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On the Cover: North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission has been working for the past two years on a set of rules to govern natural gas exploration in the state, and now the results are open for public comment. With comments taken until Sept. 30, rule-makers and rule critics give their take on what’s in the 105-page document, what’s not and what should be. (Page 8)

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Tug-of-war over Nikwasi Mound Cherokee wants Franklin leaders to turn over historic site BY B ECKY JOHNSON the people of the town would want to give STAFF WRITER up ownership. herokee leaders have formally asked “The mound would not even be there if it the town of Franklin to turn over wasn’t for the people of the town raising the Nikwasi Mound, the latest turn of money to buy it back in the ‘40s,” Scott said. events in a two-year controversy swirling The mound would have been bulldozed around the cultural and historical site. by a private property owner, but the comThe town owns the prominent landmark munity raised $1,500 for the town to buy it. at the edge of downtown, but Cherokee The primary point of contention for claims the town isn’t taking care of it. Cherokee leaders seems to be the grass on “The town of Franklin is being issued a the mound — or rather lack of it — dating vote of no confidence for their failure to pro- back to an ill-fated brush with weed killer vide upkeep of the Nikwasi Mound,” almost three years ago. Principal Chief Michell Hicks Unkempt grass on Nikwasi Mound in wrote in a resoluFranklin is fueling the debate between tion presented to the town and Cherokee. tribal council last week. The resolution called on the town to hand over the property deed for the mound, citing the Cherokee people’s “cultural affiliation with our historic homelands.” It passed unanimously by tribal council. But Franklin leaders countered their town also has a strong attachment to the mound, Mowing the mound was time-consuming which has become part of the community for town maintenance workers, so the town fabric. manager at the time decided to kill all the “We have a lot of people in Franklin who existing grass and replant a low-growing have a strong feeling for the mound as well,” variety that doesn’t need mowing. said Franklin Mayor Bob Scott. “Both sides Once the mound was denuded, getting — the town of Franklin and the Eastern the new grass to grow didn’t go too well, Band — have ties to the mound, so why however. The new grass is uneven and spotcan’t we work together jointly on preserving ty, with bare patches in some places and this mound?” weeds growing among it. Scott said he understands Chief Hicks’ Chief Hicks brought pictures of the position, and might feel the same way if he mound to the tribal council meeting last were in Hicks’ place. But Franklin residents week. The council members weren’t pleased cherish the mound, too, and Scott doubts with the unkempt appearance.

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“The tribe’s expectations are higher than the town of Franklin’s, I think. There is no reason for that mound to be in that condition,” said Cherokee Tribal Council Member Albert Rose, from the Birdtown community. “We can do a better job than that.” David Wolfe, a tribal council member from Yellowhill, agreed. “We would certainly take better care of it than what’s being done now,” Wolfe said. Franklin leaders agree on one count. “Yes, I know the mound got messed up and, yes, it does not look its best,” said Joyce Handley, Franklin town board member. “We don’t like the looks of it either — none of us do.”

COMPETING VERSIONS But portraying the town as uncaring toward the mound is inaccurate, according to town leaders. They, too, want to rectify the appearance, but have been in a holding pattern awaiting direction and coordination with the tribe. The town has reached out multiple times to Chief Hicks asking for a meeting to discuss the way forward, but to no avail, according to Handley and Scott. “We have tried to get in touch and say to them ‘Please, if you are unhappy, tell us what you are unhappy with,’” Handley said. “It is not like we’ve said we don’t want to do anything. We’ve said we want to work together and want to know what it is you want us to do,” Scott added. The town even started sending certified letters to prove that it had attempted communication on its end. “We had sent several certified letters that were received on their end but got no response. Whenever someone called him there were no phone calls back,” Handley said. Hicks could not be reached for comment, however, the resolution he presented to tribal council portrays a different version of events. The tribe offered to help with maintenance of the mound to no avail, according to the resolution.

What are mounds? Man-made earth mounds, some quite large, were the spiritual and geopolitical center of prehistoric Cherokee towns. People gathered on the mound for celebrations, religious services and social occasions. Tribal affairs were conducted in council houses built on top. The mound was like a church, town square, town hall and auditorium stage — all in one. Dozens of major Cherokee towns once lined the banks of the Little Tennessee River and surrounding river valleys before white people destroyed them and took the land. The mounds are the only surviving record on the landscape of the vast network. There were once around 25 mounds in the seven western counties, but there are only about 16 mounds left, estimated Tyler Howe, the tribal historic preservation specialist. “Not all of those are in existence any longer,” Howe said. They’ve been farmed over, bulldozed to build on, flooded by dams and dug up by archaeologists. There were far more towns, but not every town was marked by a mound, Howe said. The tribe has made an effort in recent years to inventory the remaining mounds. The location of most was retained in the collective cultural memory, passed down by Cherokee elders, but some have been rediscovered in modern times. “The mission is really re-establishing the Cherokee world,” Howe said. The tribe has even bought two mounds — Cowee Mound in Macon County and Kituwah in Swain County. Many still remain in private ownership, however. The Nikwasi Mound in Franklin is owned by the town, after residents raised $1,500 back in the 1940s to save it from being leveled by a private property owner. Deed stipulations prevent the mound from being altered, a measure put in place at the time to ensure continued protection by future generations of town leaders.

“The town of Franklin board of aldermen has disregarded the upkeep of the mound and ignored the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians offers of assistance and has failed to demonstrate respect to the Cherokee people through the disrespect of the Nikwasi Mound,” the resolution states. Scott and Handley said the

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Meadows and Hill debate at WCU BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ep. Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, went head-to-head with Tom Hill, DZirconia, his challenger for the 11th District Congressional seat, in a debate last week at Western Carolina University. Open seats were sparse in the A.K. Hinds University Center’s auditorium as the candidates debated everything from income inequality to the Ukraine in a debate sponsored by the university’s Public Policy Institute and Department of Political Science and Public Affiars.

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Raising the debt ceiling is dangerous and pointless, Meadows said, if Congress doesn’t have a plan to pay the debt off. Congress has a spending problem and no plan to get the country back on steady financial footing. “We’ve gotta have a plan to balance because if not, we’re going to meet that

The ISIS situation is our own fault, Meadows said, because we didn’t nip the problem in the bud. “We could have gotten rid of them not more than 18 moths ago with 1,500 [soldiers],” he said. “You gotta deal with it today decisively, or we’re going to be dealing with it with the blood of our men and women in the future.” Hill maintained America has a tendency to pick sides in the Middle East without really knowing whether it’s picked the good guys, as evidenced by our one-time support of the group that became the Taliban. “We don’t know what we’re doing in the Middle East,” he said. “We need to get out of there. We need to give humanitarian aid to people who are fleeing form these wars. I will support going into Gaza and demilitarizing Gaza.”

Meadows said that fracking is a state issue, not a federal issue, but that cheaper energy is the key to giving working Americans a pay increase. “We need to get gas prices down so that single moms and people on fixed incomes can have a pay increase. That’s a real pay increase,” he said. Hill countered that much of the controversy surrounding fracking has to do with the industry’s exemption from key federal environmental laws. “His [Meadows’] idea that it’s not a federal issue is nonsense,” Hill said. “It is a national issue, should have been solved at the national level and it was not.” The candidates will continue to race onward to the Nov. 4 election. In the meantime, the full debate is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7xZcGUVv WE. An expanded version of this article, covering the candidates’ positions on issues, including the Affordable Care Act and the police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., is available at www.smokymountainnews.com.

voiced his disappointment on behalf of the tribe and demanded an apology. But the majority of Franklin board members didn’t want to apologize. When the former mayor apologized anyway, the board censured him for apologizing out of school. Scott, who wasn’t mayor yet but was an alderman at the time, also went rogue by reaching out to the tribe after the weed killer incident. He made a trip to Cherokee to apologize personally and “see what we could do to make it right.” Scott said the whole situation was “very unfortunate.” “It happened. I don’t deny it, but it is over and it is past, so let’s look at what we can do to work together for what is best for the mound, the Eastern Band and the town of Franklin,” Scott said. At times, it seemed that was happening. Representatives from Cherokee and Franklin met once or twice last year to discuss what should be planted on the mound, how to go about it, and the best practices

for maintaining it. But discussions were preliminary, mostly brainstorming in nature, and never arrived at a plan. Follow-up meetings never happened. Franklin leaders were then thrown a curve ball late last summer. Hicks asked Macon County commissioners to pass a resolution urging Franklin to work with the tribe — and specifically to engage in discussions over mound ownership and maintenance. That seemed unnecessary and even insulting to town leaders, who claim they were more than willing to work with the tribe and the lack of discussions wasn’t their fault. The stalemate seemed to take a positive turn in the spring, when Chief Hicks came to the Franklin town meeting to talk about the mound. “Everything was cordial, it was a very amenable productive meeting. We were going to be working together I thought, and all of a sudden this thing blows up again,” Scott said.

To Cherokee Tribal Council members, the appearance of the mound sends a message that the town didn’t care as much as they do. “There was just a bunch of dead spots on it and there were vines growing on it,” said Bo Crowe, a tribal council member from Wolfetown. “We think it should be taken care of better than what they are doing. We thought it was really disrespectful.” Crowe said he isn’t sure the tribe can force Franklin to do it, but “Hopefully, it will put a little pressure” on them. Scott countered that the town has simply been waiting on input from the tribe before doing anything. The mayor said the town’s interests are ultimately the same as the tribe’s. “The mound needs to be here 500 years from now,” Scott said. “We want to be good stewards of the mound.” But with Cherokee angling for ownership, and Franklin refusing to give it up, any hope of middle ground remains elusive. 7

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opposite is true — the town has offered to work together, but the tribe, or at least Hicks, were unreceptive. After months of missed connections, Hicks and tribal representatives finally met with Franklin leaders last week. But instead of collaborating as the town leaders had hoped, Hicks told the town he wanted them to turn over the mound. “I told him ‘Really, I don’t think we can do that right now,’” Scott recalled. The next day back in Cherokee, Hicks went before tribal council with the resolution. Franklin leaders said they first heard of the resolution on WLOS television news. “We were caught completely off guard,” Scott said.

Income inequality is a real problem, Hill said, and the solution should include an increased minimum wage and higher taxes for corporations. “I have no tolerance for people who say, ‘if you raise the minimum wage, there will this or that or the other’ — let’s raise it and see,” he said. Meadows countered that, while he’s committed to working for an improved economy and job opportunity, minimum wage is not the way to do it because that tactic would mean employers hiring fewer people overall. Furthermore, the current benefits structure means that a person on the threshold of qualifying for social programs could lose just as much in aid as they would gain in wage. “She doesn’t even realize the $3 an hour raise because much of that gets taken away with benefits that she loses,” Meadows said of a scenario in which a single mother works 40 hours per week for minimum wage.

Meadows contested Hill’s allegation that he was the “architect” of the shutdown by saying that, while he wrote a letter arguing against funding the Affordable Care Act, he also didn’t think Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would allow the stalemate to go to a shutdown. And Meadows doesn’t buy the National Park Service’s assessment that the shutdown cost the region $33 million. “If you go to the Department of Revenue website for October 2013 versus October of 2012, you will find that even during the government shutdown we had a $30 million increase,” he said.

The situation in the Ukraine is unfortunate, Hill said, but the United States is already spread too thin abroad and should not get involved. What the country should do is build a coalition with Russia to help with some of our other involvements. “I would call up [Russian President Vladamir] Putin and say, ‘Would you like to take our place in Afghanistan? If you would we’ve got some equipment over there we can give to you,’” Hill said. Meadows rejected that idea, calling Putin a “KGB guy” and said that instead the United States should go after Russia economically. Not with sanctions — by the production of cheap liquefied natural gas. “If it gets down to $70 a barrel he has an economic problem and he withdraws,” Meadows said.

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Meadows has introduced three bills in the last 18 months that passed the House of Representatives and is working on a fourth, a bill designed to exempt Habitat for Humanity homes from Dodd-Frank financial regulations. “I’m hopeful that we move it through because the impact of that is homes being built for those that are really in need,” Meadows said. Hill’s priorities would include closing offshore tax loopholes and introducing an immigration reform bill. “It’s very simple,” he said of his first priority, closing corporate tax loopholes. “You pass a law that says notwithstanding any change to the tax code you must pay taxes on the basis of where they make their money, not on the basis of where they call their home office.”

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point of no return,” he said. Hill, on the other hand, believes the country has a revenue problem and that corporate loopholes are to blame for the hundreds of billions of dollars of federal deficit accrued each year. “The way to make the budget balance is very simple,” he said. “You make corporations pay their taxes.”

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Peeling back the layers A closer look at proposed fracking regulations BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER

nyone who’s read a newspaper, turned on a TV or listened to chitchat in a grocery store sometime over the last six months has probably heard about North Carolina’s impending foray into the world of natural gas exploration. At the end of May, the state legislature passed a bill to lift a statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for fossil fuels. And in July, the Mining and Energy Commission released a draft set of rules to govern the industry. Depending who you ask, that document contains either the strictest regulations of any of the 34 states that allow the practice, or a joke specially designed to favor industry and render citizens powerless. The rules document covers a lot of ground in its 105-page span, but some sections are especially adept at drawing out praise from supporters and criticism from opponents.

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The issue: The basic idea behind fracking is to prop open cracks in deep rock layers so that trapped oil and gas can flow out and up the wellbore. To do that, freshwater — plus sand and chemicals used to thicken it, are injected down the wellbore. When the water returns to the surface, it’s gunked up with chemicals from the fracking mixture and from the minerals underground, which often haven’t been exposed to oxygen for thousands of years or more. Each frack uses several million gallons of water — exact amounts vary by well — so that leaves a lot of dirty water to deal with. The rule: In many states, wastewater is simply injected into uncontained wells deep below the ground. North Carolina has banned that type of well. Companies can truck the waste to injection wells in other states, clean it up for shipment to a municipal wastewater treatment plant, build their own treatment facility or recycle it to use for another frack. The rulemakers: Eliminating injection wells is a big win for the environment, and taking that easy out away from companies will make recycling frackwater more economically appealing. Essentially, all the water that comes up from the wellbore will be recycled in some way — either for another frack or to be sent to a water treatment plant and later returned to the water cycle. That will make fracking in North Carolina much less hydrologically demanding than in other states, where dirty water disappears down disposal wells, likely never to be seen again. “As the rules are written, you can treat it for the intended purpose,” said Vikram Rao, chairman of the Mining and Energy Commission. “You can treat it to send to a special facility for further treatment, or you can send it to a certain site for discharge.” The rule allows the flexibility for companies to decide what will work best in any given situation. “It’s just going to depend on what the environment is at that particular time,” said

WNC shale gas study cancelled Western North Carolina is no longer on State Geologist Ken Taylor’s schedule for this fall’s tour de hydrocarbons in North Carolina. Taylor had planned to come to WNC in September to collect rock samples from road rights-of-way to test their carbon content. That initial test would have determined whether there was any point in pursuing shale gas exploration in the region any further. “The priorities outlined by the General Assembly and

Let your voice be heard If you’ve got an opinion on the proposed rules, there are two ways to get it out there: Attend the public hearing 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center in Cullowhee. Those who wish to speak should arrive early, with signups beginning 4 p.m. Commissioners are not allowed to answer questions, and comments are limited to three minutes. Submit a written comment by Sept. 30 to http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/mining-and-energy-commission/public-comment-meetings or send a hard copy to DENR-Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources, Attn: Oil and Gas Program, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1612. The rules are available at the website listed above.

outlined in the budget have directed us to look at the basins in the central portion of the state where we’ve already been conducting analyses and testing,” said Jamie Kritzer, public information officer for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In other words, the 2014-15 budget came in a little tighter than expected, so studies will focus on the Dan River, Deep River and Cumberland-Marlboro basins, which are thought to have the greatest potential of any area in the state. Testing was also cancelled for three eastern N.C. counties: Bertie, Pasquotank and Camden. However, the cancellation doesn’t mean that testing is off the table for good. “It wasn’t that much money,” Katie Hicks, assistant director of Clean Water for North Carolina, said of the

$12,000 of the entire $250,000 allotment originally budgeted for the WNC survey. “They were going to pick up some rocks. They can’t do that because of budget constraints. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t come back.” Kritzer confirmed that supposition, maintaining that the decision was based on budgetary constraints and priorities for exploration, not on the anti-fracking groups and municipal resolutions springing up across WNC. “It just came out of the actions of the General Assembly and the actions of the budget that was passed is my understanding,” he said. “I’m not sure whether the other issues played a role.” The study’s cancellation will not affect the public hearing on the oil and gas rules, still scheduled for Sept. 12 at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center. — By Holly Kays

The issue: A standard feature of oil and gas rules is a regulation stipulating how far industrial equipment must be from homes, streams, roads and other features. Setbacks are important because they regulate how big a buffer people and the environment get from runoff, noise, air pollution and other impacts associated with the industry. Distances of those setback requirements vary drastically from state to state. The rule: Wells, tanks, pits and tank batteries must be at least 650 feet from homes, high-occupancy buildings and wells people drink out of; 200 feet from any wetland or permanent waterway; and 100 feet from the 100-year floodplain, intermittent streams and rights-of-way such as roads and railroads. The rulemakers: Setback distances are one of the most-commented-on topics from the rules. The committee took a careful look at what rules other states had in place and came up with their numbers based on what has kept people and the environment safe elsewhere. “That’s what we tried to do is be informed by other states, and all I can tell you is we deliberated strongly on what other states did,” Rao said. “They strike a fairly delicate balance,” McGowan said of the setbacks, protecting people and the environment while keeping opportunity open for industry. The critics: Despite rulemakers promoting the rules as the strongest set in the nation, they fall conspicuously short in this department. For example, Hicks said, in New York pits must be at least 2,000 feet away from streams, but in North Carolina that distance is 200 feet. “A good minimum to ask for is at least 1,500 feet from occupied buildings and at

What is fracking? Around since the 1940s, fracking is nothing new. The process involves injecting a combination of water, chemicals and sand to prop open the cracks in rocks below the surface, allowing any oil or gas the rocks contain to flow into the wellbore and up to the surface. What is new is combining it with horizontal drilling. These wells can go as deep as 2 miles below the ground before turning to proceed horizontally through the hydrocarbonbearing formation. Fracking then commences in this long, deep wellbore, allowing previously unrecoverable fossil fuels to make their way to tanks and pipelines. It’s only been the past decade or so that these two technologies have been used together, and it’s this partnership that has caused fossil fuel production to surge in the United States, along with questions about the method’s safety.

least 1,500 feet from public wells,” she told a group of fracking opponents gathered at Jackson County Library last week to prep for the Sept. 12 hearing. Then, too, there’s the absence of any regulations about steep slopes. Chemicals are much more likely to travel quickly 200 feet down a 15 percent slope than across 200 feet of flat land. There’s also the issue of using the 100year floodplain as a starting line to measure the distance from a wastewater storage pit. Heavy rain events are on the rise, according to the National Climate Assessment, so Hicks worries that using historical data about the typical reach of a severe flood could be problematic. “I think it’s a joke to have waste stored in open pits as close as 100 feet from the 100-year floodplain,” she said.

BONDING The issue: When a company sets out to drill for oil and gas, there’s always a risk that the cash flow won’t work in their favor and they’ll disappear before the aftermath is all taken care of. That’s why states typical-

ly require companies to post a cash bond, intended to pay the cost of cleanup and reclamation if the company doesn’t. The rule: There are several different kinds of bonds an operator could have to submit. Two of those have amounts outlined in the rules or in the May 2014 law. According to the rule set, operators must post a well plugging bond of $5,000 per well, plus $1 for each linear foot of wellbore. According to the law known as the Energy Modernization Act, companies must also post an environmental damage bond of $1 million. The rulemakers: $1 million is a substantial amount of money. It’s enough to deter an operator from walking away from a bad investment, and those funds would go a long way toward cleaning up the aftermath. “I do think, to be fair, the bond is pretty substantial,” granted Asbill, even though her overall view of the rules is negative. The critics: $1 million is plenty for the state to close an abandoned well and reclaim the land around it, but it doesn’t look like the money could be used to repair any harm done to neighboring properties. “That doesn’t address the lack of a longterm remedy for contamination and injury,” McCallie said.

CASING The issue: When constructing a well, layers of steel casing and concrete barriers are used to keep the frack fluid from escaping into the ground around it. The rule: The standards for casing and cement are numerous and complex, relying heavily on American Petroleum Institute standards. For much of the wellbore’s length, the well is lined with two layers of steel casing with concrete between — the topmost section has three layers of steel and two of concrete. That level of protection does not extend the whole way down. The horizontal part of the wellbore has just one layer of steel casing around it, but the freshwater-bearing portions of the geology would be required to have that double protection. The rulemakers: North Carolina’s casing and cementing standards are taken from the best of what other states have done and the lessons learned from the worst that others have experienced. The leaks and water quality issues reported in states such as Pennsylvania are mainly due to wells drilled at the beginning of the shale gas rush, which were built with less sophisticated techniques and less oversight, Womack said. “What they did is they got started and then they put their rules together, and a lot of these companies, these early companies, these independent drillers that came in, they cut corners and they didn’t follow API best practices in their well construction and they got into trouble,” Womack said at the forum. By contrast, North Carolina is adopting its rules, complete with API standards for well construction, outright.

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The issue: After frackwater comes back up the wellbore, it has to go somewhere before traveling to its next destination, whether that’s recycling for another frack or treatment and discharge. The rule: The rules allow the frackwater to be temporarily stored in open pits. Pits must be double-lined with synthetic material and include a system to detect leaks within 24 hours. They must be 200 feet away from any permanent body of water, though companies can request variances on a caseby-case basis. Pits are intended as temporary storage, but the rule does not define “temporary.” The rulemakers: Typically, a drilling rig will spend only about three weeks at a particular wellbore. Once drilling is done, the pit would be emptied and its contents disposed of in a more permanent manner, so it’s not material that stays around for very long. And in the meantime, the structure is monitored closely. “There are safeguards in place on that

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pit,” said MEC member Jim Womack at an informational forum organized by N.C. Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin. “When a liner does begin to fail — and it’s inspected regularly — then the pit is drained and it’s [the liner is] replaced.” The critics: Objections to the open pit scenario are numerous and loud. First, critics argue, “temporary” is not defined, and while a rig might hang around a wellbore for only 21 days, there could be five, eight, 10, or more wells per wellpad. Multiply any of those numbers by three weeks, and the timeframe gets a lot longer. And what if the company goes bankrupt, or just decides it’s cheaper to keep the wastewater in the pit than to dispose of it promptly? Remember, they say, the rules regarding disposal aren’t exactly clear-cut. And while the dirty water sits there, plenty can go wrong. “Pits are designed to catch a certain amount of rain, but there are storms that are heavy enough that it will overwhelm the pit, and what’s in it just flows away into the river,” McCallie said. “Because Western North Carolina gets such heavy localized rainfall, there’s real concern that pits are just not a safe solution, and we think the final rules ought to ban them.”

