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Grievances filed against Shining Rock interim head Page 6 Another protest filed against candidate for chief Page 34

CONTENTS On the Cover: Though the golfing industry went through a deep decline during the recession years, the sport is making a comeback as clubs work toward making it more accessible, affordable and attractive to a whole new generation. (Page 3) Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center photo

News Grievances filed against Shining Rock interim head ................................................6 Another protest filed against McCoy’s candidacy for chief ....................................9 Clyde park to re-open Saturday ....................................................................................11 Canton looks to maintain property tax rate ................................................................12 Council nixes proposed penalties for campaign violations ..................................13 Price tag falls for Green Energy Park project ..........................................................15 Insurance premiums rise for Jackson employees ....................................................16 Reflections on Haywood NAACP pilgrimage ..........................................................18 Business News ..................................................................................................................23

Opinion When will the school shootings end? ........................................................................24

A&E A conversation with David Crosby ..............................................................................28

Outdoors A.T. hikers share their stories ........................................................................................40

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Maggie Valley Club’s golf course, built in 1963, is known as an enjoyable 18 holes for all levels of golfers.

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ADJUSTING TO CHANGES The rebound growth of golf hasn’t come easy though. It’s required those in the industry to adjust to post-recession demands. The cost of memberships has come down some, there are more membership options to accommodate different budgets and lifestyles, and more golf rate options are available to make the game more accessible to more people.

“Golf needs to pour into the younger generation to keep the game alive — we’re seeing that all over the place.”

— Sarah Speier, marketing manager at Laurel Ridge Country Club

Maggie Valley Club Marketing Director Caitlyn Noland said offering more varieties of membership packages has also helped the club grow recently.

“The young professional membership package, which we recently changed to be age 45 and younger, so far that’s where we’ve seen membership growing,” Noland said. “In March we added 25 new members, so a lot of young professionals are choosing it because it’s more affordable.”

While a full privilege membership to Maggie Valley Club (includes unlimited green fees, advanced tee times, free locker rental and range balls, and full access to all amenities for the entire family) costs a $2,500 initiation fee plus $285 in monthly dues, the new

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and indirect economic impact of $4.2 billion, paid out $1.3 billion in wages and supported more than 53,000 jobs in the state.

Though the industry hasn’t made a full recovery since the recession, it is becoming more stabilized and local golf club managers say golf memberships and real estate growth is back on the upswing.

“We certainly have seen an uptick in play, which is great, and the industry itself is looking for more creative ways to play the classic game of golf that they love,” said Sarah Speier, marketing manager at Laurel Ridge Country Club.

Today, there are 24 million people participating in on-course golf, and a total of 33.5 million people participating in the sport when factoring in off-course options like Top Golf and other indoor simulators. The National Golf Foundation reports that about 1 in every 9 Americans plays golf in some form, which is more than participate in sports like basketball, tennis, baseball and skiing.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR olf is more than a game in Western North Carolina — the wellbeing of the popular past time can be a major indicator of how the regional economy is doing as far as real estate and tourism growth.

The golf industry — like many others — took a major hit following the recession in 2008. Many courses went bankrupt and closed down, people couldn’t afford to play the game as often, and home building within the country clubs came to a standstill. Even in 2017, more than 200 golf courses across the nation closed as the supply and demand pendulum continues to swing its way back toward the center following 20 years of unsustainable growth.

“The industry obviously took a hit after 2007 and had a flat period, but it’s growing again,” said Steve Wright, general manager of Maggie Valley Club & Resort. “It’s exciting to see the game growing, and if the start of this season is any indicator, we’re going to have another great year.”

According to a 2008 North Carolina Alliance for Golf report, the total economic impact of golf related activities in North Carolina amounted to $5.3 billion of direct, indirect and induced economic output, $1.7 billion of wage income and nearly 68,667 jobs.

When Gov. Roy Cooper declared June 20 as North Carolina Golf Day last year, he reported that golf generated an annual direct

Many local golf clubs have also made their facilities more accessible to the local community by allowing non-members to play the course and utilize some of the amenities.

“We are open to non-members and a lot of people don’t realize it,” Wright said of Maggie Valley Club. “The course and restaurant welcome the public and our members understand the need for that. We think it’s a good blend. We also have for the public ‘stay and play packages’ where you get a condo, golf and dining all wrapped up into one cost.”

young professional membership includes the same benefits for a $750 initiation fee and $150 monthly dues.

There are also membership options for individuals and a sportsman membership for families or individuals who want to use the club’s non-golf facilities. Those members can access the fitness center, pool, tennis, dining and social events and get 25 percent off golf rates before 3 p.m. for a $1,500 initiation fee plus $720 in annual dues.

As for the price to play, Maggie Valley Club golf rates range from $35 to $85 for 18 holes. Golfers can play later in the day for $35 or more for a prime tee time. For those who may not want to play an entire 18 holes, which can take about four hours, players can play 9 holes. The front nine at Maggie Valley is fairly flat and walkable while the back nine is more mountainous terrain. Club members are allowed to walk the course instead of using a cart if they wish.

“We’re probably the only one that does this, but we have a lot of walkers — especially on the front nine — for the exercise value,” Wright said.

Laurel Ridge Country Club is actually a semi-private club, Speier said. While members get first pick on tee-times, the course is open to the public. And if you’re playing the course, you’re also welcome to have a meal at the club’s restaurant. Otherwise the restaurant is only open to the public during special events and for Sunday brunch.

Laurel Ridge also has an experienced golf pro Duane Page who is a great instructor.

Speier said his coaching and lessons are available to members as well as the public — something people may not be aware of in the community.

Speier said the young professional membership package for ages 30-39 is also where Laurel Ridge has seen substantial growth recently.

“We’ve made that young professional package super attractive with low dues and initiation fee and they still get full access,” she said. “And we’re only able to do that because of the age. Most people that age have to work all week and probably have children too so we keep that in mind knowing they can’t be on the greens as much.”

Laurel Ridge also offers standard full privilege, sports and social memberships with initiation fees ranging from $1,500 to $15,000 and annual membership dues ranging from $1,250 to $5,050.

In addition to offering a variety of amenities and membership options, it’s important to keep the course in tip-top shape for golfers of all skill levels. The course, which was built in 1963, is a 6,500-yard 72-par golf course with 30 acres of fairway.

“The Maggie Valley course is positioned beautifully,” Wright said. “I’m not saying it’s easy — it has it’s challenges but it’s designed for all golfers. We have the youth out there hitting the ball 300 plus yards and we have elderly members not hitting it very far but are still able to enjoy the course.”

The club recently completed a green reshaping project on holes 2, 10 and 15 to make a more enjoyable game. The project

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most major cities, Topgolf has exposed an entire new generation to the sport in a less intimidating way than the traditional golf course. Since it’s an all-inclusive environment for friends, there’s no worrying about holding up a group of golfers in line behind you or fear of having to dig your golf ball out of the sand trap or the pond.

Though one could argue the emerging industry is taking business away from the traditional golf courses, Wright sees the positive impact of the off-course industry. Those Topgolf enthusiasts may enjoy the sport enough to venture out to a real course after a while.

“It’s a very social way to play, which is great, but it won’t take the place of golf,” he said. “I think it’s helping to grow the game by getting more people involved. If they enjoy that experience they’ll want to try it out the traditional way.”

The National Golf Foundation report seems to support that opinion, finding that 2.6 million people played on a golf course for the first time in 2018. By comparison, there were 1.5 million beginners in 2011. The last record high was in 2000 when Tiger Woods was at the height of his golf career. The industry has had five straight years with more than 2 million beginners, a good omen for the sport’s future sustainability.

Speier said Laurel Ridge and other golf clubs understand the importance of reaching out to the younger generation and getting them involved in the sport at a young age.

The club hosts kids’ golfing camps in the summer to offer kids lessons with their golf pros, hoping to reach the 6-13 age bracket.

The course is also made available to high school teams for practice and tournaments as well as the women’s and men’s golf teams at Western Carolina University.

“Golf needs to pour into the younger generation to keep the game alive — we’re seeing that all over the place,” she said. “We also have to try to stay relevant to all our members and offer something fun to show it’s a hip game and not just for an older generation.”

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Wright said the project was done in response to feedback from members.

“We’re very excited about the three new greens. It’s a big deal for people who’ve played here before because they were basically becoming unplayable — there was hardly anywhere to put a flag stick in the hole — so we brought in an architect who reshaped and redesigned around the greens,” he said.

With Laurel Ridge being one of the more challenging and mountainous courses in the region, Speier refers to playing the course more like ATV off-road golfing. The terrain makes it even more important to stay on top of maintenance needs. Recent heavy rains and landslides impacted some of the cart path along the course, but Speier said those repairs have been made.

“Ask anyone who’s played the course in the last 10 years and they’ll tell you it’s in the best condition it’s ever been because we did a lot of work in 2015 and 2016,” she said. “Our owners made a huge investment and it’s paying off now with the best greens in this county.”

A lack of diversity among golfers continues to be a challenge in the industry. It’s a relatively expensive sport compared to others — a set of clubs can run several hundred dollars, plus the cost of apparel, gear and a round of golf or an annual club membership.

A National Golf Foundation report found that baby boomer spend an average of about $2,000 a year on golf equipment while Gen X and Gen Y spend an average of $1,200.

Golf has gotten a bad rap for being a boring, slow sport exclusively for rich old men, but Speier couldn’t disagree more.

“Are you kidding me? It’s the only game you can tailgate the entire time and get a workout at the same time,” she joked.

Indeed, the demographics of golf continue to change as the industry tries to expand its reach. It’s traditionally been a man’s sport — Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, one of the most famous golf clubs in the world — didn’t allow women to be full

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privilege members until 2012. Before that time, women were only allowed to play the course if they were a guest of a male member.

This year was the first time women were able to compete at Augusta National as the club hosted the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship.

According to the National Golf Foundation, women make up 19 percent (about 15 million) of the 80 million golfers worldwide. About 36 percent of today’s junior golfers are girls compared to 15 percent in 2000.

“We’re definitely seeing more ladies playing the game and even have a strong Ladies Golf Association here,” Speier said. “I love seeing the course all full of color when they play. It’s great camaraderie.”

Seeing more women getting into golf is a trend Wright and other golf course managers are welcoming as a way to expand the sport.

Just last week Maggie Valley Club had 104 women from all over the Carolinas on the course during a Carolina Golf Association event.

“We have a lot of ladies that play here and not just members but vacationers and visitors as well,” Wright said.

Millennial-aged golfers are also on the rise and are on track to become the largest demographic group playing the sport. An annual study from the National Golf Foundation found that 36 percent of the nearly 24 million golfers in the U.S. are age 18 to 39. Though a younger generation is finding a love for a sport that is steeped in tradition, many of them aren’t participating in the traditional

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dents a good deal to continue that mutually beneficial relationship.

“We try to stay competitive. If they’re not members they can become members at a pretty exclusive rate because we want to maintain that relationship,” she said.

That relationship could be changing though with a younger generation. While golfers 65 and older still want all the benefits of living inside a gated golf community, younger golfers aren’t as interested in waking up with a view of the greens. While giving county commissioners an update on the property revaluation process in Macon County a few months ago, Tax Assessor Richard Lightner said the real estate trends in places like Highlands and Cashiers have changed since the last revaluation in 2014.

The majority of home construction used to be within the golf clubs, but now that’s shifted — residents want to maintain a club membership but are choosing to build or buy a home in downtown areas close to shopping, dining and retail.

“It’s exciting to see the game growing, and if the start of this season is any indicator, we’re going to have another great year.”

— Steve Wright, general manager, Maggie Valley Club & Resort

“People in Highlands would rather be downtown than at the golf clubs,” he said.

Despite the trend toward downtown living, golf club real estate is still holding its own across the country. According to a 2018 U.S. Golf Economy Report, golf drove $84.1 billion in U.S. economic activity in 2016. That number includes $9.34 billion in golf real estate market and $7.24 billion of that was in new home construction.

Noland said that national growth is definitely a reflection of the steady home growth happening at Maggie Valley Club recently.

“The past couple of years have been great here — membership continues to grow,” she said. “When I started at Maggie Valley Club in 2013, there were four homes along the front nine and now there are 30 to 40 and there’s still land to be developed.”

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Golf club real estate is also on the rebound nationwide and in Western North d Carolina after taking a major hit after 2007.

During the golf course “gold rush” from 1998 to 2006, hundreds of new facilities were being constructed all over the country. But as the economy started to tank, developers and investors pulled out, leaving many private club projects to go bankrupt before they were completed. Over-supply and under-demand has also forced many golf clubs to close.

Speier said the real estate market surrounding Laurel Ridge fared better than others during the recession.

“I think for us specifically, this is one of the most coveted mountains to live on in Haywood County because of the course so we’ve had consistent property values because of the golf course value,” she said. “The growth in golf has a direct relationship to property values.”

While not everyone living on Eagles Nest Road near Laurel Ridge is a member of the club, Speier said they try to offer those resi-

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Maggie Valley Club and Waynesville Inn Golf Resort in Haywood County partner t with local chambers of commerce, businesst es and nonprofits to host fundraisers, conr ferences and golf tournaments to raise money for community causes. Being a comt munity asset is something the club managers are proud to offer.

“The Haywood Chamber golf tournament event is coming up,” Wright said. “It’s their biggest fundraiser of the year and it’s a lot of fun. We host Haywood Health Foundation, f evens for Harrah’s Cherokee, we’ve got the g Shriners coming up from Charlotte this weekg end. It’s non-stop around here.”

Laurel Ridge hosts the annual Mardi Gras Ball for Haywood County Schools f Foundation, Casino Night for the Haywood Health Foundation, Rotary Club meetings and the Chamber’s monthly Issues & Eggs business networking breakfast. t Golf clubs have also become popular wedding venues that can offer all-inclusive packages for couples and their families. With pleng ty of overnight accommodation options, picturesque mountain backdrops and impressive catering options, country clubs can host everything from the rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony and the reception on site.

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Shining Rock is currently seeking its third head of school in four school years. Cory Vaillancourt photo

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy, which has been beset by a host of academic and organizational problems since opening in 2015.

s Shining Rock Classical Academy now searches for its third head of school in just four years, Interim Head of School Joshua Morgan has emerged as a leading candidate for the job.

A group of concerned parents don’t think Morgan should be the next head of school, or even working in education at all. They say he’s a bully with anger management issues who physically intimidates students and recently placed one in a martial arts hold.

“I’m opposed to Joshua Morgan being any part of any school system whatsoever,” said Kelley Messer, who works in Buncombe County Child Protective Services and is also mom of two Shining Rock students. “If Joshua Morgan is in the school, my children will not be.”

Some at Shining Rock, including Board Chair Anna Eason, have lauded Morgan for what they say are his successes in academics and his rapport with kids of all ages at the K8 school. Morgan, for his part, thinks he’s the 6 right person for the job.

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Eason said a hire is expected at a May 15 board meeting, but to some families who think the unelected board is incapable of selecting the right candidate, it really doesn’t matter — they’re probably not bringing their kids back next year, and definitely not bringing them back if Morgan gets the job. hen SRCA became Haywood County’s first public charter school in 2015, it was supposed to complement and augment the county’s already healthy, highperforming public school system.

And that’s exactly what it did. That first year, Shining Rock scored a 70 on state performance testing, edging out Haywood County Schools’ 66.8, but even before that year commenced a pattern of board inexperience started to become apparent.

In July, the board violated state open meeting laws when it held a closed session to discuss property acquisition and then-chair Tara Keilberg refused to identify publicly the parcel in question.

The next year, the 2016-17 school year, Keilberg stepped down from the board to assume a paid position as the school’s business manager just as Shining Rock’s state performance scores dropped from 70 to 65, while Haywood County’s scores rose to 68, maintaining its place in the top 10 percent of North Carolina’s 115 school districts.

Early in the 2017-18 school year, a hastily-

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“I don’t know if anybody can turn this place around. I hope they can, because it started out as a great thing and I couldn’t wait to get my kids here, but it’s not what it should be.”

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called Sunday evening meeting that violated state public meeting notice requirements resulted in the surprise resignation of founding Head of School Ben Butler.

Four months later, Shining Rock again violated public meeting notice requirements when a Jan. 17 meeting was improperly rescheduled.

The next week, Shining Rock announced the hiring of the second head of school in three school years, Nathan Duncan.

By the end of that school year, Shining Rock’s state test scores had dropped from 65 to 56 — below both Haywood County’s score of 67.1 and the state’s average score, 58.

Just over a year after he was hired,

Duncan, too, would be gone; like Butler, his mid-year separation was conducted in a special called meeting, but unlike Butler, he didn’t resign — Duncan was terminated by the board of directors in February of this year.

Since then, Morgan has served as interim head of school.

Under N.C. law, personnel issues are rarely a matter of public record, so no explanations were given why Duncan or Butler left.

A Haywood County native and Pisgah High School graduate, Morgan earned his bachelor’s degree in middle school education from Appalachian State University in 1999, a master’s degree in elementary and middle school administration from Western Carolina University in 2005 and a second advanced degree in secondary school administration, an Ed.S., also from WCU. He began his career in education in January 2000 by spending almost six years as a math and science teacher and later assistant principal at T.C. Roberson High School in Buncombe County Schools, prior to joining Haywood County Schools as an assistant principal at Hazelwood and Clyde elementary schools.

Morgan became principal at North Canton Elementary in 2006, but left in 2012 to serve as principal of Slater-Marietta Elementary School, near Greenville, South Carolina.

In 2015, he left education altogether and joined Waynesville’s Haywood Vocational Opportunities as director of human resources. He was then hired as an assistant principal at Shining Rock at the start of this school year, August 2018, and earned praise from Eason for his efforts to reverse the declining test scores.

“Just as interim so far, Josh has really taken that to heart,” said Eason. “The plan, even before being interim head of school, his job was to align our curriculum better in order to make sure that our kids didn’t have gaps. While core knowledge is our main focus at the school, we are not handed a core knowledge test at the end of the year. We are handed a state test at the end of the year.”

Eason was speaking just after a two-hour closed session meeting at Shining Rock on May 8 during which she said the board had interviewed Morgan for the head of school position.

This search has been conducted far less publicly than last time, after Shining Rock held a so-called public meet-and-greet of job candidates while refusing to release their names.

“We had a committee that reviewed all the resumes and then from there moved forward, four candidates, but one dropped out and so we did live phone interviews with three and then have narrowed it down to see if he’s going to be the right fit or not, or if we need to go back to the drawing board,” Eason said.

From the beginning, the job qualifications included more stringent experience requirements than during the search that ultimately found Nathan Duncan.

“In the job description, it was minimum seven years leadership and that means either assistant principal or preferably principal or head of school,” Eason said. “We definitely upped it this time. We wanted a little more experience.”

he’s in power right now.”

Stay-at-home mom Laura Arrington, whose oldest child has been at Shining Rock since the beginning and youngest just started this year, said Morgan is the heir apparent.

“I think right now the board that is here is grooming Joshua Morgan, and if Joshua Morgan is here I’m not confident,” she said of the board’s chances of hiring a director who can reverse the school’s decline. “Apparently they’re not doing very good. We can’t keep a director for a full year. We can’t even keep the lights on.”

Like Taylor, Arrington is skeptical that any head of school hire can return Shining Rock to the days of above-average performance scores.

“I don’t know at this point,” she said. “I wish, because what Shining Rock started out as, it was good. We’ve not had a school year that’s not been interrupted by change, and that’s not healthy for any of these kids.”

In a letter to the board dated May 7, Arrington said that “certain members of the board should be removed from their positions immediately, as their history of decision-making and secrecy has led to a loss of trust for parents, and made it evident that they are self-serving in their intentions.”

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“My son does not feel safe in a closed room with Joshua Morgan.

He does not need to be in any form of authority whatsoever.”

— Kelley Messer

Although such claims about Morgan could be dismissed as exaggerated, agendadriven gripes by oversensitive parents, Kelley Messer — a mother of two Shining Rock students who also happens to be an investigative assessment and treatment social worker for Buncombe County’s child protective services department — says that’s not the case.

“My son does not feel safe in a closed room with Joshua Morgan,” Messer said. “He does not need to be in any form of authority whatsoever.”

Messer’s letter, dated April 29, says that her fourth-grade son told her that Morgan had “placed his hands” on another fourthgrader. The incident alone was unsettling enough for the boy until, Messer said, it happened to him.

According to both her letter and an interview, Messer told The Smoky Mountain News that on April 23, she was called from work to Shining Rock and met

by Morgan, who explained that her son had gotten into trouble — rightly so — for reading a book during a time designated for outdoor education.

Per Messer, after that class had ended Morgan attempted to speak with her son as he entered his next class. “ … my son, tired of being threatened and not feeling safe alone with Mr. Morgan refused to go with him,” reads Messer’s letter.

“Mr. Morgan then placed my child in a juvenile detention hold.”

A juvenile detention hold, explained Messer, is a type of martial arts hold used in juvenile detention facilities as a form of crisis intervention when someone is attempting to harm themselves or others, or damage property; essentially, it restricts the hands behind the back.

Messer, who has worked in juvenile detention facilities, said that Morgan marched her son, who has Tourrette’s syndrome and is on the autism spectrum, down the hall to the office, in that hold, in full view of other stu-

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hree women, all parents of Shining Rock students, showed up to that May 8 closed session meeting hoping to present letters to the board against Morgan, but didn’t sign up for public comment and didn’t speak before the board went into closed sesl sion.

They did, however, speak to The Smoky Mountain News outside while waiting for the k closed session to end, reiterating the concerns expressed in their letters and saying that not only should Morgan not have a job at the school — or any school — but that Shining Rock’s current board of directors isn’t capable of making the right hire.

“I don’t know if anybody can turn this place around. I hope they can, because it started out as a great thing and I couldn’t wait to get my kids here, but it’s not what it should be,” said Melissa Taylor, a hospice nurse whose two children came to Shining Rock in its second year. “If the board stays how it is, it y doesn’t matter who they hire.”

Taylor said that there are members of the board who should not be in their position, namely board chair Anna Eason.

“She, I think, is very power-hungry,” y Taylor said. “She pulls all the strings. Her and Mr. Morgan are very close, and I don’t have the facts to this, but I believe she’s the reason

Between those two alleged incidents, Taylor’s children related to her another alleged event involving Morgan.

“He actually took a first-grader, grabbed him by the arm and jerked him so hard that his feet came off the ground and he started crying,” she said. “I don’t know what the incident was, what was going on there, but they saw it and that’s not something your child should come home and tell you — not about the person that’s in charge of their school, and in charge of whether they get to call somebody or what goes on around here.”

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the lack of appropriate leadership, is a recipe for disaster.

“Shining Rock has met resistance from the county from the very beginning, and we as parents have defended and praised Shining Rock up to this point,” said Arrington. “I cannot in good conscience continue to back a school that I feel has let my child and all others down, for their own selfish desires, while knowingly putting the safety of our children at risk.”

Arrington’s letter goes on to state that even in Morgan’s short tenure at Shining Rock, he’s shown an inability to control his temper.

“Almost daily, I hear kids telling me instances of Mr. Morgan yelling at someone, or putting his hands on someone, in an attempt to provide disciplinary action,” she said. “In one of my first meetings with Mr. Morgan, he stated that while we may ‘butt heads’ concerning my son, ‘in the end, I will win.’ The intent of these meetings is not to see who will win, but to ensure the learning environment is adequate to meet my son’s needs.”

Another letter, sent to The Smoky Mountain News by retired public school teacher and former Shining Rock after-school program coordinator Kitty Eaker, corroborates Arrington’s claim.

“This man has severe anger issues and does not need to be around children. I have seen kids scared of him. If you want SRCA to succeed you need to find new leadership that has the kids at heart and that is ethical,” Eaker wrote in a May 8 letter. “Hopefully, this school will survive but you need some major changes and soon. Please do what is right.”

Melissa Taylor said her two children have experienced both intimidation and unwarranted physical contact by Morgan.

“Mr. Morgan does not need to be in this school in any capacity. He has a history of his temper getting the best of him. I came up one day and when I walked up, I saw Mr. Morgan standing there. I could hear him talking, but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. He had his finger in somebody’s face, but then I came around, and it was my son,” she said.

