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CONTENTS On the Cover: For many people the county fair conjures images of ferris wheels, carnival games and cotton candy, but here in Western North Carolina the annual events represent a time of year when the region’s agricultural roots gets to take center stage. With Swain County kicking off fair season this weekend, folks are encouraged to attend and support the efforts of local farmers and the youth who represent the future of farmers in WNC. (Page 6)
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Indian Health Service examines issues at Unity Healing Center New leadership in place following botched reporting of suspected sexual abuse
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The incident in question occurred in September 2016, when a 47-year-old maintenance man and a female resident, 16 at the time, entered the bathroom adjoining her bedroom.
who arrived on staff after the September 2016 incident, reported it to the OIG’s office upon hearing staff members talk about the apparently unresolved incident.
CROWE’S RESPONSE Crowe disputes that version of events, contending that he never showed the teenager any special attention, that the two were never in the bathroom alone with the door closed and that she never attempted suicide. The teens at Unity come from troubled backgrounds, he said, and sometimes they react strongly and form attachments when staff show them simple kindnesses. “I can’t help that people attach themselves,” Crowe said in an interview over coffee, accompanied by his wife Trudy. “The incident, what happened, I don’t know all the full thing on it. It was fully investigated. I volunteered to take a polygraph to clear my name and I passed my polygraph.” SMN does not have records relating to any polygraph test Crowe may have taken, as those records would be part of an investigative file. However, said Silver, while the OIG does not conduct polygraphs, it does partner with other agencies that may conduct polygraphs in the course of an investigation. According to Harrison, Crowe was often showing the teenage girl special attention that crossed the threshold of appropriateness, an assertion echoed by other former employees. But Crowe said that’s not the case. He was kind to the residents, he said, but worked to keep interaction to a minimum, and he didn’t show any particular resident more attention than any other. Crowe said he entered the bathroom that day to fix an electrical outlet that the residents said was emitting shocks. The bathroom door was open, he said, and another employee, an engineer, was standing outside when Crowe went in to inspect the outlet. There were multiple outlets in the bathroom, so he asked the girl to come in and point out the one she was talking about. Nothing about the interaction seemed out of the ordinary at the time.
There wasn’t a suicide attempt, said Crowe, and there couldn’t have been because the bathrooms had just been remodeled with anti-ligature curtains. The teen was taken off-site for counseling, not for medical attention, he said. “She was upset because they were trying to make her say something that didn’t happen,” said Trudy Crowe, a nurse who works for a different agency in Cherokee. When asked when he found out that the bathroom interaction might become a problem for him, Crowe said it was probably about a week later. “They said that she was getting obsessed with me somehow and to avoid her, so I started avoiding her,” he said. Harrison, as well as a former employee who worked there at the time of the incident but asked not to be named, disputed Crowe’s version of events. They averred that the girl had indeed attempted suicide, and that there was nobody else standing outside the bathroom door. While the door itself is out of view in the video, said Harrison, she knows that it was, in fact, closed. Of the anti-ligature curtains, said Harrison, “OK, that is true. There was no way she could have committed suicide. Those would have broke off. But she tried. That’s why she was at the hospital.” None of the former Unity employees who spoke with SMN for this story said they knew for sure that something sexual happened in the bathroom that day. However, they said, the time alone, out of view of the camera, raised a red flag, especially when coupled with behavior allegedly observed previously between Crowe and the girl. “I don’t know what happened in that bathroom, if anything happened other than just bad judgment being in there, but it merited a look,” one former employee said. Nobody interviewed for this story, including Crowe himself, indicated that Crowe was ever disciplined in relation to anything that occurred on that day in September, though he was reassigned from Unity twice. In October 2016 he was sent to the Mashpee
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Unity Healing Center, a 16-bed rehabilitation center for troubled teens, has been running significantly below capacity for years. Holly Kays photo
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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Unity Healing Center in Cherokee has become the subject of intense focus from the U.S. Indian Health Service’s regional office in Nashville following a June report from The Wall Street Journal alleging that suspected sexual abuse at the facility resulted in a suicide attempt by one of the teenaged residents — but no report to law enforcement. According to an April 15 letter sent to tribal leaders in the Indian Health Service’s 24-state Nashville Area, an anonymous report of sexual abuse at Unity was made to tribal law enforcement and child protective services in May 2017 about an incident that occurred in 2016. Unity is a residential facility operated through IHS serving Native American youth ages 13 to 18. It’s aimed at “breaking the cycle of addiction and restoring hope and wellness to Native American youth, their families and communities,” according to the facility’s website. Residents typically stay for 80 to 90 days. “In 2016, an incident occurred at the facility between a staff member and an adolescent resident where there were reasonable concerns about the staff member being alone with the adolescent resident. This incident was initially investigated by Unity leadership. To my knowledge, this incident was not reported to law enforcement or to any investigative entities at the time,” Beverly Cotton, director of the Nashville area since January, wrote in the April 15 letter. Following the subsequent report in May 2017, she wrote, “The report of sexual abuse was not substantiated. The adolescent did not disclose any sexual contact and no criminal charges were filed. Additionally, we do not believe that any charges are expected to be filed.” However, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General did investigate the incident, said OIG spokesman Todd Silver, and that investigation is ongoing.
According to Tawna Harrison, who was the teen’s therapist, she later saw security footage showing Nathanial “Bunsey” Crowe and the girl walk toward the bathroom and remain there for about four minutes. Later, the teen was taken to the hospital after attempting to hang herself on a shower curtain, Harrison said. The security footage was concerning not only because it was against policy for staff members to be alone with residents in their living quarters — except in some select circumstances, in which case the door would still be required to remain open — but because of previous interactions Harrison said she had witnessed between the two. “He gave this girl extra attention,” said Harrison. Crowe would stop by to talk to her, or hang around and play cards with her, she said. He would hold her hand in the hall, swinging it playfully up and down like one might do with a child. Two other former Unity employees who spoke to The Smoky Mountain News on condition of anonymity said they witnessed similar behavior. “I had reported this to my supervisor Tracey (Grant) and she — it’s been so long I can’t quote her on what she said but basically, ‘Maybe he’s trying to be a grandfather figure to her,’ and all of these kinds of things,” said Harrison. “I said, ‘Well, that’s a liability issue for him.’” The teens at Unity often come from troubled backgrounds, and for the staff trying to help them, maintaining good boundaries was key. Even hugging, other than side hugs, wasn’t allowed, and hand holding was definitely out, said Harrison. When Harrison saw the footage from the bathroom, she spoke to Grant again. “I said, ‘Look, we need to report this. Who do you want me to report this to?’” said Harrison. “And she said, ‘No, you don’t report it to anybody but me. I’m handling this. I will take care of this.’” Harrison would later find out that Grant did not pass the report along for investigation. “I look back, I should have reported it,” said Harrison. “I was new to this job. She swore me to secrecy. She told me she was handling it, and that’s how things were there.” Harrison, a therapist since 2009, had arrived at Unity just months earlier, in March 2016. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, she’s not from Cherokee and was still learning her way around her new community. She left the job just two years later, in March 2018, to take a position in New Mexico. “There were a lot of ethical things going on there, and I wanted out,” she said of Unity. There was no further investigation into the bathroom incident until May 2017, when Christopher Herndon, a therapist at Unity
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Wampanoag Health Service Unit in Massachusetts for four weeks, and in October 2018 he went to the Micmac Service Unit in Maine for two weeks. While the 2016 detail came shortly after the incident, Crowe said the two were not related, and that the detail to Massachusetts had been planned before the incident occurred, as the facility needed help to get ready for accreditation. However, he said, he was placed on paid leave from spring 2017 to spring 2018 while the OIG conducted its investigation. Investigators took everything from his office, interrogated him for two days and administered a polygraph test, but they never found evidence of wrongdoing, said Crowe, adding that he was afterward allowed to return to work. IHS does not comment on disciplinary actions taken against its employees. Crowe, who began his career with the Indian Health Service in April 2000 as a maintenance mechanic at the Cherokee Indian Hospital — before the tribe took over management of the facility — had been working at Unity since May 2011. He left that job on March 13, 2019, two days before filing closed for the tribal elections. Crowe said he left his job so he could stand for election, not due to any allegations against him. He is a candidate to represent Wolfetown on the 2019-2021 Tribal Council, having placed third out of 10 candidates in the June 6 Primary Election. He will run against three other contenders for one of two seats during the Sept. 5 General Election.
“I didn’t leave because of this,” said Crowe. “It was a planned exit from my job.” Crowe said he believes coverage of the 2016 incident is tied to tribal politics, writing in a statement on his Facebook page the day after the Wall Street Journal article was published that he “refuse(s) to be a pawn in a bigger political agenda.” To support that theory, he points to the timing of the article’s publication — the day after the Primary Election — and says that some of his political opponents have supporters who work at Unity. “It was too convenient,” said Trudy Crowe. “There’s so much stuff on the (Qualla) Boundary. This is just an example of it, how they do people,” she added. “They tear each other down.” Former employees involved in reporting the incident, meanwhile, say they have no stake in the outcome of the tribal election. None of the former employees interviewed for this story are tribal members. Tracey Grant did not return a request for comment.
NEW LEADERSHIP IN NASHVILLE Even aside from anything that did or did not happen between Crowe and the 16-yearold resident, former employees say that Unity was a difficult place to work. “Working with a vulnerable, at-risk population, you would expect the hardest parts of the job to be working with those high-needs young people, but dealing with the dysfunc-
tion in the organization and the inappropriate behavior of other staff was far more challenging than any other interaction I ever had with the residents,” said Jennie Sorrells, a social services assistant at Unity from October 2012 to August 2015. Sorrells, who left a year before the September 2016 incident, described a workplace where employees regularly came to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, were verbally aggressive with residents or other employees, or behaved in other ways inappropriate to a professional environment. The facility was chronically understaffed, she said, and when an employee left Unity it might be a year or even two before the position was filled again.
Nathanial “Bunsey” Crowe is a candidate for Wolfetown Tribal Council. Holly Kays photo “There were times I would have to call HR for weeks on end before I would ever get a call back or we would hear about a position that was ready to post, but we wouldn’t see it for four to six months,” said Sorrells. “And then after the position has posted and they get qualified candidates, it takes months to hire and then onboard anybody, so it drags on and on.” Perhaps knowing how long it might take to hire a replacement served as a disincentive to seek termination for employees who deserved it, Sorrells said. She said her experience with the supervisors at Unity — Grant and Tiara Ruff, CEO at the time — was positive, and that she found them to be helpful and responsive. However, she said, the way things were structured wasn’t conducive to good management. “It’s a very complicated process to remove a permanent federal employee, and for the supervisors at Unity it’s almost like there were two different groups of people that they were trying to serve,” she said. “One of those was our residents, so serving residents, taking care of them, and the other was the employees, and they were almost competing or noncompatible. It seemed like two really different things to be asking people to do.” “I was surprised just how lazy everybody was,” said another former employee. “I’d never had a job where you could just basically not do anything, and I really didn’t like not doing anything.” Sorrells eventually left Unity for another position in the area. In the years since, much has changed at both Unity and in the Indian Health Service’s higher leadership. In January, Cotton — who holds a doctor of nursing practice, which is a Ph.D. in nursing — came on board as the new Nashville Area director, and neither Ruff nor Grant work for IHS any longer. Grant’s last day with Unity was July 31, and in April Joni Lyon began work as the new CEO at Unity. “Of course, right after I started the issue that happened in 2016 and 2017 was shared
with me, along with many of the steps that had already been taken by leadership previous to my tenure,” Cotton said in a phone interview. The challenges at Unity have “risen to the top,” she said. Upon taking the job, Cotton asked for a review of what steps had been taken at Unity and what had yet to be done. Last week, the agency put out a request for proposals for a quality assurance medical review of Unity in which an outside vendor will look into actions from 2016 up to now and deliver recommendations back to Nashville. In April, Cotton sent the letter to tribal leaders informing them of the incident and the Wall Street Journal’s investigation of it. Her office has also been reviewing the model of care used at Unity in order to see if changes should be recommended. “Our government to government relations with tribes is just foundational to why we exist and so one of my top actions was increased communication and then a level of transparency around it,” she said. In addition, Cotton has been working to revise and clarify policies to ensure that proper reporting occurs in the future, across the Nashville Area with targeted work at Unity as well. National headquarters recently released a new policy on protection of children from sexual abuse by healthcare providers, and Nashville recently finished a policy specific to Unity, which clarifies exactly how and to whom to report suspected abuse — “The supervisor is not there as the gatekeeper,” said Cotton — and also stipulates that there should be no retribution for reports made in good faith. As of now, said Cotton, 60 percent of Nashville area employees are trained on the new agency-wide reporting policy, with a goal of reaching 100 percent by the end of September. She’s also working to train managers on equal employment opportunity responsibilities, how to take proper disciplinary action and employee engagement. Her office is working on two other Unityspecific policies as well, which deal with ethical boundaries and codes of conduct. Those policies are now under internal review waiting to be finalized. “That really leads back to those parameters that a resident should not be alone with a staff member, especially in a personal living quarters, and sets guidelines and expectations for staff at Unity,” said Cotton. In the wake of the issues at Unity, she said, the Nashville office has made an effort to be more present at that facility, with the office’s director of field operations visiting the site at least once or twice a month. Currently, there are 24 employees and five vacancies at Unity, as compared to 21 employees and 11 vacancies in September 2016 — IHS has decided not to fill positions for one maintenance worker and two cooks. Cotton said she looks forward to the day that the facility has a full census, providing sorely needed services to Native American youth from across the eastern U.S. It has been years since the 16-bed facility has been anywhere near capacity, but with five residents accepted into the current cohort, Cotton is hopeful for what the future holds. “I think we’re in a really good place at Unity right now,” she said.
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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT fix,” he said. “They’ve told us that Central STAFF WRITER will probably have to be turned back into an fter narrowly losing out in each of the elementary school.” past three years, developers have finally Hazelwood and Junaluska elementary been awarded tax credits that will make schools are projected to be at or near capaciredevelopment of the county-owned Historic ty this coming school year, and with one new Haywood County Hospital into 54 residenmulti-unit apartment complex off Plott tial units financially feasible. Creek coming online and another apartment “I’m glad for the community,” said complex planned for the former Bi-Lo site in Haywood County Board of Commissioners Waynesville, student populations are expectChairman Kevin Ensley. “It’s more workforce ed to grow. and affordable housing, mainly helping senDramatically lower enrollment totals at iors and veterans.” the county’s only public charter school, Built in 1927, the hospital’s decline began Shining Rock Classical Academy, could also when its last patients were discharged 50 play a role in that. years later, in 1977. Since then, it’s been used “We’re going to work with [Haywood for a variety of purposes, including as the County Schools] to be sure their needs are brief home of the county Department of met,” Ensley said. “We are their funding Social Services and as the current home of source, so we have to make provisions for Haywood County Schools’ central administhem.” tration offices. Last December, Haywood Commissioners granted Landmark Asset Services a $225,000 purchase option on the 3-acre plot, contingent on receiving tax credits awarded each year by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency after a highly competitive application process. A month later, the Town of Waynesville added some extra Waynesville’s Historic Haywood Hospital is now slated for influence to the appliredevelopment. A Shot Above photo cation by designating the hospital and adjoining parcels as a redevelopment area. In February of this year, HCS That allowed Landmark’s application to Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte told commiscompete in two separate funding streams. sioners that projected capital needs over the County Program Administrator David next few decades justified a new facility that Francis said the application was selected would consolidate several existing facilities from the new, smaller pool brought about by — including central administration — into Waynesville’s redevelopment designation. one. That facility would cost at least $13 milEnsley said he was also glad the county lion and require five acres of land, according would no longer have to spend $7,000 a to Nolte. month keeping the building secure, but the A new facility like that would also take tax credit award consequently kicks off a years to plan and execute — starting with a chain of events that have yet to be fully period of public discussion over the justificadelineated. tion of the expenditure, followed by public The property will now transfer to board votes to proceed, followed by public Landmark, which has said it would honor presentation of contracts awarded to private the lease of the existing tenant, Haywood contractors for pre-construction reports, folCounty Schools. The lease runs through the lowed by public board votes to accept those end of 2020 but HCS administration has reports, to acquire the property and to proexpressed a desire to vacate their dilapidated ceed with a construction process that would digs as soon as possible. likely take more than a year if not two. The former Central Elementary School in Ensley said the historic hospital and Waynesville has been a constant target of HCS’ now-impending move would be disspeculation since its closure was announced cussed in open session at the next regular in early 2016, but Ensley said he’s not too meeting of commissioners, which will be keen on sending HCS administration to the held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, in the vacant Joy Lane building. Historic Haywood Courthouse in “Moving there would be a short term Waynesville.
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SWAIN COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR • Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 • Swain County Event Park, 1130 Hyatt Creek Rd., Bryson City • Free admission • https://swain.ces.ncsu.edu/2019/05/ 2019-swain-county-agricultural-fair/ HAYWOOD COUNTY FAIR • Thursday, Aug. 22 through Sunday, Aug. 25 • Haywood County Fairgrounds, 758 Crabtree Rd. • $5 per car load • www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org MACON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR • Sept. 11 through Sept. 14 • Wayne Proffitt Agricultural Center (Macon County Fairgrounds), 1436 Georgia Rd., Franklin • Free admission • https://macon.ces.ncsu.edu/categories/ 4-h-youth-development/ MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 • Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center • Free admission • www.wcu.edu/engage/ mountain-heritage-day/
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School children learn how to milk a cow at the Haywood County Fair. Jessi Stone photo
Fair time for future farmers
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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR or many people the county fair conjures up images of Ferris wheels, carnival games and cotton candy, but here in Western North Carolina the annual events represent a time of year when the region’s agricultural roots get to take center stage. Of course there will be the beloved fair foods, carnival rides and children giggling on the Ferris wheel, but there will also be hundreds of gardeners, farmers, agricultural students and others signing up to show off their prized plants, produce and cattle. Every county fair has its own focus and identity that makes it unique. While Haywood County’s multi-day fair attracts those looking for both agriculture and adventure, Macon and Swain counties offer an experience more focused on old-time traditions and local heritage. Jackson County doesn’t have its own agricultural fair, but Western Carolina University does have Mountain Heritage Day in September. With Swain County kicking off fair season this weekend, folks are encouraged to attend and support the efforts of local farmers and the youth who represent the future of farmers 6 in WNC.
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SWAIN COUNTY The first county fair in Swain County was only held three years ago. The first year the county extension office and the Future Farmers of America Club at Swain High School partnered with the Darnell family to hold a small agricultural fair at Darnell Farms, but the last two years the fair has been held at the county’s brand new event park. The county recently purchased about 12 acres of the Inspiration Park property in Ela for an outdoor event space. Rob Hawk, extension director for Swain and Jackson counties, said the county and the Tourism Development Authority wanted outdoor space to host events but also being able to have a county fair was an important driving factor as well. “There was a fair and livestock shows years ago in the 1940s and 50s in Swain County but there hasn’t been anything a concerted effort until recently,” he said. “We needed a way to celebrate agriculture, which has a rich history in Swain. The county government wanted a fair because they’re really trying to focus on heritage and agriculture. It’s about self sufficiency but also a large part of it is trying to get people more interested in agriculture. We lost some of that through the
years just like everywhere in America.” With some interest in getting a livestock club going, the extension office made it a goal when hiring Kendra Norton last year to help develop a livestock youth club. Between that effort and the strong FFA Club at Swain High under the direction of Toby Sorrell, the newly established fair has had great participation so far from the community. “We thought it went very well. We had a good turn out for livestock show — probably about 30 entries and everything from poultry to sheep, cattle and even some rabbits,” Hawk said. “We had a lot of people from Swainthere and other counties as well. We were very pleased.” With this year’s theme being “Homegrown, Handmade, Farm Fresh,” the Swain County fair’s entries for adults and youth will be judged by extension staff, typically from outside the county. Categories include vegetables, flowers, eggs, youth livestock, 4-H arts and crafts, quilts, jams, jellies and canned goods. There will also be old time tractors from the ‘40s and ‘50s on display, traditional demonstrations, cloggers and live music. The fair is also a time for agricultural students to shine. When a student competes in the livestock show, it means they’ve spent
months, if not more, learning what it takes to raise an animal. While some kids have grown up on a farm all their lives, others don’t live anywhere they can keep an animal. But that doesn’t mean they can’t participate. Hawk said local farmers will often allow a student to keep an animal at their farm or raise one of their farm animals from a young age to allow them to get the full 4-H or FFA experience. “The judges are looking for good animal husbandry. That’s what 4-H students in essence are learning — how to take care of an animal. Have they fed it well, has it been given enough water, is it well groomed, safe handling, safe shelter — all the things to show it’s been well taken care of,” Hawk said. “It teaches the youth leadership and responsibility — it’s not just showing the animal at the fair but they have to raise it and take care of it.” Shaylina Cochran’s three young girls — Kaylan, Reagyn and Breckyn — all participate in the livestock show at the Swain County Fair. She said the tradition was passed on from her mother who lives next door. “They picked it up at a young age from my mother. She had me and my brothers and sisters do it too when we were growing up,” Shaylina said. “They seem to really enjoy it. One might phase out of it but I think the other two might be farmers one day.” Kaylan, 11, and her little sister Breckyn, 3, both work with lambs and Reagyn, 8, shows a lamb and a cow at the fair. Though 3 year olds don’t compete for judges at the fair, it’s never too early to start showing them the ropes. “She loves it. That lamb is her best friend,” Shaylina said. “The girls are really
good at caring for them. They feed and water them and wash them a lot and they’ve learned how to sheer them at home.”
