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CONTENTS On the Cover: Stephen Metzger scours the country to salvage rare and beautiful burl wood to bring back to sell at Moose Crossing — his family-run business in downtown Waynesville. Each piece of furniture crafted from these trees tells its own unique story. (Page 6) Becky Johnson photo

News Balance sought in Howell Mill rezoning ........................................................................3 Raleigh roundup: Budget battle brewing ....................................................................4 Jackson hires experienced manager to lead county ................................................5 Fight not over for Fontana houseboats ........................................................................8 Tourism groups prepare for rare eclipse in 2017 ......................................................9 Mountain Projects eyes new Waynesville facility ....................................................10 Downtown Waynesville receives another accolade ..............................................11 What’s the buzz on mosquitoes in Haywood? ........................................................13 Franklin property proposals focus on outdoors ......................................................14 Education news ................................................................................................................ 19

Opinion Even today, our republic is on shaky ground ............................................................20

A&E Outdoors Nonprofit forms to teach survival skills at summer camp ......................................34

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June 22-28, 2016

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An aerial shot shows a portion of Howell Mill Road following a major construction project to widen and repave the road that runs from Russ Avenue to Asheville Road. A Shot Above photo

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The commercial designation would prohibit residential development and allow everything from light office and service based developments to adult establishments, drive-in theaters, manufacturing, racetracks, schools, storage facilities, and wholesale operations.

Other property owners weren’t happy with these possibilities, and made their feelings known at an April 4 community meeting. They cited their strong sense of community, the open space and the convenience of living in the country — owning horses and planting gardens — but being just minutes from town.

They also cited their reluctance to look upon the “backside of a factory.”

The result of that community meeting was to change the nature of their request from commercial to a new zoning district, called “urban residential” and similar to existing urban residential zones in East Waynesville and Hazelwood.

Waynesville Town Planner Elizabeth Teague presented the details of the new Howell Mill Urban Residential District to the town board on June 14. Although the entirety of the district isn’t within Waynesville town limits, it is within the town’s extra-territorial jurisdiction — North Carolina cities enjoy ETJ authority up to a mile from the edge of town limits, sometimes up to three miles.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER s the $11.6 million Howell Mill Road project was winding down in late 2015, the Waynesville Planning Board began to take a look at zoning within the burgeoning corridor; what the board found was commercial development encroaching on formerly rural areas and disagreements between neighbors on the future of their community.

All that was settled with the implementation of a compromise that left most people pleased.

The Howell Mill Road Corridor begins at Rite Aid on Russ Avenue and wanders 1.5 miles northeast to Evergreen Packaging near Asheville Road. In March 2014, the North Carolina Department of Transportation widened lanes and shoulders, straightened portions of the roadway, and installed the roundabout at Vance Avenue.

The project also eliminated an at-grade railroad crossing, resulting in better access for Evergreen, Ingle’s, Schulhofer’s Junk Yard, Sonoco Plastics and the Waynesville Recreation Center.

With the resulting increase in thru traffic and truck traffic in the corridor, some property owners near Calhoun Road sought a change from medium density residential to commercial this past February.

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Balance sought in Howell Mill rezoning

Among the important changes from medium residential to urban residential are an increased density from eight units an acre up to 16 (or 24 with a special use permit), as well as the allowance of personal and professional trades like accountants, architects, cobblers, engineers, graphic or interior designers, insurance and real estate agents, stylists, tailors and physicians.

The rezoning, said Teague, was — as it must be, per NC law — consistent with the town’s land use plan.

Titled “Waynesville Our Heritage, Our Future” the plan was released in April 2002 with the goal of promoting organized growth and development while boosting land value through the preservation and enhancement of Waynesville’s existing neighborhoods.

But the plan also recommends the creation of aesthetically pleasing commercial development, reducing sprawl and preserving natural beauty.

The new urban residential designation satisfies those stipulations, according to Teague’s presentation, which called the rezoning “a compromise to maintain residential character but allow some commercial uses” while also increasing density. It also establishes a buffer zone that maintains the separation between residents and Russ Avenue.

“We have areas within Waynesville where high density commercial areas butt up to residential areas,” said Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown during Teague’s presentation. He lamented the fact that nothing could be done about those existing areas, but seemed pleased that the new district would prevent contentious zoning arguments before they arose.

The areas included in the new district include seven lots located at 333 Howell Mill Road, one at 11 Palmer Hill Road, and an unaddressed lot on Calhoun Road, totaling just under 6.7 acres.

In March, Tom Shook, owner of one of the newly-rezoned parcels, said he has been trying to sell his residential property “for several years” and is “always” asked by buyers if rezoning is a possibility.

Now, he can tell them that by statute, his Howell Mill Road Urban Residential district is “a transitional neighborhood that buffers rural and medium density residential areas from the intense commercial uses found within the Russ Avenue Regional Center District” but still allows for certain commercial uses.

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The urban residential designation establishes a buffer zone that allows for increased density while maintaining the separation between residents and Russ Avenue.

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Budget battle brewing

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER he North Carolina General Assembly continues to haggle over specific provisions in the proposed 2016-17 state budget as they race to present a compromise spending plan to GOP Gov. Pat McCrory before the long Independence Day holiday weekend.

While the Senate approved its $22.2 billion budget on June 3 by a 26-13 margin — a margin that included exactly zero Democrats — the House rejected it unanimously on June 8.

The House passed its spending plan on May 19 by a 103-12 margin.

Now both chambers will have to work together to sort out areas of consensus and eliminate areas of contention.

Those areas of contention can be found in a 255-page long document called the “House/Senate Comparison Report.”

Out of 617 line items in the report, the House and Senate disagree on 577 of them.

Among the major disagreements: Education: The House proposes $25 million for literacy programs designed to aid students in achieving third-grade reading goals, but also paradoxically proposes cutting funding to summer reading camps, while the Senate budget pushes for a “bonus program” that would reward teachers who preside over the greatest performance growth both statewide and within their own school districts.

For teachers, Gov. McCrory called for average pay to rise to $50,000 per year, which the House’s 3 percent increase nearly reaches. The Senate, however, has been vocal about its intentions to do even more by dispensing a raise of over 6 percent that would bring average salaries almost 10 percent higher than McCrory’s goal — but to pay for it, they’ve proposed cutting raises for state employees.

In the University of North Carolina system, students at risk of dropping out of school before they complete their undergrad degrees could see aid of up to $3 million if the House has its way. The Senate, on the other hand, seeks to reduce tuition to just $500 per semester at UNC’s Pembroke campus as well as Western Carolina University, while also proposing $3 million for a UNC Medical School in Asheville.

State Employees: The Senate proposes no raises for the majority of state employees, but the House calls for a 2 percent raise, as well as a $500 bonus. The House also wants

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The Raleigh roundup a 1.6 percent cost-of-living raise for retirees, but the Senate proposes no such measure, leaving retirees thirsty for a COLA. Taxes: While the House’s proposal seeks to raise the amount of untaxable income — again — the Senate wants this provision phased in over two years, as opposed to the House’s four. For taxpayers filing as single, this exemption went from $3,000 in 2013 to $7,500 in 2014, and the current proposal will probably add another $1,000 to that. For married couples filing jointly, those amounts were $6,000 and $15,000, respectively, with another $2,000 possible.

Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, whose district includes parts of Haywood County and all of Jackson and Swain counties, says he’s heard that the legislature is now “mostly all together” on hammering out

compromises, with compensation for teachers and state employees being the remaining stumbling blocks.

Queen thinks the competing budget proposals “aren’t as bad as in the past three or four years,” but he stresses that since this is an election year, Republicans are making hollow gestures to significant constituency groups, like teachers and state employees.

“These ‘raises’ are simply restoring cuts from the George W. Bush recession eight years ago, and only half that,” Queen said.

“And with inflation and the cost of living, they’re just barely getting their noses above water from where they were eight years ago. [McCrory’s budget requests] are completely without vision or imagination.

We’re falling behind.”

Queen did, however, have two pieces of advice for North Carolina taxpayers.

“Stay tuned, and remember in November.”

Despite the disagreements on these major quality-of-life issues, the General Assembly did manage to agree on 40 items in the report. Among the areas of accord are $5 million in additional funding for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, a $3.7 million increase in the state’s contribution to the Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund, $1.8 million in raises for State Highway Patrol Troopers, a $1.4 million increase in the state’s contribution to the National Guard Pension Fund, and $250,000 to digitize mental health records used in gun purchases.

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the river, skiing or fishing, were all important to me,” said Adams, whose wife is also a horse back rider.

McMahan said Adams appreciation for outdoor recreation was a plus, given its economic importance to Jackson County — as a quality of life factor for residents, a draw for

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attracting new businesses and an important tourism driver.

On a personal level, Adams, who went to college at Appalachian State University, said it was important to his family to stay in the mountains. But on a professional level, Adams said he was ready for more of a challenge by making a move to a bigger county.

Jackson has four times the population and a far more diverse economy than Alleghany, a rural county outside of Boone.

However, coming from a smaller county

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Wednesday, June 29, at the Jackson County Public Library in downtown Sylva.

The class will introduce participants to a free online image editing website called Pixlr. Participants will learn to resize and crop, apply special effects, create a collage and to save the images back to the computer.

Attendees may bring their own images to work with on a flash drive, but this is not necessary.

Library Technology Volunteer Jim Geary will teach the class with library staff member Laura Chapman. Class size is limited to the first 16 people who sign up.

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“At the end of the day, if you do it appropriately, you have the right buy-in and the right commitment and right partnerships to actually get something done.”

like Alleghany means Adams has been intimately involved with every aspect of county government, even doubling as the human resources manager there.

“He has a great deal of working knowledge that someone coming from a larger county would not necessarily have,” Greene said. “I would consider it a plus.”

Adams was selected from a pool of 29 applicants. Commissioners brought in four finalists for an interview and role-playing scenario. The finalists were asked to deliver an oral presentation and PowerPoint, as well as written report, on how they would go about developing a strategic plan for the county, with an emphasis on economic development.

Adams stood out as someone who would bring stakeholders together.

“I think he will do a lot of listening and engage people,” Greene said. “His style is low key, not a know-it-all.”

Adams seemed to genuinely enjoy the question that was thrown at him for the job interview, since strategic planning plays right into his own management values.

“It is about the input and the process and the collaboration to get to the end goal,” Adams said. “At the end of the day, if you do it appropriately, you have the right buy-in and the right commitment and right partnerships to actually get something done.”

During Adams’ tenure in Alleghany, the county created its first planning department, first county recreation program and public transportation service, as well as other modernizations to county government. Adams also has experience bringing numerous capital projects from inception to the finish line, from public school and community college construction, a new courthouse, new library, new health department, new EMS base, recreation fields, public pool, fire training facility and others.

Outgoing County Manager Chuck Wooten is retiring at the end of June. Adams, who was offered an annual salary of $125,000, starts a month later on Aug. 1.

Greene said they don’t plan to bring anyone in from the outside to serve as interim manager during the month of lag time, but will name an existing department head to serve in an acting role.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER ackson County commissioners last week unanimously named a new county manager with a long and successful local government track record in the mountains.

Don Adams, who’s served as the county manager of Alleghany County for 19 years, not only brings a wealth of experience but will also be a good cultural fit for Jackson County, according to commissioners.

“He is a seasoned manager. He walks into the job with a lot of experience. He is in position to start the job on day one,” Commissioner Chairman Brian McMahan said.

Commissioner Vicki Greene said Adams has obviously been doing something right to remain a county manager in one place for so long given the political nature and potential volatility of the job.

“The average life expectancy of a town or county manager is five to seven years,” Greene said. “He has been in one county for 19 years and worked with 22 commissioners over that time. How one does that I would never know.”

Adams, however, was humble about the experience he brings to the table. He said a county manager’s success is contingent on partnerships and working relationships with department heads and community organizations, rather than his individual talents.

“I am hesitant to say ‘Yes absolutely, I have handled this and I have handled that,’” Adams said when asked about his long tenure in Alleghany. “I am very cognizant of the relationship and partnerships I want to build.”

His natural instinct to deflect personal accolades is consistent with his management philosophy that centers on buy-in and communication.

“To accomplish goals or tasks or objectives, it takes buy-in and partnerships from the people being impacted by it and the people implementing it,” Adams said. “It’s what surpasses everything, what makes an initiative last this year and next year and 10 years from now.”

Adams wife, Stacy, is an attorney. They have a son going into the eighth grade.

Adams and his family enjoy outdoor recreation, which made Jackson County particularly appealing.

“The outdoor amenities, whether it be on

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“It’s crucial,” Daniel said.

Some buyers encounter Moose Crossing’s work at furniture shows and art fairs, and others find them online. But a large number are tourists or second-home owners who stumbled into the downtown showroom.

“When people walk in, their jaw drops and they say ‘Wow … wow,’” Janet said.

“They had no idea they were going to be buying a $5,000 table that day. They are just captivated by the organic beauty of the wood.”

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Stephen Metzger of Moose Crossing in Waynesville procures rare, salvaged burl wood from across the country for a line of hand-crafted furniture made from the marble-grained slabs. Becky Johnson photo

Rare wood hunter unearths irresistible beauty in salvaged burl wood

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER tephen Metzger was like a kid in a candy shop as he clambered over a massive mound of behemoth tree trunks piled high in the wood salvage yard behind Moose Crossing, a woodworking studio on the outskirts of Waynesville.

“Ashe, red oak, box elder, white oak, walnut, hard maple, sugar maple, sycamore,” Stephen said. “We’ve got a huge investment right here — huge.”

To the untrained eye, it’s nothing more than a jumbled, towering heap of tree trunks, akin to a monstrous game of pick-up sticks. But to Stephen, each one is a gem, with its own story to tell and a hidden beauty waiting to be unleashed.

The trunks of these weathered bark-clad giants are coated in lumpy, disfigured knots known as burls. Marvels of nature, the burled wood produces a coveted marbled grain secreted beneath the bark.

Slabs sliced from the salvaged trees will eventually be hand-crafted into high-end furniture pieces to be shipped all over the world.

Moose Crossing is a family-run business.

Stephen is the procurement expert, scouring the country for rare burl wood to salvage, from the cypress swamps of Florida to the redwood forests of the West.

His son, Daniel, serves as the chief 6

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designer and artist-in-residence. Daniel fashions the raw slabs into everything imaginable: dining room tables, mantles, conference tables, executive office desks, headboards, reception desks, bar counters, coffee tables, and even planters, chandeliers or his latest creation — a gong holder.

Last but not least, Stephen’s wife, Janet, serves as the main proprietor for Moose Crossing’s retail showroom in downtown Waynesville.

Each custom-made piece transcends the boundaries of art and nature, thanks to the keen eye and sixth sense Stephen has for scouting the signature burl wood.

“I can drive down the road and look at a tree from 30 to 40 feet away and tell if it has good graining. We know what we are looking for,” said Stephen, estimating he’s cut close to 30,000 slabs in his lifetime.

Each piece has an origin story — where it came from, how old it is, what led to its discovery — forging a bond between the owner and the wood beyond its sheer beauty.

Despite the hundreds of slabs that have passed through Stephen’s stout hands, he knows them each on sight. The cypress ghost raised from a south Georgia swamp. A redwood cast off by early loggers because of its burls, which rendered it useless as lumber.

An antebellum shade tree that once graced the front of a plantation home.

The rippled folds of the burled wood envelop the untold history of long-ago eras, a silent keeper to decades gone by. Wherever the signature slab pieces end up, their stories go with them, to be told and retold.

“We tell our buyers everything about it.

They want to know the whole story behind it,” Stephen said. “When someone comes into their home and sees the piece, that’s the

first thing they ask about and talk about.”

Among the more notable trunks queued up in the salvage yard: the sugar maples cut down from the front lawn of Haywood County’s historic courthouse three years ago.

The county originally gave them to a charity that supplies firewood to the needy to heat their homes, but Stephen arranged a swap.

He made a cash donation to the firewood charity in exchange for the trees.

When Janet escorts prospective buyers through the showroom floor of Moose

“We tell our buyers everything about it.

They want to know the whole story behind it.

When someone comes into their home and sees the piece, that’s the first thing they ask about and talk about.”

— Stephen Metzger

Crossing’s storefront gallery in downtown Waynesville, she keeps a binder close by with the stories of the signature slabs, including photos of where the trees came from.

“They are just such amazing stories. I think people really appreciate rare, salvaged American wood,” Janet said.

Capturing the walk-in traffic from Main Street strollers has proved a critical link in reaching customers.

Inside the workshop, Stephen darted among a sprawling maze of stumps and slabs, pointing out his favorites with the affection of a doting father.

“These are special. Look at these right here, a 12-foot tall burl,” Stephen said, running his hand over the swirled grain.

Swinging wide past his son who was rubbing down slabs with coats of tung oil, Stephen pivoted toward another stack.

“These are special slabs, see all the burls?” he said.

Stephens steered his way through the workshop to the cutting yard for a gander at his main project of the week: stripping long slabs off a 350-year-old red oak he hauled up from Georgia. It’s been a painstaking task.

Sundry items had been tacked to the tree over the centuries and then buried from sight as the wood grew around them.

“I’m hitting nails, I’m hitting horseshoes, I’m hitting fences,” Stephen said. “You never know what you are going to run into.”

A sapling when Ben Franklin was born, the tree had finally succumbed to old age, but was too knotted and too thick to be felled. The owner set fire to it hoping to burn it down, but merely toppled it. A neighbor who saw the burled trunk, laying charred and splayed on the ground, tipped the man off that it could be valuable. Some online sleuthing led him to Stephen, who made a road trip to survey it.

While the trees Stephen procures are usually unwanted, he forks over top dollar nonetheless once the owner of a tree realizes he has something of value on his hands.

“There is no free lunch,” Stephen said.

High-quality burl wood can run $5 a pound. A large trunk can clock in at 10,000 pounds, so “you have to put out $50,000 before you even cut it.”

Each tree Stephen acquires carries a costly upfront investment. Finding the rare and unique trees is only the first step in a long and laborious journey from raw wood to a finished piece.

Extracting the titans from the forests and farms where they’ve been quietly molding their coveted burls for a century or two or longer is a monumental undertaking.

“We use cranes and skids and bulldozers and big forklifts. All this is part of the process,” Stephen said. “A lot of people think it just falls off the back of a pick-up truck and we pick it up.”

While some of Stephen’s finds come in as cold calls, other times he goes on expeditions in search of wood.

After finding the wood and negotiating a price, the extraction can take days, lining up

news At Moose Crossing’s gallery and showroom in downtown Waynesville, Janet Metzger loves sharing the origin stories of the salvaged trees behind the hand-crafted artwork and furniture.

A stockpile of huge burl-wood trunks may look unassuming on the outside, but are highly sought for their intricate, marbled grain. Becky Johnson photos at trade shows and in the downtown gallery, but also works directly with clients who have a vision for what they want and hand pick the slab for their piece.

“When people walk in, they are kind of dumbfounded for a minute,” Daniel said.

But Daniel guides them through the process until they find the right match. Daniel pointed to a collection of pieces with sold tags at the front of the workshop waiting to be crated and shipped out. A couple from Florida wandered into the downtown gallery while vacationing in Waynesville and they were mesmerized with the majestic burl

“When people walk in, their jaw drops ... they had no idea they were going to be buying a $5,000 table that day. They are just captivated by the organic beauty of the wood.”

— Janet Metzger

wood. They commissioned two bedside tables for their home, and a coffee table and cypress stump planter for their real estate office.

The quantity of wood stockpiled in Moose Crossing’s workshop and an off-site warehouse — where pile after pile of cut slabs are stacked two-stories high — is dizzying. They have thousands in all, making them the largest dealer of salvaged, rare burl wood in the South. Stephen never turns down a tree if it’s got potential.

“There’s no such thing as too much wood,” Stephen said.

“Not until we run out of room,” Daniel added.

Stephen got his start in the rare and salvaged wood business in the early 1970s in San Francisco, with a gallery storefront there for more than a dozen years. He sold the business and moved to Waynesville in the mid-1980s to be near his parents — who had retired to Waynesville — after his father got Parkinson’s.

When Stephen first landed in Waynesville, he dabbled as a developer. Over the next 15 years, the Metzgers led several lives. Their rich and varied resume included a stint in the Colorado ski industry, a startup bungee jumping operation in Cherokee, a water sports business in Panama City and an eco-tourism outfitter in the Florida Keys.

But they were pulled back to Waynesville, settling here for good in the late 1990s. For several years, they ran an antique and auction business, but in 2007, Stephen returned to his roots as a rare and salvaged wood dealer.

It seems like a bold move in hindsight.

The recession was in full-throttle, arguably not the best timing for a venture plying highend, upscale furniture.

But Stephen found untapped demand for the quality craftsmanship and raw beauty of burl wood pieces..

“This is one product that is actually going up in value. The salvaged wood is getting rarer and rarer and harder to find,” Stephen said.

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equipment and hiring local laborers to cut and haul out the trunks. Then he still has to ship them back home on a rented semi.

Once they arrive at his Waynesville workshop, the real work begins. The trees are cut in long slabs and dried in a low-heat kiln for months, then carved, sanded, polished and rubbed with a few dozen coats of Tung oil to bring out the wood’s natural luster.

At last, they can be fashioned into a final form.

Daniel, who is a vested partner in the business, lets his creativity lead the way as he checks out spec pieces that are sold online,

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Stephen Metzger and his son Daniel, the chief artistic director for Moose Crossing, tag team in the workshop. Becky Johnson photo

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Fight not over for Fontana houseboats Rep. Meadows pushes TVA to rethink its ruling

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ouseboat owners on Fontana Lake aren’t quite ready to give up their investments without a fight even after the Tennessee Valley Authority made the decision last month to ban all floating houses in 30 years.

Even though they have another 30 years to enjoy their lake property investments, houseboat owners say they are already feeling the impact of TVA’s decision. Perri Morrison owns a 1960’s era houseboat on Fontana that has a TVA permit but is having a difficult time selling it. Admittedly the house is in rough shape and in need of repairs, but Morrison said she was only asking $4,500 for it.

“I had it sold to a fellow and his partner, a definite sale, until he spoke with the TVA,” she said. “What they told him I have no idea, but I do know whatever it was, they backed out of an almost-done deal. I feel that the TVA is continuing a campaign against houseboat owners in any way they can in this 30-year window until the final sunset.”

Houseboat owners on Fontana are still upset over the ruling, but they haven’t given up. Houseboat owner Laura Sneed, who helped start an online petition against the sunset policy, is still keeping the Facebook group “Fontana Families For Floating Houses” active and asking other owners to keep up with how much money they spend in Swain and Graham counties when they’re visiting. By keeping receipts, they’ll be able to show TVA the true impact they have on the local community.

