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CONTENTS On the Cover: The Oconaluftee CCC Job Corps Center in Cherokee is one of nine CCC centers across the nation scheduled to close by Aug. 31 after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the U.S. Forest Service would no longer be operating the program. Another 16 CCC centers, including LBJ Job Corps in Franklin, will be transitioning to management under private contractors.

(Page 6) Electrical training is one of the technical programs offered at Oconaluftee Job Corps Center. Donated photo

News No tax increase in Waynesville budget ........................................................................4 Hemp processing plant to open in Canton ................................................................5 Catawba casino developer donated to bill sponsors ..............................................9 Primary election concludes in Cherokee ..................................................................12 Jackson budget to tackle education, homeless issues ........................................13 NAACP mulls placement of lynching monument ....................................................15 Revolutionary War monument coming to Haywood ..............................................17

Opinion You won’t make friends like this again ........................................................................18

A&E Dance studio makes splash in Canton ......................................................................22

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No tax increase in Waynesville budget

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER t’s starting to sound like a broken record in Haywood County as North Carolina’s municipal budget season comes to a close — a growing economy finally out of the grips of the Great Recession has offered slightly higher revenues even after a disappointing revaluation in 2017, but skyrocketing insurance costs are taking a huge toll on local governments.

“BCBS [Blue Cross/Blue Shield] requested a 45.6 percent increase in rates for the upcoming year,” said Waynesville Town Manager Rob Hites in his annual budget message to aldermen. “Through our broker, we negotiated with BCBS and were able to reduce their request to 26.2 percent increase.”

A Pyrrhic victory, to be sure, and one that will add nearly $500,000 to the town’s annual spending, but as Waynesville enters year three of Hites’ cautious five-year budget planning roadmap, not only will there be no tax increase, the budget is actually shrinking by more than 3 percent.

“In 2019-20 the staff is continuing its very conservative approach to preparing our annual budget proposal,” said Hites. “We do not recommend an ad valorem tax increase and use a small allocation of fund balance which we believe we will make up in savings during the year.”

To the extent one could call the health insurance increases a personnel-related

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expense, two other personnel issues will demand a larger share of the town’s proposed $15.1 million general fund, 70 percent of which goes toward paying town staff.

A change in the North Carolina Local Government Retirement System’s contribution requirements will add 1.2 percent to that line item, and a 1.5 percent increase in the “career track” program — designed to retain employees in an environment where the cost of living is rising faster than the tax base — will also drive up costs.

Those increases, though are offset by reductions in capital costs, operating costs and loan payments that present a $300,000 reduction in general fund spending.

That $300,000 alone isn’t enough to make up for the personnel increases, which also AYNESVILLE FUND BALANCE AS A include the addition of another PERCENT OF EXPENSES IN MILLIONS police officer due to increased call volume, so more than Year General fund Fund balance Percent $522,000 in general fund balexpenditures available ance will be appropriated for 2014 $13.57 $5.11 37.66 the coming fiscal year.

2015 $12.56 $5.67 45.14 Fund balance is akin to a 2016 $13.07 $5.58 42.69 government savings account, 2017 $13.81 $5.65 40.91 usually reserved for unforeseen 2018 $13.74 $5.81 42.29 events that could result in the 2019* $14.64 $5.70 38.93 interruption of revenue collec2020* $15.15 $5.09 33.60 tion or dramatic spending *estimated increases, like natural disasters.

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Total tax base: $1.198 billion All funds budget: $33.7 million General fund budget: $15.15 million Fund balance available: $5.09 million Ad valorem tax rate: 49.57 cents/$100 assessed value n One cent of ad valorem tax equals: $115,270 n Growth in tax base since last year: 0.64 percent

ence between “appropriated” and “spent” — appropriated means the money’s been set aside for possible use, and spent means it’s already gone.

For example, in last year’s budget, the town appropriated — planned to spend — $891,000 from its savings, but as the fiscal year ends June 30 will likely use less than $4,000 of that.

Hites said in his budget message he expects the town won’t use all $522,000 appropriated for this year, either.

Since 2014, Waynesville’s available fund balance has hovered between $5.1 million and $5.8 million. Fund balances are usually measured in percentage of yearly expenses, meaning that when weighed against a roughly $15 million budget, the town right now has enough money to continue operat-

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ing for about a third of the year without additional income.

Those percentages are also weighed against similarly-situated municipalities for comparative purposes.

As a so-called “electric city” — i.e. one that buys electricity wholesale from providers and then resells it to municipal customers — Waynesville’s of late been near or above the electric city’s group average. In 2014, Waynesville was below the average by about two points. In 2015, it was above the average by about two points. In 2016, it was about half a point below average, and in 2017, the last year for which group data was available, Waynesville was very slightly above average.

Outside the general fund, perhaps the most ominous issue coming down the pipe is a state-mandated $17.4 million renovation or replacement of the town’s crumbling sewage treatment plant.

When weighed against the town’s $15 million general fund, that’s a staggering cost, but the plant’s financing won’t come from the general fund — it will come from a combination of grants and loans from the state and/or the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

For that to happen, there has to be a revenue stream; this year’s budget includes a 10 percent rate increase that will only cost the average Waynesville customer about $4 a month, but it’s certainly not going to be the last rate increase customers see.

“As the town moves into the full debt service cycle it will need to increase rates several times over the next decade,” Hites said.

Still, things seem to be on the up-and-up in Waynesville, compared to the situation in 2018, when Hites and the board came away from their annual budget retreat with the sobering realization that the town could no longer expect the average 7 percent annual growth in property tax base is had enjoyed throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s until the recession hit.

“The town is experiencing more growth than it has seen since the recession of 2008 and that new tax base will hopefully fund increases in the town’s operating budget,” said Hites.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT Miller said that currently, there are six STAFF WRITER different job descriptions outside of manaywood County’s latest economic agement, most of which are what he would development victory — a state-of-thecall skilled jobs. art, $12 million hemp processing “Some of our hourly [pay] ranges could facility — means that Canton will become get up into the $20s,” he said. among the first local municipalities to cash Canton has a long history of taking agriin on the new “green” economy. cultural products, using skilled labor to “We looked at where we’re involved in process them and adding value to them, the cultivation process, which is all the surand then selling them to customers around rounding states including the eastern part the country and the world. of North Carolina, and we saw what hapAbundant Labs will be a business-topened with the hurricanes last year, coming up through Louisiana and Georgia. There’s been some crop issues in Kentucky over the last couple of years, so we felt that if we can put ourselves in a central location, with regard to all of Abundant Labs CEO Chip Miller (left) and Haywood those, then we Chamber President CeCe Hipps announce Miller’s would be in posinew endeavor in Canton. Cory Vaillancourt photo tion to produce a better product,” said Chip Miller, CEO of Abundant Labs. business operation, meaning its products Abundant Labs extracts cannabinoids won’t be available at retail outlets under its from the cola of the cannabis plant to proown name. Other hemp-related businesses duce extracts used in consumer products, who create retail products will be its cuslike Cannabidiol, and will by Aug. 1 begin tomers. doing so in the old Neo Corporation build“What this is, you’re seeing the 21st cening on Silkwood Drive, just off Interstate tury model of manufacturing. With the 40. Although not technically within municistate and also at the federal level, an opporpal limits, adjacent parcels border the Town tunity has arisen with hemp to get it to marof Canton. ket,” said Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers.

Known more commonly as CBD, “Whatever product that may be, it takes Cannabidiol is a non-psychoactive compothat manufacturing base to do that, that nent of the cannabis plant reported to hold trained workforce.” myriad health benefits. The Farm Bill passed According to Abundant Labs’ website,

by Congress late last year removed obstacles the company is “always looking for sources to growing non-psychoactive cannabis, of biomass,” meaning local and regional called hemp, across the nation. North growers might be able to cash in as well.

Carolina is one of more than 30 states that Haywood Chamber of Commerce Board also permits cultivation of the plant.

Member John Patterson, an insurance agent According to Forbes, the retail CBD specializing in agricultural products, says market nationwide in 2018 was somewhere that could give local growers a boost. between $600 million and $2 billion, but “Right now, one of my clients has been could grow to more than $16 billion in the taking all the biomass they’ve been growing, next six years. and shipping it to a processor elsewhere,” During an announcement ceremony at said Patterson. “Having a processor in the BearWaters Brewing in Canton co-sponstate of North Carolina will not only allow sored by the Haywood County Economic us to bring in product from other states, Development Council and the Haywood but it will allow hemp growers, at least in Chamber of Commerce held, Miller said this half of the state, to have a processor that the company would initially employ that’s probably more cost effective.” between 20 and 25 workers processing Miller said he expects the facility to between 3,000 and 4,000 pounds of biobegin processing hemp by Aug. 1 at the latmass each day, six days a week, on two est. shifts.

This is the first major announcement “If we’re successful, we could go as high since Haywood and Buncombe signed a as 55 or 60,” said Miller. “It just depends on contract to work together in seeking ecowhat the needs are.” nomic development opportunities.

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Oconaluftee Job Corps center to close Franklin center to remain open under private management

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR or more than 50 years, disadvantaged youth struggling to find their way in the world have had the chance to turn their lives around and become productive members of society because of the federal Job Corps program.

The program — modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps established during the Great Depression — was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society initiatives back in 1964. To date, it has trained and educated more than 2 million students at more than 100 Job Corps centers across the country, including three centers located in Western North Carolina.

Many Job Corps students say the program changed their lives by providing them with structure, education, instructors with high expectations and on-the-job training.

Now those same students feel like the opportunities they received in the Job Corps program are at risk of being taken away from future generations as the current administration moves toward privatizing the program.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release May 24 stating the U.S. Forest Service would be withdrawing from operating Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers.

The transition means nine of the centers will be shut down, including the Oconaluftee CCC in Cherokee and 16 other Job Corps centers — including the Lyndon B. Johnson CCC in Franklin and the Schenck CCC in Pisgah Forest in Brevard — will continue under a private contract operator or partnership.

“It’s devastating,” said Adam Gresham, who graduated from the Oconaluftee program about five years ago. “When I went to Job Corps there were so many individuals like myself who needed relief from their home situation and needed a different option. Either you give them a way out or they become a product of society. No one wants that — we all want to be productive members of society.”

According to the press release, the USDA’s decision to get the Forest Service out of operating the centers was made after a close review of all CCC operations and performances. Of the 125 centers in the U.S., over 75 percent are already under private management while the remaining centers — located on federal lands — are operated by USDA or Forest Service staff.

“This action creates an opportunity to serve a greater number of students at higher performing centers at a lower cost to taxpayers by modernizing and reforming part of the Job Corps program,” the press release stated. “The U.S. Department of Labor reviewed the CCCs performance and out6 come measurements, internal controls,

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Students at Oconaluftee Job Corps Center can choose between several different technical training programs, including training to become a certified nursing assistant. Donated photos capacity and proximity, costs, and ongoing needs of each CCC against the overall Job Corps program to determine the best path forward.”

What the press release doesn’t say is that the change could displace more than 1,000 federal employees who currently work for Job Corps centers in rural America. It also means losing a vital pipeline for training new wildland firefighters and other Forest Service positions.

While the press release implies that the centers operating under federal agencies aren’t performing as well and cost more than other centers being managed privately, those who have been on the ground floor at the Oconaluftee center disagree.

Gresham said it only makes sense the Forest Service would manage Oconaluftee since it’s within the national park. He said the program gives students a deeper understanding and appreciation for the park sys-

The forestry conservation program is one of the most popular career training paths offered at Oconaluftee Job Corps Center, which is currently under Forest Service management.

tem and the environment.

“It’s ludicrous,” he said about the CCC centers being turned over to private management. “I’m a big advocate for the Forest Service continuing to manage Oconaluftee because of the wildland firefighting training they provide to students. The training there and the staff makes a huge impression on the students.”

PERSONAL IMPACT Dalton Cain, 22, was on a hike with other Job Corps students within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when The Smoky Mountain News reached out to him last Thursday afternoon. He’s been at the Oconaluftee center since January as a forestry student training in wildland firefighting, timber cruising, marking and downing trees, trail maintenance and other skills needed to enter a number of Forest Service positions.

He said he’s not ready to leave the program, but now he doesn’t have a choice.

Staff recently informed him that he has until Aug. 9 to transition out of the dorm at Oconaluftee. That gives him less than two months to get a job, save some money and find a place to live in the area so he can continue his forestry education.

Cain did have the option of transferring to another center in the country that will remain open, but he wasn’t crazy about the idea of starting over at a new place with all new people.

“With the way things are

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really hope Oconaluftee stays open. It’s a really good program, but I think it will be up to our senators, representatives and other appointed officials to fight for it.”

TIGHT-LIPPED PROCESS With the announcement of Oconaluftee’s closure, Cain said the situation is tense at the center — students are receiving their final dates of departure, being transferred to other centers or trying to figure out how to survive on their own after they have to leave.

He said the center had about 100 students

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before the announcement was made and is now down to about 70.

“The staff here is trying to help students through it the best they can — we’ve had about 12 students resign, some have completed their program but didn’t get a job yet,” he said. “Recently they came through and said students would be given dates to leave next week — I have until Aug. 9 but everyone has to leave by Aug. 31. Many have lost hope. This was an opportunity to get away from the lifestyle they had and now they’re being told that opportunity is over.

For some this is their last chance.”

Current and past students have been happy to share their experiences with the Job Corps program, but those running the

program haven’t been able to speak out on the issue. The Smoky Mountain News reached out to Oconaluftee Job Corps Center after the closure announcement was made and had arranged to visit the center and interview one of the instructors and perhaps more students.

Arriving at the gated entrance, a sign read, “Authorized Federal Employees Only.”

I called the instructor to see if she could buzz me in. About 10 minutes later Rebecca Woodard appeared and said to follow her back out to the main road. Once off the property, we parked on the side of the road and got out to chat. She said Forest Service employees at the center were instructed not to talk to the press and that reporters weren’t allowed on the property.

However, Woodard is not a federal employee, she is an instructor with Southwestern Community College teaching at the Job Corps Center. Speaking in her personal capacity, Woodard shared why she continues to work part-time at the center on top of her full-time job with Duke University. In the year she’s been at Oconaluftee, she’s seen so many students turn their lives around that it’s hard to accept it’s all coming to an end soon. She’s taught students important life skills like how to create a resume, how to apply for jobs and how to prepare for a big interview and has watched many of them go on to have productive careers.

“I love this place. I love the students and the faculty, and I know we’re giving back,” she said. “It’s such a valuable program.”

When students leave the Job Corps center, they should have everything they need to succeed, including some saved up funds from working part-time during the program and the skills necessary to work for any number of large employers in the region, including ConMet, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort, Coca-Cola, retirement homes, landscaping businesses and the U.S. Forest Service.

“These companies always seem happy with their work and that’s what is important to us — we want them to leave not only with an education but with a trade,” she said.

“Having worked while they were here, they leave here with money saved up and that can help them find a vehicle and help with rent.”

Woodard has seen students come to the center at the worst point in their lives and find a way to turn it all around. She said they aren’t mandated to join the program — they come because they want to have a better life.

“Many that come here are homeless. We had a man who lived a month in the woods before coming to us. Most of the time their families are not supportive or aren’t pushing them toward getting an education or having work ethic,” she said. “These students aren’t the thugs or kids of privilege — these are the in-between teens here for a reason. We’re here to help them reach their goals.”

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County because of the mistakes he had made.

“I had two DUIs — I was just being a dumb teenager — but I was sentenced to 15 months in a state correctional facility,” he said. “The Job Corps didn’t want to take me because of the charges. I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get accepted, but I’m super grateful for the program. It made me a better person.”

He was in the CCC program for eight months training in electrical work, a skill he had started to learn in a high school elective class. He graduated as president of his class and went on to earn a computer science degree from the University of North Carolina. He credited the great teachers, mentors and peers he had at Oconaluftee for getting him back on the right track.

“I was able to interact with so many different people and it taught me to be accepting and just more tolerant of other people. In my dorm we had Jim (Dees) — our dorm dad — and probably 40 other people from all walks of life and from all over the country and we had to mesh together and get along,” Gresham said.

He decided to move out to Boulder, Colorado, about eight months ago to start a new life. He continues to look for an opportunity to use his computer science degree in a highly competitive environment, but for now he is happy being a chef in a nice restaurant in Boulder. Living out West has also been a joy for someone who loves long-distance running — a passion he picked up from his “dorm dad” Jim Dees while at Oconaluftee.

It’s not hard for Gresham to imagine where he might be today if he had continued on the path he was on at 23. Instead, he made the call to Job Corps. Living in a poor neighborhood overrun with drug and alcohol addiction, that too could have been his fate.

“Going off of the other kids I went to (high) school with and the predicaments I see that they’re in now, I’d probably be some kind of addict — maybe in and out of the prison system — because drugs and alcoholism is common where I lived,” he said. “I

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going and the amount of time we have left here, I won’t be able to complete my program. We can transfer and move to a new center, but I’d have to meet all new people again and I’m transferring from a very successful center and could end up going to a bad one,” he said.

He’s applied for a security job at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino knowing casino employees receive good pay, benefits and tuition assistance so he can finish his degree in timber cruising. He never felt like traditional college was the right fit for him, but under the current circumstances, it could be his best option.

“Not everyone is meant for college whether it’s because they don’t have the money or whatever and I don’t feel like I’m cut out for college but it’s what I’ll have to do — I can’t back out of it now,” he said.

Cain found it difficult to talk about the center closing in light of everything he’s been through and knowing the impact the program has had on so many of his peers.

“I’ve learned a lot about responsibilities.

I was a bit of a kid still and fell on hard times. I was at a bad point in my life so I came here knowing this place could help me better my life and help me re-establish some responsibility and make me a better person,” he said. “I’ve been to three different centers, but my time here has helped me become a better human being — everything from day-to-day tasks to my work ethic.”

His story is fairly typical among Job Corps students — teenagers without direction, living in a bad home situation looking for a way out. And then there are those who have deeper struggles that could have easily destroyed their lives if not for intervention.

Cain said he met a friend in Job Corps from Atlanta who decided to join the program after getting mixed up with a gang at the age of 13. When he was allowed a home visit back to Atlanta for Christmas one year, Cain said the gang came after him — shooting up his home and killing his pregnant girlfriend in the process — all because he had found a way out.

“With everything he had been through, he decided to come back to Job Corps and the difference this program has made in his life is unbelievable,” Cain said. “He went from being on the streets — a real gang member that many would think needs to be in jail — and now he’s a good citizen living in San Francisco. He just got a job making $45 an hour painting the Golden Gate Bridge. And that’s all because of this program.”

