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Gerrymandering ruling leaves NC districts in place Page 4 Waynesvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Smoky Mountain Cinema reopens Page 22

CONTENTS On the Cover: As Gov. Roy Cooper holds strong to his goal of expanding Medicaid by vetoing the General Assembly’s 2019-20 state budget, The Smoky Mountain News takes a closer look at what Medicaid expansion would mean for all North Carolinians. (Page 6) Cory Vaillancourt photo

News Gerrymandering ruling leaves N.C. districts in place ..............................................4 Cherokee recognized for leadership in healthcare ..................................................5 Jackson teacher accused of sexual misconduct ....................................................10 Budget standoff hinges on Medicaid expansion ....................................................11 Canton board seat will remain open, for now ..........................................................11 Shining Rock hires new head of school ....................................................................12 Chief candidates square off in debate ......................................................................14 Business News ..................................................................................................................17

Opinion Independent redistricting is the only answer ............................................................18

A&E Waynesville’s Smoky Mountain Cinema reopens ..................................................22

Outdoors Local science program goes statewide ....................................................................32

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Gerrymandering ruling leaves NC districts in place BY CORY VAILLANCOURT trolled North Carolina’s General Assembly, STAFF WRITER they, too, drew districts to their advantage. June 27 Supreme Court decision not to “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” said get involved with politically gerrymanWoodsmall. “Quite frankly, the Democrats dered congressional districts in have gerrymandered too. But I think, numMaryland and North Carolina means it’s ber one, they haven’t done it to this extreme unlikely Asheville Republican Congressman and number two, the Republicans, particuMark Meadows’ Western North Carolina larly in North Carolina, were just absolutely district will change before his presumed blatant about it.” reelection campaign in 2020. Defendants in the Rucho case, mean“It’s really disappointing,” said Dr. Steve while, continued to appeal the state court Woodsmall, a Pisgah Forest Democrat who ruling until the Supreme Court agreed to is thus far the only candidate to declare his hear the case this past January. intent to run against Meadows. “It’s wrong. Reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling It really just shows that Republicans will do were likewise mixed; the North Carolina whatever they have to do to win, and it’s Democratic Party said that the Republicanreally unfortunate particularly in our case controlled Supreme Court “failed to hold that our current representative has done North Carolina Republicans accountable” nothing to represent the people in this disfor gerrymandering, while LGBTQ rights trict, and we are still fighting an uphill battle organization Equality NC said that gerryto replace him.” mandering had “systematically silenced the The 5-4 decision in the consolidated voices of our communities.” Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek In the November 2016 elections, all cases came down on partisan lines, with conserva13 North Carolina congressional tive justices concluding seats were up for election. A Smoky that the judicial branch has no right to meddle in Mountain News tabulation shows that politically gerrymandered of the 3.62 million votes cast in those congressional districts, which are drawn up in 13 races, 48.96 percent of them state legislatures every 10 years. were for Democratic candidates, but The Rucho case origiDems somehow walked away nated in North Carolina when plaintiffs clamed winning only 3 of 13 seats. that a 2016 congressional map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. In January A June 27 statement issued by Mitchell 2018, state courts agreed. County Republican Sen. Ralph Hise, who That fall, in the November elections, all chairs the Senate Committee on Redistricting 13 North Carolina congressional seats were and Elections, lauded the ruling while opinup for election. A Smoky Mountain News ing that the judicial branch “shouldn’t decide tabulation shows that of the 3.62 million how many Rs and Ds” end up in Congress. votes cast in those 13 races, 48.96 percent of As a result of the Supreme Court ruling, them were for Democratic candidates, but that decision doesn’t even appear to rest in Dems somehow walked away winning only 3 the hands of the voters — instead, it rests in of 13 seats. the hands of the majority party in the state Supporters of the gerrymandered maps legislature. have pointed out — correctly so — that for “The N.C. Supreme Court has already more than a century, when Democrats conruled on considering politics after other cri-

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Statewide voter registration totals as of June 22 BY PARTY Democratic ....................................2,470,114 Republican ....................................2,003,702 Green ....................................................1,439 Libertarian ..........................................37,407 Unaffiliated ...................................2,139,585 BY RACE: White..............................................4,515,755 Black..............................................1,448,974 American Indian .................................51,660 Other.................................................637,549 Hispanic............................................193,322 Male...............................................2,933,399 Female ...........................................3,489,555 TOTAL.............................................6,653,938

Source: N.C. State Board of Elections

Voter registration in N.C.’s 11th Congressional District, 2018 BY PARTY: Democratic .............................................30% Republican .............................................36% Unaffiliated ............................................33% BY RACE White ......................................................92% Black ........................................................3% Hispanic ...................................................3% Other ........................................................3%

Source: www.politicsNC.com teria, writing that ‘the General Assembly may consider partisan advantage and incumbency protection in the application of discretionary redistricting decisions,’” said Hise in

the statement. “Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has reached the same conclusion, all legal cases on this matter should end so we can move on.” Another suit, to be heard in Wake County July 15, challenges the legality of North Carolina’s 2017 state legislative maps, which are also drawn by the state legislature. Woodsmall thinks that case, if favorable to opponents of gerrymandering, could hold implications for congressional districts, which are due to be redrawn by whoever is in control of the General Assembly in 2022. Meadows’ district, covering all of Western North Carolina, includes only the westernmost portions of Buncombe County. In those precincts, he lost to 2018 challenger, Nebo Democrat Phillip Price, by a margin of 33,000 to 26,700 en route to a 178,000 to 117,000-vote victory district wide. Southern and eastern portions of Buncombe County were drawn into Hendersonville Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry’s district; in 2018, McHenry lost those precincts to the Democratic challenger by a 40,000 to 17,000 margin. Price said on June 27 that he wouldn’t run again with the current map, but Woodsmall remains undaunted by the gerrymandered district, in which he also ran in 2018 and finished second in the Democratic primary to Price. “I’m probably more motivated now, because I think to make a statement and win in 2020 despite the fact that it’s an unfair playing field would really make it even more rewarding that we threw out somebody who isn’t doing his job,” he said. A statement from Meadows’ office called the Supreme Court ruling a non-partisan victory for the democratic process. “When Americans have more control over their own lives, that’s a good thing — and the best way to achieve that goal is to put power in the hands of their local, more accountable governments,” it reads. “Today’s SCOTUS decision isn’t a victory for Republicans or Democrats — it is a victory for Americans who believe states, localities and main street voters should have control over their political systems, not unelected judges and bureaucrats.”

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Brad Crone (left to right) of the Healthcare Leadership Council, Rep. Mark Meadows, Principal Chief Richard Sneed and Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority CEO Casey Cooper pose following presentation of the Redefining American Healthcare Award. Holly Kays photo

Cherokee recognized for leadership in healthcare

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians received national recognition last week for its work to address healthcare issues on the Qualla Boundary. “When I saw recent news accounts of the work that Chief (Richard Sneed) and Mr. (Casey) Cooper were doing to address healthcare concerns like the opioid epidemic and substance abuse on the Qualla Boundary, I knew immediately they were worthy of national attention,” Brad Crone, regional director for the Healthcare Leadership Council, said during the award presentation at the Cherokee Indian Hospital June 28. The HCL is a coalition of chief executives from all disciplines of American healthcare that works toward a healthcare system that uses consumer choice and competition to create a system of affordable and high-quality care that is quality-driven and fosters innovation. Its Redefining American Healthcare Award seeks to recognize best practices and programs that optimize care for high-need patients. Cherokee’s work to combat diabetes, substance abuse and depression triggered its selection for the award, according to a press release from the HLC. The Eastern Band opened its new hospital in 2015 and is currently under construction on a $46 million crisis stabilization unit. In addition, it’s recently opened a residential addiction treatment facility in Graham County and established the Analenisgi program to support people in recovery. “I wish I could say that it’s just on tribal land that we have that problem, but it will be just on tribal land where we have a $46 million

facility to actually address some of the concerns,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, said in an interview following the ceremony. “For me it’s about leadership and applauding leadership. And it’s leadership that happened because of the Tribal Council and the chief and the hospital authority, not because of anything great that happened from Washington, D.C.” Meadows presented the award to Sneed, who accepted it while acknowledging the importance of leadership from Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority staff, frontline healthcare workers and employees at the Cherokee Department of Public Health and Human Services. “It is a huge undertaking for any tribe to take on the duties and the responsibilities of providing for the public health of their people,” said Sneed. “But no one knows better what our people need and how best to meet their needs than us.” Cooper, the hospital’s CEO, pointed out the extensive tribal resources that have gone into establishing the facilities that earned the tribe this award. “The facility that we’re building, a $46 million, 14-bed crisis stabilization unit built with tribal money, that’s in addition to the $14 million facility that we just built in Graham County under Kristi Case’s leadership about a year and a half ago — that is for a 20-bed residential treatment facility, built with tribal money. And that is in addition to the $83 million facility that we’re in right now that was built with tribal money,” said Cooper. “And I say all that to make this point: We all know that the Indian Health Service has been historically underfunded. It’s set to be funded at about 50 percent of the true level of need.” IHS is funded at about $6 billion a year for the entire country, Cooper said, though estimates say that budget should be north of $30 billion. Of that $6 billion, only $240 million is for construction despite an estimated need of $14.5 billion. Were the tribe relying on government funds, it’s not likely that it would have gotten an $83 million facility, or that the new facility would be built anytime soon. “That’s why the Eastern Band did this,” said Cooper. “Because it was necessary to take care of our own and to do it in spite of the government’s trust responsibility to American Indians and Alaska Natives, not because of it.”

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER here’s a good reason President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri on July 30, 1965, to sign the legislation that created Medicare — he wanted to present the first membership card to former President Harry S. Truman. Truman had long been a backer of socialized medicine, inheriting the position from his Oval Office successor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who established a number of social safety net programs during his 12 years as chief executive. Roosevelt had even tried to create something similar while advocating for his Social Security Act of 1935, but had to drop the

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health care provisions to ensure passage of the Act itself. The 1965 legislation passed by a Democrat-majority House and Senate and signed by Johnson is self-described as “an act to provide a hospital insurance program for the aged under the Social Security Act [of 1935], with a supplementary medical benefits program and an expanded program of medical assistance.“ Today, more than one in five Americans, or about 73 million people, have health care coverage through Medicaid, which is funded by taxpayers from both the federal and state levels. Participation in Medicaid by states is completely optional, although all 50 do, in

part because of substantial matching funds from the federal government. In fiscal year 2017, total Medicare funding amounted to more than $550 billion, with 62 percent of that cost borne by the feds, and 38 percent by the states. The amount of federal funding actually disbursed to each state is determined by something called Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, which is different for each state and varies based on per capita income and poverty levels, among other things. The average FMAP is 57 percent, but that number can range from as low as 50 percent in high-income states like Alaska, California and Colorado to as much as 76.98 percent in low-income Mississippi. North Carolina’s fiscal year 2020 FMAP is 67.03 percent. Although states administer their own Medicaid programs there are certain basic federal guidelines they must adhere to and basic services they must make available, including hospital, lab, nursing and X-ray services. Then there are the optional benefits, which can be anything from physical therapy to personal care, dentistry to hospice. North Carolina’s options include chiropractic services, podiatry and optometry. Medicaid is not available to undocumented immigrants, and is not generally available to non-citizens, except for legal immigrants who resided in the United States on or before Aug. 22, 1996, and that’s only if the state has allowed it. Legal immigrants who arrived after 1996 cannot apply for Medicaid benefits during their first five years of residency, except for those who are here on humanitarian grounds — fleeing genocide, war, persecution or human trafficking and the like. In North Carolina, Medicaid is available to people under 21 or over 65 years of age, and to those who are blind, have a disability or are in need of long-term care. Eligibility is also determined by household income as it relates to the federal poverty level. For the blind, the disabled and the elderly, household income must be below $1,005 a month for single-person households, and below $1,354 a month for two-person households. Those numbers rise dramatical-

ly if anyone in the household works. For families with children, income limits are graduated based on the amount of children and their ages, ranging from $2,842 a month for a family of two on up to $5,037 a month for a family of five. Pregnant women, according to specific circumstances, can qualify with monthly incomes as high as $4,018 in some cases. Once children turn 19, the monthly income limits drop precipitously — between $434 a month for one person and $744 a month for a family of four. Those guidelines leave the bulk of the U.S. population unqualified to take advantage of Medicare, so in 2014, the Affordable Care Act gave states the authority to expand Medicaid to people under 65. That authority also came with a 100 percent federal funding match for the expansion group in states that expanded Medicaid from 2014 through 2016. In 2017, states had to bear 5 percent of that cost. In 2018, it went up to 6 percent. In 2019 it’s 7 percent. In 2020, and thereafter, it will be 10 percent. Currently, more than 2.4 million of North Carolina’s 10.1 million residents are eligible for Medicaid, including 25.8 percent of Haywood County residents, 20.9 percent of Jackson County residents, 24.7 percent of Macon County residents and 34.6 percent of Swain County residents. To date, 37 states have expanded Medicaid. North Carolina is not one of them. In those states that have not expanded Medicaid, more than 2.5 million people who make too much to qualify but not enough for other health care coverage remain in the so-called “coverage gap,” with almost 10 percent of those in North Carolina. Medicaid expansion in North Carolina is estimated to cost about $600 million a year for the next 10 years, if implemented in 2020. By comparison, North Carolina’s 2018-19 general fund budget was just under $24 billion. Stats in this report come from a variety of sources including The John Locke Foundation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the State of North Carolina.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR arrie McBane of Sylva was at the end of her rope a year ago. She knew something was wrong and needed to go to a doctor but she didn’t have health insurance. “I felt like all my organs started to fail me at once. I was just exhausted all the time and just couldn’t function. I slept all the time and cried all the time — experiencing severe mood swings and I had horrible dry mouth and canker sores on my tongue. I stopped eating like I used to and within eight months I dropped 50 pounds,” she said. McBane took the money she had saved for bills and her sister loaned her some money so she could go see a doctor. She saw

three specialists in three months and paid $400 to $500 upfront cost per visit but not one doctor could give her any answers. “The last doctor I saw was a 70-year-old man — an ear, nose and throat specialist — who gave me five minutes of his time before telling me he didn’t know what was wrong and that he could send me to the hospital for more tests. I was just floored,” she said. A neighbor finally recommended McBane call the Good Samaritan Clinic, which at the time had just been taken over by Blue Ridge Health. The clinic sees patients regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status, however, the waiting list can be lengthy. She had to wait a few weeks to be seen but once she did, it only took the

staff about 5 minutes of hearing her symptoms to realize she probably had type 2 diabetes. The staff also couldn’t believe the other doctors she’d seen hadn’t said anything to her about her high blood sugar. A normal level is between 70 to 120 and McBane’s was at 500 the last time she had been admitted to the emergency room — levels that high can send someone into a coma. “Within those five minutes, I just burst into tears. My first appointment with Blue Ridge Health lasted three hours but I would have stayed there for six if I needed to because they were the only people willing to help me,” she said. “They are my primary means of health care right now.”

Within a few days of taking medication to control the diabetes, McBane started to feel like herself again, but she’s still struggling to afford the medications she needs without insurance. She can get a pill form of the meds she needs for $4 a month, but suffered from some of its many side effects. She’s fighting to get approved for Trulicity instead, a weekly insulin injection that costs $700 per injection. “I can’t afford that — it’s a quarter of my income,” she said. About the same time McBane was dealing with all her medical issues, she got a visit from community organizers from Down

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR nly $80 stands between Sylva resident Carrie McBane and affordable health care coverage. If she made $80 less she would qualify for Medicaid in North Carolina, and if she made $80 more she would qualify for subsidies through the Affordable Care Act. The restaurant jobs she’s worked for the n last 14 years have been too small to offer employees insurance and she can’t afford a private health care plan. Meanwhile, the medications she needs to control her type 2 diabetes are expensive but necessary to keep her healthy. McBane is not alone — she’s one of more than 500,000 people across the state that fell into the gap created when the state legislature originally chose not to expand Medicaid in 2014. “My story is typical of the more than half a million North Carolinians who fall into the health care gap. I worked for years as a restaurant server and made just a little too much or too little to get health coverage,” McBane said. “At the end of the day, a person’s ability to get medical care shouldn’t depend on how

much money they make. Expanding Medicaid is a step in the right direction to guaranteeing health care for all people.” Trevor Gates, a 24-year-old resident of Jackson County, said he wouldn’t have been able to accomplish all he has without the health care coverage he has received in the past. He is also legally blind and suffered from several life-threatening conditions as a child. While he is in remission, he said he lives in fear those safety nets could be stripped away, leaving him unable to fight illnesses or afford his many medications. “I graduated from Southwestern Community College with two associate’s degrees and I’m a Western Carolina [University] student majoring in psycholo-

MEDICAID EXPANSION gy,” Gates said. “The only reason I’ve been able to chase my dreams is because I’ve had health care, but I live in constant fear of this rug being pulled out from under me. It would be less stressful if Medicaid expansion would be there to catch me if I need it.” Waynesville resident Kathleen Wood, originally from New Jersey where Republican Gov. Chris Christie expanded Medicaid, was a social worker for almost 38 years. She showed up at the Medicaid expansion rally held at the Historic Haywood County Courthouse last Friday to show her support and tell her story. While she would never sug-

gest the government should give people a permanent handout, she does know how critical it is for impoverished people to be given a hand up in their time of need. “I grew up very, very poor, and have multiple disabilities. I’m legally blind. I’ve also got cerebral palsy. I was very fortunate that the New Jersey Commission for the Blind gave me a great deal of support and sponsored my education, but Social Security and Medicaid is what I survived on while I was going to school,” she said. “It’s so critical to give people the basic support that they need so they can move toward self-sufficiency.” Wood said state legislators need to understand it’s extremely difficult for people to focus on their future and become productive citizens when they are constantly just trying to get through the day without worrying about where their next meal will come from or how they will pay for their insulin. If you’re just trying to survive, you’re not able to thrive, she said. “Get your head out of the clouds, come down here and meet some real people who are not the one-percenters and see how many people want to do better,” she said at the rally. “Give them the basic support so they can. You were hired to negotiate. The art of politics is negotiation. Do it. Make people’s lives better. That’s what you were hired to do, not just get re-elected time and time again.” Wood is not alone in her frustrations with the North Carolina Legislature and its inabil-

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BENEFITS OF EXPANSION • In calendar year 2020, about 464,000 more people will gain Medicaid coverage. This will rise to about 634,000 people in 2022, then stabilize. • New federal funding flowing into North Carolina will rise by $2.8 billion in 2019 and gradually climb to $4.7 billion by 2022 because the federal government would pay 90 percent of Medicaid costs for newly eligible adults. From 2020 to 2022, North Carolina will gain $11.7 billion more in federal funding. • The injection of billions of dollars into North Carolina’s economy will spur business activity, which will in turn create more jobs. It’s estimated that 24,400 additional jobs would be created in 2020, climbing to 37,200 more jobs in 2022, compared to levels if Medicaid is not expanded. • The Gross State Product (a measure of economic activity in North Carolina) would be increased by $1.9 billion in 2020 and $2.9 billion in 2022. • The increased economic activity and employment would trigger increases in state and county tax revenues, totaling $500 million in state revenue from 2020 to 2022 and $100 million in county revenue over the three-year period. The additional revenues can help the state and the counties address other budgetary needs.

