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On the shelf Looking back at famous Americans
Every once in a while, I’ll read a book of history and want to throw a party: bottles of champagne, hors d’oeuvres, music, and even dancing, though I am as awkward on a dance floor as a Mississippi farm boy on ice skates for the first time. Encountering such a book leaves me giddy, “High as the flag on the Fourth of July,” as the song in the old musical “South Pacific” puts it.
Which brings me to The American Story: Conversations With Master Historians (Simon & Schuster, 2019, 397 Jeff Minick Writer pages.) In this marvelous book, David Rubenstein interviews some of the preeminent biographers of the United States to gain further insights into their subjects. Here we listen to such writers as David McCulluogh on John Adams, Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton, Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln, Robert Caro on Lyndon Johnson, and Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King, Jr., as they expound on the subjects they’ve spent years studying, researching, and shaping into print.
Here, for example, Rubenstein asks Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, why we don’t have “one real big memorial” for Franklin?
Isaacson answers; “Every now and then, you get David McCullough saying ‘Sign up to get a John Adams memorial, sign up to get a Franklin Memorial.’ I think we see Franklin all around us. Wherever I am, I see the fingerprints of Dr.
Franklin. It’s like the epitaph on the stone slab in St. Paul’s Cathedral, where its architect, Christopher Wren, is buried: ‘If you seek his monument look around you.’”
Because Rubenstein largely asks his questions following the timeline of each famous American’s life and because his interviews are extensive, The American
Story also provides us with 15 mini-biographies of famous Americans as well as Chief
Justice John Roberts on the Supreme
Court.
From Jack Warren Jr. we learn that one of George Washington’s great gifts was his ability to “think in the long term,” thinking what the country might be like in another century or even two.
Cokie Roberts, who has written several biographies about the role of women in the early history of our country, explains the historical importance of letters written by these wives, sisters, and mothers, as they reveal their fervent patriotism and bestow a treasure chest of details about life in that far-off time.
H.W. Brands, biographer of Ronald Reagan, remarks, “I cannot overstate the importance of Reagan’s sense of humor in his political success. He used to open nearly every speech with a joke.” Brand tells us that some of these jokes were banal or silly, but “…as people laughed, they would think, ‘Maybe this guy’s not so bad after all.’”
These interviewees also surprise us with dozens of little-known facts about their subjects. A. Scott Berg studied the list of supplies taken by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo flight across the Atlantic and found one item, a paper cup, which probably solves the mystery of how Lindbergh peed while remaining in the air so long. Richard Reeves makes us aware how truly ill John Kennedy was throughout much of his life from back problems and Addison’s disease, so stricken at times that he three times received the last rites of the Catholic Church. From Thomas Jefferson’s biographer, Jon Meacham, we learn that both Jefferson and Franklin bathed their feet in cold water every morning for several minutes, attributing to that health practice physical benefits and longevity. In a time when the average life span was in the mid-forties, Jefferson lived to be 83, Franklin to 84.
Foot bowls, anyone?
We also learn about the biographers themselves, what roused their interest in these historical figures, and sometimes how they researched them. Cokie Roberts, for example, mentions that the Library of Congress has put newspapers from the midnineteenth century online (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov) and that they are “such fun to read.” Check out the site, and you will agree. Rubenstein asked Jon Meacham, Jefferson’s biographer, “After five years of studying him, do you admire him more than you did before, or do you see so many flaws that you say, ‘This is not the man I thought he was’?” Given the state of current affairs right now, it’s worth quoting part of Meacham’s reply at length:
“The reason I find biography so compelling is that when you look at great American figures, whether it’s Jefferson or, Lord knows, Jackson — Andrew Jackson’s life was sort of a combination of Advice & Consent meets Bonanza; you didn’t want to cross him because he would shoot you — Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, when you look at the great figures, their vices are almost as large as their virtues.
“To me, the whole world turns on that word almost. To me, it’s remarkably inspirational that flawed, sinful human beings were able to, at moments of great crisis, transcend those limitations and leave the country a little better off than it was before. And Thomas Jefferson did that. For all his contradictions, for all his derelictions … the country was a better place, the world was a better place on the Fourth of July 1826, when he died, than it had been in April of 1743 when he was born.”
