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A look at health and fitness in WNC

CONTENTS On the Cover: Mike Creason reflects on his unlikely lifelong career as a swim teacher in Jackson County. Creason earned a master’s degree at Western Carolina University before going to work for them and stayed with the university until retiring in 2004. Through the years, he estimates teaching thousands of babies, children and even adults how to swim. Mike Creason guides a pair of young swimmers through the water. WCU photo

Living Well Bodybuilders take natural approach to health, strength ........................................ 4 Moss pushes the boundaries with the power of CrossFit ......................................5 Waynesville Yoga bends over backward for beginners .......................................... 8 Diabetes prevention program focuses on families ....................................................9 A smooth way to start your day ....................................................................................10 Yoga teachers reach broader audience with pints ................................................11 Wild Market offers effective, natural solutions ........................................................12

News Jackson health building to be renovated ..................................................................15 Sylva revises demonstrations ordinance ..................................................................18 Bryson City applies for sewer improvement grant ................................................19 Tribal members announce candidacy for vice chief ..............................................20

Opinion Get busy living, or get busy dying ................................................................................22

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Staying strong at any age

Bodybuilders take natural approach to health, strength BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR When you can’t find motivation to get up early to hit the gym or can’t find the self-control to avoid the fast food line for dinner, just look to Nancy Lux and Reid Hendricks. At 62, Hendricks has competed in natural bodybuilding competitions for 32 years and also trains others — like Lux — to compete. Already an accomplished cyclist, Lux decided at the age of 50 she wanted to push her fitness to a new level by training for bodybuilding competitions. It’s been something she’s thought about for 20 years and figured it was now or never. “I’ve been an athlete my whole life — a track bike racer and my husband is a cyclist too,” she said. “I’ve always known my build is genetically suited to do bodybuilding but I just didn’t know how to get started, but finally last fall I said to myself ‘you’re 50 going on 51 and life is too short, I just need to do it.’” Deciding to become a bodybuilder is not a decision to be taken lightly. It requires dedication, perseverance and sacrifice. Even for Lux, who was in good shape and had a low body fat percentage to begin with, the journey was arduous. Initially she found a trainer in Asheville — Anthony Tiller, owner of Underdog Fitness & Performance Training — to get her on the right path. For months, even during tax season, the busy CPA drove from Waynesville to Asheville every evening to train with Tiller. Like many people, Lux had the stereotypical image in her head of what it meant to be a bodybuilder, but she quickly learned there are several different categories of bodybuilding competitors. “When I first started this journey I thought you had to take steroids and that’s based on what I’ve seen in magazines, but I didn’t know about natural bodybuilding,” Lux said. Natural bodybuilding competitions require contestants to pass a urine test as well as a brief polygraph test to ensure they aren’t using any kind of performanceenhancing drugs. “In women’s bodybuilding there’s different divisions — bikini, which is about figure more than muscle, and then there’s bodybuilding,” she said. “I thought you had to be big to compete but that’s not the case. With natural bodybuilding it’s all about how cut and how lean you are.” In addition to a daily weightlifting workout, Lux had to begin a fairly strict macronutrient diet, which consists of 30 percent carbs, 40 percent protein and 30 percent fat. This kind of diet helps athletes lose weight consistently while also maintaining plenty of energy without food cravings. She weighed about 140 pounds when she began training and lost only about 10 pounds during training, but muscle does weigh more than fat. “I didn’t do anything drastic — it’s more of a gradual approach — but I tracked and weighed and measured all my food and I’ve never done that before,” Lux said. Moving into March, Lux said her training was going well when she saw that an all-natural bodybuilding com-

petition was going to be held in Franklin in two weeks. She hadn’t planned on competing so soon, but also thought a smaller competition might be good practice. More than 60 people showed up for the competition. Lux was a little nervous until she realized she was the only woman competing in the female bodybuilding category while all the other women were showing off their bikini bods in the figure category. Meanwhile, Lux was backstage loading up on carbs, something bodybuilders do just before a show to beef up their muscles. Even though she had no competition, Lux went out on the stage in front of the panel of judges in her sparkling green bikini and did the series of poses she had been trained to do. She got great feedback from the judges and won overall best female in her category. She also enjoyed getting to meet more bodybuilders. “I was so struck by how incredible friendly, inviting and complimentary everyone was at the contest though,” she said. “It was one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had.” Hendricks was one of the competitors she met backstage in Franklin. After he told her about his experience with training athletes in his home gym in Waynesville, Lux decided to cut out her drive time and stress by training with Hendricks closer to home. Hendricks’ home gym has trophies dating back to 1982 and photos of the many people of different ages and backgrounds that he’s proud to say he’s trained. He said being a good coach means “having patience and being able to motivate people.” “I love to see people improve,” he added. After a few more months of training together, Lux and Hendricks competed in the Carolina Supernatural Bodybuilding competition in June held in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They both returned home with their masters pro card, which means they both placed first in their overall categories and can move on to a pro competition. “I was in the heavyweight category because I weigh over 115 pounds,” Lux chuckled. “But I beat all the lightweight girls and I was also the masters winner and the over 50 category winner.” Hendricks, competing in the over 60 category, also beat out his younger competitors for a masters pro card. It was then that Lux felt like all the hard work was paying off. “Admittedly, the last couple weeks before a competition is difficult — you’re really trying to monitor your carbs, and we were doing carb back loading because in bodybuilding you want to get lean but the day of the show you spike your carbs to fill out your muscles to look full and bigger.” The two continue to lift weights and walk every day but the extreme dieting, measuring and weighing have been discontinued until they are about 10 weeks away from the next pro show Nov. 4 in Suwanee, Georgia.

It’s more than about winning for Lux and Hendricks — they simply enjoy the challenge of pushing their bodies to be as strong as they can be and eating healthy. While bodybuilding may not be for everyone, Lux said she believes anyone could do it if they put their mind and body to it.

“Anybody can make improvements,” she said. “Can anybody get up on stage and do a bodybuilding competition? Sure, but it takes commitment, sacrifice and the key thing is the diet,” she said. She doesn’t advocate the macronutrient diet for everyone, but she does think it’s beneficial for people to track their food intake so they have a better understanding of what foods make them feel better versus what foods are making them feel worse. “You are what you eat — we’re so bombarded with fast food and processed food,” Lux said. She also wishes more people knew how efficient weight lifting is versus a cardio work out. Weight lifting allows you to build strong muscles that burn calories more efficiently. Her workouts with Hendricks are strenuous but last only 45 minutes a day. “People are afraid to work out, but the duration isn’t hard — it’s doable — and you don’t really even sweat that much — but it’s efficient and productive,” she said. “Everybody should see how lifting weights is a better way to be healthy.” If you’re interested in training with Hendricks, who has 32 years experience and is a certified through the National Federation of Professional Trainers, call 828.456.6881.

Pushing the boundaries with the power of CrossFit For the past two years, the gym has been operating out of its new home, a 2,100-square-foot building on the Asheville Highway. “It was a pretty big jump,” Moss said. Starting and running a business has had its challenges. But diving further into CrossFit and seeing the way it works for everyone from former couch potatoes to elite athletes has been inspiring.

Josh Moss pulls himself up on a pair of rings at Catamount CrossFit. Holly Kays photo

Whether the goal is to conquer the toughest hiking trails or keep up with kids on the playground, there’s a workout for that. And with CrossFit, Moss said, the result is a fitness that envelops the whole body, not just the particular set of muscles you might need for football or running or any other individual sport. “As I grew into CrossFit, I began to really understand what it was capable of,” he said. “I started pushing the boundaries of what kinds of people am I bringing in here … You can use the same workout to train children and grandparents and elite athletes, and the more you understand CrossFit and coach it, the more you understand how to scale the movements for that to happen.” For example, Moss coaches a 72-yearold woman who works out alongside 20year-old college students. They do the same workouts — the woman just uses different weights. “For me it’s about finding what each person wants out of their life, what they want out of their training, and trying to push them more toward that life,” Moss said.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Josh Moss’s professional world revolved around property management and vacation rentals at the time he decided to open a CrossFit gym. Back in 2012, when Moss first started planning his business, CrossFit was still a relatively new phenomenon in the mountains of Western North Carolina, with the closest gyms an hour away in Asheville. But Moss, who now owns Catamount CrossFit in Sylva, had been doing the workouts ever since stumbling across them online in 2009. “When you start doing CrossFit, you realize that you have the capacity for way more than what you were doing before,” Moss said. “I can go run a whole lot of laps around the track and be tired at the end of it. But it was never mentally challenging. CrossFit adds that mental challenge to the physical challenge. You’re learning how to do new things, you’re working harder, but you have this voice in your head talking you through it.” After a few years of jerry-rigging workouts using spaces and pieces of equipment not really made for the purpose, Moss started thinking seriously about opening his own gym so that he and other CrossFitters in the area could start doing the workouts they way they were intended to be done. Moss discovered that the owner of Paleastra Combat Sports Club in Sylva was interested in CrossFit, and in 2013 Catamount CrossFit moved to its first location, a space within the club of less than 400 square feet. His was the first CrossFit gym to open in Jackson County, with Haywood and Swain counties getting their first CrossFit gyms at about the same time. “I’m a master at figuring out how to put equipment in places so people can exercise and still have enough space,” Moss said. “We would pack 10 to 12 people in a very small space.” As the business grew, the Palaestra offered more space until Catamount CrossFit occupied about twice the square footage it had before. At that point, there was no room left to grow, prompting Moss to look for another location.

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A watery legacy Creason reflects on 40 years as Jackson County’s swim teacher BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER For someone who’s spent decades introducing thousands of children to the joy of swimming, Mike Creason’s relationship with water didn’t begin too auspiciously. “When I was 6 years old, I got thrown out of a boat at High Rock Lake. It scared me to death,” Creason, now 67, recalled from a comfortable leather armchair in his home near Caney Fork. “I was petrified of water after that.” Young Creason was wearing a life preserver, and the person who did the throwing — he declined to say who

Mike Creason guides a pair of young swimmers through the water. WCU photo — had hoped that the dunking would get him over his fear of water and on with learning to swim. Instead, he went under, swallowed a bunch of water and rose to the surface with enough residual panic that he didn’t learn to swim until he was 12 years old. Even then, it took him several years to really start enjoying the water. “Probably when I got to be about 16 I started feeling real comfortable. In fact, I felt too comfortable,” Creason said. “When I was 18 I graduated from high school and got caught in a rip tide at the ocean, but I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to swim against it … I got to the beach but I thought I was going to drown before I got to the sand.” He took a lifeguarding class after that incident.

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After high school, Creason left his hometown Winston-Salem for the mountains, starting his freshman year at Western Carolina University in the fall of 1968. He

was an accounting major at first — his dad “always had this majestic view of me being an accountant and doing people’s taxes” — but that didn’t last. In his sophomore year he switched over to health and physical fitness. “I was a gym rat,” Creason explained. He could pretty much always be found working out or playing racquetball or competing in all manner of intramural sports, and he was a lot happier in a major that matched his interests. After graduation he taught fifth and sixth grade health and physical fitness in Guilford County, but with just one year under his belt he returned to WCU for a master’s degree in intramural sports. He never left. Creason was given the only graduate assistantship his program offered, and when his boss left to pursue a doctorate degree, Creason was hired in his place. Two years later he was named intramural sports director, a position he would hold until his retirement in 2004 in addition to serving as assistant professor of physical education. “(My dad) said, ‘I don’t believe they give jobs to people for stuff like that.’ He couldn’t believe it,” Creason said. “But my mom was happy. My dad was too, but he still couldn’t believe it.” Creason hadn’t been with WCU long before he started teaching swimming lessons. The response was instant — classes filled almost immediately. “It was unreal,” Creason said. “And they had to turn people away because they could only get so many people in the pool.” After 10 years, Creason found himself in charge of all the swimming. He soon began to think about offering classes targeted to toddlers and babies in addition to classes for kids and adults. After collaborating with his colleagues he came up with a plan, and ever since WCU has offered swimming classes for children ages 3 to 5 and 6 months to 3 years. Parents are required to be in the pool with their kids, and Creason walks them through each drill, whistle in hand. “Research indicates that activities in the water from say, a year and a half or babies on up to [age] 7 improve self-esteem,” Creason said. “I’ve always felt like that is true. Something about the water and a kinship with it, developing skills in it, it just helps you feel better.” Over the years, the swim sessions have remained pop-

ular. He teaches swim classes three times per year — in June/July, October and March, often hiring young swim team members to help out. Asked to estimate how many kids he’s taught over the years, Creason hesitates, trying to add the numbers in his head. Finally, he puts it somewhere between 160 and 200 kids per summer — the total number is easily in the thousands and possibly in the tens of thousands. Creason retired from WCU in 2004, but he still teaches swim lessons, just as he always has. “As long as God permits me to be able to do this, I would like to keep doing it, and I’m thankful for the privilege,” he said. Since his retirement, Creason has been staying busy as a substitute teacher for Jackson County Schools, and he’s started to realize just how many children he’s introduced to the water. While teaching a class at Blue Ridge School recently, he decided to ask for a show of hands from everyone who’d taken his swim lessons — out of 20some kids, about eight hands went up. Another time, he asked the same question of a fourth-grade class, and 13 or 14 hands went up. “Some of these tiny tots, I’ve had their parents,” Creason said. “I’m thankful that I have this privilege. It is something that shocks me sometimes. I don’t feel that old yet, but I’m sure it will hit me sooner or later.”

STAYING YOUNG Creason may be 67, but he still goes full-force. After retiring from WCU, he applied for a grant to jumpstart his next venture — a blueberry farm. The $2,500 grant helped him plant 400 blueberry bushes and set up two beehives. His backyard also features fruit trees hanging with pears and apples, and when he’s not farming, he’s out walking or hiking —or else in the pool, where he’s taken to doing a series of underwater exercises to keep his body flexible. “I encourage everybody to stay as young as they can,” Creason said. “Take care of your body and you’ll enjoy life longer. The Lord meant for us to enjoy life if we can, but all of us have challenges with different types of habits that are not good for us.” Swimming has certainly made Creason’s life better — and he’s seen its impact on his students, too. It certainly affected an 18-year-old student he once had, a boy who was preparing to ship out for the U.S. Marine Corps but had never learned to swim. His parents called begging to get him into any swim course possible, but at the time the only classes Creason had running were for 6- and 7-year-olds. “I said, ‘He’s welcome to take it but he’s got to realize that he’s got to swim with these children,’” Creason recalled. Creason kept trying to get the teenager to relax, to conquer his fear of the water, but it was hard work. But the turning point came the day the class ventured to the deep end, at which point the littlest kid in the class took a fearless leap into the water. “He’s sitting there looking at this little boy and he said, ‘I gotta do it. I gotta do it.’ He jumped in and he came back up and he swam over to the side. He was so happy,” Creason said. “I was thankful. And anyway he took off and he was all over that pool before the course was ended. “He could swim.”

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Waynesville Yoga Center Bending over backward for beginners BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Haywood County competes favorably with Buncombe County in a number of areas; while employment, housing, cultural attractions and tourist amenities easily come to mind, there’s now a new way Waynesville measures up to Asheville — yoga. Although yoga has grown in mainstream acceptance since the 1970s, it’s often slow to appear in smaller communities; Asheville has been known as a hotspot for yoga for years, but Waynesville not so much. This becomes problematic in two unexpected areas — tourism and job creation. Haywood County’s bustling tourism economy sees a great number of overnight visitors each year who come from both near and far to enjoy all the area offers, but the lack of a convenient, upscale yoga studio has doubtless left many choosing other destinations. Likewise, as young families consider moving to the county to escape the sprawl of Asheville or simply to break off a small chunk of that coveted “mountain lifestyle” desired by people across the country, the lack of a place to practice yoga — while not a make-or-break — is indeed a factor as well. Since mid-August, Jay MacDonald and her staff have

— from a historic house on South Main Street — been working to give Waynesville the kind of place that will satisfy both tourists who don’t want to interrupt their healthy lifestyles while on vacation and new residents hoping to continue their regimen. And maybe most alluringly, they’ll save every yogi in Waynesville a 60-minute drive.

ENTRANCE On an exterior wall of the Charles and Annie Quinlan House at 274 South Main Street in Waynesville hangs a small sign that says “Entrance.” It’s not clear if it’s a noun or a verb; although positioned close to the home’s front door, it also speaks to the spellbinding serenity of the place, inside and out. Perched high atop Prospect Hill since 1901, the historic home’s ground floor is now home to the Waynesville Yoga Center. From the soothing reception area to the library to the main exercise room, the home has been redone to reflect the relaxed, calming nature of yoga itself. Although the center offers several advanced courses, its focus for now involves a heavy educational component — tourists and experienced practitioners will certainly come, thinks MacDonald, but there also exists a strong local market unfamiliar with the benefits that come with this healthy lifestyle. “There are tons of benefits of yoga — physically and

mentally it’s been shown to calm anxiety and lift depression by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system,” said Leigh-Ann Renz, general manager of Waynesville Yoga Center. “That’s mostly what it’s doing — it’s allowing your nervous system to get to a place of ‘rest and digest’ and get you in kind of your optimal zone as far as mind and body goes.” Accordingly, class sizes are small. “We can only fit about 14 people in a class, which means you’re always going to get individualized attention from the instructor,” said Renz. “There’s tons of great yoga in Asheville, but sometimes you’re literally one of 60 people. Teachers will be calling out, and you can’t hear what they’re saying, you can’t see what they’re doing.” Renz said that the individualized attention is especially good for people who’ve had injuries — instructors can see what’s going on and prevent problems before they occur during class. Many of those classes are particularly oriented toward beginners, including Yin. “It’s very gentle,” she said “You go down on the floor and stay on the floor the whole time. And it’s long holds. It’s wonderful for people who are athletes or musclebound and may have had injuries with scar tissue, or for anyone that wants a very gentle deep stretch class.” Tai Chi is well known, but sometimes misunderstood. “It is a type of martial art,” Renz said. “There’s no fighting or person-to-person interaction, but it did originate in Asia as a martial art.”

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At the Waynesville Yoga Center, the Tai Chi class helps bolster balance and coordination, and is excellent for people with arthritis. “It’s mostly all done standing, but it’s very gentle — it’s very slow movements. It’s very accessible and very good for the elderly because you can do it with mobility issues. Even if you can’t stand, you can sit in the chair and still participate.” Restorative yoga is another gentle, beginner-oriented class where students spend most of their time on the floor. “The difference between restorative and Yin is that it’s focused on stretching the muscles,” Renz said. “It is also focused on tapping into the body’s natural ability to balance by feeling supported and comfortable.” That support and comfort comes from using straps, foam blocks and blankets. “You’re going to be in a yoga pose, but you’ve got all types of support around you to be in that pose so you can fully relax and let go in the pose,” said Renz. “What that does is help the body to heal, strengthen immune function

and allow your body to rebalance.” For those who can’t get down to the floor — or can get down to the floor but may not be able to get up from it, WYC offers something called, appropriately, gentle chair yoga. Renz recommends it for people with osteoporosis, but barre and balance classes offer similar chairbased yoga movements. Even still, WYC instructors like MacDonald and Renz are bending over backward to make it as easy as possible for newcomers to access this essential part of a healthy lifestyle. “We’ve gotten a lot of response from people in the community saying, ‘What would be good for beginners?’” Renz said. “We’ll be adding two classes a week that are called ‘yoga basics’ which will be done from a four-weeks syllabus, so you can drop in anytime.” The spiritual benefits of yoga are also widely known — something not overlooked at the idyllic, historic building atop the hill. Coupled with gains in flexibility, mobility and balance is the mindfulness some people crave just as much as the exercise.

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Healthy living is a whole-family affair with the Cherokee Turning Point program, a seven-week course that aims to reach kids 7-12 who are at risk of developing diabetes. “I love this about this project, because it really involves that level of social support,” said Sheena Kanott Lambert, director of the Cherokee Choices program under which the Turning Point program falls. “You’re not just educating the child, but you’re educating the whole family.” Doctors and dieticians refer children to the program, which reaches about 50 kids each year between the spring and fall courses. Classes meet weekly, and parents attend alongside their children. As part of the program, participants have access to a lifestyle coach, dietician and registered nurse. “They’re very interactive,” Lambert said of the classes. “They get to cook things, they get to go to a grocery store and walk through the store to see what to eat and what not to eat. They cover anything from fitness to stress management.” Cherokee culture is integrated as well, with participants learning traditional dances and eating traditional foods as part of the curriculum. “The lessons learned are lifelong,” Lambert said. “We’re providing education that these kids and these families can use the rest of their lives, and I think that’s meaningful.” Cherokee Turning Point, launched in

2009, is modeled on the National Diabetes Prevention Program, a research-based lifestyle change program aimed at preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. The national program reduces the risk of participants with pre-diabetes developing type 2 diabetes by 58 percent. “Diabetes is not just a problem in the (Cherokee) community — it’s a problem nationwide,” Lambert said. “We know that if we can prevent some of these chronic disease up front, our longevity and our tribe as a whole flourishes.” Cherokee Turning Point is far from being Cherokee Choices’ only tool for diabetes prevention. Cherokee Choices launched in 1999 with funding from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant and is now a tribal program that includes a long list of events, programs and initiatives. “I think what makes our program so incredible is that we’re community-based,” Lambert said. “Everything we do is at a community level and we involve the community.” Cherokee Choices programs include the Remember the Removal bike ride that allows tribal members to cycle along the path of the Trail of Tears, multiple 5K runs each year, workplace health programs and an afterschool program that aims to improve children’s physical health, cultural awareness and self-esteem. “We really believe in the holistic approach to health,” Lambert said. “It’s not just maybe you’re overweight. It’s about being healthy — mind, body and spirit.”