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Rural WNC fights for Medicaid expansion

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• In Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget proposal, the FY 2019-20 costs of care for expansion are projected to be $2.13 billion, of which $1.91 billion will be covered by federal matching funds and $216 million will be covered by non-federal funds (primarily hospital assessments). • The budget proposes to fund the remaining need of $3.3 million with a tax on managed care capitation payments made on behalf of the expansion population. • In addition, the state will need $63 million to meet the additional costs of existing eligible people and will gain $46 million in federal matching funds and $2 million in non-federal funds (hospital assessments). • In 2020-21, the costs of the expansion group will increase to $4.17 billion, of which federal matching revenue will cover $3.74 billion and non-federal revenue will cover $356 million. • The tax on managed care capitation payments will generate the remaining balance of $75 million. The projected costs of serving additional people who are already eligible is estimated at $126 million and North Carolina will receive $92 million from federal and non-federal sources. Source: The Economic and Employment Benefits of Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina — June 2019. To read the full report, visit www.conehealthfoundation.com.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER here’s perhaps been no greater ideological clash in American government over the past century than the extent to which the individual, as opposed to the collective, should be prioritized. That conflict has played out over the years in a number of legislative proxy wars, none so prominent in recent times as the one currently being waged on socialized medicine. “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine,” said conservative icon Ronald Reagan on a 10-minute spoken word record issued in 1961. “It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project — most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people that possibly can’t afford it.” This was long before Reagan entered politics, unless you count his two short stints as president of the Screen Actors Guild, but even then, Reagan highlighted an unsuccessful 1945 health care proposal by Harry S. Truman as a sure path to collectivization. “From here, it’s a short step to all the rest

tional program enrollees at risk. Low-income parents, children, pregnant women, the elderly, the blind, and the disabled would have to compete for access to health care with ablebodied, childless adults.” With almost one in five of North Carolina’s 10.1 million residents already on Medicaid, including almost half of all children, expansion would further strain the system without even providing coverage to a substantial number of people — it’s estimated that Medicaid expansion would only cover about 500,000 additional North Carolinians, and only about 250,000 of those are affected by the so-called “coverage gap” between Medicaid eligibility and subsidized marketplace coverage. Medicaid’s below-market provider reimbursements also make expansion unattractive for physicians and medical practices, who would then compensate for the lowerpaying patients by pressing private insurance carriers for higher rates. Davis cites a study on Medicaid expansion conducted by the conservative Goldwater Institute that says this “cost shifting” phenomenon caused Arizona hospitals to increase prices to patients by 27 percent. Another study cited by Davis says that average American families paid $1,800 more in premiums each year because of cost shifting. Then there’s the purported benefit to addressing the opioid epidemic, something on which Davis has expended a lot of time and energy.

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of socialism,” Reagan said. “Pretty soon, your son won’t decide when he’s in school, where he will go, or what he will do for a living. He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do.” Four years after Reagan’s record was released, President Lyndon Johnson signed legislation creating Medicare. Today, the fight over socialized medicine, especially Medicaid, has evolved; while the ideological opposition to socialized medicine ebbed somewhat around the time Americans endorsed the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — those against Medicaid expansion now cite more practical, pragmatic reasons for their opposition. “Considering Medicaid expansion has Jim Davis been a topic of continuous interest I have compiled the following,” wrote Sen. Jim Davis, RFranklin, when asked about the reasons he opposes Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. Davis, who has served five terms totaling 10 years as a senator in the N.C. General Assembly, is a dentist by trade, and could stand to benefit immensely from the expansion of Medicaid’s basic and optional services, but he remains opposed for a litany of reasons. “Expanded coverage doesn’t necessarily mean expanded care,” Davis said. “Expanding Medicaid’s caseload by 25 percent puts tradi-

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FOR, CONTINUED FROM 8 ity to expand Medicaid or reach some kind of compromise. Many were hopeful the lawmakers this year would pass a budget that included expanded Medicaid, but it was completely left out of the spending plan presented to Gov. Roy Cooper last week. Cooper vetoed the budget, claiming it didn’t prioritize the most important things — health care, education and the economy. “I am vetoing this budget because it prioritizes the wrong things. It values corporate tax breaks over classrooms, gimmicks over guaranteed school construction and political ideology over people,” Cooper said in a press release. “Our neighbors, our friends, our farmers, our childcare teachers, our small business owners, our brothers and sisters in the grips of opioid addiction — these are the people in the health care coverage gap. But 2,305 days ago, the legislature slammed the door on expanding Medicaid in North Carolina. Every day that count gets higher is a lost opportunity to help our state.”

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The governor isn’t the only champion of Medicaid expansion. Many in the public education, economic development and medical sectors have shown their support because of the many benefits it will bring to the state. In addition to insuring another 500,000 people in the state, expansion would also create jobs, inject billions of dollars of new revenue into the state to spur the economy and increase state and county tax revenue. According to a new study released last week from the Cone Health Foundation, expansion is estimated to create 24,400 additional jobs in 2020 and climb to 37,200 in 2022. About half of the projected job growth is expected to occur in six large counties across 8 the state, including Buncombe, Durham,

Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. As a neighbor of Buncombe, it could also be beneficial for Haywood County’s workforce. The report states that Buncombe would gain 1,293 jobs by 2022, Haywood would gain 100, Jackson would gain 263, Macon would gain 62 and Swain would gain 32. The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce listed expanded health care services in its latest 2019 State Legislative Priorities. Specifically, the Chamber prioritized increasing capacity and funding for behavioral health services; expanding and funding opioid/substance abuse prevention and treatment and expanding resources that address the shortage of allied health care professionals to ensure access to care. The North Carolina Association of Educators made Medicaid expansion one of its top legislative priorities in addition to pushing for increased pay and more resources for teachers. While Medicaid expansion may not seem like a public education issue, John deVille, a Macon County educator and NCAE member, recently told county commissioners that it was critical to public education when rural hospitals continue to discontinue services in communities. He said a lack of accessible and affordable health care also impacts students in the classroom — it’s difficult for students to focus on learning when they are worried about their parents’ or grandparents’ health. Lucretia Stargell, vice president of Harris Regional and Swain Community hospitals, said the hospitals in WNC are very much in favor of Medicaid expansion because it means more people will seek primary care services as opposed to emergency care services, which are much more costly for the patient and the hospital. “When an individual has a way to cover the cost of health care, he or she is more likely to seek it. Through access to a family doctor,

About half of the projected job growth is expected to occur in six large counties across the state, including Buncombe, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. As a neighbor of Buncombe, it could also be beneficial for Haywood County’s workforce. illness can be approached from a preventive standpoint and chronic disease can be managed through minimizing acuity of symptoms or disease exacerbation,” Stargell said. “Constrained access to primary care can lead to utilization of the emergency department for episodic or catastrophic illness.” According to a new report from the Cone Health Foundation, Medicaid expansion would lower hospitals’ uncompensated care burdens, improve their balance sheets and reduce the risk of rural hospital closures. Six

MEDICAID EXPANSION rural hospitals in N.C. closed between 2014 and May 2019 and of the 76 rural hospitals that closed across the nation in that period, 83 percent were in states that did not expand Medicaid. Stargell said about 20 percent of the population in the counties that Harris and Swain hospitals serve do not have a way to pay for health care. Those people often forego routine preventive care to address an illness or chronic disease and their condition can become unmanageable while their financial burden can become insurmountable. The hospitals do provide indigent care to those who can’t pay, but the cost makes it more challenging for rural hospitals to expand the services needed to care for an aging demographic.

“Hospital operations benefit when people who live in our communities receive the care they need when they need it and where they need it,” she said. “We are the safety net hospitals for the region with $4.8 million in services to patients, regardless of their ability to pay.” The rural hospitals are also major economic drivers in the region. Together Harris and Swain serve a population of about 160,000 people in Jackson, Swain, Macon and Graham counties and the surrounding area. Harris and Swain employ 924 people and paid $1.2 million in local and state taxes last year. “Economic viability in our local communities is important so we can continue to serve patients with hundreds of thousands of encounters each year, and provide jobs to strengthen the financial stability of individuals and families,” Stargell said. “Medicaid expansion would create an opportunity to review how we can serve our communities to a greater degree with the highest level of customer service, compassion and efficiency in the care we provide.” Increasing access to health care is also a top five legislative priority for the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. According to its 2019-20 legislative goals, the association would like to “support continued state funding of Medicaid and support legislation and state funding to close the Medicaid coverage gap.”

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Sylva resident Carrie McBane meets with Gov. Roy Cooper in Raleigh last week as Cooper announced his decision to veto the state budget. Donated photo ing surveys where we knock on thousands of doors and ask residents what issues they’re struggling with and what solutions they want to see,” he said. “Consistently from the get go accessing health care has been the number one problem low-income residents have reported and expanding Medicaid is the top solution so that’s been our top priority.” The nonprofit has spent the last year organizing in the communities, holding town hall meetings to educate residents, holding vigils and rallies to talk about Medicaid and

islators. The main argument, he said, has been that Republican legislators don’t want abled-bodied adults taking a “free ride” on Medicaid. “That’s just not true — the vast majority of people are working but don’t make enough to qualify like construction workers and servers,” he said. “And when people defer medical care they get sick and then they can’t participate in the labor market.” Zimmer said people in North Carolina are already paying for Medicaid expansion with their federal taxes, but since the state didn’t expand, those tax dollars are going to subsidize the cost of covering people in the states that did. A report released by the Cone Health Foundation stated that the state had already lost access to billions in federal dollars by not expanding in 2013. “With expansion and extra revenue in the system, we would have more mental health professionals and more people able to access them. We have people inches away from care — all they need is for their representative to have some compassion and leadership,” he said. It may be Republican legislators holding up expansion efforts, but Zimmer said Medicaid expansion is not a party line issue. He said many Down Home members and other residents surveyed identify as conservative but still want to see Medicaid expanded. Some of those conservative members were recently featured in a New York Times video report on the issue. 9

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Home NC, a statewide nonprofit group focusing on providing a voice for poor working people in rural communities. While conducting surveys with local residents to see what issues are most important to them, Down Home organizers were the first to hear McBane’s personal story. They wouldn’t be the last. McBane was so taken aback that anyone was interested in knowing the struggles she had been through that she became a member and now works for the organization as a community organizer. “I didn’t realize how damaged our systems are until I went through everything I went through and how criminal their actions are to profit off the backs of poor and working class people that only want to pursue life and liberty,” she said. “People are dying and it’s something that is an easy fix if we have regular preventative care.” McBane was among a select few North Carolinians chosen to stand next to Gov. Roy Cooper in Raleigh as he announced his decision to veto the state budget because it didn’t prioritize Medicaid expansion. She brought along with her 1,200 signatures she helped collect that supporting Cooper’s veto action and Medicaid expansion. Todd Zimmer, co-founder of Down Home NC, said McBane’s story is one of so many people across the state struggling with the cost of health care and limited access to care. “Every year we conduct large-scale listen-

lobbying state legislators on the many benefits of expansion. Besides being the right thing to do, Zimmer said, expanding Medicaid would be good for the economy. “The latest figures show 645,000 North Carolinians would gain coverage under Medicaid expansion, which is huge,” he said. “Jobs would be created, which would mean more tax revenue for counties and it would be a boon to rural hospitals.” Zimmer said Down Home members have really been trying to make legislators aware of the true cost of people not being able to access affordable health care. They’ve met with Rep. Michele Presnell, R-Burnsville, Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, and Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville. While Queen has been a major advocate for Medicaid expansion, he said Republicans haven’t been as receptive. “To be frank, our members are pretty frustrated and disheartened about the response they’ve received from Sen. Davis and Rep. Presnell — they feel like they both really failed in a crucial leadership test by not finding solutions for their constituents,” Zimmer said. “Medicaid expansion came before the General Assembly in 2012 — they’ve had seven years to find a solution and they haven’t put forward a compromise or anything.” When asked about the strongest argument against expansion, Zimmer said he’s yet to hear a compelling argument or see an alternative solution presented by Republican leg-

“Expanding Medicaid’s caseload by 25 percent puts traditional program enrollees at risk. Lowincome parents, children, pregnant women, the elderly, the blind, and the disabled would have to compete for access to health care with ablebodied, childless adults.”

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template freezing enrollment. “Since Medicaid is an entitlement program, which means that anyone meeting the coverage qualifications is entitled to the full benefits of the program, it is of questionable legality whether enrollment can even be frozen,” said Davis. Other states, like Alaska, have proposed lowering the already-low Medicaid reimbursement rates, which would have a disastrous effect on the number of providers willing to accept Medicaid patients while contributing to further cost shifting. Medicaid expansion is also theorized to have a positive effect on local job markets, which is also mostly accurate. However, a

2017 article in the N.C. Medical Journal opines that the federal tax increases that would be needed to sustain long-term Medicaid expansion would actually shrink the economy. “The thinking that Medicaid is now turning into a jobs program strays away from its original purpose as a health insurance program for our most vulnerable citizens,” Davis said. According to some, the expansion of Medicaid will also provide a big boost to struggling rural hospitals, but Davis disagrees. “Medicaid expansion is not going to solve the core problem these hospitals face: outdated, inefficient facilities that are oversized for the populations they currently serve,” he said. As rural populations in the United States continue to decline, rural hospitals have had a hard time filling beds, which can result in an increase in the number of patients covered by socialized plans like Medicaid and Medicare. “Adding more patients with low reimbursement rates will not solve the critical financial issues these hospitals are dealing with, and it’s likely they will also lose some current private insurance patients who will be shunted onto Medicaid under expansion,” said Davis. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, DRocky Mount, said he would veto the state’s fiscal year 2019-2020 budget presented by the Republican-led General Assembly unless it included provisions for Medicaid expansion. Last week, he did just that, setting up a stalemate that could drag on for the foreseeable future (see Budget, page 11).

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“Some claim that expanding Medicaid will help to fight the opioid epidemic, but the numbers show otherwise,” Davis said. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the five states with the highest drug overdose mortality rates in 2017 — New Hampshire, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia — have all seen marked increases despite being early adopters of Medicaid expansion. In West Virginia, prior to expansion in 2014, the mortality rate was 35.5 percent but climbed to 57.8 percent by 2017. The Kaiser Family Foundation, a respected nonprofit nonpartisan health care think tank, says that of the 26 states with above-average opioid overdose mortality rates, 20 of them are states that expanded Medicaid. Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina has budget implications as well; were it to expand before 2021, the federal government would cover 90 percent of the cost for the new enrollees. From 2014 to 2016, the feds covered 100 percent, with states incrementally picking up more and more of the tab each year. “There is no guarantee this will continue in perpetuity,” said Davis. “Even before Medicaid expansion, both Democrat and Republican administrations have considered lowering federal Medicaid funding. If the state were to expand Medicaid and the federal government then reduced the funding level, the consequences would be far worse. It would cost the state billions of dollars and crowd out other important spending priorities.”

That was the same argument Bryson City Republican Mike Clampitt used in 2016, when he ran against and defeated incumbent Waynesville Democratic Rep. Joe Sam Queen — there’s no such thing as free money. “Since 2011, the General Assembly has gone to tremendous lengths to reform North Carolina’s Medicaid program to deliver better value to its patients,” said Davis. “The state alone has spent almost $32 billion on Medicaid over that period.” In 2017, federal funding of Medicare in North Carolina totaled $9.1 billion, with the state contributing $4.5 billion, but even with all that money invested in the program, several studies, including one cited by Forbes in 2013 said that health outcomes for Medicaid patients were little different from those with no insurance at all. One major argument made by proponents of expansion is that N.C. citizens are paying for Medicaid expansion anyway, with billions of dollars going to Washington and being redistributed to other states. While that’s mostly accurate, Davis takes more of a big-picture view of the cash flows. “In reality, last year, North Carolina residents paid more than $82.5 billion in federal taxes and in 2017, the state received more than $113 billion in funding from the federal government, the ninth most in the nation,” Davis said. “It is inaccurate to say North Carolinians are not seeing a return on what they contribute in federal taxes.” In 2017, the Foundation for Government Accountability cited cost overruns and higher-than-projected enrollment as fueling state budget crises, prompting some states to con-

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Teacher resigns following alleged sexual activity with student BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER math teacher at Jackson County Early College has surrendered his teaching license following an investigation into alleged sexual activity with a student at the school. Search warrants filed at the Jackson County Courthouse issued April 17, April 18, April 22 and May 1 outline the probable cause for investigating Dale Galloway, who was a teacher at the early college from September 2013 through May 2019. He had previously taught math at Smoky Mountain High School from January 2006 to July 2010, serving as the football coach there from January 2006 to December 2008. According to the warrants, Superintendent Kim Elliott filed a report with the Jackson County Sheriff ’s Office April 17 after she was informed that a student at the early college had come to one of its counselors earlier that year to talk about text messages she’d been exchanging with Galloway that were “pushing the boundary” of inappropriate. Over spring break, the counselor said, the student had sent Galloway a text mes-

sage and sexting photos, with Galloway sending a reply indicating his sexual arousal. The counselor told Elliott that he saw the response from Galloway on the phone of the student, who turned 18 over spring break. Galloway was 49 at the time of the alleged actions. In addition, the counselor said, the stu-

tent from all three parties, the counselor’s office and the Snapchat accounts of both Galloway and the student. “Every day, the safety and well-being of more than 3,700 students are entrusted to us,” Elliott said in a press release issued May 23. “I assure you that we do not take that responsibility lightly. We will continue

“Every day, the safety and well-being of more than 3,700 students are entrusted to us. I assure you that we do not take that responsibility lightly.” — Kim Elliott, Superintendent

dent told him that she and Galloway met at the Jackson County Airport twice. The first time the two “made out,” and the second time they “were more intimate and there was sexual touching,” the student told the counselor, according to the search warrant. During the course of the investigation, detectives seized Galloway’s phone and the counselor’s laptop and logbook. They also searched the student’s phone, digital con-

to fully cooperate with law enforcement and follow district policies and procedures that are designed to protect our students.” According to the press release, none of the “alleged inappropriate actions” took place on Jackson County Public Schools property, and action was taken as soon as the early college principal alerted Elliott about the allegations. Elliott then immediately contacted the sheriff ’s office, which initiated an investigation.

Galloway was suspended with pay on April 17, the day the alleged conduct was reported. When the sheriff ’s investigation was ready for release to the school system, JCPS began its own inquiry, initiated May 2. “Due process was followed, and as of May 3, 2019, Mr. Dale Galloway was no longer an employee with Jackson County Public Schools,” Elliott wrote. “I requested the surrender of his teaching license and Mr. Galloway complied.” It has now been more than two months since the alleged conduct was reported, but no charges have yet been filed. However, prosecution is not off the table. “We are still evaluating and dealing with that decision,” said District Attorney Ashley Welch. The crime that would be involved, should charges be filed, does not have a statute of limitations. The Smoky Mountain News reached out to Galloway via email with an opportunity to comment on this story but had not received a reply as of press time. It is the paper’s policy not to identify the victims of alleged sexual crimes.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Calling the $24 billion state budget passed by North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature “an astonishing failure,” Gov. Roy Cooper, D-Rocky Mount, vetoed it June 28. “I am vetoing this budget because it prioritizes the wrong things,” Cooper said during a press conference at the Executive Mansion later that day. “It values corporate tax breaks over classrooms, gimmicks over guaranteed school construction and political ideology over people.” One of the main points of contention for Cooper was the failure of legislators to expand Medicaid coverage to more than

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER The three remaining members of the Canton Board of Aldermen/women have decided not to appoint anyone to a board seat left unexpectedly vacant by the resignation of an alderman June 13. “I think everybody felt at the end of the day, just leaving it open for the voters to decide who gets that seat was the best choice,” said Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers. Unaffiliated candidate James Markey won the seat back in November 2017 but had to step down after movJames Markey ing from Canton to pursue other opportunities in Hendersonville. Markey’s seat will be back on the ballot this fall, with the winner serving out the last two years of his term. Smathers had said weeks ago that he hoped to fill the seat as soon as possible, but more importantly wanted any action taken by the town to be “legal, ethical and open.” A conflict between the town’s charter and state statutes made the “legal” part of that equation a little too hazy, and the impending candidate filing period — which runs from July 5 through July 19 — made the ethical implications of a rapid appointment somewhat undesirable. “For me, a lot of it came down to, A, this isn’t super clear, and B, the timing of it all,” said Alderwoman Kristina Smith. “Even if we appointed someone, it would have to be during the next meeting, super quick, and that’s during the filing time frame.” Mayor Pro Temp Gail Mull and Alderman Dr. Ralph Hamlett have both indicated that they will seek re-election to their respective four-year seats on Tuesday, Nov. 5, meaning those who wish to serve on Canton’s board must choose either to unseat one of those two Democratic incumbents, or to compete for the open seat with a two-year term. Markey’s resignation probably couldn’t have come at a better time for the town, logistically speaking; Canton’s annual budget was passed last month, and preparations for Canton’s wellknown, well-attended Labor Day festival are largely in motion. “We have all of our major things voted on for the year, and we are going to be focusing on what’s best for Canton,” said Smith. “By leaving that seat open, it highlights the opportunity for people to get active and involved with the town.” Carl Cortright, who narrowly lost to Markey in 2017, said he was leaning against running for the vacant seat.