“We’ve spent almost $1,000 in Swain County alone during the four weekends we’ve been to the floating home,” Sneed said on Monday. “This is since the May 5 meeting only, so we’ve actually spent more this season.”

Some houseboat owners have suggested collectively finding legal representation to fight TVA, but Sneed and many others are hoping it won’t come to that. They are willing to work with TVA to come up with a solution in the coming years.

U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, is also taking up the cause and is trying to get the TVA to reconsider its decision or to exclude Fontana. Following a May 5 decision by the TVA board to give houseboat owners on all its reservoirs 30 years to remove them, Meadows sent TVA a letter expressing his disapproval.

He accused the TVA of unlawfully expanding its authority under the TVA Act. While current law does allow the TVA to approve or deny plans for the construction, 8 operation and maintenance of a floating

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house, Meadows said TVA didn’t have the power to revoke any kind of permit after it has been granted, which applies to many of the houseboats on Fontana.

“The power to authorize regulatory authority rests with Congress alone.

Furthermore, Congress gave TVA only one mechanism for suspending the Board’s prior approval of a floating house: ‘deviation’ from the plans originally ‘submitted to … the Board,’” Meadows wrote in his letter. “By nullifying hundreds of Board-sanctioned houseboat permits, TVA ran afoul of not only Congress’s constitutional prerogatives, but also the rights of the law-abiding homeowners on Fontana Lake.”

TVA’s decision to get rid of all floating houses — more than 1,800 — rested on three major concerns: public safety, water

“Both Swain and Graham County have devoted substantial resources safeguarding public health and minimizing the environmental impact of floating houses,” Meadows wrote. “It would be very unwise to prefer the Board’s top-down approach to removing floating homes over the carefully-crafted policies of Swain and Graham counties — policies in which affected residents had a voice and a stake.”

Swain County Commissioner David Monteith said Meadows was pushing for the TVA to hold a local meeting near Fontana to allow stakeholders to have a voice in the process. When the TVA board took a vote on the houseboat issue in May, the meeting was held six hours away in Tennessee, which kept many stakeholders from voicing their concerns in person.

About 350 houseboats will have to be removed from Fontana Lake within the next 30 years after a new policy adopted by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Jessi Stone photo quality concerns and wanting to keep private ownership off of its public waters. TVA officials said floating houses caused pollution in the lakes though staff showed no concrete evidence of such contamination in its environmental report.

Swain and Graham counties have specifically passed ordinances to keep Fontana Lake clean and hold houseboat owners accountable for properly disposing of their sewage. The Fontana Lake Users Association formed about 15 years ago and lobbied county commissioners to pass ordinances regulating houseboat waste.

The two counties secured more than $700,000 in grants to get a fleet of pump boats up and running to service the houseboats. Houseboats now collect their own sewage in tanks and have it pumped out and hauled ashore periodically by marina owners.

Meadows said TVA is ignoring the steps Graham and Swain counties have taken in the past to protect public health and water quality. The counties and private houseboat owners have done their own water testing on Fontana, and the results have shown vast improvement since the ordinance was passed.

Meadows said he was also concerned about the negative impact to Swain and Graham counties without the economic boost from houseboat property tax and sales tax revenues. Many houseboat owners travel hours away to come to Fontana and spend money at local restaurants, gas stations, marinas and other tourism-related businesses. Losing the houseboats means Swain and Graham will lose a significant tourism draw.

Meadows concluded his letter by saying that the people of Western North Carolina would be better served if TVA would focus on its core mission of providing low-cost electricity. Swain and Graham currently don’t receive any electricity from TVA. “TVA’s income is down $296 million compared to the same period last year; unfunded retirement liabilities have reached nearly $7 billion; over the last decade, TVA plans to consume $25 billion in new capital investments, and that’s on top of its current $24 billion in debt,” Meadows wrote.

“Perhaps the Board should focus on getting its own house in order before targeting the owners of floating houses in Western North Carolina.”

TVA President and CEO Bill Johnson issued a lengthy response on June 6 to Meadows. While declaring a sunset on houseboats was a difficult decision, Johnson said, it was a necessary policy change in order to protect the natural resources entrusted to TVA’s care. He added that the concerns Meadows expressed prior to the May 5 ruling were instrumental in the TVA’s decision to extend the sunset clause from 20 years to 30 years.

“TVA is giving compliant homeowners until 2046 to continue enjoying their homes, and this extensive sunset period is intended to mitigate any impact on floating house owners,” Johnson wrote.

Johnson disagreed with Meadows’ assertion that TVA was overstepping its authority.

Under the act that created the TVA, the governmental entity is charged with unified development and regulation of the Tennessee River System, which gives TVA the authority to approve the construction and operation of obstructions that affect navigation, flood control and public lands.

“TVA permits do not create property rights, as TVA’s regulations make clear, and the current policy is an exercise of TVA’s authority to place reasonable limits on floating houses,” Johnson wrote. “As you know, TVA must balance the protection of shore land and aquatic resources while allowing reasonable access to the water.”

The TVA stopped issuing houseboat permits in 1978 and grandfathered in the existing houseboats.

Johnson said 223 houseboats on Fontana Lake are pre-1978 structures while the remaining 134 houseboats are not permitted and therefore are in violation of TVA regulations.

Johnson said TVA does not support an exemption to the sunset policy for Fontana Lake structures, but recognizes the unique position of the counties surrounding the reservoir. Graham and Swain counties have a limited tax base because a majority of the land is owned by the national park, which is why the houseboat removal will create an even larger hardship for the local governments.

“TVA staff will be meeting over the next few months with stakeholders and local officials most affected by the floating houses policy,” Johnson said. “These meetings will focus on how to best implement the policy, including future regulations and standards, and will explore opportunities for cooperation with marinas and floating house owners.”

As far as finances goes, Johnson said TVA had worked hard to improve its financial health by reducing its annual operational and maintenance costs by $600 million, its fuel expenses by $1 billion and its debt by $400 million in the last several years.

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Breedlove first heard about the eclipse in February from tourism colleague and Western Carolina University hospitality professor Steve Morse. It’s been a major topic of conversation at every tourism conference they’ve attended this year.

Franklin resident David Hubbs brought the issue before the Franklin Board of Aldermen a couple of months ago in hopes the town would begin marketing the eclipse early.

“On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun and the moon will obscure the sun,” Hubbs told the board. “We will have a total solar eclipse for over two minutes. I think the town should take advantage of this event — it’s not too early to promote Franklin as a viewing destination, and I think we could fill every hotel and restaurant for two to four days in advance of this event.”

Town Manager Summer Woodard said the initial planning is already under way to capitalize on the event in cooperation with the county, the tourism development agencies, the Economic Development Council and the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

While there are no specific details at this point, Woodard said Franklin would be planning some sort of event or festival to celebrate the solar eclipse.

“This event stands to have a huge economic and historical impact on Franklin,” she said.

Ideally, people won’t just be staying for the day of the eclipse. The hope is they’ll stay several days while eating at local restaurants, making purchases from local merchants and staying in local hotels or campsites.

The eclipse path of totality (total darkness) is narrow — about 70 miles wide — with Balsam bordering the west end of the path and Cleveland, Georgia, bordering the east end of the path. The path runs northwest up through Kansas City, Missouri and parts of Oregon.

It will be the first time in 26 years the United States has experienced a total solar eclipse. There have been several others in the last few years, but they’ve only been visible in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.

“Totalities happen all the time across the world, but they don’t always occur over land since 75 percent of the Earth is water; the shadows often fall across the ocean making it inaccessible,” Breedlove said. “For many locations in America, it’s been 300 to 400 years since the last totality. In Atlanta the last one was in 1778 and the next one won’t be until 2078.”

Everyone’s maps and predictions about the eclipse vary, but Breedlove said the one certainty is it will take the entire region working together to ensure this event goes off without a hitch.

“There won’t be enough hotel rooms to meet the demand of those traveling to our area, so it’s in our best interest regionally to work together and share ideas with one another,” he said. “A high tide raises all boats, so I’d love to collaborate to see how we can market this event to draw people to the region for the event.”

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ick Breedlove has been brushing up on his astronomy lately — studying maps and learning the science behind the total solar eclipse that is set to occur on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

The subject has become his latest passion since he found out Jackson County will be one of the best places in the entire nation to witness the rare celestial event when the moon passes directly between the sun and the Earth.

According to maps from NASA, Jackson and Macon counties are in the direct path of totality, which means certain areas in the Western North Carolina region will be in complete darkness during the eclipse.

Breedlove already has Jackson County broken down to a science.

“In Sylva, we will have 1 minute, 45 seconds of complete totality; Cullowhee: 1 minute, 55 seconds; Cashiers 2 minutes, 23 seconds,” he said. “The partial eclipse will begin at 1:06 p.m. in Sylva and the total eclipse will take place at 2:35 p.m.”

As the director of tourism development for the county, Breedlove knows these details will be essential in making sure Jackson County is prepared for the masses of people expected to descend upon the area. Not only will the eclipse be an exciting experience for many residents, but it could be a huge economic boon for the tourism industry.

“The event has the potential to draw crowds from all over the Southeast to our corner of North Carolina,” Breedlove said.

“It’s hard to estimate the number of people that will come for the event, but between

residents and tourists from outside of the county traveling to see it, there’s potential for a massive influx of individuals who will travel to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event.”

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Jackson County Tourism Development Authority and other stakeholders are in the early planning stages of preparing for the 2017 total solar eclipse. Nick Breedlove photo

ers, including SCC, Jackson County Schools, Emergency Management and Public Safety county staff, astronomy professors and airport officials, met on Tuesday at Southwestern Community College to begin hashing out the details.

“The event will take a significant amount of planning and education to ensure people experience it safely and enjoy it to its fullest potential,” Breedlove said.

“I’ve been talking with other eclipse planning directors from across the country and sharing ideas back and forth about how we can best plan for this unique experience.”

In his research on eclipses, Breedlove has discovered other factors that could present safety issues other than a massive onslaught of people. Drivers on the road during the event could cause safety issues. Animals tend to notice the changes associated with any big celestial event and may retreat to their crates, make excessive noise or run away.

“Many things will happen all at the same time,” Breedlove said.

Weather is the one thing that is impossible to predict and control as WNC prepares to host thousands of people for the eclipse.

An overcast or rainy day could put a major damper on viewing the eclipse. With some of the highest elevations in the eclipse track, WNC could luck out with a gorgeous clear day. On the other hand, the mountains can quickly become notoriously cloudy.

“Historically we’ve had good weather over the last ten years in Sylva on Aug. 21, so we’re hoping for a repeat next year,” Breedlove said.

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Mountain Projects eyes new facility

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER or more than 50 years, Mountain Projects has been known for helping the most vulnerable in the community, but with a resolution passed by the Haywood County Board of Commissioners on June 20, they’ll be helping themselves — and the county.

The organization’s facility on Old Balsam Road that they’ve occupied since the mid1970s is more than 100 years old, leaky and cramped.

That will change if and when they purchase from the county an unused building and plot of land in Waynesville.

“We have made the offer,” said Patsy Davis, executive director of Mountain Projects. “We need new administrative space for our organization, and this will serve as quality workspace for our great staff and clients to visit.”

On June 13, Haywood County received an offer from Mountain Projects to purchase a 1.077-acre parcel located at 2177 Asheville Road — known as the Old Haywood County Health Department building.

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most cost-effective way to acquire a new facility,” said Davis.

On June 20, Haywood County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution that would pave the way for Mountain Projects to acquire the building and land for $325,000. The deal also includes an in-kind donation of project management services by the county during rehabilitation of the build-

On June 20, Haywood County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution that would pave the way for Mountain Projects to acquire the building and land for $325,000. ing. Commissioner Kevin Ensley abstained from the vote because his wife serves on the Mountain Projects board.

“The building has been on the market for several years, and we have not had any viable offers,” said Commissioner Kirk Kirkpatrick during the meeting.

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The old Haywood County Health Department building may become a new Mountain Projects facility. File photo Ira Dove to publish a notice of the resolution on June 24. After 10 days following that publication, Dove will be authorized to execute Mountain Projects’ offer, pending final approval from the county board.

“We will engage in some type of campaign or fundraiser to keep as much money as possible in direct client services,” Davis said.

Founded in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” Mountain Projects is a community-based nonprofit that provides critical services to the disadvantaged, the elderly and the general public. Since that time, Mountain Projects

has grown to a staff of 130 that serves seven counties. With an annual budget of $11 million, they provide Section 8 rental assistance, housing rehabilitation, health care navigators, education, transportation and substance abuse prevention programs to around 7,000 people each year.

The acquisition of the building would result in the closing of its current Old Balsam Road facility until the organization finds another use for it; it would also relieve the county of the maintenance it currently performs on the unoccupied Asheville Road property.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER owntown Waynesville has racked up another accolade with the Great Places in North Carolina award — an honor that carries a little more clout and honor than the typical online poll or best-of list.

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Teague emphasized Main Street’s role as a public commons where the community comes together, running the gamut from parades, monthly art strolls and square dances to trick-or-treating, seeing Santa and charity events.

“Everyone seems to recognize Main Street as the place to go for a special occasion or community celebration,” Teague said.

“There is a vibe to Waynesville’s Main Street that can make anyone relax for a moment and remember that the world is full of good people and beauty.”

Cultural heritage and a sense of place “There is a vibe to Waynesville’s Main Street have not been compromised that can make anyone relax for a moment

by Main and remember that the world is full of good Street’s revitalization, but people and beauty.” instead have been empha— Elizabeth Teague, Waynesville’s town planner sized through public art but instead took a concerted, conscious and installations and historic building preservacollective effort to make it so. tion, examples of which Teague outlined in “I thought it was important that the application.

Waynesville get recognized for the great Waynesville was one of three Main planning that has been done over the years Streets honored with the Great Places title on Main Street and the many partners who this month from the state chapter of the have worked hard to make Main Street American Planning Association. Waynesville Waynesville what it is today,” said Elizabeth Alderman Jon Feichter made the trip to Teague, Waynesville’s town planner and Raleigh to pick up the award, which was development services director who nomigiven out in conjunction with the N.C. nated the town for the award.

League of Municipalities legislative lobbying Main Street’s success is due to many day. Feichter said downtown’s revitalization actors all doing their part to drive downis a testament to what’s possible when a town’s revitalization — from the entreprecommunity rallies behind a vision. neurs toiling behind storefronts, the tireless “It is the story of merchants, property advocacy and promotion of the Downtown owners and community leaders who looked Waynesville Association, the arts and culat what Waynesville was in the mid-1980s tural groups hosting festivals and public art and said, ‘We can do better,’” Feichter said displays, the town planners setting the stage when getting the award.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER asily identifiable in their teal T-shirts with the “#buildtheshelter” hashtag emblazoned on the back, an estimated 100-plus person crowd turned up at the June 20 Haywood County commissioners’ meeting to show their support — both personal and financial — for the proposed $3.3 million Haywood County Animal Shelter project.

Back on June 6, Haywood County Finance Department Director Julie Davis called for a special information meeting for members of the public, as well as a public hearing regarding the acquisition of a construction loan for the shelter. Both are prerequisites to applying for the loan.

The meeting and hearing took place on June 20. No vote or other action was to be taken on the matter, but proponents — and one or two opponents — took almost two hours to address the board.

The county’s current animal control facility is meagerly equipped, aging and has trouble with parking, overcrowding and disease transmission, but the proposed new facility will include better ventilation and waste disposal, a retail-style adoption area and a conference room where educational events can be conducted.

While most public comment seems to recognize the need for such a new facility, the few detractors that have expressed grievances focus on the potential cost and duration of the loan.

Dr. Kristen Hammett of the Animal Hospital of Waynesville was among the first to speak in support of the new facility, telling the board that in the 28 years she’s worked with the shelter, the mission of shelters across the country has changed from simply holding animals for euthanasia to holding them for adoption.

“To treat the treatable,” she said.

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Hammett founded the advocacy group Friends of the Haywood County Animal Shelter two years ago, hoping both to raise awareness of the need for the shelter, and to raise funds to furnish it.

On June 16, FCHAS held an awareness event that also served as the kickoff to its fundraising campaign. The group hopes to raise $1 million and says it will donate it to the county to help pay off the 40-year loan in only 22 years.

And they seem to have met with initial success; the group says they raised $52,000 on June 16 alone, bringing their total to more than $169,000 so far, including a $100,000 donation, a $35,000 donation and a $15,000 donation.

“I have to ask the question, if private fundraisers can come up with $1 million, why can’t they come up with $3 million?” asked Scott Muirhead, who joked that he thought about donning his motorcycle helmet before addressing the board in front of the large pro-shelter crowd. “Why does it always fall back to the taxpayers? I’m not griping about $2 a year, I’m griping about — it’s always chip, chip, chip.”

An invitation to bid on the project will be released “post-haste,” said Haywood County Manager Ira Dove. The board will then select a qualified bidder near the end of July or in early August.

According to Davis, approval of both the interim and permanent loans is expected in September. Once loans and contractors are in place, the county would go to the Local Government Council for approval on Sept. 6.

Upon approval, the Haywood County commissioners must approve the contract; their next opportunity to do so after the Sept. 6 meeting would be on Sept. 19.

Groundbreaking could occur shortly thereafter, meaning the shelter probably wouldn’t open until late 2017 or early 2018.

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Even though that’s not nearly enough to make up the $3 million growth set for the coming year, a number of fee increases in the county’s Solid Waste Management Fund will help the county maintain balance.

No increases were set for household fees ($164 per household), or for hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, campers, hospitals, retreat or rehabilitation centers and nursing homes ($27 per unit), but almost all fees for the White Oak Landfill will rise.

Commercial usage, as well as fees for asphalt blocks, dead animals, bricks, concrete, painted or treated wood, sheetrock, and shingles, will all go from $22.15 per ton to $22.40. Industrial waste, wood, brush, leaves, and pallets all rise from $53 per ton to $55.

Residents in one of the county’s fire districts will also see an increase in what they pay for fire protection. The North Canton Fire District will pay an extra penny per $100 in assessed property value, bringing that rate to seven cents. New this year is the Ivy Hill district, which will pay 6 cents.

The remaining districts — Clyde, Crabtree-Ironduff, Cruso, Center Pigeon, Eagles Nest, East Canton, Fines Creek, Howell Mill, Jonathan Creek, Junaluska, Lake Logan-Cecil, Maggie Valley, Saunook, West Canton, and the Waynesville district will all pay what they paid last year, ranging from 6 cents to 10 cents.

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER iting recent news stories about mosquitoes transmitting the Zika virus, Haywood County Director of Health and Human Services Patrick H. Johnson presented information to the Haywood County Board on Haywood County’s mosquito populations, the risks the insects pose, preThe LaCrosse Encephalitis virus vention measures, and available assistance. can cause fatigue, fever, The good news is that headache, lethargy, vomiting, and Zika — which is transmitted from humans to seizures and can also lead to brain mosquitoes and then back to humans and can damage and, in some cases, cause severe birth defects death. It most commonly affects — is introduced to an area mostly by travel to younger people. another region where the virus is active.

From January 2015 through June 15 As there is no cure, Johnson says that of this year, there are no known cases prevention is key, and suggests a “drain, of Zika in Haywood County, although dress, defend� strategy — drain standing one person was tested, Johnson said. water from places it tends to collect, dress The results came back negative, but in long sleeves and pants, and defend there have been 15 reported in North uncovered skin with repellents listing Carolina and 755 in the United States DEET as an ingredient. in that time. “I think people are worried more about The bad news is that the two types of ZIka than LaCrosse,� said Johnson, “so if mosquitoes that carry the LaCrosse that helps people to drain, dress, and Encephalitis virus are present in all of defend, then that’s good.�

Western North Carolina and East Those unable to remediate hazards Tennessee, and pose what Johnson said is on their property — especially the eldera much more “realistic� health risk. ly and disabled — can seek help from In 2013, which was the last year data the Haywood County HHS. Additionally, from the Centers for Disease Control and if a neighboring property presents a hazPrevention were available, the Western ard — because mosquitoes will travel North Carolina counties of Haywood, the length of five football fields for a Transylvania, Jackson, Swain, and Graham blood meal, Johnson said — residents all averaged more than 2.5 cases per can call Haywood County Code 100,000 residents of the so-called “LACE�

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER lthough the Haywood County Board of Commissioners passed a 2016-17 budget June 20 that was 3.1 percent higher than 2015-16, the board was able to do so without budging from its previous 56.61 cents per $100 assessed value property tax levy. “There is no tax increase?� asked Haywood County commission Chairman Mark Swanger during the meeting. “There is no tax increase,� answered County Manager Ira Dove.

Swanger’s question may have been rhetorical and simply for illustrative purposes, but it also may have been directed at detractors of the proposed Haywood County Animal Shelter who addressed the board earlier and bemoaned the cost.

Regardless of the reason, Haywood County’s $95.8 million budget — just over $3 million higher than last year — increases spending in a few key areas, and will also realize higher revenue as well, especially in fees.

Local option sales tax revenue is projected to be 6.3 percent higher this year, due in part to Western North Carolina’s plodding emergence from the Great Recession.

Assessed property values — the source of Ad Valorem taxes — climbed seven tenths of a percent, from $7.37 billion to $7.42 billion, a difference of just over $53 million.

virus each year since 2004, joining two Tennessee counties and eight West Virginia counties as the most-infected counties in the entire country.

Those at risk for infections spend a lot of time outdoors, live near woodlands or trash-strewn properties, and fail to protect themselves adequately.

The LACE virus can cause fatigue, fever, headache, lethargy, vomiting, and seizures and can also lead to brain damage and, in some cases, death. It is passed from animals to mosquitoes and then to humans, and most commonly affects younger people. “The median age of people who contract it is 8 years old, so it’s a disease of children, it’s a summertime disease,�

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Franklin property proposals focus on outdoors, gardening

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR he Franklin Board of Aldermen has yet to agree on what it should do with a 13acre tract it owns just off East Main Street, but two proposals from the public are leaning toward utilizing the green space for public recreational purposes.

The town purchased the Whitmire property back in 2004 for $1.6 million with the intention of building a new government building, but the town ultimately decided to keep its offices downtown. More than 10 years later, the town still hasn’t made a decision on what to do with the land. The current board began discussing possibilities again a few months ago and has since been approached by two different groups wanting to offer a solution.

Jimbo Ledford and several other outdoor enthusiasts in Franklin went before the board in April to propose using the land for a multi-use town park with walking and running trails, an all-wheel skate park, racquetball courts, disc golf, mountain biking trails, a bouldering wall and an open air theater for entertainment.

Heather and Clark Ball came before the board this month to make a similar proposal, except their plan would offer a privatepublic venture to create an outdoor education and adventure park.

“This would allow the town to maintain ownership of the downtown property while eliminating the burden of taking care of the property,” Heather said. “I feel our business concept is a perfect fit for the town.”

