouldn’t be summer without The Eroica Trio, and they will be joined by special guests in ‘Eroica Plus!’

“The Vega Quartet will be back, and we will have some fun with another ‘Jazz Meets Classics’ concert featuring, this time, the saxophone, with Dwight Andrews.

The Festival Chamber Orchestra will once again close the season at our final Gala with Mozart’s extraordinary ‘Sinfonia Concertante.’”

Art League of Highlands The Arts

Contributed by Zach Claxton The Art League of Highlands will stage its first meeting of the year at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 29, at the Calderone Gallery in Sky Valley, Georgia.

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pring has sprung and the 2013 season for the Art League of Highlands is about to get under way.

Monthly meetings will begin on April 29 and will continue through September 30. The last Monday of each month members and friends gather at 4:30 P.M. for social time, followed at 5:00 P.M. by programs presented by talented area artists.

Each meeting is open to all residents and visitors and is always interesting and instructive. Among the 2013 slate of guest speakers are Asheville artist Kenn Kotara, whose theme will be abstracts on mylar, and will include his philosophy of artistic creation; Lakemont, Georgia, basket maker Peggie Wilcox; Mase Lucas, well-known for her contemporary acrylic equine paintings and abstracts, who will trace the evolution of her thirty plus years as

a studio artist; and Peggy McBride of Clayton, Georgia, artist, gallery owner and Chair of the Sustainable Arts Society. This lineup of captivating programs will provide unique insights into the world of visual art.

The April 29 meeting will be held at the Calderone Gallery, 3608 Highway 246, in Sky Valley, Georgia. Pat Calderone will give a short welcoming presentation of the gallery and her paintings, which will be followed by members presenting some of their art in a “show and tell� format.

For more information, call (706) 746-5540 for more information and directions to the venue. Meetings from May through August will be held at The Bascom in Highlands, with the location of the September meeting to be announced later.

Shop Village Walk Hwy. 107 S. Cashiers

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Highlands PAC Announces Season The Arts

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Contributed by Mary Adair Leslie

n excited and Offutt Irvine. Andy is diverse seaalways a headliner at son has been the National Storytelllined up for the Highing Festival and the lands Cashiers plateau, performance is presomething for everysented by Nell Martin one! Starting the seaand Linda Wexler. son off on Saturday, Saturday, October 5 June 22, 8:00 P.M. with 8:00 P.M.: Retro Rock: Angel of Music: A Salute The Hit Men. The Hit to Andrew Lloyd WebMen are composers, ber, featuring Broadlyricists, and performway veterans Franc ers of the Hits from d’Ambrosio and Glory the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Crampton. Performing “If The Hit Men are selections from such playing anywhere near Andrew Lloyd Webber you…Go See Them,” favorites as The Phanproclaims the Huffingtom of the Opera, Evita, ton Post. The Hit Men Nitrograss Sunset Boulevard, Staris presented by Beth light Express, Joseph and Dan Riley, Diane and the Amazing Techand Ray McPhail, nicolor Dreamcoat, Minnie Bob and Mike The Woman in White Campbell, Louise and Aspects Of Love. and Rick Demetriou, Angel of Music: A SaJane Webb and Dalute to Andrew Lloyd vid LaCagnina, Ruth Webber is presented Gershon and Sandy

by Jim and Marsha Cohn, Elizabeth and Meadows and Wade Henry Salzarulo and Geri Coleman.

(Harry Norman ReSaturday, June alty) Carole Sim29, 8:00 P.M. : Retro mons, Cindy and Rick Rock: Jason D WilTrevathan and Peggy liams as the unforgetWoodruff. table Jerry Lee Lewis, Friday, November singing all the unfor29 8:00 P.M.: Bluegettable tunes make grass: David Holt with famous by the legend Josh Goforth. David himself. Retro Rock is and Josh are fourpresented by Lyle and time Grammy Award Nancy Nichols.

Winners, the show is Saturday, July 6, presented by Ray and 8:00 P.M.: Bluegrass Diane McPhail and Jason D Williams Duel: featuring NitroDoug and Barbara grass and The DapDeMaire. pled Grays. A perfect way to top off the July 4th weekend.

For a full description of each concert please visit www.

Bluegrass Duel is presented by Ray and Diane McPhail and highlandspac.org. Tickets may be purchased online, by Doug and Barbara DeMaire. postal mail, or by calling (828) 526-9047. The Highlands Saturday, September 28, 8:00 P.M.: Storyteller: Andy PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street in Highlands.

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PAC Youth Theatre The Arts

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opposite…a pretty cheerleader. t’s that time of year again when Neither girl knows much about thirty-eight youth of the area the other’s world, but eventually have gathered for an intense come to understand each other, eight weeks of theater instrucand ultimately, themselves. This tion at the Highlands PAC. Learnis a powerful play about living life ing everything from acting, choto the fullest. reography, lighting and sound Cherie Bennett is one of the technology, sociology, history, most successful playwrights for literature and the importance of family audiences in the country. team work.

2013 Highlands PAC Youth Theater Class Among her many plays is Anne Dr. Ronnie Spilton and the youth from the Highlands School, Blue Ridge School, Sum- Frank and Me. Bennett has won an Emmy Award and a mit Charter and area home schooled students will be pre- Writers Guild of America Award.

The PAC Youth Theater received three major grants this senting John Lennon and Me by Cheri Bennett. John Lennon and Me is the winner of many national awards; this up- year from the Community Foundation of WNC, the “H” roarious play about life, death, power and first boyfriends. Foundation and the Cullasaja Women’s Outreach. The Hollywood-wannabe Star, the ultimate Beatles fan, has her program is offered to fill a void left by the area school syspath stymied by cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that as- tems; and is offered to students free of charge.

John Lennon and Me will be presented at the Highlands sures a young death. She spends most of her time in the hospital, where she confronts fate with imagination by sur- PAC on April 25 — 28. Evening performances are 7:30 P.M. rounding herself with MTV-inspired bodyguard Flunkies and and the Sunday matinee: is 2:30 P.M. Tickets may be pur‘morphing’ her dreaded therapy nurse into a pro-wrestler. chased online or by calling (828) 526-9047. The Highlands Then, Star gets a new roommate, Courtney, who is Star’s PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street in Highlands.

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Highlands Playhouse The Arts

By Luke Osteen Highlands Playhouse’s musical director daMon Goff leads off the ambitious 2013 season with a quartet of piano performances May 23-26.

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formed a Harry Mercer/Harold aMon on the Keys features Arlen revue and was asked back Goff showcasing some of the very next summer. In 2006 he his and the audience’s fabecame the Musical Director for vorite Broadway Standards, from Fiddler on the Roof and has been Gershwin to Sondheim. He will be a part of the Playhouse family accompanied by a lovely young ever since. lady, and together they will sing “One of my favorite aspects of the night away. summers at the Playhouse is that Playhouse audiences have each and every year is different. come to relish the pianist’s proThere are always new cast memdigious talents over his nine bers, with new characters, plots, seasons of musical service. His music and a whole new dimentalents have been honed over a sion of creativity to explore,” lifetime of performing. For the daMon Goff says Goff. past 30 years, he has taught piaThe Highlands Playhouse is located at 362 Oak Street. Subno and entertained Atlanta audiences in a variety of settings from the upscale Ritz-Carlton Hotel to music at Theater of the scriptions for all five plays are available now for $150, with exStars. Over the years, he has performed many diverse musi- tra discounts for educators. To purchase subscriptions or to cal styles including classical, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, Broadway receive more information, call (828) 526-2695 or go to www. highlandsplayhouse.org. Group tickets (10 or more) are availand jazz.

“I hope you have loved the musicals we have brought to able now at savings up to 30 percent. Tickets for individual Highlands as much as I have enjoyed putting life in the music performances are available by calling the box office. For full on stage,” said daMon. “The director of my life’s play is the sponsorship information contact Chesley Owens at (828) 5269443 or email highlandsplayhouse@yahoo.com. love of music.”

For more information about Highlands Playhouse visit Goff first joined the Playhouse cast in 2004 playing the Fall Colors weekends with Robert Ray and Company. They per- www.highlandsplayhouse.org.

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The Kitchen CarryAway dining

&Casserole Kitchen

By Wiley Sloan

Chef Holly Roberts’ The Kitchen CarryAway catering business ramps up with the arrival of spring. For information or to place an order, visit the lower level of the Peggy Crosby Center in Highlands or call (828) 526-2110.

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h, the welcome signs of spring!

