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CONTENTS On the Cover: “The Eagle Lady” Doris Mager of Clyde has spent 51 years traveling around the country with her birds of prey entertaining and educating audiences of all ages. With her 90th birthday approaching, Mager is quick to say she isn’t retiring, but she is moving away from North Carolina to be closer to family. (Page 40)

News Steep slope rules spark debate in Jackson ........................................................4 Former Monarch Ventures owner could face charges...................................... 5 Planning board denies permit for Shining Rock ................................................6 Bryson City weighs pros and cons of closing Fry Street ..............................16 Franklin homeless shelter struggles to stay open ..........................................18 New organization aims to address Macon homelessness ............................19 No resolution in barking dog dispute ................................................................20 Crowe bids for chief’s job with write-in campaign ..........................................21 Chief candidate Lambert lays out platform ......................................................23

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Revised steep slope rules spark debate at planning board Board recommends rules for public hearing BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ackson County’s steep slope ordinance made one last stop at the planning board before heading to a public hearing, but it went out with a bang as some members took issue with the version commissioners would ultimately consider for adoption. “Honestly, it’s not just the fact that my work has been scrapped — that our work has been scrapped — but that it was done in such a way as to be very confusing as to what’s going on and with the appearance — no offense to anyone here — but with the appearance of something underhanded,” said planning board member Clark Lipkin, who was chairman of the board during much of its work on the ordinance. Commissioner Chairman Brian McMahan and County Manager Chuck Wooten were present in the audience at the planning board’s meeting last week when Lipkin was discussing the issue. For more than two years, the planning board put Jackson County’s steep slope development rules under a microscope, crafting a line-by-line rewrite that watered down existing steep slope protections on the books. The controversial rewrite was carried out under the previous board of commissioners who felt the rules were too strict and were hampering development. In post-recession Western North Carolina, development could use all the help it could get, the thought process went. But a public hearing on the revised rules held in February 2014 drew a crowd of speakers unanimously against the weakened regulations, and county commissioners realized the issue had become contentious enough that there would be no point in touching it until after the election later in the year.

was launched three years ago. The planning board is no longer heavily weighted with members who want weaker rules. Six of the 11 members on the planning board today weren’t on it when the rewrite began, and don’t necessarily agree with it themselves. The planning board has revisited certain elements of the steep slope rewrite since January, picking out the pieces the new majority was willing to support. John Jeleniewski, who’s heading the planning office after the former planning director resigned, compiled those into a new draft of the steep slope rules that the public will soon have the chance to weigh in on. Most of the changes are technical, small corrections meant to clarify the language rather than alter the substance. But the new draft does contain two significant changes. First of all, steep slope rules won’t kick until a slope reaches a steepness of 35 percent. That’s a more generous threshold than the old standard of 30 percent. Less land will be subject to the steep slope rules as a result. However, Thompson said, she doesn’t believe that change actually represents a weakening of the rules. “There’s so many variables,” she said. “The slope is one. But then you have the soil condition, you have the density of the construction to consider.” The board talked “extensively” about the subject when former county planner Gerald Green was still on board, Thompson said, hearing from a variety of experts, including

Appalachian Landslide Consultants, who reported that slope mainly becomes a risk factor for landslides when it’s at least 36 percent. Board member Tom Rodgers, on the other hand, isn’t convinced that 35 percent is the best threshold. “My concern in these accountings is that we don’t know that 35 percent is the right number for Jackson County,” he said. “A (landslide) study has not been completed for all of Jackson County. I remain a strong advocate for doing so, so we know what the right number is.” The other change to the ordinance, though, could also influence which slopes fall under the rules. Jackson County’s existing method of calculating slope percentages has come under fire recently as being subjective, unlikely to result in the same measurement twice. The amendment would make Jackson’s calculation process look a lot like that of other counties, creating a more understandable and easily navigable process. “I think a lot of people questioned with the old formula whether we were really getting accurate slope calculations,” Thompson said. “There seemed to be too much room for subjectivity.” The planning board voted to recommend the rules, as amended, for a public hearing, with Lipkin and Brooks providing the sole votes opposed. Commissioners will set a final hearing date for the rules this week, likely for sometime in September.

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The prevailing views of the board flipped in November. Post-election, the majority of commissioners no longer favored the rewrite that was set in motion by their predecessors. Hence, the “scrapping” of the rules Lipkin and some of the other members of the planning board had worked on for two years. “It’s not wrong or sneaky, it’s just not the way (Lipkin) wanted it to be,” said board chairwoman Sarah Thompson in a follow-up interview. Thompson, who was on the board during the the last third of the rewrite, had opposed the revisions. “I know that’s frustrating. I would hate to work on something for two years and have someone throw it away, but that’s just the reality of how these things work,” Thompson said. David Brooks, who had favored weaker rules, echoed Lipkin’s sentiments. “There’s some real good things we did, and they’re just throwing them out,” he said. Commissioners decided to only take a couple of elements of the rewrite under consideration, rather than the entire rewrite. Those few surviving pieces of the rewrite are what’s now headed for a public hearing. “The majority of the current board of commissioners strongly feels that we don’t want development on ridgetops, that we want to maintain the integrity of the ordinance, and therefore we decided to make only the changes that were necessary,” McMahan said in a follow-up interview. After the new board of county commissioners was seated, McMahan said he took an informal poll of members to see whether anyone wanted to consider the revised rules. Commissioners were unanimously against it. “It was a dead issue as far as we’re concerned,” McMahan said. The commissioners aren’t the only ones to undergo a changing of the guard. The composition of the planning board is dramatically different today than it was when the rewrite

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The Smoky Mountain News reported on the meeting and King’s affiliation with the company, and Superior Court Judge Louis Bledsoe III cited that article in his order that King show up and explain just why Bledsoe should not hold her in contempt of court. The October preliminary injunction was pretty clear that all activity related to Monarch’s business dealings — including the Cullowhee development — cease while the court case was settled, and there’s probable cause that King violated that by continuing her involvement with the property. County Attorney Jay Coward agrees. “A preliminary injunction means that everything has to stay the same during the duration of the court proceedings,” he explained. “Nothing can happen. When she got those additional permits, basically she was disobeying the orders.” It’s important to note, Coward said, that the order was filed by the judge himself, rather than in response to a motion filed by one of the disputing parties. “It’s a pretty serious matter when a judge enters an order on his own,” Coward said. Bledsoe’s order states that King will bear the burden of proof to show that her actions don’t constitute contempt of court. If she doesn’t show up to the hearing, then the judge can send law enforcement to bring her in. Following the hearing, the judge could decide that King’s actions warrant either civil, criminal, or no charges. While the situation plays out, Coward is urging county leaders to refrain from approving any additional plans or permits for the property. Erosion control and land development permits for the property have already been issued and are good until 2017. But so far, no building permit has been issued, and until the case is resolved Coward has recommended that the county keep it that way. “The county should not take any more action on anything until we get a little better understanding of what’s going on,” Coward said. King did not respond to an email requesting comment.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Charlotte developer behind a 488bed student apartment complex planned for Cullowhee could face criminal charges, pending the outcome of an Aug. 27 hearing. Monarch Ventures, LLC, had been trying to build a development in Cullowhee since 2011, finally settling on the 11.7-acre South Painter Road site as the location. But last year things came to a halt when the company’s co-owners — Shannon King and Martha Thomly — became embroiled in a lawsuit. Thomly claimed that King had acted dishonestly, wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars and diverting money to other accounts. The two women agreed to dissolve the company, and N.C. Business Court issued a preliminary injunction ordering that all Monarch’s current business endeavors — including the Cullowhee development — stop immediately. But King’s involvement in Cullowhee didn’t end. King formed a new company, King Residential Group, of which she is the CEO. After the proposed development site went into foreclosure — the court had ordered all Monarch’s assets sold, but no buyers were found — the original lender bought it back. That company — Agarwal Family III, LLC — had Jackson County put its name on the permits originally issued to Monarch. That’s a routine kind of change, said Permitting and Code Enforcement Director Tony Elders, often performed when the original permit holder leaves mid-project. Permits follow the property, not the owner. But Agarwal Family continued to use King as the developer, and representatives from King Residential Group showed up at a June planning board meeting requesting approval of their development plans for the property.

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Shining Rock’s permit denied — for now — on Raccoon Road site

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A standing room only crowd turned out to show their opposition to the proposed site for Shining Rock Classical Academy charter school, while School Director Ben Butler (front left, isle seat) waits for the special hearing to get underway. Becky Johnson photo

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER hining Rock Classical Academy was sent back to the drawing board Monday night on its proposed location, continuing a nearly three-month saga on where the new charter school will go. The Waynesville planning board denied a special use permit for Shining Rock’s latest proposed site: a cornfield in the Francis Cove community on the outskirts of town. Many opponents who came to the hearing have family roots in Francis Cove that date back generations, and equated the charter school with destroying the landscape that’s paramount to their cultural heritage. “We have been here for 215 years and a bunch of people that ain’t from here are going to come here and put up three mobile units so the rest of us have to stare at it,” said David Boone, who is a seventh-generation descendent of the first Francis Cove settlers. The planning board ruled that the charter school failed to meet the criteria for a special use permit, primarily on the grounds that the plan didn’t conform to the character of the community or do enough to allay traffic concerns. Traffic will back up in the road during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up, blockading a major commuter route in and out of town, opponents argued. “There is no way one entrance can handle 6 the traffic that is going to occur at this loca-

tion. We are going to have a traffic nightmare,” said Lisa Nelson, a nearby resident. Around 150 people packed into the public hearing held at town hall. The standing-room only crowd was mostly opposed to the charter school locating on a 32-acre tract at the corner of U.S. 276 and Raccoon Road. After the meeting, Shining Rock board member Nancy East said they weren’t deterred and will keep trying, however. “We’ll persevere. We’ll figure it out as we go,” East said. “The school isn’t going anywhere. We’ll get there.”

A LONG NIGHT The public hearing Monday tested the stamina and resolve of those in the Francis Cove community. Many in the audience had been standing up for nearly six hours by the time the hearing ended after 10 p.m. Opponents began assembling in the foyer outside the meeting room an hourand-a-half before the hearing started in hopes of getting a seat, but even those who came early were out of luck, with people outnumbering chairs 3-to-1. By the time the hearing started, people were sitting on the floor, perched on window sills, lining the walls, standing in rows four deep at the back of the room, and spilling into the hallway. Robert Kerley said the crowd itself should count for something.

“These people have been waiting here for four-and-a-half hours to give our thoughts, waiting to speak to you. It’s our neighborhood. We live there,” Kerley said toward the conclusion of the meeting. But a headcount of who’s for and against it isn’t the decision-making criteria, said Ron Sneed, the attorney for the Waynesville planning board. “If you make your decision based on the number of people who like it or don’t like it you aren’t doing your job,” he told the planning board. “So the fact that the lion’s share of people in this room are completely opposed to a school being located on this piece of property is completely irrelevant,” Jon Fiechter, a planning board member, confirmed. Nonetheless, the opposition was a textbook example of effective grassroots organizing. Neighbors went door-to-door in recent weeks and held their own community meetings to plan their talking points. A team of residents even did their own traffic study — essentially counting cars at the intersections — in preparation for the meeting. The charter school didn’t have its plans fleshed out enough to show the special use permit criteria were being met, Planning Board Member Rob Hermann said. “Where and when and how — we haven’t been given all the information we need,” said Hermann. Zeb Smathers, an attorney representing

the Francis Cove community, said the charter school didn’t do its homework. “When you rush an assignment, and it is incomplete, you don’t pass,” Smathers said. Shining Rock Board Chair Tara Keilberg said the “no” vote wasn’t an insurmountable setback. “I’m not shaken and I’m not afraid,” Keilberg said after the meeting. Keilberg said the school could adjust its plans and try for the permit again, armed with more details. Even if the vote had gone the other way, Shining Rock wouldn’t have been out of the weeds yet. School leaders were bracing for an appeal of the permit by Francis Cove residents, even if it had been green lighted by the planning board. “We anticipated that even if we prevailed tonight it would be appealed,” Keilberg said. The vibe of the hearing oscillated over its four-hour duration. At times it took on the feel of a heated courtroom debate, with needling cross-examinations. Other times it was a droning technical review of town land-use ordinances and traffic studies. And yet other times, it took on the feel of a protest rally, with clapping and booing by the sign-waving crowd. No one from the public spoke in support of Shining Rock, although several parents or teachers from the school were in the audience. No one present from the Shining Rock board chose to speak during the hearing, either. The school director Ben Butler only spoke a single sentence in response to a direct question. Instead, Shining Rock leaders relied on engineer Patrick Bradshaw of Waynesvillebased Civil Design Concepts to state their case for the permit. Bradshaw was hired by the school to formulate a site plan, oversee site testing and shepherd the permitting process.

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The proposed location is the second one Shining Rock has set its sights on. It abandoned plans in June for another location

“These people have been waiting here for four-and-a-half hours to give our thoughts, waiting to speak to you. It’s our neighborhood. We live there.” — Robert Kerley

near the Ratcliffe Cove Road and Old Asheville Highway intersection due to mounting costs and site delays — including a legal challenge to its special use permit for that location. School leaders have secured a short-term lease for a building at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center that will serve

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Bradshaw said the school could refine the traffic study, provide more information on the long-term plans for the property and hone in on missing data related to the site’s suitability. “I’m in agreement that we don’t want to be in a hurry. We will take the necessary time and necessary resources to get a better traffic study done,” Bradshaw said. But the audience expressed its disapproval of waiting. If the school failed to meet the criteria for a special use permit at the current juncture, it should be voted down, opponents argued. The planning board ultimately concurred that it should vote on the merits of the application as it stood that night. “There are too many questions to ask back to them to even get the information to make a decision,” said Planning Board Member Shell Isenberg.

However, that doesn’t preclude the charter school from reapplying at any time. The charter school board now has a decision to make: to try again with a better application, to appeal the planning board’s decision, or to cut their losses and look for a site elsewhere. “The board will deliberate and will determine what our next step will be,” said Butler. The Shining Rock board will hold its next monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, at its leased school building at Lake Junaluska.

FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY Opponents questioned whether Shining Rock had the financial means to make the site work.

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As the planning board’s inclination to vote “no” became apparent during deliberations, Bradshaw urged its members to hold off on a vote and table the application rather than vote it down on the spot.

“I’m in agreement that we don’t want to be in a hurry. We will take the necessary time and necessary resources to get a better traffic study done.”

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Patrick Bradshaw of Civil Design Concepts, who presented the school’s site plan, says a school designed correctly would do more to preserve the character of the tract (below) than if it became a housing development. Becky Johnson photo • Garret K. Woodward photo

“You really need to ask yourself about the financial viability,” Pat Smathers said. “It will not work if they aren’t successful because they can’t bear the cost.” If that happened, the school would be abandoned and leave behind an eyesore, Smathers said. The property cost $1.1 million, but it could take hundreds of thousands more to ready the site. It could cost $200,000 just to build the necessary turn lanes on Raccoon Road and U.S. 276. Plus there’s the cost of running water and sewer lines to the property, putting in an emergency exit road, building a parking lot, grading building pads, putting in required landscaping, leasing the modular units and putting window dressing on them so they don’t look like modulars. And, there’s the sticky wicket of how much Shining Rock owes in damages for a corn crop partly destroyed by a contractor surveying the site in advance of environmental testing. Pat Smathers said financial viability is a relevant question to ask in connection with the special use permit, since utilities and infrastructure are one of the criteria. “Does the town have any knowledge that the proposed developer has the funds?” Pat Smathers asked. The school is being funded through state and county tax dollars, however it’s not a part of the Haywood County public school system. Charter schools get a cut of public education money based on the number of students who attend — about $6,500 per student. That money has to cover teacher salaries and all the overhead of running a school, with enough left over to pay for the land, site work and modular buildings. Pat Smathers questioned whether enrollment — which has been downwardly revised in recent weeks from earlier projections — would bring in sufficient revenue to make the school a go. Several opponents questioned whether they would be left with an eyesore if the school failed. “We have no assurances this structure will succeed,” said Steve Amodio, a homeowner in the nearby Quail Ridge subdivision. “We have no proper knowledge of the proper persons responsible for this project.” Meanwhile, Shining Rock spent nearly $80,000 pursuing the first site that’s no longer in the running. It now has a $40,000 contract in play for the preliminary site planning, surveying, testing and permitting of the current site. If the school cuts its losses now, it won’t be out the full $40,000, as some aspects of the due diligence wouldn’t be carried out. But every site the school explores that doesn’t work costs time and money. “I wouldn’t say it is wasted. It is just part of due diligence,” East said. Keilberg said while the school certainly doesn’t want to spend money on a site that won’t work out — citing lessons learned on the last site — she said the school is fine financially.

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as a temporary location, but it only runs through December. Keilberg said the school could remain at Lake Junaluska beyond December by extending its lease. School leaders hoped to have a new site up and running by the second half of the school year — a plan that consisted of buying vacant property and outfitting it with modular units. It was an ambitious plan given the various permits to secure, utilities to run, state roads to widen with extra turn lanes, grading to do and modular buildings to haul in. “The school is boasting on its website ‘we are going to be in our trailers by December,’” Robert Price, a Francis Cove resident, said at the hearing. “We feel like that is a premature.” Price said the publicly touted timeline was putting pressure on the planning board to hurry up and approve it. With the school failing its first pass at a special use permit, the timeline of a permanent location by January may be out of reach. Bradshaw reminded the planning board that it had previously approved a special use permit for Shining Rock to locate on a tract the Ratcliffe Cove site, not far from the currently proposed tract in Francis Cove. “We are here to discuss the same project, same school, on a different location,” Bradshaw said, claiming a “thread of continuity” should apply from the previous site to the new one. However, the attorney who provides advice to the planning board said one did not beget the other. “There is no precedential value to you having made that decision on another site,” Sneed told the planning board. Bradshaw also pointed out that all the schools built by the Haywood County school system in recent years have been sited on open land in rural settings, and this is no different. Pat Smathers — who is the attorney for the Haywood County School Board — also represented the Francis Cove community at the hearing, and he rejected the comparison. “Those schools underwent two- or three-year planning and design processes. How long have you been hired to do the design and preparation of this project?” Smathers asked. Bradshaw estimated less than 60 days. Smathers said it is a disservice to prematurely rush into a plan that would forever alter the character of the community. “It’s time to take time,” Smathers said. “This is not something you are going to plan in two months. That’s about all the time that’s been put into this site. Two months. That’s it. They want to bring in trailers to an empty cornfield and have a school. That’s their plan. That’s it.” Shining Rock voted to buy the site in July.

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TIME AND PLACE Charter school opponents dislike the idea of taking money from traditional public schools and giving it to charter schools, which they claim aren’t accessible to all, given the lack of door-to-door bus routes and free lunches, and don’t have to answer to voters like elected school boards do. Supporters claim charter schools are laboratories of innovation that offer alternatives and choices to the one-size-all education model of larger public school systems. But those varying philosophical views weren’t supposed to be part of the decision making process on the special use permit. “A lot of you here may have opposition to the charter schools,” Sneed, the attorney for the planning board, told the audience at the outset of the hearing. “A lot of people don’t like tax money being siphoned off from public schools to go to charter schools. The state has decided we will have charter schools paid for with tax money. If you don’t like that, go to Raleigh.” While a few editorial comments about charter schools snuck into the discussion, speakers largely steered clear of charter school pros and cons and stuck to the message that the proposed location was ill-suited to a school of any ilk. Lisa Nelson, who spoke against the site, said the takeaway message shouldn’t be that the charter school was struck down. Rather, the planning board’s vote was about preserving the character of a community. Still, it was the only venue to date that came close to a community forum on the new charter school in Haywood’s midst, and the undertone was always lurking in the background.

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Town Planner Elizabeth Teague had a delicate role to play at the hearing. She tried to create an objective framework for the discussion, despite the inherently subjective questions being posed to the planning board. Teague also acknowledged that despite her long career in the community planning and development arena, she has only been with the town of Waynesville for a month. “I am new to this town and I don’t want to presume to know the goals of this board. I want to help you and don’t want to be wishywashy in a recommendation,” Teague said. But, “In this case I am being completely honest, I think you can approve this but I also think it is problematic.” The burden of proof was ultimately up to the charter school. “Have they proven anything to you? No, they have not.” Pat Smathers said. “At least put it off until somebody in this organization can provide some answers to y’all.” Pat Smathers then delivered a closing statement akin to a lawyer preaching to a jury in a court trial. He walked through the six criteria of a 8 special use permit and summed up why he

thought the school missed each one. “Fails, no pass….Fails, no pass….Absolute failure,” Smathers said, ticking down the list of criteria.