Gresham is a little farther removed from the program at this point in his life, but he’ll never forget the valuable lessons he learned or the lasting friendships he created at Oconaluftee about six year ago. Now 29, he recalled seeing a corny, late-night commercial for the Job Corps and decided it might be exactly what he needed.

“For some reason it spoke to me — I couldn’t afford to go to college. I had a falling out with my dad and my home situation was bad at the time,” he said.

Gresham also remembers how he almost didn’t get accepted to the program when he was a wayward 23-year-old living in Gaston

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“The Job Corps allows us to offer some trade programs we would not normally be able to offer through our Workforce Continuing Education division. These programs prepare economically disadvantaged individuals from ages 16-22 to enter the workforce or go on to pursue further education,” Goode said. “We offer everything from High School Equivalency and life skills training to employability skills and the opportunity to learn a trade. Our students in the forestry program get advanced training through the U.S. Forest Service then become firefighters or fill jobs with a variety of area employers.”

A message left with Oconaluftee center director Jim Copeland was not returned as of press time Tuesday.

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Though the press release alludes to poor performance among the list of centers being closed, Oconaluftee is actually one of the highest ranked centers in the nation as far as operations and performance, according to a March 2018 special report from the National Federation of Federal Employees,

the union representing Forest Service employees.

The report was issued in response to President Donald Trump’s 2019-20 budget, which proposed ending the USDA’s role in running the CCC centers and allowing the DOL to select private contractors. NFFE President Randy Erwin called the administration’s justification for the change “scientifically and legally flawed,” and issued the CCC financial and performance report to correct “inaccuracies and deliberate mischaracterizations” of the job corps program.

Specifically, the report disputed the Trump Administration’s claims that the centers being operated by the Forest Service

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“Such successes should be embraced and rewarded. Instead, DOL proposes to throw them on the trash heap,” the report stated. “The logic put forward in the President’s budget is that ALL publicly operated centers should be converted to privately run centers because of the alleged underperformance of publicly run centers as a group. If one were to use this logic with accurate data, then ALL privately-run centers should be converted to publicly run centers.”

However, that’s not the approach being advocated by the NFFE. The report states that all centers should continue to be held accountable for their performance and if budget constraints or shifting priorities should force the closure of any centers, the decision should be based on those performances.

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are overrepresented in the lowest performing cohort of centers and that the USDA’s role does not include workforce development. In fact, CCC centers are underrepresented in the lowest performing quartile and include the highest performing centers in the country. In addition, a recent DOL analysis shows that USDA and CCC centers are substantially more cost effective than comparable centers run by private contractors.

As for the USDA’s role in operating the centers, Erwin claims it’s clearly outlined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that the USDA centers must be located primarily in rural areas and shall provide academics, career and technical education and training, workforce preparation skills training, programs of work experience to conserve, develop, or manage public natural resources or public recreational areas or to develop community projects in the public interest.

“This important and unique role is consistent with the core responsibility and expertise of the USDA Forest Service,” the report stated. “The program saves lives and saves taxpayer dollars; wasted lives are a drain on society.”

The report found the administration’s claims “astonishing” given that the DOL has comprehensive criteria in place for assessing performance of the job corps centers.

Based on data from the Outcome Measurement System (OMS), 58 percent of the CCC centers are above average, including Schenck Job CCC Center in Brevard, which is the No. 1 ranked center in the nation.

The report admits that CCC centers were substantially underperforming compared to private contracted centers in 2014, but claims the USDA’s National CCC program office took strong steps to hold center leadership accountable for the performance of their centers. Now CCC center performance has been trending upward over the last four years.

For example, the Blackwell CCC center was ranked 124th out of 125 centers in 2014. With new leadership, it now ranks 19th out of 124. Similarly, the Oconaluftee CCC center improved from a rank of 119 in 2014 to a rank of 21 in 2017.

CENTER COSTS A center’s cost of operations is not included in the OMS ranking, but obviously it’s an important factor to consider when proposing to shut down or change a center’s operations. From 2010 to 2017, the cost per student enrolled in a CCC center was $6,181 to $13,705 less than the cost per student of the non-CCC portion of the Job Corps program.

“This resulted in a savings of over $410 million over that period as compared to the cost of serving the same number of students in a traditional Job Corps setting. These efficiencies would be put at risk by privatizing the CCC centers,” the report read.

In researching the costs associated with the job corps centers, the NFFE reported a number of funding inconsistencies in the DOL budget. For example, an average of $41,175 per student was allocated from 2010 through 2017 for DOL centers but during the same period, only $31,323 per student was allocated for the USDA CCC centers. The report also claims the Job Corps budget has been decreased every year since 2010. Since centers have fixed costs, reducing the budget year after year will adversely affect performance outcomes.

Given the alleged misstatements to Congress and budget cuts to the USDAoperated CCC centers, the NFFE claims the Trump administration is advocating for the privatization of all CCC centers.

“Taken together, these allegations imply a willful undermining of the publicly operated CCC program. Under this scenario, the driving force would be the undeniable fact that there is money to be made in privatization,” the report concludes. “These are serious allegations. Some are confirmed and unexplained; others are unconfirmed. We are not able to explore them further at this time. We suggest that a thorough independent investigation of these and other relevant issues pertaining to the relationship between the DOL and USDA in the administration of the CCC program may be warranted.”

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, did not respond to requests for comment on the CCC center closures.

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Between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2016, Cheves donated $16,400 to committees supporting Burr’s candidacy, $15,500 to committees supporting Tillis’ candidacy and $5,400 to support Graham’s presidential bid. Cheves was a co-chair of Graham’s South Carolina Finance Committee in the race. He also gave $5,400 to Graham’s senatorial re-election campaign in 2017 and $5,400 to Tillis’ re-election campaign in 2018.

In addition to giving to individual candidates, Cheves was generous to the Republican Party as a whole. Federal Election Commission records for 2017-18 show an $8,100 donation to the N.C. Republican Party, $100,000 to the Republican National Committee spread over two donations and $33,900 to the National Republican Senate Committee. In 2015-16, he gave $10,000 to the National Republican Senate Committee.

Cheves said the donations aren’t related

founding First Link, Inc, whose technology is currently used throughout the gift card and debit card industry; restructuring Leisure Time Casino Resorts after buying it out of bankruptcy; and forming Palmetto Princess Casino Cruises.

Cheves said that, if the bill passes, the planned 220,000-square-foot facility could be open “well before the Republican National Convention in August of 2020.”

The 2015-16 election cycle was the first time that Cheves gave five-digit federal campaign donations. In the 2013-14 time period, he gave only two donations totaling $2,000, and previous to that the only donations listed are $2,500 in 2012, $400 in 2001, $600 in 1993 and $714 in 1992.

Spokespeople for Burr and Tills both said that the donations have had no impact on the senators’ support for the bill, with Caitlin Carroll of Burr’s office noting that Burr does not intend to run for re-election and therefore does not need campaign funds. He was re-elected in 2016 with the seat next up for election in 2022. Graham’s office did not return a request for comment.

The donations make up a small percentage of the campaigns’ total fundraising.

Between 2015 and 2018, the Thom Tillis Committee logged $3.44 million in receipts; during the same period, the Richard Burr Committee raised $12.91 million.

Federal records do not show any donation history for the Catawba, though the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is a donation powerhouse, giving between 17 and 79 donations in every two-year cycle since 1999.

The tribe donates to candidates and organizations supporting both Republicans and Democrats. In 2017-18 it gave $5,400 it the Thom Tillis Committee, with no money donated to any of the three sponsoring senators in 2015-16.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ederal campaign finance records show that Wallace Cheves, developer for a proposed Catawba Indian Nation casino in Kings Mountain, donated nearly $50,000 between 2015 and 2018 to the campaigns of the three U.S. senators sponsoring a bill aimed at making the casino a reality.

The bill, S.790, is sponsored by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and co-sponsored by Sen. Thom Tillis and Sen. Richard Burr, both republicans of North Carolina.

to his role as developer in the casino project.

“I have donated to many other campaigns and individuals in several states,” said Cheves. “I contribute to those that share my vision for economic growth and job creation. That’s why I’ve worked actively and closely with the RNC (Republican National Committee) and even helped a multitude of candidates nationally.”

It is true that Cheves has donated to a variety of political committees outside of those supporting Graham, Tillis and Burr. In the 2015-16 period, he gave 19 donations totaling $68,100 to 12 federal election committees supporting representatives from three states, two presidential candidates and three other political committees.

In 2017 and 2018, his 21 donations totaled $218,700, the higher amount due largely to $100,000 he gave to the Republican National Committee, $35,000 for the Chairman’s Victory Fund and $33,900 to the National Republican Senate Committee. In addition to Graham and Tillis, his donations supported Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey, Sen. Rick Scott, Sen. Cory Gardner, Rep. Patrick McHenry, House candidate Dan Hamilton, Rep. Alma Adams and Rep. Greg Gianforte.

Cheves is the managing partner at Sky Boat, LLC, a company he formed in 2009 to work with the Catawba on developing gaming opportunities, according to a biography on Sky Boat’s website. He has a long history in the casino industry, forming First Class Games in 1998, a company that grew rapidly in the U.S. and South America, and in 1999 he and his partners created Players Club Casino, one of the first internet gaming portals, which is licensed and based in Antigua.

He has succeeded in a variety of other business ventures as well, including co-

If passed, S.790 would authorize the Catawba — a federally recognized tribe with a reservation in Rock Hill, South Carolina — to own a gaming facility on a 16.5-acre piece of land in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take that land into trust for the tribe. The bill states that the facility would comply with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act but be exempt from Section 20 of that law. Section 20 would have triggered a complicated approval process involving endorsement from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and the governor of North Carolina, as well as consultation with local stakeholders.

The Catawba say that the bill would clarify language left vague by the tribe’s 1993 lands claim settlement agreement with Congress and give a much-needed economic boost to both the tribe and the Kings Mountain area. According to federal census estimates for 2013-2017, 28.5 percent of the 416 households in the tribe’s 1,000-acre South Carolina reservation had incomes below the federal poverty line, and the unemployment rate is 12.6 percent. The casino could drastically improve both those figures, as happened in Cherokee as its gaming enterprise grew.

“Catawba’s only looking to do what Cherokee has already done,” Catawba Chief Bill Harris told The Smoky Mountain News in April. “As a matter of fact we wish to mirror exactly what they’ve done.”

Proponents say the bill would help them get there by laying out some technical changes to existing law.

“The Catawba Land Clarification Act will help clarify Congress’ original intent when they passed the Catawba Lands Settlement Act of 1993,” Burr wrote in a May 13 letter to Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown.

“Congress always intended for the Tribe to be able to make mandatory land acquisitions in both North and South Carolina in a service area they have historically occupied.

But because of unclear language in the law itself, the Catawba’s claim is still being disputed 25 years later.”

The letter went on to say that, should the bill be enacted, the tribe would still need to gain approval from the State of North Carolina to conduct gaming on the property.

“While I understand your concerns, I believe it is right to ensure the Tribe has the opportunities that were originally understood to be theirs under the 1993 law,” Burr wrote.

Opponents of S.790 disagree with every part of that position. They say that nothing in the record shows that Congress in 1993 had any intention of allowing the Catawba to take land into trust in North Carolina, that the service area defined in the agreement — which includes Cleveland County, where the proposed casino would go — relates to determining funding for federal services rather than to land acquisitions, and that the land in question is historically Cherokee, not Catawba.

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There is some evidence to support those positions. In regard to the historical land claims issue, an 1884 map filed in the Library of Congress showing the tribe’s former territorial limits includes the area that is now Cleveland County toward the eastern edge of the tribe’s territory. The Catawba cite information on the Charlotte Museum of History’s website stating that the tribe settled in the Piedmont area 10,000 years ago.

When it comes to the contention that Congress really meant to allow for land claims in North Carolina when it approved the 1993 agreement, even though the document doesn’t lay out a process for such claims, Sneed said that’s a nonsensical argument.

“The language matters,” he told The Smoky Mountain News earlier this month.

“If it had been the intent of Congress back in 1993 to allow the Catawbas to take land into trust in North Carolina, they would have said so.”

Under the definitions section in the agreement, “tribe” is defined as “the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina,” and “state” is defined as “South Carolina” in all instances except for a single section dealing with ratification of prior transfers. The agreement also states that South Carolina has jurisdiction over the tribe, which could raise issues should the tribe find itself in ownership of North Carolina land.

CONCERNS ABOUT STATE INPUT Cherokee leaders reject the notion that North Carolina would have the ability to approve or deny gaming in Kings Mountain under the bill’s current language.

Section 20 of IGRA, from which the bill would exempt the tribe, lays out a long and complicated process for getting off-reservation gaming projects such as the proposed casino approved. The process includes environmental assessments under the National Environmental Protection Act, traffic and economic impact assessments, consultation with the state’s governor and local government officials within 25 miles of the proposed site, and input from nearby tribes. It can take a decade and millions of dollars to navigate, and at the end of it all the governor of the state has final veto power — a person who wasn’t even in office when the application was first filed can toss out the whole project with the stroke of a pen.

The bill would allow the Catawba to sidestep that whole process, marking the first time an off-reservation casino had ever been approved through legislation. The tribe would still have to clear some hurdles to get its casino built, but they would be much easier hurdles to jump, mainly involving the federal government ensuring the tribe has the proper legal framework in place to govern the casino.

Tribes can operate class I and II gaming operations without a state gaming compact — it’s only class III gaming that requires a

compact. Class III gaming includes card games, casino games like roulette, slot machines, sports betting and lotteries.

Bingo and lotto are examples of class II gaming. For its first 15 years of existence, the casino in Cherokee offered only class I and II gaming.

“We encourage the Catawba Indian Nation to pursue an on-reservation economy in their home state of South Carolina like we have developed in our home state of North Carolina,” Sneed said. “This bill is a harmful precedent — the first time Congress has authorized a tribe to acquire land into trust simply to create an off-reservation casino. It’s increasingly clear that North Carolina opposes this federal overreach and we encourage the (Senate) Committee (on Indian Affairs) to vote against Senate Bill 790 and return to the proven federal application process that has served tribes, states and local communities for decades.”

Cheves, meanwhile, said it’s about jobs and economic opportunity — Cherokee should be supporting the Catawba’s efforts to lift themselves up, he said.

“I am proud of the work our team has done in its efforts to bring thousands of new jobs and economic opportunities for the Catawba Indian Nation and Cleveland County,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that those profiting off the Eastern Band of Cherokee, one of the richest tribes in the country, with a monopoly in gaming in North Carolina, continue to actively oppose the very same opportunities for other less fortunate tribes.”

Sneed is not the only one protesting the legislation. So far, 16 counties and municipalities in the western region passed resolutions opposing it and touting the positive economic impact Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos have had on the region. A new casino in Kings Mountain would likely deliver a hit to Harrah’s, siphoning away some of the 30 percent of its customers who are geographically closer to the Kings Mountain site.

Additionally, 38 North Carolina senators signed a May 16 letter in opposition.

U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-Greensboro, who has been widely speculated to be a potential Primary Election contender for Tillis, has also come out against S.790.

“Despite strong bipartisan opposition from our state and local governments, this federal overreach would give preferential treatment to a tribe recognized by South Carolina to reap benefits at the expense of North Carolinians and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,” Walker said. “I urge my colleagues in the U.S. Senate to oppose this legislation and ensure that North Carolinians don’t have their voices stripped away.”

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, has not responded to requests for comment on his position, with his office replying that it doesn’t typically comment on Senate bills.

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on the bill May 1, but no further action has been taken — to move forward, the bill will need a favorable vote from the committee before proceeding to the Senate floor.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER oters made their choices during last week’s Primary Elections in Cherokee, with Teresa McCoy coming in as the top vote-getter in the race for principal chief and two incumbent Tribal Council members failing to survive through September’s General Election.

Councilmembers Jeremy Wilson, of Wolfetown, and Lisa Taylor, of Painttown, both came in fifth place in their races for reelection, just shy of the cut for the General Election, which takes the top four vote-getters in each township’s Tribal Council race.

Wolfetown had by far the greatest number of Tribal Council candidates, with 10 names on the ballot and one write-in candidate vying for two seats. While Wilson didn’t garner the support he needed to make it to September, fellow incumbent Bo Crowe was far-and-away the most popular candidate, securing 430 votes. Coming in a distant second was former Chairman Bill Taylor, with 172 votes. Taylor lost his re-election bid in the September 2017 General Election, when he came in last among the four candidates.

In many townships, incumbents seemed to do well. Birdtown incumbents Albert Rose and Boyd Owle handily topped the list in that community, with 375 and 428 votes, respectively. Coming in third and fourth were Nelson Lambert with 299 votes and Ashley Sessions with 183. Likewise, Yellowhill incumbents Tom Wahnetah and David Wolfe smoked the competition with 166 and 223 votes, respectively, while the next-highest vote-getter had only 76 votes.

Big Cove representatives Richard French and Perry Shell also came out on top, though the gap between them and third-place Fred Penick was smaller than in Yellowhill due to Penick’s 141 votes.

Vice Chief Alan “B” Ensley also saw a decisive victory in his bid for election to the seat he was appointed to following the impeachment of former Principal Chief Patrick Lambert. He secured 1,089 votes, taking 38 percent of those cast for one of

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eight candidates. Second-place Jim Owle had about half that, at 551 votes.

Two surviving incumbents who did not top the voting in their races were Principal Chief Richard Sneed and Councilmember Tommye Saunooke, of Painttown.

Saunooke’s counterpart in Painttown, Lisa Taylor, will not be on the General Election ballot at all, and challenger Dike Sneed took

first place in the voting ahead of Saunooke, who commanded 151 votes to Sneed’s 169.

McCoy, meanwhile, edged Sneed in the chief ’s race with 1,132 votes to his 1,117.

McCoy’s journey to the ballot had been a tumultuous one, with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Board of Elections initially declining to certify her for election due to an incident dating back to 1996, which they said counted as “defrauding the tribe” — Cherokee law states that people who are guilty of defrauding the tribe can’t stand for election.

The Cherokee Supreme Court reversed that action following a four-hour hearing, ordering the election board to certify McCoy to run. In a written opinion released last week, the court said the proceedings used to decertify McCoy were “fundamentally flawed,” concluding that, “fundamental fairness was violated here, and consequently, that the Board’s decision must be reversed.”