The American Story is filled with insights such as this one, wisdom and a knowledge about personality and character delivered by historians and biographers who have learned to take the long view.
Read, enjoy, and learn all at the same time. What could be better?An excellent find.
Jeff Minick reviews books and has written four of his own: two novels, Amanda Bell and Dust
On Their Wings, and two works of nonfiction,
Learning As I Go and Movies Make the Man. He may be reached We are open
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Despite the rain Sept. 12, visitors trickle in for some of
the Ten Acre Garden’s famous handmade pizza. Holly Kays photo
Haywood’s biggest pizza party
Pizza nights at Ten Acre Garden grow community
BY HOLLY KAYS S TAFF WRITER
At 5 p.m., the August sun is hot and high overhead as my husband and I walk through the hodgepodge of parked cars at The Ten Acre Garden. It’s more crowded than I expected, but then again, I didn’t really know what to expect — I’ve never been here before.
By the end of the night, I’ll be wondering why it took me so long to arrive.
Like most Americans, I’ve been living an unusually isolated existence since mid-March or so, and the sight that greets me on this little slice of land in Bethel is nothing short of beautiful to my community-starved heart. Umbrella-covered picnic tables holding groups of families and friends who talk and laugh and eat in the sun dot the grassy yard spreading out behind the produce stand. Kids roll around in the grass, and farm dogs roam from table to table, hoping for — and occasionally receiving — scraps of fresh pizza.
The pizza, baked a stone’s throw away in an outdoor brick oven, is the reason that I — and everyone else in view — came to the Ten Acre Garden today. Every Saturday during the summer and early fall, the farm’s staff fire up the oven and offer an open invitation for locals and visitors alike to come over for a hot, handmade pizza. Donations are welcome, but there’s no charge to eat.
That part astounds me. Today’s menu lists three different pizza options, each one complicated and unique enough to require five or six lines’ worth of description on the chalkboard sign hanging by the counter, but there’s not a dollar sign in sight. Just a metal box off to the side with a slot and a handwritten sign reading “Thank you for supporting our farm.”
We’d made plans to meet another couple here, and we spot them, wave them down, and order two pies — one featuring fennel and blueberries and the other slathered with a red sauce and spicy sausage, a pool of sour cream in the center to cool things down. We claim a small table in the shade and sip on the bottle of wine our friends had brought from home until the order comes up, and we’re in pizza heaven.
BIRTH OF A TRADITION
The pizza dinners began as a family affair, said Ten Acre Garden owner Danny Barrett.
“I just built the pizza oven for personal use first of all, for family and friends, but then somebody suggested, ‘Why don’t we just do pizza?’” he said. “So, we did.”
That was about three years ago. Now, the Ten Acre Garden pizza oven serves an extended family that grows larger all the time. The first summer stayed small, but attendance ramped up in 2019 and this year, said Barrett, “it’s been the bomb.”
On the average Saturday, his employees will serve 150 pizzas, handmade to order and fired two at a time in the outdoor oven. The tradition has grown so much that Barrett is planning to expand his pizza oven this winter — two at a time isn’t fast enough anymore.
“The COVID thing has actually brought more people out than not this season because we provide a place outside for them, and we spread tables out so they can distance,” said Barrett. “So, we get the crowd.”
Still, Barrett doesn’t charge that crowd a single penny, because Ten Acre is a farm, not a restaurant. Barrett wants to keep it that way. People come to eat pizza, but also to sit outside and enjoy the view. They come to enjoy a BYO bottle of wine or can of beer with friends and watch the shadows lengthen over the landscape. They come to listen to the impromptu jam sessions that often erupt as
Join the party
The Ten Acre Garden starts serving pizza at 1 p.m. each Saturday during the growing season and takes orders through 7 p.m., or whenever the dough runs out. The start and end dates each year are weather-dependent, but the season typically runs from May to October. For up-to-date information, call 828.235.9667 or visit the produce stand at 158 Chambers Farm Lane, Canton. the night goes on, or even to get out of their chairs and dance. The counter is open for orders from 1 through 6:30 p.m., or whenever the dough runs out, but people often stay longer.
