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Draft forest management plan released
BY HOLLY KAYS S TAFF WRITER A long-awaited draft of the plan that will guide management of the PisgahNantahala National Forest for the next generation has been released, with the public comment period officially opening on Valentine’s Day and extending through Thursday, May 14.
Early planning for the revision began in late 2012, with a notice of intent to revise it published in early 2014 — at that time, it was anticipated that a draft plan would be released in June 2015. Robust public input and marked contention over what the plan should do in regard to wilderness designation and logging caused the U.S. Forest Service to announce in March 2015 that it would delay the release by a few months, and in summer
Public comment opens Feb. 14; final plan expected summer 2021
2016 another delay was announced, with a draft plan then expected at the end of that year. A raging wildfire season in fall 2016 monopolized the attention of Forest Service staff members who would otherwise be working on the plan, lengthening the timeline. In 2017, the Forest Service released proposed building blocks for the yet-to-be-completed plan and said the full draft would come out sometime in 2018.
The draft was finally released on Friday, Feb. 7, with adoption of a final plan expected in summer 2021.
BUILT ON PUBLIC INPUT The lengthy timeline is a direct result of the Forest Service’s efforts to engage the public throughout the process and incorporate
Looking Glass Rock (above) and Looking Glass Falls are two of the many places within the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest with special value for recreation. Donated photos
that feedback along the way, said forest revision team leader Michelle Aldridge.
“I think it’s important to note that 20 years ago when we wrote our current forest plan, this day would be the day when we got our first public involvement,” she said in an interview the day of the draft’s release. “We no longer wait until we release a proposed plan and draft EIS to get public input.”
Instead, the first opportunities for public comment were held in 2013. Since then, the Forest Service has hosted 47 meetings and attended dozens of others hosted by stakeholders in the plan revision.
“We’ve had extensive collaboration that helped inform where we are today,” Aldridge said.
Now that it’s been released, the plan will go through a 90-day public comment period. Forest Service staff will spend the summer and fall reading and incorporating that feedback, with a draft decision expected to be released this time next year. After that release, the public will have two months to file objections to the decision and the Forest Service will have three months to respond to those objections. Then, likely in mid-2021, a final plan will be adopted.
The U.S. Forest Service is planning a series of open houses throughout the region in March and April to take input on the draft forest management plan. Additional sessions will be scheduled later, but currently scheduled meetings, to be held 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. will be: n Tuesday, March 10, at the Foothills Conference Center in Morganton. n Monday, March 16, at the Brevard Library in Brevard. n Thursday, March 19, at the Brasstown Community Center in Brasstown. n Tuesday, March 24, at the First Presbyterian Church’s Tartan Hall in Franklin. Additional meetings will be scheduled with dates posted at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nfsnc/nprevision.
work across boundaries with neighboring lands. Extensive dialogue with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was also essential to the plan’s development. The Forest Service coordinated with the tribe on language and desired management within the Trail of Tears Heritage Corridor.
A DIFFERENT APPROACH The proposed plan is quite different from the existing one in substance as well as process.
“The previous forest plan, the one we’re operating on right now, is really focused on outputs, not outcomes,” said Aldridge. “It treats all vegetation the same way.”
The new plan, meanwhile, divides the entire forest into ecological communities, treating each forest type differently depending on what will work best for that particular ecosystem.
The new plan’s emphasis on partnerships is also markedly different from the existing approach. That focus evolved following public comment on the building blocks for plan objectives that the Forest Service released in 2017.
“We heard, ‘That’s great, but we’d like you to do more,’” said Aldridge. “We said, ‘We can’t do more with our existing capacity and budget, but we hear you and we’d like to do more too.’”
As a result, the Forest Service doubled its analysis to look at two tiers of objectives — the first tier showing what the agency could do with its existing resources and the second tier showing what it could do with help from partners. When you consider that the species analysis alone looked at 1,046 species, analyzing four different alternatives for each on two tiers using multiple timeframes, it’s not hard to see why the plan took so long to develop, said Aldridge.
The plan also emphasizes values that are important to people, both recreationally and culturally. It divides the forest into 12 geographic areas that outline goals for connecting people to the land as well as opportunities to
PLANNING FOR WILDERNESS A key controversy in public meetings leading up to the plan’s development was the question of how best to protect the forest’s special places. Some stakeholder groups strongly supported a plan that would drastically increase the acreage recommended as congressionally designated wilderness. Others said that additional wilderness designation would hamstring effective forest management and that the priority should be to boost the share of young forest habitat through increased timber harvesting and prescribed burning.
The draft plan consists of four alternatives — one that would contain no changes from the existing plan adopted in 1987, and three that would offer varying levels of change in varying ways. The team worked to strike a balance within each alternative so that all perspectives would be represented within each choice, said Aldridge.
“We tried to make sure that every interest wins in every alternative,” she said. “We used that input to provide alternatives that provide a win-win for each interest.”
Anyone who sat through the heated public meetings of 2014 and 2015 would likely agree that creating a solution that all sides acknowledge as a win-win is a hefty challenge, but Aldridge said she’s excited about the results of her team’s years of work. The plan’s recommendations concerning wilderness and logging are a good example, she said.
Currently, the Pisgah-Nantahala contains six congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling 66,400 acres, as well as five congressionally designated Wilderness Study Areas, three of which were recommended for designation in the 1987 F
The Highlands Biological Station in Highlands will celebrate the Great Backyard Bird Count on Monday, Feb. 17, a worldwide event organized by the Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
From 10 to 11:30 a.m., birders of all skill levels are invited to join in on an easy walk around campus in search of feathered friends. The group will meet at the Highlands Nature Center, 930 Horse Cove Road, and the walk will be canceled in case of severe weather.
The Great Backyard Bird Count was launched in 1998, and this year bird watchers of all ages are invited to help create a realtime snapshot of bird populations by reporting their sightings between Friday, Feb. 14,
and Monday, Feb. 17. Participants can count birds for as little as 15 minutes or for as long as they wish over one or more of the four days, completing those counts in their backyard or anywhere in the world. Each checklist submitted helps researchers learn more about how birds are doing and how to protect them. Last year, more than 160,000 participants submitted their observations online, creating the largest instantaneous snapshot of bird populations ever recorded.
To participate, report sightings online at www.birdcount.org.
plan but all of which have been and will continue to be managed as wilderness. Alternative A — the alternative that reflects the forest’s status under the current plan and is not considered viable for future planning — recommends that only the 15,226 acres contained in the existing three wilderness study areas continue to be managed as recommended wilderness.
