www.smokymountainnews.com
Western North Carolina’s Source for Weekly News, Entertainment, Arts, and Outdoor Information
Sept. 23-29, 2015 Vol. 17 Iss. 17
Murphy casino readies for opening day Page 6 Mountain Heritage Day highlights local artisans Page 24
CONTENTS
STAFF
On the Cover: Waynesville has spent months planning to host Cycle N.C.’s Mountains to Coast Ride, which will bring more than 1,100 cyclists and their families to stay in Haywood County for the weekend. While the effort has been a lot of work, town and tourism development officials hope the event will be a catalyst to make the county a sought-after cycling destination. (Page 36) Donated photo
News Waynesville grants Giles flexibility for expansion ..............................................4 Savannah community could get its first park ......................................................5 Murphy casino readying for opening day ............................................................6 Jackson steep slope hearing postponed ............................................................9 Private industry interested in Whittier factory ..................................................10 SCC gets input on future of Swain campus ....................................................11 Maggie Valley festival forced to change name ................................................12 Norovirus outbreak hits Canton elementary ....................................................13 Visitor centers fading, but not into oblivion ......................................................16 Jackson implements new courtroom security ..................................................17
EDITOR/PUBLISHER: ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: ART DIRECTOR: DESIGN & WEBSITE: DESIGN & PRODUCTION: ADVERTISING SALES:
CLASSIFIEDS: NEWS EDITOR: WRITING:
ACCOUNTING & OFFICE MANAGER: DISTRIBUTION: CONTRIBUTING:
Scott McLeod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . info@smokymountainnews.com Greg Boothroyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . greg@smokymountainnews.com Micah McClure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . micah@smokymountainnews.com Travis Bumgardner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . travis@smokymountainnews.com Emily Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . emily@smokymountainnews.com Whitney Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . whitney@smokymountainnews.com Amanda Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jc-ads@smokymountainnews.com Hylah Birenbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hylah@smliv.com Scott Collier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . classads@smokymountainnews.com Jessi Stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jessi@smokymountainnews.com Becky Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . becky@smokymountainnews.com Holly Kays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . holly@smokymountainnews.com Garret K. Woodward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . garret@smokymountainnews.com Amanda Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . smnbooks@smokymountainnews.com Scott Collier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . classads@smokymountainnews.com Jeff Minick (writing), Chris Cox (writing), George Ellison (writing), Gary Carden (writing), Don Hendershot (writing).
CONTACT WAYNESVILLE | 144 Montgomery, Waynesville, NC 28786 P: 828.452.4251 | F: 828.452.3585 SYLVA | 629 West Main Street, Sylva, NC 28779 828.631.4829 | F: 828.631.0789
P:
Opinion Valuing the process more than the outcome ....................................................20
A&E Molding your passion ............................................................................................24
INFO & BILLING | P.O. Box 629, Waynesville, NC 28786 Copyright 2015 by The Smoky Mountain News.™ Advertising copyright 2015 by The Smoky Mountain News.™ All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. The Smoky Mountain News is available for free in Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain and parts of Buncombe counties. Limit one copy per person. Additional copies may be purchased for $1, payable at the Smoky Mountain News office in advance. No person may, without prior written permission of The Smoky Mountain News, take more than one copy of each issue.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Back Then
SUBSCRIPTION:
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
Dealing with the dreaded writer’s block ............................................................55
OCTOBER 22 WITH RYAN LAFFERTY RAMSEY REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER Doors open 7:00pm / Show begins 8:00pm TICKETS ON SALE NOW RAMSEY.WCU.EDU / RAMSEY BOX OFFICE WCU Students: $20 / Public: $25 Day of: $25 / Taxes and fees additional
2
PRESENTED BY: Campus Activities & Residential Living
1 YEAR $65 | 6 MONTHS $40 | 3 MONTHS $25
September 23-29, 2015
Smoky Mountain News
3
news
Waynesville grants Giles’ Chemical zoning flexibility in the name of economic expansion A proposed warehouse facility for Giles Chemical in Hazelwood got several waivers from the town’s design standards, claiming one couldn’t see it from a public street anyway. Becky Johnson photo
BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER aynesville leaders have granted a free pass on many of its aesthetic development standards to pave the way for a large warehouse facility being built by Giles Chemical, the Waynesville-based company that is the largest North American manufacturer of Epsom salts. The warehouse complex will be located in Hazelwood, a stone’s throw from the revitalized commercial shopping district. Town leaders granted Giles a dozen exemptions to the town’s development codes this month, citing the importance of jobs. “It is not unusual for a town to try to work with a particular economic entity in order to facilitate economic growth. I felt like this was an effort by the town to reuse this site and expand manufacturing in the town,” said Elizabeth Teague, the town development services director. Some of the standards simply seemed moot to impose on an industrial site, such as sidewalks for pedestrian access or the screening of dumpsters, which are located out of
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
W
4
sight anyway behind the warehouse. Other exemptions gave Giles a pass on architectural standards and tree screening, requirements that are intended to ensure new development is in keeping with the community’s small-town character. The rationale behind the exemptions was two-fold: it’s simply hard to disguise a 37,000square-foot warehouse no matter what and the site is largely screened from public view anyway, sitting a block off Hazelwood Avenue behind another row of businesses and an existing natural tree buffer. Matt Haynes, director of operations at Giles Chemical, said that it didn’t make sense to impose architectural guidelines on the new warehouse when the building wouldn’t be all that visible from public view anyway. “With any town, the ordinances, they don’t always make sense for every site and every application,” Haynes said. “We didn’t try to evade costs specifically, that was not our overriding mission. What we looked at were the things that would never provide their intended benefit or function. No community wants to beladen a business with
“It is not unusual for a town to try to work with a particular economic entity in order to facilitate economic growth. I felt like this was an effort by the town to reuse this site and expand manufacturing in the town.” — Elizabeth Teague, Waynesville development services director
costs where there will be no benefit.” Haynes said there will obviously be some spots along Hazelwood Avenue where you’ll be able to see the warehouse, but it won’t be significant. One of the main exemptions granted to Giles related to aesthetic architectural stan-
dards. Long, blank, sheet-metal walls are a no-no under the town’s building design guidelines. But Patrick Bradshaw, Giles’ contracted site engineer with Civil Design Concepts, said it would cost Giles $85,000 to dress up the front side of its metal warehouse to meet the town’s standards. And that seemed like a waste when it couldn’t really be seen anyway, Bradshaw said. “Basically the face of this building can’t be seen from the public purview. So we couldn’t find the practicality of that,” Bradshaw said. The standards are intended to create an attractive town with a sense of place and pleasant character, but town leaders seemed to draw a distinction when it came to industrial use on a parcel that was historically industrial property. “That historically has been an industrial use there. We all grew up with that,” Mayor Gavin Brown said. Other exemptions ranged from a waiver on required tree plantings in the parking lot, a waiver on tree screening along the front and sides of the property, and a waiver on the type of buffer separating the site from a residential street abutting the back side of the property. Giles also requested an exemption on the amount of open space, lowering the impervious surface threshold from only 80 percent of the site to 95 percent. “We didn’t want that to be a component that tied our hands, if you will,” said Bradshaw. Nearly every new business that comes into the town would obviously prefer for their hands not to be tied by regulations and building design standards. But town leaders have rarely granted so many exemptions. Teague said she didn’t know whether the exemptions would have been a deal killer if they weren’t granted carte blanche, or if Waynesville town leaders could have attempted to negotiate a compromise on some of the requested exemptions. All five seats on the town board are up for election in November. Some challengers have claimed the town should be more accommodating to businesses — particularly when it comes to its development design standards. But the board’s willingness to grant exemptions for Giles countered that criticism.
A GROWING INDUSTRY Giles has grown exponentially over the past decade, from just 20
F
employees in 2004 to 170 now. Haynes told the town board that the economic benefit of an industry like Giles goes beyond the raw number of jobs, however. “Contributions to the community are the primary point I wanted to make here,” Haynes said, calling Giles’ impact “far-reaching.” Alderwoman Julia Freeman thanked Giles for bringing commerce and industry to Waynesville, and added the historical importance of industry to the Hazelwood area. The vacant site where Giles’ business office and warehouse complex will be built was once home to one of Hazelwood’s many long-gone factories. “Hazelwood was founded on industry and most of us would like to see it come back,” said Mary Ann Enloe, a lifelong Hazelwood resident and its former mayor. Giles’ production factory and packaging facility is located about a mile away in the Frog Level area of Waynesville. It is the largest manufacturer of Epsom salts on the continent. Business is booming thanks to exponential growth in the demand for Epsom salt in sundry applications, from industrial applications to natural health remedies. Plans for the Hazelwood site not only call for a new warehouse, but also a corporate business office.
Giles’s parent company, Premier Magnesia, is relocating its corporate headquarters from a suburb of Philadelphia to Waynesville, creating new white-collar jobs complimenting the growth in its factory workforce. “The reason they are consolidating things down here is we have found the people in this area share a very good work ethic,” said Jim Hill, president of Giles Chemical. “They see it as a good place to set up camp in the future.” Giles has an existing business office at the Hazelwood site that’s currently home to 15 employees. Ten new office jobs will be added as a result of the headquarter move, with a total of 25 employees working out of the new Hazelwood office building. As for the new warehouse, it will be staffed only by a single employee, but it creates value for the operation as a whole. The warehouse facility will provide critical storage capacity for incoming raw materials and finished product waiting to be shipped out all over the world. “In and of itself that warehouse will be manned by one person,” Haynes said. But, “You can’t expand production if you don’t have sufficient warehousing, thereby it does contribute to the opportunity to continue to grow and add jobs.”
I
New product sampling & Essential Oil snacks
CONSOLE DOTERRA
ENCOURING BLEND use in a diffuser or apply topically for emotional support when we feel sad.
MassageWaynesville.com 828.456.3585 | Haywood Square | 288 N. Haywood St. | Waynesville
Book online at:
Question: I have been hearing a lot about hemp lately. Do you sell products with hemp at Ingles? Will I fail a drug test if I eat products with hemp?
Answer: 1.Hemp is not a drug - First and foremost, hemp is NOT marijuana. While they are in the same plant family (cannabis), to be classified as hemp there must be a THC (tetrahydrocannabinol - a psychotropic substance) of .3% or less. While currently it is not legal to grow hemp in NC (this is expected to change), you can buy, sell and use products with hemp in North Carolina. In 2015 hemp was grown legally in Tennessee. 2. Nutrition - Hemp seed is an excellent source of omega-3 and omega6 fatty acids, high in protein, magnesium, and phosphorous .http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2868018/. Including hemp is various forms(oil, seed, protein powder) in your diet may have some nutritional benefits such as improving cardiovascular health, reducing inflammation and improving skin conditions like atopic dermatitis, but very little research has been done to date on humans to support any nutritional claims. Currently you can find several products containing hemp at Ingles like hot and cold cereals and granola mixes as well as hemp oil in the form of a supplement. As hemp becomes more of a mainstream ingredient in food products expect to see more products containing hemp on the shelves at your Ingles store!
Smoky Mountain News
Commissioners are currently considering buying a trio of contiguous properties totaling 2.3 acres along Gay Road. It’s privately owned, but available for sale. Commissioners discussed the possibility of purchase in a closed session last week and authorized County Manager Chuck Wooten to make an offer. If negotiations go in the county’s favor, commissioners will vote on a contract in open session later this year. State law allows public bodies to discuss price points in closed session to prevent negotiations from being undermined. The preliminary plan is to install picnic tables, a pavilion, walking trail and playground equipment on the land, but those are just the initial thoughts. If the contract is accepted, the county will take the next step in planning the possibilities. “If we can get the property under contract, then we’ll ask Parks and Recreation and the Recreation Committee to take a look at the property and see if it’s feasible to do the things we would like to,” McMahan said. In the same closed session, commissioners discussed another potential property purchase — a small residential lot on Keener Road adjacent to the Jackson County Public Library. The owner is selling it and gave the county an option to buy it, McMahan said. The county is now negotiating on a price. “It wouldn’t be used for recreation,” McMahan said. “Most likely it would become overflow parking.”
October 1st 6:30 pm
September 23-29, 2015
BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER f the details work out, Jackson County’s Savannah community could soon have a park to call its own. “People had asked for it, and I said we would consider it,” said County Commission Chairman Brian McMahan. Earlier this month, when commissioners held their meeting at the Savannah Fire Department on U.S. 441, they heard an appeal from Savannah resident Jean Buchanan Carr, who pointed out that people in the area have to drive to Sylva or Cullowhee to find a walking trail, picnic area or basketball court. She asked that commissioners consider putting some kind of outdoor recreation area in the Savannah community, which is located in the northwestern part of the county toward Franklin. “We would be very appreciative and there would be a lot of use of this facility in our area,” Carr said. At the time, McMahan had said that the county was working to provide recreation facilities countywide but acknowledged that some communities, like Savannah, don’t yet have access. “My comment all along as far as recreation funding has been concerned is we need to provide the community recreation facilities for Savannah and for Qualla before we look at a swimming pool in Cullowhee,” Commissioner Vicki Greene had added.
Class on Essential Oils For Emotions
news
Savannah community could get its first park
5
news
Getting ready for game day Preparations at new casino in full swing as opening day approaches BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER pirits were high last week as Lumpy Lambert made his morning lap around the floor of the new casino. The count down was on, with just a week to go until the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians would open its new $110 million casino on the edge of Murphy. And the machine was firing on all cylinders. “There is obviously always the last-minute push to make sure everything is complete,” said Lambert, the general manager of Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel. Lambert nodded and smiled in greeting a group of department heads gathered in the casino’s grand entry hall, going over their punch lists for the day. It’s a morning ritual Lambert calls the “daily huddle.” “So we are all aware of our to-do’s and what we are trying to accomplish today,” Lambert said. The open floor of the casino makes it easy to do a quick 360, and for the most part, it looked ready to flip on the open sign. Lambert swung wide around an indoor bucket lift, suspending an electrician high over head, one of several contractors working their way through the final checks. “A lot of finishing touches, little touches, a few cosmetic things,” Lambert said. Lambert seemed to be made for the part, just the man to carry the new casino into the end zone. Raised in Cherokee, Lambert went to college on a football scholarship, and afterward served as the coach for Cherokee High School. Those skills he learned on the field were key to Lambert’s success over the past two years as he’s led the construction of the $110 million casino and the hiring of 1,000 employees to run it. “It’s very similar to the coaching world. You are teaching them the technical part and how to work as a team, and being a cheerleader,” said Lambert, whose warm and positive personality exudes confidence.
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
S
6
Lumpy Lambert, general manager of the new Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel, is counting down the days until opening. Below: an artist’s rendering of the new facility, including the 300-room hotel tower to the the left, shows how the building blends subtle Cherokee influences with the modern design vernacular. Becky Johnson photo • Cuningham Group illustration “Teamwork has always been a code I live by and stress to each and every team member.” Lambert continued his rounds, looping past the food court, where new hires were scattered about in groups for pre-game trainings. A pile of green aprons and iced coffee drinks were splayed on a table surrounded by soon-to-be Starbucks employees, while an Earl of Sandwich team followed along as their manager went over a redux of the menu. Yet another group was gathered around a cash register, trying their hand at the keys and codes to ring up food sales. Through the double doors of a VIP lounge, a few dozen servers who will take drink orders on the gaming floor were immersed in a written exam. “Our new hires are excited about opening up a new property,” Lambert said. “We are all very enthused about what is going on.” It was a monumental undertaking. Hundreds of chips must fall into place by opening day, but Lambert — cool and calm as ever — made it look like an afternoon
Coming next week: The new Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel will be a game changer, not only as additional revenue for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians but as an unprecedented economic driver for the Murphy area. See next week’s paper on how the casino will change the landscape of the far western counties. game of checkers at the park. One of the biggest moving parts — aside from construction itself — was getting the casino’s 900 employees hired and trained. Job fairs have been held throughout the region and training has been underway for months, particularly in fields of surveillance, slot attendants and card dealers, who undergo up to 16 weeks of training. Despite the large-scale hiring, the casino found a willing labor pool in the region.
“Employees were very enthusiastic. They are eager to work. They are dedicated folks,” said Ray Rose, the VP of resort preparations for both the main property and new casino. Ramping up that many employees to perform on day one has been a huge undertaking, but it’s not the tribe’s first rodeo. Several of today’s top managers — Lambert included — were there in 1997 when the main casino opened in Cherokee. “We have a solid management team in place that has a lot of experience,” said Brooks Robinson, the general manager of the main Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Resort property. “It is a nonstop effort. We have a lot of moving parts.” This time around, there’s been an inside advantage when it comes to employee readiness, Robinson said. They’ve had the advantage of real-life training thanks to job shadowing at the existing casino. “I think it is going to open without hitch,” Robinson said. The casino floor itself is a maze of shiny new game terminals. Most had a factory check-list still taped to their screen. Teams of gaming inspectors with the independent Tribal Gaming Commission were moving through the banks of machines, plugging up to each of the 1,050 games to verify that they are programmed to the correct odds to ensure fair payouts. “If it doesn’t pass, we don’t turn the game on,” Lambert said. But, of course, they will pass. In the table games section, two dozen men in suits — the team of table games managers — were bantering between rounds of training as they lounged in the captain’s chairs that will soon be filled with gamblers.
A LITTLE ABOUT THE PROPERTY
The Valley River Casino has an open floor plan, boasting over 1,000 slot-style game machines and 70 table game stations. A 30foot escalator leads from the grand entry to an overhead vantage point, where visitors can look down on the entire casino floor stretching out below. The new casino doesn’t have extensive restaurant options or upscale dining like the main resort in Cherokee. Instead, it deploys a food court model, with a suite of familiar franchises: a Papa John’s, Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Earl
S EE GAME DAY, PAGE 8
Want to go? The ribbon cutting for the new Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. The public is invited.
Where art meets architecture BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER Sam Olbekson has never met a duality he couldn’t reconcile. As the lead architect for the $110 million Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel opening near Murphy next week, Olbekson’s design will make a lasting impression of the region on millions of visitors for decades to come. An interview with Olbekson about his creative process reveals how he blended the mountain’s sense of place with the requisite excitement a casino must evoke, all the while paying homage to Cherokee culture in a modern context. Olbekson works for the national architecture firm the Cuningham Group, which served as the lead architect on the recent multi-year expansion of the flagship Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, and helped transform the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian’s vision for a new property into a reality.
Olbekson: “There are very few Native American designers out there doing this sort of stuff. I had the lens of my own experience of a native person living in a modern world and the duality of that. It aligned with my goals to help native communities in their economic development projects to ensure design and planning is done in a culturally appropriate and specific way.” SMN: What role did the mountain landscape play in the design? Olbekson: “We wanted a really strong connection between indoor and outdoors and a sense that this building belongs here,
and on this site, not just a box plunked down on the landscape. We wanted a real sense of ‘this is meant to be here.’” SMN: How did you do that? Olbekson: “We walked it, we hiked it, we tried to get a sense of what are the inherent qualities of this specific site. We wanted to capture the essence and honor that. You destroy what is there when you build it, so we wanted to capture a sense of this restorative landscape. I have a box full of plant material and rocks I took from the site from day one and photos to capture the colors of the forest.”
SMN: The design doesn’t look like a casino you’d find in Vegas or Atlantic City. Olbekson: “A lot of firms are still doing the ‘80s and ‘90s design of what looks like a casino. This is going to be a very unique facility. We didn’t want a typical casino because it doesn’t honor anything. We try to push the edge of proper design. We try to be a little more creative.”
SMN: How did being a native person yourself — a member of the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa — influence the way you approached this project?
A Tennessee woman who failed to return from her hike in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area Saturday evening was found injured but responsive around 7 p.m. Monday (Sept. 21), about 300 feet off the trail on the north side of Cold Mountain. Rescue teams had been searching for Julie Ann Hays, a 49-year-old Assistant District Attorney from Jonesboro, Tennessee, since 2 a.m. Sunday. The extent of her injuries is not yet known, but she is out of the woods and receiving medical treatment. The search included canines, aircraft with infrared cameras and ground searchers, involving 120 searchers from North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina working around the clock for two days to cover more than 7,300 acres of national forest. Hays had planned to hike the Art Loeb Trail to Cold Mountain, a route she had never taken before, though she had hiked trails in the general area.
2015 Fitness Challenge begins Oct. 12 Vertical panels with a gradient of hues mimick shafts of light piercing a forest tree canopy. Cuningham Group illustrations
“I had the lens of my own experience of a native person living in a modern world and the duality of that. It aligned with my goals to help native communities in their economic development projects to ensure design and planning is done in a culturally appropriate and specific way.” — Sam Olbekson, lead architect
SMN: What qualities of the landscape jumped out at you, that you wanted to capture in the design? Olbekson: “There is a strong sense of dappled light that mystified things. You have rays of light sifting through on these misty mornings. You have the verticality of the trees and the canopy. With the design, light enters the building through the day in different ways, which resembles dappled light filtering through the forest canopy. Simply how we placed the windows — they are a series of high vertical slits in a variegated pattern.” SMN: The color pallet, both inside and outside, features vertical panels of varying hues. What was the purpose of that?
S EE DESIGN, PAGE 8
The annual Fitness Challenge, sponsored by Healthy Haywood, will begin Oct. 12 and run through Nov. 23. For $10, participants can experience a variety of local fitness centers and private businesses offering activities. This includes 24 visits over a six-week period. Participants can mix and match which centers they want to go to or they can exercise at one place. Register at the following locations: • Oct. 6 – Waynesville Recreation Center • Oct. 7 – Cooperative Extension Office • Oct. 8 – Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center • Oct. 9 – Urban Athletic Training Center • Oct. 10 – The Fitness Connection The Kickoff event will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. www.healthyhaywood.org, mhauser@haywoodnc.net or 828.452.6675.
Smoky Mountain News
SMN: The design seems to capture a sense of place, without falling back on the typical Appalachian rustic architectural style of exposed wooden beams and stacked stone. Why didn’t you go that route? Olbekson: “They have to be conducive to the function of gaming. People are there to be entertained, so we wanted to embody a sense of excitement, a ‘wow’ factor of something that is new, exciting and different. And then you have to look at the actual site. One of our main principals when we designed it was that every building tells a story.”
Lost hiker rescued near Cold Mountain
September 23-29, 2015
SMN: The design incorporates subtle Cherokee influences that are unmistakable yet not in-your-face. How did you strike that balance? Olbekson: “What we talked about initially with the board was how and if you want culture to be conveyed in this project. A lot of tribal casinos use the quote unquote cliché native-looking symbols. I try to find form and aesthetics in deeper cultural places.”
The third Annual Prayer Walk Against Drugs will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, starting at the corner of South Main and Academy streets in Waynesville. Bus transportation is available for those who cannot walk. There will be prayer stops at several downtown locations, including churches, the Historic Courthouse and the Open Door Soup Kitchen. More than 400 people attended the prayer walk last year.
news
Annual prayer walk to protest drugs
7
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
news
GAME DAY, CONTINUED FROM 6
8
of Sandwich, Panda Express and Starbucks. “We knew the concept we wanted to come out of the gate with was a food court scenario,” said Rose. With projected visitation averaging 4,000 people a day, the food court delivers on the primary goal. “We need to be able to feed them quickly with our limited seating,” Ray said. Ray said the strategy was to “start small and grow,” with additional options to be added in the future. “We are very sensitive to market demands,” Ray said. An adjacent hotel, connected by a covered promenade, features 300 rooms, all of them non-smoking. The casino itself allows both smoking and alcohol — essentials for any casino — although state-of-the-art air circulation should help keep things fresh. Air is pushed up through hundreds of small vents set into the floor, allowing new air to rise up, and more effectively circulate than the overhead system used at the main casino property in Cherokee. The casino sits on a hilltop, with a grand tree-lined approach road gently winding up to it. The parking lot has 1,700 spaces, but it’s probably not enough. So employees will park in a remote lot at the foot of the hill, with a shuttle running constantly between the lot and the casino. “Think about on a Saturday night when the place is humming. There will be 400 employees. That number of employees
parking would limit the parking guests,” Lambert said. The casino expects motor coach business as well, with five bays for loading and unloading. The new casino is geographically positioned to capture a new market that’s been just out of reach for the main resort. “The new property puts the Atlanta customer at our doorstep,” Lambert said. “The Atlanta market is one of our primary feeder markets for this facility.” It will also draw visitors from the Chattanooga area and further south to Alabama, particularly day-trippers, who saw the main resort in Cherokee as a tad too far away for an up-and-back trip. “Intuitively, simply because of the proximity to that market, it will be an hour less drive time for the visitor coming from those markets,” Lambert said. There’s always the risk that visitors who would have otherwise ventured to the main casino in Cherokee will instead come to the Valley River location. “We do anticipate some cannibalization of the main resort. But at the same time we anticipate new business coming in,” Lambert said. The two properties also offer distinctly different experiences. The new casino is just a casino and hotel, while the flagship in Cherokee is a full-service resort, with a spa, pool, concert venue, shopping and upscale dining. “If they still want a resort experience they still have to come to the resort,” Lambert said.
The angular form of suspended lighting gives the impression of tree branches above the casino floor. Cuningham Group illustration
DESIGN, CONTINUED FROM 7 Olbekson: “The colors and patterns are all reinforcing that sense of dappled light. We looked at how light comes in from each direction at different times of day, and chose corresponding tones. There’s an inversion effect at dusk of light coming in and out of the casino, like the sunset filtering through the trees with all these multi colored hues coming in and actually backlighting the vertices of the forest. Cliffs of color on the exterior create a sense of depth, and we repeated those inside. We wanted to break down the idea that the facade is a wall between the inside and outside.” SMN: The roof line has a unique inverted design, with a low point in the middle and
the roof line rising up on either side. What’s the purpose of that? Olbekson: “Cultures emerge from the landscape. The landscape really tells you how to live. The roofline is a symbol of that. We tried to honor the landscape in a contemporary and modern way. The ceiling of the great hall on the interior corresponds to angle of roof line.” SMN: How does the new casino relate stylistically to the flagship casino in Cherokee? Olbekson: “They share design principals, but they didn’t want to mimic the existing casino. They wanted a sense of design between the two that would create continuity but they also knew it was a different target market and demographic.”
Steep slope hearing postponed
T
Come Dance With Us! Our dance classes are full of women laughing and growing stronger in body, mind, and soul. Come let your guard down, try something new, and just dance. First class is free! 84 N. Main St. Waynesville
waynesvillebellydance.com
“I don’t want to have a set of standards and then a large developer decides to challenge this down the road.”
September 23-29, 2015
— Brian McMahan, Jackson County Commission chairman
board that wanted to see the stricter rules stay in place, so the version of the ordinance out for public hearing now contains only minimal changes from the original 2007 document. Namely, the new version would change Jackson’s slope calculation formula to more closely mirror the system used by other counties and up the grade at which steep slope rules kick in from 30 to 35 percent. According to landslide experts used by the county, slope becomes a factor in landslide risk mainly when it exceeds 36 percent. The proposed ordinance is online at www.jacksonnc.org/planning.html under the “Ordinance Amendments” heading.
Smoky Mountain News
BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he final public hearing in the two-yearold saga of revisions to Jackson County’s steep slope ordinance was all set to take place Sept. 22, but last week county commissioners decided to cancel the hearing and reschedule for a later date. “It’s not a stall tactic,” said Commission Chairman Brian McMahan. “It’s not in any way anything other than I want to be extra careful and make sure we’re doing this right.” Counties are required to publicly advertise hearings on any ordinances they’re planning to adopt, amend or repeal, but ordinances that deal with zoning laws Brian McMahan require a greater effort to get the word out than other types of ordinances. The county advertised the steep slope hearing in accordance with rules governing typical ordinance revisions, but discussions with the University of North Carolina’s School of Government revealed that a court might see the steep slope ordinance — officially called the Mountain Hillside Development Ordinance — as a zoning decision. “The reason I was very cautious and asked for the board to not move forward with the public hearing is I don’t want to have a set of standards and then a large developer decides to challenge this down the road,” McMahan said. In that case, the county could find itself losing on a technicality if the court found the hearing had been improperly advertised, he explained. “While the slope map is not really a zoning map in the traditional sense, it is termed a district and it does establish regulatory boundaries. So it may well be prudent to follow the requirements for a zoning map amendment,” David Owens, a professor in the School of Government, wrote in an email to Jackson County Permitting and Code Enforcement Director Tony Elders. Commissioners will likely set a new
hearing date at their Oct. 1 meeting for sometime later that month. Because of the large number of property owners affected, Jackson County won’t have to mail notices to each individual property owner, as happens for zoning changes affecting smaller areas. But leading up to the new hearing date, the county will do some more intensive advertising, including placing roadside signs in high-traffic areas and buying ads in newspapers and radio stations, as the law requires. The public hearing, once scheduled, will signal the wind-down of a two-year process of revising the rules governing construction on steep slopes. Before the November 2014 elections, the prevailing view on the board of commissioners was that the existing steep slope rules were too onerous and in need of loosening. So, the planning board invested more than a year into a line-by-line rewrite of the rules before holding a public hearing in February 2014. The large crowd that turned out there made it clear they did not support the relaxed rules, and commissioners decided the issue had become too political to vote on with an election coming up. The November elections seated a new
news
Commissioners kick back date to comply with public notice laws
Local NAACP humanitarian event open to public The Jackson County Branch of the NAACP will announce the winners of its first Humanitarian Awards at a “Hats Off ” celebration at 4 p.m. Sept. 27 at Best Western Plus River Escape Inn & Suites in Dillsboro. The Humanitarian Awards were offered to any person or group in all the NC counties west of Jackson. The six individual finalists reside in three WNC counties — Cherokee, Jackson and Swain. Dr. Adriel A. Hilton, director of Higher Education Student Affairs at Western Carolina University, will be the guest speaker. The NAACP has planned a reception to conclude the celebration. Refreshments and live music will give the public a chance to mingle and to congratulate the honorees.