Beautiful yellow daffodils dancing in the mountain sunshine, dogwood blossoms in their resplendent white stir in the gentle breezes.

Tantalizing aromas drift down Highlands’ Fifth Street as Holly Roberts and her dedicated staff prepare an everwidening array of tastetempting casseroles, hearty soups and delectable hors d’oeuvres.

Check out The Kitchen’s Facebook page to see what’s new and exciting for this season.

Remember to stop by The Kitchen CarryAway anytime you need something nourishing and tasty -- whether it’s for a simple evening meal or an evening of entertaining, The Kitchen can feed your guests in style.

Throughout the winter, Holly has kept us all healthy and happy with a variety of items including her Beef Tenderloin, Vegetable Soup and her Black-eyed Pea Stew. I always enjoy her Chicken Tetrazzini; the Seafood Tetrazzini is good, too.

Need a good side dish or an appetizer for that “just planned” get-together? Stop by the Kitchen Carry Away to select items from the freezer. You’ll be able to choose from several different casseroles, a variety of soups, appetizers, hors d oeuvres and desserts. Vegetarians applaud Holly’s recent offering Veggie Bake -- a sumptuous layer of cheese grits with mixed beans, squash, kale and tomatoes. This is great as an entrée or a side dish. Have you tried her Lemon Pepper Boursin? Don’t miss this tasty appetizer.

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helped her fulfill her dreams of helping others. In October 2012, we told you about her new venture, The Casserole Kitchen, named after her Grandmother’s Catering business.

Since its opening last fall, The Casserole Kitchen has provided food to all of us hungry winter residents, plus Holly has generously donated $900 to area nonprofits like the Food Pantry of Highlands, MANNA Foodbank, Fishes and Loaves in Cashiers and the Gathering Table. Be sure to take advantage of the many delicious casseroles throughout the summer.

Holly is launching her website this spring for The Casserole Kitchen. There you can select items and Holly will ship them to you. Plan early and let Holly help you eliminate stress in your life. She’ll get your casseroles out on Monday or Tuesday and you will have them on Thursday. You’ll be ready for that weekend dinner party with no fuss.

The Kitchen CarryAway and Catering is a trusted source of well-prepared foods for your entertaining and everyday needs. It’s located in the lower level of the Peggy Crosby Center at 350 South Fifth Street. Throughout April give Holly a call to order your items. The Kitchen opens May 1st; stop by from 12:00 noon to 5:00 P.M. daily or you can call Holly at (828) 526-2110. Don’t forget the Kitchen Carry Away and Catering for all your special party needs. For a small soiree for six or a party for dozens, Holly will help you entertain in style. Let her create a special menu that fits your unique desires.

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Southern Hospitality in Napa dining

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family is one of the largest vineyard owners ’ve been to California wine country sevin Napa. His family is of the land, devoted to eral times in the past, tromping through the cultivation of great wine through a deep vineyards and the famous Rutherford connection to the vines and those who careDust to learn about the nuances of viticulfully tend them. ture from hardworking vineyard managers.

I met Boo at the public tennis courts and I’ve enjoyed barrel sampling with winefollowed her in a labyrinth-like weave to one makers amidst the clanging of pumps and of the Beckstoffer Vineyards. We tasted the bottling machines of a working winHogwash, a delicious, dry rosé that will cerery. Sure, it was fun, but the learning curve tainly grace my table as well as the Semper was aimed high and the motives were far Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Tuck, Boo’s husfrom hedonistic. band, made the Semper brand of wines as My recent trip to Napa was very differhis vinous love letters to Boo. ent. Instead of going as a vineyard and winThe Southern hospitality of the wine tastery owner, I made this pilgrimage as a tourBoo Beckstoffer in her ing in the vineyard on that sunny winter dayist. I loved it. beautiful Napa Valley - Boo, another friend of mine, and an interThere were different types of tasting extasting room. loping jack rabbit that squeezed under the periences— the grandeur of Ovid Winery to an intimate tasting in the downtown St. Helena office of fence Peter Rabbit style--was the true highlight of the trip.

The wines of Boo and Tuck Beckstoffer will be among Notre Vin, a winery owned by Denis and May-Britt Malbec, the many boutique offerings featured at the Bascom’s upformerly of Château Latour, a First Growth in Bordeaux.

Lasting memories and friendships were made on the coming Collective Spirits Wine andFood Festival from May last day in Napa with a wine tasting with Boo Beckstof- 16 to 18. Please see the Bascom’s website www.collectivefer, an Atlanta native married to Tuck Beckstoffer whose spirits.com for more details.

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Curried Quinoa and Arugula Salad dining

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Contributed by Dr. Anastasia Halldin, Nutrition Coach www.healthymamainfo.com

fter an overload of heavy winter foods, there is nothing that tastes more like spring in the mountains than a fresh, crunchy salad. A salad can easily become a satisfying meal, if you add the right foods to it. Adding nuts, seeds, cooked grains, and chopped eggs adds protein and nutritional value to your regular cucumbertomato salad.

Curried quinoa, arugula and goat cheese salad is a celebration of spring on a plate. It is bright, colorful and full of life. Cucumbers cleanse the kidneys; arugula supplies iron and folic acid; tomatoes give you lycopene; quinoa is a complete

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protein with all essential amino acids; curry contains cancer-fighting turmeric; parsley is a good source of potassium; calcium, manganese, iron, and magnesium and avocado supplies you with the right kind of fats, while goat cheese provides calcium.

You can take this salad to an outside picnic (take the dressing separately, in a Tupperware container.)

Curried Quinoa, Arugula and Goat Cheese Salad Makes 3-4 portions Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa, cooked 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided ½ teaspoon curry Pinch cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon sea salt, divided 1 ½ cups arugula leaves ½ cup parsley, diced 1 medium avocado, sliced

1 large cucumber, peeled and sliced 1 large tomato, chopped 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar optional: 1/3 cup soft goat cheese, crumbled Directions: In a medium sauté pan, sauté cooked quinoa in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Add curry powder, cayenne pepper and a pinch of salt. Combine well and sauté for 3 minutes.

Set aside.

Arrange arugula, parsley, avocado, cucumber slices, tomato on a large plate in layers. Put the warm quinoa mixture on top, in the center.

Sprinkle with goat cheese crumbles.

In a cup, combine apple cider vinegar, the rest of the oil and salt. Pour this dressing over the salad and serve immediately.

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Highlands Restaurants Altitude’s at Skyline Lodge - 828-526-2121 Bella’s Junction Cafe - 828-526-0803 Bistro on Main/Main Street Inn - 828-526-2590 The Bistro at Wolfgang’s - 828-526-3807 The Brick Oven - 828-526-4121 Bryson’s Deli - 828-526-3775 Cafe 460 - 828-526-8926 Cyprus International Cuisine - 828-526-4429 Dominick’s Restaurant - 828-526-0527 Downhill Grill - 828-526-1663 Dusty’s - 828-526-2762 El Azteca - 828-526-2244 Flip Side - 828-526-4241 Fressers Eatery - 828-526-4188 Ghangri Asian Fusion Restaurant - 828-526-8500 Golden China - 828-526-5525 Highlands Smokehouse - 828-526-5000 Kelsey Place Restaurant - 828-526-9380 The Kitchen CarryAway & Catering - 828-526-2110 Lakeside Restaurant - 828-526-9419

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A Flock of Walking Pillows history

by Donna Rhodes

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hundred years ago in Highlands, kids didn’t have computer games or city parks to amuse them.

Entertainment was Mother Nature’s job.

Salamander safaris, creek dippin’, rock-climbing, horseback riding… all the things we pay to do in simulated environments these days were just the push-of-ascreen-door away in 1900. And it was all for free.

Almetta and Irene Picklesheimer Irene Picklesheimer growing up in that era found plenty to do. Their family had a sizeable hillside stable brimming with sheep. The wool was spun into yarn and fashioned into socks and quilts. But the girls were much more interested in a sheep rodeo than bed coverings. They would hop on the back of a wooly ewe and bob along through the herd. If they fell off, they’d simply bounce off a flock of walking pillows, no bruises to cry about.

Sheep-riding was their favorite activity. Irene said, “That was our best pastime. We didn’t have movies to go to.” Mett added, “We had to make our own movies.”

Another of their favorite “movies” was an eight-food square playhouse, walled with dog hobble. Every good house needs milk delivery, right? So they’d go milk a few of their mama’s cows, put the cream in a jar and shake it to make butter. Then, to test their bareback skills, they’d

ride Bossie and her pals around the pasture, being careful to avoid Mama’s radar.