Alternative B boasts the biggest jump in recommended wilderness, including all five Wilderness Study Areas as well as 18 additional areas, for a total of 126,333 acres. However, that same alternative also contains provisions likely to be favorable to groups that are not big proponents of wilderness designation.
“In that alternative where we recommend the most acres for wilderness, that’s also our alternative that includes the most land in active management,” said Aldridge. “So there again we’re providing a win-win for multiple interests in one alternative.” At only 11,120 acres, Alternative C includes the smallest amount of recommended wilderness compared to the others but has the most acres proposed for backcountry management. These backcountry areas would contain many of the primitive recreation opportunities afforded by wilderness areas but without some of the associated constraints, such as prohibitions on mountain bike use and limits on group size. The alternative contains a “moderate” amount of land in active management, said Aldridge.
Finally, Alternative D offers a middle-ofthe-road approach, recommending 74,173 wilderness acres. Of the 15 areas contained in the alternative, four are existing wilderness study areas and nine are extensions of existing wilderness areas. By focusing on increasing the size of existing wilderness areas, the alternative seeks to preserve wilderness characteristics where they already exist and to exclude pieces of land that already contain uses that would not be allowed under the Wilderness Act, such as highly developed trails, areas of ongoing active management and fields maintained as wildlife openings.
PROPOSALS FOR ACTIVE MANAGEMENT In terms of total acreage to be treated with logging or prescribed burning, alternatives B, C and D are identical. However, they differ as to which parts of the forest would have those treatments as an option. Between 2001 and 2018, annual timber harvest in the 1 million-acre national forest has averaged between 800 and 1,000 acres, about one-one-hundredth of one percent of the forest’s total area. Under the Tier 1 plan — the plan that uses only existing agency resources — the Forest Service would log up to 1,600 acres annually. With help from
Read the plan
The draft forest management plan, along with maps and other supporting documents, is online for public review at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/nfsnc/nprevision.
The site contains many hundreds of pages of information. Michelle Aldridge, team lead for the forest planning process, recommends looking first at the consolidated objectives document, which provides a summary of what the plan proposes to do. The reader’s guide is also a helpful document, providing an overview of what’s included in various aspects of the plan as well as page numbers within the plan itself where readers can go to learn more about each topic. A portal to submit comments online won’t be activated until Feb. 14 — check the website after that date for more information. Written comments can be mailed to Plan Revision Team, National Forests in North Carolina, 160 Zillicoa St., Asheville, N.C. 28801 and must be postmarked by May 14.
The Forest Service relies on the information contained in each comment — not the volume of comments received — to make decisions. Comments that have the best chance of influencing the outcome will focus on solutions rather than general advocacy or opposition to an idea. Impactful comments also describe specific management types or resources, as well as locations, especially when using these specific locations to make a broader point applicable to other areas of the forest.
partners, the agency would log up to 3,800 acres each year.
Over the next decade, that would mean logging about 1.5 percent of the forest under the Tier 1 plan and 3.8 percent under the Tier 2 plan. It’s likely that some of those areas would be targeted for repeated treatments, meaning that it wouldn’t be correct to double those percentages to arrive at a 20-year figure, said Aldridge — some tracts would likely be logged more than once in that longer timeframe.
For prescribed burning, the Tier 1 plan would treat 6,500 to 10,000 acres each year, emphasizing fire-adapted shortleaf pine, pine-oak/heath, dry-mesic oak and dry oak communities. At Tier 2 levels, up to 20,000 acres would be treated each year.
A consistent concern for forest managers has been the increasing average age of forest stands across the landscape. Changes in management over the past century mean that most of the trees growing in Western North Carolina are similar in age — there’s a shortage of young forest habitat in the region but also fewer old-growth acres than desired.
“There is a need to diversify the patch size and ecozone representation of old growth forest to provide greater resiliency in the long term,” read the portion of the plan’s reader’s guide relating to old growth management. “There are differences of opinion about how much of the forest should be managed as old growth, and the best way to provide old growth forest conditions, including whether the forests should be allowed to age naturally or be manipulated to expedite the development of old growth characteristics.”
Each alternative recommends identifying a different number of acres for the plan’s old growth network. With 202,524 acres, Alternative B would identify fewer acres than the 211,118 acres in the current plan — but Alternative B also contains the largest number of acres for recommended wilderness. Alternative C, which contains the fewest recommended wilderness acres, would have the most number of acres earmarked for old growth, at 255,968. Alternative D rests in the middle, with 226,015 acres.
Land conserved for new Morganton park The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina has acquired 330 acres of what is expected to be a 651-acre project in Morganton.
The nonprofit decided in late 2019 to purchase the property in two phases after the sellers agreed to a contract extension contingent on purchasing half the land in January 2020. Foothills Conservancy is working to raise $1 million to acquire the remaining 321 acres by May. The plan is to make the property, called the Oak Hill Community Park and Forest, into a future destination for hiking, mountain biking, outdoor education, archeological exploration and community events. The 330-acre tract will permanently protect a segment of Canoe Creek as well as its tributary streams, forested uplands, agricultural land and scenic views of the Blue Ridge and South Mountains. A celebration of the conservation achievement will be held on the property March 28.
To donate or find out more about the March 28 event, visit www.foothillsconservancy.org.
When completed, the 651-acre Oak Hill Community Park and Forest will offer opportunity for various types of outdoor recreation. Donated photo
Artists speak to human-planet relationship
A display featuring more than 50 pieces of art focused on generating public attention surrounding the unintended consequences of human interaction with nature will be on display through May 10 at the Baker Exhibit Center within the N.C. Arboretum.
Environmental Impact II is produced and curated by David J. Wagner, covering topics including global climate change, the Gulf oil spill, unabated logging and mining, loss of bee populations and more. More than 20 leading contemporary artists lend their voice to the fragility and hopeful resiliency of Planet Earth.
In addition to the display, the arboretum is offering a handful of adult education courses to help participants delve deeper into the impact humans have on the environment. Learn more at www.ncarboretum.org.
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Visit N.C. Farms app seeks feedback
A listening session to gather input on the Visit N.C. Farms app will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Southwestern Community College Small Business Center in Sylva. Piloted in Orange County, the app has expanded to include destinations across the state through funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. More communities will be added in 2020 with the eventual goal of including destinations from all 100 counties.
Free, with pre-registration required at bit.ly/VisitNCFarms or by emailing Victoria Patterson at victoria.patterson@ncagr.gov. Lunch provided by the N.C. Farm Bureau.
