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CONTENTS On the Cover: The Jackson County Genealogical Society recently held a public showcase and discussion of old-time Appalachian tools that have been collected around the region. (Page 6-7) Becky Johnson photo

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Taking matters into their own hands BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER t promised to be one of the most riveting nights of the year for members of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Half a dozen men filed through the door of the Sylva library hauling boxes and pulling hand trucks bulging with old tools and implements, some of them scrounged from their papaw’s blacksmith shop or granny’s cellar, and others collected over the years from auctions or relatives or flea markets, because there’s really no such thing as too many tools. “People could stay for hours and talk about these items and their uses and the stories that go with them,” said Tim Osment, president of the genealogical society. “The tool itself represents a time when folks used their hands to build their own items. There is a sense of nostalgia that goes with that.” Once the evening got rolling, each person took a turn plying through their pile, holding up the sundry doohickeys and thingamabobs for a rousing game of “What was this?” The audience wasn’t shy, hollering out guesses and serving up their own commentary. Clues were dribbled out until at last the audience got it, as a soft chorus of “Fancy that” and “I declare” echoed through the room. But they were sometimes stumped, and that was the fun of it, of course. “Bill, I bet you’ve never seen one of these,” said Marion Jones, issuing a friendly challenge to one of the tool experts in the audience. Jones held up a small metal hoop with a sickle-shaped blade fastened to it. “What is that?” the man named Bill finally answered back. “It’s a corn stalk cutter,” Jones said. “Put it up your calf and go along cutting corn stalks with your leg.” Jones confounded the audience again when he held up a something akin to a shoe last, but with an odd pump knot on the side. Leather shoes were hell on corns, but this contraption would have helped. “You put it down in your shoe and when it dried you had a matching bump on the inside

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Drilling into the past

Jason Gregory showed off a rare pump auger used to bore a hole through the middle of logs to make wooden pipes. The logs were fitted end to end and buried underground to carry water before modern iron pipes. The specialized pump auger was a rare tool. Few settlers were lucky enough to have log pipe technology bringing water from a springhead to their homes, without having to fetch buckets from a well or creek. Gregory had a mind to make his own wooden water pipe with the same tool that once turned around and around in the hands of his great, great, great-grandfather Washington 6 Robinson, a blacksmith in Dillsboro.

James Monteith presents his collection of Appalachian tools. Becky Johnson photo

of your shoe,” Jones said. The stories behind some of the tools were as rich as the tools themselves, like the time James Monteith’s dad was showing off his homemade blowtorch and singed his beard. “Sorry daddy, I’ve told it again,” Monteith said, looking skyward. For many, the night was a trip down memory lane, recalling a vision of their grandmother standing in the yard stripping dried kernels from corn cobs with a hand-turned sheller, or their grandfather bent over a cut-

“It was thrilling to me to get to use the tools my ancestors had used 100 years ago,” Gregory said. But drilling the long, straight holes through the logs, without straying off course and punching through the sidewall of the log, was another story. “This is kind of a lost art. I tried about five logs and it was disastrous. This I the first one I got right,” Gregory said. The bored logs were joined end-to-end with a tapered fitting. The wooden water pipes can last a surprisingly long time. “They’re what’s called ‘water sealed,’” Gregory said. “Some have been excavated that lasted 100 years.”

ting block making shingles with a froe in the woodshed. Some tools were a thing of the past, admired as an antique but never to be used again. Many, however, had plenty of life in them. “A lot of these tools I still use,” said Monteith, holding up an old monkey wrench. “I oiled that up and lookey yonder, it works like a new one.” The old tools of Appalachia are a testament to mountain ingenuity. They were often created by the same hands that used them, fashioned on a work bench in the barn during a rainy spell that made the fields too wet to work in, or dreamed up around the woodstove one winter night. Take a gadget brought in by Bill Crawford that’s a godsend when facing a huge stack of corn to shuck. Crawford held up his hand and slipped a metal band over it, then turned his palm toward the audience to reveal a hooked spike. “When you’re shucking a lot of corn, after a while your hand gets sore. You jab this spike

Jason Gregory demonstrates his pump auger tool. Becky Johnson photo

in the husk and just pull it down,” Crawford said. The gadgets and implements of days gone by tell a lot about life on Appalachian farmsteads like a hand-turned wringer that pressed the clothes between wooden rollers to squeeze out the water before hanging them on the line. Simply serving noon dinner took an army of tools. An apple corer, a meat slicer, a butter churn and butter molds, and a slew of cabbage cutters. Cabbage cutters made such a strong showing at the program, in fact, cabbage must have been a staple of the Appalachian farm diet. There were all style and manner of the large two-handled cutters with curved blades, designed for repetitive rocking chops to dice cabbage for crout, chowchow and slaw. The number of hat-stretchers made it clear that hats were a mainstay of the Appalachian farm wardrobe. And the role of farming in daily life was witnessed by planting tools like the dibble — “It’s a real handy little tool,” Jones said — or tiny, pointed hats the size of a banana with weights on the end, worn like caps on cow’s horns to bend them down as they grew. Jones pulled a fast one on the audience when he held up a large paddle, well-used judging by the knicks and gouges, a little too well used perhaps, unless you were running illegal dog fights. “You put it in the dogs mouth and twist it to make them let go,” Jones explained, running his hand over the teeth marks. The original use for a few tools remained a mystery. Owners of odd tools could bring them in and draw on the oldtimey wisdom of the group to help sort out

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Bill Crawford shows off his pile of axes. Becky Johnson photo

This one, Crawford said, grabbing up a huge, long-handled broadside axe, was designed for hewing the sides of a log for a puncheon floor. The blade was mounted to its handle at an angle, so you could standing on top of the log and make long, clean cleaves down its sides without having to lean out as much, Crawford explained. One axe was particularly impressive, at least to those who know their way around an axe. “You all know about Case pocket knifes. Here is a Case hatchet,” Crawford said, eliciting knowing nods and even a few “Ooohhhs”

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Dillsboro’s Monteith Cove is the subject of Jackson County Genealogical Society’s August program, which will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Historic Jackson County Courthouse in Sylva. It will be hosted by the Dillsboro-based Appalachian Women’s Museum and the speakers will be Delos Monteith and Emma Wertenberger. They will speak about Dillsboro and Monteith family history. Local residents with knowledge of and interest in the topics are encouraged to attend and share their stories. The Jackson County Genealogical Society promotes, preserves and shares the history and lineage of Jackson County. www.jcncgs.com or 828.631.2646.

what it might have been. But no amount of pondering solved a homemade three-way vice clamp brought in by one woman. “I have not yet found anybody who knows what this tool or vice was. I have not found out why somebody would have possessed this,” she said, laying down a gauntlet that couldn’t be crossed that night either. Rick Frizzell shared a prized tool he still uses today — a nail puller with a doglegged end for getting at a nail that’s hidden behind another nail, a conundrum crossed by any man who’s laid a wood-shingled roof. He admits it’s not an everyday kind of tool, but when you do need it, nothing else will do the trick. “Every time I went to a hardware store and told them what I wanted they handed me a crow bar. So I had to find one at a flea market,” Frizzell said. Not all the gadgets were driven by necessity. Tinkering was a hobby unto itself in the old days. An occasion to use some of the narrowly tailored, highly specific tools may have came along once in a blue moon, but whether the tool was ever pressed into service was beside the point. Some of the tools on parade were simply born from the human drive to create, a selfimposed challenge to engineer something for invention’s sake as much a true need. “I’d say it was both. I’d bet on that,” Monteith said.

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A display of old-time Appalachian tools.

“Everybody collects something,” offered Bill Crawford, standing beside a table of more than two-dozen lethal-looking axes. Every axe had its own use, Crawford explained, plucking one of his smaller axes from the pile. Clocking in at just two-and-ahalf pounds, it was light enough to wield with one arm, perfect for tapering the end of a fence post before driving it in the ground, Crawford said.

from men in the audience. But the backbone of Crawford’s impressive axe collection comes from his early days as a logger, when he worked alongside his father cutting timber from the high-up mountainsides, one of the few ways to make cash money in the old days. There was a cruising axe, used by timber cruisers to mark trees for cutting when surveying a stand. He had a felling axe and a springboard axe, a specialized axe for chopping down a tree while balancing on a narrow shelf mounted partway up the trunk. Crawford had countless early logging implements with names like trace chains, a grab skip or the ingenious J-hook, which was hitched to horses when hauling logs down from the mountains. “When the log gets to running away down the hill you holler ‘Jay’ and the horse swings around,” Crawford said. When the Jshaped hook pivots it turns the log loose from the horse’s harness, letting it careen down the mountain on it own. He held up what appeared to be a standard wood splitter, an iron wedge you drive into a log to open it up along the grain. But when he turned it on its side, a hole ran plumb through it. “That’s a stump buster,” Crawford said, also known as a powder wedge. “You drive it into the stump and put a little bit of dynamite powder down in there and it blows it apart.” Buried in the axe stack was long-handled hook with a spike on the end — called a “wood pick” — that saved hands, fingers and backs when loading and unloading logs. Working in pairs, one man would lift the end of a log and set it on the edge of the truck bed, while the other stood in the bed of a truck with the pick. “You stick this point in the log,” Crawford said, slinging the wood pick out like a fishing rod, “and jerk it up in there.”

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Sold: Duke LifePoint takes ownership of Haywood Regional and WestCare hospitals

BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER hen Janie Sinacore-Jaberg walked the halls of Haywood Regional Medical Center Friday morning, the congratulations were flowing and the balloons flying. “Our staff is incredibly excited. There are just smiles everywhere. You could feel it. It was palpable when you walked in the hospital today,” said Sinacore-Jaberg, the CEO of Haywood Regional. Meanwhile, Steve Heatherly was making rounds at Harris Regional Hospital on the other side of the Balsams in Jackson County. He paused as a nurse hollered to him from behind her workstation. “Do you like your new job?” she shouted down the hall with a smile. “Yeah, it’s great. How about you?” Heatherly answered. She gave two thumbs up in return. Heatherly, and the rest of the 860 employees at WestCare and 914 as of November at Haywood Regional are now part of LifePoint, a national for-profit hospital network with 65 hospitals. The community hospitals in Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties officially switched hands at midnight last Thursday, finalizing a sale that’s been in the making for more than a year. Until last week, Haywood and Harris were among the last independent, locally owned hospitals in the state. The hospitals traded their autonomy for the promise of a better, stronger future — both financially and in their medical offerings. Without the underwriting of a major hospital network like LifePoint, the hospitals were sentenced to hobble along at the status-quo, or worse, see a slow, steady decline. “We have opportunities to expand programs and services we could not invest in as a standalone hospital. We will see an investment in growth that will enable us to expand access to care and offer services we haven’t necessarily in the past,” Heatherly said. And that’s critical as both hospitals try to reclaim market share that has slipped away to Asheville’s Mission Hospital in recent years. “I do think the playing field will be more level than it has been,” Heatherly said, citing Duke LifePoint’s resources. Haywood Regional Medical Center and WestCare had been hovering just above the breakeven line financially for several years. The quality of health care has remained strong, thanks to high-caliber doctors and nurses. But the hospitals weren’t making enough to pay off their stubborn debt. 8 And they didn’t have capital for major

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expansions, renovations and improvements. That all changes with the sale to Duke LifePoint. The sale wipes out all debt, loans and lines of credit — along with every penny of outstanding bills, invoices and accounts payable. Whatever it takes to get the hospitals free and clear of debt will get backed out of the sale price. It will eat up a huge portion of the sale proceeds, in fact, with only a fraction left over to show for the sale when all is said and done. LifePoint paid $26 million for Haywood Regional and $25 million for WestCare. But only a third or less — in the “few” million to “several” million range — will be left over by the time debt and bills are paid off. But more important than the price tag, at least to hospital leaders and the medical community, is the large capital investment Duke LifePoint has pledged toward renovations, upgrades and improvements at the hospitals. In fact, the sale price wasn’t even mentioned in press releases issued last Friday by WestCare and Haywood Regional. Both, however, mentioned the capital investment pledge in the first paragraph. Duke LifePoint has promised $43 million in capital improvements at WestCare and $36 million for Haywood over the next eight years. “That is all about making sure the hospital can realize its full potential in serving the community,” said Heatherly, citing not only new facilities but new equipment and new programs. “Some of the major capital projects we have T-ed up for

a while we will really start digging into.” Sinacore-Jaberg agreed that “access to capital” was a defining part of the sale. “There are things we can do now that we couldn’t do then even though we had plans in our head and on paper,” she said. Mark Clasby, chairman of the MedWest board that oversaw the joint venture of Haywood and WestCare, commended the medical community for staying the course despite the uncertainty of recent years. “I want to express my deepest appreciation to the physicians, clinicians and hundreds of staff members serving Haywood and WestCare Health System who persevered through some difficult times, never failing to provide extraordinary care to all of the patients served by our facilities,” Clasby said. From a human resources perspective, the transition went smoothly, which is to be expected given the dozens of hospital acquisitions in LifePoint’s portfolio. “They know how to do it,” SinacoreJaberg said. “They knew what days we needed to do this and what days they needed to do that. I am very impressed with the organization.” Sinacore-Jaberg said the most important aspect of the hospitals won’t be changing, however. “This is not about the bricks and mortar of the hospital,” Sinacore-Jaberg said. “It is about the people inside. Regardless of what our name is, it is about the patients and the community.” As far as new T-shirts and name badges, “They are being handed out today,” Sinacore-Jaberg said the morning after the sale.

BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER estCare CEO Steve Heatherly sat down with media last Friday morning, mere hours after completing the long-anticipated sale of Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Medical Center, known jointly as WestCare Health System. The hour-long question-and-answer session with reporters talked about details of the sale that had been tightly held to date for fear of compromising the sale. But with ownership of WestCare officially under Duke LifePoint, Heatherly spoke frankly about technical aspects of the sale and WestCare’s new future.

Will you be staying? Heatherly will still be the CEO of WestCare and said he’ll stay as long as Duke LifePoint wants to keep him in that position. Will the medical community, and doctors in particular, still enjoy the same level of input under Duke LifePoint ownership as they did under WestCare as a locally owned hospital? “I agree that WestCare has tended to have a highly collaborative relationship with its medical staff, and I anticipate that will continue and it will take different forms as we go forward. I think Duke LifePoint’s philosophy about working with physicians and WestCare’s philosophy are congruent,” Heatherly said. Why did the WestCare hospital board pick Duke LifePoint? “The board went through a very thorough and thoughtful process. The decision came down to Duke LifePoint’s ability to work with community hospitals all across the country,” Heatherly said. LifePoint, which now owns 65 hospitals nationwide, has a penchant for turning around semi-rural community hospitals. Its strategy has been the same almost everywhere: spend money and resources building the hospital up and in turn recapture local patients who had slowly drifted away to more urban hospitals. “One reason the WestCare board selected Duke LifePoint is their ability to invest in local growth,” Heatherly said. As WestCare tries to reclaim some of the market share lost to Mission in Asheville over the past several years, will the cooperative relationship with Mission become more competitive? “I think that we view ourselves as having a good cooperative and collaborative relationship with Mission and suspect that will continue as we mutually care for patients,” Heatherly said. “We have always had a degree of a competitive relationship with Mission, and it hasn’t been unhealthy competition. I do think

the playing field will be more level than it has been.”

What’s leftover after all that? WestCare already used $14 million of its

Why are the ultimate sale proceeds so variable, and why will it take so long to find out? Money from the sale will be held in an escrow account to cover future wildcards. For example, the money in escrow has to cover a host of eventualities that could crop up at some point in the future but that predate the sale to Duke LifePoint — like a lawsuit, or an error in a patient’s bill, or dispute over insurance coverage — and would have to be paid from the escrow account.

“That could change the number by some amount that some could perceive to be material,” Heatherly said, explaining why he wasn’t willing to make a guess. By the way, WestCare also gets $1 million in sweetheart money from Haywood Regional, which Haywood promised WestCare at some point in the MedWest divorce negotiations. The deal led to MedWest dissolving, but the two ended up finding a new buyer together. What happens to the money after all the liabilities finally expire? Sale proceeds will remain in escrow for six years, a safe time period to assume the coast is clear on any past liabilities and obligations. But a portion could get released along the way, however, as benchmarks are passed. “We believe dollars will flow in two to three stages,” Heatherly said. The money left over when all’s said and done will go into a newly created nonprofit foundation. What will the foundation do? The foundation has not yet been established, so who will serve on it, its structure and its mission are not clear. But it will be related in some way to healthcare and wellness initiatives. Unlike the former WestCare foundation, the new foundation can’t give money to the hospital or support it in any way now that it’s owned by LifePoint. IRS rules prevent charitable donations to a for-profit. “The efforts of the foundation cannot go to directly benefit the hospital,” Heatherly said. “However, the foundation could have a broad focus on health and human services for the community.”

— Steve Heatherly, WestCare CEO

Tying up loose ends with Haywood Regional’s CEO

Will you be staying? Sadly no. Sinacore-Jaberg is taking a job with Carolinas Health System as the vice-president of regional operations for the 32-hospital network. Sinacore-Jaberg has technically been an employee of Carolinas Health System while at Haywood. MedWest con-

tracted with Carolinas for management services, and Sinacore-Jaberg was their on-the-ground manager here. She said it was a tough decision to follow Carolinas rather than stay on at Haywood with Duke LifePoint. “My heart right here is at Haywood, and I don’t mean just Haywood Medical Center, but Haywood County, because of the people,” Sinacore-Jaberg said. Sinacore-Jaberg kept her primary home outside Charleston when taking the job at Haywood two years ago, often commuting on weekends. The new job with Carolinas will allow her to spend more time with her family in Janie Charleston. Haywood was her fourth hospital Sinacore-Jaberg management position in a dozen years, and she’d shepherded all of them through a sale, merger or acquisition of some sort. Who will take your place? Duke LifePoint has named Richard Grogan to serve as the interim CEO. He was most recently served as the interim CEO at Starr Regional Medical Center, a LifePoint hospital in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, and has held various

What capital projects are in the queue for the $43 million in capital investments pledged by Duke LifePoint? First up is a new emergency room at Harris, a project that’s been on the drawing board for years but lacked funding. Another project is a complete remodel of the motherbaby wing of the hospital on the third floor, an extension of the recent $1 million renovation of the New Generations Family Birthing Center that focused on the labor and delivery suites.

hospital administration jobs around the country over the past decade. “He will keep the ship moving, and I am excited to work with him,” said Sinacore-Jaberg, who will overlap with him for two weeks. What happens to sale proceeds? The money left over after initial debt and loans are paid off will go into an escrow account to pay off invoices, bills and accounts payable predating the July 31 sale to Duke LifePoint. Although the old hospital board will dissolve, a newly created entity called the Haywood Health Authority will be appointed by county commissioners to oversee the escrow account. “The old board or parts of the old board will continue for a wind down period of time yet to be determined,” said Frank Powers, who served on the former HRMC hospital board. “The main part of the wind down is to handle claims that may arise and pay bills that will no doubt be sent to us. Whoever is on it will no doubt provide periodic reports to the commissioners on the status of the wind down period.” Whatever’s left in escrow will be turned over in six years. By then, the coast should be clear on unexpected liabilities that predate the sale to Duke LifePoint.

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he sale of Haywood Regional Medical Center to Duke LifePoint has been a highly public process, due to Haywood’s unique status as a public hospital authority. County commissioners in Haywood had to approve the hospital sale, which required disclosures along the way about aspects of the sale, as well as numerous public hearings. As a result, details surrounding Haywood Regional’s sale have been widely reported already. But Haywood CEO Janie Sinacore-Jaberg shared a few new details that have emerged over the course of the past week. To read a past Q&A with more about Haywood’s sale, go to www.smokymountainnews.com and click on this story.