Eventually they were caught red-handed, butter dripping from their guilty chins. The mammary uh, memory is still a guilty delight. Maybe more than any udder.

Another “movie” was swinging sapling to sapling, like mountaineer TarAlmetta Picklesheimer Brooks zans. They could travel great distances feet never touching the ground. The birches suffered though it all. Mett said, “When we grew up and got married, you could still see those trees where we ruined them.”

Perhaps we should think of them as a bonsai forest, bent to the will of the designer.

There were hundreds of things for kids to do a century ago. Even chores would be considered fun by many of today’s kids. There were taffy candy pulls, hoppy toad races, corncob doll-making, hayrides, fishing, story-tellin’, dancing, and much more. All these things brought children closer to their roots, literally and figuratively. Mother Nature was and continues to be a five-star entertainer.

Ran Shaffner offers a post script, “Was it Mother Nature’s healthful games that helped Almetta Picklesimer Brooks live to ninety-seven and her younger sister Irene Picklesimer James to 103?

To research that question and more, read Heart of the Blue Ridge by Ran Shaffner or visit the Highlands Historical Society’s website: www.highlandshistory.com.

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The First Settlers in Cashiers history

Contributed by Jane Gibson Nardy, Historian, Cashiers Historical Society

McKinney Grant #1261, superimposed on a current-day Cashiers map.

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he greater Cashiers Valley area was one of the last places in North Carolina to be settled. Up until 1819, the land which would later become Macon and Jackson Counties was part of the Cherokee Nation. The 1819 treaty between the State of North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation, followed by the 1820 Robert Love survey of the newly acquired land finally allowed pioneers to come in and apply for land ownership. Note that the land went from the Cherokee Nation to the State of North Carolina and then to an individual but never from the Cherokee Nation directly to a person. There was a four-step process to claim a piece of land. The first step was called a Land Entry which meant an individual, having found the land he wanted, would make application to the nearest “Entry Taker� who would transcribe the request into a volume called the Land Entry Book. A rough description of the vacant, ungranted land that was being requested accompanied the entry.

The second step was the Land Warrant which was an order to the County Surveyor, authorizing him to set apart land that had been described in the entry. The third step was the Plat of Survey which was a map or plat of the requested land, drawn by the surveyor. Then came the fourth and final step which was the actual Grant or the Patent. It consisted of a copy of the warrant and the plat of survey being recorded and a grant filled out with a copy provided to the applicant. The pioneer now officially owned the requested land. It was sometimes a number of years to complete all these necessary steps.

Three of the earliest families to get land grants in our area were the Nortons, in Whiteside Cove and in Cashiers Valley there were the McKinneys and the Zacharys. You will still find many folks with Norton and Zachary blood in and around Cashiers and many McKinneys living in Highlands and northern Jackson County. www.thelaurelmagazine.com | April 2013 | 57

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Vintage Highlands Homes & Lifestyles

By Wiley Sloan

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itting atop a gentle knoll in the Webbmont area close to Main Street Highlands are two vintage Joe Webb log cabins recently updated to perfection. With almost four acres in this home place adjoining the National Forest, quiet solitude abounds. The main house includes a large living room with stone fireplace and cathedral ceiling. The warm tones of the wide plank floors fill the room with character. There’s no better place to kick back and relax. The room’s large windows which frame the distant vistas of the Fish Hawk Mountains near Franklin look out onto the screen porch that runs the length of the house. The porch is the perfect spot for a variety of activities-game time, cocktail time or family meals. The large stone terrace with its built-in grill beckons you to gather with your favorite libation to soak in the beauty of the evening sunset.

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ents. The home’s laundry is conveniently located just off the kitchen near the back entry adjacent to the carport.

Neither of these cabins are the norm. They are exceedingly comfy and filled with charm. With windows galore sunlight fills every room and allows the mountain breezes to keep you cool as a cucumber. The main house includes a large bedroom with private bath on the main floor. Just a short jaunt up the wooden staircase with its rhododendron newel post and laurel railings are two large lightfilled bedrooms that share a bath. Their four star quality does not diminish the competition to see who gets dibs on the large sleeping porch with its king-size bed. There’s something truly mesmerizing about sleeping under vintage quilts, with the sounds of nature lulling you to sleep as you watch the twinkling stars.

Looking at the current Guest House, you’d never guess that it started its life as the property’s carriage house.

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ple of steps up from the home’s large living room is the second bedroom with private bath. Open the large windows throughout the house to enjoy the cool mountain breezes. Any cook would be at home in this comfy kitchen with its beautiful concrete countertops and gas range. A large screened-in porch completes this stellar property. To heck with my guests, let them stay in the main house-this house is my retreat. With central heat

and air and a generator, there’s no roughing it in these eye-catching homes.

You’ll look long and hard before you will find a family retreat with this many amenities. You’ll commune with nature each and every day. Call Pat Allen at Pat Allen Realty Group at (828) 526-8784 to arrange a private showing. For more information go to www.highlandsncrealestatepatallen.com.

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Trails & Such Homes & Lifestyles

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Contributed by Matthew T. Bradley | matbradl@gmail.com

loodroot icity means that (Sanguinarexperimentation ia canadenby non-professis) is one of the sionals should be first wildflowers strictly avoided. to color the forMany botany est floor of the keys continue Southern Appato give ‘Indianlachians, emergpaint’ as an altering from the leaf native name for litter as a single Sanguinaria caflower wrapped nadensis. In 1612 in a single leaf John Smith rein late winter corded the use of or very early dried bloodroot spring. The lowin body paint by growing plant the Powhatans, can be found on and colonial Engshady slopes or lish travelers and near the edge of traders revealed Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) shaded streams. something of Bloodroot flowtheir activities ers are diurnal; that is, they open while away when they returned to in the morning and close at night. their settlements with red stains They are also short-lived, typically on the ruffles of their clothing. Conpersisting for no longer than a coutemporary Cherokee weavers make ple of days. use of bloodroot to impart color to The plant stores energy in sap in a their basket splints. large underground stem called a rhiThe chance to catch a glimpse zome which looks similar to a small of bloodroot in bloom should be clove of ginger. It takes its name motivation enough to get anyone from the fact that this sap contains out the door for an early spring a bright red latex which oozes out hike. Anyone is sure to catch sight slowly when a rhizome is broken or of a few blossoms, even those its skin is scratched. In the past the who believe they know nothing sap was a popular medicinal subabout plants. Bloodroot flowers stance, often used internally as an are nearly impossible to miss, expectorant and emetic and exterwith the brilliant white petals and nally against fungal infections. Wilbright yellow stamens calling atliam Bartram’s father John noted its tention to themselves amongst use in the treatment of snakebite the drab leaf litter. Hikers are sure and jaundice in the book detailing to be tempted to pluck a couple his 1743 journey from Pennsylvania of bloodroot flowers to take to Lake Ontario. home for their significant others, Contemporary Cherokee weavers make use of bloodWe now know that bloodroot is but the better plan is to leave the root to impart color to their basket splints. rich in sanguinarine, an alkaloid toxic blossoms standing for the next to animal cells. Though studies have passerby by bringing the signifisuggested that sanguinarine may cant others along to the flowers have potential for the treatment of cancer, its high tox- rather than vice versa. That way everyone wins!

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Favorite Ireland Golf Courses Homes & Lifestyles

Contributed by Tom Chillemi, Tom’s Golf Tours, tnchillemi@windstream.net

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ld Head Golf Links: The big day! This course is just too

spectacular to describe.

Everyone has been going crazy in anticipation of this world-renowned jewel.

First time they saw it from the coach, just about everyone gasped “Oh my God.” This is probably the most spectacular setting for a golf course in the world. A challenging links course set on a peninsula, completely surrounded by ocean and 250-foot cliffs. Usually very windy since it is not protected.

A unanimous decision by everyone in our group, including those that had played Pebble Beach, that this was the best golf experience bar none of

their lives.

By the way, the caddies here are the best in Ireland.

The two in my group were both named “Paddy”… only in Ireland.

We all had a great lunch in the upstairs bar and enjoyed the spectacular views of the whole course.

Ballybunion Golf Club: Observation by the eloquent Dr. David Jacobsen on his first experience on Ballybunion after a round in one of our groups: “Ballybunion is quite simply: an icon! You stand revered and awestruck at how old this course is.

Maybe I stood awestruck too long, for my outcome

was obviously ‘challenged.’