The annual Business of Farming Conference will return to Asheville Saturday, Feb. 22, giving farmers of all experience levels a chance to learn more about the business side of agriculture.
The conference will offer more than a dozen workshops led by farmers and regional professionals; the popular GrowerBuyer meeting; individual support on legal, tax, labor, recordkeeping and marketing issues during an extended lunch; a free summit and leadership training for farmers market managers; and a new farmers market fundraising forum.
The conference is organized by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project with support from a long list of sponsors. Registration is $95, with a discount for farm partners registering together.
Register at www.asapconnections.org or call 828.236.1282.
Hike three waterfalls and two lakes
Check out five of the best water features in Dupont Forest with a 10-mile hike from the Carolina Mountain Club on Sunday, Feb. 16.
With meeting places offered in Asheville and Pisgah Forest, the group will carpool to the trailhead, hiking to Triple Falls, High Falls and then Lake Dense, which will serve as the lunch stop. The hikers will then take Conservation Road to cross the dam at Lake Julia, hiking to Bridal Veil Falls and then using three different roads to return to the starting point.
Visitors welcome, but no dogs. RSVP to hike leader Susan Hutson, 336.406.9279 or picassue48@gmail.com.
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Donate to the Seed Library
The Seed Library of Waynesville will open on Monday, Feb. 24, and will remain so until all seeds are gone. Seed donations are now being accepted.
Seeds for donation should be open-pollinated and clearly marked to include the grower’s contact information. Inventory will be listed under the “Seed Library” tab at www.haywoodlibrary.org.
To successfully share seeds, keep in mind these tips: n Know whether the parent plant is a hybrid or open-pollinated variety, as well as its genus and species name. n Know how your plants pollinate in order to prevent cross-pollination. n If you’re a beginning seed saver, keep it simple by saving seed from self-pollinating plants.
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Learn about a plant-based lifestyle
A discussion on getting hormones in balance and improving heart health will be offered at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at 280 Marsh Lily Lane in Sylva.
The discussion will be part of the regular meeting of the Plant Based Group. Participants are invited to bring a plant-based dish to share if possible.
Make a mini garden
Get in a springtime mood by learning how to make a garden bench miniature, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, or Friday, Feb. 21, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.
Renae Dotson, who has been making and teaching dollhouse miniatures for more than 20 years, will show participants in the adults-only class how to make several varieties of mini plants, plant pots and other gardening items. Supply cost is $20, with pre-registration required by contacting Dotson at 828.342.8919.
Show the Forest Service some love
This Valentine’s Day, MountainTrue is delivering cards, flowers and other tokens of affection to the Tusquitee Ranger District office in Murphy, and the public is invited to join in.
The group will gather at the ranger office at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. Members of the public are invited to bring their own Valentine’s Day card for U.S. Forest Service staff working there.
MountainTrue is planning the event in conjunction with the release of the draft forest management plan for the Pisgah-Nantahala National Forest as a way to encourage the Forest Service to adopt a plan that protects the forest’s many unique and precious qualities. Cards have been gathered at MountainTrue events and at meet-ups at area breweries.
A years-long environmental assessment process is complete with the issuance of a final decision on the Twelve Mile Project on the Appalachian Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest in Haywood County. Work will begin this year and continue for 10 years or more.
The U.S. Forest Service says the project will allow for the maintenance of a healthy and diverse forest that supports wildlife, provides a sustainable timber output, improves water quality and aquatic habitat and bolsters forest access.
“Many people helped us throughout the planning of this project, and I thank them for working with us to identify what needs to change on this landscape and how to achieve our goals while being responsive to public comments and environmental concerns,” said Appalachian District Ranger Richard Thornburgh.
The project began with an assessment and analysis of the area’s forest composition, wildlife habitat and transportation infrastructure. The study results show that forest stands have departed from their natural range of variation, with the loss of the American chestnut and fire suppression leading to dominance by red maple and blackgum. These dense stands of trees make it difficult for young oaks to mature — harvesting some trees will allow more light to reach the forest floor, improve the growth of remaining trees and create young forest habitat. The project will also ensure small patches of old-growth forest remain dispersed across the landscape.
Restoring woodlands and shortleaf pine, stream restoration and transportation improvements were also identified as opportunities for improvement, as were frequent thinning and prescribed burning to maintain the open canopy. Find more details at https://go.usa.gov/xddej or contact Project Lead Jason Herron, 828.689.9694.
Give feedback on rec department services
The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department is seeking input on its customer service with an online survey. The short survey is online at www.waynesvillenc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/public-survey.
Sunday hunting topic of public hearing
A public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Haywood Community College Regional High Technology Center Auditorium in Clyde will take input on the topic of Sunday hunting on state game lands.
The hearing will be one of six held across the state to identify issues and options related to Sunday hunting on game lands. The separate and complex issue of hunting migratory birds on Sundays will not be a topic for these meetings.
The Outdoor Heritage Act of 2015 removed a prohibition on Sunday hunting with firearms that had been in place in North Carolina since 1868. The Outdoor Heritage Enhanced Act of 2017 then allowed for Sunday hunting on public lands. After that law passed, the Wildlife Commission began gathering data and public input to help inform its decision on whether to allow Sunday hunting on game lands.
On Sundays, hunters will still be prohibited from hunting with a firearm between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., hunting deer with dogs and hunting within 500 yards of a place of worship.