What about MedWest? WestCare decided it wanted to sever the MedWest partnership with Haywood over two years ago. And it’s been in a holding pattern since then. “Now it is really exciting to be on the precipice of developing local strategy and

What happens to the WestCare board? The WestCare board used to oversee hospital operations and control decision-making. Duke LifePoint now owns WestCare lock, stock and barrel, so the local board has no authority anymore. But a board will continue to exist. “The board is advisory in nature as it relates to operations and finance. We still want to have local input going into major decisions of the organization,” Heatherly said. The board — a combo of doctors and community members — will also provide formal oversight of physician credentials and healthcare regulatory compliance.

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“It is really exciting to be on the precipice of developing local strategy and having the resources to execute it. That has been an obvious challenge in the past couple of years.”

having the resources to execute it. That has been an obvious challenge in the past couple of years,” Heatherly said. But with the same new owner, Haywood and WestCare haven’t exactly gone separate ways. Duke LifePoint has pledged to operate them like separate hospitals, with distinct markets and specific needs and a tailored approach for each — rather than cross-promoting or consolidating services. “Duke LifePoint’s commitment to the WestCare board is that it will be operated to maximize its full potential as serving Jackson, Swain and Graham as its primary service area,” Heatherly said. For example, WestCare previously shared a Chief Financial Officer with Haywood, but Heatherly now gets to hire his own CFO just for WestCare.

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What’s the sale price? The sale price was $25 million, but a lot gets backed out of that number. Money from the sale has to cover all debt, bills, accounts payable, invoices and contracts, making the actual proceeds far, far less than $25 million at the end of the day. It’s a lot like a homeowner having to pay off their outstanding mortgage when they sell their house before the new owner takes title. Duke LifePoint stipulated it wants $1 million cash in the bank to start out with, so if it’s not there, that gets pulled out of the sale proceeds as well.

sale proceeds to pay off its formal bank loans, which happened instantly when the sale went through. There’s $11 million leftover, but that’s not the whole story. It will be another six years before we know the final answer to this question.

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Preliminary sketch of future site. BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Jackson County will soon get a new park at Barkers Creek. County commissioners approved a lease this week for a roughly 3-acre riverside site owned by Duke Energy for the bargain rate of $10 a year. It adds to a growing network of boat launched, put-ins, and recreation parks dotting the length of the Tuckasegee River in Jackson County. The property sits along U.S. 74 in the Whittier area, along a stretch known as the Tuckasegee Gorge. It already has a boat put-in and small parking lot, but Jackson County plans to make it an even better place to hang out. “We believe this site is a great location on the Tuckasegee River and would provide another great asset to our recreation, especially outdoor recreation, sites in Jackson County,” said County Manager Chuck Wooten. As part of the agreement, Duke will install a vault toilet. Meanwhile, the county will get to work making the rest of the improvements. Though plans are still being finalized, the finished park will likely include an expanded

parking lot with 28 additional parking spots, six picnic tables along the river, a picnic pavilion, a footbridge over the existing rain garden inlet and a basketball half-court. A boat ramp, 30 parking spots and a rain garden already exist on-site. “I really do believe it will be something the community will embrace,” Wooten said. He expects the county will be able to build the park amenities with money set aside in a special county recreation fund provided by Duke Energy, which were provided under its mandatory mitigation for dams and hydropower operations, though some local funds may need to supplement. Duke will still capture ad revenue from the two billboards on the site, which will remain — Wooten said Duke has promised him they would not allow any advertisers there who whose ads would embarrass the county — but they will also continue to pay tax on the property. “We’re trying to get some bids now,” Wooten said. “Hopefully within the next 30 days we can have at least some of the improvements done.”

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The Swain Farmers Market is enjoying its new location near the Tuckasegee River in downtown Bryson City on Island Street. Initially, there was some concern that the move to a new spot could hurt the market. “The first Friday was probably the most people we ever had,” said market president Mike Glover. “It’s gonna work out fine. It’s gonna work out great.” The new site is more scenic and offers considerably more space than the market’s former parking lot digs. Vendors spread out across a grassy expanse as musicians entertain near a barn and the river flows in the distance. “It’s more like a family affair,” Glover said, taking in the scene. The Swain farmers market made its move in mid-July. The market is scheduled to run each Friday morning through October.

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From left: Wells Greeley, Jennifer Wells Greeley Jacobson and Kathy Greeley of Wells Funeral Home and the newly-opened Wells Event and Reception Center in Waynesville. Jeremy Morrison photo BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR he music inside Wells Event and Reception Center is noticeably different than next door at Wells Funeral Home. Instead of reflective classical, the speakers hum with smooth jazz. “I’m a big smooth jazz fan,” says Wells

Greeley, owner of both establishments. Greeley’s daughter points out that the place is wired with Pandora and the music selection can be easily switched. “If they have a birthday party for someone that loves ‘70s rock, we can change it,” assures Jennifer Wells Greeley Jacobson, who works in the family business with her dad.

The new Wells Event and Reception Center in downtown Waynesville will serve as a flexible and versatile gathering place, hosting meetings, conferences, parties, receptions, programs, company get-togethers and weddings. There will, of course, be receptions associated with funerals next door, but it offers an alternative to the traditional funeral setting. From the lighting to the furniture, “It takes on a little more of a feel of a hotel lobby, which is what we want,” Greely explains. The interior is the handiwork of his wife, Kathy Greeley of Greely Interior designs. The building formerly housed the giant newspaper presses of The Mountaineer Publishing Company. But the newspaper retired its presses and instead outsources its printing to a larger press. Greely was looking to expand his business, both the footprint and the services offered, so the empty building next door seemed like a natural choice when the Mountaineer put it up for sale. “This building was 11 feet away,” says Jacobson. “It just made sense.” Greeley purchased the property about two-and-half years ago. Renovations were a lengthy process. He gets a kick out of showing off before and after photos of the work. “It took a lot of vision,” Greeley says. “Creativity,” adds Jacobson. Greeley and his daughter take a seat on one of the swanky couches spaced about the parlor. Off to the side is a room with a piano and the potential to serve as a lecture hall. Down the hall is a dining area, kitchen and conference room. Each of the rooms is named after a member of Greeley’s family, a family with deep local roots. Greeley’s family started offering funeral services in Haywood County in 1888. About a hundred

Showing off a Main Street turnaround After completing a two-plus year renovation of a historic downtown Waynesville property, J. Wells Greeley appears happy to show it off. He points out where the old newspaper printing press use to live and how some original flooring and beams have been retained in the renovation. “We really wanted to make an investment back into the building,” Greeley said. The renovated property now serves as the Wells Event and Reception Center. It neighbors Wells Funeral Home but facilitates functions beyond funeral-related services. Aside from operating his business, Greeley also serves as a Waynesville town alderman. He said he is particularly pleased to be able to expand his business in a way that improves the downtown landscape. “We like to say we just made a pretty significant investment in downtown,” Greeley said. This month, Greeley will get to show off his event center to a group of guests he knows will appreciate how a renovated property can help improve a downtown area. On Aug. 20 managers from associations in the N.C. Main Street program will come to Waynesville for their annual conference, including a reception at the event center. “We’re going to be able to showcase how we took a piece of property and turned it around,” Greeley said. Buffy Phillips, executive director of the Downtown Waynesville Association, said she is “happy” and “thrilled” to be able to show off the new Wells event center during the Main Street conference. She called the concept “smart.” “I can’t wait for them to see it. It’s a beautiful building,” Phillips said.

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years later, the Wells Funeral Home opened up in its current Main Street location. Over the years, the funeral business has changed. Funerals themselves have changed. That’s one reason Greeley decided to open up an event center. “With the way things are changing with funeral services, this represented a building we could serve families out of,” Greeley says. While death is a guarantee — “Ultimately, you do have to die, that’s a given” — the ways in which we observe a person’s passing are changing. A growing number of people are not affiliated with a church, and thus do not have a go-to location to hold a funeral service or reception in. And more people are shying away from mournful affairs and choosing a celebrationof-life gathering instead. “People are doing things so different,” Greeley says. The event center caters to this evolution. The atmosphere is relaxing. There are flat screens posted throughout to play videos or photos celebrating a person’s life. A large dining area and kitchen can facilitate feeding a gathering. “Food is a common denominator,” Greeley says. “Any time deaths occur, people want to gather and they find comfort in that.” But Greeley envisions funeral-related services as being only a portion of the event

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center’s potential. He knows that concept can cause raised eyebrows at first blush. “‘You’re going to have my birthday party at a funeral home?’” Greeley laughs. But Greeley feels that the standalone event center will be easily recognized as the multi-purpose facility he envisions. And, that’s not an arbitrary assumption. “We researched this pretty strong,” Greeley said, explaining that the concept of funeral service providers evolving their businesses is not foreign in the industry. “More and more are definitely going to the reception side.” After researching such a shift, and visiting like facilities in Kentucky, Greeley decided the expansion made sense. He’s pretty sure he’s breaking new ground in North Carolina. “If we’re not the first, we’re one of the first,” Greeley said.

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Bruce Johnson, owner of Champion Supply, was servicing cafeterias in the Forsyth County school district this week.

Outbid or passed over? Haywood businessman questions school contract for cleaning supplies BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER well-known businessman in Haywood County is questioning why school officials would steer a contract for cleaning supplies to a major national chain that’s more expensive instead of his own company. Buying local and buying cheap don’t always line up. But this time, they do, and that’s what flummoxes Bruce Johnson. “I am a local company with local employees, and the bid was cheaper. What more is there to talk about?” said Johnson, the owner of Champion Supply. Johnson has been selling dishwasher detergent and rinse agent to all 16 Haywood school cafeterias for more than a decade. But this year, the head cafeteria manager for the school system, Allison Francis, recommended switching to a national supplier, EcoLab. In a somewhat rare move, the Haywood County School Board unanimously tabled the vote on the contract last month. The board typically rubber stamps bids and contracts recommended by school administration. But this time, board members delayed the vote, saying they needed more time to understand the bidding process and rationale. It will be back on their agenda in the coming week. To Johnson, the contract is worth fighting for. For starters, his kids go to Haywood Schools, so it’s his home turf. “We know kids at almost every school across the county,” Johnson said. But on principle, Johnson is an ardent believer that small businesses are the backbone of a strong local economy and job base. He’s been the president of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce, serves on the Economic Development Commission and is a champion of the business community. What’s more, he’s on the board of the Haywood County School Foundation and has donated and raised thousands of dollars to the school system and co-founded two of the foundation’s signature annual campaigns. His list of civic engagement includes the Folkmoot board, Smart Start and the leadership team of First United Methodist in Waynesville. Local small businesses play a vital role in the civic side of a community — another reason to support his company over a national chain. But at the end of the day, losing the contract would have a real impact on his employees. “If I get emotional about this, it’s because real people are going to lose their jobs,” Johnson said. Champion supply is based both in Asheville and Waynesville. Of the company’s 12 employees, seven live in Haywood, includ-

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ing Johnson. And four of his employees are directly connected to his school cafeteria contracts.

THE BIGGER PICTURE There’s more at play than the $25,000 in dish soap and rinse aid Haywood’s Schools historically bought from Johnson each year. A suite of two dozen cleaning products used in every nook and cranny of school cafeterias — oven cleaner, freezer cleaner, fryer degreaser, stainless steel polish, pot and pan scrub, hand sanitizer, even laundry detergent for the aprons and dishtowels washed on site — have been wrapped into one large, single contract this year. Cafeteria workers, not school janitors, clean cafeteria equipment. They keep their own stock of specialty kitchen cleaning chemicals rather than sharing the school’s custodial supply — even down to the floor and glass cleaners. Johnson jumped at the chance to bid on

Henderson’s cafeteria managers joined the recommendation from Haywood to go with EcoLab. Every year, Johnson does $100,000 in business with Buncombe schools and $40,000 with Henderson, but he’ll lose all that if he is unable to convince the school systems to reverse their decisions.

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Champion and EcoLab were the only two companies that submitted bids for the joint contract put out by Buncombe, Henderson and Haywood for cafeThe $25,000 spent on cafeteria teria cleaning products. An analysis of the price lists for EcoLab and cleaning supplies is small Champion’s products show that compared to the total Haywood Johnson’s bid is half the cost. At least if you base it on the cafeteria budget of $5 million. actual volume of cleaning products But the cafeteria operations used. But Francis said she didn’t have been struggling to stay in attempt to quantify the actual volumes used by the cafeterias when the black in recent years. determining which would be Money collected on lunches has cheaper. Instead, she looked at a sample been falling short of expenses. of the 10 most-used products and took an average of the pricing lists. Johnson said that method is flawed. Some Haywood’s full arsenal of cafeteria cleaning products. He’s provided all those same prod- of the products are used in extremely small ucts for years to Buncombe and Henderson amounts, while others are used in large volumes. While EcoLab may have been cheaper County school cafeterias. And here’s where the stakes got even high- on some products, Champion is cheaper on er. The new contract for all of Haywood’s those that were used in larger quantities. For example, EcoLab was cheaper on glass cafeteria cleaners wasn’t the only thing on the cleaner. line in this year’s bidding. But Buncombe only spent $208 on glass Haywood, Buncombe and Henderson pooled their buying power and jointly bid out cleaner last year. “They don’t have a lot of glass to clean,” the cafeteria cleaning products — one contract would be awarded to service all three Johnson said. Meanwhile, Champion is cheaper on rinse schools systems. A purchasing co-op among Haywood, agent, used at a much greater quantity. Buncombe and Henderson school cafeterias Buncombe spent $34,000 on rinse agent. Using a blanket average from a suite of has been in place for years, but until now was only used for food orders. More volume cleaner prices doesn’t square with what’s equaled more buying power, which equaled actually used in the kitchens. Johnson said Francis should take the extra time and effort lower per-unit costs. This school year, they decided to bid out to accurately calculate which bid was higher. Francis countered that would just be too cafeteria cleaning products this way as well. Despite being cheaper, Buncombe and complicated and “hard to figure out.”

But Johnson disagreed, even providing spreadsheets that did the math for her. Francis said she was simply using a different method. “I understand his math. That is not how we determined it. We didn’t look at actual use,” Francis said. “The way we chose to look at it, we didn’t weigh things out.” Johnson countered her method is simply wrong.

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Francis defends her claim that EcoLab would be cheaper by pointing to a trial run last year, allowing Champion and EcoLab to go head-to-head in a real-world scenario. She divided schools into two groups, with eight schools in each group. One would use dish detergent and rinse aid from Champion, and the other would use EcoLab. Francis did the trial in hopes of reconciling an outlier in product pricing between the two. When it comes to rinse aid, EcoLab is astronomically higher — many times higher than Champion, in fact. “I thought, ‘how could they be so far apart?’” Francis said. “They were so far off on the rinse product, something didn’t jive for me. How could one company be so far off on this one product?” The trial was aimed at determining realworld costs from both. “Honestly with any other product I wouldn’t have done it, but with chemicals it is so hard to compare,” Francis said. “If you look at Dawn versus grocery store brand and chose that because it is cheaper, it may not last as long.” After half a year, Francis compared what the two trial groups spent, and the schools using Champion’s products had spent $2,000 more. So for the second half of the year, she switched all the schools over to EcoLab. Francis said the trial year with EcoLab came out “several thousand cheaper” than past years under Champion. Francis said the total cost of cafeteria cleaning supplies for last school year was $20,000, compared to $25,000 in previous years. But there’s a major flaw in the trial,

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It’s rare for the school board to intervene and second-guess the purchase contract recommended by school administrators. The situation becomes even more complicated since the bid was done jointly through the purchasing co-op with Buncombe and Henderson schools. “We have never come across an issue like this,” Francis said. If the Haywood school board bucked EcoLab in favor of Champion, it could throw a wrench in the contract for the other two school systems as well. Haywood School Assistant Superintendent Bill Nolte said Haywood has never deviated from the co-op after crafting a joint bid. “It is usually pretty routine because you are almost always going with the lowest one,” Nolte said. The school system is obligated to go with the lowest bidder, in fact, and can’t make exceptions to support local businesses, Superintendent Anne Garrett said. “That would be illegal,” Garrett said. The only time the school system would deviate from the lowest bidder is when there’s a quantifiable difference in service or products. Johnson said it’s a shame that despite lower prices and local service, he can’t overcome the window-dressing that a giant, international corporation puts on its contract. “Where these other bigger companies get us is they have the slick marketing and a huge team at some national headquarters that puts together bid packages,” Johnson said. “Meanwhile, it is Bruce Johnson in the back office with a Diet Coke putting his together.”

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Francis said even if she had accurately calculated the true cost of the bids — factoring in the actual quantity of the actual products rather than the blanket pricing method skewed by a handful of outlier products used only in small amounts — there were other more important factors that weighed into the contract decision, like customer service and product quality. Johnson said he doesn’t understand that either. “We have always been told we have excellent service. We always respond that day or within 24 hours,” Johnson said. He said he makes regular visits to all the school cafeterias. “The kitchen people are so great. I love seeing them and they love seeing you,” Johnson said. Johnson questioned how often Francis got out to each of the school cafeterias and how much she knew about the cleaning side. Francis also claimed that EcoLab’s products were better, citing anecdotal comments from kitchen staff. Johnson challenged where she came up with that.

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“No one has ever complained about our chemicals,” Johnson said. He speaks to the school cafeteria manager when making deliveries and always inquires about any concerns. “I say ‘are you happy with everything, is everything working fine?’ and they are always happy. That’s customer service 101,” Johnson said. Of course, there have always been personal preferences. “I’ve been in kitchens where one person says ‘I don’t like your stainless steel cleaner’ and another woman is like ‘I love your stainless cleaner,’” Johnson said. Francis said EcoLab also inspects machines at all the sites once a month and sends an email report saying whether the dishwasher spray arms appear to be working correctly, in case the women who run the machines all day didn’t notice, Francis said. Johnson said he does the same whenever they restocked cafeterias, and faxed a report. Francis cited other pet peeves about Johnson’s bid. She said Johnson didn’t use the provided form, for example. But Johnson created a nearly duplicate version of the bid form in a spreadsheet, with the same columns, rows and fields. The form Francis provided was a scanned copy of a spreadsheet. Rather than send bidders the Excel spreadsheet itself, she printed it out, scanned it, and sent them a PDF of it — a format that couldn’t have data directly inputted to it, prompting Johnson to recreate the form.

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Johnson said. The cafeterias still had leftover inventory from Champion that was used up over the course of the year. Since there was existing stock on the shelf, the school system didn’t have to order as much from EcoLab, so the cost for the year seems lower. Francis said she accounted for both existing inventory and leftover inventory, but Johnson questioned her calculations. “There is absolutely no credibility in her trial. She can’t quantify what was used and what wasn’t,” Johnson said. He said Francis doesn’t really know how much inventory was at each school. The $25,000 spent on cafeteria cleaning supplies is small compared to the total Haywood cafeteria budget of $5 million. But the cafeteria operations have been struggling to stay in the black in recent years. Money collected on lunches has been falling short of expenses. “I have had to look under every rock to find every cent that is out there,” Francis said. “Once a month we sit at this table and go over every line item and try to figure out where can we save money,” Haywood Schools Superintendent Anne Garret said. To Johnson, that’s all the more reason to go with his company as the lowest bidder. “This is tax dollars when everyone is screaming and yelling for money,” Johnson said. As for the discrepancy in the pricing for rinse aid, Johnson said EcoLab is using the oldest trick in the book for gaming bids. “Bid strategy is they make all their money on one product. They break even on everything except one product and make all their money on that one product. They look great on everything else,” Johnson said. Francis instead saw the lower price of Johnson’s rinse as a red flag, theorizing the quality wasn’t as good, when in fact, EcoLab is highballing the rinse aid in order to lowball its other products, Johnson said.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER A lawsuit casting blame for a massive landslide in Maggie Valley four years ago was settled at the 11th hour last week. A jury pool had been called in, a judge seated on the bench and attorneys on both sides were lined up in preparation for a trial that was two years in the making. But a last-minute out-of-court settlement was reached between the parties and the jury sent back home. The suit was filed by a couple whose home was in the path of the landslide. They claimed an extensive retaining wall that snaked a few hundred feet across the face of the mountain at Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park collapsed, triggering the landslide. The couple sued the engineers and builders of the wall, along with the former owners of Ghost Town, for damages. The settlement has not yet been filed in court. See next week’s issue of The Smoky Mountain News for more on the outcome.