The opinion was written by Chief Justice

Hear from the candidates The Cherokee One Feather will host a series of candidate debates this month. All debates will start at 5 p.m. with the first group listed and be held at the Chief Joyce Dugan Cultural Arts Center in Cherokee. Debates will be: n Tuesday, June 18: Big Cove and Birdtown Tribal Council. n Thursday, June 20: Snowbird/Cherokee County and Painttown Tribal Council. n Tuesday, June 25: Wolfetown and Yellowhill Tribal Council. n Thursday, June 27: Vice and principal chiefs.

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Kirk Saunooke and signed by Associate Justice Robert Hunter. Associate Justice Brenda Pipestem concurred with most of the opinion, citing “gross violations of due process” but said that due to these issues there is “simply no clear, reliable factual record for this Court to review.” If it weren’t for the “strict timelines” imposed by the impending June election, she wrote, she would remand the matter to the board of elections to hear again.

The majority opinion, however, seemed to look askance at the fact that the issue — which involved an honorarium and travel expenses McCoy accepted for a trip in which the tribe had already paid her travel expenses — was apparently well-known at the time yet failed to make any trouble for McCoy until now, despite the fact that she’d run in every election since.

“Nothing in the record indicates that the 1996 University payment incident that was discussed publicly in The Cherokee One Feather was unknown or recently discovered by the Tribe or the Board, or that any new or recent evidence bearing on the 1996 incident had been discovered by the Board,” the opinion reads.

Following the board’s vote to certify McCoy, tribal member Robert Saunooke filed a protest of her certification, seeking another hearing before the board to argue for McCoy’s decertification. The Supreme Court granted McCoy’s petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent that hearing from happening, writing that “to allow a new hearing this close to the June 6, 2019, primary election brought under a similar statute (Cherokee Code 1616-4.1, governing decertification of a candidate) with respect to the same underlying legal issues based on the same underlying incident in a matter that this court has already decided, would frustrate the Court’s order of April 29, 2019, violate fundamental fairness, and cause appellant to suffer irreparable harm.”

Saunooke then filed a petition to intervene as a party in the case and have the court dissolve its order on the writ of prohibition. The court has not issued an order on that petition.

James Kilbourne, McCoy’s attorney, said he believes the issue is moot now that the June 6 election is complete.

“We have no expectations regarding the next action by the court or by the elections board, but we believe the Ms. McCoy’s victory clearly demonstrates her deep support in the community,” he said.

Saunooke did not return a request for comment on the issue.

The results All 12 Tribal Council seats, the principal chief’s office, the vice chief’s office and three school board seats are up for grabs in this year’s elections. The top two vote-getters for each seat will go on to the General Election slated for Thursday, Sept. 5. Voter registration will re-open June 10.

Candidates are listed in order of the votes received, with those advancing to the September election shown in bold. Due to a smaller number of candidates signing up, no Primary Election was held for Snowbird/ Cherokee County Tribal Council or for any of the three school board races. Vote counts are preliminary until certified by Tribal Council.

Principal Chief Teresa McCoy Richard Sneed Carroll “Peanut” Crowe Gary R. Ledford Phillip Ellington

1132 1117 433 125 54

Vice Chief Alan “B” Ensley Jim Owle Albert Martin Terri Henry Anita Welch Lossiah James Bud Smith Ben Parker Frank Pete Taylor

1089 551 451 255 216 121 107 75

Birdtown Tribal Council Boyd Owle Albert Rose Nelson Lambert Ashley Sessions Curtis Wildcatt Alyne Stamper

428 375 299 183 140 88

Painttown Tribal Council Dike Sneed Tommye Saunooke Cherie Bird Rose Pamela Sneed Lisa Taylor

169 151 105 104 103

Big Y/Wolfetown Tribal Council Bo Crowe Bill Taylor Nathanial “Bunsey” Crowe Chelsea Saunooke Jeremy Wilson Sam “Frell” Reed Paula “Cricket” Brown Wojtkowski Jess “Fonzie” Sneed Tony Cabe James David Jumper Susan Toineeta (write-in)

430 172 122 118 105 101 88 86 85 47 15

Yellowhill Tribal Council David T. Wolfe Tom Wahnetah Stephanie Saunooke French Tawania Ensley Rose Shell-Maney

223 166 76 64 55

Big Cove Tribal Council Richard French Perry Shell Fred Penick Renee Long Cole Walter French

186 164 141 100 35

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When first introduced, the proposal met with pushback from commissioners.

“I know you go into really hard work to plan this budget, but I feel I wouldn’t be true to myself and my basic beliefs in education not to question the money for the curriculum coordinator,” Commissioner Gayle Woody, a former art teacher in the school system, said May 22, “when one of my gut beliefs is teacher-student interaction is the most important thing for student success.”

Commissioners Boyce Deitz and Ron Mau also seemed skeptical of the request.

The position, Elliott said, would do wonders for student success by putting someone in place who could work “elbow-toelbow” with teachers to examine curriculum in a way it hasn’t been examined before, thereby improving test scores.

By June 6 it seemed that the majority of the board had shifted to support for the proposal.

“I’m of the opinion that if they think they need it, they’re the experts,” said Mau. “Let them do it.”

Woody said that she had visited with several school system employees in the intervening weeks, expressing her concerns and inviting them to try and change her mind.

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Superintendent Kim Elliott, Ph.D., presented the curriculum support proposal on May 22. It included a curriculum coordinator position, which would be paid on the teacher’s pay scale but as a 12-month employee, as well as $5,000 to hire tutors and pay teachers to work extended hours with students. Elliott said that if the remaining $83,000 was not needed to cover the coordinator’s salary and benefits, the rest of the money would go into additional tutors and teacher contract extensions.

“The bottom line is this whole package is about people who are going to help us

Chelsea White tells commissioners how important community support was to her growing up in Jackson County and asks them to support homeless services in the upcoming budget. Holly Kays photo

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Jackson County Commissioners held a special-called meeting Tuesday, June 11, to vote on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-2020, a change from the original June 18 adoption timeline.

The board held a work session June 6 to discuss outstanding issues in the budget process, opting to move up the meeting schedule to better accommodate board members’ travel schedules. The June 11 meeting occurred after The Smoky Mountain News’ press time.

On May 21, County Manager Don Adams presented a proposed budget worth $65 million that would include no change from the county’s current property tax rate of 0.38 cents per $100 of value. However, on May 22 and May 23 commissioners heard from a variety of department heads and nonprofit directors looking for some additional provisions in the budget.

Two main issues drove the discussion June 6: whether the county should grant Jackson County Public Schools’ request for $88,000 toward curriculum support, and what should be done about homeless services for the winter ahead. Following the June 6 meeting, the budget commissioners will vote on June 11 will include the curriculum coordinator position and $130,000 for the shelter.

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“They’re growing a huge amount while they’re in high school, and that’s showing in the testing, but they’re not coming to Smoky Mountain High School as ready as they could be, and that’s what she was hoping that curriculum coordinator would address, this deficit right here,” said Woody of one of the conversations she’d had.

Deitz, meanwhile, maintained his skepticism of the request.

“It seems like to me the best place to have the schools is on the bottom end, hiring people to teach kids, teach them to read,” he said. “It’s not on the top end.”

Commissioners also discussed the idea of developing a school funding formula for the next budget year similar to the one Haywood County uses. The formula is used to determine how much money the county will give the school system each year. Doing it that way, commissioners posited, would better allow the school system to do longrange planning and allow it to decide how to prioritize its dollars rather than petitioning the county to fund specific requests.

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weather shelter from the Southwestern Child Development Commission, which had announced that it didn’t intend to continue in the role when the 2018-19 fiscal year ended.

The only response received came from HERE in Jackson County, a newly formed organization that is administering the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rapid Re-housing Program in the region and also wants to tackle the homelessness issue in Jackson. The group’s application listed a requested funding level of $245,000, quite a bit more than the $120,000 to $130,000 that the county has been shelling out for homeless services.

While HERE itself is very new, its board is composed of people who are experienced in working against homelessness in Jackson County and in collaborating with commissioners on the issue. However, said Adams, it will take time to develop the partnership — it won’t be possible to hammer out all the details before the new fiscal year begins July 1.

“The reality is they have no history, none,” he said. “HERE has no history in Jackson County.”

Adams said he was planning to meet with HERE’s leaders before the planned budget adoption to get an idea of what they could achieve with various levels of funding.

He said he expected them to come back to commissioners with different options they could choose from to achieve various levels of service.

in the woods or things like that in Jackson County. I know that it’s not a very visible problem for a lot of people in this area because it’s not Asheville and people aren’t living on the city streets and things like that, but I just want to bring to people’s attention that it is a very real issue within our county, and people that I care about are suffering because we don’t have the resources that people need.”

Samantha Brawley, who currently works in the social services field, “Personally, I’m ready to fund their whole said she also found herself $245,000, their original request. We’ve been homeless in kicking this down the road a long time. Let’s Jackson County during her get it done. I’m ready to fund it.” struggle with addiction.

— Ron Mau Now, her client base includes homeless people, and she sees on a daily to know that.” basis how little help there is for them.

Commissioners expressed eagerness to “I have let people out under bridges, I work with HERE and to fund the organization at as high a level as possible. During the have let people out that are at their family’s house where they’re not allowed. I have let budget hearing June 4, 10 people had come people out in shelters all the way to to speak passionately in favor of funding for McDowell County, away from whatever they HERE, three of whom said they had personhave here, their appointments, their mental ally experienced homelessness in Jackson health services,” she said. “I’ve let them out County. at gas stations. I’ve let them out at hospitals, “I personally have lived the homeless all the places they’re not wanted. I know we experience in Jackson County,” said Mary Kate Crisp, who is a HERE board member. “I can’t let everyone in, but the folks I was working with were ready.” was in active addiction for three years, and I During the June 6 discussion, multiple currently know several people who are still commissioners said they’d be fine with homeless and living in their cars or in tents “I’m wanting to know what they can do with $130,000,” Adams said. “I want them to give a little more detail about what grants they’re applying for and what type of service Jackson County can expect for $130,000. I did indicate that I wanted the number to make sense, and what I mean by that is if for some reason another $10,000 would mean they’ve have some type of front office assistant and if they didn’t receive the $10,000 there would be a real gap in service, we need

going ahead and funding HERE’s entire $245,000 request.

“Personally, I’m ready to fund their whole $245,000, their original request,” said Mau. “We’ve been kicking this down the road a long time. Let’s get it done. I’m ready to fund it.”

“Let’s not go into a partnership with someone setting them up for failure,” added Commissioner Mickey Luker. “If their request is for $245,000 and we’re giving them $130,000, we’re setting them up for failure.”

However, it’s unlikely the approved budget will include $245,000 in funding.

“Believe me when I tell you $245,000 is not necessary,” said Adams.

Because HERE is so young, it will take some time to iron out the details of the partnership, and even if the organization had the full dollar amount at its disposal now, it would take time to build up its operations to put the entire amount to good use.

“They’re not ready for the $245,000,” said Adams.

Other commissioners pointed out that, even with a budgeted amount of $130,000 for homeless services, the board could always appropriate additional funds from contingency later this year if deemed necessary.

“I think we need to develop our clear partnership for a year, and let’s see what they’re able to achieve,” said Adams. “I think after a year or two they might be in a position to truly give us a real vision and a real plan.”

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“Some of us feel like if we’re going to do it, we should put it in a place of good visibility, a place where we remember other people from our past,” said Bartel. “I think the Haywood NAACP members began submitting their opinions of the lynching monument at a meeting June 1.

Historic Courthouse is where Cory Vaillancourt photo we do that.”

The Historic Haywood County Courthouse, in downtown Ensley said. “However, while Ratcliff was reminder, when we walk through on our way Waynesville, is already home to several monu- accused of a terrible crime, he did not deserve to court that we all deserve due process under ments, including a globe-topped obelisk erect- to be killed without due process and the mob the law,” Ensley said. “This is what our ed on Veteran’s Day, 1991, “in honor of all vet- that committed the vigilante justice was Constitution guarantees in the Fifth and erans who served in the armed forces of the guilty of murder. It seems nothing was done. Fourteenth Amendments, and [what] sepaUnited States of America,” a tombstone- Two wrongs (in this case there were three) rates us from dictatorships as well as mob rule countries overseas. The Founders wantshaped memorial dedicated in 2003 to the 26 does not make a right.”

That doesn’t mean that there’s no place in ed everyone’s rights protected. This case Haywood County men who gave their lives during the Korean conflict, another tomb- the county for the monument, should the shows that did not happen.”

Commissioners Kirk Kirkpatrick, Tommy stone-shaped memorial commemorating 21 NAACP pursue its delivery.

“I would think a more appropriate place Long, Mark Pless and Brandon Rogers did not Haywood County men who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam conflict, a 1922 would be the lobby of the Justice Center, as a respond to a request for comment on this issue. plaque installed by the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution honoring 10 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Haywood County and a plaque “to honor and commemorate” the Confederate veterans of Haywood County, erected by the Haywood Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1940.

“The reason that people want to bring the monument here is because it would involve a whole coalition of organizations in the community who come together to plan a series of educational events,” Bartel said.

Beyond educational events, Bartel said that the presence of the monument in such a high-visibility location would prompt discussion, perhaps between a parent and a child.

“I would hope they would tell them the story of George Ratcliff, tell them about how this was a black man who was working on a farm for a family in Clyde and one day he was accused of assaulting an 8-year-old girl,” Bartel said. “That’s a really bad thing for someone to do, but we will never know whether he really did it, because before he had a trial, any kind of due process, he was killed.”

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER ast month, members of the Haywood Branch of the NAACP took a trip to Birmingham, Alabama to visit a museum honoring more than 800 Americans who were lynched between 1877 and 1950.

There’s a monument there for each one of them — a long, steel box resembling a coffin, engraved with their names and places of death. One bears the inscription, “George Ratcliff, Haywood County.”

Actually, two do; one of them will hang in perpetuity at the National Museum for Peace and Justice, while the other is meant to be returned to and displayed in the community in which the lynching occurred.

Whether that should happen, and where, have been subjects of discussion amongst NAACP members, both on the Birmingham trip and afterward. There are AfricanAmericans and whites concerned about blowback, just as there are African-Americans and whites unconcerned about blowback.

Charged with assembling a committee to weigh all those opinions is Haywood NAACP member Katherine Bartel.

“I think for the most part people are in favor of bringing the monument back,” Bartel said after a June 1 meeting that saw more than 40 people show up to debate the issue.

“The disagreement seems to be about where it should go.”

One obvious location mentioned is right in the heart of Waynesville’s traditional AfricanAmerican community along Pigeon Street.

“I think that they feel like they want to bring George Ratcliff home to the community that would embrace him, but I also think they see it as expedient,” Bartel said. “They’ve been working on the park for some time, and it looks like it’s going to happen.”

In March 2017, Haywood County acquired three parcels at the intersection off Craven Road and Calvary Street through foreclosure. The county then turned around and sold those parcels to the Town of Waynesville for $1, stipulating that the disused former church, which had become a hot spot for crime and criminals, be torn down and the land converted to a park.

In March of this year, Waynesville Parks and Recreation Director Rhett Langston presented a preliminary drawing of the proposed park, which will eventually consist of a shelter, basketball court, grills and a small parking area.

Some in the NAACP think this park might be an appropriate location for the monument, as it’s within a short distance of two historic African-American churches.

Others say the park isn’t likely to be visited by people who don’t live in the immediate

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arl Lanning’s journey from Depressionera country boy to acclaimed craftsman and sculptor started when he left Haywood County in the 1940s for far more cosmopolitan environs.

“Long about that same time, dad took a job in Washington working for the alien registration part of the FBI,” Lanning said. “I was about 10 or 11, and only a few blocks from the Mellon gallery [now the National Gallery of Art] and the Smithsonian. I spent a lot of time up there. Back then, kids walked around wherever they wanted to, and nobody worried much about them. The one spot I spent more time was in the room where all the Rembrandts were. The guards even got to where they knew me.”

He quit school in the eighth grade, seeking a less formal, more comprehensive education.

“I got so damned fed up with it I said, ‘Hell, I ain’t learned nothing.’ So I got out on my own, and learned a damn lot more than I

would’ve in school,” he laughed.

Lanning began to study art history, and as a lover of American history also started to collect artifacts from the French and Indian War, which were subsequently displayed at the Smithsonian, where he used to spend so much time as a boy.

That led him to collecting what is known as perhaps the signature firearm of the American Revolution, the Kentucky flintlock rifle.

Slimmer than a baseball bat and twice as long, these rifles — also known as the Pennsylvania rifle or the American longrifle — heralded a new degree of ballistic accuracy previously unmatched by smooth-bore firearms.

From the early 1700s through the late 1800s, more than 70,000 of these uniquely American firearms were manufactured, in calibers ranging from .25 to .62, with .40 or .48 being the most common.

The industry was centered mostly around York and Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, where craftsmen like J.P Beck and John Ball built some of the finest known examples.

“Gunsmiths in 18th-century America were probably one of the most important artisans there were,” said Lanning. “You had to be a wonderful engraver, a great woodworker, a metalsmith, a blacksmith — like five different trades you had to master to be able to do this.”

Not content to merely collect them, Lanning soon took to making them; since the mid-1950’s, he estimates he’s built more than 80 fully-functioning Kentucky flintlocks, which can fetch upwards of $7,000 each on the collector’s market.

It’s not hard to see why — Lanning’s rifles feature graceful curves, ornate metal scrollwork and exquisite finishes that make them look less like weapons and more like museum-quality works of art.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER hen Earl Lanning was just a little boy in Haywood County during the 1930s, he developed three ambitions.

“I used to go see all these World War I airplane movies — war movies,” he said. “I wanted to be a flyer, I wanted to be an American cowboy, and I wanted to be in the field of art in some way. I didn’t know at the time what was going to be.”

Now, more than 80 years later, Lanning’s passions for art, history and artisanal workmanship have come together in a Revolutionary War monument he’s created for the people of the county where he was born and raised.

“I’ve got a little dough laid back, and I love this thing enough to pay for it myself,” he said. “Maybe it will incite some patriotism, which we damn sure need right now.”

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Earl Lanning, known as a maker of historic rifles, is also an accomplished sculptor.

tiersman in traditional dress, complete with a small clutch slung across his shoulder and big buck knife at his waist, looking off toward the horizon with an expression simultaneously evocative of both defiance and satisfaction.

The statue is currently being cast in Chester, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Once bronzed, it will weigh more than 800 pounds. When it arrives in Haywood County, it will be a deep rich dark brown, but after a period of time will turn a kind of soft green, like the Statue of Liberty.

The figure is also clutching a Kentucky flintlock rifle — appropriately, one made by Lanning, whose roots in Haywood County go back to a time when the United States of America was but an infant nation.