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Carnival rides won’t be found at the Macon County Agricultural Fair next month — it’s strictly focused on the old-time traditions of Southern Appalachia. “According to the fair board, the fair began back in 1953 so this last year marked the 65th year of the fair and it originally was held at Franklin High School,” said Alan Durden, Macon County extension director. “And it’s always been pretty much the way it is now — focused mainly on what individuals produce in Macon County whether it’s crafts, baked goods, canned goods, flowers, fruits, vegetables or whatever it may be.” Despite a lack of carnival rides like the ones offered in Haywood or at the state fairs, Macon County and its residents are proud of their agricultural roots and many take their entries very seriously. Where else can one find appreciation and recognition for their giant pumpkin, the largest sunflower or the perfect jar of honey? With hundreds of entries into different categories each year, Durden said people work hard to ensure their entry meets all the criteria the judges will be considering. “In Macon, it’s simply a tradition we’ve had for a long time — even before this fair got started there were probably county fairs back in the ‘30s that were never really a regular, organized event,” Durden said. “In a big way it’s a social gathering and a way to support agriculture, local businesses and community nonprofits.” All of the livestock showings are done by the youth in Macon County and most of the livestock are raised and fitted by the youth as well thanks to help from the cooperative extension’s market lamb and market steer programs. Durden said the programs help young students learn how to feed and groom the livestock and how to show it properly while in the ring. The Macon County Poultry Club hosts exhibits and works with 4-H students to prepare them for a poultry showmanship program. “You never think about showing a chicken at the fair but there are proper ways to do it,” Durden laughed. For those who have never experienced an old-time county fair, Durden encourages them to come out and see what it’s all about. It’s not too late to enter your blue ribbon worthy produce or handicraft. The fair is free to the public, which means the Macon County Fair Board has to fundraise throughout the year to cover costs. Donations of any amount are appreciated to keep the tradition going. 7
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Haywood County students check out the ribbon winning canned goods at the 2016 county fair.
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“This is really important for the kids because it’s a culmination of all their hard work. They been working with animals or involved with their parents working in the garden and they’re proud of what they’ve accomplished. It’s all about bringing agriculture into the younger generation.”
The Haywood County Fair has been going on for 100 years and it’s one of the largest in the region outside of the North Carolina Mountain State Fair held in Fletcher in September. Haywood’s fair attracts upward of 15,000 people over a four-day period in late August and includes something for everyone — it’s a celebration of Haywood’s agricultural traditions, including livestock shows, tractor pulls, horse riding competitions, farm and garden exhibits, and rabbit and poultry shows and exhibits. The fair also includes carnival rides and games, food vendors, arts and crafts, stage shows for kids, mountain music and storytelling, ice cream and watermelon eating contests, a cornhole tournament, a climbing wall, bingo and so much more. Coley Bartholomew, a Haywood County 4-H extension agent, said it’s great to see so many generations come together as a community at the fair. As an extension agent, she is in charge of collecting all the entries for the youth competitions — and there are a lot of them. “We have about 400 entries each fall. This is really important for the kids because it’s a culmination of all their hard work,” she said. “They been working with animals or involved with their parents working in the garden and they’re proud of what they’ve accomplished. It’s all about bringing agriculture into the younger generation.” The fair competitions go far beyond livestock though — there are categories for artwork, photography, baked goods, vegetables and flowers, canned goods, honey, jewelry, quilting and other handiwork. Bartholomew said the fair provides a great opportunity for the youth to explore different aspects of traditional Appalachian culture and learn about where their food comes from. “It gives them a chance to explore their interests and especially with the 4-H aspect, they’re learning about healthy living while celebrating agriculture as a community and as a family,” she said. The 4-H Livestock Club will present the livestock show at the fair Friday, Aug. 23. Personally, Bartholomew loves to watch the Cloverbuds show their animals. Cloverbuds are 4-H’ers ages 5 to 8 who show animals during the livestock shows. “They work with animals like lambs to get comfortable leading them around the ring,” she said. “It’s non-competitive so we’re just making an effort to celebrate their successes. They are so excited and when you hand them the trophy they look like they just got a million dollars.” For the older students, the Haywood County Fair is the kick off of the showing season as many of them will go on to compete regionally in the N.C. Mountain State Fair in September and then hopefully in the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh in October. With fewer families living on farms these days, Bartholomew said it was important for
the extension service, FFA and 4-H Clubs to help expose youth to growing and preserving food, raising livestock and other self-sufficient mountain traditions. “Lot of kids don’t really get a chance to see a lot of agricultural heritage so the fair can be their first exposure to it. Luckily, we have strong programs in the schools,” she said. “Learning to grow and pruduce your own food and prepare it is one of the strongest indicators for healthy living and once you’re exposed to having a garden the more likely you’re going to do it later in life.”
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Kaylan Cochran, 11, of Swain County, will be showing her lamb at the Swain County Agricultural Fair this weekend. Donated photo
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FORCED TO FIGHT Addicts long for life beyond heroin BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Editor’s note: Names have been changed to protect the identity of those interviewed for this story. ive miles down an Appalachian dirt road 45 minutes from nowhere is where Daphne Laurel was raised, right in the heart of the sparsely populated mountainous region hit hardest by the ongoing opioid crisis. “I was kind of rebellious,” she said. “I wish I had known better.” Now 27, Daphne is actively attempting to combat a heroin addiction that she picked up after she began using meth and pills almost a decade ago. “To begin with, yeah, it was fun,” she said of her first forays into opiates. “But there’s a difference between having fun and having to have it to get up every day. I’m not going to say it doesn’t feel good every time you get high, because of course it does. But when it gets to being a ‘need’ from being a ‘want,’ it sucks. You would never sign up for this.” Daphne’s need now consumes her life. Paying for the Suboxone she needs to stay off heroin is a constant challenge and resisting the powerful urge to relapse is a daily struggle she doesn’t always win. But she’s trying. Sitting on the front porch of the small, nondescript bungalow she shares with her husband Paul in a rural Western North Carolina county, cigarette dangling precariously from her pursed lips, she’s trying to remember her life before heroin — because the life of an addict isn’t much of a life at all. “I miss my daughter. I miss having a job. I miss normal things, like going to the movies or just hanging out with people,” she said. “I miss my life.”
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o cellphone. No makeup. No dating. Daphne grew up in a strict household and once had dreams of becoming a lawyer because she wanted to send bad people to jail and help good people stay out of jail. Intelligent and relatively self-sufficient from a young age, Daphne was also the victim of childhood physical and sexual abuse, which likely contributed to her legal aspirations as much as her drug addiction that began one evening when the 17-year-old was employed at a fast food restaurant. “I worked the night shift, and there was this girl outside, cooing at the birds,” she said. “She was high. She was talking to the birds. I don’t know why, but I said, ‘I want to do whatever that is.’” “That” was meth, and it wasn’t hard to find. Last week, retired DEA Agent Joel Reece told The Smoky Mountain News that methamphetamines had just begun to make an impact east of the Mississippi River around that time, and when they hit, they hit hard. It also taught a generation of drug users 8 how to use needles; although the crystalline
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“There’s a difference between having fun and having to have it to get up every day. I’m not going to say it doesn’t feel good every time you get high, because of course it does. But when it gets to being a ‘need’ from being a ‘want,’ it sucks. You would never sign up for this.” — Daphne Laurel
white powder can be snorted, it’s much more fast-acting when administered intravenously. Daphne’s meth use led to prescription opiates like hydrocodone and oxycodone, and before she knew it, she was injecting those, too. At the time pills were cheap and easy to come by, as chronicled in a Washington Post report based on a pain pill database that tracked every single hydro and oxy pill manufactured in the United States from 2006 through 2012. During those years, the distribution of those two opioids alone grew more than 50 percent to almost 13 billion pills a year in 2012, according to The Post. All in all, more than 76 billion pills were distributed across the country, enough to supply every man, woman and child in America with 33 pills per person, per year. More than 2.5 billion of those pills ended up in North Carolina, placing this state of 10 million residents slightly above the national
average with about 35 pills per person, per year. Western counties, like the one Daphne grew up in, saw pill totals far higher than the state average. Not long after beginning her descent into full-blown dependency, Daphne became pregnant. She used drugs throughout her pregnancy, until the local social services department intervened. “At the end I had to stay clean for a month and I did,” she said. “I was ready to kill myself at the end of those 30 days, but we had some tweakers at the house and I made the mistake of getting high.” After a court battle, Daphne was able to keep her baby. Meanwhile, DEA Agent Joel Reece, who was deputy director of the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) at the time, was focusing substantial resources on an educational campaign targeting NAS, or neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Babies born after exposure to drugs in utero can suffer a variety of horrific and debilitating conditions including agonizing withdrawal symptoms and developmental disabilities that last a lifetime. “He’s perfect,” Daphne said of her son. “I’m really lucky that nothing happened to him. I know so many horror stories. They come out deformed or mentally incapable or whatever. We’re so lucky that there’s nothing wrong with him.” That was perhaps the last stroke of good fortune Daphne would see for quite some time; her baby’s father will remain incarcerated for several more years as a habitual drug offender, and when her own addiction worsened she gave up her son to his parents, who live in an upscale residential community in the region. “I had to take a step back. He doesn’t have either one of us right now, but he’s taken care of, and he’s loved,” Daphne said. “I try not to
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As the opioid crisis continued to ravage both the nation and the state, increasing legislative scrutiny was placed on the millions of illicit pills making their way from manufacturers to street dealers each year. North Carolina’s STOP Act, passed in 2017, was designed to keep those pills off the streets and out of the hands of Daphne and people like her — people like Haywood County native Clayton Suggs, who became addicted after a routine surgery in 2011. The STOP Act’s prescription restrictions revealed yet another unanticipated conse- quence of the opioid crisis, in that it is subject to the same economic market forces as any other commodity — supply and demand. “Pills got too damn expensive. I started y using heroin because it was cheaper,” Daphne r said, like Suggs had said a few years before his g fatal heroin overdose last year. With a hat-tip to Steven Levitt’s groundd breaking 2005 book Freakonomics — in which the University of Chicago-trained and self-proclaimed “rogue economist” explores g the economics of crack dealing — here’s a quick and grim lesson on the current state of tweakonomics in Western North Carolina: Daphne was spending $200 a day on pills, but could achieve the same result with $60 worth of heroin. Now, she can barely afford her $13 daily Suboxone doses but a night in the county jail costs taxpayers
ack on that idyllic front porch, still smoking that cigarette, Daphne is beckoned inside by her husband Paul because she has an active bench warrant. Paul took a different route than Daphne, but both ended up in the same place — the WNC native earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management and made good money working in the field until he hurt his back and ended up with a bad heroin addiction he described as “being in a boat on a lake with only one paddle.” He’s also in recovery, perhaps a few steps ahead of his wife — he recently started a new job for the first time since 2015, and is saving up for a car. Inside, on a worn brown couch, Daphne — who’d only just awakened from a rare night of sleep — prepared her daily dose of Suboxone on a faded wooden coffee table. “If I didn’t have Suboxone, I’d be on heroin,” she said, mashing up the pill in a large metal soupspoon with the butt end of a brand new disposable syringe. “Suboxone saved my life. I’ve probably died 20-something times. I don’t know why I’m still here. I really don’t.” Even with wider availability and a fair amount of subsidies, Suboxone is still hard to afford for an unemployed addict. She says hers costs $400 a month through a local diversion program, same as her husband’s. When family support or other financial difficulties ensue, the consequences can be disastrous. Earlier this year, want of Suboxone caused Daphne to relapse. “I kinda went crazy and ran off for about a month,” she said, pouring some tap water from a small rocks glass into the spoon and muddling it about until it became a uniform chalky white color. Daphne’s story of living as a heroin addict on the streets of Asheville, the region’s largest city, offers several sad and poignant insights into a lifestyle that she says policymakers and the general public probably can’t fathom. “We’d be out in dumpsters,” she said. “Over there, they’re big on dumpster diving. It’s crazy what you can find and take to the stores around Asheville and resell. They have these vintage shops. You take clothes, little knick-knacks, you find pieces of furniture that people throw away — it’s insane.” Although she notes that it’s still technically illegal, dumpster diving is a better alternative than attempting to acquire money by other means. “I’ve always been really big about not trying to steal from people, just because I’ve been there and done that, so if I do have to do something like that, I try to go out and get it from a store, like Walmart,” she said, drawing the mixture from the spoon into the syringe and then squirting some out onto the couch, to purge air bubbles. “It doesn’t make it right, I know. But you go in there, you’re going to jail if you get caught.” Once she eventually converted her goods to cash, she’d seek out the drugs she needed. “It’s fairly easy to find,” she said. “In Asheville it’s easy because everything’s right next to each other. Here [in a more rural county] you can go two minutes down the
road. It’s not like you’ve got to hunt it.” From there, Daphne’s concern would shift to finding a discreet place to inject. “Most of the time I would do it right when I got it. You’ve got to think about riding or walking around with it, and if you’re not good at hitting yourself, you need to find a place to sit down, like you and I are right now,” she said, tying a cord around her thin, pale left arm, high up toward the shoulder. “Personally, I can hit really quickly so long as I can sit still, just for a second. I can be in a car, or at my dealer’s house. When I couldn’t hit myself very good, you can’t sit there and try to poke yourself 15 million times.” Finding a thick vein up near her bicep, Daphne deftly guided the needle to it, forced it in, pulled it out just a little, and depressed the plunger, delivering the Suboxone. That same action would mark the completion of her heroin acquisition cycle — a cycle that would then immediately begin again. “Not even the next day,” she said. “It’s a couple times a day.” Suboxone, or heroin, are no longer merely “wants” for Daphne. They’re now needs, because without one or the other, it wouldn’t take long for her to enter withdrawal. “A day, day and a half. Two days maybe. You start hurtin’. It’s a physical hurt. You’ve got your colds and your sweats and you can live through that, but it’s when your legs get to hurtin’, and you start puking,” she said. “With heroin, and Suboxone, you’re not just sick for a day or two days. You’re sick for a week, or two weeks.” The extent of withdrawal depends on how much and for how long one has been using. “I know it’s not a long time in the spectrum of things, but when you’re sitting there curled up in a ball for two, three weeks at a time and your stomach hurts and your back’s killing you and your legs, you can’t get up, you can’t eat, you can’t sleep, you can’t go to the bathroom,” she said. “You just want to die.” Day to day and hour to hour, Daphne and Paul must now ensure that nobody runs out of Suboxone. “I always call this place 9/11,” she said. “We’re constantly in war mode. You can’t live a normal life like that.” For Daphne and Paul, normalcy now means needles and cords, spoons and Suboxone, and sometimes even a little naloxone. “This used to be what they call a ‘trap house.’ We had tweakers coming out the windows,” she said. “There’s so many people that do drugs that don’t have anywhere to go. If you’re out in public, there’s a hundred percent chance you’re going to get the law involved, but we still see heroin addicts because they knew us from back in the day. We’ve had people stop and given them naloxone I don’t know how many times, just because they know we keep it here.” Although there’s been some controversy over the supply programs that provide Daphne and Paul with overdose reversal drug naloxone, sharps containers and recentlylegalized test strips that reveal the presence of deadly fentanyl, Daphne called the arguments against the measures “archaic.”
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be in and out of his life, because it’s unstable. It’s not good for him.” Daphne’s son is just one of thousands of children now being raised by grandparents — an unanticipated consequence of the opioid crisis that’s left many young parents deceased, debilitated or incarcerated. According to a July 10 report published in Carolina Demography by demographic analyst Jessica Stanford of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Population Center, the share of children being raised by their grandparents is “often higher in states with higher opioid prescribing rates.” Stanford’s report says the national rate is around 1.3 percent, with Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama being among the highest, logging numbers approaching double the national average. North Carolina is closer to the national average at 1.6 percent, but of the state’s highest counties — Anson (5.4 percent), Clay (4.6) and Graham (3.9) — two of them are in Western North Carolina, and those two, Clay and Graham, have opioid pill distribution rates nearly 50 percent higher than the state average.
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Once the excitement of Western Carolina University’s freshman move-in is complete, those freshmen and new transfer students will be welcomed at the university’s annual New Student Convocation on Friday, Aug. 16, at Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and features keynote speaker Bakari Sellers, current CNN political analyst and former South Carolina state representative. The convocation is open to the public. Parents, as well as WCU faculty and staff, are invited to attend. Sellers made history in 2006 when, as a 22-year-old, he defeated a 26-year incumbent state representative to become the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature, and the youngest AfricanAmerican elected official in the nation. In 2014, Sellers won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Sellers also is known for his commitment to public service, addressing issues that range from education and poverty to preventing domestic violence and childhood obesity. Sellers earned his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College, where he served as student body president. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina. He currently practices law with the Strom Law
Firm in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information, contact the Office of Student Transitions at 828.227.3017.
Museum Friends to celebrate Susanna Wesley The Friends of the World Methodist Museum’s 35th annual dinner and banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in Lambuth Inn’s International Room at Lake Junaluska. Open to the public, it will celebrate Susanna Wesley, known of the Mother of Methodism on the 350th anniversary of her birth. Her sons, John and Charles, are still influencing the world through worship and music. Keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. John Beyers, the senior pastor of LaGrange, Georgia, First United Methodist Church. He is a member of the World Methodist Council and teacher for The World Methodist Evangelism Institute. At the banquet, he will share new insights on this brilliant and forward-thinking woman. Tickets are $25 and are at the World Methodist Museum at 575 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Junaluska, or by calling 828.456.7242 with a credit card or online by going to www.worldmethodistmuseum.org and clicking on Friends Annual Banquet under Upcoming Events.
OPIOIDS, CONTINUED FROM 9 “Everybody I know has Hep C,” she said of the blood-borne Hepatitis virus that inflames the liver. “I can specifically remember the day I got it.” Daphne said she had no choice, or rather, the choice between being sick and not being sick. “He had the only clean needle,” she said. “He went first and fixed his shot, and then I did mine, and I was like, ‘Wait, you’ve got Hep C?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah.’” The lack of clean, new, straight, sharp needles isn’t a deterrent at all. “Either way,” Daphne said, “we’d get it done.” Clean needles can reduce the spread of disease, just as the sturdy plastic sharps containers can reduce the spread of the needles themselves; a 2018 Smoky Mountain News story about a local needle cleanup effort notes that a handful of volunteers found three syringes and several other discarded tools of the trade in just an hour or two of searching. f things continue as they are for Daphne and Paul Laurel, they just might avoid being conscripted into what retired DEA Agent Joel Reece said was a generation the better part of which had been lost to addiction. “My ultimate goal is to get a job,” she said. “That is not the case with everybody I know. A lot of the people I know are OK with living off the government, but my ultimate goal is to get a job so I can help repay society,
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Prodded by Paul and fading memories of her life before heroin, Daphne entertains the thought of rehab. “He’s been really wanting me to go. I’ve never been. What I hope to do is get a job and see my son,” she said. “I’m to the point in my life, where, yes … but what makes me apprehensive about it is coming home. I’m going to be in the same situation. You’re around it 24-7.” Daphne also tries to imagine a life beyond heroin, after years of being forced to fight for wants that became needs and a son that’s become a stranger. “I’ve been clean one time in my life,” she said. “He is the only thing … I’ve never been able to do it for myself.”