Haywood tourism board talks strategy BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER fter contracting with Magellan Strategy Group in May to come up with a five-to-ten-year marketing and management strategy, the Haywood Tourism Development Authority discussed their ideas for turning that report into a two-year action plan to boost the county’s place in the tourism world. “Tourism growth during the most recent decade in Haywood County is respectably at 2.67 percent annually, but still lags behind all of the peer county destinations,” wrote Magellan strategist Chris Cavanaugh in his report. To address that, the strategic plan calls for 14 action areas designed to increase visitation. They include: continue branding the county as a destination, building on the core capabilities of the region, develop a viable structure for allocating revenues if the state legislature approves an additional 2 percent lodging tax, pursue tourist demographics that provide the greatest return on investment and move away from the visitor service function. This last point, Executive Committee chairman Ken Stahl said,

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refers to the money needed to run Haywood County’s proliferation of visitor centers, which could perhaps be better used elsewhere. “Once, we were operating five visitor centers, and some of our consultants said, ‘That’s where all your money’s going,’” Stahl said. The TDA now only funds three. Board members also talked about ways to use the website more effectively. In June, the Maggie Valley website got about 10,000 more hits than the TDA website, and members wanted to figure out how better to attract web viewers and keep them at the site longer. There was some talk of putting in a more visible pop-up form to ask visitors for contact information to send travel materials, but that idea met mixed reviews. “It would be nice to get more [leads], but I think on the flip side the bigger matrix is how many visits are we getting, how long are they staying there and how many people are taking that next step to make a purchase,” said board member Ken Howle. The most important part of the strategic plan, though, Stahl said, was that all its outcomes must be measurable. Whether the metric is room tax collection or digital marketing analytics, there must be an objective way to measure whether the goal is being met. “We intend to go forward with that,” Stahl said.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER t’s official — TV personality Ty Pennington is coming to Waynesville, and Haywood Pathways Center has secured $50,000 of its $300,000 fundraising goal to renovate the old Hazelwood prison. Haywood Pathways, a coalition of three Christian groups looking to turn the defunct correction center into a homeless shelter, soup kitchen and halfway house had entered a nationwide online voting contest in June, going up against more than 300 organizations for the grand prize. “It’s a very unique project. It’s very innovative and we were all very impressed by it,” said Shawn Malayter, vice president of public relations for Guaranteed Rate, the home loan company that sponsored the contest. Nick Honerkamp, director of the homeless shelter, was in the middle of making a presentation at the Waynesville Rotary Club about that very project when he got the call from Guaranteed Rate. It was a welcome interruption. “I was just overwhelmed to hear the good news,” he said. Though Haywood Pathways was far-andaway the leader in the three rounds of voting, the popularity contest was only about 20 percent of the criteria — community

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Haywood to spend millions sealing old landfill BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he old Francis Farm Landfill in Waynesville has been closed for nearly 20 years, but its ghost continues to haunt Haywood County. The county is facing an estimated $5 to $7.5 million in additional environmental cleanup costs for the old landfill, compounding the $1.2 million already shelled out over the past six years. “When we’re all said and done, it’s going be several millions of dollars,” said Commission Chairman Mark Swanger. “There are various estimates and none lower than $5 million. It is what it is. We have a responsibility to correct it.” The landfill was built in the 1970s, prior to many of the regulations in place today. Now, the county must address lingering environmental issues, from the escape of volatile gases to groundwater contamination. It’s a problem shared by landfills nationwide that hail from the same period. The old landfill has no bottom lining to keep contaminants from filtering through to the groundwater. The resulting groundwater contamination and methane gas migration issues — methane results when waste decomposes — have kept the county in regular correspondence with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources ever since the landfill closed in 1995. Some violations can carry fines as high as $15,000 per day, but so far Haywood County has not had to pay anything. “We were not fined anything because we were constantly trying to work on ways to address it,” said Stephen King, the county’s director of recycling and solid waste management. Since 2000, those measures have includ-

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ed 31 groundwater-monitoring stations on and around the property, methane capturing with a gas-to-energy facility and multiple reports and assessments.

FAST-TRACKING REMEDIATION One problem exacerbating groundwater contamination is rain percolating through the sandy soil that covers it. A more solid covering is needed to stop rain from reaching through the old trash deposits and the leaching through to the groundwater below. The new cap would likely include a layer of dirt, followed by a synthetic liner, and another layer of soil about two feet deep. That might sound simple enough, but the landfill is 20 acres — and a thick layer of soil over such a large area is a lot of dirt. While the exact specs are still being developed, county commissioners approved spending $590,000 this week to get the ball rolling, claiming fast action is necessary because of a limited-time offer for a precious commodity: dirt. “I don’t think there will be any wasted money here because it’s what DENR will ultimately want us to do,” said Mark Cathey, an engineer with McGill Associates, an Asheville-based company that has been consulting with Haywood County on landfill remediation. The 100,000 cubic feet of soil needed to create the cap was expected to cost about $1.35 million. But luckily, a major highway construction project nearby is going to turn up a lot of unneeded earth. Two hundred fifty thousand cubic feet, to be exact. The county will get the dirt for free and only has to haul it a couple of miles. The highway project in question is the reconfigured interchange on

U.S. 23/74 at Exit 104 near Lowe’s. Commissioners approved a contract for $390,000 to Asheville-based NHM Constructors to haul the dirt, build a road and construct erosion controls, a price tag far less than the $1.35 million it could have cost. “It’s really a great opportunity for the county to save a lot of money,” Cathey said. But 100,000 cubic feet of dirt takes up a lot of space. If compacted and spread over three flat acres, it would rise as high or higher than a third-story window. So, in order to have the dirt hauled, the county had to find a place to haul it to. Enter the Shelton Living Trust, a 5.7-acre property adjacent to the landfill. Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase the land for $200,000, the same price the owners paid for it in 2007. The dirt will be stored there until it’s needed, and the property will also serve as a staging area for construction once the recapping project commences. The land purchase brings the total price tag for using dirt from the DOT construction project to $590,000, well below the $1.35 million it would have cost to purchase soil outright.

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Haywood County isn’t the only government entity entwined in the landfill debacle. Haywood County Schools also owns part of the property — it’s where they store their school buses and headquarter transportation and maintenance operations. However, the county has committed to planning and footing the bill for remediation. County and school officials met recently to discuss the situation, and County Manager Ira Dove said the outcome was positive. “We had a good discussion, and we’ll have to have more discussions with their board,” Dove said. Though construction of a new landfill cap will likely interfere with school transportation operations in some capacity, the project isn’t expected to shut things down, Dove said. The area has two entrances, so crews will work on one side at a time so as to still allow access while construction commences. Of course, it’s always hard to make guarantees. “We’re dealing with a landfill, and it has a lot of components, some of which are moving under the earth,” Dove said. “We have to have a caveat until we get out there and they start the construction.”

The property purchase was more than a convenience. It was also a necessity, and it’s the kind of transaction the county will likely be doing more of in the coming years. The waste deposits at the old landfill are very close to the property line, meaning that spread of water contamination and methane gas to adjacent properties was nearly unavoidable. “You’ll never get rid of the issues with the landfill, so what you have to do is create a larger buffer in the areas you predict there

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n 1970s Francis Farm Landfill accepts its first load. n 1993 The landfill stops accepting waste, receiving its official closure letter two years later. n 1996 The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources tells the Haywood County they must sample groundwater for compliance with a new set of standards. n 1997 DENR informs the county that the landfill violates groundwater standards and notes that there is very little buffer between waste boundaries and adjacent property. n 2000 DENR notifies the county that the landfill property line contains dangerous levels of methane gas that meet the lower explosive level meaning it’s capable of exploding. Later that year, wells at or near the property line test as having high concentrations of various chemicals, exceeding state and federal drinking water standards. n 2004 The county submits a groundwater assessment plan to DENR, but DENR requests additional information. n 2007 The county contracts with McGill Associates and Bunnell-Lammons Engineering for professional services. BLE begins running statistical analysis on the county’s semi-annual groundwater testing. n 2009 DENR sent a letter stating they hadn’t yet received any follow-up to the 2004 plan, and the county begins working with McGill Associates and BLE to develop one. Later that year the county starts working with adjacent property owners to install groundwater monitoring wells. n 2010 DENR approves the combustion system but writes a violation for failure to comply with the conditions of a permit. The landfill’s methane levels still exceed the lower explosive level. n 2011 The county conducts well water supply sampling and finds that released volatile organic compounds from the landfill hadn’t impacted the tested wells. The landfill is cited as violating North Carolina’s solid waste storage law. n 2012 A methane capture and recovery system is up and running. It serves to extract water that has percolated through the waste and absorbed contaminants. n 2014 High methane levels are still present at the property boundary. Haywood County makes its first adjacent land purchase and starts planning to recap the landfill.

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Residents pack in to sound off at town hall meeting BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he boardroom in Franklin’s town hall was so packed last Wednesday that town employees had to scavenge chairs from the kitchen and closet to accommodate everyone. It was a welcomed inconvenience. Mayor Bob Scott hoped a meager half dozen people would show up to the town’s first Focus on Franklin meeting, but more than 60 people came, ranging from 20-somethings to senior citizens, from born-and-raised Franklin to Florida transplant. They were all there for one reason: to lend their voices about what Franklin’s future should hold in a forum where the town aldermen could hear. “We have problems facing the town,” Scott said as he opened the meeting, held July 30. “We must come together and look to the future. What’s worked in the past may not be what’s going to work now.” Scott had been trying to hold just such a meeting ever since he was elected mayor in November, but some of the other town board members had reservations about the idea freewheeling, town hall-style meetings outside an official capacity. Last week’s third-party moderated meeting wasn’t exactly the standing monthly discussion over coffee and donuts Scott had envisioned, but it worked. Scott and the rest of the town board sat in the back of the room and turned the show over to representatives from the Public Policy Institute of Western Carolina University, who ran the meeting. Todd Collins, associate professor with the university and director of the institute, came with graduate student Brian Burgess to direct the discussion and distribute written surveys. “Since we’re an outsider, in some ways

we’re more neutral,” Collins said. “I think being open to what everyone wants to say may help people feel like they can voice their opinions a little bit more.”

BECOMING A DESTINATION Many of those opinions centered on how to make Franklin a destination for tourists while keeping its local-friendly character. “The outdoors is probably going to be our new niche in the world and we’ve gotta do all we can to press the outdoors, because that’s what’s going to bring people here,” Scott said. Traffic passing through Franklin is notorious for continuing on to Cherokee or Asheville, meeting attendees said, so the challenge will be figuring out how to make those cars stop for longer than it takes to fill a tank of gas and grab a fast food meal. “I think there’s very little here that’s a destination that people come to,” said Ken Murphy, co-owner of the coming-soon Lazy Hiker Brewing Company. “It’s an area that people come to, and while they’re here they say, ‘Let’s come to Franklin to eat and shop.’ I think what we ought to be trying to do is snag as many people who are going to other nearby locations as well as construct some destination.” But Franklin is more than a potential tourist trap, other community members pointed out — it’s also a home. “We are a destination because of the positive things around us,” said Renee McCall, who owns Sunset Restaurant. “Our mountains, our hiking — are we willing to change the face of our town to make it the destination in our mind? I don’t want to compromise that.”

The consensus seemed to be that the town should focus on the outdoors as its bread and butter, but many commented that Franklin needed more shopping and restaurants if it’s to lure people off the trail and into town. It takes a critical mass of quality shopping and dining to create that draw. “We’re missing the fact that we need to up the ante on what Franklin is about,” said Lenny Jordan, co-owner of Lazy Hiker Brewing. “It’s not a cheap destination. It’s an outdoor destination. Outdoors is not cheap.” Franklin needs more opportunities to eat and shop, he said, so that tourists will stay there rather than driving on in search of something else.

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The private business decisions that collectively make up the Main Street landscape aren’t items that the town board discusses and votes on. The town can encourage and foster a welcoming environment, but it’s ultimately up to entrepreneurs to break ground. That’s why the discussion also turned to ideas for public-private partnerships, ways that people and their government could work together to make the town better. Burgess suggested a revolving loan program, for instance — loans from the town geared toward start-ups that might have trouble accessing traditional credit lines. Such a program would also allow the town to review and make suggestions on applicants’ business plans, potentially increasing their chance of success. Frank Plesner, one of the attendees, commented that he’d like to see “a one-stop shopping place” for town permits, codes and regulations. “So when I go in and say, ‘I want to do this,’ I can get all the information I need,” Plesner said. Participants also talked about restructuring the Main Street program. Tension between various sectors of the Main Street

“We are a destination because of the positive things around us. Our mountains, our hiking — are we willing to change the face of our town to make it the destination in our mind?” — Renee McCall, owner, Sunset Restaurant

attendance said. “You would have citizens who are motivated and knowledgeable help the busy alderman make these decisions.” Others, however, questioned the logic that more committees equal more action. “How many more committees do we need to try to come together?” one man asked. “I think if we could get those people talking to each other that would create momentum.”

FORGING FORWARD Though the audience members had differing opinions on some issues, they all agreed that they want to see Franklin meet with a favorable future. The question, though, is how to map the path to success. To get there, the Public Policy Institute will take a few weeks to synthesize meeting notes and sur-

veys into a written report for the town board to review and act on. “Any ideas that are put forth are valuable,” said Verlin Curtis, vice-mayor. “We certainly are going to look at it closely and see what we can do to help many of the situations out.” However, he doesn’t believe all of the suggestions are within the town’s purview to address. “There was a lot of things that they asked for that we absolutely can’t do, and I’m trying to figure out something positive that we can do to make this group happy,” Curtis said. For instance, there was a lot of talk about fixing up abandoned or unkempt buildings, but that’s up to the property owner. Curtis, who owned a business in Franklin for 50 years, also took issue with the idea of town government functioning as an incubators of local business. “I never looked at the town board to grow my business,” Curtis said. “What I did was put my nose to the grindstone and find things that worked.” However, Curtis said, he’s all for sifting through the notes to come up with some goals that are workable for the town. Scott sees those notes as nothing more than a starting point. He’s hoping hold this kind of forum again, probably two to three times per year, keeping the meetings issuespecific in the future. “Who does the town belong to? Think about it,” Scott said. “We’re here to conduct the public’s business, but how do we conduct the public’s business when we don’t know what’s on the public’s mind?”

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A public hearing over a controversial cell tower in the scenic Whiteside Cove area of Cashiers will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Cashiers Glenville Recreation Center. The proposed Verizon tower has riled up nearby residents, who have expressed concern over the impacts to the scenic Verizon made some landscape. Others have concessions to its tower acknowledged the lack of decent cell coverage in the design at the behest of area and are willing to live with the blight of a tower, Jackson County Planning albeit begrudgingly. Director Gerald Green. Verizon made some concessions to its tower design at the behest of Jackson County Planning Director Gerald Green — most notably making the tower look like a pine tree. Since the Whiteside tower was first proposed, property owners have been writing to the Jackson planning board to express their concerns. “While I recognize the importance of improving cell phone service to Cashiers and nearby communities, I understand there are better solutions and alternatives to this site which Verizon could consider that would have less negative impact on property values of nearby owners and on the scenic landscape,” Ann McKee Austin, a Realtor in Cashiers, wrote this week. More than three dozen comments have come in in advance of the public hearing. Craig Pendergrast, whose property neighbors the proposed tower site, has urged the county to reject the 120-foot tower. “Think of it as the equivalent of a 12-story building to consider just how out of place and intrusive the proposed tower would be,” he wrote. Following the public hearing next week, the planning board will make its recommendation to the county commissioners, who hold the ultimate decision. Commissioners may attach conditions to the permit, or even disallow it. They’ll take information gathered during the public hearing into account when making a decision. — Jeremy Morrison, News Editor

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BY HOLLY KAYS way to foresee any of these things.” Engineering costs STAFF WRITER associated with the bridge were $65,000. new 1.2-mile greenway section along the Soil will be stabilized with micropiles, which are a Tuckasegee River in Cullowhee has encountered lot of thin, strong, steel bars injected into the ground. higher-than-expected costs as it nears completion. Commissioner Doug Cody was skeptical of the The greenway project called for a major pedestrian price tag and the method — “If we’re going to spend bridge across the river at one end. The greenway is on the money on stuff I want to make sure it’s going to the opposite bank from the work” — but Lofquist parking and access area, so the assured him the method was bridge was the only way to get industry standard and BY THE NUMBERS to the greenway at that end. should yield positive results. Original greenway total, The bridge was expected to It’s already been a while including bridge................$1.05 million cost $640,000 but will now cost since the bridge company Original bridge .............................$640,000 $1 million. submitted its bid, Wooten Revised bridge.............................$1 million “We’re kind of at the critical told commissioners, so the Cost covered by grants.................$430,000 point,” County Manager Chuck choice would be to either go Original county dollars .................$600,000 Wooten told commissioners at for it now or withdraw the Revised county dollars..................$950,000 their meeting Monday. “Either contract and risk getting a we acknowledge that we’ve got higher rebid for the project. some additional construction costs or we stop and look To foot the bill, Wooten suggested taking $350,000 out at some alternative designs or don’t even do the project.” of the county funds set aside for recreation and conserThe greenway can still be accessed without the vation projects — namely $250,000 from the bridge, but only at one end, so greenway users would Conservation, Preservation and Recreation Fund and have to go out-and-back, instead of getting on at one $150,000 from Duke Energy Recreation grant money. end and off at the other. There’s a duo of culprits Commissioners went along with the plan. responsible for the overrun. The soil type on either side Completion will now be delayed, however. of the river isn’t stable enough to hold the bridge foot“We’re looking at January, February,” Wooten said. ers and will require stabilization. “We had hoped to be through in the next couple Also, the original bridge design interfered with months.” Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority’s access to its It will take the bridge company five months to sewer lines, requiring “substantial” walls will be construct- deliver the bridge once the site is prepared and comed on either side of the bridge, the biggest 16 feet high, missioners put the order in, and asphalt can’t be laid Victor Lofquist, the engineer who devised the orig- when it’s freezing out, so the new expected end date for inal estimate, told commissioners there wasn’t “any bridge construction is spring 2015.