“I sent a rifle [to the foundry] with the statue,” he said. “It’s going to be terrifically accurate, that part is. And it’s going to be half-cocked.”

Prior to its appropriation as a phrase meaning “rash,” “slipshod” or “poorly planned,” the term “half-cocked” refers to the position of the rifle’s striking mechanism — a safe state still plenty ready for action.

“Freedom is not free,” Lanning said.

“You’ve got to earn it from time to time. It’s always in danger. There’s always somebody else that wants your garden spot. Patriotism has kind of went down the drain, they don’t teach anything about history in school anymore. I mean, the kids don’t even know anything about World War II. I think that stinks. If you don’t know history, history repeats itself, and boy don’t you think it won’t.”

Last December, Haywood County Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the statue from Lanning and place it atop a stone platform outside the Historic Haywood Courthouse.

The choice of the courthouse, where other memorials to veterans have long stood, was an easy one for Lanning.

“It’s in good company,” he said.

“You’ve got the Korean War memorial, the World War II memorial, Vietnam and all those other monuments.”

One of them is a memorial to the 10 Revolutionary War veterans — including Waynesville founder Col. Robert Love — buried in Haywood County.

Lanning is pushing for an Independence Day dedication, if the statue makes it down from Chester in time.

“We’re going to have to get it down This clay mold of a Revolutionary War militiaman will here pretty quick,” he said. “They’re soon be bronzed and installed on the running behind on it and it’s got me Historic Haywood Courthouse Lawn. Donated photo scared to death. I need to go up there and see it before they bring it down the monument because if they got involved, here because there might be something I the 86-year-old didn’t think he’d live long don’t like, but I’m really pleased with the way it turned out. I think it turned out far and enough to see it completed.

“If somebody had come to me and com- above the way I thought it would.”

The county will pick up the cost for the missioned that sculpture, I would’ve charged them probably $70,000,” he said. “The cost is installation, but Lanning’s paid for everytremendous at the foundry. It’s at least 50 to thing else.

“If just one kid,” Lanning said, “just one kid 60 percent of the cost.”

In clay, the piece is 83 inches tall, 10 per- walks up with his daddy and says, ‘What’s this cent larger than life-sized. It depicts a fron- all about?’ and he tells him — to me, I’m paid.” 17 about 17 years, so I got to do that, and now I’m in the field of art, so I pretty well done what I set out to do,” he said. “I don’t have any diplomas on anything, and I don’t want any.”

It was while Lanning worked at that Wyoming Ranch that he met a Shoshone man named Lewis “Bud” Boller.

“Bud I think at that time was probably the finest bronze artist in United States,” Lanning said. “So I got interested in it with Bud, and worked with him about four years.”

Perhaps due to his independent, autodidactic nature, Lanning says he “worked with Boller” instead of “learned from Boller.”

“You can’t teach people art,” Lanning said.

“You can teach them technique, but you can’t teach the art. It comes from right inside you.”

As he tells it, late last year that same internal motivation resulted in his decision to sculpt a piece he now calls Militia Rifleman.

“There’s several things that inspired me about this monument,” Lanning said, “but all my life I would drive by the courthouse and say, ‘Why don’t they have a Revolutionary War Memorial?’ So about eight months ago, there was a little voice inside me that said, ‘You damn fool! You’re the one that’s going to have to do it, because you’re the only one knows how and wants to.’”

Lanning says he rejected offers by local politicians for help in raising money to fund

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Thank the hard-working journalists To the Editor: Congratulations The Smoky Mountain News for its 20th anniversary.

As a fifth-generation journalist, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Scott McLeod’s remembrances through the past two decades.

Leaving a paying job at one paper to start another, and with his wife and young children at the time, was certainly a gutsy move.

My family got into the newspaper business in Columbus, Georgia, in the 1880s and at one time had daily papers in three states, in addition to a radio and television station. My brother and I literally grew up in our family newspaper in Bradenton, Florida, and I wouldn’t give anything for those memories.

We went on to study journalism and photography in college, long after the family sold the papers. I worked for various papers in Florida and New York during and after college but have been a publicity photographer in the film and television industry for the past 25 years.

Our family still talks about the possibilities of starting a small weekly sometime. Well, Scott and crew did just that, and reading

Once that had been accomplished, the train was rolling on toward sleepovers, birthday parties, tea parties, slumber parties, doll parties, you name it. It was fascinating to observe the inevitable widening of the circle over the years until the “friend group” eventually defined its edges and then solidified like concrete drying in the sun.

Of course, all of this has profound implications for the parents as well as their children. For one thing, it means that you will soon be seeing the same parents over and over and over again at all of these functions, and as your children grow older and become involved in more and more extracurricular activities, these occasions mulColumnist tiply until you are spending a fairly stunning amount of time with people you did not choose, but who were, in effect, chosen for you by your children.

I think it must be considered a kind of miracle that we not only grew to like these parents, but to love them. There must be a lesson here, but we have been so busy planning parties, choosing themes, making lists, buying supplies, baking cakes, and blowing up balloons for so many years that we have not had time to absorb it. Pretty soon, we will.

On Saturday afternoon, after her graduation from Tuscola High School earlier in the day at the Ramsey Center on the campus of Western Carolina University, we co-hosted a party back in Waynesville for members of our daughter’s friend group, which has been together now for about a dozen years.

No one wanted to say so, but there was just no getting around it. This would be one last function before they disperse, mov-

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y the time she was 4-years-old, my daughter was better at making friends than I have ever been. When we were at the beach for summer vacation, we wouldn’t even be finished setting up the canopy and arranging the beach chairs and cooler before she was scouring the beach for other families, searching for signs of possible playmates.

It didn’t matter if the kids were her age or several years older, and it didn’t matter if they expressed any interest whatsoever in what was going on in our little corner of the beach.

If there were other children anywhere in sight, she would waddle over to their area in her adorable little swimsuit, promptly introduce herself, and then inquire whether they would like to play with her.

Usually, they did, and she would play for hours with her new friends, building sand castles with plastic buckets and little shovels and rakes, running back and forth from the ocean with buckets of saltwater to make the sand more fit for construction. By the end of the day, she would know their names, where they came from, their favorite cartoons, and the best place on the beach to get ice cream. Very often, she would end up playing with the same children several more times during our stay, and we would, in turn, spend some time getting to know their parents, sharing some laughs and stories between reapplications of sunscreen.

We did not realize — could not have realized — that this little dynamic would become a template for the next dozen years or more, and not just on vacations. Once Kayden started school, she was no less proactive about making friends than she was at the beach. Within a few weeks of the beginning of the school year, “friend candidates” had been identified, and playdates were arranged at the park. From there, it was a short skip to meeting at Scoops for ice cream.

ing off to Charlotte, to Boone, to Michigan, to Florida, to other places and to other people when August rolls around.

After two years of unbridled excitement about graduating and moving on to college life, Kayden is suddenly not so sure.

She’s not worried about the increased intensity of college classes, or that she can’t decide on a major, or that she’ll miss her room, her parents, her brother, or even her cat, Lucy.

She’s worried about missing her friends, about losing them.

“I’ll never make friends like these,” she said.

I do my best to console her. I remind her that she has always been a natural at making new friends. I assure her that she’s just about to embark on what will surely be one of the most exciting, memorable years of her life. But I can’t deny the truth of what she is saying.

This is her tribe, and it has been for 12 years. They’ve grown up together. They’ve borne witness to each other’s becoming, the magical, wondrous transformation from childhood to adulthood. They’ve survived puberty, worked through squabbles, fretted over arguments, pondered the mystery of crushes and the dilemma of conflicting allegiances as the sand sometimes seemed to shift underneath their feet.

They supported and cared for each other through illness and heartbreak, and they celebrated each other’s accomplishments, quirks, and fierce individuality. They were figuring it out apart, but together.

One of the vexing things about life is that somehow, you don’t really believe that time will run out on you even when you know that it will. And then it does.

I hope that they stay in touch. I hope that they go to their class reunions. Because she’ll never have friends again quite like these.

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

through their paper is one of the things I look ETTERS forward to on our trips up here.

America was founded with a clear appreci- exploration and expression in the entire region for thousands of people every week. As ation of the importance of a free press. The work that’s done by the SMN and other publi- a 20-year reader, many thanks. I’ve learned a lot. cations is vital. Let’s remember that please, Like the SMN, my own Great Adventure and if you see any working journalists out also began 20 years ago here in WNC when there, thank them!

Gene Page IV my wife and I quit good jobs and abandoned Micanopy, Fla. the comforts and convenience of Raleigh for our own foray into the wilds of WNC. Without jobs or many contacts we threw ourselves naked into the wilderness of rural Sylva for a shot at the freedom, beauty and independent spirit that these mountains have forever been known. Shortly after we arrived we To the Editor: found the SMN and met Scott, confirming Hats off to Scott McLeod and the staff at that we had found the right spot to put down SMN for navigating two decades of informalong, deep roots. tive, entertaining and inspiring reporting a With time on my hands between scaring genuine picture of issues and life in WNC. up construction work to pay the bills, I startThey’ve succeeded in an incredibly tough ed playing around with writing some stories, business, when others were folding, due not thoughts and opinions running around my only to their tenacity, determination, sacrifice head, inspired in part by what I read in the and courage, like the early settlers to our SMN. Not having much training in journalregion, but because they turn out a damn ism beside the required college composition good product and make it look easy. courses, I looked for a way to package my But their impact goes quite a bit further ideas so as not to appear a complete illiterate. than Scott’s reminiscing and nostalgia may I sent in a piece for review and to my surlead newer readers to believe. What they have prise I saw it in print the next week. Excitedly, I created provides a richer opportunity for

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sent in another and asked Scott to critique and edit it as I was not a trained writer. He politely replied back that the SMN didn’t offer critiques or try to steer contributors in any direction, preferring writers “go their own way” on whatever it is that compels them to write. So I sent another, and another, now numbering dozens. They didn’t all see the light of day, but by the very act of asking readers for their unfettered thoughts supported with weekly ink, SMN has fostered an atmosphere of engagement with their communities of an exceptional nature. Perhaps a good portion of their success has been them truly engaging and caring about the communities they serve, and why they are held in such high regard by their readers as well as state and national media organizations, earning multiple awards each year for excellence in several categories.

So a big thank you for all that you have done for your readers, the region and the many unknown gifts and inspirations your pages provide each week, an affirmation of how rich life is in these ancient, verdant hills.

To the next 240 issues!

If I haven’t joined the dinosaurs in the fossil record in the interim , I hope to enjoy them all. Cheers!

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cially lovely and uplifting way to end a bout of trying to shame someone with whom you disagree.

The very sad fact — again, in my most humble opinion — is that Mr. Edwards could have made some genuinely cogent points in his response. Ms. McLeod was indeed wrong about the punishments to be meted out to mothers who have abortions under this new Alabama law. It’s the doctors performing them who would be guilty of a Class A Felony. And maybe she painted some “conservatives” and/or “evangelicals” with too broad of a brush.

But she wasn’t wrong about the fact that these kinds of extremist laws are being enacted by “old, white men.” Out of 140 members of the Alabama legislature, 22 are women. So, yeah, it’s mainly men who are well over 50 (average age in Alabama Legislature is 58), and who are white (75 percent of the Alabama legislature) who are passing these highly restrictive laws that will directly affect the women who are faced with what must be the agonizing, heart-wrenching, life-altering decision to have (or not) an abortion. I can only imagine … and that’s mainly because I’m an old, white man.

So, debate is good. It is healthy.

Opinions can be strongly held (and should be in many instances). But respect for others is kind of basic to meaningful communication, in my humble opinion. I applaud The Smoky Mountain News for offering such an open forum for discussion and debate. But I hope that the nastiness that has become all too common in this day and age does not come to permeate discussions about such weighty topics as this.

(John Sanderson is a retired principal and teacher who lives in Canton. john_sanderson@bellsouth.net)

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BY JOHN SANDERSON G UEST COLUMN n the most recent edition of the SMN (June 5), I read a guest editorial written

by Mr. Sam Edwards that was intended, I suppose, to serve as some sort of “cogent” response to a guest editorial written a week prior by Ms. Hannah McLeod. I can only offer my own opinion here, but I do believe Mr. Edwards fell short on the cogency scale, as his response became essentially an ad hominem attack on Ms. McLeod.

Mr. Edwards characterized Ms. McLeod’s guest column as a “rant,” fueled by her “seething anger” and full of “vicious caricatures” and “distortion of facts.” He backhandedly criticized the quality of her education, and by extension, the university from which she recently received her degree.

Furthermore, he created a false dichotomy of Ms. McLeod’s motivations in her writing. According to Mr. Edwards, Ms. McLeod either “intended to enlighten and inflame,” or she “intended to offend and inflame” those who read her piece — inflammation being the one constant. Of course, throughout Mr. Edwards’ writing it was evident his patronization for Ms. McLeod as essentially a foolish, young woman — albeit one who is full of “passion” and “fervor.” Her column was “a waste of time,” according to Mr. Edwards, who proudly imbues his writing with an air of confident rectitude throughout.

Mr. Edwards was, quite obviously, one who was sorely offended by Ms. McLeod’s writing. And in his closing paragraphs, he made what I can only describe as an insultingly patronizing and obviously insincere offer to pray for Ms. McLeod and “ask that a Mass … be offered for her.” What an artifi-

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER n recent months, Ryan Sechser has taken his lifelong passion of dancing to the next level — literally and figuratively.

Located just above the V Salon in downtown Canton, the Haywood Dance Tonight studio has becoming a hive of creativity and movement. It’s a place where current or former dancers congregate and share in the unique art form. It’s also a spot where the curious and shy alike can partake in perhaps a long-held dream of learning to dance.

Emerging from a rough childhood, Sechser found dance as a way to not only express his feelings and emotions, but also a career path that opened up doors once thought forever slammed in his face.

He’s taken that love of dance and translated it into a thriving business with dozens of weekly clients. And with new faces walking through the door on a daily basis, it’s proof that Sechser is not only onto something, but also how the art of dance itself can be that missing source of passion and pride in all of our lives.

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Smoky Mountain News: When and where was the first time you were truly impacted by the art of dance?

Ryan Sechser: I was introduced to dance at 17 years old by Father Clay in Port Richey, Florida, in 1994. Being a troubled teen and could not keep a job, in a halfway house, and on the verge of going to jail, I remember him saying it to me “it was my last chance.”

Dance saved my life by it turning my life around — giving me purpose, passion, discipline, people skills, business skills. I feel the same way about watching professional competitors perform as I did my first time watching, every time is like my first time. It’s exhilarating and makes my fire burn even more for this art — I’m in love with it in every way.

Like my students, this is my therapy from life. When I’m in a dance studio or at a dance event, no one talks politics, religion, about their job, about the car they drive — it’s only dancing, period.

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Ryan Sechser and a student at the Haywood Dance Tonight Studio. Donated photo SMN: What is it about the art of dance that you can express yourself in ways you can’t with other artistic mediums or ways of communication?

RS: It’s an art that’s social and competitive, if you want it to be. I’ve found with this I get so many physical and mental benefits. My weight stays in check, benefits my heart and circulatory system, good for my bones, and great for my brain. It’s been proven to help with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Creativity is another reason. I get to create anything I want. Creating something that benefits someone else in a huge way is rewarding in its self. When you give to people or add to their special moments in life for a living it’s not a job.

When a couple gets married, and I get hired to choreograph their first wedding dance, it melts my heart every single time.

Helping people that have never danced ball-

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Dance lessons presented by Haywood Dance Tonight will be from 6 to 7 p.m. The Blue Ridge Big Band will then play from 7 to 9 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

For more information and/or a schedule of dance classes (salsa, swing, waltz, fox trot, merengue, tango) offered at Haywood Dance Tonight, visit www.waynesvilledance.com or call 828.316.1344. The Haywood Dance Tonight studio is located at 61 ½ Main Street in Canton (above V Salon).

room before, watching them grow together with a common goal, and then watching them perform at their wedding is an experience like Fun is what it’s all no other. about, and You become making sure they friends leave with a real with your students sense of and care accomplishment is about them my main priority. very deeply.

— Ryan Sechser You bond with people when you see them weekly. This is all because of dancing. It’s opened up another

world to me, one that’s socially safe and rewarding.

SMN: In teaching dance to others, whether they’re experienced or not, what’s your process like? How do you engage the student and find ways to unlock new doors of their skill set and potential?

RS: First, every student is different. I have to introduce some basic material to them, and evaluate their rate of learning. I have to determine how much effort, time, they are willing to spend on dancing. Finding out what dances they like and don’t like it part of the process.

Do they have any health issues or capabilities that could hinder the dancing or I need to work around? Are they taking lessons just for exercise and maybe just fun? How do they handle deep technique conditioning?

Teaching technique to a student is like giving someone medicine — they can overdose on it. If you get the brain thinking too hard, some people shut down on you. I have to know when to push, and when not to push.

Knowing how your student’s day went is a huge part of the process. Sometimes they cannot handle too much thinking, they need to dance and benefit from a clean good time.

More of it is a “just do” attitude and we’ll make it better over time. Fun is what it’s all about, and making sure they leave with a real sense of accomplishment is my main priority.

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Concerts on the Creek The 10th season of the Concerts on the Creek summer music series continues with Summer & Bray (bluegrass/gospel) at 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Bridge Park in Sylva.

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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.

The other performances are as follows:

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

Bryson City community jam A community jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 20, 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 community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn old-time mountain songs. 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.

828.488.3030.

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July 15-19 at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

JAM is designed to acquaint area young people, grades 4 through 8, with their mountain cultural heritage through Folk act Swamp Rabbit Railroad will instruction in mountain music and expoperform at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, in sure to mountain the Community dance, songs and Room of the stories. The JAM Jackson County after-school proPublic Library in gram takes place Sylva. from 3:30 to 5 The band is a p.m. every modern folk duo Tuesday throughthat carries on the out the school rich tradition of year. folk music, while JAM Camp is adding to it with an extension of stand out vocal harthat program for monies. They perfive days in midform a refreshing summer. In addirange of captivating tion to mountain original songs influinstrument classenced by songwrites, daily sessions ers such as Bob in mountain Dylan, Paul Simon, dance (clogging, and Leonard buck dancing and Cohen, and have flat footing) and performed extenin mountain sively across the Swamp Rabbit Railroad. songs and stories Southeast. will be offered.

In December Robby Robertson, Travis Stuart, Maddy 2017, they released “Down by the Mullany and Cary Fridley are the instrucRiverside,” with producer Akil Thompson tors.