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David McGowen, executive director of the N.C. Petroleum Council. The critics: Municipal wastewater treatment plants aren’t set up to handle the chemicals that come with frackwater — water quality standards for many of those chemicals don’t even exist yet. In theory, companies could set up their own wastewater treatment facilities, but those cost money and would only be economically viable if there turned out to be a huge gas play in North Carolina, something that many doubt. “There are some really wealthy companies, some of the big ones that might have a subsidiary build a plant for the water if the field was big enough,” said Grady McCallie, policy director for the N.C. Conservation Network. “There’s just no evidence that we’ve got that much gas, and the evidence is that we don’t.” Companies must submit a plan spelling out where their wastewater will go, but the requirements for that plan are kind of fuzzy too, said Katie Hicks, assistant director of Clean Water for North Carolina. “It can be a facility that doesn’t even exist yet. One very reasonable change they could make is to require it to be a facility that’s already operating, that has a clean compliance record, that’s doing this thing properly,” Hicks said. As far as recycling frackwater goes, the technology is getting better. But there still comes a point when reusing the water just becomes a lot more expensive than bringing in a fresh load. And when that happens, the rules don’t give a lot of clear answers as to what happens next. “Either the [municipal] facilities are going to say ‘No, we’re not going to take this water,’ or they’re going to take it and discharge it with pollutants in it,” said Mary McLane Asbill, senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center. As to which of those options they’d actually be allowed to choose, she said, “I think it’s kind of unclear.”

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FRACKING, CONTINUED FROM 9 “North Carolina’s well construction standards are the best in the nation,” Womack said. “I’m not saying they’re going to be perfect wells, but they’re going to be a heck of a lot better than what you’re seeing in Pennsylvania.” The critics: Stringent well construction standards are all well and good, but even the best-built infrastructure degrades over time. What happens in 20, 30 or even 100 years when the wells have sat unused for years? The newest technology may be much better than what was going in the ground during the early days of shale gas exploration, but the industry is really only about a decade old and hasn’t yet stood the test of time. “They’ve got old vertical holes that are connecting different layers, and whatever casing they’ve had has long since eroded,” McCallie said. “Once it gets into one of those layers it can move up and down the other pipes too.” McCallie said he hasn’t heard much discussion — or read much rule-making — that deals with that longer view. “It’s a very short horizon,” he said. “Nothing addresses that longer term.”

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The issue: Hundreds of different chemicals go into the frack fluid used to coax the shale gas out, and the cocktail varies by geology and by company. The MEC had to decide how much of the mixture’s contents companies would be required to disclose and how much could be protected as a trade secret, a concept akin to the Coca-Cola

recipe. The rule: Companies must disclose all the contents of their frack fluid to the MEC, the state geologist and the state Department of Emergency Management, and the list must also be printed on a sheet stored onsite wherever the chemicals are used. They must also post the ingredients on www.FracFocus.com — except for trade secrets. The MEC has authority to approve or reject requests to have an ingredient designated a trade secret, which would mean its identity would no longer be public knowledge. According to the May legislation, disclosing a trade secret is a misdemeanor. The rulemakers: Trade secrets are protected in every other industry, so there’s no reason that the rules should be different for mineral extraction. “There are other industries that also affect our health that have trade secrets that are protected every day,” Womack said at the forum. That said, the burden of proof is on the company to prove that something should be protected as a trade secret. “A company making a trade secret claim would have to defend it with a special committee of the [Mining and Energy] Commission,” Rao said. The critics: There’s no assurance that, in the event of an emergency, the information would get from the people who have it to the people who need it in a timely manner. For example, Therese Vick of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League said at the forum that a wellpad in Ohio caught fire this summer, and firefighters and first responders had no idea how to treat it because the Environmental Protection

Agency didn’t send the chemical information for five days. “The records that were required to be kept on site, they were on site,” Vick said. “They were in the trailer that was on fire.”

WHAT’S NOT THERE The proposed rules aren’t an exhaustive index of all needed regulations. According to Womack, that will change. The MEC had two years to write the rules, so it hit the ones that are necessary to establish a strong regulatory framework for the industry to proceed in North Carolina — a framework that he unequivocally calls “the strongest in the nation.” But the work’s not done. “We didn’t do everything that you might desire to do in a full and mature set of rules,” he said at the forum. “There are some things we have on our wish list of rules that other states haven’t done but we want to study and implement over time.” In the coming years, Womack said, the MEC will work on its second and third rounds of rules. But a wish list for later doesn’t solve the problems now, McCallie said. “This package of rules has some gaping holes in it and some major inadequacies,” he said, while recognizing that the MEC has “worked very hard” on “a very tight timeframe.” Among the issues that the proposed rule set does not address are: Air quality. Shale gas production can impact air quality on a number of fronts — the main culprits are fumes produced when flaring off excess gas and exhaust from trucks carrying water, drilling rigs and other

Fracking panel draws crowd in Franklin BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER walk through the parking lot was all that was necessary to see that a diverse crowd had gathered to hear what the group of panelists N.C. Sen. Jim Davis, RFranklin, had assembled had to say about fracking. Cars outside the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin sported bumper stickers promoting everything from gun rights to local foods, their owners pouring into the auditorium by the hundreds to settle into selfassigned pro- and anti-fracking seating blocks. “I thought it was really important that people be able to have questions and have those addressed by a panel of experts,” said Davis, who co-sponsored a May 2014 bill that, among other things, lifted the state’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Now the public is in the midst of reviewing a set of proposed rules that would govern that development. Davis had invited Jim Womack, sitting member and former chairman of the Mining and Energy Commission; Jeff Warren, a geologist who serves as science and energy advisor to the Senate; N.C. Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Mocksville and Therese Vick of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. The evening began with a presentation from Womack, covering the nuts and bolts of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, a brief history of its rise in the United States and the resulting energy boom and an overview of North Carolina’s progress toward opening the state for some ener-

equipment. The proposed rules do not address or regulate these impacts. The oil and gas industry is exempt from the portion of the Clean Air Act that treats smaller sources of pollution grouped together — such as wellheads — as a single source. Forced pooling. Forced pooling is a mechanism that would allow the MEC to grant a drilling permit to a company even if 100 percent of the people through whose land the wellbore would pass did not agree to lease their land. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources requested a study on the topic from the MEC to inform its own recommendation to the legislature but did not in fact make any such recommendation. The May legislation merely states that a study is needed to make a decision about forced pooling. The reality of forced pooling and the mechanisms by which it would work if it did become law are still unclear. “From now until the legislature does do something, there is no forced pooling allowed with regard to horizontal drilling or hydraulic fracturing, but it’s one of the issues that people are most fearful of,” Asbill said. Eminent domain. If there proves to be enough natural gas in North Carolina to draw industry interest and investment in infrastructure, there’s potential that eminent domain could be used to make way for pipelines. But that’s another possibility that has not been hashed out in pen and ink just yet. “Eminent domain could occur with this industry when you’re talking about the rights to put pipeline and that sort of thing

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at random and read the questions to the panelists. “They wanted to make sure that I lived to see tomorrow,” Davis joked, indicating Holland and his deputy. “Thank you for that.” gy development of its own. Womack’s presentation was Questions ranged from the merely informational (How peppered by boos and hisses from fracking opponents in large is the typical wellpad?, Where will the water be stored the audience. after use?) to the combative (If fracking is safe, why go to “We really don’t know, and anybody that tells you that “such lengths” to protect companies from liability?) Womack, far left, makes a point after Davis, far right, finishes posing to the favorable (What are an audience member’s question. Holly Kays photo the biggest misrepresentations about fracking?). As the sole anti-fracking representative on the panel, Vick found herself requesting plenty of rebuttals within the discussion following each question. Davis cut questions off around 9 p.m., three hours after the forum had started. “We’ve covered about 10 percent of the questions,” he said, adding that he hadn’t expected to have such a large volume come in. Davis encouraged audience they do is telling you a fib,” Womack said. “We really don’t members to email his legislative address, know how productive these areas could be.” Jim.Davis@ncleg.net, to ask for more information about Following Womack’s presentation, Davis opened the those unanswered questions. floor for questions. Audience members wrote their queries “I am technologically disabled, but I will find a way to on blank index cards and flagged down Macon County set up a blog,” he said. “All the citizens in North Carolina Sheriff Robert Holland, who was there toting a basket to deserve to have your questions answered.” collect the questions. Davis invited Vick to draw the cards

ONLY A DRAFT The proposed rules are certainly making headlines, but they are only a draft. Public comment will remain open through Sept. 30, and a public hearing beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Center will give residents of the western

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BY HOLLY KAYS 20 public hearing held in Raleigh. STAFF WRITER “I just want to point out the news media t was back to school for a group of is going to come. They’re not going to stay staunch fracking opponents on Friday, for the whole hearing,” he told the group. Sept. 5. The corner conference room in “To me, it’s quite obvious that these were the Jackson County Public Library was a bit chosen to be the first speakers.” small for the 20 people crammed in to it, He indicated a pair of young men who but they were ready to learn. “It’s all coming down now to the Mining and Energy Commission hearing, and I wanted to be here to make sure that I had all the knowledge that I needed,” said Donna Dupree, leader of the Jackson County Coalition Against Fracking. The meeting included a briefing on what, exactly, fracking is and an overview of the proposed rules from Katie Hicks, assistant director of Clean Water for North Avram Friedman organized a rally outside the State Republican Party’s Carolina. But it also included a Convention in Cherokee this June to oppose fracking. Jeremy Morrison photo lesson in just how to make an impact at a public hearing. both spoke passionately in favor of shale “The dice will be loaded against us, and gas development, of the technology behind what they’re going to be trying to do is to it, of the promise of jobs, of tax revenue, of portray us as radical, eccentric people who energy independence, all without once lookdon’t know what we’re talking about,” said ing down at a note card. Avram Friedman, executive director of the “I would recommend, especially if you Canary Coalition, a grassroots environmenlive nearby, to get there earlier than 4 [p.m.] tal activist group. just to get to the front of the line,” Hicks Friedman told the group to take care to said. appear relatable, rational, well-informed. A Friedman advised the group to write their voice of reason in a world gone mad, but comments out beforehand, practice them to also a voice calling for something other make sure they read well and fall within the than what the Mining and Energy time limit, cite credible sources, introduce Commission wants. themselves and their place in the community “All we’re there to do is to improve the before launching into the written statement rules, according to him [Commissioner Jim and, above all, to keep their cool. Womack], but I would suggest we don’t fol“What we are trying to do is build a low his advice on that and tell him exactly movement, and this is an important event what we want the state to do,” Friedman within the building of that movement,” he said. said. Which is, to not merely revise the rules Dupree is ready to start building. but to eliminate the need for them entirely. “It was really good to see the video and Friedman urged the group to make it clear see how they got started, what people had that they’d like to see a complete repeal of to say and how they said it,” Dupree said. the entire fracking framework. “Rather than reading your notes, being able Friedman then turned to the computer to really look the commissioners in the eye screen and rolled the video from the Aug. and tell them what they need to do.”

or other types of machinery on your property,” Womack said. Statute of repose. North Carolina’s statute of repose states that if a person tries to take legal action for an injury done to them more than 10 years after harm occurred, nothing can be done because the window has expired — even if they just found out the harm had occurred. After the statute came up in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the CTS Superfund site in Asheville, the legislature loosened the language to make it easier for people to recover damages, but some worry that statute could apply to any health impacts related to shale gas extraction. “People are very vulnerable. It’s a very vulnerable thing,” Vick said when discussing the statute. However, no one seems quite certain whether that standard would apply in this case. Neither the rules nor the May legislation address the issue. “I have not thought about it in the context of fracking problems,” Asbill said.

counties a chance to voice their opinions in person. “If you have ideas of things that should be added to that list, by all means submit that to the Mining and Energy Commission,” Womack told the crowd at the Sept. 2 forum. After the public comment period ends, the Mining and Energy Commission will begin sorting through the comments and deciding on which changes to make. The MEC expects to adopt a final rule set sometime in November. The document will then travel to the Rules Review Commission for approval before reaching the General Assembly. Womack expects the legislature to approve permitting sometime around the first of April 2015, allowing the first drilling permits to be issued in July or August 2015. Asbill is concerned about the timeline, wondering if it’s too tight to allow careful consideration and — if necessary — rewriting of the rules. “They’ve compressed all the schedules. There’s not time for them to make substantive change to these rules,” she said. Womack, however, disagrees, pointing out the complexity of the MEC’s organization and the many stakeholders involved in the process. “We’re late to the game,” said N.C. Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Mocksville, who joined Womack on the forum’s panel, “but the thing about it is we’re doing it the right way.”

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New HCC complex to offer a gamut of response training BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER $4 million public safety facility will be constructed at Haywood Community College over the next two years, providing police, fire and rescue workers of all stripes a state-of-the-art training center for simulations, drills and classes. The HCC Board of Trustees formally voted on Sept. 6 to proceed with the project after nearly two years of planning. “This is really exciting for the college and our partnership with the community,” said HCC President Dr. Barbara Sue Parker. A contingency of police chiefs, fire chiefs, the sheriff ’s chief deputy and emergency management personnel from across Haywood County lined a wall of the HCC board room and applauded following the vote. Final construction plans will be drawn up in coming months. The project will go out to bid in late winter, with a target groundbreaking in spring or early summer, and project completion by summer 2016. The facility will revolutionize training for firefighters in Haywood County, said Waynesville Fire Chief Joey Webb. The planned HCC project calls for a three-story training tower where firefighters can practice putting out simulated fires in various settings, where law enforcement can

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practice building sweeps for rogue gunmen, or rescue workers can practice extracting dummies. Fire, law enforcement and rescue workers have rigorous ongoing training criteria, with annual benchmarks they must meet to keep their certifications current. When they’re lucky, fire departments can find old, dilapidated houses to burn for practice exercises. “Right now, we have to hunt buildings,” Webb said. But that is getting harder, due to red tape and liability concerns, Webb said. It’s also more risky to firefighters, since the old structures may not be sound. And they have to be cautious of keeping the fire from spreading to neighboring homes and dealing with the environmental issue of sending all that smoke into the air. The new training tower will be removing the risk without sacrificing the real-world experience. “It is a controlled environment using gas and theater smoke,” Webb said.

SKY IS THE LIMIT For law enforcement, finding buildings to conduct training drills is also a challenge. A simulation was recently staged at the old Department of Social Services, an empty four-story office building in Waynesville,

where officers practiced sweeping and clearing a building. Another was conducted at Tuscola High School, allowing officers to act out a school shooting scenario. But with the new training tower at HCC, law enforcement — and in particular the special response units — will have a go-to facility for training. “We are very pleased the construction is going to begin soon. It will increase the level of training in our community,” said Waynesville Police Chief Bill Hollingsed. For example, officers could practice slipping into a building where an armed gunman has taken hostages. “Obviously you aren’t going to walk in the front door. So we could rappel from the top of the tower and make entry to the building from a window opening and then work through the building to clear it,” Hollingsed said. “If you have a crime in progress with an armed subject barricaded inside, or an active shooter scenario, we want to train how to clear and secure the building.” The training tower is big enough that multiple exercises could be held simultaneously — a fire raging, a search and rescue sweep and a SWAT team pursuing suspects. “The progressive thing about what we are doing compared to other facilities is we are doing this cross-discipline training with-

What’s your emergency? A three-story drill tower is the capstone of a $4 million public safety training center planned for Haywood Community College. It’s the Swiss Army Knife equivalent of simulating emergency scenarios. It’s got mock bedrooms and kitchens to catch on fire and put out. It’s got an elevator shaft to rappel down, and trap doors to pull victims out of. It’s got a replaceable section of the roof firefighters can chop through with an axe to practice roof entry and rescue from a burning building. It’s even got a coveted attic fire simulation area — something Buncombe County’s new $20 million public safety training facility doesn’t even have. A section of the training tower has moveable walls and furniture, so those running the exercise can arrange and rearrange the floor plan of a house — giving trainees sweeping for victims in a burning building a fresh experience each time. There’s even a jail cell for law enforcement to practice wrestling belligerent or combative suspects into holding.

in the same space,” said Brek Lanning, an architect by training and the director of campus development. “That is a post-9/11 trend, to open those communication avenues between those three disciplines of fire, rescue and law enforcement.” That’s particularly exciting to Haywood County Emergency Services Director Greg Shuping. When a major disaster or emergency strikes, it

Trustees question where maintenance money will come from Eleventh hour reservations over who will pay for the ongoing upkeep and maintenance of a new $4 million public safety training facility at Haywood Community College briefly sidetracked a planned vote on the project at an HCC board of trustees meeting this week. HCC Trustee Bill Yarborough raised concerns that HCC’s would be stretched too thin if it had to fund maintenance of the new training facility out of its current appropriation from the county. Yarborough wanted to get a commitment first that its maintenance budget would be increased to cover the added costs. “We have to make sure we aren’t baseline funded,” Yarborough said. “If they aren’t willing to do this, I don’t know where it would come from. I don’t see how we could take this on.” Yarborough suggested the board approve the project with a caveat — one that hedges construction of the training center only if HCC can get a commitment for additional maintenance funds. “We’ve lost all leverage once we sign this,” Yarborough said. HCC Board Member Mary Ann Enloe said fears over maintenance costs shouldn’t hold up the project. “I’m not willing to do anything that would hold the project up. We are ready to turn dirt,” Enloe said. But HCC’s current maintenance allotment can only be

stretched so far, said HCC Board Member Tom McNeil. “If you don’t have the funds to maintain it, it is a real problem. We can’t take it away from our other classroom maintenance,” McNeil said. “It is going to cost the county commissioners some money.” In the spirit of looking under every rock, HCC trustees briefly broached the idea of volunteer fire departments or town police departments chipping in, since they will benefit from the building. HCC Trustees Chair Richard Lanning said the community will hopefully recognize more maintenance is needed, but was also remiss to attach stipulations to the project vote. “It will be a good thing for the community and the region,” said Lanning. HCC has seen a dramatic loss in funding for maintenance and routine improvement projects, like parking lot repaving and roof replacements. In 2008, HCC got $400,000 in maintenance funds from the county. In the recession, that dropped to a low of $165,000. It’s now back up to $275,000, according to Haywood County Finance Officer Julie Davis. It’s not enough to address maintenance backlogs resulting from years of lower funding, and definitely not enough to cover the added maintenance costs that would come with the public safety training complex, according to the college.

“Obviously the maintenance is going to be extensive because of the nature of what you are doing in the building, busting stuff and burning stuff,” said Brek Lanning, director of campus development. Yarborough said HCC shouldn’t bear the burden of maintaining the facility itself. Better training for fire fighters, officers and rescue workers benefit every resident of the county, he said. “The community needs to know it is for their own good,” Yarborough said. “Surely we can sell that to the community.” Yarborough said commissioners may be more amenable to increased maintenance funding for the training center if the community at large was behind it. HCC trustees asked a contingent of fire chiefs, police chiefs and emergency personnel in the audience if they would go to bat for additional maintenance funding when the time came. A nod of heads indicated they would join the college in lobbying commissioners for the additional maintenance funding down the road. HCC President Dr. Barbara Sue Parker said she appreciated how thoughtful and diligent the board has been during the study and feasibility phase. “We appreciate the commitment you have made and we will work together and find some money somewhere,” Parker said. — By Becky Johnson

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The Haywood Community College Board of Trustees voted unanimously this week to build a $4 million public safety training facility, making the project a reality after being on the wish list for more than a decade. Becky Johnson photo

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sales tax earmarked by county commissioners for capital projects at HCC. The quarter-cent sales tax was approved by voters in a countywide referendum in 2008, with the understanding that revenue from the sales tax would be dedicated to campus building projects. Haywood was one of the only counties in the state where voters approved an optional sales tax at the ballot box, indicating broad public support for HCC. The college has more than $2 million already set aside for the project. The college hasn’t been spending the full proceeds of the quarter-cent sales tax each year, and the unspent balance has accrued into a tidy nest egg. The college will also tap insurance payments stemming from a fire that destroyed HCC’s sawmill and money received for satellite buildings in Clyde destroyed in the Pigeon River flooding of 2004. County commissioners have agreed to borrow the remaining balance needed for the project — around $1.8 million. A formal vote by the county commissioners to finance the project will come next year, once it goes out to bid. Loan payments will be covered using annual proceeds of the quarter-cent sales tax earmarked for HCC projects, said Haywood County Finance Director Julie Davis. Currently, the quarter-cent sales tax is bringing in about $1.4 million a year. The majority is already committed to annual debt payments for the new Creative Arts Building at HCC, a $10.2 million project completed two years ago. Loan payments on the Creative Arts Building amount to $1 million annually right now, and will taper off to $750,000 over the next decade, leaving enough left over each year to also cover loan payments for the public safety training center. “That, of course, depends on whether sales tax continues to come in at the current level,” Davis said.

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takes central coordination, but conducting those kinds of drills is logistically difficult. “It takes coordination to pull together five different departments to respond to an emergency,” Shuping said. “If they have practiced together before, when something big happens, they know each others’ names and it works.” Meanwhile, those running the command post can practice large-scale incident management, Shuping said. The public safety training center will also include a large classroom building with flexible space for classes and lectures and an equipment bay for fire trucks and ambulances. “Just the designated classroom space is going to help us immensely,” Hollingsed said. “That will make us more efficient in the delivery of training to our officers.” The training facility will also be a drawing card for students seeking their Basic Law Enforcement Training. Parker said the training simulation tower and public safety complex will no doubt be a drawing card for HCC in attracting students from afar. The college expects a bump in the number of students coming through its BLTE program as a result, Parker said. The training facility will be built on 16 acres adjacent to campus, a tract that was given to the college by the county. The footprint of the classroom buildings and training simulation tower will only be about 3.5 acres, with the rest of the site largely unsuitable for building due to the terrain. The site abuts the lower section of campus, on the far side of the mill pond. Plans call for joining it to the main campus with a road and sidewalks. “Pedestrian access will help make it feel more a part of the campus,” Lanning said.