“If the weather’s beautiful, there’s been people who just sit out here until 9 or 10 o’clock,” said Ten Acre employee Tela Sharpe. “We’ll even turn on that light, and they’ll just hang out with a bottle of wine, and just sit there and talk.”
The donations-based approach just made sense, said Barrett.
“Honestly, it kept us from jumping through a lot of hoops,” he said. “We’d have to do a lot of major things around here if we wanted to be a restaurant, and I never wanted to be a restaurant to begin with. It’s a farm.”
It’s been a farm throughout Barrett’s entire life. Now 71, he grew up in a two-story house on the edge of the existing garden, raised by his mother and his grandmother.
“I grew up working,” he said. “Milking cows and chopping wood. I can’t remember not doing that stuff.”
Barrett’s grandparents grew up working too, and their grandparents before them. His mother’s people, the Wells family, were some of the first settlers in Haywood County.
Asked how much land they owned originally, he gestured toward the mountains framing the valley.
“It was all that mountainside, the other side and all the way from here over to Edwards Cove Road to (U.S.) 276,” he said. “There’s probably, I don’t know, several hundred acres. I can remember my grandmother telling a story about her granddaddy swapped a man a hundred acres for a horse.”
By the time Barrett was born, multiple generations had passed, and the land had been split into various smaller parcels — the farm where he was raised totaled 32 acres. The property split again when his grandmother died. Barrett’s Ten Acre Farm is technically 9.79 acres.
It’s small, but it’s fertile, green and flat — and it’s his.
Like many farmers his age, Barrett spent many years working another job to support his love of farming. For 36 years, he worked at the paper mill in Canton, all the while growing his garden on the side. Eventually, he was able to quit and farm fulltime.
“I loved doing it because it brings out the creative side, I guess you might say,” he said. “When I worked at the mill it was pretty repetitious. Same thing day in and day out. This gave me an outlet to do something that I wanted to do.”
Barrett has always been a vegetable farmer, staying clear of livestock save for a few chickens. For years, he focused heavily on greasy beans and half runner beans, because that’s what the local demand asked for. These days, the farm’s offerings are quite diverse, running the gamut from F
— Danny Barrett
carrots to kohlrabi, squash to strawberries.
“Our clientele is changing over the years,” he said. “I’ve watched it change. We get a lot of visitors from other places that are coming here all the time, and they’re discovering where they can get local food.”
It’s a change that Barrett has embraced. A self-described “people person,” Barrett thrives not just on picking the perfect tomato, but also on watching his customers eat that perfect tomato. It’s perhaps no surprise that Barrett has become host of the biggest pizza party around. For decades, he’s been proactively offering his customers the opportunity to see the farm firsthand.
It all started with the produce stand.
“My daughter was about 12 or 13 years old and she wanted to start a little produce stand. It was kind of a kid thing,” he said. “We put signs down on the road — ‘tomatoes 25 cents’ — and people started coming to the garage. Next summer we grew a little patch of sweet corn and it started getting bigger and bigger until so many people started coming to my house that I came down here and built this produce stand to
have a little more room.”
Since then he’s added on to it — several times — and found even more ways to encourage people to come out and experience the farm for themselves. The Ten Acre Garden offers you-pick fruits, vegetables and cut flowers, as well as farm-to-table dinners and Community Supported Agriculture memberships in which participants can get weekly baskets full of the garden’s bounty. About 10 years ago, he went to pesticide-free production, which is a selling point for the produce and encourages visitation. Currently, he’s contemplating starting kids’ gardening classes, teaching them the basics of growing their own fruits and vegetables.
“Sometimes I daydream and think what my grandmother would think if she seen what I was doing, what farming’s become from the time when she was taking care of it,” said Barrett. “I don’t know whether she would approve or not.”
Back then, “agritourism” wasn’t even a word, and he has no idea what his grandmother would think of it all. But for Barrett,
agritourism has provided an opportunity to build a life that combines two of his greatest passions — growing food and interacting with people.
“You get to see people with the finished product. You get to see people enjoy what you grow. It’s not like going to Ingles. If you sell it to Ingles you don’t really get to see the consumer. I get to see the consumer and talk with them and make friends with them — and tell some of them not to come back anymore,” he laughed.