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To the Editor: Paige Roberson, Sylva’s town manager, says she would be surprised if anyone opposes Sylva’s plans to extend its ETJ expanding territorial jurisdiction). That may be a perfect example of confirmation bias at work. Ms. Roberson may not see why anyone would object to her statement that “We just want it to look nice,” but the implication is that the folks who live in the proposed ETJ don’t have their own ideas about what would look nice. ETJ is a fundamentally undemocratic law and its current use has made that even worse. When originally proposed in the 1950s for the areas around Raleigh, ETJ might have made some sense. Back then the idea was that the larger cities would eventually annex outlying areas while providing additional services like water, sewer, and police and fire protection. It seemed like a reasonable proposition that municipalities that might be on the hook for expensive infrastructure ought to have a say in development patterns. Unfortunately that’s not how ETJ came to be used. Some smaller municipalities — Webster is an example — used ETJ to create a zoning buffer between itself and other areas of the county. When annexation or the extension of expensive infrastructure isn’t at play, then

ed on these matters in excruciating detail. She has developed a feeding schedule, a chart for how and when the litter box will be cleaned, and a plan for training the kitten to use the litter box. The day before we left for the beach, I found her cutting up a series of cardboard boxes into various, meticulously measured strips. I found her completely surrounded by pieces of cardboard — dozens of pieces, as if she were about to put together a giant jigsaw puzzle the size of our living room floor. “What are you doing, honey?” I said. Columnist “Project,” she managed to squeak through her fortress of intense concentration. I knew there was no point in pressing it until she was finished. An hour later, she appeared with what appeared to be an enormous cardboard accordion. I would not have been able to guess what it was for $10,000, unless the correct answer was an enormous cardboard accordion. “You know what this is, right?” she said. “Ummmm…” “It’s a scratching post for my kitten! Isn’t it awesome?” We agreed to wait until our beach trip was over to get the kitten, since we didn’t want to get a brand new kitten and immediately abandon it for a week. On the drive to the beach, we spent most of the time getting further educated on the very latest information — all of it thoroughly vetted (I asked, fool-

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EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. – My daughter has ordered an elaborate omelet, with spinach and cheese and who knows what else, but she seems to have lost all interest in actually eating it. Instead, she pokes listlessly at one edge, as if her plate has an invisible fence around it and she is guiding the omelet toward the gate, trying to help it escape. Though we are only a little over two days into our weeklong summer vacation and enjoying our first meal out, she is also dreaming of escape. Her omelet has become a metaphor. “Daddy,” she says with a laden sigh, “I’m ready to go back to North Carolina.” “I know, sweetie,” I say. “You’re probably thinking about your kitten, aren’t you?” She is ordinarily thrilled to be here, as we all are, since we “adopted” Edisto seven summers ago. We now vacation here every summer, literally marking off the days like prisoners in a cell until we are “released.” We love it here, but this year, my daughter is more than a little preoccupied. As an incentive to do well in school last year, we made an agreement that if she maintained high grades throughout the academic year, she would be allowed to get a new kitten. She buckled down, worked hard all year, and received confirmation just a few weeks ago that she “made the grade,” as it were. Since word of her triumph arrived, our home has become almost unbearably “kitten-centric.” We have endured stunningly detailed briefings every couple of hours on her latest kitten research, including specific instructions on how we all have a role to play in acclimating the kitten to its new home once it arrives. There are certain things we must do, and other things we must not do, not under any circumstances. We are instruct-

LETTERS ETJ becomes a takeover and little else. The statutes granting ETJ powers require proportional representation for residents of the ETJ on planning boards and boards of adjustment. This allows some participation in the process, but the fact is that ETJ residents don’t get to vote for the boards of commissioners that ultimately have say over the terms of the zoning ordinances or are the seat of appeal on variances and adjustments. And the sad fact is that many municipalities simply ignore the requirement for proportional representation. Webster’s ETJ, even after a recent adjustment, is as big or bigger than the town itself in both area and population yet its planning board does not reflect that. ETJ may not be a good deal for town residents either as their taxes go to fund administration of the town’s ordinances in the ETJ and may end up funding lawsuits or court actions arising from variance or adjustment requests. ETJ residents pay no town taxes. Sylva proposes its ETJ extension as a slamdunk, but the statute requires that they get permission and agreement from the town of Webster. Where the ETJs of two towns overlap, the standard is to draw a line in the middle. Ms. Roberson suggests that Sylva could draw its line up to Webster’s borders. It can’t without permission, and the Webster town board would be foolish to grant such permission.

ishly, if her sources were solid) — on various issues pertaining to kittens, as well as the logic behind some of the decisions she had already made, including the color and gender of the kitten she would soon be selecting. “I have decided to get a girl kitten,” she announced, “because there are already way too many boys in this house. Daddy, Jack, Frody, Walter, and Sherman. When Mama is away, that is just way too many boys for me to deal with by myself. I have to have another girl in this house.” Of course, Frody and Walter are dogs, and Sherman is a turtle about the size of a fifty-cent piece, but still, the gender imbalance in our home is NOT tenable. Too much testosterone! My daughter reckons that the addition of a girl kitten will bring some measure of balance to our ecology, or at the very least will prove a valuable confederate in her assorted grievances with the males in the household, as they inevitably arise in the days, months, and years to come. After breakfast, we head over to the beach to set up for the day. We bought a new canopy big enough to start our own flea market, and the kids have new boogie boards. In 15 minutes, our little camp is established and we are in the water up to our waists, jumping the waves and watching the pelicans divebombing the ocean in search of lunch. “Dad,” my daughter says, sidling up to me while pulling on her goggles. “What do you think would be some good names for a girl kitten?” We had better enjoy every remaining second of our summer vacation. It is going to be a long ride home. (Chris Cox is a writer and teacher who lives in Haywood County. He can be reached at jchriscox@live.com.)

Ms. Roberson is right about one thing — the area around the intersection of N.C. 107 and N.C. 116 cries out for development standards and appropriate planning. There is a much better way to accomplish that goal. I have suggested for years that the area in question would be ideal for a community based zoning district. A CBZD (central business zoning district) similar to the ones in Cashiers and along the U.S. 441 corridor and the proposed one for the Cullowhee area could be a joint effort including the county, the municipalities, and the large institutions in the area like SCC and Jackson County schools. Cooperation and participation should be the watchwords and that can be better accomplished by a joint effort rather than by a land grab by a single municipality. The statute permits municipalities to participate in CBZDs so there aren’t any legal hurdles to a joint effort, an effort that is inclusive and gives the residents and businesses in the area a greater say in their future. Mark Jamison Webster

N.C. citizens do not want fracking To the Editor: “I not only voted for the law, I was one of the co-sponsors,” Davis said. “I’m really com-

fortable with what they’ve done.” “Overwhelmingly, they’re against fracking,” he said. “I think those people are concerned. My background is in science and I’m concerned as well. But as long as we can do this safely, I think it’s a good thing.” Listed above are two quotes from Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, in the article “ Fracking opposition organizes in WNC” from The Smoky Mountain News (July 9 issue). After reading this article I was outraged by the disregard for public safety and public opinion when it comes to fracking in North Carolina. I would like to remind all “representatives” in the N.C. House and Senate that they are elected to those positions to represent the constituents in their districts. If the overwhelming majority of your constituents are against fracking, for very good reasons, then why vote to fast track it. One huge problem in politics today is that legislators vote for themselves and their party first and not for the citizens that elected them. I also do not think that Sen. Davis’ background as an orthodontist in no way, shape or more classifies him as an expert in fracking for natural gas. The Republicans in the legislature are ruining this great state that I was born and raised for future generations to come. I hope they all get what they deserve come election time. Tyler Beamer Maggie Valley

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at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997. Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slow-simmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. BOGART’S 303 S. Main St., Waynesville. 828.452.1313. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Carry out available. Located in downtown Waynesville, Bogart’s has been long-time noted for great steaks, soups, and salads. Casual family atmosphere in a rustic old-time setting with a menu noted for its practical value. Live Bluegrass/String Band music every Thursday. Walking distance of Waynesville’s unique shops and seasonal festival activities and within one mile of Waynesville Country Club. BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly from 4 p.m. Closed on Sunday. We specialize in hand-cut, all natural steaks, fresh fish, and other classic American comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. We also feature a great selection of craft beers from local artisan brewers, and of course an extensive selection of small batch bourbons and whiskey. The Barrel is a

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FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St. Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com. HERREN HOUSE 94 East St., Waynesville 828.452.7837. Lunch: Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Brunch 11 a. m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy fresh local products, created daily. Join us in our beautiful patio garden. We are your local neighborhood host for special events: business party’s, luncheons, weddings, showers and more. Private parties & catering are available 7 days a week by reservation only. J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817. Lunch Sunday noon to 2:30 p.m., dinner nightly starting at 4:30 p.m. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome. Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated. JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley. 828.926.0212. Winter hours; Friday through Sunday and Mondays, 7 a.m. to noon. Joey’s is a family style restaurant that has been serving breakfast to the locals and visitors of Western North Carolina since 1966. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey's is sure to please all appetites. Joey & Brenda O’Keefe invite you to join what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s. JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era. LOS AMIGOS 366 Russ Ave. in the Bi-Lo Plaza. 828.456.7870. Open from 11 a.m. to 2:30

MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley. 828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted. MOUNTAIN PERKS ESPRESSO BAR & CAFÉ 9 Depot St., Bryson City. 828.488.9561. Open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. With music at the Depot. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Life is too short for bad coffee. We feature wonderful breakfast and lunch selections. Bagels, wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads and quiche with a variety of specialty coffees, teas and smoothies. Various desserts.

PASQUALE’S 1863 South Main Street, Waynesville. Off exit 98, 828.454.5002. Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Classic Italian dishes, exceptional steaks and seafood (available in full and lighter sizes), thin crust pizza, homemade soups, salads

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TAP ROOM SPORTS BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Dr. Waynesville 828.456.5988. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Enjoy soups, sandwiches, salads and hearty appetizers along with a full bar menu in our casual, smoke-free neighborhood grill. THAI SPICE 128 N. Main St., Waynesville. 828.454.5400. Lunch: Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Dinner Tuesday-Saturday 4:30 to 9 p.m. Closed Monday. Thai Spice, an authentic Thai restaurant, warmly welcomes you to experience a superb dinning experience. Don’t be timid, the food comes mild, medium, hot and Thai Hot. You choose. www.thaispicewnc.com

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ORGANIC BEANS COFFEE COMPANY 1110 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. 828.668.2326. Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Happily committed to brewing and serving innovative, uniquely delicious coffees — and making the world a better place. 100% of our coffee is Fair Trade, Shade Grown, and Organic, all slow-roasted to bring out every note of indigenous flavor. Bakery offerings include cakes, muffins, cookies and more. Each one is made from scratch in Asheville using only the freshest, all natural ingredients available. We are proud to offer gluten-free and vegan options.

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Located between Bryson City and the Nantahala Gorge, Tommy’s Peanut Palace specializes in boiled peanuts, fresh and ready to eat at anytime of the year. Garret K. Woodward photo

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER eading west out of Bryson City, just before the highway narrows into a twisting two-lane road, a small, ramshackle hut watches over the crossroads of Southern Appalachia — a last stop before descending into the remote Nantahala Gorge ahead, or the desolate beauty of Fontana Lake to the right. The shack, wedged between junk cars and a rundown trailer, has seen better days, on a property that has seen better years. But, upon closer inspection, a friendly face sits behind a counter filled with knickknacks and the wafting smell of boiled peanuts. “Well, I just love boiled peanuts,” 71-year-old Tommy Von smiled. “I had to make a living somehow.” For the last 30 years, Von has been throwing nuts into hot water at “Tommy’s Peanut Palace.” He’s become a fixture of sorts, a welcoming Appalachian icon for travelers venturing into the Gorge or meandering around Fontana. “I think it’s fascinating that folks are fascinated by this place,” he said. “It makes me proud that I’m doing something that makes people happy, and I’m here for them all.”

ing their problems, being there for them, listening to their stories, and telling some tall tales of my own to make it interesting for them,” he said. “I meet so many different kinds of people, even folks from the where I grew up in Florida — it’s such a small world.” Of all the customers he’s had over the years, Von remembers fondly when the late leg“People come to this endary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt part of the country would stop by occato see things like sionally with champion driver Bill Elliot, this shack and who lived nearby. “They’d stop by, there’s nothing here and it was pretty cool, anymore like that — but I don’t make a big deal out of it like other nothing’s original people who make a anymore.” fuss about famous people,” Von said. “If — Tommy Von, Sr. the president stopped by, I wouldn’t make a big deal about it either — they’re regular people just like anybody else.” In a good week, before the economic downturn, he’d go through a 50-pound bag of peanuts a day. But penny-pinching in the recession even took its toll on boiled peanuts. These days, he only goes through two bags a week, with a quart pouch selling for $5. “I depend on the local business in the winter when there’s no tourists, but if the locals don’t have any jobs they don’t have any money for peanuts,” he said. So, folks can get peanuts year-round, even in the depths of winter? “I try to stay open as long as the weather is permissible,” Von said. “If you can safely get off the highway in the winter, there’s always somebody here and always peanuts available.”

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Founder of the palace, Tommy Von started selling boiled peanuts in Western North Carolina 30 years ago. Though the business is now owned by his son, Von still mans the stand, welcoming any and all to come and try the famous snack. Garret K. Woodward photo

In recent years, Von has handed over the business to his son, Tommy Jr., an acclaimed kayaker in the Gorge. He makes the third generation of Vons to sell boiled peanuts. Though he doesn’t own the palace

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Tommy’s Peanut Palace sells two types of boiled peanuts — regular and Cajun. “We do a Cajun style peanut with my own recipe, which I don’t give out,” Von chuckled. Starting with boiling hot water, the peanuts are dropped in, the salt added, then stirred around until they’re ready, with one batch taking four hours. “Patience is the key,” Von said. “Watching them is just like you’re in the kitchen cooking a meal. You can’t cook a good meal without patience and paying attention to what you’re doing.” And though it seems anyone can make their own boiled peanuts, only Von is the keeper of the secret ingredients — storytelling, with two tablespoons of compassion. “It’s about interacting with all kinds of people, understand-

King of the road: how boiled peanuts got to Nantahala Boiled peanuts are in Tommy Von’s blood. Raised on a farm in rural Florida, Von remembers tagging along when his family went to town on the weekends to sell produce and making a little extra pocket change as a shoeshine boy. “My father grew all kinds of things, and one of things was peanuts, which we boiled and sold,” he said. Von eventually became a truck driver, rocketing up and down the highways and byways of the Southeast. While in Florida, he met his first wife, who happened to be from Western North Carolina. Soon, he relocated to Andrews, where he drove a

rig based out of King’s Mountain for Carolina Western Express. “I went through this area all the time, and there really was no place to get boiled peanuts around here,” he said. “The only place I ever came across was on the other side of Cherokee heading into Maggie Valley.” Around the time he was 35, Von left the trucking industry, moved to the Nantahala Gorge, and decided to open up a boiled peanut stand. Located at Nantahala Rafting, Von was allowed, by his friend Keith Maddox who co-owned the rafting company, to have his business there. “Keith helped me out and let me have a place to work,” Von said. “He didn’t think I’d make any money or a living selling boiled peanuts, but I was there, to his surprise and mine, for 25 years.”

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For all the naysayers, rock-n-roll is alive and kicking — especially in the hands of Rich Robinson. Guitarist and founding Prog-rockers Porch 40 will perform at 7:30 p.m. member of The Black Aug. 15 at Bridge Park in Sylva. Crowes, he has circled the globe for the last 25 years, The Maggie Valley Summer Rally will be Aug. spreading the mighty word 15-17 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. of six-strings gone electric. With the Crowes representing the musical crossroads of Americana/bluegrass act Mangus Colorado will Led Zeppelin, The Allman perform at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Kelsey-Hutchinson Brothers and The Band, Park in Highlands. Robinson is a beacon of light A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in a modern music industry, Aug. 8 in downtown Waynesville. where real musicians seem to fall by the wayside in favor of pop idols and instant gratifiGypsy-jazz band Resonant Rogues will perform cation from a guy onstage at 8 p.m. Aug. 16 at Nantahala Brewing in hitting buttons on a laptop. Bryson City. And as the Crowes slide into the upper echelon of do you look forward to your solo project, rock royalty, Robinson himself has mounted where you can do your own recording and a successful solo career. Though his debut touring? release “Paper” emerged in 2004, it was Rich Robinson: Yeah, I think so. The “Through a Crooked Sun” (2011) that truly Crowes are the Crowes and it is what it is. showcased his talents, where each melody We go out there and play these songs, and its stood on its own. fun for us, and it brings people joy. But “Through a Crooked Sun” was a breakdoing this [solo project] brings me joy, being through record for Robinson, who looked at able to bring my music into a new context, the album as a closure of sorts in his life, and really get in there and change and shift. where all the baggage of the past was put to song, and finally put to rest. With “Through SMN: Your last record has a real huma Crooked Sun” representing a humbled purbled nature to it, where the new album has pose and clarity, Robinson’s latest release, this sense of celebration to it. “The Ceaseless Sight” (2014), is a jubilant RR: Yeah. It’s figuring out how to let go call for celebration. of all of your shit and move forward, and The Smoky Mountain News caught up hopefully that’s how it comes across — that’s with Robinson recently as he geared up for what was meant for this record. It’s about another solo tour. He discussed his new looking forward, moving into the future and sense of self, how important having his own letting go. band is, and why rock-n-roll is more aggressive and rebellious than ever. SMN: Is that sense of clarity being Smoky Mountain News: As you get older, applied to your craft?

what you’ve chosen to do?” By quantizing the beats per minute, it’s just becoming mathematical and there’s no ebb and flow. They’re not picking any deep songs, and even if they did they’d mess it up by putting some shit over it. You’re not exposing anyone to anything greater than yourself. It’s just really the lowest common denominator. SMN: With the current popularity of In some ways, I think rock and roll is becomEDM (electronic dance music), what do you ing rebellious again. That getting up there think about an audience that is focused and playing a loud guitar is offensive again. more on gimmicks than on real musicianIt’s really interesting to see that the most ship? rebellious music, RR: It doesn’t which was rock and “In some ways, I think worry me — kids are roll on a worldwide going to like what when that rock and roll is becoming scale, they like. You can’t music came out it creforce anyone to like ated a huge shift, rebellious again. That something. The bumthen it became getting up there and mer is that they’re bought out and missing out on some“Who cares?” and playing a loud guitar is thing that is far more was in kid’s shows offensive again.” authentic and sincere. and in commercials, For me, and this is and it now has slid — Rich Robinson just my opinion, these into this niche marpeople get up there ket where nobody and take other people’s music and speed it really gets it but “Who cares?” But, there are up or slow it down and add really shitty some rock and roll bands out there, like beats and bad lighting to it. Rival Sons and Blackberry Smoke, and it is coming back and it is rebellious again. SMN: And the audience can lose that sense of musicianship, where the beauty of Editor’s Note: The Rich Robinson Band will live performance is patience and tension as perform on Sunday, Aug. 10, at the Asheville you watch a band jam out. Music Hall. Prophet Omega and Hollis Brown RR: There’s no such thing as musicianwill open. Showtime is 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in ship [with EDM]. There was this DJ playing advance, $20 day of show. Ages 21 and over after a show recently and I’m like, “This is only. www.ashevillemusichall.com.

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RR: I feel more free with what I do. With this record, we went into the studio without so many set things. Let’s just go in and make a record, go in and do this. I have a couple parts for a song and lets take it in and see what happens, let the energy of the studio take over.

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In anticipation of the growing popularity of the Youth Arts Festival, the Jackson County Green Energy Park is seeking both new participants and returning alumni artists to assist with this year’s event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 20, in Dillsboro. An estimated 1,600 children and adults will be in attendance to watch artisans practice their craft, listen to local music, and get their hands dirty with art projects. Artists must be prepared to demonstrate their skills throughout the day, and engage the attendees. There is no booth or space fee, and artists may sell their handmade items from their booths. No factory-produced items are allowed to be sold at the event. For any artisans willing to work hands-on

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with children and other members of the public, the GEP will offer a small stipend to help cover the costs of materials. The GEP uses landfill gas and other renewable energy sources to power small business incubation and fine arts production, encourage eco-tourism, and offer environmental education to the region. www.jcgep.org or 828.631.0271.