Named by
visitnc.com as one
of "10 New North Carolina Breweries You Should Know." 9
news
A fork in the path Jackson businessman floats alternative fate for vacant Whittier factory BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ts future has been envisioned as an agricultural center, a recreation facility, a Cherokee cultural site, a farming co-op and an empty field. Now there’s a new twist in the plot toward settling the future of a defunct county-owned factory building in Whittier. “It’s going to be a place to build modular builds of eco-friendly homes of all different sizes,” Cashiers resident Frank Smith said of his vision for the property. In a meeting with Jackson County Commissioners last week, Smith presented his plan to turn the 82,000-square-foot, steelframed building into a production center for eco-friendly pre-built homes while also housing a music venue, marketplace for local crafts and food products and a business incubator. “Hopefully (this will) be a prototype that can be looked at on a national level, but the main thing is get this one done right,” said Smith, a retired developer and green energy consultant who would be working through his newly formed Sylva-based company, Naturally Green. He’d like to buy the property from Jackson County, paying $500,000 over 10 years and
I
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
311-43
Business of the Month! Cannon Law, P.C. Cannon Law, P.C. provides high quality service to their clients while respecting the relationship between the client and the referring attorney. Cannon Law, P.C. has been honored with an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell, signifying the highest level of integrity and skill, based upon reviews from other legal professionals. Their former clients include lawyers and judges who trust them to represent them in a variety of legal matters.
Cannon Law, P.C. 1433 S Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786 (828) 456-4800 10
footing the bill for renovations himself. It’s that renovations price tag — $1.7 million to bring the building completely up to current code, according to a building assessment commissioners ordered earlier this year — that halted efforts to transform the property into the Smoky Mountain Agricultural Development Station, a concept that would have kept the property in county ownership and relied heavily on grant funding. “They (commissioners) had the concerns about liability and condition of the building and stuff,” said Lynn Sprague, executive director of Southwestern N.C. Resource Conservation and Development Council. He spearheaded the original ag center effort and has been meeting with Smith about his idea. “A private businessman would just go in and fix what needs to be fixed and move ahead, so you take it out of government.” But when Smith presented his idea to the board last week, commissioners came back with a resounding … “wait and see.” They’re still in a holding pattern where the old Drexel plant is concerned after a group of Whittier farmers approached them in August about leasing part of the building. The general idea was to use it to package produce for sale, install large coolers to store crops awaiting shipping and perhaps to house a purchasing co-op and hay storage. But the farmers presented only generalities, motivated to put themselves forward for con-
PRESENTING SPONSORS
28 Walnut St. Waynesville | 828.456.3021 | HaywoodChamber.com
W
The possibilities — and obstacles — to transform the vacant Drexel factory in Whittier are many, and the Jackson County Commissioners will likely work toward a decision on the building’s fate this winter. Holly Kays photo sideration as quickly as possible due to a perception that commissioners were on the verge of deeding the property to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, though in reality commissioners had only discussed the idea as one possibility among many. The farmers asked that commissioners hold off on any decision until after the harvest season ended, so they could have a chance to sit down and work out the details of their proposal. Commissioners agreed and appear committed to keep that promise. “I appreciate Mr. Smith presenting a proposal, and we’ll take time to evaluate and look at it and see if it’s something the county might be interested in,” said Commission Chairman Brian McMahan. “However, I have given my word to the farmers that we would not do anything until they’ve had an opportunity to finalize their request and place it before us.” It’s possible the two ideas for the building’s future could work in unison, at least somewhat. The two parties haven’t yet had a chance to fully discuss it. Smith called one of the farmers, Joe Ward, but Ward was in the thick of harvest season and unable to meet — but there’s been talk that the farmers’ needs might possibly fit within the umbrella of Smith’s business plan. “It might work,” Ward said. “I feel we can make it work,” Smith agreed. “I’ve only had one conversation with the representative there (Ward), so we can
have more conversations but they’re mainly busy harvesting now.” If the farmers took over the building — or at least the one-quarter of it they’re talking about using — the old factory would remain county property, with the group likely paying only a negligible amount in rent. Smith’s proposal involves actually purchasing it, which would mean the 21-acre property would go back on county tax rolls and begin generating property taxes. But McMahan said, at least as far as he’s concerned, that doesn’t much enter into the calculation. “I’m open to looking at all the options, as long as leasing it would provide an opportunity for people to provide a service or use it in some way to provide a service that would be beneficial to the community,” McMahan said. While there might be different points of view on just what would be the “most” beneficial, the prevailing priority seems to be ensuring that the property doesn’t continue to sit vacant — that it goes to work somehow for the taxpayers of Jackson County. But until cold weather comes and the farmers have a chance to bring something formal to the table, the question will likely remain an open one. “We promised them (the farmers) that we’d wait and see before we did anything,” said Boyce Dietz, a county commissioner and a cattleman, “so that’s what we’re going to do.”
What is the Drexel property? For more than 30 years after its 1964 construction, the Drexel Heritage Furniture Plant operated in Whittier next to where the Pepsi-Cola warehouse is now. But the plant eventually closed, and in the early 2000s the county bought it as part of an economic development initiative. The wood components manufacturer Clearwood, LLC, briefly leased the 82,000-square-foot building, but since that company moved out the property has sat vacant. Then the Southwestern North Carolina Resource Conservation and Development Council started working to develop an agricultural center on the site. A master plan, paid for by a $10,000 grant from the Southwestern Commission, outlined the building’s potential to house everything from product processing machinery to concerts to rodeos. But when a building assessment revealed that bringing the building completely up to code would cost $1.7 million — and that the building’s siting on the flood plain and on top of a Cherokee historical site would severely hamper development possibilities — commissioners abandoned the idea and began floating other options. Current ideas on the table include giving the land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as a cultural site, leasing it to Whittier farmers for an agricultural cooperative or selling to Frank Smith’s company Naturally Green.
W
The Waynesville Recreation Center will close for annual cleaning and maintenance work beginning at noon on Friday, September 25. It will reopen on Friday, October 2, at 5 a.m. The large pool will open at 5:30 a.m. For more information call the Waynesville Recreation Center at 456-2030 or email rlangston@waynesvillenc.gov
Scott Baker, architect with LS3P, listens to ideas about the future needs at the Southwestern Community College Swain Center. Jessi Stone photo
RECREATION CENTER 550 Vance St. • Waynesville • 828.456.2030
www.townofwaynesville.org 310-02
Artist: Jenny Buckner
Art After Dark • Friday, October 2 • 6-9 p.m.
CELEBRATING 17 YEARS
Smoky Mountain News
In addition to offering general education classes, Bushyhead said he would like to see more workforce development training and “soft skills” retraining so Swain County can offer a better-skilled workforce to industries looking to relocate to the area. While students may get a degree or learn a professional trade, he said students lacked the ability to properly communicate, write résumés and speak in public. Cole said that was not a unique challenge to Swain County. “It’s a challenge everywhere,” he said. “As an employer, we get kids out of university that have no social skills. They have the mechanical skills but nothing else.” Former SCC student Lance Grant said he was disappointed to see programs fall by the wayside over the years, including the carpentry program that he completed with SCC. “I’d like to see more programs that teach students a skilled labor,” he said. “People always need mechanics, plumbers and electricians.” Baker thanked everyone for their input and said they were still in the early stages of planning. The master plan will start to come together toward the end of the year once input is received from the other communities as well as faculty members. Aside from programming wants, Baker and Cole are also examining the layout of the Swain Center and how to best utilize the space and perhaps create more parking spots. In a recent land survey, Cole said it was discovered that Almond School Road, the only current access to the SCC campus, is privately owned. While it isn’t presenting a problem now, it may be a concern in the future because SCC doesn’t have the ability to make repairs to the road.
WAYNESVILLE
September 23-29, 2015
BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR hat should the future of Southwestern Community College look like in Swain County five to 10 years from now? That’s what SCC wants to know before its team of planners and architects put together the community college’s master plan. Only a few community members attended a public input session Monday night at the SCC Swain Center, but it was clear from their comments that they wanted more local educational opportunities for their residents. The SCC Swain Center is currently housed in the old Almond School along U.S. 19 just outside Bryson City. The Swain Center offers a limited number of SCC programs, including Outdoor Leadership and Heritage Arts. The Swain Center also offers some basic skill and High School Equivalency (formerly called GED) courses. “The programs we currently have here are great programs,” said Swain County manager Kevin King. “As a community member, I don’t feel we’re being treated equally compared to Macon or Jackson when it comes to sharing the core classes.” King said he would like to see more general education classes offered at the Swain Center so Swain residents don’t have to travel to Sylva as much to earn their degree. County Commissioner David Monteith echoed King’s comments. He said many students didn’t have the money or the means to get to Sylva or Franklin for a class, especially non-traditional students who have jobs and families to support. Paul Wolf, SCC Outdoor Leadership Program coordinator and instructor, said he remembers when several general education classes were offered at the Swain Center but doesn’t remember why they were taken away. Michael Cole, who specializes in designing college campuses, said upgrading the Almond School’s technology may help in getting more classes offered in Swain County. “One thing we’ve heard suggested is bringing the building up to the 21st century with technology,” he said. “Then, even if an instructor is teaching in Sylva, students here can get the same quality lesson without having a professor drive here. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about filling up a classroom. You may have 15 students in Sylva and several here.” Architect Scott Baker said more space would be needed in the building if SCC added more classes or programs to campus. The Almond Center also houses the HeadStart program and the Swain/Jackson Cooperative Extension offices. Baker asked if it would be possible to move either of those programs in the future. King said it had always been understood that the Cooperative Extension offices would
Annual Cleaning & Maintenance
news
SCC gets input on future of Swain campus
need to relocate elsewhere if and when SCC needed more classroom space. But it just hasn’t gotten to that point. “And having them here seems like a good fit with the programs we have now,” he said. Wolf said many classes could also be offered online if Swain County could get more reliable high-speed Internet. Even if students didn’t have Internet access at home, they could use the computer lab at the Swain Center. County Commissioner Ben Bushyhead added that with better planning and coordinating, more could be done to utilize the current space, including offering nighttime classes.
WHERE ART DANCES WITH NATURE 98 NORTH MAIN ST. • WAYNESVILLE, NC • 828.456.1940 MON.-SAT.10-5:30 • SUN.1-4 • WWW.TWIGSANDLEAVES.COM
11
news
The little festival that could Hillbilly festival accused of trademark infringement
September 23-29, 2015
S
Haywood Hayw oodd Regional Re Reggional i l Medical M Medical Ce Center nter
WELCOMES
Joe Lasher Jr. was just one of 20 musical acts that packed the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds this summer during the annual Hillbilly Jam Festival. Donated photo “We thought it was a joke at first,” Frady said. After consulting with their own attorney, Jim Moore, Ramey said they offered to change the festival name to Hillbilly Woodfest, but that wasn’t satisfactory for the trademark lawyers in New York. “People keep telling me, ‘Becky, you should be appreciative because it’s put you on the map,’” Ramey said. So there they were a week from the event with banners they couldn’t use, T-shirts they couldn’t sell — everything labeled with
Dr.. Meesha Dr Meesha Gw Gwan-Nulla, an-Nulla, M.D M.D.. Int Internist ernist
Board Board Certified Cer tified t in Inte Internal r nal Medicine Medicine Ar Areas eas of Service
Now seeing patients at:
variety of Providing carre for a var internal medicine needs
ywood Thoracic and Va ascula ascular Haywood 16 Physician Drive Clyde, NC 28721
Personal Enjoys traveling and trying ng new recipes e
*LY[PÄJH[PVUZ! *LY[PÄJH[PVUZ!
Smoky Mountain News
American Board of Internal Medicine
12
Appointments may be made by calling 828.456.9836..
MEDICAL SCHOOL SUNY HEALTH HEAL LTH T SCIENCE CENTER SYRACUSE, NY
INTERNSHIP York Yo ork Hospital Department of Medicine York, York, PA PA
MyHaywoodRegional.com
RESIDENCY York Yo ork Hospital Department of Medicine York, Yo ork, PA PA
Hillbilly Woodstock had to go. Under the gun, promoters went with Hillbilly Jam and rushed to get banners reprinted and T-shirts redone. Even the drumkit on stage had to have new lettering to reflect the new name. “I don’t know how they heard of us, but we sure didn’t have the money to fight them,” Ramey said of the trademark issue. But Hillbilly Jam has made a name for itself in the last few years as it attracts more prominent bands, bigger celebrities and national sponsors. Frady
F
BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ix years ago, Becky Ramey and Terry Frady started a little festival in the parking lot of their Maggie Valley restaurant with improv performers on the back of a flatbed truck and one keg of beer. Today that same festival attracts thousands of people to the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds to see 20 local and regional bands playing on the Wade L. Reece Memorial Stage. Not to mention there was no shortage of beer from North Carolina craft breweries. When asked why they continue to put so much work into the Hillbilly Jam festival, Ramey is quick to respond, “Because we’re crazy.” But deeper down, they do it because they love traveling to different places meeting people and introducing people to the beauty of Maggie Valley. While the festival has survived and grown each year, Ramey said it hasn’t been without setbacks. For the first three years, the festival was called the Popcorn Sutton Jam and was associated with the famed local moonshiner. Ramey and Frady worked closely with Sutton’s widow, Pam Sutton, but a falling out between them forced the promoters to find a different name.
Hillbilly Woodstock was born. Ramey, Frady and Wayne Hazelwood spend all year planning the two-day festival, which features live music, car shows, reality show celebrities like Big Juicy from Lizard Lick Towing, food and arts vendors, cornhole tournaments, a mechanical bull, moonshine vendors and more. Thinking they had all their ducks in a row this year, the organizers were hit with a cease and desist letter nine days before the big event July 31-Aug. 1. The letter came from New York City law firm Kenyon & Kenyon — trademark attorneys for Woodstock Ventures. Yes, that Woodstock, the producer of the world-famous WOODSTOCK Musical Festival, beginning with the 1969 iconic event in upstate New York. “Only Woodstock Ventures and its authorized licensees are permitted to use the WOODSTOCK trademark as the name for concerts, music festivals and related events,” the letter read. “Hillbilly Woodstock is not authorized, and will cause consumers to mistakenly believe that Woodstock Ventures has approved, or is connected with, your activities.” The festival promoters were asked to terminate all marketing and promotion of Hillbilly Woodstock or be sued for trademark infringement. It was hard for Frady, Ramey and Hazelwood to believe their little festival in Maggie Valley go the attention of big-time lawyers in New York City.
paid, the venue must be booked, insurance policies and licenses must be obtained and staff has to be on hand. Frady and Ramey still think it’s the best bang for your buck. “Where else can you hear that many great bands live for $10?” Ramey asked. The trademark infringement issue was a big bump in the road, but it isn’t one that will slow down Hillbilly Jam. Planning is already underway for 2016 and the festival grounds is already booked again for July 29-30. Two musicians — a former American Idol contestant and former The Voice contestant Chad Walker — are already signed up to play next year. Bands each got an hour set this year, but Frady said they would try to give bands a 90minute set next year to allow them to showcase their talent. The organizers are also listening to feedback from attendees and making adjustments as needed. To address a few complaints about the loud music, Ramey said music would stop at 9 p.m. next year instead of 10 p.m. To alleviate the issue of limited parking at the festival grounds, organizers will be shuttling people over to the festival from Eaglenest next year. “Every year just keeps getting bigger and better,” Ramey said. “But every year gets harder to top.”
@SmokyMtnNews
283 North Haywood St. Waynesville david.mesimer@allstate.com
Insurance subject to terms, qualifications and availability. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., Allstate Indemnity Co.. Life insurance and annuities issued by Lincoln Benefit Life Company, Lincoln, NE, Allstate Life Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL, and American Heritage Life Insurance Company, Jacksonville, FL. In New York, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, Hauppauge, NY. Northbrook, IL. © 2010 Allstate Insurance Co.
END OF
76023
said 20 states were represented at this summer’s event. While the organizers had to beg bands to play for free the first few years of the festival, they have now fulfilled their promise in paying the musicians well with the added potential of being seen by the right people. “Two people at our jam have signed record deals with Silvercreek Records, including the Lindsey Cardinals Band and Kaitlyn Baker,” Frady said. Ramey said she is proud of the fact that they are now able to pay the bands and give them a world-class stage to perform on — and they’ve done it all without one signed contract. Going only on their word, every band showed up as planned this year. And only minutes after Ramey announced the 2016 Hillbilly Jam dates on Facebook, bands were contacting Frady to make sure they had a spot for next year. “Our first event we begged people to play for free and promised to pay the bands when we could,” Ramey said. “This year everyone is calling us — that’s a great feeling.” Some have complained that the festival now charges $10 to get in compared to the $2 entry several years ago. As the festival grows and offers more music, entertainment, food, and vendors, expenses increase. The bands must get
A
David Mesimer (828) 452-2815
Auto ~ Home Life ~ Retirement
SUMMER ROOFING SALE NOW THROUGH SEPT 30
SHOP LOCAL & HELP KEEP OUR TAX DOLLARS AT HOME
30 Year Heritage Dimensional Shingles
$
2233/Bundle ($67 Square)
25 Year 3 Tab Tamko® Elite Shingles
$
1963/Bundle ($59 Square)
ASK ABOUT OUR 12 MONTH NO INTEREST PLANS
FREE DELIVERY
SERVING WNC FOR OVER 67 YEARS Check Out Our New Green Website.
www.haywoodbuilders.com
Smoky Mountain News
reported cases,” Trantham said. Lindsay Andrews, mother of a first-grader, said her daughter was part of the first wave when the virus hit. She was called to pick up her daughter from school early and learned 11 other students in her daughter’s class — more than half — were out sick. “I think they have done pretty good keeping the parents informed,” Andrews said, citing routine letters and robocalls to parents. Parents with children at other schools in the county should stay alert for stomach virus symptoms and take precautions when going out in public, according to Patrick Johnson, nursing director at Haywood County Health and Human Services. Johnson said it’s possible — but not inevitable — the virus will jump to other schools. “I think all the school personnel are on alert for this,” Johnson said. “It is clearly highly contagious, but with diligent effort it can be knocked out.” “We are pleased with the school’s work and support from public health officials,” agreed Bill Nolte, associate superintendent. “The number of people with G.I. symptoms is trending in a good direction. We are monitoring attendance at our other schools and the overall absentee rate still looks pretty normal.” That said, it pays to be diligent. Careful hand washing and cleaning can make all the difference, with a simple bleach solution proving effective for blasting the germs.
September 23-29, 2015
BY B ECKY JOHNSON AND HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITERS n outbreak of the highly contagious intestinal bug known as norovirus has been raging through North Canton Elementary School over the past two weeks, but illness now seems to be on the downswing — to the relief of parents and teachers alike. North Canton school officials have worked closely with Haywood County health officials since suspicious absences due to a stomach bug first appeared almost two weeks ago, forcing the school to postpone a dance scheduled for Sept. 11. Parents were notified about the outbreak, and the school put itself on a regimented cleaning regime. By Monday (Sept. 21), health officials had confirmed that norovirus was the culprit. Norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in the U.S., causing about 20 million illnesses each year. “It sounds like they have done everything they can do,” said Neil Suttles, father of a first-grader at North Canton. “Unfortunately young kids have bad habits.” North Canton Principal Belinda Trantham believes the outbreak is finally under control after keeping as much as 15 percent of the student body — up to 35 students each day — home sick over the past week. “We only had 17 absent today, half of what we had yesterday, and only two new
Protect your world
Call me today to discuss your options. Some people think Allstate only protects your car. Truth is, Allstate can also protect your home or apartment, your boat, motorcycle - even your retirement and your life. And the more of your world you put in Good Hands®, the more you can save.
news
Norovirus outbreak at North Canton Elementary winding down
WAYNESVILLE 100 CHARLES ST.
828-456-6051
13
news
Nonprofits line up for Franklin funding BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ach year, Macon County organizations stand before the Franklin Board of Aldermen to ask for a piece of the nonprofit grant funding the town sets aside in the budget. A total of 14 nonprofits asked for assistance this year from the town’s pool of money, but not everyone will get what they’re after. With $66,000 worth of funding requests, the town has only $40,000 allocated for local charities. While local nonprofits depend on the additional funding from the town to keep programs running or to use it as matching money to apply for another grant, the board hears opposition every year from resident Angela Moore. Moore, who is also a candidate for alderman this year, said she approaches the board every year to oppose spending taxpayer dollars on charities. “I give to charities I want to, but this money is forcibly taken from me and given to someone else. There’s a name for that — socialism,” she told the board at a September meeting. “Would you donate to a gay rights organization or an abortion clinic? I know I wouldn’t.” But Moore’s suggestion is far-fetched given that the town’s policy states that nonprofits applying for funding must meet the “public purpose doctrine.” Town Attorney John Henning Jr. said nonprofits receiving money had to be providing a service that benefits the community as a whole. For example, Appalachian Animal Rescue is requesting funding for its spay and neuter program, which helps control the stray animal population. Henning said animal rescue was a great example of meeting that “public purpose” requirement. “Instead of the town fulfilling that service, you can make a donation to an organization already providing the service,” he said. Nonprofits also must fill out an application explaining what they are requesting money for and submit their IRS status, budget and meeting minutes to even be considered.
September 23-29, 2015
E
Smoky Mountain News
APPALACHIAN ANIMAL RESCUE Shelter director Cathy Howman requested $5,000 to assist low-income residents with the cost associated with spaying or neutering animals. As a no-kill shelter, Howman said the shelter has to constantly turn people away when they call about taking in a new animal or when they need help with spay and neuter costs. “We get calls from the public for help and when we tell them we don’t have the money, they hang up,” she said. “That represents another litter we don’t have room for because we don’t kill to make space.”
ARTS COUNCIL 14
Arts Council director Bobbie Contino said the requested $3,000 would be applied
By the numbers Macon County nonprofits have requested funding from the town of Franklin, and the board of aldermen approved the following funds. Nonprofit Amount requested Amount received Appalachian Animal Rescue $5,000 $3,000 Arts Council $3,000 $1,000 Community Care Clinic of Franklin $5,000 $4,000 Hospice House Foundation of WNC $5,000 $0 KIDS Place $5,000 $5,000 Macon New Beginnings $5,000 $2,000 Macon County Care Network $4,000 $1,000 Macon County Habitat for Humanity $5,000 $5,000 Macon County Historical Society Museum $5,000 $3,000 Macon County Library $5,000 $4,000 REACH $5,000 $5,000 Read 2 Me $4,000 $2,000 Scottish Tartans Museum $5,000 $3,000 Literacy Council of Highlands $5,000 $2,000
to the costs associated with artists’ fees, event production and marketing and council’s operating expenses. Having the town subsidize those costs allows the council to provide affordable and accessible art programs for all residents. The Arts Council hosts Mainstage music events, Art on Main, Poetry Nights for Adults and the annual Barbershop Sundae.
MACON COUNTY CARE NETWORK Director Shania Adkins requested $4,000 for the Care Network to fund a “Volunteer Care Program.” Adkins said the organization wanted to give back to its many volunteers who provided a total of 17,800 hours of service in 2014. If you do the math, she said that time was worth more than $137,000. “It’s invaluable what they bring to the table,” she said. The $4,000 would go toward creating new volunteer badges and lanyards with the Care Network logo on them that volunteers could use to redeem discounts around town at participating businesses. The cost also includes DiscountID cards from Amazon and CareNet Feed the Need T-shirts. Adkins said Outdoors 76 and Franklin Health and Fitness already committed to offering a special discount for the volunteers. “It’s not what we usually propose but our volunteers deserve recognition for what they do,” she said. “It’s investing in location merchants as well.”
MACON COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Rick Westerman asked the town for $5,000 to go toward home repairing and creating handicap accesses at homes for those who can’t afford it. He said making these repairs for residents would reduce the need for emergency services, which reduces the
burden on taxpayers. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that builds homes for low-income families and also makes home repairs.
MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Macon County Historical Society asked for $5,000 to renovate the third floor of the museum. Specifically, the 1904 building has five fireplaces, and heavy rain has caused some of them to deteriorate over the years. Some of the bricks need to be repaired by putting mortar back in them and placing masonry caps on to stabilize existing bricks.
MACON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Librarian Karen Wallace requested $5,000 to purchase new equipment for the library, including a new copier and network of printers for the public’s use. She said the current printers are 10 years old and are frequently out of service. “People use copiers and printers for all kinds of things still — tax forms, legal documents, resumes, job applications, assignments, research for school, health info, boarding passes and tickets and directions,” she said. Even though it’s a county library, Wallace said, the residents of Franklin benefit substantially from it because of its convenient location just outside the town limits. Wallace and other library supporters asked county commissioners for more library funding — about $40,000 — earlier this year to replace aging computers and to give employees a raise. Commissioners tabled the issue and said they would revisit it in six months when they had a clearer picture of how the state budget would impact the county budget. In the meantime, Wallace said the library was awarded a $25,000 grant to upgrade its
50 computers. She said the process of getting them all switched out would take a while because the computers are running on Windows XP, which is no longer supported for upgrades.
REACH OF MACON COUNTY Jennifer Turner, assistant director of REACH, said the organization was requesting $5,000 to provide services to victims within the town of Franklin. The funding would go to assist with the costs of the shelter, court advocacy and counseling services for town residents. REACH provides the only specialized services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims in the community. Last year REACH provided services for 597 clients and provided shelter for 110 women and children. Turner said REACH is close to completing its new shelter to meet the growing needs in the county.
READ 2 ME Read 2 Me started in 2011 because of a concern that many kindergartners in Macon County didn’t have the literacy skills expected of them. Read 2 Me partners with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to provide one book a month to children from the time they are born until the start kindergarten. Diane Cotton said they $4,000 being requested would help the program sign up more children in Franklin to participate. About 167 children in Franklin sign up for the book program each year and the cost is about $30 per child. “The goal is to encourage a love for reading,” Cotton said. “Literacy rates in Macon County have gone up 20 percent since we started doing this.”
SCOTTISH TARTANS MUSEUM Jim Akins with the Tartans Museum requested $5,000 to complete an expansion on the museum. Funding will also go toward purchasing a garment steamer to help preserve museum artifacts in garment bags, purchase a William Wallace and Robert the Bruce mannequins that will be completely outfitted, install new lighting and construct additional display panels. “We have the only Tartan Museum outside of Scotland,” Akins said. “We bring lot of visitors to Franklin — last year we had 8,500 visitors and we’ve had 5,700 so far this year, which is an increase of over 1,000 people over last year.”
THE LITERACY COUNCIL OF HIGHLANDS The Literacy Council of Highlands requested $5,000 to help improve the reading test scores of Franklin’s kindergarten through fourth-
F
COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC Community Care Clinic requested $5,000 to assist Franklin residents with managing chronic disease and educating residents about their health conditions. Executive Director Kim Losee said the clinic saw 469 patients in 2014, and 80 percent of those patients work but still don’t qualify for health insurance. She said half of the clinic’s patients were diagnosed with high blood pressure and about 22 were diagnosed with diabetes. While the clinic helps patients manage their chronic illnesses, Losee said the clinic also wanted to educate its patients on their conditions. “To fully treat patients, we need the supplies and we need the capacity to educate patients about their conditions,” she said.
iPhone 6s at U.S. Cellular® on 9/25/15.
news
grade students by sending volunteers into the school system for tutoring. According to information provided by Macon County Schools, 31 percent of kindergartners are well below proficiency. About 21 percent of first- and third-graders are well below proficiency and 15 percent of secondgraders are well below proficiency. The funding will help serve about 1,660 students in Franklin elementary schools.