That’s what Saturday afternoons are all about.
“I might as well just share what I’ve got,” he said. “That’s the way I look at it. I’m just borrowing this for the time that I’m here, so why not share it with someone?”
EVEN IN THE RAIN, A HAPPY PLACE
The clouds hang heavy over Bethel as 1 p.m. approaches Saturday, Sept. 12, breaking to release a rain that is at first a drizzle, then a sprinkle and finally a steady rain.
Cloudy skies and wet weather always dampen enthusiasm for pizza night, said Barrett, but nevertheless a trickle of visitors finds its way to the farm. Despite the rain, the orders roll in and the conversation flows — albeit more slowly than it might on a dry day.
“We like the camaraderie and supporting a local farm,” said Canton resident Dolly Byrd, there with her two teenage sons and several friends from Asheville.
Byrd’s mom went to high school with Barrett, and Saturdays at Ten Acre have been a fixture in her life for the last few years, especially during the pandemic. Since COVID, they’ve been traveling less and craving community more.
“Especially during COVID and everything, we haven’t been in a restaurant, and this was the first foray we had,” she said. “The first Saturday that we did it, it felt like it was the closest to normalcy that we’d had.”
Rain wasn’t enough to deter Byrd from experiencing that feeling again this week. The group found a table protected by a stand of trees and had just received its order of hot pizzas — they had enough people to warrant ordering one of each kind.
“What a great experience, just to be out here in the countryside and have pizza outside,” said Cruso resident Denise Shadden, enjoying a slice at a different table closer to the oven as Gus, Barrett’s grand champion redbone turned champion beggar, eyed her left-behind pieces of crust.
While she admitted that it would be nicer if the sun were out, she said the experience was worth braving the rain — especially during a pandemic.
That’s an assessment that Sharpe, who normally runs the produce stand but on this particular Saturday was helping with pizza production, would agree with.
“This season with everything going on with the COVID, this is just a great space for people to come out and let their kids roam, go out and pick vegetables out of the garden,” she said Friday while kneading dough in preparation for the weekend. “The energy on Saturdays is always a lot of fun, especially when the music’s going and people start dancing.”
It’s an energy that draws you in, implores you to become part of it. It’s also what drove Stephanie Nixon to look for work at Ten Acre. She lives about five minutes down the road and started coming each week for pizza.
“It became my happy place,” she said.
Before she knew it, it was also her workplace.
“We really are one big family around here,” said Sharpe. “We all help each other out. Whatever needs to be done, we all pitch in and do.”’
Whether the task at hand is pulling weeds, training vines or kneading dough, it’s all for the same cause — nourishing the souls and bellies of Haywood County and beyond.
“It’s fulfilling, knowing that you’re providing something for someone that will sustain their life, because without food we won’t last long,” said Barrett. “We’ve all got to have it.”
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Single-lane closures implemented on the Spur
Temporary, single-lane closures are in effect along the north and southbound Spur between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge through Tuesday, Sept. 22, for routine maintenance operations.
The closures will be in effect 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The park implements temporary single-lane closures along the most heavily-trafficked park roads for roadside work conducted on foot, including litter patrol, tree removal, string trimming, mowing, shoulder reconditioning and culvert cleaning.
For more information about road closures, follow SmokiesRoadsNPS on Twitter or visit www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/temproadclose.htm.
Smokies deputy chosen for NPS superintendent job in California
Clay Jordan will soon leave the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after landing a job as superintendent of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, beginning Nov. 8.
Jordan is currently the Smokies’ deputy superintendent and has 35 years of service with the National Park Service. Prior to his arrival in the Smokies he worked in visitor and resource protection positions at Gulf Islands National Seashore, Shenandoah National Park, Fire Island National Seashore, Olympic National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore and Mount Rainier National Park. He was the acting chief ranger for Interior Region 1, the 13 states that make up the U.S. northeast. In 2010, he served as a deputy incident commander on an interagency team managing the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill response along the Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
Clay Jordan. NPS photo
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon are located side-by-side in the southern Sierra Nevadas and contain the world’s largest trees by volume. In 2019, the parks welcomed more than 1.8 million visitors.