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Heather Ball gives a presentation to the Franklin Board of Aldermen regarding a proposed outdoor education and adventure park at the town-owned Whitmire property. Jessi Stone photo Heather said they were offering to maintain and manage the property. Revenues would pay for the upkeep and any profit could be shared with the town.

The educational outdoor center would

include a garden center where people could rent raised beds to grow fruits and vegetables, a no-drip irrigation greenhouse, gardening demonstrations, educational class space, an outdoor amphitheater for per-

formances and rental space for community events. Heather said produce from the gardens could be donated to local schools and charities.

The adventure park portion of the property includes a pump track for bikes, a skate park, a bouldering wall and a dirt track for mountain biking that would eventually connect with the greenway across the road.

Heather hopes the park creates more revenue and foot traffic for local businesses.

“We intend to purchase as much of our supplies and materials locally whenever possible and work together to keep tourists, seasonal and year-round residents shopping and finding their recreation here in town,” she said. “Franklin is a strong community and by working together, continuing to work with the abundance of this rich area for ecotourism, and continuing to build a strong network of our local businesses, we can all benefit from the town thriving year round.”

They also want to beautify the property by cleaning up brush and planting more native species, berry bushes and apple trees.

Aldermen haven’t given the presenters much feedback but thanked them for their ideas. Mayor Bob Scott said the town is taking its time and just wants to collect ideas from the community before making any decisions. He and several of the aldermen still want to see the town keep the Whitmire property for some type of recreational use but Aldermen Billy Mashburn and Joe Collins haven’t given up on the option of selling the property for private development.

Heather said the majority of the board seemed enthusiastic about her proposed park even though they didn’t have many questions about it during the presentation.

“After attending the budget meeting, I got the impression they are carefully focused on balancing proper care of the town with keeping it financially strong,” she said. “We believe this venture can help them do that while also helping us to grow our business. It is truly a win-win for all involved.”

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR fter further negotiations, Macon County Schools and the county commissioners will both have some skin in the game when it comes to making sure the schools have enough funding for the upcoming school year.

County Manager Derek Roland had originally proposed increasing school funding for capital projects by $200,000 while decreasing the schools’ allocation for operational funds by $342,000.

School Superintendent Chris Baldwin asked commissioners to restore the cut to operational funds after explaining all the state funding uncertainties the school system is facing.

Roland and Baldwin came back before commissioners last week with a compromise — the county will contribute another $143,000 to school operating expenses if the school system will dip into it’s fund balance for the rest. That means Macon County Schools will need to use $200,000 out of its reserves to make up the shortfall, but

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cussion about education funding. John deVille, a high school history teacher in Macon County, approached the commissioners about approving a resolution to send to Raleigh asking the General Assembly to restore local education funding to 2008 levels.

Restoring K-12 funding to 2008 levels would mean an additional $850 per student in Macon County. With more than 4,000 students enrolled, it would equate to about $3.5 million more a year for Macon County Schools. As it stands now, Macon County has 100 more students than it did in 2008 but is operating with 34 fewer teachers.

“At some point we can’t do more with less,” deVille said.

He said increasing class size from 24 to 30 did make a difference in the classroom — it means students don’t get as much individual attention and essays don’t get the constructive feedback they need.

“I see the quality of writing in my history classes down and I think it’s because they aren’t getting the same quality attention they used to,” he said. deVille said teachers are teaching classes during their planning “We have one of the most periods and physical education is healthy fund balances in the being taught online for Union Academy because there aren’t state — and that money’s there enough teachers. The state legislature keeps saying they are increasfor one-time capital projects.” ing funding for education, but that — Derek Roland, County Manager funding is going toward teacher raises, charter schools and private Baldwin was amenable to the concession. school vouchers. While he agrees increasing But that meant Roland had to shift some teacher pay is a positive, it isn’t helping the things around in the proposed 2016-17 immediate needs in the classroom. budget to make up that additional “No matter what kind of voodoo num$143,000. The budget did contain a bers someone wants to present to you, no $150,000 line item for improvements to the North Carolina child, teacher, parent or playground at Wesley’s Park and the Robert administrator can escape the overcrowded C. Carpenter Community Building. Roland classroom or the classroom without a said that funding shifted over to the teacher assistant or courses that are simply schools, but he recommended using not offered anymore,” he said. $150,000 from the county’s fund balance to Macon County School Board, fund the park and Carpenter building Buncombe County, Transylvania County improvements. and the city of Asheville have passed the “We have one of the most healthy fund same resolution. deVille commended the balances in the state — and that money’s commissioners for contributing more to the there for one-time capital projects,” Roland schools operational expenses, but asked said. “These are two of the most highly trafthat they approve the resolution in order to ficked areas in the county… we owe it to the get the legislature to meet their fiscal citizens to ensure they are top notch.” responsibilities.

Commissioners agreed it was a good “I’d like to see you raise the millage rate compromise between the county and the so we have another million dollars (for the school system. A public hearing was held schools), but I know it’s not politically on the budget, but no one offered any comattainable,” deVille said. “But this won’t ment or criticisms. Commission Chairman cost you anything except maybe some politKevin Corbin said the board typically doesical popularity in Raleigh.” n’t vote on the budget the same night as the Commissioners agreed to pass the resopublic hearing so members have time to lution, but after questioning a few of the digest feedback, but since there was none statistics outlined in the document offered, he made a motion to approve the — including a statement that North $47.7 million budget. The motion passed Carolina is 46th in per-pupil funding — the unanimously. board agreed to double check the facts and That wasn’t the end of the board’s disbring it back for a vote at the next meeting.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER fter several public opportunities for comment resulted in sparse discussion, Waynesville’s 2016-17 budget passed June 14 with the largest tax hike of Mayor Gavin Brown’s tenure.

This year’s $29.7 million budget isn’t much different from last year’s $29.8 million budget, with the exception of a nearly-10 percent hike in property tax rates to fund the hiring of eight additional firefighters.

“I think it’s great,” said Interim Town Manager Mike Morgan. “It meets the basic core needs of the town, and yet it provides services that we need — police, fire, public works. It’s a good budget for the community.”

The proposed hike was largely non-controversial, even though it brings Waynesville’s rate from 43.82 cents to 48.57 cents per $100 in assessed value.

Every cent of the tax rate is worth $104,740 in revenue to the city.

What this means for taxpayers is that on a $200,000 property, owners will now pay $971.40 each year, up from $876.40, a difference of about $7.92 per month.

To put that into context, this is the ninth budget Brown has affixed his hand to as Waynesville’s mayor, the first being on June 24, 2008. When he took office during the Great Recession, the town’s tax rate was 40 cents per $100, and the

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proposed 2008-09 budget stood at $26.28 million.

Meanwhile, the Consumer Price Index, which is a generalized benchmark of the cost of goods and services from year to year, has risen 11.6 percent over the same span.

Since that same time, Waynesville’s budget has grown 13 percent; streets and sanitation spending has increased 16 percent, police spending has increased 43 percent and fire department spending (including this year’s spike) has increased 110 percent.

On the revenue side, property taxes have long been the town’s single largest source of income, and the cents per hundred rate has risen 21 percent over that same time period. This year, projected revenue from these taxes grew to $5.54 million, up from $4.2 million in 2008, an 18percent increase.

All these numbers seem to suggest that despite Waynesville’s spending outpacing the CPI, even in the face of one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, Brown and the town boards he’s served with have kept the budget relatively stable while committing to substantial increases in police, fire and public works spending.

Adjusted for CPI growth, 2008’s budget today would be $29.3 million versus 2016-17’s $29.7 million, an increase of 1 percent.

Waynesville firefighters participate in a training exercise in downtown Waynesville.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER aynesville’s 2016-17 budget includes funding for eight new full-time firefighters, effectively doubling staffing, shortening response times and increasing firefighter safety at a cost of about $530,000 per year over three years.

Board members called for the hiring because of OSHA standards requiring four firefighters on the scene of a fire before any may enter to search for people trapped inside a structure. Known as the “two in, two out” rule, it assures firefighters of always having enough help should one — or two — become incapacitated while attempting rescue.

The town currently employs 10 full-time firefighters, but only two are on duty at any one time — one at each station.

Waynesville, like many towns across the country, relies heavily on volunteer firefighters. In the event of a call, many of these volunteers respond in minutes, during situations where seconds count.

Last June, a training exercise was held at Massie Furniture on Main Street. It took 20 minutes before the required amount of firefighters were able to arrive at the building.

Were there people trapped inside, the first firefighters on the scene would have faced a horrific choice — break the rules and enter the burning structure alone at tremendous personal risk, or wait outside and watch as

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those people possibly perish.

“Thank you for that [budget] vote,” said Interim Town Manager Mike Morgan to the town board. “I know the firemen really appreciate it.”

One fireman who did appreciate it was Waynesville Fire Department Chief Joey Webb, Sr. “I am pleased,” he said. “It’s always hard when you have a tax increase. I’m a taxpayer and I know it’s very difficult, but this is going to help advance the fire department. We’ve known for a long time that we were kind of

“It’s always hard when you have a tax increase.

I’m a taxpayer and I know it’s very difficult, but this is going to help advance the fire department.”

— Joey Webb, Sr., Waynesville fire chief

behind in manpower due to the economy, but we just kept hoping that the economy would improve and this would take care of itself without a tax increase, but it’s really going to help the safety of the community as well as the firefighters.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2015 the State of North Carolina has 3.52 firefighters employed per thousand residents, which is among the top tier of U.S. states and is outdone only by Massachusetts and Ohio at 3.57 and 3.6, respectively. Vermont is the lowest, at .69 per thousand.

At the state’s rate, Haywood County residents could expect more than 210 full-time firefighters.

Commissioner candidate holds kick-off event

Balsam Animal Hospital in Waynesville will celebrate its 30th anniversary by holding an open house event from noon to 3 p.m.

Saturday, June 25, at 1628 S. Main St., Waynesville.

Get a tour of the clinic, meet new veterinarian Dr. Daniel Moore, enjoy refreshments and have a chance to win a Yeti cooler as a door prize. www.balsamvet.com.

A campaign kick-off event for Haywood County commissioner candidate Robin Black will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Lake Junaluska outdoor gym.

Donations will be accepted but not required and food and music will be provided.

Mountain Projects holds volunteer day Mountain Projects is inviting the community to attend a Self-Help Housing Volunteer Community Build event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, 25, at 174 Miami Drive in Waynesville.

Lunch will be provided. Come alone or bring a group to volunteer to help build affordable housing for the community. For more information or to sign up, email arogers@mountainprojects.org.

Hospital offers free vein program

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Meet with the mayor of Highlands Highlands residents are invited to the library for coffee and an open public discussion with Town of Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor from 11 a.m. to noon on the last Friday of each month at Hudson Library in Highlands. www.fontanalib.org or 828.526.3031.

Leaving a bequest to Sarge’s, when planning a will, supports Sarge’s mission of saving dogs and cats — far into the future.

Bequests to Sarge’s will give comfort and safety to homeless animals right here in Haywood County. Let your love of animals live on through Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation.

For the Bequest Program information: Call 828-246-9050 or email Laura Ivey, Sarge’s Executive Director, at sargeexecdir@gmail.com.

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Stines graduates from municipal administration course Jeff Stines, water and sewer maintenance superintendent for the town of Waynesville, has graduated from the Municipal and County Administration Course conducted through the UNC School of Government.

The seven-month course is designed for managers, department heads, and other city or county officials whose responsibilities require an understanding of functions beyond individual areas of specialization.

Only a select few are granted approval by the School of Government to participate in the course annually. Waynesville has had six individuals to graduate from this prestigious program.

Harrah’s signs on to support Sarge’s Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort made a $5,000 donation to Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation to support its work saving homeless pets and sponsor Sarge’s major events for the year.

The sponsorship includes Sarge’s ACatemy Awards video event, participation in a summer soiree, Sarge’s Downtown Dog Walk and the annual Furry Friends Benefit Bash. In addition to the sponsorship, Harrah’s Heroes employees have helped Sarge’s with community service days.

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The next Ladies Night Out Program will be held at 4 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, in the cafeteria of Angel Medical Center in Franklin.

This month’s program will feature Kristin Elmore with REACH of Macon County speaking on cyber safety. Donations will also be collected for the Read 2 Me Program.

Monetary donations and children’s books will be accepted.

Ladies Night Out is a partnership between Macon County Public Health and Angel fMedical Center to provide free monthly programs on a variety of health topics for women with an emphasis on the importance of regular health screenings.

Brenda O’Keefe, owner of Joey’s Pancake House, is the winner of the “Gateway to the Smokies” quilt block raffle organized by the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority.

TDA staff presented O’Keefe with the block, which will be installed on the exterior of Joey’s Pancake House in Maggie Valley so that both patrons of the restaurant and the general public can enjoy a piece of Haywood County heritage.

Funding from the raffle helped raise money to further the efforts of the Haywood County Quilt Trail. Participate in the program by purchasing and designing your very own block to be featured on the trail.

828.944.0761 or www.haywoodquilttrails.com.

Your life-long love of animals can become part of your legacy. Yes, you can make a lasting difference in the lives of Haywood County’s pets by considering the Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation Bequest Program.

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• David A. Shapiro, the Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Carolina University, was honored by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors with the 2016 Oliver Max Gardner Award, the highest honor the board presents to faculty of the 17campus system.

HCC student receives Academic Excellence Award Melvin Little, a nursing student at Haywood Community College, was recently selected to receive the Academic Excellence Award.

In 2011, Little graduated from HCC’s Fish and Wildlife Management Technology program Summa Cum Laude and continued his education at HCC by completing the Nurse Aide I program. The Academic Excellence Award is an opportunity for the North Carolina Community College System to showcase its students and their academic achievements and to highlight the work that colleges do every day. One student is selected from each community college in the system.

• Vickie Ansley, Haywood Community College’s Early Childhood Education Program Manager, is a graduate of the 2015-16 North Carolina Community College Leadership Program. This seven-month program offers participants organized, face-to-face and computer-based learning experiences that acquaint them with community college issues and help develop leadership skills.

Haywood Community College Nursing student Melvin Little was recently selected to receive the Academic Excellence Award. One student is selected from each community college in the system for this award. Little is pictured in HCC’s SIM Lab (Clinical Simulation Lab). Aaron Mabry photo.

SCC Give Day is scheduled for June 23 The Southwestern Community College Foundation is holding its inaugural Give Day on June 23 to replenish its annual fund, which is used to help students with financial hardships.

Besides supporting foundation operations each academic year, the annual fund provides capital for multiple scholarships as well as the student emergency fund that helps students continue pursuing an education even after an unexpected financial crisis strikes. Faculty and staff excellence awards are also provided by this fund.

Anyone interested in supporting the SCC Foundation and its mission of encouraging student success is welcome to donate at www.southwesterncc.edu/Foundation or in person at the SCC Jackson Campus. sccgiveday@southwesterncc.edu.

Schools collaborate on AP program Haywood County Schools and Haywood Community College are partnering to create an Advanced Placement Collaboration.

“In the past, we often had AP sections that did not fill because we would have a small number of students at each school register for the courses,” said Associate Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte. “In the AP Collaboration we will have students from Tuscola and Pisgah jointly attend selected AP classes on the Haywood Community College campus.”

Tech Club volunteers time and experience Students from the Haywood Community College Tech Club recently volunteered their time and technical knowledge to deliver computers for this year’s

PCs for High School Equivalency program.

The PCs for HSE program accepts computers and flat-panel monitors donated from the public and local-area businesses. The Tech Club then refurbishes the computers for the High School Equivalency program, awarding eligible graduates with a free PC. These students received their computers at the High School Equivalency Commencement Ceremony. www.haywood.edu/pcs4hse, 828.565.4025 or mlehmann@haywood.edu.

WCU to offer hospitality program in Asheville Western Carolina University has been authorized by University of North Carolina Board of Governors to begin offering its bachelor’s degree program in hospitality and tourism at its instructional site at Biltmore Park Town Square in Asheville.

Expansion of WCU’s existing campus-based program to Asheville is designed to meet the needs of community college graduates in hospitality-related programs as well as working professionals already in the tourism industry in the Buncombe-Henderson area and across Western North Carolina, said Steve Morse, director of the hospitality and tourism program at WCU. 828.227.3294, jefleming@wcu.edu; or ht.wcu.edu.

HCC counselor receives Facilitator Certificate Debbie Rowland, Haywood Community College Academic and Career Counselor, recently received a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) Certificate through the NC Works Training Center and the National Career Development Association.

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career development. Rowland will use the training to facilitate workshops with students, faculty and staff, as well as to continue to work with students on career planning.

SCC honors Academic Award recipients More than 275 of Southwestern Community College’s top students were recently recognized in an academic awards ceremony.

Sylva resident Elvin Peace, a student in the human services technology program, received the Dallas Herring Achievement Award. Also recognized were members of the state-champion Respiratory Therapy Competition Team of Matt Hixon of Candler, Jay Cleary of Waynesville, Kasey Wilson of Cullowhee and Chase Souza of Asheville.

Sophia Maxwell of Highlands was the 2016 NCCCS Academic Excellence Nominee from SCC, and Kayla McLane of Franklin was named recipient of the Charlie McConnell New Century Scholar Award.

Pepsi-Cola donates $6,000 to SCC Foundation Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company in Whittier donated a check for $6,000 to the Southwestern Community College Foundation to support the Student Success Campaign and New Century Scholars.

Of that amount, $4,500 will go to the Student Success Campaign and the remaining $1,500 will go to New Century Scholars, which provides lastdollar tuition assistance and extra support such as dedicated advising to help deserving, highpotential students in Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties attend Southwestern Community College.

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• Swain Middle School students Ruby Dyer and Maddie Lay advanced to the National History Day Contest to be held at the University of Maryland through June 16. They won first place at the State History Day with their exhibit board, Martha Graham, the Mother of Modern Dance, to be eligible to compete at the national level.

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• Haywood Community College recently recognized six full-time and one part-time instructor for Excellence in Teaching awards.

Those recognized for full-time instruction include: Tyler Beamer, Douglas Cabe, Sara Marti, Steven Wampler, Jodi Wijewickrama and James Robertson.

• Greensboro couple Rebecca Heafner Schlosser and Michael Schlosser honored the memory of their late son, David, by donating $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund in his name at Western Carolina University. The David E.W. Schlosser Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide support to students with financial need in WCU’s Honors College.

• Elijah Dennison, 2016 Haywood Community College and Haywood Early College graduate, recently received a two-year North Carolina State Employees Credit Union Scholarship.

The scholarship is awarded to applicants who best exemplify the membership philosophy of credit unions, “People Helping People.”

• The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has approved a new name for Western Carolina University’s former Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology — the College of Engineering and Technology — to better reflect the growth of engineering education programs serving WCU. • Brian Kloeppel, who has been serving as interim dean of Western Carolina University’s Graduate School and Research since July 2015, has been named to the position on a permanent basis following a national search.

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Even today, our republic is on shaky ground ounds so simple. George Frizzell likes to get out in Jackson County and talk to people, interact with them.

That’s undoubtedly why some of the most famous writers of this region, people who celebrate Appalachian culture like Ron Rash and Charles Frazier, were eager to talk to our reporter about George when we did an article on him for last week’s paper (www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/17833).

That kind of interaction — and people who value it and know how important it is — seems to be getting less popular every day. As we all know, so much is done today via electronic communication. Even historians and researchers now rely heavily on the vast archives that have been digitized. The number of people who like to talk to people and listen to them, those who like to learn from that kind of interaction, is dwindling.

I’ve witnessed this phenomenon in journalism. We discourage reporters from asking questions via email, but it is getting more common. Talking to a source allows a reporter to follow

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Cox column promoted his brand of politics To The Editor: Chris Cox’s opinion column concerning “trying to make sense of Orlando” in the June 15 edition of this paper (www.smokymountainnews.com/opinion/item/17857) was a sham to promote his own political views. Not a bad read until the Donald Trump bashing began and snide remarks aimed at the NRA, so conveniently noted as the gun lobby.

Orlando, a tragedy indeed, need not be dragged into the political arena. Plain and simple, a deranged individual who managed to convince the FBI he was a good guy and should be allowed to buy a gun is the guilty party here, not Donald Trump or the NRA or our 4.5 million members. Of course, liberals are screaming for more gun control, which has been a failure from the get-go. Perps do not adhere to the law, so all the gun laws in the world will not stop these incidents from happening.

Compounding this tragedy, too bad bouncers and bartenders were not armed so this episode of rage and terror could have been contained to a minimum. You can never save the first victim; element of surprise and being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but, wouldn’t it have been great if an armed citizen (not consuming) or employee stepped up to the plate and held this carnage in check. Bottom line, a few dead instead of a staggering 50!

As for Chris’ attempt at interpreting the

the line of questions and answers and change course if necessary. It gets you into the thought process of the newsmaker. It is more enlightening and allows us to better explain complicated issues. But some sources now refuse to answer questions unless they can filter them through email.

I remember listening to the famous author David McCullough give a speech about a year ago after his book, The Wright Brothers, was published.

McCullough is a writer of historical ficEditor tion who relies heavily on his own research to gather information. He wondered how books such as his — including Pulitzer Prize winning biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams — would be written in the future because no one writes letters ruminating on their emotional, familial and professional challenges. That personal correspondence, he mused, was fundamental to all of his work.

Historians writing about this day and age will have newspapers and blogs and websites for source material, but they won’t have access to the internal thoughts of most people who become famous because not many people write letter or keep a journal. It’s a different era.

Scott McLeod

“What really shaped me was doing all of those community programs and talks, where you could really make a connection with the people around you. It was about getting to interact with people and having them share their memories with you.”

— George Frizzell, retiring special collections librarian, Western Carolina University

2nd Amendment, it’s pretty clear, very simple: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” It couldn’t be any plainer, a simple statement, as it was intended to be, but one that has been twisted and redefined to promote the agenda of the liberal media whose answer to any act of violence is “ban everything!”

“Gun-free zones” are preying opportunities for miscreants and their ilk, and these so-called safe havens should be eliminated for they are anything but safe. Why? The only guy with a gun is a bad guy because again, bad guys don’t obey the law.

Amazing how we trust an 18-year-old kid with an M16 as long he is 10,000 miles away, but when that same kid comes home he has to jump through hoops to carry a weapon for self defense because he isn’t 21 years old; old enough to defend his country, but not old enough to defend himself on his own soil.

What’s wrong with that picture?