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Following a national search, Dogwood Health Trust, a private, non-operating foundation whose sole purpose is to improve the health and well-being of all people and communities of Western North Carolina, has selected philanthropic and health equity leader Antony Chiang as Dogwood’s initial chief executive officer. Known as an innovator, Chiang, 51, currently serves as president of Empire Health Foundation, an organization similar to Dogwood based in Spokane, Washington, that serves a diverse and sweeping area of eastern Washington state. Chiang will join Dogwood Health Trust in November and brings a wealth of experience working with a variety of populations and partner organizations toward improving health and health equity. “In Antony Chiang we’ve found a leader who has lived the journey on which Dogwood Health is about to embark,” said Dogwood Health Trust Board Chair Janice Brumit. “His commitment to health equity and inclusion, his talent for forging meaningful partnerships, and his ingenious approach to solving chronic problems that affect health and wellness will be invaluable as we enter this next important chapter for Dogwood Health Trust.” As founding president at Empire Health Foundation, Chiang designed and built a new and high-impact Antony Chiang health conversion foundation from the ground up, in collaboration with a mission-driven board. In his nine years there, Chiang served as a trusted grantmaker, stewarding $70 million in annual funding and helping to deliver measurable impact advancing health equity in rural, tribal and urban communities. Chiang will play a similar role at Dogwood Health Trust, which was established as a health conversion foundation to receive proceeds from the sale of the assets of the nonprofit Mission Health System, which will be approximately $1.5 billion. Dogwood will educate and inform stakeholders, conduct research, convene experts and, beginning in late 2020, make grants to organizations aligned with its purpose, all to help collectively improve health and well-being across 18 counties in Western North Carolina. “The founding Board of Dogwood Health Trust has a compelling vision for dramatically improving the health, equity and well-being of the people and communities of Western North Carolina. Their commitment to authentic community engagement and bold measurable impact is inspiring,” Chiang said. “It is humbling and an honor to be chosen to help make that vision a reality in service to the diverse communities of the region. Leading Dogwood Health Trust is an incredible once-in-a-career opportunity to make a lasting and measurable difference. I could not be more excited to collaborate with the board, staff and community partners to catalyze transformative change.” To learn more, visit www.dht.org.
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KARE child advocacy center helps the county’s most vulnerable BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER ust off Waynesville’s North Main Street, in one of the town’s most blighted areas, on top of a small hill sits a little green house that many people drive by each day, without noticing it at all. That little green house also sits at the epicenter of Haywood County’s network of victim advocacy providers. It’s called the KARE house, and it’s where many of the county’s most heinous crimes are revealed and investigated — crimes against children. Inside that little green house — airy, bright and homey — there’s a framed picture on a wall, a stick-figure drawing with a big red heart and words obviously scrawled by a young child — “It is OK, they are here to help all of us too!” KARE Executive Director Savannah Clark pulls it down off the wall and gazes at it. “This is what gives us our ability to do this work, because a lot of times this work can be very hard,” she said. “We see a lot of bad, but we do get to see a lot of good, too.”
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stablished in 1991, KARE (Kids Advocacy Resource Effort) carries out some of the most heart-wrenching but essential work in the county on behalf of some of its most vulnerable residents. “When there is an allegation of abuse or severe neglect we are that neutral partner to provide a forensic interview,” said Clark. As the county’s chief child advocacy cen12 ter, KARE has a memorandum of under-
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standing with local law enforcement and the Department of Social Services to provide a variety of services when referrals are sent their way. The little green house, donated by the Robert Forga family, serves as a comfortable place for parents to bring their children when they’ve been the victim of physical or sexual abuse, or have witnessed a crime. There are books and toys, drinks and snacks to keep them occupied while parents or guardians fill out intake paperwork. Trained forensic interviewers carry out a
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neutral, fact-finding interview that is recorded for investigative purposes and can last as long as two hours. As one of the oldest — and one of few — nationally accredited child advocacy centers in the state, KARE has two trained forensic interviewers. “What that means is we have to meet a certain set of standards. It’s a rigorous process,” Clark said. “The forensic interviewers go through a 40-hour training. Luckily this year, we’ve been able to have extra training.” Although almost anyone can become a forensic interviewer, KARE’s standards are a bit higher than that. “Some other child advocacy centers require a licensed clinical social worker, but for us, we require that you have a bachelor’s degree and then we do a lot of training,” said Clark. “One of our interviewers has a background in social work, the other has a background in mental health. My background is in criminal justice. We spend a lot of time on our training, making sure they’re comfortable and prepared for any situation.” KARE also provides on-site medical evaluations for children, designed to further the investigative process. “We have a physicians assistant who is gracious enough to come in and she does what is basically a wellness exam,” said Clark. “We work with ages normally beginning around 3 or 4, it just depends. We want to make sure the child is safe and healthy — that is KARE’s main goal, to make sure our kids are safe and healthy.”
The work KARE’s Maria Rivera and Mary Bowles goes a long way in meeting that goal — they’re the ones on the front lines of the battle. Usually, one will do the interview, while the other will take up the advocacy side of the equation, helping parents or family members of victims understand the investigation process and, if necessary, the court process. “A lot of times parents come to us in the beginning stages, and it’s like they found out their kid has cancer,” said Rivera. “They’re just in shock.” A major benefit of the way KARE is structured is that it serves as a “one-stop shop,” meaning a child doesn’t have to be repeatedly interviewed and repeatedly re-traumatized by recounting their experiences. Every two weeks, KARE holds a multidisciplinary meeting involving the District Attorney’s office, local law enforcement, the Department of Social Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice and various mental health agencies. “We’re constantly communicating with law enforcement, the Department of Juvenile Justice, DSS, therapists in the area, Vaya (Health), the DA,” Bowles said. “This brings everybody to the table, so we can figure out how to best help these families.” That being said, people like Clark, Rivera and Bowles have a pretty good idea of how much child abuse actually takes place in Haywood County. “It does come and go,” said Bowles. “On average, we see approximately 200 kids each year. Haywood County is in the top five for abuse allegations across the state.” That’s not necessarily because residents of Haywood County are more abusive. At least part of it is that both adults and children in Haywood County have a higher awareness of abuse, due to decades of advocacy and education by organizations like KARE. “I don’t think there’s any one specific thing that contributes to it,” said Bowles. “Every case is different, but I would say it’s sometimes mental health or drug abuse. It’s something that can happen to anyone. A lot of times we look for a reason why, like alcohol or drugs, but sometimes there isn’t a reason. That’s really hard for people to take, that it’s just something that happened.” Staff at KARE immerses themselves in situations most people don’t even want to contemplate, much less live through on a daily basis. There is, however, a positive side to the work that ends up being rewarding in the end. “It’s the first chance the child has to be heard. To me, that’s just the beginning of the healing process,” Rivera said. “So they come in, they tell their story, and then they’re surrounded at that point with the advocacy side, which will then hook them up to therapy, or whatever else they need. So yes, it can be horrific, but it’s also the beginning of the healing process. It gets the ball rolling.” The interviews are a necessary reaction to allegations of abuse, but KARE also takes preemptive measures designed to stop abuse before it starts, and to help kids understand what is abuse, and what isn’t. “We’re in all elementary
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right now we don’t bill insurance either, because we don’t want to have to turn somebody away for the inability to pay. Relying on community donations to support its work — and its annual $325,000 budget — KARE also receives a fair amount of grants, including a recent one for $12,265 from the Evergreen Foundation that will help fund an in-house
schools, kindergarten through age 5, with health and safety programs,” said Clark. “We teach good secrets/bad secrets, safe touch/unsafe touch. If there’s abuse in the home, when these kids come to school for the first time, they may not even know it’s abuse.” KARE also offers something called the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program, a
A drawing left behind by a former KARE client of hangs on a wall in the little green house on the hill.
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mental house position. “We have some wonderful community members who help support us, and it’s kind of always been a goal for KARE to have inhouse mental health,” Clark said. “It makes coordinated services so much easier. It opens spots for other kids in the community who may not come here, so it takes some burden off the other providers in the area.” That grant, though, only funds the position for three months. “You have to have the resources and the community support to develop something like this,” she said.
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multi-level parenting and family support strategy that aims to “prevent behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents,” according to KARE’s website. About 30 families are enrolled in the program. Not every county has a child advocacy center like KARE — Jackson County has AWAKE and Buncombe County has the Mountain Child Advocacy Center, but Clark estimates that across the state there may be only 40 or 50. “Everything is free,” said Clark. “As of
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Public protests N.C. 107 plans at town meeting BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER early a year to the day since a standingroom-only crowd filled Sylva Town Hall for a forum on the proposed N.C. 107 project, a town meeting Thursday, Aug. 8, drew a full house of folks determined to speak out against the road during the meeting’s public comment section. Sixty-five people signed in as having attended the meeting, and 19 speakers delivered comments, none in favor of the plan as proposed, which is expected to require the relocation of at least 55 businesses and five residences. The relocation list will likely grow once utility easements are added, the N.C. Department of Transportation has said. “We need to move forward, and in order to make an omelet you have to break some eggs. This plan will destroy the henhouse,” said Greens Creek resident Bill Thompson. Right-of-way acquisition is set to begin in January, with construction starting in early 2023 and lasting approximately 3.5 years. When completed, the road will have the same number of travel lanes but feature a grassy median instead of the middle “suicide lane,” and controlled access and turn points
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designed to decrease the number of accidents. It will also have bike lanes and sidewalks on either side. Opponents say a plan that requires relocating roughly one-sixth of Sylva’s business community should be deemed unworkable off-hand. They asked the town board to address exactly what benefits the new road is expected to have — for traffic safety, road capacity, the economy — and to weigh those against the negative impacts its construction will likely carry. “What are the benefits?” asked Asheville resident David Shulman, who owns various properties in Sylva. “It certainly will not cut traffic, and we don’t want to cut traffic because we want all the traffic we can for business, but we want it to be safe. How much safer is it going to be?” “This plan as presented by the DOT is not necessarily what the community wants. Public participation is the cornerstone of democracy,” added Jackson County resident Jason Kimenker, eliciting an “amen” from the audience. “This controversial so-called ‘super street’ plan may in fact turn out to be more destructive to our town than it is beneficial.” However, said resident and commission
Protestors gather outside the Sylva Town Hall in advance of the meeting, carrying signs and distributing 'Say No To The Road' bracelets. Holly Kays photo candidate Luther Jones, something has to be done. “People get hurt and they get hurt constantly out there,” he said. “Something needs to be done with it. Do I know if the current plans are the best ones? No, I don’t, but we do
need to move forward with getting something done.” Kelly Robinson, who lives on a street adjoining N.C. 107 in Sylva, said that speeding is the real culprit behind traffic safety issues on the road and that the town would
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ed. DOT still has that. We’re waiting on utilities. Let’s get to the final maps and see where things stand.” Following the public comment session, Commissioners Mary Gelbaugh and Barbara Hamilton said that they hope to see the DOT pursue underground power lines, as that method would reduce the right-of-way easement required. Buried lines are more expensive — prohibitively so, DOT District Engineer Brian Burch said at a July 23 meeting of county leaders — but the commissioners said they believe the extra cost would be worth it. “I know it’s more expensive, but if we can do anything to help retain businesses, we need to do that,” said Hamilton. “I don’t support it,” Gelbaugh said of the current road plan, “but should there be underground power and should it affect less businesses, I do support this change.” Neither Sossamon, Gelbaugh nor Hamilton is up for election this year. None of the commissioners who are running for reelection expressed an opinion on the road as proposed during the Aug. 8 meeting.
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run even later than normal and lamenting the buildings that would have to be torn down to make way for the new road. “You’re going to destroy memories of people all over Sylva for a road, and I don’t think that’s very necessary, because I know what it feels like to lose memories,” said Sara Dingman, age 12. In November, three of the town board’s six members will be up for election, a fact that was not lost on community members in attendance. “Don’t accept pressure from DOT. Don’t accept their pressuring you into something that’s not appropriate for our community,” said Cathy Stillwell Gibson, a lifelong resident of Jackson County. “If I don’t see any other result, I’m going to lead a campaign to put some people in here that will say, ‘Let’s go back to the drawing board.’” Gibson’s comment was met with loud applause from the audience. Mayor Lynda Sossamon thanked the crowd for their input but said the project has been going on for 10 years and concerns not only Sylva but the entire region. Some of the
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Shining Rock refuses to discuss building project Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of stories on Haywood County’s public charter school, Shining Rock Classical Academy, which has been beset by a host of academic and organizational problems since opening in 2015.
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At roughly $7,700 per student in taxpayer funding, Shining Rock is now looking at an unexpected revenue deficiency in the neighborhood of half a million dollars for its recently passed $3.2 million 2019-20 budget.
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contract or document attached to it anyway. The records are being sought by SMN as well as The Mountaineer newspaper in an effort to ensure that there were no improprieties with the expenditure of taxpayer money in the surprise project. Such expenditures remain presumed — in part, because Shining Rock hasn’t provided any records of any transactions. Expenditures are also “presumed” because large-scale architectural drawings and reports like those created by private contractors engaged for the project don’t usually come free, or even cheap. Blair Bishop, of Bishop Forestry and Land PLLC, performed the tree protection and replacement report for Shining Rock’s 15.9acre project, chronicling 58 distinct samples by species and size. He declined to discuss contractual specifics or even rough costs of such an endeavor, but did say that he never agreed to do it for free and hasn’t yet been paid for his work. “We had certainty our services would be paid for,” said Bishop. “We look forward to getting paid for our services.” Whatever the cost of the project to date, including the $750 application fee to Waynesville’s Development Services
and nonprofit organizations that offer programs and projects that enhance the arts for county residents. Grassroots Sub-grants are awarded to organizations in all cultural disciplines through a competitive application and review process. The applicant organization must be based in Jackson County and produce its programming in Jackson County. Sub-grants are not awarded to support fund-raising activities. Grassroots grants are match-
Department, those expenditures are, for now, for naught — on Aug. 5, Shining Rock’s board moved to “suspend” any further discussions on new facilities, just four days after the plans were submitted. That suspension came the same day — the first day of school — during which Shining Rock board members learned enrollment totals were down dramatically, on the order of 20 percent over last year. At roughly $7,700 per student in taxpayer funding, Shining Rock is now looking at an unexpected revenue deficiency in the neighborhood of half a million dollars for its recently passed $3.2 million 2019-20 budget. Shining Rock’s academic scores have declined each year since the school was established in 2015 and are currently the lowest in Haywood County, and slightly below the statewide average score as well. Interview requests sent last week to Shining Rock’s Board Chair Michelle Haynes and Head of School Joshua Morgan — its third head in four years — went unanswered, as did previous questions about the justification behind spending taxpayer money on an expansion project four days before enrollment totals would have proven it unaffordable.
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“Since employees are already on the payroll, the time they spend responding to public records requests is an existing cost and is not attributable to the existence of the request,” Bluestein writes. “The only authority in the current law to charge for labor is in the case of a request that requires ‘extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the agency.’” Those are usually large database requests. The records requested by SMN are meeting minutes and contracts that are probably already in an electronic format, so it’s not clear why Shining Rock is withholding them until supposed “fees” — which still haven’t been disclosed to SMN — are paid, since public bodies can’t charge for sending an email with a
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lthough plans for a new facility proposed by taxpayer-funded Haywood County public charter school Shining Rock Classical Academy have been scuttled due to an unexpected decrease in revenue brought about by dramatically lower student enrollment totals for the current school year, questions about how Shining Rock’s unelected governing board got so far along in the planning process without any public mention of the project continue to linger, and the school’s not talking. On Aug. 1, Shining Rock filed with the Town of Waynesville ambitious plans for a new school facility, which was to have been situated not far from the school’s current campus of modular buildings off Dellwood Road. Those pre-construction documents were produced by private contractors and included several separate reports, including detailed architectural plans for the building, school bus operational guidelines, a review of neighboring wetlands and a tree survey. Document requests that were made to Shining Rock last week relating to the project’s contracts, the project’s cost and transcripts from the meetings in which the project was discussed went unacknowledged for several days. When the requests were finally acknowledged, they were accompanied — for the very first time — by a statement that said they would be addressed “upon payment of any fees as may be prescribed by law.” SMN requested a copy of Shining Rock’s document production policy as well as its fee schedule, but like the public records request itself, that request also went unfulfilled. Although it almost never actually happens, public bodies may charge reasonable fees for the production of public documents according to state statute, but there are a host of caveats designed to prevent public bodies from blocking the release of documents by charging fees, onerous or otherwise. First, per North Carolina General Statute 132-6.2(a), “Except as otherwise provided by law, no public agency shall charge a fee for an uncertified copy of a public record that exceeds the actual cost to the public agency of making the copy.” The same statute goes on to define actual costs as being “limited to direct, chargeable
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Pleasantly surprised by quality newspaper To the Editor: On a visit to Bryson City this past weekend, I picked up the most recent copy of your weekly. What a wonderful surprise and enjoyable read! As a former journalist and longterm professional writer, I was so pleased to see that true journalism is alive and thriving in Western North Carolina. My expectations of a local or regional publication were surpassed by your perfect blend of hard news, opinion, arts/entertainment and more. To top it off, the writing was excellent. Well done and keep up the good work! Hugh Findlay, freelance writer/poet Durham
Please, just respect choice To the Editor: I am an registered nurse, and have been for more years than I’ll admit. Understanding
In those days in Cumberland County, seventh grade was the last year in elementary school, and we switched classroom teachers after lunch. Mrs. Ashley was charged with teaching us English and history every afternoon. If you got Mrs. Ashley, you knew you were on the hook for a 40-page report on Africa. Yep, seventh grade, 40 pages, hand-written. We worked on it in class while she played albums from Three Dog Night, Grand Funk Railroad, Bread and other bands I was just getting into. She wore long, flowing dresses, funky jewelry, painted her nails all different colors and had long Editor dark hair. By this time I was identified as a good student, making A’s and for the most part well-behaved. As I said, my parents had split up the year before so things had changed. I was testing boundaries. My friends and I devised what we thought were clever hand signals I would use to share answers to the multiple-choice questions on the history tests. We were cheating. She called me out to the hall after we turned in the first tests in which we used our ingenious method. She grabbed me by both shoulders and leaned down, our faces inches apart. She told me I could let those who were bad influences drag me down to their level or I could take my own path and rise above. She told me I knew right from wrong and doing the right thing was usually harder than doing the wrong thing. That one stuck, and I didn’t give out any more answers. Still, there was much to learn. Eighth grade at the junior high school was a bad year for me. I was 14 years old and indeed running with the wrong crowd but still excelling at school. I thought I was cute and made a wise-ass crack out loud in Miss Page’s class. She was all of five-feet tall, and she rushed to my desk with paddle in hand, grabbed me by my arm, jerked me up and practically
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Summer is ending and schools are opening. It’s the time year when I remember the teachers. These days, teachers are too often scapegoats for the shortcomings of parents, politicians and society at large. Truth be told, what they do each day in the classroom changes lives and changes the world. Mrs. Chambers was my first-grade teacher, back before most schools had kindergarten. The elementary school was in a shabby building in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on the Navy base. It was 1966, and Ms. Chambers was large, AfricanAmerican and I knew she adored me. She hugged a lot, and I couldn’t wait to get to her class each day. It was fun, adventurous and my brain was getting stretched. I left first grade completely loving school, and she had everything to do with it. Miss Fitch was my third-grade teacher at Aquidneck Elementary in Middletown, R.I. Dad was a Master Chief and had been transferred to Fleet Training Group in nearby Newport. Miss Fitch was the first to fire me up about writing. She was stylish and animated and had that great New England accent. She would write prompts on the bulletin board, and our assignment was to write poems based on those phrases. I remember her calling us individually up to her desk to discuss them. She encouraged us to use the five senses as ways to describe things. And contrary to most writing teachers, she favored fewer words, what I now know was her trying to get us to distill things down to simple but meaningful phrases. The school was near the ocean, the salty smell permeating everything back in those pre-AC days. And cow pastures were all around, lush green fields and clear-running brooks our playgrounds after school. When we moved to base housing in the middle of the year and I switched schools, Miss Fitch and the class wrote me a poem that they put in a frame, which my mom kept for years. Seventh grade we were in Fayetteville, my father having retired from the military. By now, my parents had split, so the influence of the teachers had grown. As happens with many children from broken families, school became a kind of refuge.