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On Sept. 2, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and WNC Communities Executive Director Jennifer Ferre cosigned a pledge to continue support for the Hemlock Restoration Initiative.
Troxler first announced the allocation of seed funding for the initiative in March of 2014. Since then, collaboration with WNC Communities has resulted in positive momentum in the effort to restore North Carolina’s hemlock trees to long-term health. Dead hemlocks can negatively affect nesting songbirds, trout populations, plant nurseries and landscapers, homeowners and tourism.
“The hemlock woolly adelgid continues to kill a large number of eastern and Carolina hemlocks in North Carolina, but our combined efforts are making a difference,” said Troxler. “As just one example, we recently recognized dozens of N.C. Forest Service employees for a five-month project that treated nearly 42,000 hemlocks on more than 1,500 acres in the state. It was a huge project, and we’re committed to continuing our efforts in various ways.”
While NCDA&CS provides resources such as funding, forestry expertise and manpower, the Asheville-based nonprofit WNC Communities manages grants and other funding sources, recruits research partners and provides administrative support for the program.
“The proclamation further
The hemlock wooly adelgid has wreaked havoc on hemlock pop
ulations. File photo
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For more details about the initiative, go to savehemlocksnc.org.
Dive into DuPont’s history
Danny Bernstein will discuss her new book DuPont Forest: A History with Smoky Mountain News writer Holly Kays during an online presentation offered 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, through Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café.
Bernstein and Kays will discuss what drew Bernstein to the topic and what she learned along the way. Bernstein’s book, as well as Kays’ titles Trailblazers and Traditionalists: Modern-Day Smoky Mountain People and Shadows of Flowers, are available for purchase at Malaprop’s.
The event is free with registration at bit.ly/2zhsrr7.
Triple Falls. Danny Bernstein photo
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Art exhibit benefits the red wolf
An art exhibit featuring works inspired by the American red wolf is on display at Buckner Gallery in Waynesville through Oct. 9.
The red wolf, once found throughout the entire Southeastern U.S., is currently on the brink of extinction with fewer than 15 of these critically endangered creatures left in the wild, all located in Eastern North Carolina.
The art exhibit is organized by Defenders of Wildlife. All pieces displayed are for sale, with at least 45 percent of proceeds benefiting the Defenders of Wildlife red wolf fund. The gallery is located at 20 Galloway Street in Waynesville.
Applications are now being accepted for the WNC Agricultural Options Grant, which will distribute a total of $216,000 to Western North Carolina farmers in 2021.
Applicants are encouraged to participate in information sessions to be held via Zoom at noon Thursday, Sept. 24, and 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. The application deadline is Nov. 20, and applicants must contact their cooperative extension agents by Oct. 23 to set up an appointment to discuss their projects. WNC AgOptions helps offset farmers’ risk of trying new ventures and expanding their farms by offering grants of $3,000 and $6,000 in the 21 western counties and the Qualla Boundary.
Since 2004, WNC AgOptions has distributed more than $3 million to WNC farmers to help them diversify their operations. Returns on initial investments are often immediate, as new income typically matches the size of the grants in the first year of the projects. Income continues to increase year after year, often doubling by the third year of the projects.
Applications and registration for Zoom sessions are available at www.wncagoptions.org or at county extension centers.
Paid apprenticeship teach agribusiness skills
An apprenticeship program training participants in various aspects of sustainable agriculture and agribusiness, is now seeking applicants.
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems Food and Farm Apprenticeship Program focuses on hands-on work and study during eight-to-12-week appointments in Jackson, Haywood, Macon, Swain, Cherokee, Graham and Clay counties.
Apprenticeships are for college students, who will be paid $12 per hour through the N.C. State University payroll system. The available positions include opportunities to make mead and honey, grow plants from seed to maturity, work on an alpaca farm, grow food crops, work at a creamery, care for cattle and tend fruit orchards, among other skills.
To apply, visit jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/135580.
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Fog hangs over the Tanasee Ridge, which forms the border between Jackson and Transylvania counties.