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Moral Monday event made me proud of WNC To the Editor: I’d like to thank the community of Western North Carolina for so cooperatively hosting the historic Moral Monday gathering in Sylva last Monday, June 13, held in the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting in

What struck me after reading the SMN piece on Frizzell is how what he said about enjoying getting out and talking to people and listening to them could come across as quaint and antiquated in today’s fast-paced world. Yes, it’s fantastic that we have Google and can find all the accumulated knowledge in the world at our fingertips. But it seems that being able to access all that information has, perhaps, made the world as a whole less smart. We are moving into a time and place where wise people — you know, those who value reason, are well read, those who treasure human connections and are not always trying to be witty or bombastic — aren’t respected and revered.

The truth is that it sometimes seems as if we live in a society that has devalued wisdom. This is not a political column, but that has surely contributed to the Trump phenomenon. He doesn’t know history or foreign policy, isn’t well read, says he wants to undercut fundamental First Amendment rights, and lies whenever it suits him. Nearly any of his GOP primary opponents would have been a far better choice for president.

As people like George Frizzell retire, I can’t help but be reminded that our connections to the past are tenuous, as is our hold on the values make this country so great. Sometimes it seems as if we are on shaky ground.

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

LETTERS Orlando, Florida.

This event was hosted by the newest and farthest west branch of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP, in Jackson County. Dr. Enrique Gomez is the first Hispanic president of an NAACP Branch.

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II delivered an inspiring and motivating keynote address in his first trip west of Asheville to a large crowd of hundreds in this small rural town.

Other citizens who have been impacted hard by actions of the N.C. General Assembly and the governor also stood up to speak in a way that was very moving to all who witnessed.

The Smoky Mountain News covered the event thoroughly and fairly, even devoting its front page to the announcement the week before.

The Town of Sylva cooperated fully with the preparation of Bridge Park. The Sylva Police and the Jackson County Sheriff ’s Department were very professional and fully cooperative in providing security for the event and for Dr. Barber, personally. Jackson County Transit provided a paid shuttle service between the Justice Center parking lot and Bridge Park.

Sylva Mayor Lynda Sossamon was welcoming to all those who came to our community to participate in this event.

I am proud to be living in this community.

Avram Friedman Sylva Executive Director of the Canary Coalition

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When people travel at a young age, the world doesn’t seem like a big bad scary place. It seems like an endless playground full of euphoric swings and twisting slides and intricate games of hop-scotch.

After backpacking multiple times in college, staying in hostels, jumping on and off planes, trains and automobiles, I finally slowed down to get married and have children. I could feel the wanderlust creeping in periodically but the thought of taking small, screaming children with diapers any further than three hours away sounded like the opposite of fun and relaxing.

But now that the boys are seven and four, I’m starting to resurrect my love for traveling and my desire to see as many parts of the world as possible. Even as a very young traveler, I noticed the similarities among people, no matter the language, culture or geographical regions.

People are people. No matter where you are, good people are good people and bad people are bad people. It comes from within.

This time of year always makes me think of adventure. Perhaps it’s because summertime was when I traveled the most in my early life, in college and in young adulthood. Or perhaps it’s simply a beautiful time of year to travel. Whatever the reason, I know I’ve got to get back out there.

There’s so much world to see, cuisine to taste, music to hear and histories to learn.

But most importantly, I want my boys to grow up confident that they too can take on the world. While I love that their roots will be grounded in a beautiful place like Western North Carolina, I want them know and learn cultures and people away from here. I want them to be conscious of world affairs but not fearful of everything foreign.

Only by traveling and experiencing life do I feel a person can realize that kindness and goodness really do exist in humanity.

When you see it sprinkled here and there around the globe, you know that it’s safe, that it’s grounded, that it will be taught to younger generations of every culture and that there’s hope for a beautiful, more peaceful tomorrow.

(Susanna Barbee lives in Haywood County and can be reached at susanna.barbee@gmail.com.)

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f I described my childhood, it may sound to some like I was raised by a band of gypsies. And while that wasn’t exactly the case, I had quite a unique early life that I didn’t fully appreciate until rather recently.

My parents were older in age when they had my sister and me. The doctors told them there was nothing they could do about their infertility, so my parents never expected my sister to come along after 13 years of marriage and then three years later, me.

Both my mom and dad will say they were so excited to Columnist have us in their lives, there weren’t too many rules other than to be nice and take on life with gusto.

My grandmother’s anxiety resulted in my mother never being allowed to play sports or be involved in any extracurricular activities, so my sister and I were involved in a slew of afternoon classes including dance, piano, baton, musical theatre, and gymnastics. My mom wanted to make sure we had opportunities she may have missed out on.

We traveled every weekend to one competition or another. TV dinners and late bedtimes were the norm. To my mom’s credit, when we were at our house, she cooked delicious Southern meals from scratch. My dad loved flea markets and haggling with local collectors so he would often come home with eccentric items like a wooden shoe stretcher or a fondue maker.

They were teachers during the day and to earn extra money, my mom sold Avon and my dad was the night manager at the old Roses that once stood where Stein Mart on Merrimon Avenue is today. Hard work and endless energy have always been admirable qualities in both my parents.

My dad raised us on the classics. And by classics I mean vinyl. Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Willie Nelson, George Jones and Merle Haggard were constantly crooning in our house, in the car, wherever. My mom was also a huge fan of Marty Robbins, but other than that she pretty much only listened to Elvis and Christmas music. I absolutely credit my dad for my lifelong love of and admiration for solid, talented musicians and distaste for obnoxious, flashy, fame-hungry bands.

When we weren’t traveling for competitions, we traveled for fun. Before I was 18, I

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tasteTHEmountains Taste the Mountains is an ever-evolving paid section of places to dine in Western North Carolina. If you would like to be included in the listing please contact our advertising department at 828.452.4251 APPLE CREEK CAFE 111 N. Main St., Waynesville.

828.456.9888. Tuesday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to midnight. Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. We are excited to be on Main St. serving lunch and dinner with a full bar. Our menu includes items such as blackberry salmon, fettuccine alfredo, hand-cut steaks, great burgers, sandwiches, salads and more.

Join us for live music every Friday and Saturday nights. Friday 6 to 9 p.m. live piano music. Saturday 6 to 9 p.m. live jazz music.

No cover charge.

BLUE ROOSTER SOUTHERN GRILL 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, Lakeside Plaza at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997. Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slow-simmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. Call-ahead seating available.

traditional french breads. All of our breads are hand shaped. Lunch: Fresh salads, panini sandwiches. Enjoy outdoor dinning on the deck. Private room available for meetings.

BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly from 4 p.m. Closed on Sunday. We specialize in hand-cut, all natural steaks, fresh fish, and other classic American comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. We also feature a great selection of craft beers from local artisan brewers, and of course an extensive selection of small batch bourbons and whiskey. The Barrel is a friendly and casual neighborhood dining experience where our guests enjoy a great meal without breaking the bank.

and always all-you-can-eat. Lunch every day from 12:00 till 2 pm. Evening cookouts on the terrace on weekends and Wednesdays, featuring steaks, ribs, chicken, and pork chops, to name a few. Bountiful family-style dinners on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with entrees that include prime rib, baked ham and herb-baked chicken, complemented by seasonal vegetables, homemade breads, jellies and desserts. We also offer a fine selection of wine and beer. The evening social hour starts at 6 pm, and dinner is served starting at 7 pm. So join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view.

Please call for reservations.

BREAKING BREAD CAFÉ 6147 Hwy 276 S. Bethel (at the Mobil Gas Station) 828.648.3838 Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chef owned and operated. Our salads are made in house using local seasonal vegetables. Fresh roasted ham, turkey and roast beef used in our hoagies. We hand make our own eggplant and chicken parmesan, pork meatballs and hamburgers. We use 1st quality fresh not preprepared products to make sure you get the best food for a reasonable price. We make vegetarian, gluten free and sugar free items.

Call or go to Facebook (Breaking Bread Café NC) to find out what our specials are.

CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville.

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

THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville. 828.452.6000.

Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue.

Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com.

CITY BAKERY 18 N. Main St. Waynesville 828.452.3881.

Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join us in our historic location for scratch made soups and daily specials.

Breakfast is made to order daily: Gourmet cheddar & scallion biscuits served with bacon, sausage and eggs; smoked trout bagel plate; quiche and fresh fruit parfait. We bake a wide variety of breads daily, specializing in

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

828.926.1820 Open Wednesday and Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; closed Monday and Tuesday. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service.

CATALOOCHEE RANCH 119 Ranch Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1401. Family-style breakfast seven days a week, from 8 am to 9:30 am – with eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes,

CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva.

828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine. Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more.

Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly.

Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com.

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Lunch, Dinner & Sunday Brunch Free Movies Thurs-Sat

Phillys Pizzas Wraps Steaks Scratch-made, local organic ingredients

MON.-SAT. 11 A.M.-8 P.M.

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7-9 P.M. Upcoming Bands: June 28 — Kim Smith SAGEBRUSH OF CANTON 1941 Champion Dr. Canton

828-646-3750 Sun-Thur 11 AM - 10 PM Fri-Sat 11 AM - 11 PM

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Come take a wagon ride with us, back to the beginnings of the Ranch. In celebration of our 83rd season, we’ll be serving up “Way Back When” dinners in an authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom o and Miss Judy’s first primitive fishing camp. Just call us for reservations, then come join us on June 24 for mountain trout and mountain music. And Cataloochee Ranch enjoy old-fashioned hospitality a mile high.

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tasteTHEmountains FRANKIE’S ITALIAN TRATTORIA 1037 Soco Rd. Maggie Valley.

828.926.6216 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday-Saturday. Father and son team Frank and Louis Perrone cook up dinners steeped in Italian tradition. With recipies passed down from generations gone by, the Perrones have brought a bit of Italy to Maggie Valley. frankiestrattoria.com FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St., Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com.

GANKO EXPRESS 1896 S. Main St., Waynesville 828.246.9099 Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Serving a variety of Hibachi, Chinese, Thai and Sushi dishes.

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

Open nightly for dinner at 4 p.m.; Friday through Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. for lunch. Daily luncheon special at $6.99. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome.

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

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

828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era.

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

828.586.3555. Open Monday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Handtossed pizza, steak sandwiches, wraps, salads and desserts. All made from scratch.

Beer and wine. Free movies with showtimes at 6:30 and 9 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Visit madbatterfoodandfilm.com for this week’s shows.

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

828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine.

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

PAPERTOWN GRILL 153 Main St., Canton. 828.648.1455 Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Serving the local community with great, scratch-made country cooking. Breakfast is served all day.

Daily specials including Monday meatloaf, chicken and dumplings on Thursdays and Friday fish.

PASQUALE’S 1863 South Main Street, Waynesville. Off exit 98, 828.454.5002. Open for lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Sunday. Classic Italian dishes, exceptional steaks and seafood (available in full and lighter sizes), thin crust pizza, homemade soups, salads hand tossed at your table. Fine wine and beer selection. Casual atmosphere, dine indoors, outside on the patio or at the bar.

Reservations appreciated.

PATIO BISTRO 30 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.454.0070. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Breakfast bagels and sandwiches, gourmet coffee, deli sandwiches for lunch with homemade soups, quiches, and desserts. Wide selection of wine and beer.

Outdoor and indoor dining.

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 828.926.0201 Open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m. to

11 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m and Sunday 7:30 a.m to 9 p.m. Full service restaurant serving steaks, prime rib, seafood and dinner specials.

Wed. & Sat. in the HART Parking lot

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

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

Located across from the Fire Station.

456.9498 • www.balsaminn.net

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

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

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

VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin.

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

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Grab a bite & take home dinner.

Cottage Pie, Sausage Rolls & More!

Available all week from our kitchen

SMOKEY SHADOWS LODGE 323 Smoky Shadows Lane, Maggie Valley 828.926.0001. Check Facebook page for hours, which vary. Call early when serving because restaurant fills up fast. Remember when families joined each other at the table for a delicious homemade meal and shared stories about their day? That time is now at Smokey Shadows. The menus are customizable for your special event. Group of eight or more can schedule their own dinner.

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Come see us at the Historic Farmers Market

SAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE 1941 Champion Drive. Canton 828-6463750 Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Carry out available. Sagebrush features hand carved steaks, chicken and award winning BBQ ribs. We have fresh salads, seasonal vegetables and scrumptious deserts.

Extensive selection of local craft beers and a full bar. Catering special events is one of our specialties. Local acoustic music on Tuesday nights.

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JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley.

828.926.0212. Winter hours: Friday-Monday 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Joey’s is a family style restaurant that has been serving breakfast to the locals and visitors of Western North Carolina since 1966. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey's is sure to please all appetites. Join us for what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.

THE LUNCHBOX CAFE 100 Spicewood Dr., Clyde, 828.246.6296 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Serving up scrumptious breakfast, lunch and dinner all made with care in a welcoming environment. Subs, salads, sandwiches and more.

Real Local Families, Real Local Farms, Real Local Food

828-452-5822

Sunday–Thursday 11 a.m.–10 p.m Friday & Saturday 11 a.m.–11 p.m.

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Lake J celebrates Independence Day The Independence Day festivities will once again take place from July 2-4 at Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center.

The schedule is as follows:

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER

othing says summer more than the 4th of July, and in Western North Carolina, we celebrate Independence Day with gusto.

Between majestic fireworks, sizzling hot dogs and hamburgers, cotton candy, games, live music and craft demonstrations, there’s a little of bit of everything for any and all. So, grab your lawn chair, sunglasses and adventurous spirit, and enjoy this special day with us, here in Southern Appalachia.

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• The “6th Annual Independence Day Championships” will be held on Monday, July 4, at the Tri-County Race Track. Fireworks show to follow. www.tricountyracetrack.com.

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• “Freedom Fest” will run from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday, July 4. The “Rotary International 5K Run” will start at 8 a.m. in front of the Swain County Administration Building.

Riverfront Park will hold a “Strut Your Mutt” pet show at 10:30 a.m. and the “Explore Kids’ Street” children activities will run from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The Bridge Stage on Everett Street will have live music with Boogertown Gap (10 a.m.), Colby Deitz Band (noon), Andalyn Lewis (4 p.m.), Elvis impersonator Chris Monteth (6 p.m.), The Freeway Revival (7 p.m.) and Joe Lasher Jr. (8 p.m.). Fireworks show begins at 10 p.m. Free. www.greatsmokies.com/freedomfest.

• “NOC’s Sizzlin’ 4th of July” will be July 2-3 at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Races, kids’ activities, live music, and more. Free. www.noc.com.

• “Singing In The Smokies” Independence Weekend Festival will run July 1-4 at Inspiration Park. Hosted by Appalachian/gospel group The Inspirations, the event will also fea-

ture live music from The Kingsmen, The Chuck Wagon, The McKameys, and many more.

Tickets are $20 per day, per adult. Children ages 12 and under are free. For a full schedule of events, visit www.theinspirations.com.

• The Freedom Train Dinner Ride will be at 7 p.m.

Monday, July 4 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot. Barbecue meal and train ride, all while back to Bryson City in time for the 10 p.m. fireworks show. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.gsmr.com.

CANTON • The “July 4 + 1 Celebration” will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, July 5, at Sorrells Park in downtown.

Live music by the Deep South Band and Gray Wolf, with dancing by the Green Valley Cloggers and Fines Creek Flatfooters. Free hayrides and cold watermelon. There will be a stilt-walker, kid’s activity area, as well as games for all ages, including a watermelon roll and seedspitting contest. There will also be food available for purchase like barbecue, burgers and hot dogs. Fireworks at dusk. Lawnchairs encouraged. Free. www.cantonnc.com.

CASHIERS • “Fireworks Extravaganza on the Green” begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 4 at the Village Green Commons. Live music will be provided by The

• Garden Tour: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Meet at Nanci Weldon Gym. Advance tickets: Adults $12, Children 6-12 $5. www.tuscolagardenclub.com • Anything That Floats Race: 10 to 11 a.m. Recreation Center. Free.

• Family Olympics: 2 to 4 p.m.

Recreation Center. Free.

• The 2014 International Bluegrass Association “Entertainer of the Year” Balsam Range: 7:30 p.m. Stuart Auditorium. $23 reserved tickets, $18 general admission.

Sunday, July 3 • Summer Worship: 10:45 a.m. Stuart Auditorium. Free.

• Waterski Shows: 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Best viewed from the Rose Walk. Free.

• Communion: 6 p.m. Stuart Auditorium. Free.

• Lake Junaluska Singers Concert: 7:30 p.m. Stuart Auditorium. $23 reserved tickets, $18 general admission.

Monday, July 4 • Parade: 11 a.m. Lakeshore Drive.

Free.

• Barbecue Lunch with music and family-friendly activities: Noon to 2 p.m. Nancy Weldon Gym. $8 for adults, $5 for kids ages 6-11, and free for children under age 6.

• Lake Junaluska Singers Concert: 7:30 p.m. Stuart Auditorium. $23 reserved tickets, $18 general admission.

• Fireworks (directly after concert): 9:30 p.m. Over Lake Junaluska. Free.

The Grand Marshall for the Independence Parade will be Nancy Geyer, who, with her husband Roger, have been decorating Lake Junaluska for Christmas since 1989. She is also part of the Junaluskans, a service group that works to meet the needs of the Lake Junaluska community, to which Nancy has been named a Chief Junaluskan. www.lakejunaluska.com/july4th.

Acclaimed bluegrass group Balsam Range.

Extraordinaires (blues/rock). The Cashiers Farmers’ Market and numerous food vendors will be onsite. There will also be a moonshine margarita, beer and wine set up in several locations. Fireworks begin at dusk. Free, with donation to the Cashiers Community Fireworks Fund. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

• The Independence Day Picnic will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, July 4, at High Hampton Inn & Country Club. www.cashiers411.com.

CHEROKEE • “4th of July Fireworks” will be held at dusk on Saturday, July 2 at the Acquoni Expo Center.

The Cherokee bonfire will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Oconaluftee Islands Park Bonfire Pit. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

FONTANA VILLAGE RESORT • “4th of July at Fontana Village Resort” will be July 3-4. The event features cornhole and Pac

Man tournaments, sunset cruise, documentaries, games and children’s activities. There will also be an array of live music throughout the three-day celebration. Fireworks will be at 10 p.m. July 4. www.fontanavillage.com.

HAYESVILLE • The “Fourth of July” fireworks will be at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, July 3, and can be viewed from the Dam or Gibson Cove. Free. www.ncmtnchamber.com.

HIGHLANDS • “July 4th Fireworks,” 9 a.m. until dusk July 4, in downtown. The Cub Scout Pack 207 rocket launch will be at 9 a.m. at the baseball field.

Field games and the cookout begins at 11 a.m. at the Kelsey-Hutchinson Park, with the annual Rotary Rubber Ducky Derby at 1 p.m.

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Jay Gonzalez.

GKW: And with those AM radio gold type songs, how has learning them, playing them, and also writing in that structure, taught you about the songs? And also, how has it affected how you approach your work, onstage and in the studio, with the Truckers?

JG: Well, I’m in the middle of a residency on the rooftop bar of the Georgia Theatre in Athens, and all I’m playing is stuff from that era. It has been a blast picking out songs, getting into a YouTube wormhole, finding a song I hadn’t heard since I was a tiny kid, then figuring out the chords and seeing if I could pull

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it off in a sort of piano bar way. I used to do a similar thing at a bowling alley years ago, and there are several songs on my first album that have strangely similar chord sequences to, say, “Lotta Love” and “Mr. Bojangles.” I certainly take that sensibility into the Truckers sessions, but not so much consciously as just trying to find the perfect part for whatever song we’re doing at the time. I try to make it as simple as possible and memorable as well.

We’ve all got a bit of common ground musically, especially in that ‘70s AM radio territory, so it tends to work out well.

GKW: When you’re out there onstage, and the band is firing on all cylinders, where do you go in your head?

JG: I get pretty excited, of course. You know it’s going great when you stop thinking about all the other stuff involved with touring — when all the white noise subsides and it’s all in sound that’s happening at the moment.

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GKW: What are you seeing out there these days when you take a gander at the landscape of the music industry? Everything is changing so rapidly, for good or ill. Where are we at, and where are we going?

JG: I honestly have no idea where it’s all headed. Though I was just a counselor at a great rock camp here in Athens — Camp Amped — and we were discussing this topic.

Our head counselor brought out the digital royalty stats and I think it blew the kids’ minds. But, though we were imploring them to be smart about the business side, we really wanted them to remember that the music making part will always be the same and to focus on that.

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It’s a rabbit hole.

When one dives into a band, performer or genre, you find yourself swimming in the depths Americana acts The Maggie Valley Band and of an ocean of sound and tone, The Colby Deitz Band will perform at 8 p.m. where the possibilities are as Saturday, June 25, at The Strand at 38 Main endless as the number of albums in Waynesville. and acts out there, all ready to surprise you at a moment’s A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. notice.

Friday, June 24, in front of the Historic As the guitarist/keyboardist Haywood County Courthouse in downtown for acclaimed hard rock act The Waynesville.

Drive-By Truckers, Jay Gonzalez Renowned bluegrass band Mountain Faith will is well aware of just how far perform from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, down the rabbit hole goes. For a at the Bloemsma Barn in Franklin. musician who performs throughout the world in one of the loudThe comedy production of “Vanya and Sonia est and wildest rock groups in and Masha and Spike” will hit the stage at 7:30 the industry, Gonzalez might p.m. June 24-25, 30 and July 1-2, and also at raise a few eyebrows from the 2 p.m. June 26 and July 3 at the Haywood Arts band’s passionate fans when he Regional Theatre in Waynesville. speaks of the charm of AM pop radio from the 1960s and 1970s.

The “Groovin’ on the Green” concert series will But, you see, that’s the thing. host Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues It makes perfect sense he, and (rock/blues) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at probably the rest of the The Village Green in Cashiers.

Truckers, would point to those Garret K. Woodward: With your solo early AM gold sounds as an influence to project, it harkens back to those catchy their creations. Heck, besides the fact the pop/rock melodies of the 1960s and AM Truckers grew up in that era, with many of radio gold. You’ve mentioned before your those melodies shaping their childhoods, if deep love of that sound. What specifically in one digs below the surface of those songs, those melodies, in their structure and tone, you see just how intricate and vital those appeals to you? tunes are. It’s like they say in bluegrass, “the Jay Gonzalez: Broadly speaking, there’s a most talented pickers are those that make it wistfulness that lies in the combination of look easy, which is the hardest part.” the chords, melodies and the arrangements And yet, the same can be said about of so many hit songs from that era. I think ‘60s/‘70s pop arrangements, where to wranthere was an adventurous quality to them as gle an entire idea and sonic ability into a well, maybe because of the psychedelic influthree-minute song can prove difficult, espeence? You still had string or orchestral cially when you take into account how well arrangements happening, but mixed with a those songs have stood the test of time.

It’s all part of the grand scheme of things, rock and roll rhythm section. Songs had interesting chord progressions and bold musically and creatively, that Gonzalez applies to his solo band, which will be swing- melodies. I feel that things are more rhythmically driven these days in modern pop, ing through The Grey Eagle in Asheville on more three or four chord loops as opposed June 29.