Everyone has it — but no one else has it on our network. Get iPhone 6s with U.S. Cellular and stay covered In the Middle of Anywhere.
HOSPICE HOUSE FOUNDATION OF WNC
September 23-29, 2015
Hospice House is requesting $5,000 to help pay the cost of the fundraising professional the organization hired to lead its capital campaign to build a new house. The $5,000 request would pay only a small portion of the $41,520 administrative fundraising costs. The nonprofit has raised $2.2 million of the $4.3 million needed to construct an inpatient facility located in Franklin. The facility will serve Franklin residents as well as the rest of the region to offer terminally ill patients around-the-clock care when their illness can’t be managed at home.
KIDS PLACE KIDS Palace requested $5,000 to provide services for abused and neglected children in Franklin. KIDS Place also provides services for children who are victims of violence or who witness traumatic events such as homicide. “Officers are not always comfortable talking to little children about the horrible things that happen in their lives, but we have people to do that,” said Alisa Ashe, KIDS Place executive director.
Macon New Beginnings is a new nonprofit formed to alleviate homelessness in Macon County. The nonprofit is requesting $5,000 that will be used for an emergency response fund to temporarily house homeless people this winter at participating local motels. Bob Bourke, president of Macon New Beginnings, said he was already in negotiations with several motels to house people. While there are a couple of shelters in other surrounding counties, Bourke said they wouldn’t house people from Macon County. “We estimate 20 people will come to us for shelter,” he said. “We hope it will be less but we’re realists.”
With 3D Touch, Live Photos, 7000 series aluminum, A9 chip, advanced cameras, a Retina HD display, and so much more, you’ll see how the only thing that’s changed is everything.
Smoky Mountain News
MACON NEW BEGINNINGS
15
news
Visitor centers may be fading, but not into oblivion Study finds tourists still crave brochures despite smart phone revolution
September 23-29, 2015
BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER Do visitor centers still have a role in the new world of travel intel? That’s the question Haywood County tourism leaders have been pondering for the past year. And it’s not been an easy one to answer. “We do know that the visitor center numbers are dropping which means the cost to operate them per person who walks through the door is going higher and higher,” said Lyndon Lowe, the chairman of the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority. A special committee set out to study the visitor center conundrum last August and determine whether the money spent on visitor centers was worth it. In the meantime, the future of two visitor centers run by the Haywood tourism authority — one in Waynesville, the other in Maggie Valley — has been in flux. “Right now we don’t know what exactly we are going to do,” Lowe said. “We are still discussing every possible option we have.” The committee has oscillated between closing both visitor centers, closing only one
of them, or finding a way to reduce the costs to justify keeping them open. The visitor center study committee will share its latest thoughts and findings at a meeting with the full Haywood tourism board next week. The visitor center was once an essential clearinghouse, the first place tourists hit when they rolled into town. They could grab a map of the local area, ask for restaurant recommendations and find out ticket prices for attractions. Or perhaps use a pay phone to call ahead to a hotel. In the era of map apps (Yelp, Trip Advisor and Expedia) visitor centers no longer have a monopoly in the trip planning arena. “The trend is definitely going toward information over mobile devices,” Lowe said. Initially, the visitor center study committee leaned toward closing the visitor centers and putting the money toward marketing campaigns to draw tourists here in the first place, rather than help them craft itineraries once they got here. But Lowe now thinks we haven’t yet reached the tipping point of visitor centers being passé. “I don’t think we can get by without a visitor center,” Lowe said. Lynn Collins, executive director of the tourism authority, agrees the traveling public isn’t ready to forsake the tried-and-true visitor center quite yet. “People still want to talk to someone.
JOIN US FOR ARTS EVENTS AT WCU
The Haywood County Tourism Development Authority operates two visitor centers. Below are annual numbers from the past two fiscal years, plus a one-month snapshot of July. Waynesville • July 2013-June 2014 ......................29,900 • July 2014-June 2015 ......................25,250 Maggie Valley • July 2013-June 2014 ......................13,780 • July 2014-June 2015 ........................7,360 Waynesville • July 2013 ..........................................5,101 • July 2014 ..........................................4,063 • July 2015 ..........................................4,221
SEPT. SEPT. 29 | TUES. 7:30PM | COULTER COULTER | FREE
Maggie Valley • July 2013 ..........................................2,055 • July 2014 ..........................................1,212 • July 2015 .............................................991
PPerformance: erformance: An Evening with Groucho
OCT. OCT. 1 | THUR. 5PM | BARDO ARTS CENTER (RM.130) | FREE
Lecture Lecture:: Increasing Health and Longevity through Design Smoky Mountain News
Visitor centers: by the numbers
SEPT. SEPT. 27 | SUN. 3PM | BARDO ARTS CENTER | $
Music: Music: Octubafest
OCT. OCT. 1-3 | THUR./FRI. 7:30PM, SAT. SAT. 3PM/7:30PM | HOEY | $
Theatre:: Pop! Theatre Pop! (Who Shot Andy Warhol?) Warhol?) - mature audiences only
SAVE THE DATE: OCT OCT.. 25 | SUN. 3PM | BARDO ARTS CENTER | $
PERFORMANCE: THE UNITED KINGDOM UKULELE ORCHESTRA VISIT THE FINE ART MUSEUM FOR ONGOING EXHIBITS | FINEARTMUSEUM.WCU FINEARTMUSEUM.WCU.EDU .EDU
EVENTS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS AT AT WCU. JOIN FRIENDS FRIENNDS OF THE ARTS TODAY! TODAAYY!
FOR MORE INFO – 828.227.7028 | ARTS.WCU.EDU 16
The Haywood County Visitor Centers are a place where tourists can go to pick up brochures and other information about the area. File photo
They still want a paper map and a paper brochure,” she said. Every day, tourists who casually wander into the visitor center on Main Street in Waynesville leave more enlightened when they walked in, an investment that ultimately pays off. A trip planner behind a desk can open doors that Google can’t. “It can extend their stay or encourage them to come back for another visit at another time and tell friends and relatives about the destination and what a great experience they had,” Collins said. “Some of the folks that come in are day trippers and you are able to convert those into overnighters also.” The visitor center in downtown Waynesville sees more than three times the walk-in traffic as the one in Maggie Valley. It hasn’t seen the same declines either. In fact, it even saw a bump in June and July of this year — there were 7,275 visitor center walk-ins
during June and July this year compared to 6,500 for the same two months last year. The Waynesville visitor center is on Main Street in the heart of downtown, well-situated to capture the casual stroller wandering in, rather than those intentionally seeking out a visitor center. Walk-in traffic at Maggie Valley’s visitor center has dropped by half in two years. However, visitor center stats aren’t a reflection of how well the tourism industry is faring, pointed out Beth Brown, a tourism board member from Maggie. Tourism has increased countywide four consecutive years, with the biggest gains in Maggie. So while the visitor center walk-ins may have declined, tourism in Maggie Valley has done the opposite. “The question is how do we respond to that,” Lowe said. There’s another argument for keeping at least one visitor center open, Lowe said. The tourism development authority needs an office for its staff of five anyway. The Waynesville visitor center currently doubles as their office, but there are downsides. The rent is steep on Main Street and an open floor plan with cubicle partitions for staff allows tourists to overhear the business side of the house. If the tourism authority decided to stay in the visitor center business, it won’t necessarily stay in the same locations. The visitor center study committee has been researching dozens of properties. Ben Glover, a tourism board member who’s also a Realtor in Maggie, came armed to the last committee meeting with a stack of property listings. Over lunch, the study committee pored over the pros and cons of location, price and space. If the tourism authority only closes one visitor center, it would have to contend with the potential can of worms of which to close: the one in Maggie or Waynesville? These are some of the many issues the study committee will address when it presents its findings to the full tourism board next Wednesday, which will have the final say on what direction to take.
S
641 North Main Street, WAYNESVILLE, NC 828-456-HAUS (4287)
IS OPEN and has all the latest equipment and technology!
Bring a clean copy of your last Cornerstone printing job and Cornerstone’s invoice and we will match the last price you paid. Invoice must be dated March 1, 2014 or later* (Does not include Four Color artwork set up.)
September 23-29, 2015 Smoky Mountain News
BY HOLLY KAYS tinely gives public comment at commissionSTAFF WRITER ers meetings criticizing Jackson County’s tarting Sept. 28, employees and visitors government, called the new security measto the Jackson County Justice and ures “a total waste of my money” and mainAdministration Building will no longer tained that because judges are already have their choice of doors through which to allowed to carry firearms under their robes, reach their destination. Instead, the building the security spending is superfluous. will become a one-entrance-only building, All told, it cost Jackson County $343,000 with a security guard and metal detector sta- to purchase equipment and reconfigure the tioned at the door. new entrance. The security measures will “We live in a world today that is much cost another $140,000 per year to hire addidifferent than it used to be and people all the tional security officers for the entrance. time are looking at ways to make a stateThe renovations came at the order of ment, and unfortunately a lot of innocent Superior Court Judge Bradley Letts, who had people are injured or — even more tragically been telling commissioners for some time — killed because of those acts of violence,” County Commission Chairman Brian McMahan said of the change. The new protocol, according to an ordinance commissioners passed last week, will require that visitors and their bags be screened by metal detectors to pass through security. Drugs, guns, pepper spray and sharpedged items including scissors and boxStarting Sept. 28, visitors to Jackson County’s main building cutters all fall within will be required to enter through the courts entrance and go the list of items that through screening. Holly Kays photo won’t be allowed inside, unless there’s some legitimate justification. Security guards that the Jackson courthouse was dangerously won’t be allowed to store contraband items insecure as well as increasingly tight for — people who bring them inside will have to space. In 2014, Jackson County commistake them back out to the car. sioned a study from Heery International, the Not everyone will have to be screened same company that designed Haywood with each coming and going. People who County’s new courthouse — also built at regularly use the building as their place of Letts’ prompting. Heery deemed that, in business will receive ID cards, allowing them addition to security upgrades, Jackson needto come and go freely through the secured ed 35,800 square feet more, an addition that entrance during business hours, defined as would cost millions. 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This includes county At the time the study came out, commisstaff, commissioners, local attorneys, judicial sioners decided against tackling an expenand court staff, judges, court reporters, peosive justice center overhaul just then, but ple specifically invited to the justice center that meant the security issue hung in limbo and those working with the Sheriff ’s office. too. When the newly elected board sat for its “I think it will just take a little bit of time January planning retreat, Letts appeared to to get used to it, but most people will be OK give commissioners a message. with it,” McMahan said. “There’s two issues I want to bring to Commissioner meetings will continue your attention, issues I’ve been bringing to to be held in the building after-hours, but your attention for the last 10 years,” he said. due to the extra expense of posting securiThose two issues, he said, were security and ty guards at the doors outside of normal space — but the most pressing was security. business hours, the county will look to Letts told commissioners in no uncertain house other after-hours gatherings in difterms to get a move on in addressing the ferent venues. security issue. That discussion prompted Only one person spoke at a public hearthem to start talking about moving to a sining before commissioners’ vote last week, gle-point-of-entry system, the work for but that speaker expressed vehement opposi- which contractors are just now finishing. tion to the new rules. The new ordinance governs the policies and Carl Iobst, a Cullowhee resident who rou- procedures surrounding the new system.
SE D O L C Shop Local www.ThePrintHaus.com THE PRINT HAUS INC. GROUP
news
Security screening on the way at Jackson courthouse
facebook.com/smnews 17
news September 23-29, 2015
Lake Junaluska Assembly 3BR, 2BA • $179,000 #593236
Canton - 3BR, 1BA, 1HB $185,000 #593810
Sylva - 3BR, 2BA $189,000 #593630
The Greens - 2BR, 2BA $193,000 #593716
Clyde - 3BR, 2BA $210,000 #593331
Thomas Park - 3BR, 2BA $239,900 #593680
Waynesville - 3BR, 3BA $275,000 #593397
Jonathan Creek - 2BR, 1BA $294,000 #593108
Waynesville Country Club 3BR, 3BA • $339,000 #593625
Waynesville - 3BR, 3BA $525,000 #593147
Laurel Ridge - 3BR, 3BA, 1HB $640,000 #588224
Cruso - 3BR, 3BA, 1HB $749,000 #593426
Smoky Mountain News
Hi-Mountain
18
3 Homes on 3.92 ac
$1,999,000 #586881 311-39
LIVE
THE
LIFE
You C
HOOSE
Smoky Mtn. Retreat 4BR, 6BA, 1HB $2,290,000 #586357 Waynesville Office 74 North Main Street (828) 452-5809
beverly-hanks.com for details on any property, enter the MLS # into quick search
Education
Smoky Mountain News
In addition to lectures, the institute will offer social opportunities and field trips as presenters share expertise from various backgrounds. Presenters include university faculty as well as professionals and community members from throughout the region. Cost of membership in the institute is $125 per year, including 24 engaged learning experiences with opportunities to take part in additional activities related to some of the topics. 828.227.7397 or visit life@wcu.edu.
Cherokee students explore SCC program
Mark Cutler (in black shirt), branch chief of Seasonal Law Enforcement Training for the National Park Service, observes as Southwestern Community College’s new recruits complete a timed 1-1/2 mile run on Aug. 20 at Franklin High School’s track. Also pictured are Mitch Boudrot (red shirt, holding timer), SCC’s law enforcement training director/coordinator/instructor; and Don Coleman (gray shirt, writing on clipboard), SCC’s National Park Service Law enforcement training instructor.
National Park Service designates SCC for pilot program When National Park Service officials increased Seasonal Law Enforcement Training from 400 hours to 650, they decided to use Southwestern Community College’s Public Safety Training Center in Franklin as the pilot program for the new regimen. “SCC-PSTC consistently demonstrates a high standard and delivers a high quality of instruction,” said Mark Cutler, Branch Chief of Seasonal Law Enforcement Training for the National Park Service. SCC first offered the SLETP program in 1978. Only six other schools across the country are accredited to offer the program, which makes successful graduates eligible for a Type II commission in the NPS. The program includes seven critical areas: legal, behavioral science, enforcement operations, patrol procedures/scenarios, firearms (pistols, rifles, shotguns), driving and physical techniques for subject control. www.southwesterncc.edu/pstc or 828.306.7041.
WCU offers lifelong learning programs LIFE@WesternCarolina, Western Carolina University’s lifelong learning institute, is beginning its second year with a series of educational
• Haywood Community College’s Fish and Wildlife Management Technology Program recently received reaccreditation for five years from the North American Wildlife Technology Association (NAWTA). This accreditation ensures a quality program and gives graduates an edge in finding employment. l_parlett@southwesterncc.edu or 828.339.4265. • Stephen “Shane” Stovall, a certified emergency manager with nearly 20 years of experience leading private and public sector emer-
sessions for Western North Carolina residents 50 and older who are interested in enriching their lives through the pursuit of knowledge. LIFE@WesternCarolina offers weekly sessions in both Cullowhee and Asheville focusing on a variety of topics including business, history, science, politics and personal development.
gency management and disaster recovery efforts, is the new director of emergency services at Western Carolina University. Stovall is responsible for the development of personnel, plans, processes and systems to provide for the safety, protection and preparedness of people and property at WCU.
ALSO:
• Southwestern Community College has been ranked No. 7 in the country by WalletHub as
Thirty middle and rising high school students from Cherokee Central Schools learned about the wide variety of health sciences career possibilities earlier this summer by exploring Southwestern Community College. The students were all participants in a Cherokee Central summer camp called “Summer Medical Mania,” where they had the opportunity to tour medical programs at colleges and universities. 828.339.4000.
Forrister named to SCC’s board of trustees Jean Ellen Forrister, a longtime administrator and English instructor at Southwestern Community College, has been appointed to the college’s board of trustees. Forrister started at SCC as a part-time English instructor in 1984 and joined the fulltime faculty the next year. She later served as director of admissions for seven years then spent five years as the chair of general education. She spent her last three years as a fulltime English instructor before retiring in 1999. Also during the July 28 meeting, Terry Bell of Franklin was sworn in for a new four-year term. He has served on the board since 1995 and is currently serving his fourth term as chairman of the board.
Fetzer, Kinney appointed to WCU Board of Trustees Thomas H. Fetzer, a former three-term mayor of Raleigh, and J. Bryant Kinney, a pub-
one of the best community colleges in the United States. WalletHub is a personal finance website that compared 670 institutions using four dimensions (Cost and financing, classroom experience, education outcomes and career outcomes) to produce its ranking. • A bartending course will be offered beginning Oct. 12 at Southwestern Community College. The seven-week course is designed to help students become professional bartenders. The class meets from 6-9 p.m. on Mondays and
19
lic and government affairs executive, are the two newest members of the Western Carolina University Board of Trustees. The UNC system governing body also reappointed to four-year terms Pat Kaemmerling, chief financial officer of Access Computers Inc. in Norcross, Georgia, vice chair of the board; Asheville attorney Carolyn Coward, secretary of the board; and Wardell Townsend, an executive mentor and a former assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, of Silver Spring, Maryland. Also joining the board for the 2015-16 academic year is Bernard “Hank” Henderson, president of the WCU Student Government Association.
WCU athletics director gets four more years
Randy Eaton, director of athletics at Western Carolina University, has received a four-year contract extension that will keep him at the helm of the Catamount athletics program through at least June 30, 2020. The contract extension came at the recommendation of WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher. “Under Randy’s leadership, our studentathletes are enjoying great academic success while also being competitive in the Southern Conference,” Belcher said.
SCC instructor receives Kellogg certification
Amy Russ, a developmental English instructor at Southwestern Community College, was recently certified as a Developmental Education Specialist from the Kellogg Institute — one of the most prestigious credentials in the field. The Kellogg Institute for the Certification of Adult and Developmental Educators is the nation’s longest running professional development program of its kind. The Institute is located at Appalachian State University and is a four-week, intensive, residential program. Participants in the program must develop a practicum project to implement at their own campus. Russ’ practicum project was developing a co-requisite course to support students enrolled in a college English course.
Wednesdays through Nov. 23. Cost is $125, and the book is about $15. 828.339.4426 or ldowns@southwesterncc.edu. • Rebecca Scott, a community planner with regional knowledge and experience, is the new director of the Western Carolina University’s Local Government Training Program. She will also serve as assistant director of WCU’s Public Policy Institute. She is replacing Vickey Wade, who recently retired as longtime director of the Local Government Training Program.
20
Opinion
Smoky Mountain News
Valuing the process more than the outcome T
more time than AP History. And, as always, there are parents who actually do work for their children or pay them for high grades. And then there’ s the transfer student, the kid who moves into a small, rural WNC district in the 11th grade from a bigger system that offered many more AP classes early on in their high school career. She comes in and knocks the local student out of contention just because her school system offered more access to higher-level courses. Editor Bill Nolte, assistant superintendent for Haywood Schools, says one potential benefit of doing away with the competition could be students thinking about what interests them versus just taking courses to maximize their GPA. “We don’t know if this will cause students to think about the courses they should be taking rather than the courses with the most weight, but if that is one of the outcomes then that will be a positive benefit,” said Nolte. Imagine if that actually did happen, if students in public schools weren’t so pressured to take this and that high-level
Scott McLeod
his is one tradition that could just die and I don’t think many will care. I’m talking about the recently announced plan by Haywood County Schools to do away with the time-honored ritual of naming a valedictorian and salutatorian. Haywood joins many school systems across the nation in going this route. Some want to argue that this is more evidence that we are dumbing down our schools and finding ways to tell all students that they are all fantastic and that everyone will succeed. But that’s not what this is about. In fact, those who argue we are dumbing down schools are usually in the same ideological camp as those who argue for more competition in schools. And that’s really what the tradition of valedictorians and salutatorians has fallen victim to — overzealous and highly competitive students and parents who push their kids hard to excel, and the high-stakes battle to get into the upper echelon universities. It’s not just about straight “A’s” anymore. No, it’s become much more nuanced. There’s the different weighted GPA for honors classes and Advanced Placement courses. There’s the gaming, where students and parents study to find out which AP classes might be more likely to garner the better grade, the simple fact that an AP Physics is more demanding and takes
Asheville baristas’ behavior a sad commentary had never heard of “The Red Pill Theory” or the “manosphere” until I saw references to them in the story that broke over the weekend concerning the co-owners of Waking Life Espresso, a coffee shop in West Asheville. By Monday, the story was in the Asheville CitizenTimes and on WLOS. If you haven’t seen it, Jared Rutledge and Jacob Owens — owners of the business — Columnist have issued separate apologies for describing in explicit detail their sexual exploits with literally dozens of women on a website, a number of podcasts, and Twitter, all under a pseudonym. The two men thought the broadcasts of their conquests were anonymous, but when it was discovered that they were the source of the posts, they went into damage control mode and published apologies, even as a number of local businesses began cutting ties with Waking Life and pulling its products from their shelves. To provide some context for the outrage surrounding the story, consider these representative examples that rate the women according to “face/body/personality” and then provide capsule summaries of their trysts. Believe me, in the interest of decorum, I am choosing a couple of the milder entries in this lurid little “diary” of theirs: “6/7/7 – Played Mid thirties ginger, hippie with a rail-thin body. Crazy in bed like older
Chris Cox
I
girls tend to be. Lived in an RV and smelled like beeswax, but was smart and interesting. I hit on her at my business. We stopped seeing each other because I talked too much about game (I’d just read The Game and discovered the manosphere) and it freaked her out. Classic mistake. No clue what she’s up to, but I think she’s headed towards cat lady status.” And just one more. “6/7/4 – Played This is the K. I mention a lot on the podcast. Early twenties self absorbed stoner with zero ambition. The sex was amazing and I helped her through some dark times (perhaps a touch of Save-A-Ho on my part). She caught serious feelings for me but we navigated it, and recently she’s realized I don’t enjoy her company and we’ve mutually parted ways. I hope she does well but she’s damaged goods.” There are 50 of these, most far more graphic and degrading than these two, but you get the gist. If you have the stomach for it, this is all available online, but I do not recommend wading through the muck of it. If you are a sentient being with any respect at all for women, you will come away feeling some mixture of fury, depression, and despair. To paraphrase one commentator on the Waking Life website, how can anybody turn out this way? What must their parents think? It is tempting to think of this kind of mindset as an aberration, but if you are a man and have spent any time at all in locker rooms, bars, or other places where men gather, then you know that this kind of thinking is not only common, but pervasive. After all, boys are socialized at a very young age to
course but could pursue classes that actually interested them. Imagine if at least some part of high school could be about intellectural curiosity with having to look forward to two hours of homework every night from some crazy AP course. Look, I’ve sent three children through Haywood schools. They’re all different kids and competed at different levels academically. But none of them have had much opportunity to pursue personal interests. Most all public schools aren’t set up that way now because they have to focus too much energy on getting students to do well on standardized tests. After that, it’s all about getting into college, all about where you stand academically while leaving very little room for thinking. Don’t get me wrong. I like competition and think it’s healthy. But education is about nurturing a curiosity, about teaching people to want to learn more and to not be afraid of their own beliefs. Doing away with this little valedictorian/salutatorian competition won’t accomplish that, but perhaps it is a sign that the pendulum is swinging back towards placing more of a value on the process rather than the outcome. By my estimation that’s a good thing. (Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com.)
Moreover, he learns that if he is able to convince a girl to sleep with him, she is then, ironically, no longer worthy of his attention. On the other hand, if a girl resists, then she think of girls as objects, reducing them to becomes more desirable, more worthy of their most distinctive physical features, whether it is a big chest, skinny legs, or a “nice “respect,” such as he is able to define it. Males who are sexually active and promiscuous are butt.” They learn to associate them with aniconsidered “players” (in keeping with the game/sports analogy), It is tempting to think of this kind of while females are considered or “whores.” mindset as an aberration, but if you “sluts” Perhaps this double standard are a man and have spent any time is not quite as rigid as it once was, but it is both naïve and at all in locker rooms, bars, or other destructive to pretend that it does not still exist, and that it places where men gather, then you does not contribute to a culture know that this kind of thinking is in which creeps such as these are nurtured and validated by equalnot only common, but pervasive. ly creepy fellow travelers, whether it is on a website or in a locker room. They are, in effect, playing the mals — the ones they deem good looking same game they have been practicing since enough are “foxes” or “chicks,” while the ones puberty. Getting to second base. Scoring. they consider unattractive are “cows” or “dogs.” I realize that these are fairly old and in Winning the game. I am not about to defend these poor deludsome cases may seem outdated, but similar ed fools on the grounds that they are a mere terms like “cougar” and “sex kitten” still seem product of a pathetic and demeaning culture, to be fairly popular. In any case, the result is but until we deal in a meaningful way with the casual dehumanization of females. that culture — until we stop insisting that Similarly, a young boy’s first idea of how he is supposed to relate to girls is developed in “boys will be boys,” for example — these particular fools will be perceived as such by a disthe context of gamesmanship and sexual conturbing percentage of their peers not because quest, usually couched in familiar sports of what they did, but because they made the metaphors. By the time he is in his teens, he mistake of getting caught doing it. probably will know what it means to “get to (Chris Cox is a writer and teacher who second base” or “to score” with a girl. He will lives in Haywood County. His most recent learn that his main objective in his relations book, The Way We Say Goodbye,” is available with girls is to first evaluate their desirability, and then to do or say whatever he can in order in regional bookstores and at Amazon. He can be reached at jchriscox@live.com.) to have sex with them as soon as possible.
Smart action on cell towers in Jackson
Canton’s Labor Day was a grand success
plenty of kudos to go around for everyone heavily involved. We all have our memories of past celebrations, including carnival rides, but those are our memories. (The “rides” some of us recall with Lions Club members selling tickets are now ridiculously expensive and come with heavy investment in insurance.) We had a good parade, music to suit various ages and tastes, safe playground for children, good variety of food, popular bands and square dancing on a nice platform, plenty of folks with whom to mingle, all utilizing Canton’s more than adequate Sorrells Street Park, attractive Recreation Park, and the lovely Colonial Theatre. The group that put this all together is a good team that includes town officials, town employees in various capacities, law enforcement, Champion Credit Union, Evergreen Products, businesses, various citizens, the media … a team that I hope remains intact through the upcoming elections with the reelection of Ralph Hamlett and Gail Mull. Edie Burnette Canton
To the Editor: Thank you to The Smoky Mountain News for the well-done coverage of Canton’s recent three-day Labor Day celebration. Like the celebration itself, the stories by Garrett Woodward and ensuing editorial by Scott McLeod recognized the importance of honoring and preserving a rich heritage while emphasizing the need to build on that legacy by moving in new directions and seeking new opportunities. We old-timers cherish memories of the vibrant town that nourished us, but those memories cannot sustain us. Holding tightly to the nature of whom we are — hard-working, caring people who make good neighbors — Canton must venture out and tell its story. Labor Day proved that cooperation, planning, taking a few risks can work. It also proved that good teamwork can succeed. There is no one hero in this story —
Taste the Mountains is an ever-evolving paid section of places to dine in Western North Carolina. If you would like to be included in the listing please contact our advertising department at 828.452.4251 APPLE ANDY'S RESTAURANT 3843 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. 828.944.0626. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Serving the freshest homemade sandwiches, wraps, and entrees such as country fried steak and grilled flounder. Full salad bar and made from scratch sides like potato salad, pinto beans and macaroni and cheese. www.appleandys.com APPLE CREEK CAFE 32 Felmet St., Waynesville. 828.456.9888. Open Monday-Friday with lunch form 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and family-style dinner 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Home to an extensive build your own sandwich menu as well as specialty salads, soups burgers and more. With local ingredients and madefrom-scratch recipes using a variety of good-for-you ingredients Apple Creek Cafe is sure to become your favorite spot. 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; slowsimmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. Call-ahead seating available. 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 handcut, 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
Locals Love Apple Creek Café!
Join us for
LUNCH
Traditional Lunch: 10:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Family-Style Dinner: 4:30 P.M.-8:30 P.M.