A few weeks later, Taylor’s daughter, who was suffering from a foot injury, went to Morgan’s office with another girl, hoping to call her mom.

“She walked in and there was one of the lady staff members in there, and she said ‘I need to call my mom, my foot hurts,’” Taylor said. “And [the staffer] told her, ‘OK, hang on a minute, and she went in to Mr. Morgan’s office, came back out and went into the bathroom and shut the door, leaving him alone with two fourth-grade girls. He came out and he put his hand on the back of both of their necks and pushed them out the door and said, ‘You’re not calling your mom, go back to class.’”

When she found out about the incident, Taylor said she emailed Morgan, telling him that it wasn’t his job to decide if her daughter was in pain.

“I basically was told he had no recollection of telling someone they can’t call their mom, and he has instructed his teachers to maintain the integrity of the school day by not allowing ‘unnecessary phone calls,’” she said.

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Morgan has more than double that amount of experience, but Eason says they’ve also learned some lessons from the arrivals y and departures of Ben Butler and Nathan Duncan.

“I think sometimes it’s hard to find the right fit and as you grow you start to realize what you need, and as you find your identity, to find the right person,” said Eason. “We definitely need to take our time, be a lot more deliberate, ask better questions, really hone in on what it is that we want. I think one of the biggest things is that this year we actually created a strategic plan and that has really helped in looking for what we want because we have a strategic plan — this is what we want, do you fit this?”

Per that strategic plan, as well as the school improvement plan, the next head of school at Shining Rock will have some lofty goals — primarily, to improve the school’s sub-state average score by seven points a year, over five years, according to Eason. g “[Morgan] took core knowledge and the state standards and actually matched it up to make sure that we didn’t have any gaps and that we were able to use this robust core knowledge curriculum and still be able to pass the test,” Eason said. “So we’re pretty y well on track to hit that seven point growth this year.”

Such growth, if achieved over half a l decade as she hopes, would put Shining Rock in the top 5 percent of all charter schools statewide and far above any Haywood County public schools.

The board, said Eason, would take several days to think and to discuss its hiring decision, but expects a new head of school before y this school year winds up on May 23.

“We would hope to have a decision made at the [May 15] meeting, but if we need more then we will take time to get more because again, we want to get this right,” she said.

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“He’s not harming himself, he’s not harming anybody else, he’s not destructing any personal or private property,” she said. “[Morgan] should have walked away saying, ‘OK, if you don’t want to talk about it right now, take 10 to 15 minutes. I’m going to come back and then we’re going to step out to the hall and talk about it.’”

Messer asked for video footage of the alleged incident from the school May 13, but says she was told it didn’t exist. Messer also said that she’d talked with the District Attorney’s office May 14 and that a Waynesville police detective was going to begin an investigation, but for now, her letter sums up her feelings about Joshua Morgan.

“Our children deserve better than being entrusted to a man who wants to run this school as a detention center… Our children should not go to school in fear,” she wrote.

“They should feel safe when they’re there.”

While Messer’s daughter will likely return to Shining Rock next year if Morgan isn’t hired, neither her daughter nor son will if he is.

“He doesn’t feel safe anywhere in the school,” she said.

Arrington said her kids wouldn’t be back if Morgan was hired, and probably wouldn’t be back even if someone else gets the job.

Taylor’s two kids aren’t coming back regardless of who’s hired.

“The school year ends May 23, and we will be at Waynesville Middle and Jonathan Valley on May 24 to register. We have already toured both schools. My kids are excited,” Taylor said. “They can’t wait for this year to be over.”

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hen asked about the allegations against Joshua Morgan immediately after the closed session meeting on May 8, Eason said it was the first she’d heard of them, since the board hadn’t received a formal grievance from Arrington, Eaker, Messer or Taylor.

Arrington, Messer and Taylor filed formal grievances the next day, but Eason refused to answer questions about whether the grievances would have an effect on the hiring process for the new head of school — would a candidate against whom grievances had been filed be disqualified from consideration?

Would the process be “paused” to allow attorneys to do their work? Or would the process continue as normal during the investigation?

Eason called the procedural question a “personnel matter,” but that didn’t stop some at Shining Rock from mounting a vigorous defense of Morgan in the meantime, as the search for a new head of school continued.

On May 10, Shining Rock third-grade teacher Sara Jenkins sent a letter to The Smoky Mountain News, saying that earlier in the week a group of 25 staff members — who wanted to remain anonymous — lingered after a teacher appreciation raffle to reflect on how Morgan had made the school a better place.

“We made a list of all of those things, and to show our appreciation for him, we wanted to make that list public,” Jenkins said.

That list describes a different Morgan 8 than do the letters of Arrington, Eaker,

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Shining Rock students enjoy time outdoors at the school’s Lake Junaluska campus. File photo Messer and Taylor; it says he is great with students of all ages, is supportive of Shining Rock’s teachers, is responsible for improved scores at the school and is a “stern but respectful” disciplinarian who “gets down on their level — fair.”

When asked why a group of teachers was willing to make Morgan’s good deeds public but was not willing to make their own names public, Jenkins said that names weren’t necessary.

“Our sole position is to teach children, and unfortunately when you sign your individual name to a document, especially one like this, it can be problematic in the future,” she said May 12. “If I was to have a student whose parent did not like [Morgan] but knew I was in support of him, they could then act differently towards me. We are a group, a large group of staff members, we are all Falcons, we stand together, and for that reason, we do not think that individual names are needed.”

Another letter, though, shows that names are indeed needed, and that not all of the staff at Shining Rock “stand together.”

Melissa Taylor sent The Smoky Mountain News a copy of a letter purportedly circulating within the school on May 10 titled “Mr. Morgan Appreciation Letter.”

Composed in a Google Forms survey, this letter asked for electronic signatures, and was addressed to the editor of The Smoky Mountain News. The letter, however, wasn’t sent to The Smoky Mountain News.

because he “stepped into the [interim head of school] role and brought stability to our school.”

It goes on to praise Morgan in many of the same ways the list did, including his supportive, encouraging leadership as well as his disciplinary style.

“He has also improved instruction by improving discipline in a caring, ethical, and professional manner. He’s compassionate and yet firm with students who need direction in their actions in the classroom,” it says.

“Kids respond well to him because he is viewed as fair. This improves discipline has had a positive impact in the classroom.

Teachers and students know that Mr. Morgan is there to help when needed.”

“The goal of education is to educate children in all facets, be it curricular content, social and emotional. When you’re in a position of authority you need to be able to demonstrate things for folks that they may not otherwise have access to.”

— Joshua Morgan

Dear teachers and colleagues, A group of us got together Thursday after school to discuss a letter to the editor, voicing our appreciation and support of Mr. Morgan. If you were not there, we would like to offer you the opportunity to review the proposed letter.

Please be clear, no one is obligated to sign the letter. No one will be pressured to do so, and those of us who do will respect, absolutely, anyone who decides not to. Nothing short of professional, ethical behavior is expected, including in this instance.

If you would like to sign-on, please sign below. Please recognize that you are signing this of your own choice.

Similar to Jenkins’ “25 reasons” list, the appreciation letter expresses on behalf of the undersigned “strong support” of Morgan

Taylor said that the Shining Rock employee who showed her the letter felt intimidated by it, wouldn’t sign it and wouldn’t return next year.

Neither of those demonstrations of support were available to The Smoky Mountain News when Morgan sat down for an interview May 9, but Morgan likewise expressed the thought that he was the most qualified person to lead Shining Rock.

“If I didn’t think so I wouldn’t put my name in,” he said. “Shining Rock’s a special place. I certainly want to be part of something that continues to grow, and be part of our community.”

Morgan, like three other head of school candidates, wasn’t bothered by the fact that if

hired he’d be the third head of school in four school years.

Nor was Eason, who said that Leaders Building Leaders, a school improvement expertise and leadership development consulting firm with whom Shining Rock has been working, told her that a full 50 percent of North Carolina public charter schools see head of school turnover on average every two years.

“That certainly didn’t stop me from applying — the reason being, I feel like that I have positive traits to bring, and it’s ultimately the board’s responsibility to find what they need, the person with the strengths to fill those needs,” said Morgan. “If I am that person, I’m very humbled by that. If not, then I’m certainly willing to help make Shining Rock the best school that it can possibly be.”

Making Shining Rock the best it can be — and one of the best in the state, per the plan — involves a multi-pronged approach that includes internal accountability, transparency and effective use of data, said Morgan.

“One of the things that we’ve really focused on this year has been understanding the academic process of our kids,” Morgan said. “Knowing the academic process of our kids during the course of the year, I do see a change in the trend.”

The trend parents like Arrington, Messer and Taylor are more concerned with is his treatment of students. When asked to respond to the allegations laid out in letters and interviews, Morgan said he hadn’t seen the letters and probably couldn’t address them anyway.

“I can tell you, issues with students, I can’t really provide any comment on issues with students,” he said. “It’s not appropriate, and I’m not willing to cross that professional line.”

When told that Arrington, Messer and Taylor had filed formal grievances earlier that day with the Shining Rock board of directors, foregoing all privacy, Morgan declined to comment on the specifics of the allegations, but did offer an overview of Shining Rock’s disciplinary policy.

“In general we use restorative practices.

Our goal is to keep students in class as much is possible,” he said. “I think we face the same challenges that you’re going to find at any public school. With that, we work with children to get them back to class.”

As to his personal philosophy on discipline, Morgan spoke generally.

“The goal of education is to educate children in all facets, be it curricular content, social and emotional,” Morgan said. “When you’re in a position of authority you need to be able to demonstrate things for folks that they may not otherwise have access to. Part of that education is the way that you talk and treat children. You have to have expectations, but they can be attained and brought to, easily.”

Morgan was given copies of the letters from Arrington, Eaker, Messer and Taylor by The Smoky Mountain News on May 9, and was given the opportunity to respond to them before May 13. As of May 14, no response was received.

Shining Rock Classical Academy’s next regular board of directors meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the school, 1023 Dellwood Road, Waynesville.

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“I have information, which I have d attached to this protest, indicating that Ms. t McCoy is not qualified to run as a candidate and should be decertified by the board,” reads the protest letter tribal member Robert Osley Saunooke wrote to the election board. “This information centers on Ms. McCoy’s actions in defrauding the Tribe of funds during a period of time that I was acting as Legislative Counsel for the Tribe. It is my belief that Ms. McCoy covered this infory mation up, failed to disclose it to prior election boards, and utilized the help of others to hide this information knowing that it would disqualify her from holding or running for office.”

McCoy provided The Smoky Mountain News with a copy of the protest. The election board did not respond to a request for the document. t The April hearings were held pursuant to t tribal law in Section 161-4(c) that allows d would-be candidates to appeal should the - election board decline to certify them to run. t McCoy appealed to the election board in an April 9 hearing and then to the Cherokee Supreme Court, which ordered her certificay tion April 29. d Saunooke filed his protest under Section 161-4.1, a separate process that deals with decertification of a candidate who has already been certified.

“I agree with the Supreme Court’s decision. It was based on minimum due process,” said Saunooke. “Whoever advised the election board did not consider or advise the

board on the manner in which a hearing should be conducted. At a minimum Ms. McCoy should have had the chance to hear and confront the evidence as it was presented. Also, no one was under oath. If the Supreme Court had not taken issue with this it would allow any person to simply make up some allegation against a candidate in the future. That is not the case here and I want to make sure that a full hearing, with sworn testimony under oath, including testimony by Ms. McCoy (who was not under oath during the election board hearing) occurs. The election board can then decide what to do.”

According to a transcript of the election board hearing, McCoy, as well as the witnesses she called to testify, were under oath.

However, interviews that the election board conducted prior to the hearing, including one with Saunooke, were not done under oath.

The election board did Teresa McCoy not disclose the existence of these interviews, or their contents, to McCoy prior to her hearing, according to testimony before the Cherokee Supreme Court.

While the court issued its order in the case on the same day as the hearing, it has yet to issue an opinion explaining the reasoning behind that order.

Saunooke’s protest deals with the same series of events questioned during the initial hearings.

In 1996, McCoy and her sister-in-law Kathie McCoy attended a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act consultation at the University of Alabama. At the time, McCoy represented Big Cove on Tribal Council and Kathie McCoy was the tribe’s NAGPRA representative. Both women received a travel advance from the tribe to pay for food and lodging, with Kathie McCoy also receiving compensation for mileage; McCoy’s advance was $432 and Kathie McCoy’s was $475.80.

However, the University of Alabama later mailed checks to the two totaling $1,500 apiece. The payment included a $1,000 consultation fee as well as reimbursement for mileage, lodging and meals, according to vouchers the university prepared as copied in the election board’s investigation.

The election board said that the incident qualified as defrauding the tribe, because when McCoy accepted the university’s travel reimbursement tribal funds had already been expended to cover those costs. She

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n a petition for a writ of prohibition filed May 10, Teresa McCoy’s attorney James Kilbourne laid out multiple reasons why he believes the Cherokee Supreme Court should prevent the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Board of Elections from holding a hearing that could result in McCoy’s decertification from the race for principal chief. The board, in turn, gave its reasoning for why the petition should be denied in a response filed May 13 and signed by attorneys Chris Siewers and Geoffry Strommer in addition to Interim Attorney General Mike McConnell.

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TIMING OF THE PROTEST Kilbourne argues that Saunooke’s protest is invalid because it wasn’t filed until May 2. Tribal law lays out two timelines for the filing of certification protests — within 30 days of the last day candidates can be certified, and within five days after publication of the preliminary unofficial candidate list. As stated in the law, March 31 is deadline to certify candidates, so May 2 would fall more than 30 days afterward; it has also been more than five days since The Cherokee One Feather published the preliminary candidate list, Kilbourne said. The law also enables the election board to decertify a candidate at any time before the election if that candidate “no longer meets the applicable eligibility requirements.”

However, no longer meeting the requirements “requires that there be a change of circumstances or newly discovered evidence” after the initial certification, Kilbourne wrote.

The board’s attorneys say that “unambiguous” language in Cherokee law allows the election board to act at any time before a primary election, and that “a change of condition or newly discovered facts” is not a requirement — “the only way for the Board to determine if new information and evidence will be presented is to move forward with the scheduled hearing and make that determination,” the attorneys wrote. Additionally, Saunooke’s protest met the deadline, because while it did not occur within 30 days of the March 31 deadline, it did occur just one day after McCoy was actual-

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should have repaid the travel advance to the tribe and diverted the consultation fee as well, since she was already being compensated for her time as a Tribal Council representative, the board said in its letter withholding certification, adding that McCoy had “aided, abetted or encouraged another to defraud the tribe” when she cashed Kathie McCoy’s check for her.

In addressing the Supreme Court, McCoy’s attorney James Kilbourne said that the election board had “oversimplified” the definition of fraud, failing to point to a single statement McCoy made that was knowingly false. She was entitled to her travel advance when she received it, and there is no evidence that she knew the payment from the university included compensation for expenses in addition to the consultation fee, he said. During the hearing, no policy that would have been effective in 1996 was brought forward to show that McCoy would have been required to reconcile her expenses after travel occurred. Tribal Council held a hearing on the issue in June 1997 and declined to discipline McCoy, who was the top vote-getter in Big Cove during the elec10 tion two months later.

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has not yet been elected to office, so her situation is not parallel to that found in Saunooke, the attorneys say.

ly certified by the board. In order to have filed a protest within 30 days of March 31, they argued, Saunooke would have had to file his protest of McCoy’s certification before she was actually certified. As to the five-day deadline, the attorneys say it’s unclear what that means, as the only list of candidates the board is required to publish, as per Cherokee law, is the list of candidates for primary election required to appear in The Cherokee One Feather by May 10 — that the five-day deadline refers to five days after May 10 is “the only reasonable interpretation.”

MCCOY IS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT Early and absentee voting have already begun; ballots are already printed with McCoy’s name on them. In the 2004 case Saunooke v E. Band of Cherokee Indians, Kilbourne wrote, the court ruled that the election board does not have authority to decertify a candidate who is on the ballot, setting a precedent that applies in this case.

The Saunooke decision does not apply, the board’s attorneys say, because that case arose after voters elected Bob Blankenship to Tribal Council but before the election board certified the results. In that case, the court found that the board overstepped its authority by not certifying the votes on the basis of Blankenship’s qualifications for office. The vote certification process exists to attest that votes are authentic, not to recertify a candidate’s qualifications for office. McCoy

CONTENTS OF THE PROTEST In his letter to the election board, Saunooke lists six people who he plans to call as witnesses before the election board.

Saunooke names former Principal Chief Michell Hicks, who was the tribe’s finance director in 1996; Tribal Prosecutor Justin Eason; Neil Ferguson, who investigated the incident for the Cherokee Indian Police Department at the time; Secretary of Finance Cory Blankenship, Kathie McCoy and himself. Of the six, Kathie McCoy was the only one to testify during the April 9 hearing.

Saunooke alleges that McCoy’s conduct makes her unfit to hold office and believes holding a new hearing before the election board will be an important opportunity to place McCoy under oath and ask her questions about the alleged fraud. Teresa McCoy’s name does not appear on the list of witnesses, however.

“She can be truthful or she can commit perjury,” he said. “Either way the truth will come out and if the board decides to certify her the people can then decide to elect her by being fully informed of her duplicity and dishonesty.”

The packet of supporting documents Saunooke attached to his protest is very simi-

The legal doctrines of collateral estoppel and res judicata prevent defendants from having to re-litigate an issue that’s already been decided in court. Kilbourne believes the May 21 hearing will constitute a rehashing of an issue that’s already been ruled on by the court, which “conclusively determined Teresa McCoy as a candidate for Principal Chief.” In addition to the recent hearings before the election board and Supreme Court, Kilbourne wrote, the issue was also heard and dismissed

by Tribal Council in 1997, and the election board has certified McCoy in every election in which she has run since 1997.

These doctrines don’t apply in McCoy’s case, the board’s attorneys wrote, because res judicata and collateral estoppel require that the actions in question involve the same parties, or parties that are acting in concert. The first action did not involve Saunooke, and “there is no privity” between the board and Saunooke, so the doctrines don’t apply, the attorneys wrote.

STANDARD OF PROOF One of the issues discussed amply during the April 29 hearing was the lack of a uniform standard of proof used by election board members in determining whether McCoy should be deemed to have defrauded the tribe and therefore be ineligible for candidacy. That lack of clarity has not been rectified, wrote Kilbourne, and “the lack of a clear standard violates substantive due process.”

NO FINAL DETERMINATION McCoy “jumped the gun” by filing a writ for prohibition, the board’s attorneys wrote in their response, because the board has not yet held the hearing related to Saunooke’s protest or determined what its outcome should be. The Supreme Court can only review a “final determination” from the election board, they wrote — it can’t intervene in a pending administrative action.

lar to the original investigation on which the board based its decision not to certify McCoy in April. In fact, it is identical save for four sheets that deal with $548.20 Kathie McCoy received from the tribe for travel expenses during two trips in 1995 and 1996.

The only other difference is the absence of a verification sheet, signed by McCoy attesting that the “verified complaint and the allegations therein” were “true to the best of his own knowledge” and dated April 6, 2017, included as page 40 of the original investigation. The string of numbers at the bottom of the sheet showed it actually matched a case McCoy filed against Tribal Council in 2017 — during the April 9 hearing, Lori Taylor, a paralegal in McCoy’s case, told the election board it was “criminal” to relocate a verification sheet like that.

Saunooke said he had no idea where the initial documents in the investigation came from but that in compiling his protest he took some of the records he had kept from his office when acting as legislative counsel for the tribe and added those to the documents that are now part of the public record following the April 29 court hearing.

According to the board’s filed response to Kilbourne’s petition for a writ of prohibition on the hearing, Saunooke’s protest will

encompass more evidence than that contained in the original investigation.

“Saunooke alleges he has a firsthand account from his time as the Tribe’s Legislative Counsel to give the Board,” the document says. “He also alleges a pattern of misconduct by McCoy which includes her covering up information, failing to disclose information to prior Election Boards, and utilizing the help of others to cover information up. Furthermore, he lists at least two new witnesses whose names do not appear anywhere in the prior record of the Board filed with the Court on April 26, 2019.”

For her part, McCoy has continuously contended that she did nothing wrong in 1996 and that her issue with certification this time around has more to do with politics than with evidence — McCoy has been certified to run in every election between 1997 and 2015, despite the fact that the payment from the University of Alabama was public knowledge and the subject of a 1997 hearing before Tribal Council, which was reported as a frontpage story in The Cherokee One Feather at the time.

“This has to stop,” she said. “This spiteful, vengeful behavior from someone who presents himself as a professional. It has to stop.”

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“It was not doing what it was supposed to do, so it was creating a lot of maintenance for us. We were having to buy a lot of equipment to get in there and work, we were having to keep it closed part of the time.”

That’s when the North Carolina Community Conservation Assistance Program, Haywood Waterways and the Pigeon River Fund stepped in to help.

“Several of these entities came and said, you know what, this is a good plan, let’s see what we can help do,” said Garland. “We started out with Haywood Waterways and the Pigeon River Fund. They actually gave us $26,500 to do a master plan.”

That plan included ground cover restoration, buffer vegetation, shoreline protection and educational signage.

“But with all the rain we were getting, it was undermining the sidewalk and things of that nature, so we had to back up,” she said.

A second attempt to redevelop the site was initiated in November 2017.

“It was supposed to be a two-month project, but there was like 13 times we had lots of rain, and every time it would rain, it would wash away everything the contractor was doing,” said Garland. “So we really thought this project was never going to make it.”

The design, she said, is now effectively handling excess rainfall; all in all, it cost the town less than $20,000.

“We had some final trees to get in and that’s what happened in the last few weeks, but the design is working – it’s holding. It is not washing away. It did exactly what it was supposed to do,” said Garland. “It’s been a task, to say the least, but we’re really pleased with how it’s turned out.”

The town will celebrate the park’s reopening with an event at 11 a.m.

Saturday, May 18, in conjunction with the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 980.

After a short ceremony to thank the funding agencies, there will be a picnic with free hot dogs, chips and cookies.

“It’s kind of a celebration, giving back,” said Garland. “Let’s just cross our fingers it doesn’t rain.”

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER uch like the Pigeon River itself, it’s been a long and winding journey for the Town of Clyde in recovering from the devastating floods of 2004, but after a few turbulent stretches in its redevelopment, River’s Edge Park off Thickety Road will finally re-open to the public.

“When the floods hit, funds came out for recovery,” said Clyde Town Administrator Joy Garland. “Canton, Clyde, Newland and I think Biltmore could utilize that funding, so we had a stakeholders group that came together, some of our board members, some county folks. We kind of brainstormed what we could use this funding for, how it would make us less vulnerable. That’s how this park project came to be.”

Garland said they took the stakeholders down to the bend in the Pigeon River near Broad Street.

“When the heavy rains came, it just couldn’t hold. It jumped and came out on f Broad Street and flooded that whole area,” she said. “So we felt that if we could do something in that curve, it would help.”

Challenges immediately presented themselves; when contractors got to the site to begin planning, they discovered a number of rare species that couldn’t be disturbed, so the town began to focus on the opposite bank of the river. y “Thickety Road went down right next to the river, so we thought, if we could move that road, get it out of the danger zone and make that a flood storage channel, then we could use it secondarily as a park,” she said.

That’s led to some confusion, according to Garland.

“A lot of folks don’t understand that — why did you build a park in a floodway?

Well, we built a flood storage area first, and it acts as a park when it’s not needed for the flood storage,” she said.

The $1.4 million project involved substantial site prep, and in late 2013 was considered “finished” — until the rains came.

“The design basically failed,” she said.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER he Town of Canton’s preliminary proposed budget shows an increase over last year from $8.7 million to more than $9.2 million. Most of that is from monies split between budget years and slight increases in some spending categories, but Mayor Zeb Smathers was eager to answer the question on the minds of most.

“There’s no tax increase,” said Smathers.

“My belief is, following something I set out years ago, it that there are a lot of ways to hold the line on expenses, and Jason [Burrell, the town manager] has done a good job in keeping personnel costs steady.”

In short, it’s business as usual in Canton.

One of the bright spots is, as Smathers said, personnel cost; gone is the full-time pool operator who spent half the year not doing a whole lot, replaced by a part-timer in the summer.