Drive-By Truckers guitarist/keyboardist Jay Gonzalez will perform on Wednesday, June 29, at The Grey Eagle in Asheville. Gonzalez with be playing with Brett Harris, who will be opening for The Explorers Club.

Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. www.thegreyeagle.com or www.jaygonzalez.com.

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to an extended progression of chords.

Something like “Can We Still Be Friends?” by Todd Rundgren is a good example, sophisticated chords, catchy melody, thoughtful lyrics and interesting arrangement — all those voices in the bridge, I’m still not sure how anyone could’ve come up with that. And it was a Top 40 hit to boot.

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On the beat ‘Singing In The Smokies’ returns The “Singing In The Smokies” Independence Weekend Festival will run from July 1-4 at Inspiration Park in Bryson City.

Hosted by Appalachian/gospel group The Inspirations, the event will also feature live music from The Kingsmen, The Chuck Wagon, The McKameys, and many more.

Tickets are $20 per day, per adult.

Children ages 12 and under are free. www.theinspirations.com.

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Celebrating its 17th season, “An Appalachian Evening,” a weekly bluegrass/Americana summer concert series, will return with The Kruger Brothers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center in Robbinsville.

The 2016 series will also include Buncombe Turnpike (July 2), Front Country (July 9), Mac Arnold (July 16), The Snyder Family (July 23), Balsam Range

• Andrews Brewing Company will host Heidi Holton (blues/folk) 6 p.m. June 24, The Liz Nance Trio (Americana) 7 p.m. June 25, Andrew Chastain (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m. July 1 and Fat Cheek Kat (funk/rock) 7 p.m. July 2. All shows are free. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• BearWaters Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host Calvin Get Down (funk/soul) 8 p.m.

June 24, with live music and Doc Brown BBQ at 6 p.m. June 30. 828.246.0602 or www.bwbrewing.com.

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• The Bryson City Train Depot concert series will host Lonesome Sound (bluegrass/Americana) June 25 and The Freight Hoppers (Americana) July 2. All shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

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• City Lights Café (Sylva) will host The Freestylers (Americana) June 24 and Karen “Sugar” Barnes & Dave Magill (blues/folk) June 25. Both shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 828.587.2233.

• The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host Jay Brown (blues/folk) June 24, Traditional Jazz Night” with The Jazz Cats June 25, James Hammel (singer-songwriter) July 1 and Joe Cruz (piano/pop) July 2. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m.

828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

• The Cut Cocktail Lounge (Sylva) will host Ol’ Dirty Bathtub (Americana/TLC tribute)

(July 30), Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (Aug. 6), The Walking Roots Band (Aug. 13), The Jeff Little Trio (Aug. 20) and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen (Aug. 27). www.stecoahvalleycenter.com or 828.479.3364.

Americana release party at The Strand Americana acts The Maggie Valley Band and The Colby Deitz Band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville.

The event will be an album release party for The Maggie Valley Band. Their new EP “Don’t Go” will hit the streets on June 27.

Hailing from Haywood County, sisters The band showcases a variety of traditional bluegrass instruments with a modern twist.

They have been influenced by a wide variety of artists, movements, cultures and ideas.

Opening the show will be The Colby Deitz Band, which features former members of Soldier’s Heart and Mangas Colorado, alongside local fiddle sensation Alma Russ.

Tickets are $10. www.thestrand.com.

Americana, roots at WCU Western Carolina University’s 2016 Summer Concert Series gets under way with Americana/roots act The Honeycutters at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center in Cullowhee.

Those planning to attend are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket for seating. In case of rain, the show will move indoors to the University Center Grandroom.

Based out of Asheville, The Honeycutters include songwriter Amanda Anne Platt along with Tal Taylor, mandolin; Rick Cooper, bass; Josh Milligan, drums; and Matt Smith, pedal steel guitar, electric guitar and dobro.

The show is free and open to the public.

Upcoming shows include Brent Cobb, July 6;

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The Southern Experience Band, July 13; Mangas Colorado, July 20; and Balsam Range, July 27.

For more information, contact Stephanie Sue Rowell, associate director for campus programs, at 828.227.3751.

‘Groovin’ on the Green’ finds its roots The “Groovin’ on the Green” concert series will host Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (rock/blues) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at The Village Green in Cashiers.

Other performs include Jackson Taylor Band (country/rock) July 1, Hurricane Creek (rock/blues) July 8, Colby Deitz Band (Americana/bluegrass) July 22 and Miss Kitty & The Big City (pop/rock) July 29.

All shows are free and open to the public. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

at 9 p.m. June 25. 828.631.4795.

• The “Friday Night Live” concert series at the Town Square in Highlands will host The Johnny Webb Band (country) June 24 and Foxfire (Americana/bluegrass) July 1. Both shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org.

• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Mark Keller (singer-songwriter) 9 p.m. June 24 and Ben Morgan & Stephens (Americana) 7 p.m. June 25. All shows are free. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night June 22 and 29, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo June 23 and 30. All events begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host Greg Clinton (jazz/rock) June 25. All shows are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• Mad Anthony’s Bottle Shop & Beer Garden (Waynesville) will host Heidi Holton (blues/folk) June 23 and The Brothers Gillespie (Americana) June 25. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. 828.246.9249.

• Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will hold community music jam from 6 to 7:30 p.m. June 30. 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. Free. 828.488.3030.

Neal McCoy to play Franklin Country star Neal McCoy will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

McCoy has released 10 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio. In 1992, McCoy hit the top 40 charts with “Where Forever Begins,” and a year later with the backNeal McCoy to-back number one singles “No Doubt About It” and “Wink” from his platinum-certified album, “No Doubt About It.” Since the mid-‘90s, his commercial success has continued to grow with two more platinum albums and a gold album, as well as six more top 10 hits. A seventh top 10 hit, “Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On,” came in 2005 from his self-released “That's Life.”

Tickets start at $24 per person. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.

‘Concerts on the Creek’ rocks on The seventh annual “Concerts on the Creek” series will host Terri Lynn Queen & The Stingers (rock) 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva.

TOBY KEITH AT HARRAH’S Country megastar Toby Keith with perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center.

Keith released four albums from 1993 to 1997, all of which had chart singles and certified gold. His most recent album, ‘35 MPH Town’ debuted last October at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums. www.harrahscherokee.com.

Other shows are as follows: Dashboard Blue (rock) July 1, Colby Deitz Band (Americana) July 8, Robertson Boys (bluegrass) July 15, PMA (reggae/rock) July 22, Darren Nicholson Band (Americana/bluegrass) July 29, Buchanan Boys (rock) Aug. 5, Ol’ Dirty Bathtub (Americana) Aug. 12, Porch 40 (rock/funk) Aug. 19, surprise band on Aug. 26, and Erica Nicole (country) Sept. 2.

Concerts are free, with donations accepted. Chairs and blankets are allowed. www.mountainlovers.com or 828.586.2155.

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The “4th of July Fireworks & Fun Day” will be a daylong celebration beginning at 1 p.m. July 4 at the Macon County Veterans Memorial Recreation Park.

The event features a corn hole tournament (3 p.m.), famous plunger toss (7 p.m.) and bulls eye ball drop (9:15 p.m.).

Live music will be provided by Miss Kitty & Big City Band from 7 to 9 p.m. with fireworks at dusk. The “Presentation of the Colors” will take place at 9:15 p.m. and followed by a salute to all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Food vendors will be onsite. The Biltmore Baptist Church will also host a free kid’s inflatable area. A bus shuttle will be continuously from the Franklin High School parking lot of the recreation park, starting at 5 p.m.

Sponsored by the Macon County Recreation Park, Town of Franklin and the Franklin Tourism Development Commission. www.visitfranklinnc.com or 828.524.3161.

The “4th of July Parade and Celebration,” 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 4, in downtown Franklin. Parade starts at 10 a.m. with activities thereafter. Free kids games at 11 a.m. with watermelon served at noon. www.franklin-chamber.com.

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LAKE GLENVILLE • “Fireworks on Lake Glenville” will be held at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3. Free. www.cashiers411.com.

• “Backyard 4th Celebration” will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Monday, July 4, at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Bring your own blankets, chairs, picnic baskets and yard games. Alcohol free event. Fireworks at dusk. Free.

828.926.0866 or www.townofmaggievalley.com.

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SAPPHIRE VALLEY • “Yankee Doodle Dandy Day,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4, Sapphire Valley track and recreation center areas. Swimming, outdoor games, inflated bouncy toys, live music, mini-golf, tug-of-war, three-legged race, flyfishing demonstrations, watermelon races, recreational sports contests, food, pony rides, Horsepasture River Ducky Derby, and more. www.sapphirevalley.com.

• Concerts of the Slopes (Sapphire Valley Resort) will have the Highlands/Sapphire Men’s

Chorus “A Patriotic Salute to America” show at 7 p.m. July 3. www.sapphirevalley.com.

WAYNESVILLE • “Stars and Stripes Celebration,” 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 4, in downtown. Shops, galleries and restaurants open, with live music and entertainment. “Kids on Main Patriotic Parade” will be at 11 a.m. The Haywood Community Band performs at 2 p.m. on the courthouse lawn. The concert, “A Musical Salute to America,” will include an array of patriotic anthems and singalongs. Free. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

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• “Graham County Heritage Festival,” 11:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. Friday, July 1, and 9 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. Saturday, July 2, at Courthouse Square. Local bluegrass, lumberjack competition, motorcycle show, children’s activities, heritage demonstrations, and more. Friday opens with a Veterans’ Ceremony. The Veterans’ Parade will be at 1 p.m. July 2. Fireworks will be at 10 p.m. July 2. Free. www.grahamcounty.net or www.townofrobbinsville.com.

The “Fourth of July Celebration” will be from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday, July 4, in downtown Sylva.

There will performances by Joe Lasher Jr. (country/rock) from 4 to 6 p.m. with Groovetown (blues/soul) to follow at 6:30 p.m. There will also be onsite food vendors and an array of children’s activities, with fireworks at dusk.

Free. The fireworks are solely produced by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce with assistance from the Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks & Recreation, Jackson County government and emergency services.

828.586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com.

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Swannanoa Chamber fest returns from all corners of the globe to western The Swannanoa Chamber Music North Carolina in order to perform, collaboFestival will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 26, rate, and practice their craft at the July 3, 10, 17 and 24 at the Haywood Arts Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival. For a Regional Theatre in Waynesville. full program list, visit www.scm-festival.com.

Founded in 1970, the festival is the premier chamber music festival of the Carolinas. The Haywood County Arts Council is proud to sponsor another season of worldclass chamber music in Haywood County.

Michael Lodico, vice president of the HCAC Board of Directors and chair of the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival Committee, praises the series, saying, The Enso String Quartet will be one the performers at “We are so fortunate to serve as a host site for this The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival. wonderful concert series.

Tickets are available now through the Inessa Zaretsky assembles incredible perHaywood County Arts Council office by formers to entertain and inspire, and this calling 828.452.0593 or visiting 86 N. year we are especially lucky to host Itamar Main Street, Waynesville.

Zorman, joint winner of the 2011 Prices are as follows: season ticket: International Tchaikovsky Competition.” $100 (bonus ticket to the Young Artist The festival is unique among classical Concert on Sept. 30 if purchased prior to music festivals for its approach to performJune 1); individual ticket, $25; student tickance, favoring close, intimate interaction et, free to individuals under age 25. between listener and performer. Every sumwww.haywoodarts.org. mer, groups of world-class musicians travel

• Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) will host Positive Mental Attitude (rock/reggae) June 24 and Jive Mother Mary (rock) June 25. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• The Nantahala Outdoor Center (Bryson City) will host Espalin & Trees Leave (Americana/bluegrass) June 24, The Whiskey Sticks (folk/rock) June 25 and Ogya (world/roots) July 1. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will host Porch 40 (funk/rock) with The Dirty Soul Revival (blues/rock) June 24 ($3 cover), and J.B. Beverly & Hunter Grigg (Americana/blues) June 25. All shows are free and begin at 9:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nonamesportspub.com.

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• The Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will host Gary Carter (singer-songwriter) June 24 and Gary Allan (singer-songwriter) June 25. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• Sagebrush Steakhouse (Canton) will host Kim Smith (singer-songwriter) June 28. All shows begin at 7 p.m. 828.646.3750.

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• Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Mile High (rock) at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Andrew Rickman (rock/acoustic) will also perform on Saturdays. All events begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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• Sneak E Squirrel Brewing (Sylva) will host The Freeway Revival (rock/jam) at 8 p.m.

June 25 and Bobby G (singer-songwriter) July 2. There will also be a “Funk to What?” open jam every Thursday. All events begin at 8 p.m. 828.586.6440.

• The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts will host Mountain Voices (community chorus) at 7 p.m. June 30 ($10) and country star Neal McCoy 7:30 p.m. July 1 (tickets start at $24). www.greatmountainmusic.com.

• Southern Porch (Canton) will host Ain’t Nothing Much (Americana) June 23 and Jesse Stephens & Ben Morgan (acoustic/singersongwriter) June 24. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 828.492.8006 or www.facebook.com/southernkitchenkandd.

• The “Pickin’ On The Square” concert series will continue with Frogtown (bluegrass) June 25 and The Remenents (rock) July 2. All shows are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. A community jam begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com or 828.524.2516.

• Rendezvous at the Maggie Valley Inn & Conference Center will host Fine Line June 24 and Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter) June 25 and a 1960s tribute band 3 p.m. June 26.

Both shows begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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• Sapphire Mountain Brewing Company (Sapphire) will host a jazz brunch with Tyler Kittle & Friends from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sundays. 828.743.0220.

• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic with Jimandi at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays, “Funky Friday” with Bud Davis at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Isaish Breedlove (Americana) at 7 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

• The “Saturday’s on the Pine” concert series at Kelsey Hutchinson Park in Highlands will host Joe Lasher Jr. (country/rock) June 25 and Fish Out of Water (rock/funk) July 2. Both shows are free and begin at 6 p.m.

MOUNTAIN FAITH TO PERFORM IN FRANKLIN Renowned bluegrass band Mountain Faith will perform from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 25, at the Bloemsma Barn in Franklin. The ‘Bluegrass at the Barn’ show will benefit the Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center.

Tickets are $15 for ages 6-12 and $25 for adults. 828.349.3200 or www.smpccpartners.com.

• Tipping Point Brewing (Waynesville) will host Chalwa (roots/rock) June 24, Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter) July 1 and Heidi Holton (blues/folk) 8 p.m. July 2. Both shows are free and start at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.246.9230.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host a “Bluegrass Mix-Up” night at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and a “jazz night” with Tyler Kittle & Friends at 6 p.m. on Fridays.

828.743.3000.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host a weekly Appalachian music night from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays with Nitrograss.

828.526.8364 or www.theuglydogpub.com.

• Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host an Open Mic with Sandra Hess on Mondays, J.B. Beverly & Hunter Grigg (Americana/blues) June 24 and Positive Mental Attitude (rock/reggae) June 25. All shows begin at 9 p.m. 828.456.4750.

On the street The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ 41th annual Pow Wow will be held July 1-3 at the Acquoni Expo Center.

The event features world-champion dancers and drums competing for prizes.

Vendors from across the country will offer food and arts and crafts items.

Dance competitions are open to participants in five groups and several categories including Traditional, Grass, Fancy, Straight, Jingle and Buckskin. There will also be Northern and Southern Singing prizes and a Hand Drum special. Age groups include “Golden Age” contestants (age 50+), men and women (age 18-49), teens (13-17), Junior (612), and tiny tots (under age 5). Specials include Men’s Fancy and Straight, Women’s Jingle, Old Style Fancy Shawl, Cowboy/girl and two Junior specials.

Cost is $12 daily or just $10 when you bring and donate three cans of food. Cash only event. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• Volunteers for the cafeteria — Volunteers assist with any of the four meals given to performers each day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and 11 p.m. meal). Volunteers will also help clean after meals and do cafeteria chores with supervision from cafeteria staff.

• Volunteers for office support — Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. to answer phones and take over-thephone ticket orders.

• Volunteers for souvenir sales — Volunteers help sell Folkmoot merchandise onsite and at each performance venue.

• Guides — Each international group attending Folkmoot will have one male and one female guide over the age of 18 years old.

The guide’s duty is to act as a liaison between the performers and the Folkmoot organization, accompanying the groups to all scheduled venues and helping plan fun events during the group’s free time. The job is a 24/7 commitment, requiring guides to stay with their group for the duration of the 10-day festival. A small stipend is given to each guide.

For more information, to apply for positions, or to purchase tickets, visit www.folkmootusa.org or call 828.452.2997.

• A bingo night will run at 5:45 p.m. on Thursdays through Sept. 1 at the Maggie Valley Pavilion. Cash prizes and concessions

by Moonshine Grill. Sponsored by the Maggie Valley Civic Association. 828.926.7630.

• A town wide garage sale will from held on June 25 at the Cruso Community Center. To set up a table, call 828.400.7323 or 828.235.9354.

• A wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.

June 25 and July 2 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. $5 per person. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.586.6300.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. June 25 and July 2 at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

• A wine tasting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m.

June 29 and July 6 at The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. Free with dinner ($15 minimum). 828.452.6000.

• 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.

• There will be a “Karaoke Night” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. The event is open to all. 828.524.3600 or www.fontanalib.org.

• The “Cruise In Maggie Valley” antique, vintage and classic car show will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Antiques & More Mall at 2771 Soco Road. Free for cars and customers. Vendor tables are $10. cruising@maggievalleyantiques.com.

• A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 24, in front of the Historic Haywood County Courthouse in downtown Waynesville. Live music, clogging, and more. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• The “Way Back When” trout dinner will continue at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley.

Cost is $39.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The dinner will also be held July 15 and 29, Aug. 12 and 26, and Sept. 2 and 16. 828.926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

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• A magic show with Professor Whizzpop will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

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The community is invited to enjoy a delicious meal, musical entertainment and fellowship. Bryson City Christian singing group Tribe Called Praise will perform during the event.

A short devotional will be offered before the meal. The event is held on the fifth Wednesday in those months that have one. Church members provide the food and beverages. All are welcome and invited to attend.

828.586.2358.

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• The “Home Made Cooking Class” will be held June 22, 23 and 29 at Home Made/Hazel P’s in Franklin. For more information visit www.homemadecookingschool.com or call 828.371.8996.

Open call for Folkmoot guides, volunteers

Applications are now being accepted for Folkmoot USA Festival 2016 volunteers and guides. This year, Folkmoot is seeking volunteers for the Parade of Nations, International Day, in-office and cafeteria support, guides and souvenir vendors.

The 2016 festival begins on July 21 and closes on July 31. Needed volunteer positions include: • Volunteers for Three Parades of Nations — The parades take place beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 23, in downtown Waynesville; 4 p.m. Thursday, July 27, in downtown Franklin; and 4 p.m. Friday, July 28, in downtown Asheville. Volunteers will be asked to keep parade watchers off the streets and on the sidewalks, direct parade participants, and pass out schedules and brochures for upcoming performances.

• Volunteers for International Festival Day — International Day is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 30, on Main Street in downtown Waynesville. Volunteers are needed to transport, set up and take down tables, chairs, and Folkmoot merchandise. Volunteers will also serve in the information booth and will be asked to assist international performers.

• The ceremonial Cherokee bonfires will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Oct. 1. Guests sit by the fire near the Oconaluftee riverside enjoying a unique and entertaining experience. The events are free and open to the public. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

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Chekhov-based comedy at HART

Bark basket workshop to be offered at WCU

The comedy production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike� will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. June 24-25, 30 and July 1-2, and also at 2 p.m. June 26 and July 3 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

It opened on Broadway in 2013 and starred David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver. Rave reviews made it one of the season’s most successful plays and when award time came along it won the Tony Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Theatre World Award for Best Play.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha are siblings, whose parents were community theater actors who loved the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov and named their children after his characters. The children have grown up with the personalities of the characters they were named for and Masha, a movie star, has returned home with her boy toy, Spike.

Special discount tickets are available for the Thursday performances and special discount tickets are also available for all performances for students. To make reservations, call the box office at 828.456.6322 or visit www.harttheatre.org. • The Unto These Hills outdoor drama will run at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Aug. 13 at the Mountainside Theater in Cherokee. General admission tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under age 5. Reserved tickets also available. 866.554.4557 or www.visitcherokenc.com. • A stage production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare’s ‘Abridged and Revised’â€? will be performed by Western Carolina University Road Works at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at the Waynesville Public Library. The show features three actors — WCU students Sarina Montgomery in the role of Daniel, Sarah Luckadoo as Jess, and Libby Rounds as Adam — for all 37 Plays in one sitting. www.fontanalib.org.

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• “Chicago — The Musicalâ€? will be performed June 23-July 9 at the Highlands Playhouse.

Tickets are $38 per person, $15 for children up to age 12. www.highlandsplayhouse.com.

The Mountain Heritage Center will host a bark basket workshop as part of its ongoing Appalachian Living craft and skills series from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

The workshop, taught by biologist Jeff Gottlieb, will engage participants in all phases of bark basket making, from peeling poplar bark to constructing and finishing the basket.

Each participant will complete a basket during the workshop.

Gottlieb has been a naturalist, outdoor educator and primitive skills instructor for more than 30 years. He works with school groups, nature centers, museums, scout troops and summer camps, builds fullsized wigwams and longhouses, and replicates primitive tools and artifacts for display.

A resident of Whittier, Gottlieb is on the staff of the Nantahala Outdoor Center but also travels widely in the eastern U.S., teaching at rendezvous, gatherings and historic fairs. He has written a how-to manual on building wigwams, an instructor’s manual titled “Teaching Primitive Skills to Children� and a book on natural fibers and rope making.

The fee for the workshop is $25, which

includes all materials. Space is limited, and the reservation deadline is Monday, June 27.

The workshop will take place in the gallery at Hunter Library 161. For more information about the workshop and to make reservations, contact the Mountain Heritage Center at 828.227.7129 or email pkmillard@email.wcu.edu.

Arts and crafters come to Cullowhee

Several of the top artisans and crafters in the Southeast will display their goods at the 27th annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Fine Art & Crafts Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 25-26 in the Ramsey Center at Western Carolina University.

The two-day event features more than 100 exhibitors, authentic hand crafters who carry on the Southern Appalachian tradition of arts and crafts. The items displayed for sale include fine art, woodworking, pottery, weavings, paintings, blacksmith items and gourd art. Heritage crafts such as shaker brooms, pine needle baskets and folk dolls are available, along with quilted wall hangings and heirloom fabric items.

Admission is $4.50 for adults, with children under age 12 admitted free.