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The Women’s History Trail of Macon County will join Franklin’s Fourth of July festivities to commemorate the official opening of phase two of the Women’s History Trail, a project of the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County. The lives of esteemed Macon County women/groups of women will be celebrated by adding six new sites/plaques to the existing trail to honor their accomplishments. In conjunction with the American Legion Post 108’s 100th anniversary, a brief patriotic ceremony will begin at noon at the downtown gazebo. Additional sites/plaques being dedicated that day include Elinor “Nellie” Cleveland West Cook; Laura Jones; early beauticians; and librarians and their supporters. The remaining site/plaque for Rebecca Morris will be added at the Nikwasi Mound in the near future. At the close of the ceremony, everyone is invited to pick up a map of the Women’s History Trail and go “walk in her steps” to experience history in a deeper, more personal way.

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200,000 low-income citizens. North Carolina’s government is currently in a curious place — Republicans control both the House and the Senate, but not the governorship. Further, for the first time during Cooper’s tenure Republican control of the legislature is not substantial enough to override Cooper’s veto. Three-fifths of members in each chamber must agree to override a veto. That works out to 72 of 120 in the House, and 30 of 50 in the Senate. Unfortunately for Republicans, they’ll need seven Democrats in the House and one in the Senate to defect and support their override. Speaking at a Medicaid expansion rally in Waynesville the evening of June 28, Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, said he’d not be voting to override Cooper’s veto, and doesn’t think Republicans will be able to court the eight or so Democratic legislators they need to override a governor from their own party. Queen also said Cooper had told General Assembly Democrats he wouldn’t cave on the veto, which could set up an impasse that may last through the summer, or even on towards the election this fall. In the interim, Republicans have maligned Cooper for holding up a budget that includes the sixth and seventh consecutive pay raises for teachers as well as more than $4 billion in school capital funding.

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Shining Rock hires new head of school BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy, which has been beset by a host of academic and organizational problems since opening in 2015. ore than seven weeks after a series of grievances were filed against Shining Rock Classical Academy’s interim head of school, board members voted to offer him the permanent position. Three parents had complained to Shining Rock’s board May 8 over what they said were Interim Head of School Joshua Morgan’s improper disciplinary practices. The hiring process was then paused by Shining Rock’s board so as to determine the validity of the complaints. After an investigaJoshua Morgan tion conducted by Shining Rock’s own board-appointed attorney, David Hostetler, Shining Rock’s Governance Committee dismissed all three of the grievances during the closed session of a June 6 illegal meeting that violated public notice requirements. A few days later, 43rd Prosecutorial District Attorney Ashley Welch declined to charge Morgan with any crimes related to a Waynesville Police Department investigation

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into Shining Rock parent Kelley Messer’s contention that Morgan had been unusually forceful with her child during school. In the intervening weeks, both supporters and opponents of Morgan were vocal in their assertions about his ability, character and fitness for the job. After a two-hour closed session for personnel held the night of June 27, Board Chair Michelle Haynes returned to open session and asked for a motion to offer Morgan a contract. That motion passed unanimously. Morgan becomes Shining Rock’s third head of school in the past four school years, replacing prior Head of School Nathan Duncan, who was terminated this past February after Shining Rock’s attorney found credible allegations of sexual harassment by Duncan. Founding Head of School Ben Butler resigned without explanation in another illegal meeting for which public notice laws were violated in October of 2017. Morgan has his work cut out for him — since 2015, the taxpayer-funded charter school’s test scores have declined in each of the three years for which academic data are available, to the point that they’re not only well below the Haywood County average, but also below the state average. Haynes refused to provide The Smoky Mountain News with a copy of Morgan’s contract after the meeting had concluded, saying instead she’d email it. The contract wasn’t provided until six days later, after it had already been signed. The one-year contract provides Morgan with a $75,000 salary. Morgan refused to answer questions after the meeting, asking instead that they be emailed. As of July 2, Morgan had not responded to a series of questions emailed by The Smoky Mountain News immediately after the meeting on June 27, and for the second week in a row, Haynes also refused to answer questions emailed to her by SMN.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER ransparency and accountability have long been concerns at Shining Rock Classical Academy — since before the troubled taxpayer-funded school even opened its doors in 2015 — and if recent events are any indication, new leadership at the school doesn’t seem interested in doing anything to change that. After a meeting on June 19, in which parents decried a lack of transparency, newly-appointed Board Chair Michelle Haynes refused to answer questions from The Smoky Mountain News, insisting they be emailed instead. She never responded. Then after the June 27 meeting during which the board offered Joshua Morgan a contract that would make him the new head of school, Haynes refused to provide a copy of the contract to SMN, instead saying she’d email it. That happened six days later, after both Shining Rock and Morgan had executed it and before the public got a chance to look at it. That same night, SMN again emailed Haynes a list of questions, similar to the ones she refused to answer after the June 19 meeting. She never responded.

Those questions pertained to the continuing decline in Shining Rock’s test scores, budgeting decisions that steer money away from administrative and instructional help in favor of a public relations position, lower projected enrollment, and the school’s latest transparency gaffe — a June 6 illegal meeting held to dismiss grievances filed against Morgan:

• Who is the designated staff person or board member tasked with publishing required notices to sunshine lists, your website and physically posting to the building? • How will you work to ensure that another public meeting notice violation does not happen in the future? • Have you or anyone else on the board ever received any formal training in closed session laws, public records laws or meeting notice laws? • Actions taken in an illegal meeting, such as the one you held on June 6, can be invalidated by court order. What’s your plan to ensure that this does not happen? • The budget Shining Rock passed last week, according to one board member, is based on lower enrollment projections than last year. Why do

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you think that is? Is it because of low test scores? The grievances against Morgan? Something else? • Another statement made during budget discussion said the school needs another administrator, but the budget doesn’t include funds for one. Why not? • Another budget statement made was that the school would budget for a PR/Marketing person. Why do you think this position is necessary? • In light of low test scores, a projected decline in enrollment and the proclaimed need for another administrator, why is hiring a Michelle Haynes PR person more of a priority than hiring an administrator or directing those funds to other instructional help?

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Even Morgan, during a May 10 interview r with SMN — his first, last and only on-record conversation with SMN — stressed the t importance of building trust and healthy relationships with the community at large, as well as the media. “I think another piece of it is, from a stability standpoint, foster that community, foster that piece of trust, and even things like this [interview], media and having a good rapport with all stakeholders,” he said. “You have to have good relationships, because if you don’t have those good relationships, it can be very, very challenging for everyone involved, and it doesn’t have to be that way.” The night Morgan was offered a contract by the board to become Shining Rock’s new head of school, Morgan, like Haynes, also refused to answer questions and asked that they be emailed instead. The same unanswered questions posed by SMN to Haynes were also emailed to Morgan June 27. As of press time on July 2, a confirmation email was received from the school indicating they’d been received, but no responses were ever provided.

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Incumbent Principal Chief Richard Sneed and challenger Teresa McCoy participated in a debate last week. Holly Kays photo

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Chief candidates square off in debate BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER rincipal Chief Richard Sneed and challenger Teresa McCoy will face off at the ballot box this September as Cherokee voters decide who should be their chief for the next four years, but last week they met onstage at the Joyce Dugan Performing Arts Center for a debate hosted by The Cherokee One Feather. The debate was one in a series of events the newspaper hosted to give voters the chance to hear from candidates seeking their vote in the Tribal Council, chief, vice chief and school board races. Candidates were given a list of 12 questions to consider prior to the event, and moderator Robert Jumper, who is also editor of The One Feather, asked those questions along with questions submitted by community members attending the debate. Each candidate had three minutes per question to respond, with an additional one minute for follow-up. During the principal chief ’s debate held Thursday, June 27, candidates responded to a total of 20 questions, only some of which are represented here. A video of the entire debate is available at bit.ly/2Yp9KXG.

Do you think people incarcerated on drug charges should be required to do community service cleanup while they are in jail, including syringe pickup? McCoy: “I take issue with the word ‘required.’ They’re already doing time because they’re incarcerated and they were 14 been ordered to be there by a judge and

they’ve already gone through the judicial system. I would prefer that they be allowed to volunteer.” Such work opportunities would be a good thing, allowing inmates to get some fresh air, give back to the community and think about why they’re in jail to begin with. There are grants available to help with the cost of running such a program, which would add jobs within the current system. However, due to health risks not just anybody should be out there picking up dirty needles, though some may choose to receive the training necessary for that task. Sneed: “I certainly support having prisoners on work detail. There’s many issues to look at first. We’ve consulted with other municipalities, and there’s a huge liability issue. It’s the reason why most municipalities are moving away from using work groups of prisoners. There’s personnel costs, there’s transportation costs, higher insurance costs, etc., but the most important factor we have to look at as tribal members is we currently have tribally owned businesses that we contract with to do roadside cleanup.” Having inmates do roadside cleanup

would take jobs from 20-30 tribal members currently employed to do that task, Sneed said. Since the tribe has the financial resources to pay those contracts, it doesn’t make sense to get rid of them. However, community service is an important tool in the criminal justice system, and many people charged with low-level offenses like simple possession would be best served with a community service sentence as opposed to incarceration. What is your stance on discontinuing drug testing of EBCI tribal employees? Sneed: “One of the things I did when I first got into office is I read a lot of case law on random drug testing, and the federal courts have made it plain that random drug testing is a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights, period. If there is no reasonable suspicion you should not have to be subjected to a test. We ran this through our AG’s office and with our attorneys and they concurred, so we changed the policy.” Currently, random drug tests can be given to emergency service workers, operators of heavy equipment or other positions

The debate was one in a series of events the One Feather hosted to give voters the chance to hear from candidates seeking their vote in the Tribal Council, chief, vice chief and school board races. A video of the entire debate is available at bit.ly/2Yp9KXG.

in which the public safety is at risk. Other than that, reasonable suspicion of illicit drug use is necessary for a test to be administered, Sneed said. McCoy: “To me if you choose to use drugs, if you choose to come to work intoxicated, you are making a choice and you may want to just choose to stay home and do that. We have a serious substance abuse problem here on the Boundary, and when we talk out of one side saying we’re going to do something about that and then turn around and speak out of the other side saying we’re going to protect the ability to do that, we send a mixed message to everyone.” Operators of heavy equipment aren’t the only ones for whom a mistake on the job due to drug use would be detrimental, McCoy said. It could be “catastrophic” if someone tasked with handling tribal finances, for example, misplaced a decimal or misrendered a number while intoxicated. All elected officials and tribal employees should be subject to random drug testing. If the Catawba Indian Nation gets approved for a casino, what are your plans to help with any lost revenue? McCoy: “The Catawba Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe. Instead of going to war with the Catawba, I would have sat at the table and offered them some peace.” It would have been more beneficial for Cherokee to craft an agreement with the Catawba wherein the Eastern Band gets a cut of the profits from any future Catawba casino and the Catawba help Cherokee in its fight to prevent the Lumbee Tribe, which is state-recognized, from gaining federal recognition. In regards to replacing any lost revenue, the tribe should look to Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation, which gets most of its revenue from business projects through its tribal LLC. The EBCI recently launched an LLC of its own — the tribe should let it get to work, avoid political interference and see what happens. Sneed: “I will fight this with my dying breath. The bottom line is this — what this bill seeks to do is it seeks to bypass the federal law and the federal process that we are subject to, that we have abided by.” There is no provision under federal gaming law for the type of profit-sharing agreement McCoy proposed, and such an agreement would not come close to replacing the revenue the tribe could stand to lose if the Catawba were allowed to build their casino. The current administration has done “probably more than has been done to diversify in the last decade” and will continue to do that regardless of what happens with the Catawba situation. What are your thoughts on cannabis and its economic potential for EBCI? Sneed: “I do think there is an opportunity for us. I think the best first step we can take is venture into the hemp market because it’s wide open. There’s a lot of money to be made there and should the federal laws change, if we were already growing hemp commercially we would be well positioned to enter into that market.” Any change to tribal law on

Now that a state of emergency has been declared concerning the Cherokee language, what does this mean to you? McCoy: “You can’t say ‘budget cut’ when it comes to your culture and your language.” It’s sad to see how the Cherokee language is struggling, and saving it needs to be a priority. It should be all hands on deck to start recording “and not stop” the fluent speakers who do remain. The tribe should consider a law requiring all tribal employees to start learning the language. Saving the language and the culture that goes with it must be a community effort if it is to succeed. Sneed: “It’s imperative that we begin to speak the language in the workplace and our homes if it’s going to survive.” The Eastern Band should look to the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma for inspiration when it comes to saving the language. Sneed supports a master’s apprentice program in which young people spend 40 hours a week with Cherokee-speaking elders and wants to see language offerings expand in Cherokee Central Schools, with more classes offered for community members as well.

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medicinal or recreational marijuana should be done following thorough study and research. But laws are changing rapidly across the country, so future changes to federal law or laws of neighboring states will impact the Eastern Band. That’s why it was important to complete a feasibility study on the issue, so the tribe would have information on what the issues are and how it should respond, should the laws around the Qualla Boundary change. McCoy: “I truly wish in the past several years our tribe had spent as much time talking about how to supply safe standard housing for those members who are in need of it and how to keep people from being hungry at night. We’ve not spent probably 15 minutes discussing those issues, but we’ve spent month after month after month and many tribal dollars trying to figure out a way to handle the hemp issue and to discuss the cannabis issue.” Hemp is currently a possibility for Cherokee, though cannabis is not until the laws change. The benefits of medical marijuana are clear, but recreational marijuana

Are you comfortable with the current levels of transparency in government? Do you support public access to all government budgets and procedural documents? McCoy: “I am not comfortable with the current levels of transparency. I am uncomfortable with the lack of it.” Most government actions, it seems, come with little or no accompanying information for the public to consider. If elected, all procedural documents and budgets — with the exception of specific salary information for tribal employees — would be made public. As an example of the current lack of transparency, McCoy said, earlier that day she had called the chief ’s office and asked a staff member how much money the tribe had sent to its representatives in Congress, but that information was not provided. Sneed: “We already have in tribal code that every tribal member has access to all public documents that the tribe has. Am I comfortable with the level of transparency we have? I don’t know an area where we don’t have transparency in our government.” The Sneed administration has created a monthly report listing every contract approved and the dollar amount. Sneed is a great supporter of transparency in government and believes that Cherokee’s system provides more opportunity to participate in the governmental process than nearly anywhere else. It is “disingenuous” for McCoy to ask for information the day of a debate when there is a process outlined in law to receive that information.

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Despite being a chief’s election year, turnout in June’s Primary Election was substantially lower than that in the 2017 Primary Election, in which no chief’s offices were on the ballot. Overall, only 2,637 out of 6,767 eligible voters cast a ballot — a turnout of 38.97 percent. Within communities, turnout ranged from a low of 22.43 percent in Cherokee County to a high of 43.49 percent in Birdtown and Wolfetown. Turnout rates in the remaining communities were 41.06 percent in Big Cove, 31.85 percent in Yellowhill, 41.52 percent in Painttown, 31.33 percent in Snowbird and 40.29 percent in Big Y. Turnout rates in Snowbird and Cherokee County may be lower than other communities partially due to the fact that the Tribal Council seats in those areas did not include a primary — voters were instead selecting only their picks for chief and vice chief. By comparison, overall voter turnout in the 2017 Primary Election was 43 percent, with community turnout rates wavering between 26 and 47 percent. Participation was similar to that in the 2015 Primary Election, which was the last year with a chief’s election. Though voter turnout figures for 2015 were not available as of press time, the number of votes cast in that primary election was just 1 percent higher than the number cast in the 2017 primary. This year’s turnout rate was about 4 percent lower than the rate in 2017. Turnout was a problem in May 2018, when a referendum election was held asking voters to OK a tribally owned beer, wine and liquor store. The referendum required at least a 30 percent voter turnout to be considered valid, but only 25.56 percent of registered voters came out to vote.

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Champion Credit renovates Canton office Champion Credit Union is proud to announce the grand reopening of their Canton office located at 1 Academy Street. In recent years, Champion Credit Union has had the financial success and security needed to grow its footprint across Western North Carolina and wanted to reaffirm its commitment to where it all started in 1932 with a complete renovation of the Canton office. Champion Credit Union worked with LEVEL5, a designbuild company who specializes in branch transformations, to bring their strategy and vision to life with as minimal inconveniences for members and employees as possible. The project was completed in two phases, beginning with the teller and lending spaces and the entire second floor. Once phase one was completed, renovations began on the Loan Servicing Area, which was completed in June.

Harrah’s hosts entrepreneur panel Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos, in collaboration with the Western Women’s Business Center, hosted an Entrepreneurship Panel yesterday for local community members and employees during their Savvy event. Participants heard from three local entrepreneurs who shared their experiences of starting a small business, including some of the challenges they faced. The panel included Amanda Belue, owner of Vintage Belue, Erin Smith, owner of Humanite Boutique and Misty Fisher, owner of HannaCole’s. While each panelist’s story was different, one thing was similar in their experiences; entrepreneurship was something they took a chance on to pursue the career they wanted for themselves. Their success can be accredited to patience, determination, community and networking.

Family Circle Chiropractic opens One year after graduating from D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York, classmates Dr. Joe Colasuonno and Dr. Zeke Watts have a firm foundation started with their own chiropractic busi-

ness in downtown Waynesville. Family Circle Chiropractic is the culmination of a dream for the two young doctors who were classmates, roommates and friends. Both wanting the same kind of practice where they can spend the time to get to know their patients, provide them with help and teach them rehabilitative exercises to manage on their own, Family Circle Chiropractic was born. While Dr. Watts spent time as practice manager before the pair opened their own business, they realized they needed some business expertise to help them get off the ground. They turned to Katy Gould at Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center. “The support we received from Katy has been great,” Watts said. “She helped us with everything from figuring out our business plan to working with the different marketing segments. We work with patients of all ages and they all have different needs.” Colasuonno and Watts were recently awarded the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals of the Year award.

WCU to offer hospitality workshop Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment will be offer-

ing a Five-Star Customer Service for the Hospitality Industry workshop from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Participants will learn about the eight commandments of customer care, and the basis for exceptional customer service at the five-star level. Other workshop topics include: how to use exceptional internal and external service to create an eternal customer, how to apply the eight commandments to participants’ own organization, and how to assess their current level of customer service and move their service to the next level. The registration fee for the workshop is $119. This workshop can also be taken as part of the Event Planning Certificate. Visit pdp.wcu.edu or email Jill Thompson, WCU’s associate director of professional development, at jcthompson@wcu.edu.

Animal Hospital welcomes new vet Adding to the five veterinarians already on staff at the Animal Hospital of Waynesville, Dr. Mallory Smith, graduate of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine with a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of South Florida, will join the practice. “My passion for animal health started while spending a summer rehabilitating injured and sick endangered sea turtles and then working with dogs and cats as a veterinary nurse for a few years,” Smith said. “My favorite aspects of veterinary medicine are preventative care, dentistry, internal medicine, and simply nurturing the human-animal bond, but love absolutely everything and love to learn new things.” The Animal Hospital of Waynesville is accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association, a Gold-Level Cat Friendly Practice certified by the American Association of Feline Practitioners, and has just completed the final steps for being certified as a Fear Free practice with many staff members having completed personal certification.

Harrah’s recognized by TripAdvisor Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel were two of 26 properties under Caesars Entertainment recently recognized as TripAdvisor’s 2019 Domestic Certificate of Excellence Recipients. Since 2011, the Certificate of Excellence has honored hospitality businesses that consistently deliver great service and is presented to approximately 10 percent of total businesses on TripAdvisor. To qualify for this award, Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos maintained an overall TripAdvisor rating of at least four out of five. Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort was also one of 14 properties recognized as TripAdvisor’s 2019 Hall of Fame Recipients. Businesses must receive a Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years to qualify for this prestigious award. “We are pleased to have such a large number

of resorts and attractions receive TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence this year,” said Chris Holdren, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Caesars Entertainment. “The recipients represent a diverse range of Caesars Entertainment offerings from around the globe. This recognition is a result of our talented team members and their dedication to providing exceptional service to our guests.”