It’s also the first year since the town’s new pool was constructed that it will be open for a full year and thus generate a full year’s revenue.

And that’ll be helpful — if approved in its present form, the budget calls for general fund expenditures to climb from $6.19 million last year to just over $6.44 million this year.

Within that category, general government expenditures will increase by about $50,000 to $1.1 million, public safety will climb from $2.52 million to $2.55 million and public works from $1.92 million to $2.24 million.

That general government spending also includes a substantial increase in funding to the town’s museum, from $32,670 to $39,720.

“Caroline [Ponton, the museum’s director] and her volunteers have shown an increase in programming and ideas, thread-

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By the numbers Town of Canton property tax rate in cents per $100 assessed value, 2002-2019 2002...........................................................61 2003...........................................................61 2004...........................................................61 2005...........................................................61 2006...........................................................53 2007...........................................................58 2008...........................................................58 2009...........................................................58 2010...........................................................58 2011...........................................................58 2012...........................................................58 2013...........................................................58 2014...........................................................58 2015...........................................................58 2016...........................................................58 2017...........................................................58 2018...........................................................58 2019 (proposed) ........................................58 Source: Town of Canton ing our historic worth throughout the town,” said Smathers. “This is one of those cases where she not only requested extra funding, she earned it.”

Indeed, three volunteers at the museum — Jimmy Clontz, Nathan Ingle and Edie Burnette — were recognized for their contributions to the museum’s success at the town’s May 9 board meeting.

In addition to the general fund, the town also operates two other funds, a water and sewer fund and a recreation fund.

Expenditures in the water and sewer fund are flat or up only slightly, from $2.38 million to $2.39 million, but recreation funding is up

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On Friday, May 3, Justin Scott Fuller, 31, of Waynesville, pled guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Christopher Stewart Phillips. The two had been friends and neighbors prior to the deadly incident.

“This case is really sad for all involved,” said District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch. “This shooting was avoidable, unnecessary, and constituted a gross overreaction on the part of Mr. Fuller.”

On April 22, 2017, Phillips texted Fuller and asked for a ride to the store and Fuller agreed. He often gave Phillips rides to work and other places. A few minutes later, Fuller arrived at 271 Prevost Street in Waynesville to pick Phillips up. What happened next appears to be disputed among witnesses.

Chris Phillips and his girlfriend were having a verbal argument about his stolen cell phone at the time. Phillips slammed the front door shut, it bounced open, and he shut it again.

Yelling could be heard between the couple. For some reason, Fuller got out of his car and approached Phillips. He had his Springfield M&P .45 caliber pistol on his side. A few second 12 later Phillips was mortally wounded, shot six times.

from $755,000 to $861,000, in anticipation of ing the duties would not only help keep perfundamental changes that could affect how sonnel costs down, but also perhaps help the county and its municipalities handle turn a profit on the proposed $20,000 deal with increased utilization and bookings. recreation programming.

The town of Canton’s ad valorem tax rate Canton has been at the forefront of economic development victories in Haywood has remained consistent at 58 cents per $100 county over the past few years, which is in assessed property value since being raised beginning to reshape the town’s once downtrodden downtown retail district.

A number of new businesses are rumored to be opening in the coming year, but other have already made an impact, according to Smathers.

“It’s not just a new revenue stream for that business, but it also helps to encourage people to go visit other businesses,” he Canton officials hope to maximize the utilization of the historic said. “A rising tide lifts Colonial Theater. File photo all ships.”

A critical part of that downtown scene that still isn’t being uti- from 53 cents for the 2007-08 fiscal year. lized in a cost-effective manner is the town’s Prior to that, the rate had been 61 cents.

The Town of Canton’s 2019-20 fiscal year underutilized Colonial Theater.

Built in 1932, the downtown movie house budget will be presented to the public by that once showed first-run Hollywood movies Town Manager Jason Burrell during the regulike “The Wizard of Oz” and “Dumbo” has lar board of aldermen/women meeting at been operating at a huge loss for years, and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23. After that, the was the subject of a planning retreat, shortly meeting will be opened to public comment.

As that public comment session conafter Smathers first took office, in 2018.

This year, the budget includes a proposal cludes, the board can either decide to adopt the town is weighing from a local marketing the budget, or schedule another public prescompany Moxxie Marketing to help spread entation of the budget sometime in June, which would also offer the opportunity for the word as well as book acts.

“For a while now, our aldermen and alder- public comment.

Anyone who wishes to obtain a copy of women have been pushing us into marketing, especially Alderwoman Kristina Smith,” said the proposed budget can contact Town Clerk Smathers. Smith works in Marketing for the Lisa Stinnett at 828.648.2363, or find a copy online at the town’s website, Biltmore companies in Asheville.

Smathers explained that the town’s cur- www.cantonnc.com. State law requires rent staff wasn’t exactly set up to devote sub- municipal budgets to be passed no later than stantial time to marketing, and that outsourc- July 1 each year.

Fuller is of small stature, and he always open-carried a firearm for protection because the neighborhood is rough and he felt the need to be armed at all times. After the shooting, Fuller asserted self-defense, claiming that Phillips had grabbed him by the arm and would not stop coming at him.

He said Phillips must have felt threatened by the presence of his gun, when he was interviewed by the Waynesville Police Department. Fuller stated he was scared and just freaked out.

However, Phillips girlfriend told investigators that she heard Phillips say, “Put that up, we’re okay, what are you doing?” She didn’t see any altercation between the two men. Fuller emptied his firearm into Phillips.

After the shooting, Phillips’ girlfriend rushed to him, trying to render aid and call 911. Fuller drove off around the corner to his residence. He told his wife what happened, called his grandmother, and then held his 4 step-daughter, crying himself, until police arrived. He surrendered without incident and agreed to an interview by Det. Bryan Reeves and Lt. Chris Chandler.

After describing the incident to law enforcement, Chandler picked up on an important detail. Fuller said that Phillips backed up as he pulled his gun. Chandler asked, “You pulled your gun. He’s backing up. Why is your life in danger? Why are you in fear? You’re the one with the gun. Explain that to me.”

“I didn’t mean to shoot him!” replied Fuller.

In describing the incident to Superior Court Judge Marvin Pope, Assistant District Attorney Jeff Jones highlighted that Phillips was unarmed and on his own property. “By all accounts, Mr. Fuller over-reacted to what he perceived as a domestic violence event.” In fact, it was known that Phillips and his girlfriend often argued loudly but, as Jones pointed out, his girlfriend denied that an assault had occurred between the couple, and Phillips had no record of arrests for assaultive behavior.

Deborah Phillips, the mother of Chris Phillips, delivered a letter to the court. In it, she described how Chris had told her the night before, “…what a nice guy Justin Fuller was and how he had a wife and children and was a good man.” She further stated that, “I am broken and cannot recover from this senseless act!” Phillips, 38 at the time of his death, leaves behind a loving family including two daughters.

Fuller was sentenced to 180 to 228 months in prison for the murder.

“I’m so grateful for the hard work of the Waynesville Police Department,” said Welch. “They were able to take apart Mr. Fuller’s claim of self-defense and this resulted in a guilty plea.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Deborah Phillips and the rest of Chris’ family.”

Members say vote on issue improper so close to primaries

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER proposed ordinance that would have laid out the criminal penalties for violating laws regulating election campaign practices was withdrawn in Tribal Council May 2 following criticism about the timing of the proposal.

“It always gets me anytime you’re talking about campaigns or elections at this time in the year and you’re a month away from the primary,” said Councilmember Richard French, of Big Cove. “It should have been brought in with the election ordinance stuff

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Birdtown resident Becky Walker said that while that might be so, it’s still a bad idea to vote on the ordinance now.

“It’s a slippery slope and I think you are creating the appearance of impropriety,” she said. “Would it just be convenient that this gets put in the criminal code now and two months later one of you gets accused of unlawful campaign practices?”

Walker, McCoy and Taylor all referred to a statement made by Chris Siewers, the attorney representing the Board of Elections before the Cherokee Supreme Court, in citing their skepticism about the law as presented. During his argument, Siewers said that, “You could violate her (McCoy’s) process all day long, and that doesn’t make her eligible to be certified as a candidate.”

“Nobody that works for this tribe should ever say anything like that,” said McCoy. McConnell, however, said that contrary to McCoy’s interpretation, Siewers was not saying that it’s OK to violate tribal members’ due process rights. Siewers made the statement while making his argument to the

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which came back in and was voted on.”

The ordinance would have amended the tribe’s criminal code, Section 14, to state that violations of the unlawful campaign practices code, found in Section 161-24, could be punished by up to a $5,000 fine and one year in prison.

“It’s really just kind of closing the loop that is necessary if a prosecution were to occur,” said Interm Attorney General Mike McConnell. “This language is necessary for it to occur.”

Without passing the ordinance, he said, it would be impossible to prosecute campaign practice violations, which include actions such as buying and selling votes, tampering with ballots, intimidating voters, voting more than once in an election, altering the ballot of another person, giving false information when registering or voting, or campaigning within 100 yards of a polling place.

Principal chief candidate Teresa McCoy lost no time in requesting an opportunity to

voice her opinion on the matter.

“There is a primary in a month. I’m going to give you some advice. No. Do not do this,” she said.

McCoy went on to remind council that she’d just been through a court hearing that dealt with Indian Civil Rights Act and due process issues related to the election law.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Board of Elections initially declined to certify McCoy for election on the basis that she had defrauded the tribe, upholding that decision following a quasi-judicial hearing before its members April 9.

However, the Cherokee Supreme Court, following a four-hour hearing April 29, overturned that decision and ordered the board to certify McCoy as a candidate. A written opinion outlining the court’s reasons for that ruling is forthcoming, but McCoy’s arguments in the hearing hinged on Principal chief candidate issues of due Teresa McCoy explains process, equal her opposition to the scrutiny of proposed ordinance. candidates EBCI photo and standards of proof, in addition to the question of whether she had actually committed the alleged fraud — McCoy contends that none of her actions constituted fraud.

The issue is not dead for McCoy. On May 2, the election board received a protest of McCoy’s certification, submitted by tribal member Robert Saunooke (see story on page 9) and dealing with the same alleged events as the April 9 hearing.

McCoy, along with tribal member Lori Taylor, told council that they should not pass the ordinance in part because they didn’t have authority to do so. A provision in the election code bans changes to that code during an election year — because the ordinance referenced the election code, she said, it could not be enacted until after the new Tribal Council is seated in October.

McConnell took issue with that interpretation.

“I respect Teresa and Lori coming to the podium. I do disagree with them on this point of law,” he said. “Section 161-24 was passed by Tribal Council and is part of the election ordinance. Yes, the election ordinance says you can’t change Chapter 161 during an election year. The proposed ordi-

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court that the facts surrounding whether or not McCoy had defrauded the tribe were all that should be pertinent to its ruling on certification and that any violation of due process rights should not be relevant to that decision.

“The attorney was giving a legal argument which in that context was sound,” said McConnell.

Nevertheless, Tribal Council agreed with the perspective that, regardless of whether it would be legal to pass the ordinance right now, it wouldn’t be wise to do.

“The people, they’re listening,” said French. “They want to know why we’re doing what we’re doing. I want to make sure the people understand that when they go to the polls, that it means something. I’m trying to give that back to them because a lot of them got discouraged after the last election, and I can understand why.”

Councilmember Lisa Taylor, of Painttown, said the discussion underscores the statement she made when voting against the election ordinance in December — the ordinance still had issues and was not ready for a vote, she said.

“Mr. Chairman, it’s apparent that this issue is too controversial,” said McConnell.

“It’s political. I understand that. I respect that. My point in coming to the podium is just to make clear that this ordinance is legally appropriate but it’s not politically well received right now, and I understand that. I will ask to withdraw it.”

Council unanimously approved that request to withdraw.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Green Energy Park makeover under discussion in Jackson County could be a good bit cheaper than originally discussed, with a final master plan for the project presented May 7 estimating the fivephase project at $7.56 million — 62.7 percent less than the original $12.06 million projection.

“With grants out there and different pockets of money and pools of money, it becomes a much more feasible project for you to get a really good quality facility out there,” said Gary Warner, landscape architect and parks and recreation director for WithersRavenel, which prepared the master plan.

The reduced cost is due to cutting the planned size of the innovation center facility from 17,000 to 13,000 square feet and relocating the staffed recycling center to a yet-to-be-purchased property rather than constructing the expensive retaining wall that would be necessary to move it to the bottom of the property, as outlined in the original plan.

The preliminary master plan had estimated $3.9 million to build the innovation center. The final plan reduces the square footage

and lowers the per-square-foot estimate from $300 to $137.50, bringing the projected cost of the building down to $1.8 million.

No hard estimate is available for the new recycling center, as it’s unknown how much the county will end up paying for the site where it will eventually end up, but the cost will undoubtedly be lower than that involved in building the 50-foot retaining wall originally planned.

The final plan organizes the project into five phases, splitting the cost up more than in the three phases suggested in the preliminary plan.

The first two phases are relatively low in cost. In phase one, $79,565 is estimated to relocate the kilns and complete demolition and site work for the animal shelter. For phase two, $473,415 is estimated to remove the staffed recycling center and complete site work for the event space and innovation center.

Phase three is the most expensive of the five phases, with $4,446,524 estimated to build a $3 million animal shelter, build a new event plaza, demolish the greenhouses and build a new internal loop drive.

Phase four would involve building walking trails and a dog park atop the old landfill, as well as installing plantings and gardens. The phase would cost an estimated $157,320.

Finally, in phase five, the innovation center would be built along with entry drives and parking for a total of $2,514,542. The

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feet, and received four responses. County Manager Don Adams recommended that commissioners select Spartanburg-based McMillan Pazdan Smith for the project.

“This isn’t a bid process. This is about trying to evaluate the architecture firm,” Adams told commissioners May 7. “I was actually impressed with the presentation. I didn’t realize they had this much experience with animal rescue.”

Cary Perkins, who would manage the project, has served as project manager on animal shelters for the Greenville County Humane Society and Aiken County Animal Shelter, as well as for the Charlotte Animal Referral and Emergency CARE CLINIC. In 2016, the county spent $15,000 for a needs assessment to determine what a new shelter should include and what it might cost. The results of that study went nowhere, with commissioners balking at the estimated price tag of nearly $6 million. Adams assured commissioners the information gained from that study would not go to waste.

“We’re not just starting over from scratch as far as designing the facility, and we’re not throwing away previous work,” he said.

“Work that is still applicable and that we can still use, we’re going to use it.”

Commissioners have not yet formally agreed to engage McMillan Pazdan Smith.

During a May 14 work session, Adams presented a draft contract in which the county would pay $58,500 for schematic design services and $2,500 for a structural analysis.

The earliest commissioners could approve the contract would be during their next regular meeting scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 21.

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innovation center would be operated by Western Carolina University and feature a “maker’s space” where students and community members could combine art with engineering and design to develop new creations, as well as rooms for college classes, community outreach and K-12 education.

“We picked an order and you can certainly, depending on how your funds are and what kind of decisions you make, change the order on these things,” said Warner.

With the master plan now final, commissioners are already considering next steps for the animal shelter project. Animal welfare advocates have been telling commissioners for years that a new shelter is needed.

The existing shelter is pushing 40 years old, with design and space limitations that make it difficult for the facility to house the animals it needs to or to match them with adoptive families.

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Insurance premiums rise for Jackson employees

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ackson County employees are now paying significantly higher premiums for their health insurance following a plan change that went into effect May 1.

Commissioners voted 4-1 April 2 to make multiple changes to its self-funded insurance plan in hopes of digging itself out of a health plan deficit years in the making.

The county voted to swap its longtime plan administrator Crescent for Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.C. and to change the plan design, increasing premiums by 23.11 percent.

In terms of benefits, the new plan is identical to the previously offered standard plan, except that it has a lower coinsurance — under the new plan, policyholders would pay 20 percent coinsurance rather than 30 percent. However, the county no longer offers a two-tiered plan as it did before.

Previously, the county offered an enhanced plan alongside the less robust standard plan.

Essentially, the new plan re-labels the standard plan as enhanced — albeit with better coinsurance than the pre-existing standard plan — and gets rid of the previously offered enhanced plan.

By switching from Crescent to BCBS, the county will receive $40,000 to help with disruption issues related to the transition, medical discounts projected to save policyhold-

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Under the new plan, the county will need to provide $6.47 million in funding, a 23.11 percent increase from the $5.26 million it paid in 2018-19. Sticking with Crescent would have required it to increase funding by 28.21 percent.

Jackson, like many counties, is selfinsured — meaning that when someone has a claim, the county foots the bill. Therefore, it’s important for the county to have reserves built up, because some year’s claims are smaller, and some years they’re larger.

Jackson’s reserves have fluctuated over the years, reaching $2 million in 2009 and then moving up and down until a few years of high claims resulted in a steady decline that began in the 2014-15 fiscal year. The 2017-18 fiscal year ended with only $14,615 in reserves. This year, it’s dipping below the zero mark. That news prompted commissioners to make the change.

Commissioners voted 4-1 April 2 to approve the changes, with only Commissioner Mickey Luker opposed. In their next meeting, April 16, they had even more insurance-related decisions to make.

The Crescent plan had included an onsite nurse for county employees, and that person has been well received — commissioners

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Adams also recommended that the county continue with some kind of tobacco cessation plan — such a plan was in effect with Crescent but was not outlined in the initial proposal from BCBS. At a minimum, he said, the county should offer free classes for employees who use tobacco, and it might also consider offering a discount of 5 or 10 percent for employees who test negative for tobacco

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If the employee doesn’t complete the program within six months, they’ll no longer qualify for the 5 percent plan discount.

Also on April 16, the county voted to continue working with Crescent for two health-related services. Crescent will continue to provide the on-site nurse for $5 per employee per month, a total The county voted to swap its longtime plan of $26,000 annually, and administrator Crescent for Blue Cross Blue Crescent will Shield of N.C. and to change the plan design, also continue to be Jackson increasing premiums by 23.11 percent.

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While BCBS’s dental plan price was betuse or who test positive but take the class. ter, its dental network in Jackson County In his move to approve the plan, was quite limited — employees who visited Chairman Brian McMahan moved that the out-of-network providers would have to pay county would enact a tobacco cessation prothe provider directly and then get reimgram using a 5 percent discount. bursed from BCBS. During the April 16 meeting, commissioners took two more votes related to the Crescent’s plan does not use a dental nethealth insurance change. work and costs $3 per person per month, They unanimously approved a health only 50 cents per person more than the BCBS insurance policy for tobacco users that plan. The total annual cost to provide dental applies to all health plan eligible employees services through Crescent will be $18,288. under age 65. At the time of hire and annuCommissioners voted unanimously to ally during open enrollment, employees contract with Crescent for nurse and dental must submit to mandatory substance testservices.

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BY KATHERINE BARTEL S ECRETARY, HAYWOOD COUNTY NAACP y little brother Isaiah is, as you would call it, ‘a boy of color,’” said 11-year-old Alicia Matthews. “He is probably one of the smartest 6 year olds you’ll ever meet. One time we were playing in his room and all of a sudden he asks me a question just randomly out of the blue, ‘Alicia? Why do I have brown skin?’ At first, I didn’t know what to say to him because he is so young and he barely knew who he was. I said, ‘Because that’s who you are. So don’t try to be anyone else.’ He responded to me with a simple ‘OK’ because he is still very young and that’s just how he responds to those kinds of statements.”

Alicia came with 50 of us on the pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, on May 10 and 11. Sponsored by the Haywood County NAACP, the purpose of the trip was to visit the new Legacy Museum and the National Memorial to Peace and Justice built by the Equal Justice Initiative. The Legacy Museum presents the history of slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow years, and mass incarceration. The National Memorial honors over 4,000 individual victims of lynching.

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that were home to Martin Luther King, Jr. Describing her experience, Alicia said, “The museum touched my heart to where it made it hurt. I thought about what he said to me that day and the question he asked me. I thought long and hard as I was looking around and reading the stories of his ancestors and how they were treated.”

Alicia knew that not too far back in history, her brother would have been at work with the smell of a “dirty yard and child labor, he wouldn’t be in his current room with his Paw Patrol bed covers and Lego people toys.” She concluded, “I can only pray and wish that he will grow up and be somewhat like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — smart, standing up for what’s right, not wrong.”

Others were also feeling the pain of our history. Carolyn Wallace said simply, “I have lived through a lot of what I saw and heard today. And it’s very painful to be reminded of it all over again. At a later time, I might be able to talk about it, but right now I’m in pain.”

Our pilgrims toured the parsonage and church where King lived and worked on Dexter Avenue. The house was bombed one evening when the family was home, but no one was hurt. Marsha Miller found the history to be very personal.

“I knew a lot about my history, and I knew a lot about the history that I’ve seen this weekend. But to actually walk on the streets, sit in the church, and walk through the house of some great people really brought it home. The sacrifices of these people — we owe a lot to each other. We’re all just human beings,” she said. “For me to have come as far as I’ve come, and to see where the man sat whose shoulders I am standing on, that’s sacred. I wouldn’t have gotten any education. My dad wouldn’t have moved up and provided for his family. Dr. King did so much for so many.”

Miller remembered being in first grade, when she and her sister integrated Canton schools. The bus picked them up in Clyde and brought them back to Carolina Avenue at the end of the day.

Marsha Miller stands next to a civil rights monument in Montgomery.

“When I would exit the bus, coming home from school, I used to think that was the biggest, widest street. Phil Gibbs and the older kids would have to walk us across the street because, just like now, people would pass the school bus up. And they would stop, let us think they were stopped, and then push the gas to hit us. So many days I had been jerked backwards by those older kids,” she said.

Like many of us, Rev. Carl Matthews, a white pastor now retired, found the amount

of violence against African Americans to be overwhelming.

“In the Legacy Museum this morning, I had to keep taking breaks. It was very heavy. I knew that there was all types of oppression, but I never knew the extent to which we have lynched our fellow brothers and sisters,” he said. “The number of lynchings was just overwhelming.

And the one from Haywood County, George Ratcliffe, I keep thinking about him and wondering, ‘What do we do?’” We could consider a memorial, repentance, reparation.”

“One reason we did this was because we had heard about George Ratcliffe. We thought we wanted to come to the memorial and learn about all the hangings that occurred in the United States. I feel that a lot of injustice has been done to people of color. We’ve seen the cruelty of lynching and things like that. And no one was convicted of a crime for things that were so horrible,” said Rev. Walter Bryson, president of the Haywood County NAACP. Sharon Woodrow is a descendent of the Holland family, the family of the victim in the crime that lead to Ratcliffe’s death. Ratcliffe was arrested because he was accused of assaulting Matthias Holland’s 8-year-old granddaughter in 1900.

“This trip has been a wonderful, eye opening experience. Assuming that it was my past relatives that helped lynch George Ratcliffe in Haywood County, I felt great empathy for my family and George’s family. The whole situation was tragic,” she said. “As a parent, I might become consumed with hate toward someone that hurt my child. But, Mr. Ratcliffe didn’t get a trial. He didn’t have the opportunity for justice. So how can we judge his guilt? Standing looking at his name on the memorial along with so many other lynching victims from around the country made me feel immense sorrow for lives and justice lost.

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“I feel that a lot of injustice has been done to people of color. We’ve seen the cruelty of lynching and things like that. And no one was convicted of a crime for things that were so horrible.”

Phillip Gibbs finds Haywood County’s monument to lynching victims in Montgomery.

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pilgrims processed what we saw.

“It was a wonderful experience to see it with my aunt, someone older than me who knows about it in detail,” said Laverne Granger about her aunt Pauline Alexander. “I’m just really thankful that my aunt invited me on the trip. I come from Winston-Salem. Now I’ll go back and share it with other people.”

Dan Schultz confessed, “I expressed to some of the African Americans in our group that I did not know much about this violence.

Almost all of them responded that they knew all about it. It was often spoken of in their homes. It made me sad to think of that.”

Tammi Sharpe brought her experience working in other countries.