THE CHARACTER TEST One of the chief factors in the special use permit was whether the school was in keeping with the community character. To determine that, Teague referred the planning board to the town’s adopted land-use plan, which describes a vision for various districts

dozen years ago with input from residents who attended a series of town hall meetings during development of the land-use plan. “It was requested that we come up with our vision for Francis Cove. Some of those people are here tonight,” Timbes said. “Our neighborhood needs you to say ‘no.’” Alan Walker, who lives nearby on Crymes Cove, said prime farmland is a precious and dwindling resource. “Let’s not cover up our farmland with buildings. It’s what we need to eat and where we need to grow our food,” Walker said.

how some future school building may or may not look. Opponents said the modular buildings weren’t up to snuff. “Clustered modular buildings are totally unlike any other buildings in the neighborhood. You won’t find anything that looks like that in the Francis Cove neighborhood,” Pat Smathers said. “So they failed on that one.” Teague said that the school planned to “dress up” the modular units to “soften the look.” But Planning Board Member Philip

Attorney Pat Smathers makes a case to the planning board members that the school fails the criteria for a special use permit. Becky Johnson photo

“It’s time to take time. This is not something you are going to plan in two months. That’s about all the time that’s been put into this site. Two months. That’s it. They want to bring in trailers to an empty cornfield and have a school. That’s their plan. That’s it.” — Pat Smathers, attorney for the Haywood County School Board

of town. For Francis Cove, low-density residential and agriculture are the predominant characteristics outlined in town’s vision. “Maintaining the rural character of this area will be an important focus,” Teague read from the stated goals in land-use plan regarding the Francis Cove area. Teague acknowledged that a school would impact the neighborhood’s future character. “A school at this location is a difficult one to commit to,” Teague said. “I don’t see a definitive yes or no answer.” Tanna Timbes, a resident with deep family roots in Francis Cove, said the stated vision for the community was crafted more than a

One of the many conundrums facing the planning board was the two-fold nature of the proposed school. In the short term, the school plans to setup modular buildings to accommodate 250 to 300 students. But in the long run, as the school grows, it would build a permanent building to accommodate more than 550 students. Since the future building is an unknown, however, the planning board had to consider the plan as presented and nothing more, Teague said. “For this permit, we are taking it as it is,” Teague said. And that meant sizing up how modular units fit into the community’s character, not

Gibbs said at the end of the day they are still modular units. “To me, it seems like it doesn’t meet the vision of the community,” Gibbs said. “We are talking about putting in some buildings that are different than the existing use in my opinion,” agreed Planning Board Member Jon Fiechter. “I don’t know that we can say that this site conforms to the character of the community one way or another.” Bradshaw said the school would only use about 9 acres of the total 32-acre tract, leaving lots of open space. “This amount of open space will allow Shining Rock to maintain the character of the surrounding neighborhood,” Bradshaw said. But Pat Smathers challenged what assurance the community had that the rest of the site wouldn’t be built on in the future. “Are you aware of any proposal that the remaining acreage will be set aside under a restricted use, never to be developed?” Smathers said. Bradshaw replied that there is no official conservation easement to ensure today’s open space remained as such, but pointed out that the site would certainly retain more open space as a school than it would if pur-

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Shining Rock Classical Academy Board Chair Tara Keilberg (right) and Vice-Chair Anna Eason, were outnumbered by opponents at the hearing. Becky Johnson photo

“I’m not shaken and I’m not afraid ... We anticipated that even if we prevailed tonight it would be appealed.” — Tara Keilberg, Shining Rock Board Chair

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The biggest concern about the proposed location was how traffic during pick-up and drop-off would be handled — something Fiechter called the “800-pound gorilla.” Shining Rock commissioned a traffic study as requirement of the special use permit, but it wasn’t shared with the planning board or the public until the night of the hearing. Traffic projections predict around 320 vehicles will be coming and going to the school each morning and afterBen Butler noon during drop-off and pick-up if the school reaches a build out of 570 students. Meanwhile, a loop road on the campus is only long enough to accommodate a line of around 120 vehicles. Bradshaw said that was adequate because the line would be moving, and the full traffic volume would never be in line all at once. Lisa Nelson, a retired teacher, said that’s not true based on parent pick-up patterns at other schools. “They line up early and park on the road waiting,” Nelson said. The plan calls for turn lanes to be built in

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chased by a private developer for a housing subdivision. Planning Board Member Marty Prevost questioned whether a residential development would create just as much traffic. Down the road, if and when the school wanted to build a real school building or alter its footprint on the site in any way, it would have to come back to the planning board for new approval. “If the development envelope went beyond the current 8 or 9 acres, we would be back before this board to grow that use,” Bradshaw said. But opponents said if a special use permit was approved today, the future approval would be a fait accompli. “Nobody is going to reject the follow-on buildings once you approve the first ones,” said Robert Price, a resident who spoke at the hearing. Both planning board members and opponents in the audience had several questions about future plans, which are largely unknown. Would there be sports fields one day with lighting? How much bigger would the parking lot need to be — it now calls for only 70 spaces — if the school grew to 500 students, including high schoolers who drive their own cars to school? The current site plan doesn’t show a playground, but unless elementary-aged children will simply be turned out in a field to play, there would surely be a playground in the future, and planning board members wanted to know where that would go and whether it

would create noise for neighbors. Planning board members also asked several questions about the suitability of the site, from soil to hydrology. Bradshaw said those surveys are pending. The school would have had them done already, but a dispute with a farmer who leases the property to grow corn on has prevented them from going on the property. Crews hired to do testing drove around in the corn earlier this month, destroying part of the crop. The farmer lawyered up and barred the school from coming on the property again until the parties have agreed on appropriate compensation for the damage.

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both directions approaching the school, so vehicles waiting to turn in wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t block through traffic. But John Queen, a nearby property owner, questioned that theory, citing the traffic count of 3,000 vehicles a day on Raccoon Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That traffic comes and goes all day. It is constant. It is a bypass around Waynesville,â&#x20AC;? Queen said. Everyone coming and going to the school

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nonprofit nature center ensnared in a foreclosure saga at Balsam Mountain Preserve is one step closer to being evicted. A court-ordered auction of the property where the nature center is housed was set for Sept. 9 at a foreclosure hearing last week. The nature center is a hapless bystander to a larger foreclosure dispute between a New York investment lender and the former developer of Balsam Mountain Preserve, a 4,000-acre ecodevelopment in Jackson County. Now, it’s a matter of watching the foreclosure unfold and preparing to move out of its current location — yet the nature center continues to hold out hope a deal might be worked out with the investment lender who currently holds all the cards, according to Rob Howard, chairman of the board of Balsam Mountain Trust, the nonprofit over the nature center. “Everything happened per expectation,” Howard said of last week’s foreclosure hearing. There was no last-minute argument to stave off an auction date from being set, he said.

“That had been adjudicated already,” Howard said, referring to the civil suit in the spring attempting to nullify the lien behind the foreclosure. The nature center is the darling of homeowners in the upscale, eco-development, who take pride in having their own nature museum, which doubles as the headquarters for ecology lectures, kids’ programs and guided hikes, as well as a resident collection of live critters and a botanical repository. The nature center also does programs for the community at-large, making its foreclosure of interest to more than just the Balsam Mountain Preserve homeowners. The nature center was inadvertently included as collateral when the former developer borrowed $19.8 million from the New York lending firm. Balsam Mountain Trust has tried on and off over the years to untether itself from the illfated $19.8 million loan to no avail. There’s still a chance that the nature center could work out a deal with the investment lender. Or that the nature center could buy the property when it goes to auction. But in the meantime, plans are in the works to relocate to another building on the property that previously served as a development office. “We have an understanding with the developers we can occupy that space if necessary,” Howard said. — By Staff writer Becky Johnson

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“It’s not just about hiring any veterinarian,” Cianciulli said. “It’s about hiring the right one. We want to continue the day practice feel into the clinic.” While some practices in the mountains do have Saturday hours and there are vets who give their personal contact information to clients in case of emergency, the only 24hour animal clinic in Western North Carolina is Regional Emergency Animal Care Hospital in Asheville. The length of the trip can be prohibitive, and it can be hard regardless when the driver is preoccupied worrying about a sick pet. And sometimes, the length of the trip can negatively impact the pet’s health outcome. Fiona Norton, a board member of the WNC Dog Fanciers Association who lives in Waynesville, said she could have used a 24hour clinic when a young dog she used to own needed emergency care. The pup eventually died. “Had the hospital been closer, it would have been more convenient for the dog’s sake, not to mention the owner’s sake,” she said.

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Another possible record enrollment at WCU The potential exists for a fourth straight year of record enrollment as the Western Carolina University community prepares to welcome new and returning students Aug. 17 for the start of the fall semester. While WCU’s official student headcount won’t be until Friday, Aug. 28, all current indicators point to the possibility of another

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all-time high for WCU’s total enrollment, said Phil Cauley, the university’s director of student recruitment. The recent upward trend in enrollment began in 2012, when 9,608 students attended WCU, followed by 10,107 in 2013 and 10,382 last year. Last year’s freshman class at WCU exceeded expectations at 1,745 students, the largest class of first-year students since an enrollment boom of the post-Vietnam mid-

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Sheriff offers back to school tips Sheriff Greg Christopher of Haywood County offers some safety tips for students who will be walking back and forth to school this year. • While walking, remember to always travel with a friend. Two heads are better than one, especially if there’s an emergency. • A stranger is anyone you or your parents don’t know well. • You or your friend must never take candy, money, medicine or anything else from a stranger. • If a stranger in a car asks you questions, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and emerging enrollment and demographic trends. The public forum will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center from 2 until 3:30 p.m., with WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher providing opening remarks.

Junaluska to host Women’s Retreat A retreat for women will be held Sept. 1719 at the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center of Lake Junaluska. Through worship, music, discussion and free-time options such as massage, yoga, and spiritual counseling, conference participants will find a renewal and restoration of spirit. Dr. Lauren Winner, professor at Duke Divinity School and renowned author of Girl Meets God and Still: Notes on a Mid-faith Crisis, will lead the retreat along with singersongwriter Martha Bassett. To register for the Women’s Retreat, visit

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER dozen hotels, motels and tourist accommodations in Haywood County will have to open their books to auditors in coming months to prove they aren’t pocketing some of the room taxes they collect. Overnight accommodations tack a 4 percent tax onto room bills and are supposed to turn it over monthly to the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority. But there’s never been a mechanism to know whether accommodations turn over all the tax they collect. “If they are collecting it and not paying it, that’s fraud,” explained Lynn Collins, executive director of the tourism authority. Since it’s based on the honor system — lodging owners simply send in a check for what is collected each month — tourism authority members suspect some may be under-reporting how much business they do and pocketing some of the tax instead of sending it in. “If we don’t have at least some kind of audit, there are a handful of people who would take advantage of that, knowing nobody will ever check,” said Mike Eveland, a tourism authority member with the Maggie Valley Inn. “If we don’t have this in place then we are pretty much leaving it wide open.” The tourism agency is hiring an auditing firm to check accommodations’ books, at a cost of $400 per audit. Up to a dozen will be selected a year. Tammy Wight, a tourism board member who is against the idea, has raised concerns over the idea. “I don’t see how this is going to be fair,” said Wight, who is also the president of the Maggie Valley Area Lodging Association and the owner of the Clarketon Motel. The audit won’t be random. It will target specific lodging businesses, and that’s one of

Wight’s concerns. The lodging business is competitive, and many of the tourism board members are in the industry themselves. “I asked how we would know who to audit and the comment that was made was ‘We know, people say things.’ I don’t think we should base an audit off of hearsay,” Wight said. Eveland said criteria will be used to determine what accommodations are chosen. But that criteria is still being developed. “We will have a process for how we are going to pick and choose,” Collins said. There’s around 300 lodging operations in the county — from large hotels to private vacation homes — and only 3 percent will be audited a year. The odds would be slim under a random audit that the real offenders ever get chosen. So the audit will target accommodations with suspect numbers that don’t seem to jive, or those that are routinely delinquent in their remittance of the room tax, according to discussion at the tourism authority’s recent meeting on the issue. For example, a motel that doesn’t send in any room taxes during winter months, claiming it was closed, yet has comments on Trip Advisor from people who stayed there during the winter, would be a prime candidate for auditing. The tourism authority will contract with Tax Management Associates out of Charlotte to perform the audits. The same firm was used for an audit a few years ago to find under-the-radar vacation rentals that weren’t charging the tax. The discovery netted more than 50 new accounts, mostly among second-home owners who rent out their mountain houses a few weeks of the year. Collectively, vacation houses, rental cabins and villas account for half the tax that’s brought in each year, Collins said. An indirect benefit of that audit was the “publicity that it generated from people who did not realize they were supposed to be collecting the occupancy tax,” said Lyndon Lowe of Twinbrook Resorts in Maggie Valley, who chairs the tourism authority.

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Tribal Council candidates race through the home stretch BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER early 30 people have put their names in the hat for election to Cherokee’s 12-member Tribal Council this fall, and depending who you ask, a lot is at stake. The tribe needs a constitution, a strong document outlining separation of powers, rights of the people and rights of their government, some say. According to others, Cherokee needs to take control of its sovereignty, keeping tribal information and resources out of the hands of nonCherokee people and governments. Or does tribal government need more openness and dialogue? Should the boundary develop more major attractions — perhaps a water park — to draw tourists in? And how should council address drug-related issues on Cherokee land? Opinions are all over the place. But as the Sept. 3 election draws nearer, it will be the task of Cherokee voters to decide which of the candidates to represent their district is most likely to make a positive difference. Some of the talk surrounding the Tribal Council election centers on a controversy that’s played out over the past year after councilmembers voted themselves and the chiefs five-digit raises — a move that sparked anger among many tribal members and led to a group calling itself the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for Justice & Equality to threaten council with a lawsuit. The group claimed the raises were illegal, as the tribe’s Charter and Governing Document states that an election must occur between a vote

to give council a raise and those raises taking effect. Supporters, meanwhile, argued that the pay increases were not actually raises but rather technical corrections to councilmembers’ compensation, in keeping with previous legislation. Some candidates have mentioned these raises prominently in their campaigns, vowing to push for greater transparency and communication with voters on future votes that could prove controversial. But disagreements of the past two years won’t be the only issues the new tribal council will have to deal with. Candidates also spoke of their perceptions of the future needs of Cherokee. The tribe should make an effort to go through its code of ordinances with a fine-tooth comb, said Yellowhill candidate Arizona Jane Blankenship, getting rid of outdated laws and replacing sections referring to North Carolina law with the tribe’s own legislation. Council should make drug issues a priority, said Wolfetown candidate Polly Jo Castorena, developing a long-term rehabilitation program and preventing drug charges from being dropped or reduced to lesser charges as often as they are now. Economic development must be addressed, said Big Cove incumbent Teresa McCoy, but also balanced with environmental stewardship. So, voters will have plenty to think about as they head to the polls in two weeks. And so will the candidates. “A great honor for any tribal member is to have the trust of the people,” McCoy said, “to be allowed to be honored to represent them.”

Who’s running? In the primary election, nearly all of the incumbent candidates for Tribal Council — no incumbents opted to sit the election out — were one of the top two vote-getters for their communities. However, Yellowhill challenger Anita Welch Lossiah came in nearly 5 percent ahead of incumbent Alan “B” Ensley. Birdtown will get at least one new representative, as incumbent Gene “Tunney” Crowe is running for principal chief. Yellowhill incumbent David Wolfe had raced against Crowe in the primary election but signed up as a writein candidate after he lost. Write-in candidates do not appear on the ballot but have been approved by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Board of Elections as eligible for office. The top two candidates in each community will earn a seat on the council. Voters vote only for the representative from their own community.

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. BIG COVE • Richard French • Consie Girty • Teresa McCoy (I) • Perry Shell (I) BIRDTOWN • Gilbert Crowe • Albert Rose (I) • Travis K. Smith • Terri Lee Taylor

PAINTTOWN • Terri Henry (I) • Lula Jackson (write-in) • Marie Junaluska • Tommye Saunooke (I) • Pete Taylor (write-in)

WOLFETOWN • Polly Jo Castorena • Bo Crowe (I) • Albert Martin Jr. • Dennis Edward “Bill” Taylor (I)

SNOWBIRD • Bucky Brown • Brandon Jones (I) • Janell Rattler • Adam Wachacha (I)

YELLOWHILL • Arizona Jane Blankenship • Alan “B” Ensley (I) • Anita Welch Lossiah • Tom Wahneta • David Wolfe (write-in)

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he future is looking bright for plans to build a sidewalk along U.S. 441 where Jackson County meets Cherokee, with funding recently approved from state contingency funds. As sidewalk projects go, this one is pretty emotionally charged. Calls for its construction have been going on since October 2013, when two Whittier men were killed by cars within days of each other while walking along the road. That strip of highway contains a variety of gas stations and fast food places, which can attract foot traffic, but there’s nowhere for pedestrians to walk except the side of the highway. That can be dangerous. Two months after the pedestrian deaths occurred, Cherokee Tribal Council unanimously adopted a resolution asking the Fast traffic and lack of pedestrian facilities makes U.S. 441 state to build a sidewalk there. outside of Cherokee a dangerous place to walk. Holly Kays photo “These accidents have occurred due to a lack of street lights and sidewalks along the corridor,” the plete, Green said. resolution read. Right now, the price tag is estimated right Jackson County soon followed suit, its at that max of $250,000. Neither the county then-sitting board of commissioners passing a nor the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians nearly identical resolution in February 2014. would have to contribute toward the project, “We felt like it was something that needed as is often the case with sidewalk projects. to be addressed immediately,” said County The difference here, Green said, is that the Manager Chuck Wooten. money comes from contingency funding as a Getting it done, though, was another project immediately vital to public safety. As thing. A small project like that stood little such, match funding is not be required. chance of competing with big highway projStreet lights are not included in the plans, ects in the N.C. Department of Wooten said, because the county would then Transportation’s new prioritization process, have to find money to maintain them and but DOT engineer Ed Green tipped Wooten does not currently have street lights anyoff that smaller projects costing less than where else within its jurisdiction.

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$250,000 could be approved separately, at the discretion of the DOT secretary. That route requires approval from the House and Senate, and the OK didn’t come last year. But this month, Green received word that the money had come through, with the Senate providing $125,000 and the DOT secretary another $125,000. All that remains is to get the project approved at the Board of Transportation’s September meeting. That would allow Green’s office to get started with the project, which would install 1,650 feet of sidewalk along the highway, starting at U.S. 441’s intersection with Casino Trail and continuing to the existing crosswalk at the Catamount Travel Center. The sidewalk would mostly go on county land, with the 200 feet closest to Casino Trail falling within the Qualla Boundary. The project would probably take only two or three months to com-

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Fry Street closure — disaster or dream come true? BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR There was barely room to breathe in Bryson City Town Hall on Monday night. More than 60 people were packed in like sardines around the board of aldermen to offer their opinions on whether the town should give up its right of way on Fry Street in downtown to make way for a pedestrianfriendly park on the property, which is owned by the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Mayor Tom Sutton went through the five pages of people signed up to speak and everyone got his or her allotted three minutes — sometimes longer — to have their say on the matter. He warned everyone to be respectful of others’ opinions and reminded the crowd that the board would not be making a decision that night.

paved, lit or marked,” said Rebecca Davis, owner of Christmas Time. “It’s a hazard. No one taking care of it.” Town Attorney Fred Moody said it was currently a town street and should be maintained as such. However, if the town gives up its right of way easement, the property would revert back to the owners — Great Smoky Mountain Railroad and Railroad Realty. As a conductor for the train, Edwards said he hears a lot of compliments about the beauty of Bryson City, but also hears many people complain about the appearance of Fry Street. “The other day I was standing in my conductor’s outfit by the depot and a young man, probably about 30, said ‘Aren’t you proud to live in a town that looks like a hallmark card? Except for this’ — he pointed to Fry Street,” Edwards recalled.

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SAFETY HAZARDS Proponents of the closure spoke about the safety issues on Fry Street with so much pedestrian traffic from the train. Bill Thomas, who has worked seasonally for the train for five years, said there is definitely a crowd control problem in that area, especially during the busy season from October through December with the Polar Express. He said 55,000 people rode the train in 2013 and that number jumped to 72,000 in 2014. “Whether you close it or not, the people and their children are going to flood it,” he said. “Unless it is closed, it’s not safe for crowds.” Michael Edwards, another employee of the railroad, said he sees the dangers on Fry Street regularly as a conductor. “The crazy things people do on that street would blow your mind,” he said. Karen Wilmot, executive director of the Swain County Chamber of Commerce, and

PARKING AND DELIVERIES Brad Walker, chairman of the Swain County Tourism Development Authority, both spoke briefly in support of the road closure because of safety issues. “Obviously we would like the street closed,” Wilmot said. “The plan is a good one and the details can be decided after we make this first step.” Debra Mills, former owner of the Cottage Craftsman on Fry Street, said the area is already a pedestrian thoroughfare whether the town decides to close it off to cars or not. “That street is very dangerous,” she said. “Town trucks would whip around the corner on two wheels — I don’t know how there haven’t been accidents already.” Trey Barnett said he and his wife would love to see a safe green space for families

“Whether you close it or not, the people and their children are going to flood it. Unless it is closed, it’s not safe for crowds.”