Lake Junaluska hires development director Asheville native and not-for-profit leader Rebecca Mathis recently joined Lake Junaluska as director of development. In her new role, Mathis will lead fundraising activities that support Lake Junaluska’s programs and ministries, and maintenance of the lake, recreational areas and facilities. She will seek to build partnerships, assist donors, lead charitable giving initiatives, work with volunteers and oversee events such as the Friends of the Lake 5K Run, Walk and Fun Run. Before joining the leadership team at Lake Junaluska, Mathis served as executive director of The Good Samaritan Clinic of Jackson County, a faith-based nonprofit organization with an emphasis on healthcare for vulnerable populations. She guided the organization in a strategic planning process that led to its transfer to Blue Ridge Health, a regional nonprofit community health center. Mathis then served Blue Ridge Health as director of community engagement and outreach.

• Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel is excited to announce the grand opening of their new food outlet, Moe’s Southwest Grill. The new location, conveniently located in the Food Market at Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River, features new menu items like bunuelos served with dulce de leche sauce in addition to traditional menu items such as burritos and quesadillas.

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Educators are indeed professionals To the Editor: I’m writing to express my outrage regarding the claim in a letter recently printed in local paper that teachers who march in Raleigh are not worthy to be called “professionals.” First of all, both educational marches have been peaceful and they’ve been organized in conjunction with in-office meetings with legislators to have respectful dialogue regarding their budget requests. To my knowledge, no teacher was arrested nor were there any reports of disorderly conduct. The following message on a hand held sign at the 2019 march conveyed a common sentiment: “I’m not here as a Democrat or Republican — I’m here as a counselor who needs help!” Secondly, other than trying to be inflammatory, there was no reason for the letter writer, Bruce Gardner of Waynesville, to mention unions. The North Carolina Association of Teachers (NCAE) is not a union — it has no bargaining rights. It’s simply identified as the state’s largest education advocacy organization for public school employees, representing active, retired and student members. Gardner’s assertion that other profession-

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three Democrats because I do not believe it’s possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats.” It’s pretty simple to understand how extreme gerrymandering violates our basic democratic principles. Lawmakers pack a large number of voters from the opposing party into a small number of districts, thereby ensuring that the votes of those citizens get diluted. There is no equal representation for voters in those gerrymandered districts, and we end up with a situation where lawmakers are choosing their voters rather than voters choosing their lawmakers. In its extreme version, it’s a reprehensible Editor practice. In the 2018 midterm elections, North Carolina Democrats got 48.3 percent of the vote in congressional races, and Republican candidates won 50.4 percent. But Democrats won only three of the 13 congressional seats. That, in a nutshell, proves we need to come up with a better system. Many point to the historical practice of gerrymandering in defending what the GOP majority in North Carolina has done. But the current state GOP leadership has taken the practice to the extreme, going beyond simply making sure the majority party maintains an advantage. Harvard University Political Science Professor Ryan Enos says the court’s decision, given what state legislators are doing,

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s we celebrate Independence Day, it seems an appropriate time to call for an independent commission to address North Carolina’s grossly gerrymandered voting districts. In a much-anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision last week, a 5-4 majority of justices decided they should not be the arbiter of extreme political redistricting, however damaging to democracy that practice may be. The court’s conservative majority, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing, determined that drawing maps to favor one party presents “political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.” I get the philosophy behind the decision, that judges shouldn’t stray into elected lawmakers’ territory. But that thinking presupposes that elected lawmakers will have some semblance of respect for the democratic process upon which this country is built. Unfortunately, that is not the case among the current GOP leaders of North Carolina and the Democrats in Maryland who did a similar job to districts in that state. In the current political climate where it is common practice to demonize political opponents rather than simply disagree with them, this state’s GOP leaders have been frank about what they were trying to do when drawing up congressional maps. Republican Rep. David Lewis, co-chair of the North Carolina elections committee responsible for the gerrymandering, said he believed “electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats.” He also quipped the maps were drawn “to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and

als like doctors, dentists, architects and accountants deserve the “professionals” classification because they do not “march” is ludicrous. They operate in a competitive system, largely free of state control. Their pricing/income is primarily determined by the market, not lawmakers. Finally, it’s important to understand what the marchers were advocating for in May 2019: n To provide a $15 minimum wage for school support staff, 5 percent raise for all school employees and a 5 percent cost of living adjustment for retirees. n To provide enough school librarians, psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and other health professionals to meet national standard. n To expand Medicaid to improve the health of our students and families. n To reinstate state retiree health benefits for teachers who will be hired after 2021. n And to restore extra pay for teachers with advanced degrees such as a master’s degree. The right to join fellow citizens in “peaceful assembly” is critical to a functioning democracy and at the core of the U.S. Constitution (1st Amendment). I say shame on Gardner, not the teachers. They are more than worthy of their professional classification. MARCH ON! Myrna Campbell Maggie Valley

“seems to lock-in an essentially non-democratic feature of American politics. Elected representatives can rig the system to remain in power indefinitely and this cannot be challenged. Combine this with the other increasingly consequential nondemocratic features of the American system ... and the longterm stability of the system seems worryingly compromised.” The Supreme Court decision will hopefully pressure state leaders to follow the lead of states like Michigan, Colorado, Utah and Missouri. Lawmakers there have set up independent redistricting commissions led by citizens, thereby taking the map-drawing power out of the hands of elected — and partisan — leaders. Our forefathers were fierce partisans, but the Constitution they crafted and ensuing amendments added to it were intended to ensure that basic democratic principles remain the cornerstone of our system. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the minority in this case, summed up the dangers of the current system: “In giving such gerrymanders a pass from judicial review, the majority goes tragically wrong. Election day — next year, and two years later, and two years after that — is what links the people to their representatives, and gives the people their sovereign power. That day is the foundation of democratic governance. And partisan gerrymandering can make it meaningless. At its most extreme — as in North Carolina and Maryland — the practice amounts to ‘rigging elections.’” (Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com)

LETTERS Disappointed in new aquarium To the Editor: I visited the new aquarium in Bryson City on Saturday. I was very disappointed. Volunteers put thousands of hours into this aquarium. They designed the layout, build the stands, installed the beautiful woodwork with donated barn wood. They assisted with the plumbing, the tank decorations and installed all the informational displays. Well over $100,000 was donated to provide Bryson City with a new high-end attraction that fits so well with the fishing industry and fly fishing museum. Only a few aquariums had fish in them, many of the displays were not turned on. The room was dark and most of the aquarium lights were not on. The place is just dingy. The floor was supposed to be tiled over a month ago but the dirty cement is still there. The parking lot was paved but there are no parking lines so cars were just randomly scattered about. The city built the building but serious mistakes were made. The heating and cooling system is just two small wall mounted units and one is behind the aquariums. They cannot

possibly handle the humidity or hold the temperatures in hot and cold weather. A conference room and classroom were built upstairs but are unusable because there is no window or second door for use as an emergency exit. Obviously no one with building experience looked at the plans and no inspector approved them. It is my understanding that the aquarium was turned over to the city over a month ago. The city agreed to finish up and maintain everything. I was one of the volunteers so I saw how everything came together while a dedicated individual from Charlotte dedicated two years or more to this project. He raised all the funds and donated thousands himself to make this a reality. He made dozens of overnight trips to Bryson City to personally work on this project. He got the volunteers and materials. I see little if any progress since the city took charge. I know government can be slow and cumbersome. If the city has issues of some sort that’s okay but don’t open up until you have something the public will enjoy. As it is, I’m afraid the word will spread that this is a big waste of. This could rival the trains as a city attraction but unless changes are made its just a waste of money. Volunteers and folks that donated can only hope their efforts were not in vain. Chuck Harrell Whittier

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Hemisphere has decreased over the past 50 years and snow is melting earlier. 6). Sea level rise: Global sea levels rose eight inches in the last century. The bulk of that increase occurred in the last two decades, and the rate is accelerating every year. 7). Declining Arctic sea ice: The extent and thickness of the Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the past several decades. 8). Extreme events: The U.S. has witnessed an increased number of extreme rainfall events. Further, the number of record high temperature events has increased while the number of record low temperature events has decreased. 9). Ocean acidification: Since the beginning of the industrial age, the acidity of the surface ocean water has increased by 30 percent. The more carbon dioxide released by humans, the more absorbed by the ocean. The amount absorbed by the upper layer of the oceans is increasing by about 2 billion tons per year. Some of these indicators, such as melting ice sheets and ocean acidification, are not evident to the everyday eye, but others are. We can’t deny strange weather patterns, intense rainfall, intense heat and less snow. We’re watching and experiencing global warming in action; yet, some still deny it’s happening. My 10-year-old son is curious and inquisitive about everything. He asks a lot of questions about anything he hears on TV or the radio. As a child growing up in the age of climate change, he’s nervous and wants to do something about it. We talk about recycling and composting and other daily ways to reduce one’s carbon footprint. Granted, if every person did these things it would make a significant difference, but I feel more than that, we need a shift in our mentality. I feel what will make the most impact on our children is nurturing their respect for nature, getting them outside and helping them fall so in love with the earth they can’t stand the thought of destroying her. My goal is to teach my sons that our planet is not here for our gluttonous needs. She’s a fragile yet volatile entity that we must handle gently and intentionally. The ultimate state of our planet sits in the hands of our younger generations, but I’m sure many children don’t know about glacial retreats and warming oceans. We adults need to educate them. How can they make changes if they’re kept in the dark? Open your eyes and open your mouth. Everything has a lifespan, even Mother Earth. (Susanna Shetley can be reached at susanna.b@smokymountainnews.com)

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ast Friday, as I watched the U.S. women’s soccer team defeat France at the Parc des Princes stadium, I kept thinking how hot everyone looked. I enjoyed watching the game, but couldn’t help noticing the profuse sweating from players and spectators. The match took place during a record heat wave for the continent of Europe. Across France, temperatures were reaching numbers as astounding at 115 degrees. Schools shut down, soldiers battled wildfires, villages were evacuated, Columnist and elderly folks were suffering heatinduced deaths. According to a New York Times article, the hottest summers in Europe in the last 500 years have happened within the last 17 years, and the number of heat waves in France has doubled within the last 34 years. Globally, 2019 is on track to be one of the hottest years on record. Some politicians and other prominent figures say global warming is a myth, that human consumption and greenhouse emissions are not catastrophically affecting our planet. When I hear this, I feel like we’ve slipped into a wartime propaganda age where the government is attempting a mass brainwash tactic. Fortunately, we have science to support the cataclysmic trajectory of climate change. A recent article published by NASA indicated nine clear indictors of global warming. 1). Global temperature rise: The average temperature of the planet has increased 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit since the 19th century with most of the warming happening in the last 35 years. The five warmest years on record have occurred since 2010 with 2016 being the hottest year in history. 2). Warming oceans: Our oceans are working to absorb most of this heat. The top 2,300 feet of ocean water has warmed 0.4 degrees since 1969. 3). Shrinking ice sheets: The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are rapidly melting. Between 1993 and 2016, Greenland lost an average of 286 billion tons of ice per year while Antarctica lost about 127 billion tons. The rate of Antarctica ice mass loss has tripled in the last decade. 4). Glacial retreat: Images from space are clearly showing a global glacial retreat. Snowcaps from the Alps, Himalayas, Andes, Rockies, Alaska and Africa are disappearing. 5). Decreased snow cover: The amount of spring snow cover in the Northern

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER tanding in the lobby of the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville this past Monday morning, owner Greg Israel is putting the final touches on two years of planning and renovations to the theater for its grand reopening on Tuesday. “I’m tired, mostly,” Israel chuckled. “But, I’m happy. Very pleased. I think it’s come a long way and people are going to be very happy about it.” Consisting of three auditoriums with varied seating (200, 90, 50), Greg Israel Israel gutted the old theater and installed brand new high-definition screens and 7.1 surround sound. In terms of aesthetics, fresh curtains and modern seating were also added, and with extra leg room. Originally (and currently) from Asheville, Israel, whose worked in the movie industry for most of his life, was looking for a local project to launch. He wanted to find a small town in Western North Carolina with a former theater building that could once again open its doors. “In 2014, when the big studios went digital, all the little guys were forced to go digital. A lot of them couldn’t afford it. It was an expensive process. And a lot of them closed them.

They’ve been torn down since or converted into something else. There’s not a lot left,” Israel said. “And when Waynesville lost this theater in 2014, it lost a part of itself — a part of its heart, essentially. This one I love because it’s near my home and I love Waynesville. This is a complete from the ground up rebuild, which is unusual.” For its grand reopening screening, the Smoky Mountain Cinema will play “SpiderMan: Far From Home” in all three auditoriums. After that? First-run films and whatever else the market may demand. And though The Stand at 38 Main in downtown Waynesville has been showing first-run films in recent years, The Strand itself is looking forward to sliding back to its original roots of showing arthouse and classic films amid a semi-regular schedule of live music. In terms of Smoky Mountain Cinema’s role in the community, Israel really wants to hone in on the idea of the small-town theater and how it brings all types of social circles together. “You grow up in a small town — or any town really — as a kid and the movie theater is a central part of life. You go in and see the movies, and it’s like magic,” Israel said. “As a teenager, it’s a place to hangout. And as you get older and have kids of your own, you bring them to the theater — it’s what makes up a town.” When asked about the possible challenges of running a small-town theater in the 21st cen-

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tury landscape of digital online streaming services, Israel will be the first to dismiss the notion. “You hear year-after-year that there’s always something that’s going to kill the theater — Netflix and streaming, before that it was DVDs, before that it was VHS tapes,” Israel noted. “But, the box office and movie industry had its biggest year ever last year — you’re never going to replace the social value of going to the movies.” When he was a kid, Israel said his family “wasn’t poor, but didn’t have a lot of spare money.” “And I never went to the movies with my parents. I have a big extended family, tons of cousins, aunts and uncles, and I’d always go to the movies with them,” Israel said. “So, to me, when I got my job with the theater, it was a really a way to do something I’ve never been able to do.” Reflecting on his past in the movie industry, Israel has worked for an array of big-time companies, from AMC to Regal and Carmike to United Artists. He learned a lot from each entity, and aims to apply his knowledge and skill set to a more community-oriented interaction, not something at arm’s-length. “The [big theater companies] all pay lip service to be part of the community. They try, but it’s hard for them being as big as they are. I want to be part of the community, working with charities, schools and churches,” Israel said. “I think the theater is the heartbeat of a community. It’s not just about opening the doors and letting people in. It’s caring about what’s going on around you.” But, what’s kept Israel in the movie industry more than anything is simply the timeless splendor of imagination and discovery that’s unique to experiencing a film at your neighborhood theater. “The reason I’ve stayed in the business all these years, is that I love it when a kid comes in for their first movie and they come out and you see that expression on their face,” Israel said. “They’ve literally seen magic. And if I’m having a bad day, and I see that kid, I perk up — because I always was that kid.”

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The “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert series will continue with Buncombe Turnpike at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville.

he hardest part of being a The annual “Week of Rock” will continue journalist, and especially through July 6 at Nantahala Brewing in one whose core focus is downtown Bryson City. music, is seeing those you were lucky enough to meet, Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host interview and write about, The Get Right Band (rock/soul) at 9:30 p.m. pass away. Friday, July 5. With his unexpected and The 22nd annual Sweet Corn Festival will be tragic death last week, 45held from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at year-old singer/mandolinist St. Cyprian’s Church on 216 Roller Mill Road in Jeff Austin was, and forever Franklin. will be, a musical legend. As a teenager of the late 1990s and The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will early 2000s, it was his group host Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) at — Yonder Mountain String 10 p.m. Friday, July 5. Band — that was my initial portal into the world of jamto get to the heart of their art and soul, and grass, a scene I’ve proudly immersed myself to report back to the world the beauty of in, personally and professionally, for the what lies beneath these incredible people. I, majority of my life. for one, have never taken that privilege for Austin’s influence on my generation of granted. I never will. music freaks is massive, and our hearts are The loss of Jeff is the loss of a giant in our hurting deeply. I had the privilege of not scene. The bluegrass and jam band genres only interviewing Jeff, but also calling him a are shocked by his sudden exit. And yet, it’s friend, too. When you interview musicians the images of that trademark smile of his and artists, you’re usually one-on-one, alone and all of that wild and wondrous music that in a room somewhere, asking them queswill live on for generations to come. tions maybe even their own family and And as I was thinking about Jeff recently, friends have never brought up. I decided to track down an audio recording And it’s in those moments you’re trying

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of his performance with Yonder Mountain String Band on July 25, 2008, at the Teton County Fairgrounds in Jackson, Wyoming. I was living out there at that time, and I vividly remember being at that gig. I also remember how many of my western friends were there with me. We all piled into a couple cars and headed over the Teton Pass. Tailgate beers and a blazing sunset. Laughter and high-fives. I was a 23-year-old journalist and felt so at peace with the West in that moment, thinking about the unknown future and so forth. Even then, I felt like I would live out there forever, though I moved back east to my native Upstate New York in early September 2008. A piece of my heart and soul still resides in the Grand Teton mountains. It always will. And I was lucky enough to hold that piece when I revisited that area last summer, only to once again leave it there when I returned back to Western North Carolina. So, as I listened to that audio recording, a flood of images came across my field of vision. Images of all those dearly missed western faces, of those stunning mountains that live up to the word “grand,” of my old truck I drove around out there now long gone, of all those stories I wrote about an adventurous life in the Wild West, and of Jeff himself. Austin’s laughter, sense of humor and lightning-fast pickin’ was all there, forever captured on tape. And what was really surreal was being reminded of how the band opened that show with a rendition of The Rolling Stones classic “No Expectations,” with Austin singing, “Our love is like our music/It’s here, and then it’s gone.” The power of music. The power of friendship. The power of time and place. It’s all one crazy moment and thing in this whirlwind that is the cosmos. Though we’re all sad about Jeff ’s passing, it was his music and persona that brought us all together, and will always bring us together. He lives on, and through all of us. The last time I crossed paths with Austin was last year at the annual French Broad River Festival in Hot Springs. I was excited to hand him a copy of my recently released bluegrass book, of which he’s quoted in, and telling him, “I’ve already made room for our entire interview in book #2.” He smiled and said thanks. I’ll always hold that interview and our backstage conversations close to my heart. And I’ll never forget the goofiness, happiness, genuine love and melodic greatness the late Jeff Austin radiated into our world. “Sometimes you have ‘this house’ and things start to really get out of control, you can feel so lost, you can lose a lot of yourself, or confined to a room,” Austin told me about his rebirth in life in the years following his departure from Yonder Mountain String Band. “When that house finally caves in and you rebuild it, there’s this difference sense of order. You find again this happy space, and you let that grow.” Editor’s Note: If you would like to listen to the full audio of Garret’s interview with Austin, go to YouTube and search: “Jeff Austin Garret K. Woodward.”

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‘An Appalachian Evening’ in Stecoah The “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert series will continue with Buncombe Turnpike at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. Other acts in the series will include: Zoe & Cloyd (July 13), Carolina Blue (July 20), Fireside Collective (July 27), Jeff Little Trio (Aug. 3), Becky Buller (Aug. 10), Salt & Light (Aug. 17), The Kruger Brothers (Aug. 24) and Wayne Henderson & Helen White (Aug. 31). As well, the Fall Harvest Festival will feature bluegrass legends The Gibson Brothers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Stecoah Valley Center. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.stecoahvalleycenter.com. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned Lynn L. Shields Auditorium.

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The 10th season of the Concerts on the Creek summer music series continues with a special Independence Day fireworks celebration and music by The Carolina Soul Band (R&B/classic hits) at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 4, at Bridge Park in Sylva. The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce team up to produce the Concerts on the Creek series at the Bridge Park gazebo in Sylva from 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Concerts on the Creek events are free and open to the public with donations encouraged. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the shows. Occasionally, these events will feature food truck vendors as well. The other performances are as follows: • July 5: Hot Trail Mix (progressive bluegrass) • July 12: Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass) • July 19: Geoff McBride & Scott Baker (classic hits/soul) • July 26: Dashboard Blue (rock/classic hits) • Aug. 2: Andrew Scotchie & The River Rats (rock/blues) • Aug. 9: Tuxedo Junction (classic hits) • Aug. 16: Mama Danger (folk/newgrass) • Aug. 23: Troy Underwood 24 (Americana/folk)

Celebrate Independence Day with The Issacs at the fourth annual “Musication Nation” festival, which will be held from July 4-7 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The fun will begin with a Fourth of July concert and barbecue dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the backlot of the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts. The Issacs will provide a pre-dinner show and then join their fans for a delicious meal that will include a barbecue plate with all the fixings, a cookie, and a beverage. Tickets to enjoy the afternoon concert and dinner are $25 each and participants are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs.