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A smooth way to start your day BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Like salads, smoothies are what you make of them — and you can easily make them into a high-fat, high-calorie mess barely better than a Big Mac. But Waynesville’s Sunrise Smoothie Café offers a healthier way to start your day.

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“There are lots of people coming from the gym, and for breakfast,” said Andrea Trout, who with her husband Nathan owns the café, located in a non-

all fruit,” Trout said. “We use almond milk, Greek yogurt, turmeric, all sorts of ingredients.” What Trout doesn’t use are syrups, puddings, Jell-O, or the ice cream found in many so-called “healthy” smoothies peddled by fast-food chains seeking to elbow their way into the healthy lifestyle market. “It’s healthier,” she said. “It’s better than going to McDonald’s.” The menu includes a variety of “green smoothies,” all of which contain spinach or the current generation’s wonder ingredient, kale. The café also offers over-thecounter supplements like protein powders and snack bars. Although one can choose from a variety of fruity, delicious smoothies like blueberry peach, strawberry banana and even orange creamsicle, customizable add-ins provide a tremendous benefit tailored toward the nutritional needs of everyone from high-performance athletes to cubicle-dwellers just trying to make it through the day. Vitamin B-12 is important for energy production and blood health; creatine aids in muscle growth, as does whey or vegan protein; glutamine and carnitine

Sunrise Smoothie Café co-owner Andrea Trout stands in front of a vibrantly decorated board of fare. Cory Vaillancourt photo

descript shopping plaza off Haywood Street in downtown Waynesville. Trout opens the café at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. As any downtowner knows, quick, healthy breakfast options are nearly non-existent, especially at that time of day, and especially for those who lead an active lifestyle. Given that nutrition — especially post-workout — is the most important part of any fitness plan, the café has been a welcome addition to the downtown culinary scene. “Some of our recovery smoothies are

are also popular dietary aids available for inclusion in any smoothie. If diet and exercise isn’t your thing, Sunrise Smoothie Café still might be — when Trout opens each morning, coffee from Texas-based Katz Coffee is always ready to go. And, if rising with the sun isn’t your thing either, well, Sunrise Smoothie Café is open until 4 p.m. for that late breakfast, afternoon snack or early dinner. “We want this to be a good place to come post workout, and pre-workout,” Trout said.

Bending and Beer BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR Yoga instructors have been trying to convince people for years that the exercise has amazing benefits for everyone, but still people are apprehensive about giving it a try. But in the last couple of years, instructors in Western North Carolina have found incorporating the locals’ love of craft beer into their yoga classes has helped them convert skeptics into regular students. “People feel like yoga can be a little stuffy, but when you incorporate a glass of local brew into class, they’re more willing to try it,” said Susan King, yoga instructor at Tsali Yoga and Spin in Bryson City. “It encourages people who wouldn’t normally come — especial the guys — but once they come they realize yoga is not scary or just for girls.” Jennifer McIntee, owner of Beyond Bend Yoga in Franklin, agreed that the beer yoga events held at local spots like Currahee Brewing bring a much broader audience of people who are then more likely to attend one of her regular yoga classes at the studio. “Since my husband is a brewer and we love beer, it’s something I wanted to do for a while — just seems like the two went together with the way I teach about getting

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in touch with yourself and getting in touch with your community,” she said. Both instructors offer their beer yoga classes for free as a way to develop a sense of community. Sharing a pint fosters camaraderie and discussions about local issues and opportunities. “We have a great group of people and it’s growing all the time,” King said. “It’s really relaxing — we’re very low key. Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to drink, but we just do it as a way to release and fellowship with each other.” Though the intent of beer yoga is the same for both instructors, they each have their own approach to incorporating a pint into the class. King’s class allows students to have a craft beer beside their yoga mat to sip on during the class. “People are welcome to bring their non-breakable cup into the yoga area with them but people don’t chug-a-lug during class — it’s just an ice breaker,” King said. McIntee’s class on the other hand rewards itself with a pint or two at the brewery after the session is complete. She promotes local beer and yoga, but just not both at the same time. “I don’t do beer and yoga at the same time — we gather to do yoga and then we enjoy beer together after,” she said. “Yoga is about getting to know yourself and moving and feeling your body. I don’t want people to lose focus or hurt themselves.” Whichever method works best for you, the main mis-

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sion is to expose more people to the many benefits of yoga in a comfortable setting. “People say, ‘I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible’ but it’s a practice not a perfect and you got to start somewhere,” King said. “Everyone benefits from deep stretching and there’s tons of benefits to yoga — but sometimes it takes something like this for people to be comfortable doing it.” With the plugged-in, stressful world we live in, McIntee said yoga is the perfect exercise for everyone. “Yoga is perfect — I don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it,” she said. “You move, breathe and feel your body and it has all the components of fitness and relaxation.” If you’re not into beer don’t worry — these yoga instructors also offer other adventurous classes. McIntee offers a free Adventure Yoga class where they go on a hike and end with a yoga session on top of a mountain or by a waterfall. With the help of Bryson City Outdoors, King offers a stand up paddleboard yoga class during the summer.

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Wild Market offers natural solutions BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Located amidst the ice cream shops and candy stores in Maggie Valley’s Market Square is a different kind of establishment — Wild Market. “We are showing people there is a better way to reach optimal health which often out-performs pharmaceutical medications without negative side effects,” said Leslie Larsen, charter proprietor of Wild Market. Not everyone believes that mainstream pharmaceuticals are the best solution to every health ailment; sometimes, big pharma’s cures can be worse than the disease. Larsen has been on what she calls a “natural health journey” for the past 17 years, ever since her daughter was diagnosed with a severe learning disability Larsen says was remedied by eliminating the foods causing her severe allergic reactions. Currently an educator who travels the country teaching health food store proprietors, staff and customers about the benefits of natural health, Larsen also serves on a nonprofit organizational board that focuses on education and advocacy for the natural products industry. With Larsen often away from her Maggie Valley shop, she recently partnered with Kathy Hardin to help operate it. Hardin, who also has Wild Market been on a natural health journey due to severe ail3489 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley ments she and her son 828.944.0724 suffered — ailments that www.wild-market.com

she says were successfully remedied by eliminating contaminated foods and using natural supplements — also like Larsen seeks to serve the community by offering a healthy alternative to expensive, oft-ineffective drugs. To prove her point, Hardin said that the store offers a variety of foods and products from local artisans who sell tasty, organic and sustainable products like Tribal Grounds coffee crafted on the Qualla Boundary, non-toxic Faeri Made nail polish created in Asheville, pipes made by West Asheville’s Highlander, hot sauces by Candler’s Smoking J’s Fiery Foods and Bean’s Brown Soap from Waynesville. Wild Market also specializes in dietary supplements, additives and extracts not easily found at your local CVS, Rite-Aid or Target — products like Glutathione (an antioxidant) and Choline (a neurotransmitter). With a rapidly aging population and continuing concern over the national health care situation, Americans now more than ever are considering the natural alternatives available at places like Wild Market in greater and

greater numbers. But at the core of Wild Market’s mission remains edu-

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Jackson health building to be renovated BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER fter years of discussion, Jackson County is ready to move forward with plans to address the needs of its aging health department building — but the resulting project will likely affect the planning and code enforcement departments as well. For all of 2017, the current board of commissioners has grappled with whether the county should build a new health department building or renovate the existing 1960s structure, and earlier this month a third option entered the mix — leasing the Vaya Health building near Southwestern Community College, which will likely soon be vacant. Closer examination showed that, while the building could prove suitable to temporarily house employees during construction, the lease option wouldn’t make sense — the building is too small for the health department’s needs and renovating it would uncover a host of code compliance issues. During an Aug. 28 work session, commissioners agreed unanimously that they’d prefer to renovate the existing health department building rather than build new. A 2017 study from McMillan Pazden Smith Architecture determined that renovation would cost between $4.7 and $5.6 million and that a new building would cost $5.6 million, not including land. While the decision to renovate rather than build occurred without disagreement, commissioners were divided along party lines over what exactly that renovation should entail. Republican commissioners Mickey Luker, Ron Mau and Charles Elders wanted to see the renovated health department include a onestop permitting office to make it easier for people seeking construction permits to get that paperwork done. Currently, customers have to travel between multiple buildings to get their permits in order. Creating a consolidated office would involve moving the planning and code enforcement offices out of the

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The 1960s building in Sylva that houses the Jackson County Health Department is nearing the end of its life expectancy, and county commissioners are discussing an extensive renovation in the near future. Holly Kays photo

A 2017 study determined that renovation would cost between $4.7 and $5.6 million and that a new building would cost $5.6 million, not including land. here than to move everyone else over there.” Luker replied that the security screening at the entrance of the administration building was too much of an inconvenience for contractors with full pockets and tool belts who have to make constant trips over to get their questions answered. McMahan countered that, given that the county will soon have to build additional court space, it could construct a new courthouse — courts are currently co-located with administration — and eliminate security from the administration building altogether. Or, alternatively, commissioners could proceed with plans to renovate the health department and come back in a couple years to construct a standalone permit office. “But what does that couple of years become?” Luker asked. “I’m just not in favor of postponing this.”

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administration building and into the health department building so they could share a location with environmental health. Chairman Brian McMahan and Commissioner Boyce Deitz, both Democrats, felt that the health department building would be best left as a health department only, with the one-stop permit center a different issue for a different day. Planning and code enforcement collaborate with other departments that are housed in the administration building, McMahan said, so moving those departments out could create hardship. “What would be the problem with being able to pull at least some staff from environmental health over here (to the administration building) and use this facility to be the one-stop shop for this end of the county, similar to what we do in Cashiers?” McMahan asked. “It would be easier to accommodate

For his part, Deitz called the effort to create a one-stop permit office in the health department “a solution looking for a problem.” “What have we accomplished when we’ve done all this?” he asked. “I think we’ve sat here in a conversation for an hour and discussed it,” Luker replied. “From my viewpoint, what we’ve accomplished is we’ve made it easier for a few contractors to build a house … The cost we’re putting in this isn’t worth the reward,” Deitz said. County Manager Don Adams said that any solution at this point would be imperfect. The real solution, he said, would be to build a new administration building, but that sort of project is still a good 10 years off. The majority of the board asked Adams to work with architect Ron Smith to redesign plans for the second floor of the health department building to accommodate the planning and code enforcement departments. “I’ll try to move as quick as we can on this, because I do think no matter what we do with this building that the Vaya (Health) building has a role in this conversation, especially for transition and so forth, so hopefully I can still line up that timing,” Adams said.

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What’s in the cards? Holdin’ or foldin’ — Haywood economic developers play to win BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER ince late spring, this Smoky Mountain News series on economic development has attempted to define the landscape in which Haywood County’s economy operates. Using one analogy — a bathtub filled with water — to illustrate the flow of cash into and out of the county, we’ve explored how some businesses contribute to the overall level of prosperity and other businesses detract from it by closing down or moving away. Another analogy — that of a high-stakes card game — seems suitable to describe the competition amongst counties and cities across the nation for attracting or retaining those businesses. Haywood County isn’t an economic powerhouse, relatively speaking; it’s easily dwarfed by regional neighbors like Asheville, to say nothing of the major metropolises like Atlanta, New York or Los Angeles. But as with a card game, there’s a certain level of buy-in required. And in the face of such regional and national competition, Haywood’s bankroll is relatively small, which begs the question — is it even worth playing? That answer is a resounding yes. Wage growth is moderate to strong across all economic sectors, job growth remains steady, new businesses are opening, existing businesses are prospering, lagging sectors like health care are growing stronger, traditional sectors like agriculture are finding new markets and, most importantly, diversification continues unabated. While all the rosy results aren’t directly attributable to the county’s economic development organizations, some of the biggest ones are, and as the Haywood Economic Development Council and Haywood Chamber of Commerce continue to play the hand they’re dealt, the players — Mark Clasby of the EDC and CeCe Hipps of the Chamber — have a pretty good idea of what’s in the cards for Haywood County’s economy.

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The Haywood County EDC operates on a yearly budget of $223,000 — almost all of which comes from the county, with the exception of $750 from the tiny town of Clyde. What would Clasby do with a budget double that size? “You could add staff,” Clasby said, somewhat taken aback at the unusual question — economic development funding can be a tough sell in many communities. “What I see in a lot of operations is somebody who’s working full time with existing industry. Or, you could increase the advertising and marketing budget as well, or the travel budget. 16 Before the recession, when the county had to

cut back a lot of expenses, I decreased the travel budget pretty significantly.” Even with the decreased budget and the slim operation run by Clasby, county residents pay an average of $3.72 each year to fund the efforts of the EDC. So what do they have to show for it? “Definitely the Dayco project — turning that into a mega-retail center for us,” Clasby said. “Phase one was the Walmart and the Best Buy, and phase two was the Belk, Michael’s and PetSmart. They’ve been very successful.” It’s hard to imagine Waynesville without a Walmart, but it didn’t just happen of its own accord.

and expanding into the Waynesville industrial park was very important,” Clasby said. But maybe the most important, from a retention standpoint, was Plus Linen and Uniform Service, which was washed out of Canton during the 2004 floods, and could have been washed out of the county altogether were it not for Clasby and the EDC. “They have another operation in South Carolina, so they were ready to roll,” Clasby said. Plus Linen eventually found a new home in the Beaverdam Industrial Park, which was partially paid for with proceeds from the development of the old Dayco site. “It takes a lot of partners,” Clasby said. “It involves a lot of cooperation. I didn’t do it all. It involves the county as well as the municipalities.” How does a county do that without a dedicated development authority? The obvious

very important though. Can you imagine this community being without a Chamber of Commerce?” So what, exactly, do county residents get for that $0 per year cost? “The main thing we go back to is we’re a certified entrepreneurial community. This means we have all the resources in place to help any business succeed on any different level,” Hipps said. “It’s not one individual — it’s not the Chamber doing everything, it’s partnerships.” As an example, Hipps cited the Aug. 21 solar eclipse — a regional tourist event years in the making — as how the Chamber helps Haywood businesses compete for tourist dollars that literally could have gone anywhere along the path of totality from Oregon to South Carolina. “It was nonstop phones ringing, nonstop people walking in wanting eclipse glasses,”

Hopper cars full of wood chips sit in front of Canton’s Evergreen Packaging — still an important economic driver in Haywood County for more than a century. Cory Vaillancourt photo.

“The main thing we go back to is we’re a certified entrepreneurial community. This means we have all the resources in place to help any business succeed on any different level.” — CeCe Hipps, Haywood Chamber of Commerce director

“It was very challenging,” he said. “We had an old manufacturing building, but it was also a brownfield. So I worked on that for three or four years, finding the right developer, and then dealing with the environmental problems.” Over those three or four years, there was plenty of opportunity for that deal to fall apart, including the remediation of the toxic byproducts left behind; with constant effort — and a fair amount of travel. Clasby served as a central point of contact — a liaison, if you will — with all parties involved in the development. Another success story comes from one of Haywood County’s best-known brands — Sunburst Trout Farms. “Trying to help them with their operation

answer is, it doesn’t. The Haywood Chamber of Commerce is part of that equation as well, but the Chamber’s numbers don’t quite add up the way the EDC’s do. “We don’t get any help from the city [of Waynesville] which is very unusual in the chamber world,” said CeCe Hipps of her organization’s $239,000 annual budget. “Unfortunately, we are put into the melting pot of all other nonprofits, so when you’re making decisions on who to fund, it doesn’t pull at anyone’s heartstrings.” Like, say, an animal shelter. But the efforts of the Chamber don’t cost taxpayers a cent. “We raise all of that through membership dues, sponsorships and events,” she said. “It’s

she said in the days leading up to the celestial show that drew visitors from across the region to Haywood County. “We had to coordinate all the events with the merchants on Main Street — we worked with Buffy [Phillips] at the Downtown Waynesville Association. We worked with Theresa [Smith] at the Maggie Valley Chamber. We worked with Lynn [Collins] at the Haywood Tourism Development Authority. We talked to Canton and to Clyde, to pull together all the different events that were going on. We communicated with emergency management, communicated with our hotels — are they full?” Not answering those phones means many tourists may have passed right by Haywood County without leaving any of their dollars at BearWaters Brewing in Canton, or the Sunburst Market in Waynesville, or, of course, the Walmart — all businesses that have benefitted from that $3.72 Haywood residents pay each year to support economic development activity. Based on what’s spent and what’s returned, it remains clear what’s in the cards for Haywood County, which is one hand that’s hard to beat.

Pets at Waynesville fests? If you stick around in local government long enough, you could find yourself considering the repeal of an ordinance that you yourself wrote years prior — like Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown. On Aug. 22, Brown called for a public hearing to be held Tuesday, Sept. 12, to consider revisions to an ordinance prohibiting animals at street fairs, festivals or parades. Currently, pets aren’t allowed within 150 feet of such gatherings, but the revised ordinance proposes to allow animals “controlled by means of a chain, leash or other like device”

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that is less than 6 feet in length to attend. Brown said that the current ordinance is an encumbrance to tourists — especially day trippers — who are loathe to leave Fido at home all day, but are faced with few options once they arrive in Waynesville. Previous solutions — including providing free crates — haven’t worked out well, Brown said. Brown, along with current Waynesville Alderman Jon Feichter’s mother Libba, authored the ordinance back in 2002. The hearing will take place during the board’s regular meeting, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Town Hall at 9 S. Main Street. — By Cory Vaillancourt

Brunch booze on the menu in Waynesville? but questions posed by aldermen Aug. 22 seem to show initial — albeit wary — support for the measure, which would also allow off-premise sales at 10 a.m. at places like Ingles and Walmart. Alderman LeRoy Roberson asked if anyone had heard about adverse consequences in other municipalities, like disturbances of the peace; Mayor Pro Temp Gary Caldwell said that the American Legion had asked him about the bill; Alderman Jon Feichter and Alderman Julia Freeman both said they were eager to hear the community’s thoughts on the matter. The hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. $20,000 secured bond. The involved child was unharmed in the incident and was returned to family.

The Waynesville Police Department responded to the report of a child abduction from Frazier Street Aug. 24 that led to three women being arrested. The initial calls indicated the suspect vehicle was being pursued by another vehicle driven by the child’s father who is the custodial parent. The non-law enforcement involved pursuit came to a conclusion on I-40 near Exit 24, when the vehicle driven by the abducted child’s father blocked the path of the suspect vehicle, resulting in the entire interstate being temporarily shut down. A third vehicle being driven by another family member was also involved in the incident. The driver of the third vehicle admitted to discharging a firearm into the air at the scene in what was described as a warning shot. No one was injured as a result of the firearm being discharged. The three adult females in the suspect vehicle were taken into custody at the scene and were charged with abduction of a child. The abduction of a child investigation continues with the possibility of additional charges being filed in the future. All three suspects are being held in the Haywood County Detention Center under a

Register for Macon veteran program Macon County businesses can now go online and register to participate and support the upcoming Thank a Veteran Program. To register, log onto the Register of Deeds website at www.maconncdeeds.com and click on the Services drop-down, then click on the Veteran Rewards Program link. It will then take you to the registration form; you will receive an approval email after you have registered. For questions, contact Macon County Register of Deeds Todd Raby at 828.349.2097.

Clampitt to hold town hall meeting N.C. Rep. Mike Clampitt, R-Bryson City, will hold a town hall meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at the Haywood County Community College main auditorium in Clyde. Details for the next town hall for Jackson County will be announced soon.

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After the North Carolina General Assembly’s recent passage of the so-called “brunch bill,” municipal governments in Haywood County have been slow to adopt local ordinances allowing for the sale and service of fortified and unfortified wines, malt beverages and mixed drinks in restaurants, hotels, private clubs, convention centers and community theaters beginning at 10 a.m. Sundays, but that could all change Tuesday, Sept. 12. That’s when a public hearing before the Waynesville Board of Aldermen will presumably determine if the change from noon will take place; input from the public is expected to guide aldermen in their vote,

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Sylva revises demonstrations ordinance following Charlottesville violence BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he town of Sylva now has new rules governing when and where parades and demonstrations can take place, with revisions taking place swiftly following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. 11-12. “With today’s society and today’s world, we just want to ensure the safety of all citizens and our town, our officers and out-of-town guests that might come and aren’t aware of the statutes already in place,” Assistant Police Chief Tammy Hooper told the town board during its Aug. 24 meeting. Hooper said that the updated ordinance was mostly revised to incorporate the state statutes so that people navigating it in the future could more easily understand what they are and aren’t allowed to do during a demonstration. “I’ll be honest with you, until we started really looking at the statutes I was not aware of everything that was in those statutes, so it was a very good learning experience for myself,” Hooper said. “It’s an outline for the applicant, it’s an outline for the people around us and it’s also an outline for the officers.” However, in addition to specifying that animals can’t be used in demonstrations, that “masks, hoods or other items that could be construed to intimidate other persons” aren’t allowed and banning weapons — all regulations that are already in state law — the ordinance includes some substantive changes too. Namely, it requires that groups apply for a permit at least seven days before the event is to take place and outlines a list of reasons for which the police department can refuse to grant a permit. Commissioner David Nestler felt those changes were significant enough that the board should postpone voting on them. “I think there are some pretty drastic changes in this,” he said. “It doesn’t feel right to be provided this and less than 48 hours later vote on it with no public input.” In particular, Nestler took issue with a line that allows the police department to refuse a permit if “the time and place are inappropriate to the peace and security of the community.”