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APPEARANCE Whether they were for the closure, against it, or undecided, everyone who spoke agreed that something needed to be done to improve the appearance of Fry Street. Though it is a town street that should be maintained, people complained about all the potholes and uneven gravel and wanted to know who would take care of it if the road closed. “It’s not maintained now — it’s not

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Some opponents of closing Fry Street said they were worried about losing the parking spots in front of the Fry Street businesses. Creating a park in that area would make it more difficult for large trucks to make deliveries to those businesses. Gianna Carson, owner of La Dolce Vita Bakery, said the downtown parking problem would persist whether Fry Street closed or not. However, she said the pedestrian park plan included paving the gravel parking lot behind The Cottage Craftsman, which would have about 30 parking spaces. Rebecca Davis, owner of Boxcar Café and Cones on Fry Street, said the train depot currently has 12 handicap spaces in front of it. With plans for the park, only six handicap spots would be available in the new lot and the rest of the spots would be first come, first serve. “There won’t be any parking available by lunch time at my restaurant,” she said. Paige Christie, owner of The Cottage Craftsman, agreed that less parking would result in less business for her, especially if the park never happens. She said her business drops 60 per-

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Other residents that were against the street closure or on the fence questioned the true intentions of the closure and whether the train would follow through with the plan to construct a park. Gil Crouch, who owned a business in Bryson City for 23 years, said the plan for a park sounded great, but there were still too many questions that needed to be answered before the board agrees to close the street. He said the board should hold several more meetings in a larger venue before making a decision. Crouch also questioned why the railroad wasn’t willing to fund the entire project, which is estimated to cost between $250,000 to $450,000 depending on the final plans. “Why is the tourism authority taking the lead in financing this?” he asked. “I think it’s a disgrace — the train probably makes $15 million a year — let the train finance the whole project. Albritton said she wasn’t at liberty to say how much money the railroad makes, but said he was “way off.” Betty Sandler said she was opposed to the closure for several reasons. “It shows extreme favoritism to a private enterprise,” she said. “Once it’s closed, we will have no say so in it. The train will decide whether to have the park and who can go there.” If the project does happen, she said the chamber and TDA owes it to taxpayers to demand and secure something in return for giving up the right of way. Albritton tried to assure everyone that the railroad had full intentions of following through with the plans for a park to offer a pedestrian-friendly area available to the public for concerts and other events. She said the railroad would be looking at several sources of funding for the project and had no intentions of using TDA funds to make it happen. Lastly, she said she would be willing to address some of the residents’ concerns by putting something in writing. “We have the best of intentions,” she said. At the end of the hearing, Sutton told people there would be more opportunity for public input before the board voted on the closure. “This is the first meeting, not the last, “ he said.

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Macon’s only homeless shelter struggling to stay open BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR owell Monteith, pastor of The Father’s House ministry, says the shelter has many needs right now. However, Macon County’s only homeless shelter’s most pressing need is community support. “We need community support — we need people in Macon County to get involved,” he said. “Other ministries stated they are working for the homeless, but we’re the only ministry meeting the needs of the homelessness in Macon County.” Monteith said he’s received a lot of push back in the community and feels like the county inspection officers are trying to shut down the shelter. He went before the Macon County commissioners last month to ask for their help with keeping the shelter open. The shelter located behind Whistle Stop Mall in Franklin can house a maximum of 30 people, but Monteith said he has about 10 people participating in the ministry’s program. To meet fire safety codes, Monteith said he would need to install a fire sprinkler system, which could cost $25,000 that the ministry doesn’t have. Commissioners told Monteith they have no authority to suspend the state building codes for the shelter. County Manager Derek Roland said the fire marshal and the county building inspector were charged with doing their job accurately and without prejudice to enforce the

building code. “I’m working with county officials trying to come up with plan to suit everyone and to become compliant with them,” Monteith said. While the ministry is able to pay its bills and still provide services for homeless in the area, Monteith said he doesn’t have the money to install a sprinkler system. He hopes the community will lend its support to keep the shelter open. The Father’s House Church and ministry in Franklin holds regular services for its homeless shelter residents. Donated photo “There are 164 churches in Macon County. If that the church/shelter building, which used to cook, eat and clean. The facility also has every church pledged $20 a month it would bathrooms and a washer and dryer. to house a retail nursery, is not adequate for take a majority of the financial burden off,” “Most people talking about the shelter’s needs. While he admits there he said. our facility have never been isn’t full state-of-the-art kitchen facility, they Monteith said people have complained there,” he said. “Sometimes we have a sink, a stove and everything needed

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No good resolution to neighbor dispute over barking dogs BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER riven crazy by the barking dogs of neighbors, Judy West says she is pulling up her life-long stakes in Haywood County and abandoning her farm, but not without sounding a warning to her fellow county residents: it could happen to you one day, too. “It has destroyed our life. It has destroyed our home and our property. We can no longer farm because we have to listen to dogs all day long,” West said. The Wests live near a dog and cat rescue shelter, which houses around 14 orphaned dogs at any given time awaiting adoption or transport. West has been at odds with Duke’s Animal Haven since it opened next door to her two years ago. She has repeatedly called the sheriff ’s office to report Duke’s for noise violations, and has sworn out her own nuisance claim in court. Nothing stuck. The barking isn’t bad enough to cross the threshold of a noise violation — defined as “any unreasonably loud, disturbing of raucous and unnecessary noises which annoy or disturb a reasonable person of normal sensibilities.” County Attorney Chip Killian said the noise ordinance is subjective by definition. So West made a last-ditch emotional plea at a Haywood County commissioners meeting in late July — partly just to share her plight and partly as a warning cry that a lack of rules in the county leaves people vulnerable to encroachments like this. West said the commissioners should pass stronger rules to protect people in the future. “I know some of you’uns mothers and some of you’uns grandmothers and you know what is right and what is wrong,” West said, tearing up as she spoke. “To let dogs destroy two people’s lives who are elderly and with

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health problems, shame on you.” Helen McLeod, who operates Duke’s Animal Haven, said barking is minimal. In an attempt to alleviate West’s complaints, the shelter was soundproofed on the inside and dogs barely go outside. “The dogs only get to go out twice a day because of them,” McLeod said. They only go out one at a time to reducing barking. Plus, vegetation and a soundproof fence were also put in. Deputies have visited the property several times in response to complaints from West, but have never found the shelter to be in violation of the noise ordinance.

“There is no good answer when it comes to the balance of property rights and still being a good neighbor. We are still searching.” — Bill Upton, Haywood county commissioner

Disputes between neighbors over barking dogs aren’t unique. Kirkpatrick, an attorney who’s seen them first hand, said the story line is almost always the same. “I’ve had homeowners who say they want dogs to quit barking and dog owners saying their dogs aren’t barking,” Kirkpatrick said.

COMMISSIONERS RESPOND Commissioners listened sympathetically to West, but were at a loss of what they could do. The only way to stop someone from building an animal shelter in an otherwise residential area would be rules for what can be built

Judy West says she can’t get any peace and quiet because of the sound of barking dogs coming from Duke’s Animal Haven just up the hill from her home off Stamey Cove Road. File photo where — a.k.a. zoning. “The only way we as county commissioners could regulate the use of property is by passing zoning ordinances,” Commissioner Kirk Kirkpatrick replied. Kirkpatrick said zoning is too controversial and not something commissioners want to take on. “If we said we were going to zone this county signs would be going up and this place would be full of people,” Kirkpatrick said at the commissioners meeting where West spoke. However, there is middle ground between whole-hog countywide zoning and the laissez-faire approach. Some counties have rules banning certain operations deemed particularly detrimental to neighbors — like landfills and racetracks — through a so-called “high-impact” use ordinance. Macon County has one that regulates things along the lines of asphalt plants, mining pits, slaughterhouses and hazardous material factories. They must have a buffer of 1,000 to 1,500 feet from the nearest property line in every direction. At a minimum, you would need a tract of at least 25 acres, with the operation smack dab in the middle, to accomplish a 1,000 foot set back from any

neighboring property line. Haywood County actually has a handful of ordinances that address certain types of operations, like junkyards, cell towers and adult entertainment. The county has a blanket ban on billboards and helicopter sightseeing businesses, as well. But Haywood lacks a general “high-impact” ordinance against egregious enterprises. “Everybody wants bacon but no one wants a pig farm next door,” Kirkpatrick said. After West’s shared her issue publicly at a county meeting in July, commissioners asked County Manager Ira Dove to visit Duke’s Animal Haven and see what he found. He reported back at the next meeting. “They were definitely making attempts to keep any noise down,” Dove said, citing the soundproofing and accommodations to keep the dogs indoors. Dove said barking could be heard from the dogs of other homeowners, but he didn’t particularly hear much barking from the shelter at the time he was there. Commissioner Bill Upton said the issue is a delicate one. “There is no good answer when it comes to the balance of property rights and still being a good neighbor. We are still searching,” Upton said.

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health services. The Cherokee Indian Police Department’s budget has been stagnant since 2009, Crowe said, so a bigger budget will be imperative to improving law enforcement. Social services will also be a priority, with the tribe now in the final stages of taking over health and human services functions from the counties. It’s a big job that will require a steady hand and a piece of the budget, Crowe said. Doing it right will be no easy trick. “I have my deep, deep concerns on if we’re really, really ready to take it over,” she said. And as a long-time member of the Indigenous Environmental Network — Crowe even participated in the 2014

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Move Forward Climate March in Washington, D.C. — it shouldn’t come as any surprise that environmental issues are high on her list of priorities. “Our land, our water and our air — that comes first,” she said. Crowe would push to get a regional recycling center built in Cherokee and wants to see an increase in alternative building materials on the Qualla Boundary. Along with environment, for Crowe, comes culture. She’d want to increase fine arts instruction at Cherokee Central Schools, training children to become the best at producing native crafts, and see a revival of cultural attractions like Oconaluftee Indian Village. Because one thing, Crowe said, would always guide her decisions as principal chief. “I’m all Cherokee,” she said.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ary Crowe isn’t a councilmember, but when a Tribal Council session starts up in Cherokee, hers is one face you might expect to see — whether in the audience, at the podium or back in the TV room watching the proceedings from a distance. And while her name won’t be on the ballot in this year’s tribal elections, Crowe has launched a vigorous write-in campaign for the position of principal chief. “We are needing to come together and start working toward building our nation up,” Crowe said. “We got a lot of work to do.” Since registering as a write-in candidate in June, Crowe, 53, has been making the rounds at community meetings, setting up appointments with department heads and participating in a debate with principal chief candidates Patrick Lambert and Gene “Tunney” Crowe. She’s nothing if not passionate about the campaign. At a debate earlier this month, she told voters to “get up, get out, get God and write in Mary Crowe for principal chief.” Unlike the other two candidates, whose resumes include time in the military and high-level positions within the tribe, Crowe has a less traditional background. In the 1980s and ‘90s, she worked in computer operations for Central Carolina Bank, was coordinator of the Cherokee Challenge Program and served as a resident counselor at Cherokee Children’s Home. A breast cancer survivor and widowed mother of three, she has been a contract coordinator with the Indigenous Environmental Network — an organization of indigenous people that works on environmental and economic justice issues — since 1986. In January she opened a craft business, Peavine Studios. “You can have all the qualifications in the world,” Crowe said, but she feels that her life experience and long-term involvement and advocacy in tribal government make her the right person for the job of principal chief. This is not Crowe’s first time running for tribal office. In 2003 she ran for one of Yellowhill’s seats on Tribal Council, and in 2011 she ran for principal chief. “I have goals, I have plans, I have ideas,” Crowe said. Foremost among them is a revision to the recall process for elected officials. Crowe had pushed for such a revision over the past year, sparking a long discussion at the December 2014 council meeting that resulted in the resolution being tabled. Currently, impeaching an elected official from office requires a twothirds vote of the Tribal Council, but Crowe believes that the people should have the right to get rid of unscrupulous representatives through a referendum vote. “That’s one of the things I will push for the first 100 days,” she said. Crowe said she’d also be looking to put more money toward law enforcement and

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LAUNCHING THE SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION Another arena in which laws and services will go hand-in-hand is that of social services. Cherokee is in the midst of trading reliance on county social services programs to having its own — the EBCI Public Health and Human Services Division. “It’s going to be a big job,” Lambert said. “It’s overwhelming in some aspects, but we’re going to make it work, and I have full confidence in the people that are set up to be operating this program.” In keeping with Lambert’s campaign focus of improving life for Cherokee families, the program is “exciting,” he said, because it will allow the tribe to use a “well-rounded” model that addresses children and families together. There’s a lot of responsibility, organization and administration that goes along with that, but again Lambert cites the opportunity the tribe has in controlling its own laws as well as its own programs. “We’re going to make it work,” he said. “It’s going to have to work.”

FORMING A FREE PRESS Sometimes, though, fixing the law doesn’t necessarily translate into fixing the practice. That’s been the case with Cherokee’s newspaper, The Cherokee One Feather, which operates under a government whose laws include a free press act and public records act. The free press act, among other things, asserts that “press shall be independent from any undue influence and free of any particular political interest.” However, that has not been the case. According to Lambert, that’s largely because of the chain of command under which the government-owned newspaper falls. “We need structural changes for The One Feather,” Lambert said. He suggested that the newspaper be reorganized to operate the same way as tribal entities such as The Museum of the Cherokee Indian or the Cherokee Boys Club — these organizations receive money from the tribe but

their rights from being infringed upon but, Lambert said, shouldn’t be used as a weapon to strike up discord.

don’t report directly to its executive branch. “I think it’s possible,” Lambert said when asked if it’s even feasible to have a truly independent press when that news organization is government-owned. “We want a hometown paper, but we need a way to make it structurally work,” he said.

DEFINING SOVEREIGNTY If elected chief, Lambert said, he’d also be on the lookout to protect Cherokee’s sovereignty. Cherokee is its own nation, and it’s important to ensure that the rights of its people and government reflect that. But, Lambert said, his perception of sovereignty is different than that of the outgoing administration. “Sovereignty is a protection for us,” he explained. “It’s not something for us to fight with — it’s something for us to defend ourselves with.” Sovereignty, he said, “is who we are,” which is a people that have existed on that land for thousands of years, long before the first boat came over from Europe. It’s a reality that Cherokee leaders can use to prevent

Opposing candidate declined interview The September ballot will feature two candidates for principal chief — Gene “Tunney” Crowe and Patrick Lambert — with Mary Crowe as a write-in candidate. The Smoky Mountain News repeatedly provided Tunney Crowe opportunity — via voicemail, text and in-person requests — to schedule an interview to talk about his campaign, but Crowe did not answer these requests.

Economic revitalization would be a significant component of a Lambert administration, he said. “For all of Western North Carolina, our industry is tourism,” Lambert said. “We need to be capitalizing on that.” In an approach mirroring his ideas on drug programs and social services, Lambert said Cherokee should look to its neighbors, see what they’re doing well, and mesh those ideas with its own concepts. “I think we can really focus our model away from one cookie-cutter craft shop ideal,” he said. In a recently released campaign video, Lambert proposed this could be accomplished through a plan he calls “Jumpstart Cherokee,” a three-pronged initiative to clean up Cherokee and invest in infrastructure; create incentives for entrepreneurs; and beautify the downtown. Lambert said he wants to see crumbling sidewalks fixed, cigarette butts picked up, trees planted, parking improved, streetlights added and walking areas built. He suggested business incentives such as offering free water and sewer and exemption from the tribal levy for a finite period after the business opens. “With these types of improvements, we can begin to have street fairs throughout downtown and all of us — locals included — can begin to enjoy our own downtown,” he said. With Election Day drawing closer, Lambert said, he’s hoping to see voters pull for him at the ballot box. “I’ve got a very clean background, a very clean record and I believe in operating in a high-integrity environment, high accountability and so I think those things people need to evaluate,” Lambert said. In the primary election in June, five people ran for the office, with Lambert taking 59 percent of the vote and Tunney Crowe, currently a Birdtown representative on Tribal Council, taking 16.8 percent. Though Crowe refused an interview, he did participate in a debate earlier this month. To see his answers to the questions posed there, read SMN’s coverage at www.smokymountainnews.com/ news/item/16208 or view the video at www.livestream.com/accounts/ 10717024/events/4242701.

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COMBATING DRUGS Combating the drug epidemic — present in many places, including Cherokee — is one important way for the government to do that, Lambert said. “First thing we need to do is look out here and think about what other models exist,” Lambert said. “Are there communities that have figured out some of this already?” Cherokee’s unique in that it’s not constrained to work within the framework of state law — the Eastern Band can craft its own legislation. That represents a tremendous opportunity, Lambert said, because it means that legislation can be written to support the tribe’s

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One of his first goals, Lambert said, would be to establish an office of employee rights. The office would provide a resource for employees who feel they’ve been treated unfairly, allowing them to file a complaint while providing a buffer from those with hire-fire power. “I think that the office of employee rights is very important to protect tribal employees from the impact of tribal policies,” Lambert said. Currently, the principal chief has ultimate hiring and firing power over any tribal employee, something Lambert, 52, had suggested at a debate between chief candidates this month that he might like to change. Because the principal chief doesn’t work directly with each and every employee and doesn’t have first-hand knowledge of their strengths and shortcomings, Lambert had argued, it’s probably not appropriate for the chief to make those decisions. He’d want to give the personnel policy a close review, he said, looking for ways to ensure fairness when it comes to hiring, firing, promotions and other such decisions. He’s also made it clear that he wants to boost the 401k match from 3 to 5 percent. “Government is really servants to the people, and that’s what we need to have a refocus on,” Lambert said.

strategy for combating drugs, rather requiring a strategy conformed to existing legislation. “We can create our own way of doing it,” he said. Lambert, whose first professional job was as a drug and alcohol counselor at Cherokee Indian Hospital, sees that way as involving three separate prongs — prevention, treatment and prosecution. Basically, get to kids when they’re young with education about the dangers of drug abuse, have a full range of treatment options available for people who find themselves in trouble and work with the court system to make sure that offenders are charged, convicted and punished. “We have to look at what kind of models are out there, but we have that opportunity to fashion the laws too,” Lambert said. “That’s what I get excited about.”

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER f Patrick Lambert wins his bid for principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, he expects to be looking a monstrous political version of a honey-do list when Election Day is over. “I have people come up to me all the time and say, ‘First thing you need to do Patrick, is —’” he says jokingly from his campaign headquarters at the Cherokee Grand Hotel, which he owns. But Lambert, who in January retired from 22 years at his post as executive director of the Tribal Gaming Commission, says that if elected he’ll stay focused on what he sees as the mainstay of the chief ’s job. “Really what it boils down to for me is helping tribal families and protecting tribal employees,” Lambert said.

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My ‘year of lasts’ is officially underway Well I’m not the kind to live in the past The years run too short and the days too fast The things you lean on, are the things that don’t last Well it’s just now and then, my line gets cast into these Time passages. And so it started last night. It continues this week, and will keep coming around until August 2016. It’s what I’ve been calling the “year of lasts.” My 17-year-old son Liam is entering his senior year of high school at Tuscola. He’s our youngest, and for 23 years (the age of my oldest child) I have been contemplating this passage, the coming empty nest, the end of homework and nightly family dinners and sporting events and the energy and laughter and turmoil that children bring into your lives on a daily basis as you raise them. When Lori and I became engaged, she wanted us to get married in the Catholic Church. In order for that to happen with my non-Catholic self, we had to attend one of those mar-

Don’t mix faith with government To the Editor: In Man for Himself, Erich Fromm gave us this valuable observation. He wrote, “Because of the fact that faith and power are mutually exclusive, all religious and political systems which are originally built on rational faith become corrupt and eventually lose what strength they have if they rely on power or even ally themselves with it.” This seems like such a dire warning to modern-day Christians who appear to be intent on weaving their particular doctrines into our national legal system. Evidence is mounting that many politicians are using highly questionable tactics to secure public monies to advance their religious/political beliefs. Pursuing public money generated by the North Carolina Lottery as well as other tax money for school vouchers to attend private and religious schools is one glaring example of slick political/religious dealing. Does this religious/political activity suggest that many Christians are now out on the moral and ethical slippery slope? If so, will they come to their senses and retreat? Or, will they slide on down the slope, thereby corrupting their faith as well as its potential influence for all people? Could religious/political activity eventually result in private and Christian schools having to declare themselves as actual political bodies and, therefore, be required to pay taxes as such? Religious institutions are losing membership. Church attendance figures are dropping, especially among young people. Does anyone know if there is any cause-effect relationship in these two trends and religious/political

riage encounter weekends where we would talk about our expectations and plans and thoughts about the future. One of the questions posed to us: what do you think about children, and how many do you want to have? Everyone in the group went their separate ways to write down their thoughts, and then we came back together and discussed our answers in a group setting of 10 or 12 couples. My answer: “maybe one.” I am a child of a broken home and grew up in Editor a time and a place where divorce and violence and shattered family lives were littered about like rotting apples falling from a tree. I had no illusions about the traditional family unit. Lori, on the other hand, had written down “eight” or “10” or something like that. I can’t remember exactly how many children she imagined in our future family, but it was so large and so far from my “maybe one” as to prompt the retreat leader to let us know we had some negotiating to do. But my fears of marriage and parenthood were both, as it turned out, more about my own insecurities than anything

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Shining Rock was not prepared for hearing To the Editor: The August 17 Town of Waynesville Planning Board meeting provided first-time meeting participants a crash course in the government planning process. To the credit of the board, its chair and town staff, the special-use permit hearing for the proposed Shining Rock Classical Academy charter school was managed professionally and largely courteously. This despite the highly personal and emotionally charged nature of the proceedings. As a meeting rookie, I was particularly struck by three aspects of the proceeding which I feel deserve more attention from town leadership and area residents. Since one of the options afforded the proponents given the negative result of this meeting is a re-submission of its request, it is important that these issues are considered. Traffic and safety are inextricably linked The planning board is charged to make its special use determination based on six criteria. Two of the six, adequate means to deal with traffic and protection of public safety, are inextricably linked. The board was presented with a request in which the attention to impli-

else. Once our first child came along and I held her while in the hospital, all those worries melted away. I was on board for as many as Lori wanted, and my skittish attitude toward fatherhood was replaced immediately by a longing to spend as much time with my children as possible. To say I’ve reveled in being a father over the last 23 years would be an understatement of momentous proportions. And now that era of daily contact parenting is drawing to a close. Last night was the first soccer game of the last high school soccer season. Today is the first day of school for the last year. There will be a long list of lasts from now until August 2016, when I accompany my last child to college. I remember walking my daughters Megan and Hannah to school from our downtown Waynesville office on Hannah’s first day at Central Elementary. We laughed and took pictures and did everything we could to ease Hannah’s anxiety, as parents do at times like that. Seems like yesterday. I’m sentimental, but there’s really only one way to approach this year: treat it like the dessert after a 23-year feast, like an ice-cold beer after a 5-mile run, like a celebratory victory lap of parenting. Because then it all changes. Time passages. (Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com.)

cations on local traffic were not adequately researched. While significant time was invested in consideration of entry to the property (this analysis hastily provided just in time for meeting but not contained in the initial submission), little preparation or analysis was provided related to the access from U.S. 276. The dangerous curves of the two roadways in question, proximity of two intersections, and high volume of traffic already present at this site were treated by proponents as minor details that could easily be addressed through the creation of phantom turn lanes. In their haste to meet a self-determined deadline, proponents have placed the planning board in the untenable position of assessing the overall impact on the public without the necessary information. Further, if in the end a plan is provided that somehow addresses the complicated, dangerous traffic environment, the school opening should not be allowed until the necessary traffic improvements are completed, not merely planned. The town has unfairly tasked the planning board I was surprised and dismayed to learn that, at least in regards to special use school projects, the town has a byzantine, dangerously flawed planning process. The planning board was tasked with evaluating a woefully incomplete proposal. The flaws within the submission wasted the town staff ’s time, the board’s time and the time of citizens forced to endure the hours it took to recognize the deficiencies. Town staff should be empowered to set a standard that requires special use school projects proponents to adequately address the six criteria prior to consideration by the board. The rushed and incomplete nature of this submission placed an unfair burden on the board.