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Clash of the titans The race for Jackson’s big chair BY JEREMY MORRISON NEWS EDITOR his year’s race for Jackson County commissioner chairman is a rematch between two familiar figures. Each have claimed the title for their own four-year stints. The baton was handed over following an close contest in 2010. So close, that Brian McMahan is back for round two, hoping to reclaim his place on the board. But sitting Chairman Jack Debnam wants another turn in the driver’s seat. Like four years ago, Debnam is running as an Independent, labeled unaffiliated on the ballot. Meanwhile, McMahan is a Democrat. McMahan served as a commissioner prior to his first run as chairman, a seat he initially inherited through a vacancy, and then ran for in 2006 — unopposed no less. But in 2010, the heat was on for McMahan. His term as chairman had been an active stretch — including controversial development regulations, a luxurious library construction project and a costly legal battle with Duke Energy over the Dillsboro dam — and political critics were hungry for change. “I got mad,” recalled Debnam. “Just mad about what was happening to our county.” Debnam ran for the chairman position and ended up narrowly ousting McMahan — by just 67 votes. Now, four years later, McMahan believes it’s time for another change. “I don’t believe our county citizens are getting the quality of representation that they deserve,” said McMahan. “Especially where the chairman is concerned.” For the record, McMahan wasn’t a party to two of the three issues fellow Democratic commissioners took heat for during McMahan’s four-year stint as chairman. McMahan’s stance on development regulations and the library project ran counter to other Democrats on the board at the time. And Debnam, meanwhile, has shown his independent streak, often taking a moderate tack in discussions, falling somewhere between the two Republican commissioners and two Democratic commissioners on the board. In fact, Debnam prides himself on ruling from the middle and finding consensus, witnessed by very few split votes. Even though the men have chosen sides and picked their running mates — Debnam teaming up with the Republican commissioner candidates and McMahan with the other Democratic challengers — the race for chairman is not so black-and-white.

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ROUND ONE McMahan lost his 2010 reelection bid to Debnam by a narrow margin. There are different theories as to why. One is the national landscape of 2010. “2010 was the year of the Tea Party,” 16 McMahan said. “I don’ t know how to say it,

campaigning with his fellow Democrat commissioners candidates Boyce Dietz and Joe Ward. But this race is a little different. For starters, Debnam is not a Republican, but is instead rather proud of his unaffiliated status. “I ran the first time as unaffiliated,” he said. “I’m running this time as unaffiliated.” Debnam points out that, even as incumbent chairman, he has had to gather the required signatures to get on the ballot as an Independent. He paints it as a backhandedpositive — “I talk to so many people trying to get their signatures, I get to campaigning early” — and uses the opportunity to take a swipe at traditional political parties. “Even as an incumbent you have to do that, because the parties make the rules,” Debnam laughs. The incumbent feels his unaffiliated sta-

it was the year of anti-government. People were looking for someone to blame and government seemed to be the one most people pointed to. A lot of incumbents lost out.” That’s not the theory Debnam subscribes to. “It was reactionary,” he said. “I think it’s local.” Debnam doesn’t discount 2010’s national landscape. He acknowledges that the midterm election generated a groundswell of energy, mainly within pockets of the Republican Party, but he doesn’t believe that energy was a big driver in his narrow victory over McMahan. “The Republicans that voted a straight ticket did not vote for me,” Debnam said, pointing out that he ran as an Independent. Debnam feels that he won his election because voters were dissatisfied with the sitting commissioners — all three incumBrian McMahan, assistant chief Jack Debnam, owner of bents lost in 2010 to of security for Balsam challengers, not just Western North Carolina McMahan. Mountain Preserve, held the Properties, currently chairs the Debnam blames chairman’s seat from 2005 to Jackson County Commissioners the loss of incum2010 and is shooting for anothand hopes to continue at bents, at least in part, er term this election season. its helm. to voter backlash over a suite of restrictive development regulatus is a plus. He confesses no love for any tions passed during that time, along with a party. five-month halt on subdivisions while they “I don’t think party politics has necessariwere being crafted. Ironically, McMahan did not vote in favor ly been what’s best for local or state or federal politics,” Debnam said. “People just get of the development regulations or the subdipolarized when you mention politics, and I vision moratorium. He did, however, suffer a think you need to take the political part out possible consequence of their passage, going down in defeat with the two other Democrats of it. You’re a public servant, it shouldn’t matter, it should be ‘can you do the job.’” on the board at the time — William Shelton McMahan takes a varying view. and Tom Massie. McMahan thinks Debnam may be unaffiliat“Even though I had voted against them, a ed on paper only. lot of time people tend to forget,” McMahan “I don’t know if he’s an Independent or said. “Even though I voted against them, I not, that’s the problem,” McMahan said. “He just got lumped into the equation. When votes the same way the other Republicans people went to the polls to vote out regulavote. Everything he does seems to be in locktion, I got lumped into that.” step with the Republicans. But then if you go to his website he says political parties are the OLITICAL PARTY ANIMALS worst thing to ever happen in this country.” McMahan is certainly a Democrat — he’s Politicians usually fall comfortably into a executive director of the county party — but particular party. In America, they are usually has also been known to stray from his party. a Republican or Democrat. McMahan didn’t side with fellow Democrats At first glance, the Jackson chairman’s when they decided to build a new library race is no different. Debnam’s smiling face connected to the back of the historic courtgraces billboards, flanked by incumbent house. He believed a better and cheaper commissioners candidates Doug Cody and option would be to build it on an empty tract Charles Elders, both Republicans. McMahan, meanwhile, makes the rounds of land outside the downtown area.

In particular, McMahan parted ways with his fellow Democrats when voting on Jackson County’s development ordinances. He explains that while he did vote against the measures, it wasn’t because he didn’t support their aim. “Even though I voted against them I fully supported them and wanted to implement them,” McMahan said, explaining that the attached development moratorium was his main hang-up. “It wasn’t that I opposed the ordinances themselves, but rather the process through which we got them. I thought the process was flawed.” Despite a different voting record than that of other Democrats sent into the political wilderness in 2010, McMahan is enthusiastic about getting more party members onto the board. This campaign season he is running as a team with the other two Democratic candidates —Dietz and Ward — for a rush at the end zone, forming a Democrat block to rival the Debnam-CodyElders trinity. “It’s a little different approach than in year’s past,” McMahan explained of the united strategy. “We’re going to be serving together, and I personally think it’s a better approach.” McMahan said that he feels comfortable joining forces with his fellow Democrats — “I couldn’t tell you right now any difference of opinion that we have” — and that working together during the campaign season would provide the umph needed to snag all three seats up for grabs. “You compliment each other,” McMahan said. “When you’re out here as a lone ranger it’s a lot harder.” If the Democrats are successful winning all three seats, they will have a board full of party members. McMahan is hopeful about such prospects, forecasting a focus on guiding growth, protecting development ordinances, putting money towards schools and fire departments and concentrating on infrastructure, as well as water and sewer enhancements — in his view, picking up where he left off in 2010. “Finish what you started,” McMahan said. While Debnam may shun parties, when it comes to the composition of the overall board, political parties are important and useful for Debnam. He said he enjoys the balance of the current board. With two Republicans on one side and two Democrats on the other, Debnam is able to rule from the middle. Debnam’s philosophy can also be judged in part based on the people he’s picked for appointments to county boards and committees, who are moderates themselves rather than conservative or liberal, as the appointments of the Democratic and Republican commissioners have tended to be. By aligning himself with Republican candidates during the campaign, the chairman is hoping to stave off a Democrat flip. “If the dynamics change I don’t think we’re going to be in as good of shape as we are right now,” Debnam said. “If one party takes over we’re going to be back to politics as usual … I can work with anybody, but I will be very vocal if it comes down to party politics, I will be very vocal. That is not something I’m able to tolerate quietly, if it’s party politics, not people politics.”

Bikes, skates, strollers, wagons and walking shoes are all welcome at Haywood County’s first ever Roll and Read event, 10:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 19 at Waynesville Recreation Park. Parents and children will progress from the Waynesville Recreation Center parking lot along the greenway to the Waynesville Recreation Park while enjoying select children’s stories along the way. The event will also include a safety house provided by the Waynesville Fire Department to discuss fire safety, as well as raffled prizes and free books for children. Staff will be on hand to discuss child development, suggest appropriate children’s books and answer questions.

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Jackson celebrates U.S. Constitution Jackson County residents are invited to join their civic-minded neighbors at Poteet Park Pavilion in Sylva at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 to mark the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The event includes a reading of our Bill of Rights by local Boy Scouts Troop 210. The event will begin with the presentation of the colors, followed by a complimentary barbecue lunch and a slate of guest speakers. Pocket size Constitutions will be presented to all attendees. A craft table for children will also be available. This event is free and open to the public.

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The Western Carolina University Public Policy Institute will host a panel discussion Wednesday, Sept. 17, titled “Are Two Better than One? Comparing our Rights (and Responsibilities) under the North Carolina and United States Constitutions.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 130 of the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. The room is next to the lobby of the Fine Art Museum. Panelists will include Chris Brook, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina; Robert Orr, former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice and former executive director of the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law; and Robert Ferguson, WCU visiting assistant professor of history. Todd Collins, director of the PPI, will serve as the moderator.

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Sylva extends reach, approves ETJ expansion BY J EREMY MORRISON Commissioner Mary Gelbaugh. N EWS E DITOR Much of the property involved with the n an effort to assure aesthetic uniformity phase one expansion is commercial, with beyond town borders, Sylva’s commissome residential units sprinkled about. The sioners have begun expanding the town’s Rivercrest residential subdivision is also extraterritorial jurisdiction. The first phase included. Commercial areas will be held to of the expansion was approved following a the town’s B-3 zone standards, while resiSept. 4 public hearing, but not without some dential will be held to R-1. spirited back-and-forth between town board Sylva Town Manager Paige Roberson members and property owners concerned explained that residential properties would about the impact of an expanded ETJ. not be impacted by the expanded jurisdic“Why do I need anybody to help me tion, but the measure would ensure that decide what to do on my 21 acres?” pressed businesses in the area would be held to cerTodd Mathis, who owns property in the area tain standards, such as those requiring new commissioners expanded the extraterritorial jurisdiction into. “It’s mine, let me alone and let me do what I want with my 21 acres.” Sylva’s ETJ expansions — phase one concentrates on areas along N.C. 107 to the boarder of the town of Webster — mean that properties within the concerned areas will have to Sylva Mayor Maurice Moody discusses the town’s adhere to the town’s zoning regulaextraterritorial expansion with property owners. tions. Such properties, however, will not receive any services from Sylva, and the town will not collect any taxes from development to install sidewalks. the property owners. “The point is just to preserve and protect The handful of property owners in attenproperties around town,” Roberson said. dance during the public hearing urged the Several Rivercrest residents in attenboard to reconsider their intents of expanddance asked why their subdivision was ing the extraterritorial jurisdiction, voicing included in the ETJ expansion at all. They concern that the move would negatively asked about “hidden catches” and the affect them. chance that Sylva might attempt an annexa“I don’t want the county coming out tion of the area targeted by the expansion — there and telling me I can’t ride my damn a measure that would bring tax and services mules,” Mathis said. consequences. Sylva Mayor Maurice Moody assured “I think it’s just a little bit of discomfort,” Mathis that the move would not change any- said Rivercrest resident Rose Bauguess. “Is thing insofar as his mules were concerned. this a step to something else down the “Don’t worry,” Moody told him. “I’ve got road?” horses, and they’re in town.” Officials assured the property owners “And I’ve got chickens,” added that the town had no designs on annexa-

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The Sylva Planning Board was recently asked to assess a possible prohibition on buildings sporting a metal-siding skin. Town commissioners had suggested that such structures did not fit in with and degraded Sylva’s downtown area. After review, the planning board has suggested that the town enact an ordinance disallowing buildings with a metal siding or vinyl siding exterior, as well as those with a concrete-block exterior in the town’s B-1 district. The board also advised that commissioners require downtown storefront windows to be plywood-free. Some properties along Main Street have plywood covering windows, particularly second-floor windows; the wood proved difficult for firefighters to bypass as they worked to fight a downtown fire last month. “The thought is to try to keep more buildings from catching on fire if we have another fire,” Sylva Town Manager Paige Roberson said. These issues are slated for a Sept. 18 public hearing.

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Haywood candidates take sides on emergency management ordinance Six candidates are vying for three seats in the Haywood County commissioners race. They fall in two tidy camps when it comes to their views on the county’s emergency management ordinance, making the issue a quick study for voters. When passed in 2009, the emergency management ordinance was a sleeper, a bunch of government legalese that few paid attention to other than the emergency services workers who actually think about things like

Seriously? That sums up the stance of the three current commissioners running for reelection. All Democrats, they say the fears over the emergency management ordinance are unfounded doomsday mongering.

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The ordinance is designed to keep people safe and help the rescue workers and officers tasked with public safety do their jobs. The notion that the ordinance will be used to suppress people, seize their food, occupy their homes, take their guns, or sequester them is off-base. “We live in a civilized society. We live in a democracy. Haywood County especially is a very safe place to live. If we can’t trust the government who can we trust? The boogeyman is not coming to get you.” Yes, the ordinance allows the county to enter peoMichael Sorrells ple’s property without permission, because that would be critical in the event of a flood. Rescue workers evacuating an area ahead of rising flood waters would need to enter homes and make sure no one is being left behind. Or if there is a landslide, and the only way to reach victims inside buried homes is crossing someone’s private yard, you can’t wait around to get permission from that property owner. “We won’t have a riot in Haywood County, but what if we did have a riot, if you can’t limit who is on the street and who can be out with weapons, how will the police know who the bad guys are?” The elements of the ordinance are based on legitimate needs in a time of emergency, not crazy scenarios. “There is fear out there that something bad is going to happen. To me, I’m sorry, 20 but I don’t have that feeling.”

FEMA money and disaster declarations. But it has recently become a rallying cry for critics of county government who claim the ordinance sets the stage for an authoritarian abuse of power and government subjugation of citizens in the name of emergency response. County commissioners have dismissed the claims as radical conspiracy theories, and maintain the ordinance is needed to protect the public in the event of disaster.

Kirk Kirkpatrick, Democrat “I think it is a tool that we need. It is there to help the people of the county. It is not there to hurt. It is not there to restrict their rights.” Having an ordinance at the ready means the county can quickly mobilize and respond, unfettered by red tape. He sees no problem with the county commissioner chairman unilaterally declaring a state of emergency, the first step in getting FEMA help. “It is also a way to bring federal funds Kirk Kirkpatrick into the county by declaring a state of emergency. You don’t have time to call a meeting of the county commissioners to decide.” Kirkpatrick dismissed post-apocalyptic scenarios where county government is pitted against citizens, or the notion that the emergency management ordinance will be used as cover to take people’s food and guns or occupy their homes. “The likelihood of that happening is about the same as an asteroid taking out Waynesville.”

Bill Upton, Democrat “I think our overall purpose in this ordinance is to save lives and protect property. You can lose lives if you don’t act quickly. If you do away with it, what do we do in an emergency? Who is in control? Where are the services coming from? I think lives would be lost.” There’s a reason that the ordinance Bill Upton suspends normal rules of business. For example, the county manager’s spending limit is lifted, allowing

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Whoa, not so fast Challengers in the Haywood commissioner race see the emergency management ordinance as a dangerous precedent that unwinds the Bill of Rights.

Denny King, Republican “An ordinance says what it means. The commissioners have had ample time to revoke this ordinance, and have chosen to keep it, so I have to assume they may use it in the future. “The county ordinance indicates that during an emergency the county manger could take anything you own ‘without regard to the limitation of any existing law.’ This ordinance is written outside the rule of law, which jeopardizes the established rights and freedoms of the people in Haywood County.” King believes the Denny King language in the ordinance speaks for itself, if people took the time to read it. He pointed out some of the egregious sections that bestow unreasonable powers to the county manager or emergency services director in times of emergency. • Dismiss any public official for willful failure to obey an order. • Establish a system of economic controls over all resources, materials and services to include food, clothing, shelter, fuel, rents and wages. • Regulate and control the congregation of persons in public places. • Buy, condemn or seize whatever is needed to construct, transport, store, or dis-

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Windy McKinney, Libertarian The emergency management ordinance is an abuse of power and tramples on civil liberties. “This is one example of how they aren’t engaging with people, they are sliding these things in. They are representing the government instead of representing the people.” If you read the ordinance closely, it gives the county powers to come into your house without permission and take your stuff. They Wendy McKinney could take your guns in the name of preventing riots and revolutions. They could requisition equipment for their own purposes, be it cars, machinery or computers. Or they could take your stockpiled food and redistribute it to the masses. And that’s not fair to the preppers who have been proactive in amassing food and survival equipment to wait out a societal collapse or disaster, according to McKinney. “They have spent a lot of time and money to make sure their families will be provided for. All that would be negated. The people who were prepared aren’t prepared anymore because the government redistributed all their goods.” They could even occupy your house into a command center — anything in the name of public safety. “In the Bill of Rights, you are not supposed to have to shelter or quarter any soldiers.” And further, the ordinance says you can restrict movement of citizens. “I think it is very cavalier to think that it is OK to suspend the Bill of Rights at their call. That is what our country is founded on. You can’t just go and throw it away. It is a

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“I think it is an overreach of government. In my opinion it is un-American. It speaks to the arrogance of the county government leadership we are running against. They have allowed that type of wording to stand against our own people. The language is terrible. When you read it it is appalling. It is an affront to the people.” Even though the county claims the extreme measures in Phillip Wight the ordinance would never be invoked, that begs the question: why have them? If there’s a landslide, and the county needs heavy-equipment to dig out victims, they won’t need to invoke and ordinance to seize the machinery. Citizens will step up, and don’t need to be ordered to do so by the government. “We all hope we are going to be neighbors anyway. In the name of disaster we are all going to be working together anyway.”

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slippery slope.” McKinney said an alternative would be to work with the public to develop an emergency management ordinance that puts the people, not the government, at the center. A working group of the Haywood Libertarian Party have drafted an alternative version of the ordinance at www.thehaywire.org/a-libertarian-alternative-to-the-unconstitutionalemergency-management-ordinance.

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More than 100 shoppers flocked to downtown Sylva on Sept. 5, dollars in hand, to flood the firedamaged district with an influx of business. Organized by Venture Local, a Franklin organization dedicated to promoting local business, the cash mob drew people from across Jackson and Macon counties. “It’s a great event. All these people — that’s a lot of money,” Franklin Mayor Bob Scott said as he left the steps of the old Jackson County Courthouse, where the group had gathered. An Aug. 21 fire that started in Trevalino’s Restaurant damaged nearby businesses, causing the temporary closure of a portion of Main Street and some businesses to relocate or close until they get back on their feet. The goal of the cash mob was to show support and help struggling businesses meet those elusive bottom lines. “Lots of times tragedy, I think, brings out the best in people. Sometimes bad things that happen to someone provide an opportunity for someone else to be helpful,” said Sylva resident Dottie Hoche while en route to the shops. — Holly Kays, staff writer

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WCU welcomes UNC Board of Governors The University of North Carolina Board of Governors will hold its September meeting on the Western Carolina University campus. “It’s a rare opportunity, I’ll just start by saying, to have the Board of Governors on campus,” WCU Chancellor David Belcher told the university’s board of trustees earlier this month. “It’s a rare opportunity for us to share Western North Carolina and share our vision.” The board of governors is the policy-making body for the multi-campus UNC system. The group’s September meeting is being hosted in

Cullowhee in conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the founding of the institution that became WCU. “We’re going to give them an in depth look at Western Carolina,” Belcher said. The visiting board of governors will be in Cullowhee Sept. 10-12. The group’s first day will include touring WCU’s campus, with the remaining days spent in policy sessions, committee meetings and a full board meeting. Belcher told WCU’s trustees that hosting the UNC Board of Governors would requiring “a small army.” “It’s an all-hands-on-deck to host this many out of town guests,” Belcher told them. “It’s taken this entire village to put this on.”

Pisgah Inn contract renewed BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Bruce O’Connell was pretty surprised to see Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Mark Woods appear at his door Sept. 8. The Pisgah Inn owner had submitted his bid for a contract renewal to operate the inn off the Blue Ridge Parkway weeks earlier and had expected to be holding his breath on the outcome for quite a while. But Woods had come to say that, congratulations, O’Connell had won another 10 years. “I’m not really thinking right now,” O’Connell said when asked his thoughts on the renewal. “I’m just kind of soaking it in. I’m happy, the crew’s happy, word is spreading. It’s all good.” O’Connell first came to the inn, located off mile 408.6 of the Parkway, in 1978 when he bought in with his parents, and he’s been through two contract renewals with the National Park Service since. This time, though, he’d been fearful of losing out to one of the big concessions companies that, in his view, have been eating up more and more local operators. He even

hired a consultant to write his proposal this time, paying a sum that he would only define as “big bucks.” “Mr. O’Connell and his family have provided services to millions of visitors over 35 years on the Parkway,” Wood said in a press release. “We are pleased that Parkway Inn, Inc. will continue this rich tradition.” The inn includes a 51-room lodge, restaurant, gift shop, country store and employee housing. The contract awards O’Connell management of the inn for 10 more years, through the end of 2024. The bid process is closed, and the Park Service would not say whether any other bidders submitted a proposal. Regardless, O’Connell is looking forward to a return to business as usual. “I want to get back to normal and doing what we do right now and not worry about all this crazy stuff,” O’Connell said. The Smoky Mountain News’ cover story on the contract renewal is online at www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item /14046-a-concessionaire-s-conundrum-pisgah-inn-owner-hoping-nps-contract-renewal-yields-10-more-years-of-local-ownership.