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Conservation projects protect key National Forest inholdings
Two parcels totaling 219 acres will eventually be added to the Nantahala National Forest thanks to a recently completed conservation project from the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
One of the tracts contains Big Creek, a headwater tributary of the Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River. The other is located on Tanasee Ridge and can potentially provide an alternate gateway to Panthertown Valley, a popular area for outdoor recreation. Both have long been priorities for addition to the Nantahala National Forest.
“Permanent conservation of the Big Creek and Tanasee Ridge properties will enhance the public experience of using the forest,” said Carl Silverstein, SAHC’s executive director.
The 110-acre Big Creek tract in Macon County just north of the North CarolinaGeorgia border is a headwater source of the nationally significant Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River and protects important habitat for diverse plants and animals, especially salamanders, of which there are at least 12 species. The property is surrounded by the Nantahala and Chattahoochee National Forests. SAHC plans to own it for several years, and then transfer it to the U.S. Forest Service to become part of the surrounding Nantahala National Forest.
The Tanasee Ridge property encompasses 109 acres along the ridge that forms the border between Jackson and Transylvania counties. It is surrounded by Nantahala National Forest on three sides and significant because of its potential to provide an alternative public access to popular outdoor recreation areas in Panthertown Valley. It also contains important water resources in the Wolf Creek-Tuckasegee River watershed and forested habitat in an important wildlife corridor, as identified by Wildlands Network Connectivity Index. This land will also be eventually transferred to Forest Service ownership.
SAHC leveraged philanthropic donations and a loan from trusted partners at The Conservation Fund to acquire the Tanasee Ridge property, and a generous anonymous conservation philanthropist made a loan to enable the purchase of the Big Creek tract.
“SAHC borrowed more than $1.2 million towards the acquisition of the Big Creek and Tanasee Ridge properties,” said Silverstein. “Over the past years, there have been multiple attempts to secure these properties which didn’t work out. With the confidence that the Land and Water Conservation Fund will be available to transfer these properties to become part of national forests in the future, and thanks to our dedicated members and generous contributions from Brad and Shelli Stanback, SAHC was finally able to protect them.”
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• There will be a ceremony honoring Constitution Day at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, outside at the Gazebo in downtown Franklin, NC. Participants will celebrate with a sing along and with a reading of portions of the Constitution of the United States of America. Remember the social distancing guidelines as directed per the Town of Franklin and NC Governor’s orders. For more information, contact Joe Suminski at 828.371.2307. This event will be held rain or shine. • The Jackson County Branch of the NC NAACP regular meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, online. The group will be electing a nominating committee to select officer candidates for the November branch elections and will discuss GOTV efforts. Email jcnaacp54ab@gmail.com to receiver instructions to join online. The public is welcome to join this meeting. • An interfaith vigil for racial reconciliation and justice will be held on Monday, Sept. 21, International Peace Day. Speakers and music from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. followed by a candlelight vigil in Sylva at Bridge Park, 76 Railroad St. Local co-sponsors for the vigil are Reconcile Sylva and Jackson County NC NAACP Branch 54AB. All people of goodwill are invited. Wear a mask, physically distance, and bring a candle if you can. • The North Shore Cemetery Association will be hosting a downscaled version of the Reunion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Deep Creek Picnic Shelter north of Bryson City. There will be no organized services or agenda. Participants should bring lawn chairs and other items necessary for an outdoor picnic while maintaining social distancing.
BUSINESS & EDUCATION
• Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment will be offering a live online Digital Marketing & Public Relations Certificate program Sept. 18 – Nov. 6 (six Fridays) from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration fee for the full program is $640, individual workshops are $119 each. For more information and to register, visit pdp.wcu.edu or email jcthompson@wcu.edu. • Get schooled in the Smokies with one of the varied programs offered through the University of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountain Field School this fall. Programs will be held on Saturdays, Aug. 22 - Nov. 7. Courses cost $69 apiece with the exception of Fall Nature Photography, which costs $99. They are led by a variety of experienced and skilled instructors. For a complete course list or to register, visit aceweb.outreach.utk.edu/wconnect/ace/ShowSchedule.
FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS
• Haywood Pathways Center (HPC) and The Community Kitchen (TCK) will hold their first Unified Charitable Golf Outing to be held on Friday, Sept. 25 at Springdale at Cold Mountain. Registration may be completed online at www.haywoodpathwayscenter.org or at Haywood Pathways (179 Hemlock Street, Waynesville) or The Community Kitchen (394 Champion Drive, Canton).