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• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will offer a seminar on “How to Start a Business” from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, in the college’s Regional High Technology Center, Room 3021, in Clyde. Speaker is Russ Seagle, executive director of The Sequoyah Fund, Inc., in Cherokee. Info and Registration: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Registration is underway for a “Steps to Financial Literacy Seminar” that will be offered by Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center from 9-11 a.m. on Feb. 20 in the College’s Regional High Tech Center, Room 3021, in Waynesville. Info and registration: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Registration is underway for a “Website Construction 101: Learn the Basics of Coding” workshop that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment department from 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, and again on Friday, April 3, for those who want a next-level course. Registration fee: $139. For info and to register: pdp.wcu.edu and click on “For-profit and Nonprofit Professional Development Workshops” or 227.7397. • Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center will host a regional learning session for the Visit NC Farms app from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Feb. 26 in Sylva. Opportunity for agriculture, tourism and economic development leaders across the state to learn more about the app and get involved. Preregistration required: bit.ly/VisitNCFarms or Victoria.patterson@ncagr.gov. • Registration is underway for an employment law workshop entitled “What Every Outdoor Business Must Know about Employment Law” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Networking lunch from 1-2 p.m. Registration fee: $89. For info and to register: learn.wcu.edu/outdoor-employment-law or 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a “Business Plan Bootcamp” offered by Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, in the college’s Public Services Training Facility, Room 9105, in Clyde. Speaker is Russ Seagle, executive director of the Sequoyah Fund in Cherokee. For info or to register: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center is accepting registrations for a nonprofit summit from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3-4, in the college’s Public Services Training Facility, Room 9105, in Clyde. To register or get more info: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Registration is underway for a two-part workshop entitled “The Tenets of Project Management” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-noon on consecutive Tuesdays, March 17-24, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Early bird registration fee (through Feb. 14): $249; fee after Feb. 15: $279. For info or to register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment is accepting registrations for a workshop entitled “Understanding the Unique Culture of Military Applicants” that will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Cost $89; includes a networking lunch. For info or to register: pdp.wcu.edu and click on: “For-profit and Nonprofit Professional Development Workshops” or call 227.7397. • Registration is underway for “The School Leadership for Equity Summit” that will be offered from 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20, at the Crest Center in Asheville. Theme is “What is Equity?” Hear from regional, state and national educational leaders about how they are building equitable and socially just classrooms, schools and districts. Registration fee: $85; includes light breakfast and lunch. Info: jrweiler@email.wcu.edu. Info about registration: https://tinyurl.com/ugdbm6c OR 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a seminar entitled “How to Write a Business Plan,” which will be offered by Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in Clyde. Info and Registration: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Registration is underway for “Marketing Your Business,” a seminar that will be offered by Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center from 5:30- 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, in Clyde. Info and Registration: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment is accepting registration for a two-part, Six Sigma Whitebelt training that will be offered from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays, April 7 and 14, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Topics include team dynamics in Lean Six Sigma projects, tenets of effective project charters, valid measuring systems and more. Registration fee: $249 before March 7 or $279 after. For info or to register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Submissions are being accepted for Southwestern Community College’s Cultural Fusion art/literature contest, which will be featured during the Cultural Fusion Festival on Wednesday, April 15, on the college’s Jackson Campus. Submissions accepted through April 1 in “Artwork or Photography” or “Literature (poetry, short stories, prose).” Info: 339.4325, tknott@southwesterncc.edu or SouthwesternCC.edu. • Registration is underway for several session of a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician program through Landmark Learning. Upcoming sessions include May 23-June 19, July 11-Aug. 7 and Oct. 3-30. www.landmarklearning.org.
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Dance only: $5; ages 6-under: Free. Proceeds go to FCCA in supporting scholarship, community needs and Manna Foodbank. www.fb.me/finescreekorg. • Tickets are on sale now for the second annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser, held by Haywood Pathways Center, at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at HART Theater in Waynesville. Cost ranges from $25-40 for adults and $10-15 for children. Purchase tickets: haywoodpathwayscenter.org, at Pathways Center, 179 Hemlock St. in Waynesville or 246.0332. • Bowl for Kids’ Sake is set for Feb. 29 and March 14 for Swain and Haywood County, respectively. Fundraiser for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Western North Carolina. Times, places, registrations and more: bbbswnc.org. • A three band concert will benefit Camp Ability at 6 p.m. on March 7. Purchase tickets online to hear The Resonant Rouges, the Greenliners and Red Clay Revival as they perform a benefit concert at the Colonial Theater in Canton. Tickets are $10 with all proceeds going to Camp Ability. Camp Ability provides activities and camps for children who have disabilities. www.campabilitywnc.org. Purchase tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/uuynkeo • Tickets are on sale for the inaugural Great Smokies Eco Adventure, a multifaceted fundraising event for Discover Life in America set for April 19-21 near Gatlinburg, Tenn. Includes glamping at A Walk in the Woods’ luxurious off-grid camp near Cosby, gourmet food and drink, guided nature hikes and live music. Cost: $1,500. Proceeds support DLiA, which coordinates the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in the park. Tickets: www.dlia.org.
FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Raffle tickets on sale now for a chance to win a $250 Ingles gift card, $100 Walmart card or a $50 Butts on the Creek gift card. All proceeds raised will go to Camp Ability, who provides activities and summer camp for children in Western North Carolina who have disabilities. www.campabilitywnc.org. Raffle tickets are $1 for 1 ticket, $5 for 6 tickets, or $10 for 15 tickets. Drawing will be held at the fundraising concert on March 7. Winners do not have to be in attendance to win. Buy tickets by contacting Wende Goode at 246.2256. • The Women of Waynesville will host the second annual “Manly Man Auction” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Mad Anthony’s Taproom & Restaurant. The event will be held to raise funds for the Lynda Chovan Memorial Scholarship. Attendees will be able to bid on a variety of professional services being donated by highly-qualified men in the community. All donations will benefit WOW’s scholarship fund, established several years ago through the Haywood County Schools Foundation to honor WOW’s late founding member Lynda Chovan. If you have a service you would like to donate for the auction, call 828.550.9978. • A Valentine’s Dinner & Dance is set for 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Fines Creek Community Center, 190 Fines Creek Rd., in Clyde. Music by Running Wolfe and the Renegades; dancing with the Fines Creek Flatfooters. Dinner and dance: $15; Dinner only: $12;
VOLUNTEERS & VENDORS • The Haywood Rotary Club will hold a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Feb. 22 at Haywood Community College’s Sunrise Café in Clyde. Sign up or make a donation: https://tinyurl.com/vmqmytb. • Junaluska Elementary School 3rd-5th grade students are seeking volunteers to help with a Random Acts of Kindness Week project. Their goal is to pack 30,000 meals with Rise Against Hunger. Planning meeting is at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at Junaluska Elementary. Info: jsollie@haywood.k12.nc.us or 456.2407. • REACH of Haywood County is seeking new volunteers and will hold a Volunteer Training Day from 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 29, at the REACH office, 627 N. Main St., in Waynesville. REACH is a domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse prevention and intervention nonprofit. RSVP: 456.7898 or BQreach@aol.com. • The historic Shelton House in Waynesville is currently in need of volunteers for an array of upcoming events. Alongside help for events and gatherings, the organization is also seeking a docent, gift shop attendee, data entry person, landscaper, handyperson, and other positions. Upcoming main events include the Blue Ridge Heritage Festival June 19-21, Shelton House Halloween “Haunting on the Hill” Oct. 27-31 and Shelton House “Tinsel Trail & Appalachian Christmas.” www.sheltonhouse.org or 452.1551.