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• Paint Nite Waynesville will be held at 7 p.m. on Fridays at the Panacea Coffeehouse. Grab a cup of coffee, glass of wine or pint of craft beer and get creative. $20 per person. Group rates available. Sign up at Panacea or call host Robin Smathers at 828.400.9560. paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

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• “Art Beats for Kids” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. June 23 and 30 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. A new project every week. $20 per child, with includes lesson, materials and snack. To register, call 828.538.2054.

• The Potter’s Wheel series will feature Ed & Kari McIlvaine from noon to 5 p.m. June 24 at The Wild Fern in Bryson City. The Wild Fern is hosting several local potters at the studio throughout the year. Stop by to see works from the potter's collection and chat with these talented artists as they create on the wheel and share their unique styles.

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• The films “Brothers Grimsby” (June 23) and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” (June 24) will be screened at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Fridays; and 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays. All screenings are free. www.madbatterfoodfilm.com.

• The “Movies on Everett” summer film series will screen “Despicable Me” June 24 and “Captain America” July 1. All films are free and start at 8:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

• A screening of the documentary “What’s with Wheat?” will be shown at 2 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28, at the Waynesville Public Library. The film investigates the growing epidemic of wheat intolerance. Free.

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• The Adult Coloring Group will meet at 2 p.m. on Fridays in the Living Room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Supplies are provided, or bring your own. Beginners are welcome as well as those who already enjoy this new trend. kmoe@fontanalib.org or 828.524.3600.

• “Stitch,” the community gathering of those interested in crochet, knit and needlepoint, meet at 2:30 p.m. every first Sunday of the month at the Canton Public Library. All ages and skill levels welcome. www.haywoodlibrary.org.

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• A special “Minecraft in Real Life Crafternoon” will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Canton Public Library. Children ages 5-12 will be able to make swords, creepers, and Minecraft sponge paintings. Due to a limited amount a materials available this program will be open to the first 20 children in attendance. 828. 648.2924.

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• The “Stecoah Artisans Drive About Tour” will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 24-25 in and around Bryson City, Robbinsville and Stecoah. Attendees visit and explore numerous galleries and artisans. www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

• The Macon County Senior Center’s watercolor class will have works on display during the month of June at the Macon County Public Library. There will be an artist reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the library. reesaboyce@gmail.com.

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Jim Harrison lived in servitude to words the huge man who turned in instant rage and raised his arm to club the idiot peone. Cochran stooped as if to take the blow and brought the knife upward, holding the handle with both hands, ripping upward with all his strength starting at the man’s balls, upward to his sternum where he pivoted and swiped the knife across the man’s neck laying it open to the neckbone.

As the big man teetered he kicked open a toilet stall and pushed him in where he crashed against the stool.”

Jeff Minick

In March, Jim Harrison, age 78, died of a heart attack.

Harrison was among the most prolific of American writers, pounding out poems, essays, short stories, novels, a memoir, and cookbooks. In the memoir, Off To The Side, he addresses what he calls his “seven obsessions”: alcohol, food, stripping, hunting and fishing, religion, the Writer road, and the place of the human being in the natural world. He might have included an eighth — cigarettes — as he was a lifelong smoker.

He lost an eye when he was seven years old, and his father and a sister died in a car accident when he was in college. Though he earned an MFA from the University of Michigan and taught for a short time, he spent most of his life as a full-time writer, supported at times by various grants and awards, and by friends, among them actor Jack Nicholson.

Though novels like Wolf and Dalva won critically acceptance, Harrison will probably be remembered best for his novellas. The most famous of these was Legends Of The Fall, which is both a novella and the title for a book containing two other fine short novels, “Revenge” and “The Man Who Gave Up His Name.” Both “Revenge” and “Legends Of The Fall” became movies, with the latter winning several cinema awards.

I have read several of Harrison’s works— Legends Of The Fall, Off To The Side, The Raw and The Cooked, Wolf, and some of the poetry. In addition to his story-telling abilities and his insights into the human heart, what attracted me to Harrison was his style. His prose was muscular, shorn of the extraneous, and could hit the reader like a punch between the eyes. Here, for example, is a passage from “Revenge.” A man named Cochran meets a

A harsh depiction — Harrison wrote frequently of violence — but powerful in its rhythms and descriptive power.

That phrase — The Ancient Minstrel by Jim Harrison. Grove Press, 2016. 255 pages. “who owned the invisibility of the criminal who has done him great harm. poor” — is a brilliant addition to the passage.

Watch the rhythms of the sentences: Given his love of the novella, it is fitting that just before Harrison’s death Grove Press “Cochran moved swiftly to the men’s room brought out another collection of three long keeping his eyes down and walking slightly atilt stories, The Ancient Minstrel (Grove Press, like a drunken peone. At the men’s room door he 2016, 255 pages, $25). This book includes palmed Mauro’s knife and exhaled his breath.

“The Ancient Minstrel,” “Eggs,” and “The The big man was standing at the mirror combing Case of the Howling Buddhas.” his hair and barely glanced at Cochran, who The longest and perhaps most interesting owned the invisibility of the poor. Cochran of these tales is “The Ancient Minstrel,” an splashed water messily on his own face and on autobiographical fiction about an aging writer

Haywood library receives national award The Haywood County Public Library has received a 2016 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award for its digital story time program, Plug In and Read, in the category of Libraries. The NACo Achievement Awards recognize innovative county government programs.

Plug In and Read: Using Technology to Prepare Young Readers for the Future is an interactive story time that offers preschool-aged children the opportunity to learn important early literary skills with the help of technology. Structured much like a classroom literacy lesson to help prepare children for entering Kindergarten, the story

time is led by youth services librarians with the goal of helping to foster school-readiness in young children by developing both their early literacy skills and 21st century digital literary skills.

The use of technology is woven throughout N.C. public schools’ standards as early as kindergarten. The public library is in a unique position to be able to offer educational programming for preschoolaged children at no cost to parents at an age before they could receive free public education. Plug In and Read provides the opportunity for young children who may not have access to technology at home to become familiar with interactive whiteboard instruction, and also provides them the opportunity to access librarian-selected educational apps on iPads. The program was designed to reach out to the county’s youngest citizens to help jump-start a love for learning and reading through developing early literacy skills with the

living in Montana who, while trying to raise some pigs and finish a novel, also looks back over his long life and contemplates his legacy.

Here Harrison again pays homage to his “seven obsessions” as well as to his family and to writers he has loved over the years.

What is so touching and so wonderful about The Ancient Minstrel is the prose. It remains as strong as ever. Just now I opened the book at random to page 39, where there is this passage in which the narrator is contemplating his past: “Now all of these years later he was again burdened by Jim Harrison. those hidden beliefs.

He could not tell you why he believed in the Resurrection but it had never occurred to him to disbelieve it. He took to saying little prayers under his breath. His main problem was alcohol which was easy to acknowledge. He prayed and then didn’t go to the bar for a whole week. He had his shooters at home but no full bottle. One evening he drank seven shooters but didn’t get all that far. He felt he should have been drunker.

Now his friends called, really just tavern friends, and asked if he was sick. “”Yes, we all are,” he said cryptically.”

In the epilogue to “The Ancient Minstrel,” Harrison puts the fiction aside and directly addresses the reader. He mentions that at age 18 he discovered the work of an Italian poet, Giuseppe Ungaretti. He quotes a line from one of these poems: “Ho fatto a pezzi cuore e mente per cadere in servitu di parole.” (I have fragmented heart and mind to fall into the servitude of words.)

For over 50 years Harrison lived in servitude to words. He is gone, but the words remain.

Jim Harrison. Requiescat in pace.

help of technology.

Digital story times are offered at the two largest libraries within Haywood County Public Library, the Waynesville and Canton branches. The library also offers a more basic version of the Plug In and Read digital story time outside the library through partnerships with HeadStart and Southwestern Child Development.

Plug In and Read is one of the first programs of its kind in the state. This program was made possible by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of N.C., a division of the department of Cultural Resources.

For a full schedule of library events, including digital story times, visit www.haywoodlibrary.org and click on the “Events” tab.

Book profiles Gartin Jim Kautz, author of the new novel Digger, will discuss and sign copies of the book at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

In Digger, Kautz, an experienced archaeologist and professor of biblical studies, traces the life of Paul Gartin from his conservative Evangelical youth through his struggles with fundamentalism. Gartin is a respected biblical archaeologist raised and educated in an environment steeped in fundamentalism and deeply conservative Christianity. His life revolves around a quest for archeological evidence supporting the biblical record.

Kautz did archaeological fieldwork in Palestine’s West Bank, Israel, and Jordan. He taught at Louisiana College, Carson-Newman University, and the University of Tennessee. His historical and environmental travelogue, Footprints Across the South: Bartram’s Trail Revisited, was a finalist in ForeWord magazine’s 2007 Book of the Year Awards.

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• Nancy McIntosh Pafford, author of White Feather and Cherokee Rose, will host a book signing and talk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, June 29, at the Great Smoky Mountains Bookstore in the Swain County Visitor Center in Bryson City. White Feather is about the Cherokee Trail of Tears removal.

Its sequel, Cherokee Rose, is about the great-granddaughter of White Feather uncovering her Cherokee heritage.

June 24, 25, 30* & July 1, 2 at 7:30 pm June 26 & July 3 at 2:00 pm Adults $24 Seniors $20 Students $11 *Special $16 tickets for all Adults on Thursdays.

Special $8 Tickets for all Students on Thursdays & Sundays.

The Performing Arts Center at the Shelton House 250 Pigeon St. in Waynesville, NC

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828-456-6322 or www.harttheatre.org This production contains adult language and subject matter.

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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4th of July Powwow July 1 –3 This action-packed weekend includes colorful regalia, jaw-dropping dances, and music made to move you. We’ll have authentic food, Indian crafts, and plenty of native culture. Please note that tickets are cash only and can be purchased at the event, held at the Acquoni Expo Center in Cherokee.

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The Jackson County Public Library will begin their first installment of the Summer Book Group at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the library in Sylva.

The plan is to have one book discussion each month. The next group will be meeting on the July 26. The June book will be H is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald and the July book is The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman.

There is no registration for this group. The library has extra copies of each book and participants are welcome to bring their own paper copies as well as e-books. Library staffer Tiz Duve will lead the discussion of the first book.

The library will provide light snacks, but the public is welcome to bring any snacks they like.

This group will be informal, fun, and hopefully, people will also learn something.

This program is free and open to the public.

The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library. www.fontanalib.org or 828.586.2016.

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• A “Theme Team Book Club” is now being offered by the Waynesville Public Library. The group meets quarterly from 2 to 4 p.m. on the first Friday of the month. The next meeting is July 1, with the theme “travel/adventure.”

Pick any book you would like to read for the theme. Everyone gets a chance to discuss their book. 828.356.2507. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Library.

Masha and Vanya and Sonia are the children of community theatre actors who loved the plays of Chekhov. The children have grown to embody the characters they are named for. Masha, now a movie star supporting her siblings, has returned home with her boy toy, Spike, with plans to sell off the family home. “Drama” ensues. A riotously funny new Tony award-winning comedy!

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Nonprofit forms to teach survival skills during summer camp

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR he wilderness is where one can find peace and clarity while also finding inner strength and determination.

That is the basis for Radical Inclusion, a new nonprofit formed by Waynesville couple Nicole Taylor and Jess Dunlap to provide an affordable summer camp experience for youth while teaching them survival skills.

“If you know how to walk into the woods and survive, that is empowering,” Dunlap said. “And then later when you’re faced with any other tough situation, you’re able to tell yourself, ‘If I can survive in the woods, I can definitely get through this.’ Having that kind of knowledge is comforting.”

That self-reliance and confidence can especially be comforting for kids who are typically ostracized in school — and those are the kids Taylor and Dunlap want to reach. The weeklong camp is geared toward school-age children 10-17 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.

There are more LGBTQ youth in Western North Carolina than most care to acknowledge, and many of those students may not feel comfortable attending the typical summer camp with hundreds of other kids. Taylor said summer camps are quick to split activities into gender stereotypical activities — girls gets to participate in drama classes and arts and crafts while the boys partake in more adventurous outdoor activities.

“I know I didn’t feel right at camp — there was so much heteronormal activity,” Dunlap said.

Radical Inclusion’s mission is to break away from those stereotypes and teach kids how to start a fire, use a compass, set up a tent and more.

“It seems like kids are just staying inside playing video games all the time,” Taylor said.

“We feel like we need to bring them back into nature.”

While Radial Inclusion is not a Christianbased nonprofit, Dunlap said it was her Christian faith that helped her come up with the name. She and Taylor want to be inclusive of everyone, especially those who are normal-

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ly excluded from society.

“This is a very Christian concept — Jesus was radically inclusive of everyone,” Dunlap said. “Christian conservatives — many of which I’m friends with — have done a lot to push queers away from the church, but I want to create some atonement.”

As a member of the LGBTQ community, (above) Nicole Dunlap is someTaylor and Jess what of an anomDunlap brought aly. She could be back 100 pairs described as socialof handcrafted ly liberal but she’s pants from India also a Christian who is a strong to sell as a Second fundraiser for Amendment advotheir nonprofit cate and is the Radical leader of the local Inclusion.

Nicole Haywood County Taylor (left) and Libertarian Party.

Jess Dunlap She encounters a lot of anti-gay rhet- stand in front of oric from the conthe Taj Mahal in servative circles India during a she runs in but two-month trip said she probably abroad last wingets more pushter. Donated photos back about her personal beliefs from the LBGTQ community. But she thinks her connections on both sides of the issue will allow her to build some bridges.

“People who think queer people are so weird or different — I feel like I can change their perception,” Dunlap said.

Dunlap and Taylor both have plenty of experience needed to run a weeklong summer

Mission statement: Instilling an appreciation for Nature through theoretical education and hands-on learning.

Empowering students by teaching them how to survive and thrive in a wilderness setting.

Educating students about the history of Western North Carolina.

Prompting students to use their new knowledge for improving the environment, their communities, and themselves.

Radical Inclusion Day Camp Agenda: ■ Day 1 — Education on Leave No Trace (LNT) before a hike into the woods.

■ Day 2 — Learning how to use a compass and trekking out to Cataloochee to use the new skill.

■ Day 3 — Eric Romaniszyn from Haywood Waterways Association will come talk about the importance of water conservation followed by a tubing adventure.

■ Day 4 — Learn how to build a shelter and take a hike for the purpose of building a shelter in the woods. Identify native plants and birds and afterward, learning how to tie useful knots.

■ Day 5 — Recap the week and discuss what worked and what didn’t. Discuss the impact of volunteering and how being a volunteer makes one an invaluable asset to the community. The group will then do volunteer work in the community before heading to Cherokee to learn about the native people of Western North Carolina.

For more information, call Jess Dunlap at 828.476.1465.

are trying to cover the entire cost for campers, only three campers will be participating in the first program. The cost of lunches, backpacks, water bottles and activities will all be provided. Activities will include a day tubing on the French Broad River after learning about water conservation from Haywood Waterways Association, a day in Cherokee learning about Cherokee culture and visiting the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Oconaluftee Village and seeing a production of “Unto These Hills,’ and a day in the woods after learning about Leave No Trace.

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camp for kids. Taylor was an active Girl Scout for 13 years and has worked as a counselor at summer camps for many years. She also has a degree in social work from Western Carolina University.

Dunlap has been a children’s court advocate with the Guardian ad Litem program for three years and is a certified mediator. She also has plenty of outdoor experience that will prove helpful out in the woods.

“My mom has been taking us hiking since we could walk. I went on a week-long backpacking trip when I was 12 — that was my first camp experience and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world,” Dunlap said. “I’ve been enamored with the outdoors since — that’s my church, it’s where I find God.” The first Radical Inclusion camp will be held in August, and since Taylor and Dunlap

Liability insurance is the single biggest expense for Radical Inclusion. Dunlap and Taylor need to come up with more than $1,000 for the insurance policy, but they’re holding a unique fundraiser to make it happen.

While traveling overseas for two months this past winter, Taylor and Dunlap were discussing ways to raise money for their summer camp. They decided to buy a hundred pair of beautiful, handmade pants in India to ship back home. At $20 apiece, they only need to sell 53 pairs to pay for the insurance. If they can sell more, the additional money can go toward the other camp costs.

But 10 percent of proceeds raised will be going back to India to help Animal Aid Unlimited — a credible nonprofit that rescues street animals, which is a huge problem in India with stray dogs, cats, monkeys and even cows wandering the streets.

So far, Radical Inclusion has raised $500 toward its goal. If you would like to purchase a pair of pants or just make a donation, contact Dunlap at 828.476.1465 or visit the Radical Inclusion Facebook page.

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The plant doctors are in Green and brown thumbs alike with questions in need of answering can come to the Haywood County Plant Clinic, staffed by Master Gardeners capable of fielding a range of plantrelated questions.

Open during business hours at the Haywood County Extension Center on Raccoon Road, everything from lawns to veggies, insects to weeds and soils to frost are fair game.

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Over the past 103 years Lake Junaluska has grown to contain more than 400 lodging rooms, three restaurants, a campground, a golf course, and meeting spaces for groups of up to 2,000 people. During this time period Lake Junaluska has attracted several million visitors to Haywood County and produced an estimated $1 billion of direct economic impact.

Lake Junaluska is open to the public and is one of the most popular recreation locations for residents of Haywood County.

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Ray Russell recently finished nearly a The run is over, but there’s still plenty month of running with his arrival at the need for donations and support. Donate to Blue Ridge Parkway’s end in Cherokee. He’d started off May 17 at Milepost 0 near Waynesboro, Virginia, and kept running until reaching the end of the Parkway June 9 — just 20 minutes before finding out that his grandson had just been born.

“It’s the craziest thing I have ever seriously considered doing,” said Russell, 59, who is a professor at Appalachian State University and founded Ray Russell emerges from the Little raysweather.com.

Switzerland Tunnel. Donated photo The purpose of the run was to celebrate the centhe Foundation at www.brpfoundation.org tennial of the National Park Service and or volunteer with Friends of the Parkway raise money for the Blue Ridge Parkway through www.friendsbrp.org/.

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Russell wrote, “is also an investment in our Russell documented the journeys with communities and collective livelihood.” pictures, videos and a blog at www.relay-

The camp focuses on individual skill sets, performing a variety of drills teaching the basics of dribbling, shooting, passing, defense and footwork.

Campers will participate in competitions that focuses on layups, free throws, shooting, dribbling, 3-on-3 and 5-on-5. For boys and girls in third- through tenth-grades.

June 22-28, 2016

The Mountain View Garden Club of Waynesville will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 2, at the Historic Farmers Market at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre parking lot in Waynesville.

Perennial plants, including ground covers and hostas, herbs, unique yard art, etc., will be among the items for sale. All have been grown or made by club members.

Proceeds from the sale will go toward the club’s community beautification projects such as the plants at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Library, planters at the Waynesville Post Office, the Cottage Garden at the Shelton House, and seasonal plantings at

the “Welcome to Waynesville” sign.

Come early for the best choice of decorative garden objects and plantings for your garden.

For additional information on the plant sale call Joan Gillis at 828.926.9667 or Betty Smith at 828.926.2043.

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The grant is offered through Partners in Preservation, a community-based partnership of American Express and the National Trust for Historic Clingmans Dome Tower. Donated photo Preservation. The Smokies was one of 20 historic places selected to compete for funds.

Clingmans Dome Tower, which stradEach person can vote once per day at dles the North Carolina-Tennessee state line www.voteyourpark.org. at 6,643 feet, is in the running for a Voting will be open through July 5 for a campaign to fix up an iconic symbol of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Arboretum works on pollinator hospitality

Zahner lecture series kicks off The Zahner Conservation Lecture Series at the Highlands Nature Center kicks off its initial program on July 7 This lecture series — a tradition that started in the 1930s — serves to educate and inspire the public through a series of talks from well-known regional scientists, conservationists, artists, and writers.

The lectures are made possible by the Highlands Biological Foundation and from donations from numerous individuals and local organizations. The public is invited to participate in these free lectures, which will be held each Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Highlands Nature Center at 930 Horse Cove Road in Highlands.

The first lecture of the season will focus on the fungi of the Highlands Plateau. The southern Appalachian Mountains are world-renowned for an incredibly rich diversity of fleshy fungi, especially mushrooms.

In this lecture, participants will be introduced to the natural history of the southern Appalachian Mountains, major forest types, and some of the common and unusual fungi that can be encountered on a walk through the woods in the vicinity of Highlands. Attendees will examine fungi that parasitize other organisms (insects and plants as well as other fungi), fungi that carry out important ecological roles in the forest, and interesting modes of spore dispersal.

Attendees are encouraged to bring mushrooms for identification before or after the lecture.

Lectures are free. For a full schedule as well as information on other programs, www.highlandsbiological.org or 828.526.2221.

The nation holds only seven Bee Campus USA gardens, and now the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville is one of them.

“Imperiled pollinators are responsible for the reproduction of more than threequarters of the world’s plant and tree species,” said Phyllis Stiles, director of Bee Campus USA. “The Arboretum is a stellar example of the influence educational institutions can have on their visitors, students and larger communities.”

The Bee Campus USA program recognizes campuses that commit to practices supporting pollinators, with the companion program Bee City USA urging local governments and other organizations to establish pollinator-friendly, pesticide-free landscapes.

As part of its Bee Campus USA certification, the Arboretum will focus its 2016 seasonal exhibits on plants and nesting sites for pollinator species. In addition, the newly renovated Quilt Garden is designed using a butterfly pattern, which calls attention to butterflies’ life cycle and biology.

The Arboretum also works with volunteers and outside organizations to create pollinator gardens in the community. A habitat plan has been developed that includes a list of native, pollinator-friendly

In honor of its emphasis on pollinators, the N.C. Arboretum’s Quilt Garden now boasts a butterfly pattern. Donated photo plants and a low-toxicity integrated pest management plan. The list and plan will be

published online. www.ncarboretum.org/pollinator.

Cashiers speaker focuses on natural history Dr. Frank Forcino will help discuss fossils, the history of the earth and local geology as part of the Village Nature Series at 5:30 p.m. June 28 at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers.

Dr. Forcino will take attendees on a tour of the Cashiers/Western North Carolina region throughout the earth’s history, discussing changes in the position and shape of the continents, examining fossils that represent the life that once inhabited the region as well as different rock types that were formed at different points through the past 500 million years Dr. Forcino is an assistant professor at Western Carolina University in the Geosciences and Natural Resources Department. He is a geologist with a specialty in paleontology — the study of ancient life. His research focuses on understanding the ecological conditions of the past 500 million years to put the current ecological and biodiversity changes in perspective of all of Earth’s history.

The Village Nature Series is a free event sponsored by the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and The Village Green as part of their shared mission to protect and preserve our land and natural resources.