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“This just leaves it too far up to discretion. ‘Time and place are inappropriate’ — you can regulate time and place of protest, but you can’t designate it per individual event,” he said. “This gives the ability to do that.” Town Attorney Eric Ridenhour, who worked with Hooper to draft the ordinance revisions, said that line was intended to prevent protests from happening during exceptionally busy times — such as the solar eclipse — when law enforcement

email marketing system. This session will show participants how to set up basics so they can start their own email marketing. Meanwhile, the women’s business networking luncheons are scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sept. 6 in Macon County and at 11 a.m. on Sept. 7 in Jackson County. Both events are sponsored by the Western Carolina Women’s Business Center at Carolina Small Business Development Fund. Lunch will be provided. To register for the email marketing seminar, the women’s luncheons or any of the other free seminars and events presented by SCC’s Small Business Center, visit http://bit.ly/ncsbcn.

wouldn’t have had the capacity to ensure that a protest could proceed safely. “You have every right to protest against the statue, but that is not the time or place to do that,” Ridenhour said concerning discussions the week before about potentially protesting the Confederate monument at the Jackson County Public Library during the solar eclipse festivities. “We are swamped with law enforcement, all hands on deck. We could not possibly police that at the same time.” The Jackson County NAACP, for example, had wanted to hold a candlelight vigil for the victims of the violence in Charlottesville the weekend of the eclipse but, at the police department’s request, held the demonstration Saturday, Aug. 26, instead. “I get it for the eclipse,” Nestler said. “That’s an extreme circumstance. It can be used at any time.” Other sections of the ordinance already say that permits can be denied if the demonstration is “reasonably likely to result in violence” or if there isn’t enough law enforcement available to police it, so why is the broader section about the time and place being inappropriate even necessary, Nestler asked. “To my knowledge there has never been a permit that has been denied,” Hooper said. “I know, but you’re not always going to be the police chief,” Nestler said. “There will be

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people behind you and I feel like this gives too much discretion for denial.” “At that point you need to trust your town leaders to make sure their best interests are keeping the town safe,” replied Town Manager Paige Dowling. “I do, but the ordinance already prevents anything dangerous from happening,” Nestler said. “I don’t understand why we need to give more grounds for denial of a protest.” In a follow-up interview, Hooper said that the language before the revision had been even more vague and maintained that the language Nestler disputed is, in fact, necessary to keep the town safe. “Yes, I do feel the amended language was necessary because we want to be sure protests are conducted in the safest and most peaceful way possible,” she said. “Our overall goal is to protect the community.” Commissioner Greg McPherson wasn’t bothered by the grounds for denial but questioned increasing the advance notice required for a permit from 24 hours to seven days. “Twenty-four hours doesn’t give enough notice to reschedule to allow for overtime pay to bring in officers who may be in Asheville,” Ridenhour said. “Is that something you’ve had a problem with in the past?” asked McPherson. “Yes,” Hooper replied. “If we have multiple groups, we’re going to have to reach out to other agencies.” In a follow-up interview, Hooper clarified that approving a permit won’t take seven days in every case, but rather that the revised ordinance allows the department up to seven days to revise work schedules and make other accommodations necessary for the demonstration to proceed. Ultimately, the ordinance passed 4-1 with only Nestler opposed. “David [Nestler] don’t like it, but I like it,” said Commissioner Harold Hensley. “I think they (the police department) should have all the right in the world to control things like that. If you can’t trust your town manager or your police department, who can you trust?” “I appreciate all the hard work that everybody has put into doing this and trying to spell out for people what North Carolina statutes are in place already that people don’t know about,” Mayor Lynda Sossamon added. “I think it will allow for peaceful parades and demonstrations.”

the Joyce C. Dugan Cultural Arts Center in Cherokee. There are several phases of the competition, including fitness, talent, eveningwear, interview and on-stage question. Contestants are encouraged to have a strong commitment to community service work, travel and should be ready to enjoy new and exciting opportunities. Young ladies between the ages of 17 and 23 that live, work full-time or attend school in Western North Carolina are eligible. Deadline to enter will be Sunday, Sept. 24. For ticket inquiries and questions, email blueridgevalleypageants@gmail.com.

Bryson City applies for sewer improvement grant to where the street connects to Main Street. The project would include replacing about 2,700 linear feet of 6-inch diameter ductile iron waterline pipes with new ductile iron pipes and replace 2,700 linear feet of 10-inch vitrified clay sewer line pipes with new, ductile iron pipes. The town has applied for a CDBG grant three times in the past but hasn’t ever been awarded the funds as they typically go to more urban areas where the funding dollars go a lot further. In the mountains where homes are more spaced out and the terrain is steeper, the grant funding doesn’t impact as many residents. However, it’s still an important project for the town to improve the system’s infiltration and inflow problems. “It would be a big deal to get this,” said

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and the benefits of keeping it in officers’ patrol vehicles. “EMS have been using Narcan for years. Now it has been approved for first responders and lay persons to use,” Cabe told the town board. “It is very safe to use, and we are seeing an increasing need for it in the county. It has a very easy implementation as far as training and the safety aspect.”

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work is always a positive thing,” he said. The group is an affiliate organization of the North Carolina League of Municipalities formed specifically to provide a platform for all of the state’s mayors to work together to address the major goals and challenges of cities and towns. The board approved its bylaws this week and will Bob Scott begin meeting in coming weeks to organize around specific policy goals, as well as to share best practices that can improve quality of life. “The North Carolina Mayors Association will offer a tremendous opportunity for N.C. mayors to network and

learn from each other. Good government happens when we all work together and mayors can be the influence to make that occur,” said Wake Forest Mayor and board chair Vivian Jones. “I know Mayor Scott will do a great job and will bring a unique perspective to our discussions based on his experiences in Franklin.” Scott has served as Franklin’s mayor since 2013 and served as a town alderman for 11 years prior to that. He is up for election again this November and is once again running unopposed. He also serves on the N.C. League of Municipalities Board of Directors. The North Carolina Mayors Association will hold its first official meeting on Sept. 20 in Greenville in conjunction with CityVision 2017, the N.C. League of Municipalities annual conference. — Jessi Stone, News Editor

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Franklin Mayor Bob Scott will help lead a new organization of North Carolina mayors dedicated to improving life in all the state’s municipalities by focusing public attention on finding solutions to critical issues . Scott is one of 11 North Carolina mayors selected to serve on the new North Carolina Mayors Association Board of Directors and will serve as vice-chair of the board. Scott said he hopes the board can find solutions to many of the issues and challenges all municipalities in the state are facing. “I want everyone to see that we have common problems, and the fact we can come together and discuss these problems and talk about what works and doesn’t

Cabe said the town would pay the upfront cost but wouldn’t have to pay to replace each kit used by Franklin police officers. When a county ambulance comes to transport the overdose patient, EMS will replace the patrolman’s kit from the ambulance. “You only have to replace it if it goes out of date,” Cabe said, adding that kits have a one-year shelf life. Cabe said the only side effects from Narcan could “EMS have been using Narcan for occur after the reversal, which is why it’s crucial that patients years. Now it has been approved be taken to the hospital for for first responders and lay persons evaluation after it’s administered. to use.” The county EMS’s average response time is less than 10 — Jeremy Cabe, Macon County EMS supervisor minutes, but Franklin’s average response time in town is less than 5 minutes, which means Franklin Cabe said Macon County has adminisofficers are likely to be the first on the tered 67 doses of Narcan since January. Since 2013, Narcan has helped reverse about scene and can save someone’s life if they’re overdosing. 7,000 drug overdoses in North Carolina. “It’s saved a bunch of lives,” Mayor Bob The Franklin board approved equipping all 18 of its patrol vehicles with a Narcan kit. Scott said. “The opioid situation is not getting better.” Each kit costs $39.20.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR he Franklin Town Council recently approved a $700 expense that will allow the town’s police force to be armed with a life-saving drug Narcan. Narcan (naloxone) is a nasal spray that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose when administered. Since the Good Samaritan law was changed a few years ago to allow people to administer the drug without fear of liability, more and more law enforcement agencies have been keeping a supply on hand and training their officers on the proper way to administer it when they come into contact with a possible overdose. Jeremy Cabe, Macon County’s EMS supervisor, recently made a presentation before the Franklin board about the drug

Mayor Tom Sutton. “I think we’ve lucked out during drought years but now we’ve had a lot of rain and the infiltration is getting worse.” Town Manager Chad Simons agreed that the infiltration problems in the Carringer Street area have been well documented for several years. “I can’t emphasize enough — most of our water and sewer system folks can’t see it but we really need this grant,” he said. By law, the town board had to hold a public hearing regarding the grant application, but no one from the public spoke during the Aug. 22 hearing. The grant doesn’t require any kind of financial match from the town and shouldn’t require any residents to be displaced during the project.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR fter four failed attempts, the Bryson City Board of Aldermen is once again applying for a Community Development Block Grant to make much-needed water and sewer improvements to its wastewater system. The town plans to apply for $1.7 million from the funding available through the Housing and Community Development Act. The infrastructure program can fund a range of water and sewer projects to decrease water loss or low water pressure problems in distribution systems, or replace failed septic systems and contaminated or dried up wells. The grant would allow the town to complete a pipe replacement project on Carringer Street along the Tuckasegee River

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Tribal Council candidates speak Eight incumbents face 16 challengers Sept. 7 BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ith the election for Cherokee Tribal Council just one week away, The Smoky Mountain News continues its series profiling the 24 candidates running for election to one of 12 Tribal Council seats. Voters will choose two representatives from each of six townships. The slate of candidates includes eight incumbents — Adam Wachacha and Albert Rose, profiled below, are among them — four people who have previously served on Tribal Council but are not currently seated, and 12 candidates hoping to win election for the first time. Profiles on additional candidates are available through story links at http://bit.ly/2von4B3. Election Day is Thursday, Sept. 7, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Adam Wachacha, 40 Snowbird/Cherokee County Tribal Council Reason to run: “I am running for re-election because I believe our tribe needs experienced leaders. I have dedicated my life to public service and I feel I need to set that example for my children.” Background: Wachacha has served four terms on Tribal Council and is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served for 13 years. Improving recreational and educational services for tribal members has been his focus while in office. He is the son of former Snowbird Adam Wachacha councilmember Abraham Wachacha. Wachacha and his wife have five children. Top priorities if re-elected: Construct an assisted living facility and newer recreational complex for the Snowbird and Cherokee County communities. Work to sustain Cherokee language and culture. Opinion on 2015-2017 Tribal Council: “My experience as a Tribal Council member has been rewarding, but I have learned the most about tribal government through the toughest decisions. I have tried to balance my decisions between protecting our tribal assets and working on behalf of tribal members.”

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Reason to run: “I believe our tribal leaders should be committed to preserv-

On the ballot In each community, voters will elect two of four General Election candidates to serve a two-year term on Tribal Council. The following list of candidates is ordered based on the number of votes received in June’s Primary Election. BIG COVE • Richard French* • Perry Shell** • Lori Taylor • Fred Penick BIRDTOWN • Albert Rose* • Travis Smith* • Boyd Owle • Ashley Sessions PAINTTOWN • Tommye Saunooke* • Terri Henry** • Lisa Taylor • Yona Wade

SNOWBIRD/ CHEROKEE COUNTY • Janell Rattler • Bucky Brown • Adam Wachacha* • Larry Blythe*** WOLFETOWN/BIG Y • Bo Crowe* • Jeremy Wilson • Sam “Frell” Reed • Bill Taylor* YELLOWHILL • David Wolfe** • Tom Wahnetah • Charles Penick • Anita Welch Lossiah*

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ing our cultural heritage and history and that we should work to expand our land base. I have supported our housing, technology and health care programs. I will continue to work to provide more educational and job opportunities.” Background: Rose has served two terms on Tribal Council, focusing on improving Albert Rose services to tribal members, representing the tribe in Washington, D.C., and improving economic opportunities on the Qualla Boundary. Before joining Tribal Council, he worked 20 years for UPS. Top priorities if re-elected: Fight the war against the opioid and Hepatitis C epidemic. Improve educational and job opportunities for tribal members. Opinion on 2015-2017 Tribal Council: “As an elected official I can only speak to the job that I have done while sitting on Tribal Council. I have always promised to put our tribe first and I believe that I kept that promise.”

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MARY WACHACHA Wachacha’s main goal as vice chief would be to support the chief ’s agenda and to help the legislative and executive branches work together for the good of the people. She’d also like work on downtown revitalization in Cherokee, create a branch of govern-

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER here’s still no guarantee whether a special election will be held to choose the next vice chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, but that hasn’t stopped at least five people from announcing their intention to run for the seat. The vice chief ’s seat has been vacant since May 25, when then-Principal Chief Patrick Lambert was removed from office by impeachment and then-Vice Chief Richard Sneed was sworn in as principal chief. A slowmotion debate over how to fill the vice chief ’s seat has unfolded ever since, with many members of the public demanding a special election. Meanwhile, a significant number of Tribal Council members felt that tribal law did not allow a special election under the circumstances — Tribal Council discussed the issue during special-called meetings June 15 and July 27 before voting narrowly Aug. 3 to hold the election. The consensus was that Tribal Council should amend the election ordinance to ensure that the law explicitly allows for such an election, but since election laws can’t be changed during an election year, that amendment would have to wait until after new Tribal Council members were seated in October, meaning that a new vice chief could-

n’t be sworn in until December. The resolution calling for the special election still lacks a signature from Sneed, however. Sneed has 30 days from the Aug. 3 vote to either veto or ratify the resolution, with a third option to allow it to sit for the full 30 days and go into effect without a signature. The resolution was passed by a 57-43 vote; overturning a veto would require at least 66 votes in favor of the special election. Immediately following the Aug. 3 meeting, Councilmember Teresa McCoy, of Big Cove, announced her intention to run for the vice chief seat — her candidacy is featured in the Aug. 9 issue of The Smoky Mountain News. Gary Ledford and Sharri Pheasant have also made public Teresa McCoy announcements that they plan to run but did not return requests for interview. Vice chief hopefuls Mary Wachacha and Trudy Crowe are featured below.

allow her to help the tribe heal and move forward if she were elected as vice chief. “I want to come in and work with council, work with the new chief, and start some healing processes so that we can get our tribe moving and our programs back in line,” she said. “Right now it looks like there’s a lot of things that are being done spitefully.” Her top priority if elected would be to get the executive and legislative branches working together once more — while the drug epidemic and the housing shortage are important problems to tackle, she believes the tribe won’t make any progress toward solving them if the branches don’t first start working together. Crowe, 52, is curTrudy Crowe rently the wellness manager at the Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center and has worked for the federal government for 21 years, often working on budget and policy building during that time. Earlier in her career, she was a registered nurse at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. She holds bachelor’s degrees in nursing and psychology from the University of North Dakota and a certificate in health care management from Jones International University. Crowe has served as a member of the Big Y Community Club and Community Club Council, which includes representatives from all Cherokee communities.

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ment dedicated to tribal culture and history, enact a constitution and address the housing crisis. “I would like to see our government actually function as a government,” she said. “In my opinion we do not function as a government.” A member of the Yellowhill community, Wachacha, 68, has run for Tribal Council twice and lost narrowly both times. She graduated from Western Carolina University in 1971 and then traveled to the African country of Tunisia, where she spent two years teaching as a member of the Peace Corps. She then returned to WCU and graduated with a master’s degree in public health in 1975, teaching Mary Wachacha physical education at Cherokee Elementary School for 13 years before taking a job at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. By the time she retired in 2013 she was a division director of the federal Indian Health Service managing a $358 million budget. Wachacha is married with four children and four grandchildren and is currently working on a book about the modern history of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

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Get busy living, or get busy dying uring the 1970s, my dad spent some time in prison. For over three years, he taught GED prep classes at the old Craggy Prison that still stands barricaded on Riverside Drive in Asheville. I’ve always known he taught inmates, but only recently have I become intrigued about this time in his life. Something about losing my mom at a relatively young age has made me latch onto everything my dad says. Both my mom and dad lived tragically enchanting lives worthy of movie plots. I know bits and pieces of their many stories, but not enough. I’m a lover of stories, and last August, I lost one of my beloved storytellers. But I still have one here on earth and I can’t take that for granted. One day my parents’ stories will be the livColumnist ing memory helping my heart beat. When I think of my childhood years, I recall my dad having an array of friends. From the political leaders of Madison County to top educators of Asheville City Schools to recently-released prisoners, my dad has the ability to see the good in people and be a friend to many, no matter their background or standing. I remember him telling me he taught night classes to prisoners, but my dad is such a unique man with so many talents, I didn’t find this odd in the least, even when I was a very young girl. The other day, I started thinking how cool it was he did this. I mentioned Papa Bill’s time at Craggy Prison to my little boys, and they wanted to see the old relic. So, the next time we were in Asheville, I drove over to Riverside Drive, pulled up partway on the entrance hill and showed them the foreboding building. I could sense the ghosts but in true kid-like fashion, they weren’t scared as much as awestruck. A lot of questions ensued and at that moment, I realized I didn’t know enough of this story.

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Disparaging terms are divisive To the Editor: I am growing increasingly weary of hearing and reading the far right’s use of disparaging terms to describe those who possess liberal thinking. What is wrong with a spirit of generosity and compassion toward those less fortunate than you or of different cultures, i.e., “bleeding-heart liberal”? Is it better to be hard-hearted or have a heart of stone? What is wrong with considering the feelings and dignity of others by being “politically correct”? Would you insult and deride those different than you or deprive them of their civil rights? When did education and critical thinking become a bad thing as in the “cultural elite.” Wouldn’t you rather have a president and lawmakers who are smarter than you? I, for one, wear these labels proudly even though this divisive language is apparently

don’t care what you know until they know you care.” These men knew first and foremost my dad cared, so they listened. They listened, they learned and they achieved. During my dad’s time at Craggy, he established a prison library in a mobile building on the premises. He let the community know about the library and books were donated from all types of people and establishments. When I listen to his stories I can’t help but think of Tim Robbins in Craggy Prison. “Shawshank Redemption” doing the same things, although he was a prisoner himself. Ironically, a friend recently sent me a clip from “Shawshank Redemption.” My friend and I had just had a conversation about perseverance. It’s the scene where Robbins finally gets word and a check from the state allowing him to expand the prison library. Robbins wrote a letter of request every week for six years until he was finally approved. With all this prison talk, I decided to watch the movie in its entirety. It was the first time I’d watched it since high school and man, it’s a good movie. In it, Robbins’ character famously says, “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.” When my dad talks about his time at the prison, his face lights up. I can tell it was a life honor to make a differMy dad said they had to take their test with an armed ence in the lives of many broken men. My dad dodged being a guard standing directly over them. broken man himself so his compassion for the inmates was When and if they were released, having earned their GED raw and knowing. significantly improved their chances of finding a job. Some I told my dad I want to go on a long road trip in his RV weren’t concerned about passing the GED. Some took my with a pen and notepad in my hand. His only two tasks are to dad’s class to learn to read. drive and talk. There are so many stories in that mind of his. I My dad developed strong relationships with many of these want them out in the universe. men. He told me of one large, burly Native American man Despite a life of hardships and heartaches, my dad’s never with the name Walkingstick. For reference, my dad is exactly been busy dying. In fact, he’s been very busy living. It’s my the size of Barney Fife, so the two of them made an unlikely pair, but they had a mutual respect and concern for one anoth- goal to do the same and to ensure his life’s adventures are always remembered. er. Walkingstick was one of a number of gentleman my dad (Susanna Barbee lives in Haywood County. talked about. susanna.barbee@gmail.com.) There’s a quote in education that states, “Your students At dinner the other night, I asked my dad to tell me about it. In the early 1970s, he was hired by AB-Tech to teach GED prep classes to inmates. Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., he entered Craggy to be searched and processed before starting class at 6:30 pm. His students earned a spot in his class and once they finished, they could take the GED. Most passed, many with outstanding scores.