“I made the trip because I’ve been looking at this history, and I’m interested in the interaction between what you do at a national level, a state level, and a community level to help reconcile with this past,” she said. “This is a national memorial and I can see a county that’s going to try to bring home a piece of that history — how that really works. In the end, you’re just overwhelmed by how many people have been lynched. And there were

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ridiculous alleged ‘offenses’ most of the time.

They’ve documented that. I think we need to understand. Racial violence is still evolving and is in various ways still going forward.

And we’re still not over it. The very tangible signs of segregation and hangings and nooses aren’t here anymore but there’s still cross burnings. The prisons, the number of people in jail. It’s still happening. We’ve got to tackle the past before we can move forward.”

Marsha Miller asked, “Life hasn’t been horrible, but there have been times when I would sit and think, why? I’ve said to myself, ‘Why? Just because of the skin I’m in! Why?’” White participants often felt shame.

“It made me feel guilty for my ancestors. It made me feel really bad in my heart, but I have to say to myself that from this day on, we’re going to move forward. We’re not going to let things continue to be the way they’ve been for so many years,” promised Virginia Wall.

Though most of us are still figuring out what we can do, the history we saw in Montgomery also made us hopeful. Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, said, “We cannot recover until we tell the truth about slavery and then move on to reconciliation. The truth will set us free.”

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The Health Equity Coalition will hold a forum to explore new ways of connecting community to philanthropy. The $1.5 billion trust from the sale of Mission Hospital has created an opportunity to invest in lifechanging initiatives for many of the 900,000 citizens in the 18-county Western North Carolina region.

The Cutting Edge Philanthropy Forum will be held from 8:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. May 24 hosted by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the Reuter Center Manheimer Room at UNC Asheville, a partner in the event.

The forum is free and open to the public.

Keynote speakers are Brenda Solorzano, executive director of Headwaters Foundation of Montana, and Kelly Ryan, president and CEO of Incourage community foundation in central Wisconsin. Solorzano is an expert on issues related to health policy, the health care safety net and community health issues

affecting vulnerable populations. Ryan has been named one of the 50 most influential leaders in the nonprofit sector by the NonProfit Times and a Rural Innovator by the White House for her focus on values-led and user-centered approaches.

“The leaders of the Dogwood Health Trust have an awesome responsibility to guide a massive philanthropic investment in the region,” said Alan McGregor, of the Health Equity Coalition. “Just as important, Western North Carolina must embrace this unprecedented opportunity by developing the aspirations, vision, and capacity needed for our people to take advantage of what is before them.”

The 2019 sale of Mission Hospital network to HCA Healthcare created this once in a generation windfall. The nonprofit Dogwood Health Trust and six affiliated foundations will administer the $1.5 billion from the sale.

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Haywood Pathways host golf event

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Haywood Pathways Center will again host Charitable Golf Outing on Friday, July 5, at Springdale Country Club in Canton.

Breakfast will be served between 8 and 9 a.m., before a 9:30 a.m. shotgun start. A posttournament lunch buffet, raffle and silent auction will follow. The event is open to women and men, but is limited to the first 100 players. The cost per player is $125.

Proceeds support the emergency shelter and short-term housing services Pathways provides. Sponsorships by individuals, groups, churches, businesses and organizations are welcome and will be acknowledged throughout the course. For information on sponsorships or to register to participate in the event, call 828.246.0332 or visit www.haywoodpathwayscenter.org.

registered to vote in the county, state and national elections? If so, you need to notify your local Board of Elections of your current information.

Your physical or 911 address is important to determine in what precinct you vote.

Updating your information will save time and confusion the next time you go to vote. To update your voter registration information, visit your local Board of Elections or do it online by going to www.ncsbe.gov to get the form to complete. This website will also give you the address and phone number of your county Board of Elections office. You can also change your party affiliation this way.

For more information, call 828.497.9498.

This information is provided by Indivisible Swain County NC, a dedicated non-partisan group of concerned citizens in Swain County committed to applying peaceful, persistent pressure on government officials for the common good.

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We look forward to assisting our customers with their footwear needs, as well as, becoming an active part of the community,” said Sue Vousden, community outreach coordinator.

National brands such as Under Armour, Nike, Clarks, Skechers, and many others will be conveniently available for the whole family.

Town Hill Grill opens in Franklin The Franklin Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Town Hill Grill to their chamber membership and the Franklin business community.

Owners John & Tina Marie Burkart are excited to offer great food in a fun, relaxing atmosphere. “We use farm-fresh ingredients from locally sourced vendors for many of our dishes. We love supporting our local growers” said Burkart. “We visited Franklin while fleeing a Florida hurricane and loved this town and decided to move here” Burkart continued.

With over 30 years of serving experience, the Burkarts bought the restaurant and began building a life here with their two daughters. Town Hill Grill offers a number of specials during the week including a daily special.

Reservations are available by calling 828.369.6779 and are suggested on Wing Wednesday. Town Hill Grill is located at 166 East Main Street in Franklin.

Nikwasi topic of Eggs & Issues The Nikwasi Initiative will be the topic of the next Eggs & Issues, Franklin’s Business Forum, being held at 7:45 a.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

Speakers Ben Laseter, deputy director of Mainspring Conservation Trust, and Stacy Guffey will present the history on the Nikwasi Initiative and plans for the 50-60 mile heritage/tourism corridor around the Nikwasi Mound and other regional points of interest.

The event costs $10 a person and includes breakfast. Visit www.visitfranklinnc.com or call 828.524.3161 to register.

Cashiers to host legislative update The Cashiers Chamber of Commerce will host its Annual Legislative Update and Luncheon at noon Friday, May 17, at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley. The event is sponsored by Landmark Realty Group.

Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, will discuss North Carolina General Assembly legislation of importance to District 119 (Haywood, Jackson and Swain Counties) and, in particular, which impacts businesses and residents of the Cashiers Area. RSVP by Wednesday, May 15.

Tickets for members cost $30 per person and includes lunch. Non-members pay $35. Space is limited and RSVPs are required. Call 828.743.5191.

Free marketing summit at HCC The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will hold a free Marketing Summit seminar series Thursday, May 23, geared toward small business owners that are interested in getting more out of marketing.

“Visual Marketing & Branding Essentials for Small Business” will be held 9 to 11 a.m.; “Creating Eye-Catching Graphics for Small

Business” from noon to 2:30 p.m. and 12-2:30 p.m.; “Time and Money Saving Small Business Apps” from 3 to 5 p.m. and “Social Media Posting for Small Business” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Chisa Pennix-Brown will be the presenter. She has over 11 years of experience in business coaching, community outreach, social media insight and business ownership. Visit sbc.haywood.edu or call 828.627.4512 to register.

New development director at Lake J Asheville native and nonprofit leader Rebecca Mathis recently joined Lake Junaluska as director of development.

Mathis will lead fundraising activities that support Lake Junaluska’s programs and ministries, and maintenance of the lake, recreational areas and facilities.

She will seek to build partnerships, assist donors, lead Rebecca Mathis charitable giving initiatives, work with volunteers and oversee events such as the Friends of the Lake 5K Run, Walk and Fun Run. “I am drawn to the mission of Lake Junaluska because of the power and significance it has had in my life and the lives of countless others,” said Mathis. “What excites me about this role is the opportunity to meet and hear the stories of people connected to Lake Junaluska, learn about their dreams for this special place, and work together so we can continue to encounter God here.”

Before joining Lake Junaluska, Mathis served as executive director of The Good Samaritan Clinic of Jackson County, a faith-based nonprofit organization with an emphasis on healthcare for vulnerable populations.

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Shoe Sensation opens in Franklin Shoe Sensation, a regional chain of name brand family shoes stores, recently launched its grand opening and ribbon cutting in Franklin with the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. The new Shoe Sensation store is located in the Macon Plaza at 155 Macon Plaza Drive.

“Everyone at Shoe Sensation is excited about the opportunity to serve the community of Franklin.

• After almost 23 years of service to the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City, Faye Bumgarner will be retiring on Wednesday, May 15. The public is invited to a day-long celebration on her last day. Stop by the library anytime between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to wish her happy trails and have a piece a cake and cup of punch to celebrate.

• Join the Downtown Waynesville Association in welcoming new business Green Orchid Soap Co., to town at 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 23. The new business is located at 225 Wall Street.

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• The Cashiers Area Community Planning Council will not meet on Monday, May 27, due to the Memorial Day Holiday. The meeting has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, May 20, at the Glenville-Cashiers Recreation Center.

Visit www.planning.jacksonnc.org.

• Join Chris and Brad from 4 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 30, to celebrate the five-year anniversary for Tsali Cycles in Bryson City.

They’ll be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers with a $3 craft beer tap special, plus a raffle.

• Moe’s Southwest Grill will open at 777 Casino Parkway in Murphy later this spring.

Moe’s will be conveniently located in the Food Market at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel. The new Moe’s location at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River will be unique and feature the updated brand design.

The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College in Clyde will offer a free ECommerce for the Small Business Owner seminar series, Thursday, May 30, in the College’s Public Services Training Facility, room 9105. Current and prospective Small Business Owners will have the opportunity to learn more about increase product sales online through hosts including eBay, Amazon, Shopify and Etsy.

“Selling Online Today” will kick-off the series from 9 a.m. to noon and will continue with “Selling on Shopify” from 1 to 4 p.m. The last seminar of the series, “Selling on Amazon” will take place from 5 to 8 p.m.

The speaker for this series is Nick Hawks, an education specialist trained by eBay. He has over 20 years’ experience of buying and selling antiques and collectibles, with over 13 years selling on eBay. Visit sbc.haywood.edu or call 828.627.4512 to register.

New Vision Wilderness Therapy opens The Franklin Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed New Vision Wilderness Therapy to the chamber membership with a ribbon cutting celebration.

New Vision Wilderness opened on Siler Road in May 2018, with the goal of increasing options and accessibility of mental health services for families. Through a partnership with the U.S. National Forest Service, they serve young adults and their parents in the lush Nantahala National Forest.

New Vision Wilderness fosters healing in the woods, every day, as an innovative wilderness therapy program that specializes in treating struggles associated with anxiety, depression, adoption, developmental trauma, emotional regulation, and addiction. New Vision Wilderness meets the needs of clients who require an immediate intervention and intensive mental health treatment.

For more information, contact Executive Director Kristina Fortner at kristina.fortner@nvwild.com or visit www.newvisionwilderness.com.

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When will the school shootings end?

Help make schools safer To the Editor: Each year since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the number of incidents of gun violence on school grounds has grown. That is appalling and simply unacceptable. As a parent there is nothing more important to me than the safety of our schools. In light of the recent tragedy at UNCCharlotte that directly impacted us, I need to write this letter.

I am heartened to see the federal government is building on the research and lessons learned in the Sandy Hook tragedy — along with too many other massacres since — by increasing the funding available for the training of youth and adults in our school system. Knowing what to look out for and how to intervene when potential violence is threatened or suspected are crucial to reversing this epidemic.

I urge the governor’s administration to act fast and apply for the STOP School Violence Act funding that can bring the necessary, evidence-based prevention and intervention programs we need to every school in North Carolina at no cost. It is our responsibility to make schools safer and equip our kids with the life skills needed to prevent all forms of violence. With this federal funding available, it is time to act.

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cohort from freshman ROTC. Another friend confirmed with the family that it was true, and I made the call to my son. It wasn’t my child, but it was one of ours, a child of this community I call home. I felt like I was getting ready to gut punch Liam. He was shocked, in shock. I offered to come to Charlotte, but he and his roommates — all kids from Haywood County — would deal with it. He would attend the vigil and get home straight afterward.

Editor As the story unfolded, we found out about the bravery Riley exhibited that afternoon, how he took the shooter down and saved lives by sacrificing his own. It wasn’t luck that only two victims died. Around the country and the entire world over the next few days, newscasters and reporters re-told the story while parents Thomas and Natalie Howell, with stoicism and dignity, answered the volley of questions and made it through the interviews, all the while grief-stricken as they face a life ahead that will never be the same.

And now, two weeks later, we remember Riley with a foundation started by his parents to help others dealing with senseless violence. A fitting tribute. I remember Riley — and I can’t help but smile when I do — as the soccer goalie who ran full speed at oncoming strikers, daring them to continue

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“But for the grace of God, it could have been my child.”

News of college and school shootings cut straight to the heart of all parents, and I really can’t count how many times I’ve silently mouthed those words. Selfish thinking, in part, but I would be a liar if I didn’t admit to owning such sentiments when I first hear of shootings like those at Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook or (insert tragic school shooting here).

So when the text arrived on my phone on Tuesday afternoon, April 30, from my son Liam — “I’m safe” — I was confused. I called him immediately, and he told me there had been a shooting in a classroom building but he was safe in his apartment off campus. He didn’t know much more. I immediately got online via my iPhone and read what was known about the shooting at UNC Charlotte, which wasn’t much at the time.

The news of two deaths, multiple injuries and the arrest of the shooter started spreading that night. But my son was safe, and I uttered that prayer under my breath. My phone started exploding from inquiries about Liam from those who knew he attended UNCC. Another horrible tragedy, but somehow — thankfully — there hadn’t been more deaths. The why of that would come later.

As I pulled into the parking lot of my office early Wednesday morning, a text came through. It wasn’t 8 a.m. yet, but a Waynesville mom told me she had heard that Riley Howell was one of the victims. My son’s friend, a kid I had watched play soccer and whose mom and dad I know. Liam’s

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toward the goal, usually winning the test of wills and physical dominance. That memory fits — sadly — with the story of his confronting the shooter, fits neatly with all the stories I’ve heard since from those close to him about his attitude toward life: kind, selfless, and strong, as heroic in his everyday life as he was that fateful afternoon in Charlotte.

And then there is the aspect of this that leaves me furious.

According to NBC News — which only considers shooters with an intent to harm during the school day or a school event in its list of mass school shootings — there have been 41 school shootings since 2013. That’s simply too many opportunities for young people like Riley to become heroes — but at what expense. We must find a way out of merely accepting that this is the kind of society in which we live.

And so I give thanks again for the safety of my family, hope with all my heart that Natalie and Thomas and their family can put their life back together, and pray that I live to see the day when school shootings are part of the ash heap of history.

(Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com)

LETTERS Combine reason and emotion, Democrats To the Editor: Reason and emotion are the two fundamental bases for decision-making. We are facing some historic decisions in America today.

None is more important at the moment than whether to impeach Donald Trump or not.

Conventional wisdom says Democrats should rely almost entirely on the truth revealed by the Mueller Report (reason). It has also been said that Democrats should remember the aftermath of the Nixon and Clinton impeachment processes. Most say that impeachment will fail because the Republicans in the Senate will not abandon Trump (emotion).

The fallacy in bringing up Nixon and Clinton is that they pale in comparison to the peril that Donald Trump has led America into. Neither Nixon nor Clinton entangled America in the tentacles of a foreign power.

Donald Trump has. He has refused to heed the warnings given to him by the most advanced intelligence organizations in the world. He has refused to establish a bi-partisan commission to investigate Russian interference in our election process. At present he is insisting that his aides not testify before Congress. He has attempted to require appointees to sign non-disclosure agreements.

He has touted the claims of two foreign pow-

ers (Russia and Saudi Arabia) over America’s intelligence sources. This list is sufficient to show how dangerous Donald Trump has been and is still. It is nowhere near a comprehensive list.

Democrats need to couple the reason they have used so far with a term that evokes images of the present peril (emotion). Allow me to suggest “Putin-Gate.” Then they need to exploit reason along with emotion to force action from Republicans who are hiding behind their blind loyalty to Trump and their party. Democrats need to quit worrying about

losing the 2020 election. They need to force the issue of loyalty to party or allegiance to America now. They must act boldly because the country needs bold action as opposed to maintaining a president in office (Republican goal) and relying entirely on the reason embodied in the Mueller Report (Democrat strategy).

In sports terms this combination of reason and emotion can be likened to (1) having a team well-drilled in fundamentals, (2) formulating a solid game plan and (3) playing with emotion. The team

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his name in history. You will only have one chance. Use reason and emotion rather than relying only on reason. It is fairly clear that Trump’s base decides mainly on emotion.

Raw emotion will not endure the power of reason and emotion combined.

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that plays to keep from losing too often places itself at a distinct disadvantage by allowing the underdog to hang around late in the game.

Act boldly, Democrats! Kris Kristofferson sang, “I’d rather be sorry for something I’ve done than for something that I didn’t do.”

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about Sheila, about going in on that time share with a family member, about the hair transplant, the tummy tuck, the new convertible, and all the rest of it.

These friends are harder to come by, because telling friends things they don’t want to hear is one lousy gig.

But wait. Let’s be clear about one thing.

There are plenty of people who will be more than willing to tell you terrible things about your life. When I was a high school junior, one day I woke up with a zit about the size of a marble in the crevice where my nose met my cheek. I carefully applied some “tinted skin cream,” which served only to change the color of the marble-zit from red to beige. I fancied that people might not notice, a belief that was “popped” about 15 minutes after I got to school when my “friend,” Scott, saw me and immediately remarked, “Good Lord, Chris, if I had a zit like THAT I think I would just stay home.

Have a good day, I guess.”

There are a lot of Scotts out there. Avoid them. They are not your friends. You need friends who will tell you unpleasant truths that you do not already know, or that you do know on some level but do not wish to confront. You need a friend who will tell you, and then confront it with you.

You need a friend like my friend, Bill.

One night, many years ago when I was a bachelor, I was on the phone with Bill discussing various theories with him as to why a woman I was interested in was not showing much of a reciprocal interest, other than occasional, vaguely-worded, suggestions of potential get-togethers of some sort, once she had cleared a long, murky list of tasks from her calendar. Possibly. At some point.

Later on. Perhaps.

I had developed quite an impressive assortment of reasons why this exciting new potential relationship had not yet gained any traction. Bill listened to all of these patiently.

“Well, what do you think?” I asked.

“Well,” he said. “It looks to me like if she wanted to be there, she would be there. I think if she wanted to go out with you, she’d just go.”

“Well, damn, Bill,” I said.

“Yeah, I know,” he said. “The next time you pick up the phone to call her, why don’t you call me instead? We’ll talk about guitars or something.”

If you’re lucky, you’ve got a friend like Bill. If you’re really lucky, you’ll never meet Sheila. If you do, you better call Bill right away.

(Chris Cox is a teacher and writer. jchriscox@live.com.)

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et’s be honest for a minute. Most of us lie to our friends on a fairly regular basis and are, in turn, lied to by them.

Furthermore, that’s the way we want it. It is an unwritten contact that we rely on to keep our friendships burnished to a nice sheen, as well as a way for us to continue to perpetuate certain kinds of delusions that make us feel more comfortable in various areas of our lives.

“Do you think Sheila will ever change?” your friend asks. “She seems to be on her best behavior lately. People can change, can’t they?”

Columnist “Of course they can,” you say.

“People change all the time. We must not become cynical.”

Secretly, you despise Sheila. She has a voice that reminds you of a cheese grater, she puts on a big show of sending her food back at upscale restaurants, and she hasn’t seen a decent movie in years and years.

Don’t get her started on taxes.

But you tell your friend what he wants to hear because it is what he needs to hear, it’s what he wants to believe, and it’s pointless to push back against the tide of his need.

What you really want to say is, “Sheila is an obnoxious, arrogant, clueless, selfinvolved moron. No, wait, she’s worse than that. She’s a monster, and monsters don’t change. Ever. And that braised quail that she sent back tonight was DELICIOUS! Furthermore, ‘Moonlight’ was a marvelous movie, unless you happen to be a soulless twit.”

But you don’t say that. What you say instead is, “Sheila is a child of God, like you and me, a genuine diamond in the rough.

Don’t you give up on her, mister!”

Some of this has to do with age. When we are younger, we have the luxury of thrashing about in dramatic self-pity for quite some time. Plus, we have just the right amount of idealism and ego to believe that the overwhelming force of our love and charisma is such that people in our orbit will be transformed by it, bent to our will like a divining rod bends to water.

When we are older, we have less time for such nonsense. At this point, if we have achieved a certain level of wisdom that some poor souls never reach, we may seek the counsel of friends who will — shudder — tell us the truth about our lives.

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Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily.

Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. Call-ahead seating available.

BOOJUM BREWING COMPANY 50 N Main Street, Waynesville.

828.246.0350. Taproom Open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gem Bar Open Tuesday through Sunday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. Enjoy lunch, dinner or drinks at Boojum’s Downtown Waynesville restaurant & bar. Choose from 16 taps of our fresh, delicious & ever rotating Boojum Beer plus cider, wine & craft cocktails. The taproom features seasonal pub faire including tasty burgers,

CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville.

828.246.6505. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Mouthwatering all beef burgers and dogs, hand-dipped, hand-spun real ice cream shakes and floats, fresh handcut fries. Locally sourced beef. Indoor and outdoor dining. facebook.com/ChurchStreetDepot, twitter.com/ChurchStDepot.

CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva.

828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine.

Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more. Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi,

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THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter.

COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley.

828.926.1820 Winter hours: Wednesday through Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet.

Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service.

FERRARA PIZZA & PASTA 243 Paragon Parkway, Clyde.

828.476.5058. Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 12 to 8 p.m. Real New Yorkers. Real Italians. Real Pizza. A full service authentic Italian pizzeria and restaurant from New York to the Blue Ridge. Dine in, take out, and delivery. Check out our daily lunch specials plus customer appreciation nights on Monday and Tuesday 5 to 9 p.m. with large cheese pizzas for $9.95.

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BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch daily 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; dinner nightly at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Wine Down Wednesday’s: ½ off wine by the bottle. We specialize in handcut, all natural steaks from local farms, incredible burgers, and other classic american comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available.

pet-friendly. Live music and lots of events.

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tasteTHE mountains FIREFLY TAPS & GRILL 128 N. Main St., Waynesville 828.454.5400. Simple, delicious food. A must experience in WNC. Located in downtown Waynesville with an atmosphere that will warm your heart and your belly! Local and regional beers on tap. Full bar, vegetarian options, kids menu, and more.

Reservations accepted. Daily specials. Live music every Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m.

Open Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St., Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving dinner 5 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 9:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors.

Reservations accepted. www.frogsleappublichouse.com.

HARMON’S DEN BISTRO 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville 828.456.6322. Harmon’s Den is located in the Fangmeyer Theater at HART. Open 5:309 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday (Bistro closes at 7:30 p.m. on nights when there is a show in the Fangmeyer Theater) with Sunday brunch at 11 a.m. that includes breakfast and lunch items. Harmon’s Den offers a complete menu with cocktails, wine list, and area beers on tap. Enjoy casual dining with the guarantee of making it to the performance in time, then rub shoulders with the cast afterward with post-show food and beverage service. Reservations recommended. www.harmonsden.harttheatre.org

J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817.

Open for dinner at 4:30 to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome.

Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated.

JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel.

828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner.

LOS AMIGOS 366 Russ Ave. in the Bi-Lo Plaza.

828.456.7870. Open from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 5 to 10 p.m. for dinner Monday through Friday and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy the lunch prices Monday through Sunday, also enjoy our outdoor patio.

MAD BATTER FOOD & FILM 617 W. Main Street Downtown Sylva.

828.586.3555. Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with Sunday Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Handtossed pizza, house-ground burgers, steak sandwiches & fresh salmon all from scratch.

Casual family friendly atmosphere. Craft beer and interesting wine. Free movies Thursday through Saturday. Visit madbatterfoodfilm.com for this week’s shows & events.

MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine.

Open seasonally for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted.

MAGGIE VALLEY RESTAURANT 2804 Soco Road, Maggie Valley.

828.926.0425. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Daily specials including soups, sandwiches and southern dishes along with featured dishes such as fresh fried chicken, rainbow trout, country ham, pork chops and more.

Breakfast all day including omelets, pancakes, biscuits & gravy. facebook.com/carversmvr; instagram @carvers_mvr.

MOUNTAIN PERKS ESPRESSO BAR & CAFÉ 9 Depot St., Bryson City. 828.488.9561.

Open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. With music at the Depot. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Life is too short for bad coffee. We feature wonderful breakfast and lunch selections. Bagels, wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads and quiche with a variety of specialty coffees, teas and smoothies. Various desserts.

NEWFOUND LODGE RESTAURANT 1303 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee (Located on 441 North at entrance to GSMNP).