The appointed members of the planning board should not be placed in the position of final determination of issues that impact citizens lives at this level. By design, the special use process for school projects unfairly limits citizen input. Decisions of this magnitude should be reserved for elected officials whose decisions are subject to voter review. Under the current process, the town board inexplicably retains authority over elements of this proposal, e.g. extension of sewer and water access, while delegating more sensitive and community impactful elements, e.g. location of the school campus. Leave final authority to elected officials who can be held accountable for the full impact of their decisions.

A righteous cause can lead to indifference to thers The proponents of the Shining Rock are passionate about their school and their mission. One can only assume that it is this passion that has led to their apparent indifference to safety and community concerns. The degree to which their paid spokesperson artfully attempted to minimize the concerns of local residents and the future costs necessary to legitimize the site was disappointing to witness. There was no evidence that alternative sites which may not carry the burden of safety and infrastructure costs associated with this site have been evaluated. The state legislature in its wisdom has empowered groups like this to pursue their passion with little regard to local citizens or our tax dollars. The planning board should be applauded for its attention and service. Hopefully they will be spared this experience in the future. Dale A. Rehkamp Waynesville

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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.

CORK & CLEAVER 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. 828.456.7179. Reservations recommended. 4:30-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, Cork & Cleaver has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Executive Chef Corey Green prepares innovative and unique Southern fare from local, organic vegetables grown in Western North Carolina. Full bar and wine cellar. www.waynesvilleinn.com. COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley. 828.926.1820 Open Daily 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Tuesday. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service. FRANKIE’S ITALIAN TRATTORIA 1037 Soco Rd. Maggie Valley. 828.926.6216 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Father and son team Frank and Louis Perrone cook up dinners steeped in Italian tradition. With recipies passed down from generations gone by, the Perrones have brought a bit of Italy to Maggie Valley. frankiestrattoria.com FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St. Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner

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tasteTHEmountains 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com. GUADALUPE CAFÉ 606 W. Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.9877. Open 7 days a week at 5 p.m. Located in the historic Hooper’s Drugstore, Guadalupe Café is a chef-owned and operated restaurant serving Caribbean inspired fare complimented by a quirky selection of wines and microbrews. Supporting local farmers of organic produce, livestock, hand-crafted cheese, and using sustainably harvested seafood. JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley. 828.926.0212. Joey’s is a family style restaurant that has been serving breakfast to the locals and visitors of Western North Carolina since 1966. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey's is sure to please all appetites. Joey & Brenda O’Keefe invite you to join what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s. JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era.

MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley. 828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine. Open seasonally for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted.

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

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 828.926.0201 Open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m and Sunday 7:30 a.m to 9 p.m. Full service restaurant serving steaks, prime rib, seafood and dinner specials. SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400. Open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A Waynesville tradition, the Smoky Mountain Sub Shop has been serving great food for over 20 years. Come in and enjoy the relaxed, casual atmosphere. Sub breads are baked fresh every morning in Waynesville. Using only the freshest ingredients in homemade soups, salads and sandwiches. Come in and see for yourself why Smoky Mountain Sub Shop was voted # 1 in Haywood County. Locally owned and operated. SPEEDY’S PIZZA 285 Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.3800. Open seven days a week. Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Family-owned for 30 years. Serving hand-tossed pizza made to order, pasta, subs, gourmet salads, calzones and seafood. Also serving excellent prime rib on Thursdays. Dine in or take out available. Located across from the Fire Station. TAP ROOM SPORTS BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Dr. Waynesville 828.456.5988. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Enjoy soups, sandwiches, salads and hearty appetizers along with a full bar menu in our casual, smoke-free neighborhood grill. TOP RAIL WRITERS NIGHT RESTAURANT 67 Branner Avenue, Waynesville. 828.246.0053 Lunch served from MondaySaturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner served Tuesday-Thursday 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to midnight. Top Rail serves delicious Louisiana food while providing a friendly music venue for musicians of all ages. Feel at home no matter where you’re from. Greeting all customers at the door with a smile. TWIN MAPLES FARMHOUSE 63 North Hill Street, Waynesville. 828.452.7837. Open for Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located just two blocks from downtown Waynesville, Twin Maples is available for weddings, receptions, family reunions, birthday parties, showers, luncheons, corporate meetings and retreats.

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

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

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ophy. There are no fancy gimmicks, alter egos, light shows, or electronic equipment, and our sound and lyrics can be summed up quite simply as honest. We feel that playing should involve 110-percent, and don’t feel the need to hide the expression.

SMN: How do you want to contribute to, or differ from, the evolution of the music industry? Joey Lee (guitarist): We want to be everything it isn’t. The music scene today is mostly taken over by people chocked full of ego. Many of these people don’t write their own songs. Our name describes what we would like to contribute to today’s music. It needs to go back to being about songs people can relate to, and lyrics that are full of images and poetry. The value of art and expression need to be recognized more, and hopefully we contribute to that evolution. We would like to shed some light on the value of real, honest art.

Asheville-based The Freeway Revival has quickly made a name for themselves around the Western North Carolina music scene with their unique style of rock/jam melodies. All Star Creative Media photo BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER Manic, menacing and mesmerizing. That’s how rock-n-roll is supposed to make you feel. It’s meant to be a bit jarring, a little sinister, with the slightest touch of magic — just enough to pull you in, making you aware that what you’re witnessing is something special, something to behold and share with others not-yet-in-the-know. The Freeway Revival did just that. Climbing the old wooden steps upstairs at the Water’n Hole in Waynesville recently, the quintet was headlong into another frantic jam when I asked the person next to me, “Who in the hell is that?” Dueling guitars, heartbeat percussion and keyboards spiraling out of control until it crescendos, ultimately crashing back down into the next glorious verse. Hailing from Asheville, the group has made quite a name for themselves in the music scenes just west of Buncombe County. Folks out here, out where everyone knows you name and what your story is, work hard in an effort to let their hair down come the weekend. Rock music not only sets the tone for all of life’s emotional floodgates, it also takes its name and provides the foundation by which we stand on, and up for, what it means to connect with a piece of music. The Smoky Mountain News caught up with The Freeway Revival while on their never-ending tour, roaming the back roads and bi-ways of Southern Appalachia, in search of another town and stage to take over, where perhaps someone not-yet-inthe-know will finally cross paths with a band, a sound that will find itself radiating in their soul. Smoky Mountain News: The Freeway Revival. Where does the name come from? Jonathan Clayton (guitarist): It was one of those all-night drive type of situations, and somewhere in the early morning

Want to go? Rock act The Freeway Revival will perform during the Groovin’ on the Green summer concert series at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at the Village Green in Cashiers. The show is free and open to all ages. www.visitcashiersvalley.com. The band will also be playing at Tuck’s Tap & Grille in Cullowhee (Sept. 12), Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City (Sept. 25) and the Water’n Hole Bar & Grill in Waynesville (Sept. 26). www.facebook.com/freewayrevival.

SMN: What are your musical influences? JC: Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band. We identify with them as groups with songs and structure to their songs, but also as bands that can break it down and really play it out. We also identify with groups like The Band for different musical ideas and vocals. As a young musician, and as a growing musician, I’ve just always identified most with music that was played with lots of passion and lots of fire. I think early on these were the musicians we learned from and wanted to be like. I love to feel the burn when someone really pours everything into what they do. Music that is relatable and that people can identify with, and has that heart and soul, will always be the most important.

SMN: With five members, who have different ideas and playing styles, how do y’all wrangle it in? AC: Being in any band is like being in a serious relationship. You have five people, five opinions, and five different personalities. It’s all comes together when all those things are united under a common goal of being the best we can possibly be, both on and off the stage. We all throw ideas out and some — Adam Clayton, keyboards work and others don’t. You just go with how it feels right and necessary adjustments. You have to leave your ego and personal feelings at the door. It’s a passion and it is fun, but you have to have a standard, and that is where the work begins.

“There are no fancy gimmicks, alter egos, light shows, or electronic equipment, and our sound and lyrics can be summed up quite simply as honest. We feel that playing should involve 110-percent, and don’t feel the need to hide the expression.”

hours, the name found us. It really stuck because it has a way of describing not only our bands sound, but also who we are as people. You have to be a free spirit to jump in a van, and stay far away from everything you’ve known for extended periods of time. We learned to make the road our home, and we did so by doing the things we have always wanted to do. That is the past present and future of the band. That spirit carries over into many other aspects of this group — it’s the cornerstone. SMN: What’s the philosophy or intent of the band? Adam Clayton (keyboards): We’re the everyday people’s band — the blue-collar workers all the way to the young kids. There’s something within our songs that everyone can take away with them. But, we have also learned from the blue-collar example as well. Hard work, honesty, and dedication are a very important part of making our bands sound, and forming philos-

SMN: Y’all are pretty popular and play around the music scene quite often west of Asheville. What do you see when you’re playing here? JL: So much great music has come out of this beautiful area of the country. What also helps is the young talent boosting the music scene. Its vibe is very burgeoning, and it’s beginning to recognize itself. It’s small, and unadulterated, making it a breath of fresh air. Many of the people you meet are in touch with what you’re doing, and most are on a first name basis. The people want to be part of the scene, part of the movement. They see themselves as a moment in one of your songs. It’s not overcrowded though, and you have room to breathe as an artist.

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me as something of disarray and misplaced purpose. For every one interaction of joy, of “How have you been, darling?” or “Good to see you, brothBalsam Range (bluegrass/gospel) will perform er,” there has been paths crossed during the open house and barbecue starting of sorrow and somber outlooks. I at 3 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Balsam-Willetsremember being the best man in a Ochre Hill Volunteer Fire Department in Sylva. wedding where they’re now getting a divorce. Another wants to Country music stars Marty Stuart and Connie Smith will perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the go and seek the “pearl,” but is afraid of actually taking the first Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing step outside the city limits. The Arts in Franklin. once happy couple I used to salute The Haywood County Fair will be held Aug. beers to wander into the bar with 25-31 at the Haywood County Fairground in new arm candy. This, and more, Lake Junaluska. paints a full, and accurate picture, of the good, the bad, and the ugly, The Highlands Village Square Art & Craft Show of finally coming home. will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29-30 At 30, I find myself just getting in Kelsey-Hutchinson Park on Pine Street. started on what it is I want to pursue in my existence. Sure, my 20s Barbara Bates Smith will bring her performance of “Granny D” to North Carolina NAACP were a rollercoaster of shenaniPresident Reverend Barber at 2 p.m. Aug. 22 gans and haphazard decisions, but I don’t regret anything. I work and at the Harris Chapel A.M.E. Zion in Canton. play hard, with my heart on my sleeve at all times. I love with a entered the picture. Hangout spots close up happy-go-lucky reckless abandon, one that shop, as new ones open their doors in hopes shoots out in every direction, for what do of creating a scene. It’s the same story, in you have to lose besides time itself? “This business as in life, when layer upon layer of ain’t no dress rehearsal,” a dear friend jovialhopes and dreams get strewn across the last, ly stated years ago. lost attempt at greatness. Each and everyone one of us grew up in a Why does it seem everyone is changing place we call “home.” It is the origin of and yet I’m still, well, me? People seem so far “you.” Whether you let that define you negagone or sad or unsure on how to properly tively or perpetuate you positively is up to grasp what it is they ultimately want. I feel your intent and actions — the direct correlalucky enough to have had the lightning bolt tion of your destiny. Life is a record that that is writing strike me a decade ago, while never stops playing, even after the song others are still standing outside with a metal ends. It’s reaching for the needle and placing rod pointing towards a dark and uncertain it back on the melody that comes from your storm of chance that resides above us all. determination and perseverance. My recent barn stormin’ tour of my Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y’all.

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My eyes fluttered open and, for a moment, I didn’t know where I was. The room was familiar. The sheets and blankets were the same. But I wasn’t. As I got out bed at my parent’s house, I realized it had been three years since I was living under this roof, and with one day until my return to Western North Carolina, it was still surreal to be here, and now, in my native Upstate New York. I was only supposed to be in Plattsburgh four days, but ended up cancelling my flight and staying through another weekend. Between spending time with my family, catching up with dear friends and wandering old stompin’ grounds, I really felt the urge to soak in the essence of my past. And yet, is it the past if it always remains in the forefront of your thoughts, as alive and ever-present as the exact moments in which they happened? Floating. It’s what I’ve been feeling like as I traverse the spaces of my adolescence and subsequent young adulthood. In our modern world, it is odd to explore these places and faces, physically and emotionally, only seen from afar on social media or through text message — reality is truly stranger than fiction. “It’s like I’m walking through Facebook right now,” I commented while barhopping my hometown one evening, running into an array of people and things I remember, but yet don’t know anything about anymore. Since I graduated high school at 18, I’ve been on the run, from my childhood, limitation in staying around, fears and insecurities. I felt if I keep moving I wouldn’t slow down enough to see what was really going on, to come eye-to-eye with the fact that nothing’s the same, everything’s the same. And though I’d come back and reside in Plattsburgh on and off between treks around America, I began to see how my home was evolving. Old faces disappeared, as new ones

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Country music stars Marty Stuart and Connie Smith will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The gospel-singing, bluegrass-playing, "Hillbilly Rock" making superstar, Stuart, is a four-time Grammy winner and a platinum recording artist. Widely recognized as one of the most important roots musicians in America, he possesses a showman's zest for every conceivable flavor of country music.

Hits include "Tempted" and "This One's Gonna Hurt You.” Smith has been influencing country music's top artists for decades with her fervent joy in singing and her love for the emotional and physical act of letting loose a great song, all of which is as evident on her recordings as it is in front of audiences at the Grand Ole Opry, on RFD TV's weekly The Marty Stuart Show, or on the road. In 2012, she received the field's highest honor, induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Tickets start at $32. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.

Balsam Range. Garret K. Woodward photo Acclaimed bluegrass act Balsam Range recently received eight nominations by the International Bluegrass Music Association. The Haywood County act was selected for “Entertainer of the Year,” “Vocal Group of the Year,” “Song of the Year” (“Moon Over Memphis”), “Album of the Year” (“Five”), “Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year” (“Stacking Up the Rocks”), “Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year” (“Backdraft”), “Male Vocalist of the Year” (Buddy Melton) and “Bassist of the Year” (Tim Surrett). Among there numerous IBMA wins over the years, Balsam Range took home “Entertainer of the Year,” “Vocal Group of the Year” and “Male Vocalist of the Year” in 2014. The IBMA award show will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Raleigh Convention Center. www.ibma.org.

Balsam Range in, well, Balsam The 2014 IBMA “Entertainer of the Year” Balsam Range (bluegrass/gospel) will perform during the open house and barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Balsam-Willets-Ochre Hill Volunteer Fire Department on Mount Pleasant Church Road in Sylva. Barbecue begins at 3 p.m., with Balsam Range at 6 p.m. There will also be live music from the Trinity River Band. Barbecue is $10 per person, which includes dessert and drinks. Kids ages 12 and under are $6.

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Barnett brings vocal talents to Strand

World-class vocalist Mandy Barnett will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. The performance will feature selections from the songstress’s storied career, traversing classic country and pop standards, along with songs from her own albums. Whether she’s singing country or pop, Barnett imparts a unique appreciation and sophistication to the music, transporting audiences on a journey back to fond memories and then bringing them right up to date with her sparkling vocals and ace musicians. A frequent guest on the Grand Ole Orpy, Barnett also has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and PBS’s “Sessions at West 54th.” Tickets are $18 in advance, $25 day of show. www.38main.com.

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• BearWaters Brewing Company (Waynesville) will have The Darren Nicholson Band (Americana/bluegrass) 7 p.m. Aug. 20. www.bwbrewing.com. • Big Wesser BBQ (Nantahala Outdoor Center) will have Heidi Holton (blues/folk) Aug. 21, The Freight Hoppers (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 22, Natti Love Joys (reggae/roots) Aug. 28 and The Whiskey Sticks (rock) Aug. 29. All shows at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

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• The Bryson City Train Depot “Music in the Mountains” concert series will have Shady Banks (Americana) Aug. 22 and Lois Hornbostel & Ehukai Teves (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 29. All shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • Canton Recreation Park will have “Pickin’ in the Park” from 7 to 10 p.m. on Fridays. www.cantonnc.com or 828.648.2363.

• The Concerts on the Creek (Sylva) series at Bridge Park Pavilion will have Mangas Colorado (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 21 and Unspoken Tradition (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 28. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlovers.com. • Derailed Bar & Lounge will have Heidi

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• Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will hold community music jam from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. Free. 828.488.3030. • Mixers Bar & Nightclub (Franklin) will have Dustin Martin (Americana) Aug. 22. All shows begin at 9 p.m. 828.369.9211 or www.facebook.com/mixersbarandnightclub. • The “Music on the River” concert series (Cherokee) will have Alfred H. Lossiah Aug. 21, AM SuperStars Aug. 22, Dave Lambert Aug. 28 and A36 Band Aug. 29. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 800.438.1601 or 828.359.6490.

Mandy Barnett, a native of Crossville, Tennessee, started singing at age five.

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• Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will have Mike Pilgrim & Don Mercz (gypsy jazz) Aug. 21, Angela Easterling (Americana) Aug. 22, Sheila Gordon (piano/Bonnie Raitt tribute) Aug. 28 and Joe Cruz (piano/pop) Aug. 29. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. There will also be a “Wine on Wednesday” (W.O.W.) event from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 19 and 26, which is free with dinner ($15 minimum purchase or $6 each). 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

• Friday Night Live (Highlands) summer concert series will have Johnny Webb Band Aug. 21 and Macon Grass Band (bluegrass) Aug. 28. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org.

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• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will have an open mic night at 8:30 p.m. on Mondays in their downtown taproom. Free and open to the public. 828.246.0350 or www.boojumbrewing.com.

• Evolution Wine Kitchen (Sylva) will have Bird in Hand (Americana/folk) at 9 p.m. Aug. 22 and Karen “Sugar” Barnes & Dave McGill (Americana/blues) Aug. 29. Free. 828.631.9856 or www.evolutionwinekitchen.com.

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• Balsam Mountain Inn will have Tim Buppert, Jerry Vandiver and Leslie Satcher as part of their Songwriters in the Round series at 6 p.m. Aug. 22. $47 per person, which includes a buffet dinner. 828.456.9498

Holton (roots/blues) Aug. 22 and Frank Lee (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 27 and 29. All shows begin at 7 p.m. 828.488.8898.

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• Andrews Brewing Company will have Pierce Edens & The Dirty Work (Americana/roots, $5) 7 p.m. Aug. 22, Troy Underwood (Americana) 6 p.m. Aug. 28 and The Travers Brothership (rock/soul, $5) 7 p.m. Aug. 29. All shows are free unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

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NC Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources and the Jackson County Arts Council. For more information contact Dusk Weaver, JAM Director, at 984.999.0594 or weaverdusk@gmail.com or Heather Gordon, 4-H agent, at 828.586.4009 or heather_gordon@ncsu.edu.

Grigg to showcase Americana, folk Hunter Grigg will play Sylva on Aug. 20. Donated photo

Bryson City community jam Open call for JAM students

August 19-25, 2015

The Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) now has space available for new students. JAM is an after-school program that provides young people instruction and performance opportunities in Mountain Heritage Music on traditional Appalachian instruments. The classes offered are based on student interest and instructor availability in fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and string band (for more advanced students). The program is open to all Jackson County students and is held after school at Cullowhee Valley School on Thursdays. The cost is $95 per student. Jackson County JAM is sponsored by Jackson County 4-H. JAM is supported by the

A community music jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of Grampa’s Music in Bryson City. 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.