LETTERS meant to insult and demean. Like all name-calling, use of this verbiage serves to objectify and dehumanize those at which is directed. Once you do that it is easier to deprive them of respect and their basic human rights. Isn’t it time to stop this bullying and try to see the common ground between us instead of the constant undermining of this process by hateful epithets? Judy Stockinger Franklin

Rep. Meadows is hung up on the wall To the Editor: Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, does a disservice to all Americans, but particularly to legal immigrants, by fanning the flames of xenophobia with unsubstantiated claims of terrorists crossing our southern border. He cites one case. I’m not buying it. I’m much more concerned about our own home-grown

terrorists (think Charlottesville). He proposes spending the massive amount of $15 billion to build an unnecessary wall, plus infrastructure, along the border while much-needed repairs to failing infrastructure nationwide go without funding. I strongly object to directing money toward this project when it could be used elsewhere in ways that would truly benefit our country (water supplies and safety, highways and bridges, healthcare facilities, education, etc.). Is this an effort to placate supporters or could it possibly be an effort to redirect attention from healthcare? His last effort to do that was holding his only town hall meeting in a small town at the far edge of his district, but the auditorium was packed anyway. That didn’t work; I don’t think this effort will work either. The demand for affordable health care is not going to go away, but I hope the misdirected efforts toward building a wall disappear as more and more people understand the true costs and the consequences. Joanne Strop Waynesville

Help needed in Mission-BCBS fight To the Editor: The ugly fight between Blue Cross and Mission Hospital has no winners. Thousands of Western North Carolina residents stand to get hurt. It appears the parties are unable to even have a civil conversation. So my question is why aren’t our elected officials — Rep. Michelle Presnell, RBurnsville, Rep. Mike Clampbitt, R-Bryson City, Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, and U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, doing something to ensure health care access for their constituents and protecting hundreds of health care jobs? They have voted to push Medicaid in North Carolina into a for-profit corporate structure, refused to expand Medicaid, and on the part of Rep. Meadows supported a proposed federal budget that would cut up to $700 billion from Medicaid, which will badly hurt nursing

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We need some constructive dialogue To the Editor: It is very disappointing that a clear and unequivocal condemnation of the KKK, American Nazis and the companion white supremacist movements — truly the focal point of events in Charlottesville — is not the starting point of every conversation on the monuments issues. The monuments issues are deserving of public discourse, but this conversation must be based on a 100 percent explicit universal rejection of these odious movements. Their adherents and supporters must understand that there is absolutely no place anywhere in the American political dialogue for their beliefs. On this, there are no two sides. This is about who we are morally as a people. Building on this foundation, we can have a respectful public discussion on the monuments issues. Our political and community leaders at every level should be just that — leaders —with the courage to offer and discuss ideas leading to dialogue and solutions, not just slogans, and

with the ability to listen carefully to views articulated within the broad mainstream of who we are as a people. We have the same duties as citizens. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, has stepped forward with proposals for North Carolina that deserve serious consideration. They include providing our N.C. communities with the ability to conduct their own dialogue and make their own decisions. Within the broad mainstream, we will not succeed by trying to shout each other down, verbally or in print. Likewise, we will not succeed with language equating each other with Hitler’s Nazis, Mao’s Red Guard, Soviet Leninists and ISIS terrorists, comparisons that are especially offensive to millions who were genuinely persecuted or worse by these regimes. Not incidentally, those personally offended also include many among us who lost family members along the way. We will not succeed by charging each other with trying to change history. When it comes to addressing and solving problems, we can do better than that. The American artist Norman Rockwell made a wonderful contribution to American life by picturing who we are as a people. His illustrations are especially timely now and perhaps it would serve all of us well to look at them now. Bob Savelson Cashiers and Washington, D.C.

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To the Editor: Let’s all agree on one fact: had the South won the war slavery would have persisted in the Southern states and likely would have been accepted by some of the newly formed territories and states in the Midwest. We can likely all agree on a second fact: in 1859, there was a United States of America and it was a democracy, at least for white men, that had been in existence for more than 60 years and whose leaders had been elected by voters. When a group of states got its feelings hurt because they didn’t have the votes to control this or that agenda, including slavery, they attacked the U. S. government and that led to hundreds of thousands of people dieing and untold economic losses. That is known as domestic terrorism. Jefferson Davis was not elected by Southern voters until seven months after the war had started. He won with 97 percent of the vote as there was no opposition. Very democratic. Like most wars, the upper class lured the working classes into battle by creating false grievances when the reality was the rich were trying to protect their social standing and wealth. And much of that wealth was built on the backs of humans who had been ripped from their families in Africa, chained in boats often owned by wealthy northerners and were imprisoned in labor camps called plantations as well as a few local farms. I am one who believes that memorials erected on government property that attempt to shed glory on that war, most of which were erected at a time when black people and women had no meaningful say in our government, should be removed. Should they be destroyed? No. If the Sons of Confederate Soldiers or even the despicable KKK want to put up or shut up, buy the monuments, buy your own land and display the history for anyone who chooses to see it or even donate them to a public civil war museum. But it is a travesty, viewed daily by millions of black Americans, for any democratically elected body from our town and county governments on up to have such memorials on property that is owned by all of us. Please also remember that in 1940 when the memorial was placed in front of they Haywood County Courthouse, that courthouse contained a balcony in its courtroom that black people, and others “of color,” had to sit in so that white people

didn’t have to mingle with them while doing the court’s business. Enough is enough. Bob Clark Waynesville

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2017

To the Editor: I read your article about the monuments. Well-written, but I think you’re missing the point. This current political issue is not about the Confederacy or slavery, it’s about widening the divide between us. Liberals, and in particular the liberal media, seek to create issues where there are none so they can confront and then shove their own politics down the throats of their neighbors. Two months ago, 99.99-percent of all Americans did not give a single thought to statues or plaques honoring Confederate soldiers. It was not an issue. Some liberal, most likely white, sitting on some council in Charlottesville decided that he or she needed to straighten some things out. Great idea! What did it yield? KKK and Nazis who had been mute and nearly nonexistent are suddenly in the papers, on the TV and all over the internet. Violent “anti” fascists are put forth as the good guys. The two groups of boneheads meet, conflict erupts, a young girl is killed, families are scarred and the country is more divided than ever. Do you think we should give the Charlottesville City Council an “atta boy” for this? The bathroom issue in North Carolina was the same thing. Almost no one cared if someone whose wires are crossed in regards to their gender used the boy’s bathroom or the girl’s bathroom. Some liberal in Charlotte did and they needed to straighten the rest of us out. Great idea! What did it yield? The state lost tens of millions of dollars, businesses would not locate here, bathrooms across the country are a mess and third-grade boys in California schools are being helped by their teachers to make the transition to become girls. Nice job Charlotte, “Atta boy” … or girl, or whatever! Media jobs attract liberals. Liberals like to straighten the rest of us out, they love to tend to someone else’s business. Just ask them, they are convinced that they are smarter, wiser and kinder than anyone who does not agree with them. Liberals are unified. Like the lemmings they all run in the same direction no matter where that path is heading. Most have no clue or care as to what that path will yield. They believe that they are righteous and that is all that matters. Old friend, you called our president of six months the great divider. You may wish to look in the mirror on that one. After all, when it comes down to it you and your newspaper just tow the party line.

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tasteTHEmountains Taste the Mountains is an ever-evolving paid section of places to dine in Western North Carolina. If you would like to be included in the listing please contact our advertising department at 828.452.4251 BLOSSOM ON MAIN 128 N. Main Street, Waynesville. 828.454.5400. Open for lunch and dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Mild, medium, to hot and spicy, our food is cooked to your like-able temperature. Forget the myth that all Thai food is spicy. Traditional Thai food is known to be quite healthy, making use of natural and fresh ingredients, paired with lots of spices, herbs, and vegetables. Vegetarians and health conscious individuals will not be disappointed as fresh vegetables and tofu are available in most of our menu as well as wines and saki chosen to compliment the unique flavors of Thai cuisine.

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

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BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Monday through Saturday. Dinner 5 to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Closed on Sunday. We specialize in hand-cut, all natural steaks from local farms, incredible burgers, and other classic american comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. BREAKING BREAD CAFÉ 6147 Hwy 276 S. Bethel (at the Mobil Gas Station) 828.648.3838 Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chef owned and operated. Our salads are made in house using local seasonal vegetables. Fresh roasted ham, turkey and roast beef used in our hoagies. We hand make our own eggplant and chicken parmesan, pork meatballs and hamburgers. We use 1st quality fresh not preprepared products to make sure you get the best food for a reasonable price. We make vegetarian, gluten free and sugar free items. Call or go to Facebook (Breaking Bread Café NC) to find out what our specials are. CATALOOCHEE RANCH 119 Ranch Dr., Maggie Valley. 828.926.1401. Family-style breakfast seven days a week, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. – with eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes, and always all-you-can-eat. Lunch menu every day from 12 to 2 p.m. Dinner

becomes a gourmet experience this year with the arrival of our new Chef CJ, whose training and skills include French, Mediterranean, Asian, Middle Eastern and, of course, New Age Southern cuisine. Saturday night will feature an evening cookout on the terrace, with choices such as steak, salmon, ribs and shrimp. On other nights of the week, the chef will prepare gourmet dinners with locally sourced vegetables, homemade breads, jellies and desserts. We also offer a fine selection of wine and beer. The evening social hour starts at 6 p.m., and dinner is served starting at 7 p.m. Please join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view. Reservations are required. CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville. 828.246.6505. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Mouthwatering all beef burgers and dogs, hand-dipped, hand-spun real ice cream shakes and floats, fresh hand-cut fries. Locally sourced beef. Indoor and outdoor dining. facebook.com/ChurchStreetDepot, twitter.com/ChurchStDepot. CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva. 828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine. Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more. Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly. Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com.

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THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville. 828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter. COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley. 828.926.1820 Winter hours: Wednesday through Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service. FERRARA PIZZA & PASTA 243 Paragon Parkway, Clyde. 828.476.5058. Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 12 to 8 p.m. Real New Yorkers. Real Italians. Real Pizza. A full service authentic Italian pizzeria and restaurant from New York to the Blue Ridge. Dine in, take out, and delivery. Check out our daily lunch specials plus customer appreciation nights on Monday and Tuesday 5 to 9 p.m. with large cheese pizzas for $9.95. 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. J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817. Open for dinner at 4:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open yearround. Children always welcome. Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated. JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era. MAD BATTER FOOD & FILM 617 W. Main Street Downtown Sylva. 828.586.3555. Open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday brunch 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Handtossed pizza, steak sandwiches, wraps, salads and desserts. All made from scratch. Beer and wine. Free movies Thursday trought Saturday. Visit madbatterfoodfilm.com for this week’s shows.

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 828.926.0201 Home of the Maggie Valley Pizzeria. We deliver after 4 p.m. daily to all of Maggie Valley, J-Creek area, and Lake Junaluska. Monday through Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. country buffet and salad bar from 5 to 9 p.m. $11.95 with Steve

SAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE 1941 Champion Drive, Canton 828.646.3750 895 Russ Ave., Waynesville 828.452.5822. Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Carry out available. Sagebrush features hand carved steaks, chicken and award winning BBQ ribs. We have fresh salads, seasonal vegetables and scrumptious deserts. Extensive selection of local craft beers and a full bar. Catering special events is one of our specialties. 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 BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. 828.456.3551. Open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, the Tap Room Bar & Grill has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Full bar and wine cellar. www.thewaynesvilleinn.com. WAYNESVILLE PIZZA COMPANY 32 Felmet Street, Waynesville. 828.246.0927. Open Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday noon to 9 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Opened in May 2016, The Waynesville Pizza Company has earned a reputation for having the best hand-tossed pizza in the area. Featuring a custom bar with more than 20 beers and a rustic, family friendly dining room. Menu includes salads, burgers, wraps, hot and cold sandwiches, gourmet pizza, homemade desserts, and a loaded salad bar. The Cuban sandwich is considered by most to be the best in town.

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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.

Whiddon on piano. Friday and Saturday: 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 to 8 p.m. 11:30 to 3 p.m. family style, fried chicken, ham, fried fish, salad bar, along with all the fixings, $11.95. Check out our events and menu at rendezvousmaggievalley.com

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The music of the heart

48th annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER It gets to the point without distraction. Folk music — the intersection of the human heart and the greater world — lies at the foundation of American culture. From the folk traditions and musicians of the British Isles that eventually made their way to the high peaks and low valleys of Southern Appalachia centuries ago, folk music is a timeless sound nurturing urgent lyrics. “Music is both a piece of history and ever evolving,” said singer-songwriter Lorraine Conard. “Some performers are historians who beautifully preserve snapshots of music as it was at a particular time and place, [while] others are part of the ebb and flow of the evolution of tradition, growing and stretching its borders — many performers are both.” Celebrating its 48th installment, the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival in Lake Junaluska is a testament to the strength and importance of these types of music (folk, bluegrass, mountain, Americana) as we push further into the 21st century, a time and place nowadays where so much noise tends to drown out our thoughts, concerns, hopes, and dreams. “Well, I think that folk music especially resonates with a lot of people that are searching for some kind of authenticity, particularly in a

time when so much of this country's culture has become homogenized,” said William Ritter. “It's also a participatory music. So, much of it is meant for singing along, or dancing with. I think that millennials especially are drawn to creative outlets that they can be a part of and that's an important aspect of what folk music is all about.” A popular regional musician in his own right, Ritter was recently awarded an M.A. in Appalachian Culture and Music from Appalachian State University in Boone. He not only plays traditional music, he also deeply studies and researches it, sharing with the others the intricate and rich history of these tones and our ancestors who played them. “I think that as a whole, our culture is suffering from this ironic crisis — we have all of these digital outlets to share our voice, but so many people feel like no one is listening.” Ritter said. “Folk music can provide a real outlet, and you don't need to be a brilliant player to belong in that world. You can write your own songs, or draw on a rich universe of music by past musicians. And, there's no stigma of being a ‘cover’ artist. No, ‘Oh, you play other people's music,’ but rather, ‘You play our music.’” And as the festival nears the half-century mark, longtime mountain musician Carol Rifkin (also a beloved radio personality for WNCW 88.7 FM) recognizes the importance of the yearly event, especially as it finds footing in a modern world. “The festival is not only entertaining and

fun, it gives us that sense of security and continuity,” Rifkin said. “Thousands of people will come to see the flash and whirl of dancers, hear the clatter of taps, ring of the banjo, hear fiddlers playing tunes that are centuries old. We

“We have all of these digital outlets to share our voice, but so many people feel like no one is listening.” — William Ritter

know that we’ll come together to perform in the long-time string band tradition and share that joy together as a community, for the public to see — that's priceless and important to

preserve for the future.” Swirling around this year’s festival will undoubtedly be memories of Steve Sutton. Long-time banjoist for festival staple Whitewater Bluegrass Co., Sutton unexpectedly passed away in May at age 60. A Grammynominated and multiple award-winner in the International Bluegrass Music Association, Sutton (a Waynesville native) was as talented as he was a jokester, and boy-o-boy could Sutton spin a yarn. “Steve was not only my good friend for 40-plus years, but he was also a coach, teacher, arranger, and solid musician for Whitewater Bluegrass Co. and other regional bands,” said Sutton’s WBC bandmate Bill Byerly. “One thing I’ve learned about myself (with Steve’s passing) is to appreciate every moment, especially with friends and musical family. I know without a doubt Steve would look down right now and say, ‘Get with it’ — the show must go on.”

Want to go? The 48th annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival will be held Sept. 1-2 at the Stuart Auditorium in the Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center. Two nights of the finest traditional music and dance of the Southern Appalachian region, including Whitewater Bluegrass Co., The Trantham Family, Carol Rifkin, William Ritter, Lorraine Conard, Possum on a Whale, and many more. The main shows begin at 6:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday on the grand stage of Stuart Auditorium overlooking beautiful Lake Junaluska. Both nights will include a rich variety of the region's finest fiddlers, banjo players, string bands, ballad singers, buck dancers, and square dance teams as well as the marvelous sounds of dulcimer, harmonica, jew's harp, bagpipes, spoons, saws, and folk ensembles. Tickets are $12 per person, with lodging packages available. For more information, to see the full performance schedule and/or to purchase tickets, call 828.452.2881 or visit www.lakejunaluska.com.

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD

The great “Ice Storm of 1998” overtook large swaths of Canada and the northeast.

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD The 111th Canton Labor Day Festival featuring STAFF WRITER Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Balsam Range, I can still feel the cold air, the Chatham County Line and David Holt will be sense of hopelessness. Sept. 3-4 in downtown. Watching the clips of the Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will massive rainfall and flooding in host a “Bluegrass Festival” from 1 to 6 p.m. Houston and greater Texas this Saturday, Sept. 2. week, I can’t help but simply direct my eyes towards the conBluegrass act Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley will fused, helpless faces, the scenes perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the of utter destruction at the hands Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. of Hurricane Harvey. It conjured a slew of images in my own memSaturdays on Pine (Highlands) will host Darren ory of the “North American Ice & the Buttered Toast (funk/soul) at 6 p.m. Storm of 1998.” Sept. 2 Though the title above was Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) the “official name” of that weathwill host Plankeye Peggy (rock/Americana) at er event, we called it the “North 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. County Ice Storm of ‘98.” Coming into Christmas 1997, I Surrounded by cornfields, the large abode was a seventh-grader at Northeastern was mostly heated by a woodstove (an oil Clinton Central School, a mile or so away from the Canadian border crossing on Route furnace kicked on during those 20-belowzero “three dog nights”), where it left our 276 (Upstate New York). As a new kid to the upstairs bedroom chilly at night, the kitchen middle school scene, I was a shy, rather tiles frigid on bare feet in search of breakfast. pushed aside adolescent. I was more interScouring the pantry for my usual Frosted ested in history than girls, more about wearFlakes and Nestle Quik, I kept hearing the ing a Grateful Dead shirt than the latest local weatherman mention this impending Abercrombie & Fitch fashions. So, as you can imagine, I spent a lot of time alone at my storm — one of not snow, but freezing rain. By Sunday, Jan. 4, it seemed the storm cafeteria table, or perhaps in the presence — was already gaining momentum — in rather solidarity — of others in my boat. strength and in lore. With a layer of aboveWhile home during Christmas break, I freezing air atop a layer of sub-freezing air, wasn’t looking forward to going back to raindrops would fall into the above-freezing school once early January rolled around. I layer and refreeze once entering the subliked sleeping in, reading my books, and not freezing layer. If the drops don’t immediately having to face the long, daunting walk down freeze, they attach themselves to whatever the seventh-grade hallway to my locker, surface they hit, only to then turn into ice. onward to first period homeroom. This “perfect storm” of air masses (cold Sometime around Saturday, Jan. 3, 1998, northern air and moist southern air) collidI walked into the kitchen of my childhood ed on the Canadian border, right smack home, an 1820 limestone farmhouse.

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where I lived. When it was announced Sunday evening there would be no school on Jan. 5, my little sister and I rejoiced. Over the first couple days, the freezing rain fell, covering our house, barn, cars and nearby large maple trees in several inches of rain. You couldn’t leave the house, you couldn’t get into your car. Everything was silent, except the bonechilling sounds of the large maple trees cracking, branch after branch, in the middle of the night right outside your bedroom window, praying to the heavens one of those limbs wouldn’t come crashing through your roof. That joyous nature of not having to go to school quickly disappeared once day six rolled around, my family huddled around the woodstove in our living room, attentively listening to the small, handheld battery operated radio about updates on the storm, on roads being cleared, on the continued “State of Emergency” for our entire region. There are a million photos taken of the extensive damage left behind by the “North Country Ice Storm of ’98.” Images of whole rows of centuries-old trees decimated, as if an atomic bomb went off in your backyard. Scenes of the National Guard rescuing elderly residents stranded in their homes. Pictures of power lines hanging all over every single road like some long-forgotten cobweb draped over your entire existence. But, very few photos were taken of the damage to my hometown (Rouses Point, New York) seeing as, in essence, most folks couldn’t reach us, being one of the tiny border towns completely cut off from the rest of the world. After 21 days of no power, and pretty much the same amount of days out of school, my classmates and I returned to NCCS, faces bewildered as if we’d seen “some shit.” And we had. My farm friends saw their cows, pigs and chickens die right before their eyes. There were stories of lost loved ones due to freezing temperatures and no electricity, some even perished by making the mistake of leaving their gas generator in the garage or house (ultimately dying from carbon monoxide poisoning). Whenever I get a chance to go home and visit family, I’ll still see remnants of the “North Country Ice Storm of ’98.” You find yourself on some backroad, gazing off towards to the horizon, and there are the maimed maple trees, still standing, but like wounded soldiers of Mother Nature. You might come across some dusty ole T shirt (there are many) in a local Salvation Army that states, “I Survived The Ice Storm Of ’98.” But, even some 19 years later, those memories of that experience remain, where they fill your field-of-vision when you see others going through similar circumstances, with other types of weather in other corners of this country, in the world. And yet, with the terror or sadness, there’s always some glimmer of compassion and promise not far behind. You see it in the eyes of those selfless volunteers, police officers, National Guard, firefighters, etc. Because, at the end of the day, no matter how dire the situation, humanity will always come together for the greater good — something all too short in supply these days. Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y’all.

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Mountain Bluegrass Music & BBQ Featuring: Hill Country Band Possum on a Whale Ol’ Dirt Bathtub Bluegrass act Ol’ Dirty Bathtub will play Sept. 9 in Waynesville. Garret K. Woodward photo

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2017

‘Music at the Mill’ celebrates 12 years Music at the Mill is a celebration of our WNC heritage at the 130-year old Francis Grist Mill which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Enjoy crafts, Mama Moody’s Fried Pies, and Milling Demonstrations. Bring your own lawn chair. Registered service animals only please.

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DIRECTIONS: The 130 yearl old mill is located at 14 Hugh Massie Road, nearby Waynesville, NC.