828.497.4590. Open 7 a.m. daily.

Established in 1946 and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Family style dining for adults and children.

PIGEON RIVER GRILLE 101 Park St., Canton.

828.492.1422. Open Tuesday through Thursday 3 to 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday noon to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Southerninspired restaurant serving simply prepared,

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 828.926.0201 Home of the Maggie Valley Pizzeria. We deliver after 4 p.m. daily to all of Maggie Valley, J-Creek area, and Lake Junaluska.

Monday through Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. country buffet and salad bar from 5 to 9 p.m. $11.95 with Steve Whiddon on piano.

Friday and Saturday: 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 to 8 p.m. 11:30 to 3 p.m. family style, fried chicken, ham, fried fish, salad bar, along with all the fixings, $11.95.

Check out our events and menu at rendezvousmaggievalley.com SAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE 1941 Champion Drive, Canton 828.646.3750 895 Russ Ave., Waynesville 828.452.5822. Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Carry out available.

Sagebrush features hand carved steaks, chicken and award winning BBQ ribs. We have fresh salads, seasonal vegetables and scrumptious deserts. Extensive selection of local craft beers and a full bar. Catering special events is one of our specialties.

SPEEDY’S PIZZA 285 Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.3800.

Open seven days a week. Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Family-owned for 30 years. Serving hand-tossed pizza made to order, pasta, subs, gourmet salads, calzones and seafood. Also serving excellent prime rib on Thursdays. Dine in or take out available.

TAP ROOM BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville.

828.456.3551. Open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, the Tap Room Bar & Grill has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Full bar and wine cellar. www.thewaynesvilleinn.com.

VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin.

828.369.9890. Established here in in 1998. Come to Franklin and enjoy our laid back place, a place you can sit back, relax and enjoy our 62” HDTV. Our Pizza dough, sauce, meatballs, and sausage are all made from scratch by Vito. The recipes have been in the family for 50 years (don’t ask for the recipes cuz’ you won’t get it!)

WAYNESVILLE PIZZA COMPANY 32 Felmet Street, Waynesville.

828.246.0927. Open Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday noon to 9 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Opened in May 2016, The Waynesville Pizza Company has earned a reputation for having the best hand-tossed pizza in the area. Featuring a custom bar with more than 20 beers and a rustic, family friendly dining room. Menu includes salads, burgers, wraps, hot and cold sandwiches, gourmet pizza, homemade desserts, and a loaded salad bar. The Cuban sandwich is considered by most to be the best in town.

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JOEY’S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley.

828.926.0212. Open seven days a week! 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Joey’s is a family-friendly restaurant that has been serving breakfast to locals and visitors of Western North Carolina for decades. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey’s is sure to please all appetites. Join us for what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.

KANINI’S 1196 N. Main St., Waynesville.

828.452.5187. Lunch Monday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., eat in or carry out. Closed Sunday. A made-from-scratch kitchen using fresh ingredients. Offering a variety of meals to go from frozen meals to be stored and cooked later to “Dinners to Go” that are made fresh and ready to enjoyed that day. We also specialize in catering any event from from corporate lunches to weddings. kaninis.com

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Located riverside at Bearwaters Brewing, enjoy daily specials, sandwiches, wings, fish and chips, flatbreads, soups, salads, and more.

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HAZELWOOD FARMACY & SODA FOUNTAIN 429 Hazelwood Avenue, Waynesville.

828.246.6996. Open six days a week, closed Wednesday. 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Breakfast until noon, old-fashioned luncheonette and diner comfort food. Historic full service soda fountain.

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BUDDHA ON A HILL A conversation with David Crosby

David Crosby.

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER The world has gone haywire and David Crosby is mad as hell about it.

And though the years may change on the calendar, the issues affecting our society tend to remain front and center — corruption, discrimination, poverty, pollution, and so forth.

Sadly, for Crosby, it’s been a sentiment he’s carried with him since his early days of rock-nroll stardom in the turmoil and counterculture of the 1960s — nothing’s the same, everything’s the same.

But, even at 77, the iconic singer-songwriter remains empowered and hopeful.

Those traits deep within his soul are trademarks of his music, whether it was his time with The Byrds over 50 years ago or being part of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — one of the most important musical acts of all-time, politically and sonically.

And yet, even in the here and now, good ole Croz remains a voice of reason in dark times, using his signature vocal styling and keen lyrical aptitude to provoke not only societal dialogue and intrinsic thought, but actual positive and tangible change on our planet.

Smoky Mountain News: You’ve always been a politically active and vocal person.

What does that mean to you right now at 77?

David Crosby: Quite a bit. I’ve had time to watch a whole lot of stuff. So, I’ve become one of those old opinionated guys who grovels

expressing his opinions about the world all the time. I’m pretty disturbed [about the world right now]. I’m one of those corny old people that really believes in democracy, and I don’t think we have a democracy anymore. I think we’ve got a corporate-tocracy. And I don’t think that’s good at all because I don’t think it serves the people of the United States of America at all.

SMN: So, are you optimistic about the future?

DC: Man, it’s tough to be optimistic in the face of this imbecile in the White House. I’m very afraid he’s going to start a war so he can be a wartime president and posture and pose. It’s hard. But, I’m encouraged by the kids. The kids getting out and doing these demonstrations, that and the women’s march before that — it thrilled me. Those two things give me hope.

Whether that’s enough hope to counter the really disastrous stuff happening to our government and to our country? I don’t know, man.

SMN: Where does that fire within you come from? Some might say the older you get, the less you might care…

DC: Gee, you know, it’s just not working out that way. It comes from belief. I truly and honestly believe in democracy. It’s a great system for people to live together under the rule of law. It’s a great idea. Representative democracy — it’s a good way to govern. I believe in it, and I don’t like that way it’s worked out for the way

Want to go?

David Crosby & The Sky Trails Band will headline the Songsmith Gathering at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, on the Auditorium Stage at the Brevard Music Center.

Kicking off at 11:45 a.m. on the Lakeside Stage, other acts hitting the stage throughout the day will include Mipso, Hush Kids, Stand and Sway, Sarah Siskind, Suitcase Junket, Erin Rae, and more.

Tickets start at $37 for lawn seats and $55 for auditorium seating. Children under 12 are free with a paid adult lawn seat. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.songsmithgathering.com or call 800.514.3849. corporations have been able to buy our Congress, which is what they’ve done.

SMN: How has the meaning of the word “love” changed or remained the same as you’ve gotten older?

DC: It hasn’t changed a bit. It’s still the most important thing in the world. It’s very easy to be distracted early on in life with treasure, with fame, with other stuff that seems really shiny and attractive. But, at this point in my life, none of it comes anywhere close to love.

Your love of your life and your family — that turns out to be the best part of life.

“Your love of your life and your family — that turns out to be the best part of life.”

— David Crosby

SMN: What’s the role of the songwriter in the modern world?

DC: Well, where we come from — the songwriter — is the troubadours in the Middle Ages. We were the ones that carried the news from town to town — the town crier. That’s part of our job. It’s not the whole thing, because we evolved from that into entertainers, as well. And it’s not good to preach at people. It’s good to be witness to people. If you see something you really think has to be witnessed — like [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s] “Ohio” [about the 1970 Kent State University shootings] — that was a really good witness song.

And, frankly, we need another one right now.

We need a song, a fight song, a battle song — we shall overcome. I don’t care who writes it, just as long as we get one.

Editor’s Note: If you would like to listen to the entire audio stream of this conversation, go to YouTube and search: “David Crosby Garret K. Woodward.”

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD

311 at Epicenter.

Garret K. Woodward

The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will present the third annual Hook, Line and Drinker Festival from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva.

With the wind howling in Renowned bluegrass singer/mandolinist Sierra my face, the Polaris ATV Hull will hit the stage for a special evening of rounded the third curve of the acoustic music at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Rockingham Speedway. The the Cowee School in Franklin. odometer read 60 mph. It was midnight. Sunday into Fines Creek Community Center will host an Monday. And all I could think evening of dance and music with Running Wolf & of was the absurdity of this The Renegades at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18. serendipitous moment.

The Strawberry Jam festival will be held from 10 This past Sunday was the a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Darnell culmination of the Epicenter Farms in Bryson City rock festival. Held just across the street from the legendary Cowee Pottery School’s Master Potter series con(now abandoned) NASCAR tinues with Joe Frank McKee from 9 a.m. to 5 track at the Rockingham p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the school in Franklin.

Dragway, the event attracted tens of thousands of rock-n-roll freaks with a my truck Saturday afternoon and take off to lineup that included Foo Fighters, 311, Korn, Charlotte to meet him, only to roll into Rob Zombie, and dozens more of the biggest Rockingham for Epicenter on Sunday. He had to head to the speedway for some busiacts on the planet. ness endeavors. So, why not go along for the And last Friday, I hadn’t planned on ride, eh? Sold. going.

Not at all.

Wasn’t even on my radar as — In my old busted up Toyota Tacoma, I a possibility. But, a dear friend of mine, soon found myself at the valet in the Omni someone deeply connected in the music and Hotel in downtown Charlotte. Parked next craft beer worlds, called me up just as I was to a Bentley and a McLaren, I stood out like about to be a recluse for the weekend. a sore thumb, especially with attire: plaid “Hey, what are you doing Sunday?” he long sleeve, shorts and sneakers. No matter. asked. Within a minute, I’d been convinced Only need to stroll into the lobby with one’s ” to bail on all my original plans, jump into

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head held high in confidence of the extravagant situation I’d just found myself in.

Once Saturday transitioned into Sunday, there I was, bellied up at the bar for way overpriced drinks in the Ritz-Carlton across from the Omni, rubbing shoulders with big business folks and music industry movers and shakers. And all the while, I’m well aware of the bizarre nature of little ole me in the midst of this monetary madness — be aware of it all, and jump right in.

Bleary-eyed come Sunday morning, we rode out to Rockingham. The major interstates soon became small highways only to then become country backroads. Once backstage at Epicenter, we were surrounded by rock star tour buses and massive stage productions. In passing, I’d been told around 80,000 tickets had been sold for the weekend festivities.

Besides my buddy and I, we were running around Epicenter with one of his business associates, who was also good friends with 311, one of the most successful rock bands in the modern era. As a teenager of the late 1990s, I was, and remain, a huge fan of 311 — a seamless blend of rock, hip-hop and reggae. It’s timeless music with a deep and sincere message about individuality through positivity.

Soon, the three of us find ourselves in the backstage trailer for 311 before the group’s headlining spot. In every direction stood musicians I’d respected and adored since middle school. I felt like a teenager all over again. But, not once in a nostalgic or fan boy way. More so in awe of the moment, that childlike wonder I’ve always aimed to retain as my beard gets greyer, the weeks, months and years ticking away.

Fast-forward to all of us side stage watching 311 tear through an hour-long set in front of tens of thousands of ecstatic music fans. I found myself thinking of all those years chipping away at finding stability in the music industry through the written word. And there I was, in that state of being where your soul feels refilled from years of exhaustion trying to get wherever it is you need to go to achieve your dreams.

After saying our goodbyes to the band, we crossed paths with one of the owners of Rockingham. We jumped on his golf cart and headed for the speedway. He took us through the old NASCAR offices and showed us all this long-forgotten racing memorabilia, and also the big plans he and his investors have for the property with the success of Epicenter.

“Y’all want to ride around the track?” he grinned at us. Yep. Hopping into the Polaris ATV, we roared around the racing bastion that is “Thunder Alley.” In the distance, you could see the bright lights of the Epicenter, the countless taillights of those thousands of rockers streaming out of the festival grounds and back into society.

By 2 a.m. Monday morning, our trio hit the road for Charlotte, for the Omni, and for the eventual 2.5-hour drive back to our homes in Western North Carolina. And I couldn’t help but smile in the beautiful madness of it all. This is what it’s all about — going with the flow, seizing that carp(e) everyone is always talking about.

Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y’all.

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Voices in the Laurel The Voices in the Laurel 23rd annual spring concert, “Voices in Spring,” featuring the music of British, French and

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Cowee School welcomes Sierra Hull Renowned bluegrass singer/mandolinist Sierra Hull will hit the stage for a special evening of acoustic music at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Cowee School in Franklin.

At 27, Hull has received the “Mandolin Player of the Year” award from the International Bluegrass Music Association the last three years in-a-row.

Before that time, no other female musician had ever been given the honor in the decades-old history of the IBMAs. “I love the music itself, but getting to be part of that community and the spirit of it was such an exciting thing to be part of as a young musician,” Hull recently

American Composers, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the First Baptist Church in Waynesville.

Voices in the Laurel is a Haywood County based nonprofit choir for young people ranging from 1st grade through 12th grade from Haywood, Buncombe, Jackson, and Swain counties under the direction of Martha Brown.

Voices in the Laurel is an authentic program that focuses on providing young people quality choral education in fun and innovative ways.

This concert is supported by a Grassroots Grant by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources awarded by the Haywood County Arts Council.

For adults, tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For children ages 11 and under, tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.

You can purchase tickets by going to 828.564.3310 or visit www.voicesinthelaurel.org.

Sierra Hull.

told The Smoky Mountain News.

Tickets are $20 and $10 for children ages 6-16. Season tickets also available.

Tickets available at www.coweeschool.org, Franklin Chamber of Commerce or at the school on the day of the concert.

828.369.4080.

Concerts on the Creek Summer Brooke and Mountain Faith.

he 10th season of the Concerts on the Creek summer music series in Sylva begins on Friday, May 24. This year’s lineup promises to be one of the most versatile in the event’s history.

The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce team up to produce the Concerts on the Creek series at the Bridge Park gazebo in Sylva from 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Concerts on the Creek events are free and open to the public with donations encouraged. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the shows. Occasionally, these events will feature food truck vendors as well.

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The performances are as follows: • May 24: Daddy Rabbit (blues/rock) • May 31: Jonah Riddle & The Carolina Express (bluegrass/gospel) • June 7: Arnold Hill Band with special guest Chris Pressley (country/rock)

• June 14: Summer Brooke and Mountain Faith (bluegrass/gospel) • June 21: Shane Mead & The Sound (Americana/folk) • June 28: The Rewind Band (classic hits/rock) • July 4: Fireworks & Festivities, The Carolina Soul Band (soul/R&B/beach/classic hits) • July 5: Hot Trail Mix (progressive bluegrass) • July 12: The Darren Nicholson Band (bluegrass/classic country) • July 19: Geoff McBride & Scott Baker (classic hits/soul) • July 26: Dashboard Blue (rock/classic hits) • Aug. 2: Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (rock/blues) • Aug. 9: Tuxedo Junction (classic hits) • Aug. 16: Mama Danger (folk/newgrass) • Aug. 23: Troy Underwood (Americana/folk) • Aug. 30: Maggie Valley Band (Americana) For more information, call 828.586.2155 or visit www.mountainlovers.com. Follow the Concerts on the Creek Facebook page for series updates.

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The Folkmoot “Songwriters in the Round” series will present Scott Miller, David Childers and RB Morris at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville.

Begun in Balsam in 1996 and modeled after similar performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Café, the “Songwriters in the Round” series, now hosted by Folkmoot, presents signature in-the-round shows featuring Nashville area songwriters who pen the lyrics performed by country’s biggest stars.

Many performances feature Grammy and CMA award winners, and all include writers of many top-ranked songs.

Miller’s songs reflect his degrees in American History and Russian Studies, with 30 references to his home, family, history, geog-

raphy, writers and Appalachia. As of 2011, Miller was based in Staunton, Virginia, having moved back home to help manage the family cattle farm. Miller collaborated with filmmaker James Weems and photographer Glen Rose on mini-documentary “Going Home” which explores Miller’s personal and musical journey in returning to the family farm.

Childers’ latest album, “Run Skeleton Run,” on Ramseur Records, is filled with the kinds of songs that have made him a favorite of fans and fellow artists including neighbors The Avett Brothers. Scott Avett contributes to four tracks, and Avetts bassist Bob Crawford co-executive-produced the effort with label head Dolph Ramseur. (Crawford and Childers, both history buffs, have recorded and per-

formed together in the Overmountain Men).

Morris is a poet and songwriter, solo performer and band leader, and a sometimes playwright and actor from Knoxville, Tennessee. Morris served as the Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence at The University of Tennessee from 2004-2008, and was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame in 2009.

Tickets are $25 per person, $12 for students, and $29 at the door. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.folkmoot.org, email info@folkmoot.org or call 828.452.2997.

Folkmoot’s year-round programs are supported by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation and Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

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• Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva) will host Chicken Coop Willaye (Americana/bluegrass) May 24. All shows start at 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.balsamfallsbrewing.com.

• Blue Ridge Beer Hub (Waynesville) will host an acoustic jam with Main St. NoTones from 6 to 9 p.m. May 16 and 23. Free and open to the public. www.blueridgebeerhub.com.

• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host a bluegrass open mic every Wednesday, an all-genres open mic every Thursday and ‘Round the Fire (folk/jam) May 18. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.boojumbrewing.com.

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• Currahee Brewing (Franklin) will host Dustin Martin (singer-songwriter) 8 p.m. May 17.

Free and open to the public. www.curraheebrew.com.

• Firefly Taps & Grill (Waynesville) will host Two Armadillos (Americana) May 25 and June 8, Bryce Denton (singer-songwriter) May 29 and Lindsay Meyers (singer-songwriter) June 1. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. 828.454.5400.

• First Presbyterian Church (Franklin) will host pianist Dr. Tommy Jordan at 3 p.m. May 19. Admission by donation, with $5 suggested. Presented by the Arts Council of Macon County, 828-524-ARTS or arts4all@dnet.net.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night May 15 and 22, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo May 16 and 23. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Innovation Station (Dillsboro) will host Intergalactic Propulsion Module Music May 18 and Jim Elenteny (singer-songwriter) May 25. All events are free and begin at 7 p.m.

unless otherwise noted. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Isis Music Hall (West Asheville) will host Queen Bee & The Honeylovers (jazz/swing) lawn show 6 p.m. May 15, Monica Rizzio (Americana) 7 p.m. May 15, Hollier w/Julia Sanders (alt-country) 7 p.m. May 16, Mitchel Evan & Sam Rae (Americana) 7 p.m. May 17, Jamie McLean Band (Americana/blues) 9 p.m. May 17, House of Hamill (Celtic/folk) 7 p.m. May 18, John McCutcheon (acoustic) 8:30 p.m. May 18, Ordinary Elephant (Americana) 6 p.m. May 19, Celtic Corner Series w/The Reel Sisters, Sue Richards & Robin Bullock 7:30 p.m. May 19, Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions w/Dryman Mountain Boys 7:30 p.m. May 21, Lawn Series w/Fwuit (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m. May 22, Jordan Hurwitz & Rachel Ohnsman (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m. May 22. www.isisasheville.com.

• Jackson County Public Library (Sylva) will host pianist Bryan Heller at 6:30 p.m. May 21. Free and open to the public.

• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host an open mic night at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday, Twist of Fate May 18, George Reeves May 24 and Caroline Aiken May 25. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• L’Italiana Restaurant (Franklin) will host The Ram Cats May 17 and The Remnants May 18. Both shows start at 7 p.m. and are open to the public. For more information, call 828.349.4362.

• Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will host Cosmic May 18 and Loose Leaves May 24. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Slippery Creek Band May 25 and Hustle Souls May 26. www.noc.com.

• Outdoor 76 (Franklin) will host Beer & Bluegrass BBQ from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 25. Live music by Bad Kenny (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Ol’ Dirty Bathtub (2 to 4 p.m.) and Dryman Mountain Boys (5 to 7 p.m.).

• Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, Mile High (classic rock) 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a Trivia w/Kelsey Jo 8 p.m. Thursdays.

• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

• Southern Porch (Canton) will host semi-regular live music Thursday through Saturday.

All shows are free and open to the public.

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• The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host Bluegrass Thursdays w/Benny Queen at 6:30 p.m. and Scott Streible (singer-songwriter) 1 p.m. May 25.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host Bluegrass w/Nitrograss Wednesdays at 7 p.m and The New Rustics 9:30 p.m. May 25.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic Night” on Mondays, karaoke on Thursdays, semi-regular music on Fridays and Saturdays. All events at 10 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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• Waynesville Public Library will host Pyramid Brass at 3 p.m. May 18. Free.

• Whiteside Brewing (Cashiers) will host Doug Ramsey (rock/soul) May 24 and 31. All shows start at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.743.6000 or www.whitesidebrewing.com.

SIERRA H ULL & JUSTIN MOSES “She plays the mandolin with a degree of refined elegance and freedom that few have achieved,” says Bela Fleck, the genre-leaping banjo master who produced Weighted Mind. “And now her vocals and songwriting have matured to the level of her virtuosity.”

Alison Krauss, who has won more Grammy awards than any female artist in history, says of Hull, “I think she’s endless. I don’t see any boundaries. Talent like hers is so rare, and I don’t think it stops. It’s round.” Hull came to us as a bluegrass thrush, a teen prodigy. Krauss called her to the Grand Ole Opry stage when Hull was 11-years-old. Two years later, she signed with Rounder Records, and soon became known as a remarkable mandolin player, a tonetrue vocalist, and a recording artist of high order. She made two acclaimed albums. She played the White House, and Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and she became the first bluegrass musician to receive a Presidential Scholarship at the Berklee College of Music.

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• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) 5:30 p.m.

May 16, Atari Safari May 17, Nikki Forbes (singer-songwriter) May 18, Noah Proudfoot May 24 and Heidi Holton (blues/folk) May 25.

All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

A community jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16 and June 6, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of the Sawmill Creek Porch Band.

The music jams are offered to the public each first and third Thursday of the month — year-round. This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts.

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• Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (Dillsboro) will host a community drumming session from 3 to 5 p.m. May 18. All are welcome.

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• Fines Creek Community Center will host an evening of dance and music at 6 p.m. May 18. Live music by Running Wolf & The Renegades. Food at 6 p.m. Music at 7 p.m.

Admission is $5. All proceeds go to community needs. 828.593.7042.

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• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host the “Stone Soup” open mic night every Tuesday, Shayler’s Kitchen Band May 17, Somebody’s Child (Americana) May 18, Shayler’s Kitchen Band May 24 and Frank & Allie (Americana/old-time) May 25. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

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• Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host the “Lounge Series” at its Calaboose location with Scott Stambaugh (singer-songwriter) May 18 and Liz Nance (Americana/folk) May 23. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• The Maggie Valley Pavilion will host the Haywood Community Band at 6:30 p.m. May 19. Free and open to the public.

• Maggie Valley Rendezvous will host Stone Crazy (classic rock/pop) from 6 to 9 p.m.

May 24, at the poolside tiki bar.

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Swain County Heritage Festival The Swain County Heritage Festival will be held May 24-25 at Riverfront Park in Bryson City.

From 6 to 9 p.m. the Friday night entertainment is loaded with local talent featuring an emphasis on old-time gospel. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. the Saturday entertainment features classic country, bluegrass, and clogging.

In addition to music, the festival offers local arts and crafts, food, games for the kids, log-sawing contest, sack races and fun for the whole family.

For more information on the festival, visit www.greatsmokies.com.

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Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays May 22 through Oct. 25 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee.

Sit by a bonfire, alongside a river, and listen to some of Cherokee’s best storytellers. The bonfire is free and open to the public. There will be no bonfire events in September.

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The Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders Club will host an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Buffalo Creek Vacations above the Pigeon River on Riverside Drive in Clyde.

The display is a 30’x50’ railroad station with huge three-rail O Gauge layout deputizing the Western North Carolina mountains and the railroads. The event hosts have a herd

of American Bison, some llamas, alpacas, miniature horses, goats, bunnies, and other animals to see as well. There are also several real cabooses to add to the atmosphere.

Address is 13 Caboose Way in Clyde.

Photography is welcome and asking a $5 donation at the door. For more information, call Sam Hopkins 828.550.5959 or Harold Clackett 828.593.0394.

‘Candid Camera’ comes to Franklin

hilarious stage comedy is blended with clips, quips, and behind-the-scenes tales from the show’s funniest moments.

Incorporating the best of “Candid Camera” episodes in a fast-paced romp through the decades, audience participation and special surprises make the show a great night of fun.