32 Felmet Street
off N. Main St. Waynesville
To Go Orders:
828-456-9888
Made to Order Sandwiches & Salads, Housemade Soups & Desserts
www.AppleCreekCafe.com
311-07
Smoky Mountain News
with the now-withdrawn applications to put towers next to our properties. In both cases, it became clear that the site location contractors for the companies had not actually set foot in the area before entering a lease for the proposed host properties and then submitting applications. In both cases, they attempted to locate the tower as near to the border between the host properties and our neighboring properties as possible, instead of attempting to locate the tower more internally to the host properties so as to avoid adverse impact to our properties. In both cases, it became clear that they gave only lip service to the concept of looking for better locations and methods on or off the proposed host properties to put their facilities where similar levels of service could be provided. The revised ordinance, if applied carefully by the county’s staff and commission, should make cell tower companies take a genuine hard and detailed look at finding the best and least intrusive technology, design, and location for their facilities before they make an application. One of the alternatives that should be considered before they decide to try to build a big tower is whether signal booster technology can be installed in areas with currently low cell coverage. Low cost technology now exists that will boost single bar coverage to 4- or 5-bar coverage by placement of a signal booster in a low coverage area. Thankfully, it looks like our commissioners get all that. They want us to have better wireless service in the county, but not at the cost of intrusive new towers unless absolutely necessary and sited smartly so as to not harm the values of other properties in the community. (Craig Pendergrast owns property in Whiteside Cove. He can be reached at cpendergrast@taylorenglish.com.)
September 23-29, 2015
BY CRAIG PENDERGRAST G UEST COLUMN I am writing to applaud the Jackson County commissioners for recently completing a difficult re-write of the county’s cell tower code. Along with other interested property owners, I was an active participant in that process, having gained much experience and information about the way cell tower companies and their contractors operate. That experience includes having dealt with two separate cell tower applications in Jackson County over the past couple of years. One application was for a tower right next to my family’s property in Whiteside Cove in south Jackson County. The other application was next to land owned by another family closer to Cashiers. In both cases, cell tower companies had proposed to build towers the height of a 12-story building very close to our property lines that were going to ruin our views and property values. In both cases, there were much better, less intrusive, and less expensive options available to the companies that they failed to consider, much less pursue. In both cases, it was only after our families spent a lot of time and money learning about the cell tower world and making detailed comments that the companies finally realized that their applications were illconceived and withdrew them. The idea behind both the old ordinance and its revision is that the county’s residents, property owners, businesses, tourists, and travelers deserve to have improved wireless access, while they also need to preserve the natural beauty of the county and the value of other properties in the community by making sure that there are no better, less intrusive alternative locations, heights, designs, and technologies that are feasible before a permit for a big, ugly cell tower is granted. Back to our two families’ experiences
tasteTHEmountains
21
Eat. Sleep. Hike. Repeat.
tasteTHEmountains 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-Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturaday & Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chef owned and operated. Our salads are made in house using local seasonal vegetables. Fresh roasted ham, turkey and roast beef used in our hoagies. We hand make our own eggplant and chicken parmesan, pork meatballs and hamburgers. We use 1st quality fresh not 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.
——————————————————
COUNTRY INN
—————————————————————
311-51
Lodging & Dining Available. Call for Reservations. Waynesville, NC
September 23-29, 2015
800.789.7672 • TheSwag.com
Twin Maples F•A•R•M•H•O•U•S•E
Sunday Brunch BENEFITING WOMEN OF WAYNESVILLE ———————————————
Sunday, Sept. 27 • 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
LIMITED SEATING CALL FOR RESERVATIONS
63 N. HILL ST. 3 blocks from Main Street in Waynesville
828.452.7837
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 12 till 2 p.m. Evening cookouts on the terrace on weekends and Wednesdays (weather permitting), featuring steaks, ribs, chicken, and pork chops, to name a few. Bountiful family-style dinners on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with entrees that include prime rib, baked ham and herbbaked 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 6pm, and dinner is served starting at
7pm. So join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view. Please call for reservations. CHEF’S TABLE 30 Church St., Waynesville. 828.452.6210. From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday dinner starting at 5 p.m. “Best of” Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine. Set in a distinguished atmosphere with an exceptional menu. Extensive selection of wine and beer. Reservations honored. CITY BAKERY 18 N. Main St. Waynesville 828.452.3881. Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join us in our historic location for scratch made soups and daily specials. Breakfast is made to order daily: Gourmet cheddar & scallion biscuits served with bacon, sausage and eggs; smoked trout bagel plate; quiche and fresh fruit parfait. We bake a wide variety of breads daily, specializing in traditional french breads. All of our breads are hand shaped. Lunch: Fresh salads, panini sandwiches. Enjoy outdoor dinning on the deck. Private room available for meetings. CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva. 828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine. Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more. Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly. Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com. THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville. 828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter. CORK & CLEAVER 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville. 828.456.7179. Reservations recommended. 4:30-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, Cork & Cleaver has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Executive Chef Corey Green pre-
pares innovative and unique Southern fare from local, organic vegetables grown in Western North Carolina. Full bar and wine cellar. www.waynesvilleinn.com. COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley. 828.926.1820 Open Daily 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Tuesday. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service. FRANKIE’S ITALIAN TRATTORIA 1037 Soco Rd. Maggie Valley. 828.926.6216 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Father and son team Frank and Louis Perrone cook up dinners steeped in Italian tradition. With recipies passed down from generations gone by, the Perrones have brought a bit of Italy to Maggie Valley. frankiestrattoria.com FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St. Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com. GUADALUPE CAFÉ 606 W. Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.9877. Open 7 days a week at 5 p.m. Located in the historic Hooper’s Drugstore, Guadalupe Café is a chef-owned and operated restaurant serving Caribbean inspired fare complimented by a quirky selection of wines and microbrews. Supporting local farmers of organic produce, livestock, hand-crafted cheese, and using sustainably harvested seafood. J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817. Lunch Saturday and Sunday noon to 2:30 p.m., dinner nightly starting at 4:30 p.m. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome. Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated.
311-13
Smoky Mountain News
311-16
APPÉTIT Y’AL N L BO
828-456-1997 22
blueroostersoutherngrill.com
— Real Local People, Real Local Food — 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, North Carolina Monday-Friday Open at 11am
Welcome back. To 1932.
Come take a wagon ride with us, back to the beginnings of the Ranch. In celebration of our 82nd season, we’ll be serving up “Way Back When” dinners in an authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom and Miss Judy’s first primitive fishing camp. Just call us for reservations, then come join us on Sept. 25 for mountain trout and mountain music. And Cataloochee Ranch enjoy old-fashioned hospitality a mile high. 1 19 Ranch Drive, Maggie Valley, NC 28751 | www.CataloocheeRanch.com | (828) 926-1401
tasteTHEmountains
JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era. 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 seasonally for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted.
PAPERTOWN GRILL 153 Main St., Canton. 828.648.1455 Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Serving the local community with great, scratch-made country cooking. Breakfast is served all day. Daily specials including Monday meatloaf, chicken and dumplings on Thursdays and Friday fish. PASQUALE’S 1863 South Main Street, Waynesville. Off exit 98, 828.454.5002. Open for lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Sunday.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400. Open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A Waynesville tradition, the Smoky Mountain Sub Shop has been serving great food for over 20 years. Come in and enjoy the relaxed, casual atmosphere. Sub breads are baked fresh every morning in Waynesville. Using only the freshest ingredients in homemade soups, salads and sandwiches. Come in and see for yourself why Smoky Mountain Sub Shop was voted # 1 in Haywood County. Locally owned and operated. SOUTHERN BOOT, LOUISIANA CUISINE 67 Branner Avenue, Waynesville. 828.246.0053 Lunch served from MondaySaturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner served Monday-Tuesday 5 to 9 p.m & Thursday Saturday 5 to 9 p.m. Southern Boot serves delicious Louisianian food while providing a friendly music venue for musicians of all ages. Feel at home no matter where you’re from. Greeting all customers at the door with a smile. SPEEDY’S PIZZA 285 Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.3800. Open seven days a week. Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Family-owned for 30 years. Serving hand-tossed pizza made to order, pasta, subs, gourmet salads, calzones and seafood. Also serving excellent prime rib on Thursdays. Dine in or take out available. Located across from the Fire Station. TAP ROOM SPORTS BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Dr. Waynesville 828.456.5988. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. Enjoy soups, sandwiches, salads and hearty appetizers along with a full bar menu in our casual, smoke-free neighborhood grill. TWIN MAPLES FARMHOUSE 63 North Hill Street, Waynesville. 828.452.7837. Open for Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located just two blocks from downtown Waynesville, Twin Maples is available for weddings, receptions, family reunions, birthday parties, showers, luncheons, corporate meetings and retreats. VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin. 828.369.9890. Established here in in 1998. Come to Franklin and enjoy our laid back place, a place you can sit back, relax and enjoy our 62” HDTV. Our Pizza dough, sauce, meatballs, and sausage are all made from scratch by Vito.
Open for Breakfast
FRIDAY SEPT. 25 9:00 • DOORS AT 8:30
MON.-SAT. 8 A.M. 3 E JACKSON ST. • SYLVA, NC
www.CityLightsCafe.com
Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab 617 W. Main St. Sylva NC 828.586.3555 Mon-Wed 11am-9pm MadBatterFoodandFilm.com
Come discover
Fall Seasonal PRETZEL BREAD! MEDITERRANEAN & ITALIAN CUISINE 1863 S. Main Street • Waynesville 828.454.5002 Hwy. 19/23 Exit 98 LUNCH & DINNER TUES. - SUN.
www.pasqualesnc.com
Retail Retail
Restaurant Restaurant
311-11
LIVE LIVE Music Music
This This W Weekend’s eekend’s M Music usic Friday, Friday, September September 18 18 @ 7 7pm pm B Bob ob Z Zullo: ullo: g guitar, uitar, v vocals ocals Pop, jazz
A traditional pretzel bread with local Lusty Monk Mustard mixed right into the dough and topped with a sprinkle of salt.
Saturday, Saturday, Se September ptember 1 19 9@7 7pm pm
J Joe oe C Cruz: ruz: p piano, iano, v vocals ocals Beatles, Elton John, James Taylor Taylor a + More
Pre-order yours today!
Paid in part by Haywood County
T ourism o www .visitncsmokies.com Tourism www.visitncsmokies.com 828-452-6000 828-452-6000 classicwineseller.com classicwineseller.com 20 20 Church Church Street, Street, Waynesville, Waynesville, NC NC
THE BEST PLACE TO EAT IN FRANKLIN.
828.349.9800
Open 7 Days
11a-9:30/10p
All You Can Eat
Lunch Buffet - $7.99 Dinner Buffet - $10.99 Sunday All Day Buffet • $10.99 To-Go Buffet Lunch $4.29/lb. • Dinner $4.99/lb.
Smoky Mountain News
ORGANIC BEANS COFFEE COMPANY 1110 Soco Road, Maggie Valley. 828.668.2326. Open 7 days a week 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Happily committed to brewing and serving innovative, uniquely delicious coffees — and making the world a better place. 100% of our coffee is Fair Trade, Shade Grown, and Organic, all slow-roasted to bring out every note of indigenous flavor. Bakery offerings include cakes, muffins, cookies and more. Each one is made from scratch in Asheville using only the freshest, all natural ingredients available. We are proud to offer gluten-free and vegan options.
RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 828.926.0201 Open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m and Sunday 7:30 a.m to 9 p.m. Full service restaurant serving steaks, prime rib, seafood and dinner specials.
PICTURE SHOW
MOVIE & COSTUME CONTEST
September 23-29, 2015
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.
Classic Italian dishes, exceptional steaks and seafood (available in full and lighter sizes), thin crust pizza, homemade soups, salads hand tossed at your table. Fine wine and beer selection. Casual atmosphere, dine indoors, outside on the patio or at the bar. Reservations appreciated.
311-69
JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley. 828.926.0212. Joey’s is a family style restaurant that has been serving breakfast to the locals and visitors of Western North Carolina since 1966. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey's is sure to please all appetites. Joey & Brenda O’Keefe invite you to join what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.
Dine-In & Carry-out Menu Selections 109 Commons Dr., Franklin Next to the new Super Walmart & Verizon
www.asian-king-franklin-nc.com
23
24
A&E
Smoky Mountain News
soul was not getting the attention it deserved. “So, I decided to go back to the studio full-time,” Zan said. “I missed being here, I missed the rhythm of life. I realized that I never stopped making pots. Even in my free time, my open weekends, I was in the studio making pottery.” After obtaining a master’s degree of fine arts in ceramics from the University of North Texas last year, Zan came back to open up shop next door to Brant and Karen. That action alone was something near and dear to the heart of the lifelong potters. “What’s really gratifying is that she’s a very talented young lady. And you can see her using those talented, in clay and in anything,” Brant said. “It was glorious for us that she wanted to come back and work with us.” “We’ve seen a lot of multi-generational potter learn from their parents and grandparents, and yet they never seem to go beyond that. Zan has really created her own identity,” Karen added. “With the three of us working here, there’s always something going on. None of us do anything the same, where we have this glow and energy sharing this medium of art together.”
Molding a passion BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER Standing in her Dillsboro studio, potter Zan Barnes can’t help but smile. “If you told me in high school that this is what I’d be doing, I’d have laughed in your face — absolutely not,” the 32-year-old said. A second-generation potter, Barnes is tucked away in her own little Zen den. Next to her at all times is Zelda, a rescued Great Dane as gentle as she is large. The wooden structure is long and winding, with a low-hanging roof, where blocks of clay, buckets of water, countless shelves and finished items reside — all under a grove of trees, a stone’s thrown from the main house of the Riverwood Shops along the Tuckasegee River. “The whole 9 to 5 thing never fulfilled my creative juices, never clicked right for me,” Barnes said. “I’m able to thrive here, and also make a reliable living.”
FAMILY TRADITION
CHILDHOOD TO CAREER A few feet from her front door is Riverwood Pottery, a 40year-old business that has been owned by Barnes’ parents, Brant and Karen, for the last 20. It’s a space as familiar and comfortable to Zan as her childhood home was, where she spent the days of her youth coming into the studio and simply letting her imagination run wild. “Being in the studio all the time didn’t seem unusual to me because it was all I knew,” Zan said. “I still have all these little pinch pots and bowls I made when I was tiny, a picture of me at my father’s pottery wheel with a lump of clay.” With both studios under the same roof, the Barnes family is hard-at-work day in and day out taking their ideas and molding them into a physical product that, in turn, creates an emotional connection with those who pick up the pieces, ultimately bringing them home. “I love that pottery is functional,” Zan said. “It’s not something you’re just going to hang on the wall and leave, you’re going to touch it and use it everyday.”
Want to go? The 41st annual Mountain Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. The event will be preceded by a 5K foot race at 8 a.m. WCU’s celebration of Appalachian culture also will feature a full schedule of mountain music, fun activities, dozens of booths of the
Top: At her studio in Dillsboro, acclaimed potter Zan Barnes uses soda firing to get the ideal vision she has in mind. Soda firing is a technique where during the firing Barnes will dissolve soda ash into water and spray it into the kiln. The soda boils away into vapor and reacts with the silica in the clay to make a glaze on the surface of the pots. Above: Zan Barnes, Brant Barnes and Karen Barnes of Riverwood Pottery in Dillsboro. www.zanbarnes.com photo • Garret K. Woodward photo And though she was surrounded by clay and possibility all through her early years, Zan wanted to do something else. She found herself at Western Carolina University, using her degree in costume design to pursue a career at the college in the theater department. After a few years, she began to feel that part of her
region’s finest arts and crafts, and vendors offering ethnic, heritage and festival food. Balsam and Blue Ridge stages and the Circle Tent will offer continuous mountain music, storytelling and clogging. Headliner will be 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association “Entertainer of the Year” Balsam Range at 4 p.m. on the Blue Ridge Stage. The festival also offers a variety of demonstrations and contests centered on
Wandering around the two studios, one finds themselves fascinated by the endless pieces adorning the walls and tables. Looking down at one of the floors, the name “Brant” is inscribed into the slab, marking who poured the concrete for the original owner 20 years before that name itself took over the location. “I’m a full time potter, going on 40 years,” Brant said. “I figure I’ll make pottery until I’m 75, seeing as my dad made cabinets until he was that age.” But, Brant is 66. Does that mean he’ll stop in nine years? “Well, I won’t stop. They say potters can’t retire, so I’ll probably just make smaller and smaller pieces as time goes along,” he grinned. When asked what it’s like working alongside his daughter, Brant has a hearty chuckled before responding. “I did mention she’s next door, right?” he laughed. “It’s standing joke that I’m an independent subcontractor to my father,” Zan added. “It’s great being here with mom and dad, even if he did fire me a couple times working here in high school.” And with all the kidding aside, one continually picks up on the sincere love and admiration permeating through the Barnes family. It’s a connection that itself can be felt in the air, and also in the pottery, where the fingerprints — literally and figuratively — of the trio cover each piece. “Pottery is a very intimate and immediate art form,” Zan said. “As humans, we’ve interacted and created pottery our entire existence. It’s part of who we are as human beings — part of where we came from and who we are today.”
Editor’s Note: Zan Barnes and Riverwood Pottery will be among the dozens of artisan vendors and live demonstrations onsite during the 41st annual Mountain Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. www.mountainheritageday.com. For more on Zan Barnes, Riverwood Pottery or information of any of their numerous classes and workshops, click on www.zanbarnes.com or www.riverwoodpottery.com.
authentic mountain folk arts and skills: competitions for best beards and mustaches, period costumes and chainsaw woodcutting. Apples are the key ingredient in this year’s entries for the annual “Best of the West” award in the Mountain Heritage Day “A Gathering In” Traditional Food Competition. A full schedule of events, contest rules, categories and entries are found at www.mountainheritageday.com.
The Mountain Heritage Center’s exhibits of Appalachian culture and history will be open all day. Festival attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets for comfortable seating. Shuttles will operate throughout the day, with stops at designated parking and attraction locations. The event is free and open to the public. www.mountainheritageday.com or 828.227.7129.
Western Carolina University vs. University of Tennessee in Knoxville last weekend. Patrick Parton photo
T
HOT PICKS 1 2 3 4 5
Call or click for available properties
828-456-6111
311-60
www.selecthomeswnc.com
Hormone Replacement Therapy As we enter middle age we begin to see a decline in our health,cognitive function,sensory clarity, muscular development, and fluid strength. We begin to gain weight,lose muscle tone, sensory acuity, and the graceful motions of our youth. Modern medicine now offers not only the possibility of maintaining our youth, but also the option to hold off the chronological changes of elderly decline that nature dictates after we pass our reproductive years. Come in today for a free consultation.
JOHN HAMEL M.D.
HICKORY • NEBO • GASTONIA • WAXHAW BRYSON CITY • ASHEVILLE MALL
877-252-5273
FREE CONSULTATION: COMPLETELASERCLINIC.COM
Fly Fishing the South
311-44
Two locations to serve you ASHEVILLE 252.3005
WAYNESVILLE 251.9721
www.hunterbanks.com
311-68
Bookstore SAT., SEPT. 26 3P.M. Playshop with
Smoky Mountain News
such a short period of time. If you were one of the hundreds of fans and alumni standing and cheering at Neyland, all decked out in purBluegrass legend Claire Lynch will perform at ple and gold, you felt a sense of 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Cataloochee pride seeing the boys take the field Ranch in Maggie Valley. in Knoxville. It is the same pride I felt when they took the field in The 42th annual John C. Campbell Folk Tuscaloosa against the University School’s Fall Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 of Alabama (the eventual NCAA p.m. Oct. 3-4 in Brasstown. champions) in 2012, and when ColorFest: Dillsboro Fine Arts & Crafts Fair will they will take the field against be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Texas A&M in November in 3, in downtown Dillsboro. College Station. Way up high in the press box, I Balsam Range (bluegrass) will perform during found myself rooting for WCU. a benefit for the Scott Page family at 3 p.m. With every touchdown UT threw Sunday, Sept. 27, at Haywood Community up on the scoreboard, the College in Clyde. Catamounts got back up, back to the line of scrimmage, and readied The Taste of Sylva culinary tour will run from themselves for another chance at 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in downtown greatness. It’s that heart and deterSylva restaurants and in the pavilion at mination that will ultimately lead McGuire Gardens on West Main Street. Speir and Co. into the scenario of Grabbing my camping chair, I parked success he’s plotted out since day one. myself in their circle, with food as hearty as “Like in life, nothing will always go the the conversation itself. All Tennessee fans, all way you want,” Speir told me following the Southeastern Conference (SEC) football freaks Alabama loss in 2012. “You want to be the — my kind of people. And yet, as much as I best, you have to play the best. If you want to am a devoted UT fan, I found myself bragging get to that level in this program, it takes that about just what makes Catamount football commitment. This challenged them to go special. WCU is my backyard team, who we — play and that showed me where the heart of all of us in Western North Carolina — find this team is. They fought to the very end.” ourselves also rooting for, no matter who we Even three years later, that exact sentiultimately follow in the SEC. ment still echoes in my mind, and still resYou see, for years, WCU was in the baseonates within the hearts of the WCU faithful ment of Southern Conference (SoCon) foot— each season when the leaves change color, ball. Each year, with their motto, “The legacy the air gets cooler and the football gets starts now,” the word “now” would quickly be tossed in Jackson County. changed to “next year” with their 0-8 (conferLet the games begin.
Their property management team has gone above and beyond to give me the tools I need as a tenant. Their online rent payment system is easy and efficient.” -K. Fuller
September 23-29, 2015
he blazing Knoxville sun was quickly falling to the west, heading further down the road to Memphis and points beyond. Rocketing down Interstate 40, I shot into The Marble City, merging onto Neyland Drive. Greeted by a sea of orange and white, thousands of University of Tennessee fans streamed towards Neyland Stadium for their sacred Saturday ritual — football. Between sorority girls in short skirts darting across the street and families carrying seemingly everything but the kitchen sink with them into game, the crowd was antsy and eager, and for good reason. After a recent heartbreaking seven-point loss to No. 19 ranked Oklahoma University, Volunteer Nation was in need of redemption. In their crosshairs this past weekend sat the Western Carolina University Catamounts. Throwing down the tailgate of my truck in a nearby parking garage, I cracked a lukewarm beer (forgetting to buy ice) and leaned back into the chaos of the moment. Folks scattering to and fro in search of tickets, folks aimlessly walking in every direction in search of their friend’s cornhole and corn dog extravaganza. Across from my truck a pair of young couples swung into an open spot. Before they could even get their SUV in park, two of them already hopped out, yanked the cooler from the back and lit the portable grill that magically appeared before I could even blink twice. Real tailgate professionals. Within minutes, they had fresh charbroiled burgers and sausages. “Hey, don’t sit over there by yourself, brother — you hungry?” one of them yelled to me.
With every touchdown UT threw up on the scoreboard, the Catamounts got back up, back to the line of scrimmage, and readied themselves for another chance at greatness.
Helping You Find Your Next Rental Home “I love renting from Select Homes!!
311-56
BY GARRET K. WOODWARD
arts & entertainment
This must be the place
ence)/1-10 (overall) performance in 2012 and 1-7/2-10 in 2013 (only win consistently being against Mars Hill College). But, 2014 was a different story, a 7-5 season, tied for 2nd in the SoCon when all was said and done. At the center of this turnaround is Coach Mark Speir. In his fourth season, Speir took a laughingstock team and made them competitive. He believes so deeply in the potential of the Catamounts, a notion the players and greater Southern Appalachia have also bought into. Back in the day, you couldn’t give away tickets to Cullowhee games, with attendance seemingly less than a show at the 2,431-seat Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Asheville. And now? You’d be hard pressed to find room to sit in the 13,742-seat E.J. Whitmire Stadium. Thus, with the eventual 55-10 rout of WCU at the hands of UT (with 102,455 in attendence), the real story became about the Catamounts, and how far they’ve come in
Becca Dimmers
A playshop is a workshop that emphasizes playfulness. Participants can expect to move around and be asked to participate in games, to write or color, partner up or work in groups.
3 EAST JACKSON STREET • SYLVA
828/586-9499 • citylightsnc.com
25
arts & entertainment
On the beat
Kora master to play Sylva
Sean Gaskell will hit the stage Oct. 1 in Sylva. Donated photo
SHINEDOWN TO PLAY HARRAH’S Sean Gaskell will host a performance of the Kora, an ancient 21-stringed West African harp, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. He will feature traditional songs that are the heart and soul of the Koras musical repertoire in addition to some of his own personal compositions. The Kora roots stretch back to the mid-1700s and feature traditional songs that praise leaders of high political status and those who helped expand the Mande Empire. Gaskell, having studied the Kora over multiple visits to its homeland in Gambia, released his first solo album “Kora Music of West Africa” in 2012. His primary teachers are Moriba Kuyateh and Malamini Jobarteh (passed in July 2013). He has opened for headliner acts such as Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits. Free. The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. 828.586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org.
September 23-29, 2015
Cherokee welcomes ‘Traditions Concert’ The 2015 Traditions Concert Series will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Mountainside Outdoor Theatre in Cherokee. The lineup includes Irons in the Fire, Blue Eyed Girl and Longtime Rounders. Since 1988, Irons in the Fire has been entertaining audiences with original songs and traditional Appalachian tunes. Sweet Appalachian harmonies, old-time rhythmic flair and high-energy dance numbers mark the performances of Annie Fain Liden, Pearl Shirley and Ellie Grace, collectively
Smoky Mountain News
• Andrews Brewing Company will have Back South Sept. 26. Shows are $5 and begin at 7 p.m. www.andrewsbrewing.com. • The Bascom (Highlands) will host the fifth annual “Beatlemania” with The BackBeat (Beatles tribute) at 6 p.m. Sept. 25. $50 per person, which includes heavy hor d’oeuvres and a cash bar. www.thebascom.org. • BearWaters Brewing Company (Waynesville) will have Dave Desmelik (singer-songwriter) 7 p.m. Sept. 25 and Calvin Get Down (Motown/funk) 7 p.m. Oct. 3. www.bwbrewing.com.
• Bogart’s (Waynesville) will have live bluegrass/string music with Boogertown Gap String Band Sept. 24 and Eddie Rose & Highway 40 Oct. 1. All shows are free and 26 begin at 6:30 p.m. 828.452.1313.
known as Blue Eyed Girl. The Longtime Rounders’ David A. Brose, Geraud Barralon and Zach Kilmer team up with fiddle tunes, old love ballads, blues and Appalachian folk songs. Dancer, storyteller and public speaker Eddie Swimmer from the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Boundary, home to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will emcee the concert. The concert is presented by the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership and the North Carolina Arts Council as part of the Blue Ridge Music Trails Program. It is sponsored in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation. Tickets are $15.
• The Bryson City Train Depot “Music in the Mountains” concert series will have Sleepy Andy Tracy Sept. 26 and Boogertown Gap (bluegrass) Oct. 3. All shows are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com. • Canton Recreation Park will have “Pickin’ in the Park” from 7 to 10 p.m. on Fridays. www.cantonnc.com or 828.648.2363.
ALSO:
• Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will have Bob Zullo (jazz/pop) Sept. 25 and Joe Cruz (piano/pop) Sept. 26. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com. • Eagle Fork Vineyards (Franklin) will host “Wine Under The Stars” music and dining event from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 3. $15 per per-
Hit rock act Shinedown will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Harrah’s Cherokee. Originally formed in 2001, the group has released four albums and a total of 19 singles. Worldwide, they have sold over six million albums. Their latest single, “Cut the Chord” was released this summer. Tickets start at $27.75. www.harrahscherokee.com.
ROCK OPERA MEETS BLUEGRASS AT THE STRAND
Acclaimed bluegrass act The Hillbenders will perform “The Who’s Tommy” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. Dubbed “WhoGrass,” the band will run through the classic rock opera musical with their string talents. Tickets are $18 in advance, $22 at the door. www.38main.com.
son. 828.369.3675 or www.eagleforkvineyards.com. • First United Methodist Church (Sylva) will hold an Open Door Meal & Sing at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Acoustic bassist Diana Jurss will perform. Church members provide the food and beverages. Public welcome. 828.586.2358.
• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Sept. 23 and 30, a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. All events begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com. • Iotla Baptist Church (Franklin) will host The Rob Mills Family at 6 p.m. Oct. 4. 828.524.7167.
• Friday Night Live (Highlands) summer concert series will have Macon Grass Band Sept. 25 and Southern Highlands Oct. 2. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org.
• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will have Heidi Holton (blues/acoustic) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25 and Carolina Soul Band (R&B/Soul) 8 p.m. Sept. 26 ($10). All shows are free unless otherwise noted. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.
• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will have Polly Panic (cello/rock) at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.
• Mad Anthony’s Bottle Shop & Beer Garden (Waynesville) will have Dave Dribbon (singersongwriter) Sept. 25 and Rye Baby (Americana/bluegrass) Oct. 2. All events begin at 9 p.m.