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The 12th annual “Music at the Mill” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Francis Grist Mill in Waynesville. The 1887 timber frame mill operated until 1976. More than just a place of business, the mill served as the mountain community’s social hub for many of its early years. The great great-granddaughter of the William Francis, who built the mill, did not want to lose this piece of rural mountain heritage, and in 2003 contacted Heritage Conservation Network (now called Adventures in Preservation) for assistance and advice. At that point, the mill was on the verge of collapse. In July 2004, the two organizations hosted a hands-on building conservation workshop, during which volunteers completely stabilized the building’s framing, ensuring it would survive the winter. Two-week workshops were held again in 2005 and 2006. Then, the FMPS organized a number of its own workdays and work-weekends at the site. In July 2007, a new 24-foot water wheel was installed, the third wheel in the mill’s

history. Workers then finished construction on the flume, and repaired the millpond dam. Later, millwright, John Lovett, reassembled the mill machinery, sharpen the millstones (which are original to the Francis Mill) and taught the FMPS volunteers to grind corn. The vast majority of the labor was done by volunteers from near and far, who contributed over 4,600 hours of their time with more than $55,000 of in-kind donations. Fundraising has gone hand in hand with hewing and hammering with funding for the workshops and restoration being provided by grants from SPOOM, the Society for Industrial Archaeology, the Terence L. Mills Preservation Fund for North and South Carolina, the Haywood County Community Foundation, the Bethel Rural Community Organization, the Janirve Foundation and the Steele Reese Foundation, Blue Ridge Heritage Area, as well as many individuals, and Waynesville area businesses. This year’s celebration will include bluegrass and string music from Hill Country Band, Possum on a Whale, and Ol’ Dirty Bathtub. Advance tickets for an afternoon of music are $8 and available by calling 828.456.6307 or Mountain Dreams Realty in Maggie Valley. Tickets bought at the gate will be $12. Bring your lawn chair and join the Francis Mill Preservation Society to celebrate J their accomplishments. Registered service animals only.

Bryson City community jam A community music jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 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 — yearround. This program received support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment of the Arts. 828.488.3030.

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The HillBenders will play Sept. 7 in Cullowhee.

The 2017-2018 WCU PRESENTS Performance Series will open with The HillBenders at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Bardo Arts Center in Cullowhee. A bluegrass group from Springfield, Missouri, The HillBenders will perform “The Who’s, Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry.” The live

performance is a full 75-minute show covering the original album from start to finish with audience participation. Opening act provided by the Jackson County Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM). Nearly 45 years after its original release, this classic of classic rock has now been fully

Performing classic rock and pop hits, Sundown will take the stage during Concerts on the Creek at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, in downtown Sylva. The event is free and open to the public. www.mountainlovers.com.

JAM director at 828.226.3788 or at jcncjam@gmail.com and a registration packet will be mailed to you. You may also e-mail our sponsor, the Jackson County Arts Council at info@jacksoncountyarts.org.

Americana at Marianna As part of a summer series of music, the Marianna Black Library is proud to present the traditional music and storytelling of Lee Knight at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, in Bryson City. Knight currently works as a folk singer,

storyteller and outdoor leader, performing at concerts, workshops, Elderhostels, festivals, camps and schools. He leads hikes, canoe trips and guides whitewater rafts. He plays various instruments, including the fretless five-string banjo, various guitars, the Appalachian dulcimer, the mouth bow, the Cherokee flute and the Cherokee rattle, as well as the Native American drum. This program is free and open to area residents and visitors. The library is located in Downtown Bryson City at the corner of Academy and Rector. 828.488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

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There will be a meeting for parents of interested Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) students at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Jackson County Library Community Room in Sylva. If your child is interested in learning to play Mountain Heritage Music on traditional Appalachian instruments — guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin or autoharp, or if your child has previously been a part of the program and plans to return for the Fall Semester, please attend this meeting to register and to learn about the changes to the JAM program. JAM is open to all Jackson County students grades 3-12, (including home-schools and charter schools). Class will meet on Tuesday afternoons in the music room on the north hall of Cullowhee Valley School, from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m.. Fall semester class dates are Sept. 12Dec. 19. Cost is $95.00. If you have questions or cannot attend this meeting, please contact Betty Brown,

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realized as a full-length bluegrass tribute featuring The HillBenders. Conceived and produced by SXSW co-founder and longtime musician/producer Louis Jay Meyers, this Bluegrass Opry brings a new perspective to Tommy while paying total respect to its creators. Originally composed by guitarist Pete Townshend as a rock opera that tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and the relationship with his family. The original album has sold 20 million copies and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant value.” In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked “Tommy” 96 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Jackson County JAM is an after-school program for children in grades 4-8 and beyond that introduces music through small group instruction on instruments common to the Appalachian region, such as fiddle, banjo and guitar. Each JAM program across the Appalachian region is individually operated and funded. Tickets are $25 for the general public. For tickets and further information, visit bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or call 828.227.ARTS. Bardo Arts Center is home to a 1,000-seat theatre performance hall and the WCU Fine Art Museum, which features year-round modern and contemporary art exhibitions.

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• Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host The Blacktop Laurels (bluegrass/Americana) Sept. 1, a “Bluegrass Festival” from 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 2, Marshall Ballew (Americana/folk) Sept. 8 and Twelfth Fret (Americana) Sept. 9. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. There will also be a “Bluegrass Jam with Heidi” at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

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• Bogart’s Restaurant & Tavern (Waynesville) will host Bull Moose Party (bluegrass) Aug. 31 and Carolina Catskins (bluegrass) Sept. 7. All shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m.

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Americana singer-songwriter and storyteller Marshall Ballew will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Ballew's concert will be a musical and historical journey through the many years and forms of American Folk Music, with its roots in both the Scotch-Irish ballads and tunes of the British Isles, which gave rise to old-time, folk and bluegrass; and the Mother Church of African-American Gospel which birthed jazz, swing, ragtime, and the blues. Ballew will trace the roots and hybrids of all these forms like rockabilly, hokum, rock and roll, and rhythm and blues on a variety of stringed instruments. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the Macon County Public Library.

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• Bosu’s Wine Shop (Waynesville) will host a jazz evening with the Kittle/Collings Duo from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday. Free and open to the public. www.waynesvillewine.com. • The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host Sheila Gordon (piano/vocals) Sept. 9. All shows are free (unless otherwise noted) and begin at 7 p.m. 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Concerts on the Creek (Sylva) will host Sundown (classic rock) Sept. 1 in Bridge Park. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 828.586.2155 or www.mountainlovers.com. • Concerts on the Square (Hayesville) will host Sarah Mac Band Sept. 1 and Gnarly

Fingers (Americana/folk) Sept. 8. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.cccra-nc.org. • Currahee Brewing (Franklin) will host Black Mountain City Limit Sept. 9. Shows are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. www.curraheebrew.com. • The Cut Cocktail Lounge (Sylva) will host an open mic night at 8 p.m. on Mondays. All welcome. 828.631.4795. • Derailed Bar & Lounge (Bryson City) will have music at 7 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.488.8898. • Friday Night Live (Highlands) will host Silly Ridge Round Up (Americana) Sept. 1 and Southern Highlands (Americana) Sept. 8. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org. • Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Marc Keller (singer-songwriter) Sept. 1, Mack McKenzie (singer-songwriter) 2 p.m. Sept. 2, Good Direction Sept. 2 and ‘Round the Fire (rock/acoustic) Sept. 9. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.froglevelbrewing.com. • Groovin’ on the Green (Cashiers) will host Hurricane Creek (rock/blues) Sept. 2 at The Village Green. All shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. www.visitcashiersvalley.com.

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On the beat • Guadalupe Café (Sylva) will host Folks’ Songs (world/fusion) from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays. Free. • Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com. • Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will host a “Jazz Night” from 6 to 8 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. • Maggie Valley Rendezvous will host Stone Crazy Band from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the outside tiki bar. • Music on the River (Cherokee) will host Eastern Blues Band (jazz/blues) Sept. 1 and Will Hayes Band (country/rock) Sept. 2 on the Oconaluftee River Stage. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will host Karaoke with Chris Monteith Sept. 1, Shane Davis (singer-songwriter) Sept. 2, Noah Tyson (singer-songwriter) Sept. 4, Phantom Playboys (surf/swing) Sept. 8 and Todd Day Waits Pigpen (folk/blues) Sept. 9. All shows are free and begin at 9:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nonamesportspub.com.

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• The Oconaluftee Visitor Center (Cherokee) will host a back porch old-time music jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 2. All are welcome to come play or simply sit and listen to sounds of Southern Appalachia. • Pickin’ in the Park (Canton) will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 1 and 8 at the Recreation Park. Free and open to the public. www.cantonnc.com. • Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) will host Charlie Horse (western swing) Sept. 2 and Darren Nicholson Band (Americana/country) Sept. 9. All shows are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. www.townoffranklinnc.com.

• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. on Wednesday with Mike Farrington of Post Hole Diggers. Free and open to the public. • Rendezvous (Maggie Valley) will host Stone Crazy (rock/pop) Sept. 1, Fine Line Sept. 2, Sound Investments Sept. 3, 3rd Wheel Sept. 8, Stone Crazy Sept. 9 and Caribbean Cowboys Sept. 10. All Friday and Saturday shows begin at 6 p.m., with Sunday performances beginning at 3 p.m. • Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, Mile High (classic rock) 8 p.m. Wednesdays, and an Open Jam with Rick 8 p.m. Thursdays.

• Southern Porch (Canton) will host Rhonda Weaver & The Soulmates Sept. 1, Jason Wyatt (singer-songwriter) Sept. 7 and Ben Morgan & Jesse Stephens (singer-songwriter) Sept. 8. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. • The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic” night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com. • Tunes on the Tuck (Bryson City) will host The Caribbean Cowboys (beach/pop) Sept. 2 and Liz & AJ Nance (Americana/folk) Sept. 9 at Riverfront Park. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic with Susan at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host Johnny Monster Band (rock) Sept. 1, Whiskey River Band (Americana) Sept. 2, Styrofoam Turtles Sept. 8 and Phantom Playboys (surf/swing) Sept. 9. All shows begin at 10 p.m.

• Saturdays on Pine (Highlands) will host Darren & the Buttered Toast (funk/soul) Sept. 2. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org.

• Waynesville Pizza Company will have an open mic night at 7 p.m. Sept. 4. Free and open to the public. 828.246.0927 or www.waynesvillepizza.com.

• Sneak E Squirrel Brewing (Sylva) will host line dancing every Friday at 7 p.m. and contra dancing every other Friday at 8 p.m. 828.586.6440.

• Western Carolina University will host Appalachian fiddler Jake Blount from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 7 in the HFR Auditorium. www.wcu.edu.

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• Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) will host Plankeye Peggy (rock/Americana) Sept. 1, Jordan Okrend Experience (Americana) Sept. 2 and Michael Martin Band (Americana) Sept. 8. All shows are free and at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• The Nantahala Outdoor Center (Nantahala Gorge) will host Pioneer Chicken Stand (folk/rock) Sept. 2 and Supertight (funk) Sept. 3. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

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Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band will headline the Fort Tatham Music Fest Sept. 9 in Sylva. The inaugural Fort Tatham Music Fest will take place from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at 175 Tathams Creek Road in Sylva. Musical guests include Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats and The Junction Band, with headliner Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band.

This is a fundraiser for the Savannah Fire Department. Tickets are $10 at the gate. Food vendors and much more. There will be raffles and prizes. Sponsorships available. For more information, call 850.281.1975. Visit the Fort Tatham Facebook page and the Sun Communities website for more information.

the wings by Earl Scruggs, Hensley landed on the Grand Old Opry when he was only 11. He has already in his young life played with Johnny and June Carter Cash, Charlie Daniels, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Janie Fricke. Tickets for the intimate performance are $35. A gourmet mountain dinner will be available for purchase before the show. Reservations are suggested. This show will sellout. To RSVP, call 828.926.1401 or visit www.cataloocheeranch.com.

and one compilation album. When the band called it quits, Crowder immediately began his solo career. His first solo album, “Neon Steeple,” was released in 2014. His first solo single from that album, “I Am,” rose to number three on the Billboard Christian Songs chart. Another song from that album, “Come As You Are,” earned Crowder a Grammy nomination in 2015 for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance or Song. Tickets start at $26 each. To purchase tickets, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

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An American Christian Folktronica musician, Crowder will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. David Wallace Crowder was the lead singer of the David Crowder Band for several years before it disbanded in 2012. As a group, the David Crowder Band released 16 singles, six studio albums, two live records, four EPs,

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Bluegrass act Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Ickes has been playing bluegrass with his much-decorated band Blue Highway for over 20 years, during which time he has been awarded “Bluegrass Dobro Player Of the Year” 15 times by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). Ickes has played on countless sessions, recording with artists such as Merle Haggard, Dierks Bentley, Patty Loveless, and Alison Krauss. He has also helped form a jazz –oriented trio, Three Ring Circle, along with Andy Leftwich and Dave Pomeroy. His most recent album, “Three Bells,” is a true dobro summit, collaborating with fellow greats Jerry Douglas and the late Mike Auldridge. Invited by Marty Stuart and joined from

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Bush, Skaggs to headline Canton Labor Day The 111th Canton Labor Day Festival will be Sept. 3-4 in downtown. The beloved Western North Carolina gathering will feature an array of children’s activities, food and craft vendors, and entertainment throughout the two-day extravaganza. The live music schedule is as follows: Sunday, Sept. 3, at Sorrells Street Park Admission: $10 at gate, $8 in advance at Ingles Markets • 1 p.m. - Grey Wolfe • 1:30 p.m. - Running Wolfe and Renegades • 2 p.m. - Cold Mountain Cloggers • 2:15 p.m. - Smoky Mountain Stompers • 2:30 p.m. Fines Creek Flatfooters • 3 p.m. - McKayla Reece • 5 p.m. - Lyric • 6:30 p.m. - Joe Lasher Jr. • 8 p.m. - Sam Bush

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Sunday, Sept. 3, at Historic Colonial Theatre Free • Mountain Gospel Experience featuring: The Kingsmen, Ila Knight, The Porter Family, and Emcee Tyler Nations

Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs will perform on at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4, during the Canton Labor Day Festival.

For more information, visit www.cantonlaborday.com.

The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department needs leaders for an exciting new activity at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Specifically, eight motivated individuals at least 18 years of age are needed for log rolling trainer.

Log rolling is an aquatic sport and recreational activity in which participants use footwork, core strength, and balance to stay on top of a spinning log in the water. In this case it will be the pool in the Waynesville Recreation Center. This sport offers participants a fun balance challenge with strong fitness benefits.

There will be a barbecue and craft beer tasting from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, departing from Bryson City. Slow-cooked barbecue and ribs, with beer tastings from Hoppy Trout Brewing Company (Andrews) for the adults, age 21 and up. The age 20 and under crowd will enjoy a uniquely crafted root beer by Happy Trout. The train will take you to the Fontana Trestle for a spectacular sunset. For more information and/or to purchase tickets, call 800.872.4681 or visit www.gsmr.com.

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Monday, Sept. 4, at Sorrells Street Park Free • Noon - Vintage Country and J Creek Cloggers, Green Mountain Cloggers, Southern Appalachian Cloggers • 1:30 p.m. - Mars Hills Cloggers • 2:30 p.m. - Chatham County Line • 4 p.m. - David Holt • 5:45 p.m. - Balsam Range • 7:30 p.m. - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

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The "Sips for Snips" fundraiser for Haywood Spay/Neuter will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. The event will offer wine, hors d’oeurves, and drawings for prizes including a $100 gift certificate to Chef's Table, Tiffany Silver Heart Necklace, artwork by Margaret Roberts, and many gift baskets. Meet like-minded pet lovers and the proprietors of Bosu’s who share in the mission. As a bonus, they’re offering special discounts for participants on Sept. 9, with 15-percent off cases and 10-percent off bottles of wine. The fundraiser will help end unintentional breeding of local pets. Controlling pet populations ensures that all pets will have a good home in Haywood County. Your support to Haywood Spay/Neuter helps cover costs for low cost spay/neuter and animal wellness services for local pet owners. Tickets are $30 and are available at Bosu’s or the Haywood Spay/Neuter office at 182 Richland Street in Waynesville. Call 828.452.1329 or www.haywoodspayneuter.org to learn more.

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BOND OVER BONFIRES IN CHEROKEE The Cherokee Bonfire & Storytelling will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 28 at the Oconaluftee Islands Park. Sit by a bonfire, alongside a river, and listen to some of Cherokee’s best storytellers. The bonfire is free and open to the public. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

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shoes. No sandals or flip-flops. For more information, call 828.488.3848.

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• The High Mountain Squares will host their "Juke Box Oldies Dance" from 6:15 to 8:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Franklin. Western Style Square Dancing, main/stream and plus levels. Everyone is welcome. For information, call 828.342.1560 or 828.332.0001 or www.highmountainsquares.com.

• There will be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 2 and 9 at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

• There will be free adult clogging lessons at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays (Sept. 5-26) at the Yellowhill Activity Center in Cherokee. Sponsored by the Appalachian Community Dance Association. Instructor is Dave Conklin. No partner needed. Wear closed

• A free wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 2 and 9 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.631.3075. • Free cooking demonstrations will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays at Country Traditions in Dillsboro. Eat samples and taste house wines for $3 a glass. All recipes posted online. www.countrytraditionsnc.com.

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• The 15th annual “Thunder in the Smokies Rally” will be Sept. 8-10 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Live music, bike games and show, food and craft vendors, Blue Ridge Parkway ride, and much more. A weekend pass is $20. For a full schedule and/or to purchase tickets, click on www.handlebarcorral.com.

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The annual “Boots & Bling” fundraiser will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Bloemsma Barn in Franklin. The event benefits the Kids Place, hosted by the Zonta Club of Franklin Area. Join them for music by Sweet Charity Band, food, desserts and silent auction. Beer, champagne and wine will be available. Event attire is cocktail and cowboy boots. Individual tickets at $50 each with table sponsorships for $500. Individual tickets may be purchased from a Zonta member or at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Table sponsorships may be purchased from a Zonta member or by calling Connie Grubermann at 828.349.9194.

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On the wall • Local artist and crafter, Lawrie Williams will host a “Hammered Wire Art Jewelry” class from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Jackson County Extension Office in Sylva. The technique creates texture, form and toughness in the wire, producing unique effects. Class project will feature a lovely pair of earrings and matching pendant in attendees' own free form organic design. The cost is only $10 and you'll need to bring your jewelry pliers if you have them, otherwise all materials and tools will be supplied. Class size is limited. To register, please call the Sylva Extension Office at 828.586.4009. • Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will host a free movie night at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For the full schedule of screenings, visit www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. • Dogwood Crafters will host an educational workshop with Bernice Spitzer from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Spitzer will lead participants in making a 14" tall, free-standing scarecrow, which makes a colorful decoration for your home. Cost is $12 and registration is due by Aug. 30. To register, call 828.586.2248.

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• The Waynesville Fiber Friends will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of the month at the Panacea Coffee House in Waynesville. All crafters and beginners interested in learning are invited. You can keep up with them through their Facebook group or by calling 828.276.6226. • Acclaimed Bryson City painter Elizabeth Ellison’s newest exhibit, “Spirit of Place,” will run through Sept. 4 at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville. Exhibit support is provided by The North Carolina Arboretum Society and Smoky Mountain Living magazine. www.smliv.com. • “Paint Nite Waynesville” will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays (Sept. 7 and 21) at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Sign up for either event on the Paint Night Waynesville Facebook page or call Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560. paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com. • There will be a “Thursday Painters Open Studio” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Franklin Uptown Gallery. Bring a bag lunch, project and supplies. Free to the public. Membership not required. For information, call 828.349.4607. • A “Youth Art Class” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday at the Appalachian Art Farm on 22 Morris Street in Sylva. All ages welcome. $10 includes instruction, materials and snack. For more information, email appalachianartfarm@gmail.com or find them on Facebook.

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Sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council, the September Rotunda Gallery Exhibit will feature Jackson County resident and retired art teacher Jan Boyer. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Rotunda Gallery. It is free and open to the public. She has newly discovered the art of alcohol inks and finds it a fascinating media and selfexpression outlet. Her paintings will be on display through the month of September in the Rotunda Gallery of the Jackson County Library. Boyer received her BS in Art Education from Western Carolina University and led an

amazing career as an art instructor in Haywood County Public Schools and Cherokee Elementary School before recently retiring. The Rotunda Gallery exhibits are sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council as an effort to celebrate the many artists in Jackson County. The monthly Rotunda Gallery exhibits are open to the public and are free of charge. You may visit the exhibits during regular library hours. If you would like to be considered for an art exhibit in the Rotunda Gallery, please contact the Jackson County Arts Council at info@jacksoncountyarts.org or by calling 828.507.9820.