The course plays so narrow, the greens so fast, the gorses so high, the breaks so equivocal. I felt from bogey to double, to occasional par that I was just bobbing on the surface...trying merely to survive. I’d check what time it was twice per hole, talking to the ghost behind me asking: “Is this some kind of Joke?” But if the truth be known, this course must be played... and next trip, played again.

There’s so much magic in the variety of difficulty, that you will exclaim on the 19th hole: “If this be Joyful Punishment, then Give Me More!”

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Why Do I Feel So Tired?

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Contributed by Jim Johnson, DC, DACBN & Resa Johnson, DC, DACBN, Mountain Air Wellness (828) 743-9070

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atients come to us with many symptoms: foot pain in

the morning, pain in hips getting up from a chair, neck pain and limited motion when backing up the car, pain in arm/shoulder, headaches or neck soreness after sleeping or working on the computer.

No matter what the physical complaint that brings a patient into our office, fatigue, muscle achiness, and pain are at the top of the list. In our patient population these symptoms are most often musculoskeletal but the underlying cause could be endocrine, an autoimmune disease,

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adrenal fatigue, food sensitivities, heavy metal toxicity, and/or vitamin/mineral deficiencies.

Most patients are not aware that there are tests that can be done to detect deficiencies that come as a result of not taking proper care of themselves. As a patient you should require that your physician take the necessary steps to get to the cause of your problem. The problem is not there because you have a drug deficiency but it could be because of the drug. Food consumption

and environment are very important to your health, so delving in deeply with patients about these aspects is crucial to determine what needs to be treated. If you are willing to take a different approach, we can guide you through an Elimination-Detoxification-Provocation Procedure, make suggestions on lifestyle changes, or recommend nutriceuticals. We have been doing this more than thirty years and it works. Everyone is different and needs to be treated differently.

Don’t Follow the Herd Homes & Lifestyles

T Contributed by William Zoellner Advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors in Highlands at (828) 787-2323.

here’s a theory on Wall Street that goes something like this: If you follow the crowd and buy the hot investment of the day, chances are you’ll be scooping up shares when most others are about to sell.

Investors often jump in at the wrong time because they’re worried about what others are doing instead of focusing on good old-fashioned fundamentals such as a company’s earning potential and its management.

History continually shows us that when individuals choose investments without a prudent basis for doing so, they often wind up losing money that can take many years to recover. History has also shown that when individuals avoid investments because the popular thinking is to steer

clear of them, opportunities are often overlooked.

We saw this in early 1982, when interest rates were high and companies had a difficult time impressing analysts with their earning potential. That period proved to be the beginning of a bull market that lasted more than 15 years.

In response to market downturns, some investors shift a greater percentage of their assets to liquid investments. Time and again, this strategy has also proven to be a mistake.

Over its history, the stock market has experienced nearly twice as many bullish periods as bearish periods. And while past performance is no guarantee of future results, the stock market has bounced back from every major market downturn to date.

When times get tough for stocks, we generally recommend that you maintain your confidence in their long-term growth potential and use these simple strategies: Reduce your cost by averaging down. If one of your stocks declines in value, but the underlying business still appears sound, consider buying more shares. You will reduce your overall cost basis; you do, of course, increase your losses should the stock value continue to fall.

Stay diversified.

Stay focused on your long-term goal. Don’t try to avoid the downturn by jumping out of the market. No one can accurately predict when it will rebound. Remembering why you invested in the first place will help you stay calm during times of market uncertainty.

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The Perfect Girlfriends Getaway Homes & Lifestyles

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here’s is something to be said for girlfriends.

Women with strong female social ties (girlfriends) live longer than those without them. Time with our friends actually reduces our stress levels. As women, we sometimes need to be reminded what being a girlfriend means. Too often it takes an illness or loss to hit us with reality, realization, and appreciation of friendship. That reminder can also be as simple as a caring card, a hug or an e-mailed photo. Once in a while we simply need to take the time to think about our friends, stop and live in the moment, and if at all possible, celebrate that moment. There is no better way to celebrate than a girlfriend’s getaway. The following tips will help ensure the success of your getaway.

6 Tips for the Perfect Girlfriends Getaway 1. Planning Session: Have an official planning meeting.

Be sure to talk about, and agree on, a budget for your getaway.

2. Share The Fun, Share The Burden: Everyone going on the trip gets a “job.” Someone researches restaurants, someone else looks up the best spas in town, another researches hotels. Share ideas via email, Facebook or even create a secret board on Pinterest to post photos.

3. Don’t Over Plan: Allow downtime and the BFF bonding does not have to be 24/7.

4. Push The Limit: It’s time to try something new and

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Photo by Tina Rowden

Cashiers and Atlanta resident Elizabeth Fletcher makes event planning and public relations seem as effortless and anxietyfree as a day at the spa. Part of that is predicated on her years of experience as the publisher of four regional bridal magazines, bridal events spokesperson for Federated and Belk department stores, and guiding force behind media campaigns for exclusive inns. Equally important are her boundless energy, effortless imagination and fanatical attention to detail. elizabeth@idoeventsatlanta.com

create new memories. Maybe it’s time to try sky diving or hot air ballooning.

5. Cherish The Memories: Assign one girl the job of photographer, one memento keeper and create small albums to cherish forever.

6. What Not To Pack: Leave all work stuff at home.

This is a time to unwind and forget about everything except your time with your friends.

Cruising as a First Timer, Part Two Homes & Lifestyles

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ast month, I talked about my sailing onboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas with my friend who had never been on a cruise. I shared all the things there are to do on a cruise ship and how, in so many ways, it is surprising to a first time cruiser. Besides the ship itself, however, there are the destinations you visit. During my sailing in January, I found it refreshing to view the ports and simply the ability to visit multiple places on the same trip, through the eyes of someone who had never cruised.

I often describe a cruise vacation as a sampler plat-

ter. You get to visit several destinations without having to pack and unpack multiple times or drag your bags from one place to the next. A cruise is truly the most convenient way to travel. While you sleep, you travel from one place to the next. What could be easier?

On this particular sailing, we were able to shop in Nassau, scuba dive in St. Thomas, and tour St. Maarten all within a week.

With a little bit of planning, you can enhance your vacation with a private tour, dive or snorkel trip in almost any port. And, of course, those only scratch the surface of the available

options in any destination.

From cave tubing in Belize to zip lining in Honduras or visiting an all-inclusive resort in the Bahamas, the choices are endless.

When your day of adventure on land is done, you return to your floating resort where you can relax in the spa or by the pool, enjoy a gourmet meal, visit a nightclub, or take in a show. With so much to do and see both on the ship and in the ports, this is a vacation that truly has something for everyone.

If you have never considered cruising because you think you will be bored, it may be time to give a cruise vacation another look!

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Brain Stickies Homes & Lifestyles

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hat do “It’s a Small World,” “Who Let the Dogs Out?” and “Gangnam Style” all have in common? Each is an example of what Germans call ohrwurm. We know them as earworms. They are melodies and lyrics that get lodged in our heads, playing over and over again like a stuck record.

Earworms are metrically bouncy and are as catchy as they are annoying. Both men and women suffer from them, though women, yeah, lucky us, seem to have a harder time shaking them. And they irritate us more. Kind of like the steady drip-drip-drip of that leaky faucet our significant others manage to edit out of sight and mind.

Let’s face it. Men are just better at ignoring things. I’ll be getting letters on that one.

Musicians and people who suffer OCD are more likely to suffer from frequent earworm attacks. So if you are a female musician who has OCD, you are in deep yogurt. Perhaps the most famous earworm sufferer was Jean Harris, the woman who murdered the Scarsdale Diet doctor. She was obsessed with the song, “Put the Blame on Mame” from Gilda. She was plagued by it for over 33 years and she could hold conversations while listening to it in her head.

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Her attempts to blame Mame for the murder, however, didn’t hold up in court.

Earworms have even been the subject of literary works.

In Mark Twain’s short story, “A Literary Nightmare,” an annoying virus-like jingle cannot be stopped until it is passed on to another victim. Even Sponge Bob has fallen prey. In the episode entitled “Earworm” he gets a song stuck in his head called “Musical Doodle.”

Earworms only last a few seconds, 15 to 30 on average.

It’s the constant repetition that drives us bonkers. Some say earworms have no real climax, no conclusion. Because they are only a snippet of the whole, they never get resolved and we can’t dump out of them. So the remedy is to sing the whole song to its amen ending. I tried that. But I can’t stop wondering who let the dogs out.