LETTERS my HIPAA responsibilities, here is a true but masked story about a night shift in the late 1960s in the ICU of a large city hospital. One of my patients that night was a teenage girl; I even remember her name. We were doing everything we could to keep her alive, but she died — died from a tetanus infection after an illegal back alley abortion several days earlier. I was there when she died. Her family didn’t even bother to show up that night. She experienced a horrible death. As I prepared her body for transfer to the morgue, I cried. With reflection, my personal and professional beliefs and values about abortion landed softly in my heart and have remained steadfast. Fast forward to 2019. Abortion has been legal since 1973, several years too late for my young patient. It is settled law, says Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (2018). Moreover, there are numerous methods of birth control, some more reliable than others. That said, some people wonder why abortion is still necessary. Why were there about 27,000 abortions performed in North Carolina last year, about 87 percent within in
Mistaken identity The column that appeared in this space last week, “Death, violence and too many guns,” was not written by John Beckman, as indicated. Beckman, a Cullowhee resident who has written many columns for SMN over the years, forwarded the column to SMN from a blog he follows. We assumed he had written in, and it was timely, so we published it. Our apologies to the original author and to Beckman, who says it has felt good this week to have received many complimentary emails from those who have mistaken him for a gifted writer who does very good research.
drug me into the hall. “You will respect me, respect my class and your classmates.” Ten licks later I was back sitting in my desk, embarrassed, pride hurt, but lesson learned. In high school Mr. Sykes taught journalism. She coaxed me, encouraged me and I became a pretty good reporter while still in high school. She helped me get a job at what is now the Fayetteville Observer-Times, where we would work until almost midnight calling coaches from around the region and writing short stories on football and basketball games. When Mrs. Sykes got into trouble for what was supposedly inappropriate relations with students, I wrote an essay about what a great teacher she was and how her she had been unjustly accused. That essay helped me get a scholarship to Appalachian State. And there were plenty of others, including in college. I’m not sure if it was just luck, but I was blessed when it came to teachers. So many were so good, and even now the lessons they taught are guiding my life. So here’s a shout out to all of them, every teacher who is starting the year. Whether it’s an academic or life lesson, how you nurture those young minds will influence so many for their entire lives, and you don’t get enough credit. Thank you all. (Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com)
the first trimester (12 weeks)? Here’s a sampling of reasons culled from personal and professional experience, as well as stories from an anonymous OB/GYN physician. I am a divorced mother with a fulltime job; I can’t afford to feed the children I already have. I am in an abusive relationship and can’t leave. I went into heart failure last time. My tubes were tied; I never intended to have more kids. I’m 14 weeks along and addicted to heroin. I’m married and had an affair; I made a mistake and don’t want to lose my family. I got drunk and don’t know who the father is. I was raped. I am 13 years old. He had a vasectomy; I never thought I could get pregnant. I am 48 years old. I have breast cancer and am getting chemotherapy. I think I want children someday but I am not ready to be a mother now. My uterus ruptured during my last pregnancy. My diabetes is out of control and I not eligible for Medicaid. My baby has multiple anomalies. I have a full ride scholarship to Princeton starting next month. I am scared I will kill myself. That’s why. If you would never have an abortion because your religion says it’s is wrong, I respect your choice. If you believe that your
fertilized ovum is already a baby, I respect your belief. If you would never have an abortion because you believe that abortion is murder, I respect your belief. If you are impregnated by a rapist and believe you have the duty to carry the pregnancy to term, I respect that too. In fact, I respect whatever choices you make and beliefs you hold about YOUR reproductive rights. I am not going to try and change your mind. I speak on behalf of the girls and women who make different choices or have different beliefs. Please show us the same respect. Respect choice. Elaine Slocumb Bryson City
Background checks are a must To the Editor: Actually, this letter is especially to Republican and Republican-leaning unaffiliated voters. If you are among the 92 percent of Republicans or the 94 percent of Independents who want a federal
person, but still allow anyone to order such a weapon of mass destruction on the internet, at a gun show, or privately? If you are among the eight out of every 100 of Republicans against any laws regulating ownership of weapons that can kill 30 people or more in half a minute, I have one question for you: how many of your guns were taken away from you while President Obama was in office from January 2009 through January 2017? Mary Jane Curry Haywood County
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ed., Aug.14, marks the third anniversary of my mom’s passing. During those early weeks and months after she slipped into the great mystery, I wrote a lot about grief. This column and my blog became healing outlets. Kind, compassionate words from friends, readers and even complete strangers held me up during those early days following her death. My mom loved Columnist hummingbirds. She and my dad would diligently change out their feeders to make sure the water was deliciously fresh and sweet. She awaited their return year after year and loved watching them flutter around and drink. When my boys were toddlers, she would hold their tiny hands, walking among the flowers and waiting for the hummingbirds to come. After her death, someone told me she would visit in some way, but I’d have to stay alert, be open to the possibility of her spirit communicating with me. Not long after, I was sitting on the porch at my old house, yearning to message her about my boys’ first day of school. I even considered sending her phone a text even though I knew a response was not possible. As I sat in the quiet, a hummingbird came and hovered right in front of me. It felt surreal. There was no feeder on the porch, nor was it a place hummingbirds frequented. I knew right then it was my mom’s spirit. I’ve lived in my new house for almost two years and not once has a hummingbird visited. Admittedly, my mind and heart have been preoccupied with many highs and lows of life. I worried it was my fault, that I wasn’t being alert enough to her spirit. This past Christmas, my boyfriend took my boys shopping to get a gift for me. One of their gifts was a hummingbird feeder.
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When spring came, we hung it up and filled it with sugar water. For months, nothing happened. Then one day recently, I had an emotional week. I was sitting alone on my porch, trying to hear God whispers or my own internal voice or really anything to calm my restless heart. As I sat there, I began to hear the signature sound of a hummingbird’s wings. I looked over at the bright red feeder and there was a hummingbird searching for sweet water. I smiled, knowing. It wasn’t an accident or coincidence. After I saw that first hummingbird, my dad and I had the following text exchange. Me: “Guess what came and visited me today for the first time ever on my Maggie Valley porch? A hummingbird … God knew I needed a little of mom’s love this week.” Dad: “Oh, I know how special that is. I’ve had two at the feeder almost every day. One came over to check me out. Really close. I had that Brenda feeling. So hard to believe it’s been three years and gallons of tears since she went out to sea. It’s still so tough. I love you.” My dad, sister and I are all struggling without her. We cope in our own ways. If you’ve lost someone who is a cornerstone in your world, you know the feeling. Other people have kept me going since her death. It’s been my sweet boys, my thoughtful boyfriend, colleagues, family, readers, pastors, mentors and friends. It’s true that when someone is really down, other people, good people, swoop in to catch the fallen. I’m going to conclude with my own quote from a blog post dated Aug. 26, 2016. It still rings true today, three years later. “The funny thing about grief is that it’s nothing like you think. Along with the darkness comes light. Along with the sadness comes love. Along with the loneliness comes friendship. Along with the solitude comes a new self-awareness. Along with the heartache comes strength. “I wouldn’t wish grief on anyone, and I know my personal journey with grief is far from over, but the compassion of others and surprise glimpses of God’s grace have kept me afloat when I feel like drowning. “And for that, I will be forever grateful.” (Susanna Shetley is a writer, editor and sales executive for The Smoky Mountain News, Smoky Mountain Living and Mountain South Media. Susanna.b@smokymountainnews.com)
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tasteTHE mountains Taste the Mountains is an ever-evolving paid section of places to dine in Western North Carolina. If you would like to be included in the listing please contact our advertising department at 828.452.4251 BLUE ROOSTER SOUTHERN GRILL 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, Lakeside Plaza at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997. Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slow-simmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. Call-ahead seating available.
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BOOJUM BREWING COMPANY 50 N Main Street, Waynesville. 828.246.0350. Taproom Open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gem Bar Open Tuesday through Sunday 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. Enjoy lunch, dinner or drinks at Boojum’s Downtown Waynesville restaurant & bar. Choose from 16 taps of our fresh, delicious & ever rotating Boojum Beer plus cider, wine & craft cocktails. The taproom features seasonal pub faire including tasty burgers, sandwiches, shareables and daily specials
that pair perfectly with our beer. Cozy up inside or take in the mountain air on our back deck.” BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch daily 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; dinner nightly at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Wine Down Wednesday’s: ½ off wine by the bottle. We specialize in hand-cut, all natural steaks from local farms, incredible burgers, and other classic american comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. CHEF’S TABLE 30 Church St., Waynesville. 828.452.6210. From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday dinner starting at 5 p.m. “Best of” Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine. Set in a distinguished atmosphere with an exceptional menu. Extensive selection of wine and beer. Reservations honored. CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville. 828.246.6505. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Mouthwatering all beef burgers and dogs, hand-dipped, hand-spun real ice cream shakes and floats, fresh hand-cut fries. Locally sourced beef. Indoor and outdoor dining. facebook.com/ChurchStreetDepot, twitter.com/ChurchStDepot. CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva. 828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30
a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine. Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more. Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly. Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com. THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville. 828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter. COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley. 828.926.1820 Winter hours: Wednesday through Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service. FERRARA PIZZA & PASTA 243 Paragon Parkway, Clyde. 828.476.5058. Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 12 to 8 p.m. Real New Yorkers. Real Italians. Real Pizza. A full service authentic Italian pizzeria and restaurant from New York to the Blue Ridge. Dine in, take out, and
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FIREFLY TAPS & GRILL 128 N. Main St., Waynesville 828.454.5400. Simple, delicious food. A must experience in WNC. Located in downtown Waynesville with an atmosphere that will warm your heart and your belly! Local and regional beers on tap. Full bar, vegetarian options, kids menu, and more. Reservations accepted. Daily specials. Live music every Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. Open Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St., Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. Reservations accepted. www.frogsleappublichouse.com.
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tasteTHE mountains brunch at 11 a.m. that includes breakfast and lunch items. Harmon’s Den offers a complete menu with cocktails, wine list, and area beers on tap. Enjoy casual dining with the guarantee of making it to the performance in time, then rub shoulders with the cast afterward with post-show food and beverage service. Reservations recommended. www.harmonsden.harttheatre.org HAZELWOOD FARMACY & SODA FOUNTAIN 429 Hazelwood Avenue, Waynesville. 828.246.6996. Open six days a week, closed Wednesday. 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday brunch 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast until noon, old-fashioned luncheonette and diner comfort food. Historic full service soda fountain. J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817. Open for dinner at 4:30 Tuesday through Sunday. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome. Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated. JOEY’S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley. 828.926.0212. Open seven days a week! 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Joey’s is a family-friendly restaurant that has been serving breakfast to locals and visitors of Western North Carolina for decades. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey’s is sure to please all appetites. Join us for what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.
enjoyed that day. We also specialize in catering any event from from corporate lunches to weddings. kaninis.com MAD BATTER FOOD & FILM 617 W. Main Street Downtown Sylva. 828.586.3555. Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with Sunday Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Handtossed pizza, house-ground burgers, steak sandwiches & fresh salmon all from scratch. Casual family friendly atmosphere. Craft beer and interesting wine. Free movies Thursday through Saturday. Visit madbatterfoodfilm.com for this week’s shows & events. MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley. 828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine. Open seasonally for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted. MAGGIE VALLEY RESTAURANT 2804 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. 828.926.0425. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Daily specials including soups, sandwiches and southern dishes along with featured dishes such as fresh fried chicken, rainbow trout, country ham, pork chops and more. Breakfast all day including omelets, pancakes, biscuits & gravy. facebook.com/carversmvr; instagram @carvers_mvr.
KANINI’S 1196 N. Main St., Waynesville. 828.452.5187. Lunch Monday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., eat in or carry out. Closed Sunday. A made-from-scratch kitchen using fresh ingredients. Offering a variety of meals to go from frozen meals to be stored and cooked later to “Dinners to Go” that are made fresh and ready to
RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 828.926.0201 Home of the Maggie Valley Pizzeria. We deliver after 4 p.m. daily to all of Maggie Valley, J-Creek area, and Lake Junaluska. Monday through Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. country buffet and salad bar from 5 to 9
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TAP ROOM BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. 828.456.3551. Open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, the Tap Room Bar & Grill has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Full bar and wine cellar. www.thewaynesvilleinn.com. VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin. 828.369.9890. Established here in in 1998. Come to Franklin and enjoy our laid back place, a place you can sit back, relax and enjoy our 62” HDTV. Our Pizza dough, sauce, meatballs, and sausage are all made from scratch by Vito. The recipes have been in the family for 50 years (don’t ask for the recipes cuz’ you won’t get it!) Each Pizza is hand tossed and made with TLC. You’re welcome to watch your pizza being created. WAYNESVILLE PIZZA COMPANY 32 Felmet Street, Waynesville. 828.246.0927. Open Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday noon to 9 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Opened in May 2016, The Waynesville Pizza Company has earned a reputation for having the best hand-tossed pizza in the area. Featuring a custom bar with more than 20 beers and a rustic, family friendly dining room. Menu includes salads, burgers, wraps, hot and cold sandwiches, gourmet pizza, homemade desserts, and a loaded salad bar. The Cuban sandwich is considered by most to be the best in town.
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PIGEON RIVER GRILLE 101 Park St., Canton. 828.492.1422. Open Tuesday through Thursday 3 to 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday noon to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Southerninspired restaurant serving simply prepared, fresh food sourced from top purveyors. Located riverside at Bearwaters Brewing, enjoy daily specials, sandwiches, wings, fish and chips, flatbreads, soups, salads, and more. Be sure to save room for a slice of the delicious house made cake. Relaxing inside/outside dining and spacious gathering areas for large groups.
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The living melodic bridge ‘David Holt’s State of Music’
BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER ow syndicated on PBS stations from coast to coast, “David Holt’s State of Music” has become a beacon of traditional music and worldwide exposure for countless local, regional and national acts hailing from Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia. Holt is a legendary old-time/bluegrass performer and musicologist who has called Asheville, North Carolina, home for decades. In 2002, his album “Legacy,” which featured his long-time friend and collaborator, the late guitar titan Doc Watson, won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Recording. But, aside from all his accolades and endeavors, his biggest contribution has been his lifelong quest to preserve and perpetuate traditional music. Within the first three seasons of the “State of Music,” Holt has featured marquee North Carolina groups like The Avett Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, Balsam Range, The Steep Canyon Rangers and Bryan Sutton, and also several beloved underground names like The Branchettes and Joe Newberry. Coming into the current filming of season four (which will be released this fall), Holt is expanding his reach again into Nashville and beyond with guests including rising Americana/bluegrass band Della Mae and blues guitar legend Taj Mahal. And yet, Holt’s main focus resides in showcasing the raw and polished talents in our own backyard, one with a keen sense of younger acts looking to breakthrough into the mainstream of ever-evolving and curious 21st century musical tastes.
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Smoky Mountain New: What was the thought process going into season four? David Holt: Well, we always try to get national talent, a good number of women in relationship to the number of men in the show, we want to get African-American folks in the show — just to show the wide variety that there is in traditional music in the Southeast. [Western North Carolina act] Darin & Brooke Aldridge started playing with John Cowan. And John is an old friend from the New Grass Revival days, and we’ve stayed in touch all these years. Darren and Brooke are regional talent busting out to be national talent (Brooke is the two-time International Bluegrass Music Association “Female Vocalist of the Year”). So, that was a perfect combination to feature them and some unbelievable harmony
singing. You get her and John (singing together) and it’s like a buzz saw cutting through the air, then you add Darren’s perfectly pitched harmony — it’s pretty spectacular.
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SMN: Are you halfway through filming this season right now? DH: I guess we are. People are always asking us, “Is this music still going to continue with most of the people you have on the show that are older?” Well, we’ll see about that, because I know lots of young people that are great, like Josh (Goforth) who plays with me.
“If you put your ear to the ground, those young acts are there. I think they’re more prevalent than ever with the internet, with YouTube videos, and then it spreads like wildfire.” — David Holt
So, we look for some even younger folks. (We have) four sisters from Boone called The Burnett Sisters. Man, they just get after a tune, really play it with a lot of drive and a lot of soul. They’re good singers and great musicians. And they’re young. I think the youngest sister is 14 and the oldest is in her mid-20s. It’s proof positive that the music will continue with people like that around — and there are quite a few, actually. If you put your ear to the ground, those young acts are there. I think they’re more prevalent than ever with the internet, with YouTube videos, and then it spreads like wildfire. Honestly, I think the quality is so good now. Another fellow on the young (musicians’ episode) is Presley Barker. This guy I’ve known since he was 10. He’s 14 now. He was good at 10, but now he’s just a phenomenal flat pick guitar player. Really a personable young man and a great kid. Somebody like that is just going to rise to the top and will be around for a long time if they decide to make a living doing this music, and both of these groups said they wanted to do that. So, more power to them, and with any way I can help getting them on TV. Another young band in that same show is Cane Mill Road — writing their own stuff, great instrumentalists and singers, and the lead singer is 16. I believe we’re in good shape.
SMN: What is that like for you? When you came up in the 1970s, you were talking to these first-generation folks of a lot of this music. And your work was the bridge to now. What do you think about the idea that now you are a bridge to the generation beyond where we stand right now? DH: I hope so. That’s always been my goal. I always look at what I do as kind of a calling. That has never waned, being interested in it and wanted to pursue it. I would like to be remembered as the guy who introduced lots of people to this kind of music and created a wider audience for traditional music and musicians to be able to make a living.
Want to go? Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt and Josh Goforth will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. It is a program of songs, stories and amazing musicianship that will appeal to all ages. Produced in conjunction with the Franklin Folk Festival. Tickets start at $17 per person. For more information, call 828.524.1598 or visit www.greatmountainmusic.com.
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Futurebirds at Railbird. (photo: Garret K. Woodward)
The 15th Annual Franklin Area Folk Festival, “A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center.
Nantahala Brewing (Sylva) will host Captain t’s around midnight, early Midnight Band (waterbed rock) at 8 p.m. Tuesday morning. Just sitThursday, Aug. 15. ting here, thinking. Finally The “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert getting around to drinking a series will continue with Salt & Light at 7:30 p.m. cold beer on a recliner in an Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Stecoah Valley Center apartment that I’ve barely in Robbinsville. called home this spring and summer. The REACH bingo fundraiser will be held at 6:30 Along the drive back to p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the Maggie Valley Western North Carolina from Pavilion. Lexington, Kentucky, this The Concerts on the Creek summer music series afternoon from the inaugural continues with Mama Danger (folk/newgrass) at Railbird Festival this week7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Bridge Park in Sylva. end, I realized the gathering was my 16th festival since drank beers, laughed and roamed around mid-March, and fifth festival feature I’ve the festival grounds, always in conversation written for Rolling Stone (11th article for that mused about life and music, nothing them since December). and everything. Sheesh. It has been a whirlwind, to say And I think of all those faces we ran into the least. And I have about another six or so throughout the weekend, all these music festivals before the leaves change color, too. industry folks I call dear friends, some of My life these days (and most days) is a blur which family, including the ‘Birds. Heck, I of highways, gas stations, concerts and endsee these folks more than my own family, less interactions. And, honestly, I wouldn’t and tenfold. change a single thing about it all. Sometimes I forget to take a moment and I spent most of the final day of Railbird sincerely be aware of my surroundings, how with my boys in Futurebirds, a raucous the scene unfolding before me is what I’ve Athens, Georgia, rock band I’ve had the always wanted, personally and professionalutmost respect and support for, and for over ly. But, I made sure at Railbird to remember a decade now since we met in 2009. We just
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the sights and sounds I was lucky enough to immerse myself in — side stage for the ‘Birds early Sunday afternoon and Tyler Childers as the sun fell behind the tree line later on, the wild late-night showcase by The Wooks at The Burl in downtown Lexington earlier in the weekend. But, it’s all a give and take, you know? I’ve been out here rambling and writing since I was 21 years old. Now, 34. Thirteen years. Hundreds of articles. Thousands of interviews. Where does the time go, eh? Feels like just yesterday I was living in a studio apartment in Eastern Idaho as a 22year-old wet-behind-the-ears journalist covering planning and zoning board meetings and rodeos in the Wild West. That was back in 2008. It was only a year or so later when my former girlfriend and I were on spring break and randomly wandered into The Jinx, an infamous dive bar and music venue in Savannah, Georgia. I was a young writer looking for a story to cover. Seeing the name “Futurebirds” in the music listings, I thought it was a cool moniker. So, we went. A decade later, there I am with the ‘Birds saluting each other over a frosty beverage backstage at Railbird in Kentucky. The girl is gone, so is that old truck of mine, too. And the ‘Birds have known and experienced all of that, as well. All of us chose this industry, this lifestyle many years ago. We had the internal conversation early on — hell or high water, this is what we wanted to do with our lives. With that give and take, comes the sheer volume of people, places and things I miss while on the road, in the midst of the melodic madness. Besides my actual family being some 1,100 miles from me, my southern “family” of friends and colleagues I barely even see anymore. That notion alone really hits home when I’m scrolling Facebook or Instagram and come across another birthday party, anniversary, backyard barbeque or swimming hole occasion — all photos of people I love and adore, and yet I’m once again missing from the image. The road, the show, the interview, the after-party: it’s always been part of my life, at least for as long as I can remember. And I’ve learned over the years how to proper navigate it, to make sure my deadlines are met and, most importantly, that the work is of quality and integrity — always evolving, always wandering. Several of the conversations I found myself in at Railbird revolved around “this is our lives” and how we accept it for what it is, and to make sure to check in with everyone and everything from time-to-time. But, also to immerse oneself in our dreams blossoming in real time. I’ve never taken any of this for granted, even in times of chaos and confusion. As I’ve gotten older, I see and appreciate the opportunities and challenges presented before me. We all do, all of us in the organized madness that is the music industry. My gratitude remains, and is a cup runneth over. We’re all in this together. And we remain to fight another day — onstage and on the road. Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y’all.