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Take a walk on the Blue Ridge Parkway Tuesday, June 21, with John and Cathy Sill, a pair of avid Franklin birders.

The group will meet in Franklin at 8 a.m. to carpool and head on up to where the birds are.

Sponsored by the Franklin Bird Club.

Free. RSVP to 828.524.5234.

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Hunting for the Stewartia tree Mainspring Conservation Trust is hosting a Stewartia Walk with horticultural expert Jack Johnston from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 28.

Participants will meet on Mainspring’s Queen Branch Property (N.C. 28 in northern Macon County) and travel by car to locations previously scouted by Johnston. Wear comfortable clothing (hike may go over soggy ground, depending on the weather) and bring a camera and bottle of water.

Sign up by calling 828.524.2711 or emailing sburdette@mainspringconserves.org.

Intro to fly fishing course offered vided.

Participants should bring a lunch and meet at High Falls parking area in DuPont State Recreational Forest. Limited to six participants who must have completed the Introduction to Fly Fishing class or have equivalent experience before taking this class. Â Register online at www.ncwildlife.org/learning/educationcenters/pisgah/eventregistration.

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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering an introduction to fly fishing course at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Transylvania County.

The “Introduction to Fly Fishing: Lake Fishing� will be held from 7 a.m. to noon on June 28. Open to participants 12 and up.

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To qualify, applicants must be 21 years or older (18-21 years eligible for non-gaming positions), must successfully pass an RIAH hair/drug test and undergo an investigation by Tribal Gaming Commission. Preference for Tribal members. This property is owned by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, managed by Caesars Entertainment.

The Talent Acquisition Department accepts applications Mon. - Thur. from 8am - 4:30pm. Call 828.497.8778, or send resume to Human Resources Department, 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee, NC 28719 or fax resume to 828.497.8540.

Junior Forester program ■ July 13: Tree Stories ■ July 20: A Great Big Forest ■ July 27: Wildlife Studies ■ Aug. 4: Forests Reduce, Reuse and Recycle ■ Aug. 11: Stewards of Public Lands Each child should come prepared for fun in the outdoors with closed-toed shoes, a small backpack and water. The programs will be held rain or shine and adapted to indoors if stormy.

The Cradle of Forestry is located on U.S. 276 in the Pisgah National Forest, six miles north of Looking Glass Falls and four miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 412.

The Cradle of Forestry. Donated photo The Junior Forester program costs $4 per receives a Junior Forester badge and patch. youth and $2.50 for adults for each proParticipants can register for one or more gram. Adults with America the Beautiful programs. This summer’s topics are: and Golden Age passports are admitted ■ June 22: Orienteering 1.0 free. Registration is required as space is ■ June 29: Orienteering 2.0 limited.

■ July 6: Forestry’s Big Picture 828.877.3130 to register.

A Junior Forester program for boys and girls ages 8-12 years old will be held at the Cradle of Forestry from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday through Aug. 11.

The Cradle of Forestry Junior Forester program combines learning new skills with discovery and reflection. Each youth

June 22-28, 2016

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Teach kids how to act around dogs A dog safety program for children will be held at 10:30 a.m. June 28 at the Waynesville Library.

Learn about how to behave around dogs, reading their body language and how to prevent bites during this hands-on program presented by Sarge’s Animal Rescue and the Haywood County Public Library.

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A new slide has been installed at the water park at the Waynesville Recreation Center.

The new slide is enclosed and is higher and faster than the old slide. You have to be at least 48 inches tall to use it.

The indoor water park is now open at 10 a.m., Monday through Friday, until school starts back in August.

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Volunteers are wanted to help keep Haywood’s streams free of trash by adopting a section to clean once per year.

Unchecked, trash always finds a way to get to the water, as evidenced by an April 23 cleanup in which volunteers working with Haywood Waterways Association pulled 175 pounds of trash from Richland Creek along the Waynesville Recreation Park greenway trail in two hours. A December 2015 rainstorm that sent Richland Creek far out of its banks likely contributed to the trash issue.

To adopt a stream, contact Christine O’Brien,

Young volunteers stand, trash stabbers at the ready, alongside a portion of their haul.

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christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 828.476.4667.

WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • A Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. on June 23 at the Locust Creek pedestrian bridge in Jackson County. 631.2295.

• A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 24, in front of the Historic Haywood County Courthouse in downtown Waynesville. Live music, clogging, and more. Dancing led by Joe Sam Queen. All skill levels welcomed to participate. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• Cruise in Maggie Valley event is held from 1-5 p.m. every Sunday at 2771 Soco Road. Vendors: $10 per space. Cruising@MaggieValleyAntiques.com.

• The ceremonial Cherokee bonfires will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Oct. 1. At Ocoaluftee Island Park in Cherokee. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• The Jackson County Art Council Board of Directors is currently offering Grassroots Sponsorships to organizations in all cultural disciplines through a competitive application and review process. Contact the Jackson County Arts Council for sponsorship applications at info@jacksoncountyarts.org or 507.9820. The deadline is June 30.

• Western Carolina University is accepting nominations for the Mountain Heritage Award, an honor bestowed annually on one individual and one organization playing a prominent role in researching, preserving and/or interpreting Southern Appalachian history, culture and issues. Nominations for the awards will be accepted through Thursday, June 30. pameister@wcu.edu.

• Western Carolina University has a new free outreach program called WCU Road Works that will present theatrical, music, film and visual arts events to organizations and communities throughout the region. To book a production, call 227.7028.

• Oconaluftee Indian Village is now opened for the 2016 season, located next to the Oconaluftee Visitors Center in Cherokee. The village is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• Qualla Boundary Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Haywood Community College will offer seminars on A Guide to Selling on Etsy (1-4 p.m._ and eBay for Beginners (6-9 p.m.) on Thursday, June 23, at the Regional High Technology Center in the Waynesville Industrial Park. Led by Nick Hawks, eBay Power Seller and Online Marketplace guru. Pre-register: 627.4521, kmgould@haywood.edu or SBC.Haywood.edu.

• A Facebook Privacy Settings class will be offered for ages 50 and older from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, at the Jackson County Department on Aging. Sign-up required: 586.5954 or 586.2016.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • The Southwestern Community College Foundation will hold its inaugural Give Day on June 23 to replenish its annual fundDonate online at www.southwesterncc.edu/Foundation or in person at the SCC Jackson Campus in Sylva. Info: SCCGiveDay@southwesterncc.edu.

• Mountain Faith Band will perform at a fundraiser for the Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center, an event that runs from 4-8 p.m. on June 25. Silent auction, bounce houses, kid activities, food vendors available.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. $25 per person; $15 for children 6-up. $75 for family of five or more. Ticket info: www.smpccpartners.com/events or 349.3200.

VOLUNTEERS • Self-help housing volunteer community build is scheduled for 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at 174 Miami Drive in Waynesville. Lunch provided.

Register or get more info: arogers@mountainprojects.org.

• Community Kitchen of Canton is looking for volunteers to serve this summer. Dates available to serve are June 25, 30 and select days in July & August. 648.0014 • Open call for Folkmoot guides and volunteers.

Applications are now being accepted for Folkmoot USA Festival 2016 volunteers and guides. The 2016 festival begins on July 21 and closes on July 31. www.folkmootusa.org or 452.2997.

• STAR Rescue Ranch is seeking volunteers to help with horse care, fundraising events, barn maintenance and more at the only equine rescue in Haywood County.

505.274.9199.

• Volunteer Opportunities are available throughout the region, call John at the Haywood Jackson Volunteer Center today and get started sharing your talents. 3562833 • Phone Assurance Volunteers are needed to make daily or weekly wellness check-in calls for the Haywood County Senior Resource Center. 356.2816.

VENDORS • The town of Dillsboro will be hosting arts and craft show open to vendors from the surrounding region Saturday, Oct. 1 — The 8th annual ColorFest will line Front Street with colorful art and fine crafts. Application due by July 1. Vendors may apply for these shows by downloading an application from the town’s website, www.visitdillsboro.org or directly from www.visitdillsboro.org/specialevents.html. Connie Hogan at 586.3511.

HEALTH MATTERS • An educational event on “Boomeritis” will be presented by Dr. Judson Handley of Harris Orthopaedics at noon on Wednesday, June 22, at the Franklin Health and Fitness Center. Lunch will be served.

• Ladies Night Out program will feature Kristin Elmore with REACH of Macon County speaking on “Cyber Safety” at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Angel Medical Center cafeteria in Franklin.

• A tired leg/varicose vein educational program will be offered at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, at the Vein Center at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde. Led by Dr. Al Mina, MD, FACS, and Dr. Joshua Rudd, DO. RSVP required: 452.8346.

• Participants are being sought for a clinical trial for those overweight with knee pain. Directed by Dr. Kate Queen of Mountain Medical Associates. wecan@wfu.edu or 558.0208.

• A support group for anyone with Multiple Sclerosis, family and friends meets at 2 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Heritage Room at the Jackson County Senior Center in Sylva. Info: 293.2503.

• A Tai Chi for Arthritis program meets from 10-11 a.m. on Mondays through July 11 (but not July 4) at the Mission and Fellowship Center at Sylva First Baptist.

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RECREATION AND FITNESS • Registration is underway for adult tennis leagues.

Singles: $10; doubles: $20. Registration deadline is July 1. League starts July 11. League is self-officiated.

• The Wednesday Croquet Group meets from 10 a.m.noon at the Vance Street Park across from the shelter.

For senior players ages 55 or older. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Pickleball is from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays through Thursdays at First Methodist Church in Sylva. $1 each time you play; equipment provided. 293.3053.

POLITICAL • A retirement reception for Jackson County manager Chuck Wooten is scheduled for 3-5:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, at The Heritage Room in the Aging Building.

Plaque presentation at 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

• The Jackson County Democratic Party will hold a meet and greet fundraiser featuring Vicki Greene and Mark Jones, candidates for reelection to the Jackson County Board of Commissioners from noon-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Savannah Community Center.

• A campaign kick-off for Haywood County Commissioner candidate Robin G. Black will be held from 2-5 p.m. on June 25 at the Lake Junaluska Outdoor Gym. For info, visit www.RobinBlackforCommissioner.org. Donations accepted but not required. Food and music provided.

• A lunch-and-discussion group will be held by the League of Women Voters at noon on the second Thursday of each month at Tartan Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin. RSVP for lunch: lwvmacon@wild-dog-mountain.info or 524.8369.

• Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor has coffee and an open public discussion with Highlands residents from 11 a.m.-noon on the last Friday of each month at Hudson Library in Highlands. www.fontanalib.org or 526.3031.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • An Open Door Meal & Sing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, at First United Methodist Church of Sylva. Meal, beverages and music by Christian singing group Tribe Called Praise. 586.2358.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • An “Up for Discussion” program on humorist Mark Twain will be offered by professor Merritt Mosely from 46 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library.

• Julia Franks will read from her novel Over the Plain Houses at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. 586.9499.

• The Jackson County Public Library’s Summer Book Group starts at 6 p.m. on June 28 in Sylva. Book is “H is For Hawk” by Helen Macdonald. The following month, the group will discuss “The Light Between Oceans” by M.L. Stedman on July 26.

• The Jackson County Public Library book club meets on Tuesday, June 28 at 6 p.m. 586.2016.

• Nancy Pafford will discuss her books “Cherokee Rose” and “White Feather” from 11 a.m. -2 p.m.. on Wednesday, June 29, at the Swain County Visitor Center.

• Nancy Pafford will discuss her books “Cherokee Rose” and “White Feather” from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, July 1, at Bryson City’s National Park Visitor Center and Heritage Museum. www.SmokiesInformation.org or 888.898.9102, Ext. 325, 222 or 254.

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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 • The Theme Team Book Club will be presented by the Waynesville Library from 2-4 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. Pick any book from a chosen them; each participant gets a chance to discuss his/her book.

Theme for July 1 is travel/adventure. Sign-up required: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

• Book donations are being accepted through July 8 at the circulation desk of the Waynesville Library for the Friends of the Library Book Sale that’s scheduled for late July.

• Banned Book Club meets from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. For those who enjoy literature and intellectual conversation.

456.6000, blueridgebooks@ymail.com or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

• Waynesville Book Club on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Waynesville Library. Meet to discuss books, which are chosen by each member (taking turns) and provided by the library. New members are welcome. For more information, 356.2507.

• Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville has a used book section and is accepting books in exchange for credit on other used books, and a free book is available from the giveaway cart for anyone who buys three or more.

KIDS & FAMILIES • Camp Trivia Night is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. on June 23 at Macon County Public Library in Waynesville.

• “Art Beats for Kids” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. June 23 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. A new project every week. $20 per child, with includes lesson, materials and snack. To register, call 828.538.2054.

• Professor Whizzpop will be on hand at 10:30 a.m. on June 23 at the Waynesville Library. 356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• An ornithology exploration organized by the Macon County 4-H is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 23 in Franklin. For ages 5-18. Cost is $6. Register or pick up forms at 193 Thomas Heights Rd. in Franklin.

349.2046.

• Professor Whizzpop will present a “Going for Gold” show at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 23 at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. 488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

• A Week in the Water program is scheduled for ages 815 from 9 a.m.-noon through June 24 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education near Brevard. www.ncwildlife.org/learning.

• Professor Whizzpop will be on hand for a show at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 24 at Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016.

• Snakes Alive! With Ron Cromer is scheduled for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on June 24 at the Waynesville Library.

356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• Kindergarten Readiness Storytime is held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 24 at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 524.3600.

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• Fabulous Fit Friday is held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 24 at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

524.3600.

• Flamingos, poison ball and more will be at 3:30-5 p.m. on July 6 at Macon County Public Library in Waynesville.

• Children’s Storytime will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25at Jackson County Public Library.

586.2016.

• Rompin’ Stompin’, an hourlong storytime with music, movement and books, is held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays and at 11 a.m. on Fridays at Canton Library.

For ages zero to six. 648.2924.

• A Minecraft in Real Life Crafternoon is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, at the Canton Library.

Make swords, creepers and Minecraft sponge paintings. 648.2924.

• The Macon County 4-H Pool Day is set for noon-4 p.m. on June 28. For ages 5-18; ages 5-8 with parent.

Cost is $4. Register or pick up forms at 193 Thomas Heights Rd. in Franklin. 349.2046.

• Professor Whizzpop will present “Going for the Gold” at 2:30 p.m. on June 28 at the Hudson Library in Highlands. 526.3031 or www.fontanalib.org.

• Professor Whizzpop will be onstage on Tuesday, June 28 at 10 a.m. at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 524.3600.

• A dog safety program is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 28 at the Waynesville Library. 356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• Danny Antoine’s Marital Arts & Fitness Academy will present karate for grades 3-6 on Wednesday, June 29 at 10 a.m. at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 524.3600.

• Spa Secrets, a class for mothers and daughters, will be offered by Dogwood Crafters Coop from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Supply fee: $8. Register: 586.2435 or junettapell@hotmail.com.

• Baby Olympics will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday’s starting June 29 at Jackson County Public Library. Parent and baby get active with sliding, ball play and other play. 586.2016.

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• Teen Olympics will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29 at Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016.

• A live-action PacMan event is scheduled for 3:30-5 p.m. on June 29 at Macon County Public Library in Waynesville.

• Food science for kids program is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on June 30 at the Waynesville Library. 356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• Make a Macrame’ Craft class will be presented by Macon County 4-H for ages 9-18 from 9 a.m.-noon on June 30. Cost is $1. Register or pick up forms at 193 Thomas Heights Rd. in Franklin. 349.2046.

• An anime club meets from 2-4 p.m. on July 1 at Macon County Public Library in Waynesville. Kendama and sports anime. For sixth graders through collegeage.

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• A waterfall hike will be presented by Macon County 4-H for ages 9-18 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on July 5.

Cost is $2. Register or pick up forms at 193 Thomas Heights Rd. in Franklin. 349.2046.

• Library Camp Day (activities, crafts and fun) is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on July 5 at the Waynesville Library. 356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• Staying Safe program featuring Waynesville Fire Department is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on July 6 at the Waynesville Library. 356.2511 or lhartzell@haywoodnc.net.

• A program called “Imagine”, an art program for children 8-12 meets at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Jackson County Public Library. Program contains art, writing, and drama. 586.2016.

• An opportunity to learn about Monarch butterflies and create crafts will be presented by Balsam Mountain Trust at 2:30 p.m. on July 5 at Hudson Library in Highlands. 526.3031 or www.fontanalib.org.

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• A Get Moving: Ballet program will be offered at 4 p.m. on July 5 at Canton Library. 648.2924 or kpunch@haywoodnc.net.

• Registration is underway for Camp WILD for rising seventh and eighth graders. Camp is from July 11-14 and meets daily at 8:30 a.m. at the Jackson County Recreation Center’s parking lot; camping overnight on July 13. Cost is $25. Camp is designed to connect kids to nature while instilling a lifelong love of the outdoors. Info or register: 586.5465 or janefitzgerald@jacksonnc.org.

• Registration is underway for a British Soccer Camp, which is July 25-29 at Recreation Park in Cullowhee. www.challengersports.com.

• Registration is underway for a British Soccer Camp that will be offered for ages 3-14 from July 25-29 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. $85 for ages 3-4; $108 for ages 4-5, $138 for a half-day camp for ages 6-14; or $192 for full-day camp. $10 late fee for campers registering within 10 days of camp start date.

• The Macon Library is offering free events for tweens and teens in June and July, including Camp All Star as well as a Reading Contest for gift cards and other prizes. Volunteer opportunities are also available. Tween/Teen Summer Events are already underway and end on July 28, with a Minute-To-Win-It Olympics Competition and prizes for everyone who participated in the Reading Contest. www.fontanalib.org/franklin.

• Registration is underway for the ATOWN Volleyball Academy, which is for fourth through 12th graders and will held July 11-14 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Fourth through seventh graders meet from 9:45 a.m.-noon; eighth through 10th graders meet from 2:15-4:30 p.m., and 11th-12th graders have camp from 5:30-7:30 p.m. There’s also leadership training from 11th-12th graders from 2:30-4:30 p.m. $150 cost includes swim time in the pool and lunch from 12:3002 p.m. Without lunch and pool, cost is $100.

Info: atownvb@yahoo.com.

• “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read” summer library program is underway at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Prizes, programs and activities.

• Registration is underway for the Brazil Soccer Camp for ages 7-14 through the Waynesville Recreation Center. Camp options are 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. from June 20-24. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Hudson Library’s summer reading program for children and teens is ongoing. In Highlands.

• Smoky Mountain Sk8way is offering a nine-week summer camp The summer camp is for kids ages 6 to 13 years old with a daily drop in or weekly schedule.

Camp hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with drop off times on Tuesday and Thursdays by 9:30 a.m. to make the bus for field trips. Daily attendance is $30 a day or week 4-5 days $110. The camp staff is made up of local teachers, experienced coaches and returning counselors. For more information, visit www.smokymountainsk8way.com or call 246.9124.

• Weekly summer camps highlighting adventure and hands-on science education will be offered through July 29 at Lake Logan Episcopal Center. Focus will be on everything from fish to trees to butterflies – taught by science educators. Exercise, games and crafts. $255 per week. susan@lakelogan.org or 646.0095.

• Crafternoons are at 2:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Hudson Library in Highlands.

• Registration is underway for summertime swim classes will be offered for children from ages six months to teenagers through Western Carolina University’s Office of Continuing and Professional Education. Cost is $75 for ages 6-up and $44 for children under 6. For info or to register, call 227.7397.

• Library Olympics will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday’s at Jackson County Public Library. Children age 5 and up get active through relay races, bingo, mini golf.

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• A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday (but not June 24 or July 29) at Hudson Library in Highlands.

• Teen movie will be shown at 2 p.m. on June 24 and July 6 at the Canton Library. 648.2924 or kpunch@haywoodnc.net.

• Camp Movie Day featuring a sports-themed movie is from 2-4 p.m. on June 24 at Macon County Public Library in Waynesville.

• Children’s movie is shown on Saturday, June 25 at 1 p.m. at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

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• Children’s movie is shown on Monday, June 27 at 1 p.m. at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

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• A classic Disney movie will be shown at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 27, at the Canton Library. Info, including movie title: 648.2924.

• A family movie about a middle-aged family man who takes a job coaching his 10-year-old son’s soccer team at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. Popcorn provided by Friends of the Marianna Black Library. Info, including movie title: 488.3030.

• A family movie will be shown 1 p.m. on Monday’s during the summer at Jackson County Public Library.

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• Family story time for ages zero to six years old is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. each Tuesday at the Canton Library. 648.2924.

FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • The “Stecoah Artisans Drive About Tour” will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 24-25 in and around Bryson City, Robbinsville and Stecoah. www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

Admission is $4.50 for adults, with children under age 12 admitted free. 524.3405 or www.mountainartisans.net or www.mountainlovers.com.

• The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival will be held at 7:30 p.m. June 26, July 3, 10, 17 and 24 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. For a full program list, please visit www.scm-festival.com.

Tickets are available now through the Haywood County Arts Council office by calling 452.0593 or visiting 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville. www.haywoodarts.org.

• The “Singing In The Smokies” Independence Weekend Festival will run from July 1-4 at Inspiration Park in Bryson City.. Tickets are $20 per day, per adult.

Children ages 12 and under are free. For a full schedule of events, click on www.theinspirations.com.

• Fireworks Festivities are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on Monday, July 4, in downtown Sylva. Concerts featuring Joe Lasher, Jr., and Groovetown, activities, food, drinks and fireworks.

• “Stars and Stripes Celebration,” 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 4, in downtown. Shops, galleries and restaurants open, with live music and entertainment. “Kids on Main Patriotic Parade” will be at 11 a.m. The Haywood Community Band performs at 2 p.m. on the courthouse lawn. The concert, “A Musical Salute to America,” will include an array of patriotic anthems and sing-alongs.

Free. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• “4th of July Fireworks” will be held at dusk on Saturday, July 2 at the Acquoni Expo Center. The Cherokee bonfire will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Oconaluftee Islands Park Bonfire Pit. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• The “Fourth of July” fireworks will be at 9:45 p.m.

Sunday, July 3, and can be viewed from the Dam or Gibson Cove in Clay County. Free. www.ncmtnchamber.com.

• “Freedom Fest” will run from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Monday, July 4. The “Rotary International 5K Run” will start at 8 a.m. in front of the Swain County Administration Building. Activities will run from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. including live music at The Bridge Stage on Everett Street. Fireworks show begins at 10 p.m. Free. www.greatsmokies.com/freedomfest.

• “4th of July at Fontana Village Resort” will be July 3-4. The event features cornhole and Pac Man tournaments, sunset cruise, documentaries, games and children’s activities. There will also be an array of live music throughout the three-day celebration.

Fireworks will be at 10 p.m. July 4. www.fontanavillage.com.