If you are feeling brave, check out the following website. It is the international top ten earworm music videos of all time. So far, “It’s a Small World” is winning, but you can cast your own vote. Warning: after watching you may have 10 simultaneous earworms going on in your head. I’ll bet I have already infected you with “It’s a Small World.”

Mr. Twain! Mr. Twain! It worked. My brain is free at last.

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All About Balance Homes & Lifestyles

Contributed by Dr. Sue Aery, Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture (828) 526-1022

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magine living in a house where the floors are tilted. Everyday you’d have the same routine to make sure things didn’t roll off the counters or tip over because surfaces aren’t level.

This is what you go through when your body is out of balance or alignment. Every part of you has to do more work to keep you moving as efficiently as possible - all your muscles, your nervous system, joints, tendons, ligaments and even your brain and heart. Serious adverse effects occur in your body when this misaligned situation is left to continue over a long time. A chiropractor deals with these biomechanical situations every day. Accurate assessment of the body’s alignment and how to make the appropriate corrections are the skills that are honed over a chiropractor’s education and ultimately,

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their career.

Some patients come in to my office knowing they are “out” or misaligned or feeling just a bit off. They may feel some pain, achiness, indigestion, congestion, headache, fatigue or just inexplicable loss of energy. In all these cases, a chiropractor can help to correct the body’s balance after an assessment of body alignment, questions about symptoms and signs, taking a medical history and beginning the adjustments and other therapies necessary to effect the necessary changes. Most patients already feel much improved when they leave the office after that first visit. Several

visits involving the prescribed treatments are usually necessary to reeducate the body and nervous system to hold their “new” positions.

To find out more about your body, pay closer attention to the subtleties that occur within your body and don’t just settle if every day you feel a bit off. After correcting and treating any immediate issues, you will probably feel better than you thought you’d ever feel again with a simple maintenance adjustment every now and then.

So don’t spend everyday in a home that has tilted floors… do something about that balance!

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Waterfall Guide Where’s the Water Cashiers Waterfalls Drift, Turtleback, Rainbow & Stairstep Falls In the Horsepasture Wild & Scenic River area - 64 E. to Sapphire; to Hwy. 281; .7 miles to gated road on left — follow trail.

John’s Jump 64 E. to Sapphire; to Hwy 281; 4.8 miles - park on shoulder and follow path.

Highlands Waterfalls Bridal Veil Falls Hwy. 64, can be seen from road.

Where’s the Water

King Creek Falls Hwy. 107 S.; about 13 miles; turn right on Burrells Ford Road — park at campground parking.

Schoolhouse Falls In Panthertown Valley - Hwy 64 E. to Cedar Creek Road; to Breedlove Road — park at dead-end.

Silver Run Falls Hwy. 107 S.; 4.1 miles from crossroads, look for gravel pull-off on left — follow trails.

Dry Falls Hwy. 64; turn at Dry Falls sign.

Glen Falls Hwy. 106 S., left at Glen Falls sign.

Kalakaleskies Falls Hwy. 64; just below Sequoyah Lake.

Lower Cullasaja Falls Hwy. 64 at pull-offs.

Picklesiemer Rockhouse Falls Hwy. 28 S. to Blue Valley Road; 4.3 miles - park at dirt road on right take trail - about 1 mile to falls.

Upper & Lower Satulah Falls Hwy. 28 S.; both can be seen from road.

Whitewater Falls Hwy. 64 E. to Sapphire, to Hwy. 281 — look for signs.

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Highlands Rotary Youth Exchange Giving Back

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Contributed by Christy Kelly

student from France. ne of the most successful In the years that the Rotary and globally minded proClub of Highlands has actively grams of Rotary Internaparticipated we have seen scores tional is Youth Exchange. of students both inbound and For over 75 years, students outbound, connecting our small and host families have broadtown with Hungary, Argentina, ened their horizons through Spain, Turkey, South Africa, Japan this program. Over 1.2 million and a number of other countries.

Rotarians in more than 32,000 This year, the Club is sponsoring clubs create the extensive netKalob Chauvin-Payne for a yearwork that provides support for round stay in Spain and hope to Youth Exchange. host an in-bound student as well.

In the summer of 1980, three We are looking for three Host Highlands School students em2011-12 Exchange Student to Ankorah,Turkey Samuel Families who would be willing to barked on the journey of a lifeCraig and Exchange Student to Para de Minas Brazil make a student’s dream come time. Randy Talley, Rene Keener Hayden Bates with their parents Lisa and Thomas true while enriching their own and Anita Lupoli (Schmitt) set off Bates and Thomas and Kay Craig family life by learning about life in for a Summer Exchange in Braanother country. zil. They each stayed in different Anyone interested in learning more about this exciting protowns, with different families. The following year, the Highlands Rotary sponsored two in-bound year round students gram, either as an Exchange Student or Host Family should from Brazil, with several local families hosting, including contact Highlands Rotarian Christy Kelly at hooray4u@hotmail.com. the Schmitts.

We are currently seeking to reconnect with all of our stuTwo years ago, continuing the legacy began by her mother, Isabella Lupoli travelled to Bologna, Italy for a summer Ex- dents, both inbound and out bound as well as their Host Famchange. Last year the Lupolis and Schmitts (Paul and Andrea) ilies. If you have participated in any way over the years please were once again among the local families who volunteered visit the Highlands Rotary Youth Exchange Facebook page to as Host Families for Angelina Raffine, a year round in-bound share your stories, memories and photos.

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Bracken Bog at Sixth Street Giving Back

Contributed by Julie Schott, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

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and both she and Francis were sumhis past December Janice and mer residents of Highlands. Helene James Carter donated 2.2 acres bequeathed the property to Francis along Smallwood Avenue in who in turned passed it on to Janice Highlands to the Highlands-Cashiers Carter. At Janice’s request we have Land Trust. This small tract is identinamed this new acquisition “Brackfied by the state of North Carolina as en Bog at Sixth Street.” a Significant Natural Heritage Area This tract has been added to an and is home to a southern Appaadjacent land donation made by lachian Bog and three rare plant Ernest and Joyce Franklin in 2007. species. A bog is a type of wetland Together these two tracts protect with acid soils, and few available a rare Appalachian bog and provide nutrients, and as a result, they tend Francis Tree (right) and sister Helene Bracken (left). green-space, wildlife habitat, and to accumulate peat. Many bogs are critical floodwater storage for the very small and because of this bogs have historically been drained and filled throughout the Appa- town of Highlands. Future plans for this small jewel are to lachians. For example, most of Horse Cove was once a large open up the primary bog area by removing exotic plant spebog estimated to be 4,500 years old but was destroyed in the cies and encroaching pines that are shading out the more sunloving herbaceous wetland plants.

20th century by draining.

To learn more about Bracken Bog, help us with our restoraThe Carters’ property was first purchased for protection by Helene Bracken and her sister Francis Tree back in 1997 to con- tion efforts, or learn how the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust serve the land and ensure that no one build on it. Helene was protects over 2,400 acres of valuable land resources contact married to Dr. C. Franklin Bracken, Janice Carter’s great uncle. us at (828) 526-1111 or visit www.hicashlt.org. Together we Helene was a retired vice president of the Mobil Oil Company are saving mountains.

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Literacy Council of Highlands Giving Back

Contributed by Tonya Hensley, Executive Director, Literacy Council of Highlands

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The dedicated volunteers at the heart of the Literacy Council of Highlands’ vital mission will be honored with a hip-shaking Appreciation Party on April 25.

lthough April is National Volunteer Month, we want our very special volunteers to know that we cherish them and their work every month!

Those folks volunteering their time at the Literacy Council do so in a myriad of ways: through tutoring, maintenance, meal preparation, child care, kids camp, and sometimes by just being a friend, counselor, or confidante to someone.

Sometimes, tutors come in for extra sessions. Other times, they have unexpected individuals showing up to join their sessions. They are all so flexible and generous with their time and it is very inspirational to know these wonderful people!

Some volunteers have been with the Literacy Council for many years; others have just joined us this year. Some volunteers do double-duty as both tutors and board members; others tutor and also teach classes. Still others might not even know they are volunteering until they enter our offices and we need a piece of furniture assembled or something heavy hauled away. I cannot say enough about these special people who give of themselves without a second’s hesitation.