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Interim CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center shares take-away impression after first few weeks BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER t hasn’t take long for the interim CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center to pick up on the hospital’s biggest strengths: high-quality doctors and broad community support. “We are very excited about those two fundamental things,” Richard Grogan told a roomful of local leaders recently. “It is very impressive to see a hospital of this size with this caliber of medical staff. These are physicians that could be anywhere in the country but they have chosen to be here because they love this area and love this community.” Grogan also said he has been impressed with how revered the hospital is within the larger community. Grogan took the podium last Monday at a quarterly dinner get together of elected officials in Haywood County, including county commissioners and town aldermen from Waynesville, Canton, Maggie Valley and Clyde. Grogan came on board in early August, shortly after Haywood Regional was bought by Duke LifePoint. Since LifePoint took ownership Aug. 1, the

••• An educational film titled “Dementia Care for America’s Heroes” will premier from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. The film is the third in a series of dementia training videos by Heather McKay, a Haywood County native and licensed occupational therapist and dementia care specialist who provides dementia care training and consulting nation-wide. This installment is focused on disease progression, with families sharing real stories and specific coping strategies for each stage of dementia, from getting a diagnosis, working with a doctor, fostering continued days of meaning and purposeful activity, hiring additional helpers and providing end-of-life care. www.pfhnc.com ••• Swain Medical Center, located inside Swain County Hospital, now has expanded hours, open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays. “We are pleased to continue to expand access to primary care in Swain County and the surrounding area with new physicians and

main goal has been an inside-out analysis of the hospital: its strengths and weakness, its culture, its needs, its financials, its work flow, its protocols and quality controls, its medical community and its patient base. Following an acquisition, LifePoint embarks on a “deep dive,” Grogan said, including an extensive interview process with medical staff, setting up internal work groups and bringing in visiting teams of experts. Richard Grogan “We want a real true sense of what everyone is thinking,” Grogan said. “As part of the acquisition, we have a due diligence process. However, it’s not until you have a chance to really interview everybody and really look at the mountains of material that

extended hours,” said Steve Heatherly, president and CEO of WestCare. “We hope our lengthened schedule at Swain Medical Center will be an added convenience for those who need a physician and are leading busy lives with work, school and athletic events.” The practice recently welcomed Dr. Tammy Johnston and Dr. David Johnston, for a total of six providers. ••• WestCare Wellness and Jackson County Department of Health is launching a monthly series of health and wellness events titled “Tuesdays to Thrive,” held the first Tuesday of each month over the coming year. Tuesdays to Thrive events, which are free and open to the public, will focus on timely health topics using a whole-body approach. Learn about health topics including diabetes, asthma and allergies, skin cancer prevention, cooking for a healthy weight. “We are proud to offer events focused around wellness and the prevention of illness and disease,” said Steve Heatherly, WestCare President and CEO. “While our main function is to provide the highest quality of care to those experiencing sickness, we also want to be known

are generated in a hospital that you can really start doing the deep dive.” After that? “Our investment is to ensure the physicians and staff of the hospital have the resources they need. It is an ongoing process,” Grogan said. “We don’t come in and do some initial training, throw out some cash and then we’re done.” Grogan entertained questions, but was surprised when no one brought up the recently announced expansion of Mission Health in Haywood County. “Everybody was being very polite and I appreciate it,” Grogan said. Although no one was audacious enough to put Grogan on the spot with the Mission question, Grogan volunteered to comment on it anyway, essentially dismissing Mission’s proposed medical complex and doctors office suite down the road from HRMC as a nonthreat. “Really, you know, it has no bearing on us,” Grogan said. “It doesn’t change anything. We are going to build a good solid community hospital and we are going to stay focused on that.”

as an organization focused on helping individuals to remain healthy and well throughhout life.” www.westcarehealth.org or 828.586.7734. ••• For the first time in Angel Medical Center’s 91-year history, medical residents are training in Franklin. Five first-year family medicine residents from Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville will each spend a week in an Angel Primary Care practice. The new venture is a great learning experience for the resident physicians and for Angel, which has the opportunity to showcase the advantages to practicing in a small town with a great quality of life. ••• A federal workforce diversity grant of more than $1 million will enable the School of Nursing at Western Carolina University to partner with Mission Health in an effort to increase the quality of nursing care provided to patients in rural Western North Carolina. The funding marks the second $1 million grant awarded to WCU in the past year that is intended to improve the diversity and quality of nursing professionals in the region.

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Beer town bragging rights go west of Asheville

heard about this story from the Facebook crowd, so I imagine some of you have already read it. There was a story in this past Sunday’s Raleigh News and Observer that had this to say about Waynesville and Sylva:

Nantahala Brewing in Byson City serves a town with just 1,400 residents, so it is right on Sylva’s tail. Even more impressive is Satulah Mountain Brewing in Highlands, supported by a fulltime population of a little over 900.) If you do the numbers on a countywide basis, things change. Buncombe has 244,000 souls, Haywood has 59,000 and Jackson County comes in at 40,500. Once again, do the math and you come up with one brewery for every 14,353 people in Buncombe; one brewery for every 14,750 people in Haywood; and one for every 20,250 people in Jackson County. In this analysis, Buncombe ekes out a win as the craft beer drinker’s best bet, but just barely beating Haywood. So for anyone who doesn’t think this region’s craft brew industry is a key part of our current tourism draw, think again. This is more evidence, and I’ve written in the past about meeting upper middle-class travelers who came to Western North Carolina specifically to tour some of its breweries. The moral of this story, of course, is to drink more local beer so more local breweries will open and help our local economy. That means we can continue this insightful and meaningful dialogue about beer. This is heady stuff. (Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com.)

Evergreen paper and the fracking debate

as they produce clean, renewable energy. The road and power lines are already there. All the transmitters could be mounted on the wind towers to eliminate the ugly cell and antennae towers. Wind energy is the least expensive energy option available today. Then there is geothermal energy. Five feet beneath the ground the temperature is a constant, year-round 50- to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, perfect for the operation of heat pumps. Modern ground-source heat pumps on the market have achieved an amazing co-efficient of performance (COP) of 7. That means for every kilowatt of electrical energy used to run the heat pump, 7 kilowatts of usable energy are moved from the ground into the living/working space in the form of heat. Heat is a large part of the energy demand required in the paper-making process. This isn’t rocket science. It’s not difficult to understand the enormous potential for using this extremely efficient technology to save on energy costs, especially if the heat pump is using solar and/or wind energy to run the compressor. Isn’t this possibility at least worthy of study by Evergreen? Before Evergreen goes headlong into investing the company’s and the taxpayer’s money into natural gas and the fracking economy, this would be a great time to re-evaluate their situation and define a new path that will really give Canton and the rest of the state a source of pride — a clean, safe paper plant that serves as the best kind of example for the industry, as it provides for the economy of its community and protects the health and environment of the people living in the mountains. (Avram Friedman lives in Sylva and is the executive director of the Canary Coalition, a clean-air advocacy organization. He can be reached at avram@canarycoalition.org.)

To find the most beer-soaked town in North Carolina, look past the much-acclaimed Asheville. Thirty miles to the west sits Waynesville, a small town of 10,000 nestled between the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. It’s here where you’ll find four craft breweries – one of the highest brewery-per-capita ratios in the state (www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/04/4119190_pintful-to-find-ncs-most-beer.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy). A possible rival is nearby Sylva, a smaller outpost in Western North Carolina where 2,700 people share two breweries.

If you’re a craft beer lover and like to hangout with likeminded souls — or if your business is to entice tourists — you just have to love this story. Those of us outside the sphere of Asheville appreciate getting some of the attention that is always getting heaped on the mountain region’s leading city. As an editor who likes to encourage reporters to go beyond the story that’s right in front of their face, I appreciate the fact

adopted the technique of widespread hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” which has raised serious questions about the safety of the nation’s water supply and bedrock stability. Tens of thousands of fracking wells have been developed all across the country in places where natural gas extraction was never before viewed as practical or economically feasible. Fracking involves pumping massive quantities of highly Guest Columnist pressurized water permeated with a mixture of toxic chemicals into deep, horizontal wells to fracture underground rock formations and release pockets of natural gas that were previously trapped within the rock. There is substantial evidence and testimony from residents leasing land to the industry that water tables and well-water are being contaminated from the fracking chemicals and the methane being released. There is also evidence that fracking has resulted in a dramatic rise in the incidence of earthquakes in areas in which the practice is widespread, such as in Oklahoma and Ohio, where such natural events have rarely occurred historically until now. So, if not coal, and not natural gas, what? When I spoke to Becky last year I suggested Evergreen look into a multi-pronged approach to meeting its energy needs. The first step would be to look into possible efficiency improvements to the paper plant that would

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Last year Becky Johnson of The Smoky Mountain News interviewed me about Evergreen Packaging’s plans to convert their electrical power plant from being fueled by coal to natural gas. This transformation was being touted as an advancement that would greatly improve regional air quality as it decreased operating costs due to currently less expensive natural gas. Further incentive was the promise that state government funds, about $12 million, would be made available to subsidize the renovation. First, in addressing the air quality issue, let me acknowledge that natural gas burns much more cleanly than coal. I think most can agree that coal plants everywhere need to be phasedout to end mountaintop removal coal mining, sulfur-dioxide, nitrogen-oxide, mercury and greenhouse gas emissions. While air pollution is of great concern to public health, it is not the only urgent health and environmental issue. Natural gas may burn more cleanly and emit fewer pollutants from the smokestack, but, it is far from being a safe and clean source of energy. A recent report by the U.S. Dept. of Energy brought to light that the process of extracting natural gas from the ground results in substantial leakage of raw, unburned methane into the atmosphere. Methane is 23 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. This makes it unlikely that the use of natural gas results in any gain toward addressing climate change. But, methane leakage is just the beginning of the problems created by the natural gas extraction process. The reason natural gas has become so “cheap” is that the industry has

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that this writer looked past the Asheville-Beer City reputation to get out west to the towns we call home and find out what’s happening. There’s a lot more than just beer out here, but hey, how can anyone not love the burgeoning craft beer movement. The article didn’t pretend to be a legit, statistical poll, but let’s play with the numbers. The comparison was of the towns, not counties. In this respect the article was dead on. Here is the data: Asheville’s population is 87,000 Editor with 17 breweries; Waynesville has 10,000 people and four breweries (if you count soon-to-open BooJum Brewing, which the writer did, and the already open Bearwaters, Frog Level and Tipping Point); Sylva has two breweries (Heinzelmannchen and Innovation) and 2,700 people. Doing the math with those numbers, Sylva has one brewery for every 1,350 people; Waynesville has one brewery for every 2,500; and Asheville has one brewery for every 5,117 people. So Sylva holds down the claim as the most beer-sodden town in the mountains. Cheers to you, Sylva. (P.S., not to split hairs, but

reduce energy needs as much as possible. Amory Lovins, of the Rocky Mountain Institute, has been hired as an energy efficiency consultant by industries ranging from Dupont and Ford to Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank, Holcim, Interface, and Wal-Mart. All reported dramatic reductions in waste and pollution as their profits rose substantially. Once efficiency is maximized and energy needs are reduced at Evergreen, a combination of renewable energy sources and technologies could be used to meet the remaining demand. I proposed a combination of solar, wind and geothermal technologies as the way of meeting 100 percnt of the demand, making Evergreen a model for others around the nation and the world to follow. When Becky mentioned my proposal to an official with the N.C. Division of Air Quality, he brushed it off laughingly and said, “It would take a lot of solar panels to run Evergreen Paper,” ignoring the rest of the suggested solution. Solar is a significant part of the solution, but probably not the biggest part. Efficiency improvements would likely be the largest and most profitable part for Evergreen. But, beyond these two aspects of the project, there is wind energy and geothermal energy. In a study performed by Appalachian State University, Haywood County proved to have the highest potential of any western county for wind energy. I think of this every time I drive from Sylva to Asheville and view that tall mountain as I approach Interstate 40 covered with cell towers and various other antennae and power lines. What a perfect place for several wind turbines, gracefully and slowly turning

A TASTE OF NEW ORLEANS 67 Branner Ave., Waynesville, 828.246.0885. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., 7 days a week. Curtis Henry opened A Taste of New Orleans to cater to the locals and become the place that’s always open that you can rely on for different, flavorful dishes every day. Serving Cajun, French and Creole Cuisine in a lovingly restored space, Curtis looks forward to serving you up a delicious dish soon. BLUE ROOSTER SOUTHERN GRILL 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, Lakeside Plaza at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997. Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slow-simmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. BOGART’S 303 S. Main St., Waynesville. 828.452.1313.

Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Carry out available. Located in downtown Waynesville, Bogart’s has been long-time noted for great steaks, soups, and salads. Casual family atmosphere in a rustic old-time setting with a menu noted for its practical value. Live Bluegrass/String Band music every Thursday. Walking distance of Waynesville’s unique shops and seasonal festival activities and within one mile of Waynesville Country Club. BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly from 4 p.m. Closed on Sunday. We specialize in hand-cut, all natural steaks, fresh fish, and other classic American comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. We also feature a great selection of craft beers from local artisan brewers, and of course an extensive selection of small batch bourbons and whiskey. The Barrel is a friendly and casual neighborhood dining experience where our guests enjoy a great meal without breaking the bank. BREAKING BREAD CAFÉ 6147 Hwy 276 S. Bethel (at the Mobil Gas Station) 828.648.3838 Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. closed Sunday. 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 & Chicken

Parmesan, Pork Meatballs and Hamburgers. We use 1st quality fresh not pre-prepared 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. We are now open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights by customer request, so come join us and find out what all the talk is about. BRYSON CITY CORK & BEAN A MOUNTAIN SOCIAL HOUSE 16 Everett St.,Bryson City. 828.488.1934. Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday brunch 9 a.m. to 3p.m., Full Menu 3 to 9 p.m. Serving fresh and delicious weekday morning lite fare, lunch, dinner, and brunch. Freshly prepared menu offerings range from house-made soups & salads, lite fare & tapas, crepes, specialty sandwiches and burgers. Be sure not to miss the bold flavors and creative combinations that make up the daily Chef Supper Specials starting at 5pm every day. Followed by a tempting selection of desserts prepared daily by our chefs and other local bakers. Enjoy craft beers on tap, as well as our full bar and eclectic wine list. 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 every day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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To the Editor: Thom Tillis is one slick fellow. During his debate with Sen. Kay Hagan last Wednesday, he slithered right around the Hobby Lobby issue. Rather than say whether he agrees that employers should be allowed to deny contraceptives to their female workers, Tillis said the pill should be available over the counter without prescription. And he implied that he’s in agreement with the American Medical Association about that. But that’s definitely not what the AMA means about making contraceptives more widely available. The AMA is peeved with pharmacists who claim conscience for refusing to fill contraceptive prescriptions. It’s asking for laws requiring pharmacies to either dispense them or refer patients immediately to competitors who do. Imagine Tillis, who tried to defund Planned Parenthood, voting for a law like that. Or Justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy upholding it. The AMA has not endorsed routine overthe-counter contraception. For some women, the pill has health consequences requiring a physician's counsel and access to alternatives such as diaphragms and IUDs. Moreover, if a drug can be had without a prescription insurance no longer covers it and it is no longer eligible for a medical tax deduction. Nor would the price necessarily be significantly cheaper. So what Tillis proposes would likely reduce insurance spending by employers and raise out-of-pocket costs to women. There is, of course, a strong argument that employers shouldn't have anything to say about what health care — contraceptive or otherwise — their workers deserve. A single-payer health insurance system is the answer to that. But one doubts that Tillis would agree. The overriding issue in this election is who North Carolina's junior senator will actually represent. Yes, Hagan votes with President Obama more than 90 percent of the time. But so does every other Democratic senator. North Carolina is far better off with a senator who supports our president than with one who would vote with the Koch Brothers 100 percent of the time. Martin Dyckman Waynesville

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Evening cookouts on the terrace on weekends and Wednesdays (weather permitting), featuring steaks, ribs, chicken, and pork chops, to name a few. Bountiful familystyle dinners on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with entrees that include prime rib, baked ham and herb-baked chicken, complemented by seasonal 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. So join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view. Please call for reservations.

live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday serving freshly prepared small plate and tapas-style fare. Enjoy local, regional, or national talent live each Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter. CORK & CLEAVER 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. 828.456.7179. Reservations recommended. 4:30-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, Cork & Cleaver has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Executive Chef Corey Green prepares innovative and unique Southern fare from local, organic vegetables grown in Western North Carolina. Full bar and wine cellar. www.waynesvilleinn.com. FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St. Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com. HERREN HOUSE 94 East St., Waynesville 828.452.7837. Lunch: Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Brunch 11 a. m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy fresh local products, created daily. Join us in our beautiful patio garden. We are your local neighborhood host for special events: business party’s, luncheons, weddings, showers and more. Private parties & catering are available 7 days a week by reservation only. JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era. LOS AMIGOS 366 Russ Ave. in the Bi-Lo Plaza. 828.456.7870. Open from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 5 to 10 p.m. for dinner Monday through Friday and 11:30

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a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy the lunch prices Monday through Sunday, also enjoy our outdoor patio. MAD BATTER FOOD & FILM 617 W. Main Street Downtown Sylva. 828.586.3555. Open Tuesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Hand-tossed pizza, steak sandwiches, wraps, salads and desserts. All made from scratch. Beer and wine. Free movies with showtimes at 6:30 and 9 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Visit madbatterfoodandfilm.com for this week’s shows. MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley. 828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine. Open daily for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted. MOUNTAIN PERKS ESPRESSO BAR & CAFÉ 9 Depot St., Bryson City. 828.488.9561. Open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. With music at the Depot. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Life is too short for bad coffee. We feature wonderful breakfast and lunch selections. Bagels, wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads and quiche with a variety of specialty coffees, teas and smoothies. Various desserts.

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

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SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400. Open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A Waynesville tradition, the Smoky Mountain Sub Shop has been serving great food for over 20 years. Come in and enjoy the relaxed, casual atmosphere. Sub breads are baked fresh every morning in Waynesville. Using only the freshest ingredients in homemade soups, salads and sandwiches. Come in and see for yourself why Smoky Mountain Sub Shop was voted # 1 in Haywood County. Locally owned and operated.

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THAI SPICE 128 N. Main St., Waynesville. 828.454.5400. Lunch: Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday noon to 3 p.m. Dinner Tuesday-Saturday 4:30 to 9 p.m. Closed Monday. Thai Spice, an authentic Thai restaurant, warmly welcomes you to experience a superb dinning experience. Don’t be timid, the food comes mild, medium, hot and Thai Hot. You choose. www.thaispicewnc.com

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Never giving up Hope Soldier’s Heart. Garret K. Woodward photo

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER Tracy O’Neil has a lot less weight on his shoulders these days. “We never accepted that we could lose the camp,” he said. “If we had lost the camp, we would have lost a cornerstone of the history of our community.” Sipping a cup of coffee at Panacea Coffeehouse in Waynesville one recent morning, O’Neil relaxes into his seat, only to lean forward enthusiastically each time he speaks of the past, present and future of Camp Hope — a longtime community gathering spot for Haywood County and beyond. “Camp Hope is almost 90 years old. All of the children, all of the camps and programs that were held there through the years is amazing, with many of our county leaders being counselors there at one time,” said O’Neil, co-founder of the Friends of Camp Hope organization. Situated off U.S. 276 in the hamlet of Cruso, the 101acre property is owned by the Town of Canton. Originally owned and founded by the Champion International Paper company in 1925, the land was gifted to Canton in 1992. But a civil suit emerged a couple of years ago, one which claimed the camp should be taken away from Canton for failing to comply with the terms stated in the deed, which called for the property to be managed as a public recreation site — a stipulation that seemingly fell by the wayside through years of funding depletions and a lack of direction for the property. The suit was brought by the camp’s neighbors, John and Deborah Prelaz, who were next in line to get Camp Hope if Canton didn’t live up to the conditions of the deed set up by Champion when the plot was gifted. Following a handful of court victories for Canton and subsequent appeals by the Prelaz family, the N.C. Court of Appeals in Raleigh ruled unanimously in July that the property did indeed belong to the town. Formed initially as a group to save Camp Hope through the court process, the Friends of Camp Hope recently partnered up with the town to form a nonprofit organization that will maintain, protect and promote the landscape. “Though we would never give up, there were some tough times over the last two years,” O’Neil said. “The town and the Friends of Camp Hope just kept coming together, with the root of it all being a strong conviction to keep the camp going, and to keep it open for the community for future generations.”

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With numerous weddings, family reunions and church groups using the property, O’Neil estimates around 30 events were hosted at Camp Hope this summer — the highest number of events for a season in recent memory. These events write another chapter in Camp Hope’s long and storied history of activities, which has included over the years camps for bands, churches, Pisgah High School football and children. And at the center of these events is the Shining Rock Riverfest, a music and culture festival celebrating Western North Carolina and its people. Last year, the inaugural festival attracted over 500 folks, with this year’s

Sept. 13 celebration hoping to triple attendance. “Shining Rock was such a great experience to be part of. We get to see old friends and make news ones, with a certain kinship coming with a more intimate, local festival,” said banjoist Joey Fortner, whose band Soldier’s Heart will make its second appearance at the festival this year. “Camp Hope has a long history in Haywood County, and many of my relatives went to camp there in their younger years. I want to see both the camp and the festival grow and become a mainstay. It’s such a beautiful location — right in our backyard.” Amid the excitement for festival, town leaders are also in the midst of creating the Camp Hope Commission, a nine-person advisory panel that will mold the future of the property. Five members will be from within the town limits, with four from outside. Residents interested in applying for a seat on the panel can visit j www.cantonnc.com. “Camp Hope has and will remain a vital part of both our history and future. It has provided many great memories, and it is our plan for it to continue to do so,” said Canton Alderman Zeb Smathers. “The Shining Rock Riverfest is the perfect example of our continued commitment to attract events that increases the visibility and use of one of the town’s crown jewels.” O’Neil said plans are in the works to create hiking trails and other recreational The 2nd annual Shining Rock Riverfest compowill be held from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, nents on Sept. 13, at Camp Hope in Cruso. the land. Live music will be provided by Soldier’s He also Heart, Owner of the Sun, Bobby G., Shiloh noted the Hill, The Wilhelm Brothers, Grits & Soul, camp is WestWend, Indigo, and Andy Buckner. There open to will also be children’s activities, craft venthe pubdors, barbecue and refreshments. lic, where Proceeds go to the maintenance of Camp any and Hope. The event is produced by the Town of all can Canton and the Camp Hope Commission. come and Tickets are $10 per person and can be enjoy the bought at the camp gate. beauty of www.cantonnc.com. the property, whether it be fishing the streams (with proper licenses), playing ball on the field, or simply swinging in for a picnic. “Camp Hope is located off a scenic byway, near the Blue Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest and Shining Rock Wilderness Area,” O’Neil said. “Folks driving by or coming off the parkway just don’t know we’re here, we’re open and ready for day-use. We want folks to discover the camp, visit it, come back again, and have their kids grow up there and enjoy it.” In the meantime, O’Neil is all smiles — the court case in the rearview mirror, an open door of possibility for Camp Hope in front of him. “In the face of adversity, we kept going,” he said. “We dug in and kept going, and to be on the side of that is very gratifying, but, at the same time, we can’t take our foot off the gas pedal.”