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• Aug. 30: Maggie Valley Band (Americana) For more information, call the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 828.586.2155 or visit www.mountainlovers.com. Follow the Concerts on the Creek Facebook page for series updates.

Groovin’ on the Green The Groovin’ on the Green summer concert series will host Continental Divide (Motown/beach) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 5, at The Village Green in Cashiers. Other performers will include: Hurricane Creek (rock) July 12, Hi-5 (rock) July 26, The Currys (country/blues) Aug. 2, Eat a Peach (classic rock) Aug. 9, Americana Jones (roots) Aug. 16, Andrew Beam (classic country) Aug. 23 and Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (blues) Aug. 31. Coolers are welcome but food and beverage vendors will be on site as well. Dogs must be on a leash and under the control of their owners at all times. A new policy is in place this year with setting up for Groovin’ On the Green concerts. Tents must be set up next to the path at the very back of the event lawn. Chairs may be set up in the lawn anytime the day of the concert, however no chairs may be set up within the wings of the Commons until after 4:30 p.m. For a full concert schedule, visit www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

Afterward, everyone will be invited to bring their instruments out and play with The Issacs. The jam session is free and open to the public. The backlot of the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts is the perfect spot to view the town’s spectacular fireworks show, so come for dinner and plan to stay a while. On Friday, July 5, The Isaacs will lead morning devotions at the theater. This special time of worship, inspiration, and fellow-

ship will begin at 10 a.m. and there is no cost to attend. Later that afternoon, The Isaacs will be in concert with award-winning southern Gospel group Karen Peck and New River at 1:30 p.m. Tickets to this concert are $15 each. An evening concert is also planned for 7 p.m. and will include Grammy Award winning country music group Shenandoah. Tickets for this concert start at $30 each with a limited number of VIP seats that include a pre-show backstage meet and greet also available. Events on Saturday, July 6, will begin with a morning devotion at the theater at 10 a.m. An afternoon talent show will give participants a chance to show off their talents, and the grand prize winner will be invited to open the evening concert later that day. The winner will also receive a threesong recording package produced by Ben Isaacs in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Anyone who wishes to experience the excitement of The Isaacs Musication Nation Talent Search as an audience member may do so for just $10. Performers who wish to compete in the talent search must register at www.theisaacs.com/musicationnation. That night, The Issacs will be in concert with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, a highlyacclaimed bluegrass and gospel group, at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 6. Tickets start at $30 each with a limited number of VIP seats that include a pre-show backstage meet and greet are also available. To purchase tickets to any or all events planned for “Musication Nation” festival, click on www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

Franklin welcomes Sock Hops An oldies group known for singing beautiful four-part harmonies of memorable songs from the ‘50s, ’60s and ‘70s, The Sock Hops will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The performance includes many hits: “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” “At The Hop,” “Sherry” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” Tickets are $18 each. To purchase tickets or to find out more information, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

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• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host an open mic night at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday, Corbitt Clampitt Duo July 6 and Reggae Sunsplash 7 p.m. July 13. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For more information and a complete schedule of events, click on www.lazyhikerbrewing.com. • Legends Sports Grill (Maggie Valley) will host music semi-regularly on weekends. 828.926.9464 or www.facebook.com/legendssportsgrillmaggievalley. • Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will host The Vagabonds (oldies/country) 7 p.m. July 5. Free and open to the public.

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‘Week of Rock’ returns to Bryson City The annual “Week of Rock” will continue through July 6 at Nantahala Brewing in downtown Bryson City. Live music acts include April B. & The Cool July 3, Jim & The Giant Jam 1 p.m. July 4, Samantha Gray 4:30 p.m. July 4, Red Clay Revival July 4, The Four Squares July 5 and Ogya World Music Band July 6. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva) will host Scott Bianchi (singer-songwriter) 9 p.m. July 12. Free and open to the public. www.balsamfallsbrewing.com.

• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host a bluegrass open mic every Wednesday, an all-genres open mic every Thursday, The Get Right Band (rock/soul) 9:30 p.m. July 5 and Ben Sparaco & The New Effect (funk/blues) July 13. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.boojumbrewing.com. • Elevated Mountain Distilling Company (Maggie Valley) will host Tricia Ann Pearl 7 p.m. July 6. 828.944.0766 or www.elevatedmountain.com. • Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Elysium Park July 5, Joey Fortner & The

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• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Scott James Stambaugh (singer-songwriter) 2 p.m. July 6, Pioneer Chicken Stand 6 p.m. July 6, Hustle Souls 6 p.m. July 7 and The Get Right Band (rock/soul) 6:30 p.m. July 13. All shows are and open to the public. www.noc.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night July 3 and 10, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo July 4 and 11. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• The Oconaluftee Visitor Center (Cherokee) will host a back porch old-time music jam from 1 to 3 p.m. July 6. All are welcome to come play or simply sit and listen to sounds of Southern Appalachia.

• Innovation Station (Dillsboro) will host InDaSkies July 6. All events are free and begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• The Paper Mill Lounge & Theatre (Sylva) will host Loyal Phantom 8:30 p.m. July 6. 828.508.0554 or www.thepapermilllounge.com.

• Isis Music Hall (West Asheville) will host Logan Marie (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m. July 3, Greg Ruby w/Don Stiernberg & Kevin Kehrberg (jazz/swing) 7 p.m. July 5, Below The Bassline & The Krektones (jazz/reggae) 9 p.m. July 5, Reggie Harris (folk/rock) 7 p.m. July 6, Last Chance Riders (indie/blues) 8:30 p.m. July 6, Rebecca Haviland & Whiskey Heart (Americana) 6 p.m. July 7, Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions w/Powder Keg 7:30 p.m. July 9, Lawn Series w/Pimps of Pompe (jazz/hip-hop) 6 p.m. July 10, Frankie Leo (Americana) 7 p.m. July 10 and Andy Wood &

• Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) will host The Remnants (oldies) July 6 and Frogtown (bluegrass) July 13. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.townoffranklinnc.com. • Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday. Free and open to the public. www.pub319socialhouse.com. • Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, Mile High (classic

rock) 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a Trivia w/Kelsey Jo 8 p.m. Thursdays. • Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com. • The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic” night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com. • The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host Bluegrass Thursdays w/Benny Queen at 6:30 p.m. • The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host Bluegrass w/Nitrograss Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

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• Blue Ridge Beer Hub (Waynesville) will host an acoustic jam with Main St. NoTones from 6 to 9 p.m. July 11. Free and open to the public. www.blueridgebeerhub.com.

Universal Sound (Americana/folk) July 6, Ben Wilson (singer-songwriter) 5 p.m. July 7, Gabe Smiley (singer-songwriter) July 12 and Jack Snyder (singer-songwriter) July 13. All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will host the “Week of Rock” with April B. & The Cool July 3, Jim & The Giant Jam 1 p.m. July 4, Samantha Gray 4:30 p.m. July 4, Red Clay Revival July 4, The Four Squares July 5, Ogya World Music Band July 6 and Beggar’s Clan July 12. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

The faculty of the Mountain Collegium Music Workshop will perform medieval, renaissance, baroque and contemporary music on early and folk instruments at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 4, in the recital hall the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University. The Mountain Collegium Music Workshop is an annual event at WCU and typically offers classes on instruments used in 15th- through 18th-century Europe, which helps performers achieve a sound and effect appropriate for these styles of music. The teaching organization’s site can be found at www.mountaincollegium.org. Musicians performing include Gail Ann Schroeder, Katherine Muldiner, Holly Maurer and Chrissy Spencer (violas da gamba); Chris Armijo, Valerie Austin, Phil Hollar, Jody Miller, Patricia Petersen, Gwyn Roberts and Anne Timberlake (recorders and other renaissance winds); Liza Malamut (sackbut); Sue Richards (harp); Lorriane Hammond (folk instruments); Robert Bolyard (voice, organ and viola da gamba); and Barbara Weiss (harpsichord and recorder). Will Peebles, professor of bassoon in WCU’s School of Music, will perform on dulcian. Admission to the recital is free, but donations to the Gerald R. Moore Mountain Collegium Scholarship will be accepted. For more information, call 404.314.1891 or email recorder96@gmail.com.

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• Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host the “Lounge Series” at its Calaboose location with July 5, Granny’s Mason Jar July 4, Nouveaux Honkies July 6 and George Ausman 4 p.m. July 7. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host the “Stone Soup” open mic night every Tuesday, Somebody’s Child (Americana/folk) July 6 and Twelfth Fret (Americana/folk) July 13. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

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Seth Rosenbloom (alt-country/bluegrass) 8:30 p.m. July 10. For more information about the performances and/or to purchase tickets, click on www.isisasheville.com.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic Night” on Mondays, karaoke on Thursdays, Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) July 5 and DJ Kountry July 6. All events at 10 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.456.4750. 25

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Lake Junaluska celebrates Independence Day

All are invited to spend a patriotic Fourth of July at Lake Junaluska. Independence Day Celebrations will feature fireworks, a parade, a cirque-style circus show, family-friendly activities and concerts, including a performance by internationally acclaimed bluegrass group Balsam Range. Many activities are free. Tickets may be purchased for two concerts, a performance and a barbecue lunch. Three- and four-night lodging packages offer meals and admission to events. The Blue Ridge Big Band kicks off the celebration with a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, in the white lakeside tent near Stuart Auditorium. Comprised of professional musicians, music educators, hobbyists and music majors, the band performs a wide selection of genres and styles in a relaxed, informal setting where attendees are invited to listen, dance and sing along.

Festivities get into full swing on Thursday, July 4, with a community Fourth of July Parade from Lambuth Inn down North Lakeshore Drive to Nanci Weldon Memorial Gym. The parade, themed “When the Circus Came to Town,” will begin at 11 a.m. with individuals, families and businesses from all over Haywood County participating along with performers from the Imagine Circus. Anyone is invited to have a float. Register at www.lakejunaluska.com/july4th. Following the parade, a barbecue lunch will take place at Nanci Weldon Memorial Gym at noon with music and kids’ activities including face painting, bounce houses and a balloon artist. At 1:30 p.m., Whitewater Bluegrass Company will lead attendees in a square dance. No experience is necessary to participate, and the dance is free and open to all.

Then during the evening on the Fourth of July, the Lake Junaluska Singers, a 16-voice choral ensemble that has performed at Lake Junaluska for more than 60 years, kicks off its summer season with a patriotic salute at Stuart Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The concert precedes the free fireworks display that begins at approximately 9:30 p.m. More than 800 fireworks will be shot from the dam and reflected on the lake. Then on Friday, July 5, live music from bluegrass to southern gospel will be performed at the Harrell Center by the lake from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Later on July 5 at 7:30 p.m., the Imagine Circus featuring aerialists, stilt walkers and jugglers will perform a Cirque-style show in Stuart Auditorium. Independence Day Celebrations continue on Saturday, July 6, at 2 p.m. with the Family Olympics, a friendly field day competition with fun and silly challenges. The Independence Day festivities conclude July 6 with a performance by the bluegrass group Balsam Range in Stuart Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the Lake Junaluska Singers concert is $23 reserved seating and $18 general admission. Tickets to the Imagine Circus are for adults $23 reserved seating and $18 general admission, and for children ages 12 and younger $15 reserved seating and $12 general admission. Tickets for Balsam Range are $25 reserved seating and $23 general admission. Tickets for reserved seating to the Lake Junaluska Singers concert, Imagine Circus and Balsam Range performances to be held, respectively, on July 4, 5 and 6, in Stuart Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., can only be purchased through www.itickets.com, which is linked to from www.lakejunaluska.com/july4th and can be reached at 800.965.9324.

Fourth of July in the Smokies • Canton Fourth of July Celebration, www.cantonnc.com • Stars & Strips Celebration, Waynesville, www.downtownwaynesville.com • Red White & Boom, Maggie Valley, www.maggievalley.org • Fourth of July Celebration, Sylva, www.mountainlovers.com • Freedom Fest, Bryson City, www.greatsmokies.com • Fourth of July Parade/Fireworks Celebration, Franklin, www.franklin-chamber.com • Fourth of July Fireworks Show, Cherokee, www.nc-cherokee.com • Fourth of July Celebration, Cashiers, www.cashiers411.com • Fourth of July Celebration, Andrews, www.visitcherokeecountync.com • Independence Day Celebration, Highlands, www.highlandsinfo.com • Independence Day Fireworks, Murphy, www.visitcherokeecountync.com • Independence Day Parade/ Celebration, Hayesville, www.ncmtnchamber.com • Sapphire Valley Yankee Doodle Dandy Day, www.sapphirevalley.com • Fourth of July Celebration, Fontana Village, www.fontanavillage.com

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The Western North Carolina Civil War Roundtable is pleased to welcome Dwight Hughes for a presentation at 5 p.m. Monday, July 8, at The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Hughes will be speaking on the ironclad USS Monitor and its historic encounter with the Virginia during the early part of the Civil War. The USS Monitor is renowned for its role in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. It was nicknamed a “cheesebox on a raft” due to its curious appearance. Hughes will detail the Monitor’s hurried origins as a foil to the CSS Virginia, its role in the epic battle with the Virginia, its unfortunate demise off Cape Hatteras, and recent rediscovery and archaeological salvage. Special emphasis will be focused on the Monitor evolving into a cultural icon of American industrial strength and ingenuity. Lieutenant Commander Hughes graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967 with a major in History and Government. He served 20 years as a Navy surface warfare officer on most of the world’s oceans in ships ranging from destroyer to aircraft carrier and with river forces in Vietnam. He taught Naval ROTC at the University of Rochester, earning an MA in Political Science and he later earned an MS in Information Systems Management from USC. Hughes’ current calling melds a love of the sea and ships with a lifetime study of naval history. His commitment is to advance the understanding of our Civil War naval heritage and to communicate that heritage in an educational and entertaining manner, especially for new generations. He is the author of A Confederate Biography: The Cruise of the CSS Shenandoah (Naval Institute Press, 2015) and a contributing author at the Emerging Civil War blog. His upcoming book is entitled, With Mutual Fierceness: The Battles of Hampton Roads and will soon be published by Emerging Civil War Series. The evening’s agenda begins at 5 p.m. with a meet and greet dinner at the Tap Room within The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Dinner will be followed with a social at 6:30 p.m. The meeting and free presentation will commence at 7 p.m. in the Mountaineer room on the second floor of The Waynesville Inn. More information can be found at www.wnccwrt.com.

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Sweet Corn Festival

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The 22nd annual Sweet Corn Festival will be held from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at St. Cyprian’s Church on 216 Roller Mill Road in Franklin. Barbecue, live entertainment including the Nikwasi Dulcimer Players and Westsound from Asheville, trail walks, historic church tours and bake sale. Vendors

onsite with a wide variety of crafts, jewelry, fine arts and more. Activities for children, which includes a bounce house and bounce horses. Proceeds benefit All Saints Episcopal community outreach. Park at church, or overflow parking nearby at Dr. Shaller’s office on Roller Mill Road at Kmart center. Free admission. www.allsaintsfranklin.org.

Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 25 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee. Sit by a bonfire, alongside a river, and listen to some of Cherokee’s best storytellers. The bonfire is free and open to the public. There will be no bonfire events in September. 800.438.1601 or visit www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• REACH is excited to present its “Red, White, and Blue Bash!” at 6 p.m. Friday, July 12, at Maggie Valley Club. Raffle, silent and live auctions, heavy hors d’oeuvres, commemorative photo booth, and much more. Tickets are $50 each and are on sale now. Purchase yours by credit card at www.reachofhaywood.org or by calling REACH at 828.456.7898. Proceeds from this event will go to support the REACH mission, providing aid to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse in Haywood County.

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• Vendors and demonstrators are wanted for the 2nd annual Mountain Heritage Fest in Cruso. This great day of barbecue, crafts, and music will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Cruso Community Center. Vendor spaces are $10 for a 10x10 space and demonstrators can participate for free. All spaces are outdoors. For more information and for applications, please visitwww.crusonc.com/fest, call Levi at 828.400.7323 or email crusoquiltshow@gmail.com.

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Waynesville Art School summer camps

• The Balsam Community Center 3rd annual “July 4th Arts Crafts Show” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4-6 at 400 Cabin Flats Road in Balsam. Pottery, jewelry, art, canning, fun foods, and more. Free ice cream social at 2 p.m. July 4. Hot Dog lunch at noon July 6. • Franklin’s Uptown Gallery, operated by the Macon County Arts Association, is hosting an art competition through Friday, July 12, when cash and other awards will be made during a reception at the gallery. Both professional and amateur artists have entered. Winners will be selected by “Voters Choice” ballots by visitors to the gallery. Winners will be announced during a gallery reception from 4 to 6 p.m. July 12.

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

For information, call 828.227.ARTS or visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. “Cultivating Collections” is part of an exhibition series that takes an in-depth look at growth areas of the Museum’s permanent collection as a way for the curatorial team to plan for future acquisitions.

Submissions will be accepted through Aug. 1. The contest is open to everyone. Visit www.haywoodarts.org/logo-contest for the application form and additional information. Winner will be selected by the Haywood Arts Council Studio Tour committee. For more information, call 828.452.0593 or email info@haywoodarts.org. • The Weekly Open Studio art classes will resume from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville, Instructor will be Betina Morgan. Open to all artists, at any stage of development, and in the medium of your choice. Cost is $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class. Contact Morgan at 828.550.6190 or email bmk.morgan@yahoo.com. • The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has recently opened a major new exhibit,

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

“People of the Clay: Contemporary Cherokee Potters.” It features more than 60 potters from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Cherokee Nation, and more than one hundred works from 1900 to the present. The exhibit will run through next April. • A “Beginner Step-By-Step” adult painting class will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. There is also a class at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at Balsam Fall Brewing in Sylva. Cost is $25 with all supplies provided. For more information on paint dates and/or to RSVP, contact Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560 or wncpaintevents@gmail.com. • Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will host a free movie night at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For the full schedule of screenings, visit www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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Registration is currently underway for summer art camps at Waynesville Art School. • Shining Minds camps for 10 to 13 year olds will be offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily on July 8-11 and July 29-Aug. 1. Cost is $110 for a four-day session or $35 single day camp enrollment. • Kinder Artists camps for 5 to 6 year olds will be offered from 10 to 11 a.m. daily on July 15-18 and Aug. 5-8. Cost is $45 for a four-day session or $15 single day camp enrollment. • Art Sparklers camps for 7 to 9 year olds will be offered from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily on July 22-25. Cost is $110 for a four-day session or $35 single day camp enrollment. Call 828.246.9869 or visit www.waynesvilleartschool.com.

images addressing war and personal trauma. Featured artists include Ed Ruscha, Fran Forman, Pinky Bass, Susan Harbage Page, Drew Cameron, John Dickson, David Packer, Susan Alta Martin, Ken Abbott, Herman Goustin, Alice Sebrell, Cathryn Griffin, Ian Ward, and others. “Cultivating Collections: Artist Books” highlights objects united by the artists’ desire to express an idea through a book-like format. The WCU Fine Art Museum holds over 100 artist books by American artists. These include altered books, visual narratives, conceptual books, sculptural volumes, and works that combine poetic text and imagery. The WCU Fine Art Museum also has a strong commitment to exhibiting contemporary Native American art as a regular part of the museum’s changing exhibitions program. Over the past 15 years, many of these exhibitions inspired purchases and donations of artwork to help the museum deepen its focus in this area. The art on view in “Cultivating Collections: Contemporary Native American Art” features a selection of the works acquired during this period. The reception for Cultivating Collections will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25 at the WCU Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center, 199 Centennial Drive, Cullowhee. Regular museum hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday until 7 p.m.