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
• Waynesville Yoga studio presents a four-week series, “Introduction to the Chakras.” The series will be hosted by Leigh-Ann Renz from 8:30 to 10 a.m. each Sunday in October at the Waynesville Yoga Center. For more information, or to register, visit www.waynesvilleyogacenter.com. • Waynesville Yoga Center presents a series about chakras four through seven. The series is hosted by n All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. n To have your item listed email to calendar@smokymountainnews.com
Leigh-Ann Renz and will take place over four classes between Sept. 20 - Jan. 31. For more information, or to register, visit www.waynesvilleyogacenter.com. • Waynesville Yoga Center presents “Calm Kids Yoga,” a 30 day at-home yoga program. The program will take place from Oct. 19 – Nov. 17 with Zoom calls at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 and Tuesday, Nov. 17. Each week will focus on a theme to cultivate feelings of calm within, and every day participants will receive an email with an activity or idea on how to engage their child in a yoga or mindfulness practice. For more information, or to register, visit www.waynesvilleyogacenter.com.
AUTHORS AND BOOKS
• Danny Bernstein will discuss her new book “DuPont Forest: A History" with Smoky Mountain News writer Holly Kays during an online presentation offered 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, through Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café. Bernstein and Kays will discuss what drew Bernstein to the topic and what she learned along the way. Bernstein’s book, as well as Kays’ titles “Trailblazers and Traditionalists: Modern-Day Smoky Mountain People” and “Shadows of Flowers,” are available for purchase at Malaprop’s. The event is free with registration at bit.ly/2ZhSRR7.
A&E
• The Sock Hops will perform an outdoor drive-in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Please watch the theatre website for news about cancellations due to weather. Tickets are $18 each. To purchase tickets or to find out more information, go to www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615. • Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host Will James 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 and Andrew Thelston Band 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit www.lazyhikerbrewing.com. • Elevated Mountain Distilling Company will host Arnold Hill (rock/jam) 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Free and open to the public. www.elevatedmountain.com. • Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Good Bonez 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. and Outlaw Whiskey 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com. • The Maggie Valley Festival Grounds will host a drivein concert series with Sam Bush Band (bluegrass/jam) Sunday, Sept. 20, Mandolin Orange (Americana/folk) Friday, Oct. 2 and Del McCoury Band (bluegrass) Saturday, Oct. 3. All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Hosted by The Grey Eagle and Worthwhile Sounds, tickets are available at www.thegreyeagle.com. • The Smoky Mountain Event Center (Waynesville) will host a drive-in concert series with Mt. Joy (Americana/indie) Saturday, Oct. 3, Yonder Mountain String Band (bluegrass/jam) Wednesday, Oct. 7 and Whitey Morgan (outlaw country/rock) Saturday, Oct. 10. All shows begin at 6:45 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. Hosted by the Asheville Music Hall, tickets are available at www.ashevillemusichall.com.
FOOD & DRINK
• There will be a free wine tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. every Saturday at The Wine Bar & Cellar in Sylva. 828.631.3075. • Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville is offering lunch on Saturdays, “Lunch with us” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring fresh seasonal menu with outdoor seating weather permitting. 828.452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com. •Bryson City Wine Market offers a glass of wine and a Market Plate Monday through Saturday as well as special flight tastings from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. • Secret Wine Bar is hosted by Bosu’s in Waynesville on Fridays from 5 to 9 p.m. Contact for more information and make reservations. 828.452.1020.
ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES
• An art exhibit featuring works inspired by the American red wolf is on display at Buckner Gallery in Waynesville through Oct. 9. The art exhibit is organized by Defenders of Wildlife. All pieces displayed are for sale, with at least 45 percent of proceeds benefiting the Defenders of Wildlife red wolf fund. The gallery is located at 20 Galloway Street in Waynesville.