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Groovin’ on the Green The Groovin’ on the Green summer concert series will host Americana Jones (roots) at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at The Village Green in Cashiers. Other performers will include: Andrew Beam (classic country) Aug. 23 and Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (blues) Aug. 31. Coolers are welcome but food and beverage vendors will be on site as well. Dogs must be on a leash and under the control of their owners at all times. A new policy is in place this year with setting up for Groovin’ On the Green concerts. Tents must be set up next to the path at the very back of the event lawn. Chairs may be set up in the lawn anytime the day of the concert, however no chairs may be set up within the wings of the Commons until after 4:30 p.m. For a full concert schedule, visit the concerts page on The Village Green website, www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.
Bryson City community jam A community jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of the Sawmill Creek Porch Band. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn old-time mountain songs. The music jams are offered to the public each first and third Thursday of the month — year-round. This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts. 828.488.3030.
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Known as “waterbed rock-n-roll,” Captain Midnight Band will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Nantahala Brewing’s Sylva taproom. The group contains classic elements of jam, rock, and R&B with a heavy emphasis on visuals, humor, and good times. It’s “Funk Rock Glam Jam” the way you never heard it. The show is free and open to the public. For more information, click on www.nantahalabrewing.com.
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Based in Franklin, Lazy Hiker Brewing will host the grand opening of its Sylva outpost with a special performance by Porch 40 (jam/rock) at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the former Mad Batter at 617 West Main Street in Sylva. Lazy Hiker Brewing Company and Mad Batter recently announced that Lazy Hiker will be expanding to Sylva by opening a taproom at Mad Batter’s current location at 617 West Main Street. The taproom will feature Mad Batter’s full menu of entrees, pizza and appetizers. The show is free and open to the public. For more information, click on www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.
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Do you know the Universal Sound? Americana/indie act Joey Fortner & The Universal Sound will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Andrews Brewing Company.
Formerly of Soldier’s Heart and Through the Hills, singer/guitarist Joey Fortner is striking it out on his own with this rollicking new formation, one of rock melodies and poignant ballads. The show is free and open to the public. For more information, click on www.andrewsbrewing.com.
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‘An Appalachian Evening’ in Stecoah The “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert series will continue with Salt & Light at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. Other acts in the series will include: The Kruger Brothers (Aug. 24) and Wayne Henderson & Helen White (Aug. 31). As well, the Fall Harvest Festival will feature bluegrass legends The Gibson Brothers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Stecoah Valley Center. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, visit www.stecoahvalleycenter.com. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned Lynn L. Shields Auditorium.
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The Haywood County Arts Council’s Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program will hold student registration on the following dates and times: • 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at First United Methodist Church, located at 566 South Haywood Street in Waynesville. • 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Haywood County Public Library in Waynesville. JAM offers old-time mountain music to children in 4th grade and older. Lessons are $95 for the September through December session. Fees must be paid in advance. Classes meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Sept. 10 through May 2020 at the First United
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Methodist Church in Waynesville. Sibling discounted fee is $50. JAM instructors will be on hand to assist beginning students with their choice of instrument study. Instruments are available for rental from Strains of Music in Waynesville. Beginning its 19th year in Haywood County, the JAM program will teach students banjo, fiddle, or guitar in the traditional way mountain music has been taught for generations. A string band class is offered to advanced students by instructor referral only. JAM instructors are Cary Fridley, guitar; Robby Robertson, string band; Travis Stuart, banjo; Bob Willoughby, fiddle; and, Maddie Mullany, advanced fiddle. The JAM lesson schedule follows the Haywood County School System calendar. Public, private and home schooled students are encouraged to join. For enrollment questions, contact Cary Fridley at caryfridley@gmail.com or by calling the Haywood County Arts Council at 828.452.0593. For more information about JAM, visit www.haywoodarts.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/haywoodarts.
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On the beat • Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host the “Lounge Series” at its Calaboose location with Jody West Aug. 15, Joey Fortner Aug. 16 and Dana Rogers 4 p.m. Aug. 18. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.
• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host an open mic night at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday and “Brew-Stock: Woodstock 50th Anniversary” 7 p.m. Aug. 17. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.
• Blue Ridge Beer Hub (Waynesville) will host an acoustic jam with Main St. NoTones from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 15 and 22. Free and open to the public. www.blueridgebeerhub.com.
• Legends Sports Grill (Maggie Valley) will host music semi-regularly on weekends. 828.926.9464 or www.facebook.com/legendssportsgrillmaggievalley.
• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host a bluegrass open mic every Wednesday, an all-genres open mic every Thursday and “Woodstock 50th” party Aug. 17. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.boojumbrewing.com.
• Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will host the Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus 3 p.m. Aug. 18. Free and open to the public.
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• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Aug. 14 and 21, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Aug. 15 and 22. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com. • Isis Music Hall (West Asheville) will host Lawn Series w/Fwuit (retro/soul) 6 p.m. Aug. 14, Lauren Anderson & Meg Williams (Americana/blues) 7 p.m. Aug. 14, Jeff Sipe Trio w/Rahm Squad (funk/world) 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Lawn Series w/Upland Drive (rock/reggae) 7 p.m. Aug. 15, Nikki Talley & Jason Sharp (Americana/folk) 7 p.m. Aug. 15, Josh Okeefe (folk) 7 p.m. Aug. 16, Moonlight Street Folk 8:30 p.m. Aug. 16, Matt Nakoa (folk/rock) 7 p.m. Aug. 17, Raquy Danzinger (classical/world) 8:30 p.m. Aug. 17, Taylor Martin (singer-songwriter) 6 p.m. Aug. 18, Alexa Rose Band (Americana/altcountry) 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18, Lawn Series w/Rahm & Friends (indie/world) 6 p.m. Aug. 21 and Austin MacRae & John Shakespear (Americana/indie) 7 p.m. Aug. 21. www.isisasheville.com.
• Maggie Valley Pavilion will host the Haywood Community Band 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Free and open to the public. • Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will host Frank & Allie (Americana/old-time) 7 p.m. Aug. 22. Free and open to the public. 828.488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity. • Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host the “Stone Soup” open mic night every Tuesday, Woolybooger & The Loon Aug. 16 and Somebody’s Child (Americana) Aug. 17. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com. • Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will host Random Animals Aug. 16 and Casual Yak Aug. 17. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com. • Nantahala Brewing (Sylva) will host Captain Midnight Band (waterbed rock) Aug. 15 and STIG Aug. 16. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com. • Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Hustle Souls 6 p.m. Aug. 17. All shows start at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.noc.com. • Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) will host The Elderly Brothers (beach/oldies) Aug. 17.
The 10th season of the Concerts on the Creek summer music series continues with Mama Danger (folk/newgrass) at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Bridge Park in Sylva. The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce team up to produce the Concerts on the Creek series at the Bridge Park gazebo in Sylva from 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Concerts on the Creek events are free and open to the public with donations encouraged. Bring a chair or blanket. Occasionally, these events will feature food truck vendors as well.
All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.townoffranklinnc.com. • Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday. Free and open to the public. www.pub319socialhouse.com. • Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will host George James Aug. 16 and A. Lee Edwards Aug. 17. Shows begin at 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.rathskellerfranklin.com. • Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, Mile High (classic rock) 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a Trivia w/Kelsey Jo 8 p.m. Thursdays. • Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.
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The other performances are as follows: Aug. 23: Troy Underwood (Americana/folk) Aug. 30: Maggie Valley Band (Americana) For more information, call 828.586.2155 or visit www.mountainlovers.com. Follow the Concerts on the Creek Facebook page for series updates.
• The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic” night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com. • The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host Bluegrass Thursdays w/Benny Queen at 6:30 p.m. • The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host Bluegrass w/Nitrograss Wednesdays at 7 p.m. • The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic Night” on Mondays, karaoke on Thursdays and semi-regular music on Fridays and Saturdays. All events at 10 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.456.4750. • Waynesville Public Library will host One Leg Up (jazz/swing) 3 p.m. Aug. 17. Free and open to the public. • Whiteside Brewing (Cashiers) will host Seth Brand 6 p.m. Aug. 17. Free and open to the public. 828.743.6000 or www.whitesidebrewing.com.
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their instruments and join in. Inside on the gym stage, children ages 18 and under are encouraged to compete in the Mountain Youth Talent Contest (performances in traditional Appalachian music, storytelling and dance) sponsored by Jackson County 4-H with support from Catch the Spirit of Appalachia (sign-up on the FAFF website). This free event is co-sponsored annually by the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County and the Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center with support from Cowee Community Development Organization, Rickman’s Store, The Scottish Tartan Museum, Macon County Historical Museum, Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce, Blue Ridge Heritage Music Trail/SEBA and others. The festival is made possible by a grant from the Franklin/Nantahala Tourism Development Committee, the Tourism Development Authority of the Town of Franklin and the Macon County Arts Council, along with funding from local businesses and individuals. For more information, visit www.franklinfolkfestival.com or call 800.932.5294.
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The 15th Annual Franklin Area Folk Festival, “A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage,” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center. This family-friendly festival features live heritage demonstrations, Appalachian crafts, old-time mountain music & SEBA (SouthEastern Bluegrass Association) jammin’ sessions, clogging, Civil War reenactors camped on the grounds with infantry drilling and firing demonstrations, kids’ activities, food, textiles, tours, an antique car show, and more. Artisans inside Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center will exhibit Macon County’s rich heritage by teaching us about pottery, textiles, painting, and local history. By linking our future to our past, the Franklin Area Folk Festival sponsors hands-on activities to allow visitors to experience what mountain life was like way back when. These folks learned at their parents’ knee woodcarving, moonshinin’, weaving and spinning, and all the many other heritage skills they’ll be demonstrating. Festival-goers are encouraged to bring
The “Travels and Tall Tales” lecture series will continue with Alan French at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. The lectures are a continuation of the series begun in 2018 with topics extending from Russia throughout the Nordic countries, including Iceland. Literature, history, and personal experiences are among the subjects covered. French, a history enthusiast, specializes in the Nordic countries, Russia, and Islamic Spain. After a long and successful government career in teaching, interpreting, and translating Russian and participating in arms-control negotiations in Geneva and treaty implementation in Germany, Ukraine, and Russia he has returned to one of his first loves, history — foreign languages being the other. More recently he has interpreted for numerous official delegations on highly technical visits from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia to U. S. military bases, and he continues to work part-time as a conference-level interpreter in Russian
with the U.S. Department of State. As a member of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies and the Haskins Society, Alan supplements his reading and research by traveling to the Baltic region and formerly to Russia, where he made innumerable work-related visits to and beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg to the Urals and Siberia. In 2016, he spent two weeks driving some 1,700 miles circumventing Iceland, visiting the remote West Fjords with a separate visit to south Iceland, and subsequently taking a cruise to six different Icelandic ports including Vestmannaeyjar. On a previous visit to Ålesund, Norway, he made an interesting discovery, which is featured in one of his talks; while during one of his visits to Denmark he left the fascinating sights of Copenhagen to made another discovery — Roskilde, the ancient capital of Denmark and now a quaint village, home to five scuttled Viking ships rescued from a nearby channel. Lately he has continued his interest in the Nordic Countries by studying Swedish and visiting the villages and rural areas of Sweden. The presentation is free and open to the public.
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New exhibition explores environmental issues through sound The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center is pleased to present, “Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment.” This exhibition will be on display from Aug. 20 through Dec. 6. There will be a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. “Resounding Change: Sonic Art and the Environment” highlights contemporary artists who use sound to engage with environmental issues. Co-curated by Carolyn Grosch, curator of Collections & Exhibitions at the WCU Fine Art Museum, and Tyler Kinnear, adjunct instructor in the WCU School of Music, the exhibition features sound-based artwork that encourages visitors to listen more closely to the natural world and to think about how sound is being used in a time of environmental crisis. The works in the exhibition, which range from a large-scale video installation to more intimate encounters with sound, ask us to consider humanity’s place in the natural world, aspects of environmental change, and the current conditions that shape our planet. Featured artists include Cheryl Leonard, Raven Chacon, Andrea Polli, Lee Weisert, Matthew Burtner, and others. One notable work in the exhibition is a three-channel video installation entitled Gauge. Created by Raven Chacon, a Navajo Nation artist, and six other collaborators, Gauge is an immersive gallery experience that combines sound and image. The time-lapse video component of Gauge captures dramatic imagery of an ice mural, created by the artists on Baffin Island, as it rises and falls with the tide. Paired with Chacon’s field recordings of crunching snow, human tools, wind, and wildlife in the Canadian Artic landscape, this multisensory experience prompts reflection on human presence in the landscape, the cycles of nature, issues of climate change,
‘Southern Craft: A Revival in the Mountains’ The lecture series “Where We Live: History, Nature, and Culture” will present a program entitled “Southern Craft: A Revival in the Mountains” by Anna Fariello of the North Carolina Humanities Council at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, at the Cowee School in Franklin. At the end of the 19th century, mountain craftsmen formed the cornerstone of a revived interest in things handmade. Ideas concerning the value of work inspired a craft revival that flourished well into the twentieth century. Traditional southern mountain crafts, including weaving, pottery, wood carving, blacksmithing, and quilting were admired,
‘Gauge, 2013-2015,’ three-channel sound and video installation. and notions of geologic time. Raven Chacon will visit Western Carolina University or a visiting artist reception and gallery talk from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 5. A special day-time drum performance across campus is currently in development, more details about the exhibition and associated events at arts.wcu.edu/sonicart. The WCU Fine Art Museum has a long
history of collaboration and continues to serve as a site for interdisciplinary exchange. This exhibition is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the WCU Fine Art Museum and School of Music. This exhibition is part of a series of WCU events and programs that dovetail with the University’s 2019-20 campus theme “Environment and Sustainability.”
promoted, taught, marketed, and expanded to new forms through the combined efforts of local people and those who had come to realize the value of the culture. Movement leaders organized guilds and exhibitions and makers created work that was displayed and Anna Fariello sold, bringing both respect and income to mountain families. This appreciation and creation of handcrafts persists today, both in the preservation of traditional crafts and the creation of new designs, in places throughout the mountains, including the Cowee School Arts and Heritage Center. This project is made possible by funding from the North Carolina Humanities
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The art of broom making The next Creating Community Workshop will feature broom making at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Explore this Appalachian craft and the basics of broom making while making your very own cobweb broom. The cobweb broom is made to access hard to reach areas, including those pesky cobwebs in corners. Moderate hand and arm strength are
Exhibitions, receptions, and associated programming at the museum are free and open to the public. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, with free parking available on site. To learn more, visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. needed to make the broom. It may be helpful to wear long pants. It is also recommended to bring an old towel or apron to wear. The instructor will be Mickey Sizemore, who attended Western Carolina University in the 1980s and has just recently moved back into the area from Tennessee. He owns and operates Gray Branch Soaps, a hand-made bath and body bar business from his home in Cullowhee. Sizemore has been making brooms for 10 years and has taught weekend sessions at Warren Wilson College on the art of broom making. This program is free of charge. The class is limited to 10 people. For further information and to sign up for the class, call the library at 828.586.2016. This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library (www.fontanalib.org).
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• The Weekly Open Studio art classes will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville, Instructor will be Betina Morgan. Open to all artists, at any stage of development, and in the medium of your choice. Cost is $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class. Contact Morgan at 828.550.6190 or email bmk.morgan@yahoo.com.
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• There will be an artist member show through Aug. 24 at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. For more information, call 828.452.0593, email info@haywoodarts.org or visit www.haywoodarts.org.
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• The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has recently opened a major new exhibit, “People of the Clay: Contemporary Cherokee Potters.” It features more than 60 potters from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Cherokee Nation, and more than one hundred works from 1900 to the present. The exhibit will run through next April.
On August 17th we’ll be celebrating the start of Flat Track season. The first 50 people will receive a free race flag giveaway. Demo Rides on the all new FTR1200. (While supplies last)
• A “Beginner Step-By-Step” adult painting class will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. There is also a class at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at Balsam Fall Brewing in Sylva. Cost is $25 with all supplies provided. For more information or to RSVP, contact Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560 or wncpaintevents@gmail.com.
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A production of “A Facility for Living” by Katie Forgette will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15-17 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. The comedy is set in the not so distant future when the health care system has fallen apart. For the residents of Federal Nursing Home #273, every day is a monotonous cycle of pills, old Ronald Reagan movies, and mandatory bedtimes all overseen by the killjoy head nurse. If it sounds familiar, the show is billed as “The Golden Girls” meets “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” When a new resident arrives and shakes things up, this band of misfits hatch an outrageous plan to break all the rules and in the process rediscover purpose and dignity. HART’s production is being directed by
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• There is free comedy improv class from 7 to 9 p.m. every Thursday at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. No experience necessary, just come to watch or join in the fun. Improv teacher Wayne Porter studied at Sak Comedy Lab in Orlando, Florida, and performed improvisation with several groups. Join Improv WNC on Facebook or just call 828.316.8761.
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Julie Kinter and features: Pasquale LaCorte and David Spivey, reunited after last season’s hit Over the River and Through the Woods, along with Pam Elder, Vicki Mangieri, Leslie Lang and Ariel Killillay. To make reservations, visit www.harttheatre.org or call the HART Box Office at 828.456.6322.
Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will continue to host an array of wine tastings and small plates. • Mondays: Free tastings and discounts on select styles of wine that changes weekly. • Thursdays: Five for $5 wine tasting, with small plates available for purchase from Chef Bryan’s gourmet cuisine in The Secret Wine Bar. • Wednesday-Saturday: The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Fridays: The Secret Wine Bar will be open for drinks and small plates from 5 to 9 p.m. • Saturdays: Champagne cocktails from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Secret Wine Bar will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m. Dog friendly patio and front garden open, weather permitting. For more infor-
mation and/or to RSVP for ticketed events, call 828.452.0120 or email info@waynesvillewine.com. • The Bryson City Wine Market will host two upcoming tasting classes. “Destination Italy” will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 14, with “California Dreamin’” from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 28. Each class is $30 per person. Delectable finger foods provided. Seating is limited to 15. To RSVP, stop by the shop or call 828.538.0420.
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• A free wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 and 24 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.631.3075. • Free cooking demonstrations will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays at Country Traditions in Dillsboro. Eat samples and taste house wines for $3 a glass. All recipes posted online. www.countrytraditionsnc.com.