Tickets start at $15. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

The iconic program “Candid Camera” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

In this family-friendly performance, longtime “Candid Camera” host Peter Funt’s

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lowed by Leeda “Lyric” Jones, who will close out the festival from 5:15 to 7 p.m., with a sizzling set of soul/R&B/rock originals and favorites.

Admission to the family friendly Hook, Line and Drinker Festival is free, with donations encouraged. Reusable Hook, Line & Drinker souvenir cups will be available for purchase, along with commemorative Tshirts. Souvenir cups are required for craft beer vendor purchases. A portion of net proceeds from the festival will benefit Trout Unlimited’s “Trout in the Classroom” programming for 2019-20.

The festival is a celebration of Jackson County being the proud home of the WNC Fly Fishing Trail and the NC Trout Capital.

The WNC Fly Fishing Trail features 15 hot fishing spots that run from the northern end of the county to the southern end along the Tuckaseigee River. Jackson County is stocked with more trout than any other county in the state and is home to the largest recorded rainbow trout caught in N.C. For more information, visit the festival website at www.hooklinedrinkerfest.com, call 828.586.2155 or visit the festival’s Facebook page.

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The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will present the third annual Hook, Line and Drinker Festival from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva.

The festival features fly fishing guides and fishing industry vendors; food trucks; children’s activities; music by two bands (Another Country and Lyric); clean water, outdoor activity and wildlife advocates; and WNC craft beer vendors.

The second annual pre-festival Tuck Trout Trot will be held at 9 a.m. at the Jackson County Greenway. This is a self-timed, 2.2mile fun run/walk along the paved trail adjacent to the Tuckaseigee River. A portion of net proceeds from the Tuck Trout Trot benefit Jackson County Parks & Recreation’s annual “Fishing With Kids Day.” Each paid participant will receive a cool commemorative Tshirt, while supplies last. To register, visit https://runsignup.com/race/nc/cullowhee/tucktrouttrot or sign up at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce or Jackson County Parks and Recreation office in Cullowhee.

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On the table Tonics, teas for everyday health The monthly Creating Community Workshop will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

In this class, attendees will learn key herbs for everyday use, tonics, infusions, teas, herb strengths and specific uses, tea blending, and each person will create their own personal tea blend to take with them.

Originally from Southern California, Heather Perry relocated to the East Coast to explore the Mid-Atlantic and the South. She attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she received a B.S. in Sociology and later earned her license in esthetics from the Virginia Institute of Esthetics in Virginia Beach.

She is also licensed in massage and bodywork therapy from the Center for Massage and Natural Health and became a community herbalist from The Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine here in beautiful Western North Carolina.

Perry specializes in stress-management and holistic healing through the release of muscular tension, Reiki energy work, plant medicine and customized at-home regiments to restore balance to the skin and create a stronger mind-body connection.

She believes personal growth and healing is a journey and her purpose is to help people feel supported on this journey, smoothing over some of the rough patches along the way.

This program is free of charge. This class is limited to 20 participants. For more information or to sign up for the class, call 828.586.2016 or stop by the Reference Desk.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library (www.fontanalib.org).

All aboard the BBQ, craft beer train

Craft beer, gourmet dinner at Mad Anthony’s The Allagash Brewing “Beer Dinner” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Mad Anthony’s Taproom & Restaurant in Waynesville.

Four craft beer selections will be paired with four chef-created courses prepared by Chef Matt Kuver. All attendees will receive a gift pack from the brewery.

Tickets are $60, which includes tax and gratuity. Only 50 tickets available. Tickets are available for purchase at Mad Anthony’s. For more information, call the taproom at 828.246.9249.

There will be a barbecue and craft beer tasting with Lazy Hiker Brewing from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, May 25, on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, departing from Bryson City.

Board the GSMR and enjoy a steam train ride along with craft beer tastings, and your own basket of Southern-style barbeque goodness with hand-pulled pork slider, a couple pork ribs, and chicken drumstick accompanied by baked beans, house-made coleslaw, and apple cobbler.

Tickets start at $79 and include a souvenir tasting glass for three samples of finely crafted beer selections. Adults-only and family friendly seating.

For more information and/or to purchase tickets, call 800.872.4681 or visit www.gsmr.com.

Do you like strawberries?

The Strawberry Jam festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Darnell Farms in Bryson City.

The Darnell family celebrates their

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Now under new management with Stephanie Strickland and Genevieve Bagley, Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will continue to host an array of wine tastings and small plates.

• Mondays: Free tastings and discounts on select styles of wine that changes weekly.

• Thursdays: Five for $5 wine tasting, with small plates available for purchase from Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine in The Secret Wine Bar. • Fridays: The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and open for drinks and small plates from 5 to 9 p.m.

• Saturdays: Champagne cocktails from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m.

locally grown strawberry crop. Enjoy local music, local food, fresh fruits and vegetables, craft vendors, plow demonstrations, childrens play area, hayrides, fishing, camping, and much more.

Admission is free. Donations accepted for the upkeep and maintenance of the farm. 828.488.2376.

The Italian Wine Dinner from 7 to 9 p.m.

May 15, Paint & Sip from 3 to 5 p.m. May 18 and the South of the Border Seated Wine Tasting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 22.

Dog friendly patio and front garden open, weather permitting. For more information and/or to RSVP, call 828.452.0120 or visit www.waynesvillewine.com.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. May 18 and 25 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.631.3075.

• Free cooking demonstrations will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays at Country Traditions in Dillsboro.

Watch the demonstrations, eat samples and taste house wines for $3 a glass. All recipes posted online. www.countrytraditionsnc.com.

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‘Icons in Transformation’ art exhibit

Cowee Pottery School’s Master Potter series continues with Joe Frank McKee as he demonstrates his unique process with clay and the great world of alternative raku firings and effects from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the school in Franklin.

Originally from Abilene, Texas, McKee opened Tree House Pottery in Dillsboro in 2003. He continues to enjoy being a studio potter as well as teaching the art of clay as a part-time instructor at Southwestern Community College, yet one of his greatest professional accomplishments has been to co-found and coorganize the Western Carolina Pottery Festival, an annual event in Dillsboro.

During this one day demonstration and workshop, McKee will take you on a journey through his history and experience with clay, and share how he makes, fires and finishing. If you’re considering exploring Raku, this workshop will expose you to a variety of firing techniques.

Participants should bring three bisque fired pieces to the workshop. For more information or to register, visit www.coweepotteryschool.org.

Work from the ‘Icons in Transformation’ exhibit.

• The graduating class of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program will exhibit their best work at the 2019 Graduate Show. The show will be held through June 23 at the Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville. The Folk Art Center is open daily from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. For more information, call 828.627.4673 or visit creativearts.haywood.edu.

• Vendors and demonstrators are wanted for the second annual Mountain Heritage Fest in Cruso. This great day of barbecue, crafts, and live music will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Cruso Community Center. Open call for crafters and demonstrators. Vendor spaces are $10 for a 10x10 space and demonstrators can participate for free. All spaces are outdoors. For more information and applications, visit www.crusonc.com/fest, call Levi at 828.400.7323 or email crusoquiltshow@gmail.com.

• Fiber Sunday will take place at Cowee Textiles from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19, in Room 104 at the Cowee School Heritage Center in Franklin. Bring a textile project you are working on from spinning, knitting, weaving, rug hooking, baskets, etc. If you 36 have any questions, contact Teresa

Bouchonnet at 828.349.3878 or bouchonnet@coweetextiles.com.

• Fused Glass Wind Chime class with Gayle Haynie will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. In this class you will learn the basics of fused glass. Learn to cut and snip glass to the size and shape you prefer and how to add layers to your pieces to create color and interest. Class includes all glass, firing, assistance with assembling, wire and hooks. Cost is $55 HCAC members or $60 for non-members. Class size is limited to 10. To register, 828.452.0593

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• “Paint & Sip” with visual artist Genevieve Bagley will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. Cost is $45 per person. Ticket includes materials and gourmet snack. Wine and beer menu available. To RSVP, call 828.452.0120.

• The Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville is looking for a new identity for the annual Haywood County Studio Tour.

Submissions will be accepted through Aug. 1. The contest is open to everyone. Visit the

council’s website www.haywoodarts.org/logocontest for the application form and additional information. Winner will be selected by the Haywood Arts Council Studio Tour committee. For more information, call 828.452.0593, email info@haywoodarts.org or visit www.haywoodarts.org.

• The Weekly Open Studio art classes will resume 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 $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class. Contact Morgan at 828.550.6190 or email bmk.morgan@yahoo.com.

• Art by Sarah Tess Kunkleman is on display during the month of May in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin. Stop by or call ahead for available viewing times. For more about Sarah’s art and her processes visit her Instagram at www.instagram.com/sarahtess_studioart.

• The Haywood County Arts Council will offer its latest exhibit, “Elemental: Wood, Metal, Glass & Clay” through June 1 at the HCAC Gallery & Gifts showroom in downtown

The Grace Church in the Mountains will be hosting an internationally acclaimed art exhibition titled “Icons in Transformation” through June 16 at the church in Waynesville.

This exhibit toured cathedrals and museums in Europe and the United States and more than 150,000 people witnessed the powerful exhibit.

The artist, Russian emigre Ludmila Pawlowska, was born in exile. Following the death of her mother, she found inspiration in the Orthodox monasteries’ traditional spiritual icons. She shares her abstract impressionist masterworks using ancient icon methods and techniques.

Henri Mattise, one of the first to appreciate the significance of the Russian tradition in the development of contemporary art, said, “the artist’s soul emerges in…icons…(and) it is through them that we should learn to understand art.”

Grace Church in the Mountains welcomes the artist and her work by hosting a variety of cross-cultural and intergenerational opportunities. Visit www.gracewaynesville.com for an extensive calendar of events.

The public is welcome to view the art, hear expert speakers, and join icon writing workshops, while surrounded by the iconic beauty of the Appalachian Mountains.

Known for its transformative power, the mountains appeal to art lovers, nature enthusiasts, and truth seekers alike.

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Waynesville. Participating artists from around Western North Carolina include potter, wood workers, glass artists, metal workers and fiber artisans. For more information, call 828.452.5362 or visit www.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 next April.

• A “Beginner Step-By-Step” adult painting class will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. There is also a class at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at Balsam Fall Brewing in Sylva. Cost is $25 with all supplies provided. For more information on paint dates and/or to RSVP, contact Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560 or wncpaintevents@gmail.com.

• Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will host a free movie night at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For the full schedule of screenings, visit www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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• “Calendar Girls” opens at Highlands Performing Arts Center on May 23. There will be eight performances over two weeks: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30 and two Sunday matinees on May 26 and June 2 beginning at 2:30 p.m. Tickets will not be available until the Thursday before the play opens. Call the box office at 828.526.8084 or visit www.cashiersplayers.org.

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tions. The chance encounter will change both of their lives forever.

HART’s production is being directed by Dwight Chiles and will feature some of the theatre’s most talented performers, including: Kristen Hedberg as Francesca, and Dominic Aquilino as Robert, supported by Leif Broderson, Annelise Taylor Henry, Tyler Ledbetter, Emily Warren McCurry, Strother Stingley, Christine Caldemeyer and Georgia Reichard.

Harmons’ Den Bistro at HART is open for dining before all performances.

Reservations can be made for the show and the bistro by calling the HART Box Office from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at 828.456.6322 or by clicking on www.harttheatre.org.

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The Broadway musical “The Bridges of Madison County” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. May 17-18, 24-25, 31 and June 1, 6-8, and at 2 p.m. May 19, 26 and June 2 and 9 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

The show is based on the bestselling novel by Robert James Waller that became a hit film and was later adapted into a Tony Award winning musical. Jason Robert Brown composed the music and lyrics and Marsha Norman wrote the book for the show.

The story focuses on Francesca, an Italian war bride, and is set in 1965 in a small Midwestern town. Francesca has been married for eighteen years and has had a quiet life, but now the family is away at a state fair and a stranger has arrived seeking direc-

• The “Triple Threat Musical” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

• There is free comedy improv class from 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. No experience necessary, just come to watch or join in the fun. Improv teacher Wayne Porter studied at Sak Comedy Lab in Orlando, Florida, and performed improvisation with several groups. Join Improv WNC on Facebook or just call 828.316.8761.

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Deserving books that may pique your interest n the red wooden chair near my desk, 14 inches high, is a mound of books waiting for review. Three or four of them have taken up residence on that red chair for months, clamoring for attention.

Others are more newly arrived.

Some of these books I will never read, but feel they deserve at least a note or two here. In some cases, the authors or publishers sent them to me and, in the Writer words of playwright Arthur Miller, “Attention must be paid.” Some of these books rouse in me no real desire other than to casually thumb their pages, a fault that doubtless belongs to me as much as the book. Like most people, taste dictates what I read, and my tastes are sometimes not always those of the general public. A student, a bright kid who later entered Brown University, was aghast that I, his Advanced Placement English Literature teacher, had never read the Harry Potter books. My own children had dashed through all seven books in the series, and I tried to follow suit several times, beginning one of the books, putting it down after 20 pages, and finding it a month later beneath other books or a stack of mail.

Meanwhile, readers have bought more than 500 million copies of the Harry Potter books. Uncounted others have checked them out of libraries or shared them with their siblings and friends. With numbers like these, clearly the fault lies not with Harry Potter, but with me.

At any rate, here are four books that have made their way to my desk and will receive only cursory attention, but volumes that might nonetheless interest other readers.

Andrew Roberts’ Churchill: Walking With Destiny (Viking, 2018, 1105 pages) received rave critical reviews. Churchill is a hero of mine. I have read the three-volume set of The Last Lion, several shorter biographies, and several of Churchill’s own books. When in London four years ago, I had a friend snap a photo of me standing beside Churchill’s statue, and a tour of Churchill’s underground war

junior senator. Along the way both young men discover or share family secrets that will soon doom their friendship. A blurb describes

first hundred pages of Roberts’ biography and found it as excellent as reviewers had promised, but decided, because of the length of the book, that time and circumstance dictated a break from the great man.

Paul David Bauer’s novel Saint Ed, a beautifully written self-published novel, tells the story of a Jewish-American and Princeton student, Ed Rybowski, who takes off on a road trip in 1939 with the wealthy son of a Virginia

Saint Ed as reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, one of my top 10 twentieth century novels. Again, however, the length of the volume — 445 pages — and the demands of time and obligations have prevented me from reading it for review.

In Love Is The Answer: How to Love Yourself, Improve Your Relationships, and Find Inner Peace (TCK Publishing, 2018, 269 pages), Sharon Cheney, a self-described psy-

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headquarters beneath the streets of Westminster was a highlight of my visit to that city. I handily made my way through the

A Marine reflects on life Charles A. Van Bibber will present his work Valentine’s Day: A Marine Looks Back at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

Written from the viewpoint of a Marine Corps machine gunner in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, the narrative portrays the wisdom and perspective gained in the years since then.

And yet, two unique features assure that this work is free of any revisionism: excerpts from letters home show the most personal and

private thoughts of a Marine in that place and time. Historic accuracy is further assured by inclusion of declassified Marine Corps reports.

For more information and/or to reserve a copy of the book, call 828.456.6000 or call www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

Joy reading in Waynesville Acclaimed Western North Carolina author David Joy will host a reading at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

chic, soul reader, and teacher, looks at love in regard to the individual in all its aspects: romance, parental love, love of family, love of humanity, and so on. Her advice regarding love includes many practical tips, covering everything from raising teenage daughters to engaging with your ex after a divorce. Near the end of her book, Cheney discusses such subjects as how love may affect our health and the benefits of love in all parts of our life. One main theme to which Cheney returns again and again is that many of us suffer from a lack of selflove and are consequently dependent on the affirmation of others. Cheney thoroughly tackles the many facets of love, but Love Is The Answer came to me at a time when the last thing I wanted was advice about love.

Tom Baker’s novel The Hawk and the Dove (Page Publishing, 2018, 493 pages) guides us through six different arenas of warfare, from the Viking Era to Vietnam.

The hawk and the dove that fly over these battlefields represent humanity’s pursuit of both war and peace. Baker is a combat veteran from the Vietnam War and a forester and logger in Western North Carolina for over 40 years. A former president of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and Society, James H. Meredith, highly praised The Hawk and the Dove, writing that it contains “both gripping combat sequences and informed commentary about the ultimate consequences of the that combat experience.”

Meredith then compared The Hawk and the Dove favorably to Hemingway’s novel about the Spanish Civil War, For Whom The Bell Tolls.

“Too many books, too little time:” so the old adage goes. In my case, I will always wonder what I have missed in my reading, what books might have brought me wisdom, solace, or insight, or even changed the course of my life.

All four books are available online or from your local bookstore.

Read more about them online and see what you think.

(Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher.

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Each year, Blue Ridge Books enjoys selling books at the Friends of the Library Annual Meeting. This year’s speaker is a local author with international acclaim — David Joy. Joy has published three novels and a memoir, as well as numerous essays and stories for national publications such as The New York Times Magazine. Joy’s most recent novel, The Line that Held Us, won the Southern Book Prize for fiction.

Tickets for this event are available at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. For more information and/or to reserve a copy of the book, call 828.456.6000 or call www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

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Life at two miles an hour A.T. hikers share their stories John “Trigger” Dupras takes in the view from Max Patch. Holly Kays photos

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER rom flip-flops to overnights to the quintessential northbound thru-hike, there are many different ways to experience the Appalachian Trail on its route from Georgia to Maine. An overnight along the trail at Roaring Fork Shelter near Max Patch was enough to meet a variety of hikers, all hiking the trail their own way.

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THE THRU-HIKERS Giggles is from Switzerland, while Spartan splits his time between Naples, Florida, and Petoskey, Michigan. But for now, they both call the Appalachian Trail home.

They’re thru-hikers, two of the more than 2,000 people who each year step off from Springer Mountain in Georgia with the goal of walking 2,192 miles to Mount Katahdin in Maine.

“We’ll see,” said Giggles — a 38-year-old woman whose off-trail name is Julia Dimmler — when asked if she thinks she’ll make it. “I don’t know. Two weeks ago I would have said no, because I’m too slow. My foot, it hurts.

And now today my legs were like machines.”

“I could barely keep up,” laughed Spartan, also known as Brian DeForest, 54.

Evening was falling on the one-month anniversary of Giggles’ April 9 hike start as she and Spartan settled down to camp at Roaring Fork Shelter. They’d been hiking together since Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and were planning to cover the entire 18 miles to Hot Springs the next day, their highest mileage yet.

Spartan is a retired Army veteran, and Giggles works in customer relationship management for a Swiss culinary company.

They’re different people, from different backgrounds, with different reasons for doing the trail, but they’re united by a common desire to reach Mount Katahdin.

For Spartan, hiking the A.T. has been a dream ever since he retired from the Army in 2014. The timing just hasn’t been right until now — his wife is a traveling nurse, so the logistics involved in moving their fifth-wheel trailer about the country have made it difficult to block out five or six months for hiking.

Now, finally, he’s on the trail.

“There’s always that little segment of time in your mind that you’re like, ‘What am I doing here? What was I thinking?’” he admitted. “But I think for the most part, it’s good.”

The time was right for Giggles, too.

“I broke up from my boyfriend last year, and this was the same time I heard about it,” she said. “I was like, OK, I always wanted to do a longer hike.”

Her main reservations were not having someone to do it with and not being in good enough physical shape, but as she researched the trail she realized that doing it alone wouldn’t be a problem, and that she’d get into shape as she hiked. So, she flew to America and became hiker number 2,158 to register as starting the trail from Georgia.

“I have no apartment, I have nothing at the moment, only my insurance to pay,” said Giggles. “Which is perfect. The perfect moment in life to do it.”

THE ROOMMATES Living in Boston, Dylan Welch and Mat Todtenkoph, both 26, do a lot of A.T. hiking in the nearby White Mountains. But when they decided to tackle a weeklong section of the trail, they chose the Smokies.

“The Smokies just looked to be the pretti-

Brian “Spartan” DeForest and Julia “Giggles” Dimmler prepare for their 18-mile walk to Hot Springs. est section,” said Welch.

Packing up for their last day of hiking before reaching the end of their hike in Hot Springs, the roommates dedicated some time to doctoring their blistered feet, reflecting that the 110-mile section they chose starting at Fontana Dam may have been a bit ambitious for the time allotted. The trail gains and loses more than 30,000 feet in elevation along that route through the Smokies.

Their trip didn’t include any resupply stops — Welch and Todtenkoph packed in all the food they ate over the past week, and with one night left to go they were running low, sadly anticipating a morning without breakfast and a dismaying shortage of toilet paper for their last 24 hours on the trail.

Todtenkoph did, however, have three mini Snickers bars left to snack on, which he lined

up on the shelter picnic table as a miser counting his gold. Snickers bars aren’t a luxury item, he said: “No, that’s a necessity.”

Despite the hurting feet and overwhelming desire for pizza, Welch and Todtenkoph said they enjoyed their hike, and are hoping to become thru-hikers themselves in a couple years.

“The thing you miss with day hikes and things like that is the trail culture,” said Welch. “It’s fun to jump in and be part off that for a little bit, even if you don’t do the whole A.T. Every night you meet interesting people, hear interesting stories.”

THE FLIP-FLOPPER With an ever-increasing number of people hiking the A.T. each year, the trail is often more of a social experience than a solitary one. But that hasn’t been the case for Trigger, a 63-year-old-hiker whose off-trail name is John Dupras.

“Super solitary,” he said. “Just me, myself and I for the beginning.”

Trigger’s doing what’s known as a flip-flop hike — he started March 1 at the trail’s midpoint in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and is hiking south to Springer Mountain. When he finishes, he’ll go home to northern Virginia for a few days and then return to Harpers Ferry, where he’ll become a northbound hiker headed to Mount Katahdin.

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has been encouraging flip-flop hikes in recent years to alleviate crowding at the trail southern end. And for Trigger, a flip-flop made sense — his wife has an event in Savannah the weekend of May 31, and he needs to be there.

“If all goes well and I keep on my schedule, I should get there right about when she can pluck me off the trail,” he said.

Trigger, a native of the south shore of Boston, speaks with a thick New England accent despite having lived in northern Virginia for the past 16 years. He’s a retired Marine who then went to work for the Transportation Security Administration, based first out of the Pentagon and then out of Dulles.

“I had a horrific commute that was just eating me alive,” he said. “I was going to work until I was 65, but I said at 63 I’m retiring and then I’m going to focus on doing the trail, and here I am.”

There have been nights of frigid cold and days of unrelenting rain, but Trigger did his research before starting the trail. He knew what he was getting into. And he’s not nostalgic for the commute he left behind.

“I don’t miss that,” he said. “I like life at the mile-and-a-half, 2 miles an hour that I have now.”

THE OVERNIGHTER It was 6:30 p.m. before I made it to the trailhead, but I almost didn’t get there at all.

The workday, as it tends to do, been longer than anticipated, I’d woken

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The sessions are open to all rec center members 18 years and older as of July 1. Non-members can participate by paying the daily fee. An organizational meeting for a summer adult volleyball league will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29.

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Summer youth swim programs will be offered at Western Carolina University’s Reid Gym in June and July this year.

Sessions will be held on weekdays only and divided into three age categories — “Shark” for ages 6 and up, “Fish” for ages 3 to 5 and “Minnows for ages 6 months to 3 years. n Shark sessions will be June 12 to 27 and July 8 to 23. Intermediate, Swimmer and Advanced Swimmer I and II classes will be 99:50 a.m.; Beginner and Advanced Beginner, 10-10:50 a.m.; and Beginner and Advanced Beginner, 11-11:50 a.m. Cost is $75. n Fish sessions will be June 14 to 27, July 8 to 19 and July 22 to Aug. 2. Classes are held 5:15 to 6:05 p.m. Cost is $45 per session. n Minnows sessions will be June 14 to 27, July 8 to 19 and July 22 to Aug. 2. Classes are held 6:10 to 7 p.m. Cost is $45 per ses-

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Calories are a priority for breakfast on the A.T.

before finally unzipping the tent and joining my fellow shelter inhabitants for breakfast.

For them, the day ahead would be marked in miles of trail, deadlines mandated by sunrises and sunsets rather than by minutes and hours. But for me, it would too soon be time to leave the woods, switch on my phone and get back to civilization.