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The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the Bardo Arts Center will be highlighting its permanent collection this summer with a new exhibition “Cultivating Collections.” The exhibition focuses on three strengths of the museum’s collection that the curatorial team expects to grow over the next five to ten years: photography, artist books, and contemporary Native American art. As the museum expands its holdings of more than 1,800 works of art, these concentration areas will provide a foundation for future directions in collecting. One of the most notable galleries in the exhibition is “Cultivating Collections: Photography,” which was curated by undergraduate and graduate students taking the Exhibition Practicum course at WCU. Featuring regionally and nationallyknown photographers — many who visited, taught, studied or exhibited at WCU during their careers — this gallery brings a student perspective to the museum’s ever-expanding photography collection. As part of the course, students selected works to display, interviewed artists, and evaluated strengths and opportunities for the collection. The works they chose for display represent a variety of photographic processes with subject matter ranging from still lifes and landscapes to emotionally charged

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On the stage

HART to present ‘Oliver!’

The Broadway classic “Oliver!” by Lionel Bart will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. July 5-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-27 and at 2 p.m. July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, the show has a storied past. It opened in London’s West End in 1960 and ran for over

2,000 performances. The original Artful Dodger was played by future Monkees star Davey Jones, who was followed in the role by recording star Phil Collins. Jones reprised his role when the show opened on Broadway in 1963 and received a Tony nomination for his performance. The movie opened in 1968 and went on to win the Oscar as “Best Picture of the Year.” “Oliver!” is the rare instance of a show being completely created by one person. Bart wrote the book, lyrics and music for the show, officially titled “Lionel Bart’s Oliver!,” but Bart’s life didn’t go so well. He had a big hit song in 1963 with “From Russia With Love” created for the James Bond film. He wrote a string of pop hits in the 60s that have faded from memory, and two modestly successful West End musicals, “Blitz” and “Maggie Mae.” To make reservations, visit www.harttheatre.org or call the HART Box Office at 828.456.6322.

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Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will continue to host an array of wine tastings and small plates. • Mondays: Free tastings and discounts on select styles of wine that changes weekly. • Thursdays: Five for $5 wine tasting, with small plates available for purchase from Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine in The Secret Wine Bar. • Wednesday-Saturday: The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Fridays: The Secret Wine Bar will be open for drinks and small plates from 5 to 9 p.m. • Saturdays: Champagne cocktails from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m. For ticketed events, there will be a Chardonnay Seated Wine Tasting July 10 and Rose Seated Wine Tasting July 23. Dog friendly patio and front garden open, weather permitting. For more information and/or to RSVP for ticketed events, call

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Nantahala Brewing launched its Sylva outpost this past weekend at 5 Grindstaff Cove in downtown. The newest outpost for the Bryson Citybased brewery includes a full taproom and commercial kitchen, riverside seating and live music regularly. The Sylva outpost will complement the original brewery and restaurant locations in Bryson City and also the West Asheville outpost, which opened last year. "Well, after more than 15 months of design, planning, permitting and construction, we're excited to announce to open our doors to everyone," said Joe Rowland, owner of Nantahala Brewing. "We love all of our spots, but this one is the culmination of a decade of brewing, learning and exploring what it means to be Nantahala Brewing." www.nantahalabrewing.com.

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Book examines stark example of racism n February 12, 1946, just hours after his discharge from the Army, Sergeant Isaac Woodard got into an argument with the driver of the Greyhound bus he was taking to his home in Georgia. In the small town of Batesburg, South Carolina, the driver parked the bus, found Lynwood Shull, the local police chief, and asked Woodard to step from the to speak to Shull. Within minutes, following an altercation with Shull, Woodward lay in the Batesburg jail, permanently blinded by the beating he took from Writer Schull’s black jack. More than a million black men and women served in the Armed Forces during World War II. Like them, Woodward was returning to his home in Georgia expecting the segregation of the Jim Crow South to end. Black military personnel had served their country — Woodward was decorated for courage under fire — and wanted the full benefits of citizenship. No more black disenfranchisement, no more separate facilities in the public square, no more thwarted opportunities based on skin pigmentation: they wanted their full civic rights as Americans. In his exchange with the bus driver, Woodard’s words “Talk to me like I am talking to you. I am a man just like you” summed up this new attitude. In Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring (Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2019, 325 pages), United States district judge Richard Gergel examines in close detail this time of upheaval and change. He gives us a quick look at the general state of segregation in the South and in states like Missouri, takes us into the life of Sergeant Woodard, and then investigates the consequences of Woodard’s beating and blindness. As Gergel shows us, Woodard’s story

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aroused sympathy and demands for change among the black community, demands spearheaded by the NAACP, and then attracted the

attention of two Americans who would prove vital in bringing about that change. The first was President Harry S. Truman, who first heard of Woodard in September, 1946. Until then, the Truman administration had struggled with possible ways to diminish racial inequality while at the same time placating their Democratic constituents, particularly those in the South. This attitude of reluctance and indecision changed at a meeting with civil rights leaders when Walter White, an officer in the NAACP and a man Truman knew and respected, shared in great detail the

Fontana Regional Library celebrates 75 years Fontana Regional Library celebrates its 75th anniversary this summer, honoring the library’s humble beginnings in 1944, when the Tennessee Valley Authority sponsored a regional bookmobile to visit the most remote areas of Jackson, Macon and Swain counties. Seventy-five years on, Fontana Regional Library is proud to fulfill its mission to “provide the public of Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties with excellent service and convenient access to resources for their educational, informational, and recreational needs.” This means that today, Fontana headquarters and the staff at six member libraries in Franklin, Highlands, Cashiers, Sylva, Bryson City, and Topton coordinate a wide range of services, programs, and

story of Isaac Woodard’s beating. “As the story unfolded, Truman sat riveted and became visibly agitated and angered. One observer later described his face as ‘distorted in horror.’ Casting his staff ’s advice aside, an obviously distressed president replied, ‘My God! I had no idea it was as terrible as that! We have got to do something! And Truman did something. He founded a committee to make recommendations for federal action. He later put the recommendations of that committee into action, unleashing legal attacks against segregation. He ordered the complete integration of the Armed Forces. In July of 1947, he gave one of the great speeches in our national history, declaring “It is my deep conviction that we have reached a turning point in the long history of our country’s efforts to guarantee freedom and equality to all our citizens.” A second man was also deeply affected by the Woodard story. Judge Waties Waring of South Carolina presided over the trial of Lynwood Schull for his savage attack on Woodard. When the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty, Judge Waring was stunned both by the weak case presented by the government’s prosecutors and by the inherent evil he now found in Southern racism. This was a moment of revelation in his life, one of those turning points that change us forever. He and his wife, Elizabeth, who had attended the trail and was shattered by the outcome, began studying the history of their region, beginning with W.J. Cash’s The Mind of the South and Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and

activities for residents of all ages. To celebrate this 75th birthday, FRL will spend the rest of this year collecting stories from patrons about how and why the library has been important to them and their families. “75 Stories for 75 Years” will capture the best of library history and the stories of library patrons, while inviting donations to the campaign to raise $75,000 for library services by the end of 2019. So much has changed, and so much has stayed the same over the last 75 years. Books have always been at the heart of the library’s mission, and always will be. But, reading now includes eBooks, audiobooks, and eAudiobooks, which are all available at the library or through the library’s website. Today, people need more from a library than anyone could have imagined back in 1944. The internet and computers weren’t even on the horizon for the general public 75 years ago, but today, many

Modern Democracy. Soon Waring was involved in civil rights issues in the courtroom, and his ruling against South Carolina’s exclusion of black participants in the Democratic primary made him and Elizabeth outcasts in Charleston society. In Unexampled Courage, Judge Gergel, who presides in the same courthouse in Charleston where Waring once served, also looks at many other people involved in this civil rights movement, ranging from Orson Wells and his radio show about Isaac Woodard to Thurgood Marshall and his brilliant legal work. As we listen to these voices from the past—the teachers, the farmers, the lawyers, the politicians—we become acutely aware of the importance of the courtroom in advancing liberty during this time. In the 1860s, the United States had fought a horrendous war, in part to free black slaves. In the 1940s and 1950s, a far less bloody but nonetheless deeply significant war was taking place, with the battlefields being courtrooms and the media, and the hearts and minds of millions of people. After reading Unexampled Courage, we may find ourselves looking with new glasses at the purported racism of our own day. We sometimes use racism as a word for muddying political opponents. Without evidence, many label President Trump a racist. Because Democratic senator Joe Biden worked with colleagues 40 years ago who were segregationists, some now slam him as a racist. Racism in 1946 was real. Jim Crow prohibited black men and women from the voting booth. It gave them inferior educations. It refused them public service in restaurants, hotels, and theaters. Sometimes it inflicted murder and injury without fear of legal punishment. In some ways, to keep throwing the word “racism” around in 2019 devalues both the word and the many people, black and white, who once stood up against institutionalized racism. (Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher. Minick0301@gmail.com)

people rely on Fontana Regional Library for internet access and oneon-one technology help for everything from laptops to smartphones. Even storytimes for children have evolved in new and exciting ways. Today, youth activities include math, science, and art for ages from toddlers to teens. But the emphasis on reading and learning never changes. With all the information and technology that is now available, Fontana Regional Library offers services that are constantly evolving to meet the needs of the public. What is your favorite library service or memory from the last 75 years? Tell us at 75Stories@fontanalib.org or fill out a postcard at your local Fontana Regional Library location. To see a list of 75 services the library currently offers, or for more information about how to become a supporter, go to www.fontanalib.org/75stories.

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An ecoEXPLORE participant captures her observation of a mushroom. N.C. Arboretum photos

Science program goes statewide ecoEXPLORE program for kids now available in N.C. State Parks BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER program that’s been getting Western North Carolina kids outside since 2016 is now a statewide offering, with a whirlwind tour of 10 North Carolina state parks over the next couple weeks celebrating ecoEXPLORE’s arrival at all 41 park units. “There’s a lot of benefits to being outdoors, and it’s something that we’re seeing less and less in adults and children,” said Jonathan Marchal, youth education manager at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. “A lot of times it’s almost like a competition — you can go outside and be screen-free, or you can go indoors and be completely immersed in a screen. I think one approach that is helpful is utilizing those items like smartphones as tools to explore the environment, and not just as tools to explore the environment but to engage kids in doing conservation work.” That’s just what ecoEXPLORE, a program the arboretum developed, aims to do. Originally launched through a grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, ecoEXPLORE encourages kids to go outside, make observations about nature, and record those observations with a smartphone camera. Participants earn points for each observation, and the points can then be cashed in for prizes like binoculars, butterfly nets and flower presses.

They can earn badges, too. Each change in season brings with it a change in the badge that could potentially be claimed. Right now it’s herpetology season — participants who complete the herpetology challenge, which includes making six observations of reptiles or amphibians and attending an upcoming event at the arboretum, will get the Herpetology Field Badge. It’s a combination of self-directed time outside and guided programming with arboretum staff, and it’s not just the kids who

An ecoEXPLORE participant displays a badge she earned alongside a box turtle found during her adventures.

think it’s great. “We have parents just as involved in asking questions right along with the kids, taking pictures of plants and animals right along with them — in programming, but also when they do things on their own,” said Marchal. It’s a win-win for the kids and for the scientific community. While the ecoEXPLORErs get the benefit of time outdoors and hands-on science education, science benefits from the myriad observations the students log. Staff look at all the observations the kids send in,

and the ones deemed to be high enough quality get uploaded to iNaturalist, a mobile app and website that catalogues citizen science observations. So far, ecoEXPLORE participants have provided more than 10,000 iNaturalist observations. “It’s pretty tremendous,” said Marchal. “It’s a testament to how kids can not just learn about conservation but also take an active role in it.” Since 2016, about 2,000 kids have enrolled in the ecoEXPLORE program, and of those Marchal estimates that 100 to 150 are currently active participants. But until now, the program has been relegated to Western North Carolina, with most participants residing in Buncombe County, where the arboretum is located. Now, kids across the state will be able to become ecoEXPLORErs. “The state parks are just an ideal complement to our program,” said Marchal. A $1 million grant from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation will fund the first five years of the statewide rollout. The first step in the expansion is to designate all 41 state parks as ecoEXPLORE “hotspots” — safe and biodiverse areas that kids can go to make observations. EcoEXPLORE will also piggyback on the state park’s existing Junior Ranger program, so that kids can earn points and badges in the ecoEXPLORE program as they’re working toward their Junior Ranger badge. In recognition of the partnership, the state parks are releasing a new edition of the Junior Ranger guide, which will include information about ecoEXPLORE. In the long run, though, ecoEXPLORE wants to have far more than just 41 new hotspots in North Carolina — the grant includes funding to develop 10 per county, meaning a total of 1,000 hotspots in all 100 counties. Another prong of the expansion is to develop additional ecoEXPLORE hubs — places like the Arboretum that can offer staff and on-site programming for kids. The Greensboro Science Center will become the first new ecoEXPLORE hub following a planned rollout this fall, and the arboretum is also hoping to create hubs at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh and the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education, as well as looking for other organizations to serve Charlotte and other parts of the piedmont. Right now, the arboretum is focused on the North Carolina expansion, but it’s been fielding feelers from outside state lines as well. “We’re focused on rolling out the state, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t already asking us,” said Marchal. “We’ve had interest from multiple places that are outside of North Carolina. The program overall is highly replicable and highly cost-effective. Those two things definitely attract attention. I do believe that in the future it’s something that I think could be very easily implemented outside of North Carolina.” If that were to transpire,

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Learn how to properly prune rhododendrons with a class from a horticulture professionally, 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 10, at the Southern Highlands Reserve in Lake Toxaway. Kelly Holdbrooks will lead this class aimed at helping participants better care for their own gardens and yards. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and bring a rain jacket, hand pruners and gloves. Cost is $45. Register at www.southernhighlandsre-

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Firecracker 5K turns 30 Explode into the Fourth of July with the Firecracker 5K, to be held at 8 a.m. Thursday, July 4, in Bryson City. Now in its 30th year, the race has in recent years attracted 175 to 200 runners. Run by the Rotary Club of Bryson City, it is used to fund the Swain County Imagination Library, raising over $3,000 per year for the past five years to help this literacy program. The Imagination Library provides age-appropriate books to Swain County children from birth to age 5. Register online at www.runsignup.com or on the day of. The race begins and ends at Riverfront Park on Mitchell Street.

ecoEXPLORE would join TRACK Trails as another locally developed program gaining a larger following. Developed by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation to make outdoor exploration more accessible for families by identifying kid-friendly trails and

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providing age-appropriate interpretive information about the natural environment, TRACK Trails started out as a North Carolina thing and now has sites from the shore of Lake Washington in Seattle to Nags Head, North Carolina — and everywhere in between. The similarities are not lost on Marchal, who said that he’s worked with TRACK Trails to develop an ecoEXPLORE brochure and discussed the possibility of existing

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The new expansion of the N.C. Arboretum’s ecoEXPLORE program to a statewide audience will be the focus of celebration at 10 upcoming events held in state parks from mountains to coast, the first two of which will be in Western North Carolina. n Chimney Rock State Park. From 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 8, familyfriendly science activities and demonstrations will include a salamander meander and live animal program. n Gorges State Park. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, the park will offer familyfriendly activities and demonstrations. Additional events will be: Wednesday, July 10, at Mount Mitchell State Park; Thursday, July 11, at Crowders Mountain State Park; Saturday, July 13, at Hanging Rock State Park; Sunday, July 14, at Jordan Lake State Park; Monday, July 15, at William B. Umstead State Park; Thursday, July 18, at Jockey’s Ridge State Park; Friday, July 19, at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park and Saturday, July 20, at Carolina Beach State Park. Participation in ecoEXPLORE is free. To sign up, visit www.ecoexplore.net.

TRACK Trails doubling as ecoEXPLORE hotspots. “We’re all working toward the same goal of getting more kids and families outside and active and learning about the natural world, so it’s great that everybody’s been able to be so collaborative,” he said. In addition to the GlaxoSmithKline funding, the ecoEXPLORE expansion has received support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and from the Duke Energy Foundation, as well as from some private donors. The largest piece, the $1 million GlaxoSmithKline grant, is mostly for the ecoEXPLORE expansion but will also support two other arboretum initiatives — Project EXPLORE, which encourages teachers to do citizen science on school grounds, and Project OWL, which develops online curriculum that correlates with the North Carolina essential standards so that teachers can more easily include the outdoors in their lessons. “We’re currently in the process of getting those two initiatives to be able to go statewide as well,” said Marchal. With all these programs, the goal is to give families a quality experience outside, as well as boost female participation in the sciences, as research shows that girls start to lose interest in such careers around middle school, Marchal said. In the future, he’d love to develop a program that uses students who have aged out of ecoEXPLORE as mentors and role models for younger kids. These efforts matter not just to the kids themselves, he said, but to science as a whole. “By going out there and photographing a ruby-throated hummingbird, that child is not just getting a chance to really look at that wildlife and observe it, but they’re also contributing that record of that organism at that time to our biological records,” he said. “As our climate and environments change, it’s going to be pretty important to know when and where things happened in the past.”

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Law changes appointment structure for Clean Water board Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law a bill that reconstitutes several boards and commissions that the court previously held to have unconstitutionally appointed membership. Those boards include the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. “Boards and commissions do important work and this legislation finally puts these in compliance with the constitution, although it should not have taken two years of litigation to force the legislature to get it done,” Cooper said in a press release. Previously, the board consisted of six members appointed by the legislature and three appointed by the governor. The court found that membership to be unconstitutional, as the executive branch is supposed to oversee the day-to-day administration of state programs. Under the newly ratified bill, five members will be appointed by the governor and four will be appointed by the legislature — two upon recommendation from the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and two upon recommendation by the Speaker of the House. The Clean Water Management Trust Fund was established in 1996 to protect the state’s drinking water sources. With more than $55 million in active contracts, the fund is now also tasked by the North Carolina General Assembly with conserving and protecting the state’s natural resources, cultural heritage and military installations. find us at: facebook.com/smnews

Serve the Smokies A series of service Saturdays in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will offer opportunity to learn about the park through hands-on service while helping staff complete much-needed work within its boundaries. Upcoming service dates will be: n June 13 cleanup at the Chimneys Picnic area n July 27 cleanup at Elkmont Campground n Aug. 17 cleanup on the Cosby Horse Trail n Sept. 14 flowerbed maintenance at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center n Sept. 21 non-native honeysuckle removal at the Sugarlands Visitor Center n Oct. 5 cleanup at Elkmont’s Daisy Town Volunteer projects will begin at 9 a.m. each day and last through 1 p.m., followed by an optional enrichment adventure to immerse participants in the park’s abundant natural and cultural resources. Tools and safety gear will be provided, with participants required to wear closed-toe shoes and asked to bring their own water and snacks. Sign up with Andrew Mentrup at 865.436.1278 or andrew_mentrup@partner.nps.gov. Space may be limited.

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Catch the beescaping buzz Learn about bees with a presentation from Jill and Brannen of Spriggly’s Beescaping, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 13, at the Waynesville Public Library. The presentation will cover the history of the honeybee, its relationship to humans and how they first came to North America — a place already teeming with more than 4,000 different native bee species. Presenters will then discuss the lives of native bees by exploring common species and the habitat needs. Brannen Basham and Jill Jacobs are owners of Spriggly’s Beescaping, a nature education business dedicated to increasing environmental awareness, with a special focus on the bees native to North America. Free, with registration required with Kathy Olsen, 828.356.2507 or kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Record-setting wild turkey harvest Results from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s wild turkey harvest summary show this year’s harvest was the second highest ever recorded, with hunters across the state reporting 18,730 birds harvested, including 1,478 birds taken during the youth-only hunting season.

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Roving activities truck comes to Haywood kids this summer Base Camp on the Go is back for the summer, bringing a truck full of outdoor and environmental education activities to kids across Haywood County on a regular schedule through the first week in August. Base Camp on the Go will come to the Waynesville Recreation Center 5:30 to

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A two-day fishing tournament will offer $10,000 in prizes, Friday, July 12, through Saturday, July 13, in Cherokee. The Tom Hill Memorial Trout Tournament — named for a longtime trout hatchery employee who passed away too soon — will take place in rivers all across the Qualla Boundary, except for 2.2 miles of catch-and-release waters, with anglers hoping to catch some of the fish specially tagged for the event. Tags are redeemable for cash prizes ranging from $25 to $1,000. Fishing will start one hour before sunrise and end one hour after sunset each day, with prize redemption open 4 to 6 p.m. each tournament day. Register anywhere Cherokee fishing licenses are sold. Paula Price, 828.369.6110 or paprice@nc-cherokee.com.