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A reminder: leave something good behind nthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly won my admiration long ago. I purchased my copy from Asheville’s Reader’s Corner Bookstore, now closed, and tore through this narrative of Bourdain’s adventures as a prep cook and then as a chef. For anyone who has served in the food business — in my 20s in Charlottesville I Writer worked in an upscale restaurant serving French cuisine and in another mediumranked restaurant called by the name of its previous tenant, The Hardware Store — Kitchen Confidential brought back all the hustle, chaos, gaffes, and drive for excellence that goes into the making of food and a pleasant dining experience for customers. In his memoir, Bourdain wrote lines like this one “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” Not exactly in keeping with the Biblical injunction, but hilarious. (To judge from appearances, many of us have taken far too much pleasure from that ride.) From that best seller, Bourdain went on to write other books and host television shows on cooking and sampling dishes from around the world. He even appeared in a Hollywood film. Though I never watched his cooking shows — by then I had gotten rid of television altogether — friends who did so raved about his wanderings around the planet, eating such exotic foods as a raw seal eyeball among the Intuits and sheep testicles in Morocco. In 2018, this man who brought such exuberance to the culinary arts and the screen committed suicide by hanging himself in a German hotel room. Despite that untimely death, Bourdain had many fans, as can be seen in a new book, Anthony Bourdain Remembered (CNN/Harper Collins, 2019, 201 pages). In this CNN collection are tributes, mostly sent via email, from other chefs, writers, friends, and fans. In the first entry of this book of photos and remembrances we read the words of Bourdain himself:
what humankind can be.” In addition to the many fine tributes to this chef, writer, television star, and humanitarian, Anthony Bourdain Remembered contains a wonderful collection of photographs of the man, the coun-
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As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply walk across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. It’s a plus for everybody.”
“If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move.
tries he visited, and the people with whom he dined. The last page of this homage contains another quotation from Bourdain: In these notes of gratitude to Bourdain, we find some who crossed the ocean and some who crossed the river. Alessandro Porcelli, founder of Cook It Raw, writes that Bourdain was “the Bruce Chatwin of food, a wizard of booze, a kitchen iconoclast ….” Cyn H. reports that “… his funny laugh and sense of humor plus all the food and places he traveled, he made me feel more adventurous in my own life.” Edward Lee, chef and author, had this to say about Bourdain: “In a distant future, when we look back at this era, at all its clutter and noise, we will dust off the infinite clutter of nonsense, and we will truly see Anthony Bourdain for what he was: a muse who showed us the best of
Poling book signing at City Lights Black Mountain author Nancy Werking Poling will present her novel While the Earth Still Speaks at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Set in the mountains of North Carolina, Wayne Caldwell said of her novel, “Nancy Poling has crafted a surprising mix — While Earth Still Speaks is part adventure, part environmental activism, part visionary tale. Uniting it is Elizabeth McNair, who breaks from
“Travel isn’t often pretty. It isn’t often comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, or your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” Rest in peace, Mr. Bourdain. You left something good behind. ••• In her short book Why Manners Matter: The Case For Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007, 174 pages ), Lucinda Holdforth offers these words by once-famed author Somerset
a stifling marriage ultimately to become her own woman and leave a legacy of courage.” To reserve copies of While the Earth Still Speaks, please call City Lights Bookstore at 828.586.9499.
City Lights open mic The NetWest program of the North Carolina Writers Network will host an open mic night at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at City Lights
Maugham about his father and the beautiful mother who was 20 years his father’s junior: In Paris they were known as beauty and the beast. My mother was very small, with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish color, exquisite features and a lovely skin. She was very much admired. One of her great friends … once said to my mother, “You’re so beautiful and there are so many people in love with you, why are you faithful to that ugly little man you’ve married?” And my mother answered: “He never hurts my feelings.” We Americans could learn some things from Maugham’s brief reminiscence of his mother and father, and from Holdforth’s book. The comments we find on various blogs, and on some of the blogs themselves, are laden with obscenities, hate, threats, and loathing. The writers who post such despicable comments often hide behind pseudonyms, masking their identities while attacking those with whom they disagree. This shrill hatred spills over into our public square: the extreme rhetoric, the doxxing of our opponents, the labeling of entire groups of people as racist or sexist or progressive or reactionary. The hatred that has infected our politics, the divisions by class, race, gender, and whatever other chasms some of us create, do little good but much harm. When we judge others by the color of their skin, by how much or how little money they make, by whether they are Democrats or Republicans, progressives or conservatives, we violate what Holdforth addresses as the “inner selves that are so hard to find and touch and understand.” Through his culinary adventures, Anthony Bourdain urged us to reach out to those human beings whose lives are different than our own. Through her book on manners, Lucinda Holdforth urges us “to combine to make something bigger than ourselves. A civil society.” Sounds good to me. (Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher. minick0301@gmail.com)
Bookstore in Sylva. Folks are encouraged to bring their poetry or short pieces to share. Sign-ups begin at 6:45 p.m. for 10-minute reading session. The North Carolina Writers’ Network connects, promotes, and serves the writers of this state. They provide education in the craft and business of writing, opportunities for recognition and critique of literary work, resources for writers, support for and advocacy of the literary heritage, and a community for those who write. 828.586.9499 or www.ncwriters.org.
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Working the watershed Forest Stewards lays out plans for Waynesville watershed’s future
Forest covers land in the Waynesville watershed that just four decades ago featured large amounts of clear cuts and bare earth. Holly Kays photos BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER early four decades ago, vast swathes of the 8,600-acre Waynesville watershed were laid bare, the trees timbered for profit and the soil harvested to build the earthfilled dam now holding back the reservoir. Fast forward to 2019, and the landscape has changed dramatically. There is no more bare soil, and no more open canopy. It’s a fullgrown forest, sunlight filtering through a green canopy below which the only sounds are those produced by the birds, insects and wind. The white pines planted to stabilize the stripped soil have thrived, perhaps too much. In 2014, a good many of them were cut down during a thinning conducted on a 50-acre portion of the property, as the seedlings were planted too close together to serve them well as they grew larger. But white pine is still a common species in the 8,600-acre watershed. “White pine is a native species in this region. White pine plantations are not a native community,” Peter Bates, Ph.D., a natural resources professor at Western Carolina University, told a group of land trust, N.C. Forest Service, Town of Waynesville and land management representatives on a July 25 tour of the property. He’d organized the tour to provide a review of what his nonprofit, Forest Stewards, has been up to over the last 10 years and what management actions the group hopes to see happen in the watershed in the years ahead.
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AN EYE ON QUALITY Bates has been involved with the Waynesville watershed since 2002, when the town contracted with a group then known as
the Western Carolina Forest Sustainability Initiative to develop a strategic forest management plan for the property. After a conservation easement for the land was adopted in 2005, the town contracted with the group once more to develop a full forest management plan for the property. The nonprofit Forest Stewards, of which Bates is the interim executive director, was created in 2008 and has continued working with the town ever since. Much of Forest Stewards’ activity over the past decade has involved monitoring. Lots and lots of monitoring. One of the first things Forest Stewards did upon taking on the project was to establish 202 one-tenth-acre monitoring plots throughout the watershed, in which every tree was mapped and measured. The idea is to remeasure those plots once every 10 years in order to get a data-driven look at how the forest has changed over time. The first remeasurement began last year and is still underway, so there’s no data available yet. “Our stewardship goal is to increase the diversity that exists in these forests,” said Bates. Since the land’s primary purpose, from the town’s point of view, is to provide clean drinking water for Waynesville residents, close water quality monitoring has also been a priority. “We monitor water quality at eight different points in the watershed. This is probably
one of the most instrumented watersheds in Western North Carolina,” said Jerry Miller, Ph.D., a natural resources professor at WCU who has been monitoring the property since 2008. “We have over 1,200 suspended sediment samples that have been collected over that time period and we literally have hundreds of thousands of turbidity measurements.” Those samples together deliver a clear message about the state of the town’s water supply. “This is really high-quality water,” said Miller.
ADAPTED FOR FIRE With 10 years of management and monitoring under its belt, Forest Stewards is now looking further to the future, working to come up with management solutions that will guarantee vital species diversity in the decades ahead while also preserving that exceedingly high water quality. “We’re thinking about the whole property, 8,600 acres,” said Bates. Since the Ice Age ended, forest fires have been an integral part of Southern Appalachian ecosystems, with one or two fires per decade common on dry sites. But fire suppression policies in the 1900s led to a pair of effects — the decline of fire-adapted species like oaks and hickories, and the loading of forest floors with fuels just waiting to ignite.
Historically managing timber for money was important for the town, but those days are past. Water quality is the key.” — Peter Bates
Multiple Forest Stewards’ recommendations hinge on bolstering populations of those fire-dependent species, which are valuable economically as well as ecologically. Oaks and hickories are both vigorous nut producers, feeding everything from bears to chipmunks to an army of invertebrates. According to Bates, if the town wants to reap the benefits of prescribed burning, the time is now. “We’re losing the oaks,” he said. “We lose those in the understory — they don’t regenerate. But we still have those species in the overstory. That’s important because that’s our regeneration source.” The N.C. Forest Service has a program funded by the federal government that allows it to conduct prescribed burning on non-federal lands that are within 10 air miles of the national forest, at no cost to the landowner, said Matthew Hooper, an N.C. Forest Service representative who was on the tour. “It looks very manageable,” Hooper said of the project. “We would start very small, maybe 15 to 20 acres.” Burn proposals are due in the fall of each year, with approvals delivered in December and burns typically conducted in early spring. If the town wished to apply for the program, said Hooper, the burn could be done as early as spring 2020. Though, Bates added, the likelihood of it actually going that quickly is low. A frequent cause of delay is weather that ends up not cooperating on the appointed day. Once a burn is approved, the Forest Service has up to five years to carry it out. Even after the burn is done, the effort won’t be over. Restoring an area through prescribed burning requires repeated treatments, delivered in multiple rounds spaced five to seven years apart. A map of the watershed property highlighting fire-adapted areas includes more than 1,000 acres — while it’s unlikely it will all end up getting treated, it’s clear that there is plenty of potential.
TIMBER-SUBSIDIZED MANAGEMENT Another tactic Forest Stewards proposes to encourage oak and hickory regeneration is called crop release. Some areas of the watershed have high-quality, though modest-sized, oak and hickory trees that would stand a good chance to becoming large, valuable trees if the small trees growing around them were cleared out. In other areas, these species would be best encouraged by conducting a shelterwood cut — that is, logging out most trees except for the large oaks and hickories that can then remain to seed in the understory free of competition. The treatments would start small, with acreage increasing if successful. A key component of Forest Stewards’ proposal is that no new roads be built through the watershed, but that the existing roads get some much-needed maintenance. The current road system was laid out in the 1940s and 50s by the Coweeta Hydrologic
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Widening work will begin on Interstate 26 in Buncombe County this fall, a project that will include replacing the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over I-26, bridges over the French Broad River and two other bridges. The planned widening will conflict with the Parkway’s existing piers because of their proximity to the roadway. The project will realign a short portion of the Parkway and build a new bridge spanning I-26 adjacent to the existing bridge on the south side. The Parkway will remain open during the multiyear construction of the new bridge and
demolition of the existing one. The contract for the project was awarded to the Fluor-United Joint Venture of Greenville, South Carolina, which put forward a bid of $263 million. Construction is expected to start by the end of September. The widening project will stretch from Brevard Road to the Henderson County line near Airport Road, expanding the road from four to eight lanes. Bids for a companion project to widen the road from the county line to Four Seasons Boulevard in Henderson County will be received this fall. At least two lanes of traffic will remain open in each direction during the day. The project should be completed in the spring of 2024.
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are past. Water quality is the key.” But good land management comes with a price tag. The town’s contract with Forest Stewards is currently $42,000 for the year, with the board scheduled to vote on a renewal for the same dollar amount at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 13, after The Smoky Mountain News’ press time. “Let the timber help subsidize that work,” said Bates. “That’s the philosophy we’re operating under right now.”
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Laboratory as part of its focus on how to develop a good mountain road without degrading water quality. The system was then extended in the 1980s. The roads have held up well, and are key to the watershed’s accessibility for management, said Bates. But the town should plan to grade the surface, fix any collapsed culverts and perform any necessary repairs at intersections with streams. Forest Stewards also recommends “daylighting” the roads — that is, cutting trees along the corridor so more sunlight will hit the roads, keeping them drier and in more stable condition. It’s been long enough since that was done that some larger, valuable trees would be harvested in the process. “Managing this forest is never about money,” said Bates. “Yeah, there’s a lot of dollars of some timber in this watershed. Historically managing timber for money was important for the town, but those days
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Peter Bates of Forest Stewards gives the group an overview of the watershed’s logging history. (above) Forest Stewards hopes to conduct prescribed burns on areas like this to remove combustible understory growth and encourage regeneration of fire-adapted species like oaks and hickories. (below)
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Build a booth at the Macon fair Educational booths are wanted for the upcoming Macon County Fair, this year slated for Sept. 11 to 14 with the theme “Up & Growin,’ Let’s Get Goin.’” Booths are an opportunity for organizations to better acquaint the public with their mission. To qualify for judging, they must be constructed on Monday, Sept. 9, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. For an application, visit https://bit.ly/2TjjNeX. Return applications to the Macon County Cooperative Extension office at 193 Thomas Heights Road in Franklin. For more information, call 828.349.2046.
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A gathering to celebrate the history-making return of Nikwasi Mound to the care of Cherokee tribal members and Macon County residents will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Big Bear shelter on the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin.
The celebration will include a look at the mound’s long history and significance and a vision for future plans. Speakers will include Principal Chief Richard Sneed, Macon County Economic Development Director Tommy Jenkins, Town of Franklin Council Member Joe Collins and Mainspring Conservation Trust Executive Director Sharon Taylor. Cherokee elder and language speaker Mary Brown, Cherokee Storyteller Freeman Owle and the Principal People Dancers will be part of the ceremony. Lunch will be available for purchase at a food truck on the premises. The Town of Franklin voted earlier this year to transfer the mound, a Cherokee cultural landmark, to the Nikwasi Initiative, an organization comprised of citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Franklin, Macon County and Mainspring Conservation Trust. It is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting cultural and historic sites, and investing in new strategies for regional, sustainable economic development ventures. For more information, visit www.nikwasi-initiative.org or contact Maggie Mead at nikwasi.initiative@gmail.com.
Plants, pollinators and how humans can help the reproduction of almost 90 percent of the world’s flowering plant species, as well as countless other critters that have coevolved with plants for mutual benefit. Stiles will explain why they are declining and how everyone can pitch in to reverse those trends. Stiles founded Bee City USA in Asheville in 2012. Bee City is a national program that galvanizes communities to sustain pollinators by providing them with healthy habitat that is rich in diversity of native plants and free or nearly free of pesticides. In 2015, Stiles was named U.S. Pollinator Advocate of the Year by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, and in 2018 Bee City merged with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Today, there are about 150 Bee City USA-certified cities and college campuses coast to coast. The lecture is offered free as part of the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series, which offers weekly talks on conservation-related topics Phyllis Stiles leads a pollinator every Thursday through Sept. safari at Reems Creek Nursery in 12. A free shuttle will run from Weaverville. Donated photo Founders Park in Highlands beginning at 5:30 p.m. Stiles’ lecture is sponsored by Kim and Bill “The Plant-Pollinator Love Affair That Coward. For a full schedule, visit Keeps our Planet Humming.” Pollinators www.highlandsbiological.org. are responsible for 1 in 3 bites we eat and The founder of Bee City USA will speak about plants, pollination and threats to these species at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Highlands Nature Center in Highlands. Phyllis Stiles will give a lecture titled
Stock up on native plants A native plant sale will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at the Southern Highlands Reserve in Lake Toxaway. Many azaleas or other shrubs featured at the reserve will be available in 1-gallon and 4-inch containers, each grown with care from hand-collected seed. Checks made out to the Southern Highlands Reserve will be the only accepted form of payment.
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Community garden combats food insecurity The Jackson County Health Department is working to combat food insecurity through the Cullowhee Community Garden, which was established in 2012 and now hosts 500 volunteers annually. Volunteer workdays are now being held on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to dusk. Since its inception, the garden has produced
more than 6,000 pounds of food for donation to food relief agencies, families and people in need. Currently, 32 plots are being actively gardened with seven available for adoption. Gardeners are provided the space necessary to run an organic garden and in return are asked to donate half their harvest, and people who don’t wish to commit to tending a plot can come out on Wednesdays to do their part. Adam Bigelow, adambigelow@jacksonnc.org or 828.587.8212.
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A Plant Pure Nation pod meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, above the Sassy Girl shop in Dillsboro. Topics will include healthy lunchbox meals and treats, and secrets of the Blue Zone for health and longevity. Bring a plant-based dish to share if you want. Free.
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The Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association has a new executive director in Natalie Britt. “I look forward to being a part of the effort to bring the CFAIA to the next level, making a positive difference for even more people exploring public and private lands for education and recreation,” Britt said. Britt most recently served as the executive director of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1989 to conserve South Carolina’s natural and cultural resources, preserve historic landmarks and promote outdoor recreation. She succeeds former CFAIA director Carlton Murrey, who held the post for more than seven years. “All of us at the CFAIA see an opportunity to grow our influence on outdoor education and recreation in the Southeast, and we are thrilled to have Natalie lead us in this next stage of our growth,” said Tad Fogel, chair of the CFAIA Board of Directors. “I’m excited about this next step for our organization, and I can’t wait to see where we can go. Carlton has been a strong leader for us, and we wish him well as he explores new opportunities with J. Biance Financial.”
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The nonprofit Green Built Alliance is launching a monthly series of in-depth, inspirational workshops through the fall and winter of 2019 to educate and engage community members in regenerative design, with the first such workshop taking place 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Asheville. The topic will be “Achieving Net-Zero Energy,” and will be taught by Amy Musser and Emily Boyd. Other sessions will teach about building your own sustainable home, energy efficiency, ecological site preparation and buildings as carbon caputure devices, among other topics. They will be led by Asheville-based experts as well as people who travel to speak on such topics. The eight-workshop series is offered in connection with updates to the nonprofit’s Green Built Homes certification program that will incentivize builders to incorporate elements of regenerative design into their projects. Regenerative buildings are designed and built so that they are integrated and have a net-positive impact on the natural environment around them. The Green Built Homes certification system will evolve to encourage even more elements that actually allow buildings to improve the world around them. Formerly known as N.C. HealthyBuilt Homes, the Green Built Homes program has certified 1,700 houses by more than 250 builders across North Carolina since its inception in 2004. As codes have changed and technologies have advanced in the 15 years since the program’s inception in 2004, Green Built Homes has evolved to encourage positive changes in the building industry and highlight new opportunities to make projects more sustainable. Ticket purchases are required to attend the events. To buy tickets or see the full schedule, visit www.greenbuilt.org.
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Hike Panthertown Valley A hike to Tranquility Point and Schoolhouse Falls in Panthertown Valley will be offered starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, from Cold Mountain Gap Trailhead. Wynette Wiles will lead this excursion,
open to Friends of Panthertown members only. To join the organization and RSVP for the hike, contact friends@panthertown.org. Memberships start at $35, or $25 for students.
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A paddle trip from Cullasaja to Currahee in Macon County will be offered Thursday, Aug. 22, from Franklin-based Alarka Expeditions. This easy two-hour paddle covers the most serene section of the Cullasaja to the takeout below Currahee Brewing on Lake Emory. The group will be off the river by 7 p.m., with beginning kayakers welcome and a post-paddle trip to the brewery planned. $30 with your own boat or $55 to borrow one. Alarka will take care of the portaging. Sign up at www.alarkaexpeditions.com.
Go back in time at Cataloochee Step back in time with the Smoky Mountain Field School class “Historic Cataloochee Valley, Smoky Mountain Elk and More,” offered Saturday, Aug. 24. Esther Blakely will teach this class in Cataloochee, where students will spend the day exploring the area’s rich natural and cultural history, the early settlers in the valley and the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There will be an emphasis on the elk reintroduction. Cost is $69, with registration available at aceweb.outreach.utk.edu. The Smoky Mountain Field School is a partnership of the University of Tennessee and the Great
Esther Blakely. File photo Smoky Mountains National Park, offering classes throughout the year at various locations in the park.
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Volunteers are needed to help place shrubs and plants along Jonathan Creek, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Elevated Park in Maggie Valley. Haywood Waterways Association recently completed a bioswale project on the site aimed at reducing the stormwater runoff to Jonathan Creek. The native shrubs and plants to be installed there will help filter and reduce runoff. RSVP to Caitlin Worsham at caitlinw.hwa@gmail.com or 828.476.4667, ext. 12. Tools will be provided but volunteers are invited to bring their own as well.
Comment on proposed NEPA policies ities. The updates in the proposed rule incorporate lessons learned and experience gained from our staff and partners over the past 10 years.”
However, many organizations are decrying changes that would remove requirements for public comment periods in many situations.
According to the Carolina Mountain Club, the proposed changes would eliminate public participation in 93 percent of Forest Service projects. MountainTrue takes issue with the “extreme set of proposals,” including a “loophole” that would allow logging of up to 4,200 acres at a time without environmental review or public input as well as removing public comment requirements for projects building up to 5 new miles of roads and mining projects affecting fewer than 640 acres. For more information about the proposal, visit www.fs.fed.us/emc/nepa/revisions/index.shtml. Online comment submissions are preferred at www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FS-20190010, but comments can also be emailed to nepa-procedures-revision@fs.fed.us or mailed to EPA Services Group, c/o Amy Barker, USDA Forest Service, 125 South State Street, Suite 7105, Salt Lake City, UT 84138.