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BY GARRET K. WOODWARD only a clear slate remains to move forward into the day. You know, I’d probably go crazy if I didn’t always have a pen and paper to write on. I’m a writer who reports, not a reporter who writes. I fell in love with writing in college. Majoring in public relations, my goal those first couple of years in school was to someday be an MTV VJ (video jockey) on Total Request Live. I figured that was the ideal career path for me, for whatever reason. But then three things happened to me. First, I discovered the 20th century masterpiece On The Road, a novel by Jack Kerouac about hitchhiking around postWorld War II America. The book was a line in the sand for who I am today. Reading on my first solo road trip down the East Coast in 2005, it changed everything. Right after, I

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went back to college that fall semester of my junior year, I changed my major to journalism, immediately taking writing classes. At that point, I never wrote or read more than I was assigned for school. But I knew one thing: I wanted to be a writer. Secondly, I met my dear college friend Aly. Entering my senior year, she and I became fast friends, smoking cigarettes over endless cups of coffee and discussing the

when vulnerable to the cosmos. Sure, a bit of luck and chance does help, but never forget that you are in control of your fate. You hold the keys to whatever door you want to open. Remember, there is only one of YOU in the world, and with that, only YOU can tell your story. p.s. Here are some literary selections: Post Office by Charles Bukowski, Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney, The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson, The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, On Writing by Stephen King, The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry, Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and An American Dream by Norman Mailer.

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How do you do it? I get asked this question quite often. Folks, whether friends, family or strangers, approach me and wonder how I’m able to write, day in and day out, about anything and everything. “How are you able to put thoughts into words?,” “Don’t you ever get burned out?,” “Do you ever run out of subjects to write about?” Well, to be honest, I don’t look at anything I write as some magical act of creativity or earth-shattering form of literature. I simply look at what I do as a way to connect the dots of humanity in ways people either didn’t know existed before or have merely been forgotten about since. Storytelling is a way to bridge the past, present and future, a way to map out where you came from and where you’re going, a way to make sense of intricate subjects, feelings and situations. In essence, it is the only thing that makes sense for me to do. Yes, hindsight is 20/20, but who I was growing up and where I came from was the ideal foundation for what I’ve ultimately become — a writer. When I was a kid (and even today), I interrupted, a lot. Anytime a teacher, friend or my parents would be talking, I’d just jump right into the conversation. I didn’t do it with any bad intent. Rather, it was some impulsive action within me that I couldn’t control. “I have to get it out,” I’d tell my mother. And I “have to get it out.” Whatever I’m feeling, for good or ill, I need to get it out, and on paper. My fingertips are like 10 sink faucets, my thoughts rushing water waiting to be released. The second my fingertips start typing or writing, the faucets are opened. Once my feelings and ideas are put to paper, they’re out of my mind, where

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works of Kerouac, gonzo journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Norman Mailer. Aly was the first person to really encourage me to pursue my writing aspirations. For Christmas, she gave me a three-pack of Moleskin notebooks (best writing paper/notepad out there). She told me to write down anything I had to say or saw in them, and how “all great writers have to start somewhere, so start with these.” I spent the next three years filling those endless pages with words, thoughts and scenes as I wandered the country in search of my dream. And finally — just do it. I never have once questioned being a writer. I’ve known from day one that THIS is what I want to do for the rest of my life. And the only way to achieve my goals is to push further and farther everyday. Wake up every morning and know today is another day to reach for your dreams, and to do one more thing, whether it be a phone call, email or interaction, that puts you one step closer to your goals. Want to know how to write? Be honest, be open with yourself and the world around, and always (always) know that success in anything creative comes from a pure heart, hard work and a sense of self only found

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On the beat Gaither Homecoming returns to WCU

Phillips, Craig and Dean to play Franklin

The Gaither Homecoming Tour will bring a full evening of entertainment and music at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center at Western Carolina University. The award-winning gospel band featuring Bill Gaither, Wes Hampton, David Phelps, Adam Crabb and Todd Suttles performs to packed houses worldwide. Gaither and his wife, Gloria, have written more than 700 gospel songs, including “He Touched Me,” “Because He Lives” and “There’s Just Something about That Name.” Most of their recordings have gone gold or platinum, and they regularly appear on television networks around the world. The tour stop at WCU will showcase the songs on the Gaither Vocal Band’s latest recording, “Hymns.” Joining the Gaither Vocal Band will be The Isaacs, The Nelons, Buddy Greene, Charlotte Ritchie, Gene McDonald and Kevin Williams. Ticket prices are $73 for platinum seating, $36 for artist circle seating, $26 for regular reserved seating and $23 for seniors and children. Groups of 15 or more can reserve regular seating for $21 per person. www.gaither.com or 828.227.7677 or 828.227.7722.

Christian music group Phillips, Craig and Dean will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The trio is a contemporary Christian music act composed of Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig and Dan Dean. Since forming in 1991, they have released 12 albums and earned 18 Number-one radio singles. The group has received nine GMA Dove Award nominations, and sold over two million units, receiving two Dove Awards for participating in the special event album “My Utmost for His Highest” in 1996, and also took the 2010 Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year, “Fearless.” Tickets are $15 and $20. www.greatmountainmusic.com or Phillips, Craig and Dean come to Franklin on Sept. 19. Donated photo 866.273.4615.

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Bret Michaels will play Harrah’s Cherokee on Sept. 19. Donated photo

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Michaels first rose to fame as the front man of Poison. As one of rock’s iconic and enduring bands, Poison has charted 10 singles in the Top 40 on Billboard’s Hot 100 including “Talk Dirty To Me,” “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” and “Something To Believe In.” Since Poison, Michaels has endeavored in a solo career including success as a reality TV personality on “Rock of Love With Bret Michaels,” “Nashville Star,” and “Celebrity Apprentice 3.” Michaels’ newest solo release, “Beautiful Soul,” debuted in April. Tickets are $19.50, $24.50, $34.50 and $40. www.harrahscherokee.com or 800.745.3000. 257-73

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• Mandolin/guitar trio Mike Pilgrim, Don Mercz & Drew Kirkpatrick, jazz pianist Richard Shulman, singer/songwriter Daniel Shearin and classic pop-rock pianist Joe Cruz will perform at The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. Pilgrim, Mercz & Kirkpatrick play Sept. 12, with Shulman Sept. 13, Shearin Sept. 19 and Cruz Sept 20. All shows begin at 7 p.m. $10 minimum purchase. 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

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• An open jam session will occur from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each Thursday through Dec. 18 at Heinzelmannchen Brewery in Sylva. All skill levels and instruments welcome. 828.631.4466 or www.yourgnometownbrewery.com.

• Newgrass/string band Brushfire Stankgrass will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at Innovation Brewing in Sylva. 828.586.9678 or www.innovation-brewing.com.

• The 9th annual Nashville Songwriters’ Round to benefit the Blue Ridge School Education Foundation will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Trillium Links & Lake Club in Cashiers. Live music by Rivers Rutherford & Friends. $75 per person. 828.743.5191. • Folk singer-songwriter Adam Burrows will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at City Lights Café in Sylva. Free. www.citylightscafe.com. • Country group The Rick Morris Band and rockers The Remnants will perform as part of Pickin’ on the Square at the gazebo in downtown Franklin. Morris plays Sept. 13, with The Remnants Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free. 828.524.2516 or www.franklin-chamber.com. • Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat and Southside of the Tracks will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville. Summers & Kram play Sept. 11 and 18, with Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat Sept. 13 and Southside of the Tracks Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

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• The Summer Live Music Series will continue with Hugh Swaso, Rick Rushing & The Blues Strangers and Somebody’s Child at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Swaso plays Sept. 13, with Rushing Sept. 19 and Somebody’s Child Sept. 20. Live music, barbecue and craft beer. All performances are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • Old-time/bluegrass group Larry Barnett & Friends and bluegrass/gospel act The Rye Holler Boys will perform at the Bryson City Train Depot. Barnett plays Sept. 13, with The Rye Holler Boys Sept 20. Both shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

• The Johnny Webb Band and Southern Highlands will perform as part of the Friday Night Live concert series at Town Square in Highlands. Webb plays Sept. 12, with Southern Highlands Sept. 19. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free.

• Singer-songwriter Shane Meade & The Sound will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City. Free. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Ashli Rose and Humps & The Blackouts pirate costume party will be at the Water’n Hole Bar & Grill in Waynesville. Rose plays Sept. 13, with Humps & The Blackouts Sept. 19. 828.456.4750. • Southern Appalachian singer/songwriter Angela Faye Martin will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. www.angelafaye.com or www.fontanalib.org.

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• A Funky Dance Party and Mangas Colorado will perform at BearWaters Brewing Company in Waynesville. The Funky Dance Party will be at 8 p.m. Sept. 13, with Mangas Colorado at 7 p.m. Sept. 19. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602.

• Bluegrass/gospel group Buncombe Turnpike will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Macon County Heritage Center in the Historic Cowee School in Franklin. $10 per person. 828.349.1945 or www.coweeschool.org.

Opening for a full-time position working with the Developers of Bartram’s Walk, a residential development that will soon come on the Asheville market. Applicant to assist on all company matters such as marketing, sales, home building, land development, financing and administration. Experience in real estate industry required and a North Carolina broker license a plus but not a requirement. Ability to assist in bookkeeping and knowledge of QuickBooks and Excel. College degree with at least five years of relevant work experience, intelligence, and high energy a must. Applicant must be a positive individual with a can-do attitude and plenty of ambition. Outstanding opportunity for someone wanting to learn the real estate business and undertake as much responsibility as they can handle over time.

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• The Burningtown Music Festival will be held Sept. 13-14 in Franklin. Held in the Nantahala National Forest, the festival is a gathering of like-minded Christian people seeking to connect with both God and man through music, art and community. Bands include Sean Michel, Reckless Mercy, The Remnant, Jerry’s Bones, Liz & AJ Nance, Winston Holder, Scott Patrick Knies, Caleb Lange and Joseph Camuglia. Admission is free, with donations accepted. www.burningtownfest.com.

• Mile High, The Ryan Perry Band, SmokeRise and Ashli Rose will perform at the Maggie Valley Rendezvous. Mile High plays Sept. 12 and 20, with Perry Sept. 13, SmokeRise Sept. 14 and 21 (poolside from 3 to 6 p.m.), and Rose Sept. 19. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.926.0201.

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• Donna Frost, Bourbon Legend, Brushfire Stankgrass, Caleb Crawford, Liz Nance Trio and Humps & The Blackouts will perform at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Frost plays Sept. 11, with Bourbon Legend Sept. 12-13, Brushfire Stankgrass Sept. 14, Crawford Sept. 18, Nance Sept. 19 and Humps & The Blackouts Sept. 20. All shows begin at 9 p.m. Free. 828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

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On the wall • The films “Ida” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” will be shown at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. “Ida” will be screened Sept. 12-14, with “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Sept. 19-21. Screenings are at 7:45 p.m. on Fridays; 2, 5 and 7:45 p.m. on Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6 per person, $4 for children. Saturday morning cartoons will also be shown at 10 a.m. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com.

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• The Sew Easy Girls will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at the Community Service Center in Sylva. 828.586.4009.

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• An artist reception for Justin Moe will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Moe’s showcase, “The Warped Filter” will be on display. Refreshments will be served. www.fontanalib.org.

• A landscape-painting workshop for beginners with Jon Houglum will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19-20 at the Historic Cowee School in Franklin. Cost of the workshop is $200. 828.369.7274 or houglumfineart2@frontier.com. • The Come Paint with Charles Kidz Program will be at 5 p.m. Sept. 11, 16, 18 and 19 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. $18 per child. Materials and snacks included. 828.538.2054. • The Endless Possibilities of Surface Decoration Using Porcelain Slip workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 22-24 at The Bascom in Highlands. Students will explore surface decoration on white stoneware, focusing on wheel-thrown forms each day, discussing and altering techniques. Cost is $275 for Bascom members, $310 for non-members. www.thebascom.org or 828.526.4949. • A painting on glass class will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office in Sylva. Longtime Dogwood Crafts member Patricia Cowen will be teaching the class, which has a limited number of spots available. Class is free and open to the public. To register, call 828.586.4009.

‘Crooked Water’ exhibit at WCU A reception and presentation will be held to celebrate the exhibit “Land of the Crooked Water” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. The reception will be followed by a 7 p.m. presentation featuring Western North Carolina folk artist Joshua Grant, conservationist Brent Martin and WCU’s Cherokee Language Program coordinator Tom Belt. The presentation will include a discussion of sustainability issues in the mountains of WNC and North Georgia. “Land of the Crooked Water” is an exhibit of Grant’s hand-crank letterpress prints of regional scenes and landscapes. The exhibit was originally sponsored through LAND/SCAPE, an ongoing project of the Southern Appalachian office of the

Sylva Photo Club to feature Jettinghoff The Sylva Photo Club will feature member Diane Jettinghoff at two upcoming events. Jettinghoff will be featured by City Lights Cafe as their September artist. An artist reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Light appetizers will be served. Jettinghoff ’s photographs range from landscape to abstract to small studio to close-up. The theme of this show is Close-up and represents both North Carolina and Florida. Sylva Photo Club will also host

Wilderness Society that draws attention to the intersection of art and nature by featuring the work of regional artists, writers and poets. Grant’s work focuses on Cherokee and Southern Appalachian culture. Martin, Southern Appalachian regional director for the Wilderness Society, is currently working on his doctoral degree in history, focusing on the land-use patterns and environmental history of the northwest Georgia mountains. Belt, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, recently was a presenter at the “Patterns of Native Health and WellBeing” symposium at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The reception and exhibit are part of WCU’s interdisciplinary campus theme for 2014-15, “North Carolina: Our State, Our Time.” Free. 828.227.7129.

Jettinghoff for a presentation — her program How to Take Better Photographs of your Dog — at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, in Suite 1A at the Coggins Office Park in Sylva. Jettinghoff worked as a canine photographer for eight years and will give tips and pointers on how to take better pictures of dogs and improve the results. She is a member of the Sylva Photography Club, Cold Mountain Photography Club and Lensluggers. She has won numerous awards and been published in magazines and newspapers featuring a variety of subjects including canine photography. www.sylvaphotoclub.wordpress.com or 828.226.3840 or sylvaphotoclub@gmail.com.

Youth Arts Festival coming to Dillsboro The 6th annual Youth Arts Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. The popular festival features local and regional artists demonstrating their skills and sharing their love for their art. In addition to glassblowing, blacksmithing, pottery, and other demonstrations, artists will once again be working hands-on with the children to make pots, weave bookmarks, create glass mosaics, paint with tennis balls, and much more. The green energy park is an award-winning project that uses landfill gas and other renewable energy resources to fuel a variety of art studios and other efforts. There is no entrance fee to attend the Youth Arts Festival and all art activities are free as well. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. www.jcgep.org.

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The Cowee Pottery School, a nonprofit institution, will offer two workshops during the month of September. Carmen Holland and Maria Greene will be teaching Fall Leaves in Clay from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 19. The workshop is designed for women. Participants in this class take home a variety of leaf themed trays and bowls built from clay slabs. Student work can be picked up during a morning tea party from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 26. No experience required. Registration fee is $20. Julie Taylor and Sandy Gladden will be teaching Fall Fun in Clay for Kids from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 20. Kids from ages six to 16 can create functional and nonfunctional pottery pieces themed around fall in Macon County. Student work can be picked up during cookies and punch time from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 26. Registration is $20. The Cowee Pottery School is the dream

of a group of Macon County potters who want to bring their love of all things clay to residents and visitors in the county. Hank Shuler, co-founder of the Cowee Pottery School and the founder of the Master Pottery Program at Southwestern Community College, is excited for the future of the school. “People work in clay for profit, as an outlet for their creative juices, for the joy of getting muddy without being criticized, and just to make stuff in a relaxed atmosphere with friends,” he said. “We want the Cowee Pottery School to provide all of this in a convenient location, in a historic building. It will take more time and money for us to be able to offer the scope of classes we want to make available but these fall classes is our start for bigger and better things in Macon County.” Located in the historic Cowee School, the Macon County Heritage Center is approximately 5.5 miles north of Franklin off of Bryson City Road at Cowee Creek Road julietaylor059@gmail.com or 828.524.7690.

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A retreat for artists and writers will be held by the Cullowhee Mountain ARTS series Sept. 15-21 at Lake Logan. Rebecca Crowell will lead a workshop entitled Digging Deeper — Abstract Painting. Surround yourself with the beauty of nature and spend time with the inspired teaching of Crowell. This workshop is for experienced artists who are on the path of developing a unique abstract voice. The emphasis will be on working in a series, understanding and practicing critique skills, sharing information, and delving into insights and philosophies of abstraction. There will be work time in the studio, as well as discussions, exercises, and presentations aimed at deepening the understanding. Catherine Nash will lead Excavating Your Creative Truth. A combination of creativity excavation and multi-medium experimentation will help you to amplify your authentic voice. Drawing and mixed media works on paper will be used to discover a personal

vocabulary of symbols, metaphors and markmaking. The limitless natural surroundings will provide source material to create personal “altarpieces” and sculptural assemblages. The goal is for each artist to experience a creative resurgence and to leave with new work from which to springboard, and a sketchbook full of personal ideas for future work. Cecelia Moloch will lead the Poetry Workshop/Master Class. In this workshop for practicing poets — published or on the verge of publishing — will explore the mysteries of the creative process and discipline of craft. Participants will read and discuss work of master poets for inspiration and to engage in a series of generative writing exercises. All prompts are designed to move poets toward deeper sources of material and into unexplored territories. We’ll replenish the creative well each day, then dive back into it, refreshed and emboldened to go farther still. The cost of the retreat is $1,549. All Inclusive: workshop, single room in shared cabin, first night reception, all meals and enrichment sessions 828.342.6913 or www.cullowheemountainarts.org.

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A full room-sized installation titled “Forest/City” and an exhibit of work by an artist who uses found fabric as a base and describes many of her pieces as “stitched drawings” recently opened at the Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University. “Forest/City,” an installation by Gary Kachadourian, “re-manufactures” the great outdoors overtaking an urban environment. The artwork will inhabit the FAM’s entire main gallery and part of the lobby through Friday, Oct. 17. Meanwhile, “Abstract Autobiography for a Fractured Narrative” features work by Brooklyn’s Rebecca Ringquist, who said she loves to “tell love stories and create veiled fractured narratives full of double entendre.” The exhibit will be open through Friday, Nov. 7. The FAM is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, with extended hours to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. Museum admission and parking, available on both sides of the Bardo Arts Center, are free. www.wcu.edu/museum or 828.227.3591.

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RailFest rolls into Bryson City

Galaxy of Stars back in the saddle with Riders in the Sky

The 13th annual RailFest will be held Sept. 12-14 at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad depot in Bryson City. Activities include live craft and railroad

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demonstrations, train rides, live Appalachian music and dance, storytelling, railroad food, and more. Appalachian music will be provided by Lonesome Sound, Dusk Weaver & Jackson County JAM, The Queen Family Band, as well as dancing by the J. Creek Cloggers. The Mountain Craft Fair will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14. A special caboose train will also be running at 12:15 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and at 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Other excursions, which include to Nantahala Gorge and the “Wet Your Whistle” train ride, will also be available. The Shinedown train, which includes moonshine tastings and a BBQ supper, will run at 6:30 p.m. Saturday (ages 21+). For a full schedule of events, times and train ticket information, click on www.gsmr.com. 800.872.4681.

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• The Macon County Agricultural Fair will be Sept. 17-20 at the Wayne Proffitt Agricultural Center in Franklin. Educational booths, demonstrations, pedal tractor contest, best cake contest, barbecue supper, harvest sale and more. 828.369.3523 or www.themaconcofair.com.

• The Smoky Mountain Roller Girls and their Lil’Nemesisters will be holding a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept 20, at the Swain County Recreation Center in Bryson City. The sale will benefit the Hawthorne Heights Teen Center and the Cherokee Children’s Home. • A game day will occur from 2 to 9 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. Bring dice, cards or board games. 828.586.6300.

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• The Cooperative Extension Centennial Celebration will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Swain County Extension Center in Bryson City. Educational booths, 4-H activities, onsite food, traditional music and clogging. 828.488.3848. • The Thunder in the Smokies fall motorcycle rally will be Sept. 14-16 at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Weekend passes are $17 in advance, $20 at the gate. www.handlebarcorral.com. • The Western Carolina University annual Fall Family Weekend will be held Sept. 12-14 in Cullowhee. 828.227.7234.

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• The Mountain Life Festival will be Sept. 20 at the Mountain Farm Museum at Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Cherokee. Historical reenactments, plus live demonstrations of Appalachian ways of making soap, apple cider, sorghum molasses and more. Live Appalachian music will also be provided. www.greatsmokies.com.

• Drink-N-Think will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of the month at Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro in Sylva. Led by Curt Collins, the open forum discussion’s next topic will be Israel and Palestinians: A Real History and A Real Solution, scheduled for Sept. 2. Anyone may sign up to lead off the event and will receive $20 in house credit for Soul Infusion. 828.586.1717.

With a mix of Western song classics and zany send-ups, Riders in the Sky will return to the Western Carolina University stage as they kickoff the Galaxy of Stars series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center in Cullowhee. The group, formed in 1977, combines acoustic music and a wide musical repertoire with outrageous comedy, along with a little yodeling here and there. The group remains the only exclusively Western Riders in the Sky will play band to have won two WCU on Sept. 14. Donated photo Grammy Awards. In addition to being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, Contact the box office at 828.227.2479 or Riders in the Sky are in the Western Music www.wcu.edu/bardoartscenter or Association’s Hall of Fame, the Country www.ridersinthesky.com.

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The Sylva Art Stroll will resume from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, in downtown Sylva. Galleries will feature art exhibits, some hosting artist receptions. The event is a perfect night for dining and shopping local, enjoying art, exploring our historic downtown Main Street and even taking in a concert at Bridge Park. Participants include the Jackson County Library Complex Rotunda, Nichols House Antiques and Collectibles on Landis Street, Guadalupe Café, Signature Brew Coffeehouse, It’s By Nature, and Gallery 1 at 604 Main Street. Gallery 1 at 604 Main Street will host a special exhibition of plein air paintings by Western Carolina University painting students. The Jackson County Library Complex Rotunda will showcase the works of graphic designer/digital press operator Clint Hardin. The Jackson County Visual Arts Association is dedicated to enriching the arts community and presenting visual arts. Membership is open to the public and new members are always welcome. The Sylva Art Stroll is a monthly event, occurring every second Friday of the month. The event is free and open to the public. 828.337.3468.