• There is an open call currently underway for artisans, vendors and environmentally-themed booths at the 23rd annual Greening Up the Mountains, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in downtown Sylva. Applications can be downloaded at www.greeningupthemountains.com and will be accepted through March 15. greeningupthemountains@gmail.com. • Feline Urgent Rescue is seeking volunteers and sponsors. Info: 422.2704, www.furofwnc.org, www.facebook.com/furofwnc or 844.888.CATS (2287).
HEALTH MATTERS • First Citizens Bank and the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, at 51 Main Street in Bryson City. Info and appointments: https://tinyurl.com/um3bu77. • Community Acupuncture will be offered from noon-5 on Wednesdays and 1-6 p.m. on Fridays at Sylva Yoga. sylvayoga@gmail.com. • Mindfulness Meditation is offered at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Sylva Yoga. sylvayoga@gmail.com. • “Yoga for Back Care” will be offered from noon-1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $15. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • “Slow Flow Yoga with Heart-Opening Cacao” will be offered from 5:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $30 advance; $35 day of. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • “Winter Sound Healing with Cranial Fascia Release” will be offered from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $25. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Haywood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will hold a Heart and Health Awareness Event from 4-6 p.m. on Feb. 18 at 516 N. Wall St. in Waynesville. Info: 452.3154. • A session on “Understanding Childhood Trauma” will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Bryson City Methodist Church. Film “Resilience” will be played, and counselor Neil Holden will share strategies to help with interventions. Hot dog dinner and child care for ages 3-12. Register by Feb. 17: 488.4455 or www.renewbrysoncity.org. • Plant-Based Group meets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 280 Marsh Lily Lane in Sylva. Discuss natural approaches to getting hormones in balance and improving heart health. Bring plant-based dish to share if possible. • “Meditating with the Five Senses” will be offered from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $30. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • “Spine-Tacular: Movement Strategies for a Healthy Spine” will be offered from 1-2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $15. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.
RECREATION AND FITNESS • ZUMBA is offered at First United Methodist in Waynesville in the Youth Room on Thursdays at 6 p.m. starting Feb. 20 with Patti Burke. Check Facebook page Patti Burke Zumba Students for additional information such as holiday or weather related cancelations. $5 per class. https://pattiburke.zumba.com • “Gal-entines: Buti Yoga, Barre + Bubbles” will be offered from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $15. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • “Yoga Games” will be offered from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $35. Reservations and info: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • A coaching program will start Feb. 17 for athletes seeking help preparing for the Lake Logan International and Sprint Triathlons, which are set for Sunday, Aug. 2, in Haywood County. Led by Julie Springsteen of Baucco Coaching. 3-to-4 group training sessions plus daily coaching plan. Cost: $90 per four weeks or one-time payment of $475. Contact: Julie.ajbcoaching@gmail.com. • ZUMBA is offered at Dance Tonight Haywood Studio, 62 ½ Main Street in Canton on Saturdays, at 10 a.m. with Patti Burke. Check Facebook page Patti Burke Zumba Students for additional information such as holiday or weather related cancelations. $5 per class. • Registration is underway through the end of February for a women’s volleyball league that will be offered Tuesday nights beginning March 17 at the Cullowhee Recreation Center. Fee is $200 per team or join a free-agent team for $25. Coaches meeting is at 6 p.m. on March 5. Info and registration: 293.3053, ext. 6, or andrewsherling@jacksonnc.org. • Reduced-price skiing and snowboarding will be offered through the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department from 5:30-10:30 p.m. on Fridays through March 6 at Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley. Register: www.rec.jacksonnc.org, 293.3053, ext. 9 or mollyneary@jacksonnc.org.
POLITICAL • The Haywood County Democratic Party will hold precinct organizational meetings at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15. Complete listing of locations: www.haywooddemocrats.org. Info: 452.9607 or haywooddemocrats@gmail.com. • Haywood County Democrats will hold annual precinct meetings from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 15, at community polling locations. https://tinyurl.com/sabkas3 • The annual organizational precinct meeting for the Swain County Democratic Party Whittier-Cherokee precinct is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Southwestern Community College’s Swain Center, 60 Almond School Road in Bryson City. Info: 488.1234. • The Jackson County Republican Party monthly meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, at the Republican Headquarters Office at 52 Front Street in Dillsboro. 743.6491 or 743.0910. • The Jackson County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at party headquarters, 500 Mill St. in Sylva. • The Cashiers/Glenville Republican Party precinct meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the VFW Post, 4012 Highway 107N in Glenville. 743.6491 or 743.0910. • The Jackson County NAACP meets at 10 a.m. on the third Saturday each month at Liberty Baptist Church in Sylva.
AUTHORS AND BOOKS • The Jackson County Public Library will launch a Silent Book Club at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at The Paper Mill Lounge in Sylva. The club will continue on the second Thursday of each month. Everyone is invited to attend. The Silent Book Club is a national movement of unique book clubs. The idea is that people gather together, socialize a little, enjoy food and beverages, do some silent reading of the book they brought, and then reconvene to discuss the books they are reading. 586.2016. (www.fontanalib.org).
SENIOR ACTIVITIES • The “Senior Follies” will return to Macon County. This event is part of the SilverARTS division of the N.C. Senior Games. In partnership with the Macon County Senior Games, the Arts Council will be producing the 2020 “Senior Follies” show. The games will be held April 27 through May 16. Anyone age 50 and over who resides in Macon County for at least three months a year can participate. Performing artists may compete in the following categories/disciplines: Comedy/Drama, Dance/Line Dance, Instrumental, or Vocal Music. peekaboomom@gmail.com. • The Mexican Train Dominoes Group seeks new players to join games at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800. • Book Club is held at 2 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800 • Senior Sale Day is on the third Friday of every month at the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. Patrons 60 and older get 20 percent off all purchases. Proceeds benefit the Sylva Library. • Pinochle game is played at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800. • Mah Jongg is played at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800. • A Canasta card game is set for 1 p.m. on Mondays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800. • A Parkinson’s Support Group is held at 2 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.