Man dies following cardiac event in park A man died in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park last week following a cardiac event near the Greenbrier Ranger Station Aug. 9. Harold Thompson, 58, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was hiking along the Injun Creek manway leading to the Grapeyard Ridge Trail with his brother when he experienced cardiac distress about 1.5 miles from the ranger station. Ranger received a report of the situation at about 2 p.m. Thompson’s brother, an EMT, administered CPR along with park medics for about an hour, and emergency responders used an automated external defibrillator as well. Under consultation with the park’s medical advisor from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Thompson was pronounced dead at approximately 3 p.m. He was transported by the Gatlinburg Fire Department to LeConte Medical Center.
A workshop aimed at providing female forest landowners with the tools and training to manage their lands and become more involved in forest stewardship will be offered 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Burke County Center in Morganton. While 65 percent of private forestland in North Carolina is jointly owned by women, statistics indicate that women are much less likely to attend conventional landowner programs and participate in management activities. This workshop, ForestHer N.C., aims to reverse the trend by offering programming tailored to women. During the workshop, participants will learn about North Carolina’s forest ecosystems, identify the types of forest they own or manage and understand the role their woodland plays in the greater landscape. The program is sponsored by various conservation organizations, including the N.C. Forest Service, U.S Forest Service, N.C. Tree Farm Program, N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission, Audubon North Carolina, Wild Turkey Federation, N.C. State Extension and the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project. Registration is $25 and available at aug29fhnc.eventbrite.com.
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The public comment period has been extended on a controversial proposal to change U.S. Forest Service rules surrounding the National Environmental Protection Act, with comments now accepted through Aug. 26. The rules were last updated in 2008, and since then challenges like extended droughts, insect infestations and diseases have made the agency’s job more difficult, straining staff and resource capacity, according to a Forest Service explanation of the proposal. “The proposed rule will help the Forest Service make timelier decisions based on high quality, science-based analysis,” reads the Forest Service summary. “This improves the Forest Service’s ability to get work on the ground while meeting our environmental stewardship responsibil-
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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Bakari Sellers, a CNN political analyst and the youngest elected official in America, will serve as keynote speaker for Western Carolina University’s New Student Convocation at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center in Cullowhee. Public is welcome. • The North Shore Cemetery Association will host decorations for Higdon and McCampbell Gap (Wilson) Cemeteries on Sunday, Aug. 18. Shuttles leave from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. from the Cable Cove Boating Access Area off NC 28 near Fontana Village. Bring dish to share for pot luck or provide your own food and drinks; wear clothing and shoes suitable for foul weather. Info, including changes and cancelations: Facebook/northshorecemeteries. • Gnarly Fingers will perform during a celebration of the merger of the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition and MountainTrue, from 5:30-9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Staurolite Farm in Brasstown. RSVP: www.mountaintrue.org/event/21549. • Registration is underway for Marriage Enrichment Retreats that will be offered three more times over the next year at Lake Junaluska. Led by Ned Martin, an expert in marriage counseling. Price is $699 per couple. Dates are Aug. 18-20 of 2019 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1 in 2019. Registration and info: www.lakejunaluska.com/marriage or 800.222.4930. • Jackson County Arts Council is accepting applications for Grassroots subgrants through Aug. 30. Financial support for Jackson County community groups and nonprofit organizations that offer programs and projects that enhance the arts for county residents. Application info: www.jacksoncountyarts.org or info@jacksoncountyarts.org. Info: 507.9820. • Cullowhee Planning council will meet at 6 p.m. on Sept. 9 in Conference Room 101A of the Cordelia Camp Building on Western Carolina University’s campus in Cullowhee. (Rescheduled from regular monthly meeting date of Sept. 2 due to Labor Day holiday.
All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. • Haywood Community College will offer boating safety courses from 6-9 p.m. on Aug. 28-29 on the campus of HCC, Building 3300, Room 3322. Must attend consecutive evenings. Future offering is Sept. 18-19. Preregistration required: www.ncwildlife.org. • Registration is underway for offer a business writing workshop entitled “Professional Business Writing from the Basics to Audience Engagement” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichmen from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Led by Drew Virtue, associate professor in WCU’s Department of English. Cost: $139 by Aug. 1; $169 after. Pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a six-week online beginning German language course that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from Sept. 4-Oct. 15 in Cullowhee. Cost: $79. Register or get more info: learn.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a “Lean Thinking” workshop that will be offered from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Instructor is Dr. Todd Creasy, MBA director and associate professor of management and project management at WCU. Focus is on improving customer experience while reducing unnecessary clutter and process steps. Cost: $249 by Aug. 30; $279 after. For info and to register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397. • Registration is underway for a Digital Marketing and Public Relations Certificate program that will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Fridays from Sept. 27-Nov. 8 at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Taught by Scott Rader, associate professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship. Registration: $640 for the full program or $119 for each individual workshop. Pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.
FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Registration is underway for a Five-Star Customer Service for the Hospitality Industry workshop, which will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Registration: $119. For info or to sign up: pdp.wcu.edu or jcthompson@wcu.edu. • The Green Built Alliance will launch its monthly series of in-depth, inspirational workshops with a workshop on “Achieving Net-Zero Energy” from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Asheville. Future sessions will cover building your own sustainable home, energy efficiency, ecological site preparation and more. Tickets and full schedule: www.greenbuilt.org. • A workshop on “Building Nonprofit Capacity” is scheduled for Aug. 21-22 at the Franklin Chamber of commerce. Learn how to create and sustain a business model that keeps your nonprofit organization thriving for years to come. Preregistration is required: http://bit.ly/2ncPnyf. • Registration is underway for a “Powerful Communications Strategies for Women Workshop” that will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, at WCU’s instructional site at Biltmore Park. $169. Register: pdp.wcu.edu or 227.7397.
• Waynesville Yoga Center will host a birthday fundraiser for the Riley Howell Foundation on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Donation-based classes ($5 minimum). Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • Tickets are on sale for “Raise the Roof” – a fundraising event to support a Habitat home in Waynesville. The event is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. Tickets: $50 through Aug. 15; $60 after. Music, dancing, dinner, raffle, silent auction, Habitat hammering contest and more. www.haywoodhabitat.org or 452.7960. • REACH Bingo is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Maggie Valley Pavilion. $20 admission includes 30 rounds of nine-game bingo. Proceeds support services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. 456.7898. • Ticket reservations are being accepted for Pawsitively Purrfect Part a fundraiser that will benefit the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society being held on Monday, Aug. 19, at Country Club of Sapphire Valley. Cost is $195 per person, $390 per couple or $1,800 for a table of 10. To request an alert once tickets are available, call 743.5769 or write shannon@CHhumanesociety.org. • Donors and sponsorships are being accepted now for the PAWS 16th annual Wine Tasting and Silent Auction. Event is Aug. 31; proceeds benefit PAWS of Bryson City. www.pawsbrysoncity.org. • Tickets are on sale now for Southwestern Community’s
“Boots, Blue Jeans & Bling” gala, which is set for Sept. 7 at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. Fundraiser supporting student scholarships. Musical entertainment by Steve Johannessen (classics) and Crocodile Smile (variety of danceable music). Dinner, silent auction, wine pull, cornhole, best-dressed contest and more. www.southwesterncc.edu/gala, 339.4227 or k_posey@southwesterncc.edu. • Tickets for Haywood Community College Foundation’s fourth annual Shine & Dine Gala are on sale. The event is from 6-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, at Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville; theme is “Simple as Black and White.” Buffet dinner, music and opportunity to support HCC through a wine pull and auction. Sponsorship levels from $250-$5,000. Individual tickets: $75. Hccgalaevents.com or 627.4522. Sponsorship info: 627.4544 or pahardin@haywood.edu.
VOLUNTEERS & VENDORS • Tables are available to rent for the Jackson County Senior Center’s upcoming Yard Sales and Craft Shows, which are from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays, Sept. 14 and Oct. 13, at the Department on Aging building in Sylva. Cost: $10 for one table or two for $15. Info: 586.5494.
HEALTH MATTERS • Mountain Audiology will host its Lunch with the Doctors event on Thursday, Aug. 15, at its Franklin Office and on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Clyde Office. Lunch from local restaurant provided. Register: 627.1950. • Mountain Audiology will offer “Best of Hearing Care” screenings from Aug. 12-16 at its Franklin office and from Aug. 19-23 at its Clyde office. Appointments: 627.1950.
Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings • On the third weekend of each month, Maggie Valley Wellness Center hosts donation-based acupuncture appointments. $35-55. 944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com. • “Your Amazing Newborn” class will be offered from 79 p.m. on Sept. 5 and Nov. 7 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Focusing on abilities, behavior, appearance and reflexes of your new baby. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • “Breastfeeding A-Z” class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 12 and Nov. 14 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Focusing on techniques for proper latching and comfortable positions for a baby and mom to get started. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • Registration is open for the 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which is Sept. 21 at Pack Square Park in Asheville. http://act.alz.org/Asheville or 800.272.3900.
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• Shaking the Mountains for those affected by Essential Tremor meets at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Jackson County Senior Center Room No. 135. Learn coping skills and available products to help. Learn the difference between Parkinson’s and Essential Tremor. 736.3165 or teddyk1942@gmail.com.
• Yoga with Live Music will be offered from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Donations accepted. Djembe, flutes, violin, handpan, singing bowls, bango and tongue drum. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.
• Yoga Basics 5 Week Series, Level 2, is scheduled for 6:45-7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $70 or $65 if completed YB1 or YBCC1. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.
• The High Mountain Squares will host their “Sand, Beaches and Boats Dance” from 6:15-8:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at the Robert C. Carpenter Community Building in Franklin. Western-style square dancing, mainstream and levels. 787.2324, 332.0001, 706.746.5426 or check out the group on Facebook.
• Buti, Hoops + Bubbles is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $25. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.
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• The monthly meeting of the Macon County Cancer Support Group is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, in the cafeteria of Angel Medical Center on Riverview Street in Franklin. Guest speaker is Robin Callahan, program director of Cherokee Choices & Nurse Family Partnership.
• An opportunity to obtain unfiltered information from qualified teachers about what the Catholic Church believes and how members are called to live out their faith will be offered starting at 6 p.m. on Aug. 22 at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Waynesville. 456.6707.
• Five Prana Ayurvedic Skincare Workshop is set for 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $50. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.
• The Friends of the World Methodist Museum’s 35th annual dinner and banquet is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, in Lambuth Inn’s International Room at Lake Junaluska. Not a fundraiser; tickets cover cost. Tickets: $25; available at World Methodist Museum, 575 Lakeshore Drive in Lake Junaluska, 456.7242 orr http://worldmethodistmuseum.org.
• Honoring Your Spirit: Sound Healing and Meditation is set for 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Waynesville Yoga Center. Cost: $20. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com. • A “Preparation for Childbirth” class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday from Oct. 3-24 at Haywood Regional Medical Center in Waynesville. Pre-registration required: MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • Gentle Yoga for Cancer is offered from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Haywood Breast Center in Waynesville. Info: MyHaywoodRegional.com/YogaforCancer or 452.8691.
• Registration is underway for Guided Personal Retreats, on Sept. 16-18 and Oct. 21-23 at Lake Junaluska. Lakejunaluska.com/retreats or 800.222.4930.
POLITICAL • Edie Hutchins Burnette is special speaker for the Haywood County Democratic Women’s meeting at 6 p.m. on Aug. 15 at New Happy Garden Restaurant, 133 Waynesville Plaza in Waynesville. Djrussell2003@att.net or 734.0393.
• The Jackson County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at party headquarters, 500 Mill St. in Sylva.
• A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.
AUTHORS AND BOOKS • Black Mountain author Nancy Werking Poling will present her novel While the Earth Still Speaks at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. To reserve copies of While the Earth Still Speaks, please call City Lights Bookstore at 586.9499. • Anna Fariello will be presenting her book Craft & Community at book signing and reception at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES • Senior Tennis Time is from 9 a.m.-noon every Monday, Wednesday and Friday through Oct. 30 at the Donnie Pankiw Tennis Center at 128 W. Marshall Street in Waynesville. For ages 55-up; intermediate or higher skill level. $1 per person per day. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.
KIDS & FAMILIES • A “Nature Nuts: Monarchs” program will be offered to ages 4-7 from 9-11 a.m. on Aug. 31 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • An “Eco Explorers: Monarchs” program will be offered to ages 8-13 from 1-3 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq.
• Online registration is underway for the 2019-20 Young Artists Program, which is set for Aug. 28-30 at Waynesville Art School. For ages 5-19. Info: 246.9869 or www.WaynesvilleArtSchool.com. • Base Camp on the Go, a series of outdoor and environmental education activities, will be offered at a variety of locations this summer, through the first week in August: 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Mondays at Waynesville Recreation Center; 2 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Canton Town Park; 2 p.m. on Wednesdays at Fines Creek and 10 a.m.-noon on Fridays at Waynesville Recreation Center. cmiller@waynesville.gov.
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• ASAP’s Local Food Experience is set for 6-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, at New Belgium Brewing Co. in Asheville. Meet farmers, chefs and artisans. Foodthemed silent auction, scavenger hunt and chef competition. Tickets: $30; available at asapconnections.org. Support programs to help local farms thrive. • Tickets are available now for the 15th annual Franklin Area Folk Festival entitled “A Celebration of Appalachian Heritage.” Event is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center in Franklin. www.FranklinFolkFestival.com or 524.6564. • The Nikwasi Initiative will host a “Honoring Nikwasi” celebration at 10 a.m. on Aug. 24 at the big Bear shelter on the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin. Observing the return of the Nikwasi Mound by the Town of Franklin to the Nikwasi Initiative, comprised of citizens from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Speakers, storytellers and food truck. www.nikwasi-initiative.org or nikwasi.initiative@gmail.com. • Tickets are available for the 49th Smoky Mountain Folk Festival, which is scheduled for Aug. 30-31 at Lake Junaluska. Info and tickets: lakejunaluska.com/sm-folk-festival or 800.222.4930. • Tickets are on sale now for “Thunder in the Smokies” motorcycle rally, which is Sept. 6-8 in Maggie Valley. Vendors, Blue Ridge Parkway Tour Ride, bike show, games and more. Handlebarcorral.com.
FOOD & DRINK • The “Uncorked: Wine & Rail Pairing Experience” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 21 & 22, Nov. 2 and Dec 31 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City. Full service alladult first-class car. Wine pairings with a meal and more. 800.872.4681 or www.gsmr.com. • Bryson City Wine Market will offer “Destination Italy” – a tour of Italian wines – from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22 at 1161 Main Street in Bryson City. Cost: $30. RSVP: 538.0420.
SUMMER MUSIC • Groovin’ on the Green will feature Americana Jones (roots) Aug. 16 at The Village Green in Cashiers. Upcoming acts include, on Aug. 23 and Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues (blues) on Aug. 31. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com • Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) will The Elderly Brothers (beach/oldies) on Aug. 17. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.townoffranklinnc.com.
⦁ “The Lion King”, will be shown at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Shown at 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 on Aug. 14-15 & Aug. 18 and 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:50 on Aug. 16-17 & 1:30, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 18-22. Visit www.fandango.com for pricing & tickets. Info. on Facebook or 246.0588.
• The “An Appalachian Evening” summer concert series will continue with Salt & Light at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Stecoah Valley Center in the air-conditioned Lynn L. Shields Auditorium in Robbinsville. Other acts in the series will include: The Kruger Brothers (Aug. 24) and Wayne Henderson & Helen White (Aug. 31). www.stecoahvalleycenter.com..
• The Highlands Biological Foundation will offer a series of nature-themed films and documentaries shown at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of March in Highlands. For info on each show, call 526.2221.
• The Concerts on the Creek will host Mama Danger (folk/newgrass) at 7 p.m. on Aug. 16 at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Free and open to the public. Occasionally there are food trucks onsite. 586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com.
• Salt & Light performs at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. Upcoming acts include The Kruger Brothers (Aug. 24) and Wayne Henderson and Helen White (Aug. 31). Info and tickets: www.stecoahvalleycenter.com. • Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt and Josh Goforth will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Holt and rising acoustic music star and Grammy nominee Goforth join together to bring to life the joy and spirit of old-time mountain music and stories. Tickets start at $17 per person. 524.1598 or www.greatmountainmusic.com. • Waynesville Public Library will host One Leg Up (jazz/swing) 3 p.m. Aug. 17. Free and open to the public. • Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will host the Land of the Sky Barbershop Chorus 3 p.m. Aug. 18. Free and open to the public.
CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • The next Creating Community Workshop will feature broom making at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. 586.2016. (www.fontanalib.org). • Bag Bonanza of new and gently used handbags, wallets, totes, etc. will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Spiritual Light Center next to the Gazebo Restaurant, Heritage Hollow, in Franklin. 524.6687. • Join celebrated visual artist Genevieve Bagley for a relaxing afternoon of creative expression and wine sipping from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. The session focus will be “Sea Turtles” in acrylic, 8x10. Perfect for any space that needs a pop of color. Ticket includes materials and gourmet snack. Wine and beer menu available, prices vary. This is a ticketed event, registration required. Cost is $45 per person plus tax and gratuity. To RSVP, call 452.0120. • The lecture series “Where We Live: History, Nature, and Culture” will present a program entitled “Southern Craft: A Revival in the Mountains” by Anna Fariello of the North Carolina Humanities Council at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, at the Cowee School in Franklin. • The “Travels and Tall Tales” lecture series will continue with Alan French at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. • Bingo will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Maggie Valley Pavilion next to town hall. 956.7630. • Dogwood Crafters Co-Op will offer a Fabric Scarecrow workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Cost: $11. Register by Aug. 15 by calling: 586.2248. • Registration is underway for a Blacksmithing Fundamentals Class that will be offered from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, at the Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $275(includes materials). Preregistration required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org. • NCWN-West and the Jackson County Regional Public Library will host “A Day for Writers” on Saturday, Aug.
• The Haywood Choral Society (formerly “Haywood Community Chorus”) will open its fall season with registration and rehearsal on Monday, Sept. 2, at the Wilson Children’s complex at Lake Junaluska. Preparations for annual concert, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Haywoodchoralsociety.org, 557.9187 or 973.224.1022. • Registration is underway for an Intermediate Bladesmithing Class, which will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8, at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Led by Brock Martin of WarFire Forge. Produce a blade of high-carbon steel with more attention on fit and finish. Advance registration required: 631.0271 or www.JCGEP.org. • Applications are being accepted for the Jackson County Citizens Academy, which begins at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 12. Opportunity for county residents to get an in-depth look at the functions of county government. For info or to request and application: 631.2207 or jcfitzgerald@jacksonnc.org. • Friends of the Canton Area Historical Museum will meet at 11 a.m. every third Tuesday at the museum, 36 Park Street in Canton. • Encouraging art classes for beginning through advanced adults are offered by the Inspired Art Ministry at the following times and dates: Drawing classes from 1-4 p.m. on Mondays; painting classes from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Info: 456.9197, charspaintings@msn.com or www.iamclasses.wbs.com. • Waynesville Art School offers afternoon classes for children, teens and adults at 303 N. Haywood Street. Info: 246.9869, info@waynesvilleartschool.com or WaynesvilleArtSchool.com. • The Weekly Open Studio art classes will resume from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville, Instructor will be Betina Morgan. Open to all artists, at any stage of development, and in the medium of your choice. Cost is $20 per class. There will also be a Youth Art Class from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. Cost is $10 per class. Contact Morgan at 550.6190 or bmk.morgan@yahoo.com. • Haywood County Libraries Adult Summer Reading program has started and runs through Aug. 30. Info: www.haywoodlibrary.org or 452.5169 (Waynesville) or 648.2924 (Canton). • Uptown Gallery will offer free open studio times from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Thursdays at 30 E. Main Street in Franklin. 349.4607, franklinuptowngallery@gmail.com or www.franklinuptowngallery.com. required: 631.0271. Info: www.JCGEP.org. • Open Studio Wednesdays are from 6-10 p.m. at Waynesville Art School, 303 N. Haywood Street. $15 per session. Embrace your creativity while making art alongside other artists. Registration required: 246.9869 or WaynesvilleArtSchool.com. • Indoor Flea Market is set for 7 a.m.-2 p.m. every third Saturday at the Old Armory in Waynesville. 456.9207. • Jackson County Public Library in Sylva is hosting craft therapy. This get-together will be the first Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It will take place in the Atrium at the library. Craft therapy is an evening of up-cycle crafting at the library. Drop in for the whole session or as long as you would like. Each month will have a different theme the library will
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• Registration is underway for the fall PGA Jr. League golf team at Lake Junaluska golf Course. League runs from September through October. Registration fee: $190. Register: www.pgajrleague.com/sign-up. Info: 456.5777 or ctcarswell@lakejunaluska.com.