Singer-songwriter Hunter Grigg will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday Aug. 20, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Just 20 years old, Grigg is an up-and-comer on the Western North Carolina music scene. Originally from Johnson City, Tennessee, he now lives in Asheville, playing the regional circuit with a unique style of Americana roots and contemporary songwriting. The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. Free. 828.586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org.

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Rock legend Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. Jett is an originator, an innovator and a visionary. As the leader of the hard-rocking Blackhearts, with whom she was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2015, she's had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock 'N' Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover.” She sits at the head of her own independent label, Blackheart Records. Jett has acted in movies and television, including 1987's “Light Of Day,” and in a Tonynominated Broadway musical, “The Rocky Horror Show.” She has appeared on such acclaimed television shows as Oprah (the last seaJoan Jett will play Harrah’s Cherokee on Aug. 21. son) and Law and Order. www.facebook.com/joanjettandtheblackhearts The show is ages 21 and over. Tickets start at $32.25. www.harrahscherokee.com or www.ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000.

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• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) Aug. 21, Red Honey (Americana) Aug. 22, Jonny Monster Band (rock) Aug. 24, S.S. Web (roots) Aug. 28, Sugar Lime Blue (roots/rock) Aug. 29 and Chris Williams (singer-songwriter) Aug. 31. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m. 828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

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• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will have Jimandi (folk/rock) every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and a rotating series of local performers on Fridays at 9 p.m. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com. • Stecoah Valley Center (Robbinsville) will have The Henhouse Prowlers (roots/bluegrass, $20 for adults, $10 for grades K-12) Aug. 22 and The Kruger Brothers (Americana/bluegrass, $25 for adults, $10 for grades K-12) Aug. 29. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

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• The Stompin’ Ground (Maggie Valley) is now open for live mountain music and clogging at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 828.926.1288.

• Papertown Country Music & Dance Parlor (Canton) will have live music and dancing from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is $8. 828.736.8925.

• Tipping Point Brewing (Waynesville) will have Hunter Grigg (singer-songwriter) 9 p.m. Aug. 21 and ‘Round the Fire (Grateful Dead tribute) 8:30 p.m. Aug. 28. Free. 828.246.9230 or www.tippingpointtavern.com.

• The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have The Rick Morris Band (country/rock) Aug. 22 and Tugelo Holler (bluegrass) Aug. 29. Both shows begin at 7:30 p.m. An open mic starts at 6:30 p.m. Free. www.franklinnc.com.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will have Tonology (metal/hard rock) Aug. 21, Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) Aug. 22, Sugar Lime Blue (roots/rock) Aug. 28 and Dirty Soul Revival (blues/rock) Aug. 29. All shows begin at 9 p.m.

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• O’Malley’s Pub & Grill will have karaoke with Chris Aug. 21 and 28, Dave Dribbon (singersongwriter) 2 p.m. Aug. 23 and Heidi Holton (Americana/blues) 2 p.m. Aug. 30. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.facebook.com/omalleysofsylva or 828.631.0554.

• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will have Dave Dribbon (singer-songwriter) Aug. 21, Through the Hills (Americana/bluegrass) Aug. 28 and Heidi Holton (Americana/blues) Aug. 29. All shows begin at 9 p.m. www.pub319.com.

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• Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) will have Resonant Rogues (gypsy jazz/oldtime) Aug. 21, Joy on Fire (jazz/rock) and Nomadic (rock) Aug. 22, Shane Meade & The Sound (Americana/soul) Aug. 28 and Plank Eye Peggy (rock) Aug. 29. Shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

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Haywood County Fairgrounds TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 10 a.m-6 p.m.

Fair Exhibits Accepted Vendor/Booth Set-Up

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Closed for judging of all exhibits except livestock 5:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 5 p.m.-10 p.m. Open to the Public 6:00 p.m. Opening Ceremonies and Community Concert 6:00 p.m. Animal Viewing Zoo 7:00 p.m. Ugly Pick-up Truck Contest

APPLE ORCHARD EVENT CENTER 9 a.m Cake Entries 10:00 a.m. Cake Walk/Auction 11:00 a.m. Gospel Singing Pumpkin Decorating Contest 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Natural Beauty Pageant 2 :00p.m. Ice Cream Eating Contest 3:00 p.m. Haywood County FFA BBQ 3:00 p.m. Youth Talent Show 5:00 p.m. Heritage Hoedown DOGWOOD EVENT CENTER

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 Open to the Public, Animal Viewing Zoo 9 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Senior Citizens Day 4:00 p.m. Military Appreciation Day 5:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 5:00 p.m. Variety Show 6:00 p.m. Firemen’s Competition 7:00 p.m. Bingo

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School Day for 4th Graders Open to the Public, Animal Viewing Zoo Red Cross Blood Drive Spaghetti Dinner kids under 6 eat free Carnival Rides Open New Generation Jamboree Special Persons Livestock Show K-9 Demo Sheep Show Movie Night

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A “BBQ & Brews Dinner Train” will be departing at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad depot in Bryson City. The dinner features slow-cooked barbeque prepared fresh and beer tastings showcasing Heinzelmannchen Brewing Company. The train travels to the Fontana Trestle and arrives just around sunset for a spectacular view, then arrives back to the depot at 9 p.m. The event is ages 21 and The ‘BBQ & Brews Dinner Train’ will depart Aug. 29 from Bryson City. Max Cooper photo over. Tickets start at $69. Additional beer will be available for purchase onboard the train. Admission to the Smoky Mountain Trains Museum is included with ticket purchase. 800.872.4681 or www.gsmr.com.

EMORY BISHOP IN RESIDENCE TO SPEAK AT LAKE JUNALUSKA Bishop Woodie W. White, Bishop in Residence at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the World Methodist Museum’s annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, in Lambuth Inn’s International Room at Lake Junaluska. Open to the public, further information about the banquet is available by calling Museum Director Jackie Bolden at 828.456.7242. Those interested may send a check to the Museum, P.O. Box 518, Lake Junaluska, N.C. 28745 or pay online at www.methodistmuseum.org or visit the museum. The cost of the meal is $20 per person. Reservation is through payment.

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Tractor Pull Registration Tractor Pull (Smart Farms) Family Fun Day Horse Show

BURLEY LIVESTOCK BARN 9:00 a.m. Goat Show 11:00 a.m. Feeder Calves Pen-of-Three 12:00 p.m. Beef Show Conclusion of Beef Show-Costume Class 4:00 p.m. Dairy Show

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Open to the Public, Animal Viewing Zoo 10:00 a.m. Lizard Lick Preaching/ Cowboy Church 1:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 1:00 p.m. Truck Pull 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Horseshoes (1st & 2nd Prizes) 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Smoky Mountain Jubilee emceed by Joe Sam Queen

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$5/vehicle Other Attractions Wednesday-Sunday: Farm Animal Exhibit (Livestock Barn)

On the stage ‘Granny D’ meets Reverend B Acclaimed actress Barbara Bates Smith will bring her performance of “Granny D” to North Carolina NAACP President Reverend Barber at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Harris Chapel A.M.E. Zion in Canton. The story of Doris “Granny D” Haddock made national headlines with her famous walk in 2000. She was given considerable credit for the passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. A 90-years-old, Haddock walked across the U.S. for election reform, touting, “You’re never too old to raise a little hell!” At 92, she registered South Miami voters and, at 94, won her debate against incumbent Judd Gregg in a run for the Senate. Smith was arrested as part of the Moral Monday movement when she refused to leave the state house. More

Actress Barbara Bates Smith will be performing in Canton on Aug. 22. Donated photo than 1,000 people have been arrested in the same way, many of them clergy. The event is free and open to the public. 828.452.2370.

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Haywood County Fair returns The Haywood County Fair will be held Aug. 25-31 at the Haywood County Fairground in Lake Junaluska. Featured events include: • The Ugly Pick Up Contest will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the Great

• The “Way Back When” trout dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. The dinner showcases a recreation meal, music, storytelling and atmosphere of a 1930s Appalachian trout camp. Enjoy a wagon ride across the ranch property amid the authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom and Miss Judy Alexander’s first fishing camp. Tickets for the event also includes food and beverage. 828.926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

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• There will an 8th anniversary celebration of the purchase of the Rickman Store by the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the store in Cowee. • A “Salves and Oils” workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 26 at the Wild Fern Studios in Bryson City. Instructor will be Karen Taylor of Taylor’s Greenhouse. $20 per person. 828.736.1605 or stop by 19A Everett Street.

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The Healthy Kids Running Series is a non-profit youth running program providing a positive educational experience in the world of running, with a fun atmosphere that motivates kids to be healthy & active, which helps improve self esteem.

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winners will receive a trophy and a rosette ribbon. 828.507.5113 or 828.456.3575. • The Fireman’s Competition will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Apple Orchard Event Center. • Bingo will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, in the Apple Orchard Event Center. Just a few of the door prizes include restaurant and automotive gift certificates, pottery, jewelry, crafts, and silk flower arrangements. All proceeds raised will go back into the Haywood County Fairgrounds maintenance and up-keep. 828.712.3458. • Reality stars from the hit show “Lizard Lick Towing Company” will be onsite from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. A VIP reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. For tickets and VIP packages, Haywood County Fair photo click on http://haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org/lizard_lick_2015.html or call 828.400.1704. There will also be an array of children’s activities, carnival rides, live music, horseSmokies Arena. Entries must be a genuine shoes, truck/tractor pulls, Smoky pick up truck, which must be driven to and Mountain Jubilee, agricultural and animal from the Arena at the Haywood County events/demonstrations, and more. For a complete schedule, click on Fairgrounds. The truck must have a valid current license plate. Registration for the contest www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org or will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the arena. Contest 828.456.3575.

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The unique sound of Run Boy Run is rooted in the traditional music of the Appalachian South. In recent years, bands like Nickel Creek, Crooked Still, and others have revived a sense of innovation in traditional American music. Three strong female voices weave a spectacular tapestry of sound. Awardwinning fiddle cuts a path for a tightly formed rhythmic front. Every arrangement is – at its core – beautiful. From winning the band contest at Pickin’ in the Pines in the first weeks of forming in 2009 to playing on stage at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as band contest winners in 2012, to making a second appearance on A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul in 2013, Run Boy Run is spreading this special brand of music to all who would hear. Brother and sister, Matt (fiddle, guitar) and Grace Rolland (cello, vocals), have fiddle music running through their blood. Raised with bow and rosin on every bedside table, Run Boy Run was a natural fit. Sisters, Bekah (fiddle, vocals, guitar) and Jen Sandoval (mandolin, vocals), grew up deeply rooted in the Bluegrass festivals of Arizona, so they too found a home in Run Boy Run. Jesse Allen (bass) was brought up on opera and western swing, and grew to love the natural fusion inherent in American music. The whole truly exceeds the sum of the parts as touches of classical, jazz, and folk express themselves through the old-time core of Run Boy Run’s unique sound

Quilt Show in Cruso The Cruso Friendship Club will host its 26th Quilt Show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 21 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Cruso Community Center on U.S. 276. The show will have an array of quilts — family antique heirlooms, traditional and artistic quilts, wall hangings and wearable art. The program will feature scheduled times for old-fashioned bed turning with stories for each quilt and quilting technique demonstrations. This year’s hand-quilted queen size donation quilt, “Smokey Mountain Star,” was pieced by members of CFC quilting group and will go to a lucky winner at 4 p.m. Saturday. The donation for the quilt drawing is $1 per ticket or six for $5. Proceeds from the quilt will provide scholarships, baskets for shut-ins and support community center activities. Admission is free. • The Highlands Village Square Art & Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 29-30 in Kelsey-Hutchinson Park. Regional artisans and live music. Free. 828.787.2021.

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• The “Art for the Heart of the Hospice House Belarus” art auction will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Carpe Diem Farms in Highlands. Art, food, spirits, fun and live music. Sponsored by the Hospice House Foundation WNC, Inc. Tickets are $50 and

are available at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. 828.421.2831. • The films “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Aug. 20), “School of Rock” (Aug. 21), “Home” (Aug. 22), “The Breakfast Club” (Aug. 27), “Little Boy” (Aug. 2829), “Citizenfour” (Aug. 28-29) will be screened at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Showtimes are 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee also on Saturday. Free. For a full schedule of dates and times, click on www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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• The “Come Paint with Charles Kidz Program” will be at 4 p.m. Aug. 20 and 27 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. $20 per child. Materials and snacks included. 828.538.2054. • “The Wolfpack” will be screened at 7 p.m. Aug. 19, 21-22, 25-27; at 4 p.m. Aug. 22 and 2 p.m. Aug. 23 at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. “Far From The Madding Crowd” will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 and 2 and 4 p.m. Aug. 30. Tickets are $6.50, with a $3.25 matinee pass for 2 and 4 p.m. showings. A free showing of “Spongebob: Sponge Out of Water” will be at noon and 2 p.m. Aug. 22 and 29. There will also be a free showing of “E.T.” at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 21-22 and 28. www.38main.com or call 828.283.0079.

Open Air Indian Art Market The Open Air Indian Art Market will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual in Cherokee. With dozens of authentic Cherokee artisans, the event offers traditional food and crafts, which includes beadwork, basket weaving, sculpture and woodworking. Artwork at the market and inside the gallery will be available for purchase. Artisans will also be demonstrating and practicing the hundreds of years old techniques, as well as answering questions attendees may have about their craft. Free to attend. There will also be a traditional Cherokee meal made by the North American Indian Women’s Association available for $10 per person. 828.497.3103 or The Open Air Indian Market will be Aug. 29 in Cherokee. www.quallaarts Garret K. Woodward photo andcrafts.com.

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Acclaimed weaver Susan Morgan Leveille will host a hand woven bookmarks workshop at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. In this workshop, Leveille will be sharing with participants her many years of weaving expertise. All supplies will be provided. The workshop is limited to 10 participants. Please call the library to register. Leveille’s family has had a great deal to do with the resurgence and modern vitality of the craft movement in Western North Carolina. Her aunt, Lucy Morgan, was the founder of the Penland School, and her parents, Ralph and Ruth, were the founders of Dillsboro’s famous Riverwood studios. She is a lifetime member and former president of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and with her husband Bob owns and operates Riverwood’s Oaks Gallery. In 2013, Leveille received the North Carolina Heritage Award, the state’s highest honor for folk artists. This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. 828.586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org.

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Energy park open call for artists August 19-25, 2015 Smoky Mountain News

In anticipation of the growing popularity of the Youth Arts Festival, the Jackson County Green Energy Park is seeking both new participants and returning alumni artists to assist with this year’s event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at the park in Dillsboro. An estimated 1,000 children and adults will be in attendance to watch artisans practice their craft, listen to local music, and get their hands dirty with art projects. Artists must be prepared to demonstrate their skills throughout the day, and engage the attendees. There is no booth or space fee, and artists may sell their handmade items from their booths. However, no factory-produced items are allowed to be sold at the event. For any artisans willing to work handson with children and other members of the public, the GEP will offer a small stipend to help cover the costs of materials. Past hands-on demonstrations have included hand throwing and wheel-thrown clay pots, painting, weaving, pressed flowers, block printing, recycled planters, face painting, and more. The park is an award winning, community-scale landfill gas project, which specializes in creating art and community using renewable energy. The GEP uses landfill gas and other renewable energy sources to power small business incubation and fine arts production, encourage eco-tourism and offer environmental education to the region. For applications, click on www.jcgep.org or 828.631.0271.

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3rd Annual 7 Clans Rodeo September 4–5 Pity the poor cowboys. Because these broncos and bulls are so mean, they even smell evil. Join us for all sorts of skills competitions and top-name riders in this SRA-sanctioned event. Gates open at 6 nightly, with the rodeo starting at 8 p.m. at the intersection of Highways 19/441 in Cherokee, NC. Buy your tickets at Alan’s Jewelry & Pawn or the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce. Information at VisitCherokeeNC.com or 828.254.8681.

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A second look at Williams classic n recent years, I have been surprised to learn that it possible for books to win prestigious awards, honors and endorsements of major literary critics only to abruptly disappear long before they reach the shelves of a bookstore. However, sometimes literary entities like the New York Times objects to this abrupt dismissal of what was judged to be a “significant work.” What happened? Frequently, an author or critic Writer appears and attempts to giving worthy works “a second chance.” Consequently, an impressive number of “significant works” which had been consigned to oblivion are resurrected and reissued along with some impressive endorsements. Sometimes, it works. A few years ago such a crusade lead to the resurrection of two novels by John Williams, Butcher’s Crossing and Stoner. Both are now frequently required reading for graduate students in American literature. A noir thriller titled They Don’t Dance Much by North Carolina novelist, James Ross has been resurrected twice: once by noted crime/thriller author, George Higgins and recently by Donald Woodrell the author of Winter’s Bone. Now comes another novel, The Hair of Harold Roux, which, despite critical acclaim has languished in obscurity since the ‘70’s. However, the reason for this neglect is interesting. No one seems to be certain as to how to classify this novel. I recently ran into a reference to it by Stephen King who has a passionate interest in neglected American fiction. On the surface, The Hair of Harold Roux appears to be an “academic novel” since the narrator (or at least one of them) is a middleaged English teacher, employed in a small university in Leah New Hampshire, circa 1950s. Aaron Bentham could easily be the author himself since his protagonist, Allard Benson, is working on a novel, The Hair of Harold Roux, which is set in the same town.

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Allard’s concerns are those of an academic. He is absent-minded, and when the novel begins, his family is disappointed because he forgot a visit to the grandparents; an anxious parent keeps calling regarding the disappearance of a former student; he is also troubled by the fact that one of his fellow teachers, George Buck, is up for tenure and, since he has not complet-

The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams. Random House, 2011. 372 pages. ed his work on his dissertation, he will probably be turned down. Allard, who is a motorcycle enthusiast, decides to visit George and talk about his dissertation, so he does that. Ah, but wait. This is where time begins to slide, and we are never quite sure what year it is. Scenes involving Allard Benson and Aaron Bentham are presented in overlapping scene, plus a long and fascinating “fable” that George Buck tells his children that runs throughout the novel is becomes a “continuing story” as

Buck’s children beg for the next episode. Is it possible that the fable is actually a fairytale version of the novel? When the dramatic action moves from one narrator to another, is this meant to suggest “the eternal return” in which all stories are the same “one”? This may be confusing, but the interlocking stories in this novel are beautifully crafted. At one point, as Aaron Bentham ponders the complexities of life and the doubtful merits of teaching or writing autobiographical novels, he turns to the memory of two former students, Harold Roux and Mary Tolliver. It seems that Allard Benson, the protagonist of Bentham’s novel was a student at the university with Harold and Mary, and he relates a complex story of how he came to be Harold’s friend and Mary’s lover. It is a tale of betrayal and serves as the most prominent (and tragic) episode in this novel. In telling the story, Williams (or Benson) creates a university populated with familiar campus characters. Among the most memorable are the campus bullies, a collection vulgar and insensitive athletes and former enlisted men (G.I’s) who have become notorious for disruptive and obscene acts and vandalism. The most notable member is a 200-pound rogue named Boom Maloumian and his perverse sidekick, Short Round. In contrast, Allard prides himself of his “civilized behavior” and befriends the frail and timid Harold Roux, an insecure man who wears a toupee ... a fact that Harold refuses to admit: that he is, in fact, bald. Benson adds pathos to Harold’s condition but noting that he has fallen in love with Mary Tolliver, an innocent, young woman (Catholic) who has just arrived on campus. At one point, Howard confides to Allard that he is writing an autobiographical novel that depicts his imagined courtship of Mary. To his credit, Allard tries to warn Howard that Mary will probably end up married to a wealthy athlete, but at the same time Allard launches a campaign to seduce Mary. He succeeds, of course, even assuming the role of future husband, but having accomplished his goal, he returns to his slightly reprobate life. However, what makes his deceit unforgivable,

is his brutal behavior at a campus party. The party at Littleputt Land, a tourist attraction, has a surreal quality which quickly turns into a nightmare. As the college students swim and dance in a bizarre setting complete with miniature houses and trains, Allard proceeds to renew his sexual interests with a former lover. Mary witnesses the two in a “a compromising position” and immediately departs with the bewildered Harold Roux in tow. In the midst of this tragic encounter, Boom Maloumian arrives to bring more havoc. In addition to virtually destroying Littleputt Land, Boom finally rips Harold’s toupee from his head, exposing his naked baldness to everyone. In this novel’s final episode, all of the disasters are resolved. There are contrite and poignant letters and then, Mary vanishes. So does poor Howard Roux. The readers are left to wonder how people who suffer excess heartbreak and humiliation manage to go on, but they do. When I remember my own days on a college campus, I find that it resembled the events in this novel. We had our version of Mary Tolliver and I believe she joined the Peace Corps. As for Harold Roux, I remember a hopeless, inverted young man who could not communicate with anyone; he vanished after graduation. As for the band of roving jocks who could wrecked pool tables and threw milkshakes at each other in the campus movies, they either died in car wrecks or ended up operating trophy shops in Asheville. Williams seems to say, that life goes on because it must. George Buck, a gifted teacher, does not get tenure. Allard will spend the rest of his life plotting the seduction of faculty wives. He still loves motorcycles. Others will learn not to trust him. Where is Harold Roux? Does he wear a toupee or did he learn in “life’s hard school” to take if off? This is a strange novel. Although it is “unconventional” in structure, there are marvelous passages of beautiful writing. George Buck’s “fable” that he tells his children is especially noteworthy. (Gary Carden is a writer and storyteller who lives in Sylva. He can be reached at gcarden498@aol.com.)