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Harmon Foundation and Smoky This program is free and open to the Mountain Folk Festival are sponsoring public. The event is co-sponsored by the this fun summer camp.

Friends of the Jackson County Public To register, call the Haywood County Library.

Arts Council at 828.452.0593. The regisFor more information, call the library tration deadline for JAM Camp is June 29. at 828.586.2016. The Jackson County For more information about Junior Public Library is a member of Fontana Appalachian Musicians program (JAM), Regional Library (www.fontanalib.org). as well as other programs or events, visit the Haywood County Arts Council website at www.haywoodarts.org or at www.facebook.com/haywoodarts.

The mission of the Haywood County Arts Council is to promote artists, art Preserving and perpetuating blueeducation, and innovation in art. This grass, old-time, mountain and string project receives support from the N.C. music for generations to come, the Junior Arts Council, a division of the Appalachian Musicians (JAM) summer Department of Cultural Resources. camp will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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• Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva) will host Tim McWilliams June 14 and WCW June 21. 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. June 13 and 20. Free and open to the public. www.blueridgebeerhub.com.

• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host a bluegrass open mic every Wednesday and an all-genres open mic every Thursday. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.boojumbrewing.com.

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• Concerts on the Creek (Sylva) will host Summer & Bray (bluegrass/gospel) June 14.

Shows begin at 7 p.m. at Bridge Park. Free and open to the public.

• First United Methodist Church (Waynesville) will host The Smoky Mountain International Conducting Institute (classical) 7 p.m. June 15. Free and open to the public. www.smokymountainconducting.com.

• Groovin’ on the Green (Cashiers) will host The Zuzu Welsh Band (blues/rock) June 14.

Shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

• Highlands Performing Arts Center will host The Mark O’Connor Band (bluegrass) 8 p.m.

June 16. www.highlandspac.net.

• Innovation Station (Dillsboro) will host Jackson Grimm June 15 and Buchanan Boys & Friends (country/rock) June 21. All events are free and begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Isis Music Hall (West Asheville) will host Paula Hanke & Peggy Ratusz (jazz/blues) 7 p.m. June 12, Lawn Series w/Moonlight Street Folk (Americana) 6 p.m. June 13, Noah Wall & Tommy Norris of The Barefoot Movement w/Ed Snodderly (Americana/blue-

• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host an open mic night at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday, The Nouveaux Honkies June 15, George Reeves & David Besley June 21 and Sol Rhythms June 22. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• Legends Sports Grill (Maggie Valley) will host music semi-regularly on weekends.

828.926.9464 or www.facebook.com/legendssportsgrillmaggievalley.

• Mad Anthony’s Taproom & Restaurant (Waynesville) will host JR Duo 8 p.m. June 15. All shows are free and open to the public. 828.246.9249 or www.madanthonys.bar.

• Maggie Valley Pavilion will host the Haywood Community Band at 6:30 p.m. June 16. Free and open to the public. Covered seating is available or bring your own lawn chair.

• Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will host The Ghost Peppers (old-time/mountain) at 7 p.m. June 13. Free and open to the public. 828.488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host the “Stone Soup” open mic night every Tuesday, Shane Meade June 14, Somebody’s Child (Americana) June 15 and Frank & Allie (Americana/old-time) June 22. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

• Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will host Arnold Hill June 14, PureFyah Reggae June 15, Circus Mutt (Americana/indie) June 21 and Andalyn (rock/pop) June 22. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Freewheelin’ Mamas

The Groovin’ on the Green summer concert series will host The Zuzu Welsh Band (blues/rock) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, at The Village Green in Cashiers.

Other performers will include Porch 40 (rock/jam) June 21, Andalyn (rock/Americana) June 28, Continental Divide (Motown/beach) July 5, Hurricane Creek (rock) July 12, Hi-5 (rock) July 26, The Currys (country/blues) Aug. 2, Eat a Peach (classic rock) Aug. 9, Americana Jones (roots) Aug. 16, Andrew Beam (classic country) Aug. 23 and Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (blues) Aug. 31.

Coolers are welcome but food and beverage vendors will be on site as well. Dogs must be on a leash and under the control of their owners at all times.

A new policy is in place this year with setting up for Groovin’ On the Green concerts.

Tents must be set up next to the path at the very back of the event lawn.

Chairs may be set The Village Green in Cashiers. up in the lawn anytime the day of the concert, however no chairs may be set up within the wings of the Commons until after 4:30 p.m.

For a full concert schedule visit the concerts page on The Village Green website, www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

The Village Green is a 13-acre privately conserved public park in the center of Cashiers. For more information about this and other events in the park call 828.743.3434, email director@cashiersgreen.com or visit The Village Green website.

(Americana/folk) 2 p.m. June 15. All shows are free and open to the public. www.noc.com.

music: Broadway, pops, patriotic, folk and gospel. Tickets are $12. 866.273.4615 or www.greatmountainmusic.com.

• The Paper Mill Lounge & Theatre (Sylva) will host Loyal Phantom 8:30 p.m. June 15 and Dillon Streuber 8 p.m. June 21.

828.508.0554 or www.thepapermilllounge.com.

• The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic” night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com.

• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday.

Free and open to the public. www.pub319socialhouse.com.

• 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.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host Bluegrass Thursdays w/Benny Queen at 6:30 p.m. and Andalyn (pop/rock) 9 p.m. June 14.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host Bluegrass w/Nitrograss Wednesdays at 7 p.m and Arnold Hill (Americana) 9:30 p.m.

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• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic Night” on Mondays, karaoke on Thursdays, Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) June 14, West King String Band (Americana) June 15, EDM w/DJ Bent-It June 21 and Pajama Karaoke June 22. All events at 10 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.456.4750.

• Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts (Franklin) will host Mountain Voices 7 p.m. June 13. Community chorus with 70 members from Franklin and surrounding counties. The concert will include a variety of

• Whiteside Brewing (Cashiers) will host Jason Lyles 5:30 p.m. June 27. All shows start at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

828.743.6000 or www.whitesidebrewing.com.

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• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night June 12 and 19, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo June 13 and 20. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• L’Italiana Restaurant (Franklin) will host Johnny Webb & JW Band (country) June 14 and The UpBeats (rock) June 15. Both shows begin at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Ben Wilson (singer-songwriter) June 14, Whisky River Band June 15, Indentured Servants June 21 and Mindframe June 22. All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

grass) 7 p.m. June 13, Roman Street (world/jazz) 7 p.m. June 14, Circus No. 9 & The Jackson Grimm Band (bluegrass/folk) 8:30 p.m. June 14, Rebel Union (country/rock) 7 p.m. June 15, Noche Flamenca w/Eduardo & Flamenco Carolina (world/flamenco) 8:30 p.m. June 15, The Adventures of Annabelle Lyn (Americana/folk) 6 p.m. June 16, The Lost Chord (Moody Blues tribute) 7:30 p.m. June 16, Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions w/Derek Vaden & Friends 7:30 p.m. June 18, Lawn Series w/Rahm & Friends (funk/soul) 6 p.m.

June 19 and Dave Cofell (Americana/storyteller) 7 p.m. June 19. For more information about the performances and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.isisasheville.com.

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• Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host the “Lounge Series” at its Calaboose location with Jody West June 14, Trevor Pattillo June 15 and Tom Edwards 4 p.m.

June 16. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

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The sculpture was declared a “master“Solitude & Mystery,” an exhibition of piece” by all who saw it. Columnist John work by legendary artist John Julius Parish dubbed the artist the Cherokee’s Wilnoty will run through June 29 at the “Michelangelo.”

Haywood County Arts Council Gallery in Wilnoty quickly and quietly became Waynesville.

The exhibit, which premiered at Qualla famous, his work in high demand. By 1971, he was a juried a member of the Arts and Crafts Mutual in 2015, was curatQualla Arts and Crafts cooperative. ed from the extensive Native American art collection of Lambert Wilson by Anna Fariello.

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by Qualla Arts and Crafts and the North Carolina A work by John Julius Wilnoty.

Arts Council, the premier’s For more information on exhibit events, visit www.haywoodarts.org. opening was attended by Less than a decade after he began carvthe reclusive artist, who passed away the ing, Wilnoty was honored with an exhibifollowing year. tion that celebrated his “impressive carvWilnoty (1940-2016) has been ing skills” and his “highly imaginative and described as a “legendary” figure. A memexpressive handling of sculptural forms.” ber of the Eastern Band, Wilnoty grew up In 1972, he was given a second solo with little formal education. As a sculptor, exhibition, this one at the Pasadena Art he is completely self-taught, taking up Museum in California. carving when he was about 20 years old in “Solitude & Mystery” includes 25 the early 1960s. His carvings are often works in carved stone and mixed media by complex, with multiple figures entwined John Julius and a sampling of works by his together. sons, John and Fred Wilnoty, and grandAs early as 1970, Rodney Leftwich, son, Freddy Bear. The works range from author of Arts and Crafts of the Cherokee, noted that Wilnoty derived “great pleasure purely sculptural pieces to carvings that function as ceremonial objects. in ‘hiding’ smaller designs within the figThe exhibition remains open until June ures of larger ones.” The author went on to 29. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 describe collectors who, “months later, p.m. Monday-Tuesday and Thursdayfind all kinds of tiny figures visible within Saturday at 86 Main Street in Waynesville. the feature of the work.”

This is a chance to see a unique collecWilnoty had not been carving very long when he gained the attention of the public. tion of work by a Cherokee legend. Shown His “Eagle Dancer” was a masterful carving in Cherokee in 2015, this is rare opportunity to see it again. that used the natural grain of the wood to www.haywoodarts.org. emphasize the movement of the dancer.

Bosu’s paint and sip Join celebrated visual artist Genevieve Bagley for a relaxing afternoon of creative expression and wine sipping from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville.

Come for the painting and wine, stay for the gourmet snack and laughter. All are welcome. After studying art and design at the Savannah College of Art & Design, Bagley went on to distinguish her creative point of view in a number of mediums.

Under her enthusiastic tutelage, guests will create a unique piece of art to take home.

The session focus is a sunflower garden in acrylic, 8x10. Perfect for any space that needs a pop of color.

Ticket includes materials and gourmet snack. Wine and beer menu available, prices vary.

This is a ticketed event, registration required. Cost is $45 per person plus tax and gratuity.

To RSVP, call 828.452.0120.

Waynesville Art School summer camps Registration is currently underway for summer art camps at Waynesville Art School. n Art Sparklers camps for 7 to 9 year olds will be offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily on June 24-27 and July 22-25. Cost is $110 for a four-day session or $35 single day camp enrollment. n Shining Minds camps for 10 to 13 year olds will be offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily on June 10-13, July 8-11 and July 29-Aug. 1. Cost is $110 for a four-day session or $35 single day camp enrollment. n Kinder Artists camps for 5 to 6 year olds will be offered from 10 to 11 a.m. daily on June 17-20, July 15-18 and Aug. 5-8. Cost is $45 for a four-day session or $15 single day camp enrollment.

For information and/or to register, call 828.246.9869 or visit www.waynesvilleartschool.com.

Cullowhee Arts workshop series Cullowhee Arts announces its eighth annual Summer Art Workshop Series that will be held at Western Carolina University’s School of Art and Design.

This annual event features three weeks of Visual Art Workshops offered in ceramics, fiber, mixed media, painting, printmaking and photography.

Artists from all points in the United States and beyond come to learn new concepts and techniques taught by artistinstructors bearing national and international reputations.

“During the five-day workshops, we have ‘Lunch and Learn’ each day where the artistinstructors of that week share slide-presentations of their current work. Each Thursday afternoon students attend a ‘Museum Talk’ where the visiting instructors make comments and offer insight to the exhibits at the WCU Fine Art Museum,” explains Cullowhee Arts Executive Director Norma Hendrix. “There are several group dinners and also evenings students try the local cuisine and enjoy art conversations over dinner and wine or local brews. The workshops end with wrap-up critiques and a studio stroll where everyone visits the studios and see the art that has been made in the various disciplines during the week.”

Workshop dates: Week 1: June 16-21, Week 2: June 24-28 and Week 3: July 1-3, (three-day workshops): Cost includes tuition, lunches and two group dinners; focused & concentrated learning with access to WCU Art Studios and facilities. Studios are open 7 a.m. to 10 pm. On campus lodging available.

Details and registration at www.cullowheemountainarts.org. For more information, contact Hendrix at 828.342.7899.

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• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host a “Paint & Sip” night at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, June 24. Come have fun painting and learn step-by-step what to do, all while you sip on a tasty craft brew. Cost is $30, which includes everything to paint with. Space is limited. Text 828.400.9560 to sign up. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

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• The exhibit “Cultivating Collections: Photography, Artist Books, Contemporary Native American” will be on display through July 26 at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25.

• The Cowee Pottery School in Franklin will have a buy one, get one 50 percent off pottery class special for the month of June. To get the deal, go to www.coweepotteryschool.org and use the promo code during checkout: “Bring a friend.” Must register both students at same time. One coupon per registration. For more information, email contact@coweepotteryschool.org.

• The Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville is looking for a new identity for

• 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.

• 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.

WCU ‘Cultivating Collections’ exhibit The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the Bardo Arts Center will be highlighting its permanent collection this summer with a new exhibition “Cultivating Collections.”

The exhibition focuses on three strengths of the museum’s collection that the curatorial team expects to grow over the next five to ten years: photography, artist books, and contemporary Native American art.

As the museum expands its holdings of more than 1,800 works of art, these concentration areas will provide a foundation for future directions in collecting.

One of the most notable galleries in the exhibition is “Cultivating Collections: Photography,” which was curated by undergraduate and graduate students taking the Exhibition Practicum course at WCU. Featuring regionally and nationallyknown photographers — many who visited, taught, studied or exhibited at WCU during their careers — this gallery brings a student perspective to the museum’s ever-expanding photography collection.

As part of the course, students selected works to display, interviewed artists, and evaluated strengths and opportunities for the collection. The works they chose for

display represent a variety of photographic processes with subject matter ranging from still lifes and landscapes to emotionally charged images addressing war and personal trauma.

“Cultivating Collections: Artist Books” highlights objects united by the artists’ desire to express an idea through a booklike format. The WCU Fine Art Museum holds over 100 artist books by American artists. These include altered books, visual narratives, conceptual books, sculptural volumes, and works that combine poetic text and imagery.

The reception for Cultivating Collections will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25 at the WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee.

Regular museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday until 7 p.m. For information, call 828.227.ARTS or visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

“Cultivating Collections” is part of an exhibition series that takes an in-depth look at growth areas of the Museum’s permanent collection as a way for the curatorial team to plan for future acquisitions.

The exhibition series will continue next summer and will culminate in the publication of a catalogue that describes the focus areas of the Museum’s collection. The catalogue is expected to be published in 2020, the 15-year anniversary of the Bardo Arts Center.

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• 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.

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.

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• The work of John Julius Wilnoty will be on display through June 29 at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. The private collection will showcase the legendary Cherokee artist. www.haywoodarts.org.

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‘Icons in Transformation’ art exhibit porary 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 including a community gala, tours, workshops and more.

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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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.

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Lake Junaluska Summer Activities Program Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center has long implemented innovative shared experiences that celebrate faith, recreation, arts and education.

On weekdays throughout June and July, the center invites the wider community into that tradition through daily free and lowcost activities designed to appeal to all generations.

“Summer is a perfect time for slowing down and making memories with friends and family, and we want everyone to feel that they are part of our Lake Junaluska family whether they live here or are visiting for only a few days,” said the Rev. Mitzi Johnson, director of programming at Lake Junaluska.

Summer Activities Program weekly events include morning and evening yoga lessons, board game nights, morning lakeside devotionals, bonfires, indoor and outdoor movies, and live music. This year, the retreat center has added Tuesday morning “Sharing Circles” — workshops led by knowledgeable residents on topics ranging from Cherokee culture to spirituality to life coaching.

Also new this year, three movies will be screened outdoors while four will be shown indoors with an earlier start time.

“We know people can watch movies at home, but there’s just something about laughing and crying together over old

favorites like ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ and ‘Hoosiers’ that draws us together,” Johnson said.

Free musical offerings include clogging lessons taught by Marty Scott at the Nanci

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Weldon Memorial Gym, jam sessions of oldtime mountain music, a lakeside performance of the Blue Ridge Big Band, or Taize worship services and hymn sings in Memorial Chapel.

“To have this kind of environment for some very simple but rich relational experi-

ences around fun, devotion and caring just seems appropriate and fulfilling to the mission of Lake Junaluska,” said Bill Gattis, a Lake Junaluska resident.

Other special events are offered once or twice throughout the season.

Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to participate in a hike, nature walk or birding tour.

Those with a competitive spirit can participate in the shuffleboard tournament or play in the round-robin tennis tournament.

The Summer Activities Program, now in its fourth year, is funded by charitable donations to the lake and is run primarily by volunteers.

“I’m constantly amazed by the generosity of Lake Junaluska’s residents who not only give to support the program, but also sign up to acts as teachers, hosts, facilitators and

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• Maggie Valley Swap Meet/Camaro & Firebird Show will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 20-21 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, June 22 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.

Admission is $5 daily for ages 13 and up. For more information, call 423.608.4519, email rodneybuckner@att.net or visit www.surfboardpromotion.com.

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• Vendors and demonstrators are wanted for the second annual Mountain Heritage Fest in Cruso. This great day of barbecue, crafts, and music will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Cruso Community Center.

Vendor spaces are $10 for a 10x10 space and demonstrators can participate for free. All spaces are outdoors.

For more information and for applications, visit www.crusonc.com/fest, call Levi at 828.400.7323 or email crusoquiltshow@gmail.com. tour guides so that Lake Junaluska will continue to be a place where people can gather and build relationships,” said Tammy McDowell, assistant director of programming at Lake Junaluska. “We couldn’t offer the program without them.”

For information on the Summer Activities Program and a calendar of events, visit www.lakejunaluska.com/summeractivities.

On the street The 22nd annual Taste of Scotland & Celtic Festival will be held June 13-16 in downtown Franklin.

The festival is a celebration of the heritage brought to these mountains, that of the Scots and Scots-Irish, along with cele-

Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend The inaugural Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend will be held June 22-23 on the Shelton Campus at 49 Shelton Street in Waynesville.

The Shelton House, Haywood’s Historic Farmer’s Market and Haywood Arts Regional Theatre (HART) are proud to announce that they will be hosting the two-day event on the newly formed Shelton Campus.

On June 22, events will include a craft fair, crafter demonstrations, vendors, a quilt exhibit, open house museum, food, drink and lots of fun activities. On June 23, there will be a special event at the HART with live bluegrass music, while outside there will be traditional mountain dancing hosted by Joe Sam Queen.

Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.sheltonhouse.org or call 828.452.1551.

The annual Front Street Arts & Crafts Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 15, in downtown Dillsboro.

The small mountain town will glow with homespun talent as Front Street (by the railroad tracks) will be filled with fine arts and crafts from local artisans.

Strewn with vibrant colors, inviting festival aromas, and the warm sounds of guitars, banjos, and bass, the event will once again swing wide its welcome. The entertainment stage will be located at the end of

Church Street.

More than 50 vendors on Front Street will offer pottery, glass, candles, jewelry, needle crafts, birdhouses, soaps, gourds, photography, metal art, fiber art and visual arts: oil painting, pen and ink drawings, pastel prints, and so much more.

As you stroll through the town, you can also slip into the shops where you can enjoy the many different items especially chosen with you, the visitor, in mind. At lunch time there are many restaurants from which to choose to sit and relax.

To learn more about the event, call 828.506.8331 or email brendaanders@frontier.com.

Women’s Work Festival The annual Women’s Work Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee.

During the event, you will learn about the vital role women played in creating and maintaining a mountain home. Walk the grounds of the mountain farm and watch demonstrations of open hearth cooking, spinning or sewing, corn shuck doll making, and more.

Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.greatsmokies.com.

Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 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.

For more information, call 800.438.1601 or visit www.visitcherokeenc.com.

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The Cherokee Summer Carnival will run through June 15 to the Cherokee Fairgrounds.

Promoters have announced that C & M Southern Midways from Alabama will field almost 30 amusement rides, games, and food units that will feature some of the newest rides in the amusement industry.

Thrill rides as the giant ferris wheel, flying bobs, zipper, paratrooper and gravitron will enjoyed by riders of all ages. Almost a dozen rides will attract the younger visitors to the fairgrounds. A dozen games of skill will give away inflatable prizes and stuffed animals of all sizes.

Of course, the usual fun foods such as funnel cakes, Italian sausage, Philly cheesesteak, cotton candy and candy apples, and other carnival foods will be available.

Individual ride tickets for $1 each with most rides taking 3-5 tickets will be available.

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brating the historic relationships with the Cherokee. Franklin is home to the Scottish Tartans Museum.

The Taste of Scotland & Celtic Festival celebrates the history and heritage of our area, and encourages everyone to participate. Events are as follows: n Thursday, June 13: The Gathering Dinner. Held from 6 to 9 p.m. in Tartan Hall, First Presbyterian Church. Silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Dinner tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for ages 12 and under.

Entertainment by The Jacobites By Name.

Tickets available at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and at the Scottish Tartans Museum and Heritage Center, Inc., or call 727.463.7347. n Friday, June 14: Ceilidh. Held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot behind The Rathskeller Coffee Haus (bring your own chairs). Food and beverages available for purchase. Entertainment by the BlarneyGirls. n Saturday, June 15: Street Festival: From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Opening ceremonies at 10 a.m.

Music, food, vendors in downtown. Children’s activities.

Clan Village. Scottish Clan Parade starts at 11 a.m, Lectures start at noon. Sheep herding dogs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. n Sunday, June 16: Kirkin’ O’ the Tartans. Starts at 10 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church. Lunch to follow in Tartan Hall. Free concert at 2 p.m. present by the Macon County Arts Council, The Jacobites By Name in the Chapel, First Presbyterian Church.

Lastly, with few exceptions, the festival is free and open to the public. The Gathering Dinner on Thursday night is the only ticketed event for the festival.

Put on by the Taste of Scotland Society, you can learn more about the festival and its full schedule of events by visiting www.tasteofscotlandfestival.org.

Wristbands can also be purchased for $25 giving patrons unlimited ride access for any one day.

Discount coupons are available throughout Cherokee at convenience stores, fast food restaurants and welcome centers. Discount coupons can also be clipped from an ad in this paper.

For more information, call 843.385.3180.

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Take a trip back to 1940s nightclub Transforming the new Fangmeyer Theatre into a 1940s nightclub in honor of the classic song by Hoagy Carmichael, “Stardust� will hit the stage at 6 p.m. June 14-15, 20-22, 27-29, and at 12:30 p.m. June 16, 23 and 30 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

The evening begins with the bar open for cocktails, then a grand buffet, then a short time for dancing before the floorshow begins. Many of HART’s stars are on hand to perform standards from the era and there are even show girls in elaborate costumes to complete the picture. “Stardust� is not just a show, it is meant to be an experience that HART will repeat if this proves popular.

If you ever wished you could go back to the days of Ricky Ricardo and the Tropicana, or spot the stars at the Coconut Grove or the Copacabana, this is your chance to step back into an era we now see only in old movies.

Director Glenn Arnette has spent the past year working on every detail and Chef Christy Bishop has come up with a retro menu that she is sure will capture the era.

The cast includes: Stephen Gonya, Lyn Donley, Marta Christmas, Randall Robins, Leslie Lang, Grizel GonzalezJeuck, James Brice, Jerri Harris, Charles Mills, Karen Covington Yow, Lise Hoffman, Madison Garris, Carol Leslie Duermit, Sarah Elizabeth Mosgrove, Allison Stinson, and the dance group, The Liquid Sirens.

Seating for “Stardust� is at tables of six, but if you want a more intimate experience for a small upcharge there are tables for two and four stage side. There won’t be cigarette girls, or a hat check, but that’s all that will be missing.

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• 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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Which way is the wilderness? he theme of Brent Martin’s new book of essays — The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains — is “It’s a good country — hold on to it.” Written in large bold type on the back cover of the book, this quote lays the groundwork and is the foundation for what we find on the inside of the book’s enticing covers.

In a beautifully designed book by The History Press based in Charleston and in chapters with titles such as “When the Heart Can No Longer Say Home,” “Thinking Like an Osprey,” and “Modern Appalachia and the Death of the Writer Sublime,” he takes us on a journey to the headwaters of Big Snowbird Creek in Graham County where there is an old wagon road and an Indian hunting camp, to Cobb County, Georgia, to locate an ancient spring, and to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in search of rare wild camellias.

With interior accolades from some of the most heralded writers in the region such as Charles Frazier, Wayne Caldwell, George Ellison, John Lane and Janisse Ray, and as someone who has spent the majority of his life in the Southern Appalachians while working for environmental organizations such as The Wilderness Society, The Little Tennessee Land Trust, Georgia Forest Watch, and most recently his own Alarka Expeditions, Brent Martin knows this bioregion, this landscape and its cultures through history. In short, he cares about the future of these mountains and the plants, animals and people that inhabit these ancient hills.

In this timeline of essays, he serves as a modern-day William Bartram documenting some of Western North Carolina’s wildest and

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in stark shadows and light. I have been readmost remote places. As John Lane writes in ing William Bartram’s Travels again tonight, his endorsement for the book: “Brent Martin focusing on his eighteenth-century descripis like William Bartram, striding into the tion of this area South’s great back counand situating our try without a speck of late nineteenthdoubt it’s still there and century home into it’s our job to save it.” Or that landscape. as Catherine Reid adds: Bartram passed “Brent Martin hears in through our valley the writings of William less than a mile Bartram the howls and from our front whispers from the wild door. Now I lie in world, and reasons to bed and imagine hope, reasons to hold this mountain holon.” In his Foreword, low as it might George Ellison compares have appeared Martin’s writing in this 20,000 years ago book to that of Thomas — an ice age boreHardy and Emily al forest of spruce Dickinson, which may be fir, an ecotone a stretch for some, but resembling someotherwise Martin’s thing closer to regionally authentic, Canada today. I compassionate and poetthink back further ic prose is written clearly to the geological in a travel-writing style uplift that formed that puts us right in the these mountains boat with him or along over 300 million the trail or navigating the Brent Martin will read and discuss his new book years ago, enorunderstory of dense at 7 p.m. on June 21 at the Macon County mous mountains forestland. Acting as our Library in Franklin; at 6:30 p.m. on July 12 at many thousands literary travel guide, City Lights Bookstore in Sylva; at 3 p.m. on July of feet higher than here, one couldn’t ask for 14 at Malaprops Bookstore in Asheville. they are now, a more informative and slowly eroding at entertaining trip From the books beginning chapter on geo- a pace we are not capable of conceptualizing.

Slowly grinding evolution, pathless and withgraphic history and preservation, Martin out people for millions and millions of years. I leads us out onto the trail. “It is another dark feel that alone.” and freezing winter night here in the old Doc In one of my favorite chapters in this book Clark home on West Branch, and after several (having myself grown up on Snowbird Creek days of rain, I can hear the stream’s bold and in Graham County), Martin writes: “We walk lonely babble through our bedroom window.

It is the season when we are prone to question the manicured tourist trail that is a short walk our decisions and our ability to persevere. The to the top of Hooper Bald, searching as we go for the Kings Meadow trailhead, our path landscape, empty of vegetation, reveals itself

Summer learning at Marianna Black The theme for this year’s Summer Learning Program is “A Universe of Stories” at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

Children of all ages will be able to earn prizes for reading, be entertained with movies, and gain lots of knowledge through our various programs. All of the programs will take place at the library.

They will have movies at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, story times for ages 3-5 at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday mornings and then a different Summer Learning Program(s) each week.

Be sure to grab a calendar at the library or check out the online calendar at www.fontanalib.org to make sure you get the details for all of these amazing, fun, and educational programs.

For more information about the 2019 Summer Learning Program registration, activities, and prizes, contact the Youth Services Department at the Marianna Black Library at 828.488.3030.

New Ben Bones novel Asheville author Michael Havelin will officially launch his latest book in the Ben Bones series, Ben Bones & the Uncivil War, at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

In the sixth book in the Ben Bones saga, a family stands divided on states rights and two brothers end up serving on different sides of the Civil War. Now, 150 years later, twin descendants seek to collect their great-grandfather’s pension and 150 years of accrued interest. Ben Bones, genealogical consultant and self-proclaimed articulator of family skeletons, is called in to find and claim the pension for the sisters.

However, a simple research job turns complicated and the bodies begin to pile up in this captivating mystery novel.

Havelin runs www.wncmysterians.org, a critique group for mystery/thriller authors. He will read a few select passages from his novel, answer questions from attendees, and sign books.

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down to the headwaters of Big Snowbird Creek. When we find what we think is the trail, the sign for it has been ripped or shot off its post. The trail is faint, and we pick our way down over fallen birches, losing the trail occasionally and unsure we are even on it until we at last come to a crossroads where a sign survives, only due to its inaccessibility. Here we at last get onto the Mitchell Lick Trail, the old wagon road that George Moore brought his wild game in on, which appears to be rarely used by hikers, though showing signs of illegal off-road vehicle use. Along the way, we cross a high-elevation stream where at some point there was likely an Indian hunting camp. Worked quartz flakes lie about in clusters, and I pocket several for souvenirs from our trip.”

We eventually make our way toward the end of the book to Three Forks in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by way of a somewhat precipitous route along Breakneck Ridge as Martin writes in his journal notes from the trip: “When we finally made it to Three Forks on our second attempt, I had felt a sense of timelessness like I had never experienced before — the forest primeval, untouched by senseless modern human hands. It is fairy-tale-like in its appearance, Jurassic in its feel. We had crawled, slid and prayed our way down in several hours, wondering all along how we were going to turn around and crawl our way back out.” And it is there that I will leave you, hoping that these few paragraphs from The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains (Essays on Journeys Past and Present) will inspire you to accompany Brent Martin on the other journeys that he has taken in the past or ... in person with Alarka Expeditions in the future. And that you will want, as Charles Frazier writes in his endorsement of the book “to read this beautifully written and deeply thought-provoking book.”

Thomas Crowe is a regular contributor to Smoky Mountain News. His book The End of Eden: Writings of an Environmental Activist was published by Wind Publications in 2008. He can be reached at newnativepress@hotmail.com

To order copies of Ben Bones & the Uncivil War, call City Lights Bookstore at 828.586.9499.

Bollinger releases medical thriller Award winning novelist Darryl Bollinger will present his latest book The Cure from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

Bollinger will be available to discuss and sign his novels. He has a master’s degree in health care administration from Trinity University and spent 28 years working in the health care industry.

Now retired and living in Western North Carolina, Bollinger uses his knowledge and experience to write medical thrillers. He has written six novels so far, the latest, The Cure, is set in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

For more information, click on www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

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A vision for the Tuck New WATR director looks to make strides in water quality improvement

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River has a new leader.

Two years after former executive director Roger Clapp retired from the position, Ken Brown is taking over.

“It’s picking up steam, and I’m very excited about the potential,” said Brown. “The encouragement has been tremendous from very important organizations and groups. I think we’re on the road to recovering our place in this whole environmental scheme in Jackson County.”

Brown, a Jackson County native and builder by trade, has a long history with environmental engagement along the Tuckasegee River, and particularly with WATR. He met Clapp more than 10 years ago, at a meeting in 2008, and quickly became impressed with the organization and Clapp’s drive to clean up the watershed. He got involved, helping with monitoring projects and leading cleanups. He was able to see the challenges the watershed faced, and the impact a growing group of dedicated volunteers could make.

When Clapp stepped down, Brown was to

many people the obvious choice to carry the torch. He said he was asked by people ranging from WATR board members to elected officials to think about it.

“I considered it for about two years before I decided to take it on, because I was so incredibly wrapped up in my career as a builder,” he said.

In 2017, Brown, a contractor, had started a huge project and couldn’t quite carve out the time to accept the responsibilities required of a nonprofit executive director, and while he’s still working on the transition, Brown said that the organization is “really taking the bull by the horn here in the last couple months.”

“We are picking up the monitoring team again. We are expanding our monitoring program. We are going to be doing training. We are going to be doing education programs for children,” he said.

The Tuckasegee is a beautiful river, but it has its troubles. Two of its tributaries, Scotts Creek and Savannah Creek, are on the state’s 303d list of impaired waterways, as is a portion of the Tuck itself, and have been for some time. Contamination from fecal coliform and erosion is to blame.

Brown wants to see those measures plummet, and he has a plan of attack to make it happen.

To fix a problem, first you have to find its source. That’s why WATR is purchasing new monitoring equipment for turbidity — a

Kids get some hands-on experience with the creatures that call the Tuckasegee watershed home. Donated photo

Get involved The Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River is looking for new members to help with stream cleanups in monitoring, and to participate in fun and educational water-centric events.

Keep up-to-date with WATR through its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/watrnc or contact Executive Director Ken Brown at kenbrown@watrnc.org.

Ken Brown participates in a training program for macroinvertebrate monitoring in 2016. Donated photo measure of how cloudy water is, something that happens when eroded soil is suspended in it — with the goal of putting volunteers in every subwatershed so that during rain events samples can be captured and sources traced.

“We’re going to establish pathways to mitigate those sources of erosion,” he said.

“There’s monies out there from the state and organizations across the board to help do that, so we’re working with those organizations.”

On the fecal coliform side, Brown hopes to soon have better information as to what bacteria species, exactly, are driving up the sampling counts. As stated in a report on Scotts Creek that the Sylva Board of Commissioners commissioned last year, the fecal coliform group continues a wide variety of species.

Some are harmful to humans, which is why it’s a measure environmental agencies pay attention too. But many are not — the group includes species associated with decaying plant matter like leaves and grass clippings, as well as textile, pulp and paper mill wastes.

“We are applying for other grants to do a more specific type of monitoring for coliform that will actually give us the source, whether it’s cattle, feline, dog, whatever it happens to be,” Brown told the Jackson County Commissioners during a budget presentation last month.

These tests are expensive — they cost about $350 a pop — but Brown believes having those results will do Scotts Creek a lot of good.

Brown has a lot of other plans, too. He wants to write a watershed plan for Savannah Creek, a document that would make it easier to apply for funding to complete various projects on that waterway. He wants to purchase a trash boom to collect litter and debris flowing through Scotts Creek. And he wants to vastly expand WATR’s membership rolls.

“We would like to see our membership grow to over 1,000, or thousands,” he said.

Currently, the organization has around 300 active members, with between 700 and

900 people on the mailing list.

Other priorities for WATR include developing multifaceted education plans, revamping the website, offering various educational programs ranging from macroinvertebrate identification to watershed management and performing outreach to the community and other organizations.

Building up the organization is important for economics as well as for environment, said Brown. Despite Jackson County’s self-proclaimed title as North Carolina’s trout capital, the Tuck’s turbidity problems mean that it’s out as a location for trout fishing tournaments, events that could bring significant tourism and tax dollars to the area.

“We’re losing tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands a year, because we’re not getting fishing tournaments, because you can’t count on the Tuckasegee River to be clear,” said Brown.

After a heavy rain it takes three to four days for the turbidity to dissipate, and you can’t have a trout tournament in a muddy river.

For Brown, the goals of clean water and a healthy watershed are somewhat personal.

“The water, the watershed, the entire thing is just one big ecological niche,” he said. “In my mind, the watershed in its entirety is the heart and sort of the heartbeat of a healthy life in any area, any place. I think it’s particularly important to me because this is the place I live, and I think we have to take it upon ourselves to try to enhance the quality of life through our contribution to keeping the land, the watershed, the streams healthy and productive.”

Those contributions extend from land use planning in the halls of county government to splash-around education in the streams with children.

“Without a healthy watershed, I don’t think any of us are going to be satisfied that we are living as healthy and kindly as we might,” said Brown. “I think that it’s just taking care of your place, the place you live in.”

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Hike Graveyard Fields A hike from Skinny Dip Falls to Graveyard Fields will be offered Saturday, June 22, led by avid hiker Steve Winchester.

This 6-mile, high-elevation hike will pass by waterfalls and forested areas, and provide views of Black Balsam Mountain. The group will gather at Looking Glass Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway at 9:30 a.m., with the hike concluding around 3 p.m. Waterproof shoes are highly encouraged to navigate the several small stream crossings, and pets are not allowed. Bring water and lunch.

The hike is part of Haywood Waterways Association’s “Get to Know Your Watershed” series of outdoor recreation

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Get closer to the mountains through the stories of William Bartram during a pair of events the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust is offering June 21 and 25. n On Friday, June 21, a hike along part of the Bartram Trail will impart stories of the man who inspired it, with N.C. Bartram Trail Society member Brent Martin leading the adventure. The hike is one of HCLT’s series of EcoTours available to its members.

Anyone can become a member on the hike.

Reserve a spot by contacting hclt_ed@earthlink.net or 828.526.1111, or reserve online at www.hicashlt.org. n At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, Martin will present a program at The Village Green in Cashiers titled “Blazing Trails: looking

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Tour to foster interaction between families and farms Nineteen family farms across the region will welcome visitors during the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project Farm Tour June 22 and 23.