I would like to honor those special folks by mentioning their names here and knowing that nothing I could ever do

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would begin to repay them for their efforts: Chris Boltz, Ann Campbell, Zach Claxton, Beverly Cone, Donald Cook, Jodie Cook, Leslie Doster, Nancy Duncan, Bill Edwards, Lynn Gaar, Mary Heffington, Ron Hensley, Dick Hills, Marcy Hutzel, Tom Joyner, Michael Lanzilotta, Ana Martinez, Jacky Reyes, Lisa Richards, Jennifer Royce, Cristell Ruiz, Kay Smith, Teeter Smith, Rick Trevathan, Bob Tietze, and Barbara Vitale.

Board members also volunteer their time and talents and they deserve a huge thank-you as well: President Brian Stiehler, Secretary Chris Boltz, Treasurer Hilary Stiehler, Gerry Doubleday, Ron Leslie, Pam Nellis, Jerry Hermanson, Beth Moore, Harriet Hamilton, Susie Walker, Dick Hills, Kay Smith, and Betty George.

On April 25, we are planning our annual Volunteer Appreciation Party as a thank-you for all the efforts of these fine individuals. Our theme will be a 50’s-style rock-n-roll party, complete with poodle skirts, hoola-hoops, and maybe even an old car or two.

If you would like to volunteer at the Literacy Council, please call us at (828) 526-0863 and we’ll be happy to find a place for you!

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Earth Day and More

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Contributed by Michelle Ruigrok, Highlands Biological Station

Friday of each month, May through Auhether you are a professional gust. The 2013 dates are May 31, June horticulturist or budding gar28, July 26, and August 30. Needs vary dener, the Highlands Botanieach month and new tasks are always cal Garden is always welcoming new coming up. These are great opportunivolunteers to help in the Garden. ties to develop your skills, learn basic The Highlands Botanical Garden is gardening practices, and interact with holding a volunteer workday on April fellow gardeners. These workdays are 20 to celebrate Earth Day. They need held from 9:00 A.M. until noon. your help with some trail work! VolunAll ages and skill levels are welcome teers will be divided into small groups to volunteer. These are meant to be to focus on specific tasks, including ivy, fun and informative mornings. If you nettle, and blackberry removal, as well wish to participate in the Earth Day as mulching and removing dead woody Volunteer Celebration, or any of the debris from the trails. Work will conmonthly workdays, please let Horticulcentrate around the Garden Entrance, tural Specialist Erika Selman know in and Fern and Woodland Loop trails. advance, by calling (828) 526-0188 or The workday will be held from 10:00 e-mailing emselman@email.wcu.edu.

A.M. until Noon and refreshments will Erika will provide more details. More be provided. All ages are welcome. ReVolunteers Russell Regnery and Lynn Miller information about the Highlands Bomember to wear clothing appropriate tanical Garden is available on the web for trail work.

The Garden also holds volunteer workdays on the last at www.highlandsbiological.org/botanical-garden.

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Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Giving Back

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Contributed by David Stroud, Executive Director, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society

o support our mission of rescue, compassionate care, and finding forever homes for abandoned and neglected animals, the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society relies solely on donations, grants, bequests and special events.

CHHS special events are not only important fundraisers for the shelter pets, they are also exciting “fun-raisers” for the wonderful people in our community who love their animals!

In addition to the multiple events in 2013 where our shelter pets will be appearing – such as arts and crafts shows, festivals, and our famous “Stop-N-Adopts”– there are three major events that all animal lovers won’t want to miss!

Pawsitively Purrfect Evening – our annual gala kicks off the social season in grand style! Join us at the luxurious Country Club of Sapphire Valley and enjoy a magical evening featuring cocktails, an exquisite dinner, live and silent auction, and dancing. Among the live auction items this year is a one-week stay in a beautiful townhome in Barcelona, Spain. SAVE THE DATE: Friday, June 14, 6:00 - 10:30 P.M. 2nd annual Barrel of Fun and Friendship – When animal shelters and rescue groups join forces and work together, more lives are saved, and more forever homes are found. CHHS and Friends for Life/Forever Farm are celebrating our second year

of partnering on behalf of the animals with a fundraising party that benefits both organizations. The Cork and Barrel Restaurant and Lounge in Cashiers will once again serve as our gracious host. SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, July 7, 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. Second annual Bark, Beer and Bluegrass – CHHS returns to the enchanting Farm at Old Edwards Inn for our annual signature fundraising event in Highlands! The evening’s highlights include a barbecue feast, beer and wine, live bluegrass music, and a silent and live auction including a one-week vacation in a romantic beachfront home in The Bahamas. SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, August 21, 6:00 10:00 P.M. Tickets for all the above events will be going on sale soon.

For more information, please contact the CHHS shelter at (828) 743-5752.

Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is located on Highway 64, two miles east of the Cashiers Crossroads behind Reid Real Estate.

Shelter hours are 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday.

VisitCHHSonlineatwww.chhumanesociety.orgtoseepicturesand descriptionsofalltheadorable,adoptabledogsandcatslookingfor forever homes.

To read more on the philanthropic efforts in Highlands and Cashiers, visit www.thelaurelmagazine.com/news

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A Decision for Comfort Giving Back

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Contributed by Diane McPhail

Dr. Janet Bull, Chief Medical Officer of Four he New York Times recently published an Seasons, says of our local services: “In my exarticle entitled, “On the Way to Hospice: perience, once patients understand that many Surprising Hurdles.” The question is why treatments at this point in their illness do little so many people wait until only days, or even to extend life and may often cause increased hours, before a death to call in hospice care. symptom burden from the treatment itself, Perhaps families and physicians do not want they choose a care plan focused on comfort. to feel that they have “given up.” Perhaps the The biggest statement we hear from families/ need to give up aggressive treatments intendpatients is ‘I wish I had come into hospice ed to extend life seems too difficult a decision, earlier.’” At Four Seasons we offer palliain spite of the fact that such treatments may tive treatments (i.e. radiation therapy, blood only extend suffering. The article also pointed transfusions, etc.) when there is a known benout that some hospice facilities do not offer efit and hopeful improved quality of life. Not palliative treatments that might relieve sufferDr. Janet Bull all hospices are able to do this because of the ing, but which might also be considered curacosts involved in these treatments. At Four tive efforts when no cure is possible.

In the United States, close to half of all deaths occur at Seasons, we also have an active research department that home with hospice support. This is a significant development offers clinical trials around reducing symptom burden, offerin our efforts to offer compassionate support for patients and ing patients therapies that are still in the development stage, families. However, it is unfortunate that so many families try for example, studies to help alleviate cancer pain and other to bear the burden of care alone, when support is available difficult symptoms.

For more information, contact Steve Mills M. Div., Director for six months, sometimes more. Most people would much prefer to stay at home, in familiar surroundings, with friends for WNC , (828) 526-2552. and family, than to be in a hospital setting.

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Carpe Diem Farms Giving Back

Contributed by Sue Blair, Carpe Diem Farms Executive Director

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Promising Results Fertilizer promises verdant pastures and vibrant flower beds, and that’s no bull.

pring is popping up all around us!

At CDF the grass is greening, flowers budding and it’s time to plant the organic vegetable garden.

If you are planting a garden, amending a landscape or even a lawn you’ll want to purchase some black gold, known as Promising Results from Carpe Diem Farms.

Our 100 percent organic compost is becoming a staple of many local landscapers and nursery owners. They refer to it as their “secret weapon!”

Compost is rich in organic matter and nutrients. At CDF it’s made from our horse manure, hay and pine stall bedding. Our compost is alive with micro-organisms and macro-organisms. It is stable due to our slow process of decomposing and management. We toss it, water it and even take its temperature. Compost conditions your soil with its organic matter and slowly releases fertilizers. It holds water and nutrients while

providing erosion protection.

For the past 10 years Promising Results has helped to provide funding for our youth programs. It has served as an educational program as well. Our students learn the whole process and then pick flowers, berries and vegetables grown in 100 percent Promising Results. Purchasing Promising Results you help youth, your garden and ultimately, the environment…it’s a good thing.

You can purchase our black gold by the bag, bucket or truck load. Call (828) 526-2854 to schedule a time to pick up your Promising Results and see what it can do for your garden, flowers and lawn.

Carpe Diem Farms is a 501©(3) educational notfor-profit located five miles down the Buck Creek Road at 544 Western Rhodes Drive. Our website is www.carpediemfarms.org.