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• Artist John Tolmay, creator of Serengetti Animal Sculpture, will present a program on his production method at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Presented by the Macon County Art Association. 828.349.2804.

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• The Junaluska Woman’s Club Creative Endeavors arts and crafts show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 8-9 in Harrell Center at Lake Junaluska. There will be 35 crafters including woodturning, jewelry, etched glass, stained glass, painted glass and more. Funds from this project are used primarily for scholarships for summer workers. 828.454.9474.

• The Extension and Community Association Craft Club rug braiding workshop will be held at 9 a.m. Aug. 15 and 22 at the Community Service Center in Sylva. 828.586.4009.

• The exhibition “FLORA: Contemporary Botanical Prints from the FAM’s Littleton Studios Vitreograph Archive” is running through Sept. 5 in the Fine Art Museum at Western North Carolina. Vitreography is a printmaking technique that uses glass matrix instead of metal, wood or stone. 828.227.3591 or www.fineartmuseum.wcu.edu.

• The films “God’s Not Dead” and “Disney’s Bears” will be screened at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. “God’s Not Dead” will play Aug. 8-10, with “Disney’s Bears” Aug. 15-17. Screenings are at 7:45 p.m. on Fridays; 2, 5 and 7:45 p.m. on Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6 per person, $4 for children. Saturday morning car-

• The Sylva Art Stroll will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in downtown. Art showcases and live demonstrations. Participating businesses include Rotunda Gallery, It’s By Nature, Galler 1, Nichols House, Signature Brew Coffee Company, Guadalupe Café and City Lights Cafe. Hosted by the Jackson County Visual Arts Association. 828.337.3468.

Ever y Friday and Saturday in August , join Chef Jimmy for live cooking demos, insider cooking tips, and recipe cards so you can recreate your new favorite dish at home. At Chefs Stage Buf fet , chefs take center stage ! Ever y delectable dish is prepared right in front of your eyes at globally inspired stations, making it the freshest all-you-can-eat fare possible.

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• The 3rd annual fundraiser for the nonprofit Cullowhee Mountain Arts is currently underway. Tickets for the Aug. 21 artwork drawing are available for purchase, with one for $20 and 12 for $100, amid other price ranges and ticket deals in-between. www.cullowheemountainarts.org.

toons will also be shown at 10 a.m. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com.

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Waynesville fine-art photographer Robert Ludlow will be holding a presentation from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Haywood County Public Library. Ludlow has been editing digital images in Photoshop for the past 14 years. During the presentation, Ludlow will use several step-by-step examples from his own work to demonstrate basic image-editing techniques that are available to everyone. Ludlow emphasizes that this is not a tutorial in image editing but a demonstration of several ways photos can be noticeably improved without much time or effort. A handout consisting of an outline and list of references will be available to attendees. 828.356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

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evening complete with hamburgers and hot dogs. In addition to Jones, Strother Stingley will perform again as The Big Bopper, Tabitha Judy will perform Patsy Cline, and James Hendley will sing the hits of Richie Valens. Adult tickets are $25, which includesn hamburgers, hot dogs and lemonade. Proceeds will benefit HART’s building fund. 828.456.6322 or www.harttheatre.com. f T

Selected films from the WCU Controlled Chaos Film Festival will be shown on Aug. 17 in Sapphire Valley.

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Student films to screen in Cashiers Some of the most riveting and moving student-created films from Western Carolina University’s Controlled Chaos Film Festivals in recent years will be shared at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at The Country Club of Sapphire Valley. The inaugural ‘Best-of ’ Controlled Chaos Film Festival will open with a reception, followed by a 90-minute screening of the most entertaining student films from the past five years. The lineup will include two longer senior project films and shorter films ranging from 15 seconds to four minutes. Students in WCU’s School of Stage and Screen write, direct, perform, film, edit and produce the films and incorporate musical compositions created by students in the Commercial and Electronic Music Program and title sequences developed in the School of Art and Design. WCU established the Film and TV Production Program in 2006 and launched the festival in 2009 as a way to celebrate student work throughout the year. The event was named “controlled chaos” — the phrase Jack Sholder, director of the program, uses to describe the process of filmmaking. Almost 90 percent of the pro-

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anymore, Tommy Sr. still mans the stand and refuses to leave his post. If familiar faces to stop by for some peanuts, he wants to be there to greet them. “I don’t know what’s going to happen when I’m gone. I have a feeling I’ll be missed because there are people that have been coming here every year, for years, and they tell me when they leave for home, this is their stop out of the area,” he said. “A lot of them lost me when I moved to here, and they finally found me and said, ‘We thought you died out or left.’” Sitting on a tailgate of an old truck, 34

gram’s graduates go on to work in the industry, and the films they create as students win awards. Susan Belcher, wife of WCU Chancellor David Belcher, stepped forward to co-chair the festival after Marcia Shawler of Cashiers inquired about the possibility of sharing student films with the Cashiers community. Shawler, president of Mountain Youth Charities in Cashiers, was involved with a fundraiser last summer for which a WCU team from the Film and Television Production Program created a four-minute, documentary-style film centered on the organization and needs of at-risk youth. In addition, attendees will have the chance to bid on the opportunity to have students and faculty in WCU’s Film and Television Production Program create a short custom-made film, either a promotional short film or family documentary. An award-winning Hollywood director and screenwriter at the helm since the inception of the WCU program, Sholder served as an editor on the documentary “King: From Montgomery to Memphis,” which was nominated for an Academy Award; won an Emmy for his editing work on “3-2-1- Contact,” and directed such blockbusters as “Nightmare on Elm Street II” and “The Hidden.” Tickets to the Best of the Controlled Chaos Film Festival are $75. The money raised will assist students with making senior project films, which typically cost upward of $5,000 to create, and acquire much needed equipment for the program. 828.227.7028 or www.wcu.edu. Tommy Sr. watches as two cars pull up from different directions. One license plate says “Florida,” the other “Illinois.” Both are in search of boiled peanuts, both in search of Tommy Sr. “This spot means to me what it means to those folks who stop by,” he quietly said, wiping away a few hard-earned tears. “I’m a dying breed. People come to this part of the country to see things like this shack and there’s nothing here anymore like that — nothing’s original anymore.” Tommy Sr. then mentioned the serious health issues currently facing his wife. He’s worried about the financial strain of her condition, but “God-willin’, we’ll make it

“The Buddy Holly Summer Dance Party” will be held Aug. 8-10 at HART. Donated photo

Buddy Holly dance party hits HART stage The production “The Buddy Holly Summer Dance Party” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. Four years ago Mark Jones entertained audiences when he appeared on the HART stage as Buddy Holly in “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.” HART Executive Director Steve Lloyd and Jones have now put together a similar production. The show will recreate the feel of the 1950’s, bringing back the music of Holly and the Crickets, along with the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Patsy Cline in an all-music

The Fight Lab 39 Mixed Martial Arts event showcase will be held at 7:30 p.m.t Saturday, Aug. 16, at Harrah’s Cherokee. Featuring action-packed, mixed martial art bouts, the Fight Lab MMA is renowned for their wall-to-wall aggression, action, go-gor T

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Civil War actor, historian to speak in Cullowhee

u The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will welcome actor and historian Patrick t Falci at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 in the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. y Falci will discuss the making of the film “Gettysburg” and a look at “Lee’s Forgotten General A. P. Hill.” As usual, you can meet with Round Table members and the speaker at 5 p.m. at Bogart’s in Sylva for dinner. At 6:30 p.m. there will be a social at the Mountain Heritage Center, followed by Falci’s presentation in the auditorium. Falci portrays General Ambrose Powell Hill in the movie “Gettysburg.” He was the historical advisor to director/screen writer Ron Maxwell for this movie and for “Gods and Generals.” He is also the recipient of the CWRT/NY Distinguished Service Award, the Fort A. P. Hill Commander’s Award for Excellence and many other awards. 828.293.5924 or 828.648.1211.

through,” he said. Taking a deep breath and relaxing on the edge of a truck tailgate, Tommy Sr. glances up at the fast-moving summer highway traffic, his gaze slowly shifting over to the peanut shack. “You know, a lot of people don’t want to stop by here because they think it’s a junky place,” he said. “But, I’ve had some of the most expensive-looking people stop by, who love these boiled peanuts. They say to me, ‘Do you really live here? Because this one of the coolest places in the world.’”

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The inaugural Haywood County Fall Sports Tailgate Kickoff Party will be from noon until 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Smathers Square on Main Street in Canton. The purpose of the event is to promote the fall sports programs for Pisgah High School, Tuscola High School, as well as Western Carolina University. The event will begin at noon with the playing of fight songs for various colleges as well as Pisgah and Tuscola High Schools. Other events will include a cornhole tournament, half and half, music, tailgate meals prepared by Sid’s on Main, and speeches by team coaches. A special portion of the event will be Sheriff Christopher’s Big Gun Run. A race/run including the cross country teams of Tuscola, Pisgah and WCU will occur from the “Big Gun” in Clyde to the event in downtown Canton. Proceeds from the event will be dis-

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• The 2nd annual Cowee School Celebration will be at noon Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Historic Cowee School in Franklin. Music, food, craft vendors, storytelling, exhibits, and more. Free. 828.349.1945 or www.coweeschool.org.

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• The Maggie Valley Summer Rally will be Aug. 15-17 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Live music by Sons of the South and Fine Line, bike games, hot rods, food vendors, and more. Gates open at 10 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $10 per day, per person, with children ages 5-12 $5 per day, per child. www.maggievalleyrallys.com.

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tributed to Tuscola Boosters Club, Pisgah Athletic Boosters and The Catamount Club. Tuscola and Pisgah merchandise will be available and sold by the booster clubs. The public is encouraged to attend. www.haywood.k12.nc.us. are holding an 18-inch doll tea as a fundraiser to help purchase some of the school supplies. Free food and refreshments will be available. 828.452.2771.

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Extras needed for video The Haywood County Tourism Development Authority Film Office is currently looking for extras for an R&B/upbeat club music video that will be produced in Waynesville in mid-August. Production is looking for all types of people between the ages of 18 and 30. This is a non-paid job. No acting experience needed. Please send a head shot along with your contact information to Becky Seymour, director of the Haywood County Film Office. becky@visitncsmokies.com. • The Shelton House, which houses the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts in Waynesville, will be featured on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend” in August. The segment entitled “Collecting Carolina” will showcase the museum’s 19th and 20th century collection of quilts and coverlets. The show will air on UNC-TV at 9 p.m. Aug. 7, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8, and 10 a.m. Aug. 9. www.sheltonhouse.org or 828.452.1551. • The Way Back When dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. The dinner showcases a recreation meal, music, storytelling and atmosphere of a 1930s Appalachian trout camp. $31.95 per person, which includes food and beverage. 828.926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com. • A street dance will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 8 in downtown Waynesville. Live music by Whitewater Bluegrass and The Trantham Family, with clogging by the Dixie Dar-lin’s. Dancing led by Joe Sam Queen. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

Open to the Public, Animal Viewing Zoo 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Senior Citizens Day 10 a.m.-noon Children’s Day Care Day Head Start 3:30 p.m. Military Appreciation Day 5:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 5:00 p.m. Variety Show 6:00 p.m. Firemen’s Competition 7:00 p.m. Bingo

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 9 a.m.-10p.m. 9a.m.-10p.m. 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2 :00p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.

Open to the Public, Animal Viewing Zoo Carnival Rides Open Spelling Bee Gospel Singing Pumpkin Decorating Contest Natural Beauty Pageant Ice Cream Eating Contest Haywood County FFA BBQ Youth Talent Show Heritage Hoedown

10:15 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

Cake Entries Cake Walk and Auction Tractor Pull Registration Tractor Pull “Fun Day With Fido” Kids Dog Show 7:00 p.m. Horse Show 9:00 a.m. Goat Show 11:00 a.m. Feeder Calves Pen-of-Three 12:00 p.m. Beef Show Conclusion of Beef Show-Costume Class 4:00 p.m. Dairy Show

SUN DAY, AUGUST 24 FRI DAY, AUGUST 22 9 a.m.-10p.m. 9a.m.-2p.m. 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

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• The Bolivian Mission Auction will be held on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Wildcat Cliffs Country Club in Highlands. Fixed price table, with a silent auction that will feature artisan jewelry, textiles, woodcrafts and more. Tickets are $125 per person, which includes the onsite sales and dinner. 828.526.3605.

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A full day of Mr. Gentry balloons, fun, food and free school supplies will all be part of the 8th annual Vineival on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Vine of the Mountains in the Frog Level district of Waynesville. Central Elementary students and their families can watch two Gentrys craft balloons. Father Ernie and son Ed each learned the skill independently, each has a different style and they’ve never engaged in their hobby/craft at the same public event before. All Central Elementary students who sign up in advance will receive a backpack and all the school supplies they need to start the school year. A troop of girl scouts who attend Central

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Musician Marshall Ballew will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the meeting room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Ballew will hold a musical journey through 20th century Americana, showing how gospel gave rise to ragtime, jazz, and blues while ballads, old-time, and bluegrass grew in the mountains from the British folk canon brought over by Scotch/Irish immigrants. Using a variety of traditional instruments, he will illustrate how all these forms developed, mixed, and hybridized into rockabilly, rhythm & blues and rock-n-roll. The Macon County Public Library in Franklin is a member of Fontana Regional Library. www.fontanalib.org.

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Bluegrass/gospel legends Dailey & Vincent will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Dailey gained national attention when he joined Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in 1998 as lead, baritone and tenor singer. During his tenure, the band won 13 IBMA Awards — including seven Vocal Group of the Year awards and earned four Grammy and five Dove Award nominations. Vincent started singing at age three and playing music at age six as part of his family band, The Sally Mountain Show, along with sister Rhonda Vincent. As a member of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for more than 10 years, he won five Grammy Awards and eight IBMA Awards for Instrumental Group of the Year. Tickets are $20 and $25. www.greatmountainmusic.com.

Barbershop music in Franklin Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, in Tartan Hall at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Franklin. With over two-dozen members, the allmale chorus sings lively a cappella renditions of old-time and contemporary favorites in four-part barbershop-style harmony. The fast-paced program, titled “Kings Of The Road,” features many classic tunes including “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Kokomo,” “Taking A Chance On Love,” and Roger Miller’s everpopular “King Of The Road.” Adding to the melodic fun is the Supersonic Quartet and the doo-wop group Scha-boom, with lots of laughs interspersed with the music. Admission is by donation; $5 is suggested. Complimentary ice cream sundaes will be served. 828.524.7683 or www.artscouncilofmacon.org.

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music at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cullowhee. The performance, which will include short readings by members of the church, will take the place of St. David’s traditional Sunday service of worship. Ubuntu is directed by Tom Tyre of Otto, who was trained in the Community Choir Leadership program sponsored by the worldwide Ubuntu Choir Network headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. Tyre describes the choir as “a group of friends” who enjoy singing “a cappella,” without accompaniment. The group will perform songs from around the world as well as from around the block. john@jennyknob.org

Bluegrass hits the Swain arts center Appalachian Fire Bluegrass Band will perform a concert of classic bluegrass and gospel music at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City. Immediately following the one-hour concert there will be a meet and greet reception for the five musicians and the 21 artists who have artwork in the community exhibit that is currently on display at the enter for the arts. Song selections performed by Appalachian Fire range from contemporary sounds to classics like “Rolling in my Sweet Baby’s Arms” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” They honor the gospel tradition with songs

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• Wade Baker, Natty Love Joys, ENE and Sugar Lime Blue will perform at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Baker will play Aug. 7 and 10, with Natty Love Joys Aug. 8, ENE Aug. 9 and Sugar Lime Blue Aug. 14. All shows begin at 9 p.m. Free. 828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Rough & Tumble, bluegrass/old-time group The Leevetoppers and gypsy jazz act Resonant Rogues will perform at Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City. Rough & Tumble will play Aug. 8, with The Leevetoppers Aug. 15 and Resonant Rogues Aug. 16. Both performances are at 8 p.m. Free. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

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• The Music on the River series continues with the Will Hayes Band, Eastern Blue Band, A36 Band and the AM Superstars at the Oconaluftee River Stage in Cherokee. Hayes will play Aug. 8, with Eastern Blue Band Aug. 9, A-36 Band Aug. 15 and Am Superstars Aug. 16. All shows are at 8 p.m. Free.

Bluegrass jam in Fines Creek The 17th annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. Aug. 8 and 3 to 11 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Fines Creek Community Center. Friday’s lineup includes Eddie Rose & Highway 40, Whitewater Bluegrass Company, Mountain Faith and the Fines Creek Flatfooters. Saturday will feature Balsam Range, Dismembered Tennesseans, Buncombe Turnpike, Barefoot Nellie & Co. and the Southern Appalachian Cloggers. Tickets sold at the gate are $15 for Friday and $20 for Saturday. Children under age 16 are admitted free with a paying adult. Food and drinks will be for sale. Proceeds go to their nonprofit organization that provides scholarships for local students. 828.627.3080 or finescreekgirl@yahoo.com or www.finescreek.org.

• The Summer Live Music Series will continue with Heidi Holton, The Archrivals, The Freight Hoppers and Natty Love Joys at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Holton plays Aug. 8, with The Archrivals Aug. 9, The Freight Hoppers Aug. 15 and Natty Love Joys Aug. 16. Live music, barbecue and craft beer. All performances are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • Acoustic duo Liz & AJ Nance will perform at the Bryson City Train Depot. Liz & AJ Nance will play Aug. 9. Show is free and begins at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • The Sunday Concert Series will present Larry G. Davis and Sven Hoosen. A guitarist, Davis will perform classical, jazz, and other musical genres at the Canton Public Library. A mountain dulcimer player, Hoosen will play the Waynesville Public Library. Both performances will be at 3 p.m. Aug. 17.

• Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Jamunkatrons and James Stinnett will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville. Summers & Kram will play Aug. 7 and 14, with Jamunkatrons Aug. 8 and Stinnett Aug. 9. Thursday shows begin at 6 p.m., with weekend performances starting at 7 p.m. Free. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Hi 5 and bluegrass/Americana group Mangus Colorado will perform as part of the Saturdays on Pine concert series at KelseyHutchinson Park in Highlands. Hi 5 will play Aug. 9, with Mangus Colorado Aug. 16. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free. • Fred Kopp and The Johnny Webb Band will perform as part of the Friday Night Live concert series at Town Square in Highlands. Kopp plays Aug. 8, with Webb Aug. 15. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free. • The Asheville 96.5 House Band and progrockers Porch 40 will perform at Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park in Sylva. The Asheville 96.5 House Band will play Aug. 8, with Porch 40 Aug. 15. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Free. 828.586.2155.

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• Modern country act Fast Gear and bluegrass band Tugelo Holler will perform as part of Pickin’ on the Square at the gazebo in downtown Franklin. Fast Gear will play Aug. 9, with Tugelo Holler Aug. 16. All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free. 828.524.2516 or www.franklin-chamber.com.

• Appalachian/bluegrass group The Jeff Little Trio will perform at part of “An Appalachian Evening” concert series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center in Robbinsville. Cost is $25 for adults, $10 for students. Dinner services begin at 6 p.m. in the Schoolhouse Café. Next up in the series will be Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues Aug. 16. 828.479.3364 or www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

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• Jazz act Rockwell Scott & Friends and bluegrass group Unspoken Tradition will perform at Groovin’ on the Green at the Village Commons in Cashiers. Scott plays Aug. 8, with Unspoken Tradition Aug. 15. All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free. www.mountainlovers.com.

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• The Haywood Community Band will perform on Aug. 17 at the Maggie Valley Pavilion and Aug. 24 at the Stuart Auditorium in Lake Junaluska. Both shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. The program, titled “Out of the World,” will feature music from Star Trek, Star Wars, Avatar and other outer space shows and films. www.haywoodcommunityband.org.