On the beat
Better Quality, Better Prices
Country music megastar Travis Tritt will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. A country music artist whose style has been described as mainstream country with Southern rock influences, Tritt released his first album in 1989. He was one of the leading new country singers of the early ‘90s, and held his own against other newcomers including Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Alan Jackson.
arts & entertainment
Tritt brings hits to Franklin ON DELLWOOD ROAD (HWY. 19) AT 20 SWANGER LANE WAYNESVILLE/MAGGIE VALLEY 10-5 M-SAT. 12-4 SUN. 828.926.8778 tupelosonline.com
Travis Tritt. Donated photo
Duo combines percussion, saxophone
Smoky Mountain News
A recital by the Bent Frequency Duo will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, in the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University. With Stuart Gerber on percussion and Jan Baker on saxophone, the new music duo will perform six commissioned works, including Engebretson’s “Oceans of Brightly Colored Broken Glass,” as well as Laurie Anderson’s “From the Air.” Gerber and Baker, both on the faculty of the School of Music at Georgia State University in Atlanta, formed the duo as a subset project to their larger new music chamber ensemble, Bent Frequency. They currently are on tour in the East, with scheduled concerts in North Carolina and South Carolina this fall, and Pennsylvania and New York in the spring. They will perform in France in January, including premieres of works by Laurent Durupt, commissioned by a grant from the French American Cultural Exchange. Free. 828.227.7242 or www.wcu.edu.
September 23-29, 2015
Throughout his career, Tritt has had seven albums certified platinum or higher. His highest-certified album was “It’s All About to Change,” which was certified tripleplatinum. He has landed on the Hot Country Songs charts more than 40 times, including five No. 1 and 15 additional top 10 hits. Tickets are $35 per person. www.greatmountainmusic.com or 866.273.4615.
27
arts & entertainment
EARLY EA ARL LY D DETECTION could save your life.
And now now,, it’ss more mor mo e affordable affffordable than ever. ever. If you u ar are e 50 or older, older, or if you are are over 40 with an an iimmediate mmediate ffamily amily h history istory o off pr ostate state cancer r, it’ prostate cancer, it’ss time to start thinking about yearly scr screenings. eenings.
For or just st
20
$
This fall, Haywood Regional Medical Center is pleased to of offer fffer prostate prostate screenings. screenings. To make an appointment, call
Join us on
828-452-9700
September ept 26
for your PSA (blood test) and exam Dr. m with Dr r. Hooper Dr. Steele. or Dr.
September 23-29, 2015
MyHaywoodRegional.com
MountainEats.com
Smoky Mountain News
Let your smartphone be your guide! • Find restaurants nearby • Read descriptions and explore menus • View photos and interactive maps It’s that simple! An online dining directory for Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: 866.452.2251 28
On the beat
Claire Lynch will perform Oct. 4 at Cataloochee Ranch. Donated photo
Claire Lynch to play Cataloochee Ranch Acclaimed bluegrass singer-songwriter Claire Lynch will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Long recognized and praised as a creative force in acoustic music, Lynch is a pioneer who continually pushes the boundaries of the bluegrass genre. In 2014, she won “Song of the Year� for “Dear Sister� at the
• The Maggie Valley Opry House will have legendary banjoist Raymond Fairchild at 8 p.m. nightly through October. Admission is $12. www.raymondfairchild.com or 828.926.9336. • Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will hold community music jam from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed. Free. 828.488.3030.
ALSO:
• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Fat Cheek Kat Sept. 25 and The Dirty Soul Revival (rock/blues) Sept. 26. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m. 828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com. • The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have The Lisa Price Band Sept. 27 and The J.W. Band (country) Oct. 3. Both shows begin at 7:30 p.m. An open mic starts at 6:30 p.m. Free. www.franklinnc.com.
• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will have Jimandi (folk/rock) every Wednesday at 7 p.m. and a rotating series of local performers on Fridays at 9 p.m. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com. • The Stompin’ Ground (Maggie Valley) is now open for live mountain music and clogging at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 828.926.1288. • Tipping Point Brewing (Waynesville) will have Red Leg Huskey (Americana) 9 p.m. Sept. 25. www.tippingpointtavern.com. • Tuck’s Tap & Grill (Cullowhee) will have DJ X 10 p.m. Sept. 24 and Oct. 1, Earth By Train 9 p.m. Sept. 25, Scott Stambaugh 11 a.m. Sept. 27, Through The Hills (Americana/bluegrass) 8 p.m. Oct. 2 and Tyler Denning Band 9 p.m. Oct. 3. • The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin will host a fundraiser with Synergy (singer-songwriter/folk) at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. $12 suggested donation, with proceeds going to the UUFF operating fund. 828.369.8658 or 828.524.3161. • The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will have The Driftless Sept. 25. The Freeway Revival (rock/jam) Sept. 26, The Dirty Soul Revival (hard rock/blues) Oct. 2 and Ashli Rose (singersongwriter) Oct. 3. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
SEPTEMBER 25 TWO SHOWS 7PM & 9:30PM
TONY BENNETT WITH VERY SPECIAL GUEST ANTON IA BENNETT
MASTERS OF ILLUSION : BELIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE OCTOBER 17
GREGG ALLMAN JANUARY 9
OCTOBER 23
Visit ticketmaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000 to purchase tickets.
Show(s) subject to change or cancellation. Must be 21 years of age or older to enter casino oor and to gamble. Know When To Stop Before You Start.Ž Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700. An Enterprise of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Š2015, Caesars License Company, LLC.
We want you t
bi b bigg bite Ouutt ooff L With Dental Implants, You o Ca Replace your denture or missing teeth today Cal l Dr. Highsmith -
82 8.634.7813 828.627-9282
Smoky Mountain News
• Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) will have The 12th Fret (folk/rock) Sept. 25 and The Rough & Tumble (Americana) Oct. 2. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.nantahalabrewing.com.
Renowned bluegrass act Balsam Range will perform during a benefit for the Scott Page family at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Haywood Community College in Clyde. The family recently lost their home and possessions in a catastrophic fire in Canton. They have been deeply involved in the Western North Carolina community for many years, as Cub Scout/Boy Scout leaders, church and college instructors. A $20 donation per person is suggested, with all proceeds going to help the family rebuild their lives. 828.627.2821 or www.haywood.edu.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY
September 23-29, 2015
• Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will have Whimzik (world) at 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Free. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.
Balsam Range to play fire benefit
A GUAR ANTEED G R E AT N I G H T O U T
arts & entertainment
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards. She also won the IBMA for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2013 and was a 2012 recipient of the United States Artists Walker Fellowship. Her career has been decorated with many other accolades, including two Grammy nominations and previous IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year awards in 2010 and 1997. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets, which include dinner and the performance, are $60, and reservations are required. There is also a $25 show only ticket available. 828.926.1401.
CCosmetic, osmetic, G General, eneral, IImplant mplant & LLaser Dentistry C l i n ic a Las Veg A dv a n c
# ,9 $ % . # s 7 7 7 7 $ 2 ( ) ' ( 3 - ) 4 ( # / -
29
arts & entertainment
On the street
October 12th - November 23th 2015 Registration Oct. 12th - 16th KICKOFF Monday Oct. 12th 5:30pm to 6:30pm at the Waynesville Recreation Center Monday October 12th • 8am to 7pm Waynesville Recreation Center
Tuesday October 13h • 8am to 7pm Cooperative Extension
Wednesday October 14th • 8am to 7pm Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center
Thursday October 15th • 8am to 7pm Urban Athletic Training Center
Friday October 16th • 10 am to 4 pm The Fitness Connection
September 23-29, 2015
More Info: 828-356-2272 mhauser@haywoodnc.net www.healthyhaywood.org
Smoky Mountain News
25TH N.C. INFANTRY A group dedicated to preserving American history though battle reenactments, preservation projects and school programs.
Now Recruiting New Members.
Step back in time with us. For details see our facebook group:
25th NC Troops 30
Fall art comes alive at ColorFest
Taste of Sylva returns
The annual ColorFest: Dillsboro Fine Arts & Crafts Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in downtown Dillsboro. Over 40 selected artisans will gather on Front Street (the street closest to the railroad tracks of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad), where they will be demonstrating their techniques and skills, ColorFest returns to Dillsboro on Oct. 3. Donated photo displaying and selling their works of art. Merchants Association, in partnership with Entertainment, mixed with the aroma of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. exceptional food, will enliven the festive This project received support from the environment of the day. Live music will be provided by Celtic musician Glen Kastrinos Jackson County TDA, Champion Credit Union, and the Jackson County Arts (10 a.m.); J.C. Cloggers dancers (11 a.m.); Council, North Carolina Arts Council, a Americana act Dusk Weaver (noon); acoustic folk duo Twelfth Fret (1 p.m. and 2 division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National p.m.); with guitarist Andrew Danner closEndowment for the Arts. ing the festivities. www.visitdillsboro.org. ColorFest is produced by the Dillsboro
Featuring local food, music and children’s activities, the sixth annual Taste of Sylva culinary tour will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, in downtown Sylva restaurants and in the pavilion at McGuire Gardens on West Main Street. Twelve local restaurants will participate, providing a “taste” of menu items to patrons who get to experience almost all the culinary variety Sylva has to offer in a single afternoon. Downtown restaurants participating at their own locations include City Lights Cafe, Cosmic Carryout, Guadalupe Cafe, Lulu’s on Main, Mad Batter Food and Film, Evolution Wine Kitchen, Signature Brew and Sylva Convenient Market and General Store. Sylva restaurants located at McGuire Gardens will include Creekside Oyster House and Grill, Jack the Dipper and Harris Regional Hospital. Eric’s Fish Market will be hosted at Tonic where participants can participate in a fish and beer pairing. Tickets are on sale now at participating restaurants. They are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Youth price is $10 for ages 12 and under. www.mainstreetsylva.org.
• The Drive Away Hunger “Blue Plate Special” will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Andy Shaw Ford in Sylva. A benefit for The Community Table, a nonprofit food pantry, the organization is teaming up with Shaw and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort for the event. Test-drive a new car with a $40 donation, which will be matched by Shaw and Harrah’s Cherokee. There will also be a raffle, snacks, coffee and donuts by Dunkin’ Donuts, root beer from Heinzelmannchen Brewery, as well as a “Car-B-Que” lunch or dinner-to-go. 828.586.6782. • The Peaceful Journey dining event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 30 at Paoletti’s Restaurant in Highlands. Partnering with the Hospice House Foundation of WNC, the charitable event will honor the company, dignity and comfort that defines hospice care. 828.526.4906 or 828.524.8261. • The Peanuts Pumpkin Patch Express will depart at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and noon and 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad train depot in Bryson City. Peanuts characters in costume, children’s activities, and more. For more information and ticket rates, call 800.872.4681 or www.gsmr.com. • There will be a farm-to-table dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Hidden Valley Farm in Clyde. There will also be live music. Tickets are $50 per person. 828.450.2232 or www.hiddenvalleyfarmnc.com.
• Bark in the Park will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Mark Watson Park in Sylva. Dog activities include sheep herding, agility demonstrations, K-9 bingo, costume contest, games, vendors, canine massages, raffles, “Ask the Vet” booth, nail trims, pet photographer, and more. Sponsored by the Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association and the Jackson County Parks & Recreation Department. Free. www.wcdfa.org. • The “Highlands on the Half Shell” will be held from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the amphitheater behind the Nature Center in Highlands. Benefitting the Highlands Biological Station, the oyster and gumbo feast will also feature live music from the Firecracker Jazz Band and a bloody Mary bar. All proceeds go to the station, a nonprofit center and botanical garden.$100 for members, $125 nonmembers. www.highlandsbiological.org/half-shell.
ALSO:
• A live belly-dancing show will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. $7 in advance, $10 at the door. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. • The annual Macon TRACS Blue Jean Ball will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Macon County Fairgrounds in Franklin. BBQ, live music, silent auction and more. $15 for adults, $7 children. Proceeds benefit the Macon TRACS operation expenses. www.franklin-chamber.com.
• “Ancestors and Descendents,” a photo gallery of Glenville notables and their stories” will be the subject of the next Glenville Area Historical Society meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Glenville Community Development Clubhouse. Open to members and the public. Refreshments available. 828.743.1658 or historicalsocietyglenvillearea@yahoo.com. • The annual Waynesville Kiwanis BBQ will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the First United Methodist Church. Drive-through will be available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Plates include pork barbecue, baked beans, coleslaw, roll, homemade cookies and soft drink. Tickets are $10. Proceeds go to projects that support local children. • The “Way Back When” trout dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. The dinner showcases a recreation meal, music, storytelling and atmosphere of a 1930s Appalachian trout camp. Enjoy a wagon ride across the ranch property amid the authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom and Miss Judy Alexander’s first fishing camp. Tickets for the event also includes food and beverage. 828.926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com. • The Maggie Valley Swap Meet & Car Show will be held Sept. 25-27 at the festival grounds. www.maggievalleyswapmeet.com or 423.623.2723.
arts & entertainment September 23-29, 2015
Smoky Mountain News
31
On the street arts & entertainment
Cherokee Indian Fair marks 103 years The 103rd annual Cherokee Indian Fair will run from Oct. 6-10 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. The fair features an array of the usual country fair offerings, from carnival rides to amusements, live music and craft/food vendors. There will also be nationally known entertainers and the numerous competitions. It’s over a century old. It’s a cornucopia of sights and sounds — a treat for all your senses. It’s a carnival and an agriculture show. It’s an art show and a game show. There’s food, music and rides. It’s pure, unfiltered fair entertainment with that unmistakable Cherokee touch: a Ferris wheel, fireworks, and stickball. Stickball has long been known as the “Little Brother of War,” and you’ll find thrilling demonstrations of it mixed into all the traditional fair fun and food. There will
September 23-29, 2015
Folklore Society to meet in Cullowhee
Smoky Mountain News
“Native Voices: A View From the Mountains,” the North Carolina Folklore Society’s 102nd annual meeting, will take place in Oct. 9-10 at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching across from the Western Carolina Campus University campus. The event will feature events and talks that explore Western North Carolina and Appalachian mountain culture. Friday kicks off the weekend with self-led tours, a welcome reception, live music by the Junior Appalachian Musicians and storytelling by Gary Carden. Saturday includes exhibitions, presentations and the annual awards ceremony. Parts of the weekend are free, or you can attend Saturday for $5 ($20 includes lunch). Deadline for lunch registration is Sept. 25. Program and registration information can be found at www.ncfolkloresociety.org. Visitors can come for all of the conference or for just an afternoon. All are welcome.
32
Program on Rutherford Expedition
1-800- V I S I T
Discover the state you’re in.
NC
W W W. V I S I T N C . C O M .
The Swain County Genealogical & Historical Society will host the program “The Hard Story of the Rutherford Expedition in the Founding of Our Nation” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at the SCGHS Library in Bryson City. In 1776, during the War for Independence, an expedition led by Griffith Rutherford sought to eliminate the Cherokee
Stickball teams will square off during the Cherokee Indian Fair. Garret K. Woodward photo
also be an array of authentic Cherokee culture, including archery and blowgun demonstrations, local art, dance, music and more. Award-winning musical guest Erica Nicole will perform on Oct. 10. Admission is $10 per adult, $5 for children ages 6-12. Under age 5 is free. www.visitcherokeenc.com or 800.438.1601.
as a British ally and to punish them for attacking white settlements. In one month, Rutherford’s men left dozens of Cherokee villages in ruins with hundreds of acres of crops destroyed and livestock killed or seized. The program will be presented by Joe Sam Queen. Refreshments to follow.
Sarge’s benefit at Laurel Ridge A night of food, music and live/silent auctions will be held at Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation’s annual Furry Friends Benefit Bash at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville. Before the dinner, guests may visit the silent auction area. The live auction will include vacation packages, special dinners and the opportunity to have a photograph of the winning bidder’s favorite dog featured front and center on the Sarge’s Dog Walk Tshirt for the 2016 event. The event will be a sit-down dinner with two entrées from which to choose. Laurel Ridge Country Club is offering a sirloin steak/chicken Marsala combination or vegetarian entrée, all with side dishes, salad and dessert. Menu selections need to be turned in by Sept. 24. There will be a cash bar. Tickets may be purchased for $75 per person at Sarge’s Adoption Center in Waynesville. Table sponsorships are available for $650, which will reserve a table for eight guests. 828.246.9050 or www.sargeandfriends.org.
On the wall
On the stage
Art After Dark will continue from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in downtown Waynesville. Enjoy a stroll through working studios and galleries on Main Street and Depot Street. Twigs and Leaves Gallery will be featuring a live demonstration by renowned painter, Jenny Buckner. Known for her fanciful animals, magically captured with oil on canvas, her presence in the gallery is highly anticipated. T. Pennington Art Gallery will introduce the 2015 St. Nicholas drawing, titled “The Songs of Christmas.” Burr Studio will feature journal artist Becki Kollat and cold wax painter Zoltan Kollat, who are also the featured artists of the month. The Jeweler’s Workbench will be hosting Q Evon, a local artist from Weaverville. The Village Framer will present the work of Sylvia Cabrera, skilled in multimedia, fluid acrylics and oil and wax. www.downtownwaynesville.com.
Folk school celebrates fall The 42th annual John C. Campbell Folk School’s Fall Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 3-4 in Brasstown. This popular celebration of Appalachian culture features over 240 juried and non-
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for ages 1217 and free for children under 12. Parking is free, but donations will be accepted by/for students from the Tri-county Early College, who will supervise the lot. www.folkschool.org/fallfestival. • The “Come Paint with Charles Kidz Program” will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. $20 per child. Materials and snacks included. 828.538.2054.
The John C. Campbell Folk School’s Fall Festival will be Oct. 3-4 in Brasstown. juried craft exhibitors, selling items such as jewelry, pottery, wood, metalwork and baskets. More than 40 artisans will demonstrate traditional and contemporary crafts. Throughout Fall Festival weekend, music will flow through the trees from two performance stages. The spacious Festival Barn stage, and the intimate Shady Grove stage near the Craft Shop, will showcase diverse music and dance performers. Musicians will share old time, country, bluegrass, gospel, Celtic, French, and blues songs. Appalachian cloggers and Morris dancers will also hit the stage. Children can enjoy pony and wagon rides, as well as a drum circle. Local community and nonprofit groups will offer tasty foods like barbecue, assorted wraps and sandwiches, ribbon fries, kettle corn, ice cream and fried apple pies.
• The films “Pitch Perfect” (Sept. 24-26), “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (Sept. 25), “Spy” (Oct. 1) and “Avengers” (Oct. 3, 8-9) will be screened at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Showtimes are 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee also on Saturday. Free. For a full schedule of dates and times, click on www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.
ALSO:
• “Love & Mercy” (Brian Wilson biopic) will be screened at 7 p.m. Sept. 25, 4 and 7 p.m. Sept. 26, 2 p.m. Sept. 27, 7 p.m. Sept. 29Oct. 2, 2 and 4 p.m. Oct. 4 at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. Tickets are $6.50, with a $3.25 matinee pass for 2 and 4 p.m. showings. www.38main.com or call 828.283.0079.
Who shot Andy Warhol? The musical comedy mystery “Pop! Who Shot Andy Warhol?” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1-3 and also at 3 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Hoey Auditorium at Western Carolina University. Possibly inspired by an actual event and written/composed by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Anna K. Jacobs, every character is a suspect, including the iconic pop art icon himself and all his “Factory” denizens, as they sort out the answer to the subtitle’s question through a score infused with popular music grooves and punctuated by the sound that a gun makes. Tickets are $21 for adults; $15 for senior citizens, faculty and staff; and for students, $10 day of show or $7 in advance. 828.227.2479 or bardoartscenter.wcu.edu. • There will be an open-mic comedy night at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at BearWaters Brewing Company in Waynesville. www.bwbrewing.com.
ALSO:
311-61
a little T Taste a aste of Local Sample Market
THE GRAHAMS The Grahams are a dynamic pop country duo from Nashville TN featuring Doug's masterful resonator slide-work and harmonies that fuel Alyssa's wideranging locomotive voice and storyteller's delivery.
TTuesday, uesday u y, Oct Oct.. 13 13,, 2015 11am-2pm
SAMPLE OPTIONS FROM LOCAL REST RESTAURANTS! TAURANTS! A
Fri. 9/25 @ 7:00pm Sat. 9/26 @ 4 & 7pm Sun.9/27 @ 2 & 4pm
Admission: $6 for adults & $4 for 12 & under
38 N. MAIN ST. • WAYNESVILLE 828.283.0079 TUES.-FRI. 3 P.M.SAT. 11 A.M.-11 P.M. • SUN. 1 P.M.-6 P.M.
38MAIN.COM
Visit www.ChampionCU.com for more details on the event and a complete listing of participating restaurants. Find us on Facebook. Federally Insured by NCUA
Champion Credit Union recognizes that every dollar spent makes a difference when it goes to local businesses. Come out and support these businesses and enjoy a little taste of Local!
Smoky Mountain News
Champion hampion Credit U Union Canton Office "DBEFNZ 4USFFU t $BOUPO /$
Love and Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys.
September 23-29, 2015
Inaugural ugurall Champi Ch Champion i Credit Union
Sunday, 9/27 7 p.m.
arts & entertainment
Art After Dark in Waynesville
33
34
Books
Smoky Mountain News
Book explores persecution of early Japanese Christians n 1549, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier, two companions, and a Japanese translator entered Japan, seeking to bring the Gospel into those islands. Within 30 years, some 150,000 Japanese had become Catholics. The Church continued to grow until the early part of the seventeenth century, when Japanese Shoguns began a series of persecutions, torturing and executing many Christians, and forcing tens of thousands to apostatize. Shusaku Endo’s novel of this persecution, Silence, was first published in 1967. Still little known by many English-speaking readers, Silence nonetheless gathered accolades from such literary lights as John Writer Updike, Graham Greene, and Susan Hill. (Some critics have called Endo a Japanese Graham Greene). Silence has also attracted the attention of Hollywood, with the film scheduled for release in 2016. The director is Martin Scorsese, and Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield play the two Jesuit priests. Based on remaining records and the oral history of the Japanese Christian community — these people secretly maintained their faith for two centuries before the opening of Japan to the world in the mid-nineteenth century — Silence is a stark tale of conflicting beliefs, cultural clashes, devotion to God and to family and friends, and violent suppression. In the midst of these persecutions, one of the priests, Father Ferreira, disappears. Word arrives in Rome that he has apostatized, that he has given up his faith, trampled on the “fumie,” an image of the Christ and the Virgin Mary, and turned his back on his mission. Several young priests, his former students, want to slip into Japan to find him and to help any Japanese Christians they encounter. Of
Jeff Minick
I
apostate himself. For a while, the two priests help the villagers, hearing confessions, baptizing their children, and giving them hope. Soon, however, the samurai ride into the village, intimidate and then torture and arrest a number of the villagers, and the priests find themselves on the run. The remainder of Silence — all of the above occurs in the first third of the novel — follows the two priests and describes how each of them meets the demands of the samurai and the shoguns. Here Sebastian Rodrigues features prominently. Finally apprehended, and knowing the fate that awaits him if he doesn’t deny his faith, he must make a decision. If he holds fast to his Christian beliefs, he dies. If he repudiates his beliefs, he lives. To offer more here would ruin the experience of readers attempting this fine novel. Suffice it to say that the ending of Silence, while not ambiguous, deserves reading and rereading. The thoughts and actions of Father Rodrigues defy a simple interpretation. In addition to the powerful conclusion, readers will find much to treasure in this story. First, there is the idea of faith. How much can a god in whom we believe and trust demand of us? To what lengths must Silence by Shusaku Endo. Taplinger Publishing Company, 1980. 201 we go to show our love for pages. that god? Such questions
these, only Fathers Francis Garrpe and Sebastian Rodrigues, two Portuguese, are successful. After many trials by sea, these two reach Japan, where they are put into contact with a Christian village with the help of Kihcijiro, a Japanese who turns out to be a coward and an
Pulp novel, soul dialogues at City Lights Former Cullowhee resident Marly Youmans will read from her new novel Maze of Blood at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. In Conall Weaver, the mundane world and the wonders of the imagination collide and shoot out sparks. Inspired by the life of pulp writer Robert E. Howard, Maze of Blood explores the roots of story and the compulsions and conflicts of the heart in a Southern landscape. Kelly Jones will present her book Akashic Records Soul Dialogues at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at City Lights. These dialogues occurred over the period of a year between Kelly and Doug and groups of 20-70 people who agreed to have their Records opened by these Masters. The questions ranged everywhere, from the truth of the economy to the nature of relationships ending and beginning, from the changes to the earth to ways to process the large and
small challenges individuals and humanity are facing. Kelly is also a speaker, teacher and through many years of training with Chinese Masters, has learned to “divine the earth” with a special focus on the Flying Stars aspect of Compass School Feng Shui. This experience led her to an encounter with and entrance into the Halls of the Akashic Records where she learned to unearth the divine. 828.586.9499.
Connecting libraries and Hispanic readers The ribbon cutting for the new outreach program, “Las Bibliotequitas,” will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, at the Vance Street Park in Waynesville. Haywood County Public Library is leading the new initiative. Inspired by the Little Free Library movement, they will be installing two little libraries in Waynesville in an effort to spread a love of
don’t derive from antiquity, but remain even today vital inquiries for the majority of our globe’s population. Such questions touch on everything from gay rights in the United States to the practice of sharia law in Europe. Endo’s slant on Japan and its culture is also enlightening. In an interview, Endo once referred to himself as a “mud swamp Japanese,” using that term to refer to the way Japan “sucks up ideologies, transforming them into itself.” For an example of Endo’s idea of a mud swamp, we need only to return to the late nineteenth century, when the Japanese adapted to Western technology so efficiently that they defeated the Russians in war in 1905. By 1942, they had built a Pacific Empire. Following their defeat in 1945, the Japanese morphed into a democracy and a citadel of technology. Endo’s Silence, like Graham Greene’s The Power And The Glory, also looks at the metal of the individual. Some of us are made of tin or iron, some of steel. Kicihijiro, for example, is like Greene’s mestizo, a peasant watching out for himself, wanting to do the right thing but failing again and again, a coward wanting to be a hero. On the other hand, Father Garrpe shows himself to be a man of steel. He dies trying to save three Japanese Christians slated for execution. Finally, Silence asks us to examine our own core beliefs. What do we hold most dear in our hearts? What, if anything, are we willing to die for? What happens when those things we hold most dear are in conflict with one another? How much are we willing to sacrifice to uphold those beliefs? And what do we do with ourselves when we fail to meet the hurdles of belief and honor that we have erected? Shusaku Endo doesn’t answer these questions for us. Instead, he wisely offers them for contemplation. And he writes so well and with such power that these questions will continue to haunt readers long after they have put the book aside.
reading and advertise free services to the Hispanic community in Haywood County, a population the library would like to better serve.
Owenby reading in Cowee Author Roy Owenby will present his latest book Blue Ridge Mountain Bandits at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the historic Rickman Store in Cowee. Born in Nantahala, Owenby has also published The Owl Knows (Appalachian Trail Mystery) and Blue Ridge Mountain Heritage, A Caricature of Southern Appalachian Mountain Life. He is currently writing a novel of his American travels and a book of short stories about military life. The Friends of the Rickman Store invite the community and visitors to the region to an enjoyable morning of storytelling, refreshment and afternoon music. Visitors are invited to enjoy chili and cornbread afterward to celebrate the arrival of fall. 828.369.5595.
Martin to present new chapbook
• Writer and illustrator Karen Jean Leventhal will be presenting a seminar called “Being creative is not only fun, it is good for your health” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Tea Time Emporium in Waynesville. Free. 954.826.7463.