The next “Art After Dark” will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, in downtown Waynesville. Each first Friday of the month (MayDecember), Main Street transforms into an evening of art, music, finger foods, beverages and shopping as artisan studios and galleries keep their doors open later for local residents and visitors. Participants include Burr Studio, Cedar Hill Studios, Earthworks Gallery, Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery & Gifts, The Jeweler’s Workbench, Moose Crossing Burl Wood Gallery, T. Pennington Art Gallery, Twigs and Leaves Gallery and The Village Framer. “Art After Dark” is free to attend. www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com

Shelton House crafter showcase A crafter showcase will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Shelton House Barn in Waynesville. Cackleberry Studios is the creation of Sara Gatiligo and Emily Fleenor when they

were still in high school. The pair sold eggs for fundraisers and worked with the Village of Yesteryear at the NC State Fair. Fleenor’s husband, Josh, joined the duo and they perfected their style of decorating eggshells and transforming it into beautiful jewelry. Pysanky, or Ukrainian egg painting, is a centuries old traditional art form around much of Eastern Europe. Beeswax is used to paint the egg and then placed in a special dye bath until the desired color is achieved. Once removed from the dye the wax is melted away, revealing the design. A protective coat of varnish is then applied to the eggshell to preserve the colors and to strengthen the shell. To create their pendants and earrings, Cackleberry Studios melts the wax off the eggshells after dying, then cuts out the specific design on the shell. The inside of the shell is then filled with a casting resin and the design is sealed with a polyurethane varnish. A hole is drilled and the chain or hooks are applied for stunning jewelry. The eggs used for Cackleberry Studios come directly from chickens raised by the Fleenor and Gatiligo families in their own back yard. They believe that, “Caring for God’s creatures in sustainable ways brings honor to Him and health to our family. Admission is free. Complimentary refreshments.

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Native American exhibitions, symposium In the WCU Fine Art Museum main gallery through Dec. 8 is the nationally traveling exhibition “Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art,” curated by Tony A. Tiger, Bobby C. Martin, and Jace Weaver. The exhibition features more than 30 contemporary Southeastern Native American artists working in a variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, basketry, sculpture, and pottery. “Return from Exile” is one of the first major exhibitions to focus on contemporary artists from tribal nations with an historical connection to the Southeastern United States. These include the so-called Five Civilized Tribes, the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Muscogee (or Creek), and Seminole, all of whom were forcibly removed in the 1830s to present-day Oklahoma as a result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The title of the exhibition represents the return of these artists to their ancestral homelands. The WCU Fine Art Museum received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host this exhibition and organize a one-day symposium focused on contemporary Native American art. Speakers include artists with work in the exhibition as well as local artists. The sym-

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posium will be held on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 10, followed by a reception honoring the “Return from Exile” exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. The symposium includes a ticketed keynote performance from Canadian First Nation electronic music group A Tribe Called Red at 7:30 p.m. For details visit

arts.wcu.edu/tribe. Traveling “Return from Exile” to the Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center and reprinting the catalogue has been made possible through a number of generous sponsors. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the

Arts. Special thanks also to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, The Sequoyah Fund, and the WCU Campus Theme Committee. “Return from Exile” is a signature event for the 2017-2018 WCU Campus Theme, "Cherokee: Connections, Culture Community." Throughout the year, the WCU campus explores the chosen theme through art, culture, scholarly work, community collaboration and more. The WCU Fine Art Museum provides another connection to the WCU Campus Theme through the exhibition Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics, on view through November 10. Featuring the work of 11 Cherokee artists, such as Joel Queen and Davy Arch, this exhibition brings together both historic and contemporary pottery techniques. In addition to exhibitions that connect to the WCU Campus Theme, the Museum is also presenting “WCU Collects: Recent Acquisitions.” This exhibition showcases a selection of artworks recently given to the Museum and includes a number of artists not previously represented in the collection. The WCU Fine Art Museum stewards a collection of more than 1,500 artworks in all media — from painting and printmaking to book arts, sculpture, ceramics, and contemporary craft. www.wcu.edu.

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On the wall The Haywood County Arts Council is now accepting applications for North Carolina Arts Council Regional Artists Project Grants (RAPG) through Oct. 6. The grants will fund artists in Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and Macon counties at any phase of their professional development. Grants may cover equipment purchases, professional development training, marketing, and more. Projects must occur between Dec. 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018. The deadline for applications is Oct. 6. Grantees will be notified by Oct. 31. There will be a grant workshop at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the HCAC office at 86 North Main Street in Waynesville. Applications and instructions will be available at the workshop. It is recommended that all new applicants attend. Those interested should RSVP by emailing the Lindsey Solomon, RAPG administrator at info@haywoodarts.org. For application information, visit www.haywoodarts.org/regional-artist-project-grant. In

Mad Batter ‘Paint and Pour’ The “Paint and Pour” with Appalachian Art Farm will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Come paint at our monthly paint and pour. The admission cost, $25 per person, covers all materials, demonstration painting and step-by-step instructions. No painting experience needed. Open to beginner to advanced artists. Any proceeds from this event will benefit the “Teen Lounge” outreach program. For more information on the outreach, visit www.appalachianartfarm.org. Pre-register via email to secure your seat: appalachianartfarm@gmail.com.

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The comedy production of “Unnecessary Farce” will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1-2, 7-9, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 3 and 10 at the Haywood Art Regional Theatre in Waynesville. Two Cops. Three Crooks. Eight Doors. Go! “Unnecessary Farce,” winner of nine regional theater awards, is the comedy by Paul Slade Smith that combines all the elements of classic farce with a contemporary American plot. In a cheap motel, the embezzling Mayor Meekly is supposed to meet with Karen Brown, his female accountant. In the room next door are two undercover cops, bookish

officer Eric Sheridan and overeager officer Billie Dwyer. Both of whom are supposed to catch the Mayors sketchy meeting on videotape. But, there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's watching the video, who's taken the money, who's hired a crazed Scottish hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking her clothes off. Harmons’ Den Bistro will be serving dinner before the show with the first seating time at 5:45 p.m. and it’s second at 6:15 p.m. A Sunday “Brunch Buffet” will also be available at Harmons Den Bistro from 12:15 p.m. onward. The bistro will remain open after the show providing drinks and snacks on selected performance nights for the audience, cast, and crew. For tickets, call 828.456.6322 or visit www.harttheatre.org.

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A predictable story of love, but one well told t is late in the day, and 60-year-old Marianne Messmann of Germany stands on the Pont Neuf in Paris. She has arranged her shoes, coat, wedding ring, and purse on the pavement beneath the bench where she is sitting. Now she climbs the parapet of the bridge, stares into the Seine, and throws herself into the river, determined to free herself from the misery of her life and marriage. Her death is thwarted when a stranger dives into Writer the water and saves her. Angry with her rescuer, furious to be put into a hospital, and sickened by her boor of a husband and his lack of regard for her, Marianne escapes from the hospital and her husband, and makes her way to Brittany, that corner of France on the ocean that also goes by the name “the end of the world.” Here she intends to complete her suicide. Instead of being swept away by the waves of the ocean, however, Marianne is swept up by the waves of life. She bumbles into a job as a waitress at Ar Mor (the sea), a restaurant where she meets such characters as Genevieve, the hot-tempered owner who has lived with unrequited love for a quarter of a century; the chef, Jean Remy, who desperately loves Laurine, the waitress, but can’t bring himself to tell her so; Paul, a patron with a secret past and a lingering love for his divorced wife; Emile and Pascale, an elderly couple, artists who suffer the ravages of old age, but who love each other as fiercely as ever. In The Little Paris Bookshop, which I reviewed with high enthusiasm in The Smoky Mountain News two years ago, novelist Nina George gave us a fine story about love and the costs of love, about books, about the simple pleasures of living well. Now, in The Little

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French Bistro (Crown Publishing, 2017, 311 pages), George takes us back to France and to the subject of love: how much we need it, how

clumsily we sometimes practice it, how life and fate may give us a second chance to love just when we are sure our hearts are dead. Both of these novels mirror each other in terms of theme and characters. In The Little Paris Bookshop, George centered her story on Monsieur Perdu (which means lost in French),

owner of a bookshop on a Parisian barge, who sets off to discover the fate of a long-lost lover. During this quixotic journey, he picks up a variety of new friends, most of whom are themselves struggling with affairs of the heart. Similarly, in The Little French Bistro, Marianne leaves her husband Lother Messmann (dung seller) and goes in search first for death and then for life. As she encounters new people and places, she gains more confidence in her talents, even allowing herself the possibility of love. Through the stories of the people Marianne draws to her, we enter into a kaleidoscope of love, ever-changing reflections of the ardor and affection shining in the heart, ranging from Jean Remy’s stifled adoration of Laurine to the sweet companionship of the aged Emile and Pascale. Like the earlier novel, The Little French Bistro also offers other gifts to its readers. Through her descriptions of the sea, the weather, food and drink, music and dance, George once again celebrates life and the idea of living to the hilt, to take our pleasure in the small and simple events — delicious meals, conversations with friends, solitary walks on the beach — brought to us by each passing day. And as in the story of Jean Perdu, The Little French Bistro teems with aphorisms, demanding a pencil or a highlighter. Looking out over Kerduc Harbor one early morning,

with lightning flickering silently above the sleeping village, Marianne thinks “You cannot tell love to come and stay forever. You can only welcome it when it comes, like the summer or the autumn, and when its time is up and it’s gone, then it’s gone.” “One might have to be a little ruthless to seize back control of one’s life, don’t you think?” an artist tells Marianne. Reviewing her long-ago love for Alain, Genevieve thinks: “When you’re young, and don’t know anything about love and the world, it’s natural to think and act stupidly.” Now, having touted The Little French Bistro, I took a few minutes to look at some online reviews by readers. Many liked the novel for the reasons cited above. Many commended George for her sensuous prose, her humor (which is there), and her romantic views of love and life. Others disliked The Little French Bistro for the same reasons. Too romantic, some proclaimed. Too optimistic about human nature. Too predictable. One reviewer wrote, “Maybe I am just a jaded and cranky old bat, but I did not enjoy this book.” Well, yes. Maybe you are a cranky old bat. Jean Perdu, the bookseller in The Little Paris Bookshop, believes that books can mend broken hearts and souls. If you are broken, if you have lost at love or have committed some enormous wrong, if you love someone but can never tell them what you are feeling, if you feel the world around you has grown cold and grey, then Nina George, like her characters Perdu or Marianne, may be just the literary apothecary for you. Of Marianne, George writes, “The sea offered her a song of bravery and love. It came from a long way away, as if someone somewhere in the world had sung it many years ago, for those on the shore who didn’t dare to take the plunge.” She intends the same words for the rest of us. Go ahead. Take the plunge. (Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher. Minick0301@gmail.com)

Author presents fantasy novels Emily B. Martin will present the first two books in her Creatures of Light series at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Park Ranger by summer, stay-at-home mom the rest of the year, Martin is also a freelance artist and illustrator. An avid hiker and explorer, her experiences as a ranger helped inform the stories of Woodwalker and Ashes to Fire. When not patrolling places like Yellowstone, the Great Smoky Mountains, or Philmont Scout Ranch, she lives in South Carolina with her husband and two daughters. To reserve copies of her fantasy novels, call City Lights Bookstore at 828.586.9499.

‘Books & Bites’ welcomes bestseller Bestselling author Lisa Wingate will discuss her newest book, Before We Were Yours, during “Books & Bites” at noon Friday, Sept. 1, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals — in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country — the book is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong. Wingate is a former journalist, inspirational speaker, and bestselling author of more than 20 novels. Her work has won or been nominated for many awards, including the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Utah Library Award, The Carol Award, the Christy Award, and the RT Booklovers Reviewer’s Choice Award. Light refreshments will be provided by Friends of the Library, and books will be for sale at the event from Books Unlimited.

Writing competition open to students

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2017

In anticipation of Thomas Wolfe’s 117th birthday celebration in October, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial is inviting students and teachers to participate in the 2017 “Telling Our Tales” Student Writing Competition. Thomas Wolfe, while best known for his novels, also wrote many short stories for magazines. In this competition, students will submit their own work of fiction inspired by Thomas Wolfe and his story “Polyphemus.” The story first appeared in the North American Review June 1935. In this fable a Spanish explorer and crew are obsessed with finding legendary cities of gold in North Carolina. Their single-minded quest results in their failure to find the richness in the land itself. First, second, and third place winners will be chosen from three age groups: Grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Submissions may be hand delivered, postmarked or emailed by 5 p.m. Saturday Sept. 23. Winners will be invited to present their stories and accept their awards at a program at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial’s visitor center at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Cash awards are given in each age group. Find the story, competition guidelines, submission form and ideas for writing on our website wolfememorial.com/for-teachers/student-writing-contest. For more information about the event contact Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market Street, Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, call 828.253.8304 or visit www.wolfememorial.com.

‘Growing up on Hazel Creek’

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There will be a presentation on Hazel Creek at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Swain County Regional Business Education and Training Center in Bryson City. “Growing up on Hazel Creek and the Fontana Basin prior to 1943” is the title for the meeting of the Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society. The program happens to also be the title of the book written by the presenter, Lee Woods. The presentation will include photographs from the book and stories that help us see the families, businesses, towns, schools and churches that are only now talked about by the descendants of those who lived in the Smoky Mountains from the 1830s until the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Woods, a member of the SCGHS and native of Western North Carolina grew up hearing the stories of the Northshore from her mother Helen Vance, who was born on Hazel Creek. Vance, contributing editor of the book, will join other persons with Hazel Creek heritage to provide a panel discussion as part of the presentation. Copies of the book may be purchased after the meeting. Conversation and refreshments will follow the presentation. The event is open to the public. There is no admission charge.

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‘We never gave up hope’ After 11 days missing, Tennessee teen walks himself out of the Smokies BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ustin Bohanan, 18, had been lost in the wilderness for 11 days when he woke up the morning of Aug. 22 to see boats floating on the water below the ridge where he’d slept. Those boats were his ticket out of the nightmare that began Aug. 11 when he’d got-

ten separated from his stepfather Hubert Dyer, Jr., during an off-trail excursion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Chilhowee Lake. Bohanan scrambled down to the water, which turned out to be the tail end of Abrams Creek, and waved down one of the boats. The boaters gave him a ride down to Shop Creek, where his family was gathered to support the crews searching for him.

“I was ecstatic,” said Jamie Sanders, executive assistant at the park who had served as both a searcher and a public information officer over the course of the 11 days. “I got very close to the family, and every single day they were here in the morning when we went out. They had snacks and fruits and stuff that people who love them had brought them to give to us … That just made it that much more real when you get to know the family.” Though uninjured, Bohanan was transported to Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee, for assessment and released a few hours later. “So very thankful for a wonderful church service this morning,” his mother Brooke Bohanan wrote on her Facebook page Aug. 27. “And very blessed to have the four of us sitting together for this service.”

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Clockwise from top: Crews search for Austin Bohanan by boat. Community members donate supplies to the search and rescue crews. Rescue dog teams search the area. NPS photos

The search for Bohanan, which encompassed a 6,700-acre area, spanned 11 days and involved more than 100 searchers from multiple agencies, began following an off-trail day hike Bohanan and Dyer had made Friday, Aug. 11. “At some point they got distance between them out of sight of each other, and that’s one of the things that we see routinely even with people that are hiking on trail,” Sanders said. “It’s imperative for folks — especially if you have small children — to stay within sight of each other.” As to what Bohanan and his stepfather were doing out in this remote and rugged section of the park, Dyer told investigators they were looking for ginseng, Chief Ranger Steve Kloster said during a press conference Aug. 23. “Right now our investigation reveals that possibly they could have been out there looking for ginseng, but what I want to tell you is that Austin (Bohanan) made it very clear to our investigators he’s never done that before, so we need to do a lot more work and follow up on that because we don’t know exactly,” Kloster said. Ginseng grows wild in the Smokies region and the dried roots can sell for hundreds of dollars per pound. However, removing any plant or plant part from the park is illegal. Kloster said Aug. 23 that so far efforts had been focused solely on search and rescue efforts to bring Bohanan back to his family but added that law enforcement is also part of his job. “Later on we’ll look at the law enforcement component, but we’re not there right now,” he said. After getting separated from his stepfather, Kloster said, Bohanan climbed to the top of the ridge and tried to call his mom — but the calls did not go through. So he spent the night on the ridge and the next day started walking down until he came to a creek, which Kloster believes was probably Tabcat Creek. He walked up the creek until it intersected with a larger creek, likely Panther Creek, and then spent two or three days hiking up Panther Creek until he realized he should

have been going down the creek instead. He turned around. “That is a very difficult area to hike,” Kloster said. “There’s a lot of steep gorges in that area, a lot of waterfalls in that area. Just saying he hiked down the creek sounds like it’s easy. It’s not. There’s a lot of areas he had to get up off the creek, get up on the hill and hike around then go back.” Through it all, Bohanan had no food — he consumed nothing but untreated water from the creeks he was following. “He told us he was getting this close to start eating bugs,” Kloster said. As the ordeal unfolded, Bohanan could see some evidence of the efforts to find him. At one point he heard one of the search helicopters and tried to wave it down, but the canopy was too thick for anybody to see him. “Austin was a moving target,” Kloster said. “We were either just ahead of Austin or just behind Austin.” However, actual signs of Bohanan’s trail were few and far between. In 11 days with 1530 people looking for him at any one time, the boaters on Abrams Creek were the first people Bohanan saw.

A RELENTLESS SEARCH EFFORT While Bohanan and Dyer were separated the evening of Aug. 11, Bohanan wasn’t reported missing until about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, with the ground search commencing the following morning. According to a Facebook post from Brooke Bohanan, she didn’t find out her son was missing until Sunday evening either. Kloster said that initially the family had been confident they could find Bohanan themselves but that they called authorities when they realized they wouldn’t be able to. The search started with 13 members of the park’s Search and Rescue Team looking in the woods near U.S. 129, with the number of searchers and organizations involved increasing with each passing day as the search unfolded. By Aug. 22, the search involved two search and rescue dog teams and 28 trained emergency responders representing Tennessee State Parks, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Obed Wild and Scenic River, Backcountry Unit Search and Rescue, Blount Special Operations Response Team and the park itself. The Eastern National Incident Coordination Center and Virginia’s Black Diamond Search and Rescue assisted with search management. Search teams put in long hours to navigate the rugged topography of the search area, made even more difficult by the many downed trees toppled by beetle kills, the hemlock wooly adelgid, various windstorms through the years and a 2011 tornado. The downed trees often made the search more like climbing than hiking, with the accompanying holes in the forest canopy allowing rhododendron and mountain laurel to grow thickly throughout. Sanders had done boundary work in that area before and was familiar with the challenges of penetrating that section

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staff and constructed under guidelines from A group of 13 emergency responders the federal Wilderness Act. The volunteers made a 15-mile hike this month to place who placed the signs were from Haywood new wayfinding signs at trail intersections in the Shining Rock area of the Pisgah National Forest. “We feel like good trail signage will effectively help mitigate many of our calls for lost and/or overdue hikers,” said Haywood County Emergency Management Volunteers stop for a picture during a 15-mile hike to prevent hikers Director Greg getting lost in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area. Donated photo Shuping. “Many of our callouts occur County Search and Rescue, Haywood when hikers lose their bearings at these County Emergency Services and the Cruso decision points.” Fire Department. Signs were built by U.S. Forest Service

An 8-mile hike exploring an area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was once home to a bustling logging community will set out at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, from Lakeview Drive in Bryson City. The hike will take Whiteoak Branch and Forney Creek trails to loop back to the tunnel on Lakeview Drive, also known as the Road to Nowhere. The hike is organized by the Great Smoky Mountains Association and led by Chris Hoge of Wildland Trekking. Hikers should bring a daypack stocked for a moderate-to-strenuous excursion likely finishing around 4 p.m. $35 nonmembers; $10 Buckeye members; free Hemlock members. Sign up at http://conta.cc/2wFsJ5Y.

we were going to continue with this until we found Austin (Bohanan).” “I can say from all the searchers, the tenor never changed,” Sanders added. “All of us knew that this was something he could survive.” The family, too, remained hopeful. Every day, family members were there first thing in the morning to hand out snacks and fruit when the search teams left, and at the end of the day they had hot meals ready for dinner. “Anything they could do to help us, they were supporting us 100 percent,” Sanders said. Back in Maryville, members of Bohanan’s youth group were hiding rocks bearing his photograph and description. A candlelight prayer vigil was held one week after he was last seen. The community rallied in support. “This event has brought our family and friends closer as well as opened my eyes to the unlimited love and caring from our neighbors,” Bohanan’s aunt Carrie Bohanan wrote on Facebook. “The park rangers, the search teams, the investigators, the TRWA agents, the churches, the hunters, the former Marines and just numerous others that are just too many to count showed such caring and compassion to others they had never met before. It was beyond moving.”

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of the park. “I’ve done boundary work before where it shows I’ve done 2 miles worth of hiking and I’ve been hiking all day long,” Sanders said. “Typically I can easily walk 3 miles an hour on a trail and literally doing 2 miles in an eight-hour day — that’s the difference.” Some teams even camped out overnight in an effort to delve further into the search area. Crews focused on drainages, as people who are lost typically take the path of least resistance, avoiding steep climbs and thickets. Kloster said that the teams were indeed looking in places that Bohanan had been or would soon be — they just kept missing him. By the time Bohanan emerged from the wilderness, the search had stretched on longer than any that Kloster can recall in his 29 years with the park. But, while the public at large may have doubted the search would have a happy ending, the search team never entertained such doubts. Bohanan was young, he was fit and he didn’t have any health concerns. Add in that temperatures stayed above 60 degrees throughout the search and that the area contained plenty of water, and odds were in his favor. “We never gave up hope,” Kloster said. “I was confident that he was in our search area and I was confident he was alive and

A moderate 2.4-mile hike will double as a tutorial on safe day hiking, 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, beginning at Stony Bald Overlook on mile 402.6 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The group will hike from Stony Bald to Big Ridge Overlook, led by Parkway rangers. Rangers will discuss everything from gear to animal encounters to navigation, giving participants the confidence they need to hike panic-free through the national parks. Free. Bring water, good walking shoes and clothing for changeable weather. 828.298.5330, ext. 304.