The farms, all located within one hour of Asheville, will offer guided tours, demonstrations, hands-on activities and tastings from noon to 5 p.m. each day.

“ASAP’s Farm Tour has been an important connection between our family farm and our customers,” said Christine Owen, whose Spinning Spider Creamery in Marshall, North Carolina, has been a highlight of many past tours and will featured again in 2019. “It allows us to showcase the emphasis we place on the health and wellbeing of our animals and to demonstrate how the quality of our cheese ties directly to the fact that our goats are happy and C U LT U R E

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ing $40. One pass admits a carload of visitors to all farms both days. Opportunities to attend for free are available through volunteering. www.asapconnections.org or 828.236.1282.

Tour the gardens in Macon A free garden tour and gardening sale will be offered 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the Environmental Resource Center in Franklin.

The gardens include native plants and cultivars, ranging from trees to heritage plants to vegetables, and the grounds include a butterfly garden, rock garden, meditation garden and Shiitake mushroom log stack. A plant sale and gardeners sale will be offered concurrently.

Children and dogs on leash are welcome. The tour is provided by the Macon County Master Gardeners, and the gardens are part of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service’s educational work.

828.369.7352.

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The Farm Service Agency will start accepting nominations for county committee members on Friday, June 14.

Agricultural producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program can be nominated — people can nominate themselves or others as candidates. Committees are

made of three to 11 members and typically meet once a month, with members serving three-year terms. They play a crucial role in the day-to-day operations of the agency.

For more information, including a nomination form, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. All nominations must be postmarked or received by the local FSA office by Aug 1. Election ballots will be mailed to eligible voters beginning Nov. 4.

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Participating farms are mostly located east of The Smoky Mountain News’ coverage area but include Two Trees Farm in Canton. Passes are $30 at www.asapconnections.org, with passes purchase on-site cost-

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A new web-based tool is available to help dairy producers evaluate various scenarios using different levels of coverage through the new Dairy Margin Coverage program.

The DMC is a voluntary risk management program authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill that offers financial protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all milk price and the average feed price falls below a certain dollar amount selected by the producer. It replaced the Margin Protection Program for Dairy. Signup for the program opens June 17.

The tool, developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin, is available at www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/farm-bill/farm-safety-net/dairy-programs/dmc-decisiontool/index.

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Spend Independence Day at Lake Junaluska July 3-7

Jared Lee at the Waynesville skate park.

The Independence Day Celebrations feature activities for the whole family! Join the fun with concerts, a cirque-style performance, live music by the lake, barbecue picnic, square dance, parade, family Olympics competition and fireworks!

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Skateboard camp sessions Professional skateboarder Jared Lee will offer summer skateboarding camp sessions 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays June 22, June 29, July 13, July 20 and Aug. 3 at the Waynesville Skatepark.

Children can attend one session or many. The first session is $30 and includes two hours of instruction plus a Big Brother Boards Camp T-shirt, with additional ses-

Learn to knot A series of gatherings aimed at improving survival skills with a few useful knots will be offered this summer from 6 to 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of June and July at Sierra Nevada’s brewery in Mills River.

Bill Sanderson, a trail maintainer with Carolina Mountain Club, will demonstrate the knots using medium-sized braided cord. There will be some practice rope available with a limited number of 7-milimeter cords for purchase. Or, bring your own. janonan59@gmail.com.

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All performances take place at 7:30 p.m. in Stuart Auditorium. Prices vary. Special pricing for ages 12 and under is available for Imagine Circus.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit

lakejunaluska.com/july4th or call 800-965-9324

General admission tickets are available daily at the Bethea Welcome Center open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., where you can bundle and save when you buy tickets to all three performances for just $50!

sions $25 apiece. The camp is offered through Big Brother Boards Skate Camp in partnership with the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department.

Register at www.eventbrite.com and search for “Big Brother Boards Skate Camp.” For more information, contact bigbrotherboardscamp@gmail.com or 828.400.1252.

The outdoor pool at Lake Junaluska has opened for the summer, and summer passes good for pool admission while it’s open through Labor Day are now on sale.

The passes also provide for $1 off boat rentals for up to four people, $5 off a round of golf, a free Cherokee IV boat tour for up to four people as space is available, 10 percent shopping discount at Junaluska Gifts and Grounds and 10 percent dining discount at

the Lambuth Inn and The Terrace. Passes for a family of four costs $220 or $145 for Lake Junaluska residents. Daily and weekly pool passes are also available. www.lakejunaluska.com/pool.

Bears active in Panthertown Recent reports of increased bear encounters in Panthertown Valley have prompted a call for caution among visitors.

No injuries have been reported. Encounters include bears stealing backpacks and rifling through supplies and gear. Bears will often stay around the area of the incident for many hours. This time of year black bears are opportunistically looking for food that campers and trail users bring with them.

“Bears become used to people due to the close proximity of residential neighborhoods and the regular use of the same camping spots,” said District Ranger Mike Wilkins. “Once there is more natural food available across the forest the bears should be less aggressive.”

For more bear safety tips, visit http://go.usa.gov/czwbw.

Film celebrates guardians of southern waterways human health and the health of river ecosystems,” Weintraub said. “These stories are vital because they remind us about who we are and why our natural resources are critical for our survival and that of our cherished wildlife.”

The film chronicles these stories and the early heroes who stood up against the destruction fighting against toxic pollution from factories, rampant draining of wetlands and the damming of tributaries that would have forced thousands of farmers from their ancestral communities. It focuses on Western North Carolina, East Tennessee and South Florida and the stories of Wilma Dykeman, savior of the French Broad; Marjory Stoneman Douglas, grand dame of the Everglades; and many others.

The film is a collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Wilma Dykeman Legacy Foundation, MountainTrue, Conserving Carolina, Haywood Waterways Association, Friends of the Everglades and Clean Water Expected in East Tennessee. Major sponsors include the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, the Community Foundation of Henderson County, the McClure Education Foundation, the Pigeon River Fund, Gaia Herbs and Prestige Subaru.

Music by Cherokee performer Matthew Tooni will open each program, and a Q&A with the director will close it. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door, with advanced registration strongly recommended by registering online at www.saveculture.org or calling 828.692.8062.

Brevard woman dies in Parkway car accident

A Brevard woman is dead following a car accident on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Devil’s Courthouse.

On Monday, June 3, 2019, at approximately 4 p.m., Blue Ridge Parkway dispatchers received a report of a single motor vehicle rollover near Milepost 423 on the Parkway. Rangers and local rescue crews arrived on the scene to find a single occupant deceased. The driver of the vehicle was later identified as Diane Banther Rice, 61, of Brevard.

Preliminary investigations indicate that Rice was traveling southbound at the N.C. 215 access to the Parkway when her vehicle crossed the centerline and northbound lane before striking a gate in that area. No additional details are available at this time.

Chase down the elusive mountain camellia flower during one of two excursions planned for Friday, June 21, and Friday, July 5. The plant is the Southern Appalachians’ only member of the tea family, but this hardto-find flower has some of the showiest blooms around. n On June 21, the group will wander Mountain along the camellia.

Little Tennessee River from 10 to 2 p.m. to see blooming specimens in their natural habitat, as well as garden-grown individuals. Camellia expert Jack Johnston will lead a group of 16 or fewer people. Cost is $45. n On July 5, a full-day outing will probe the depths of the Fires Creek watershed in Clay County, where participants will see the species in its peak abundance, including the national champion mountain camellia. There are over a dozen stream crossings on this 3mile hike, so be ready to wade. The group will meet at Alarka headquarters in Franklin at 9 a.m. and return around 5 p.m. Cost is $55.

Both tours are offered by Cowee-based Alarka Expeditions. Sign up at www.alarkaexpeditions.com.

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An award-winning film about the ordinary people who did extraordinary things to protect southern rivers and streams will have its world premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, with additional showings at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the N.C. Arboretum and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at White Horse Black Mountain.

“Guardians of Our Troubled Waters” is David Weintraub’s sixth feature film that connects people to their rich cultural and natural history. For most of the region’s history, native peoples have had a deep spiritual connection to their rivers, with early settlers emulating that attitude. But in the Industrial Age, all bets were off as manufacturing plants dumped their effluence directly into the nearest waterway, turning pristine streams into moving cesspools.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Bingo will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 13 in the Maggie Valley Pavilion next to town hall. Sponsored by the Maggie Valley Civic Association.

• Lake Junaluska Summer Activities Program is offered weekdays through July. The center invites the community to enjoy daily free and low -cost activities. Summer Activities Program weekly events include morning and evening yoga lessons, board game nights, morning lakeside devotionals, bonfires, indoor and outdoor movies, and live music. Visit for schedule: www.lakejunaluska.com/summeractivities.

• Learn how to fight fraud like elder financial exploitation, Internet & telemarketing scams and more will be offered at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14, in the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Info: 356.2507.

• St. Mary’s Catholic Church will have a Fish Fry from 5-7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14, in Sylva. Cost: $10 adults, $5 children. Dine in or take out. 506.1713.

• A Walk to End Elder Abuse is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, June 17, starting at the Haywood County Justice Center and looping through downtown Waynesville.

• The Cullowhee Planning Council meets at 6 p.m. on June 18 in Conference Room 101A of the Cordelia Camp Building at Western Carolina University. www.planning.jacksonnc.org.

• Village Green is hosting open houses this summer for visitors to see progress on its construction project in Cashiers. Dates are June 26 and July 3. Info: 743.3434, courtney@cashiersgreen.com or www.VillageGreenCashiersNC.com.

• Bingo will be held at 6:30 p.m. on June 27 in the Maggie Valley Pavilion next to town hall. Sponsored by the Maggie Valley Civic Association.

• Grant applications are being accepted from local nonprofits for grants that will be provided by Grace Church in the Mountains. Proceeds from a July 27 Parish Fair go toward supporting these grants.

Application: www.gracewaynesville.com. Info: 456.6029.

• The Haywood County Arts Council is accepting submissions for a Studio Tour Logo Contest through Aug. 1.

Info and application: haywoodarts.org/logo-contest.

• Western Carolina University is accepting letters of nominations for the Mountain Heritage Awards, prestigious honors bestowed on an individual and an organization each year for contributions to or for playing a prominent role in research, preservation and curation of Southern Appalachian history, culture and folklore.

Awards will be presented at the 45th annual Mountain Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, on the WCU campus. Nominations should be delivered no later than Friday, June 28, to the Mountain Heritage Center offices, located in Room 240 of WCU’s Hunter Library; mailed to Mountain Heritage Center, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee N.C. 28723; or emailed to pameister@wcu.edu.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • College and Career Readiness at Haywood Community College will have an orientation on earning your High School Equivalency or Adult High School Diploma from 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, in the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Registration required: 356.2507 or Kathleen.Olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

• 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,

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted.

June 17, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville.

Registration: $279 (includes catered lunch). Info and to register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

• 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.

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 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 • 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 Friends of the Haywood County Public Library will present “Reading Women’s Lives: Conversations from Fiction” featuring a discussion of “Nervous Conditions”

by Tsitsi Dangarembga from 4-6 p.m. on June 13 at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Book is available at the library. Discussion will be led by Dr. Peg Downes.

• Mountain Audiology will host its Lunch with the Doctor’s event on Friday, June 14, at its Clyde Office and on Thursday, June 27, at the Franklin Office. Lunch from local restaurant provided. Register: 627.1950.

• Maggie Valley Wellness will host a solstice gathering from 6-8 p.m. on June 20. Attendees receive an aromatherapy foot soak plus massage, five-point calming acupuncture treatment. Cost: $40. RSVP by June 14.

944.0288.

• The International Essential Tremor Foundation’s regional support group for Jackson, Macon, Swain and Haywood Counties meets at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at the Jackson County Senior Center, room 135. Info: 736.3165 or teddyk1942@gmail.com.

• Maggie Valley Wellness will host an essential oils informative session from 6-7:30 p.m. on June 27. RSVP

by June 21. 944.0288.

• Mountain Audiology will offer hearing screenings through June 14 at its Clyde Office and from June 24-28 at the Franklin Office. Appointment: 627.1950.

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.

• Buti, Hoops + Bubbles will be offered through the Waynesville Yoga Center from 6-7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14, at Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville. $20. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will offer Disco Buti + Bubbles from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21. Cost: $14. Info and reservations: 246.6570 or WaynevilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will offer “Present Moment Awareness: What’s the Big Deal” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. Info and reservations: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will offer Buti Yoga from noon-1 p.m. on Saturday, June 29. Soulful blend of yoga, cardio-intense movement, tribal dance and deep abdominal toning. Cost: $14. For info and to register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will offer “Groove on OM!” for women only from 2-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 29.

Dancing fun with no pressures, expectations or judgment. Cost: $20. For info and to register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• A program entitled “Learn to Meditate the Easy Way” will be offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $14. Info and reservations: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• Throughout June, Dance Tonight Haywood offers weekly evening classes on Argentine Tango (Mondays), Salsa (Tuesdays), Swing (Wednesdays) and Blues (Thursday) at 61 ½ Main Street in Canton. For times and to RSVP, text your name and email to 316.1344.

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 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 • Swain County Democratic Party Meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, at the United Community Bank, 145 Slope Street in Bryson City. Guest Speaker is Steve Woodsmall, who is seeking Democratic nomination for U.S. House in the 11th Congressional District. Info: 497.9498.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • Asheville author Michael Havelin will officially launch his latest book in the Ben Bones series, Ben Bones & the Uncivil War, at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Havelin runs www.wncmysterians.org, a critique group for mystery/thriller authors.

He will read a few select passages from his novel, answer questions from attendees, and sign books. To order copies of Ben Bones & the Uncivil War, call City Lights Bookstore at 586.9499.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES SPIRITUAL • LIFE Church of Waynesville is offering a special service for Father’s Day at 10:30 a.m. on June 16.

Testimonies of men from Teen Challenge of the Smokies from Franklin. Cookout after service at Dutch Fischer Park in Hazelwood; cornhole, games, wild game tasting, archery demonstrations.

• 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.

• An evening of food and laughter with comedian, author and minister Joe Philips is set for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 22, at LIFE Church of Waynesville. $15 for the meal. Waynesvillelife@yahoo.com or 452.9235.

• Lake Junaluska will host a Summer Worship Series at 10:45 a.m. on June 16, 23, 30; July 7, 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 4. Spirited services led by internationally known preachers in Stuart Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Psalms for Our Time.”

• 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.

• Registration is underway for Native American Summer

• Senior Tennis Time is from 9 a.m.-noon every Monday, Wednesday and Friday through Oct. 30 at the Donnie Pankiw Tennis Center at 128 W. Marshall Street in Waynesville. For ages 55-up; intermediate or higher skill level. $1 per person per day. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

KIDS & FAMILIES • Base Camp on the Go, a series of outdoor and environmental education activities, will be offered at a variety of locations this summer, through the first week in August: 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Mondays at Waynesville Recreation Center; 2 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Canton Town Park; 2 p.m. on Wednesdays at Fines Creek and 10 a.m.-noon on Fridays at Waynesville Recreation Center. cmiller@waynesville.gov.

• Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva will host a video game night on Wednesday’s this summer from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Play Smash Bros. & Mario Cart on the big screen. Free. 586.3555.

• Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club will be offered for ages 4-7 from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Thursdays, through Aug. 8, at the Cradle of Forestry in America near Brevard. Learning, outdoor activities and crafts. $5 for kids and $3 for accompanying adults. Info and register: 877.3130.

• The Junior Forester Program will be offered to ages 812 from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Thursdays, through Aug. 8, at the Cradle of Forestry in America near Brevard.

4 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, in Dillsboro. More than 50 vendors, music, dance and more. 506.8331 or brendaanders@frontier.com.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturdays at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 631.3075.

• Nature Nuts: Frogs and Toads will be offered to ages 4-7 from 9-11 a.m. on June 17 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• The annual Women’s Work Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Mountain Farm Museum in Cherokee. During the event, you will learn about the vital role women played in creating and maintaining a mountain home. Walk the grounds of the mountain farm and watch demonstrations of open hearth cooking, spinning or sewing, corn shuck doll making, and more. Free and open to the public. www.greatsmokies.com.

• Groovin’ on the Green (Cashiers) will Zuzu Welsch Music (blues/rock) June 14 at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com

• The inaugural Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend will be held June 22-23 on the Shelton Campus at 49 Shelton Street in Waynesville. On June 22, events will include a craft fair, crafter demonstrations, vendors, a quilt exhibit, open house museum, food, drink and lots of fun activities. On June 23, there will be a special event at the HART with live bluegrass music, while outside there will be traditional mountain dancing hosted by Joe Sam Queen. Free and open to the public. www.sheltonhouse.org or 452.1551.

• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Freewheelin’ Mamas (Americana/folk) 2 p.m.

June 15. All shows are free and open to the public. www.noc.com.

• Eco Explorers: Canids will be offered to ages 8-13 from 1-3 p.m. on June 17 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• Intro to Fly-Fishing will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 18 and 25 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• Kids’ Primitive Outdoor Skills will be taught to ages 10-15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 19 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• 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.

• 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.

KIDS FILMS • “The Secret Life of Pets 2”, will be shown at 7 p.m. on June 12-20, 1 p.m. June 12, 17 & 19, 9 p.m. on June 14-15, 10 a.m. on June 14-15, and 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. on June 15-16 at The Strand in downtown Waynesville. Visit www.38main.com for pricing & tickets. 283.0079.

• The Highlands Biological Foundation will offer a series of nature-themed films and documentaries shown at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of March in Highlands. For info on each show, call 526.2221.

• A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

SPECIAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS • The Cherokee Summer Carnival returns from June 915 at the Cherokee Fairgrounds. Amusement rides, games of skill, carnival foods. Discount coupons available at Cherokee convenience stores, fast food restaurants and welcome centers. 843.385.5180.

• The Taste of Scotland and Celtic Festival is Thursday through Sunday, June 13-16, in Franklin. The Gathering (formerly Clan Dinner) is 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, in Tartan Hall, First Presbyterian Church; Dance, food, music and movie from 5:30-10 on Friday; Opening ceremony at 10 a.m. followed by vendors, food, souvenirs and entertainment on Saturday; Kirkin O’ the Tartans ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

• The Front Street Arts & Crafts Show is from 10 a.m.-

• Lake Junaluska will host Independence Day Celebrations from July 3-7. Concerts by Balsam Range (7:30 p.m. on July 6) and the Lake Junaluska Singers (7:30 p.m. on July 4) and a show by Imagine Circus (7:30 pm. On July 5). Also: A parade (11 a.m. on July 4), a picnic (noon-2 p.m.), and fireworks (approximately 9:30 p.m. on July 4).