KIDS & FAMILIES • Kid Create: An art and music experience for kindergarten-fourth grade students is offered from 3:30-
5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at First Baptist Church in Waynesville. Fbcwaynesville.org/after-school/kidcreate. • The STEAM Club meets at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math. Info: 488.3030, ext. 130. • Homeschoolers get special rates at Cataloochee Ski Area by presenting their homeschool credentials on Tuesdays at the ticket center. Rates are $25 for lift tickets and $50 for lift, lesson and rental. Lift and rental ticket is $35. Rates apply only to skiing from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. • Wednesdays are family days at Cataloochee Ski Area with children 17-under receiving a free lift ticket when accompanied by a parent purchasing a full-price adult lift ticket. Regular rental and lesson rates apply. Only on non-holiday Wednesdays. • Registration is underway for the 2020 Region 8 Western Regional Science fair, which is set for Thursday and Friday, Feb. 13-14, in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Thursday’s event is for grades 3-5; Friday is for grades 6-12. Info: sciencefair.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department’s Base Camp Summer Camp will hold an open house for parents at 6 p.m. on Feb. 18, 20 and 27 – and at 9 a.m. on Feb. 29 – at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Info: 456.2030 or cmiller@waynesvillenc.gov. • The 13th annual Father Daughter Dance is set for 6- 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Christian Life Center at Sylva First United Methodist Church. $30 per couple (in advance) or $40 (at the door), $5 for each additional daughter. Info: 586.2358. • Sign-ups are underway for “Mardi Gras in the Mountains,” a children’s costume contest, pet cos
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tume contest and pantomime music parade that will be held on Feb. 22 on Main Street in Franklin. Proceeds benefit Appalachian Animal Rescue Center in Franklin. For details on participation, sponsorships and volunteers: 369.0092. • The Sylva Art + Design Committee is pleased to announce a unique pop-up gallery event that will feature the artistic creations of children ages 5-18 in the Western North Carolina region. “Nature Through A Child’s Eye” will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Viva Arts Studio in downtown Sylva. If you have a child that you think may want to be a participant ages of 5-18 apply by emailing sylvaartdesign@gmail.com or vivaartsstudio@gmail.com. Facebook at www.facebook.com/sylvapublicart or on Instagram @sylvaarts. All submissions will be available for purchase and can be picked up after the completion of the exhibition. All money raised will be equally distributed between SADC and the Sylva Community Garden in order to further the betterment of the community through arts, education, and environmental awareness. • Mountain Discovery Charter School, a K-8 charter school in Bryson City, is holding open enrollment through March 6 at www.mountaindiscovery.org. • Registration is underway for the Challenger International Soccer Camp, which will be offered to ages 3-14 from July 20-24 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Costs vary based on age group from $90-197. Separate goalkeeper and scorer program is $25 for ages 6-14 from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday. Register: challengersports.com. Info: 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.
February 12-18, 2020 Smoky Mountain News 42 KIDS FILMS • “Dolittle” will be showing through Feb. 13 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smokymountaincinema.com for showtimes, pricing & tickets. Info on Facebook or 246.0588. • “Sonic the Hedgehog” will start showing Feb. 13 through Feb. 20 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smokymountaincinema.com for showtimes, pricing & tickets. Info on Facebook or 246.0588. • “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” will be showing Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. as part of the free Saturday morning promotion at The Strand on Main in downtown Waynesville. 38main.com or 283.0079 • “Bolt” will be showing Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. as part of the free Saturday morning promotion at The Strand on Main in downtown Waynesville. 38main.com or 283.0079 • “Bee Movie” will be showing Feb. 29 at 11 a.m. as part of the free Saturday morning promotion at The Strand on Main in downtown Waynesville. 38main.com or 283.0079 • A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.
A&E • As part of the Winter Arts Smokies Style series, “The Art of Chocolate” will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in downtown Waynesville. Sponsored by The Galleries of Haywood County, several merchants and restaurants plan to offer entertainment, special chocolate surprises and other specials. Look for the “red hearts” designating the establishments with specials. • “Flannel Party & Axe Throwing” event from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Innovation Station in Dillsboro. Carolina Axe Throwing will be at the taproom with their mobile axe throwing setup. They provide safe throwing lanes and even have a trainer onsite to teach you how to throw. Cost is $10 for the training session, $5 for each additional game. Flannel attire is highly encouraged. Live music featuring Seth Brand from 7 to 9 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com. • The Veterans of Foreign Wars Riders Group Post 5202 will hold its ninth annual “Bikers in Boxers, As Bare as You Dare” event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on March 7 in Waynesville. Entertainment, food, prizes and comradery. Donations: $10, $25 and $30. Includes meal, door prizes and entertainment. Info: daigre1@yahoo.com or 593.1647.
FOOD & DRINK The “Mad for Drag!” anti-Valentine’s Day dance will be held at 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Lazy Hiker Brewing taproom in Sylva. Cover is $5. • Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville is offering lunch on Saturdays, “Lunch with us” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring fresh seasonal menu with outdoor seating weather permitting. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com. • Bryson City Wine Market offers flights from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays and from 2-5 p.m. on Saturdays. Flight of four wines for $5.
ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The Fisk Jubilee Singers, will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, in the University Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Tickets: $5 for WCU students, $10 for non-WCU students and WCU faculty and staff and $15 for general admission. Available at bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227.2479. • A musical production of “Let The Good Times Roll” will perform at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13-15 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. All tickets include: fresh fruit salad, choice of hamburger or hotdog with the fixings, french fries, coleslaw and a classic miniature ice cream sundae, complete with whipped cream and a cherry. Tables serve parties of six. Groups larger than six will need to separate. All seating is general seating. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, click on www.greatmountainmusic.com. • A production of Rajiv Joseph’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” is on stage at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14- 15 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. To make a reservation, 456.6322 or www.harttheatre.org. The Harmons’ Den Bistro will also be open for dining before all performances, with the menu on the HART website. • Voices in the Laurel will present “Voices Sing Off” and dessert tasting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, at HART Theatre in Waynesville. Mini-concert of Voices in the Laurel choirs and select regional young vocal soloists. Tickets: $12 in advance; $15 at the door, $6 ages 5-10. www.voicesinthelaurel.org or 564.3310. • Country music singer-songwriter Ashley Campbell will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $15 per person. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 273.4615.
CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • The Jackson County Public Library offers e-services support from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. on Tuesdays in Sylva. For those with new devices or need help accessing library resources. Appointments: 586.2016. •, Mary Ellen Tully will host a class on contemporary Shibori using fiber dyes to make scarves from 1 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Info: 349.4607 or www.franklinuptowngallery.com. • Dr. Anne Rogers will present “The Lasting Impact of Cherokee Culture” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, at Cowee School, 51 Cowee School Drive in Franklin. Part of the “Where We Live: History, Nature and Culture” series. • “Passengers Aloft” is the topic of the Aviation Historical Society program scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Macon County Airport, 1251 Airport Road, near Franklin. aeroscribbler@gmail.com or 506.5869. • A pop-up book club will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Read whatever book you choose and be prepared to share about it with others. • Macon County Art Association will have Mardi Gras masks handmade by members for sale at the Uptown Gallery until the Mardi Gras celebration in Franklin on Feb. 22. • Betsey Sloan will be teaching a class making sheep out of gourds from 1 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 29 at the Uptown Gallery in Franklin. 349.4607 or www.franklinuptowngallery.com. • The Macon County Art Association’s Uptown Gallery will host a class on making sheep out of gourds from 1-3 p.m. on Feb. 29 at 30 E. Main St. in Franklin. Use fiber dyes to make scarves. Info: 349.4607 or www.franklinuptowngallery.com. • The Weekly Open Studio art classes will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville, Instructor will be Betina Morgan. Open to all artists, at any stage of development, and in the medium of your choice. Cost is $25 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $15 per class. Contact Morgan at 550.6190 or email bmk.morgan@yahoo.com. • Friends of the Canton Area Historical Museum will meet at 11 a.m. every third Tuesday at the museum, 36 Park Street in Canton. • Encouraging art classes for beginning through advanced adults are offered by the Inspired Art Ministry at the following times and dates: Drawing classes from 1-4 p.m. on Mondays; painting classes from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Info: 456.9197, charspaintings@msn.com or www.iamclasses.wbs.com. • Indoor Flea Market is set for 7 a.m.-2 p.m. every third Saturday at the Old Armory in Waynesville. 456.9207. • Watercolor classes are set for 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday at the Creative Thought Center on Pigeon Street in Waynesville. Cost: $25 or $20 if you bring your own equipment. theHouseArtist@gmail.com. • The Dave Drake Studio Barn offers a variety of ceramic and raku classes by appointment as well as weekly drawing, writers and community knitters groups. Info: 787.2865. • The Old Armory will host an indoor flea market from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on every third Saturday. Booths are $10 each for selling items. 456.9207.
ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • The “Affrilachian Artist Travelling Studio” exhibit will run through Feb. 29 at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Gallery are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Cochran will host a gallery talk from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 15, at HCAC. As well, the closing reception will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at HCAC. www.haywoodarts.org. • “HCC Clay in Retrospect” runs now through April 22 and is located on the second floor of the Creative Arts Building on the HCC campus. The public is invited to a closing reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, with a gallery talk beginning at 4:30 p.m. “HCC Clay in Restrospect” is an exhibition featuring the work of 20 artists from the college’s 46 years of clay programming. Mandatory coursework includes photography of finished pieces for gaining entrance into craft shows, creating a business plan, and designing and building a studio tailored to fit production needs. 627.4671 or eareason@haywood.edu. • Jenean Hornbuckle, a landscape painter, is currently showing her works, at the Rotunda Gallery in the Sylva library. info@jacksoncountyarts.org or 507.9820. • Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will host an exhibit by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist José Galvez on Latino life in North Carolina in the museum’s second-floor gallery at Hunter Library. The center’s first bilingual exhibit, “Al Norte al Norte” will be on display through Friday, April 10. Admission is free. The 51 black-and-white photos are from a 10-year project to capture images of daily life of Latinos living in North Carolina, from business owners to farmers at work, multi-generations of families at home and at church, and other candid moments. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday. 227.7129. • Art exhibit, “Time and Again” – a glass works exhibit by Kit Paulson and SaraBeth Post – will take place through May 1 at the Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center in Cullowhee. arts.wcu.edu/museum or 227-ARTS. • A display featuring more than 50 pieces of art focused on generating public attention surrounding the unintended consequences of human interaction with nature will be on display through May 10 at the Baker Exhibit Center within the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • Cherokee Indian Hospital is issuing a “Call to Artists” for the new Analenisgi Inpatient Unit. The mission is to create community pride and ownership using a variety of culturally significant, healing art mediums. Enrolled EBCI members will be given preference. Mediums can include, but are not limited to, paintings (oil, acrylic, pastels, watercolor) photography, fiber arts, metal, mixed media and sculpture. Please email legendweaverstudios@gmail.com if you want the formal “Call to Artists” application and information. • Applications are being accepted for artists who want their work included in monthly gallery exhibits or retail spaces through the Haywood County Arts Council. HaywoodArts.org or GalleryGifts@HaywoodArts.org. • The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has recently opened a major new exhibit, “People of the Clay: Contemporary Cherokee Potters.” It features more than 60 potters from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Cherokee Nation, and more than one hundred works from 1900 to the present. The exhibit will run through April.