Feline Feng Shui Contributed by Kathy Bub, Executive Director, Forever Farms

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it very entertaining – most of the ou, too, may have a special time. feline companion that feels Animals born with disabilities it is his, or her, job to rearhave no idea that they are any difrange your home based on Feng ferent then their siblings or roomShui. You know, the Chinese sysmates. They don’t bemoan the lack tem of laws considered to govern of a sense, or a limb – they learn to spatial arrangement and orientahandle life with what they have to tion in relation to the flow of enerwork with. These special animals gy. “Stevie Wonder,” who I foster enrich my life – and I am dedicated in my home, does not like order, to rescuing them. Help me keep but rather disarray. Interestingly, the Friends for Life mission alive.

Stevie has been blind since birth, Every tax deductible donation, no so sight has nothing to do with the matter how small, helps to keep rearrangement of his living space-the Forever Farm a safe and loving which happens to be my bedroom home for senior and special needs and bathroom. I am positive that the Feng Shui “flow of energy” companion animals. Visit our webStevie Wonder – his energy, to be exact – causes site at www.friendsforlifeforeverthe rearrangement of rugs, paper farm.org and take the Visual Tour. towels, magazines, shoes, anything he can get his paws Donations can be made online, or mailed to P.O. Box 340, on. Stevie is very proud of his decorating ability, and I find Sapphire, NC 28774. Call (828) 508-2460 for information.

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Giving Back

Relay for life Contributed by Ellen Bauman

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he NFL Season is over… But Kickoff Rally For Relay For Life Of Highlands is just around the corner. We officially get underway as our event volunteers and participants gather at Highlands Fire Station on Saturday, April 13, from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Please join us for food, fun and information about Relay 2013.

Our theme for Relay this year is “Relay Around The World.” Our goal this year is to raise $100,000 again. Returning teams are eager to welcome new teams. Here is your opportunity to register a team and start making plans for our overnight event which will take place August 9 at the Highlands Recreation Center.

Relay brings together friends, families, businesses, hospitals, schools, faith-based groups, people from all walks of life… aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s vision of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

One of our returning teams, Old Edwards Inn, has

scheduled their first fundraiser of the year. Dave Linn, team co-captain, invites everyone to a kickball tournament. “Safe At Second” will take place on Saturday, April 20, at Zachary Park on Buck Creek Road. For more information about this event contact Dave Linn at dlinn@oldedwardsinn.com.

This year Highlands Relay will be working with a new ACS partner. We welcome Sarah Bishop as our new ACS staff partner. Mike Murphy and Debbie Grossman are retuning as our committee leads. We all look forward to another successful year of fundraising and exciting community events.

We invite all Highlands residents to come to our kickoff rally and honor our cancer survivors and help those fight back who are battling cancer and remember those who have lost their battle. Together we can do anything!

Please visit www.relayforlife.org/highlandsnc for more information and to register for this years Relay!

Blue Ridge Music Business spotlight

Contributed by Chris Miller

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he past few years have seen extraordinary change in every industry, all thanks to advances in technology. Music and music learning have been on the leading-edge of these changes. The business of buying and selling music has been revolutionized. In the past, we Americans consumed music, songs.

For the first time in history, sales of musical instruments and related accessories has outpaced sales of music, albums, songs. What does this all mean? It means music is more in the hands of everyone. It is more for the people, by the people.

Today high quality instruments are available at prices lower than ever. And affordable recording technology is pervasive. And there are music distribution systems on the internet now that allow the most humble garage band to reach international distribution. Now money is no issue when competing with the largest record labels with their billion dollar budgets.

This is all great news for aspiring musicians. We are more in control of our careers, and don’t need to make devils deals with shifty recording industry giants. In the

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past, a musical artist would need to find a label willing to invest tens of thousands of dollars, or more, just to record in a recording studio.

Today, knowledge is key.

This is where Blue Ridge Music Academy in Clayton comes in. We are first, an Academy steeped in cultivating the modern learners mastery of music that meets their own unique goals as musicians, singers, or songwriters. We are dedicated to nurturing students from learners, to performers, to published artists. We can nurture music artists even in marketing, getting their music to their fans.

We specialize in bringing budget oriented projects to market. Whether you have a church group wanting to get a CD out for the parishioners to share, or a garage band wanting to record a song and get it on iTunes, we can accommodate any budget.

Contact us today for more information on music lessons, voice, recording, publishing, and marketing your music. www.blueridgemusicacademy.com or call (706) 782-9852.

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Antiques & Home Furnishings Acorns Boutique www.acornsboutique.com Page 40 Dovetail Antiques Page 27 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Greenleaf Gallery www.greenleafgallerygifts.com Pages 63, 72 Into the Woods Home Interiors Page 26 Mirror Lake Antiques Page 6 Museum of American Cut & Engraved Glass Page 24 Peak Experience www.peakexp.com Pages 21, 71 The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Page 11 Vivianne Metzger Antiques Page 22 Art Galleries/Artists Around Back at Rocky’s Place www.aroundbackatrockysplace.com Page 39 The Bascom www.thebascom.org Page 50 Blue Valley Gallery Page 34A Calderone Fine Art Gallery www.calderonegallery.com Page 63 Dovetail Antiques Page 27 GG’s Consignments, Etc.* www.ggsconsignment.com Pages 15, 82 Greenleaf Gallery www.greenleafgallerygifts.com Pages 63, 72 Into the Woods Home Interiors Page 26 Mountain Mist Gallery Page 35 Museum of American Cut & Engraved Glass Page 24 Oakleaf Flower & Garden Page 18B Peak Experience www.peakexp.com Pages 21, 71 TJB The Gallery www.tjbmens.com Page 7 Bedding/Linens Blue Ridge Bedding www.blueridgebedding.com Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Into the Woods Home Interiors

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Bird Supplies Bird Barn and Gift Emporium

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Books The Book Nook The Corner Store Dovetail Antiques

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Builders Arrowood Construction www.arrowoodconstruction.com Page 25 Lupoli Construction www.lupoliconstruction.com Page 7 Mountainworks Design www.mtnworks.com Page 20 Srebalus Construction Co. Page 63 Warth Construction www.warthconstruction.com Page 18A Candles 4th Street Boutique www.4thstboutiquehighlands.com Page 41 The Corner Store Page 37 Cards The Corner Store Page 37 Caterers Café 107 www.cafe107south.com Page 37 Fressers Eatery www.fresserseateryhighlands.com Page 43 The Kitchen www.thekitchenofhighlands.com Page 46 Chambers of Commerce Cashiers Chamber of Commerce www.cashiersnorthcarolina.com Page 9 Churches Wayfarers Unity www.wayfarersunity.org Page 73 Cloth/Upholstery Wilhites Page 17 Clothing & Accessories 4th Street Boutique www.4thstboutiquehighlands.com Page 41 Acorn’s Boutique www.acornsboutique.com Page 40 Bags on Main Page 56 Cabin Casuals www.cabincasualshighlands.com Page 5, 60 Ellen’s Page 37 The Look Jewelry www.thelookjewelry.com Pages 16, 61 Martha Anne’s Pages 40, 58 Mountain Mist Gallery Page 35 Peak Experience www.peakexp.com Pages 21, 71 T.J. Bailey For Men www.tjbmens.com Page 7 VC for Men www.victoriasclosetnc.com Page 82 Victoria’s Closet www.victoriasclosetnc.com Page 82 Victoria’s Sportswear www.victoriasclosetnc.com Page 82 Vivace Page 17 Wit”s End Page 19 Xtreme Threads Page 56 Clothing Consignment The Blue Elephant Page 41 Victoria’s Closet www.victoriasclosetnc.com Page 82 Communities Cullasaja Club www.cullasajaclub.org Pages, 19, 21, 23, 25 Silver Creek Real Estate Group www.ncliving.com Page 65

index of advertisers Condiments The Hen House Page 3 Cosmetic Surgery Center for Plastic Surgery Robert T. Buchanan, M.D. www.plasticsurgerytoday.com Page 41 Custom Cabinetry/Countertops Black Rock Granite & Marble www.blackrockgraniteandmarble.com Pages 63, 68 Keystone Kitchen & Bath www.keystonekb.com Pages 63, 70 Welcome Home Kitchen & Bath www.welcomehomecashiersnc.com Page 63 Custom Furniture Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Page 11 Dentists Dr. Joe Wilbanks www.wilbankssmilecenter.com Page 75 Education Rabun Gap Naccochee School www.rabungap.org Page 59 Events The Bascom www.thebascom.org Page 50 Blue Ridge Music www.blueridgemusicacademy.com Page 69 Highlands Mountaintop Rotary 5K Page 25 The Ugly Dog www.theuglydogpub.com Page 43 Florists BB Barns Flower Market www.bbbflowermarket.com, Page 39 Fiddlehead Designs Pages 23, 66 Oakleaf Flower & Garden Page 18B Furniture Carolina Rustic Furniture www.carolinarusticfurniture.com Page 34B Dovetail Antiques Page 27 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Into the Woods Home Interiors Page 26 Nearly New Pages 37, 82 Oakleaf Flower & Garden Page 18B The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Page 11 Furniture Consignments The Blue Elephant Page 41 Consignment Market www.consignmentmarketcashiersnc.com Page 82 GG’s Consignments, Etc.* www.ggsconsignment.com Pages 15, 82 Highlands Fine Consignments Page 55 Nearly New Pages 37, 82