• Bosu’s Wine Shop will offer Lunch with Us on July 36 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eclectic lunch experience made with fresh seasonal ingredients. Outdoor seating available. Reservations are welcome. 452.0120.

FOOD & DRINK • Bosu’s is hosting a Father’s Day Seated Beer Tasting on Saturday June 15 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Guest will enjoy sampling six craft brews and a serving of Chef Bryan’s signature tasting menu. This is a ticketed event, call 4252.0120 to reserve tickets. $30 per person.

• French Wine Dinner event, five course dinner with wine pairing, is being offered on Tuesday, June 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $75, must be purchased in advance. See www.waynesvillewine.com for menu & wine selections.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 25 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee. 800.438.1601 or www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts (Franklin) will host Mountain Voices 7 p.m. June 13.

Community chorus with 70 members from Franklin and surrounding counties. The concert will include a variety of music: Broadway, pops, patriotic, folk and gospel. Tickets are $12. 866.273.4615 or www.greatmountainmusic.com.

• Transforming the new Fangmeyer Theatre into a 1940s nightclub in honor of the classic song by Hoagy Carmichael, “Stardust” will hit the stage at 6 p.m.

June 14-15, 20-22, 27-29, and at 12:30 p.m. June 16, 23 and 30 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in

• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Freewheelin’ Mamas (Americana/folk) 2 p.m.

June 15. All shows are free and open to the public. www.noc.com.

• A Conductors Institute Concert is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 15 at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. HaywoodArts.org.

• The Western Carolina University Roadworks Cabaret will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. The show is a 50minute cabaret of musical theatre songs that students of the stage and screen program at WCU have put together to promote the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts. Free and open to the public.

• Tickets are on sale now for “Lakeshore Goes Broadway,” which will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on July 16-17, in the Harrell Center Auditorium at Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center. Tickets: $50; available at Bethea Welcome Center. www.lakejunaluska.com/singers.

• Folk act Swamp Rabbit Railroad will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20 at 7 PM in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

The band is a modern folk duo that carries on the rich tradition of folk music, while adding to it with stand out vocal harmonies. 586.2016. (www.fontanalib.org).

• Tickets are on sale now for a concert featuring Paul Saik at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, at Lake Junaluska.

• A pod meeting for Plant Pure Nation is at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, in the kitchen above Sassy Girls in Dillsboro. Plant-based cooking demo and dinner.

• Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville is offering lunch on Friday & Saturdays, “Lunch with us” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring fresh seasonal menu with outdoor seating weather preminting. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host five for $5 Wine Tasting from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Come taste five magnificent wines and dine on Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• Secret Wine Bar is hosted by Bosu’s in Waynesville on Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact for more information and make reservations. 452.1020.

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• The Concerts on the Creek will host Summer Brooke and Mountain Faith (bluegrass/gospel) at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 14 at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva.

Free and open to the public. Occasionally there are food trucks onsite. 586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com.

• Friends of the Library Concert featuring Martin Vee is scheduled for 3-4 p.m. on June 15.

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• “Captain Marvel”, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on June 14 and 7 p.m. on June 15 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. 586.3555.

• Tickets are on sale now for “Thunder in the Smokies” motorcycle rally, which is June 29-July 1 in Maggie Valley. Vendors, Blue Ridge Parkway Tour Ride, bike show, games and more. Handlebarcorral.com.

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Waynesville. The evening begins with the bar open for cocktails, then a grand buffet, then a short time for dancing before the floorshow begins. Seating for “Stardust” is at tables of six, but if you want a more intimate experience for a small upcharge there are tables for two and four stage side. www.harttheatre.org or 456.6322.

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Learning, outdoor activities and crafts. $5 for kids and $3 for accompanying adults. Info and register: 877.3130.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bosu Wine Shop in Waynesville. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

Bosu’s will host a Cocktails & Lunch on Saturday’s.

Serving house-made champagne cocktails from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.waynesvillewine.com

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• Cornelia Powers will present “Dressed to Protest: What Women Wore to the Revolution” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. 586.2016.

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Tickets: $18. Lakejunaluska.com/associates or 800.222.4930.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • The Jackson County Public Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program runs through Aug. 3. Theme is the Great Jackson County Read: Armchair Traveler. Info: 586.2016.

• 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.

• An Arduinos Demo Workshop is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. Learn to code in C++ with Arduino Uno circuit boards.

• The Haywood County Arts Council will feature Cherokee Artist Demonstrations by mixed media artist and Cherokee language speaker Jody Bradley Lipscomb (10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 15); and storyteller Kathi Littlejohn (1-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15).

• Waynesville Art School will host a Family Art Making circle from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on June 15 at 303 N. Haywood Street. Create a design out of mosaics.

Registration required: 246.9869 or WaynesvilleArtSchool.com.

• Southwestern Community College and Carolina Public Humanities will present “The Many Histories of Western North Carolina” on June 15 at the college’s Jackson Campus in Sylva. Panel discussions from 10 a.m.-noon; drop-by “history harvest” to preserve historic memories and local family legacies from 1:30-5 p.m.

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• Waynesville Art School offers afternoon classes for children, teens and adults at 303 N. Haywood Street.

Info: 246.9869, info@waynesvilleartschool.com or WaynesvilleArtSchool.com.

• 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 the Cullowhee Arts’ eighth-annual Summer Art Workshop Series that will be held June 16-July 3 at Western Carolina University’s School of Art & Design. June 16-21, June 24-28 and July 1-3. www.cullowheemountainarts.org or 342.7899.

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• A presentation about the Anglo-Cherokee Wars (1758-1794) will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 17, at the Cowee School Heritage Center in Franklin. info@coweeschool.org or 369.4080.

• Paint & Sip with Genevieve Bagley is being offered at Bosu’s Wine Shop on June 22 and July 20 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, July 30 from 6-8 p.m. All are ticketed event so call to reserve your spot. $45 per person which includes art supplies and gourmet snack. Wine & beer are available for purchase at the event. 451.0120 or waynesvillewine.com.

• Interest meeting for Ladies Homestead Gathering is from 7-8:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Waynesville Inn & Country Club’s Tap Room. https://tinyurl.com/y524uu9p.

• Cowee Pottery School will have a party starting at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, at the home of Doug and Patti Hubbs, 131 Cross Creek Road in Franklin.

Bring a covered dish and beverages. Burgers, buns, condiments, beans, tea and water provided. RSVP by June 24: contact@coweepotteryschool.org or 704.785.0628.

• Haywood County Libraries Adult Summer Reading program has started and runs through Aug. 30. Info: www.haywoodlibrary.org or 452.5169 (Waynesville) or 648.2924 (Canton).

• Joshua and Lauren Adams will demonstrate Cherokee wood carving from 3-5 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. HaywoodArts.org or 452.0593.

• A Fused Glass Wind Chime Class will be offered from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. Cost: $55 for members; $60 for nonmembers; cost includes supplies and equipment.

Reservations: 452.0593.

• 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.

• A Contra dance is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, at the Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center. Lessons at 7 p.m. Live music by the Darlin’ Honeys. $7 admission; free for 14-under.

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• Registration is underway for a “Bladesmithing: Seax Knife Class” that will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $380 (includes

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• Registration is underway for an Armor Construction: Gothic Gauntlet Class, which will be led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21, at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $390, materials included. Preregistration required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org.

• Registration is underway for a Blacksmithing Fundamentals Class that will be offered from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, at the Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $275(includes materials). Preregistration required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • 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 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.

• Betty Maney will demonstrate Cherokee basketry and display her work from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 22, at the Haywood County Arts Council, 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. HaywoodArts.org or 452.0593.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The exhibit “Cultivating Collections: Photography, Artist Books, Contemporary Native American” will be on display through July 26 at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25.

• Photographer and Clyde dentist John Highsmith presents “Breathless,” a metal-print series of underwater people and waterborne fabrics. The photo exhib-

it will run through July 15 at Green Sage Café Westgate in Asheville. 734.6301.

• New artist and medium will be featured every month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

FILM & SCREEN • The world premieres of “Guardians of Our Troubled Waters” are scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 20 at Blue Ridge Community College’s Thomas Auditorium; 7:30 p.m. on June 22 at the NC Arboretum in Asheville and 7:30 p.m. on June 23 at White Horse Black Mountain.

Director David Weintraub’s film on ordinary people who did extraordinary things to protect southern rivers and streams. Tickets: $15/$20 at the door; advanced reservations online at www.saveculture.org or 692.8062.

• The Second Tuesday Movie Group meets at 2 p.m. in the Waynesville Library Auditorium. For info, including movie title: 452.5169.

Outdoors • 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.

• A “Snorkeling in the Stream” program for ages 8-up is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon on June 13 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• A “Casting for Beginners: Level 1” program for ages 12-up is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 13 and June 27 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• A “Kids Introduction to Fly-Fishing” program for ages 12-up is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 14 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard.

Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• A “Tackle Rigging for Fly Fishing” program for ages 12-up is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon on June 15 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard.

Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• Friends of the Smokies is partnering with Navitat Canopy Adventures to offer one day each month through September where Navitat visitors receive a 10 percent discount, and a portion of sales will be donated to Friends of the Smokies. Dates are: Saturday, June 15; Tuesday, July 30, Saturday, Aug. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 28. Navitat Asheville is located at 242 Poverty Branch Road in Barnardsville. Reservations and info: 626.3700.

• The Great Smoky Mountains Association will offer a

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• The Green Energy Park will offer a Glass Paperweight Class on Friday, June 21, in Dillsboro. $35 for a 30-minute time slot between 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Preregister: 631.0271. Ages 13-18 may participate with parent present. www.jcgep.org.

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• The Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on June 19. Meet at Big Bear Shelter parking area. Franklinbirdclub.com or 524.5234.

• 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.

• An “On the Water: Looking Glass Creek” program will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 21 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• 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.

• Alarka Expeditions will offer an excursion to search for the elusive mountain camellia flower from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 21, along the Little Tennessee River. Led by Jack Johnston. The mountain camellia is the Southern Appalachians’ only member of the tea family. Cost $45. Sign up: www.alarkaexpeditions.com.

• Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust will offer an EcoTour along part of the Bartram Trail on Friday, June 21. The NC Bartram Trail Society’s Brent Martin will share stories about the man who inspired the trail. www.hicashlt.org or www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

• A series of gatherings aimed at improving survival skills with a few useful knots will be offered from 6-7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of June and July at Sierra Nevada’s Brewery in Mills River. Bill Sanderson, a trail maintainer with Carolina Mountain Club, will demonstrate knots using medium-sized braided cord. Janonan59@gmail.com.

• Haywood Waterways will offer a six-mile, moderate hike along the Mountains to the Sea trail on June 22 from Skinny Dip Falls to Graveyard Fields. Free for members; $4 for nonmembers. RSVP: Christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 476.4667, ext. 11.

• Backpacking course, will be offered by Landmark Learning on June 24-28, Aug. 12-16 and Oct. 21-25. www.landmarklearning.org.

• Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on June 26. Meet off Fox Ridge Road, just south of Franklin Flea Market on Highlands road. Franklinbirdclub.com or 524.5234.

• Adult Snorkeling in the Stream will be offered for ages 16-up from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 29 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard.

Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

FARM AND GARDEN

• Macon County Master Gardeners are offering a free tour of gardens on Saturday, June 22, at the Environmental Resource Center, 1624 Lakeside Drive in Franklin. 369.7352.

FARMERS MARKETS • 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.

• Jackson County Farmers Market runs from 9 a.m. to

456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net.

• Franklin Farmers Tailgate Market runs 8 a.m. to noon, on East Palmer Street across from Drake Software. 349.2049 or www.facebook.com/franklinncfarmersmarket.

• “Locally Grown on the Green,” the Cashiers farm stand market for local growers, will be held from 3-6 p.m. every Wednesday 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 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 Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy will offer eight guided group hikes on Saturday, June 15, in the Highlands of Roan section of the Appalachian Trail. Preregistration required: Appalachian.org.

• 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.

• Carolina Mountain Club will hold a 9.6-mile hike with a 1,800-foot ascent on Sunday, June 16, from Big Fork Ridge to Rough Fork Loop. Info and reservations: 813.220.8959 or ransosar@gmail.com.

• The Nantahala Hiking club will take an easy-tomoderate 2.5-mile hike with an elevation change of 400 feet on Saturday, June 22, at Cliffside Lake Recreation area. $5 parking fee or Senior National Park pass required per vehicle. Info and reservations: 954.632.7270.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.5-mile hike with a 1,700-foot ascent on June 23 from Mount Pisgah to Beaver Dam Overlook. Info and reservations: 692.0116, 696.6296 or bbente@bellsouth.net.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a five-mile hike with a 300-foot ascent on Sunday, June 23, from Caney Bottom to Cove Creek. Info and reservations: 384.4870 or stuengo@comporium.net.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 7.2-mile hike with a 2,600-foot ascent on Wednesday, June 26, from Craggy to Little Snowball. Info and reservations: 423.9030 or rfluharty54@gmail.com.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an easy threemile hike on Saturday, June 29, to Secret Falls near Highlands. Info and reservations: 743.1079.

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• ASAP’s annual Farm Tour is scheduled for noon-5 p.m. on June 22-23 at farms located within an hour drive of Asheville. Guided tours, demonstrations, hands-on activities and tastings. Passes are $30 and available at asapconnections.org. Once pass admits a carload of visitors to all farms both days. On day of, passes can be purchased for $40 at any participating farm.

• The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville.

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• The Highlands-Cashiers land Trust will offer its first Village Nature Series presentation of the season at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers. Brent Martin will present “Blazing Trails – looking into the natural and cultural history of the Bartram Trail. www.hicashlt.org or www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

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hike to Andrews Bald with professional guide Liz Domingue on Monday, June 17. Five miles; moderate to strenuous. $20 for members; $40 for nonmembers.

Register: www.smokieinformation.org/events.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 9.8-mile hike with a 1,700-foot ascent on Saturday, June 29, to Chestnut Bald and Sam Knob. Info and reservations: 606.3989 or jqs290@gmail.com.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.8-mile hike with a 2,100-foot ascent on Sunday, June 30 to Thompson Ridge and Pilot Rock. Info and reservations: 275.6447 or ejb5711@gmail.com.

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Editor’s note: This column first appeared in a June 2005 edition of The Smoky Mountain News.

Several weeks ago I read the cultural background portion of the “North Shore Road: Environmental Impact Statement” (National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior), which is presently online at www.northshoreroad.info/crculturalbackground2_2.pdf. The section devoted to Hazel Creek traces the early settlement of this watershed, the largest on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and even discusses writers associated with the area.

There was, of course, information about Horace Kephart, author of Our Southern Highlanders (1913), who lived alone in a cabin on the Little Fork of the Sugar Fork of Hazel Creek from 1904 until 1907. This cabin was situated about two miles west of where the settlement of Medlin was located alongside Hazel Creek.

Then, to my surprise, there was a paragraph about another writer I’d not previously associated with Hazel Creek: “The Sugar Fork area also played a role in another literary work, Grace Lumpkin’s 1932 novel To Make My Bread, which was the basis for a popular Depression-era play titled “Let Freedom Ring” (1936). The book revolves around a family of Appalachian mountaineers — small farmers, hunters, and

BACK THEN moonshiners — driven by economic conditions to the mill town and transformed into mill hands, strikers, and rebels against the established order. While this novel is known for its account of the Gastonia, North Carolina, textile strike of 1929, the early part of the book is set on the Sugar Fork and in other areas along Hazel Creek, and features such place names as Possum Hollow and Columnist Thunderhead.”

This online source cited Duane Oliver’s Hazel Creek From Then Till Now (1989), where I found additional information: “Probably attracted

by Kephart’s writings, the Socialist writer Grace Lumpkin arrived on the creek about 1923. In this period and for long afterwards, the mountain people were seen by many as examples of the poor, ignorant and downtrodden. Attempts were made to “uplift” their condition by the establishment of craft and trade schools in the mountains, and by people who wished, through their writings, to draw attention to the mountaineer’s situation. Miss Lumpkin stayed three months or

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A rare look into Swain County’s past so, living at the Club House which, at that time, was run by the Calhouns, and traveling about the area. She heard about the Sanders family who lived in a log cabin across the Pinnacle near Soapstone Gap. She certainly did not know the way there nor did the Calhoun girls, so they got Zina Farley to take them. Miss Lumpkin met the Sanders family, and their son Johnny was persuaded to play his fiddle, which was made from cornstalks. Fascinated by this unusual instrument and touched by his inability to buy a real violin, Miss Lumpkin promised to send him a real fiddle, which she did as soon as she returned to New York.

It’s more probable that the socialist writer Olive Tilford Dargan, who lived in Swain County at the time (but not on Hazel Creek) and wrote From My Highest Hill (1925) about her experiences, was the person who influenced Lumpkin, not Kephart, who was living in Bryson City at that time.

In 1942, Lumpkin wrote a brief sketch for “Twentieth Century Authors,” the biographical dictionary edited by Stanley Kunitz.

Therein, she noted that after graduating from school in Georgia in the early 1920s, “I had a position with the government as Home Demonstration Agent and learned more about the economic and other problems of farmers and their wives. During most of the summers I lived out in the mountains of North Carolina and at differ-

ent times stayed with people who worked in cotton mills.”

About a week ago, the softcover reprint I ordered of To Make My Bread (University of Illinois Press, 1995), with an introduction by Suzanne Sowinska, arrived. Lumpkin, in my opinion, was a competent, if not great writer. But she wrote from her heart, and the story she tells about the lives and adventures of her characters is moving.

If you are familiar with Hazel Creek, it’s doubly interesting to try and figure out just which places she has in mind. “Laurel Creek” is obviously Hazel Creek. Her “North Range” was apparently the main crest of the Smokies between North Carolina and Tennessee. Her “South Range” was apparently Jenkins Ridge, which arises to the west of Hazel Creek between that watershed and Eagle Creek. But many other places are mentioned.

Lumpkin worked several well-known events into the fabric of her novel. One such was set in Bone Valley, which she calls “Swain’s Meadow.” Bone Valley is located several miles above Medlin. The site was given this name because, in 1888 a farmer drove his cattle there to graze too early in spring. A freak blizzard trapped them. Without shelter, they all froze to death. For many years afterward, their bleached bones remained for all, including Miss Lumpkin, to see.

(George Ellison is a naturalist and writer.

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