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Golf for a cause A golf tournament slated for 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, will raise money to support Haywood Christian Ministry, with proceeds to be primarily directed to the organization’s heating assistance program. This modified step aside scramble tournament is HCM’s 26th annual Charitable Golf Classic and will include four-person teams of all men, all women or mixed gender. It will take place at Laurel Ridge Country Club and The Waynesville Inn Golf

Resort. The winner of a hole-in-one contest will win a new car, compliments of AutoStar Chevrolet and Buick of Waynesville. The following day, Thursday, July 11, a fundraising gala dinner and auction will be held starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Laurel Ridge Country Club Pavilion. Gala tickets are $30 and golf is $125 per player, with a gala ticket included. Entry forms are available at the HCM office, local area golf clubs or online at www.haywoodministry.org. 828.456.4838.

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Don’t miss Mountain Wildlife Days Lady” Gaye Owen, who will present on how to get along with black bears. The real fun begins at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with Live Animal Sharing. Naturalist Carlton Burke will present “Appalachian Wild” and a variety of his ‘wild lives.’ After a short break, the ever-popular Rob Gudger will bring two of his wolves and share his experiences with these important and misunderstood creatures. The North Georgia Zoo will close the Saturday activities after lunch by showcasing unusual and familiar animals alike. Children and adults will have an opportunity to get up close to some of the zoo’s animals. Fees are $5 for Friday evening and $8 for the entire day Saturday, with children admitted free. For more information, visit www.mountainwildlifedays.com or call the Sapphire Resort Community Center at 828.743.7663.

A 13-mile adventure will use the Low Gap and Appalachian Trails to access the only stacked-stone fire tower in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a hike led by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 6. The group will meet in Cosby, Tennessee, and carpool to the trailhead, ending up at the Mt. Cammerer fire tower with a view of the Pigeon River Gorge and surrounding mountains. It will be a strenuous hike, recommended only for experienced hikers. Participants should bring a daypack loaded with hiking safety gear and plenty of food and water. $20 for GSMA members and $40 for nonmembers. Led by High and Sue Aukerman. Register online at https://bit.ly/2IRRfpt.

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Mountain Wildlife Days will return to Sapphire July 12-13, offering opportunity to experience rarely seen wildlife up close and personal. The 16th annual event will open in the morning on Friday, July 12, with a bird walk led by the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. A pair of hikes to scenic locations and waterfalls led by experienced hike leaders Mike Kettles and Robin Lurie will be offered as well. Events are free, but group size is limited and reservations are required by calling 828.743.7663. Friday afternoon, “Snake Man” Steve O’Neil will show off his reptiles and amphibians at the Sapphire Community Center, and at 6:30 p.m. a silent auction exhibit will open followed by bluegrass music from Benny Queen of the Wild Hog Band and Kelly Smith of Lost Chords at 7 p.m. The main event Friday will be “Bear

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The Mt. Cammerer fire tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. SMN photo

Hike Richland Balsam Explore a high-altitude spruce-fir forest with a short but strenuous hike at 10 a.m. Friday, July 5, at Richland Balsam on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Parkway rangers will lead this 1.5-mile roundtrip hike of a majestic nature trail through landscape that was once thought to be unique to the northern latitudes. Observe the forest’s cycle of life in an area hit by the hemlock wooly adelgid, and see how this invasive pest has affected local tree life. The hike is rated moderate to strenuous in difficulty. Meet at the Haywood-Jackson overlook at milepost 431, about a quarter-mile north of the Richland Balsam Overlook. Bring water, good walking shoes and clothing for changeable weather. 828.298.5330, ext. 304.

July 3-9, 2019

A mother black bear and her cub snuggle on the forest floor. Alan Vetterick photo

Rain causes closure at Trillium Gap Trail

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Trillium Gap Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be closed through Thursday, July 11, due to hazardous trail conditions resulting from heavy rainfall the last couple weeks. The trail surface, which is currently undergoing rehabilitation, is extremely slippery and muddy as a result of the rain. During the closure, park trail crews will continue their work to repair damaged sections. A hiatus in hiking will allow the trail tread to set up and harden for use. Weather permitting, the trail will reopen after July 11 for use Friday through Sunday of each week and federal holidays until it fully reopens Nov. 15. “The safety of our visitors and staff is our highest priority,” said Park Trails and Roads

Facility Manager Tobias Miller. “Dense clay soils, disturbed during the recent trail rehabilitation construction process, have become very muddy and slippery with the frequent rains and heavy visitor use on the weekends.” The rehabilitation project began May 13 as part of the park’s Trails Forever program in partnership with Friends of the Smokies. Trillium Gap is one of the Smokies’ busiest trails and provides access to the popular Grotto Falls and summit of Mt. Le Conte. During the trail closure, there is no access to Grotto Falls, but Le Conte is accessible via four other trails. Volunteer workdays for the Trails Forever program are held every Wednesday, May through August. The Trillium Gap project will continue next May and finish for good in November 2020. Prior registration is required to volunteer. Contact Adam Monroe at 828.497.1949 or adam_monroe@nps.gov.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS •Lake Junaluska Summer Activities Program is offered weekdays through July. The center invites the community to enjoy daily free and low -cost activities. Summer Activities Program weekly events include morning and evening yoga lessons, board game nights, morning lakeside devotionals, bonfires, indoor and outdoor movies, and live music. Visit for schedule: www.lakejunaluska.com/summeractivities. • The Balsam Community Center 3rd annual “July 4th Arts Crafts Show” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 4-6 at 400 Cabin Flats Road in Balsam. Pottery, jewelry, art, canning, fun foods, and more. Free ice cream social at 2 p.m. July 4. Hot Dog lunch at noon July 6. • The North Shore Cemetery Association will host decorations at Proctor and Bradshaw Cemeteries on Sunday, July 7, near Fontana Village. First boat shuttle leaves at 8:30 a.m.; last at 10 a.m. Leave from the Cable Cove Boating Access Area off of NC 28. Wear sturdy footwear and clothing suitable for outdoor activities; bring foul weather gear and lunch/drinks. Mobility impairments or need assistance: 706.896.2183 or hwc@windstream.net. Changes or cancellations: Facebook/northshorecemeteries. • Registration is underway for Camp Folkmoot 2019 “Hands Around the Globe,” which will be offered from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, July 19, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville. One-day dance camp for grades 3-12. $30 for students and $10 for accompanying adults. • The Haywood County Arts Council is accepting submissions for a Studio Tour Logo Contest through Aug. 1. Info and application: haywoodarts.org/logo-contest. • Reservations are being accepted for a six-night package, Nov. 23-29, to join Western Carolina University’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band as it participates in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28 in New York City. Cost: $2,199 (based on double occupancy), includes roundtrip airfare, transportation to the hotel, six nights lodging at Marriott Marquis in Times Square, two Broadway shows, admission to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a two-day hop-on, hop-off sightseeing ticket on a double-decker bus and Thanksgiving dinner with the band. Bmarkle@superholiday.com. Donate to help the band make the trip: givemacys.wcu.edu. • Registration is underway for Marriage Enrichment Retreats that will be offered three more times over the next year at Lake Junaluska. Led by Ned Martin, an expert in marriage counseling. Price is $699 per couple. Dates are Aug. 18-20 of 2019 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in 2019. Registration and info: www.lakejunaluska.com/marriage or 800.222.4930. • The Jackson County Department of Public Health is seeking input from the community: http://health.jacksonnc.org/surveys. Info: 587.8288. • Cashiers Area Chamber is seeking feedback to improve visitors’ experiences to the area. Take the survey at: tinyurl.com/y6w4uqyo. • Fontana Regional Library now offers anyone with a library card free access to eMagazines, for reading on any mobile device or computer. This new service joins our popular eBooks and digital audiobook`s selection — all available 24/7 from the library’s digital collection. To get started enjoying digital magazines as well as eBooks and audiobooks, visit e-inc.overdrive.com or download the Libby reading app. www.fontanalib.org.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Resume writing assistance is available from 1-3 p.m.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. on the following Fridays: July 19; Aug. 2, 16; and Sept. 6 and 20 in the Waynesville Library Upstairs Conference Room. Info: Kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov or 356.2507. • Financial Aid for College: Get the Facts from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Led by Laura Misner of the College Foundation of North Carolina. Learn the basics, how to apply, how to access CFNC resource and avoid scams. • Southwestern Community College will offer an “Introduction to MIG Welding” workshop from 5:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 9-10, in the Summit Building on SCC’s Jackson Campus. For welding newcomers or anyone interested in learning more about Metal Inert Gas welding. Registration fee: $70. Info and to register: 339.4218 or d_rogers@southwesterncc.edu. • Haywood Community College will hold Peak Week for registration from July 15-19 in Clyde. Meet with admissions representatives, register for classes, speak with financial aid, learn about available resources and take a campus tour. HCC-Advising@haywood.edu or 627.2821. • Registration is underway for a “Lean Thinking Workshop” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Led by Dr. Todd Creasy, MBA director and associate professor of management and project management at WCU. Learn to improve customer experience while reducing unnecessary clutter and process steps. Early bird registration fee: $249. After July 9, cost is: $279. Register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a Five-Star Customer Service for the Hospitality Industry workshop, which will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Registration: $119. For info or to sign up: pdp.wcu.edu or jcthompson@wcu.edu. • Registration is underway for a “Powerful Communications Strategies for Women Workshop” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, at WCU’s instructional site at Biltmore Park. Early bird registration is $139 through Aug. 1; increases to $169 after. Register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will be starting a monthly documentary series called “DocuWednesday” at 4 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month. The movies will be shown in the beautiful movie theater in the Community Room. At the end of each movie, the staff member who selected that documentary will lead a short discussion with the public. If you would like to know what movie will be showing each month, please email Benjamin Woody at bwoody@fontanalib.org to be placed on an email list. 586.2016. www.fontanalib.org. • Haywood Community College’s Workforce Continuing Education Department is offering a wide variety of courses. For a complete listing: www.haywood.edu. Info: 627.4669 or rgmassie@haywood.edu. • The African-American Business Association Workshop & Meetup is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at the Arthur R. Edington Education & Career Center in Asheville. • Evening classes for anyone wanting to obtain a high

school equivalency diploma are offered from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays at Haywood Community College in Clyde. 627.4648. • The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the HF Robinson Auditorium at the Western Carolina University Campus in Cullowhee. • Concealed carry handgun is offered every other Saturday 8:30am-5pm starting at Mountain Range indoor shooting range. Lunch provided. Class $60. 452.7870 or mountainrangenc@yahoo.com. • Small business owners can find materials and services to support business growth at Fontana Regional Library’s locations in Macon, Jackson and Swain Counties. Computer classes and one-on-one assistance available. 586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org. • A meeting of current and former employees of the Waynesville plant of Champion/Blue Ridge/Evergreen is held at 8 a.m. on the first Monday of each month at Bojangles near Lake Junaluska’s entrance. • One-on-one computer lessons are offered weekly at the Waynesville and Canton branches of the Haywood County Public Library. Lesson slots are available from 10 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Canton and from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Waynesville Library. Sign up at the front desk of either library or call 356.2507 for the Waynesville Library or 648.2924 for the Canton Library.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Registration is underway for the 26th annual Golf Tournament and gala benefiting Haywood Christian Ministries. Tournament is July 10 at Laurel Ridge Country Club and Waynesville Inn & Resort; Gala is July 11 at Laurel Ridge. Proceeds primarily benefit the heating program that ensures no elderly, infants, preschoolers or seriously ill folks go without heat this winter. Gala tickets are $30; golf is $125 per player (includes one gala ticket). Entry forms at the HCM office, local area golf clubs or haywoodministry.org. Info: 456.4838. • REACH will hold its Red, White and Blue Bash at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 12, at Maggie Valley Club. Raffle, silent auctions, heavy hors d’oeuvres, commemorative photo booth and more. Tickets: $50. To purchase: www.reachofhaywood.org or 456.7898. • A barbecue fundraiser celebrating the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act is scheduled for noon on Thursday, July 11, at DisAbility Partners, 525 Mineral Springs Drive in Sylva. RSVP: 631.1167 or chall@disabilitypartners.org. • Tickets are on sale now for a “Battle of the Badges” flag football game/fundraiser for affordable housing in Haywood County. Game is at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Weatherby Stadium in Waynesville. Adults: $10; students: $5. Tickets available at the Mountain Projects office on 2177 Asheville Road in Waynesville; the Mountaineer Newspaper office at 220 N. Main Street in Waynesville and at mountainprojects.org. • Ticket reservations are being accepted for Pawsitively Purrfect Part a fundraiser that will benefit the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society being held on Monday, Aug. 19, at Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Cost is $195 per person, $390 per couple or $1,800 for a table of 10. To request an alert once tickets are available, call 743.5769 or write shannon@CHhumanesociety.org.

VOLUNTEERS & VENDORS • Vendors and demonstrators are wanted for the 2nd annual Mountain Heritage Fest in Cruso. This great day of barbecue, crafts, and music will be held from 10

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 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Cruso Community Center. Vendor spaces are $10 for a 10x10 space and demonstrators can participate for free. All spaces are outdoors. For more information and for applications, please visitwww.crusonc.com/fest, call Levi at 400.7323 or email crusoquiltshow@gmail.com. • Feline Urgent Rescue is seeking volunteers and sponsors. Info: 422.2704, www.furofwnc.org, www.facebook.com/furofwnc or 844.888.CATS (2287).

HEALTH MATTERS • Gentle Yoga for Cancer is offered from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Haywood Breast Center in Waynesville. Info: MyHaywoodRegional.com/YogaforCancer or 452.8691. • On the third weekend of each month, Maggie Valley Wellness Center hosts donation-based acupuncture appointments. $35-55. 944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com. • Naloxene Training and Distribution is scheduled for noon-2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Haywood County Health & Human Services Agency in Waynesville. Overdose reaction and opioid overdose reversal training. jesselee@nchrc.org or 476.1465. • “Your Amazing Newborn” class will be offered from 79 p.m. on July 11, Sept. 5 and Nov. 7 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Focusing on abilities, behavior, appearance and reflexes of your new baby. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • Registration is underway for a Vision Workshop that will be offered from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, at the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Learn how to discover your true dream or purpose, eliminate fear and doubt and move toward goals with confidence. Led by Donna Corso, certified Dream Builder Life Coach. Registration required: 356.2507 or Kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov. • “Breastfeeding A-Z” class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on July 18, Sept. 12 and Nov. 14 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Focusing on techniques for proper latching and comfortable positions for a baby and mom to get started. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • Mountain Audiology will host its Lunch with the Doctor’s event on Thursday, July 18, at the Franklin Office and July 12 in Clyde office. Lunch from local restaurant provided. Register: 627.1950. • Relax and Restore: Sound Healing and Meditation will be offered from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $20. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • A “Preparation for Childbirth” class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays from Aug. 8-29 and Oct. 324 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440.

• Registration is open for the 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which is Sept. 21 at Pack Square Park in Asheville. http://act.alz.org/Asheville or 800.272.3900.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will offer the first session of its five-week Yoga Basics series from 6:45-7:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 11. Designed for beginners or anyone looking to re-learn the fundamentals. Reservations: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Waynesville Yoga Center will offer Sunset Yoga from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, at Waterrock Knob. Reservations: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Waynesville Yoga Center will host Buti Yoga from noon-1 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, in Waynesville. Cost: $14. Soulful blend of yoga, cardio-intense movement, tribal dance and deep abdominal toning. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Yoga Basics 90-minute Crash Course, Level 1, will be offered from 2-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $20. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

SPIRITUAL • Lake Junaluska’s Summer Youth Events, run through July 14. Morning and evening sessions with worship, guest preachers and workshops for sixth-through-12th graders. www.lakejunaluska.com/summeryouth or 800.222.4930. • Lake Junaluska will host a Summer Worship Series on July 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 4. Start time is 10:45 a.m. Spirited services led by internationally known preachers in Stuart Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Psalms for Our Time.”

• Sign-ups are underway for the Festival of Wisdom & Grace, which is scheduled for Aug. 5-8 at Lake Junaluska. Theme is “Growing Deeper Roots.” Worship, workshops, Bible study and fellowship. Lakejunaluska.com/wisdom-and-grace. 800.222.4930.

POLITICAL • The Jackson County Planning Board has rescheduled its July monthly meeting to 6 p.m. on July 25 at the Department on Aging Heritage Room in Sylva. The meeting was originally set for July 11.

• Nature Nuts: Wild Woodlands will be offered to ages 4-7 from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. on July 8 and 26 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • Exo Explorers: Snakes will be offered to ages 8-13 from 1-3 p.m. on July 8 and 26 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • The NC Arboretum will hold a Pop-Up Youth Science program from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, at Chimney Rock State Park. Family friendly science activities and demonstrations including a

• A Salamanders program will be offered to ages 8-12 from 9-11 a.m. on July 12 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • A Tracking program will be offered to ages 8-12 from 9-11 a.m. on July 17 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club will be offered for ages 4-7 from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Thursdays, through Aug. 8, at the Cradle of Forestry in America near Brevard. Learning, outdoor activities and crafts. $5 for kids and $3 for accompanying adults. Info and register: 877.3130. • The Junior Forester Program will be offered to ages 8-12 from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Thursdays, through Aug. 8, at the Cradle of Forestry in America near Brevard. Learning, outdoor activities and crafts. $5 for kids and $3 for accompanying adults. Info and register: 877.3130. • Base Camp on the Go, a series of outdoor and environmental education activities, will be offered at a variety of locations this summer, through the first week in August: 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Mondays at Waynesville Recreation Center; 2 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Canton Town Park; 2 p.m. on Wednesdays at Fines Creek and 10 a.m.-noon on Fridays at Waynesville Recreation Center. cmiller@waynesville.gov. • Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva will host a video game night on Wednesday’s this summer from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Play Smash Bros. & Mario Cart on the big screen. Free. 586.3555. Mad Batter will be closing for renovation on July 7 for about a month. Stay updated by visiting their website, www.madbatterfoodfilm.com • Summer youth swim programs are being offered through July at Reid Gym on Western Carolina University’s campus in Cullowhee. Led by retired WCU professor Mike Creason. Info: swim.wcu.edu, 227.7397 or 293.5364.

SUMMER CAMPS • Waynesville Art School will offer three youth camps this summer at 303 N. Haywood Street. Kinder Artists camps are for ages 5-6 and will be offered from 1011 a.m. on July 15-18, and Aug. 5-8. Cost: $45 for four-day session or $15 for single-day camp enrollment. Art Sparklers camps are for ages 7-9 and are offered from 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. on July 22-25. Cost is $110 for four days or $35 for single-day enrollment. Shining Minds Camps are for ages 10-13 and are offered from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. July 29-Aug. 1. Cost is $110 for four days or $35 for single-day enrollment. 246.9869 or www.WaynesvilleArtSchool.com/programs-1. • Discovery Camp with weekly camps are available through Aug. 16 at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. Open to pre-K through rising eighth graders. Register: www.ncarboretum.org/education-programs/discoverycamp. • Registration is underway for a residential camp program scheduled for this summer at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman: Astro Camp, for ages 11-14, from Aug. 4-9 For info, scholarship opportunities and to register: www.pari.edu or 862.5554. • Registration is underway for the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society’s Critter Camp, which is offered from

• Professional skateboarder Jared Lee will lead a summertime “Big Brother Boards Skate Camp” from 9-11 a.m. on the following Saturdays: June 29, July 13 and 20 and Aug. 3. First session is $30 and includes a camp t-shirt; additional sessions cost $25 each. Info: bigbrotherboardscamp@gmail.com or 400.1252. Register: www.eventbrite.com. • Registration is underway for basketball shooting and dribbling camp that will be offered from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on July 15-18 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Led by former Appalachian State University coach Kevin Cantwell. Cost: $150 per person; deposit of $25 required. Register or get info: 456.2030 or academy7@live.com. • Smoky Mountain Sk8way is enrolling participants for its Summer Camp, which is for ages 6-14 years old. Games, art and crafts, learning and group activities. $35 a day or $150 per week. Nine weeks. For info or to enroll: www.smokymountainsk8way.com or 246.9124. • Registration is underway for the Junior Appalachian Musicians Camp, preserving and perpetuating bluegrass, old-time, mountain and string music. Camp is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on July 15-19 at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Cost: $95. Sign up: www.haywoodarts.org or www.facebook.com/haywoodarts. • Registration is underway for #campgirlboss, which is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on July 15-19, at Macon Middle School, 1345 Wells Grove Road in Franklin. For middle school girls, ages 11-13. Learn how to formulate a business plan and develop self-confidence and empowerment. CampGirlBoss.com.