Furniture Refinishing Furniture Barn www.thefurnitureman.com Page 73 Garden Accessories Bird Barn and Gift Emporium Page 9 Garden Supplies BB Barns Flower Market www.bbbflowermarket.com Page 39 Chattooga Gardens www.chattoogagardens.com Page 8 Gift Shops Around Back at Rocky’s Place www.aroundbackatrockysplace.com Page 39 Bird Barn and Gift Emporium Page 9 Cashiers Valley Pharmacy Page 66 The Corner Store Page 37 The Dry Sink www.thedrysink.com Page 8 Dovetail Antiques Page 27 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Fiddlehead Designs Pages 23, 66 Greenleaf Gallery www.greenleafgallerygifts.com Pages 63, 72 The Look Jewelry www.thelookjewelry.com Pages 16, 61 Stone Lantern www.stonelantern-highlands.com Page 84 Golf Cars Appalachian Golf Cars www.appalachiangolfcars.com Page 72 Golf Tours Tom Chillemi www.tomsgolftours.com Pages 55, 63 Gourmet Foods Dusty’s Page 45 The Hen House Page 3 Grading/Excavating Larry Rogers Construction Page 24 Grocery Stores Dusty’s Page 45 Groomers Fancy Paws Page 34A Hair Salons Creative Concepts Page 63 Health Food Supplies Nature’s Vitamins Page 34A Heating and Air Madco www.holleyheating.com Page 57 Home Accessories Bird Barn and Gift Emporium Page 9 www.thelaurelmagazine.com www.thelaurelmagazine.com || April April 2013 2013 || 87

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www.sweetreats.com www.sweetreats.com

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Interior Design & Home Furnishings Dovetail Antiques Page 27 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Into the Woods Home Interiors Page 26 Lucas Patton Design www.lucaspattondesign.com Page 67 Raffa Design Associates www.raffadesignassociates.com Page 29 The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Page 11 Investment Planning Wells Fargo Advisors Jewelry - Fashion Acorns Boutique www.acornsboutique.com Calderone Fine Art Gallery www.calderonegallery.com Dovetail Antiques Ellen’s Greenleaf Gallery www.greenleafgallerygifts.com The Look Jewelry www.thelookjewelry.com Mountain Mist Gallery Peak Experience www.peakexp.com Vivace

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Jewelry - Fine Drake’s Diamond Gallery Mirror Lake Antiques Stone Lantern www.stonelantern-highlands.com

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Kitchen Accessories Bird Barn and Gift Emporium The Dry Sink www.thedrysink.com The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com

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Landscapers Laurel Crest Landscapes

www.laurelcrestlandscapes.com

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Lighting Carolina Rustic Furniture www.carolinarusticfurniture.com Page 34B Dovetail Antiques Page 27 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Into the Woods Home Interiors Page 26 The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Page 11 Vivianne Metzger Antiques Page 22 Masonry Laurel Crest Landscapes Palillos Stone Masonry

www.laurelcrestlandscapes.com www.palillosstonemasonry.com

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Massage Therapy Tranquility Cove Massage

www.tranquilitycovemassage.com

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Mattresses Blue Ridge Bedding Dutchman’s Designs

www.blueridgebedding.com www.dutchmansdesigns.com

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Museums Museum of American Cut & Engraved Glass

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Music Stores Blue Ridge Music

Page 69

www.blueridgemusicacademy.com

Nail Care Creative Concepts

Page 63

Nurseries/Plants BB Barns Flower Market Chattooga Gardens

Page 39 Page 8

www.bbbflowermarket.com www.chattoogagardens.com

Painters Quality Painting

Page 18B

Pet Care/Supplies Fancy Paws Woofgang Bakery

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Pharmacies Cashiers Valley Pharmacy

Page 66

Photography Charles Johnson Fine Photography Valentine Photo Studio

www.charlesjohnsonfineart.com www.valentinesphotostudio.com

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Picture Framing Greenleaf Gallery

www.greenleafgallerygifts.com

Porch and Patio The Summer House

www.summerhousehighlands.com

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index of advertisers Pottery Around Back at Rocky’s Place www.aroundbackatrockysplace.com Page 39 BB Barns Flower Market www.bbbflowermarket.com, Page 39 Bird Barn and Gift Emporium Page 9 Calderone Fine Art Gallery www.calderonegallery.com Page 63 Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Pages 8, 70 Greenleaf Gallery www.greenleafgallerygifts.com Pages 63, 72 The Hen House Page 3 Mountain Mist Gallery Page 35 Printing Companies Cashiers Printing Page 9 Pubs The Ugly Dog www.theuglydogpub.com Page 43 Radio Stations WHLC FM 104.5 www.whlc.com Page 41 Real Estate Sales Betsy Paul www.betsypaulproperties.com Page 83 Country Club Properties www.ccphighlandsnc.com Page 2 Cullasaja Club www.cullasajaclub.org Pages, 19, 21, 23, 25 Harry Norman Realtors – Bert Mobley www.highlandsrealestate.com Pages 17, 71 John Cleaveland Realty www.jcrealty.com Page 61 Landmark Realty Group www.landmarkrg.com Page 77 Meadows Mountain Realty www.meadowsmtnrealty.com Page 10 Silver Creek Real Estate Group www.ncliving.com Page 65 Restaurants Highlands-Cashiers Directory Page 47 Café 107 www.cafe107south.com Page 37 Dusty’s Page 45 FlipSide www.highlandsrestaurantgroup.net Page 43 Fressers Eatery www.fresserseateryhighlands.com Page 43 Ghangri Asian Fusion Restaurant www.ghangri.com Page 6 Highlands Smokehouse www.highlandsrestaurantgroup.net Page 44 The Kitchen www.thekitchenofhighlands.com Page 46 Lakeside Restaurant www.lakesiderestaurant.info Page 44 Madison’s www.oldedwardsinn.com Page 4 On the Verandah www.ontheverandah.com Page 43 Ristorante Paoletti www.paolettis.com Page 46 Ruka’s Table www.highlandsrestaurantgroup.net Page 45 SweeTreats www.sweetreats.com Page 45 SweeTreats Deli www.sweetreats.com Page 45 The Ugly Dog/Dog House www.theuglydogpub.com Page 43 Wild Thyme Gourmet www.wildthymegourmet.com Page 6 Wolfgang’s Restaurant & Wine Bistro www.wolfgangs.net Page 5

Rugs Into the Woods Home Interiors The Summer House www.summerhousehighlands.com Shipping Services Stork’s Wrap, Pack & Ship

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Shoes 4th Street Boutique www.4thstboutiquehighlands.com Page 41 Martha Anne’s Pages 40, 58 T.J. Bailey For Men www.tjbmens.com Page 7 Socks Peak Experience

www.peakexp.com

Stonework Laurel Crest Landscapes Palillos Stone Masonry

www.laurelcrestlandscapes.com www.palillosstonemasonry.com

Tables Dovetail Antiques Dutchman’s Designs www.dutchmansdesigns.com Into the Woods Home Interiors Telephone Books Yellowbook

www.yellowbook360.com

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Toys The Corner Store

Page 37

Transportation Highlands Transportation Company

Page 24

Travel Tom Chillemi

www.tomsgolftours.com

Vacation Specialists Highlands Travel

www.highlandstravel.com

Vitamins/Food Supplements Nature’s Vitamins

Pages 55, 63 Page 24 Page 34A

Wedding Venues Cedar Creek Racquet Club www.cedarcreekracquetclub.com

Page 29

Window Treatments Into the Woods Home Interiors

Page 26

Wine & Accessories Dusty’s

Page 45

Yarn Silver Threads Golden Needles

Page 73

www.silverthreadsyarn.com

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