Poetry Night in Franklin An open-mic poetry event for adults will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at The Rathskeller CoffeeHaus & Pub in Franklin. All area poets and lovers of poetry are invited to read or recite their original works, as well as share their favorite works by other poets in the Rathskeller’s relaxed, intimate atmosphere. No pre-registration is needed; participants will be given stage time on a first-come basis. This event is produced by the Arts Council of Macon County, supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. arts4all@dnet.net or 828.524.ARTS.

Learn about the Constitution, Federalist Papers Author James Plair, Sr. will discuss his work A Study of the United States Constitution and the Federalist Papers at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. In his work, Plair hopes to guide readers through an understanding of what the 1787 Constitution means to citizens in the 21st century. This event is appropriate for adults as well as high school students. 828.456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

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The eagle lady Mager, preparing to leave N.C., reflects on 51 years of life with raptors BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER oris Mager returned from her most recent doctor appointment with some grim marching orders. Her instructions didn’t have anything to do with blood pressure problems, cardiac health, nutritional deficiencies or an impending diagnosis. In fact, the doctor said, for 89 years old she was in amazing health. But something had to change. “My doctor said, ‘Doris you really need to sleep in your house,’” Mager recounted. “I said, ‘But I don’t want to.’ She said, ‘But you really do. It just can’t be good sleeping with the birds.’” Mager has a home in the mountains near Clyde, but she spends much of the year away from it, traveling the country with her birds of prey and living in a van. That vehicle is her

happy place, a cozy spot where she and the birds can pass pleasant evenings together — they in their cages and she on her bed of memory foam, cuddled up in a blanket watching TV, sound channeled through ear buds so the noise doesn’t bother the birds. “I love being in that van,” she said. In fact, she loves it so much that even when she’s at home, she rarely sleeps in her house. Instead, she and the birds camp out in the van. Mager wasn’t thrilled about the doctor’s instructions, but she figured with her 90th birthday approaching it might be a good idea to try the indoor life. “I’m trying to be a good girl and I go, ‘Alright, I’ll go in my bed,’” Mager recounted. “So I went to bed that night and I tossed and I turned, and I tossed and I turned. Twelve o’clock midnight I said, ‘Sorry,’ walked right out to my van and fell asleep.”

Doris Mager, affectionately known as the ‘Eagle Lady,’ shows off her great horned owl, E.T., during a Waynesville Library program. Holly Kays photos

MEASURING YEARS IN EAGLES There’s a bit more room in the van these days than there’s been at other points in Mager’s decades on the job. She travels with E.T. the great horned owl — the initials, she said, stand for “Extra Terrific,” not “Extra Terrestrial” — and Impy, an 8-year-old screech owl. But in the past, she’s traveled with an entourage including a poodle, up to three eagles and a cat. Now planning a move from North Carolina to Washington, she intends to keep traveling from her new home base. And that’s just the traveling party. Mager’s not called “The Eagle Lady” for nothing, having kept 80 eagles over the course of her 50 years working with birds. When asked for a count including all her avian charges, from eagles to owls, the most specific number she could give was “hundreds.” The government has always required careful records for eagles but not always for other birds, and the number’s gotten so high she stopped keeping track. At one time, she had 17 birds in her care, seven of them eagles. Some of the birds she has for a short time, while others are longer-term residents. Mager becomes misty-eyed when talking about Atsayazhi, the bald eagle from whom she now lives apart, or R.J., the beloved golden eagle that died of liver failure in 1996. Mager’s had E.T. for 34 years, and the two are close enough they have a language all their own. She knows that when E.T. smacks her tongue in a certain way, she’s asking for a sip of water, and she knows the look that means “one more

mouse, please.” E.T. becomes watchful when Mager tells her there’s a kitty around and excited when she announces it’s time to go for a ride. “People think that they’re dumb,” Mager said. “No, they aren’t dumb … I know her moods just like you know your dog’s moods.”

HOW IT ALL STARTED Her relationship with birds has given Mager a free ticket to travel the country and even the world. She’s rehabilitated and released birds that would otherwise have died or spent a lifetime in captivity. She’s collected titles ranging from “The Eagle Lady of Florida” to “The Eagle Person of the Year.” It’s an impressive resume, but it began humbly enough — back in 1963 when Mager, then 39 years old, was working as store manager for the Florida Audubon Society Headquarters. “I was not a bird watcher. I didn’t know anything,” she recalled. “I knew they were pretty.” Mager was just the woman at the front desk, the one who’d sell you a field guide or buzz you back for your appointment with the director. But that all changed when someone walked in with an injured red-tailed hawk, a bird so frightened and frightening that nobody in the building would come near it. But Mager did. She noticed that one of its feet had a nasty infection — so bad the bird couldn’t kill the prey it needed to survive. It was hungry, it was

A new parasite has been confirmed on rainbow trout collected from the West Fork Pigeon River in Haywood County, as well as Watauga County’s Boone Fork Creek and Watauga River. The parasite, gill lice, is a tiny, crustacean that attaches to a fish’s gills, impeding the fish’s ability to breathe. Most fish can tolerate a moderate infestation, but for some fish — especially those suffering from other environmental stressors — the infestation can prove fatal. Impacts to local trout populations can be devastating. Gill lice were found in North Carolina for the first time in 2014, when they were discovered on brook trout in the Cullasaja River watershed in Macon County. The creatures confirmed this month, however, are a different species within the same genus as the one previously found in Macon. The species found in Macon County affects only brook trout, while the

recently confirmed species is known to infect rainbow trout and kokanee salmon. Nantahala Lake in Clay and Macon counties is the only place in North Carolina where kokanee salmon live. The discovery of new gill lice infestations comes on the heels of whirling disease being confirmed on rainbow trout collected from the Watauga River near Foscoe. Whirling disease is caused by a parasite and damages the nerves and cartilage of affected species. Symptoms can lead to death by making fish more susceptible to predation and increasing the difficulty of finding food. To prevent the spread of invasive pests, anglers should: ■ Remove any visible organic debris before transporting equipment. ■ Remove water from equipment before transport. ■ Clean and dry anything that comes into contact with water. ■ Never move fish from one body of water to another. www.ncwildlife.org/Fishing/WhirlingD isease/AnglerGearCare.aspx

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Brave The Mud The Canton Lions Club is excited to announce the muddiest Building Bridges Mud Run ever on August 29, 2015. The course is approximately 2.5 miles and encompasses creeks, hills, mud and plenty of sweat inducing obstacles! 100% of the funds raised will go to beneﬁt the Lions Club projects both locally and internationally. A portion of the funds will also go to local charities in Haywood County.

Location: Starts at the Waynesville Recreation Center at 10AM Registration: You can register your 2 or 4 person teams at www.buildingbridgesmudrun.com

Fee: $45 per person We will be updating our site via active.com with sponsor information and a course map in the coming weeks.

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Mager’s been a regular on the Haywood County Library’s program schedule for a long time, attracting untold numbers of kids and adults to the small presentation room in the Waynesville branch. But last week she gave her final program there. That doesn’t mean she’s retiring, she clarified. Rather, she’s preparing to move to Washington, where she hopes to fill her schedule with a new round of regulars. About 75 adults and kids filled the room for this last library program as Mager, E.T. and the little screech owl prepared to do their thing. It’s no easy task to keep an audience ranging from toddlers rolling on the floor to retired adults sitting in plastic chairs attentive for a full hour, but for the most part Mager managed to do just that with stories, one after the other, from 50 years of life with birds; with quiz questions and felt owl pins to reward correct answers; with a demonstration to prove that owls can’t turn their head in a complete circle, which involved one small boy walking in a circle around E.T.’s perch; and with a chance for some adult members of the audience to fly E.T. To Mager, who came prepared with a Tshirt featuring a wide-eyed owl and sneakers to accommodate her active style of presenting, all that comes naturally. “If you heard me the next time, I don’t

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know what I would tell you because I don’t practice,” she said. “I get up and start talking, period.” With 50 years of experience, the pool of stories is vast, indeed. But Mager’s not just focused on teaching people about birds. She’s also into teaching them about life. Lessons like “don’t litter” and “don’t lie” serve as morals for the bird-centered stories that weave her presentations together. “You’ve got to get to the kids first,” she said. “The adults loved the program, but I didn’t educate them.” Mager loves her birds, but she knows that everyone doesn’t feel the same way when it comes to birds of prey. Birds with talons are seen as cruel killers. Even though it’s illegal, people still shoot these birds, she said — her life’s work is about making sure that stops. “They help to keep a balance of a population of rodents down that otherwise could cause a lot of disease,” she said. “They get the sick, diseased and injured ones, and that’s what lets the species raise really good, healthy ones.” They also indicate when something’s wrong in the environment, because toxins in the prey they eat show up as maladies affecting the raptors. And also, they’re just cool. “I like that they know how to live,” she said. “They live on their terms.” So does Mager. Fixing to turn 90 in October, she’s already made plans to do a program in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on her birthday because, she said, she doesn’t want a party — she had one of those at 80. “I want to work on my birthday,” she said. She’s planning to go hang-gliding that same week and to eventually go on a boat cruise along the Columbia and Snake rivers. In December, she’s shifting coasts to move to Washington state, where her son lives. “I think that the most important thing is to keep busy,” she said. “Plan something five years in advance and you’ll live longer. I always have plans.” And for now, her plans still include working — “I’ll retire when I die,” she said. The job isn’t done when it comes to protecting birds of prey and educating people about them, but she finds glimmers of hope that encourage her to soldier on. The kids who come to program after program, never missing an appearance. The ones who look at her birds with the same admiration she does. And those who want to make a difference. “One little boy came up to me and he said, ‘You know my daddy feeds the birds so he can shoot them out of the feeder but you said that’s not right,” Mager recalls. No, that’s absolutely not right, she assured the boy, and in fact it’s a crime worth a $500 fine. “He said, ‘Well how am I going to get him to stop?’” she said. “He was almost in tears.” Mager gave him some instructions for talking to his father, but figured she’d never know how the story ended. Until she got a letter in the mail. Education had prevailed. “That,” she said, “is what makes me go on.”

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dehydrated and it was defensive. She took it home and nursed it back to health with Epsom salt and warm water, and eventually the bird was able to fly away wild. Today of course, “they would never let anybody do what I did,” Mager said. Regulations surrounding wildlife have expanded exponentially since 1963, so in the world of 2015 an untrained person would never be allowed to test her rehabilitation talents on an injured bird of prey. But things were different in the ‘60s, and as far as Mager and her birds are concerned, it turns out that was a good thing. “That’s when my life changed,” she said. From that point on, Mager took charge of all injured raptors brought to Florida Audubon, and within two years she was working with her first eagle. In 1979, Life Magazine published a full-page photo of Mager perched in an unoccupied eagle’s nest, where she stayed for a week without coming down in order to raise money for Florida Audubon to build an aviary. Two years later she left Audubon to direct the Florida Conservation Foundation’s raptor research and education program, and in 1983 she launched SOAR, Inc., an education and research group whose name stands for Save Our American Raptors. When Florida started getting too built up, she moved to the Carolina mountains and has lived here for 21 years since, though at the end of the year she’ll be moving to Washington to be closer to family. Mager still works under SOAR, continuing to use her birds to educate any group that wants to have her — she’s done presentations for groups ranging from veterinarians to elementary classes.

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From Pain to Performance: Joint Pain Seminar Part of the HRMC Dinner with a Doc series

Thursday, August 20 from 6 - 7 pm Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center (classrooms) 75 Leroy George Dr., Clyde

Please register by calling 1-800-424-DOCS Dr. Gerald King is a board-certiﬁed orthopaedic surgeon on the medical staff of Haywood Regional Medical Center. Dr. King received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He is certiﬁed by the American College of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

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Bug Apetit a tasteful discussion about insects

chef ” Zack Lemann will explore the possibilities at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at The Village Green Commons in Cashiers. “Bug Apetit — a tasteful discussion about insects” will cover bugs’ importance for the environment, pest control and as Ever looked at a six-legged creature and food. Nearly one-third of people worldwide thought of dinner? A program by “bug incorporate bugs into their diet, and the creatures are as at least as nutritious as meat. Lemann, who has appeared on shows ranging from The Food Network to Animal Planet, will share his knowledge and his bug-cooking skills — guests should bring their appetites. The program is part of the free summer Village Nature Series, sponsored by the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and The Village Green. Lemann enjoys some fresh termites. Donated photo 828.526.1111.

Learn to grow ginseng People interested in growing “sang” will have a chance to learn the basics at a seminar on ginseng production 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Jackson County Extension Center in Sylva. Revered for its supposed medicinal qualities and threatened in the wild by poaching, ginseng is a plant with firm roots in Appalachian lore. Most of the seminar will involve site selection, site preparation, sewing, harvesting, root drying and seed stratification, but the seminar will also cover plant physiology, comparison of Asian and American species and ginseng’s present and historical use. Free. RSVP to Christy Bredenkamp, 828.586.4009 or clbreden@ncsu.edu.

Panthertown picnic to be a good time A day of outdoor activities, food and music will mark Friends of Panthertown’s annual picnic Saturday, Aug. 22, at Camp Merrie-Woode in Sapphire. The day will begin at 3 p.m. with family-friendly outdoor games, hiking around Fairfield Lake, waterfall viewing, a visit to a moss garden along the SMN photo lake, a trail building demonstration and a kids art table. A social will run from 5 to 8 p.m., featuring food and drink for purchase — guests are welcome to bring their own picnic — and live music by Strange Brew. $10 per-vehicle parking fee. No pets. Panthertown Valley is a popular recreation area in the Nantahala National Forest along the Jackson-Transylvania county line. Camp Merrie-Woode is along U.S. 64 about 5 miles east of N.C. 107 in Cashiers.

Learn the basics of beekeeping A class on the basics of beekeeping and the importance of the buzzing pollinators will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Canton Branch Library. Allen Blanton, president of the Haywood County Beekeepers, will gear the presentation toward those who want to get started in beekeeping as well as to those just wanting to learn more about honeybees and their role as pollinators. Free. 828.648.2924.

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Audio tour brings the Smokies to life

Volunteers work the phones during a previous telethon. Jack Williams photo outdoors

covering topics such as beekeeping, vegetable gardening, managing apple orchards, preserving food for winter and gathering wild plants. Social life in the mountains — from weddings to funerals to family chores — is also depicted.

The tour, a collaborative effort between the National Park Service and the Great Smoky Mountains Association, features the music and voices typical of families on 19th-century farms in the Smokies,

Smokies telethon to support park projects

as raised more than $3 million, pulling in more than $200,000 last year alone. “As we celebrate the 99th year of the National Park Service and look ahead to its centennial in 2016, support from our partners at Friends of the Smokies is more important than ever,” said park Superintendent Cassius Cash, who will appear during the broadcast. The broadcast will highlight the $880,000 worth of park projects Friends of the Smokies is funding this year. Current efforts include rehabilitation of the Alum

Cave Trail by the Trails Forever crew, ongoing suppression of the hemlock woolly adelgid and other invasive pests, supporting black bear and elk management and funding for Parks as Classrooms environmental education programs for more than 18,000 students. The telethon is sponsored by Mast General Store among others. Donate online anytime at www.friendsofthesmokies.org, call the hotline during the broadcast or call 828.452.0720 to request a mailed donation form.

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A fundraising broadcast to support Friends of the Smokies will air 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, on WLOS Channel 13. The 21st annual Friends Across the Mountains Telethon — the only telethon to support a national park — will benefit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Over the past two decades, the event

Smokies visitation high at Cherokee Visitation has been strong in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year, with numbers for the first six months of 2015 up 8 percent over last year. Though all major park entrances have seen increases, the Oconaluftee entrance near Cherokee is largely responsible for increased visitation, with entrance there up 26 percent. Overall, 4.3 million visitors have come to the nation’s most visited national park between January and June, with more than 1 million people in May alone — the most ever for that month since monthly visitation tracking began in 1979. For more statistics, visit irma.nps.gov/stats/.

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A new audio tour for the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee will give visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park a trip back in time.

“We are very excited about this new product that helps our visitors imagine what it was like to live in the Smokies during this time period,” said Elizabeth Dupree, park ranger and chief of resource education for the Smokies. Located directly behind the visitor center, the Mountain Farm Museum is a collection of historic buildings from different parts of the park, including a fully furnished log cabin, springhouse, apple house, veggie garden and livestock. Produced by Antenna International, a theatrical company that has also created tours for Alcatraz Island and the Statue of Liberty—Ellis Island, the tour is available at the visitor center for a rental fee of $2.99 and $0.99 for Great Smoky Mountains Association members. All proceeds benefit the park. www.smokiesinformation.org 888.898.9102.

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Bikers raise cash for Parkway Mt. Pisgah campground project A rehabilitation project for the aging amphitheater at Mount Pisgah Campground will get some funding thanks to a fundraising ride by the Asheville BMW Riders. Earlier this year, a plan to repave the amphitheater, replace sagging seating and upgrade the electrical system was chosen as a Centennial Challenge project, a program that provides matching federal funds for selected initiatives in conjunction with

will be doubled to more than $13,000. The group raised the money at the Blue Ridge High Pass Boogie. The spring motorcycle endurance challenge, now in its second year, raises funds for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Last year’s event raised money to help finish building bathrooms and an expanded parking lot at Graveyard Fields, located at milepost 418 on the Haywood-Transylvania county line.

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It’s almost time for fall softball in Waynesville. A mandatory organizational meeting for those Asheville BMW Riders cruise the Parkway interested in entering a during the Blue Ridge High Pass Boogie ride. team in Waynesville Parks Donated photo and Recreation’s adult league will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. The season will begin Sept. 14 with games played Monday and Wednesday evenings on the Vance Street field. Entry fee depends on the number of teams. the National Park Service’s 100th anniver828.456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvilsary in 2016. The club’s $6,500 donation lenc.gov.

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Volunteers needed for park makeover stream channel reconstruction to building a nature trail. ■ Aug. 25-26: Volunteers will East Street Park. Donated photo help plant vegetation along the stream, place coir and stabilize the stream bank. ■ Sept. 1-2: Volunteers will cut a track for a nature trail, place stones and plant. No RSVP is necessary. The park is located on Howell Street near its intersection with East Street. Water and snacks provided; bring lunch and tools. Ralphene Rathbone, work days scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 828.452.2388. over the next few weeks for everything from A restoration project at East Street Park in Waynesville is seeking volunteers, with

Main Street Mile, craft beer and bluegrass The 6th annual Main Street Mile will be held on Friday, Aug. 21, in downtown Waynesville. Benefiting the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville, the male/female ages 0-11 race will be at 6:30 p.m., followed by females over age 18 at 6:50 p.m., male/female ages 12-18 at 7:10 p.m. and male over age 18 at 7:30 p.m. The free post-race party will include live music by Through the Hills, children’s activities, food and local craft beer. To register, click on http://communityfitnessevents.com/waynesville-main-street-mile/. Cost is $20 before Aug. 20 and $25 thereafter. You can pickup race packets from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 20 at Crossfit2311 in Waynesville and from 5 to 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at the corner of Depot and Main streets in downtown Waynesville.

Community college to celebrate 50 years with 5K Haywood Community College will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a 5K and half-mile fun run Saturday, Sept. 19. The Freedlander 5K — named for HCC’s founder — will kick off a full-day anniversary celebration, with the race itself based at Mill Pond on the school’s campus. A half-mile fun run for kids will follow the 5K, which will feature an out-and-back route along a flat section of Jones Cove Road. Breakfast and an awards ceremony will follow. $25 through Aug. 31 and $30 afterward for the 5K and $15 for the fun run. T-shirt included, plus a participation medal for kids. Awards for overall and age group winners to be designed by the HCC Creative Arts Program. Sign up as an individual or as a four-person team. www.haywood.edu/freedlander-5k.