Music Foundation’s Walkway of Stars, and the Walk of Western Stars along with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, John Wayne and other cowboy legends. Admission for Riders in the Sky and other individual performances in the Galaxy of Starts series are $21 for adults (or $15 in groups of 20 or more), $16 for WCU faculty and staff members, and $7 for students and children of any age.

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many writers whine of the difficulties of their craft, but for Bradbury it was sheer fun. “My job,” he told college students in regard to literature and writing, “is to help you fall in love.” But it is the portraits of Hitchens that are

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or many reasons, this summer in particular afforded many opportunities for reading. During a 60-hour stay at Figure Eight Island, for example, I finished a novel and a book of essays, mostly because my hosts wanted to do nothing more than cook excellent meals, sprawl on the sand, and read books. As a result, my pile of books for possible review sprinted ahead of my ability to write of them. First off the mark is Christopher Buckley’s But Enough About You (Simon and Schuster, 2014, 450 pages). Buckley, best-known for novels like Thank You For Smoking and Boomsday, and for being the son of the late conservative William F. Buckley, has in this volume collected dozens of Writer essays: political opinion pieces, sketches of his time in Paris, humorous bits, and portraits of other writers and friends, including Joseph Heller of Catch-22 fame and Christopher Hitchens, the liberal journalist who until his death was one of Buckley’s most cherished friends. But Enough About You is worthy of attention on several fronts, but particularly in its humor and in the affection of its portraits of certain authors. In an essay titled “To-Ga!,” a brief look at the movie and the book Animal House, Buckley writes, “His book is sophomoric, disgusting, tasteless, vile, misogynist, chauvinist, debased, and at times so unspeakably revolting that any person of decent sensibility would hurl it into the nearest Dumpster. I couldn’t put it down.” The two best biographical sketches in But Enough About You are of Ray Bradbury and Hitchens. In writing of Bradbury, Buckley reminds us not only of the enormous number of short stories Bradbury put out in his lifetime, but of the rare joy he took in writing. So

the most touching of all the essays. While lauding Hitchens for his prose style, his vast knowledge of literature, and his acute political observations, Buckley writes that “among his prodigal talents, his greatest of all may have been the gift of friendship.” His eulogy to his deceased friend includes the dedication at the beginning of But Enough About You. ••• Katie Kieffer’s Let Me Be Clear: Barack Obama’s War on Millennials, and One Woman’s Case for Hope (Crown Forum, 2014, 338 pages) has some excellent points, but these are smothered in the disorganized style and too many failed attempts at being cute. Here is a random selection on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. Kieffer

Poetry, prose to be presented Blue Ridge Books North Carolina authors Janice Moore Fuller and Lee Zacharias will read from their new works at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. Fuller will present from her new collection of poetry On The Bevel, a collection that focuses on a range of subjects from growing up in North Carolina to writing at an art colony in Portugal. Fuller has published four poetry collections, including Séance from Iris Press, winner of the 2008 Oscar Arnold Young Award (for the North Carolina poetry book of the year). Zacharias will present from her newest collection of essays, The Only Sound We Make. These deeply metaphorical

writes that “the press gave a flying squirrel about Trayvon’s life; his story meant money. And there’s no use denying his story, rehashed around the clock, came at a price: We never heard anyone else’s life and we were left with the impression that racism is rampant in America.” “Flying squirrel?” “We never heard anyone else’s life?” The squirrel, substituted presumably for the f-word, sounds silly, and “we never heard anyone else’s life” makes absolutely no sense. Let Me Be Clear often seems anything but clear. While reading Let Me Be Clear, I also kept trying to imagine the audience for this book. Would millenials — young people in their teens and twenties — read Kieffer’s call to action? She clearly knows a good deal about politics, but do they? And would they be able to follow an author writing such skittish prose? Like so many political screeds produced nowadays from the Left and the Right, I suspect that Let Me Be Clear will prove as ephemeral as … well, as this review. ••• In The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend (Simone and Schuster, 2013, 414 pages), Bob Drury and Tom Clavin give us an engaging and informative biography of the Sioux chieftain Red Cloud. Most Americans, familiar with Custer’s Last Stand, have heard the names Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, but it was Red Cloud who seems the greatest of these warrior-statesmen. In the years immedi-

essays are both intensely personal and vitally concerned with the larger world, including the kingdom beyond our ken. She is also the author of Lessons and At Random, in addition to a book of short stories entitled, Helping Muriel Make it Through the Night. 828.456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

Join the Canton Book Club A Canton Book Club get-together will be at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Canton Branch Library. “Because a book club is a real asset to the life of a community, the Canton Branch Library is planning to sponsor such a club,” wrote Katherine Levine, the librarian of the Canton Branch Library, on a flyer typed on Haywood County Public Library stationary back in the mid-1970s.

ately following the Civil War, he organized the Sioux resistance to the settlers and American cavalry troops coming into the Black Hills— “Paha Sapa to the Sioux, or the ‘Heart of Everything That is.’” In addition to its lively writing, what makes The Heart of Everything That Is valuable as a history of this man and his era is the background information provided by the authors regarding both the Sioux and the US cavalry. We come away from this history feeling as if we know the Sioux and why they sided with men like Red Cloud to defend their way of life. Details from religious ceremonies to the leadership qualities expected from warriors imbue this book. Here, for example, is a description of the death of one trooper during the Battle of Red Buttes in 1865: “Traveling at 250 feet per second and deadly accurate to 100 yards, it produced a sound that was described variously as a shrieking whistle or a mere whisper on the wind. In either case soldiers on the frontier certainly heard it coming, even if there was no time to react. So it was that in all likelihood Lieutenant Caspar Collins, a musket ball already lodged in his hip, recognized the hiss of an arrow an instant before its cast-iron tip pierced his forehead, drilled through his skull, and exploded his prefrontal cortex. The last thing he saw was his cavalry troop being overrun by Indians.” Here is an excellent history worthy of a read.

Under the direction of Levine, members of the Canton Book Club met for several years to discuss books and listen to guest speakers. One of the members of the book club was Keneitha Bryson, a longtime library employee at the Canton Branch Library who recently retired. By the early 1980s, Levine had retired and the book club no longer met. Though Bryson herself may be retired now, she couldn’t stay away from the library for long. She will continue to coordinate the “new” Canton Book Club, which she started up again in August 2012. The Canton Book Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 3:30 p.m., and is an informal gathering of adults who love reading books. Those interested in joining are asked to bring excerpts from books they’ve read recently that they’ve enjoyed to share with the group. 828.648.2924.

Pursuing a life of dance books

Dancer Georganne Spruce will present her book Awakening to the Dance: A Journey to Wholeness at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, a rebellious woman dares to dream of a different life, one where she, not society, defines who she is. Georganne Spruce chronicles that journey in her memoir. Now a resident of Asheville, she first visited the area in 1966 when she and her husband spent their honeymoon beneath the mountains. As she began that new life, there was no clear path for a woman who chose not to be a traditional wife and mother. Following her passion to be a modern dancer and later a writer, she created a life journey that empowered her to become her authentic self and live a life of peace, love, and joy. 828.586.9499.

Former football coach, KGB member to present memoir at City Lights Whittier author Tom Kelly will present his memoir Gridiron Diplomat’s Carolina Dacha at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Kelly’s book details his life, which was spent teaching and coaching American football in 40 countries including time in Soviet Russia, employed by the KGB. 828.586.9499.

A journal-making workshop for beginners with Kent Stewart will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. A former downtown bookstore owner, Stewart will share his bookmaking skills. The workshop is intended for children ages 11 and up, and adults of all ages. Younger children should attend with a parent or responsible adult. Students will make a small, 48-page journal plus cover. Limited to 10 students. Cost is $3, which includes materials. 828.456.6000.

Bookstore FRI. 9/12 • 6:30 P.M. Local biologist James T. Costa will present his books celebrating the naturalists Alfred Russel Wallace & Charles Darwin.

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Outdoors

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On the way to Trout City Bryson City trout waters to get some cred

ence. Then, it makes a special $5, three-day fishing license — which includes a loaner pole and tackle — available, designed for beginning fishermen who want to give the sport a try without laying a lot of capital on the line. “The trout city is an intro and once you get the bug as a trout fishermen, we hope you will explore the more interesting and diverse waters of Western North Carolina,” Queen said.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ryson City will soon have another feather in the cap proving its worth as an outdoors Mecca. If all goes well, the town will get its name added as a Mountain Heritage Trout Water City by the time summer rolls around again. “Trout fishermen come and they stay a while,” said N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen, DWaynesville, who filed the original bill calling for the trout city designation. “They stay in your bed and breakfast, they eat at your restaurants and often they bring their other family members.” The goal of the program is to create more of them. The program recognizes cities with especially abundant and accessible waterways and works to make them even more accessible and wellstocked, creating a rewarding fishing experi-

Brookie on the back Fishermen cast their lines in the Little Tennessee River. (above) A young angler inspects his catch. (below) Bryson City / Swain County Chamber of Commerce photos

Anglers will soon be able show their support of the fly fishing life with a speckled trout license plate, recently approved by the N.C. General Assembly after N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville filed a bill to create the plate. The plate costs $30 above the price of car registration, with $20 of that going to the N.C. Wildlife Conservation Commission for work supporting fly-fishing in North Carolina. “It’s a very simple and beautiful plate and we hope to sell tens of thousands of them and enhance the quality of trout fishing,” Queen said. The full-color plate was designed by Waynesville resident John Jicha, professor of graphic design at Western Carolina University. It features a brook trout in the center on a light blue background, with the words “Native Brook Trout” written in italics at the top.

Swain County wants the designation, Bryson City wants the designation and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission wants to give it to them. It will just take some time to work with property owners to create additional access points through town and to decide what, exactly, the boundaries of the town’s Mountain Heritage Trout Waters will be. Right now, it’s looking like the area will at least include the stretch of the Tuckasegee River between Governor’s Island Bridge and the bridge near Mountain Ford, a length of 2.5 miles. It could also include part of Deep Creek. “It’s just a really good section down there. We’ve got access on the road on both sides,” said Eugene Shuler, head guide at Fly Fishing in the Smokies and one of the main forces behind the push to get Bryson City the designation. No matter what the exact boundaries of the waters, they will be well-stocked. Mountain Heritage Trout Waters get a little extra stocking to promote success and, therefore, encourage budding anglers to pursue the sport further. The numbers are based on acreage of water and food available. Estimates put potential stocking numbers for the Tuckasegee portion of the designation at 24,000 trout per square mile. “It will actually put that river as one of the highest trout count totals in the nation,” Shuler said. “It’s a staggering number of fish to go in that stretch of river.” From October to June each year, that portion of the Tuck will be a catch-and-release river, with anglers allowed to keep their catches during the summer and fall. The rules and stocking numbers would likely be different for any portion of Deep Creek that fell within the designation, but those details are still being worked out.

A GOOD THING FOR BRYSON What has been decided, though, is that this is a good thing for Bryson City. “This area of the country is starting to get really widely recognized as a top fishing destination,” Shuler said. “I think the more that we promote that, the better off it’s going to be. Adding a trout city designation is going to be a huge step to moving that in a positive direction.” “I think it’s just a natural fit,” said Swain County Manager Kevin King. It’s not merely a symbolic designation. Trout fishing is big business.

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Sunburst Trout Farms in Haywood County has received a $150,000 matching fund USDA Value Added Producers Grant. This is the second time that Sunburst has won the U.S. Department of Agriculture value-added grant. The go-around, the money will go to expand the marketing of their caviar and trout jerky, said Sunburst Sales Manager Wes Eason. “This grant will help us to better serve our community and the state of North Carolina’s aquaculture industry,” said Anna Eason, marketing director. “Marketing these exclusive products to the high end chefs we see in our living rooms on cable food shows will show just how innovative North Carolinians really are.” 828.648.3010 or www.rurdev.usda.gov/bcp_vapg.html.

A trio of projects will launch renewed efforts to save the eastern hemlock following awards of $75,000 under the Hemlock Restoration Initiative. Dying in droves from the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid, hemlock trees have long been a stalwart of Appalachian forests and Hemlock wooly an imporadelgid. tant ecological anchor. Dead hemlocks can negatively affect nesting songbirds, trout populations, homeowners and tourism. The goal of the Hemlock Restoration Initiative is to find a solution that allows hemlocks to survive to maturity by 2025. Three promising projects have each received $25,000. They were selected due to their complementary strategies: treat hemlocks chemically until more lasting solutions are available, ramp up release of predator beetles to provide long-term adelgid control, and meanwhile search for native resistance or tolerance. The projects are:

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■ Southwestern N.C. Resource Conservation and Development Council, to create a facility to screen hemlocks for adelgid resistance or tolerance. ■ Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, to expand chemical treatment of hemlock stands along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. ■ Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development Council, to train community groups and land trusts to release predator beetles. The Hemlock Restoration Initiative is being funded with settlement money from a federal lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority for causing air pollution in WNC from its coal-fired power plants. The money is being used for a variety of projects. The hemlock initiative is being managed by WNC Communities.

Grants for garden projects in Haywood Project ideas related to gardening, horticulture or the environment — not related to beautification — could be eligible for funding from the Haywood County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Association. Projects must be in Haywood County, and applications are due Oct. 1. Contact the Haywood County Extension Office on Raccoon Road for an application. 828.456.3575.

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information such as the type of water, access instructions, type of fish and which fishing license is required. The fishing guide also has an online form, housed at www.greatsmokiesfishing.com. With the Trout City designation in place, new anglers will be able to get their start in Swain County and from there explore some of the more remote, interesting waters on the map. Internal review at the Wildlife Conservation Commission will be wrapping up soon, and then a public input period will open. Finally, the commission is expected to approve the designation for good sometime in late spring or early summer 2015. That would make Bryson City the 12th Mountain Heritage Trout Waters city in North Carolina, and the sixth in Queen’s district. “It’s an introduction fishing opportunity,” Queen said. “If you’ve never done it before, try it. We’re going to provide your poles. It’s only going to cost you $5.”

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Middle school youth will get schooled in camping basics on an overnight adventure Sept. 26 at the Cullowhee Recreation Center, offered through the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department. Participants will learn how to set up a tent, manage campsite cooking and cleaning and use a compass. They’ll also get a lesson in Leave No Trace Principles, a set of outdoor ethics designed to help people enjoy the outdoors without harming the environment or wildlife. $20. Friday night dinner and Saturday morning breakfast included. Register by Sept. 19 at the Cullowhee Recreation Center or the Cashiers-Glenville Recreation Center. 828.293.3053 or 828.631.2020.

“The [N.C.] Wildlife [Conservation] Commission has done an economic impact of trout fishing in Western North Carolina, and it approaches $200 million,” Queen said. “We have as large an impact in North Carolina as sport fishing does on the coast.” If Bryson City can get recognized as a prime location for that sport — which, Shuler says, it most certainly is — it can draw on those tourism dollars as well. That’s a strategy that has worked before. In 2009, Jackson County kicked off the WNC Fly Fishing Trail, which takes anglers to 15 prime spots in the county. Five years later, success is apparent. The trail is attracting new visitors, boosting Jackson County’s total tourism numbers and drawing anglers from as far away as Texas and Montana to fish its waters for the first time. Swain County is pursuing a similar idea. A new fishing brochure from the Swain County Chamber of Commerce points out 26 separate fishing locations, including

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Costa presents evolution-themed books at City Lights A Western Carolina University biology professor who doubles as the director of the Highlands Biological Station will wear his third hat — that of an author — during an appearance at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. James Costa to present a pair of new books celebrating the naturalist Alfred Russel James Costa. Wallace, an explorer, reveler and co-discoverer of natural selection and founder of the field of evolutionary biology. One of his books — Wallace, Darwin and the Origin of Species — examines the parallel development of Wallace’s and Darwin’s thinking on species in the years leading up to publication of Darwin’s land-

mark 1859 work, critically examining allegations that Darwin and his circle conspired to sideline Wallace while stealing his ideas. The other — On the Organic Law of Change — is a facsimile and annoted transcription of Wallace’s Species Notebook, the most important field notebook Wallace kept while exploring southeast Asia in the 1850s, reveals Wallace’s plans for a book arguing for evolution. 828.586.9499.

Dahlia master to speak at Lake Junaluska A program titled “Dahlia Grower by Default” will be held by the Tuscola Garden Club at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, in the Gaines Auditorium at Lake Junaluska. A resident of Lake Junaluska, Zulla has been a member of the Carolinas Dahlia Society for 11 years and he was chairperson for last year’s Annual Dahlia Show in Asheville. Since he began his hobby, he has won many awards and honors as a grower and shower of dahlias. Zulla was also recently awarded the 2014 Chief Junaluska Award for his many years of service to the enhancement and advancement of the Lake Junaluska community. All welcome. 828.452.7176.

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Farm tour features gardens, ranches, orchards, and homesteads A self-guided tour of 37 farms in a several-county region of the mountains will be held Sept. 20-21, giving locavores a chance to see how food is grown and farm animals are raised, taste farm-fresh products and meet the people who make them.

including two in Haywood County. ■ At Two Trees Farm in Canton, Dustin Cornelison and Sara Martin will show off their working homestead, complete with vegetable and flower gardens, orchards, chickens, beehives and a blacksmith shop. They’ll share their knowledge of permaculture and living off the land, and at 2 p.m. each day children will have a chance to take a guided nature hike, scavenger hunt and mapping activity. Cider, blacksmithed goods and other products for sale. 828.646.3662. ■ Sunburst Trout Farm in Canton is a third-generation trout farm with more than 20 raceways below the Shining Rock Wilderness. Sally Eason will give a tour of the processing facility and value-added kitchen. Trout fillets, jerky, pimiento goat cheese and more for sale. Two Trees Farm. Donated photo 800.673.3051. Passes cost $25 in advance The annual tour is organized by the or $30 day-of, and admit one carload to Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture all the farms they can get to. Or, it’s $10 Project. for individual farm pass. www.asapconFarms are scattered through Buncombe nections.org/events/asaps-farmCounty and the seven counties adjoining it, tour/2014-participating-farms.

Growin’ the sang A course on growing ginseng will be held at 2 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Swain County Extension Center and 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Jackson County Extension Center. The two-hour seminar will focus on woods-simulated cultural practices such as site selection and preparation, sowing, harvesting, drying roots and seed stratification. State regulations for growing and hunting the plant, present and historical uses, the differences between American and Asian ginseng and plant physiology will also be covered. Free. Register at 828.586.4009 or 828.488.3848.

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A Bryson City man will serve five months and 15 days in jail for illegally harvesting 83 American ginseng roots from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the fourth time Billy Joe Hurley, 46, has been caught poaching ginseng, and not the first time he’ll serve jail time for it either. “Our rangers remain committed to protecting ginseng which was recently placed on the North Carolina watch list for plants in peril due to exploitation,” said Acting Chief Ranger Steve Kloster. “We are hopeful that this conviction will serve as a deterrent to others considering illegally taking this special resource.” Each year law enforcement rangers seize between 500 and 1,000 illegally poached ginseng roots, a threat the plant cannot

withstand indefinitely and could eventually lead to its disappearance, according to a National Park Service botanist who testified at Hurley’s sentencing hearing. However, a special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also testified that financial gain is likely to continue to drive poachers since fresh ginseng can bring up to $200 per pound on the black market. It is highly prized as a tonic, especially in Asian markets. Hurley was most recently caught poaching ginseng in the park in June of this year. He was caught in 2010 and 2011 as well, serving a few months in jail for those offenses as well. “I am proud of the rangers who work to protect ginseng from poachers,” said Smokies Acting Superintendent Cindy MacLeod. “Ginseng is a precious resource, a difficult plant to grow, and one that we have been using losing to illegal and unsustainable harvests as the forests are being robbed of younger and younger plants.”

Friends of the Smokies day at Mast General Store in Waynesville will be Saturday, Sept. 13. Friends volunteers will tell shoppers about their work and 10 percent of sales that day will benefit Friends of the Smokies. Patagonia and Patagonia footwear will also support the cause with a contribution based upon units sold between Sept. 1-13. Friends of the Smokies is a nonprofit that works to preserve and protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park by raising funds, awareness and volunteers. “Not only is it an escape from the everyday for our locals,” said Fred Martin, president of the Mast Store. “It is a place visited by travelers from around the world because of its sheer beauty, cultural connections, and many options for hiking and exploring. It is important for us, for everyone, to do what we can to take care of this national treasure.” 828.452.2101.

Used outdoor gear sought to fund clinic in rural Kenya

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources has begun to look for gas in Western North Carolina, and it is possible that fracking could come to this part of the state. The NC Mining and Energy Commission is seeking public comment on a package of 120+ proposed rules that will establish a framework for fracking in North Carolina. Now’s the time to speak up and protect the land you love.

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MedicForce, a nonprofit that provides medical care and clinics in remote, thirdworld areas, is looking for donations of used outdoor gear. Unneeded kayaks, backpacks, tents, mountain bikes, cycling gloves or any other equipment that’s just been sitting around is being collected and then turned into cash to finish a new clinic in rural Kenya. A used gear collection point will be set up at the Sept. 26-28 at Nantahala Outdoor Center’s Guest Appreciation Festival weekend. Or donations can be picked up by request. Jono Bryant, a Macon County paramedic and the founder/director of MedicForce, said the project lacks $10,000 in start-up costs, which he needs to raise by November when he has planned a return trip to finish out the project. Terrorism unrest spilling over from Somolia has not deterred the efforts, but rather made the project even more critical. www.medicforce.org or 828.318.3771.

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Jono Bryant, a paramedic in Macon County and founder of MedicForce, is seeking used outdoor gear donations to help finish a health clinic he’s been building in rural Kenya.

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Celebrate harvest time in Waynesville SeptemberFest at the Old Armory in Waynesville will celebrate harvest, community gardening and preservation from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. The event will feature garden tours, activities for kids, Cherokee singer-storyteller Paula Nelson, music by the Armadillos and a variety of demonstrators, vendors and food. A collaboration of Green Thumb Community Gardeners, Waynesville Parks & Rec, Haywood Gleaners and Open Door Community Garden.

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Fair time in Macon County The 61st annual Macon County Fair will occur Sept. 17-20 at the Macon County Fairgrounds in Franklin, and it’s time for county residents to start gathering their best handiwork to enter the sundry contests. Garden vegetables, flowers, canned and baked goods, photography, sewing, visual arts and other projects are wanted, with both youth and adult categories available. The fair’s theme is “Legacy of Yesterday … Promise of Tomorrow.” Drop off of entries at the fairgrounds between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. 828.349.2050 or www.themaconcofair.com/agricultural-fair-franklin-nc.