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A critic’s guide to literary genres renamed ot so long ago, a neighbor in the building where I love in Montford, a budding comedian in her early 30s who works as a publicist for the Mast General Stores, was visiting with me in my apartment. We are both readers and began joking about bookstores and genres of literature. I mentioned a book that I categorized as Writer “chick-lit,” and my friend, who disliked this particular book, replied that it should be labeled “s**t-lit.” By then, a couple of gin-and-tonics were flowing through our veins, and we commenced, in deliberate but playful fashion, to liven up the nomenclature for literary classification. Back and forth we batted terms and definitions, sipping our drinks and bursting into laughter when one of our creations seemed particular apropos. Below are some of the categories we invented that evening. Perhaps the bubbles and gin made our contrivances appear more amusing than they actually are; that assessment I shall leave to you, dear readers. But whether you are a bookseller seeking to pull a sinking store from the storm or a bibliophile trying to put your shelves in order, please feel free to divide and label your collections employing our appellations, offered here in no particular order:

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Genres Renamed: n Chick-Lit: female authors and/or female audiences. Jane Austen remains the ruling monarch of this realm. n Git-Lit: books on bartending, wines, beers, spirits, and frat parties. Everyday Drinking by Kingsley Amis would provide the cornerstone of this edifice. n Lit-Lit: Books to read while drinking wine,

beer, and spirits. Also, books by and about alcoholic writers and recovering addicts. Especially recommended: The Thirsty Muse by Tom Dardis and any book by Augusten Burroughs. n Hit-Lit: A mélange of works on boxing, martial arts, and the Mafia. Look here for biographies of Muhammad Ali or Jimmy Hoffa. n Fit-Lit: The category for bodybuilding, sports, and exercise. n Mitt-Lit: Books on baseball, which as every used bookseller knows, is that category of sports which most appeals to buyers. This section would also include any biographies of the 2012 Republican presidential candidate. n Pit-Lit: NASCAR, of course. Also, barbeque recipes and accounts of life in hell. Featured selection: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. n Quit-Lit: More confessionals on addiction and recovery. n Wit-Lit: Home of Oscar Wilde, H.L. Mencken, and other iconoclasts. For special consideration: The Letters of Evelyn Waugh and any title by Judith Martin aka “Miss Manners.” n Tit-Lit: From novels to coffee table tomes, here is the domain of girls gone wild. Featured selection: Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds. n Clit-Lit: Women’s studies section. Also includes porn-lite/erotica books like Fifty Shades of Grey. n Prick-Lit: Men’s studies section. Also, all collected works on the appropriately named Anthony Weiner. Featured selection: Tropic of

Doomsday prepper presentation in Waynesville Doomsday prepper Scott Hunt will hold a discussion of his new book Practical Preppers: The Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 16 at Carolina Readiness Supply in Waynesville. The world we live in is an unstable one, from natural disasters of biblical proportions to concerns about the economic downturn and government shutdown. The dependency on widely distributed long distance systems for power, medicine, and food makes our society susceptible to attack, whether by foreign or domestic enemies, or the weather. Hunt, an experienced engineer and homesteader and the owner of Practical Preppers — the consultant firm featured on every episode of the hit National Geographic Channel series “Doomsday

Cancer by Henry Miller. n Zit-Lit: The “young adult” section. Featured book: The Hunger Games. n Flick-Lit: Books on film. n Sick-Lit: Medical dictionaries, off-the wallabsolutely-nuts cures for cancer and death, and tomes on natural medicine. n Brit-Lit: Chaucer to Hitchens, and everyone inbetween. Featured author: Antony Burgess. Though famous for A Clockwork Orange, Burgess also gave us the superior Earthly Powers, one of the great novels of the twentieth century. n Glit-Lit: Astronomy, astrology, and life among the glitterati. Books having anything to do with the Kardashians would be banned. n Grit-Lit: Books about those who chew tobacco, own guns, drive pickups, and eat biscuits with gravy. Featured book: Blood and Grits by Harry Crews. n Pig-Lit: Books about Winnie the Pooh’s companion. Also the repository for bacon cookbooks. n Twit-Lit: The metrosexual collection. n Nit-Lit: Insect books. Sub-section: Tick-Lit. Featured selection: Metamorphosis by Kafka. n Writ-Lit: Law and order books. All books on the Constitution, a document by which the United States was once governed. Featured author: John Grisham. n Crit-Lit: Books by celebrated critics, including pundits of the Left and Right Featured writers: Featured literary critics: Michael Dirda and Gregory Wolfe. Featured pundits: Al Franken and Ann Coulter. n S**t-Lit: Books not worth reading, but which nevertheless appear on the NYT’s BestSeller list. Included as well would be all those

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Appalachian culture through song, memoir Appalachian storyteller/musicians Jeremy Jones will explore the culture and history of the Blue Ridge Mountains with a performance at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Performing old-time banjo tunes and reading excerpts from his book Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland, Jones presents the sounds and stories of his native Appalachian mountains in a blending of personal narrative and folklore. In the book, Jones turns his attention to the complex and rich world of his Appalachian past and to under-

gaseous volumes written by presidential candidates and other politicians running for office. n Sit-Lit: Fat books requiring a comfortable chair and several days reading. Featured authors: James Michener, Susan Howatch, and Michael O’Brien (who is incapable of writing a book less than 500 pages long). n Kit-Lit: Books for cat lovers, including all 29 books of Lilian Jackson Braun’s mystery series “The Cat Who….” n It-Lit: Books on aliens. n Knit-Lit: What else but knitting? n Stick-Lit: Lacrosse. n Kick-Lit: Soccer. n Mick-Lit: The Irish collection. Featured author: James Joyce. n Dick-Lit: Detectives and who-done-its. Featured author: Raymond Chandler. n Shtick-Lit: Books by comedians. Specially feature: Jim Gaffigan’s Dad Is Fat. n Outwit-Lit: Spy novels. Special feature: Charles McCarry’s The Last Supper (Note: A wonderful book that I have just discovered). n Split-Lit: Books on divorce and abandonment. Books on multiple personality disorders. n Hypocrite-Lit: Certain political commentators from both left and right along with books by Al Gore and deserving pastors. n Intuit-Lit: Life among the Eskimos. n Spit-Lit: Books that make you made enough to want to spit. For conservatives, see Al Gore under Hypocrite-Lit. For liberals, see Ann Coulter under Crit-Lit. n Smit-Lit: Books on love. Special feature: Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things. n Admit-Lit: All confessionals, ranging from Rousseau to today’s “tell-alls.” n Requisite-Lit: Classics and other must-read books. n Sprit-Lit: Books for sailors. Featured: Master and Commander. n Snit-Lit: Books for those who pout, go off in a huff, or are easily enraged. Featured: Anger Management by Call M. Savage. (Read author’s name slowly for inside joke).

standing how this landscape shaped his own identity. Jones and his wife move into a small house above the creek where his family had settled 200 years prior, and he takes a job alongside his former teachers in the local elementary school. But living at the foot of Bearwallow Mountain after a year in Gracias, Honduras, makes Jones realize he has lost touch with his Appalachian-crafted voice. Thus, he sets out on a search that sends him burrowing into the past — hunting buried treasure and POW camps, unearthing Civil War graves and family feuds, exploring gated communities and tourist traps, encountering changed accents and immigrant populations, tracing Wal-Mart’s sidewalks and carvedout mountains — and pondering the future. His essays have been named Notable in Best American Essays, nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and awarded the Emma Bell Miles Prize. 828.586.9499.

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GOING THE DISTANCE Athletes flock to compete in Lake Logan Multisport Festival The Lake Logan Multisport Festival in Haywood Couty on Saturday featured a lineup of five outdoor sporting events over two days, attracting 1,223 participants. Of those, 1,005 finished their race. n Half-iron triathlon: 1.2-mile swim, 52-mile bike, 13.1-mile run. n International distance triathlon: 1500-meter swim, 24-mile bike, and 10K run. n Sprint distance triathlon: 500-meter swim, 12mile bike, and 5K run. n Aquabike: 1500-meter swim and 12-mile bike. n Aquathlon: 1500-meter swim and 5K run.

Clockwise from top: A swimmer waits for his race to start after testing the water in the pre-dawn air at the Lake Logan Multisport Festival. A biker adjusts his sunglasses at the start of the half-ironman’s 52-mile bike route. A staging area with rows and rows of bikes, running gear and discarded wetsuits gives athletes a place to transition between sports. Swimmers strip off their wetsuits as they run toward their bicycles. Holly Kays photos

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Sunrise was still hours away when the day started at Lake Logan. With the first starting gun firing at 7 a.m., Aug. 2 the throng of racers participating in the Lake Logan Multisport Festival had to get there early. By 5:30 a.m., N.C. 215 snaking from the Pigeon River Valley in Bethel up the flank of Cold Mountain was clogged with traffic, and one hour later, a mass of competitors, spectators, dogs and children had filled the bridge overlooking Lake Logan. “For a long time you could see headlights through the trees for quite a ways,” said Chris Shell, one of about 15 Haywood County sheriff ’s deputies policing the event. In all, more than 1,200 competitors journeyed to Haywood County from across the country for the weekend line-up of races put on by Glory Hound Events. Mostly cloudy and 60-something, the weather was the best a tri-athlete could ask of a southern August. But in the mountains, chances are generally good for a less-than-sweltering day, something that was a draw for many runners. “It’s 10 degrees cooler, so that’s nice,” said halfironman competitor Janynet Kizer, who lives near Raleigh. “It’s in the mountains, but the terrain of the bike course is not quite mountainous.” The half-ironman was a new event for this year, the eighth for the Lake Logan festival. The endurance-testing half-iron includes a 1.2-mile swim, 52-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run, but the festival also offers international and sprint distance triathlons, an aquathlon and an aquabike. The halfiron was largely responsible for more than doubling the festival’s turnout for 2014, bringing in 1,223 participants compared to 549 last year. Timing-wise, it works well into the schedules of those training for bigger races at the end of the season. “We’re fairly close to a couple of big races, Louisville and Chattanooga,” said organizer Greg Duff of Glory Houd Events. “It’s a good time to prep.” “He’s ready to go and I’m a nervous wreck,” said Raleigh resident Lindsey Yoder as her husband John helped her adjust her wetsuit prior to the start of her first half-iron. John had done a couple half-irons before, and the two started training together last September. The Yoders enjoy these kinds of races because it gives them something to do as a couple. Though Heather Osegueda sat on the sidelines for this one, she also sees racing as a way to unite the family. Since her 2-year-old son Kai was born, she’s done more watching than racing, but she travels with a group of friends whose husbands all train together in Greenville, South Carolina. They have a good time together. One day, she hopes to cheer Kai on in his first race. “My husband did an ironman when I was pregnant with him, and I had a shirt that said ‘Future Ironman’ on my belly,” she said. To the uninitiated, the thought of willingly completing such a long route might sound daunting. But for those that do it, it’s a way of life. “It’s one of those things that once you do it, it kind of gets in your blood,” said Jessica Justice, who watched with Osegueda. “Once you do it, every distance seems more do-able.”

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The Southern Appalachian Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host its 28th Annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, August 16, at the Crest Center & Pavilion in Asheville. Following a social hour, dinner will start at 7 p.m. The evening will feature a live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes. All money raised will go toward enhancing grouse and woodcock habitat. $70 individuals; $95 married couples;

$45 ages 17 and under. All tickets include membership. Dale Pennell, 828.231.7050.

Discover the bounty of seed libraries A workshop on seed libraries will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 12, at the Jackson County library in Sylva. Find out how to “borrow” seeds from the Sylva Sprouts seed library, and how to harvest and save your own seeds to go back into the library. Led by Lee Barnes, a doctorate in Environmental Horticulture, and Jenny McPherson, head of the Jackson County Farmers Market. 828.586.2016.

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lum the State of North Carolina requires to become an Emergency Medical Technician. Three weeks teaches all the information necessary to take the National Registry and North Carolina state exams to earn an EMT certification. n Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Oct. 6-31 This four-week course prepares students for certification as a North Carolina EMT or National Registry EMT and as a WEMT. The first three weeks of the experience focus on EMT training, with an immersion into urban care in the EMT Intensive course. For the final five days, students apply their urban emergency care knowledge to respond to emergencies in remote settings in the WMI Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals course. n Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals, Oct. 27-31 This five-day course is designed for EMTs, nurses, physicians, physician assistants, other medical professionals and medical students to learn how to improvise equipment, deal with challenging environments and make difficult medical decisions with confidence in remote locations.

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Landmark Learning, an outdoor training institute in Cullowhee, has released its fall lineup of outdoor safety training courses. With everything from how to doctor a snakebite in the backcountry to how to warm a hypothermic person fast, the courses provide the knowledge base outdoors professionals and recreaters need to stay safe. Fees vary. To register for any course, contact 828.293.5384 or main@landmarklearning.edu. All courses offered on the Cullowhee campus. n Wilderness First Responder, Sept. 6-14 This nine-day comprehensive wilderness medical course is the national standard for outdoor trip leaders. It trains participants to respond to emergencies in remote settings and gives them the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions. n Wilderness First Responder Recertification, Sept. 19-21 This three-day course recertifies people with WFR and WEMT training and includes Adult and Child CPR. n EMT Intensive, Oct. 6-25 This course provides a rapid, informative and thorough way to complete the 169-hour curricu-

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Western Carolina University ranked as the No.1 college for outdoor adventures in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic in a recent online poll by outdoors magazine Blue Ridge Outdoors. “WCU’s stunning campus is home to

Faith-inspired environmental advocacy is the focus of Western North Carolina Alliance’s newest program, Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina. The program started in two years ago as WNC Green Congregations and is now looking for donations to hire a director and further its effectiveness. The goal is to raise $29,500 by the end of August. “We are so happy that the Creation Care Alliance has chosen to be part of WNCA,” said Julie Mayfield, WNCA codirector. “We have worked closely with them for more than two years and have effectively supported each other’s efforts. Creation Care Alliance brings a vital and unique voice to environmental advocacy and education, and we help inform and focus their voice to be as strategic as possible.” The network of people of faith and congregations will work to bring practical and hopeful solutions to their congregations and to broader secular communities by engaging hearts and minds through education, service and advocacy. Its primary focus areas are “food and faith” and “just energy/climate change.” Among the group’s plans for the next year are clergy gatherings, educational panels and a local foods potluck. WNCA Campaign Coordinator Anna Jane Joyner, 828.258.8737, ext. 210. www.creationcarealliance.org.

some serious adventure. Both the Parks and Recreation Management department and the Base Camp Cullowhee outing program offer students a chance to get the quintessential experiential education experience,” magazine staff member Jess Daddio wrote in her story on the results, which appear in the new August issue. Base Camp Cullowhee offers student trips, equipment rental and experiential education in the classroom. Participation has skyrocketed over the last 10 years, from an average 300 to 400 student participations to more than 7,000 now. The growth has gone hand-in-hand with improvements to WCU’s recreational facilities, including an indoor climbing wall and an on-campus trail system with

WCU’s on-campus trail system provides seven miles of pathway for mountain biking, running and hiking. WCU photo

Biofuel bash in Sylva Land of Sky Regional Council will bring biofuels to Sylva with its Regional Biofuels Workshop 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 19. The workshop will focus on the mechanics and benefits of switching to biofuels and potential for improving fleet efficiency while promoting the local economy. Presentations and discussions lead by national and local experts will cover: overview, benefits and trends of biofuels; the market and supply chain for biofuels in Western North Carolina; local users’ experiences; related projects and programs. Free. Linda Glitz, 828.251.6622 or linda@landofsky.org.

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7 miles of pathway for mountain biking, hiking and running, which opened last year. WCU has also integrated outdoor activities with students’ classroom curriculum, said Josh Whitmore, WCU’s associate director of outdoor programs. “For example, a professor might approach us about including a climbing wall session, a group development team-building activity or a guided hike to a geologic feature in a class,” Whitmore said. A decade ago, the Base Camp staff included Whitmore and about half a dozen student workers, but now it takes three fulltime staffers and 20 to 25 students to keep the outdoor program going, he said. Accordingly, the university’s reputation among the general public and prospective students as an epicenter of outdoor adventure has grown over the years, Whitmore said. “Certainly, the mountain lifestyle is a big draw for folks. This ‘top adventure college’ title is a big part of building that reputation and will help with that for sure,” he said. In addition to parks and recreation management, other academic programs offered by WCU for students interested in careers in the outdoors are forest resources, hospitality and tourism and natural resource conservation and management.

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A 64-year-old Michigan man is recovering after a fall while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last Sunday afternoon (July 27), an accident that kept him and his rescuers holed up in the backcountry for 24 hours while waiting out a tremendous thunderstorm. Bill Runyon was hiking the Alum Cave Trail with family members when he fell more than 15 feet below the trail, sustaining back and neck injuries, rendering him unable to hike the 4 miles back to the trailhead. A team of 11 rangers arrived onscene by 4 p.m., but storms forced them to set up a temporary shelter around 8 p.m. about one mile from Alum Cave. They used tarps to keep Runyon, who was in stable condition, dry and warm. Two medics and two rangers spent the night on the mountain

with Runyon while the rest of the team departed until the rescue resumed in the morning, pulling in 18 members. Mount Leconte reported 3.61 inches of rain that night, and rangers also contended with wind and lightning. With several river crossings and a staircase through Arch

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Gunter Fork Trail reopened Gunter Fork Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now open for the first time since a landslide closed it in May. Repair work was difficult, as the trail passes through rocky, steep terrain. A landslide also closed the trail in 2011. Gunter Fork Trail is 4.1 miles long and lies in the east end of the park, connecting Camel Gap and Balsam Mountain trails. It’s a route from the Walnut Bottoms area up to Balsam Mountain and Mt. Sterling. www.nps.gov/grsm or 865.436.1297.

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Trout Unlimited welcomes Penrose The Cataloochee chapter of Trout Unlimited will welcome Dave Penrose, retired from the Water Quality Group at North Carolina State University, to speak at its upcoming meeting at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Tap Room of Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Penrose’ work has focused on using biological tools — specifically benthic insects

— in stream restoration. “We feel that it’s important for restoration scientists to become active participants in redefining stream mitigation policy and that ecological information is used to help redefine restoration effectiveness,” Penrose said. Ron Gaddy, tucataloochee427@gmail.com.

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An introductory kayak clinic Aug. 16-17 will give novice paddlers a chance to get a few strokes down. The clinic, organized by Jackson County Parks & Recreation, will begin with learning basics on the lake and progress to whitewater as the participants’ skills advance. Open to rising eighth graders and older. Registration open through Aug. 13 at the Cullowhee or Cashiers/Glenville recreation center. $80 per person includes lunch, transportation and equipment. 828.293.3053 or 828.631.2020.

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Smokies tourism translates into dollars for local economy According to a new National Park Service report, the 9.4 million people who visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2013 brought more than $734 million to communities near the park, supporting 10,734 local jobs. These figures are slightly down from 2012, when visitors spent about $741 in local communities. The 16-day government shutdown in October accounted for most of the difference, though the report’s authors also cited inflation adjustments as a cause. U.S. Geological Survey economists Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Christopher Huber conducted the survey along with Lynne Koontz of the National Park Service. Their report showed $14.6 billion of direct spending by 273.6 million national park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park, supporting more than 237,000 jobs for a cumulative economic benefit fo $26.5 billion. Lodging accounted for about 30 percent of the spending, followed by food and drink at 27 percent and fuel at 12 percent. The full report is available at www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/economics.cfm.