Paddle tour of Lake Junaluska offered A paddle tour of Lake Junaluska will tell the history of the 200-acre lake and information about the ecosystems contained within it from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30. Part of Haywood Waterways Association’s Get to Know Your Watershed series, the event aims to educate and connect people with an important component of Haywood’s water supply. Much of the water that flows through Haywood passes over the Lake Junaluska dam on its way to the Pigeon River. Free, but space is limited. RSVP by Thursday, Aug. 27, to Christine O’Brien at christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 828.476.4667. Equipment and light refresh-

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WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • The High Mountain Squares will host their “All Gospel Music Dance” from 6:30-9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Macon County Community Building in Franklin. Dr. Jim Duncan of Otto will be the caller. Western-style, mainstream and levels; are all welcome. 371.4946, 342.1560, 332.0001 or www.highmountainsquares.com. • Panthertown annual picnic is scheduled for 3-8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Camp Merrie Woode in Sapphire. Free. • A celebration of the eighth anniversary of the purchase of the historic Rickman Store by the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 22, at 259 Cowee Creek R., seven miles north of Franklin by Highway 28. • Macon County will host a grand opening of a $3.6 million recreation park at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Parker Meadows Recreation Complex in Franklin. The facility features an eight-field, doublecloverleaf baseball/softball complex with a walking track, multi-use field and playground. Entertainment from Josh Beasly. • Exhibit booth and food vendor applications are now being accepted for the Haywood County Fair, which is scheduled for Aug. 25-31. 456.3575. www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org. • Applications for the “Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent contest” are due by Aug. 26. It’s part of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Railfest, and it will take place from 10 a.m.-noon on Sept. 5 in Bryson City. Entry forms are available at http://jackson.ces.ncsu.edu. Mail to Jackson County 4-H, 538 Scotts Creek Rd., Suite 204, Sylva, NC 28779; fax to 586.5509 or send to kerri_rayburn@ncsu.edu. For info, contact Heather Gordon at 586.4009 or heather_gordon@ncsu.edu. • The Balsam-Willets-Ochre Hill Volunteer Fire Department will host an open house, barbecue dinner and free concert featuring Trinity River Band and Balsam Range starting at 3 p.m. on Aug. 29 at 36 Mount Pleasant Church Rd in Sylva. $10 includes dinner, dessert and drinks; kids 12 and under cost $6. Music starts at 6 p.m. • Qualla Boundary Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome. • Winter Lights tickets are on sale now at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • The Swain County Chamber of Commerce will hold its next board meeting at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the chamber office. • A grand opening for Dollar General’s new location at 2621 Soco Road in Maggie Valley is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. The first 50 adult shoppers receive a $10 Dollar General gift card; the first 20 get a Dollar General tote bag. • A three-hour seminar to prepare aspiring entrepreneurs for starting their own businesses will be offered at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus. Free. Registration required: www.ncsbc.net or 339.4426. • Successful Entrepreneurship Series will be offered from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays from Aug. 25 through Nov. 17 at Western Carolina University’s Biltmore Campus in South Asheville. Free. 712.5918, wendy@cmtcoatings.com or 712.5918. • A free, 90-minute class on Microsoft Publisher will be taught at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Jackson

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HEALTH MATTERS • Al-Anon, a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who believe their lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking, meets at 10 a.m. on Saturdays at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. • Mindfulness Meditation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin.

County Public Library. Cynthia Gallinger will be the facilitator; she’ll be assisted by Laura Chapman. Sign up by calling 586.2016.

• Healthy Families will be the topic of a back-to-school lunch and learn session from noon-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Old Hospital Hill Pharmacy location in Bryson City. Free lunch. Sponsored by the Swain County Hospital and Swain County Health Department.

• A Device Workshop for parents and students preparing for school will be presented by U.S. Cellular at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 225 Town Center Loop in Waynesville. There will be a chance to win one of four iPad Mini 3 devices that are awarded each month across the country. 452.3739.

• An Alzheimer’s seminar entitled “Effective Communication Strategies” is scheduled for 1-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Waynesville Library. Designed to offer practice information and resources for dementia caregivers. Free. For more info, call Kathy at 356.2507.

• A Business Startup Series presented by Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center will begin with a session on “How to Price Your Product or Service” from 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 1 in the 1500 Student Center Auditorium at HCC in Clyde. SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512.

• Dr. Gerald King will lead a seminar on arthritis and joint pain from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center as part of “Dinner with the Docs” series. To register, call 800.424.DOCS (3267).

• Applications are being accepted for the Leadership Haywood Class of 2015-16, which begins Sept. 16. Daylong programs are scheduled the third Wednesday of each month through May. Tuition is $650 for Haywood Chamber members and $750 for nonmembers. 456.3021 or info@haywoodchamber.com.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Registration is underway for the sixth-annual Waynesville Main Street Mile, which benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville, S.C. The race is Aug. 21. Register at communityfitnessevents.com/waynesville-main-street-mile/. Sponsor and vendor opportunities are available. yarringtonpt@bellsouth.net. • The Relay for Life 5K and Kids Glo Fun Run will raise money for cancer research at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, in Franklin. www.relay.acsevents.org. • Art for the Heart of the Hospice House, a fundraising event for the Hospice House Foundation of WNC, will be presented from 4-7 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Carpe Diem Farms in Highlands. Includes a silent auction of original art from the Public Children’s Art Studio in Minsk, Belarus. $50 tickets include appetizers, spirits and music. Casual attire. Advance payments accepted at Hospice House Foundation of WNC; Art for the Heart of the Hospice House, P.O. Box 815; Franklin, NC 28744. info@hhfwnc.org or 524.8261. • The 24th-annual Charitable Classic Golf Tournament & Gala, benefitting Good Samaritan Clinic of Haywood County, is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 2526, at Maggie Valley Club and Waynesville Inn golf Resort. Individual tickets for golf slots are $150 each, which includes a gala ticket. Gala tickets are $65 each. 452.8343. More info at HaywoodHealthcareFoundation.org. Info on Good Samaritan Clinic of Haywood County at gschaywood.org or 454.5287. • Tickets are now available for the 12th-annual Wine/Beer Tasting and Silent Auction, which benefits Swain County’s P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter and is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Lands Creek Log Cabins’ Harmony Hall. Advance tickets are $20 and available at P.A.W.S Thrift Store; tickets at the door on the event date are $25. Directions at www.landscreek.com. Info: 333.4267 or pawsbrysoncity@yahoo.com.

• The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from noon-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Hinds University Center Grand Room at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Redcrossblood.org or 800.733.2767. • A health talk about “The Brain” and all the various ways to keep it young and maintain cognitive health will be offered on Aug. 27 at the Open Door Center for Spiritual Living, which is located off of 107 in Sylva. 447.4380. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 3-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. www.redcrossblood.org or 800.733.2767. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at Lowe’s in Sylva. Redcrossblood.org or 800.733.2767. • “Health on Wheels” road ride, a relaxing social ride supporting physical and mental recovery from illness or injury – as well as anyone who hasn’t ridden in awhile – starts at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at Canton Rec Park. For info, contact Michelle Trantham at mttrantham@hotmail.com or Melissa Rockett at mrockett@mountainwise.com/ • A Tuesday Meditation Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin.

RECREATION AND FITNESS • A free yoga class is scheduled for 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin. Certified instructor Chris Federico will lead. • Registration is underway until Aug. 21 for square dance lessons in Jackson County. $65 per person. Lessons are held on Monday nights starting Aug. 24. Register or get more info by calling 293.3053 or visit rec.jacksonnc.org. • An organizational meeting for an ISA Fall Softball League is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Mandatory for representatives of teams interested in entering the league. Games start Sept. 14. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.org. • Registration is open for the Haywood County Recreation & Parks Department’s Fall Open Adult Soccer

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. League. $260 per team. 7 vs. 7. Games are Aug. 30Oct. 4 at Allen’s Creek Park. For info or placement on a team, call 452.6789 or write drtaylor@haywoodnc.net. Info also available at www.haywoodnc.net. • A 25-minute, full-body workout class is held at 5 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Waynesville Recreation Center. Cost is daily admission or membership. For info, call 456.2030. • A new lunchtime fitness class will be held from noon1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Waynesville Recreation Center. Melissa Tinsley is the instructor. 456.2030.

POLITICAL CORNER • The Swain County TDA will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the chamber office. • Swain County’s ad hoc committee for animal control will hold meetings at 7 p.m. on Aug. 20, Sept. 3 and Sept. 17 at the United Community Bank building in Bryson City. Committee members will be heard; meetings are open to the public. Discussions will center on what committee members have learned through public input sessions and research. • Rick Bryson will announce his candidacy as a Democrat for the North Carolina 11th Congressional District at a rally and fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Riverfront Pavilion in Bryson City. • The Haywood County NAACP meets at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Harris Chapel A.M.E. Zion in Canton. Longtime NAACP member and actress Barbara Bates Smith debuts her new act: Granny D meets Reverend B. • The Jackson County Republican Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, at Ryan’s in Sylva. Arrive early to eat. Guest speaker is Deon Dunn, who will speak for Senator Ted Cruz. Republicans, unaffiliated voters and others interested are invited. Contact Ralph Slaughter at 743.6491 or jacksonctygop@yahoo.com.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • A “Life in the Spirit” seminar will take place Aug. 21-22 at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Maggie Valley. The seminar, about rediscovering the beauty of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, is from 5:30-9 p.m. on Aug. 22 and from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Aug. 22. To pre-register or get more info, call Janet Zander at 734.0039. • Bishop Woodie W. White, Bishop in Residence at Candler school of Theology, Emory University, will be the featured speaker at Friends of the World Methodist Museum’s annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, in Lambuth Inn’s International Room. $20 per person. For info, contact Jackie Bolden at 456.7242. Send check to the museum at P.O. Box 518; Lake Junaluska, NC 28745, pay online at www.methodistmuseum.org or visit the museum. • Shady Grove United Methodist Church of Waynesville will hold its seventh-annual Christmas in August Craft Fair & Bake Sale from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Aug. 22. Handcrafted gifts, prints, original paintings. Light lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 926.3658. • A seminar entitled “Bootleggers, Baptists and Doing Well by Doing Good” will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin. The speaker is an alumni distinguished professor emerita of economics at Clemson University and author of 10 books.

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• Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will hold its 14th annual Women’s Conference on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29, in Canton. Guest speaker is Janice Drum from Langston Baptist Church in Conway, S.C. Conference is from 6-9 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. 648.4106.

• An iPhone/iPad user group meets from 2-3 p.m. on Tuesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

• First United Methodist Church of Sylva will hold a combined worship service and brunch beginning at 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. It’s the last in the sermon series on “Call Stories.” Sunday School starts at 9:30 a.m. Service is set up in coffee-house style. 586.2358.

• Senior Sale Day is on the third Friday of every month at the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. Patrons 60 and older get 20 percent off all purchases. Proceeds benefit the Sylva Library.

• A Cribbage group will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

KIDS & FAMILIES AUTHORS AND BOOKS • “The Literary Hour” featuring readings by poets Maren O Mitchell and Joan Howard will be presented by the John Campbell Folk School at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Brasstown.

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• Author James Plair, Sr., will guide readers through an understanding of what the 1787 Constitution means to 21st century citizens at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

•A weekly manipulation card game group is forming through the Haywood County Senior Resource Center. If interested, contact Michelle Claytor at mclaytor@mountainprojects.org or 356.2813.

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• Diane Pickett will present her book “Never Isn’t Long Enough” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. 456.6000.

• Senior croquet for ages 55 and older is offered from 9-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Vance Street Park in front of Waynesville Recreation Center. Free. For info, contact Donald Hummel at 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Sign-ups are underway for the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) after-school program, which provides young people with instruction and performance opportunities in Mountain Heritage Music on traditional Appalachian instruments. Such as the fiddle, guitar, mandolin and string band. Open to all Jackson County Students. $95. Class meets after school on Thursdays at Cullowhee Valley School. For info, contact Dusk Weaver (984.999.0594 or weaverdusk@gmail.com) or Heather Gordon (586.4009 or heather_gordon@ncsu.edu). • Family storytime: Boats is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. • “Nature Nuts: Turtles,” a program organized by Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, in Pisgah Forest. Learn all about turtles. Story, crafts, game and turtle hunt. For ages 4-7. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org.

KIDS CAMPS • A “Step Back in Time” summer day camp is scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 through the Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center.

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KIDS MOVIES • A free kids movie, “Spongebob: Sponge Out of Water” will be shown at noon and 2 p.m. every Saturday in August at The Strand in Waynesville. • A children’s comedy movie about supernatural events and characters that awaken in the evening hours at a museum will be shown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. PG; 98 minutes. • Family movies, rated PG, are shown at 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month of the summer at Canton Public Library. Call 648.2924 for movie titles. • Children’s movie time, 1 p.m. Mondays at Jackson County Public Library. Call for title of movie. 586.2016. • Family movie time Thursdays, 3:45 p.m. at Albert Carlton, Cashiers Community Library. Free with popcorn. Call for title. 743.0215.

A&E FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • “Way Back When” trout dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday Aug. 28, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Featuring food and storytelling of a

1930’s Appalachian trout camp. Purchase tickets at 926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com. Other dates for the dinner are: Sept. 4 and 25.

www.stecoahvalleycenter.com, 479.3364 or in person at Stecoah Valley Center. Dinner with the Band tickets cost $35 and must be purchased online or in the Stecoah Gallery three days prior to the show.

• The Qualla Arts and Crafts Open Air Indian Art Market is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual. http: http://cherokeespecialevents.com/events/detail/qualla-artscrafts-open-air-indian-art-market/.

• Run Boy Run will perform its blend of classical, jazz and folk music from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Historic Cowee School in Macon County. $15 tickets (half price for ages 6-16) available at www.coweeschool.org or at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

• The Highlands Village Square Art & Craft Show is scheduled for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Aug. 29-30 in K-H Founders Park on Pine Street. Regional artists, crafters, demonstrations, music and food. Free. Sponsored by Macon County Art Association. 787.2021.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The musical “Company” will be presented by HART through Sept. 6 at HART in Waynesville. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 21, 22, 28, 29 and Sept. 4-5; and at 3 p.m. on Aug. 16, 23, 30 and Sept. 6. Tickets are $26 for adults, $22 for seniors and $13 for students. 456.6322 or harttheatre.org. • Singer songwriter Hunter Grigg performs at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Free. Co-sponsored by Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016.

• Mandy Barnett will perform an acoustic concert on Saturday, Aug. 29, at The Strand in Waynesville. • Tickets are now on sale for the Steve Miller Band’s upcoming performance at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The show is at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3. For tickets, visit ticketmaster.com. • A Patriotic Concert will be presented by the Cherokee Community Chorus at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7 in downtown Cherokee. Public is invited. 788.1196, 497.3671 or 736.1256.

• The Honeycutters will perform their blend of Appalachian folk, honky-tonk and southern roots on Aug. 22 at Cataloochee Ranch. Tickets: $60; includes dinner. Dinner is at 7 p.m.; show starts at 8:30 p.m. 926.1401.

• Western Carolina University’s Mainstage season tickets are now available. The season opens with “Pop! Who Shot Andy Warhol?” – a musical comedy running Oct. 1-3. Season tickets for two musicals and two drams are $50 for adults, $40 for senior citizens, faculty and staff and $20 for students – a 30-percent savings on individual event prices. Info: 227.7491. Tickets: 227.2479 or bardoarscenter.wcu.edu.

• The Henhouse Prowlers will perform music inspired by the roots of bluegrass at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 22 at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. Tickets: $20 for adults; $10 for students.

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• The Freeway Revival (rock) will perform as part of the Groovin’ On the Green in Cashiers at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 and Oct. 23 at 9 p.m., at Village Commons in Cashiers. Free. Family friendly. visitcashiersvalley.com. • “Music on the River” concert series will feature Alfred H. Lossiah from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 21, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com. • Mangas Colorado (Americana/folk/rock) will perform as part of Concerts on the Creek from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 21 at Bridge Park in Sylva. 800.962.1911. • Kelsey-Hutchinson Park (Highlands) will have High 5 Band for their “Saturdays on Pine” summer concert series at 6 p.m. Aug. 22. www.highlandschamber.org. • Shady Banks (Americana/folk) will perform from 6:30-8 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Depot in Bryson City. Part of the Music in the Mountains free concert series. www.greatsmokies.com. • “Music on the River” concert series will feature AM SuperStars from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 22, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com. • “Music on the River” concert series will feature David Lambert from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 28, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com. • Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass) will perform at the last concert of Concerts on the Creek from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Bridge Park in Sylva. 800.962.1911. • Rockelle Scott and Friends (jazz) will preform as the last concert of the Groovin’ On the Green in Cashiers at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, at Village Commons in Cashiers. Free. Family friendly. visitcashiersvalley.com.

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• Tokens Group will perform “grass-kicking, genrebending” music at 7 p.m. on Aug. 26 at Stuart Auditorium at Lake Junaluska. $5 tickets available at Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center. 800.222.4930.

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• “Music on the River” concert series will feature A36 Band from 7-9 p.m. on Aug. 29, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com.

• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will have an open mic night at 8:30 p.m. on Mondays in their downtown taproom. Free and open to the public. 246.0350 or www.boojumbrewing.com.

• Lois Hornbostel & Ehukai Teves (unique dulcimer & ukulele duo) will perform from 6:30-8 p.m. on Aug. 29 at the Depot in Bryson City. Part of the Music in the Mountains free concert series. www.greatsmokies.com.

• “Wine on Wednesday” is set for 6-8 p.m. at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. Free wine tasting with dinner ($15 minimum) or $6 per person. 452.6000.

• The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have Tugelo Holler (bluegrass) Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Free. An open mic jam session begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com/pickin.html

NIGHTLIFE • Mike Pilgrim (mandolin) and Don Mercz (guitar) perform a gypsy jazz tribute at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. 452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Angela Easterling (guitar, vocals) performs Americana at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. www.angelaeasterling.com. 452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Sheila Gordon (vocalist, piano) and Chris Minick (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist) perform a musical tribute to Bonnie Raitt at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. 452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Joe Cruz (piano, vocals) performs music of the Beatles, Elton John, James Taylor and Simon and Garfunkel at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. 452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Open mic night is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on Mondays at the Boojum Brewing Company’s taproom in downtown Waynesville. Free. www.boojumbrewing.com.

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• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will have a “Hoot Night” open mic at 8 p.m. every Wednesday. www.pub319.com. • Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will have Jimandi (folk/rock) at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and a rotating series of local performers at 9 p.m. on Fridays. 482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com. • Papertown Country Music & Dance Parlor (Canton) will have live music and dancing from 7-10 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is $8. 736.8925.

• Bogart’s (Waynesville) will have live bluegrass/string music at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays. 828.452.1313. • A game day will occur from 2 to 9 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. Bring dice, cards or board games. 586.6300. • A wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. every Saturday at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. 586.6300.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • Introduction to Photography: A three-day class will be offered Friday through Sunday, Aug. 21-23, at the Arboretum in Asheville. Instructor is Robert Priddy. $210 per member; $220 per non-member. http://www.ncarboretumregistration.org/Introductionto-Photography-082115-P1777.aspx. • A Creating Community Workshop entitled “Handwoven Bookmarks” will be presented by Susan Leveille at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Free. For more info or to register, call 586.2016. Cosponsored by Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. • A “Building Bowls Pottery Wheel” class will be taught by Doug Hubbs from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesdays and 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Fridays from through Aug. 27 at Cowee Pottery School in Macon County. $168 class fee plus $17 for clay. www.CoweePotterySchool.org, 524.7690 or info@CoweePotterySchool.org. • a “Lidded Bowls on the Pottery Wheel” class will be taught by Hank Shuler from 6-9 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays through Aug. 27 at Cowee Pottery School in Macon County. $168 class fee plus $17 for clay. www.CoweePotterySchool.org, 524.7690 or info@CoweePotterySchool.org. • Basic Pottery Wheel class taught by Lydia Patillo

will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 27 at Cowee Pottery School in Macon County. $168 class fee plus $17 for clay. www.CoweePotterySchool.org, 524.7690 or info@CoweePotterySchool.org.

Mariette Hartley will be shown at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin. Doctor and policeman in New Orleans have 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. 1:36. 524.3600.

• An Adult Summer Reading Program is ongoing till Aug. 28 through Haywood County Public Library. www.haywoodlibrary.org or call 452.5169 or 648.2924.

• Adult movie time, 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Jackson County Public Library. Call for title of movie. 586.2016.

• An Intermediate digital photography class will be taught from 3-4:50 p.m. on Tuesdays, till Sept. 15 (but not on Aug. 25) at Jackson County Department of Aging, Senior Center, in Sylva. Must be at least 50. $50. For info, contact Tony Wu at 226.3840 or tonywuphotos@hotmail.com.

• A new movie directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Tilda Winton, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Waskowska will be shown at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. It’s the love story of two fragile and sensitive vampires. Rated R; 2:03.524.3600

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • A display by Haywood Community College’s Creative Arts Quilting and Upholstery classes entitled “A Conversation Piece” is on exhibition through Sept. 24 at HCC’s Creative Arts Department. A closing reception with light refreshments is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. • The graduating class of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program will exhibit their best work at the 2015 Graduate Show held through Aug. 23 at the Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville. The Folk Art Center is open daily from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission and parking are free. 565.4159. • Savage Gardens is on display through Sept. 7 at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • Orchids and Irises in the Garden: The Works of Jamie Kirkell will be on display through Oct. 4 at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • Second Glance: The Quilt Art of Janice Maddox is on display through Oct. 4 at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • Western North Carolina pottery pieces on loan from the collection of Rodney Leftwich are on display from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Shelton House in Waynesville. www.sheltonhouse.org.

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• A classic romantic drama starring Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard will be shown at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter’s piano teacher. 1:10. 524.3600.