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A new fisheries program on the Cherokee Reservation aims to restore the imperiled sicklefin redhorse fish to its native habitat on tribal waters. The sicklefin redhorse was targeted for reintroduction in Cherokee several years ago, with juvenile fish getting released into the Oconaluftee River above Ela Dam. But many of those small fish flopped downstream over the dam when the water ran high, never to return to tribal waters. The new program involves moving 10 adult fish from the Tuckasegee River back to tribal waters, after implanting them with radio-tracking devices to better understand the species’ movement patterns, habitat use and reproductive ecology. “We will be tracking the fish with a specialized radio receiver and antenna to locate the fish on a weekly basis and taking detailed measurements to evaluate the results of the restoration efforts,” said Mike LaVoie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Fisheries and Wildlife Management program manager. “We plan to adapt future restoration strategies for the fish from information gained from this study.”

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length. The fish were either stewed or roasted and were a rich seasonal component in Cherokee subsistence. “The Sicklefin Redhorse sustained our Cherokee people through many long winters as a primary source of protein, and now it’s our responsibility to ensure its survival,” said

The new Sicklefin Redhorse program represents another Eastern Band effort to preserve and restore Western North Carolina’s eco-system. The tribe recently began reintroducing white tail deer onto tribal lands to rebuild a population once depleted by the fur trade and hunting.

The next step for the endangered red wolf in Eastern North Carolina is an evaluation commissioned by U.S. Fish and Wildlife that includes public comment. A population of red wolves reintroduced in coastal counties is the last vestige of the species on the planet, but its long-term sustainability is being examined following clashes with landowners and pressure from coyote hunters. The evaluation will include two public focus group sessions in the eastern part of the state as well as written public comment and surveys. The evaluation, conducted by the Wildlife Management Institute, will be completed by Dec. 10, at which point it will be peer-reviewed and used to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determine red wolf program’s future. The final determination is expected sometime in early 2015. Email comments to redwolfreview@fws.gov and access the survey at jgassett.polldaddy.com/s/red-wolf-restoration-recovery-program. Comments and surveys should be submitted no later than Sept. 12.

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logically minded, including behind the scenes tours and project demonstrations by students, researchers and PARI staff, exhibits and a guided tour of Jo’s Nature Trail. PARI is located in Transylvania County. Scott Sheffield, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Brevard College, will give a keynote presentation titled Leo Szilard and the Public Role of Science. Szilard was a HungarianAmerican physicist and inventor credited with conceiving the nuclear chain reaction and patenting the idea of a nuclear reactor. In later years, Szilard became increasingly concerned about the dangers of nuclear weapons and worked to bring them under control. Free for members. www.pari.edu or 828.862.5554.

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Highlands birders will get a change to coined by famed ornithologist Roger Tory see avian fall migration in action on the Peterson many years ago. Highland Plateau Audubon Society’s outing A carpool will leave from Highlands to the Blue Ridge Parkway at 7 a.m. Town Hall at 7 a.m. sharp, returning Saturday, Sept. 20. between 2 and 3 p.m. Loaner binoculars Most years at this time in autumn, the and field guides available. Most bird watchtrees and skies are full of broadwinged hawks, Tennessee warblers and scarlet tanagers as they head south to Central and South America, with the Blue Ridge Escarpment used as a flyway. As many of the species will have molted into their Birders gather for a photo on last year’s trip. Donated photo fall and winter plumages, identification can be a challenge, but Audubon’s ing will be on the roadside, though one or leaders will do their best to help particitwo short hikes will be an option. RSVP to pants see and understand such birds as Romney Bathurst, 828.526.1939 or Brock “confusing Fall Warblers,” a phrase aptly Hutchins, 828.787.1387.

Join us for an afternoon of celebrating our heritage at the 127-year old Francis Grist Mill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013! Enjoy crafts, Mama Moody’s fried pies, milling demonstrations & door prizes! Bring your own lawn chair; service animals only.

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A ribbon-cutting for a new 1.2-mile greenway section along the Tuckaseigee River in Cullowhee will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 15 will celebrate the completion of Phase 1 of the Jackson County Greenway. Due to limited parking, a shuttle service will transport guests from the Cullowhee Community Garden parking lot on South Painter Road starting at 3 and going until 5 p.m. For now, the greenway can be accessed at Monteith Gap Road. A bridge over the river will provide a second access point at the other end of the path. The greenway itself cost about $400,000, funded mostly by grants. But a bridge over the river allowing access at one end of the greenway cost $1 million, funded from county coffers. The price tag for the bridge was initially lower, but hit a $350,000 cost overrun recently due to the belated discovery of engineering issues.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Angel Hospice will hold its 3rd Annual High Tea and Champagne fundraiser, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Bloemsma Barn on Patton Rd., Franklin. Jay Siltzer, WLOS Meteorologist, will speak. $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased at Hospice offices, 170 Church St. 828.369.4206. • The Catholic Women’s Circle of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church will present the 8th annual Baskets and Bags Bingo Night, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Haywood County Fairgrounds. $20 for 21 games. 828.452.0768. • Waynesville Recreation Center will close for renovations and maintenance Sept. 8-14. The building will reopen at 5 a.m., Sept. 15. Members will be charged a pro-rated rate for the month. 828.456.2030. • A public hearing devoted to North Carolina’s oil and gas rules will take place at Western Carolina University, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. 919.807.6363. • A public hearing devoted to North Carolina’s oil and gas rules will take place at Western Carolina University, 5-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. 919.807.6363. • Friends of PARI will hold its annual meeting, Sept. 12. Pisgah National Forest. 828.862.5554. • Thunder in the Smokies Fall Rally. Sept. 12-14, Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, Maggie Valley. $17 online advanced tickets. 828.246.2101. • SeptemberFest will celebrate harvest, community gardening and preservation, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Old Army Rec Center. • The Francis Mill Preservation Society will host their 9th Annual “Music at the Mill”, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Francis Mill. $7 for advanced tickets. 828.456.6307. • The anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Poteet Park Pavilion, Sylva. Box 547@aol.com. • Waynesville Recreation Center will put its workout routines on hold, from Sept. 8-14. The building will reopen at 5 a.m., Sept. 15. Members will be charged a pro-rated rate for the month. 828.456.2030. • The 13th annual RailFest will be held Sept. 12-14 at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad depot in Bryson City. Activities include live craft and railroad demonstrations, train rides, live Appalachian music and dance, storytelling, railroad food, and more. The Mountain Craft Fair will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 13 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 14. For a full schedule of events and times, click on www.gsmr.com. 800.872.4681. • The Western Carolina University annual Fall Family Weekend will be at noon Sept. 12-14 in Cullowhee. 828.227.7234. • The Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders will host an Open House, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, Smoky Mountain Model Railroaders clubhouse, 130 Frazier St., Suite 13, Waynesville. 828.550.5959. • NC Cooperative Extension Centennial Celebration, 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, Swain County Extension Office, 60 Almond School Rd., Bryson City. 828.488.3848. • The Western Carolina University Public Policy Institute will host a panel discussion, “Are Two Better than One? Comparing our Rights under the North Carolina and the United States Constitutions”, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, room 130, Cullowhee. 828.227.3898. • The Macon County Fair will take place from Sept. 17-

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. 20. The Macon County Fair Board invites the public to enter items for the fair, 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. 828.349.2050. • The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will hold its annual Mountain Life Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Mountain Farm Museum, Newfound Gap Rd. 828.497.1904. • The Haywood County NAACP will hold its general meeting, 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 28 Mt. Olive Rd., Waynesville. 828.400.5475. • “Coats for Kids” will hold their Distribution Day, 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday, Oct. 4, First Presbyterian Church, Sylva. Children should be present. Coats4kidsjc@frontier.com. • The Sew Easy Girls will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at the Community Service Center in Sylva. 828.586.4009. • Parkinson’s Support in the Mountains will hold its regular monthly meeting, 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, room 164 of the Jackson County Department on Aging, 100 County Services Park, Sylva. wncpd@yahoo.com.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • The University of North Carolina Board of Governors will hold its September meeting at Western Carolina University, Sept. 10-12. 828.227.3083. • The Small Business Center will hold a seminar, “Business Planning for Business Success”, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Haywood Community College. 828.627.4512 or tbrown@haywood.edu. • Highlands-Cashiers Hospital will host an Estate Planning and Health Care Directives, seminar at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Campus. 828.526.1325. • Laura Stevens will present Climate Change Impacts in the United States, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, The Gondolier, 1360 Tunnel Road. 828.575.2877.

Macon/Jackson Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #81. Tickets are $10 each or six for $50. Drawing, Sept. 23. Tickets available from John O’Conner, 369.0698; Joe Hall, 332.8568; or Larry Miller, 369.6924. Truck will be displayed at various places around town for certain events.

VOLUNTEERING • Volunteers are needed for the Round Bald Restoration Volunteer Work Day, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Carvers Gap, Round Bald. Bring lunch, water, snack, sun and rain protection, hiking shoes, and work gloves. roanwoman@aol.com • “Coats for Kids of Jackson County” is seeking new or gently used kids coats, warm clothing, hats, gloves and shoes. Donations can be dropped off at Cullowhee United Methodist Church, Sylva. Coats4kidsjc@frontier.com.

HEALTH MATTERS • Haywood Regional Medical Center will hold three tired leg and varicose vein educational programs at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, Medical Center’s Outpatient Care Center, 581 Leroy George Dr., Clyde. 828.452.8346.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • West Canton Baptist Church will hold homecoming service, 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, West Canton Baptist Church, 75 Lowe St., Canton. Speaker. Potluck lunch follows service. 828.648.5561.

• The Factory will hold its first Kid’s Crew Event for the school year, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, The Factory, 1024 Georgia Rd., Franklin. 828.349.8888 or Olivia.johnson928@gmail.com.

• Business After Hours, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, Highlands Cover Realty, 100 Highlands Cove Dr., Highlands. Please RSVP. 828.526.2112. • Western Carolina University will hold its Open House to prospective students and families, 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, WCU’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center, Cullowhee. 877.928.4968.

• Parents as Teachers will hold their first Roll and Read, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Waynesville Recreation Center nature trail. 828.456.8995 or www.karehouse.org.

• Eighth annual Baskets and Bags Bingo, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Haywood County Fairgrounds. Presented by the Catholic Women’s Circle of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Proceeds go to local community agencies. $20 for 21 games. Sponsorships also available. Great prizes. Karen Conner, 452.0768. Sponsorship information, Belinda Lowe, 648.5568. • Zonta Club of Franklin will present their Boots and Bling fundraiser, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Bloemsma Farm Barn, 1145 Patton Rd., Franklin. $50 per person. 828.349.9194. • The Smoky Mountain Roller Girls and their Lil’Nemesisters will hold a rummage sale from 8 a.m.1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept 20, at the Swain County Recreation Center in Bryson City. The sale will benefit the Hawthorne Heights Teen Center and the Cherokee Children’s Home. • Benevolence Fundraiser: Tickets are on sale to win a 2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4. Proceeds to benefit

ist Alfred Russel Wallace, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. 828.586.9499. • Janice Moore Fuller and Lee Zacharias will be reading from their books, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main St., Waynesville. 828.456.6000. • The Artist and Writer Retreats + Workshops, Sept. 1521, Lake Logan Retreat Center. Details, www.cullowheemountainarts.org or 342.6913. • The Canton Book Club will hold its next meeting, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18. Canton Branch Library, Canton. 828.648.2924. • Ready to Read, adult literacy program to help those who are illiterate or need to improve/strengthen their reading skills, 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Genealogy Study Room on the second floor of Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016. • Lost Writers Support Group, 10 a.m. to noon, first Saturday of the month, Zelda Divine, Inc., 1210 S. Main St., Waynesville. Coffee, refreshments, and good company abide.

KIDS & FAMILIES • Write On! Creative Workshop for 8-12 year olds, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. 828.586.2016.

• The Jackson County Public Library will start their first Explorer’s Club, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. 828.586.2016.

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• The Macon County Public Library will hold their Game Day, 1-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Macon County Public Library, 149 Siler Farm Rd, Franklin. Board games, card games and puzzles. 828.524.3600. • Kent Stewart will hold a Journal Making Workshop, 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Blue Ridge Books, 152 S. Main, Waynesville. 828.456.6000 or blueridgebooksnc.com. • A game day will occur from 2 to 9 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. Bring dice, cards or board games. 828.586.6300.

Literary (adults) • Carol Bryson will present her book, “Glenville and Cashiers … From The Records,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. Community Room, Historic Jackson County Courthouse. 828.631.2646. • The Jackson Public Library will hold its adult creative writing workshop, “The Write Ones”, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Jackson County Public Library, 310 Keener St., Sylva. 828.586.2016. • James Costa will present his new book about natural-

POLITICAL GROUP EVENTS & LOCAL GOVERNMENT • League of Women Voters of Macon County will host a forum with state Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, and Jane Hipps, his Democratic challenger forum. Noon on Thursday, Sept. 11, Tartan Hall, Franklin. • Macon County Republican Party executive board meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, GOP headquarters, 555 Depot St., Franklin. 828.369.6997 or valerieniskanen@gmail.com. • Dr. Ada Fisher, National Committeewoman for the North Carolina Republican Party, will be speaking, 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Bardo Arts Center, room 130, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. ncmtngop@hotmail.com. • The Macon County Democrats will hold their Campaign Kickoff Rally and Raffle, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, Macon County Democratic Headquarters, 251 Sloan Rd., Franklin. 828.332.7118. • The Libertarian Party of Haywood County meets at 7 p.m. every second Wednesday of the month at Organic Beans, 3676 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. Open to the public. haywood@lpnc.org. • Occupy/WNC General Assembly meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday in room 220 of the Jackson County Administration and Justice Center in Sylva. 538.1644. • A TEA Party group meets at 2 p.m. the third Saturday of each month at the 441 Diner in Otto. • The League of Women Voters meets at noon the second Thursday of each month at Tartan Hall in Franklin. Lunch available by reservation. Open to all. $6 for food. 524.5192.

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Headquarters, 251 Sloan Road. Now open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Office hours will increase later this summer. 369.8561. Marge Abel, 369.8159, or Shirl Ches, 524.9991. • Macon County Democratic Party permanent office, 251 Sloan Road, Franklin, 2 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. 634.7737. • Haywood County Democratic executive committee meets at 5 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at Democratic Headquarters, 286 Haywood Square, Waynesville. www.haywooddemocrats.org. • Haywood County Democratic Party headquarters, 286 Haywood Square, Waynesville, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 452.9607, haywooddemocrats.org. • Jackson County Democratic Party meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Democratic Headquarters, 500 Mill St., Sylva. Brian McMahan, 508.1466. • Jackson County Democratic Party executive committee members meet at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Democratic Headquarters, 500 Mill St., Sylva. jacksondems.com. • Jackson County Democratic Women meet at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at Democratic Headquarters 500 Mill St., Sylva. jacksondems.com.

GOP • 2014 Republican headquarters offices at Laurel Terrace on Highway 64 East in Cashiers and at 58 Sunrise Park retail complexes in Sylva. Chair Ralph Slaughter, 743.6491 or jacksonctygop@yahoo.com, www.jacksoncountygop.com.

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

A&E FESTIVALS, SPECIAL & SEASONAL EVENTS • Angel Hospice will hold its 3rd Annual High Tea and Champagne fundraiser, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Bloemsma Barn on Patton Rd., Franklin. Jay Siltzer, WLOS Meteorologist, will speak. $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased at Hospice offices, 170 Church St. 828.369.4206.

• Jackson County Green Energy Park seems vendors for the Youth Arts Festival. The festival is Saturday, Sept. 20. An estimated 1,600 children and adults will be in attendance to watch artisans practice their craft, listen to local music, and get their hands dirty with art projects. Artists should fill out the online form at JCGEP.org or call the Green Energy Park Director 46 Timm Muth at 631.0271.

• Mountain Heritage Day, 40th Anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 27, Western Carolina University campus. Mountain Heritage Day contests, whisker-growing, oldfashioned costumes, home-canned goods; chainsaw competition, antique auto show and Mountain Heritage Day 5K. Artists and craftspeople juried competition. Applications at www.mountainheritageday.com or 227.7129. www.facebook.com/mountainheritageday or @WCU on Twitter. • Call to restaurateurs for Fifth annual Taste of Sylva culinary tour, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, downtown Sylva and McGuire Gardens. Julie Sylvester, 226.0181 or by email at julie@pinnacleeventswnc.com. Deadline is Aug. 22. www.mainstreetsylva.org.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Jamie Laval to play in “A Musical Journey Through the Scottish Highlands”. Thursday, Sept. 11, The Strand Theater. $20/$10 students. www.38main.com. • Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat and Southside of the Tracks will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville. Summers & Kram play Sept. Sept. 11 and 18, with Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat Sept. 13 and Southside of the Tracks Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com. • Jamie Laval to play in “A Musical Journey Through the Scottish Highlands”. Thursday, Sept. 11, The Strand Theater. $20/$10 students. www.38main.com. • Donna Frost, Bourbon Legend, Brushfire Stankgrass, Caleb Crawford, Liz Nance Trio and Humps & The Blackouts will perform at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Frost plays Sept. 11, with Bourbon Legend Sept. 12-13, Brushfire Stankgrass Sept. 14, Crawford Sept. 18, Nance Sept. 19 and Humps & The Blackouts Sept. 20. All shows begin at 9 p.m. Free. 828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com. • Folk singer-songwriter Adam Burrows will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at City Lights Café in Sylva. Free. www.citylightscafe.com. • Singer-songwriter Shane Meade & The Sound will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at Nantahala Brewing in Bryson City. Free. www.nantahalabrewing.com. • Mile High, The Ryan Perry Band, SmokeRise and Ashli Rose will perform at the Maggie Valley Rendezvous. Mile High plays Sept. 12 and 20, with Perry Sept. 13, SmokeRise Sept. 14 and 21 (poolside from 3 to 6 p.m.), and Rose Sept. 19. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.926.0201. • Mandolin/guitar trio Mike Pilgrim, Don Mercz & Drew Kirkpatrick, jazz pianist Richard Shulman, singer/songwriter Daniel Shearin and classic pop-rock pianist Joe Cruz will perform at The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. Pilgrim, Mercz & Kirkpatrick play Sept. 12, with Shulman Sept. 13, Shearin Sept. 19 and Cruz Sept 20. All shows begin at 7 p.m. $10 minimum purchase. 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Country group The Rick Morris Band and rockers The Remnants will perform as part of Pickin’ on the Square at the gazebo in downtown Franklin. Morris plays Sept. 13, with The Remnants Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free. 828.524.2516 or www.franklin-chamber.com. • The Summer Live Music Series will continue with Hugh Swaso, Rick Rushing & The Blues Strangers and Somebody’s Child at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Swaso plays Sept. 13, with Rushing Sept. 19 and Somebody’s Child Sept. 20. Live music, barbecue and craft beer. All performances are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • A Funky Dance Party and Mangas Colorado will perform at BearWaters Brewing Company in Waynesville. The Funky Dance Party will be at 8 p.m. Sept. 13, with Mangas Colorado at 7 p.m. Sept. 19. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602.

• Jerry Vandiver, Leslie Satcher and Tim Buppert will perform as part of the Songwriters in the Round concert series at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Balsam Mountain Inn. $47 per person, which includes a buffet dinner. 828.456.9498 or www.balsaminn.net. • Country group The Rick Morris Band and rockers The Remnants will perform as part of Pickin’ on the Square at the gazebo in downtown Franklin. Morris plays Sept. 13, with The Remnants Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. Free. 828.524.2516 or www.franklin-chamber.com. • Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat and Southside of the Tracks will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville. Summers & Kram play Sept. Sept. 11 and 18, with Fritz Beer & The Crooked Beat Sept. 13 and Southside of the Tracks Sept. 20. All shows begin at 6 p.m. Free. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com. • The Summer Live Music Series will continue with Hugh Swaso, Rick Rushing & The Blues Strangers and Somebody’s Child at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in the Nantahala Gorge. Swaso plays Sept. 13, with Rushing Sept. 19 and Somebody’s Child Sept. 20. Live music, barbecue and craft beer. All performances are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • The Burningtown Music Festival will be held Sept. 13-14 in Franklin. Held in the Nantahala National Forest, the festival site is a gathering of like-minded Christian people seeking to connect with both God and man through music, art and community. Bands include Sean Michel, Reckless Mercy, The Remnant, Jerry’s Bones, Liz & AJ Nance, Winston Holder, Scott Patrick Knies, Caleb Lange and Joseph Camuglia. Admission is free, with donations accepted. www.burningtownfest.com. • Jerry Vandiver, Leslie Satcher and Tim Buppert will perform as part of the Songwriters in the Round concert series at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 at the Balsam Mountain Inn. $47 per person, which includes a buffet dinner. 828.456.9498 or www.balsaminn.net. • Music in the Mountains will present Larry Barnett and Friends, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Depot, Everett St., Bryson City. 828.488.3681 or greatsmokies.com. • A Funky Dance Party and Mangas Colorado will perform at BearWaters Brewing Company in Waynesville. The Funky Dance Party will be at 8 p.m. Sept. 13, with Mangas Colorado at 7 p.m. Sept. 19. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602. • Riders in the Sky will perform at Western Carolina University, 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. $21 for adults, $16 for WCU faculty and staff and $7 for students and children. 828.227.2479. • The Macon County Public Library will present music by Angela Faye Martin, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, Macon County Public Library Meeting Room, 149 Siler Farm Rd., Franklin. 828.524.3600. • A tribute concert to Carroll Best, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Stuart Auditorium. Free to the public. 865.436.7318. • The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts will present Phillips, Craig and Dean, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, 1028 Georgia Rd., Franklin. 866.273.4615. • Newgrass/string band Brushfire Stankgrass will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at Innovation Brewing in Sylva. 828.586.9678 or www.innovation-brewing.com. • The 9th annual Nashville Songwriters’ Round to benefit the Blue Ridge School Education Foundation will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Trillium Links & Lake Club in Cashiers. Live music by Rivers Rutherford & Friends. $75 per person. 828.743.5191. • The 9th annual Nashville Songwriters’ Round to benefit the Blue Ridge School Education Foundation will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Trillium

Links & Lake Club in Cashiers. Live music by Rivers Rutherford & Friends. $75 per person. 828.743.5191. • Bluegrass/gospel group Buncombe Turnpike will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Macon County Heritage Center in the Historic Cowee School in Franklin. $10 per person. 828.349.1945 or www.coweeschool.org. • The Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts will present James Castro, Victoria Banks and Tony Arata in “Home By Dark”, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, 1028 Georgia Rd., Franklin. $15 per person. 866.273.4615 or GreatMountainMusic.com. • Gaither Homecoming Tour, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Western Carolina University’s Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Tickets are $73 for platinum seating, $36 for artist circle seating, $26 for regular reserved seating and $23 for seniors and children. Groups of 15 or more with reservations, $21 per person. 227.7677. 227.7722 or visit the Ramsey Activity Center box office. • Ninth annual Nashville Songwriters’ Round, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Trillium Links & Lake Club, Cashiers. Proceeds benefit Blue Ridge School Education Foundation. Tickets, $75 per person. 743.5191. • The hour-long radio show Stories of Mountain Folk airs at 9 a.m. every Saturday on its home station, WRGC Jackson County Radio, 540 AM on the dial, broadcasting out of Sylva. Stories of Mountain Folk is an ongoing all-sound oral history program produced by Catch the Spirit of Appalachia (CSA), a Western North Carolina not-for-profit, for local radio and online distribution. • An open jam session will occur from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each Thursday through Dec. 18 at Heinzelmannchen Brewery in Sylva. All skill levels and instruments welcome. 828.631.4466 or www.yourgnometownbrewery.com

MUSIC JAMS • Cruso Circle Play & Jam, 7 p.m. every Tuesday, Cruso Community Center and Friendship Club in Cruso. www.facebook.com/crusocircleplayjam. • Signature Brew Coffee Company holds Sylva Open Jam nights on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. Shop provides the instruments, you provide the talent. Chris Coopers’ Fusion band hosts. • UU Drum Circle and Raw-Mazing will hold a potluck in Franklin. Saturday, Sept. 13, Highlands Rd., Franklin. Bring a dish. Must RSVP. sanmardan@yahoo.com or 828.332.7118.