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ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • “A Facility for Living” by Katie Forgette will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15-17 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. www.harttheatre.org or 456.6322.
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• Discovery Camp with weekly camps are available through Aug. 16 at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. Open to pre-K through rising eighth graders. Register: www.ncarboretum.org/education-programs/discoverycamp.
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24, at the library in Sylva. Keynote speaker is C. Hope Clark, author of two mystery series. Other presenters include poet Joseph Bathanti, novelist David Joy, writer/editor Carol Crawford and Karen Paul Holmes. $65 for NCWN members; $78 for nonmembers or $35 for students. www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com. Register online: www.ncwriters.org. Info: gcbmountaingirl@gmail.com.
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• The Concerts on the Creek will host Troy Underwood (Americna/folk) at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva. Free and open to the public.
• The Democratic Women of Macon County will meet jointly with the Democratic Men on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Carpenter Building in Franklin. Women’s business meeting is at 5:30 p.m. followed by joint meeting with me at 6 p.m. • The Haywood County NAACP meets at 2 p.m. on Aug. 31 at Harris Chapel AME Zion, 26 Prospect St., in Canton.
• Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Hustle Souls 6 p.m. Aug. 17. All shows start at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. www.noc.com.
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supply tools and materials that you may need to create something within that theme. If you have anything craft/art related to donate, please bring it by the library or call them at 586.2016, dduffy@fontanalib.org and www.fontanalib.org. • A variety of dance classes ranging from foxtrot and waltz to rumba and cha cha – as well as East Coast Swing and Salsa – are taught at multiple times and days weekly at Folkmoot Center and Waynesville Wellness. $10 per activity per person. No partner or experience necessary. For dates and times, and to RSVP, 316.1344 or dancetonightwaynesville@gmail.com. • Watercolor classes are set for 1:30 p.m. every third Saturday at the Creative Thought Center on Pigeon Street in Waynesville. Cost: $25 or $20 if you bring your own equipment. theHouseArtist@gmail.com.
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• An art exhibition entitled “High Art of the Lowcountry” will be on display through Sept. 15 at the Bascom, 323 Franklin road in Highlands. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays; noon-5 p.m. on Sundays. Info: www.thebascom.org or 526.4949.
FILM & SCREEN
⦁ “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, will be shown at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza. Shown at 1, 4:30, & 8 p.m. on Aug. 14 and 1 p.m. on Aug. 15. Visit www.fandango.com for pricing & tickets. Info. on Facebook or 246.0588.
• Second Saturday Markets take place from 6-8 p.m. at Folkmoot in Waynesville. A gathering place for friends of all ages, markets feature vendors, live music, ballroom dance lessons for $5, and a homemade meal for $10. Beer and wine are available for purchase and tables will be set up for participants to play board and card games that they bring from home. Info: 452.2997 or info@folkmoot.org.
⦁ “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”, is showing at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza at 1, 4, & 7 p.m. on Aug. 14-15 & Aug. 18-22 and 1, 4, 7 and 9:55 p.m. on Aug. 16-17. Visit www.fandango.com for pricing & tickets. Info. on Facebook or 246.0588.
• A “Beginner Step-By-Step” painting class will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Cost is $25 with all supplies provided. For more information on paint dates and/or to RSVP, contact Robin Arramae at 400.9560 or paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com. • A comedy improvisation class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays at Frog Level Brewing in Haywood County. Led by improv teacher Wayne Porter, who studied at Sak Comedy Lab in Orlando and performed improv with several groups. To RSVP and get directions, call 316.8761. • Western North Carolina Woodturners Club will meet at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday every month at the Bascom in Highlands. • The Old Armory will host an indoor flea market from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on every third Saturday. Booths are $10 each for selling items. 456.9207.
ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center is pleased to present, “Resounding
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• An artist member show will be held through Aug. 24 at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. 452.0593, info@haywoodarts.org or www.haywoodarts.org.
• The Dave Drake Studio Barn offers a variety of ceramic and raku classes by appointment as well as weekly drawing, writers and community knitters groups. Info: 787.2865.
⦁ The Haywood County Public Library is offering online lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units, through Universal Class. Free for library cardholders. www.haywoodlibrary.org or 452.5169.
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Change: Sonic Art and the Environment.” This exhibition will be on display from Aug. 20 through Dec. 6. There will be a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.
⦁ “The Kitchen”, will be shown at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. Aug. 14 & Aug. 19-21, 10 a.m., 7 p.m., and 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 16, 1 p.m., and 7 p.m. on Aug. 18 at The Strand in downtown Waynesville. Visit www.38main.com for pricing & tickets. 283.0079. ⦁ “47 Meters Down: Uncaged”, is showing at Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville Plaza at 7 p.m. on Aug. 15, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 1617, 12:45, 3, 5:15, and 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 18-22. Visit www.fandango.com for pricing & tickets. Info. on Facebook or 246.0588.
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• A lecture about “Forests of the Southern Appalachians” will be offered by Dr. Lindsay Boring at 6 p.m. on Aug. 15 at the Highlands Nature Center. Part of the Zahner Lecture Series. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2221. • A Summer Fun event is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, at Southern Highlands Reserve, 558 Summit Ridge Road in Lake Toxaway. $125 (free for children under 12). www.southernhighlandsreserve.org.
• Blue Ridge Parkway rangers will lead a moderate, 2.5-mile round-trip hike at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16,
along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail from Craven Gap. View wildflowers in bloom and learn about them. Meet at Milepost 377.4. Bring water, good walking shoes and be ready for changing weather. 298.5330, ext. 304. • The Highlands Plateau Greenway will hold its monthly workday from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Aug. 17, on the Greenway Trail in Highlands. Meet at the parking lot behind the recreation center. Bring work gloves and bottled water. • A “Trapping 101” program will be offered to ages 12-up from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Aug. 17 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • Friends of the Smokies is partnering with Navitat Canopy Adventures to offer one day each month through September where Navitat visitors receive a 10 percent discount, and a portion of sales will be donated to Friends of the Smokies. Dates are: Saturday, Aug. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 28. Navitat Asheville is located at 242 Poverty Branch Road in Barnardsville. Reservations and info: 626.3700. • A hike to Tranquility Point and Schoolhouse Falls is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, leaving from Cold Mountain Gap Trailhead in Panthertown Valley. Open only to Panthertown members. Memberships start at $35 or $25 for students. To join and RSVP: friends@panthertown.org. • A Hunter Education Course will be offered to all ages from 6-9 p.m. on Aug. 20-21 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • The Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the Greenway at 8 a.m. on Aug. 21. Meet at the Big Bear Shelter parking area. FranklinBirdClub.com or 524.5234. • “Plants-For-Live” – a Plant Pure Nation pod meeting – is set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, above the Sassy Girl shop in Dillsboro. Topics: healthy lunchbox meals and treats, secrets of the Blue Zones for health and longevity. Free. • A two-hour paddle trip will be offered by Alarka Expeditions on Thursday, Aug. 22, from Cullasaja to Currahee in Macon County. Cost: $30 if you have your own boat or $55 to borrow one. www.alarkaexpeditions.com. • The Smoky Mountain Field School will offer a class entitled “Historic Cataloochee Valley, Smoky Mountain Elk and More” on Saturday, Aug. 24, in Cataloochee. Taught by Esther Blakely. Explore the area’s history. Cost: $69. Register: aceweb.outreach.utk.edu. • A Tackle Rigging class will be offered from 9 a.m.noon on Aug. 26 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/y53o5ddq. • The Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the Greenway at 8 a.m. on Aug. 28. Park off Fox Ridge
Road, south of Franklin Flea Market on Highlands Road. FranklinBirdClub.com or 524.5234. • A “ForestHer NC” workshop for women is scheduled for Aug. 29 at the Burke County Center, 130 Ammons Drive in Morganton. Designed to provide women who are forest landowners with tools and trainings to manager their lands and become more engaged in forest stewardship. Register: https://aug29fhnc.eventbrite.com • A Zahner Lecture on “William Bartram’s Travels through the Upper Little Tennessee River Valley in 1775” will be presented at 6 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the Highlands Nature Center. Part of the Zahner Lecture Series. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2221. • The Franklin Bird Club will have a bird walk along the Greenway at 8 a.m. on Sept. 4. Meet at the Macon County Public Library parking area. FranklinBirdClub.com or 524.5234. • Registration is underway for “Picture Yourself in the Smokies” event, which is Friday through Sunday, Sept. 20-22, at the River Terrace Resort and Convention Center in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Early bird registration until July 12. lisad@gsmassoc.org or 865.436.7318, ext. 257. • Backpacking course, will be offered by Landmark Learning on Oct. 21-25. www.landmarklearning.org. • Volunteer work days for the Trails Forever program are held every Wednesday, through August, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For details and to volunteer: 497.1949 or adam_monroe@nps.gov. • The Waterrock Knob Visitor Center is open daily through Nov. 11 for the season on Mile 451.2 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/hours.htm. • The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Hatchery Supported Trout Waters is open from 7 a.m. until onehalf-hour after sunset until last day of February. Info: https://tinyurl.com/yae8ffqn. • A cycling ride exploring the Western Carolina University mountain bike trails will be offered at 6 p.m. every other Thursday in Cullowhee. Participants will meet at the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching and divide into a beginner group and a nonbeginner group, with 60 to 90 minutes on the trail each time. Organized by the Nantahala Area Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, with an event page at www.facebook.com/NantahalaAreaSORBA/. nantahala.area.sorba@gmail.com • A cycling ride exploring the Fire Mountain Trail System in Cherokee will be offered at 6 p.m. every other Thursday. Participants will divide into a beginner group and a non-beginner group, with 60 to 90 minutes on the trail each time. Organized by the Nantahala Area Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, with an event page at www.facebook.com/NantahalaAreaSORBA/. nantahala.area.sorba@gmail.com. • An easy cycling ride aiming to help people ease into
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⦁ Sons of the American Legion in Waynesville will have a Turkey Shoot at 9 a.m. every Saturday on Legion Drive.
• North Carolina residents are invited to participate in the “NC’s Candid Critters” – the largest camera trap survey ever. Residents of Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties can participate in a brief online training process then borrow a camera trap from any Fontana Regional Library location. Info: NCCandidCritters.org or www.fontanalib.org.
⦁ Volunteers are being sought to help re-pot native azaleas from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays through Thursdays at the Southern Highlands Reserve in Lake Toxaway. For info, and to schedule a shift: anorton@southernhighlandsreserve.org. • A cycling ride leaves at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, with alternating starts at Smoky Mountain Bicycles and South Macon Elementary School in Franklin. Routes vary. Road bikes only. A no drop ride. Organized by Smoky Mountain Bicycles, 369.2881 or info@smokymtnbikes.com. Check the “Macon County Cyclists” Facebook page for updates. • A no-drop relaxed cycling road ride will roll from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays through the end of October from Motion Makers Bicycle Shop in Sylva. Routes vary and are open to cyclists of all levels. Organized by Motion Makers, 586.6925. • A group road cycling ride will leave at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays through the end of October from Motion Makers Bicycle Shop in Sylva to tackle a 40-mile “race” to the Balsam Post Office, climbing 1,600 feet of elevation gain. Organized by Motion Makers, 586.6925.
• A weekly nighttime mountain bike ride is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Mondays from the Ledford Branch Trailhead at Bent Creek in Asheville. Organized by Motion Makers Bicycles. 633.2227. • Starting in June, a cycling ride will leave at 8 a.m. on Saturdays from South Macon Elementary School in Franklin. Routes vary with distances typically 15-25 miles. Road bikes only. A no drop ride. Organized by Smoky Mountain Bicycles, 369.2881 or info@smokymtnbikes.com. Check the “Macon County Cyclists” Facebook page for updates. • A 25-mile cycling ride covering the back roads from Sylva to Balsam leaves at 6 p.m. Tuesdays from Motion Makers Bicycle Shop in Sylva. The route includes 1,600 feet of elevation gain. Organized by Motion Makers, 586.6925.
• A beginner-friendly social cycling ride for women will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Mondays from the Bent Creek Ledford Parking Lot, covering 5-to-8 miles of mountain bike trails. Start back in the fall. Organized By Motion Makers Bicycle Shop. 633.2227.
COMPETITIVE EDGE • Sponsors, cyclists and runners are invited to participate in the 27th annual Tour de Cashiers Mountain Cycling and 5K run on Saturday, Sept. 7, in Cashiers. Contributions support the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce’s community and economic development efforts. Deadline to sponsor is Aug. 16. Bike race entry: $50. 5K entry: $25 (Prices increase after Aug. 4). Sign up: www.bikesignup.com or www.cashiersareachamber.com.
FARM AND GARDEN • Foraging for Food and Farmacy, an opportunity to discover how early Native Americans and mountain settlers found a bounty from which to live, is set for 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Collins Creek Picnic Pavilion near the Oconaluftee Vistor Center near Cherokee. Cost: $69. Offered through the Smoky Mountain Field School. https://tinyurl.com/y4tfyjc9. • A Zahner Lecture on “The Plant-Pollinator Love Affair That Keeps Our Planet Humming” will be offered at 6 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Highlands Nature Center. Part of the Zahner Lecture Series. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2221. • A native plant sale is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, at the Southern Highlands Reserve in Lake Toxaway. • Garden workdays are held from 3 p.m. until dusk every Wednesday at Cullowhee Community Garden, 65 S. Painter Road. Weeding, mulching, general garden maintenance. 587.8212. • Registration is open for the 2019 Organic Growers School’s Farm Beginnings Farmer Training. On-farm workshops at the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s Community Farm in Alexander. Applications accepted through Sept. 15. Apply: organicgrowersschool.org/farmers/farm-beginnings.
HIKING CLUBS • Carolina Mountain Club will have an eight-mile hike with a 1,500-foot ascent on Saturday, Aug. 17, from Chestnut Cove Overlook to Ferrin Knob. Info and reservations: 684.7083, 606.7956 or dblanning@bellsouth.net. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate four-mile “YOGA hike” with an elevation change of 500 feet on Saturday, Aug. 17, from Wayah Crest to the top of Siler Bald. Info and reservations: 772.233.7277.
• The Nantahala Hiking Club holds a Saturday Work Hike on the fourth Saturday of each month. 369.1983.
• Carolina Mountain Club will have an eight-mile hike with a 1,000-foot ascent on Aug. 18 at Horsepasture River. Info and reservations: 230.4883 or kathannigan@gmail.com.
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park is recruiting volunteers to assist the Trails Forever trail crew for a rehabilitation project on the Rainbow Falls Trail from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Sign up or get more
• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 6.2-mile hike with a 700-foot ascent on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from Sunburst to Waterfalls. Info and reservations: 460.7066 or barbc129@gmail.com.
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• An easy cycling ride aiming to help people ease into a healthier lifestyle through cycling is offered Thursday mornings in the Canton area, typically covering 8-10 miles. Road bikes are preferred and helmets are required. Nobody will be left behind. A partnership of Bicycle Haywood N.C., the Blue Ridge Bike Club and MountainWise. For specific start times and locations: mttrantham@hotmail.com.
• The Franklin Appalachian Trail Community Council meets at 10 a.m. every second Tuesday in Franklin. Contact Kristina Moe at kmoe@fontanalib.org for location. Franklintraildays.com.
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• A pair of ladies-only mountain bike rides will be offered at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays through Oct. 31 from the Ledford Branch Trailhead at Bent Creek in Asheville. A beginner-friendly, recovery pace social ride will cover 5 to 8 miles, with all skill levels encouraged to attend. Simultaneously, a training ride for ladies who know how to handle a bike and want to increase their speed will cover 8 to 12 miles on Bent Creek’s more technical trails. Organized by Motion Makers Bicycle Shop. 633.2227.
• A Spay/Neuter Clinic is offered from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays at 182 Richland Street in Waynesville. As low as $10. 452.1329.
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a healthier lifestyle through cycling is offered in the Canton area, typically covering 8-10 miles. Road bikes are preferred, and helmets are required. Nobody will be left behind. A partnership of Bicycle Haywood N.C., the Blue Ridge Bike Club and MountainWise. For specific start times and locations: mttrantham@hotmail.com.
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generally enjoy working in my office, which is situated off the town square in Bryson City. But I find that it’s sometimes worthwhile to get away, if only for a few minutes. Just shut down the computer, turn out the lights, lock the door, and take a walk. Get away, as they say, from it all. My footsteps often lead north up Everett Street and across the bridge over the Tuckasegee River. I almost always pause and look down into the water. When it’s clear, you can catch glimpses of the occasional red horse, smallmouth bass, bream, or trout hovering in eddies over the sandy bottom. It’s sort of like looking down into a natural aquarium from above. Very soothing. Next, I generally turn east down a side street on the far side of the river. A short stroll takes me to a seven-acre tract now known as Bryson City Island Park situated near the railway depot. The island — maintained by the Swain County Parks and Recreation Department — is presently accessed via a 150-foot long swinging bridge that traverses a side channel of the Tuckasegee River. There’s a loop trail on the island that meanders beneath very large holly, oak, tulip poplar, and sycamore trees. Most of the time
I have the entire island to myself. I feel fortunate. After all, not many people can leave their office and within a few minutes escape via a swinging bridge to the solitude of a nearby island. I wouldn’t, in fact, mind living on just such an island. That’s not possible, of course, as it is publicly owned. But a man — a hermit of sorts — did live here in a shack during the Columnist early years of the 20th century. At that time the island didn’t have a name or a swinging bridge. I like to think from time to time about that hermit and his island home here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. His name was Ironfoot Clarke. Not too much is known about Ironfoot. I became aware of him some years ago due to vague allusions circulating among old-timers in Swain County. I talked to many of those older folks, mostly now deceased, and scribbled down the following notes regarding Ironfoot. “Yes, that’s correct,” Buddy Abbott recalled, with a twinkle in his eye, “old Ironfoot did live on that island. I saw him,
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but I don’t remember his real given name. He had an artificial foot. That much is certain. The story goes that he was a part of the James Gang and rode with Jesse James. That’s what I heard as a boy growing up. “Ironfoot got his foot shot off in a train robbery was what they said. Then he came here to Bryson City and lived on the island. That’s the story. I didn’t camp out there until Ironfoot was gone, and even then I was apprehensive.” Other long-time residents added bits and pieces to my Ironfoot file. Hazel Fry Sandlin came to town from the Nantahala Gorge in 1914 as an 11-year-old girl. She recalled that Ironfoot’s last name was Clarke, and that he was buried “west of town.” (I haven’t been able to locate Ironfoot’s last resting place.) “Oh yes,” she said, “he had a saddle stirrup attached to his leg where he’d lost that foot. Mr. Clarke never gave anybody any trouble, but our parents didn’t want us near the island because of the dangerous currents, so they told us tales about Ironfoot that made you stay on solid ground. No, I’ve never set foot on that island even though I can see it from my front porch right now.” At the time I was conducting my Ironfoot
investigations, Virginia Freck lived in the house in which she had been born that was, as she put it, “within spittin’ distance” of the island. “Ironfoot lived by himself over there in a house that people these days would call a shack,” she recalled. “It was his home. People said he had been an ‘engineer’ for the James Gang. I supposed that maybe he sometimes drove the trains they robbed, if need be. That sort of engineer. I don’t know. “Mr. Clarke was all right. Some times he would get flooded out of his shack by the river. Then he’d have to climb that big tree over there in order to save himself. Folks would send him food across the water on a wire that was especially attached to the tree for such occasions. He would remain in the tree until the water subsided. Then he would come down and go about his business, whatever that was.” I’ve never discovered what Ironfoot’s “business” was either. My best guess is that he didn’t have any “business” except that provided by living on a semi-isolated island in the mountains. To my way of thinking, it was a pretty good “business.” One could do worse. George Ellison is a writer and naturalist who lives in Bryson City. info@georgeellison.com
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