• The “6th Annual Independence Day Championships” in Brasstown will be held on Monday, July 4, at the TriCounty Race Track. Fireworks show to follow. www.tricountyracetrack.com.

• “NOC’s Sizzlin’ 4th of July” will be July 2-3 at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge.

Races, kid’s activities, live music, and more. Free. www.noc.com.

• “Singing In The Smokies” Independence Weekend Festival will run July 1-4 at Inspiration Park. www.theinspirations.com.

• “Fireworks Extravaganza on the Green” begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 4 at the Village Green Commons. Live music, food vendors. Fireworks begin at dusk. Free, with donation to the Cashiers Community Fireworks Fund. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

• The Independence Day Picnic will be held at 9 a.m.

Monday, July 4, at High Hampton Inn & Country Club. www.cashiers411.com.

• “July 4th Fireworks,” 9 a.m. until dusk July 4, in downtown. Full day of activities. Fireworks at 9 p.m.

Free. www.highlandschamber.org.

• “Backyard 4th Celebration” will be from 6 to 11 p.m.

Monday, July 4 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.

• “Graham County Heritage Festival,” 11:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. Friday, July 1, and 9 a.m. to 11:15 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, at Courthouse Square in Robbinsville.

Local bluegrass, lumberjack competition, motorcycle show, children’s activities, heritage demonstrations, and more. Friday opens with a Veterans’ Ceremony. The Veterans’ Parade will be at 1 p.m. July 2. Fireworks will be at 10 p.m. July 2. Free. www.grahamcounty.net or www.townofrobbinsville.com.

• “Fireworks on Lake Glenville” will be held at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3. Free. www.cashiers411.com.

FOOD & DRINK • The “Home Made Cooking Class” will be held June 22, 23 and 29 at Home Made/Hazel P’s in Franklin. www.homemadecookingschool.com or 371.8996.

• The UU Drum Circle and Raw-Mazing potluck is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 24, at 90 Flatrock Drive, six miles east of Franklin. 332.7118.

• The next “Way Back When” trout dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. The dinner will also be held July 15 and 29, Aug. 12 and 26, and Sept. 2 and 16. To RSVP, call 926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Southern Porch (Canton) will host Ain’t Nothing Much (Americana) June 23 and Jesse Stephens & Ben Morgan (acoustic/singer-songwriter) June 24. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 492.8006 or www.facebook.com/southernkitchenkandd.

• Mentalist Guy Bavli will perform his show “Master of the Mind” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. highlandspac.org or 526.9047.

• The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts will host Mountain Voices (community chorus) at 7 p.m. June 30 ($10) and country star Neal McCoy 7:30 p.m. July 1 (tickets start at $24). www.greatmountainmusic.com.

• Americana acts The Maggie Valley Band and The Colby Deitz Band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. The event will be an album release party for The Maggie Valley Band. Their new EP “Don’t Go” will hit the streets on June 27. Opening the show will be The Colby Deitz Band, which features former members of Soldier’s Heart and Mangas Colorado, alongside local fiddle sensation Alma Russ. Tickets are $10. www.thestrand.com.

• Acclaimed Christian performer David Phelps will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

Tickets start at $22. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.

• “Master of the Mind” magician Guy Bavli will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in Highlands. Bavli has performed at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas for three years and was the star of NBC’s hit series “Phenomenon.” For tickets, click on www.highlandspac.org or call 526.9047.

• The Kruger Brothers will perform at 6 p.m. on June 25 and Buncombe Turnpike July 2, at Stecoah Valley Center as part of the Appalachian Evening series. www.stecoahvalleycenter.com/performance.html.

• Bean Sidhe will perform Celtic music at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. 488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

• WCU Road Works’ production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged and Revised” will be presented at 1 p.m. on June 30 at the Waynesville Library. Parody. 524.3600.

• Country star Neal McCoy will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 1, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $24 per person. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.

• Western Carolina University (Cullowhee) will host an “Appalachian Concert” with Sarah Hall (Americana) at 5 p.m. July 2 in the Coulter Building. www.wcu.edu.

• The “Week of Rock” celebration will run at 8 p.m.

July 2-9 at Nantahala Brewing Company in Bryson City.

Free. www.nantahalabrewing.com or 488.2337.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS

• Country megastar Toby Keith with perform at 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 30, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center. www.harrahscherokee.com.

• A garage sale is scheduled for June 25 at the Cruso Community Center. To participate, $5 for an inside table or outside space. 400.7323 or 235.9354.

• The Unto These Hills outdoor drama will run at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Aug. 13 at the Mountainside Theater in Cherokee. 866.554.4557 or www.visitcherokenc.com.

• Franklin In Bloom vendor’s day, with garden arts and crafts for sale, is scheduled for Saturday, June 25.

• “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” – an award-winning comedy by Christopher Durang – will be on stage June 24, 25 and 30 and July 1-2 Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Also at 2 p.m. on June 26 and July 3 at HART in Waynesville. 456.6322 (1-5 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday) or www.harttheatre.org.

• WCU Road Works’ production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged and Revised” will be presented at 7 p.m. on June 22 at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Parody. 524.3600.

• “Chicago — The Musical” will be performed June 23-July 9 at the Highlands Playhouse. Tickets are $38 per person, $15 for children up to age 12. www.highlandsplayhouse.com.

• William Ritter and Sarah Ogletree will perform traditional music at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. 488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

• A class on editing digital photos online will be offered at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, at the Jackson County Public Library in downtown Sylva.

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• Karaoke Night! Is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, in the Macon County Public Library.

• A bark basket workshop will be offered as part of an ongoing Appalachian Living craft and skills series from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, at Western Carolina University. $25 fee includes materials.

Reservation deadline is Monday, June 27. Info and reservations: 227.7129 or pkmillard@email.wcu.edu.

• Doreyl Ammons Cain will offer an Outside Birds Pastel Painting class from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on June 30 at Sylva Senior Center. 293.2239.

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• Several of the top artisans and crafters in the Southeast will display their goods at the 27th annual Mountain Artisans Summertime Fine Art & Crafts Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25-26 in the Ramsey Center at Western Carolina University.

• The Fourth of July Fireworks & Fun Day is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at the Macon County Veterans Memorial Recreation Park in Franklin. Kids inflatable area, cornhole tournament and more. Info: www.VisitFranklinNC.com or 524.3161.

• “Yankee Doodle Dandy Day,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4, Sapphire Valley track and recreation center areas.

Swimming, outdoor games, inflated bouncy toys, live music, mini-golf, tug-of-war, three-legged race, fly fishing demonstrations, watermelon races, recreational sports contests, food, pony rides, Horsepasture River Ducky Derby, and more. www.sapphirevalley.com.

• Maggie Valley Band will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. 586.2016.

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FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES • Lake Junaluska’ Independence Celebrations featuring concerts, a parade, barbecue picnic and fireworks over the lake will be held July 2-4. www.lakejunaluska.com/july4th. http://lakejunaluska.com/concert-tickets.

Alcohol free event. Fireworks at dusk. Free.

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KIDS MOVIES • The “Movies on Everett” summer film series will screen “Despicable Me” June 24 and “Captain America” July 1. All films are free and start at 8:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

• The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ 41th annual Pow Wow will be held July 1-3 at the Acquoni Expo Center. Cost is $12 daily or just $10 when you bring and donate three cans of food. Cash only. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• A Plottware Pottery demo with Cory Plott is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, at the Waynesville Library. 452.5169 or www.haywoodlibrary.org.

• An Antique, Vintage & Handcrafted Flea Market starts at 8 a.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at

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ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • Artist Grace Cathey will speak at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28, at Hazelwood Baptist Church. Topic is “Stories of My Journey.” Bring covered-dish potluck.

• An exhibit by artist Rod Whyte will be on display through June 28 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre Rodwell Gallery in Waynesville. www.rodwhytedesigns.com. www.haywoodarts.org.

• The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University is presenting “Vision and Vistas: Great Smoky Mountains” through June 30. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on weekdays with extended hours to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu or 227.3591.

• The Haywood County Arts Council, Haywood County Extension Service and Master Gardeners invite the public to a special exhibit of plein air paintings from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at the arts council in Waynesville. 456.3575. www.haywoodarts.org.

• The Macon County Senior Center’s watercolor class will have works on display during the month of June at the Macon County Public Library. reesaboyce@gmail.com.

FILM & SCREEN • The films “Brothers Grimsby” (June 23) and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” (June 24) will be screened at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Fridays; and 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays. All screenings are free. www.madbatterfoodfilm.com.

June 22-28, 2016

• A new documentary entitled “What’s with Wheat?” will be shown at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, at the Waynesville Library. Documentary seeks to answer the question: “Why have we become so wheat intolerant?”

Info: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

Refreshments provided by Friends of the Library.

• An Appalachian music documentary will be screened at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, at the Canton Library. 648.2924.

• A PBS documentary about a local musical family will be shown at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, at the Canton Library. 648.2924. ‘

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• A guided Stewartia walk led by naturalist Jack Johnston is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Friday, June 24 in

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• Stewartia and Birding Walk is from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 24. RSVP: michell_ruigrok@tws.org. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org or 526.1939.

• A National Park Service Centennial Special, “Life in Alaska,” will be presented by Kathy Dudek from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at Oconaluftee Administration Building near Cherokee. $20 for members or $35 for new members.

• The Highlands Biological Foundation will hold its general membership meeting from 3-6 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Highlands Biological Station in Highlands. Members are welcome. Premier of the video: “Pollinators of the Highlands Plateau” will follow. 526.2221 or www.highlandsbiological.org.

• A River Swim adventure is scheduled for June 25 by the Jackson County Recreation Department. Explore and swim down one of Jackson County rivers. Register

by June 22. $10 per person.

• The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is offering a wildlife photography class led by Jennifer Rowe from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 25 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. For ages 14-up.

Preregistration required: www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/EducationCenters/Pisgah/ EventRegistration.aspx. Info: Jennifer.rowe@ncwildlife.org or 877.4423.

• A Birdwatching for Beginners class is scheduled for 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Balsam Community Center. Instructor is Larry Thompson. $35 made payable to Larry Thompson can be mailed to P.O. Box 390 in Balsam, N.C., 28707. Info: 452.5414 or lvthompson@earthlink.net.

• The ASAP’s Farm Tour is from noon-5 p.m. on June 25-26 in Asheville. Passes are $30 in advance or $40 on the weekend of the tour. Passes and info available at http://asapconnections.org. Info: 236.1282.

• Annual meeting and open house is scheduled for 3 p.m. on June 25 at the Highlands Biological Station. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2221.

• A Stewartia Walk with horticultural expert Jack

Johnston is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, June 28, at Mainspring Conservation Trust’s Queen Branch Property on Highway 28 in Northern Macon County. Sign up: 524.2711 or sburdette@mainspringconserves.org.

• An Introduction to Fly Fishing: Lake Fishing program for ages 12-up is scheduled for 7 a.m.-noon on June 28 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education near Brevard. www.ncwildlife.org/learning.

• Local farmers can stop by the Cooperative Extension Office on Acquoni Road from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every fourth Friday to learn about USDA Farm Service Agency programs in the 2014 Farm Bill. Info: 488.2684, ext. 2 (Wednesday through Friday) or 524.3175, ext. 2 (Monday through Wednesday).

HIKING CLUBS

• A presentation on “If Fossils Could Talk” will be offered at 5:30 p.m. on June 28 as part of the Village Nature Series at the Village Green Commons. 526.1111 or www.hicashlt.org.

• Hike of the Week is at 10 a.m. every Friday at varying locations along the parkway. Led by National Park Service rangers. www.nps.gov/blri or 298.5330, ext.

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• Animotion: Animal Movement is scheduled for for 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1:30-3 p.m. on June 30 at the Cradle of Forestry in Pisgah Forest. Part of the “Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club,” which meets Thursdays through Aug. 11. $4 per child or $2.50 per adult. Register: 877.3130. www.cradleofforestry.org.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an all-day, 13-mile hike with a 2,800-foot ascent of Big East Fork, Art Loeb Trail and Shining Creek Loop on June 25. For info, contact leader Brenda Worley at 684.8656, 606.7297 or bjdworley@gmail.com.

• Spring cleaning day at Big Bear is from 8 a.m.-noon on Friday’s in June. Landscaping. Bring gloves and tools and meet at Big Bear Shelter.

• A Bird Walk with John and Cathy Sill of Franklin is scheduled for 8 a.m. on June 30. Meet at Bi-Lo Franklin parking area to carpool. Sign up: 524.5234.

• The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society will have a birding trip to the Cashiers Village Green at 8 a.m. on July 2. Meet at parking lot for the new community recreation center. Little hiking required. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org or 526.1939.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • The Path to the Breakaway, a group for women 18 and older, meets regularly in preparation for the Blue Ridge Breakaway on Saturday, Aug. 20. Offered by BicycleHaywoodNC. Registration for the race is $41 (by Aug. 1) for the shortest route. www.blueridgebreakaway.com or bobclarklaw@gmail.com.

FARM AND GARDEN • B3: Bees, Birds and Butterflies is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1:30-3 p.m. on June 23 at the Cradle of Forestry in Pisgah Forest. Part of the “Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club,” which meets Thursdays through Aug. 11. $4 per child or $2.50 per adult. Register: 877.3130. www.cradleofforestry.org.

• A Garden Tour: Wicked Plants presentation is scheduled for 10:30-11:30 a.m. on June 27 in the Seminar Room of the Coker Laboratory at Highlands Biological Station. 526.2221 or www.highlandsbiological.org.

• A “Tour of the Hidden Gardens of Lake Junaluska” will be presented by Tuscola Garden Club from 9 a.m.3 p.m. on Saturday, July 2.

• The Mountain View Garden Club of Waynesville will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 2, at the Historic Farmers Market in the HART Theater parking lot in Waynesville. 926.9667 or 926.2043.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will hold a Hike Leader Workshop at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the NHC Club House on Carl Slagle Road. For those interested in leading hikes. Reservations and info: 369.7352 or mary23stone@yahoo.com.

• Hike 100 event with Great Smoky Mountains Association program is scheduled for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at Big Fork Caldwell Loop in Cataloochee. Info: 865.436.7318, ext. 254 or membership@gsmassoc.org. http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=hszagubab&oeidk=a07ec8 6xyej0cb3578a.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a five-mile hike of NC 128 to Balsam Gap on June 26. 1,500-foot ascent.

For info, contact leader Marcia Bromberg at 505.0471 or mwbromberg@yahoo.com.

OUTDOOR CLUBS • The Jackson County Poultry Club will hold its regular meeting on the third Thursday of each month at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office. The club is for adults and children and includes a monthly meeting with a program and a support network for those raising birds. For info, call 586.4009 or write heather_gordon@ncsu.edu.

• The North Carolina Catch program, a three-phase conservation education effort focusing on aquatic environments, will be offered through May 15. The program is offered by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department. Free for members; daily admission for non-members. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Tuckaseigee River Chapter No. 373 of Trout Unlimited meets at 6:30 p.m. on second Tuesday of the month at United Community Bank in Sylva. Dinner is $5.

• The Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited meets the second Tuesday of the month starting with a dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Rendezvous restaurant located on the corner of Jonathan Creek Road and Soco Road in Maggie Valley. 631.5543.

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AUCTION ABSOLUTE AUCTION Commercial Property Log Home & Log Cabin. 5.72 acres divided into 3 Tracts. Saturday, June 25, 2016 10:30 a.m. 2276 NC Hwy 163, West Jefferson, NC. Boyer Realty & Auction. 336.372.8888. boyerrealty@skybest.com. BoyerRealtyandAuction.com. Col. James R. Boyer. NCAL1792.

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CELEBRITIES OF THE PAST ACROSS 1 Young lady 5 Assist illicitly 9 Major work 13 With 107-Across, discontinued gradually 19 Radio host Don 20 Storied Ali 21 Singer Coolidge 22 Sharp cheese 23 Gave a shot to a James Bond actor?

26 Versace competitor 27 Additionally 28 Skiff mover 29 Teased a classical/pop singer?

31 Took the “Alphabet Series” novelist to court?

35 Yes, to Fifi 36 Steel city of Germany 37 Masters 38 Stole from a “West Wing” co-star?

45 Aromatic oily resin 47 Conger hunter 48 Man — (old racehorse) 49 Growl at, e.g.

52 Sent an invoice to a Fox News Channel host?

56 Love, in Leon 57 Is no longer 60 Sunbeams 61 Delivery docs 62 Tattooed Tom Sawyer’s creator?

65 “— see it my way” 68 Prefix with fire or print 71 Wee 72 “Mighty” trees 73 Dwarf planet beyond Pluto

74 Certain lyric poet 76 Bullring holler 77 “— know it!”

79 Honored the wife of Rainier III with one’s presence?

81 Garage fluid 82 Flag down 84 Meyers of “Dutch” 85 Blood group?

86 Devoured a CNN reporter?

92 Lounge chair 94 Baby buggy 95 Ton of, informally 96 Keynote giver, e.g.

99 Prepared a boxing champion for an on-air interview?

102 “Quit that!”

103 Fun party 107 See 13-Across 108 Slightly cut the star of “Affliction”?

110 Gently moved a “Pillow Talk” co-star back and forth?

117 Lav, in Britain 118 Real-estate unit 119 Melodic, to a composer 120 Hurried a radio talk show host?

124 Altering ace 125 Opponent 126 Actor Gyllenhaal 127 Soft white cheese 128 Sneaks 129 For fear that 130 Went quickly 131 Fortuneteller DOWN 1 Enzyme in fat breakdown 2 It beats a B

3 Boot leathers 4 Old Russ. state 5 Cross as — 6 Unjust verdicts 7 Wane 8 La Brea goo 9 Film director Welles 10 Spare parts?

11 Provo setting 12 Of right mind 13 Czech capital 14 Appalling 15 Spitballs, e.g.

16 Swedish auto 17 Sicilian city 18 Totally ruin 24 Fine brandy 25 Spanish for “eyes” 30 Acoustic guitar type 32 Leaves a ship 33 Monkly title 34 Sepulcher 38 Hinge (on) 39 Faux fat 40 Napping site 41 Clark’s gal 42 Avian hooter 43 — -Mart 44 Suffix with green or fish 46 Salacious 47 Flair 49 Rumba’s kin 50 PC notes 51 One of four direcciones 53 Eye piece?

54 Spoil 55 Download for a Nook 58 Zillions 59 Whack 63 Singer Gorme 64 Japan’s emperor 66 Costa — 67 Belgian river 68 Metric “thousandth”

69 Dots in the sea, to Juan 70 Songwriter Jule 73 Novelist — Stanley Gardner 75 Yvonne who played Lily Munster 78 Ancient 79 Home of the Great Sphinx 80 Wds. are defined in it 81 “... for the life —” 83 Env. notation 86 Typing speed: Abbr.

87 “Either you do it — will!”

88 “Mighty — a Rose” (old song) 89 1945 Oscar nominee Ann 90 — Angeles 91 Campus mil. gp.

93 Mingle 97 Soldier of Seoul 98 Descriptor for Bigfoot 100 Performs suitably 101 Mary I and Henry VIII 102 Math ratio 104 Appeal 105 Smelly cigar 106 Leash 108 Like seven Nolan Ryan games 109 Like the Capitol’s top 110 “Phooey!”

111 Verbalized 112 Cato’s 103 113 German city 114 Russian river 115 — buggy 116 Jets that first flew in ‘68 121 Rave VIPs 122 Pool unit 123 Six-pack —

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The naturalist’s corner

BY DON H ENDERSHOT

Peregrines once again at Devil’s Courthouse couple of Saturday’s ago Bob Olthoff and I made a quick trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway. We were going up to Black Balsam to look for yellow-rumped warblers. Yellow-rumps are regular visitors to Western North Carolina during the winter but generally pack their bags and head back to New England and/or Canada for nesting season. Occasionally nesting yellowrumps can be found at higher elevations in the mountains of North Carolina. I have picked them up now and then on Roan Mountain while doing my annual Forest Service bird point survey. This year, for the first time, I encountered a single yellowrump along the Art Loeb Trail at Black Balsam.

I did some Internet sleuthing and discovered other records for Black Balsam and for Mount Mitchell, so I decided to go up and nose around to see if I could turn up any more and Bob, being the bird-friend he is, agreed to go along for moral support. After nearly two hours of searching along the Black Balsam road from the Art Loeb trail-

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head to the parking lot at Ivestor Gap, with no luck, we gave up.

Earlier on the ride up, when we passed the Devil’s Courthouse parking lot, we talked about the fact that peregrine falcons had nested there this spring for the first time in three or four years. I had recently talked with Chris Kelly of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and she acknowledged that a pair of peregrines had successfully hatched two chicks at Devils Courthouse this year. So Bob and I decided to make a stop at the parking lot on our way down.

As luck would have it, when we got to the parking lot we found Marilyn Westphal, Marcus Simpson and a friend (whose name, regrettably, I missed) and they were intently focused on the Devil’s Courthouse cliff. They even had a spotting scope set up and trained on one of the fledgling peregrines standing at the eyrie.

The peregrines at Devil’s Courthouse are a direct result of the hard work done through a partnership between the Peregrine Fund and North Carolina Wildlife Resources. Peregrines were hacked at different sites throughout the mountains of North Carolina for more than a decade beginning

view the eyrie with binoculars, but to get a good luck a spotting scope is required. To locate the eyrie set up about 20 yards to the right (facing the summit) of the interpretive sign in the Devils Courthouse parking lot. Look to the right below the summit overlook; there will be a vertical rust-colored streak; just above and to the left of the streak is the Can yah see it? This is what a peregrine falcon fledgling on its eyrie ledge where the nest looks like from 0.1 mile away through a digital zoom. Peregrines is. Look for whitereturned to Devils Courthouse this year for the first time in several wash (guano) on the years and successfully fledged 2 chicks! Don Hendershot photo ledge to determine exactly where the nest is/was. around 1984.

And for a bonus, if you go around dusk One of the first successful nesting and linger into the night you just might get attempts at Devil’s Courthouse, after the serenaded by a northern saw-whet owl. It hacking program was initiated, occurred in seems Marilyn, Marcus and friend were 2000 and the male falcon was a bird that there to survey one of their active northern had been hacked at Pickens Nose in Macon saw-whet nest boxes. Marcus told us that County, near Standing Indian, around 1987. they had been monitoring the nest boxes for Peregrines had a pretty successful run at a number of years with very little success Devils courthouse, producing fledglings but this year they had five active boxes. eight of the next 11 years.

I guess you can’t harp about dipping on But then there was a dry spell of three or yellow-rumps if you get to see a peregrine four years until this spring. The birds are falcon and learn of northern saw-whet nestlikely no longer at the eyrie but they could ing success in the mountains. hang around the area till this fall. You can

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