Outdoors • A Hunter Education Course is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 19-20, in Pisgah Forest. No minimum age. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org. • A “Naturalist’s Ramble” along a small section of the Appalachian Trail with former National Parks Service ranger Carey Jones is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 19. Reservations are required; deadline is Aug. 14. Half-day hike and opportunity to learn about the flora and fauna in the park’s highest elevations. $20 for Great Smoky Mountains Association members; $35 for new members. 865.436.7318. • The Franklin Bird Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Topic will be “Birding in Texas” as Jim and Ellen Shelton share photos and stories of their trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Big Bend. 524.5234. • An “Introduction to Fly Fishing: Lake Fishing” program organized by Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is scheduled for 7 a.m.-noon on Wednesday,

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â&#x20AC;˘ Entries are being accepted for the Haywood County Fair Horse Show. $3 entry fee per class; $10 for Championship classes. Shows are at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. 646.9432, 712.8969 or www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org

â&#x20AC;˘ A native landscaping & water management seminar, part of the Woodland Steward Series, is scheduled for Aug. 19-20. Series is designed to empower forest landowners to manager their properties to promote environmental and forest health. www.woodlandstewardsnc.org. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Energy Literacy and How â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Frackingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (High Volume Slickwater Hydraulic Fracturing) Fits In, North Carolina and Beyondâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lecture with Dr. Cheryl Waters-Tormey, is scheduled for 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the Nature Center at the Highlands Biological Station. Waters-Tormey is an associate professor at Western Carolina University. 526.2221 or www.highlandsbiological.org. â&#x20AC;˘ A Greenway Gathering entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Pollinators Among Usâ&#x20AC;? is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at FROG Quarters in Franklin. Kay Coriell will discuss who does it, how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done and why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary. â&#x20AC;˘ A stewardship, recreation & liability seminar, part of the Woodland Steward Series, is scheduled for Aug. 20-21. Series is designed to empower forest landowners to manager their properties to promote environmental and forest health. www.woodlandstewardsnc.org. â&#x20AC;˘ A program on hummingbirds will be offered from 9:15 am.-12:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, at the Arboretum in Asheville. $37 for members; $47 for nonmembers. Instructor is Simon Thompson. http://www.ncarboretumregistration.org/Hummingbirds-82115-P1765.aspx. â&#x20AC;˘ Rocky Cove Railroad tours the Arboretum from noon-4 p.m. every sunny Saturday and Sunday in Asheville. 665.2492. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serpentine Barrens,â&#x20AC;? part of the Eco Tour, is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21 through the Highlands Cashiers Land Trust. Explore a unique ecosystem within the Nantahala National Forest. $35 for new members; $10 for existing members. Reservations required. 526.1111, Julie.hitrust@earthlink.net or www.hicashlt.org. â&#x20AC;˘ On the Water: Looking Glass Creek, a fly-fishing program in Pisgah National Forest, is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21. For ages 12 and up. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org. â&#x20AC;˘ The Highlands Plateau Greenway will conduct its monthly work day from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Aug. 22. To participate, email Ran Shaffner at highlandsgreenway@nctv.com or call 526.5622.

â&#x20AC;˘ A free class on the basics of beekeeping will be presented at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Canton Branch Library. Led by Allen Blanton, president of Haywood County Beekeepers. 648.2924.

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FARM & GARDEN â&#x20AC;˘ From Seeds to Natural Products: Special tour is coming Aug. 19 to the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org.

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â&#x20AC;˘ A fall vegetable gardening seminar is scheduled for 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Swain Extension Center at 60 Almond School Road in Bryson City. Register: CLbreden@ncsu.edu. â&#x20AC;˘ An eco forum entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fermenting Foods Skill Shareâ&#x20AC;? is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin. â&#x20AC;˘ A free garden workshop on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Elements in Your Landscape Designâ&#x20AC;? is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, at Dovecote Porch & Gardens in Cashiers. To reserve a seat, contact Mary Palmer Dargan at 743.0307 or mpdargan@dargan.com.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Haywood Historic Farmers Market is held from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the parking lot of HART Theatre in Waynesville. 280.1381 or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com. â&#x20AC;˘ The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market is from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville (behind Bogartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s). 456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net. â&#x20AC;˘ The Jackson County Farmers Market will be on Saturdays from 9 a.m.noon on at its Bridge Park location in Sylva. Info:jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or website jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org. â&#x20AC;˘ The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whee Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market is open from 4-7 p.m. every Tuesday at the corner of the N. Country Club Drive and Stadium View Drive in Cullowhee, behind the entrance to the Village of Forest Hills off Highway 107 across from Western Carolina University. 476.0334

â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Though Small, We Pack Quite a Wallop: The Saga of Small Mammals and the Environmentâ&#x20AC;? is the topic of a presentation by Dr. Edward Pivorun, Clemson University professor, on Aug. 27 at the Nature Center at the Highlands Biological Station. Learn about unusual critters like wild shrews, voles and more. 526.2221 or www.highlandsbiological.org.

â&#x20AC;˘ The Cashiers Tailgate market is open from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at the United Community Bank on N.C. 107 South. 226.9988 or blueridgefarmers@gmail.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ A paddle tour is being offered to the public at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, at Lake Junaluska. Sponsored by Haywood Waterways Association, Lake Junaluska Assembly and Waynesville Recreation Center. Boats, paddles and PFDs will be provided. Free. RSVP by Thursday, Aug. 27, to

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â&#x20AC;˘ Registration is underway for the 34th annual Maggie Valley Moonlight Run and Sunset Fun Run, which is Aug. 22. The Moonlight run is an 8K. $40. Organized by Glory Hound Events. www.imathlete.com.

â&#x20AC;˘ A free seminar on ginseng production for homeowners will be presented by the NCSU Extension Service from 6-8 p.m. on Aug. 25 at the Jackson Extension Center in Sylva. To register, contact Christy Bredenkamp at 586.4009 or clbreden@ncsu.edu.

â&#x20AC;˘ Fly-Tying: Level II is scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Aug. 29, in Pisgah Forest. Equipment and materials provided. For ages 12 and up. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Entries are being accepted for the Haywood County Truck Pull. Hook-up fee is $10. For rules and regulations, contact Damon Swanger at 476.1116. Event is at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Beginning paddlers can learn the basics of whitewater kayaking in a clinic offered through Jackson County Parks and Recreation on Aug. 2223. $80 includes transportation, equipment and lunch. For rising eighthgraders and older. Register at the Cullowhee Recreation Center, call 293.3053 or write jenniferbennett@jacksonnc.org.

â&#x20AC;˘ Entries are being accepted for the Haywood County Fair Stock Tractor Pull. $10 hitch fees or $25 for three hitches. Event is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29. 456.3575 or 246.5167.

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from 5 to 8 p.m. during peak months through Sept. 15. 488.3848 or Christine_bredenkamp@ncsu.edu. • Cherokee Farmers Market is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Fridays through Oct. 30 at 876 Acquoni Road next to the Easter Band of Cherokee Indians Cooperative Extension Office. For info, contact Sarah McClellan at 359.6935 or saramccl@nc-cherokee.com. • The Farmstand at Cherokee Indian Hospital is open from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursdays till Sept. 24. For info, contact Nilofer Couture at nilofer.couture@cherokeehospital.org.

HIKING CLUBS • Carolina Mountain Club will have a six-mile hike of Buckeye Gap-Bearpen Gap, with a 1,000-foot ascent, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19. For more info, contact leader Bruce Bente at 692.0116, 699.6296 or bbente@bellsouth.net. • Blue Ridge Parkway Rangers will lead an easy-tomoderate, three-mile hike at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, through the Sam Knob meadow and along Flat Laurel Creek. Hike is entitled “The Birds and the Bees.” Hike begins at the Sam Knob Trailhead at the end of Black Balsam Road just south of Milepost 420. 298.5330, ext. 304. • Carolina Mountain Club will have an all-day, 11mile hike with a 3,100-foot ascent on Aug. 23. For information, contact leader Brent Martin at 587.9453, 371.0347 or brent_martin@tws.org. • Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.5-mile hike with a 3,100-foot elevation gain on Aug. 26. For info, contact Leader Brenda Worley at 684.8656, 606.7297 or bjdworley@gmail.com.

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• Carolina Mountain Club will hold an all-day, 10-mile hike with a 2,900-foot elevation gain on Aug. 29 at Yellow Mountain. For info, contact leader Brenda Worley at 684.8656, 606.7297 or bjdworley@gmail.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will hold a half-day, 5.3m,ile hike with a 960-foot ascent on Aug. 30 at Slate Rock Creek – Pilot Cove. For info, contact leader Lee Belknap at 693.2635, 674.3631 or rivergypsy@sprintmail.com.

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• Macon County Democratic Party Headquarters, 251 Sloan Road in Franklin, is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. 369.8561.

• Haywood County Democratic executive committee meets at 5 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Democratic Headquarters, 286 Haywood Square, Waynesville. www.haywooddemocrats.org. • Haywood County Democratic Party headquarters, 286 Haywood Square, Waynesville, is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 452.9607, haywooddemocrats.org. • Jackson County Democratic Party meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Democratic Headquarters, 500 Mill St., Sylva. Becky Kornegay, 293-3999. • Jackson County Democratic Party executive committee members meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Democratic Headquarters, 500 Mill St., Sylva. jacksondems.com. • Jackson County Democratic Women meet at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at Democratic Headquarters 500 Mill St., Sylva. jacksondems.com.

GOP • Jackson County Republican headquarters at Laurel Terrace on U.S. 64 East in Cashiers and at 58 Sunrise Park retail complexes in Sylva. 743.6491 or jacksonctygop@yahoo.com, www.jacksoncountygop.com. • The North Jackson County GOP monthly meetings are held at 6:30 p.m., the fourth Monday of each month, at the Sylva headquarters, 58 D Sunrise Park, Sylva. Ralph Slaughter, Jackson County GOP Chair at 743.6491 or www.jacksoncountygop.com. • The South Jackson County GOP monthly meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the GOP headquarters office at Laurel Terrace on N.C. 64 east in Cashiers. Ralph Slaughter, Jackson County GOP Chair at 743.6491. • The Haywood Republicans meet at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the GOP headquarters, 303 N. Haywood St., Waynesville. 246.7921. www.haywoodncgop.org.

OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS • A lunch-and-discussion group will be held by the League of Women Voters at noon on the second Thursday of each month at Tartan Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin. RSVP for lunch: lwvmacon@wild-dog-mountain.info or 524.8369. • Occupy/WNC General Assembly meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday in room 246 of the Jackson County Administration and Justice Center in Sylva. 538.1644. • The Haywood County NAACP meets at 2 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month. Location varies around the county for each meeting. Call for info. 400.5475. • The Jackson County NAACP meets at 10 a.m. on the Saturday following the second Thursday of every month at Liberty Baptist Church in Sylva.

• The Libertarian Party of Haywood County meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Dunlapdisputeresolution.com. • The Jackson County Patriots, a grassroots group of citizens promoting Constitutional government, free markets and responsible personal liberty, will meet at 5 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at Tuck’s Restaurant in Cullowhee. For info, contact Ginny Jahrmarkt at Box547@aol.com. • Waynesville Aldermen meeting at 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Town Hall. 456.3515.

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 • Forest Hills: 6 p.m. first Tuesday of the month at Jackson Rec Center in Cullowhee. • Webster Town Board: 5:15 p.m. first Wednesday of the month. Town Hall, 1411 Webster Rd.

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• Jackson County Planning Board: 6 p.m. second Thursday of the month. Room A-227 of the Justice Center in Sylva. 631.2261.

• Canton Aldermen: 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Thursday of each month at Town Hall. 648.2363.

• Jackson County Tourism Authority: 1 p.m. third Wednesday of the month. Locations vary. 586.2155.

• Clyde Aldermen: 6:30 p.m. first Tuesday of each month. Town Hall. 627.2566. • Haywood County Commissioners: 9 a.m. first Monday of the month and at 5:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month. Historic courthouse. 452.6625.

• Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month for a work session, and at 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month to take action, TWSA office on Main Street in Sylva.

• Maggie Valley Aldermen: 6 p.m., second Monday of the month. Agenda setting workshop at 9 a.m. first Wednesday of the month. Town Hall. 926.0866.

• Cashiers Area Community Planning Council: 5 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month. Albert Carlton Library.

• Waynesville Aldermen meeting at 6:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Town Hall. 456.3515.

• Jackson County Greenway Commission: 5:30 p.m. second Tuesday of every month. Room A-227 of the Justice Center in Sylva. 293.3053.

• Haywood County School Board: 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the Education Center in Clyde.

• p school board: 6 p.m. fourth Tuesday of each month.

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

• Haywood County Economic Development Commission: 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Employment Security Commission. • Haywood County Tourism Development Authority: 2 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in Gaines Auditorium at the Bethea Welcome Center at Lake Junaluska. • Waynesville Planning Board: 5:30 p.m. third Monday of each month, Town Hall. 452.2491. • Waynesville Public Art Commission: 5:30 p.m. second Thursday of each month, Town Hall. 452.2491.

Jackson • Jackson County Commissioners: First and third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. Justice Center. 631.2295. • Sylva town board: 5:30 p.m. first Thursday of each month and 9:15 a.m. third Thursday of each month. Town Hall. 586.2719. • Dillsboro town board: 5:30 p.m. second Monday of the month at town hall.

Macon • Macon County Commissioners: 6 p.m. second Tuesday of the month. County courthouse. 349.2025. • Franklin Aldermen: 7 p.m. first Monday of each month at Town Hall. 524.2516. • Macon Planning Board: 5 p.m. third Thursday of the month at the Environmental Resource Center. • Macon County school board: 6 p.m. fourth Monday of each month at the central administrative offices. • Highlands Aldermen: 7 p.m. first and third Wednesday. Town Hall. 526.2118.

Swain • Swain County Commissioners: 6 p.m. second and fourth Thursday of each month. Administration Building. 488.9273. • Bryson City Aldermen: 6 p.m. first Monday of each month. Town Hall. 488.3335. • Cherokee Tribal Council: second Thursday of each month. 497.2771. • Swain County school board: second Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

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HOME IMPROVEMENT AUCTION Saturday, August 29 @ 10am, 201 S. Central Ave., Locust, NC. Cabinet Sets, Doors, Carpet, Tile, Hardwood, Bath Vanities, Windows, Lighting, Patio Sets, Name Brand Tools. NC Sales Tax applies. www.ClassicAuctions.com 704.507.1449. NCAF5479

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REAL ESTATE ABSOLUTE AUCTION. Carroll County, VA. September 12. Private 10.5+/- ac. retreat owned by retired country music artist Ricky Van Shelton features a 1,920+/- SF 3BR, 2BA rustic log home overlooking beautiful landscaping and Crooked Creek, a native trout stream. Most of the property, located on both sides of the creek, is hardwood forest. Other improvements include a "country store" used as a music/entertainment room, a partially finished log cabin, tool and equipment sheds, and a bridge for driving across the creek. Great location 5 mi. from I77, Exit 8 (Fancy Gap) and less than 3 mi. from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Contact Jonna McGraw (VA#2434), Woltz & Associates, Inc., (VA#321), Real Estate Brokers & Auctioneers 800.551.3588 or visit woltz.com.

AUCTION

AUCTION Online Only w/Bid Center, 28 Lake Hickory Residential Lots, Caldwell Co., Ends 8/25/15 at 1pm, Bid Center at Hampton Inn, Hickory, NC. Selling Regardless of Price at the End of the Auction. 800.997.2248. NCAL3936. www.ironhorseauction.com BBQ RESTAURANT AUCTION Wednesday, August 19 @ 10am. 460 Salisbury Ave. Spencer, NC. Large complete BBQ restaurant, Southern Pride smoker, choppers, slicers, tenderizer, mixer, seating, refrigeration. 704.791.8825. ncaf5479. www.ClassicAuctions.com RUN AN AUCTION AD In 100 N.C. newspapers for only $375 for a 25-word ad. Call this newspaper or 919.516.8009 for details. TAX SEIZURE AUCTION Restaurant, Pizza & Bar Equipment. Wednesday, August 26 @ 10am. 196 Crawford Road, Statesville, NC. Selling 6+ Restaurants & Bars for NC Department of Revenue. Pizza Equipment, 60Qt. Mixers, Bar Equipment, Seating. 704.791.8825. ncaf5479. www.ClassicAuctions.com

BUILDING MATERIALS

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REAL ESTATE ANNOUNCEMENT 67 ACRES IN CULLOWHEE Near WCU. Includes 2/BR 2/BA, 1600 sq. ft. House with Separate Workshop. Very Private, Long Range Views, Ideal for Family Compound, Several Potential House Sites. Priced to Sell $360,000. Brokers Welcome 2% Commission. For more info www.918gapbranch.blogspot.com or Call 828.586.0165 A RIVER RUNS THRU IT In NC. 3 acres w/2bed 2bath log cabin. $159,900. Huge screened porch, fpl, one-level. Hurry! 866.738.5522 LEASE TO OWN 1/2 Acre Lots with Mobile Homes & Empty 1/2 Acre + Lots! Located Next to Cherokee Indian Reservation, 2.5 Miles from Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. For More Information Please Call 828.506.0578

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18 This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All dwellings advertised on an equal opportunity basis.

NICOL ARMS APARTMENTS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS Offering 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments, Starting at $400 Section 8 Accepted - Handicapped Accessible Units When Available

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HOMES FOR SALE BRUCE MCGOVERN A Full Service Realtor, Locally Owned and Operated mcgovernpropertymgt@gmail.com McGovern Property Management 828.283.2112.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE PARK MODEL - DOGWOOD LAKES J-Creek Area, Resident Owned Park 2/BR, 1.5/BA, Laundry Room, All Electric, Large Porch with Nice Mountain View. For Appointment Call Roland Chugg 828.550.3298 MOBILE HOMES WITH ACREAGE. Ready to move in. Seller Financing (subject to credit approval). Lots of room for the price, 3Br 2Ba. No renters. 336.790.0162.

STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT GREAT SMOKIES STORAGE Conveniently located off 19/23 by Thad Woods Auction. Available for lease now: 10’x10’ units for $55, 20’x20’ units for $160. Get one month FREE with 12 month contract. Call 828.507.8828 or 828.506.4112 for more info.

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THE “HIDEAWAY” 45ft. SUNSEEKER HOUSEBOAT (1988) “THREE BUOYS” DESIGN Roomy Interior, Sleeps 8+, Aluminum Hull, Open Deck on Top w/ Bench and Slide w/ Ladder. NEW Kohler 9KW Generator - 20 Hrs., A/C & Heat Throughout, Electric Kitchen w/ Full Size Refrigerator & Microwave, TV & Satellite Dish, Full Bath w/ Tub & Shower Hotwater Heater, 136 HP Volvo Engine-Can be Driven from Inside or Top Deck, Bilge Pumps & Fuel Sensor New Appraisal - Newly Painted. 50 A. Dockside Connections. Located at Fontana Village Resort Marina. Sale Price $42,500.

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JAMISON’S KENNEL BEAGLE CLUB Training Hunting Dogs. Will start pups at 6 months old, $50 Sign up per dog. Will Run big dogs at $5 an hour per dog. For more info 828.508.9727. For Sale- Male & Female AKC Registered Beagles Good Running Dogs! $200 each.

BORING/CARPENTER BEE TRAPS No Chemicals, Poisons or Anything to Harm the Environment. Handmade in Haywood County. 1 for $20, 2 or More for $15 each. 828.593.8321

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The naturalist’s corner BY DON H ENDERSHOT

We need to darken the way perseids falling perseids burning white hot perseids flame out made sure to keep an eye out for falling stars last week on my pre-dawn delivery route since it was during the peak of the annual Perseids meteor shower. One morning was pretty socked in with clouds and/or fog but most of the rest of the week was pretty good. Still, I only saw a handful of meteors. The whole “keep your eye on the road” thing didn’t help but one would think if meteors were falling at the rate of one per minute more streaks would have caught my attention. Sadly, what did catch my attention was how much light pollution is evident across Western North Carolina. My route starts out near Patton Avenue in West Asheville and as might be expected, that is pretty bright. Then I head out to Enka-Candler along U.S. 19-23 and continue to Canton and then Waynesville, then on to Sylva and Bryson City, then backtrack to

U.S. 441 South over Cowee Mountain to Franklin. The four-lane through Enka-Candler is ablaze with convenience stores and/or gas stations plus all the closed businesses have “night” lights on. Of course, every community (Canton, Waynesville, Sylva, Bryson City and Franklin) are all aglow, but even the highways and byways between are lit up like bright ribbons, with gas stations, firehouses, churches, subdivisions etc, etc. And so much of that light is shining or reflecting up into the night sky. I received an envelope with a handwritten note (didn’t know people still did that) back in June from one Janice Ander (I hope, I got it right) of Bryson City with some great info regarding dark skies and some of the organizations around the country that are working to address the issues. There are myriad reasons to advocate for dark skies, but simplistically it boils down to the way life on Earth evolved; darkness is as important and integral to the dance of life as light. We need both — the species and ecosystems we share the planet with need both. Here is just a sampling of how light pollution affects wildlife from the International Dark-Sky Association:

Perseids meteor shower. NASA photo ■ Mammals — decline in reproductive success; increased mortality from impairment of night vision. ■ Amphibians — decline in reproduction; confusion of natural instincts that protect from predators and the elements. ■ Reptiles — increased vulnerability to predators and to vehicles; confusion of natural instincts (coastal lighting disorients

newly hatched turtles, stranding them on beaches and/or dunes). ■ Insects — interferes with mating and migration, which in turn impacts species that depend on insects as a prey base. ■ Birds — around 100 million birds die annually from collisions with lighted buildings. I’ve seen reports of Tennessee and Cape May warblers being spotted around Western North Carolina — a sure sign that fall migration is beginning. In a few short weeks the night skies will once again (as they have for millennia) fill with migrating songbirds. It’s sad to think of what a treacherous gauntlet they have to run. Ms. Ander sent information from www.wewatch.org and www.darksky.org. Audubon has a great program called lights out www.audubon.org/conservation/project/lig hts-out. Remember it’s not always best to “leave a light on for ‘em.” (Don Hendershot is a writer and naturalist. He can be reached a ddihen1@bellsouth.net.)

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