ALSO:
WNC illustrator to present children’s book
828-456-HAUS (4287)
R
Authorized ShipCenter
THE PRINT HAUS INC. GROUP
509 Asheville Hwy., Suite B, SYLVA, NC (Located in the NAPA Auto Parts Center)
828-586-HAUS (4287)
l ecia p S r me Sum % Off&
g 20 ckin ll Pa ricing a ly P Supp
www.ThePrintHaus.com
your friendly, local blue box — smoky mountain news
ARDEN GRACE REEVES SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT Sunday September 27th 1pm Shotgun Start Laurel Ridge Country Club, 49 Cupp Lane (Eagles Nest Rd.) Waynesville, NC Four Person Captain’s Choice Entry Deadline Sept. 22nd $100.00 per person Law Enforcement & Teachers $75.00 per person CASH PAYOUT
Richard Reeves 828-734-9272
Kevin Dawson Magic Show Mulligans & Tee Busters Available Chinese Auction Non-Golfers welcome to dinner & show $12.00
Parker Reeves 828-342-4345
Jan Beaty 828-421-0737
Arden Grace Reeves is the beautiful 18 month old daughter of Bryan Kelly Reeves, a detective with the Waynesville Police Department, and Kimberly “Nichole” Mathis Reeves, a former 2nd grade teacher at Lake Junaluska Elementary School. Nichole passed away on January 28th, 2014 after giving birth to Arden, but her wonderful spirit lives on through her precious little girl. Nichole was passionate about many things, especially education. She loved her days at Lake Junaluska Elementary School, as daily, she helped shape the future of each of her students. In an effort to continue Nichole’s passion for education and to provide funds for the education of her daughter, the proceeds from this tournament will be used to establish a scholarship fund to help Arden Grace pursue a college degree. The family would like to thank everyone who has so graciously been a part of Arden’s life. “She has been a beautiful, bright spot when we have needed it the most. The tremendous support we have received this past year and a half has comforted us all and we thank you for your continued kindness and love.”
Smoky Mountain News
Local children’s author and illustrator T.E. Antonino will present his work Fritz Fombie Have No Fear at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Waynesville Public Library. The story follows Fannie, a fourth grader with a problem. She’s afraid of so many things that she keeps a list of fears on her bedroom door. She’s scared of the dentist. She’s scared when her parents leave for the weekend and she has to deal with a mean babysitter, Buz, and she’s terrified of telling cute Frank Oliver how she feels about him. But more than anything, she’s scared of Stink Warts the Horrible. Scared, Fannie accidently calls upon the great powers of the universe, which send Fritz Fombie. This young zombie helps Fannie confront her worst fears. A Clyde resident, Antonino mentors children in his community, dedicating much of his time to working with special needs children. He had written six pictures books, five middle grade novels and is currently working on two new middle grade novels. Fritz Fombie Have No Fear received The Portland Book Review’s highest five-star rating. He also creates greeting cards and designs crochet hats.
641 North Main Street, WAYNESVILLE, NC (3/10 Mile North of the Courthouse)
September 23-29, 2015
• The Friends of the Library “Books on Tap” fundraiser will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Lazy Hiker Brewing Company in Franklin. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Tickets include two glasses of craft beer or wine, soft drinks and snacks. All proceeds benefit the Macon County Public Library.
! books
Author Brent Martin will discuss his latest book Hunting for Camellia on Horseshoe Bend at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Martin is the author of three chapbook collections of poetry — Poems from Snow Hill Road (New Native Press, 2007), A Shout in the Woods (Flutter Press, 2010), and Staring the Red Earth Down (Red Bird Press, 2014). He is also a co-author of Every Breath Sings Mountains (Voices from the American Land, 2011) with authors Barbara Duncan and Thomas Rain Crowe. His poetry and essays have been published in the North Carolina Literary Review, Pisgah Review, Tar River Poetry, Chattahoochee Review, Eno Journal, New Southerner, Kudzu Literary Journal, Smoky Mountain News, and elsewhere. He lives in the Cowee community and is currently serving as the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for the West.
PLEASE let us take care of your
35
36
Outdoors
Smoky Mountain News
Waynesville rolls out the red carpet for riders BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR t’s all hands on deck this weekend as Waynesville prepares to welcome more than 1,100 cyclists and their families to town for the start of the Cycle N.C. Mountains to Coast Ride. Waynesville was fortunate enough to be selected as the starting point for the weeklong, 500-mile bicycle ride across the state, and town and tourism development officials have been prepping for months to make sure the event goes off without a hitch. Town Manager Marcy Onieal said planning for the event has been a major undertaking for the town staff, but she hopes the end result will be well worth the work. “We’ve never had an event this large where 1,100 people will be descending on the town in one fell swoop,” she said. “But I’m really excited to know we’ll have 1,100 people and most of them have never been to Waynesville before. We hope they’ll come back and visit
I
again and again.” The Waynesville Recreation Center will shut down to the public at noon Friday as cyclists begin to arrive in charter buses from Raleigh and Oak Island. The rec center will provide a base camp for the bicyclists to camp overnight until they start the ride on Sunday morning. Local restaurants and breweries will be catering food and drink at the rec center throughout the weekend, but hopefully cyclists will explore Waynesville during their down time. Everyone in the tourism business will be rolling out the red carpet to show all these guests what Haywood County has to offer. “It’s going to be a pretty crazy weekend. Crazy in a good way,” said George Ivey, a Bethel resident and member of Bicycle Haywood NC who completed the Mountains to Coast ride in 2014. “It’s quite a sight to see. Hopefully it will make a good impression on everybody.”
MAKING AN IMPRESSION The cyclists will be arriving Friday and Saturday but won’t roll out of Waynesville until early Sunday morning, which gives many riders a day or more to check out the area. Onieal said one of the biggest challenges for the town was organizing transportation and coming up with a safety plan to ensure visitors have a positive experience while they are here. She said they were fortunate to have a couple of community members who have done the Mountains to Coast ride in the past who helped with planning on the event committee. “We had to learn about what bicyclists expect for an event like this,” she said. The organizers have definitely pulled out all the stops. Thanks to a grant the town received earlier this year, Onieal said the town was able to purchase and install 30 bike racks around Waynesville just in time for the event. Buffy Phillips, executive director of the
Riders in Cycle N.C.’s Mountains to Coast ride pedal through the mountains. Donated photo
What to expect Sept. 26-27 in and around Waynesville ■ Bicyclists — more than 1,100 riders plus their spouses and children, who will be seeing them off on the weeklong ride — will be arriving in waves on Friday and Saturday, especially Saturday at the Waynesville Recreation Center. ■ The recreation center building will be closed to the public all weekend for the event and then through next Friday for upgrades and maintenance. ■ Cyclists will be on the roads Saturday for “warm-up” rides. ■ Large shuttle buses will be running every 15 minutes from the rec center to downtown Waynesville; shuttles will also be going beween the Waynesville Inn and Golf Resort and the Best Western Inn, the main hotels for cyclists. ■ Pedestrian traffic will be heavy in downtown Friday night and all Saturday. ■ Cyclists will be heading out for the Mountains to Coast ride in spurts between 7-9 a.m. Sunday morning. ■ Expect delays on U.S. 276 all the way out to The Blue Ridge Parkway as the cyclists make their way over to Brevard.
Downtown Waynesville Association, has urged merchants to make a good impression by staying open later on Saturday night and offering special entertainment in front of their businesses. With buses shuttling cyclists to the downtown area from the rec center from noon to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Phillips has alerted businesses and restaurants to be staffed and equipped to handle waves of people throughout the day. “There will be plenty of folks coming to town for the first time,” Phillips said in a memo to merchants. “We are going to make a great impression.” Haywood County Tourism Development Authority staff is also working diligently to make sure all the cyclists and their supporters have a pleasant experience while staying in Haywood County this weekend. Local vendors will be set up at the rec center and there will be live entertainment all day Saturday. Anna Smathers, TDA communications manager, said hosting the start of the ride is a huge honor but also the perfect opportunity to show riders why this area is an incredible place for cyclists to stay and play. “This ride is one of the most popular cross-state rides in the country with over a thousand riders every year. That gives us a lot of exposure with this rapidly growing market of visitors,” she said. “Our hopes are that the participants will fall in love with Waynesville and its surrounding communities and return not only for future rides and events, but they will bring their family and friends for many years to come.”
F
SHARING THE ROAD
So how did Waynesville get lucky enough to be chosen as the host town for such a popular cycling event? Onieal said several factors went into Cycle N.C.’s decision to start the race in Waynesville — the farthest west the event has ever started. With the area’s active bicycling communi-
ty, a couple of past participants in the Mountains to Coast ride reached out the Cycle N.C. and asked them to come see what Waynesville had to offer. When Ragan Williams, Cycle N.C. ride director, came to Waynesville to see if the town had what it takes, he was impressed. “He said our facilities, especially the recreation center, were the best he’s ever seen,” Onieal said.
BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ince the first wheels starting turning in 2010’s inaugural Blue Ridge Breakaway bike ride, cycling has been picking up speed in Haywood County. And as more cyclists have flocked to the annual cruise of Haywood’s scenic byways, the county’s reputation as a cycling destination for the remaining 364 days of the year has grown as well. There might not be a lot of hard data on that yet, but the anecdotes flow freely. “Since we’ve begun hosting the Blue Ridge Breakaway, we’ve had two types of new visitors to Lake Junaluska outside of the Breakaway, and those are people that come for the day just to ride the Blue Ridge Breakaway routes, and we know for sure we get overnight stays from people that decide to stay here and ride the local rides,” said Ken Howle, development director for Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center, also a cyclist and board member of the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority.
S
Read it yourself The Bikes in Beds study examining the economic potential of bike tourism in Haywood County is available online at www.bicyclehaywoodnc.org/news.html.
Cyclists push off from the starting line of the Blue Ridge Breakaway at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center. SMN photo
Richard Felder with BicycleHaywood NC traveled to North Carolina from his thenhome in Houston, Texas, to participate in the Mountains to Coast Ride in 2007. He said the ride was a one-of-a-kind event that allows cyclists to see so much of the state’s beautiful countryside. “Each small town did such a good job of being welcoming,” he said. “It’s just such a nice social atmosphere by the end of the week.” Felder said everyone involved in planning for the event in Waynesville has done an outstanding job and he couldn’t think of a better place to start the Mountains to Coast ride. “I think we have great facilities here and we have so much to offer as far as the downtown area and the scenery surrounding us,” he said. “It’s a big deal and we want to do it right.”
“I don’t have concrete numbers on what those are, but we’ve seen an increase in the number of vehicles with bicycle racks on them since we began hosting the Blue Ridge Breakaway five years ago,” said Howle. Howle, along with an enthusiastic core of Haywood County cyclists and tourism officials, would like to see that increase continue, and they’re actively looking for ways to make it happen. Back in 2011, BicycleHaywoodNC — a bicycle club and advocacy group under the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club — cobbled together grants to fund a comprehensive bike plan for the county dealing with everything from infrastructure to education. This year saw completion of a new study, driven by BicycleHaywoodNC with funding from the Haywood County Tourism Development Authority and the Southwestern Commission, examining the economic impact an uptick of cycling tourism could cause in Haywood County — and a road map to capture it. Called “Bikes in Beds,” — a play on words of the oft-cited goal of tourism professionals to get more “heads in (hotel) beds” — the report examines the changing dynamics of bicycle tourism and the specific opportunities Haywood is best poised to exploit. Cycling is a growing sport, the study says, with a tendency to generate longer
S EE CYCLING, PAGE 38
Smoky Mountain News
WHY WAYNESVILLE?
■ Sept. 26-Oct. 3 ■ Nearly 500-mile ride from Waynesville to Oak Island ■ Tentative schedule for riders Day 1: Waynesville to Hendersonville — 60 miles Day 2: Hendersonville to Shelby — 72 miles Day 3: Shelby to Concord — 78 miles Day 4: Concord to Southern Pines — 79 miles Day 5: Southern Pines to Lumberton — 63 or 100 miles Day 6: Lumberton to Whiteville — 63 miles Day 7: Whiteville to Oak Island — 67 miles
Haywood wants a share of cycling tourists
September 23-29, 2015
Drivers in Haywood County should be mindful of the influx of people this weekend and use caution on the roads. The Mountains to Coast ride doesn’t start until Sunday morning, but cyclists will be using the roads Friday and Saturday to warm up before the long ride. Smathers said the BicycleHaywood NC would be hosting “warm up rides” Saturday so visiting riders can experience the most beautiful routes throughout the county. “Basically, there will be cyclists riding throughout our towns, many rural roads, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the routes leading up to the parkway,” she said. “Since there won’t be just one main route taken on Saturday, I would recommend practicing caution in general throughout the county on Saturday and encourage drivers to share the road, stay alert and watch for blind spots.” Pedestrian traffic around town may be slow and congested as visitors try to find their way around. Residents are urged to be patient as large shuttle buses carry people back and forth from the rec center to downtown Waynesville and the Frog Level area every 15 minutes. Residents may want to give themselves more time to get to where they are going on Friday and Saturday. Come Sunday, more than 1,100 cyclists will depart from the rec center between 7 and 9 a.m. Cyclists will leave the rec center by way of Vance Street to North Main Street and out to Old Asheville Highway. At the roundabout, riders will take Raccoon Road over to U.S. 276, which they will take all the way over the Blue Ridge Parkway to Brevard, and eventually on to Hendersonville for their overnight stop. Residents attending a church service along U.S. 276 Sunday morning may want to give themselves more time to get there.
Cycle N.C. Mountains to Coast Ride
outdoors
Businesses are encouraged to welcome the riders on their marquees. The TDA will have “Welcome to Waynesville” posters for merchants to hang in their windows. While organizers have enough volunteers on board for the event, Smathers said she would love to see residents along the bike route come out to cheer for them as they go by. “The simple gesture is really appreciated by the cyclists and boosts morale, especially right at the start of a challenging, week-long ride,” she said. “We also encourage locals to welcome the cyclists when you see them out throughout the weekend. Let them know you’re glad they are here and wish them luck on their journey ahead.” About 900 of the cyclists will be camping out at a “tent city” at recreation center, while others have booked hotel rooms at Lake Junaluska Conference Center, Best Western in Waynesville, the Waynesville Inn and the Windover Inn.
37
outdoors
CYCLING, CONTINUED FROM 37 trips and larger group sizes than average. Currently, bicycle-related tourism accounts for only about 2 percent of total trips to Western North Carolina, but that figure represents more than $14 million in travel expenditures annually and supports 140 jobs, the study says.
ROOM TO GROW There’s ample opportunity for that share to grow. “There are many miles of rural roads throughout WNC that are popular among local cyclists, but less well known to those outside the region,” the study says, implying that if Haywood were to lay out the welcome mat and steer visitors toward the best bike
Haywood has potential to serve all of those types of visitors. The county is home to plenty of scenic routes — for one, it has the highest-elevation Blue Ridge Parkway mileage of any county through which the Parkway passes — lots of public land suitable for mountain biking and miles of old Forest Service roads sufficient to keep gravel bikers busy for days. Some of these tourism “products” are nearly complete. Others will take a little work to become competitive. “Road biking enthusiasts, without a doubt, is the market that we can penetrate right now, and that’s because of the length of road we have on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the hundreds of miles of wonderful, rural, scenic paved roadways throughout Haywood County that have very low traffic and pass through wonderful communities,” said
September 23-29, 2015
Cycle N.C. sets up camp on the grounds of Brevard College as part of a previous year’s route. Dennis Coello photo
Smoky Mountain News
routes, the county could grow quickly as a destination for multiple types of cyclists. “I think a lot of people, especially if they’re not bicyclists or they’re not familiar, they think of those spandex-clad people or those sleek road bikes that are an element of bicycle tourism, but we did want to showcase in the study the different types of bicycle tourism,” said Don Kostelec, who is based in Asheville and was the lead author of the study (Kostelec rode more than 250 miles of Haywood roads while doing fieldwork for the study). First of all, there are different kinds of bike sports — road biking, mountain biking, an emerging sport known as gravel biking that focuses on exploring unpaved back roads — and there are different kinds of people who partake in them. Those who stand to be enticed by bike tourism opportunities range from high-intensity athletes seeking a challenge on par with the Tour de France to families with young kids looking 38 for a relaxing way to spend the afternoon.
Howle. So, while cycling tourism isn’t limited to, as Kostelec put it, “the spandex-clad,” at the moment that is the demographic Haywood is best suited to attract. Haywood is a mountainous county, with most of its low-traffic roads presenting bikers with challenging climbs and brisk descents. There aren’t any dedicated bike lanes, so cyclists who aren’t comfortable sharing the road with cars might be intimidated. And when it comes to families with kids, there are some low-stress places to go for a ride — Lake Junaluska and the Waynesville Recreation Park, for example — but none of those routes are yet long enough to provide a strong draw for out-oftowners. Those realities provide a challenge to selling bike tourism in Haywood County. But they also provide an opportunity. “A lot of people who are kind of those hardcore people that watch the Tour de France religiously and really are those spandex-clad folks, they want to find a place they
By the numbers ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
$14 million estimated total impact of bicycle tourism in Western North Carolina $150,000 to $170,000 estimated visitor spending per year from the Blue Ridge Breakaway $500,000 estimated economic impact of the 2014 Lake Logan Multisport Festival. 91.5 million Americans went biking in 2013 33 percent of cycling tourists staying overnight $76 spent per day of overnight stay and $50 per day trip 2.8 people in the average group of cyclists Source: Bikes in Beds: How to maximize bicycle tourism in Haywood County and WNC
can test their mettle against the terrain,” Kostelec said. Haywood County provides plenty of opportunity, and with more than 1,000 cyclists preparing to pour into Waynesville for the kickoff of Cycle North Carolina’s Mountains to Coast ride this weekend, the TDA is looking to promote it. This week they’re getting in boxfuls of revised Haywood County biking guides, hot off the presses with five new bike routes added to the existing six. So far, the TDA’s awarded $11,300 toward projects to promote and develop bike tourism in the county and put $6,000 toward a downtown master plan for Maggie Valley, which includes a segment dedicated to developing bike tourism. Later this season, they’re planning to host a community workshop aimed at educating people on bike tourism and the opportunities it presents.
A COMMUNITY EFFORT That workshop is more than a check-off to look good on paper. Buy-in from the hospitality industry and the community as a whole will be key to cycling’s success as a significant driver of tourism in Haywood County. “Probably the biggest things cyclists notice are whether people are welcoming or not,” said George Ivey, a BicycleHaywoodNC member who lives in Bethel. “It’s great to have the signs and the maps and everything else, but if people honk at you unnecessarily or pass you and take a right turn and nearly make you crash into their car, those are the things that really deter a cyclist.” Luckily, hospitality is something Haywood is known for. “I think the friendly attitude overall of people in Haywood County is certainly a big
bonus,” said BicycleHaywoodNC member Cecil Yount. But more specifically, a community that hangs its hat on bike tourism should be aware of the amenities cyclists need and the lingo they use. Cyclists, for example, will want to either take their bikes into their hotel rooms or lock them in some kind of secure, outdoor storage. They’ll need a place to wash their bikes and old rags to wipe them down with, sparing the hotel’s clean linens. Having simple tools like a bike pump or multi-tool on hand at the front desk can go a long way. And adding well-known bike routes and destinations to the hotel’s list of area attractions to share with tourists sends a message that bike tourists are welcome and accepted. If a cyclist sitting in a restaurant tells the waitress they’re there to ride the roads, Kostelec said, “We don’t want their response to be, ‘Oh my god, you’ll get yourself killed.’ We want them to respond, ‘Well, it’s beautiful out there. We have some beautiful roads, and be careful.” “I think it’s really going to take a community effort,” agreed BicycleHaywood NC member Jennifer Jacobson. Safety is often a stumbling block for those considering exploring Haywood’s roads on a bicycle, Yount said, but according to the study Haywood’s accident rate is much lower than that of similar counties. In a comparison of crash rates per 100,000 people for North Carolina counties between 50,000 and 70,000 in population, Haywood County came in last. Of course, it’s hard to pinpoint why, as the statistic doesn’t take into account other data, such as the volume of cyclists in each county. And it’s undeniable that a crash on a bicycle is more likely to end in serious injury than a crash in a car. Still, the study says, “Data suggests bicycling in Haywood County is safe for those who are comfortable riding along roads without shoulders or bicycle lanes.”
AN EYE ON INFRASTRUCTURE In the longterm, everyone involved agrees, it would be great to get some more infrastructure in place to handle and encourage bicycle traffic. Bike lanes, wider shoulders and dedicated bicycle paths would be wonderful, but those are expensive, difficult projects. Especially in the mountains, where topography often makes road widening next to impossible. In the 2011 Haywood County Comprehensive Bicycle Plan, also prepared by Kostelec, several recommended infrastructure projects are listed, nearly all priced in the millions of dollars. Roadwork never
DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITY
A REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY
A PICK-YOUR-POISON OUTDOOR DESTINATION There’s existing traffic, potential for growth and need for buy-in. But nobody’s saying that cycling is or should be Haywood’s sole identity. Rather, the county’s strength — like that of many of the western counties — is in the strong portfolio of outdoor options it offers. “It’s important for Haywood County to have a diverse tourism community, meaning that we have a variety of things that we can offer people based on what their interests are, and cycle tourism is a key part of that,” Howle said. The appeal of cycling benefits from the presence of the other amenities — the hiking, the fishing, the small towns full of festivals and nice restaurants for visiting families. “I think the added value a place like Haywood County has is maybe I ride and love those things but my spouse does not,”
Kostelec said. “Well, this is certainly an attractive enough place that bringing the rest of the family, even if you spent a day or two riding, there’s plenty else for them to do.” With the Blue Ridge Breakaway going strong and a whole new set of cyclists poised to find out what Haywood County has to offer when the Mountains to Coast ride starts Sunday (Sept. 27), the wheels of cycling tourism are beginning to turn. Tourism and cycling groups are hoping they catch momentum. “Everyone benefits from any increase in tourism, because tourists spend money and contribute to the local economy,” Howle said. “Every business — no matter who it is — would benefit from increased visits from cyclists in Haywood County.” Haywood’s not the only county in WNC to have the raw materials to reel in the biking crowd. But for now, it’s the one most aggressively going after the market. “Bicycling is one of those things that’s rising rapidly, and they’re ready to catch that wave like they always are,” Kostelec said of Haywood. According to the Outdoor Industry Association’s 2014 report, bikers’ numbers aren’t exploding, but they are growing, with mountain bike participation increasing by 6.4 percent and road biking by 1.4 percent. “We’re very excited about the future of bicycle tourism for the county,” Smathers said. “It definitely shows it’s a tourism market that works for us and is popular for us, so I know we’re looking forward to seeing where it takes us in the future.”
Freedom From Smoking ® Smoking Cessation Program
The Freedom From Smoking® group clinic includes eight sessions over 7 weeks and features a step-by-step plan for quit ting smoking. Each session is designed to help smokers gain control over their behavior. The clinic format encourages par ticipants to work on the process and problems of quit ting both individually and as par t of a group.
Class Informa Information tion e Tu uesday* fro om 6 – 8 p.m. Classes begin October 6 • All classes are Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center Conference Room 10/6 10/13
Session 1 Session 2
10/20 10/27 10/29* 11/3
Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6
11/10 11/17
Session 7 Session 8
Introduction and Sign-up Stress Management, Health Effffects off Smoking Smok presented by Dr. Scott Skibo Quit Plan Quit Day Quit Updates, Quit Plan Revisions Staying Quit, Weight Management presented by Lauren Teague, MHS, RD, LDN, CDE Getttting Healthier – Physical Exercise Graduation
Smoky Mountain News
A greenway isn’t Haywood’s only chance to link communities via bicycle. To the contrary, as time goes on it’s possible that not just Haywood but all of Western North Carolina could work together to sell itself as the place to be if you like two wheels. “I think in the future it would be helpful to take things to a more regional level and incorporate other options,” Ivey said. A dedicated cyclist who’s ridden across the state with Cycle North Carolina and pedaled the entire 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway and 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, Ivey’s into the long-distance stuff. One aspect of Cycle N.C. that he loved was the fact that the organizers shuttled the bikers’ gear from one town to the next. He got to travel light. What if someone with an entrepreneurial spirit made the same thing possible in WNC? “I think it would be fun to figure out how to work with places like Sylva and Franklin and Cherokee and figure out some different trips,” Ivey said. “People could do a whole four-day circuit.” If a community showed itself to be behind the idea of taking on the bike town identity, a host of entrepreneurial opportunities could appear. For instance, said the TDA’s communications manager Anna Smathers, the TDA gets all kinds of calls from people who want to know where they can rent bikes. Right now, there’s nowhere
in Haywood to send them. A shuttle business, Kostelec added, would be ideal for promoting Waynesville’s proximity to the Parkway. “The Blue Ridge Parkway is a big draw for people that are making multi-day bicycle trips,” he said, “and riding down into Waynesville is an easy thing because it’s mostly downhill, but those people may not be inclined to start the next day with a 20mile climb.”
September 23-29, 2015
But what about cyclists who don’t fall into the category of intense road biker? The mountain bikers, the casual pedelers? The consensus seems to be that mountain biking might be the next market to go after, with a long greenway for families the more challenging goal to tackle. “I would say mountain biking is the next thing they could capture,” Kostelec said. Right now, Haywood’s a gap between destinations as far as mountain biking is concerned. Buncombe and Transylvania counties have significant trail systems — Bent Creek, Mills River, DuPont State Forest — and further west there’s Tsali Recreation Area near Bryson City and the Western Carolina University trail system in Jackson County. “There’s only a small number of mountain biking trails in Haywood County,” Jacobson said. “However, Haywood County is a good central hub to access other more developed mountain biking trails.” So, while Haywood could stand to get some trails of its own — Kostelec’s suggestion is to develop the Rough Creek Watershed trails in Canton for that purpose — there’s some thought that Haywood could start selling itself as a central jump-off point for mountain bikers wanting to have their pick of trail systems in easy driving range. The Holy Grail of bike tourism, however, would be a long greenway — meaning 10 or more miles — giving novice riders and families with young children the separation from traffic they need to feel safe. Such discussions often rope in the Virginia Creeper Trail in southwest Virginia, a 33-mile graveled path along the line of the former Virginia-Carolina Railroad company that’s proven especially revolutionary for Damascus, a little town that’s gone from dying logging community to outdoors hub due largely to its junctions with both the Creeper and Appalachian trails. There’s also the Swamp Rabbit Trail near Travelers Rest, South Carolina, whose mayor has declared publicly that the trail
has done wonders for the small town. But while such corridors may spell success for the towns they traverse, they’re difficult to create. Gaining easement agreements through private property is challenging at best and expensive to fund. Achieving a trail of any length requires navigating the varied regulations of the entities through which the route passes. “A lot of times when trails like that come together, it’s a perfect storm of circumstances that allow for that,” said Sarah Thompson, planning director for the Southwestern Commission, which offered up a chunk of the grant money to complete the Haywood bike studies. Thompson also worked on a 2013 DOT-funded regional bike plan for Haywood, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, Buncombe, Madison and Henderson counties, and the Southwestern Commission is just gearing up to start a similar endeavor for the four remaining western counties — Macon, Graham, Clay and Cherokee. Haywood County already has some pieces of greenway — a mile or so through the Waynesville Recreation Park, a piece over near Lake Junaluska, smatterings in Maggie Valley, Clyde and Canton — and the dream is to someday link them together into one, long trail. That might happen someday, but it will take years, and likely decades, to come to fruition. “That’s something we really need to work on, because the greenway gives us the best possibility for developing a bicycle route that not only tourists would enjoy but would create a more vibrant Haywood County community,” Howle said.
outdoors
comes cheap, and it rarely comes quickly, as projects on state-maintained roads have to wait their turn to rise to the top of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s priority rankings. “As highway projects are planned, it’s going to be important for Haywood County to work with the Department of Transportation around appropriate improvements that would aid in our efforts to encourage cyclists to come to Haywood County,” Howle said. “Those are long-term projects that have to begin now, so that long-term we can see the impact.” In the here and now, however, cycling and tourism groups can work on maps, marketing, amenities — the lower-hanging fruit. The town of Waynesville, for example, has already made some progress there, painting “sharrows” — icons on the road reminding motorists to share the road with bikers — and installing 30 green bike racks all over town.
*Note ONE T Thursday hursday class on 10/29*
Call (800) 424-DOCS to o RS SV VP P. Cost: $25 Pa ayment is due du on the day of class in the form off cash or o check ONL LY. My MyHaywoodRegional.com Ha y w oodR e gional.c om
39
311-24
outdoors
It’s Pet Health Month at Kim’s Pharmacy! Does your pet suffer from: • Allergies • Separation Anxiety • Joint Problems • Or More?
We can help! See our animal wellness products at Kim’s Pharmacy today! 366 RUSS AVE. (BiLo Shopping Center) | WAYNESVILLE
828.452.0911 | www.kimsrx.com
September 23-29, 2015
Locals Love Apple Creek Café! $11.99 Mango Bourbon Pork Tenderloin Lightly seasoned and roasted to perfection. Topped with our signature mango bourbon compote.
$10.99 Fried Chicken A Southern classic. Crispy outside and juicy inside, with our “just right” blend of herbs and spices. $10.99 BBQ Chicken Half-chicken grilled in our house barbeque sauce with the perfect balance of sweet and tangy.