Maybe someday I’ll make it to Maine.

For now, though, I’ll celebrate the renewed joy that only a night on the trail can impart.

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A patch of pink lady slippers, an orchid native to the Appalachians, grows near the trail.

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The Merrell Adventure Dash will offer a series of natural and man-made obstacles spread along a 5K course on Saturday, May 25, at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Swain County.

Suitable for families and adults, the course includes balance components, climbs, nets, a river run and a raft crossing. Participants can choose between the 5K dash and 1K fun run, with kids 12 and under who come with a participating adult racing for free.

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light, keeping a uniform dimness throughout the hours until the actual setting of the sun. But I was glad I’d come. My dog ran in joyful circles around me, and as I went through the motions of picking out a campsite, setting up a tent and filtering water, the stresses of the world down below slowly drained away.

By the morning, when the rising sun prompted a latent chorus of birds to come to life in the canopy above my tent, the clouds were gone from both my psyche and the sky. I lay there for a while, listening,

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up feeling distinctly less than 100 percent, and the sky had remained a demotivating gray all day long. The thought of Netflix and wine in place of hiking and camping was definitely tempting.

But I had a plan, and I stuck to it, with some modification — Chick-fil-A on the go rather than Mountain House on the trail, and a campsite arrival of 8 p.m. rather than 5 p.m.

I walked the A.T. toward Roaring Fork Shelter under a sky that seemed to have forgotten it had until 8 p.m. to let go of the

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Farmers markets now open

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Farmers market season is in full swing, with most markets open and two more resuming their summer schedule in the coming weeks.

The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market is open 8 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and Saturdays starting May 15 at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville.

Starting May 22, the Locally Grown on the Green Cashiers market will be open 3 to 6 p.m.

Wednesdays.

For a complete listing of area farmers markets, visit www.smokymountainnews.com/calendar.

Purchase some perennials Mountain-friendly perennials will be available for great prices 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 18, at the Haywood County Extension Office on Raccoon Road in Waynesville.

The Haywood County Master Gardeners is selling limited quantities of common milkweed, swamp milkweed, butterfly weed, big root geranium, geum “pretticoats peach” and autumn fern.

The plants are available due to overbuying for the Master Gardeners’ initial spring gardening sale.

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The 2019 edition of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Guide is now available, an essential source for finding locally grown food and farms.

The guide offers up-to-date information on farmers markets, u-pick opportunities, CSAs, grocers, farm stands and more. It also features photos and articles telling the story of the food and farms that make this region unique.

The guide is distributed for free across Western North Carolina. A full list of distribution points is available at www.asapconnections.org, and an online companion to the printed guide is available at www.appalachiangrown.org.

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Jim Costa, executive director of the Western Carolina University Highlands Biological Station and a professor of biology at WCU, has been named an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Scholar at the New York Botanical Garden’s Humanities Institute.

The award will support research of manuscripts in the Charles Finney Cox Collection of Charles Darwin’s writing, correspondence and other materials this summer. The visiting scholars program involves an interdisciplinary approach to research in environmental humanities, connecting nature to the human experience.

The research will support Costa’s latest endeavor, writing an annotated edition of Darwin’s The Descent of Man, to be published by the Princeton University Press.

“It’s a real privilege and honor to be named a 2019 Mellon Visiting Scholar of the New York Botanical Garden’s Humanities Institute,” said Costa. “The Charles Finney Cox Collection is a treasure-trove of material that offers a unique window into the cultural impact of Darwin’s ideas. Cox, a contemporary of Darwin, was interested in not only the development of evolutionary ideas, but their societal implications. This opportunity to immerse myself in his extensive collection is very exciting.”

Costa has authored three other Darwinrelated books and has taught courses on the 19th-century British naturalist for more than 20 years. He has been a WCU faculty member since 1996 and was named director of the Highlands Biological Station in 2006.

Planting near for Maggie Valley Gardens The Maggie Valley Community Gardens will hold its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Rendezvous Restaurant, with planting of the main vegetable garden scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18.

The garden effort aims to grow organic food to support the food insecure in our community with a garden plot located at Maggie Valley First Baptist Church.

All interested are invited to attend the meeting. givinggardensnc.weebly.com

Landscape with native plants Adam Bigelow will speak about common invasive plants used in landscaping and how to replace them with native species during a lecture 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 25, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

Some plants often grown in yards and communities can cause ecological damage while failing to offer the best habitat possible for birds and wildlife. Bigelow, a horticulturist and owner/operator of Bigelow’s Botanical Excursions, will discuss the many benefits of using native plants, the ecosystem impacts of invasives and how to use

yards as a refuge for biological diversity of all kinds.

Free, and Adam Bigelow offered as part of the In the Garden lecture series sponsored by the Franklin Garden Club, Macon County Master Gardeners Association and the Otto Garden Club. The series includes a spring, summer and fall lecture, and this year’s theme is “Natives in the Garden.”

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The third annual Hook, Line and Drinker Festival will be held 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Bridge Park in Sylva, with a prefestival Tuck Trout Trot held at 9 a.m. on the Jackson County Greenway.

The festival celJackson TDA photo ebrates Jackson County as home to the WNC Fly Fishing Trail and the N.C. Trout Capital. The Fly Fishing Trail features 15 fishing hot spots that run along the Tuckaseigee River’s path through the county. Jackson County is stocked with more trout than any other country in the state and is home to the largest recorded rainbow trout caught in North Carolina.

The Trout Trot is a self-timed, 2.2-mile fun run/walk along the greenway, with a portion of net proceeds funding Jackson County Parks and Recreation’s annual “Fishing With Kids Day.” The festival itself will feature fly fishing guides and industry vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, music from Another Country and Lyric, outdoor activities, wildlife advocates and local craft beer vendors. www.hooklinedrinkerfest.com.

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More than 30 kids’ fishing events will be held across North Carolina in May and early June, including five events in the seven western counties. Local events include: n 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Cherokee Lake in Cherokee County. Kids 12 and younger can register onsite or by calling 828.837.5152. n 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, and Saturday, June 8, at the Haywood County Test Farm Pond in Waynesville.

Participants should pre-register with Tanya Poole, 828.329.3472 or Tanya.poole@ncwildlife.org. n 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Cullowhee Creek on Jackson County Parks and Recreation property. Space limited to first 30 7-to-12-year-olds to sign up by calling Parks and Rec at 828.293.3053. n 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Cliffside Lake in Macon County. Open to kids 12 and younger, with day-of registration onsite. Richard McClure, 828.524.6441, ext.

421 or rmcclure02@fs.fed.us.

Events are organized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and part of National Fishing and Boating Week and allow kids to fish for free while registering to win prizes, including a statewide drawing for a unified lifetime license donated by Neuse Sport Shop. The Wildlife Commission will donate an additional 100 prizes, such as fishing rods, towels, playing cards and mini tackle boxes. At many sites, fish will be stocked before the events.

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See the synchronous fireflies If you missed out on the National Park Service lottery to view synchronous fireflies at Elkmont, there’s another opportunity coming soon — the Smoky Mountain Field School will offer an excursion Tuesday, May 28, in the Elkmont area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Expert guide Wanda DeWaard will lead this experience to learn about the area’s history and the fireflies’ life cycle. Until recently, this unbelievable natural phenomenon

Meander with salamanders The 16th annual Salamander Meander will be held at 9 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Highlands Nature Center.

Ages 7 through adult are invited for an evening that will start with a short presentation on salamander biology and identification and then turn into a night of searching for some of the area’s magnificent salamanders along the garden trails — led by professional herpetologists.

Space limited. Call 828.526.2623 to sign up. Bring a flashlight.

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was unknown, but it swiftly became extremely popular.

By the evening’s end, students will understand the story of the synchronous firefly and know of many other glowing and blinking creatures to look for on a nighttime exploration. $69, with registration at aceweb.outreach.utk.edu. The Smoky Mountain Field School is offered through the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

A celebration of the craft and skill that populates the Southern Appalachian Mountains will be offered with the first installment of the Appalachian Folkways Series, held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Cradle of Forestry in America.

Sit on the porch of the Commissary just as it was in 1902, throw some horseshoes in the shade of the King House, listen to the

strum of a banjo, watch local craftspeople extract dyes from local plants to be used in weaving or see a blacksmith in action.

Additional installments of the Appalachian Folkways Series will be held June 15, July 27, Sept. 7, Oct. 5 and Nov. 9.

Free with regular admission of $6 for adults, $3 for youth 4 to 12 and free for children under 4 and holders of America the Beautiful and Golden Age passes.

The Cradle is located along U.S. 276 near Brevard. 828.877.3130 or www.cradleofforestry.com.

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A beginner wild edibles walking tour will be offered 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Fines Creek Community Center in Haywood County.

David Grasty will lead the walks with a $15 charge for all participants age 16 and up. Space limited. Proceeds will support Fines Creek Community Association needs. Sign up with Grasty at 828.400.5790.

Trillium Gap Trail rehab has begun the Trillium Gap project, are funded sion. There are several areas along the trail through the Trails Forever program, a partwhere erosion and small landslides have nership between the park and caused damage Friends of the Smokies. and made the Friends has donated more trail hard to than $1.5 million to support follow. the program, in part through In addition the generosity of the to the work on Knoxville-based Aslan Trillium Gap, Foundation. Trails Forever crews will perfunds highly skilled crews to form critical reconstruct high-use and hightrail work priority trails, with previous across the projects including Rainbow park, includFalls, Alum Cave, Chimney ing rehabilitaTops and Forney Ridge trails. tion along Volunteer workdays for the Deep Creek Trails Forever program are Trail, Rough Trails Forever crews work on held Wednesdays, May Fork Trail, Rainbow Falls Trail, a project that through August, with prior Smokemont wrapped up last year. NPS photo registration required. Sign up Trail and Noah with Adam Monroe, Bud Ogle Trail.

828.497.1949 or adam_monroe@nps.gov.

These rehabilitation efforts, as well as

See timber management aftermath up close Hike through one of Mainspring Conservation Trust’s earliest conservation easements with the organization’s founder Paul Carlson during a timber management-focused educational hike 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 17, in northern Macon County.

The first half of the hike in the head of Tellico Valley will visit a recent timber harvest done to regenerate mature timber stands and comply with the Present Use Value Program. The second half will pass through 2 miles of majestic older growth forest with ample spring flowers. The day will include discussion of strategies to preserve family land across generations and understanding silvicultural and logging impacts on forest regeneration.

The 3-mile loop hike is moderately difficult with a 900-foot elevation gain. Bring water, lunch and appropriate shoes and clothing. The group will meet at Cowee School to carpool. Free, with space limited. RSVP to Sharon Burdette, sburdette@mainspringconserves.org or 828.524.2711.

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Nominations for the Lawrence G. Diedrick Small Game Award are open through May 31, seeking individuals or organizations whose actions have significantly and positively impacted N.C.’s small game populations.

The nomination period was extended from the original deadline of May 1 due to the incorrect email address listed originally. Nominations should be submitted to stacey.thorp@ncwildlife.org or mailed to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife Management Division, c/o Diedrick Small Game Award, 1722 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 276991722.

Winners are selected by the Commission’s Small Game and Wild Turkey Committee and will be recognized formally at the Commission’s business meeting in October with a plaque and wildlife print.

Nomination forms are available at www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/News/doc uments/Diedrick_Award_form_1.pdf.

Nominations should include a written explanation two pages or less detailing why the nominee should receive the award.

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A two-year trail rehabilitation project is now underway at the Trillium Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with volunteer opportunities available.

Crews began work on the 6.6-mile trail May 13, with a full trail closure in effect 7 a.m. Mondays to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 15. The trail will be fully open Friday through Sunday of each week, and on federal holidays.

One of the busiest trails in the park, Trillium Gap Trail provides access to the popular Grotto Falls and the summit of Mt. LeConte. There will be no access to Grotto Falls during weekday closures, but visitors can still reach Mt. LeConte by using any of four other trails.

The trail crew will focus rehabilitation efforts on several targeted locations, working to improve overall trail safety and protect natural resources by improving the tread surface, reducing trail braiding and improving drainage to prevent further ero-

Nominations sought for small game award

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • A firefighter appreciation dinner is scheduled by Jonathan Creek Democrats for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 20, at the Jonathan Creek Fire Department on Joe Carver Road. Bring a side dish to go with barbecue chicken. RSVP: 910.545.5556.

• The 32nd annual National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration will be observed at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, at the Waynesville Inn Pavilion. Food, music, survivor crafts and a butterfly release.

• The Haywood County Arts Council is accepting submissions for a Studio Tour Logo Contest through Aug. 1.

Info and application: haywoodarts.org/logo-contest.

• Reservations are being accepted for a six-night package, Nov. 23-29, to join Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band as it participates in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28 in New York City. Cost: $2,199 (based on double occupancy), includes roundtrip airfare, transportation to the hotel, six nights lodging at Marriott Marquis in Times Square, two Broadway shows, admission to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a two-day hop-on, hop-off sightseeing ticket on a double-decker bus and Thanksgiving dinner with the band. Bmarkle@superholiday.com. Donate to help the band make the trip: givemacys.wcu.edu.

• Registration is underway for Marriage Enrichment Retreats that will be offered three more times over the next year at Lake Junaluska. Led by Ned Martin, an expert in marriage counseling. Price is $699 per couple. Dates are Aug. 18-20 of 2019 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in 2019. Registration and info: www.lakejunaluska.com/marriage or 800.222.4930.

• The Jackson County Department of Public Health is seeking input from the community: http://health.jacksonnc.org/surveys. Info: 587.8288.

• Cashiers Area Chamber is seeking feedback to improve visitors’ experiences to the area. Take the survey at: tinyurl.com/y6w4uqyo.

• Fontana Regional Library now offers anyone with a library card free access to eMagazines, for reading on any mobile device or computer. This new service joins our popular eBooks and digital audiobook`s selection — all available 24/7 from the library’s digital collection. To get started enjoying digital magazines as well as eBooks and audiobooks, visit e-inc.overdrive.com or download the Libby reading app. www.fontanalib.org.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Make and Take Business/Contact Card Class is set for 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Jackson County Public Library’s Computer Lab in Sylva. Led by Cynthia Gallinger and Laura Chapman. Register: 586.2016.

• Registration is underway for Boating Safety Courses that will be offered from 6-9 p.m. on May 15-16 at Haywood Community College, Building 3300, Room 3322, in Clyde. Preregistration is required: www.ncwildlife.org. Additional offerings: June 26-27.

• The “Eggs and Issues” business forum is scheduled for 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Guest speaker is Ben Laseter, Deputy Director of Main Spring Conservation Trust.

Admission: $10. Preregister: www.VisitFranklinNC.com or 524.3161.

• Registration is underway for a workshop entitled “Communicating Change Effectively in the Workplace” that will be offered by Western Carolina University from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Taught by WCU Communications

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted.

Professor Betty Farmer. Advance registration: $139 (through May 1). Pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

• The Smoky Mountain Model Railroad Club will have an open house from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at Buffalo Creek Vacations in Clyde. Large “Lionel type” 3 rail O gauge model railroad layout depicting the railroads in Western N.C. $5 donation requested.

• Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center will offer a Marketing Summit Series on May 23 in Clyde. “Visual Marketing & Branding Essentials for Small Business” from 9-11 a.m.; “Creating EyeCatching Graphics for Small Business” from noon-2:30 p.m.; “Time and Money Saving Small Business Apps” from 3-5 p.m.; and “Social Media Posting for Small Business” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Led by Chisa PennixBrown. Register and info: 627.4512 or SBC.Haywood.edu.

• Registration is underway for Southwestern Community College’s High School Equivalency Boot Camp, which prepares participants to complete their high school credentials in less than a month (May 28-June 26).

Classes run from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Those who complete will participate in a graduation ceremony on July 11. Info: 339.4272.

• An online selling series for small business owners will be offered on May 30 at Haywood Community College’s Public Services Training Facility, room 9105, in Clyde.

Topics are “Selling Online Today” from 9 a.m.-noon; “Selling on Shopify” from 1-4 p.m.; and “Selling on Amazon” from 5-8 p.m. Speaker is Nick Hawks, an education specialist trained by eBay. Info and register: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512.

• Registration is underway for a Bone ID course that will be offered June 3-5 at Western Carolina University.

Registration fee: $199. For info or to register: bones.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

• Registration is underway for a workshop on organizational change entitled: “Pathways, Ideas and Tips for Effective Organizational Change” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday, June 17, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville.

Registration: $279 (includes catered lunch). 10 percent discount through May 10 with promo code: EC2019. Info and to register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

Thursday, June 20, at The Farm at Old Edwards; and Pawsitively Purrfect Part on Monday, Aug. 19, at Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Cost for each event: , $195 per person, $390 per couple or $1,800 for a table of 10. To request an alert once tickets are available, call 743.5769 or write shannon@CHhumanesociety.org.

VOLUNTEERS & VENDORS • A foster orientation event is scheduled for 5:30-6 p.m. on May 17 at the Haywood County Animal Shelter at 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde for anyone interested in helping homeless animals find their way into homes. www.sargeanimals.org.

• Volunteers are needed on May 18 to be Citizen Scientists for a day and collect lichen data for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. $5 for nonmembers of the Haywood Waterways Association; free for members.

Lichens can be a great bioindicator of poor air quality.

RSVP by May 16: Christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 476.4667, ext. 11.

• A Volunteer Orientation event is scheduled for 2-3:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Haywood County Animal Shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeanimals.org.

• Signups are underway for vendors and demonstrators wanting to participate in the second annual Mountain Heritage Fest, which is from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, at the Cruso Community Center.

Vendor spaces: $10. Info and applications: www.crusonc.com/fest, 400.7323 or crusoquiltshow@gmail.com.

HEALTH MATTERS • Gentle Yoga for Cancer is offered from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Haywood Breast Center in Waynesville.

Info: MyHaywoodRegional.com/YogaforCancer or 452.8691.

• On the third weekend of each month, Maggie Valley Wellness Center hosts donation-based acupuncture appointments. $35-55. 944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com.

• The International Essential Tremor Foundation support group meets at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Jackson County Senior Center, Room No . 135, in Sylva.

736.3165 or teddyk1942@gmail.com.

• Understanding the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia is the topic of a program from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at Waynesville Library Auditorium.

• Registration is underway for a Grant-Writing Certificate program that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment. Program is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 1821 at WCU’s campus in Cullowhee. Designed for those new to grant writing, those currently working on a project while facing specific issues as well as successful practitioners in the field seeking specialized info and advanced insights. Registration: $449. pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

• In recognition of National Mental Health Month, a drama starring Dakota Fanning will be shown at 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, in the Macon County Public Library’s Meeting Room. PG-13; 1:33. NAMI Appalachian South Members will be available to share Community Resources and answer questions.

• Reservations are being accepted for a non-credit travel course that will take students to Valencia, Spain, from June 23-July 2. Price: $1,969 for single occupancy or $1,859 for double occupancy. Includes: three-star hotel, meals, transportation within Spain, admission to sites, a Spanish cooking class and all excursions. Price does not include airfare. 227.2769 or lfoxford@wcu.edu.

• A Creating Community Workshop entitled “Tonics and Teas for Everyday Health” with Heather Perry is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. 586.2016.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Ticket reservations are being accepted for two fundraisers that will benefit the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society this summer: Bark, Beer & Barbeque on

• “Inside Out”, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on May 17 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Conversation on mental health will follow the showing of the movie, hosted

by Down Home. Free. 586.3555.

• “Plants for Life,” a monthly support and information group encouraging a plant-based diet for health and wellness, meets from 6-8 p.m. on May 23 at Harris Women’s Care Clinic in Sylva. topics: Heart health and hormone health … the diet connection. Tastings and recipes.

• A “Preparation for Childbirth” class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays from June 6-27, Aug. 8-29 and Oct. 3-24 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in

Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings Waynesville. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440.

RECREATION AND FITNESS • An hour yoga class is offered at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Maggie Valley Wellness Center. $15 for a single class, or $55 for a package of four classes.

944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com.

• The High Mountain Squares will host their “Showing of the Quilts Dance” from 6:15-8:45 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the Robert C. Carpenter Community Building in Franklin. Western-style square dancing, mainstream and levels. 787.2324, 332.0001, 727.599.1440 or look up the group on Facebook.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will host a “Mother & Daughter Belly Dance Through Yoga” from 1-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in Waynesville. $50 per couple.

Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will present “Cultivating an At-Home Restorative Yoga Practice” from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, in Waynesville $30. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will present “Make Your Own Mala Jewelry” from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, in Waynesville. $45. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will present “Relax and Restore: Sound Healing and Meditation” from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, in Waynesville. $20. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Lake Junaluska Golf Course will hold a “Closest to the Pin” contest from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on May 27, Memorial Day. Golfers can pay $3 to participate. Schedule a tee time: www.lakejunaluska.com/golf, golf@lakejunaluska.com or 456.5777.

• The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department will offer open play and practice for adult coed volleyball at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays through May 29 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. 456.2030.

• A summer adult volleyball league organizational meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. 456.2030.

• Sylva Yoga is offering a variety of donation-based classes through late May. Complete listing and registration info: www.sylvayoga.com.

SPIRITUAL • Abraham’s Table Dinner is set for 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Monday, May 19, at Cullowhee Baptist Church in Cullowhee. Second in a series exploring the commonalities and shared heritage of Jews, Christians and Muslims.

• Registration is underway for Lake Junaluska’s Summer Youth Events, which run from June 15-July 14.

Morning and evening sessions with worship, guest preachers and workshops for sixth-through-12th graders. www.lakejunaluska.com/summeryouth or 800.222.4930.

• Registration is underway for Native American Summer Conference, which is June 28-30, at Lake Junaluska. Speakers, Bible study and workshops.

Lakejunaluska.com/sejanam or 800.222.4930.

• Registration is underway for Guided Personal Retreats, on July 22-24, Sept. 16-18 and Oct. 21-23 at Lake Junaluska. Lakejunaluska.com/retreats or 800.222.4930.

POLITICAL • The Jackson County Democratic Party meets at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at party headquarters, 500 Mill Street in Sylva.

• Down Home Haywood holds its monthly community meetings at 2:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month at Canton Presbyterian Church. Tackling issues like healthcare, wages, housing and more. chelsea@downhomenc.org.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • A book signing with Charles A. Van Bibber, author of “Valentine’s Day: A Marine Looks Back,” is scheduled for 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. 456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

• The North Carolina Writers’ Network-West will sponsor The Literary Hour at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month. at the Keith House on the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown. This reading is free of charge and open to the public.

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KIDS & FAMILIES • Mad Batter Food & Film will be hosting a video game night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday May 15 and 22 with Game On. Play Smash Bros & Mario Cart on the big screen for FREE. 586.3555.

• The Haywood County Arts Council will hold a JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) for fourth through sixth graders from 3:30-5 p.m. on Tuesdays through May at Shining Rock Classical Academy. Cost: $85.

452.0593 or bmk.morgan@yahoo.com.

• The 16th annual “Salamander Meander” is scheduled for 9 a.m. on May 24 at the Highlands Nature Center. For ages 7-up. Short presentation and nighttime search for salamanders. Bring a flashlight.

Advance registration required: 526.2623.

• A celebration of the craft and skill that populates the Southern Appalachian Mountains will be offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, at the Cradle of Forestry in America near Brevard. Regular admission: $6 adults; $3 for youth and free for kids under four. 877.3130 or www.cradleofforestry.com.

• Registration is now open for a new PGA Junior League golf team forming at Lake Junaluska Golf Course for ages 17-under. Season runs from through July 31. Registration fee: $190. Includes team practice sessions, matches, merchandise. Register: pgajrleague.com/sign-up. Info: www.lakejunaluska.com/golf, 456.5777 or ctcarswell@lakejunaluska.com.

SUMMER CAMPS • Registration has begun for the new Creative for a Purpose camp being led by Vine of the Mountains and hosted by Providence Church from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

August 5-9. This day camp is designed for campers to realize that they are created by God for a unique purpose. Each day campers will make quality objects in five categories – cooking, sewing, sculpture, painting and paper. Cost of the camp is $150, coving materials & food. Scholarships are available. Registration will end May 15, apply at www.vineofthemountains.com/CFAP. Donations are also being accepted toward scholarships, contact julie@thevine.cc • Registration is underway for the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s Critter Camp, which is offered from June 17-21, July 15-19 and Aug. 5-9. Camp hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fun, immersive experiences with animals at no-kill shelter for rising first-graders through sixthgraders. $300 per child for each week. 743.5752 or info@CHhumanesociety.org.