Highlands Biological dives into cliff ecology A cliff face might not seem like a hospitable place to forge a life, but for a goodsized group of endangered species, the craggy ledges and rock faces re home. Programs Aug. 14-15 at the Highlands Biological Station will highlight these important habitats. n As part of the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series, Gary Walker of Appalachian State University will give a talk on cliff-face ecology at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Walker, a forest ecologist, has been researching southern Appalachian cliff faces since 1982, his work taking him as far as Nepal and China. His research has unearthed entire plant communities of glacial relicts on cliff-faces, species previously unknown to science and ancient forests with trees older than 1,000 years. Free. n Gary Wein, botanist and executive director of the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, will lead an expedition from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 15 to explore a montane red cedar woodland, a cliff-face community, along the Fish Hawks in Macon County. The site is part of an HCLT conservation easement and is home to many rare and unusual plants, and its dry climate supports a diversity of reptiles. Moderately strenuous, less than one-mile each way. Bag lunch provided. Bring comfortable shoes, sun and rain gear and water. $30 members, $35 non-members. Register at www.highlandsbiological.org/forays.

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the first annual Riverfest Festival in Franklin, sponsored by the Franklin Daybreak Rotary. The 5K benefits several local charities. Cost is $20, or $25 after Aug. 14. www.franklinriverfest.com. n The Rotary Club of Highlands will host its second annual Twilight Rock ‘n Roll 5K beginning 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Kelsey Hutchinson Park, with check-in beginning 4 p.m. Walkers welcome. The first 100 participants will receive a t-shirt, kids will get glowsticks, the all finishers will get a free beer from Ugly Dog Pub. Awards will be given to top finishers, and a concert lasting until 10 p.m. will make it a whole night out. Chairs, coolers and refreshments are encouraged. $30 pre-registration and free for kids under 10; $35 on race day. Register at www.active.com/highlandsnc/running/distance-running-races/twilight-rock-n-roll-5k-2014-7223630.

the event, sponsored by the Haywood Chamber of Commerce. The Breakaway includes four rides with four distances ranging from 25 miles to 105 miles, including two rides with more than 30 miles of pedaling on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Riders will speed off from the gym at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center along their various routes. The ride highlights Haywood County as a road biking destination. “The ride has been a popular event every year with approximately 500 riders registering, most of whom come from outside the county and spend at least one night here in local lodging,” said Chamber President CeCe Hipps. “It has been a great success for the chamber in getting money from outside of the county to be spent with our local merchants and businesses.” Registration is available online up to the day before the event and in person the morning of the ride. www.blueridgebreakaway.com or 828.456.3021.

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August is runners’ month in Western North Carolina. A slate of races throughout the region will give athletes a chance to stretch their legs. n The Main Street Mile Run for Children will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in downtown Waynesville. It ends in front of the courthouse after a one-mile jaunt down Main Street that is mostly downhill. The run, now in its fifth year, will benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville, South Carolina. The first 300 runners will receive a free race t-shirt, and a post-race party featuring live music by Fire Ball Coma, food, drinks, local beer and games for kids will be part of the fun. Runners will also get a loaded race schwag bag. Awards given to top racers. $20 until Aug. 21; $25 on race day. www.communityfitnessevents.com/waynesville-main-street-mile/ n The 33rd annual Maggie Valley Moonlight Run and Sunset Run will be held Saturday, Aug. 23. Hosted by the Town of Maggie Valley and the Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Sunset Fun Run for children will begin at 7:45 p.m., taking place entirely inside the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. The 8K road race will start at 8:30 p.m., beginning and ending at the Festival Grounds after traveling up and back along Soco Road in the heart of Maggie Valley. The Sunset Fun Run will pre-

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cede the adult race at 7:45 pm. $35 through Aug. 21 and $40 on race day for the 8K; $10 for the fun run. Awards will be given to top finishers. Register at www.imathlete.com/events/eventoverview.aspx?fEID=19010. n The Franklin Riverfest 5K will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, along the Little Tennessee Greenway in conjunction with

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • $10 Fall Fix: get unfixed pets for spay/neuter and rabies vaccination for only $10 through Nov. 30, through Haywood Spay/Neuter. Pet owner must live in Haywood County and sign their pets up at the Haywood Spay/Neuter office, noon to 6 p.m. open Tuesday through Friday. 452.1329. • Sign up for local emergency notifications in Jackson County, noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 6, Jackson County Department on Aging, Sylva. No appointment necessary. Free service. 586.4944. • Franklin Open Forum, “Does happiness come from yourself or each other?” 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub, 58 Stewart St., Franklin. Open exchange of ideas. 371.1020. • The North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs (NCDVA) commemorative event, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, Haywood Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 215 N. Main St., Waynesville. The event will highlight the signing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed by both the houses of the U.S. Congress on August 7, 1964 and signed into law on August 10, 1964. 646.6937. • Beaverdam Community Center meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, Beaverdam Community Center, North Canton Road, 648.0552. • Inaugural Haywood County Fall Sports Tailgate Kickoff Party, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, at Smathers Square on Main Street, Canton, to promote fall sports programs for Pisgah High School, Tuscola High School and Western Carolina University. • Jackson County Board of Commissioners public hearing, 5:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, Smokey Mountain Elementary School Cafeteria, 884 US Highway 441 North, Whittier. Input wanted on “US 441 Ordinance Amendments.” jacksonnc.org/planning. • New support group, The Compassionate Friends of Western North Carolina, for families who have had a child die, holds monthly meetings at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month in the Dugan Classroom of Long’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Clyde. John Chapman, chapter leader, 356.6877 or tcfofwnc@gmail.com. Park at the rear of the church and enter the building across the elevated cement sidewalk that leads to the second floor room #210, which is the first door on the right.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Computer Class, PIXLR, 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, Jackson County Public Library, 586.2016. • Leadercast event, featuring internationally renowned speakers, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, Ruby Cinemas, Georgia Road, Franklin. Tickets, $50, includes catered meal, snacks and breakout networking sessions. sitedart.net/leadercast or in person at the Dnet office, 189 East Palmer St., Franklin. 877.790.7263. Continuing Education Credits available for some professions. • Open House, 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services new event center, 248 N. Main St., Waynesville. Ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. 476.5070. • Cashiers Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, The Rotary Club of Cashiers/Summit Charter School. 743.5191. • Haywood Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 19, Laurel Ridge Country Club. Guest speaker is Marcy Breault, founder and president of the Protocol and Etiquette School.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. • Land of Sky Regional Council Regional Biofuels Workshop 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, Sylva. Free. Linda Glitz, 251.6622 or or linda@landofsky.org.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • A Celebration of Humane Heroes: The 2014 CHHS Patron Party, 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, The Farm at Old Edwards Inn, Cashiers. Featuring worldrenowned dog trainer, best-selling author, and star of the hit TV series “It’s Me or the Dog” on Animal Planet and CBS’s “Greatest American Dog”, Victoria Stilwell. Seats are $375 per person ($750 per couple), and tables of 10 can be reserved for $3,500. 743.5752 or email info@chhumanesociety.org. • Penland School of Crafts 29th annual Benefit Auction, Aug. 8-9, Penland campus, 52 miles north of Asheville. Live and silent auctions, food, music, artist displays and more. Reservations required. 765.2359, ext. 30, send e-mail to auction@penland.org, or follow the auction link at www.penland.org. • Altrusa Back to School Tennis Shoe Drive, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Walmart, Waynesville. Accepting donations of new tennis shoes for sizes K-12. www.waynesvillealtrusa.org. • School supplies fundraiser, Monday, Aug. 11, at Jack the Dipper Ice Cream, Waynesville and Sylva locations), where 10 percent of sales will go directly to the Jackson and Haywood public schools for distribution. 342-2060. • Haywood County Fairgrounds annual fish fry, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, Haywood County Fairgrounds. $10. Children under eight years of age are free. Proceeds to help the Fairgrounds with operating funds. Mehaffey, 508.2972, or the Haywood County Cooperative Extension Office, 456.3575. Tickets at Haywood County Cooperative Extension Office. • Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Yard Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 Western Carolina University Ramsey Activity Center. 586.2155.

BLOOD DRIVES Haywood • American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, MedWest Haywood, 75 Leroy George Road, Clyde. 800.REDCROSS. • Heather Reid Memorial Blood Drive at First United Methodist Church, 1 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, 566 South Haywood Street, Waynesville. 800.REDCROSS. • American Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 68 Foxwood Drive, Waynesville. 800.REDCROSS.

Macon • American Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Mountain Valley Fire Department, 188 Echo Valley Road, Franklin. 332.7094 or visit www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code: Mountain Valley.

and up. Offered by Macon County Public Health and Macon County Senior Services. Registration, fees, or location at 349.2086.

RECREATION & FITNESS • Football and Spirit Clinic, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Franklin High School gymnasium and practice field. Open to all rising K through sixth grade students. $20 per child with discounts available for multiple children from the same family. Registration forms available at any school office or the front desk of Angel Medical Center. 349.6639.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • Signature Series, featuring award-winning writer and permaculture gardener, Fred Bahnson, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, Terrace Auditorium, Lake Junaluska. Book signing will follow. Free. www.lakejunaluska.com/signatureseries. 800.222.4930 • Fred Bahnson, guest preacher, 2014 Summer Worship Series, 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska. 800.222.4930

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HEALTH MATTERS • Diabetes and Chronic Disease Self-Management Training programs, 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 and 14, followed by six weeks of chronic disease education. For ages 14

• Noon, Thursday, Aug. 14 – Saving Seeds, Lunch and Learn ECA, Conference Room of Community Service Center, Sylva. • 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15 and Friday, Aug. 22—ECA Craft Club Workshop – Rug Braiding, Conference Room of Community Service Center, Sylva. Call Extension Office for more information and to sign up for the workshop. • 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 – Sew Easy Girls ECA, Conference Room of Community Service Center, Sylva. • 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 – Overview of Extension Programs, Cane Creek ECA. Call the Extension Office for more information.

• Get The Most From Your Ipad/Iphone, 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, through Aug. 26. Senior Resource Center of Haywood County, 81 Elmwood Way, Waynesville. Free. 356.2800, haywoodseniors.org.

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KIDS & FAMILIES • Space Exploration, 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, HCPL Waynesville branch. Learn about the solar system and make a portable planetarium. 648.2924, Canton; 452.5169, Waynesville. • Parents as Teachers Water Olympics, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, American Legion Field, behind Bogarts in Waynesville. • Woodsy Owl’s Curiosity Club, 10:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursdays, Cradle of Forestry. Summer nature series for children ages 4-7 years old. $4 per child for each program. 877.3130.

Literary (children) • Family Story time: Summertime story time, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. • Family Story time: Fish, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. • Lego Club, for ages 5 and up, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. • Children’s Story time, 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 586.2016. • Children’s Story time, 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 586.2016. • Lego Club, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Jackson County Public Library, Sylva. JCPL 586-2016. • Seed Library Program, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Jackson County Public Library, Sylva. 586.2016.

Swain • American Red Cross Blood Drive. 1 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, Victory Baptist Church, 2175 Fontana Road, Bryson City. 488.7888.

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ECA EVENTS Extension and Community Association (ECA) groups meet throughout the county at various locations and times each month. 586.4009. This month’s meetings, listed by date, include: • 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 – Craft Project, Potpourri ECA, Conference Room of Community Service Center, Sylva.

• Macon County Democratic Men’s Club will host a discussion on “Changes in Mental Health Services,” 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, Macon County Democratic Headquarters, 251 Sloan Road, Franklin. Led by Macon County Commissioner Ronnie Beale.

GOP • Mountain High Republican Women’s Club meeting, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Trillium Links and Lake Club. Guest speaker is Sen. Debby Sanderson. Reservations, 743-6491 or email mtnrepublicanwomen@yahoo.com. • Jackson County Republicans’ “Party for the Party—A GOP Cabaret” 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Country Club of Sapphire Valley, featuring entertainers Billy Dean and Dawn. 507.0322 or email jacksonctygop@yahoo.com.

Others • Libertarian Party of Haywood County monthly meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Organic Beans, 1110 SoCo Road, Maggie Valley. • OccupyWNC General Assembly, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Room 246 Jackson Justice Center, 401 Grindstaff Road, Sylva. 743.9747 • WCU Political Debate Series, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, between Mark Meadows (R-Jackson) and Tom Hill (DHenderson), Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center on the WCU campus; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, between Joe Sam Queen (D-Haywood) and Mike Clampitt (RSwain), Health and Human Sciences Building on WCU’s West Campus; and 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, between Jim Davis (R-Macon) and Jane Hipps (D-Haywood), Room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences Building. All debates will be broadcast live online by WLOS-TV on www.wlos.com.

SUPPORT GROUPS Jackson • Volunteer training to support patients under palliative care or hospice treatment, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday,

Aug. 9, LifePath office, 26 WestCare Drive, Suite 301, Sylva. 12 hours of training are required for those wishing to volunteer. Lauren Stafford, 631.1702.

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• 17th annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam, 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, and 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Fines Creek Community Center. Proceeds go to educational scholarships for Fines Creek area students. Rain or shine. Bring a chair or a blanket. Tickets $15 at the gate Friday, Aug. 8, and $20 Saturday. Children under 16 admitted free with a paying adult. Patricia Fricks, FCBG Jam coordinator, 627.3080 or e-mail finescreekgirl@yahoo.com. www.finescreek.org. • The Buddy Holly Summer Dance Party, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9, and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, HART Theatre, 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville. All adult tickets are $25, and include hamburgers, hot dogs and lemonade. Proceeds to benefit HART’s building fund. 456.6322, www.harttheatre.com.

• Street dance, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 8, downtown Waynesville. Live music by Whitewater Bluegrass and The Trantham Family, with clogging by the Dixie Darlin’s. Dancing led by Joe Sam Queen. All skill levels welcomed to participate. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• “An Appalachian Evening” with the Jeff Little Trio, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, Robbinsville. $25 for adults, $10 for students. Dinner services begin at 6 p.m. in the Schoolhouse Café. 479.3364 or www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

• Creative Endeavors arts and crafts show, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 8-9, Harrell Center, Lake Junaluska. Presented by the Junaluska Woman’s Club.

• Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus, 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, Tartan Hall, First Presbyterian Church, downtown Franklin. 524.7683 or www.artscouncilofmacon.org.

• Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show, Aug. 8-9, Wayne Proffitt Agricultural Center, Macon County Fairgrounds, Franklin. Bring non-perishable food items to donate to the 100KCBS Meals Mission. Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society. Mountain High BBQ Festival will work with CareNet to distribute the food to those in need. www.MountainHighBBQFestival.com, www.kcbs.us. • 2014 Haywood County Fair, Aug. 19-24, Haywood County Fairgrounds.

• Jackson County Genealogical Society, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Community Room of the Historic Jackson County Courthouse, Sylva. Program, Dillsboro’s Monteith Cove. 631.2646. • Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fight Lab, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center, 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee. Must be 21 or older. Tickets, www.Ticketmaster.com. • Dayton Duncan, who worked with Ken Burns to write and produce The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, is the keynote speaker at 1 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Gather ‘Round the Blue Ridge, Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center, Asheville. Tickets, $50, at www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/gather-round-2014.

• “Understanding our Past, Shaping our Future,” exhibition of Cherokee language and culture, is on display at the Snowbird Complex in Robbinsville through August 29th. 479.6178. • Cherokee Bonfire and Storytelling, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday nights, through Aug. 30, Oconaluftee Island Park, US 19 and 441 N. • Bingo, 5:45 p.m. Thursdays, through Sept. 5 in the Pavilion next to Maggie Valley Town Hall. Cash prizes.

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• Music with Marshall Ballew, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Meeting Room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. • Dailey & Vincent, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, Franklin. Tickets start at $20. www.GreatMountainMusic.com, 866.273.4615. • Unto These Hills outdoor drama, 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, through Aug. 16, Mountainside Theater, Cherokee. 866.554.4557 or www.visitcherokenc.com. • Appalachian Fire, 3 p.m. Aug. 17, Swain County Center for the Arts, Bryson City. 488.7843, www.swain.k12.nc.us/cfta. • The Ubuntu Choir of the Great Smoky Mountains will perform at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cullowhee. • Haywood Community Band free concerts, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17,Maggie Valley Pavilion adjacent to the Maggie Town Hall and and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, at the lakefront next to Lake Junaluska Assembly’s Stuart Auditorium. Rhonda Wilson Kram, 456.4880, www.haywoodcommunityband.org. • Sunday Concert Series of the Haywood County Arts Council, guitarist Larry G. Davis, 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, Haywood County Public Library, Canton branch. • Sunday Concert Series of the Haywood County Arts Council, mountain dulcimer player Sven Hoosen , 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, Meeting Room, Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville.

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• Haywood County Fair Spelling Bee, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, Apple Orchard Building, Haywood County Fairgrounds. Three bees featuring spellers from each of Haywood County’s 12 elementary schools, three middle schools, and high schools. 456.3575.

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• The Shelton House, which houses the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts in Waynesville, will be featured on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Weekend,” in a segment called “Collecting Carolina,” 9 p.m. Aug. 7; 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8; and 10 a.m. Aug. 9, UNC-TV. www.sheltonhouse.org, 452.1551.

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• Essential tremor support group meeting, 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Alliance Bible Church, 501 N. River Road, Sylva. Presented by the International Essential Tremor Foundation. Serves Jackson, Macon, Swain and Haywood counties. Ted Kubit, 631.5543 or tkubit@frontier.com.

WCU’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. The playbill includes two plays and two musicals. Tickets, 227.2479 or go online to bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

• Masters of Illusion, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center, Cherokee. 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee. www.Ticketmaster.com. • Season subscriptions for the 2014-15 Galaxy of Stars Series at Western Carolina University’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. All seven shows, $120 for adults, $45 for students and children. $110, WCU faculty and staff. Single-show tickets go on sale Aug. 12. 227.2479, www.bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. • Gaither Homecoming Tour, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Western Carolina University’s Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Tickets are $73 for platinum seating, $36 for artist circle seating, $26 for regular reserved seating and $23 for seniors and children. Groups of 15 or more with reservations, $21 per person. 227.7677. 227.7722 or visit the Ramsey Activity Center box office.

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• The hour-long radio show Stories of Mountain Folk airs at 9 a.m. every Saturday on its home station, WRGC Jackson County Radio, 540 AM on the dial, broadcasting out of Sylva. Stories of Mountain Folk is an ongoing all-sound oral history program produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia (CSA), a western North Carolina not-for-profit, for local radio and online distribution.

LITERARY (ADULTS) • Appalachian Culture Through Song and Memoir with Jeremy Jones, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, City Lights Bookstore, Sylva. 586.9499. • The Artist and Writer Retreats + Workshops, Sept. 15-21, Lake Logan Retreat Center. Details, www.cullowheemountainarts.org or 342.6913.

NIGHT LIFE • Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Aug. 7; Jamunkatrons, Aug. 8; and James Stinnett, Aug. 9, Frog Level Brewing Company, Waynesville. Thursday shows begin at 6 p.m.; weekend performances, 7 p.m. Free. 454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com. • Singer-songwriter Randy Flack, Aug. 8 and 15; and southern rock outfit The Soco Creek Band, Aug. 9, Fontana Village Resort. 7 p.m. www.fontanavillage.com. • Cruso Circle Play & Jam, 7 p.m. every Tuesday, Cruso Community Center and Friendship Club in Canton. www.facebook.com/crusocircleplayjam. • Friday Night Jazz! with The Kittle & Collings Duo, 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 8, Lulu’s on Main, Sylva. www.mountainlovers.com. • Wade Baker, Aug. 7 and 10; Natty Love Joys, Aug. 8; and ENE, Aug. 9, all at 8 p.m. No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Free. 586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Rough & Tumble, Aug. 8, Nantahala Brewing, Bryson City. 8 p.m. Free. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

MUSIC JAMS • 7 p.m. Fridays, Pickin’ in the Park, through Labor Day, Canton • Community music jam, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, library auditorium, Marianna Black Library, downtown Bryson City. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. 488.3030.