Smoky Mountain News
$9.99 Meatloaf House recipe meatloaf with sweet onions, red and green peppers, and finished with a sweet tomato garlic glaze.
40
Our home style entrees are prepared from scratch with fresh ingredients & care. Lunch: 10:30 A.M. 3:00 P.M. Dinner: 4:30 P.M.8:30 P.M.
$9.99 Country Fried Steak Breaded and fried in our house breading and topped with a white-peppered gravy. So tender it cuts with a fork! $11.99 Southern Catfish Your choice of lightly blackened or cornmeal breaded catfish filets, served with our cayenne lime tartar sauce. $7.99 Vegetable Plate Includes 5 house-made sides. House Made Sides* garlic mashed potatoes, Appalachian style cole slaw, cornmeal breaded okra, mac-n-cheese, fried squash, boiled cabbage, glazed carrots, corn, green beans, collard greens, potato salad & pasta salad Be Sure To Save Room for Dessert Housemade cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, cobblers & soft-serve ice cream *
Sides rotate daily, 5 offered every evening.
To Go Orders:
32 Felmet Street off N. Main St. Waynesville
828-456-9888
www.AppleCreekCafe.com
Volunteers-in-training collect invertebrates caught in a kick net for identification. Haywood Waterways photo
Water quality monitors wanted People wanting to get wet while volunteering to keep an eye on water quality in local streams have a chance to get trained through the one-day Stream Monitoring Information Exchange program, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at University of North Carolina Asheville. The training will teach volunteers how to identify water-dwelling critters and the water quality sampling methods important
for long-term monitoring projects in Haywood County. The data gleaned is critical to establish baseline water quality, which can in turn guide stream restoration priorities and help justify grant applications for water quality projects, as well as detect changes over time. Those graduating the training will help Haywood Waterways Association as part of small groups that sample at least two sites twice a year, in the spring and fall. That adds up to between four and eight hours per year. A $15-20 donation is requested but not required to cover materials. RSVPs required to 828.333.0392 or staff@eqilab.org. Informational videos are at www.eqilab.org.
LTLT named river champion The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee was named the Tennessee River Champion of the year by the Tennessee Valley Authority. “The work LTLT does embodies all the components of this award — partnership, restoration, education and innovation,” said Evan Crews, head of TVA’s Natural Resource Management team. “They have a long and far-reaching impact, and they are a standout organization.” While the Tennessee Valley watershed covers nearly 41,000 square miles spanning four states, LTLT’s project area involves less than 7 percent of that area, which makes the organization’s selection all the more meaningful, LTLT Executive Director Sharon Taylor said. The award comes with a $5,000 prize, which LTLT will use for education programs to teach youth about the importance of clean, healthy rivers.
Wash your car the eco way In an effort to raise awareness of the negative impacts of washing cars at home — the practice causes dirty water to run down the storm drain and into the watershed — Haywood Waterways Association is selling tickets to Autobell Car Wash throughout September. The tickets are good for any Autobell location in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia and have no expiration date. Half the price goes back to Haywood Waterways. Washing cars at a service like Autobell that recycles water and removes pollutants is a better way to go when washing a car, according to Haywood Waterways. $15.99. Purchase by contacting 828.476.4667 or info@haywoodwaterways.org.
Signs pinpoint greenway opportunities in Haywood The results of a plan to install signs demystifying Haywood’s disjointed collection of greenway paths will be unveiled at a gathering 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Canton Recreation Park, upstream from the baseball field. The project, spearheaded by a group under the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals, came about as the result of a $25,000 grant the group landed from the N.C. Rural Center earlier this year. The aim is to make it easier for people seeking green space to see the big picture of greenway opportunities around the county. Free, with RSVP requested. 828.456.3021.
Stargazers to gather at Purchase Knob
Walk around the world — without leaving Sylva A regular group walk to promote a heart-healthy lifestyle has started up in Sylva, held 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Thursday, starting from Bridge Park. Organized by the Jackson County Extension and Community Association, the goal of ECA on the Move is to log enough steps to equal a 24,901.55-mile walk around the globe. Sherrie Peeler, 828.586.4009.
Make the hike, enjoy the view
Kid-friendly event Stock the Pigeon Trout fans are invited to help the N.C. celebrates National Wildlife Resources Commission and Trout Cataloochee chapter stock the Hunting and Fishing Day Unlimited West Fork of the Pigeon River at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Volunteers are invited to bring a clean 5gallon bucket, trash bags and friends to help stock at least 1,000 pounds of fish. Waders are also recommended. It’s the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s responsibility to stock the river, but having a volunteer force to help allows the fish to be dispersed more evenly along the river, resulting in a more enjoyable fishing experience. The group will meet at a parking lot that’s past Lake Logan and before Sunburst Campground off of N.C. 215. The stocking is expected to take two to three hours and will be followed by a onehour trash pickup. Fly rods are welcome for some post-stocking trout fishing. Ron Gaddy, tucataloochee427@gmail.com.
A documentary telling the story of Dr. Carl Schenck, the German forester who managed the Biltmore Estate’s forests and helped lay the foundation of the nation’s first environmental movement, will premier at a screening event 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Biltmore Estate. First in Forestry: Carl Schenck and the Biltmore Forest School, was produced for the Forest History Society by Bonesteel Films and discusses the influence of George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted, Gifford Pinchot and Carl Schenck on the American conservation movement. Tickets include a reception at 4 p.m. including wine, cheese, hors d’oeuvres and mingling with actors. The film will start at 5:15 p.m. $30. Proceeds will go toward promoting the film’s debut on UNC-TV and at the Cradle of Forestry historic site in 2016. www.firstinforestry.org.
find us at: facebook.com/smnews
Smoky Mountain News
A family-friendly event celebrating fishing, hunting and wildlife conservation will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Transylvania County. In observance of National Hunting and Fishing Day, the event will feature activities and exhibits in archery, fishing, outdoor cooking, air rifle marksmanship and safety, fly-casting and fly-tying. Kids will also get to taste different kinds of wild game and play hunting- and fishing-themed games. The event is one of seven the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is hosting statewide. Free. The Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is located just off U.S. 276 in Pisgah Forest, 32 miles south of Waynesville. 828.877.4423.
Film showcasing forestry’s WNC roots premiers on UNC-TV
September 23-29, 2015
A strenuous 10-mile hike to the top of Clawhammer Mountain near Brevard will offer breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Looking Glass Mountain on Saturday, Sept. 26. Organized by the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, the hike is free with registration required. RSVP to Haley, haley@appalachian.org or 828.253.0095 ext. 205.
Nominations are open to recognize the people and businesses most instrumental in promoting conservation this year for MountainTrue’s annual awards. The organization — formed from a merger of the Western North Carolina Alliance, Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance and the Environmental Conservation Organization — will accept nominations through Sept. 30. Categories include: ■ The Green Business Award for a business that’s led in green practices, environmental advocacy and encouraging sustainability in other businesses. ■ WNC Elected Official for an elected official who’s demonstrated a strong commitment to conservation over time or completed a conservation action of singular importance. ■ Volunteer of the Year Award for someone who’s volunteered extensively with MountainTrue. ■ The Esther Cunningham Award for a MountainTrue member who has demonstrated outstanding service in conserving Western North Carolina’s natural resources. ■ Partner of the Year Award for a group
partnering with MountainTrue. Send nominations to Bob Wagner, wagner@mountaintrue.org. www.mountaintrue.org
outdoors
itself, along with the telescopic planets A stargazing event atop Purchase Knob Uranus and Neptune, the Andromeda in the Haywood County portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will kick off the season of clear skies 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. Offered in cooperation with the Astronomy Club of Asheville, the evening will begin with an indoor presentation at the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center on what’s in the night sky during October. Then, the group will Asheville astronomy club members set up the telescopes. NPS photo head outside to take in a 260-degree, Galaxy and many striking star clusters. unobstructed view of the sky as seen from Free, but space is limited and fills up 5,000 feet, far away from city lights. The quickly. RSVP to 828.926.6251. Milky Way Galaxy is expected to show
Conservation award nominations open
41
outdoors September 23-29, 2015
Referendum on tobacco assessment coming up
Symposium to explore mountain plant lore
On Nov. 19, North Carolina tobacco growers will get to choose whether to continue paying 10 cents per 100 pounds of flue-cured and burley tobacco sold in order to support tobacco research and education. Since 1991, the Tobacco Research Checkoff has allocated $300,000 per year for tobacco-related projects at N.C. State University. The most recent referendum in 2009 passed with 92 percent support. “This referendum is extremely important for the future of tobacco production in North Carolina,” says Keith Oakley, president of the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation and state check-off coordinator. Federal funding for tobacco research is no more, he said, and state support has declined, making this “self-help” program vital. A two-thirds vote is needed to continue collecting the money. Farmers have benefited from the checkoff in many ways, including annual training sessions, support for Good Agricultural Practices certification and development of new tobacco varieties, according to Dr. Richard Linton, dean of N.C. State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Contact your local Cooperative Extension office for polling locations. Keith Oakley, 919.515.9262 or keith_oakley@ncsu.edu.
The annual symposium “Rooted in the Mountains: Valuing our Common Ground” at Western Carolina University will be held on Thursday, Sept. 24, and Friday, Sept. 25, this year themed “Plants for Food and Medicine.” The symposium is a collaborative meeting that seeks to integrate indigenous and local knowledge with health and environmental issues. Both Appalachian and Native worldviews are addressed in an attempt to better understand the issues and dynamics of humanity’s place and relationship with the natural world, as well as understand the challenges that arise in an ever-changing world. Rooted in the Mountains also reflects the importance of language, as it is within language that traditional or indigenous epistemologies are preserved. “Rooted in the Mountains reminds us of the power of place,” said Hartwell Francis, director of WCU’s Cherokee language program. “We tell each other about our experiences in these beautiful mountains and we reaffirm our commitments to study together to better understand ourselves in our environment.” Presenters will include Cherokee tribal members as well as professionals, activists, academics and researchers who work with plants. Former WCU Sequoyah Distinguished Professor Tom Hatley will
Smoky Mountain News
give the keynote address on Friday, discussing the human relationship with forests in a talk called “How the Sequoia Got Its Name: Stories We Tell about Forests (and Ourselves).” Other speakers include Cherokee elder Tom Belt and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians cultural resource officer T.J. Holland, who will speak on Thursday about the Cherokee concept of “Duyuktvi,” which deals
with bringing harmony and balance to life. Hours for the symposium are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 24 with a music concert by the Haywood Travelers at 6:30 p.m., and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 25. All activities will be held at WCU’s Health and Human Sciences Building on Little Savannah Road. $125 or $25 for students. www.rootedinthemtns.wcu.edu or 828.227.7397.
Heirloom apples explained Apple historian Dana Holden will expound on the diversity and disappearance of heirloom apples in the final installment of this year’s Village Nature Series at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Cashiers. At one time, more than 1,500 varieties of applies grew in the South, but numbers have dwindled as trees are cut down and the generations familiar with them pass away. “The message that I want to share is that if you have an old tree in your yard, it could be one of a kind,” Holden said. Free. Held at the Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Road in Cashiers. Sponsored by The Village Green and the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust. www.villagegreencashiersnc.com or 828.743.3434.
YOURFULLSERVICE BIKE SHOP FROMKIDS TO CUSTOM! With over 25 years of service you can trust us with all your cycling needs.
Diane E. Sherrill, Attorney
Is a Will Enough? FREE LUNCHEON SEMINAR
October 14
WE ARE OPEN
11:30 AM
and have RELOCATED to 36 Allen St,
Best Western River Escape Inn Dillsboro, NC
BEHIND & across the tracks from the old building.
828.586.4051
SYLVA
42
Jerry Wolfe. Donated photo
MOTIONMAKERS.COM
ASHEVILLE
nctrustlawyer.com
28 Maple St. • Sylva
311-45
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway are always free to enter, but fourth grade students have an opportunity to enjoy all national parks at no charge over the coming year thanks to the White House’s Every Kid in a Park Program. Fourth-graders can visit www.everykidinapark.gov and complete an activity to get a free one-year entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks. The passes cover students and their families and are good from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31, 2016. Fourth grade educators, youth group leaders and students across the country will also participate in the program through field trips and other learning experiences. Teachers can learn about such opportunities in the Smokies at www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/education/index. htm. The goal of the program is to connect kids with the outdoors, inspiring them to
outdoors
Free annual National Park passes offered to fourth-graders WNC's Largest Selection of Granite & Quartz.
Solid Surface Specialists
62 Communications Dr., Waynesville • Appointments Suggested
(828) 452-4747 WWW.SSS-TOPS.COM
Ranger Luketin talks with students about wildlife in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. NPS photo become the next generation of environmental stewards. It’s part of the Find Your Park theme of the National Park Service’s 2016 centennial celebration. President Obama launched Every Kid in a Park with support from federal agencies.
Smokies offers elementary teachers’ workshop
Smokies superintendent to visit Bryson People wanting to meet the new superintendent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have a chance at a Swain Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Swain County Visitors Center in Bryson City. In addition to a chance to meet
Superintendent Cassius Cash, the evening will include light refreshments and access to the Swain County Heritage Museum and Great Smoky Mountains Association visitor center, located in the same building. Hosted by the Great Smoky Mountains Association and the Swain County Heritage Museum. Free. 828.488.3681.
September 23-29, 2015
A free workshop for elementary school teachers 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg aims to help teachers enhance classroom learning. Activities will include a forest biodiversity inventory, learning how to use a crosscut saw and visiting Granny Franny at the Noah “Bud” Ogle cabin to learn about Appalachian medicinal plants. The instruction will be geared to Tennessee learning standards, but North Carolina teachers are welcome. Lunch and $25 stipend offered. Registration required with Lloyd Luketin, 865.436.1292 or Lloyd_Luketin@nps.gov.
Smokies rangers battle graffiti Smoky Mountain News
With the fall season coming, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is gearing up to guard against graffiti — lasting marks that not only detract from the park’s natural beauty but can permanently damage irreplaceable resources. In July, five men were arrested at the iconic stone tunnel at the end of the Road to Nowhere outside Bryson City for defacing park property. “We appreciate the hard work of the park rangers for cracking down on people who mark or deface the peoples’ park,” said Swain County Commissioner David Five men were arrested for tagging Monteith. “People who visit our national the tunnel at Lakeview Drive near park should not have to put up with that.” Bryson City this summer. NPS photo Tagging in the park can result in a penalty as severe as $5,000 in fines and six months in jail. Sometimes, graffiti can be removed — but when it comes to the historic log structures for which the park is famous, that’s impossible to do without destroying historic wood. Report information about graffiti in the park to 865.436.1230.
43
Color run to brighten up Sylva
outdoors
Autumn bike ride to boost Macon charities Oil your bike chain and air up the tires for the 11th Annual Tour de Franklin charity bicycle ride at 9 a.m. Saturday, September 26. The ride will start from event sponsor Smoky Mountain Bicycles. Route lengths of 30, 55 and 66 miles are offered, bringing climbs ranging from a total 2,624 to 6,367 feet and showing off the autumn scenery. With 80 cyclists participating in the 2014 ride, the event has grown in popularity as word of the rides’ beauty and the post-ride meal’s deliciousness has spread. $35 with $45 day-of registration. Fee includes t-shirt and a post-ride meal of barbeque and beer. Proceeds go to Macon County charities including REACH and CARENET. www.tourdefranklin.com or www.active.com. Pam Forshee, 828.369.2881.
Bikers line up to start the ride in downtown Asheville. David Huff photo
828.339.4499 or rensley@jcpsmail.org. Most distance races are polite affairs For a full list of fall 5Ks in the region, where spectators simply offer applause and shouts of encouragement as competitors pass by, but not the Jackson County Early College Color Run 5K, slated for Saturday, Oct. 17, at Mark Watson Park in Sylva. A 1-mile fun run will start at 8:15 a.m. and the 5K will begin at 9 a.m. As runners pass, crowds will fling colorful powder to dye the runners’ white tshirts, corresponding with a similar explosion of autumn color in the mountains. $30, with runners registering by Oct. 5 receiving a free race Jackson County Early College students toss colored powbib, color packet and t-shirt. der on runners last month at a kick-off for the JCEC Proceeds go toward JCEC’s mission of providing free education Color Run 5K. SCC photo at Southwestern Community check out the “Competitive Edge” section of College to high school students. The Smoky Mountain News’ calendar. www.JCECmscr.eventbrite.com
Bike ride pulls in $53K for the Smokies
September 23-29, 2015
The Second Annual Gran Fondo Asheville cycling event pulled in $53,000 for Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year. Presented by BorgWarner and Duke Energy, the Aug. 30 event featured 30, 60 and 100-mile journeys and received support from 52 area businesses at its aid stations. The money will go towards the more than $850,000 in park needs Friends aims to support this year. www.friendsofthesmokies.org.
Tee It Up For Diabetes
Golf Tournament TUESDAY, OCT 6th
Registration starts at 12:30 pm Shotgun start at 1:30 pm $55 per player or $200 per team
Getting ready
Smoky Mountain News
Jacob Cabe clips and prepares his lamb for the 2015 4-H Market Lamb Show. The show was held last week as part of the Macon County Fair.
Enjoy a day on the links at Lake Junaluska Golf Course while giving to a worthy cause! All proceeds go to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
LAKE JUNALUSKA GOLF COURSE 756 Golf course road, Waynesville, NC Lunch Included Hosted by Mountain Credit Union Mortgage 721 N Main St., WAYNESVILLE, NC 828-452-2216 OR EMAIL MARKETING@MOUNTAINCU.ORG
44
Pink it up: annual race raises money for mammograms It’s time to get ready for a relay, race and walking event raising money for breast cancer detection, coming up Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center. The annual Power of Pink Event from the Haywood Healthcare Foundation aims to provide mammograms and follow-up procedures for underserved women in Haywood. It will include a 9 a.m. relay race with categories for male, female and mixed teams; a 5K walk/run at 10:30 a.m.; and a walk honoring victims and survivors at
11:30 a.m. Participants are welcome to bring their dogs along for the races, and Halloween costumes are encouraged. Food trucks, coffee, live music, games, guided stretching and chair massages liven up the event, and the awards ceremony will include a medal for the first dog over the finish line. Awards will also go to the hospital department and school with the highest participation and to the most creative costume. Since 2007, the event has raised money to serve more than 750 women in need through 1,182 mammograms and procedures. $100 four-person relay team. $24 5K, $10 walk; $10 dog walk. Group rates available. Register at www.HaywoodHealthcareFoundation.org. 828.452.8343.
WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • “Employment as a Pathway to Recovery Celebration” is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Jackson County Office of Meridian Behavioral Health Services in Sylva. Food and drinks provided. • The Dauntless Dames Red/Pink Hatters will host a Region 1 Dutch Treat Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, at The Bowery in Franklin. Door prize for “whackiest” hat. 50/50 prize. Newcomers welcome. Pink Hatters include women ages 18-49; Red Hatters include women 50 and older. RSVP: 349.4195. • “Drugs in Our Midst” will be presented at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Dutch Cove Baptist Church in Canton. • Refuse To Be A Victim®, a crime-prevention seminar, will be conducted from 5:30-6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Canton Branch Library. 648.2924. • The Swain County Genealogical & Historical Society will present a program entitled: “The Hard Story of the Rutherford Expedition in the Founding of our Nation” by Joe Sam Queen at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 at the SCGHS Library at 200 Main Street in Bryson City. Networking and refreshments afterward. • Macon County Public Health will hold Rabies Vaccination Clinics for dogs, cats and ferrets on Saturday, Oct. 3, in the Franklin and Highlands areas. $10; cash only. Times and locations are: 9-10:30 a.m. at Highlands Conference Center; 10 a.m.-noon at Iotla Valley Elementary School; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Scaly Mountain Post Office; 1-3 p.m. at South Macon Elementary; 1-3 p.m. at Mountain View Intermediate; 9 a.m.-noon at East Franklin Elementary; 349.2490. • Two ribbon cutting for the installation of Bibliotequitas (Little Libraries) being installed in two different locations in Waynesville. The first is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Oct. 5 at Vance Street Park. The Bibliotequitas are an outreach of free services to the Hispanic community in Haywood County. Another ribbon cutting is set for 4:45 p.m. at La Mexicanita. 648.2924. • Qualla Boundary Historical Society meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Everyone is welcome. • Winter Lights tickets are on sale now at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • “Brown Bag at the Depot” – an opportunity to gather with neighbors – is at noon every Friday at Sylva’s newest park at the corner of Spring and Mill Street along Railroad Ave. For info, contact Paige Dowling at townmanager@townofsylva.org. • Oconaluftee Indian Village, which replicates 18thcentury Cherokee Life, is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Oct. 17 in Cherokee. More info at visitcherokeenc.com.
BUSINESS & EDUCATION
Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings • Foundation Fair, a networking opportunity for nonprofits and foundations, will be held on Sept. 24 at the Harrah’s Conference Center in Cherokee. Morning session is from 10 a.m.-noon; afternoon is from 1-3 p.m. 919.967.7410, dgillooly@ncgranmakers.org, http://www .ncgrantmakers.org/?page=FoundationFair2015. • A free elementary teacher workshop will be presented by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Gatlinburg, Tenn., area of the park. Lunch, prizes, free educational materials and a $25 stipend will be offered to teachers who attend. For info or to register, contact Lloyd Luketin at Lloyd_Luketin@nps.gov or 865.436.1292. • A one-day Servsafe class is scheduled for Sept. 29 at Maggie Valley Inn. www.safefoodinstruction.com. • “How to Find Your Customers” is the topic of a free seminar presented by Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Registration required: www.ncsbc.net. For info, contact Tiffany Henry at 339.4211 or t_henry@southwesterncc.edu. • Downtown Bryson City Merchants Association will hold a meeting from 8-9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Chamber. www.GreatSmokies.com.
FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Balsam Range will perform during a benefit for the Scott Page family at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Haywood Community College in Clyde. The family recently lost their home and possessions in a catastrophic fire in Canton. $20 donation per person is suggested. 627.2821 or www.haywood.edu. • A “Drive Away Hunger” fundraiser for the Community Table in Sylva is scheduled for Sept. 30 at Andy Shaw Ford. The Community Table will get $40 for every test drive of a new Ford. Dunkin’ Donuts (free donuts from 9-11 a.m.) and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort (11 a.m.-5 p.m., $7 donation for a barbecue meal) will provide food, and Heinzelmannchen Brewery will have homemade root beer. • An Open Door Meal & Sing is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the First United Methodist Church of Sylva. Meal and beverages provided. 586.2358.
• Successful Entrepreneurship Series will be offered from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays through Nov. 17 at Western Carolina University’s Biltmore Campus in South Asheville. Free. 712.5918, wendy@cmtcoatings.com or 712.5918.
• The Peaceful Journey dining event will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 30 at Paoletti’s Restaurant in Highlands. Partnering with the Hospice House Foundation of WNC, the charitable event will honor the company, dignity and comfort that defines hospice care. 526.4906 or 524.8261.
• A Budgeting 101 Financial Education Class will be presented from 5:30-7 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the Waynesville Library’s auditorium. Increase your financial IQ and learn how to create a realistic budget, pay down debt and manage bills. Free. Reservation required: 452.7960. Attendees receive free class materials and a light meal. Presented by On Track Financial Education & Counseling; sponsored by Haywood Habitat for Humanity and Haywood County Board of Realtors.
• Sarge’s Animal Rescue Foundation will hold its seventh annual Furry Friends Benefit Bash at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, at the Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville. Food, music and auctions. Cash bar. Menu selections for sit-down meal due by Sept. 24. $75 tickets available at Sarge’s Adoption Center in Waynesville. $650 table sponsorships also available. www.sargeandfriends.org/furryfriends.html or use “Donate Social” button on Sarge’s Facebook page. 246.9050 or www.sargeandfriends.org.
Smoky Mountain News
• Friends of the Library will hold a library fundraiser with the theme “Books on Tap” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, at Lazy Hiker Brewing Co. in Franklin. Tickets: $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Tickets include two glasses of craft beer or wine, two soft drinks or waters and snacks. 524.3600. • The Kiwanis Club of Waynesville’s 51st annual BBQ fundraiser is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Lunch is served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner is 5 a.m.-7 p.m. A drive-thru is available from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. barbecue pork, bun, coleslaw, baked beans, cookies and soft drink. $10. 925.5505. • The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin will host a fundraiser with Synergy (singer-songwriter/folk) at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. $12 suggested donation, with proceeds going to the UUFF operating fund. 369.8658 or 524.3161. • The annual Macon TRACS Blue Jean Ball will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Macon County Fairgrounds in Franklin. Barbecue, live music, silent auction and more. $15 for adults, $7 children. Proceeds benefit the Macon TRACS operation expenses. www.franklin-chamber.com.
HEALTH MATTERS • “ECA on the Move!” – a walking program organized by Jackson County Extension and Community Association – meets from 9-10 a.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. It’s an effort to meet the American Heart Association’s recommendation of 10,000 steps per day. 586.4009. • Al-Anon, a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who believe their lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking, meets at 10 a.m. on Saturdays at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 356.2800. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, at Haywood Lodge and Retirement Center in Waynesville. 456.8365. or www.redcrossblood.org. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2:30-7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, at Ratcliffe Cove Baptist Church in Waynesville. 646.1703. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1:30-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Prentiss Church of God in Franklin. 524.4976. • Southwestern Community College’s annual Health Fair is scheduled for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Burrell Building on the college’s Jackson Campus. All 15 of SCC’s health sciences programs and 40 vendors from throughout the area will have exhibits, and the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive to coincide with the event from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. For more info, contact Amanda Allen at 339.4305 or a_allen@southwesterncc.edu. • Senior Life Solutions at Swain Community Hospital will host an education event on Later Life Depression at noon on Oct. 1 at its office at the hospital. Light refreshments will be provided. Program therapist John Stoeckel, LCSW, will offer a presentation on how depression can affect people later in life and potential methods for dealing with loss and change. 488.4027. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 in the Burrell Building of Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus in Sylva. 800.733.2767 or www.redcrossblood.org. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1-5:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Jackson County Department of Aging in Sylva. 800.733.2767 or www.redcrossblood.org. • Sylva Garden Club meets at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
45
All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. Oct. 6, at the Sylva Presbyterian Church. Program is “Medicinal Use of Plants” presented by James Wallace, Jr., Emeritus Professor at Western Carolina University’s Biology Department. Open to the public. www.facebook.com/SylvaGardenClub. • An event to address Advance Directives will be presented by Haywood Regional Hospice & Palliative Care from 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Senior Resource Center. Free. 800.424.DOCS. • It’s Liver Awareness Month, and The American Red Cross will the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to support patients undergoing liver and other types of transplants throughout October. • The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1:30-6:30 p.m. on Oct. 6 at Hazelwood Elementary School in Haywood County. 800.733.2767 or www.redcrossblood.org.
RECREATION AND FITNESS • The second round of open play bubble soccer will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays through Sept. 24 at the Cullowhee Recreation Center. Must be 18 or older. All females from 7-7:45 p.m.; co-ed from 7:45-9 p.m. $1 per person. 293.3053 or jenniferbennett@jacksonnc.org.
POLITICAL CORNER • The Jackson County branch of the NAACP will announce winners of its first Humanitarian Awards at a “Hats Off” celebration at 4 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Best Western. Free; public is invited. A reception will follow with refreshments and live music.
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • A Project Leader Gathering for Operation Christmas Child of Western North Carolina is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, at First Assembly of God Church in Franklin. Project Leaders promote Operation Christmas Child for their churches, schools, community groups and/or businesses. RSVPs are requested: wncocc@yahoo.com or 342.6311. • Redeemer Church, PCA, will celebrate the opening of its new location at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 86 Story Book Lane in Sylva. • Iotla Baptist Church (Franklin) will host The Rob Mills Family at 6 p.m. Oct. 4. 524.7167.