• Registration is underway for Discovery Camp with weekly camps available June 10-Aug. 16 at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. Open to pre-K through rising eighth graders. Register: www.ncarboretum.org/education-programs/discovery-camp.

• Registration is underway for two basketball shooting and dribbling camps that will be offered from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 24-27 and July 15-18 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Led by former Appalachian State University coach Kevin Cantwell.

Cost: $150 per person; deposit of $25 required.

Register or get info: 456.2030 or academy7@live.com.

• Registration is underway for a pair of two residential camp programs scheduled for this summer at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman: Astro Camp, for ages 11-14, from Aug. 4-9; and Camp Above and Beyond, for grades 9-12, from June 16-28.

For info, scholarship opportunities and to register: www.pari.edu or 862.5554.

KIDS FILMS • “Avengers: Engame”, will be shown at 7 p.m. on May 15 at The Strand on Main in Waynesville. See website for times & tickets. 283.0079.

• “Lego Movie 2: The Second Part”, will be shown at 7 p.m. on May 18 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva.

Conversation on mental health will follow the showing of the movie, hosted by Down Home. Free. 586.3555.

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on May 25 and 7 p.m. on May 26 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Conversation on mental health will follow the showing of the movie, hosted by Down Home. Free. 586.3555.

SPECIAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS • The Icons of Hotrodding Festival is scheduled for May 17-18 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, 3374 Soco Road in Maggie Valley. 1950s and 60s hotrod, custom car, truck and van event. http://kustomkempsofamerica.com.

• The Strawberry Jam festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Darnell Farms in Bryson City. The Darnell family celebrates their locally grown strawberry crop. Enjoy local music, local food, fresh fruits and vegetables, craft vendors, plow demonstrations, children’s play area, hayrides, fishing, camping, and much more. Admission is free.

Donations accepted for the upkeep and maintenance of the farm. 488.2376.

• The third-annual Hook, Line and Drinker Festival is set for 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva. Fly fishing guides, industry vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, music by Another Country and Lyric, outdoor activities, wildlife advocates and WNC craft beer vendors. www.hooklinedrinkerfest.com, 586.2155 or look up the festival on Facebook.

• The Swain County Heritage Festival will be held May 24-25 at Riverfront Park in Bryson City. From 6 to 9 p.m. the Friday night entertainment is loaded with local talent featuring an emphasis on old-time gospel.

From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. the Saturday entertainment features classic country, bluegrass, and clogging. In addition to music, the festival offers local arts and crafts, food, games for the kids, log-sawing contest, sack races and fun for the whole family. www.greatsmokies.com.

• The Cherokee Bluegrass Festival will be held from noon-10:30 p.m. from Thursday through Saturday, June 6-8, at Happy Holiday RV Village and Campground, 1553 Wolfetown road in Cherokee. Rain or shine under a large tent. Tickets: $40 daily in advance; $45 at the gate; $90 three-day in advance; $95 at the gate. Tickets and full lineup: www.adamsbluegrass.com. Info: 706.864.7203 or 497.9204.

FOOD & DRINK • The Waynesville Lions Club will have a Poor Man’s Supper from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Family Life Center, First Baptist Church in Waynesville. $8 for adults; $5 for ages 9-under. Carry out available.

• Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host five for $5 Wine Tasting from 5 to 9 p.m. on May 16 and 23.

Come taste five magnificent wines and dine on Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 1-5 p.m. on May 18 and 25 at Bosu Wine Shop in Waynesville.

452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 2-5 p.m. on May 18 and 25 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 631.3075.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The Broadway Musical “The Bridges of Madison County” opens at HART on May 17 at 250 Pigeon St. in Waynesville. Performances at 7:30 p.m. on May 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, June 1, 6, 7 and 8; and at 2 p.m. on May 19, 26, June 2 and 9. Reservations: 456.6322, www.harttheatre.org.

• The Ram Cats will perform from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at L’Italiana Restaurant in Franklin.

Harmonica, drums and vocals.

• The “Triple Threat Musical” will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

• Songwriters in the Round will feature Scott Miller, David Childers and RB Morris at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at Folkmoot in Waynesville. Craft beer, food trucks and social time. Music starts at 7:15 p.m.

• Pyramid Brass will perform a wide repertoire of music, from sacred to secular and romantic era to jazz age, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Waynesville Library. HaywoodArts.org.

• Renowned bluegrass singer/mandolinist Sierra Hull will hit the stage for a special evening of acoustic music at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in Franklin. Tickets are $20 and $10 for children ages 6-16. Season tickets also available. Tickets available at www.coweeschool.org, Franklin Chamber of Commerce or at the school on the day of the concert. 369.4080.

• Voices in the Laurel will hold their 23rd annual Spring Concert “Voices in Spring” at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at First Baptist Church in Waynesville. Tickets: $12 in advance; $15 at the door ($8 in advance and $10 at the door for ages 11under). 564.3310 or www.voicesinthelaurel.org.

• The Haywood Community Band kicks of its 2019 season with a concert at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the Maggie Valley Open Air Pavilion. Program is “By the Numbers.”

• Concert pianist Bryan Heller will perform from 6:308 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, in the Community room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. info@jacksoncountyarts.org or 507.9820.

• The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays May 22 through Oct. 25 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee. 800.438.1601 or www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• The Concerts on the Creek begins on Friday, May 24 with Daddy Rabbit (rock/blues) at 7 p.m. at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Free and open to the public.

Occasionally there are food trucks onsite. 586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com.

• Tickets are on sale now for a concert featuring Paul Saik at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, at Lake Junaluska.

Tickets: $18. Lakejunaluska.com/associates or 800.222.4930.

• Highlands Performing Arts Center will have the fulllength play “Calendar Girls” by Tim Firth on May 2326 and May 31-June 2. Highlandscashiersplayers.org.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • 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.

• The Weekly Open Studio art classes will resume 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 $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class.

550.6190 or bmk.morgan@yahoo.com.

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• Vine of the Mountains will be hosting a parent workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on May 18 by Dr. Megan Clunan titled “Are Parents Still Relevant: We think yes”. All are invited to this free workshop. Vine of the Mountains is located at 112 Virginia Ave. in the Haywood County Schools Conference Center in Hazelwood next to Folkmoot. To register for this event visit https://www.vineofthemountains.com/relevant.

• Registration is underway for summer youth swim programs that will be offered in June and July at Reid Gym on Western Carolina University’s campus in Cullowhee. Led by retired WCU professor Mike Creason. Info: swim.wcu.edu, 227.7397 or 293.5364.

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• The Remnants (guitar, drums) will perform from 710 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at L’Italiana Restaurant in Franklin.

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• RSVPs are being accepted for an estate-planning seminar that will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29, in room 102D of the Burrell Building on Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus in Sylva. Local attorney Diane Sherrill will offer a comprehensive view of wills, will substitutes and trusts.

RSVP: denisew@wnctrustlawyer.com.

• A Kids Fishing Day is scheduled for 9 a.m. on June 1 at Cliffside Lake on the Nantahala District, the Haywood County Test Farm Pond in Waynesville, Cullowhee Creek on Jackson County Park and Recreation property and at Lake Powhatan in the Pisgah District. Children 15-under fish free. Info: 524.6441 or rmmcclure02@fs.fed.us (Cliffside event); 329.3472 or Tanya.Poole@ncwildlife.org (Haywood event); 293.3053 (Cullowhee event); or 877.3265 or loriestroub@fs.fed.us (Powhatan event).

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• Registration is underway for Music & Worship Arts Week, which is from June 23-28 at Lake Junaluska.

Multi-generational educational event including arts, praise and renewal. For ministry leaders or those who want to sing, dance or act all week.

Musicartsweek2019.wordpress.com.

• Mad Batter Food & Film will be hosting a video game night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday May 15 and 22 with Game On. Play Smash Bros & Mario Cart on the big screen for FREE. 586.3555.

• An Alcohol Ink Art Class will be offered from 10 a.m.4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. Cost: $55 for non-members; $50 for members. 452.0593.

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• Haywood County Arts Council will present a “Fused Glass Wind Chime Art Class” from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville.

Learn to cut and snip glass to the preferred size and shape, and add layers to your pieces to create color and interest. Cost: $60 for nonmembers; $55 for members. 452.0593.

• Cowee Pottery School’s May workshop will feature Joe Frank McKee from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, in Franklin. Cost: $50. Bring up to three bisquefired pieces to glaze and raku. contact@coweepotteryschool.org.

• Cowee Pottery School’s Master Potter series continues with Joe Frank McKee as he demonstrates his unique process with clay and the great world of alternative raku firings and effects from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 18, at the school in Franklin.

Participants should bring three bisque fired pieces to the workshop. For more information or to register, please visit www.coweepotteryschool.org.

• The monthly Creating Community Workshop will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. In this class, attendees will learn key herbs for everyday use, tonics, infusions, teas, herb strengths and specific uses, tea blending, and each person will create their own personal tea blend to take with them. This program is free of charge. This class is limited to 20 participants.

For more information or to sign up for the class, call 586.2016.

• A Comic Book Illustration Class will be offered from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. Figure construction. 452.0593.

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• Registration is underway for “Bladesmithing: Forging a Kukri” class that will be offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 18-19 at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $380; includes materials.

Pregistration required: 631.0271 or www.JCGEP.org.

• Fiber Sunday is from 2-5 p.m. on May 19 at Cowee Textiles, 51 Cowee School Dr., in Franklin. Bring a project from spinning, knitting, weaving, rug hooking, baskets, etc. Info: 349.3878 or bouchonnet@coweetextiles.com.

• A jewelry-making workshop is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge.

Led by Judy Wilkey, a member of Dogwood Crafters Coop. Cost: $6. Register: 586.2248.

• Friends of the Library will hold their annual meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville. Tickets: $10; available from board members, the Waynesville and Canton Libraries and Blue Ridge Books at 428 Hazelwood Avenue in Waynesville.

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• Haywood County Arts Council will host “Gallery Talk” with local author Charley Pearson from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, at 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville.

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perate researchers who hide from authorities and resort to unethical means to fight a uniquely virulent plague. Haywoodarts.org or 452.0593.

• Registration is underway for a Bladesmithing Basics class that will be offered from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost $200. Led by Brock Martin from WarFire Forge. Preregistration required: www.JCGEP.org or 631.0271.

• Registration is underway for a Viking Round Shield Class, which will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge. Choose between different sizes and make your own. Cost: $370; includes all materials.

Preregistration required: 631.0271 or www.jcgep.org.

• Registration is underway for a Viking Spear Class scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30, at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge. Walk away with a high-carbon, functional weapon. Cost: $380; includes all materials. Preregistration required: 631.0271 or www.jcgep.org.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • Art by Sarah Tess Kunkleman is on display during the month of May in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin. Stop by or call ahead for available viewing times. For more about Sarah’s art and her processes visit her Instagram at www.instagram.com/sarahtess_studioart.

• Grace Church in the Mountains is hosting “Icons in Transformation,” a traveling exhibition of icons by artist Ludmila Pawlowska, from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 3-5 p.m. on Saturdays from through June 16.

• 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 2020.

• Entries are being accepted for The Bascom’s 2019 Member Show: “Rhythm Systems: Nature and Geometry.” Exhibition will be on display from June 15July 21. www.thebascom.org or 787.2878.

• Photographer and Clyde dentist John Highsmith presents “Breathless,” a metal-print series of underwater people and waterborne fabrics. The photo exhibit will run through July 15 at Green Sage Café Westgate in Asheville. 734.6301.

FILM & SCREEN • “Fighting with my Family”, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on May 16 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva.

Free. 586.3555.

“The Upside”, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on May 23 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. 586.3555.

• “Intelligent Lives” – a documentary about three young adults with intellectual disabilities who challenge perceptions of intelligence in high school, college and the workforce – will be shown on May 29 at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Refreshments and transition resources available at 5 p.m.; film starts at 6 p.m. followed by a panel discussion. Info: 586.2311, ext. 1922 or ataylor@jcps.mail.org.

• Tickets are on sale now for “Great Art on Screen” – a series of 90-minute documentaries featuring some of the worlds’ greatest artists presented by The Highlands Performing Arts Center and The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts. Upcoming topic: Monet on June 7. All shows at 5:30 p.m. at Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street in Highlands. Tickets: $16; available at www.highlandspac.org or at the door.

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• “Fly-Tying for the Beginner” will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-noon on May 18 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

• A Birding Basics Workshop will be offered by the Great Smoky Mountains Association on Sunday, May 19, on the Oconaluftee River Trail. Registration required: 865.436.7318, ext. 349 or smokiesinformation.org/Events.

• An Outdoor Skills Series program entitled “Wild Edibles and Securing Water” will be offered to ages 12-up from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 20 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

• A program on peregrine falcons will be offered to ages 10-up on May 22 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

• “Intro to Fly Fishing” will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 21 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

• Casting for Beginners: Level I will be offered to ages 12-up from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 22 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

• Tackle Rigging for Fly-Fishing will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-noon on May 25 at the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Online registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y5o3owwp.

Outdoors

• The Haywood County Arts Council will have an Elemental: Wood, Metal, Glass, Fiber & Clay Exhibition through June 1 at the gallery, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. 452.0593.

• An educational hike entitled: “The Interface of Timber Management with Private Forestland Conservation” is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the head of Tellico Valley in northern Macon County. 900-foot elevation change. RSVP: sburdette@mainspringconserves.org or 524.2711.

• Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts Students will have a “Graduate Show” to exhibit their best work through June 23 at the Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art CenterInfo: 627.4673 or creativearts.haywood.edu.

• Fines Creek Community Association will host a beginner wild edibles walking tour with instructor David Grasty at 1 p.m. on May 18 at the Fines Creek Community Center. $15 per person. For ages 16-up.

400.5790.

• An exhibition entitled: “Ebb and Flow, Bloom and Fade: Dynamic Rhythms From Hambidge Fellows” is on display through June 16 in the Bunzl Gallery at The Bascom in Highlands. Info: www.thebascom.org.

• “In Search of Blue Ghosts Twilight Tour” is set for 8:30-10:30 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday evenings, through June 1, at the Cradle of Forestry in America. Tickets are $10 for ages 4-12 and $10 for

• Volunteer work days for the Trails Forever program are held every Wednesday, May through August, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For details and to volunteer: 497.1949 or adam_monroe@nps.gov.

• An opportunity to view synchronous fireflies is scheduled for Tuesday, May 28, in the Elkmont area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. $69.

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• The Waterrock Knob Visitor Center is open daily through Nov. 11 for the season on Mile 451.2 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/hours.htm.

• The Highlands Nature Center is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through late May. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623.

• The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Hatchery Supported Trout Waters is open from 7 a.m. until onehalf-hour after sunset until last day of February. Info: https://tinyurl.com/yae8ffqn.

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• The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville. 456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net.

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• Franklin Farmers Tailgate Market runs 8 a.m. to noon from May to October, on East Palmer Street across from Drake Software. 349.2049 or www.facebook.com/franklinncfarmersmarket.

• The Canton Lions Urban Assault is at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, in Canton’s Sorrell Street Park. It’s a 3.1-mile race featuring more than 20 obstacles that test mind, body and spirit. Register individually or as a two-person team. $50 or $25 for students. Register: www.active.com. Info: rjacobson05@gmail.com.

• The second annual pre-festival Tuck Trout Trot will be held at 9 a.m. on May 18 at the Jackson County Greenway. This is a self-timed, 2.2-mile fun run/walk along the paved trail adjacent to the Tuckaseigee River. A portion of net proceeds from the Tuck Trout Trot benefit Jackson County Parks & Recreation’s annual “Fishing With Kids Day.” Each paid participant will receive a cool commemorative T-shirt, while supplies last. To register, please visit https://runsignup.com/race/nc/cullowhee/tucktrouttrot or sign up at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce or Jackson County Parks and Recreation office in Cullowhee.

• The Merrell Adventure Dash, featuring a series of natural and manmade obstacles spread along a 5K course, is scheduled for Saturday, May 25, at Nantahala Outdoor Center in Swain County. 1K fun run also available. $20. Register: www.ultrasignup.com.

FARM AND GARDEN • The Seed Library of Waynesville is hosting its fourth annual starter plant exchange from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Info: 356.2507 or Kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

• Adam Bigelow will offer a garden lecture entitled “Native Replacements for Common Invasive Landscape Plants” at 10 a.m. on May 25 at the Macon County Public Library.

• 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).

• “Locally Grown on the Green,” the Cashiers farm stand market for local growers, will be held from 3-6 p.m. every Wednesday starting May 22 at the Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Rd. next to the Cashiers post office. info@villagegreencashiersnc.com or 743.3434.

HIKING CLUBS • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate five-mile hike with an elevation change of 700 feet on Saturday, May 19, to Locust Tree Gap. 524.5298.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an easy 2-3 mile hike with little elevation change on Sunday, May 19, in Gibson Bottom. 524.5234.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an 11.7-mile hike with a 2,450-foot elevation gain on Wednesday, May 22, from Cove Creek Gap to Gooseberry Knob. Info and reservations: 704.877.7804 or waltersharon204@gmail.com.

• Carolina Mountain Club will host The Max Patch Ramble at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22. Scenic hike on a section of the Appalachian Trail with a 1,100-foot ascent. Info and reservations: 405.596.2632 or shepherdgeorge@att.net.

• The Great Smoky Mountains Association will hold a hike on the Appalachian Trail to Silers Bald and Back on Saturday, May 25. Registration is required: smokiesinformation.org/events or 865.436.7318, ext. 349.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate-tostrenuous 5.5-mile hike with an elevation change of 1,000 feet on Saturday, May 25, to Flat Creek.

456.8895.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate sixmile hike with an elevation change of 500 feet on Saturday, May 25, on the Bartram Trail. 369.1983.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an easy 2-3 mile hike with little elevation gain on Sunday, May 26, in the Highlands Botanical Gardens. 369.7352.

• The Carolina Mountain Club will have a 5.5-mile hike on May 26 from Looking Glass Overlook to Big East Fork. Info and reservations: 696.9117, 712.0736 or luchat@bellsouth.net.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 10.6-mile hike with a 4,000-foot ascent on Sunday, May 26, to Daniel Boone Scout Camp. Info and reservations: 676.0255, 699.8857, lsbernhardt50@gmail.com, 505.2036, 408.887.3666 or daisytk@yahoo.com.

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• Carolina Mountain Club will have 9.5-mile hike with a 1,600-foot ascent on Monday, May 27, to Hemphill Bald from Polls Gap. Info and reservations: 828.712.9646 or mcjfive@aol.com.

• Jackson County Farmers Market runs from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or www.jacksoncoutyfarmersmarket.org.

• The ‘Whee Farmers Market is held from 3-6 p.m. on Tuesdays through the end of October at the entrance to the village of Forest Hills off North Country Club Drive in Cullowhee. 476.0334 or www.thewheemarket.org.

• Haywood Historic Farmers Market is on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the HART Theater parking lot and Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church overflow parking lot beside Exxon. waynesvillefarmersmarket.com or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.3-mile hike with a 1,400-foot ascent on Wednesday, May 29, to Bridges Camp Gap. Info and reservations: 684.8656, 606.7297 or bjdworley@gmail.com.

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• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate 7.5-mile hike with an elevation change of 600 feet on Saturday, June 15, from Lakeshore Trail to Whiteoak Branch of Forney Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Info and reservations: 524.5298.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate, four-mile “Full-Moon” hike on Sunday June 16 to Siler Bald. 700 foot elevation change. Bring a flashlight or headlight. Info and reservations: 421.4178.

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• 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.

• The Swain County Farmer’s Market is held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Friday through October at the barn on Island Street in downtown Bryson City. 488.3848 or www.facebook.com/SwainCountyFarmersMarket.

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• The Haywood County Plant Clinic is open every business day at the Haywood County Extension Center on Raccoon Road in Waynesville. Master Gardeners are available to answer questions about lawns, vegetables, flowers, trees and more. Info: 456.3575.

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• Backpacking course, will be offered by Landmark Learning on June 24-28, Aug. 12-16 and Oct. 21-25. www.landmarklearning.org.

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Editor’s note: This article first appeared in The Smoky Mountain News on May 14, 2003.

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ld-time dentistry as practiced here in the Smokies region wasn’t pretty.

All of the descriptions I have found make it seem just about barbaric, but, then again, when you’ve got tooth problems you’ll resort to just about any remedy. John Parris, in a chapter titled “Tooth-jumpin’ With A Hammer” in his book These Storied Mountains (1972), provides these insights in regard to a great-uncle who practiced homespun dentistry.

“Folks came from miles around to get him to jump a tooth. He used a hammer and a chisel. The chisel, as my grandfather described it, was about the size of a big nail.

It was forged by hand. When Grandpa talked about his uncle’s tooth-jumpin’, there was something akin to awe in his voice.

“If a tooth-jumper got the least bit careless,” he said, “he could break a feller’s jaw or bust a whole mouthful of teeth. It took a steady hand and a keen eye and a knowin’ tap of the hammer on the chisel … There was other tooth-jumpers hereabouts besides my uncle. But they didn’t make a business of it like he did. They weren’t as good either. But them that really knowed how to tooth-jump could pop a tooth out of a feller’s head before you could wink an eye. It was just that quick. It had to be.

“If one lick didn’t jump the tooth out it was all-night-ice-em. For if the tooth didn’t come out with that first lick a feller just went

BACK THEN plumb crazy and had to be hog-tied till the job was finished.

“The only time I ever heard of Uncle Eli havin’ any trouble was once when the feller sneezed just as he started a lick with his hammer. The hammer missed the chisel and struck the feller right on the nose.

The feller rose up out of the chair like he’d been stung by a whole passel of wasps. He forgot all about his achin’ Columnist tooth and said he was too tore up inside to go on with tooth-jumping.

“To jump a tooth,” the old man explained, “the chisel was placed against the ridge of the tooth, just under the edge of the gum, and given a quick but hard lick with the hammer. When the chisel was placed just right and the hammer lick made just right, the tooth would jump out like it was shot out of a rifle.”

Parris records that the only antiseptics his great-uncle used were salt packed into the tooth hole and “peartening juice” (alcohol) administered to the patient just before the tooth was jumped.

Yet another account of regional dentistry was recorded by Horace Kephart in Our Southern Highlanders (1913), wherein he

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edge of the gum. Then jump the tooth out with a hammer. A man who knows how can jump a tooth without it hurtin’ half as bad as pullin’. But old Uncle Neddy Cyarter went to jump one of his own teeth out one time, and missed the nail and mashed his nose with the hammer. He had the weak trembles.

“I have heard of tooth-jumping,” said I, “and reported it to dentists back home, but they laughed at me.”

“Well, they needn’t laugh, for it’s so,” said my neighbor. “Some men git to be as experienced at it as toothdentists are at

pullin’. They cut around the gum, and then put the nail at jest sich an angle, slantin’ downward for an upper tooth, or upwards for a lower one, and hit one lick.”

“Will the tooth come at the first lick?”

“Ginerally. If it didn’t, you might as well stick your head in a swarm o’ bees and fergit who you are.”

“Are back teeth extracted in that way?”

“Yes, sir; any kind of a tooth. I’ve burnt my holler teeth out with a red-hot wire.”

“Good God!” “Hit’s so. The wire’d sizzle like fryin’.”

“Kill the nerve?”

“No; but it’d sear the mar so it wouldn’t be so sensitive.”

“Didn’t hurt, eh?”

“Hurt like hell for a moment. I held the wire one time for Jim Bob Jimwright, who couldn’t reach the spot for hisself. I told him to hold his tongue back; but when I touched the holler he jumped and wropped his tongue agin the wire. The words that man used ain’t fit to tell.”

These old-time accounts are worth thinking about the next time you visit your dentist and a subjected to very little, if any, pain.

Some things have come a long ways.

(George Ellison is a naturalist and writer.

He can be reached at info@georgeellison.com.)

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