Outdoors
• Jackson County Parks and Recreation will be making use of its standup paddleboard inventory with two upcoming events this month. A SUP adventure at Bear Creek Lake will be offered 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Fee is $30. A SUP yoga session will be offered at the Sylva Pool Sunday, Sept. 27. Fee is $10. To join in, register at www.rec.jacksonnc.org. • Volunteers are needed for the Big Sweep, an annual countywide stream cleanup event that will feature four locations in Haywood County this year on Saturday, Sept. 19. Cleanups will occur from 9 to 10 a.m. beginning from the town halls of Maggie Valley, Clyde and Canton, as well as in Waynesville at the Vance Street pavilion in the Waynesville Recreation Park. To help out, RSVP to Christine O’Brien at Christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 828.476.4667, ext. 11. • Seminars on deer hunting and processing will be available free online this month, offered through the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and N.C. Wildlife Federation. Each seminar will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. with a 30-minute question-and-answer opportunity afterward. Introduction to Deer Hunting will be offered Sept. 16 and 18. Registration is required at www.ncwildlife.org/sbs. For more information contact Walter “Deet” James, 984.202.1387 or walter.james@ncwildlife.org. • Steve Winchester will lead an excursion to Dan Cook Cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Cataloochee Valley on Saturday, Sept. 26. The group will meet at the trailhead at 9 a.m. and the hike will conclude by 2:30 p.m. Free for Haywood Waterways members and $5 for nonmembers. Space is limited. Sign up with Christine O’Brien at christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 828.476.4667, ext. 11. • Take a kayak on Bear Creek Lake in Jackson County with a trip offered 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. The excursion is organized through Jackson County Parks & Recreation, with online registration at www.rec.jacksonnc.org. Cost is $30.
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• Tremont Institute is offering support and resources for schools this year as they prepare for teaching and learning during a pandemic. The annual Teacher Escape Weekend will this year be offered as a virtual workshop, with sessions Sept. 11-12 and Sept. 25-26 at a cost of $50 per weekend. Tremont faculty will work with educators to share resources and develop solutions to help them maximize student-centered experiential learning, whether indoor or out, virtual or in person. Register at gsmit.org/educators/teacher-escape. • Tennis lessons for kids age 5 to 12 are available this fall from the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department. Lessons will be on Tuesday evenings from Sept. 22 to Oct. 27, taught on the tennis courts at Mark Watson Park in Sylva. Ages 5 to 8 will attend from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and ages 9 to 12 will attend from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. Fee is $45, with a registration deadline Sept. 15. For more information, contact Andrew Sherling at 828.293.3052, ext. 6, or andrewsherling@jacksonnc.org. Spots are limited. • Registration for the fourth annual Cades Cove Loop Lope is now open, with plans moving ahead to hold the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s only footrace on Sunday, Nov. 8. The event will offer 5K and 10-mile options, with participation limited to 750 people. Sign up to run or volunteer at www.looplope.org. To learn about business sponsorship opportunities, contact kathryn@friendsofthesmokies.org. • Applications are now being accepted for the WNC Agricultural Options Grant, which will distribute a total of $216,000 to Western North Carolina farmers in 2021. Applicants are encouraged to participate in information sessions to be held via Zoom at noon Thursday, Sept. 24, and 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. The application deadline is Nov. 20, and applicants must contact their cooperative extension agents by Oct. 23 to set up an appointment to discuss their projects. WNC AgOptions helps offset farmers’ risk of trying new ventures and expanding their farms by offering grants of $3,000 and $6,000 in the 21 western counties and the Qualla Boundary. Applications and registration for Zoom sessions are available at www.wncagoptions.org or at county extension centers.
HIKING CLUBS
• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate 5.5 mile hike, elevation change 580 ft., on the Mountains to Sea Trail from Waterrock Knob to Woodfin Valley Overlook. Hiking to Waterrock Knob, elevation 6,400ft., from the parking lot. Return on a moderate-to-strenuous trail, descending 1400 ft. to the Parkway. The Club will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 in the Bi-Lo parking lot. The hike is limited to ten people. Call leader Gail Lehman, 524-5298, for reservations. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an easy 3-mile hike, elevation change only 200 ft., exploring the 1800 Tessentee Farm managed by the Mainspring Conservancy. The Club will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Westgate Plaza in Franklin. The hike is limited to 10 people. Call leader Jean Hunicutt, 524- 5234, for reservations.
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