DANCE • The next Contra Dance will take place from 2:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, Jackson County Public Library, Community Room, Sylva. Potluck dinner will follow. 828.586.5478.

FOOD & DRINK • All-Adult First Class Moonshine Car during the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Moonshine Experience on the new Carolina Shine. Tickets, $98 for adults (21+), through September, and $104 for adults (21+) during October. 488.7024 or 800.872.4681 ext. 7024, www.gsmr.com. • Gathering Table, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, at The Community Center, Route 64, Cashiers. Provides fresh, nutritious dinners to all members of the community regardless of ability to pay. Volunteers always needed and donations gratefully accepted. 743.9880.

ART/GALLERY EVENTS & OPENINGS • The deadline to enter a quilt in the 2014 Smoky

Mountain Quilt Show has been extended to Sept. 10. The show will be held Oct. 2-4 at Western Carolina University. Entry forms can be found at www.smokymtnquilters.org. 828.293.5004 or 828.508.7916.

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• Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center will present the “Land of the Crooked Water” exhibit, and artist Joshua Grant, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, WCU Mountain Heritage Center, Cullowhee. 828.227.7129. • An art reception will be held for Justin Moe’s display, “The Warped Filter”, 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday Sept. 11, Meeting Room, Macon County Public Library, 149 Siler Farm Rd, Franklin. 828.524.3600. • City Lights Café will feature Diane Jettinghoff as their September artist, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, City Lights Café, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva. 828.226.3840. • The Jackson County Arts Council will sponsor an Art Talk by Clinton Hardin, 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Rotunda Gallery, Jackson County Library Annex. 828.507.9820. • The Jackson County Arts Council will sponsor an Art Talk by Clinton Hardin, 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Rotunda Gallery, Jackson County Library Annex. 828.507.9820. • The Sylva Photo Club will hold their September meeting, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Coggins Office Park, 318 Skyland Dr., Suite1A, Sylva. 828.226.3840. • Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts department 2014 Graduate Show, through Sept. 14, Southern Highland Craft Guild Folk Art Center, Mile Post 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, near Asheville. 565.4159. • Juried competition for artists and craftspeople, Mountain Heritage Day, 40th Anniversary, Saturday, Sept. 27, Western Carolina University campus. Applications at www.mountainheritageday.com.

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• Call to artists to apply for entry in the 6th annual 2014 Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival, Oct. 10-12, Cashiers Valley. www.visitcashiersvalley.com or e-mail info@visitcashiersvalley.com or 743.8428.

CLASSES, PROGRAMS & DEMONSTRATIONS • Jon Houglum will hold his Fall Colors Landscape Oil Painint Workshop, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 12 and 19, Historic Cowee School, 51 Cowee School Rd., Franklin. 828.369.7274. • The Jackson County Arts Council will hold an Art Talk by Clint Hardin, 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, Rotunda Gallery, Jackson County Library Annex, Sylva. 828.507.9820. • The Jackson County Public Library will hold a GimpShop photo editing class, 5:45. Monday, Sept. 15, Jackson County Public Library Computer Lab, 310 Keener St., Sylva. Participants must pre-register. 828.586.2016.

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• Carmen Holland and Maria Greene will be holding a Fall Leaves in Clay workshop, 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, Cowee Pottery School, Macon County Heritage Center, Cowee Creek Rd., Franklin. 828.524.7690. • Call for artists and volunteers to works hands-on with children for 2014 Youth Arts Festival, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Jackson County Green Energy Park. www.jcgep.org. • Dogwood Crafters will hold a Calligraphy Workshop, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, Masonic Lodge, Dillsboro. Register by Sept. 19. $10. 828.586.2435 or junettapell@hotmail.com. • Rug Hooking Group, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Jackson County Public Library. Beginners welcome. 631.2561. • Children’s Art Classes, by Scottie Harris, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays. www.iamclasses.webs.com or

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contact Char at 456.9197, orcharspaintings@msn.com. • Drawing Lessons for Adults, by Char Avrunin, 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays. www.iamclasses.webs.com or contact Char at 456.9197, orcharspaintings@msn.com. • Painting Lessons for Adults, by Char Avrunin, 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays. www.iamclasses.webs.com or contact Char at 456.9197, orcharspaintings@msn.com. • Private Art Lessons by Char Avrunin, www.iamclasses.webs.com or contact Char at 456.9197 or charspaintings@msn.com. • Art classes with Dominick DePaolo, 10 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the Old Armory Building, 44 Boundary St. in Waynesville and from 1 to 3 p.m. every Friday at Mountain Home Collection at 110 Miller St., Waynesville. Watercolor classes, 10 a.m. to noon, oil painting classes, 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays, Uptown Gallery, Franklin. Registration requested. Armory classes, 456.9918; Home Collection classes, 456.5441; Franklin classes, 349.4607. • The Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild offers free Learn to Knit classes for adults and children at the Waynesville Library on Tuesdays. The adult class meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Children (boys and girls ages 8-12) meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Pre-registration required. 246.0789. • Jon Houglum’s North Carolina Mountain Landscape Oil Painting Workshop will take place at 9:30 a.m. through 4 p.m. on Aug. 29 and 30 at the Historic Cowee School. This workshop is for advanced beginners, intermediate and advanced oil painting students. 51 Cowee School Rd., Franklin. 369.7274. www.houglumfineart.com. • A landscape-painting workshop for beginners with Jon Houglum will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 29-30 at the Historic Cowee School in Franklin. 369.7274 or houglumfineart2@frontier.com.

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ARTS GROUP MEETINGS • Blue Ridge Mountain Quilt Guild, 6 to 9 p.m. fourth Thursday, January through October, and third Thursday, November and December, 382 Champion Drive, Canton. Community group open to all skill levels and gender. Must be a high school senior or above to join the group. First visit is free. $25 yearly membership fee. Traci Hoglen, 316.1517 or visit us on Facebook at Blue Ridge Mtn. Quilt Guild • The Tuesday Quilters meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on N.C. 107. Bring your machine and whatever quilt you are working on.

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• The WNC Fiber Folk Group meets weekly from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursdays in the Star Atrium of the Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at WCU. 227.2553 or ddrury@wcu.edu.

• Thursday Painters meet at the Uptown Gallery in Franklin every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring your project and a bag lunch and join us for a day of creativity and fun. All artists are welcome. 349.4607.

FILM & SCREEN • The films “Ida” and “X-Men: Days of Future Past” will be shown at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. “Ida” will be screened Sept. 12-14, with “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Sept. 19-21. Screenings are at 7:45 p.m. on Fridays; 2, 5 and 7:45 p.m. on Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $6 per person, $4 for children. Saturday morning cartoons will also be shown at 10 a.m. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com. • The Mad Batter Food & Film now showing featured films, 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, downtown Sylva location. Special kids’ matinee at 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Movie listings and information, www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. 586.3555.

• Family movie days at Marianna Black Library, Bryson City, are at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Classic movies at 1 p.m. the second and fourth Friday. Other films also shown. Free movies and popcorn. 488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity. • Movies at the Macon County Library. New movies, documentaries and foreign films every Monday at 3:30, Wednesday at 4:30 and again at 7 p.m., and classic matinees at Fridays at 2 p.m. The movies and popcorn are free, but donations are welcome. 524.3600.

Outdoors OUTINGS, HIKES & FIELDTRIPS • Kayaking sessions at Lake Junaluska, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. Waynesville Recreation Center, 550 Vance St., Waynesville. $5 for members, $10 non-members. tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will hike Holly Springs Ridge, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, old Walmart parking lot, Franklin. Call for reservations. 828.349.3380. • The Jackson County Greenway will hold its Ribbon Cutting, 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, Cullowhee Community Garden Parking lot, South Painter Rd., Cullowhee. • The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society will host their annual Charlie Davis Memorial Trip, 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Highlands Town Hall Parking Lot, Highlands. 828.526.1939 or 828.787.1387. • Nature Photography Exhibit: Our Spectacular Southern Appalachians, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Cradle of Forestry, Pisgah National Forest. $5 for 16 and up. Youth free. • Free guided, themed nature walks, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Highlands Botanical Garden, Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623. • Learn about the eating habits of the Highlands Nature Center’s animals, 11 to 11:30 a.m., Fridays, Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. All ages. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623. • Featured Creature program, 11:30 a.m. to noon, Saturdays Highlands Nature Center, Highlands. All ages. www.highlandsbiological.org or 526.2623. • Volunteer-guided hikes, 1 p.m. Saturdays and Tuesdays through November, The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville. www.ncarboretumregistration.org. • Blue Ridge Parkway’s Pisgah District summer program schedule: Hike of the Week, 10 a.m. Fridays, between Milepost 356 and 469; Evening Campfire, 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Milepost 408.8; After Hours Hike, Parkway ranger guided hike, 7 p.m. every other Thursday, along Mountains-To-Sea Trail near Asheville; Family Night, 7 to 8:30 p.m. every other Thursday, opposite After Hours Hike, Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville, milepost 384. www.nps.gov/blri, or 298.5330, ext. 304.

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS • Western North Carolina Woodturners meeting, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, Blue Ridge School, 95 Bobcat Drive, Cashiers. 828.526.2616. • The Cradle of Forestry in America will present “Afternoon Tea with Llamas”, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, U.S. 276 in the Pisgah National Forest. $5 for adults over 15. 828.877.3130.

• The Cradle of Forestry in America will present “Afternoon Tea with Llamas”, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Hwy. 276 in the Pisgah National Forest. $5 for adults over 15. 828.877.3130.

• WMI - Wilderness First Responder (WFR), nine-day comprehensive wilderness medical course, Sept. 1614, Cullowhee. Landmark Learning, 293.5384 or main@landmarklearning.edu. • WMI - Wilderness First Responder Recertification, three-day course, Sept. 19-21, Cullowhee. Landmark Learning, 293.5384 or main@landmarklearning.edu.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • The Waynesville Recreation Center will hold its Building Bridges Mud Run, 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Waynesville Recreation Center, Waynesville. Rjacobson05@gmail.com. • The 2nd Annual Cashier Trail Mix Mountain Run Experience, 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Chinquapin Community, Cashiers-Highlands Plateau. All proceeds will benefit Cashiers Glenville Volunteer Fire Department. www.cashierstrailmix.com.

HIKING CLUBS • High Country Hikers, based out of Hendersonville but hiking throughout Western North Carolina, plans hikes every Monday and Thursday. Schedules, meeting places and more information are available on their website, www.highcountryhikers.org. • Carolina Mountain Club hosts more than 150 hikes a year, including options for full days on weekends, full days on Wednesdays and half days on Sundays.

• Nantahala Hiking Club based in Macon County holds weekly Saturday hikes in the Nantahala National Forest and beyond. www.nantahalahikingclub.org

• A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at Macon Middle School on Wells Grove Road. Ladies and beginners’ ride. 369.2881 or www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com.

• Mountain High Hikers, based in Young Harris, Ga., leads several hikes per week. Guests should contact hike leader. www.mountainhighhikers.org. • Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, located in East Tennessee, makes weekly hikes in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as well as surrounding areas. www.smhclub.org. • Benton MacKaye Trail Association incorporates outings for hikes, trail maintenance and other work trips. No experience is necessary to participate. www.bmta.org. • Diamond Brand’s Women’s Hiking Group meets on the third Saturday of every month. For more information, e-mail awilliams@diamondbrand.com or call 684.6262.

BIKE RIDES • A weekly bike ride in Waynesville meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Rolls Rite Bicycles on the Old Asheville Highway. Beginner to intermediate rides led by Bicycle Haywood advocacy group. Eight- to 12-mile rides. 276.6080 or gr8smokieszeke@gmail.com. • A weekly bike ride meets in Bryson City on Wednesdays around 6 p.m. Depart from the East Swain Elementary school in Whittier on U.S.19 off exit 69 from U.S. 23-74. All levels. 800.232.7238. • A weekly bike ride in Sylva meets Tuesday at 6 p.m., departing from Motion Makers bike shop for a tough 25-mile ride up to the Balsam Post office via back roads and back into Sylva. 586.6925. • A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., departing from Smoky Mountain Bicycles at

• A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Saturdays at 8 a.m., departing from South Macon Elementary School. 369.2881, www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com. • A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Sundays at 9:30 a.m., departing from the Franklin Health and Fitness Center. 369.2881, www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com.

MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDES • Weekly mountain bike ride at Tsali, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Hosted by Nantahala Area SORBA. Social ride, so all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to come. Meet in the Tsali parking lot. www.facebook.com/nantahalaareasorba. Andy, 488.1988. • Monthly “Girlz Ride” at Tsali, last Friday of every month. Sponsored by Nantahala Area SORBA. Meet at 6:30 p.m. in Tsali parking lot. All skill levels welcome. Social and snacks provided after the ride. 506.115, www.facebook.com/nantahalaareasorba.

ONGOING CLUBS • Cold Mountain Photographic Society is a camera/photography club for amateurs and professionals who want to learn about and share their knowledge of photography with others. Must be 18 or older to join. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month in the conference room of MedWest Health and Fitness Center, 262 Leroy George Drive in Clyde. More information at www.cmpsnc.org or info@cmpsnc.org. • The Cherokee Riders, a new cycling club in Cherokee, seeks members for weekly group rides. Hugh Lambert 554.6810 or hughlamb@nccherokee.com. • 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. • Small RV Camping club is seeking additional members. We camp one weekend per month March through November. All ages are welcome. No dues, no structured activities. Just an enjoyment of the outdoors, fellowship, good conversation, potluck dinners and a roaring campfire. Contact Lillian for more details lilnau@aol.com or 369.6669.

• The Tuscola Garden Club will hold their first meeting of the season, 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, Gaines Auditorium. 828.452.7176.

• Mountain Wild, the local chapter of the N.C. Wildlife Federation works to preserve and increase wildlife and wildlife habitat of the region. Free programs and guest speakers held periodically at the WNC Nature Center in Asheville. Call 338.0035.

• Mountain Heritage Day’s “A Gathering In” traditional foods competition, Saturday, Sept. 27, Western Carolina University campus. Also a “Best in the West Sweet Potato Recipe Contest” adult and youth winners. www.mountainheritageday.com/Contests, or contact Peter Koch at pkoch@email.wcu.edu or 227.7129.

• Free Fly Fishing Classes are offered at River’s Edge Outfitters in Cherokee every week. Participants of all ages and skill levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Classes will be approximately an hour and half long. For more information contact Rivers Edge Outfitters at 497.9300.

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• The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service is offering a seminar on Ginseng production. Sept. 17 from 2-4 p.m. at Swain Extension Center, room 114. Sept. 18 from 6-8 p.m. at Jackson Extension Center, room 234. 828.586.4009 or 828.488.3848.

Non-members contact event leaders. www.carolinamountainclub.org

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REAL ESTATE ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. BEWARE OF LOAN FRAUD. Please check with the Better Business Bureau or Consumer Protection Agency before sending any money to any loan company.

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More on the meeting of Kephart and Calhoun

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he story of the initial meeting between Horace Kephart and Granville Calhoun has as many twists and turns as a short story by O. Henry. In brief, Kephart arrived in Western North Carolina in August 1904 and established a base camp on Dicks Creek west of Dillsboro. By October, a mining company had given him permission to use one of its abandoned cabins at the Everett Mine near Medlin on Hazel Creek. Calhoun had been asked to meet Kephart at the depot in Bushnell, 16 miles southeast of Medlin. I noted in an introduction to the 1976 reissue of Our Southern Highlanders by the University of Tennessee Press that aspects of Granville’s account “conflicts with available Columnist sources.” I had in mind, in particular, the assertion that Kephart remained in the Calhoun residence for three weeks. In a chapter devoted to Kephart in Strangers in High Places (1966), Michael Frome provides a long account from which the following is excerpted:

Kephart’s Photo Album and an Index to his diary (presumably lost) are available via the “Horace Kephart: Revealing an Enigma” web site maintained by Special Collections at

WCU’s Hunter Library. www.wcu.edu/library/digitalcollections/Kephart In October, Kephart broke camp on Dicks Creek headed for Medlin. The event is noted in section 35 of the Index with the brief notation “Addio!” In the “Camp on Dick’s Creek” section of the album there is a photo of Kephart dismantling a lean-to captioned: “Addio! / Sunday, October 30, 1904.” There’s no entry for Monday. Section 36 opens “Off for Medlin,” and “Second Class Travel” (indicating he has departed Dillsboro for Busnell). The entry “Trip to Medlin” indicates that he has departed Bushnell for Medlin with Calhoun. Page 21 of the album provides photographs of or from the cabin. One is captioned “The Cabin in Autumn” and just above it is Kephart’s caption: “Lived here alone, Nov. 2, 1904, to Jan. 1906.” The image above that notation is missing but the only place he lived during that time was in the cabin on the Little Fork. The opening of volume two of Kephart’s Camping and Woodcaft (1917) reads: “From the autumn of 1904 until the winter of 1906 I lived, most of the time, alone in a little cabin on the Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains.” According to a page in Kephart’s journals captioned “Southern Appalachians — Seasonal Changes” 5 inches of snow had fallen by Nov. 13, when, according to Granville Calhoun, Kephart still had a week to go in his recovery from “the torpor and tremens.” Bob Plott is the author of The Story of the Plott Hound (History Press, 2007) and other books about WNC. In an email of Aug. 27, 2014, Plott wrote: “Granville Calhoun was a childhood hero of mine. I am honored to

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from Library by Broken Health, Reborn in Woods.” “There was a railroad from Asheville to Murphy. It would take him somewhere close to the ‘Back of Beyond’ he was seeking. Dillsboro on the Tuckaseigee seemed from the map a good place to take off from … but there he learned that a little farther westward greater solitude was to be found, and he moved on up the line to Bushnell. From there with all his worldly possessions in a pack on his back he set out [with] three days rations … Beyond this provision his dependence was upon rod and gun … He did not know where he would make his lodge. Probably where night found him. Or the next night or the night after that. It did not matter … An abandoned cabin afforded shelter.” Kephart’s 1926 version is certainly a fabrication concocted to make his departure into the remote Smokies seem all the more dramatic and romantic. Ken Wise is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee’s John C. Hodges Library. He is co-author of of several books on the Smokies, including Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains (2014). In his chapter on the hiking trails and history of Hazel Creek, Wise summarizes Frome’s account before providing the following conclusion: “There is evidence that Calhoun’s recollection of his first encounter with Kephart is largely inaccurate. Calhoun recounted this story when he was an old man, 50 years after the events took place. While the setting remains accurate, details of some of the events conflict with other known instances. It is doubtful that Kephart spent three weeks at Calhoun’s recuperating from an illness. Nevertheless, Calhoun’s account is an enduring part and parcel of the strange lore that masquerades as the life story of Horace Kephart.”

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“So it went for three weeks. Granville spoonfeeding Kephart, first milk, then bread and butter and fish from the stream, while Kephart arose very slowly from his torpor and tremens, the long hangover, the flight away from himself and the world he knew before.”

have the diary I sent you, as well as his pistol, fishing rod, pocket watch and host of other personal items that mean a lot to me, but most people would consider useless. I spent considerable amount of time with him when he was almost a hundred years old — and he was still sharp as a tack then as this was before his stroke — and I was only 9 or 10. Our friendship lasted until his death at 103.” The “diary” Plott references is a 3-by-6 inch, 48-page booklet titled “Pierce’s Memorandum and Account Book (World Dispensary Medical Association, 1900.) Incredibly, the first entry is dated Aug. 5, 1904, while the last is Nov. 30, 1904, providing an almost exact frame of reference for the time period at issue. There are numerous brief references in pencil to plowing, visiting neighbors, etc., but there isn’t a single reference to Horace Kephart. Indeed, on the date when Calhoun supposedly met Kephart at Bushnell, the notation reads “plowed some.” An argument could be made that it’s unlikely Calhoun would fail to mention someone he had traveled 32 miles roundtrip to pick up and subsequently nursed back to life in his own home. But the booklet isn’t signed as an indication of ownership by Calhoun or anyone else. And although the handwriting resembles samples of Calhoun’s writing available online, I’m still not certain that it was Granville’s, despite the fact that it was part of a collection of items belonging to Calhoun. (www.reflectionsofoldeswain.blogspot.com/ 2013_10_01_archive.html) Looking through my files, I reread a lengthy interview with Kephart conducted in Bryson City by F.A. Behymer of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1926. It was reprinted on Dec. 12 of the same year in the Asheville Citizen-Times as “Horace Kephart, Driven

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