FILM & SCREEN • “Just Mercy” will be showing through Feb. 13 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smokymountaincinema.com for showtimes, pricing & tickets. Info on Facebook or 246.0588. • “Just Mercy” will be showing through Feb. 13 at The Strand on Main in downtown Waynesville. For showtimes, pricing & tickets visit 38main.com or 283.0079 • “Birds of Prey” will be showing through Feb. 20 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smokymountaincinema.com for showtimes, pricing & tickets. Info on Facebook or 246.0588. • “The Gentlemen” will be showing Feb. 14 through Feb. 19 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smokymountaincinema.com for showtimes, pricing & tickets. Info on Facebook or 246.0588. • “Call of the Wild” will be start showing Feb. 20 through Feb. 27 at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Visit www.fandango.com or smoky-
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• The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking opinions on Sunday hunting through an online survey through Feb. 2, and a public forum is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at the Haywood Community College Regional High Technology Center Auditorium in Clyde. Survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SundayHunting. • A regional botanist will lead an excursion through a rare plant community on Saturday, Feb. 15, in Macon County. Led by Ed Schwartzman, who holds a master’s degree in conservation biology and spent 10 years working as a biologist for the N.C. Natural Heritage Program. Offered through Alarka Institute. Cost: $55. Registration: www.alarkaexpeditions.com/upcoming-events. • The Highlands Plateau Greenway will hold its monthly work day from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 15, on the Greenway Trail. Bring work gloves and bottled water. RSVP: jward@ward-scott.com. • The annual “Outhouse Races” will return to the slopes from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Sapphire Valley Resort. Outhouses can be very simple, or as elaborate as anyone wants them to be. www.sapphirevalley.com or 743.7663. • The Highlands Biological Station in Highlands will celebrate the Great Backyard Bird Count from 10-11:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, at 930 Horse Cove Road in Highlands. Worldwide event organized by the Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Easy walk around campus looking for birds. www.birdcount.org. • An opportunity to learn about winter hikes and waterfalls in Western North Carolina will be offered from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at REI in Asheville. Registration required: www.rei.com/events. • Registration is underway for the 10th annual Three River Fly Fishing Festival, which will be held April 30-May 2 in Highlands. Entry: $450 per team before Feb. 28 or $500 after. For info, to register or sponsor: hilary@highlandhiker.com or 526.0441. • Landmark Learning is offering several options to take a Wilderness First Responder Recertification class, Feb. 28 in Cullowhee and March 1 in Brevard. Registration is also underway for courses on www.landmarklearning.org. • Landmark Learning will offer courses in Wilderness First Responder, dates: March 7- 15 and March 14-22 in Cullowhee. Info: www.landmarklearning.org. • Learn how to get the most out of a trip to America’s most-visited national park during a program offered from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 at REI in Asheville. Offered by Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. • Registration is underway for the Landmark Outdoor Educator Semester, which is offered May 14-June 30, through Landmark Learning. www.landmarklearning.org. • Sons of the American Legion will present a Turkey Shoot at 9 a.m. every Saturday through April at 171 Legion Dr. in Waynesville. $2 per round; refreshments provided. Weather permitting. 456.8691. • The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Hatchery Supported Trout Waters is open from 7 a.m. until one-half-hour after sunset until last day of February. tinyurl.com/yae8ffqn. • Volunteers are being sought to help re-pot native azaleas from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays through Thursdays at the Southern Highlands Reserve in Lake Toxaway. For info, and to schedule a shift: anorton@southernhighlandsreserve.org. • A no-drop relaxed cycling road ride will roll from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays through the end of October from Motion Makers Bicycle Shop in Sylva. Routes vary and are open to cyclists of all levels. Organized by Motion Makers, 586.6925. • A weekly nighttime mountain bike ride is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Mondays from the Ledford Branch Trailhead at Bent Creek in Asheville. Organized by Motion Makers Bicycles. 633.2227. • A 25-mile cycling ride covering the back roads from Sylva to Balsam leaves at 6 p.m. Tuesdays from Motion Makers Bicycle Shop in Sylva. The route includes 1,600 feet of elevation gain. Organized by Motion Makers, 586.6925. • A beginner-friendly social cycling ride for women will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Mondays from the Bent Creek Ledford Parking Lot, covering 5-to-8 miles of mountain bike trails. Start back in the fall. Organized By Motion Makers Bicycle Shop. 633.2227. • The Nantahala Hiking Club holds a Saturday Work Hike on the fourth Saturday of each month. 369.1983. • Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to assist the Trails Forever trail crew for a rehabilitation project on the Rainbow Falls Trail from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Sign up or get more info: 497.1949, Adam_Monroe@nps.gov or https://friendsofthesmokies.org/trailsforever/vo lunteer. • A Spay/Neuter Clinic is offered from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays at 182 Richland Street in Waynesville. As low as $10. 452.1329. • North Carolina residents are invited to participate in the “NC’s Candid Critters” – the largest camera trap survey ever. Residents of Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties can participate in a brief online training process then borrow a camera trap from any Fontana Regional Library location. Info: NCCandidCritters.org or www.fontanalib.org. • The Franklin Appalachian Trail Community Council meets at 10 a.m. every second Tuesday in Franklin. Contact Kristina Moe at kmoe@fontanalib.org for location. Franklintraildays.com.
COMPETITIVE EDGE • The Cataloochee Thursday Night Race League is open to skiers and snowboarders 18 years or older from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Feb. 27. Individuals race against the clock on a modified GS or slalom course for the better of two runs. The top three challengers in men’s and women’s age divisions win prizes. Helmets and goggles required. $15 to race or $35 for race entry and night lift ticket. https://tinyurl.com/y9ys99hu.
FARM AND GARDEN • Registration is underway for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s annual Business of Farming Conference, which will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the AB Tech Conference Center in Asheville. Cost: $95. asapconnections.org or 236.1282. • The annual Haywood County Extension Master Gardener plant sale is underway and accepting pre-paid orders through Feb. 27. Forms are available at www.haywood.ces.ncsu.edu, 456.3575 or mgarticles@charter.net. • Garden workdays are held from 3 p.m. until dusk every Wednesday at Cullowhee Community Garden, 65 S. Painter Road. Weeding, mulching, general garden maintenance. 587.8212. • Local farmers can stop by the Cooperative Extension Office on Acquoni Road from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every fourth Friday to learn about USDA Farm Service Agency programs in the 2014 Farm Bill. Info: 488.2684, ext. 2 (Wednesday through Friday) or 524.3175, ext. 2 (Monday through Wednesday). • The Macon County Poultry Club of Franklin meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at the Cooperative Extension Office on Thomas Heights Rd, Open to the public. 369.3916.
HIKING CLUBS • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate, eight-mile hike with an elevation gain of 1,100 feet on Saturday, Feb. 15, from Camp Branch to the Bartram Trail. Info and reservations: 524.5298. • Carolina Mountain Club will hold a 7.5-mile hike with an 800-foot elevation gain on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Hardtimes P.L. No. 1. Info and reservations: 460.7066 or barbc129@gmail.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will have an eightmile hike with a 1,320-foot ascent on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Buckhorn Gap and Club Gap Loop. Info and reservations: 606.3989, jqs290@gmail.com, 606.1490 or quilter290@gmail.com. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a strenuous six-mile hike with an elevation change of 1,000 feet on Sunday, Feb. 23, on the Bartram Trail. Info and reservations: 421.4178. • The Nantahala Hiking club will take an easy, 1.5-mile hike with an elevation change of 200 feet on Sunday, Feb. 23, on Lakeside Trail. Info and reservations: 526.6480. • Carolina Mountain Club will take a 12-mile hike with a 1,500-foot ascent on Sunday, Feb. 23, on Buck Spring Trail. Info and reservations: 704.877.7804 or waltersharon204@gmail.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will hold a 10-mile hike with a 500-foot ascent on Saturday, Feb. 29, at Asheville Camino del Norte Walk. Info and reservations: 450.0747 or danny@hikertohiker.com. • Nantahala Hiking Club holds monthly trail maintenance days from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on every fourth Saturday at 173 Carl Slagle Road in Franklin. Info and to register: 369.1983. • Hike of the Week is at 10 a.m. every Friday at varying locations along the parkway. Led by National Park Service rangers. www.nps.gov/blri or 298.5330, ext. 304.
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