An increase in bear encounters in Panthertown and along the Appalachian Trail through the Nantahala National Forest has resulted in a strong recommendation that backcountry campers use bear-proof containers for all food and scented items. The recommendation applies to all national forest lands in and adjacent to bear sanctuaries, including Standing Indian Basin, Wayah Bald to Tellico Gap, and Panthertown. “At this time of year before trees have produced a mast crop and as berries dry up, bears quickly learn that a good food source is campsites where people have not properly stored their food or trash. So we are recommending no overnight camping without bearproof containers in the backcountry,” said District Ranger Mike Wilkins. Food and scented items such as toothpaste should be stored in canisters manufactured for the specific purpose of resisting bear entry, with canisters stored well away from camping and cooking areas. This year, bear encounters have been common in several parts of the PisgahNantahala — most encounters have occurred in places where people have not properly stored their food and trash, causing bears to become dependent on human food. For tips on safety in bear country, visit http://go.usa.gov/czWbW.

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Volunteers are needed to help clean up Smokemont Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 9. The work day is one of a series of 10 Smokies Service Days running through Oct. 28, offering unique opportunities to help care for park cemeteries, campgrounds, trails, roadsides, rivers and native plant gardens. An optional enrichment adventure follows each

morning of work. Upcoming service days in North Carolina include: farm maintenance at Oconaluftee, Oct. 7; historic preservation and campground cleanup at Cataloochee Valley, Oct. 21; and litter patrol and stream restoration at Deep Creek, Oct. 28. Tools and safety gear provided; participants should bring water and wear long-sleeve shirts, long pants and closed-toed shoes. Volunteers planning to stay for the afternoon activity should bring a bag lunch as well. Sign up with Logan Boldon by Sept. 6. 865.436.1278 or logan_boldon@partner.nps.gov.

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For more information on how to get involved: call 828.631.0271 or email chelseamiller@jacksonnc.org

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It’s Mountain State Fair time

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The 2017 N.C. Mountain State Fair will return Sept. 8-17 to the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center in Fletcher with a full schedule of events. The fair will include everything from soap carving to ice cream eating to swine shows, with carnival rides as well. Admission is $9, or $5 for children under 13 and adults over 64. However, several special deals are available throughout the week, including Ingles Day Wednesday, Sept. 13, when free admission will be granted to all visitors who bring five cans of Laura Lynn brand foods to the fair. Cans will be donated to MANNA Food Bank. www.mountainfair.org.

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Film will combine story and science Climate science, memory loss and the dogged determination of a mill worker turned salmon advocate will come together in the premier of an award-winning environmental documentary at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, The Collider in Asheville. The Memory of Fish is the story of Dick Goin, who despite his failing memory never forgot his debt to the fish that fed his family since migrating to Washington’s Olympic Peninsula during the Dust Bowl. Goin’s persistence in bringing the fish back home resulted in the biggest dam removal project in U.S. history. Producer/director Jennifer Gavin will be present at the event, held at a nonprofit innovation center focused on solutions for climate change and located on the top floor of the Wells Fargo building at 1 Haywood Street. Proceeds benefit The Collider’s Dr. Thomas R. Karl Internship Program, established to develop the next generation of leaders in climate science. Purchase tickets at www.thecollider.org or email info@thecollider.org.

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Study up on ‘sang

Homeowners who want to grow their own ginseng can get some help with a series of seminars on ginseng cultivation scheduled for September. • 10:15 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Albert Carlton Cashiers Library. • 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in room 114 of the Swain Extension Center in Bryson City. • 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in room 234 of the Jackson Extension Center in Sylva. The seminars, offered through the N.C. Cooperate Extension Service, will cover state regulations for growing and hunting ‘sang, plant physiology, present and historical uses, and differences between the Asian and American species. However, the program will emphasize woods-simulated cultural practices such as site selection, site preparation, sowing, harvesting, root drying and seed stratification. Free, with registration required. Christy Bredenkamp, 828.586.4009.

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Improvements coming to Lake J trail

Clean up WNC streams

The Francis Asbury Trail at Lake Junaluska will be closed for improvements 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 30-31, with an alternate walking route available. Improvements will include removal of underbrush along the trail, making and keeping selected native trees, removing smaller scrub trees and replacing a broken water line. Grace Stallings and her late husband David, of Cairo, Georgia, donated funds for the project. www.lakejunaluska.com.

The streams of Western North Carolina run cleaner and clearer than those of many other places, but volunteers are needed to help keep them that way in a series of upcoming stream cleanup events. n A cleanup of the Little Tennessee River will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, in Franklin. Volunteers will meet at the lower parking area of Big Bear Park and should wear clothes and shoes suitable for picking up trash in the river. Volunteers will be assigned to pickup areas in the flood-

plain, along the riverbanks and in the water. Canoes and boats helpful but not necessary. Gloves, bags and a pizza lunch will be provided. Organized by Mainspring Conservation Trust. Sign up with Sharon Burdette, 828.524.2711, ext. 301. n Volunteers are needed to clean up the Watauga, French Broad and Green River Watersheds Saturday, Sept. 9. The French Broad cleanup will meet at 9 a.m. at Westfeldt River Park in Fletcher, with volunteers shuttled to their cleanup locations to work 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., returning for an after party running through 4 p.m. Organizers will provide canoes, kayaks and rafts. Participants should wear swimsuits with shorts, river sandals or sneakers, and bring a hat, sunscreen, water and change of clothes. The event is part of the 30th annual N.C. Big Sweep River Cleanup and spearheaded by MountainTrue. Space limited, with signups online at www.mountaintrue.org/event/30th-annualbig-sweep-river-clean-up. n Trash will be removed from various streams throughout Haywood County 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 16, as part of the annual Big Sweep event organized by Haywood Waterways Association and Haywood Community College. Volunteers should wear close-toed shoes and long pants. Trash bags, trash grabbers and gloves provided, with a picnic lunch following the cleanup. Supported by the Tennessee Valley Authority Reservoirs & Community Stream Cleanups Fund. RSVP by Sept. 14 to Christine O’Brien, 828.476.4667, ext. 11.

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Pg. 45: The waterfront trail at Lake Junaluska is popular with runners.

30Splash your way to leadership An afternoon inviting adults to explore all that Haywood County’s waterways have to offer will be held 2-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Canton Recreation Park. Haywood Waterways Association’s third annual Leaders in the Creek workshop will include stations dedicated to fish, insects, stormwater and streamside vegetation — with plenty of opportunity to get wet and dirty experiencing the water firsthand. The program is modeled on Haywood Waterways’ highly successful Kids in the Creek program but geared toward community, business and government leaders. Free, with snacks, waders and snorkels provided. Co-sponsored by the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce and Maggie Valley Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by Sept. 12 to Eric Romaniszyn, 828.476.4667 or info@haywooodwaterways.org.

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Probe the mysteries of mountain lions An exploration of the mythical mountain lion will commence at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, during a lecture by Ron Sutherland, Ph.D., at the Highlands Nature Center.

Sutherland, a conservation scientist from the Wildlands Network, will discuss the likelihood that cougars still live in the eastern U.S., their ecological importance

and various options for returning the great cats to more of their former range. Sutherland is leading the Wildlands Network’s efforts to create a new regional conservation plan for an area stretching from southern Virginia to Florida. The lecture is part of the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series, a summer series of weekly conservation-themed lectures from well-known scientists, artists, conservationists and writers. The Sept. 7 lecture will be a talk on pollinators from Angelique Hjarding, director of pollinator and wildlife habitat programs at the N.C. Wildlife Federation. Hjarding will discuss the Butterfly Highway in North Carolina, a program that aims to combat the ever-increasing loss of habitat for pollinators such as butterflies and bees. Free. The Aug. 31 lecture is sponsored by Kim and Bill Coward, and the Sept. 7 talk is sponsored by Ruthie and Franko Oliver. www.highlandsbiological.org.

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A certification course covering first aid, CPR and AED use will be offered 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. This American Red Cross course will teach participants how to provide appropriate care in case of emergency and offer the opportunity to obtain first-time certification or update an existing certification. $50; space limited. Register with Luke Kinsland, 828.456.2030 or lkinsland@waynesvillenc.gov.

Loaner life jackets available in Jackson Loaner life jackets are now available at five different locations in Jackson County, thanks a partnership composed of a variety of businesses and public agencies. The newest station, at Bear Lake, joins the four existing life jacket stations at East LaPorte Park, Locust Creek Put-in, Dillsboro/Tuckasegee Put-in and Barkers Creek Put-in. Each station houses multiple life jackets in sizes ranging from infant to adult so that children can borrow them while participating in water activities nearby. Partners include Duke Energy, the Brian and Nathan Keese Water Safety Organization, Safe Kids Jackson County, Jennings Builder Supply, Jackson County

Department of Public Health, Jackson County Public Works Department and the Sea Two Foundation. Ruby Lawrence, 828.587.8227.

Learn to lifeguard A lifeguarding certification course will be held 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. The evening will consist of a skills pretest, with those passing the test given the link to an online course to complete independently. A final skills session will be scheduled at a later date to wrap up the course. Those passing the course will obtain an American Red Cross certification. Open to ages 15 and older. $165 with space limited. Register with Luke Kinsland, 828.456.2030 or lkinsland@waynesvillenc.gov.

Man dead following waterfall climb A 50-75-foot fall from Moore Cove Falls in the Pisgah National Forest left a man dead Wednesday, Aug. 23. According to witnesses, Kim Quang Le, 24, of Virginia, was attempting to climb up the side of the falls and across the top when he fell. He had been visiting the area with four friends. Transylvania County EMS and Transylvania County Rescue Squad responded to the scene, but Le’s injuries were fatal, and no resuscitation efforts were attempted. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office is currently assisting the U.S. Forest Service with an investigation into the incident. The fall appears to be accidental. Moore Cove Falls is located on a trail about 0.7 miles from U.S. 276 between Looking Glass Falls and Sliding Rock. Waterfalls are frequently deadly when people attempt to climb them. National forest visitors should enjoy waterfalls from a distance and refrain from climbing on or around them.

WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Library Card Sign-Up Month is September at Haywood County Public Libraries. www.haywoodlibrary.org, 452.5169 or visit any branch. • The N.C. Mountain State Fair is Sept. 8-17 at the WNC Agriculture Center in Fletcher. Details on promotional days, and other info, at: www.mountainfair.org. • The second annual First Responders Appreciation Day is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Riverfront Park in Bryson City. For first responders from Buncombe County to Cherokee County. 736.6222 or mikeclampitt119@gmail.com. • College night, featuring representatives from more than 40 regional universities, colleges and trade schools, is from 6-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, at Haywood Community College in Clyde. 565.4095.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • In anticipation of Thomas Wolfe’s 117th birthday celebration in October, the Thomas Wolfe Memorial is inviting students and teachers to participate in the 2017 “Telling Our Tales” Student Writing Competition. Grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Submissions sent by 5 p.m. Saturday Sept. 23. Winners will be invited to present their stories and accept their awards at a program at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial’s visitor center at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Cash awards are given in each age group. Thomas Wolfe Memorial, 52 North Market Street, Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, call 253.8304 or visit www.wolfememorial.com. • Registration is underway for a lifeguarding class that will be offered for ages 15-up at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Course is through the American Red Cross. $165. Register: 456.2030 or lkinsland@waynesvillenc.gov. • Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center will host a “Financing Your Business” seminar from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Regional High Technology Center in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. For info or to register: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • The High Mountain Squares will host their “Juke Box Oldies Dance” from 6:15-8:45 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Memorial United Methodist Church in Franklin. Dr. Jim Duncan of Otto will be the caller. Western-style square dancing, mainstream and levels. 342.1560, 332.0001 or www.highmountainsquares.com. • A pair of women’s business networking luncheons will be offered by Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center during the first full week of September: 11 a.m. on Sept. 6 at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and 11 a.m. on Sept. 7 at Haywood Smokehouse in Dillsboro. Register: http://bit.ly/ncsbcn. Info: www.southwesterncc.edu/SBC. • Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center will offer a general business seminar entitled “Getting Started with Email Marketing” from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at SCC’s Jackson Campus. Register: http://bit.ly/ncsbcn. Info: www.southwesterncc.edu/SBC. • Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center will host a “How to Write a Business Plan” seminar from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Regional High Technology Center in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. For info or to register: SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512. • In an effort to showcase the opportunities available through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Southwestern Community College will host a “STEMtastic Saturday” event from 9 a.m.-

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. noon on Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Jackson Campus. Activities, demonstrations and a chance to win a Dell Inspiron 13-inch, 4 GB, laptop-convertible-to-tablet computer with case (valued at $520). www.discoveryeducation.com. 339.4506 or c_deakins@southwesterncc.edu. • “Sixteen years after 9/11, are we winning the ‘War on Terror?” will be the topic for the Franklin Open Forum at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, at Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub. Dialog, not debate. 371.1020.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Tickets are on sale now for the Smoky Mountain Pregnancy Care Center’s annual banquet, featuring a talk by Auschwitz survivor Garmaine Pitchon. The banquet is at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16. To underwrite the event, host a table or volunteer, call 349.3200 by Sept. 8. • Haywood Spay/Neuter is holding a “Sips for Snips” fundraiser from 5-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Bosus Wine Shop in Waynesville. Wine, hors d’oeurves and prize drawings. Special discounts on wine for participants. Tickets: $30. 452.1329 or www.haywoodspayneuter.org. • Sponsorships are available now for the Haywood Community College Shine & Dine Gala, which benefits the Haywood Community College Foundation. The event is from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, at the Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville. Dinner, music by Juan Benavides, demonstrations, silent and live auctions. Sponsorships range from $250 to $5,000. 627.4544 or pahardin@haywood.edu. Info: www.hccgala.events. • Tickets are on sale now for the Rock FUR The Cats benefit for Feline Urgent Rescue of WNC. Event is from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Grey Eagle in Asheville. Music by Pleasure Chest, master of Blues and Soul and Rock n’ Roll. $20 per person; sponsorships are $75. www.furofwnc.org or www.thegreyeagle.com. Info: 770.861.2994. • Tickets are on sale now for the Southwestern Community College Foundation’s annual “Bluegrass, Blue Jeans & Bling” fundraising gala, which is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. It’s the school’s fourth annual gala. Frogtown will perform bluegrass. Activities include cornhole, wine pull, silent auction and a “Best Dressed Blue Jeans & Bling” contest. Tickets are $150 each, and table sponsorships start at $1,500. 339.4227 or www.southwesterncc.edu/gala.

HEALTH MATTERS • A “Walk With A Doc” program is scheduled for 10 a.m. each Saturday at the Lake Junaluska Kern Center or Canton Rec Park. MyHaywoodRegional.com/WalkwithaDoc. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1-6:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. redcrossblood.org or 800.733.2767. •”Breastfeeding A-Z” will be offered for expectant mothers from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays Aug. 31 and Nov. 9 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. Taught by BoardCertified Lactation Consultants. MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440. • A first aid, CPR and AED course will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. American Red Cross certification course. Cost:

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$50 per person. Register or get info: 456.2030 or lkinsland@waynesvillenc.gov. • A four-week series of “Grief and Hope” classes will be offered from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday evenings starting Sept. 7 at Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville. $5 suggested donation covers material costs. Reserve a spot: 456.6029 or rectorgcim@gmail.com. • A “Movin’ on Up” event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, at Chimney Rock State Park. Health and wellness info; hands-on activities. Registration for an hour-long yoga session is $15 per participant, plus park admission: 625.9611. chimneyrockpark.com. • The Haywood County Worksite Wellness Summit is from 2-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. RSVP by Sept. 4: nan@mountainwise.org. • Cory Vaillancourt of the Smoky Mountain News will moderate at talk entitled “Synesthesia: Music, the Visual Arts and the Mind” at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 38 Main in Waynesville. University of North Carolina School of the Arts professor Kenneth Frazelle and local neurologist Dr. Michael Vavra will be featured. Synesthesia means “union of the senses.”

RECREATION AND FITNESS • Adult clogging lessons, sponsored by Appalachian Community Dance Association, will be offered at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from Sept. 5-26 at the Yellowhill Activity Center in Cherokee. Instructor is Dave Conklin. 488.3848. • An organizational meeting for an upcoming fall adult coed volleyball league is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Open to players 18 and older as of Oct. 1. Season starts Oct. 11. Fee will be based on number of teams. Payment due Sept. 20. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov. • Adult coed volleyball open play time for play/practice is at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays through Sept. 27 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Group rate of $4 per person; members play free. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

SPIRITUAL • The First United Methodist Church of Sylva will hold an Open Door Meal & Sing at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the church’s Christian Life Center. 586.2358 or www.firstumcsylva.org.

POLITICAL • The Swain County Democratic Party Whittier-Cherokee precinct meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Birdtown Gym in Cherokee. Agenda includes listening sessions, Roaring on the River and voting absentee ballots. 488.1118.

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 • Long-distance hiker Jennifer Pharr Davis, National Geographic’s 2012 “Adventurer of the Year” will give a presentation at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Western Carolina University’s A.K. Hinds University Center in Cullowhee. 227.3751. • Author Lisa Wingate will discuss her new book “Before We Were Yours” at a “Books and Bites” events at noon on Friday, Sept. 1, in the Macon County Public Library Living Room in Franklin. Light refreshments; books will be available for sale. 524.3600. • Emily B. Martin will present the first two books in her Creatures of Light series at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. To reserve copies call City Lights Bookstore at 586.9499.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES • The Mexican Train Dominoes Group seeks new players to join games at 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 926.6567. • Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina – an effort to help area residents commit to a healthier lifestyle, will meet from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. • Haywood County Senior Resource Center is looking into starting a weekly Euchre Card Group. If interested, contact Michelle Claytor at mclaytor@mountainprojects.org or 356.2800. • A Silver Sneakers Cardio Fit class will meet from 1011 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For ages 60 and above. Cost is regular admission fee to the rec center or free for members. 456.2030 or tplowman@waynesvillenc.gov. • Book Club is held at 2 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800 • 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. • A Hand & Foot card game is held at 1 p.m. on Mondays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• The Haywood County Town Hall with N.C. Rep. Mike Clampitt is set for 4-6 p.m. on Sept. 8 at the Haywood Community College auditorium in Clyde.

• 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.

• The Southern Jackson County Democrats meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Albert Carlton Cashiers Community Library in Cashiers. 765.412.3362.

• Pinochle game is played at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • Ben Anderson will hold book signings for “Smokies Chronicle: A Year of Hiking in Great Smoky Mountains National Park” on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m., at the Waynesville Public Library. parthemore@blairpub.com or 800.222.9796.

• Hearts is played at 12 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813. • Mah Jongg is played at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

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KIDS & FAMILIES • The Junior Appalachian Musicians Program will hold a meeting for parents of interested JAM students at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Jackson County Library community room in Sylva. Open to students in grades 3-12. Fall semester class dates are Sept. 12-Dec. 19. $95. 226.3788 or jcncjam@gmail.com. • As part of the “Build a Better World” summer reading program, Marianna Black Library will have movies at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, story time for ages 3-5 at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays and a summer learning program each Thursday. www.fontanalib.org or 488.3030.

ONGOING KIDS ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS • A Tuesday Library Club for ages 5-12 meets at 4 p.m. each Tuesday (except for the fifth Tuesday on months that occurs) at the Canton Library. Hands-on activities like exercise, cooking, LEGOs, science experiments and crafts. 648.2924 or kpunch@haywoodnc.net. • “Art Beats for Kids” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. A new project every week. $20 per child, with includes lesson, materials and snack. To register, call 828.538.2054. • Stories, songs and a craft are offered for ages zerosix (and caregivers) at 10:30 a.m. each Tuesday at the Canton Library. 648.2924. • A program called “Imagine,” an art program for children 8-12 meets at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Jackson County Public Library. Program contains art, writing, and drama. 586.2016.

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• Rompin’ Stompin’, an hour-long storytime with music, movement and books, is held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays at the Canton Library and at 11 a.m. on Thursdays at the Waynesville Library. For ages zero to six. 648.2924. • Rompin’ Stompin’, an hourlong storytime with music, movement and books, is held at 11 a.m. on Fridays at the Canton Library. For ages zero to six. 648.2924. • Crafternoons are at 2:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at Hudson Library in Highlands. • Library Olympics will be held at 2 p.m. on Fridays at Jackson County Public Library. Children age 5 and up get active through relay races, bingo, mini golf. 586.2016.

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• Get Moving, a program for children ages 5-12 to encourage children to live a healthy life through exercise and healthy eating, will be held on the first Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Canton Public Library. 648.2924

• Family Story Time is held on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. at the Canton Public Library. Ages 0-6. Stories, songs, dance and crafting. 648.2924.

4:15-5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Bascom in Highlands. $15 per class. 787.2865 or www.thebascom.org.

• Storytimes are held at 10 and 10:40 a.m. every Thursday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

• Art Adventure classes are taught for ages 5-10 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Bascom in Highlands. Theme: metal. Instructor: Bonnie Abbott. $20 per month. 787.2865.