KIDS FILMS • “Toy Story 4”, will be shown at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. on July 4 & 6-7 and 1 p.m. on July 3 & 8 and 7 p.m. July 3 & 7-9 and 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. on July 5-6 at The Strand in downtown Waynesville. Visit www.38main.com for pricing & tickets. 283.0079. • “Captain Marvel”, will be shown at 7 p.m. on July 6 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. 586.3555. • “Dumbo”’, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on July 5 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. 586.3555. • The Highlands Biological Foundation will offer a series of nature-themed films and documentaries shown at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of March in Highlands. For info on each show, call 526.2221. • A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

• The 2019 “Art After Dark” season will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. the first Friday of the month in downtown Waynesville. Main Street transforms into an evening of art, music, finger foods, beverages and shopping as artisan studios and galleries keep their doors open later for local residents and visitors. www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.

FOURTH OF JULY • Lake Junaluska will host Independence Day Celebrations this week. Concerts by Balsam Range (7:30 p.m. on July 6) and the Lake Junaluska Singers (7:30 p.m. on July 4) and a show by Imagine Circus (7:30 pm. On July 5). Also: A parade (11 a.m. on July 4), a picnic (noon-2 p.m.), and fireworks (approximately 9:30 p.m. on July 4). • The Carolina Soul Band (soul/R&B/beach/classic hits) will perform amid fireworks and festivities at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, at Bridge Park in Sylva. • Bosu’s Wine Shop will offer Lunch with Us from July 3-6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eclectic lunch experience made with fresh seasonal ingredients. Outdoor seating available. Reservations are welcome. 452.0120. • The Isaacs will perform as part of the fourth annual Musication Nation Festival, which is from July 4-7 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.

FOOD & DRINK • Waynesville Yoga Center will host Slow Flow + Sip from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 19, in Waynesville. Bring your favorite adult beverage to sip between yoga poses. Cost: $14. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville is offering lunch on Friday & Saturdays, “Lunch with us” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring fresh seasonal menu with outdoor seating weather preminting. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com. • Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host five for $5 Wine Tasting from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. Come taste five magnificent wines and dine on Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com. • Secret Wine Bar is hosted by Bosu’s in Waynesville on Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact for more information and make reservations. 452.1020. • A free wine tasting will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Bosu Wine Shop in Waynesville. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com. Bosu’s will host a Cocktails & Lunch on Saturday’s. Serving house-made champagne cocktails from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. www.waynesvillewine.com • A free wine tasting will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturdays at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 631.3075.

A&E SPECIAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS • 22nd annual Sweet Corn Festival will be held from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at St. Cyprian’s Church on 216 Roller Mill Road in Franklin. • Tickets are on sale now for Folkmoot’s 36th annual festival, which will feature 24 events from July 18-28 throughout Western North Carolina: International folk dance performances, live music, parades, craft beer, food trucks and artisan vendors. Performances in Waynesville, Clyde, Lake Junaluska, Canton, Cherokee,

• The “Uncorked: Wine & Rail Pairing Experience” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, August 10, Sept. 7, 21 & 22, Nov. 2 and Dec 31 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City. Full service all-adult first-class car. Wine pairings with a meal and more. 800.872.4681 or www.gsmr.com.

SUMMER MUSIC • Groovin’ on the Green will feature Continental Divide (Motwon/beach) at 6:30 p.m. on July 5 at The Village Green in Cashiers. Free and open to the public. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com

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KIDS & FAMILIES • Snorkeling in the Stream will be offered to ages 815 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on July 5 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.

• Stream Investigation will be offered to ages 8-12 from 9-11 a.m. on July 10 and 19 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.

Hickory, Asheville and Hendersonville. Full schedule and tickets: 452.2997 or folkmoot.org.

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• Registration is underway for Guided Personal Retreats, on July 22-24, Sept. 16-18 and Oct. 21-23 at Lake Junaluska. Lakejunaluska.com/retreats or 800.222.4930.

• The NC Arboretum will hold a Pop-Up Youth Science program from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at Gorges State Park. Public science events and demonstrations ecoEXPLORE.net.

July 15-19 and Aug. 5-9. Camp hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fun, immersive experiences with animals at no-kill shelter for rising first-graders through sixth-graders. $300 per child for each week. 743.5752 or info@CHhumanesociety.org.

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RECREATION AND FITNESS • A Pickleball clinic and demo is set for 10 a.m.-noon on Tuesday, July 9, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Cost: $10. Sign up: 275.8471, tate.michael27@yahoo.com, 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

“Salamander Meander” and info tables. ecoEXPLORE.net.

• The Concerts on the Creek will host Hot Trail Mix (progressive bluegrass) at 7 p.m. on July 5 at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Free and open to the public. Occasionally there are food trucks onsite. 586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com. 39

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• “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert series will host Buncombe Turnpike at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. • Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) will host The Remnants (oldies) July 6 and Frogtown (bluegrass) July 13. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.townoffranklinnc.com. • The Oconaluftee Visitor Center (Cherokee) will host a back porch old-time music jam from 1 to 3 p.m. July 6. All are welcome to come play or simply sit and listen to sounds of Southern Appalachia. • Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Scott James Stambaugh (singer-songwriter) 2 p.m. July 6, Pioneer Chicken Stand 6 p.m. July 6, Hustle Souls 6 p.m. July 7 and The Get Right Band (rock/soul) 6:30 p.m. July 13. All shows are and open to the public. www.noc.com.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The faculty of the Mountain Collegium Music Workshop will perform medieval, renaissance, baroque and contemporary music on early and folk instruments at 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, in the recital hall the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University. • Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will host The Vagabonds (oldies/country) 7 p.m. July 5. Free and open to the public. • The Broadway classic “Oliver!” by Lionel Bart will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. July 5-6, 11-13, 18-20, 2527 and at 2 p.m. July 7, 14, 21 and 28 at Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. www.harttheatre.org or 456.6322.

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• The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 25 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park in Cherokee. 800.438.1601 or www.visitcherokeenc.com. • An oldies group known for singing beautiful fourpart harmonies of memorable songs from the ‘50s, ’60s and ‘70s, The Sock Hops will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The performance includes many hits: “Why Do Fools Fall in Love,” “At The Hop,” “Sherry” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” Tickets are $18 each. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615. • Tickets are on sale now for a concert featuring the Lake Junaluska Singers at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 in Stuart Auditorium at Lake Junaluska. 800.222.4930 or lakejunaluska.com/concerts.

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

• Encouraging art classes for beginning through advanced adults are offered by the Inspired Art Ministry at the following times and dates: Drawing classes from 1-4 p.m. on Mondays; painting classes from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Info: 456.9197, charspaintings@msn.com or www.iamclasses.wbs.com. • Waynesville Art School offers afternoon classes for children, teens and adults at 303 N. Haywood Street. Info: 246.9869, info@waynesvilleartschool.com or WaynesvilleArtSchool.com. • The Weekly Open Studio art classes will resume from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville, Instructor will be Betina Morgan. Open to all artists, at any stage of development, and in the medium of your choice. Cost is $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class. 550.6190 or bmk.morgan@yahoo.com. • Haywood County Libraries Adult Summer Reading program has started and runs through Aug. 30. Info: www.haywoodlibrary.org or 452.5169 (Waynesville) or 648.2924 (Canton). • Bonnie Abbott will demonstrate ice-dyed T-shirts at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 8, at the Macon County Artist Association’s Uptown Gallery at 20 Main Street in Franklin. 349.4607, franklinuptowngallery@gmail.com or www.franklinuptowngallery.com. • The Western N.C. Civil War Roundtable will feature Dwight Hughes at 7 p.m. on July 8 at the Waynesville Inn Golf Resort & Spa. Topic is the ironclad Monitor and its historic encounter with the Virginia during the early stages of the Civil War. Meet and greet at 5 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m. • The Friends of the Haywood County Public Library will present “Reading Women’s Lives: Conversations from Fiction” featuring a discussion of “A Lost Lady” by Willa Cather from 4-6 p.m. on July 11 at the Waynesville branch of the Haywood County Public Library. Book is available at the library. Discussion will be led by Dr. Merritt Moseley. • Franklin’s Uptown Gallery, operated by the Macon County Arts Association, is hosting an art competition through Friday, July 12, when cash and other awards will be made during a reception at the gallery. Both professional and amateur artists have entered. Winners will be selected by “Voters Choice” ballots by visitors to the gallery. Winners will be announced during a gallery reception from 4 to 6 p.m. July 12. • Daydreamz project’s Second Saturday art-making project will be a lantern-making session from 10 a.m.-noon on July 13 at Open Door dining hall, 32 Commerce Street in Frog Level in Waynesville. Project is in preparation for the Hazelwood Peace Lantern Parade on July 25. Info: 476.4231. • Dogwood Crafters will offer a “Paint Your Own Welcome Plaque” workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Registration required by July 9: 586.2248.

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

presents “Breathless,” a metal-print series of underwater people and waterborne fabrics. The photo exhibit will run through July 15 at Green Sage Café Westgate in Asheville. 734.6301.

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

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

• A chair seat weaving class is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on July 24-25, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Registration required by July 9: 586.2248. • Registration is underway for a “Bladesmithing: Seax Knife Class” that will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $380 (includes materials). Led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge. Preregistration required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org. • Registration is underway for a Blacksmithing Fundamentals Class that will be offered from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, at the Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $275(includes materials). Preregistration required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org. • Registration is underway for an Intermediate Bladesmithing Class, which will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8, at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge. Produce a blade of high-carbon steel with more attention on fit and finish. Advance registration required: 631.0271 or www.JCGEP.org.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has recently opened a major new exhibit, “People of the Clay: Contemporary Cherokee Potters.” It features more than 60 potters from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Cherokee Nation, and more than one hundred works from 1900 to the present. The exhibit will run through April 2020. • “Rhythm Systems: Nature and Geometry” exhibition will be on display through July 21 at The Bascom in Highlands. www.thebascom.org or 787.2878. • The exhibit “Cultivating Collections: Photography, Artist Books, Contemporary Native American” will be on display through July 26 at the Bardo Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. July 25. • Photographer and Clyde dentist John Highsmith

FILM & SCREEN • Free movies are shown every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. See website for listings and times at madbatterfoodandfilm.com. Mad Batter will be closed from July 7 for about a month while doing renovations, check website for updates on the reopening.

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• A Pisgah Hike will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-noon on July 3 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.

• Alarka Expeditions will offer an excursion to search for the elusive mountain camellia flower from 9 a.m.5 p.m. on July 5, in the Fires Creek watershed in Clay County. Led by Jack Johnston. The mountain camellia is the Southern Appalachians’ only member of the tea family. Cost $55. Sign up: www.alarkaexpeditions.com. • A guided walk of the historic Kelsey Trail from Whiteside Mountain to Highlands Recreation Park is scheduled for Friday, July 5. Cost: $75 (includes picnic lunch and membership in the Highlands Plateau Greenway. highlandsgreenway@nctv.com. • Blue Ridge Parkway rangers will lead a moderateto-strenuous, 1.5-mile round-trip hike at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 5, through Richland Balsam – renowned for high-altitude spruce firs. Info: 298.5330, ext. 304. Meet at Milepost 431, Haywood-Jackson Overlook. • Trillium Gap Trail will be temporarily closed through Thursday, July 11, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to hazardous trail conditions. • The Great Smoky Mountains Association will hold a 13-mile walk from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, on the Low Gap and Appalachian Trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cost: $20 for members; $40 for nonmembers. Register: https://bit.ly/2IRRfpt. • Women’s Introduction to Fly-Fishing will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on July 6 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.

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• Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on July 10 in Franklin. Meet at the Big Bear Shelter parking area. 524.5234 or franklinbirdclub.com.

• Mountain Wildlife Days is scheduled for July 12-13 in Sapphire. Bird walk, hikes, silent auction, bluegrass music, black bear presentation and more. Admission: $5 Friday; $8 for Saturday. Children admitted free. www.mountainwildlifedays.com or 743.7663. • Tackle Rigging for Fly-Fishing will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-noon on July 13 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on July 17 in Franklin. Meet at Salali Lane. 524.5234 or franklinbirdclub.com. • Casting for Beginners: Level I will be offered to ages 12-up from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on July 18 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.

• Registration is underway for a program entitled “All About Bees: Beescaping and much more” that will be held from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 13, at the Waynesville Library Auditorium. Registration required: 356.2507 or kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

FARMERS MARKETS • The Swain County Farmer’s Market is held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every Friday through October at the barn on Island Street in downtown Bryson City. 488.3848 or www.facebook.com/SwainCountyFarmersMarket. • Jackson County Farmers Market runs from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or www.jacksoncoutyfarmersmarket.org. • The ‘Whee Farmers Market is held from 3-6 p.m. on Tuesdays through the end of October at the entrance to the village of Forest Hills off North Country Club Drive in Cullowhee. 476.0334 or www.thewheemarket.org.

• Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on July 24 in Franklin. Meet at the Macon County Public Library parking area. 524.5234 or franklinbirdclub.com.

• Haywood Historic Farmers Market is on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the HART Theater parking lot and Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church overflow parking lot beside Exxon. waynesvillefarmersmarket.com or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

• Through Aug. 2, Great Smoky Mountain National Park officials are holding a celebration of the Cosby Campground on the Tennessee side of the park. More info: 865.436.1257 or Katherine_corrigan@nps.gov.

• The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville. 456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net.

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

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

• Volunteer work days for the Trails Forever program are held every Wednesday, through August, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For details and to volunteer: 497.1949 or adam_monroe@nps.gov.

• Registration is underway for “Picture Yourself in the Smokies” event, which is Friday through Sunday, Sept. 20-22, at the River Terrace Resort and Convention Center in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Early bird registration until July 12. Info: lisad@gsmassoc.org or 865.436.7318, ext. 257.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • The 30th annual Firecracker 5K is set for 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, at Riverfront Park on Mitchell Street in Bryson City. Fundraiser for Swain County’s Imagination Library. Sign up: www.runsignup.com.

FARM AND GARDEN • Mountain View Garden Club of Waynesville will have its Annual Plant Sale from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, July 6, in the HART Theater parking lot, 250 Pigeon St. in Waynesville. Supports annual community projects. • A class on learning how to properly prune rhododendrons is set for 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at

HIKING CLUBS • Nantahala Hiking Club holds monthly trail maintenance days from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on every fourth Saturday at 173 Carl Slagle Road in Franklin. Info and to register: 369.1983.

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• Hike of the Week is at 10 a.m. every Friday at varying locations along the parkway. Led by National Park Service rangers. www.nps.gov/blri or 298.5330, ext. 304. • Friends of the Smokies hikes are offered on the second Tuesday of each month. www.friendsofthesmokies.org/hikes.html. • Nantahala Hiking Club based in Macon County holds weekly Saturday hikes in the Nantahala National Forest and beyond. www.nantahalahikingclub.org • High Country Hikers, based out of Hendersonville but hiking throughout Western North Carolina, plans hikes every Monday and Thursday. Schedules, meeting places and more information are available on their website, www.highcountryhikers.org. • Carolina Mountain Club hosts more than 150 hikes a year, including options for full days on weekends, full days on Wednesdays and half days on Sundays. Non-members contact event leaders. www.carolinamountainclub.org • Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, located in East Tennessee, makes weekly hikes in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as well as surrounding areas. www.smhclub.org. • Benton MacKaye Trail Association incorporates outings for hikes, trail maintenance and other work trips. No experience is necessary to participate. www.bmta.org.

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

• “Locally Grown on the Green,” the Cashiers farm stand market for local growers, will be held from 3-6 p.m. every Wednesday at the Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Rd. next to the Cashiers post office. info@villagegreencashiersnc.com or 743.3434.

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

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Why are the mountains so alluring? “To myself, mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery; in them, and in the forms of inferior landscape that lead to them, my affections are wholly bound up; and though I can look with happy admiration at the lowland flowers, and woods, and open skies, the happiness is tranquil and cold, like that of examining detached wildflowers in a conservatory, or reading a pleasant book; and if the scenery be resolutely level, insisting upon the declaration of its own flatness in all the detail of it … it appears to me a prison, and I can not long endure it.” — John Ruskin, Modern Painters (1850)

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ast week, as is her habit each year, my wife, Elizabeth, conducted a watercolor painting workshop at the Appalachian Center for Crafts, which is located near Cookeville, Tennessee. We always camp in our popup trailer at Erin State Park, a nice facility alongside Center Hill Lake just south of I-40. I tag along to do the driving and study the terrain while she’s working. Situated just off the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau on the rim of the Nashville Basin, it's interesting terrain composed primarily of limestone and other sedimentary materials. Accordingly, it’s a bro-

BACK THEN ken, hilly landscape featuring numerous low ridges, step ravines, waterfalls, caverns, and sinkholes that one can take a look at. The soil is sweeter there, of course, than here in the Smokies region, where rock materials are mostly metamorphic and acidic. This causes the plant life to differ from our region, especially in regard to the ferns one can locate. The bird life is Columnist somewhat different, too. Every day there were summer tanagers singing above our campsite. I’ve never spotted or heard even one of those in Western North Carolina. I had a fine time driving around all day, making the occasional stop to check out promising habitats and trails. Our shorthaired pointers, Maggie and Zeke, were with us. They also enjoy riding around and exploring. As usual, Elizabeth’s workshop went well. So, all four of us were content enough, but by week’s end we were ready to go home. We were glad to break camp and “get back to the real mountains.” We always say that when we’ve been away somewhere for a week or more. That set me

George Ellison

Editor’s note: This column first appeared in a July 2004 edition of The Smoky Mountain News.

to thinking as we drove east on I-40. Why are we attracted to mountains? Why do so many of us choose to live among them and long to get back to them when we have to leave? As we were bypassing Newport, Tennessee, we could see the northeastern end of the Smokies looming darkly in the distance. They seemed to be pulling us toward them with a magnetic force. After taking the Cosby roadway south down to Gatlinburg, we finally made the turn into the national park and started winding up toward Newfound Gap. As we passed into North Carolina we looked out over mountain range upon mountain range fading into the distance. Not many miles below Newfound Gap was the little cove at the mouth of Lands Creek where we’ve lived for 30 years. That’s home. It is, as we say, “in the mountains.” Who would want to be any other place for very long? The air was cooler than in middle Tennessee. The vegetation was more varied. The trees were bigger, the creeks swifter, the views longer. These were, after all, “real mountains” — not just ridges. But I still have a hard time putting my finger on just why we are so attracted to mountains. John Jerome, one of my favorite writers, tried to do so in the closing paragraphs of his excellent book On Mountains: Thinking About Terrain (McGraw-Hill, 1978): “It is not for me to try to tell you why I think the mountains have such capacity to

move us. I think it is because mountains are always so new. Never mind the billions of years that are implicit in every cliff face, the slow geologic increments by which — according to scientists — the earth builds its mountains. Forget that for a moment; just look. Gradient is the elixir of youth. “The flatlands are dead; it is all over for them … [They are] worn down to sea level, the lowest common denominator, the ultimate dull average. How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable the uses of such a world. “Static versus dynamic. What the mountains tell us, in their soaring ridges and plummeting scarps, is that, yes, the land is cut low, time and time again [but] it is always restored …. There are new mountains to come, everywhere, so long as there is an earth to thrust them up — mountains more magnificent, perhaps, than all that have ever been seen before. “Ah, but we can’t know that for sure, and the ones we have now are coming down pebble by sand grain. The mountains we have are unique; they may be surpassed, overshadowed, but they’ll never be duplicated. Perhaps we’d better go pay them some attention now, while they are here to inspire us.” Yes, I think that that’s an important part of the answer — the mountains do, day in and day out, “inspire us.” (George Ellison is a naturalist and writer. He can be reached at info@georgeellison.com.)

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