DANCE • Second Sunday Contra Dance, 2:30 to 5 p.m. Aug. 10, Community Room, Jackson County Library Complex, Sylva. Diane Silver will call. Music by Out of the Woodwork led by Margie McDonald. Potluck dinner will follow. Bring covered dish, plate, cup and cutlery and water bottle. ronandcathy71@frontier.com.

FOOD & DRINK • “Way Back When,” dinners at Cataloochee Ranch to celebrate its 80th anniversary: Aug. 15. $31.95 per person. Reservations, 926.1401 or 800.868.1401. Meet at ranch house at 5:30 pm, rain or shine, to board the wagon ride to the camp. www.cataloocheeranch.com. • Mountain Heritage Day Best in the West Sweet Potato Recipe, Sept. 26, Western Carolina University. Baked goods should be dropped off from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in the Cordelia Camp Building on campus. Details at 586.4009, 227.7129, embaker@wcu.edu, or www.mountainheritageday.com • Gathering Table, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, at The

Community Center, Route 64, Cashiers. Provides fresh, nutritious dinners to all members of the community regardless of ability to pay. Volunteers always needed and donations gratefully accepted. 743.9880.

ART/GALLERY EVENTS & OPENINGS • Sylva Art Stroll, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, downtown Sylva. 337.3468, 421.4969. • Artist demonstration, Sylva Art Stroll, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, It’s By Nature, 678 W. Main St., Sylva. 631.3020. • Artists reception, 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sylva Art Stroll, Friday, Aug. 8, Gallery 1, 604 Main St., Sylva. • Third annual fundraiser for the nonprofit Cullowhee Mountain Arts is currently underway. Tickets for the Aug. 21 artwork drawing are available for purchase, price ranges are between one ticket for $20 and 12 for $100. www.cullowheemountainarts.org. • “FLORA: Contemporary Botanical Prints from the FAM’s Littleton Studios Vitreograph Archive,” through Sept. 5, Fine Art Museum, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, WCU. 227.3591 or fineartmuseum.wcu.edu. • Climatic Contours, an exhibition of large scale paintings, by Craig Voligny, through Sept. 7, North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way Asheville. www.ncarboretumregistration.org. • Crafters wanted for the 5th Balsam Crafters Art/Craft Show, Aug. 30 and Nov. 29, Balsam Fire Department. No tent needed; show inside. 226.9352, 269.8604. • Artists get two festivals for the price of one: Dillsboro’s 125th Birthday Fall Festival, Sept. 6, and Dillsboro Fine Arts & Crafts Fair COLORFAIR, Oct. 4. www.visitdillsboro.org, 506.8331, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce or Town Hall in Dillsboro.

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• Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts department 2014 Graduate Show, through Sept. 14, Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center, Mile Post 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville. 565.4159.

CLASSES, PROGRAMS & DEMONSTRATIONS • Art League of Highlands-Cashiers monthly meetings, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 25, Sept. 29 and Oct. 27, The Bascom in Highlands. Guests welcome. www.artleagueofhighlands.com.

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• Lens Luggers of WNC Field Photography Program with Bob Grytten, 8 a.m. Wednesday mornings, Aug. 13, 20 and 27, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 12, 19 and 26, Old Armory, Waynesville. $45 for the Wednesday morning shoots and $15 for the Tuesday evening class events. Register, 627.0245, bobgry@aol.com or www.lensluggerworld.com. • Online editing digital photos class, 5:45 p.m. Aug. 6. Offered by the Jackson County Public Library. The class will introduce participants to a free online image editing website called Pixlr. Learn to create a collage, resize, crop and apply special effects to images. Free. 586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org. • The Exotic & Popular Body Art of Henna by Mary DeHart Bennett, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Meeting Room, Macon County Public Library, Franklin.

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• Western North Carolina Woodturners Club meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, Blue Ridge School, 95 Bobcat Drive, Cashiers. Drive to the back of the school to the woodworking shop. Visitors welcomed. • Extension and Community Association Craft Club rug braiding workshop, 9 a.m. Aug. 15 and 22 at the Community Service Center, Sylva. 586.4009. • Call for artists and volunteers to works hands-on with children for 2014 Youth Arts Festival, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Jackson County Green Energy Park. www.jcgep.org.

FILM & SCREEN • New movie starring Lake Bell, 4:40 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, Meeting Room, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. Rated R. • Classic 1940’s drama starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Claudette Colbert, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. www.fontanalib.org. • “God’s Not Dead,” 7:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, The Strand, 38 Main, downtown Waynesville. www.38Main.com. Tickets, $6 for adults, $4 for children. • Disney’s Bears, 7:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15; 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, The Strand, 38 Main, downtown Waynesville. www.38Main.com. Tickets, $6 for adults, $4 for children. • Family classic movie, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, Marianna Black Library, Bryson City, based on a book by Neil Gaiman, featuring a curious, young Coraline. 488.3030. • New movie about a book thief during World War II Germany, 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. • Biographical drama from 1959 starring Shelley Winters, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, Meeting Room, Macon County Public Library. • “Disney’s Bears,” 7:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15; 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, The Strand, 38 Main, Waynesville. • Saturday morning cartoons, 10 a.m., The Strand, 38 Main, Waynesville. 283.0079 or www.38main.com. • The Mad Batter Food & Film now showing featured films, 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, downtown Sylva location. Special kids’ matinee at 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Movie listings and information, www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. 586.3555.

Outdoors OUTINGS, HIKES & FIELDTRIPS • Nantahala Hiking Club annual Club Picnic, 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, Watauga Vista Club House. Bring a dish to share, dinnerware and cup. www.nantahalahikingclub.org or 369.6820. • Rockin’ Naturalist Guided Hikes, 11 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, Aug. 9, 16, 23 and 30, Chimney Rock State Park. chimneyrockpark.com. • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy birding hike with Simon Thompson of Ventures Birding, 9 a.m. Roan High Knob, Saturday, Aug. 9. No dogs. Register at Anna@appalachian.org, Appalachian.org. • Swimming Hole Hike, Aug. 10. Meet at 1 p.m. at the Cullowhee Recreation Center to ride in a van or meet at 2 p.m. at the trail head. Register until Aug. 8 at the

• Nature Photography Exhibit: Our Spectacular Southern Appalachians, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Cradle of Forestry, Pisgah National Forest. $5 for 16 and up. Youth free.

• Franklin Bird Club bird walk, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, Greenway. Meet at Salali Lane. 524.5234.

• Free guided, themed nature walks, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Highlands Botanical Garden, Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623.

• Classic Hike of the Smokies, Tuesday, Aug. 12, to Charlies Bunion, led by hiking guide and author, Danny Bernstein. Register at outreach.nc@friendsofthesmokies.org or 452.0720. • Wild Mushroom Walks, 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15 and 19, Chimney Rock State Park. Meet at Grady’s Den. http://chimneyrockpark.com/events/month. • NC Trail Maintenance, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Shortoff Trail, Linville Gorge Wilderness. Meet at Table Rock picnic area, Grandfather District, Pisgah National Forest. www.wilderness.org. • Carolina Mountain Club Hike, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Art Loeb, Grassy Cove Ridge to Bridges Camp. Brenda Worley, 684.8656, clworley@bellsouth.net, www.carolinamountainclub.org. • Carolina Mountain Club Hike, 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, Ivestor Gap, Blueberry Hike. Limited to 10 hikers. Reservations at Bonnie Allen, 645.0357; cell, 707.6115, bonnie@allencats.com. • August 18 Franklin Bird Club meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, Macon County Public Library, Franklin. “Bird-friendly Gardening” by Kim Brand, communities project coordinator, Audubon North Carolina. 524.5234. • Franklin Bird Club bird walk, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, along the Greenway. Meet at the Macon County Public Library. 524.5234. • Franklin Bird Club bird Walk, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, along the Greenway. Meet at Salali Lane. 524.5234.

• Learn about the eating habits of the Highlands Nature Center’s animals, 11 to 11:30 a.m., Fridays, Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. All ages. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623. • Featured Creature program, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Saturdays Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. All ages. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623. • Blue Ridge Parkway’s Pisgah District summer program schedule: Hike of the Week, 10 a.m. Fridays, between Milepost 356 and 469; Evening Campfire, 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Milepost 408.8; After Hours Hike, Parkway ranger guided hike, 7 p.m. every other Thursday, along Mountains-To-Sea Trail near Asheville; Family Night, 7 to 8:30 p.m. every other Thursday, opposite After Hours Hike, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville, milepost 384. www.nps.gov/blri, or 298.5330, ext. 304.

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS • Tuckasegee Nature Series presents “Golden Winged Warbler and Early Successional Habitat,” by Patrick Farrell, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Jackson County Public Library Community Room, 310 Keener St., Sylva. • Zahner Lecture Series presents “Swamp Monsters and Bone-Eating Snot Flowers: Poetry and the Nonhuman World,” 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Highlands Nature Center, 930 Horse Cove Road, Highlands. Featuring Dr. Catherine Carter. Highlands

Nature Center, 930 Horse Cove Road in Highlands, at 6:30pm on Thursday nights. www.highlandsbiological.org or call 526.2221. • Highlands Plateau Audubon Society annual picnic, 5 p.m. Aug. 10, Highlands Civic Center/Recreation Park. $5 per person. Reservations, Dee Andry, 787.1586. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org. • Trout Unlimited Cataloochee meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa, Tap Room, 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. Ron Gaddy, tucataloochee427@gmail.com. • Golden Winged Warbler and Early Successional Habitat, Patrick Farrell, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, Community Room, Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. • Southern Appalachian Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society’s 28th annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Crest Center & Pavillion, 22 Celebration Place, Asheville. Dale Pennell, 231.7050. • Map and Compass Navigation Basics, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, REI Asheville. $30 REI members, $50 non-members. Registration required, www.rei.com/event/43656/session/96933. • Village Nature Series: Wolf Tales, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, The Village Green Commons, Frank Allen Road, Cashiers. • Village Nature Series: The Scoop on Poop and Facts about Tracks, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, The Village Green Commons, Frank Allen Road, Cashiers. • WMI - Wilderness First Responder (WFR), nine-day comprehensive wilderness medical course, Sept. 1614, Cullowhee. Landmark Learning, 293.5384 or email main@landmarklearning.edu. • WMI - Wilderness First Responder Recertification, threeday course, Sept. 19-21, Cullowhee. Landmark Learning, 293.5384 or email main@landmarklearning.edu.

• Family Night, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Canton Recreation Park Swimming Pool. Enjoy the new diving board. $2 per person.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • Madison Hornbuckle Charity Golf Tournament, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. Tee Off, Saturday, Aug. 9, Sequoyah National. 736.2408, 736.0005, 508.3139. • Register now for the Blue Ridge Breakaway, Aug. 16, and save $10 on registration fee. Enjoy scenic and challenging rides through areas near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Pisgah National Forest. Choose from four rides: Hawk (105.8miles), Trout (75 miles), Panther (50.8 miles), and Rabbit (26.5). Register at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp. • Main Street Mile, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, downtown Waynesville. Post-race party featuring music of Fireball Coma, kids’ activities, food and local craft beer. Proceeds to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Details and registration, www.communityfitnessevents.com. • Maggie Valley Moonlight Run, 7:30 p.m. new Sunset Fun Run, 8:30 p.m. traditional 8K, Saturday, Aug. 23, Maggie Valley. www.gloryhoundevents.com/maggievalley-moonlight-run. • Richard’s Run, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, Catalooche Ranch, Maggie Valley. 5K mountain trail run crossing the mile-high ranch grounds honors Cataloochee Ranch founders Mr. Tom and Miss Judy Alexandar’s grandson, Richard Coker, who lost his battle with brain cancer in 2013. $25 entry fee. www.Richardsrun.org.

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CNA will work with adults and older adults to assist with activities of daily living. They will be required to assist with bathing, toileting, dressing, feeding and transferring/ambulating. Other duties include light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, and running errands/shopping. CNA certification is highly preferred, but not always required. Full time, part time and PRN positions available.

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HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL Positions now available: Family Nurse Practitioner, ER Registered Nurses, Clinical Coordinator, Certified Nursing Assistant, Maintemance Mechanic, Receptionist and Dietary Aide. Benefits available the first of the month following 60 days of full-time employment. PreEmployment screening required. Call Human Resources. 828.526.1376, or apply online at: www.highlandscashiershospital. org

HS LEAD TEACHER- Haywood County- This position requires a BK /BS degree in Early Childhood Education or related field, good judgment/problem, solving skills, 2 yrs. experience and the ability to work well with families of diverse population. Basic computer skills are helpful. This is a 10 month position with benefits that includes 12 paid holidays, retirement, health, dental, vision, short term/long term disability insurance.

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EMPLOYMENT The North Carolina Department of Commerce Division of Workforce Solutions (previously known as Employment Security Commission) assists individuals who need help getting back to work and in finding the training they need to find a job.

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HEAD START/NC PRE-K TEACHER Haywood County –Two PositionsMust have a Birth –K with teaching license. This position requires computer skills, the ability to work with diverse populations/community partners, 2 yrs. experience in Pre-K classroom, good judgment/problem solving skills, lead role in classroom and time management skills. Candidates will be responsible for classroom/paperwork. This is a 10 month position with full time benefits that includes health, dental, vision, short term/long term disability, and life insurance and retirement.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. 20 ACRES ONLY $99/mo. Hurry, Only a Few Remain! Owner Financing. NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee 1.800.343.9444 Landbrkr@gmail.com. SAPA MULTI-PROPERTY AUCTION ONLINE- NC, VA & WV Residential Lots, Home & Boat Slips. Jax Auctioneers, d/b/a Stephen Jax & Associates NC:8879,7103, Broker,178605 VA:2907002985 WV:839, Broker -26633 www.StephenJax.com. 888.237.4252.

HOMES FOR SALE FORECLOSURE NC Mtns. Handcrafted log cabin on 2 ac. w/stream. Lg loft open living area, private setting, needs work. Only $67,100, won't last. 828.286.2981. - HORSE PROPERTY Cullowhee, 3/BR 2/BA house and 3 stall center aisle barn with tack room. 6.39+/- acres. Upgraded construction. Open living /dinning. Quartz counter kitchen, Master en suite custom bath, shower. Laundry/mud room. Screened back porch. Fenced pasture. Large attached double carport, 8 minutes to WCU. State maintained road. $329,000. 828.293.1064 BRUCE MCGOVERN A Full Service Realtor shamrock13@charter.net McGovern Property Management 828.283.2112.

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COMM. PROP. FOR SALE APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR SALE 14 - 2/BR Units. Excellent Rental History. Sylva Area. Call Broker, Robert A. Kent, NC Broker Lic. #274102, The R.A. Kent Co., LLC 828.550.1455

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SHOOTING RESTRICTION ACROSS 1 “Got it!” 4 Defraud 8 Ice hockey footwear 14 “L’-!” (toast in Hebrew) 19 Trusts in 21 1960s-’70s Ford model 22 Giant in life insurance 23 Believability 24 “Gone” star Seyfried 25 Step 26 Start of a riddle 29 Doofus: Var. 32 Suffix with dull or drunk 33 On the whole 34 Riddle, part 2 43 Diamond legend Mel 44 Factual 45 “XXX’s and -” (Trisha Yearwood country hit) 46 French female friend 50 Riddle, part 3 57 Clapton and Carmen 58 - a scratch (no damage) 59 Due 60 Chocolate-andcaramel candy 61 Commotion 64 Bicker 67 Uno plus uno 68 Riddle, part 4 72 Bargain basement container 74 “- La Vida Loca” (1999 hit song) 75 Fighting fish 76 They’re in some pods 79 Frittata, e.g.

81 Sheltered from the wind 82 Celtic tongue 83 Riddle, part 5 90 Purveyed 91 Swerve 92 Go via ship 93 “First Blood” director Kotcheff 94 End of the riddle 100 Helix shape 104 52, to Cato 105 Termite lookalikes 106 Riddle’s answer 115 Rushed, as to attack 116 J. Paul Getty or J.R. Ewing 117 Sparkling 121 Cold - (very unfriendly) 122 Discomfort 123 Where folks in lounge chairs might get splashed 124 Geek Squad guys, say 125 One flinging something 126 It follows that 127 Psychic’s gift DOWN 1 Circle portion 2 That lady’s 3 Pub beer 4 Steak, say 5 Fails to be 6 - Ness monster 7 Leg joint 8 Like clear night skies 9 - dragon (giant lizard) 10 Oman man 11 Editor Brown 12 Outer limits 13 Long bath

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The naturalist’s corner BY DON H ENDERSHOT

What is an Appalachian forest?

s the USDA Forest Service’s revision plan for the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests continues to be discussed — the new plan will guide the management of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests for the next 15 years — I wonder how many people give thought to what “forest” means to them. The Southern Appalachians are a paragon of biological diversity. According to the Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the Appalachians are the most significant biodiversity hotspot in the country east of the Rockies, and the Central and Southern Appalachians are unrivaled in the U.S. for aquatic diversity and comparable only to China in forest diversity. It is a diversity that is complex, aweinspiring and terribly threatened. These forests hold treasures and secrets from millions of years of evolution, and our actions at this point in history will determine what these forests will look and be like in the future. I remember my introduction to the

forests of the Southern Appalachians. I grew up in the rural farmland of the northeast Louisiana Delta. Much to my mother’s chagrin, most of my childhood and adolescence was spent roaming the woods of the Beouf River swamp from a tiny shanty on Horseshoe Lake. I knew woods. I knew the second-generation oak and hickory woods of the swamp, and I knew the piney woods of northeastern Louisiana and southeastern Arkansas. It wasn’t until I got to college and began to study plant taxonomy and systematics, herpetology, mammalogy and ecology that I began to understand the concept of “forest” – all the interactions and interconnections that make a forest a community. My reintroduction to forests and forest ecology began in June of 1986 when, through a circuitous and convoluted route of career and life choices, I found myself in Highlands, North Carolina, inextricably drawn into the cool green bosom of the surrounding, lush forests before the arrival of the hemlock wooly adelgid. My first excursion into this world of beauty and wonder was a short trek down the Glen Falls Trail in the Nantahala National Forest, just a couple of miles south of town. Looking back, that was my first experi-

Cove hardwood forest. creative commons photo ence with a cove hardwood forest, but at the time I just knew it was cool and green with lots of flowers, critters and waterfalls. I remember bluets, robin’s plantain, mountain laurel, my first boomer (red squirrel) and ruffed grouse, a hooded warbler, a black-throated green warbler and lots of water. There are three major cascades and several smaller ones accessible from the trail. One of my next excursions was to Whiteside Mountain, also in the Nantahala Forest, just a few miles north of Highlands. I had heard that the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission was hacking endangered peregrine falcons on the granite outcropping and was hoping I might get lucky. I didn’t see any falcons that day, but I was still lucky.

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I had walked through hemlock, birch and Fraser magnolia to reach a summit covered in bent and gnarled red oaks, twisted by prevailing winds to stand upon a mile-high slab of exposed granite that would soon become home once again to the then-endangered peregrine falcon. I was looking across Horse Cove at Lake Keowee in the Piedmont of South Carolina and it was beginning to dawn on me — the beauty, wonder and diversity of this place; these mountains. And it led to more and deeper study of this fascinating place. A small part of this column appears in Smoky Mountain Living Magazine’s August/September 2014 issue. (Don Hendershot is a writer and naturalist. He can be reached a ddihen1@bellsouth.net.)

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