• After-School Art Adventure will be on from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesdays at The Bascom in Highlands. For ages 5 to 10, Art Adventure is a class that explores the creative process of drawing, painting, printmaking, clay, sculpture, fiber art, and crafts by utilizing a variety of media. The students will investigate some of the most popular techniques and theories in art history and will be exposed to contemporary as well as folk art traditions. Tuition is $40 for a fourclass package. www.thebascom.org. • Wednesdays in the Stacks, "WITS", a new program for children in grades 3-6, on the third Wednesdays of the month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Macon County Library. WITS will include lots of fun games, prizes, and hands-on activities. This club replaces book club previous held on the third Thursdays of the month. 526.3600. • Fun Friday, everything science, is held at 4 p.m. on Fridays at Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016. • Teen Coffeehouse is at 4:30 p.m. on the first, third, and fourth Tuesday at Jackson County Public Library. Spend time with other teens talking and sharing. 12 and up. 586.2016. • Rock and Read is at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays at Jackson County Public Library. 586-2016. • WNC Martial Arts will hold karate classes from 67:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Old Armory in Waynesville. For more info, contact Margaret Williams at 301.0649 or mvwilliams39@gmail.com. • Story time and kids can make their own piece of art from 10 a.m.-noon every Saturday during the Family Art event sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council at the Jackson County Farmers Market located at the Community Table, downtown Sylva. On the first Saturday of each month, there is a scavenger hunt with prizes. 399.0290 or www.jacksoncountyfarmermarket.org. • A Teen Advisory Group meets at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month to discuss YA books and teen program events at Canton Library. http://haywoodlibrary.libguides.com/teen or 648.2924. • Michael’s Kids Club will be held for ages 3-and-up from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at Michael’s in Waynesville. $2 per child for 30 minutes of creative crafts. 452.7680. • A Lowe’s Build and Grow session for ages 3-and-up is scheduled from 10-11 a.m. on Saturdays at the Sylva (586.1170) and Waynesville (456.9999) Lowe’s stores. Free. • Art classes are available for kids 10 and older from

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• Free, weekly, after-school enrichment classes are offered by the Bascom and MCAA from 3-5 p.m. on Thursdays at Macon Middle School through a grant from the Jim McRae Endowment for the Visual Arts. To register, contact Bonnie Abbott at 743.0200. •A community breastfeeding information and support group meets from 10:30 am.-noon on the first Saturday of each month in the main lobby of the Smoky Mountain OB/GYN Office in Sylva. Free; refreshments provided. For information, contact Brandi Nations (770.519.2903), Stephanie Faulkner (506.1185 or www.birthnaturalwnc), or Teresa Bryant (587-8223). • Macon County 4-H Needlers club, a group of youth learning the art and expression of knitting and crochet crafts, meets on the second Tuesday of each month. For information, call 349.2046. • A Franklin Kids’ Creation Station is held from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays at uptown Gallery in Franklin. Snacks provided. $20 tuition. 743.0200. • SafeKids USA Blue Dragon Tae Kwon Do School offers defense training with after-school classes Monday through Friday and Saturday mornings. 627.3949 or www.bluedragontkd.net. • A Lego Club meet the second Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Cashiers Community Library. 743.0215. • Teen time 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursdays at Waynesville Library. A program for teens and tweens held each week. Each week is different, snacks provided. 356.2511. • Homework Help, 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays for students in grades 2 through 6, Canton Branch Library. Former schoolteacher turned Youth Services Librarian Katy Punch offers homework help on a first-come, firstserved basis. Katy, 648.2924. •Teen Advisory Group, first Wednesday of each month at 4 p.m. For ages 13-18. Teens can enjoy snacks while discussing popular young adult books, help plan events and displays for children and teens at the library, and participate in community service projects. Canton Library, 648.2924. • The American Girls Club meets at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. The club meets one Saturday a month, call for details. Club is based on a book series about historical women. Club members read and do activities. Free. 586.9499. • Crazy 8 Math Adventure Club on Tuesdays 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. for grades K-2 at the Macon County Public Library. 524.3600.

• Culture Club on the second Wednesday of the month, 1 to 2 p.m. for K-6 graders. Guest speakers, books, photos, crafts and food from different countries and cultures. Macon County Public Library. 524.3600. • The Wee Naturalist program, which is for children ages 2-5 (with a parent or guardian), is held from 1011:30 a.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays at the North Carolina Arboretum. Age-appropriate activities such as nature walks, garden exploration, stories, crafts and visits from classroom animals $7 cost per child; $3 more for each additional child in a family. Register at: www.ncarboretum.org/education-programs/youthfamily-programs/wee-naturalist

KIDS FILMS • “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” will be shown on Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. by Mad Batter Food and Film in Sylva for free. • “Born in China” will be shown on Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. & Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. by Mad Batter Food and Film in Sylva for free. • A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

A&E FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • “Art After Dark” will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, in downtown Waynesville. Each first Friday of the month (May-December), Main Street transforms into an evening of art, music, finger foods, beverages and shopping as artisan studios and galleries keep their doors open later for local residents and visitors. www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com. • 111th Canton Labor Day Festival will be Sept. 3-4 in downtown, featuring Sam Bush, Ricky Skaggs, Balsam Range, Chatham County Line and David Holt • The 47th annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival, featuring Southern Appalachian traditional music and dance, is at 6:15 p.m. on Sept. 1-2 at Stuart Auditorium in Lake Junaluska. • Advance tickets are on sale for the 12th Annual Music at the Mill, which is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sept. 9 at Francis Grist Mill in Waynesville. Music by The Hill Country Band, Possom on a Whale and Ol’ Dirty Bathtub. Advance tickets are $8. Event day tickets are $12. 456.6307 or stop by Mountain Dreams Realty in Maggie Valley. • Fort Tatham Music Fest will take place from noon to

10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at 175 Tathams Creek Road in Sylva. Musical guests include Andrew Scotchie and the River Rats and The Junction Band, with headliner Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band.

• Thunder in the Smokies Fall Rally is Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Sister trio Southern Halo will perform pop country. www.southernhalo.net. • Tickets are on sale now for Oktoberfest, which Oct. 1 at Lake Logan. Authentic German 5-course meal and cooking demonstrations by Chef Paul Young, German music, games and beer. Advance tickets (purchased by Sept. 25) $50 for adults and $40 for ages 5-16. After Sept. 25, all tickets are $60. www.lakelogan.org/special-events or 646.0095.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Tickets are on sale for the “Galaxy of Stars” performance series by WCU PRESENTS. Featuring artists from around the world at the Bardo Arts Center performance hall in Cullowhee. Season subscription: $125 for general public; $100 for WCU/Southwestern Community College faculty and staff and seniors 65 and older; $25 for WCU and SCC students. Season opens Sept. 7 with the Hillbenders (bluegrass) performing “The Who’s Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry.” Full lineup, info and tickets: bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227.ARTS. • Catch the show, “Unnecessary Farce,” a comedy by Paul Slade smith HART Theatre in Waynesville. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays through Sept. 10. Tickets: www.harttheatre.org or 456.6322.

• Lee Knight (traditional music) performs at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, as part of the summer music series at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. 488.3030. • An American Christian Folktronica musician, Crowder will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $26 each. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615. • Bluegrass/country duo Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley will perform on Sept. 2 at Cataloochee Ranch. Tickets: $35 per person. Reservations required: 926.1401.

• Tickets are on sale now for The HillBenders, a bluegrass group from Springfield, Mo., who will perform “The Who’s Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, as part of the WCU PRESENTS Performance Series. Show will be at the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Tickets: $25 each. 227.ARTS. • Marshall Ballew (American Folk Music) will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. 524.3600. • Western Carolina University will host Appalachian fiddler Jake Blount from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 7 in the HFR Auditorium. www.wcu.edu. • Tickets are on sale now for a performance by pianist Owen Dodds, who will be featured in a Young Artist

• Appalachian Art Farm will host a free art session from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Community Table in Sylva. 273.9682 or MyriahStrivelli@gmail.com. • A hammered Wire Art Jewelry Class will be offered from 12:30-3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Jackson County Extension Office in Sylva. Create texture, form and toughness in the wire, producing unique effects. $10. Register: 586.4009. • The Gem and Mineral Society of Franklin meets at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Masonic Lodge at 50 Church Street. Speaker is Kim Cochran of the Georgia Mineral Society. • A Paint & Pour session is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at the Mad Batter in Sylva. Presented by Appalachian Art Farm. $25 covers all materials, demonstration, painting and step-by-step instructions. Preregister: www.appalachianartfarm.org. Info: appalachianartfarm@gmail.com. • Dogwood Crafters will host an educational workshop with Bernice Spitzer from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge. Spitzer will lead participants in making a 14" tall, free-standing scarecrow, which makes a colorful decoration for your home. Cost is $12 and registration is due by Aug. 30. To register, call 828.586.2248. • Pysanky (Ukrainian egg painting) by Sara Gatiligo, Emily Fleenor and Josh Fleenor will be featured at 1 p.m. on Sept. 9, at the Shelton House in Waynesville. www.sheltonhouse.org. • Everette Robinson will offer a program on Fall Color during the Cold Mountain Photographic Society meeting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 on the second floor of the Haywood Regional Fitness Center in Clyde. • Registration is underway for piano classes for senior adults (55-older) through the Haywood County Arts Council’s “Mind the Music!” program. Classes start Sept. 25. Cost is $60 for five classes, plus book (less than $20). Taught by Susan Huckaby. Register by Sept. 6: director@haywoodarts.org.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • Anne Fariello “Signs of the Times” exhibit of documentary photography is currently on display at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. • Several exhibitions are on display this summer at the Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the Bardo Arts Center. ““Ancient Forms, Modern Minds: Contemporary Cherokee Ceramics” is on display through Nov. 10. 227.ARTS or bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

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• The “Free Hugs Guy” – Ken Nwadike, Jr. – will offer an address at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center. Nwadike is a peace activist, inspirational speaker and video journalist. 227.3751.

• Waynesville Fiber Friends welcomes fiber artists of every kind: crochet, knitting, cross-stitching and more, from 10 a.m.-noon on the second Saturday of each month at Panacea Coffee House in Waynesville. 276.6226.

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• The Waynesville Public Library will host Pyramid Brass at 3 p.m. Aug. 26. The show is free and open to the public. www.haywoodarts.org.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • Applications are being accepted through Oct. 6 for Regional Artist Project grants through the N.C. Arts Council. Eligible projects include creation of new work, purchase of equipment, professional development workshops, travel and development of promotional materials. Application available at: www.haywoodarts.org, or email director@haywoodarts.org.

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This is a fundraiser for the Savannah Fire Department. Tickets are $10 at the gate. Food vendors and much more. There will be raffles and prizes. 850.281.1975. Visit the Fort Tatham Facebook page and the Sun Communities website for more information.

Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, in HART Theatre in Waynesville. Tickets: $25. Free for students 25 and under. 452.0593 or HaywoodArts.org/youngartist-series.

• “Spirit of Place: Artwork by Elizabeth Ellison” – an art exhibit – will be on display through Sept. 4. at the Asheville Arboretum. • The work of retired art teacher Jan Boyer will be fea-

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tured in the September Rotunda Gallery Exhibit with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. info@jacksoncountyarts.org or 507.9820. • The inaugural Shelton House Crafter Showcase is on display at the Shelton House and the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts in Waynesville. www.sheltonhouse.org or info@sheltonhouse.org. • The graduating class of Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts program will exhibit their best work from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Sept. 24 at the Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville. 627.4673 or haywood.edu. • A new exhibition titled “Within the Margins: Contemporary Ceramics,” curated by Steven Young Lee, will be on display at Penland Gallery off Penland Road near Spruce Pine in Mitchell County. 765.6211 or penland.org/gallery.

at The Strand on Main in Waynesville. 38main.com. • A historical drama starring Mary Tyler Moore will be shown at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin. Movie is about a 1940s Tennessee welfare worker who learns about a black-market baby ring. Info, including movie title: 524.3600. • “Lowriders” will be shown on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. by Mad Batter Food and Film in Sylva for free. • An award-winning environmental documentary, “The Memory of Fish,” will be shown at 6 p.m. on Sept. 9, at The Collider in Asheville. It’s the story of Dick Goin, the wild salmon he loves and his fight to free a river. http://thecollider.org or info@thecollider.org. • Free movies are shown every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Madbatterfoodfilm.com.

• New artist and medium will be featured every month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

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• “Take in the View with a Ranger” program is held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month on the deck of the Pisgah Inn. Ask questions and learn about the Blue Ridge Parkway’s natural and cultural history. • A Zahner Lecture entitled “Eastern Cougars” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 31 at the Highlands Nature Center in Highlands. www.highlandsbiological.org, 526.2221 or highlandsbiological@gmail.com. • An Eco Forum on the topic of “Solid Waste is Here to Stay” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 89 Sierra Drive in

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• Registration is underway for the screening of “America Divided,” an EPIX Original Documentary Series, which will be shown at 2 p.m. on consecutive Thursdays through Sept. 24, at the Waynesville Library. Features narratives around inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system. Registration required: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

Franklin. Meet and greet at 5:30 p.m.; covered dish at 6 p.m. 524.3691. • Registration is underway for the Qualla Country Trout Tournament, which is Sept. 1-3 in Cherokee. $11 registration fee plus $10 fishing permit. Register anywhere fishing permits are sold or at www.FishCherokee.com. Info: 359.6110 or 788.3013. • RSVPs are being accepted for the Haywood Waterways Association’s third annual Leaders in the Creek workshop, which is from 2-4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4, at Canton Recreational Park. Activities and information. RSVP: 476.4667 or info@haywoodwaterways.org. • The Franklin Bird Club will hold a bird walk along the greenway at 8 a.m. on Sept. 6. Meet at Big Bear Shelter parking area. Franklinbirdclub.com or 524.5234. • “Growing Up On Hazel Creek and the Fontana Basin prior to 1943” is the topic of a presentation for the Sept. 7 meeting of the Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society. Presented by Lee Woods. Meeting is at 6:30 p.m. at the Swain County Regional Business Education and Training Center in Bryson City. • A Zahner Lecture on “Butterfly Highway” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the Nature Center at the Highlands Biological Station. www.highlandsbiological.org, 526.2221 or highlandsbiological@gmail.com. • Mainspring Conservation Trust will host a Little Tennessee River Clean-up from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 9. http://tinyurl.com/ya2r8zsz. • Volunteers are needed to clean up the Watauga, French Broad and Green River Watersheds on Saturday, Sept. 9. The French Broad cleanup will meet at 9 a.m. at Westfeldt River Park in Fletcher, with volunteers shuttled to their cleanup locations to work 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., returning for an afterparty running through 4 p.m. Organizers will provide canoes, kayaks and rafts. Particpants should wear swimsuits with shorts, river sandals or sneakers, and bring a hat, sunscreen, water and change of clothes. The event is part of the 30th annual N.C. Big Sweep River Cleanup and spearheaded by MountainTrue. Space limited, with signups online at www.mountaintrue.org/event/30th-annual-bigsweep-river-clean-up. • Volunteers are needed to help clean up Smokemont Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 9. Sign up: 865.436.1278 or logan_boldon@partner.nps.gov. • Sue Cameron with the Fish and Wildlife Service will speak on “Highlands Bogs and their Related Flora and Fauna” at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12 in the rear meeting room of the Hudson Library in Highlands. Presented by the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org or 526.1939. • Booth reservations are being accepted for the Macon County Fair, which is Sept. 13-16, in Franklin. Theme is “Family, Agriculture, Impact, Resources.” 349.2046.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • Registration is underway for the Cherokee Blue Ridge Run, which is Sept. 8-10 in Cherokee. Gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts. Music concerts, bike builders, bike games, bike show, prizes, vendors and more. Passes: $30 for all three days or $15 per day for Friday and Saturday and/or $10 for Sunday. 359.6707.

FARM AND GARDEN • Garden tours are available on the first Tuesday of each month (through October) at Southern Highlands Reserve, a nonprofit native woodland garden dedicated to sustaining the natural ecosystems of the Blue Ridge Mountains. www.southernhighlandsreserve.us. • “More in My Basket at the Market” classes are offered in September at the Cooperative Extension Service in Waynesville. Learn benefits of shopping at

the farmer’s market. Info and to register: 456.3575. • A Ginsing seminar will be offered at the following dates/locations: from 10:15 a.m.-noon on Sept. 5 at Cashiers Library; from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 7 at Swain Extension Center, Room 114; and from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 19 at Jackson Extension Center, Room 234. Register: 586.4009 or 488.3848. • The Sylva Garden Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Sylva. • A Master Gardener Plant Clinic is offered every business day through Sept. 22. 456.3575.

HIKING CLUBS • Blue Ridge Parkway rangers will lead a moderate, 2.4mile round trip hike at 10 a.m. on Sept. 1 from Stony Bald Overlook to Big Ridge Overlook. Meet at Stony Bald Overlook, Milepost 402.6. 298.5330, ext. 304. • Panthertown Valley Guided Hike and Trail Cleanup day is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2. www.panthertown.org/volunteer or friends@panthertown.org. • An eight-mile hike exploring an area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was once home to a bustling logging community will set out at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, from Lakeview Drive in Bryson City. $10 for Buckeye members of the Great Smoky Mountains Association, free for Hemlock members and $35 for nonmembers. http://conta.cc/2wFsJ5Y. • Carolina Mountain Club will hike different portions of the Mountains to Sea Trail on Sept. 9. 460.7066 or barbc129@gmail.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.5-mile hike with an 1,100-foot ascent on Sept. 10 from FS 816 to Bridges Camp Gap. 384.4870 or stuengo@comporium.net. • Carolina Mountain Club will have a 13-mile hike with a 2,800-foot elevation gain on Sept. 13 at Big East Fork, Grassy Cove and Shining Creek Loop. 704.453.9059 or richsampson360@gmail.com. • Registration is underway for a day hike/class that covers the history of the Appalachian Trail while hiking from Clingmans Dome to Siler Bald Shelter with instructor Liz Domingue of the Smoky Mountain Field School. Hike is Sept. 16. $79. Register: smfs.utk.edu.

OUTDOOR CLUBS • The Jackson County Poultry Club will hold its regular meeting on the third Thursday of each month at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office. The club is for adults and children and includes a monthly meeting with a program and a support network for those raising birds. For info, call 586.4009 or write heather_gordon@ncsu.edu. • The North Carolina Catch program, a three-phase conservation education effort focusing on aquatic environments, will be offered through May 15. The program is offered by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department. Free for members; daily admission for non-members. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov. • An RV camping club, the Vagabonds, camps one weekend per month from April through November. All ages welcome. No dues or structured activities. For details, write lilnau@aol.com or call 369.6669. • The Cataloochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited meets the second Tuesday of the month starting with a dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Rendezvous restaurant located on the corner of Jonathan Creek Road and Soco Road in Maggie Valley. 631.5543. • The Cherokee Runners meets each month on the 1st and 15th of the month (if the first falls on Sunday, the group meets on the 2nd), at the Age Link Conference Room. Group runs are being held each Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. starting at the Flame. www.cherokeerunners.com.

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The naturalist’s corner BY DON H ENDERSHOT

A total eclipse of science wo independent natural phenomena have occurred over the past few days that will be etched in the memories, minds and hearts of people across the country and around the world. A total solar eclipse sailed out of the Pacific Ocean and started its trek above terra firma around Lincoln Beach, Oregon, about 9 a.m. PDT on Aug. 21. The eclipse was visible across parts of 14 states leaving terra firma for the Atlantic Ocean over Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina a little after 3 p.m. EDT. Hurricane Harvey made landfall around 10 p.m. CDT as a Category 4 hurricane near Rockport, Texas, on Aug. 25. While one of these events was heralded and publicized and people were encouraged to go and see it — to experience and revel in it — the next event was also publicized and people were warned to flee it , to evacuate, to prepare for the worst. And guess what? People listened. People listened to both calls. NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, produced copious amounts

of maps and/or computer graphics detailing the path of the eclipse and where and how to view totality. At the same time, NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was tracking a storm in the Gulf of Mexico and warning residents of Southeast Texas that a hurricane of unprecedented destruction was headed their way. Any idea what discipline and/or rigor of thought and preparation paved the way for the accurate prognostication of both events? Science (the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment) – yep, science paved the way. Scientist with NASA plotted the eclipse denoting when and where the best places for viewing totality would occur. Scientists with NOAA followed and studied Harvey from a small disturbance near the Lesser Antilles until it barreled ashore at Rockport and continued monitoring and warning people in its path. If you wanted to experience the totality of a solar eclipse you listened to reports or googled NASA or downloaded unbelievably precise maps and/or timetables of where the eclipse would be and when. If you lived

Eclipse 2017. Don Hendershot photo along the Southeast Texas coast you listened or googled for reports from NOAA about mandatory and/or voluntary evacuations. Even if you decided to try and ride the storm out, you used predictions from NOAA to determine what you would need to survive. You didn’t peruse ancient volumes from Nostradamus or consult Madam Rue; you listened to science because it was important;

you wanted to know the closest place to go and see totality or you wanted to know how to get out of Harvey’s way. When it was important you didn’t turn to soothsayers, sages, religion or superstition — you turned to science. (Don Hendershot is a naturalist and a writer who lives in Haywood County. He can be reached at ddihen1@bellsouth.net)

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