AUTHORS AND BOOKS • Judy Fishel presents “Straight A’s are NOT Enough” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. Stories, metaphors, images and comic strips reveal ways to learn effectively. 456.6000. • A story of five wild young orphan raccoons will be the topic of conversation when local author Roy Owenby presents his new book entitled “Blue Ridge Mountain Bandits” at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Rickman Store in Franklin. Chili and cornbread will be served afterward. Search Friends of the Rickman Store on Facebook or call 369.5595 for more information. • Writer and illustrator Karen Jean Leventhal will present a seminar called “Being creative is not only fun, it is good for your health” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Tea Time Emporium in Waynesville. Free. 954.826.7463.
wnc calendar
• T. E. Antonino will hold a book reading and signing for his new book for middle-graders: “Fritz Fombie Have No Fear” at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in the children’s department of the Haywood County Public Library in Waynesville. Books will be available for sale. The book is about children overcoming fear. • Judy Fishel will present her book “Straight A’s are NOT Enough” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. 456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com. • Author Brent Martin will read from his newest book, “Hunting for Camellias on Horseshoe Bend” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. http://sapsncga.blogspot.com. 524.3600. • Former Cullowhee resident, Marly Youmans will read from her new novel “Maze of Blood” at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 at City Lights Bookstore. 586.9499. • Kelly Jones will present her book “Akashic Records Soul Dialogues at 3 p.m. on Oct. 3 at City Lights. 586.9499. • Tickets for Ron Rash’s presentation of his new book, “Above the Waterfall” are available with a purchase of the book at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville. The presentation is 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES •A weekly manipulation card game group is forming through the Haywood County Senior Resource Center. If interested, contact Michelle Claytor at mclaytor@mountainprojects.org or 356.2813. • Senior croquet for ages 55 and older is offered from 9-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Vance Street Park in front of Waynesville Recreation Center. Free. For info, contact Donald Hummel at 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.
September 23-29, 2015
• An iPhone/iPad user group meets from 2-3 p.m. on
Tuesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813. • Senior Sale Day is on the third Friday of every month at the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. Patrons 60 and older get 20 percent off all purchases. Proceeds benefit the Sylva Library.
KIDS & FAMILIES • Registration is underway for youth tennis Lessons that will be offered this fall by the Jackson County Parks/Recreation Department. Lessons start Oct. 13 in two divisions: ages 5-8 and ages 9-13. Register at the Recreation Center in Cullowhee. For info, call 293.3053. • Home-school adventure paddle sessions are offered from 1-2:45 p.m. through October at Lake Junaluska. $45 for members (for an eight-week session) or $55 for nonmembers. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillnenc.gov. • Art Day for Kids is from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 and Nov. 11 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. For ages seven and up. $35 per child/session. Registration includes lunch; scholarships available. http://tinyurl.com/ok83zlj. • “Block Fest™” event – an exhibit consisting of five different block stations – is scheduled for children and parents on Saturday, Sept. 26 at First Baptist Church of Waynesville. Information on how children learn math and science. The entire time for a family in the exhibit is one hour. Sessions are offered starting at 9:15, 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free. Sign up: 456.8995, varnold@karehouse.org or trossi@karehouse.org. • A Teen Advisory Group open to fifth-through12th graders will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. on Sept. 30 at Macon Library in Franklin. 524.3600. • The Peanuts Pumpkin Patch Express will depart at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and noon and 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4 at
• A “Nature Nuts” program on raccoons is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. Story time, craft and game. For ages 4-7. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org.
KIDS MOVIES • “Home” – a Dreamworks animated film – will be shown as a free kids movie at noon and 2 p.m. on Saturdays in September at The Strand in Waynesville. PG. 1:34. • A family movie about five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 will be shown at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. Popcorn will be served. For more info, including movie title, call 488.3030.
• John C. Campbell Folk School’s 42nd Fall Festival is from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Oct. 3-4 in Brasstown. The work of 240 craftspeople will be on display. Live music, dance, craft demonstration, kids activities. $5 adults; $3 for ages 12-17; Free for kids under 12. www.folkschool.org or 800.FOLK-SCH.
A&E
• Highlands on the Half Shell will be hosted by Highlands residents from 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, to benefit Highlands Biological Foundation. Oyster, gumbo and performances by Asheville’s Firecracker Jazz Band and Bloody Mary Bar. $100 for members; $125 for nonmembers. Dress is “Cajun Casual.” www.highlandsbiological.org/half-shell.
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • Maggie Valley Swap Meet and Car Show is Sept. 2527 at Maggie Valley Festival grounds. Maggievalleyswapmeet or 423.623.2723. • A family hiking day celebration is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26, at Fontana Village Resort in Fontana Dam. Free. Includes guided hikes, nature activities and crafts, educational presentations. 498.2211.
Schooled —HORACE KEPHART
09
7
In the Footsteps of Grandma Gatewood Road Food: MoonPies & Boiled Peanuts
SUBSCRIBE: www.smliv.com OR
46
ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • “Fox on the Fairway” will be presented on weekends through Oct. 4 at HART Theatre in Waynesville.
PLUS ADVENTURE, CUISINE, READING, MUSIC, ARTS & MORE
wood turning, fly-fishing, & more
smliv.com
Smoky Mountain News
“In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.”
+ Basket weaving,
74820 08682
www.visitcherokeenc.com or 800.438.1601.
Get Schooled in Appalachia In the Footsteps of Grandma Gatewood Road Food: MoonPies & Boiled Peanuts Smokies Ancestry
in Appalachia
0
• The 103rd annual Cherokee Indian Fair will run from Oct. 6-10 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. $10 per adult, $5 for children ages 6-12. Under age 5 is free.
In this issue:
Get
$5.95US $6.95CAN
• The sixth annual “Taste of Sylva” is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. on Oct. 3 in downtown Sylva. Local food, live street music, kids’ activities and more. Twelve local restaurants are participating. Tickets: $20 in advance; $25 at the door. $10 for children 12 and under. www.mainstreetsylva.org.
A
Celebrating THE Southern Appalachians
MAKE A FAMILY HEIRLOOM TAKE BETTER PHOTOS BREW YOUR OWN BEER FORAGE FOR DINNER
• The annual Scarecrow Festival will be held Oct. 131. Homeowners, businesses, schools and organizations are invited to compete and support the Swain County Schools Foundation. Winners will be announced on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Chili Cook Off & Fall Festival. Entry fee is $25. Pick up an application at the Swain County Chamber of Commerce or download at: www.greatsmokies.com/Pdfs-weeklyevents/Scarecrows-Oct-2015.pdf.
bi-monthly magazine that covers the southern Appalachian mountains and celebrates the area’s environmental riches, its people, culture, music, art, crafts and special places. Each issue relies on regional writers and photographers to bring the Appalachians to life.
SORGHUM | WATER ADVENTURES | CRAFT SCHOOLS | ELK RUT SEASON AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2015
the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad train depot in Bryson City. Peanuts characters in costume, children’s activities, and more. For more information and ticket rates, call 800.872.4681 or www.gsmr.com.
866.452.2251
Cherokee Casino Resort. Tickets start at $27.75. www.Ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000.
• The Bascom (Highlands) will host the 5th annual “Beatlemania” with The BackBeat (Beatles tribute) at 6 p.m. Sept. 25. $50 per person, which includes heavy hor d’oeuvres and a cash bar. www.thebascom.org.
• The HillBenders present Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at The Strand in Waynesville. Tickets are $18 in advance or $22 at the door. Bluegrass meets the music of The Who. www.38main.com.
• The “Way Back When” trout dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Tickets for the event also includes food and beverage. 926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.
• Boogertown Gap (Traditional) will perform from 6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 3 at the Depot in Bryson City. Part of the Music in the Mountains free concert series. www.greatsmokies.com.
• Larry the Cable Guy will perform at 7 and 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. Open to guests 18 and older. www.ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000.
• Eagle Fork Vineyards (Franklin) will host “Wine Under The Stars” music and dining event from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 3. $15 per person. 369.3675 or www.eagleforkvineyards.com.
• Friday Night Live (Highlands) summer concert series will have Macon Grass Band Sept. 25 and Southern Highlands Oct. 2. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.highlandschamber.org.
• Sarah Harkins (flute), Jonathan Wilkes, PhD (piano) and Carla Woodmansee (clarinet) – a musical collaboration known as “Synergy” – will perform at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin. $12 donation per person with proceeds benefiting the UUFF Operating Fund. To reserve tickets, call 369.8658 or 524.3161.
• Blue Ridge Music Trails “Traditions” Concert is set for 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Mountainside Outdoor Theatre in Cherokee. Irons in the Fire, Blue-Eyed Girl and Longtime Rounders will perform. Tickets: $15; available at theatre’s box office or by calling 497.2111. Presented by Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership as part of the Blue Ridge Music Trails Program, and is sponsored in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation. • Balsam Range, winners of the 2014 Entertainer and Vocal Group of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association, will perform at Mountain Heritage Day along with more than a dozen other performers on Saturday, Sept. 26, on Western Carolina University’s Campus in Cullowhee.
• The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have The J.W. Band (Country) Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Free. An open mic jam session begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com/pickin.html • Claire Lynch (Bluegrass) will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4 at Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. Dinner and show is $60 at 7 p.m. and show only tickets are $25. 926.1401. • Donna Hughes (Bluegrass) will perform from 6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Depot in Bryson City. Part of the Music in the Mountains free concert series. www.greatsmokies.com. • The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have Curtis Blackwell (Bluegrass) Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Free. An open mic jam session begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com/pickin.html.
• The Grahams (Modern Country) perform on Sunday, Sept. 27, at The Strand in Waynesville. Tickets cost $15 in advance or $18 at the door. www.38main.com.
• The Freeway Revival (rock) will perform as part of the Groovin’ On the Green in Cashiers at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 23 at 9 p.m., at Village Commons in Cashiers. Free. Family friendly. visitcashiersvalley.com.
• A recital by the Bent Frequency Duo (sax, percussion) will be hosted by the Western Carolina University School of Music at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, in the recital hall of the Coulter Building in Cullowhee. Free; open to the public. 227.7242. • Western Carolina University’s Mainstage season tickets are now available. The season opens with “Pop! Who Shot Andy Warhol?” – a musical comedy running Oct. 1-3. Season tickets for two musicals and two drams are $50 for adults, $40 for senior citizens, faculty and staff and $20 for students – a 30-percent savings on individual event prices. Info: 227.7491. Tickets: 227.2479 or bardoarscenter.wcu.edu.
• Country music artist Travis Tritt will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $35. www.GreatMountainMusic.com or 866.273.5615. • Live Bellydancing show will be held at Mad Batter Food and Film on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. $7/advance and $10/door. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com • There will be a farm-to-table dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Hidden Valley Farm in Clyde. There will also be live music. Tickets are $50 per person. 450.2232 or www.hiddenvalleyfarmnc.com. • Shinedown will perform on Oct. 3 at Harrah’s
• A Journal To the Self Workshop is scheduled for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 25 and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Andrews Public Library. 10 for workbook. 400.5851 for questions and to register. • A multi-generational, hand-building pottery class entitled “Play for All Ages” will be taught by Molly Suminski from 4-5:30 p.m. on Mondays through Sept. 26, at Cowee Pottery School five miles north of Franklin on NC 28. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • Cowee Pottery School will offer a class on centering, throwing, trimming and glazing a variety of forms from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays through Sept. 29 five miles north of Franklin on NC 28. Instructor is Lydia Patillo. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • A hand-building class will be taught by Hank Shuler from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesdays throughout September at Cowee Pottery School five miles north of Franklin on
Smoky Mountain News
• Kora Master Sean Gaskell will perform a musical concert at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Free. The Kora is a 21-stringed harp from West Africa. 586.2016. Co-sponsored by Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.
CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • “Native Voices: A View From the Mountains,” the North Carolina Folklore Society’s 102nd annual meeting, will take place in Oct. 9-10 at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching across from the Western Carolina Campus University campus. Parts of the weekend are free, or you can attend Saturday for $5 ($20 includes lunch). Deadline for lunch registration is Sept. 25. Program and registration information can be found at www.ncfolkloresociety.org.
September 23-29, 2015
• Blue Caboose Toe (Bluegrass) will perform from 6:30-8 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Depot in Bryson City. Part of the Music in the Mountains free concert series. www.greatsmokies.com.
• The Pickin’ on the Square (Franklin) summer concert series will have Lisa Price Band Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Free. An open mic jam session begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com/pickin.html
wnc calendar
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. on Sunday. Harttheater.org or 456.6322.
47
wnc calendar
NC 28. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • A hand-building pottery class entitled “Advanced Doowhockers” will be taught by Hank Shuler from 1-5 p.m. on Sundays through Sept. 27 at Cowee Pottery School five miles north of Franklin on NC 28. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • A hand-building pottery class entitled “Hand Building for Gifts” will be taught by Hank Shuler on Thursday afternoons in September at Cowee Pottery School five miles north of Franklin on NC 28. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • A pottery wheel class will be taught by Doug Hubbs from 8:30-11:30 a.m. on Fridays from through Oct. 2 at Cowee Pottery School five miles north of Franklin on NC 28. Registration fee is $7 per class meeting per student plus the cost of clay at $17 per 25 pounds. 524-7690, info@CoweePotterySchool.org or www.coweepotteryschool.org. • ColorFest Fine Arts & Fine Crafts Fair is scheduled for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, in Dillsboro. More than 40 selected artisans will demonstrate techniques and skills and display and sell there art. Food and entertainment.
Smoky Mountain News
September 23-29, 2015
• The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 a.m. on Oct. 3 in the Jackson County Justice Center parking lot for a carpool to Columbus, Ga., for its Fall Tour. The trip includes guided tours of the Civil War Museum in Columbus and the Andersonville prison site as well as the POW museum. $30, plus $79.74 hotel cost for those who reserve by Sept. 26; $91.24 after. For hotel reservation, call 706.653.7004. For info on the trip, call Richard Smith at 293.5924. • A pastel painting workshop will be offered from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 5-6 by Southwestern Community College at the Senior Center in Cashiers. Learn your own creative style by painting autumn leaves. 339.4426.
ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • “The Wild Critter Adventures” photography exhibit featuring the work of Ed and Cindy Boos will be on display throughout September at the Macon County Public Library in September. 524.3600.
mobile technology to help you get a lot less mobile.
Log on. Plan a trip. And start kicking back. 48
• The Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University’s museum of Appalachian culture, is back at full operation after a summertime move from H.F. Robinson Administration Building to space at WCU’s Hunter Library. The exhibit “Collecting for the Community,” an exploration of the diversity and variety to be found in Western North Carolina, is now on display in the museum’s new 1,500-square-foot gallery on the first floor of the library. Visiting hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with extended hours until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. • A display by Haywood Community College’s Creative Arts Quilting and Upholstery classes entitled “A Conversation Piece” is on exhibition through Sept. 24 at HCC’s Creative Arts Department. A closing reception with light refreshments is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. • A photography exhibit featuring the work of Cathryn Griffin, professor of photography at Western Carolina University, will be on display through Friday, Sept. 25, at WCU’s Fine Arts Museum in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center in Cullowhee. Admission to the museum is free. Open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and until 7 p.m. on Thursdays. 227.3591.
Orchids and Irises in the Garden: The Works of Jamie Kirkell will be on display through Oct. 4 at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org. • Second Glance: The Quilt Art of Janice Maddox is on display through Oct. 4 at the Arboretum in Asheville. www.ncarboretum.org.
FILM & SCREEN • The films “Pitch Perfect 2” on Sept. 24 at 6:30/8:30, Sept. 25 at 6:30, and Sept. 26 at 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.), “Rocky Horror Picture Show” on Sept. 25 at 9 p.m., “Spy” on Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and “Avengers, Age of Ultron” on Oct. 3 at 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Oct. 8-9 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. will be screened at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com. • “Love & Mercy” (Rated R, 1:29) will be shown From Sept. 25-Oct. 7 (except for Mondays and Saturday, Oct. 3) at The Strand in Waynesville. Showtimes at www.38main.com
Outdoors • Kayaking paddle sessions will be offered from 9:3011:30 a.m. on Thursdays this fall at Lake Junaluska. $8 members; $12 for nonmembers. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillnenc.gov. • The Highlands Plateau Greenway will conduct its monthly workday from 9 a.m.-noon on Oct. 17 and Nov. 21. To participate, email Ran Shaffner at highlandsgreenway@nctv.com or call 526.5622. • The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Excursion is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 23. Travel to Cataloochee Valley. $35 for new members; $10 for existing members. Reservations required: 526.1111 or Julie.hitrust@earthlink.net. www.hicashlt.org. • A bird walk along the Greenway, sponsored by Franklin Bird Club, is scheduled for Sept. 23. Meet at Salali Lane at 8 a.m. Parking is off Fox Ridge Road, just south of Franklin Flea Market on Highlands Road. 524.5234. • An Eco-tour entitled “HLCT’s Annual Elk Excursion” will be offered by Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust on Sept. 23. $35 for new members; $10 for existing members. Reservations required: Julie.hitrust@earthlink.net 526.1111. www.hicashlt.org. • A Hunter Education Course will be offered from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 23-24, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org. • A National Hunting and Fishing Day Celebration will be observed from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. Activities for all ages include archery, BB gun shooting range, tree stand safety and more. 877.4423 or lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org. • Asheville’s Center for Honeybee Research will present a one-day seminar entitled “Bees, Fungi and Man: Our Planet in Balance” from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Haywood Community College in Clyde. $55 per ticket or $100 for two. Register and purchase tickets online at www.chbr.org/Sept26Event.aspx. • A short, moderate “Salamander Hike” is scheduled for 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Purchase Knob in Haywood County. The area is known to have 30 salamander species. Event is part of Haywood Waterways’ “Get to Know Your Watershed” series. Free. RSVP by Sept. 23 to Christine O’Brien at Christine.haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 476.4667.
wnc calendar
The Deals at Harry’s are Closer Than You Think 2015 BUICK ENCLAVE & ENCORE 0% FOR 60 MONTHS*
2015 CADILLAC ATS TURBO STARTING AT $33114**
2016 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV NOW IN STOCK September 23-29, 2015
2015 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB & DOUBLE CAB 40 NOW AVAILABLE
STARTING AT $33262***
*wac **stock #c15007 tax, tag, title, $285 admin. Fee not included ***must be credit union member for minimum 60 days prior to purchase
Smoky Mountain News
819 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806 Sales: (828) 348-0616
HarrysOnTheHill.com
Service: (828) 348-0873 49
wnc calendar
• The premiere of the documentary “First in Forestry: Carl Schenck and the Biltmore Forest School” is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville. $30. RSVP tickets are required and can be purchased at www.firstinforestry.org. Proceeds will be used to promote the debut of the full-length film on UNC-TV and a shorter version for viewing at the Cradle of Forestry Historic Site in early 2016. • WNC Stream Volunteers are being sought to participate in a training on water quality sampling method in several WNC counties. The training is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, at UNC Asheville. After attending the training, volunteers are expected to sample a minimum of two sites twice a year while working in small groups. $15-20 donation requested but not required to cover material costs. RSVP required: 333.0392 or staff@eqilab.org.
September 23-29, 2015
COMPETITIVE EDGE • Registration is under way for a long-distance (25K and 50K routes) trail race that’s scheduled for Oct. 10 in Franklin. Proceeds benefit the North Carolina Bartram Trail Society to assist with trail maintenance and promotion. Register at Outdoor 76 in Franklin or at www.active.com. info@outdoor76.com.
• The Jackson County Farmers Market will be on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon on at its Bridge Park location in Sylva. Info:jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or website jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org. • The ‘Whee Farmer’s Market is open from 4-7 p.m. every Tuesday at the corner of the N. Country Club Drive and Stadium View Drive in Cullowhee, behind the entrance to the Village of Forest Hills off Highway 107 across from Western Carolina University. 476.0334 • The Cashiers Tailgate market is open from 9 a.m.noon on Saturdays at the United Community Bank on N.C. 107 South. 226.9988 or blueridgefarmers@gmail.com.
• Western Carolina University will host a lunar eclipse-viewing event starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Jackson County Airport. Free; open to the public. If the evening is overcast or raining, the event will be canceled. • REI will present a program on “Making the Ultimate Cup of Camp Coffee” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in its Asheville location.
• Cycle NC – A Mountains to Coast ride – starts Sept. 26 in Waynesville. 1,100 cyclists will start the sevenday ride across the state. Cyclenorthcarolina.org.
• Cowee Farmers Market is from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through Oct. 28 at the Old Cowee School in Franklin. info@coweefarmersmarket.com , 524.8369 or www.coweefarmersmarket.com. Special demo by Dorothy Mitchell from Mitchell Farms on Sept. 1 about making fresh grape juice and other vegetable recipes.
• “Sheepnoses & Timbertwigs,” part of the Village Nature Series presented by Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and the Village Green, is set for Tuesday, Sept. 29. Features Dana Holdon. Free. Reservations required: Julie.hitrust@earthlink.net 526.1111. www.hicashlt.org.
• The 10th annual Tour de Franklin is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 in Franklin. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. $45 www.active.com.
• The Franklin Farmers Tailgate Market is from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturdays on East Palmer Street across from Drake Software in Franklin. 349.2049 or alan_durden@ncsu.edu.
• The Cherokee Harvest Half-Marathon and 5K will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, beginning at the Acquoni Events Center in Cherokee. Both races are USATF-certified. All finishers will receive a medal, with special awards given to top finishers. Half-marathon is $50 through Sept. 30 and $55 afterward; 5K is $30 through Sept. 30 and $35 afterward. Register at www.active.com.
• Swain County Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Fridays at the barn on Island Street in Bryson City. Special Tuesday hours from 5 to 8 p.m. during peak months through Sept. 15. 488.3848 or Christine_bredenkamp@ncsu.edu.
• A bird walk along the Greenway, sponsored by Franklin Bird Club, is scheduled for Sept. 30. Meet at Macon County Public Library parking area at 8 a.m. 524.5234. • Trout Unlimited Cataloochee will hold its Stocking of the West Fork of the Pigeon Delayed Harvest on Oct. 1. Meet at the West Fork’s upper parking lot at 10 a.m. Bring a clean five-gallon bucket. • A star-gazing event will be presented by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in cooperation with the Astronomy Club of Asheville at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at Purchase Knob – home to the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center. Free; limited to 80 people. Reservations required: 926.6251. • “Bark in the Park” is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Mark Watson Park in Sylva. Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association and the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department are sponsoring this event in conjunction with the American Kennel Club’s “Responsible Dog Ownership Day.” Activities, raffle and contests. www.wcdfa.org.
• The Bethel Half-Marathon and 5K will be held Saturday, Oct. 10, winding through the Bethel community in Haywood County. Pre-registration is $25 for the 5K and $40 for the half-marathon; day of is $30 for the 5K and $45 for the half-marathon. Register at www.active.com.
FARM & GARDEN • A plant clinic for anyone with gardening questions is available by calling the Haywood County Extension Master Gardeners at 456.3575 from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays through September.
FARMERS MARKET • Haywood Historic Farmers Market is held from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the parking lot of HART Theatre in Waynesville. 280.1381 or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com. • The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market is from 8
Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings 408.887.3666 or daisytk@yahoo.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will have a five-mile hike with a 1,300-foot ascent on Sept. 27. For more information, contact leader Renate Rikkers at 298.9988 or rerikkers@aol.com. • Carolina Mountain Club will have a seven-mile hike with a 2,000-foot ascent on Sept. 30. For info, contact leader Barbara Morgan at 738.3395, 460.7066 or barbc129@gmail.com. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a 10-mile, very strenuous hike with a 2,100-foot elevation change on Saturday, Oct. 3, from Kimsey Creek to Deep Gap. Meet at 8 a.m. at Westgate Plaza in Franklin. Call leaders Bill and Sharon Van Horn at 369.1983 for reservations. • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a 2.2-mile moderate Hike on Tuesday, Oct. 6, on Tennessee Rock Trail at Black Rock State Park near Mountain City, Ga. Meet at 11 a.m. at Smoky Mountain Visitor’s Center in Otto. For reservations, call leader Joyce Jacques at 342.2543.
• Cherokee Farmers Market is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Fridays through Oct. 30 at 876 Acquoni Road next to the Easter Band of Cherokee Indians Cooperative Extension Office. For info, contact Sarah McClellan at 359.6935 or saramccl@nc-cherokee.com.
HIKING CLUBS • A hike of Coffee Pot Loop (8.3 miles) will be organized by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 23. Cost is $5 for members; $7 for non-members. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillnenc.gov. • Carolina Mountain Club will have an 11.5-mile hike with a 2,950-foot ascent on Sept. 23. For info, contact leader Rich Sampson at 704.453.9059 or Sampson_r@bellsouth.net. • Carolina Mountain Club will hold a 4.4-mile hike with an 800-foot elevation gain on Sept. 26. For more info, contact leader Jan Onan at 698.3237, 606.5188 or janonan@bellsouth.net. • Carolina Mountain Club has scheduled a nine-mile hike with a 2,400-foot ascent on Sept. 27. For info, contact leader Daisy Teng Karasek at 505.2036,
311-19
Great Smokies Storage 10’x20’ $
92
20’x20’ $
160
ONE MONTH
FREE WITH 12-MONTH CONTRACT
828.506.4112 or 828.507.8828
50
a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville (behind Bogart’s). 456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net.
• Sign-ups are under way for the Red Wolf Run, a 5K fundraiser for Haywood Christian Academy’s senior class mission trip to Costa Rica. Participants will complete the mostly flat course through Clyde on Sept. 26 in original wolf costumes. Awards available for top finishers and best costumes. $25 entry fee or $10 for ages 10-under. www.active.com.
• “Social Behavior in Birds: Murder, Dissimulation and Exaltation in the Avian World” will be presented by William McReynolds on Monday, Sept. 29, at the Highlands Civic Center. Refreshments served at 7 p.m.; meeting and program are at 7:30 p.m.
Smoky Mountain News
• Haywood Community College’s Department of Arts, Sciences, and Natural Resources and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer Hunter Safety courses from 6-9:30 p.m. on Oct. 5-6 in Building 3300, Room 3322, at HCC in Clyde. Participants must attend two consecutive evenings to receive their certification.
Conveniently located off 19/23 by Thad Woods Auction
Puzzles can be found on page 54. These are only the answers.
PRIME REAL ESTATE Advertise in The Smoky Mountain News
ARTS & CRAFTS
MarketPlace information:
ALLISON CREEK Iron Works & Woodworking. Crafting custom metal & woodwork in rustic, country & lodge designs with reclaimed woods! Design & consultation, Barry Downs 828.524.5763, Franklin NC
The Smoky Mountain News Marketplace has a distribution of 16,000 every week to over 500 locations across in Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties along with the Qualla Boundary and west Buncombe County. For a link to our MarketPlace Web site, which also contains a link to all of our MarketPlace display advertisers’ Web sites, visit www.smokymountainnews.com.
AUCTION
Rates:
■ Free — Lost or found pet ads. ■ $5 — Residential yard sale ads, ■ $5 — Non-business items that sell for less than $150. ■ $15 — Classified ads that are 50 words or less; each additional line is $2. If your ad is 10 words or less, it will be displayed with a larger type. ■ $3 — Border around ad and $5 — Picture with ad or colored background. ■ $50 — Non-business items, 25 words or less. 3 month or till sold. ■ $300 — Statewide classifieds run in 117 participating newspapers with 1.6 million circulation. Up to 25 words. ■ All classified ads must be pre-paid.
ABSOLUTE AUCTION Tues. Oct. 6 @ 8am. Lumberton, NC. (2) Farm Sales. JD 7810, 4055, 9500 4x4 Combine, 9500 2WD JD 6500 Sprayer. (8) Salvage Tractors, Backhoes, Trucks. 10% BP. www.meekinsauction.com. NCLN858 ABSOLUTE AUCTION Antiques - Furniture - Tools Equipment - Saturday, September 26, 10a, 11609 US 401 N., Fuquay Varina, NC. Damon Shortt Auction Group. 877.669.4005. NCAL7358. damonshorttproperties.com
Classified Advertising: Scott Collier, phone 828.452.4251; fax 828.452.3585 classads@smokymountainnews.com
ALLEGHANY COUNTY NC 50 mostly wooded acres in 2 tracts. House & Personal Property. Saturday October 3, 10:30 am. Boyer Realty & Auction Co. Jimmy Boyer. NCAL1792. www.boyerrealtyandauction.com
WAYNESVILLE TIRE, COO
INC.
R
DI
SC OV ER E
ATR
PE
Serving Haywood, Jackson & Surrounding Counties
AUCTION - ONLINE BIDDING. Crane Research & Engineering Company. Bid 9/22 Thru 9/29, Hampton, VA . Metal Fabrication Equipment, CNC Machines, Metal Lathes & Much More. www.motleys.com/industrial. 804.232.3300x4 VAAL#16.
Offering:
MAJOR-BRAND TIRES FOR CARS, LIGHT & MEDIUM-DUTY TRUCKS, AND FARM TIRES.
Service truck available for on-site repairs LEE & PATTY ENSLEY, OWNERS
MON-FRI 7:30-5:00 • WAYNESVILLE PLAZA
828-456-5387
311-35
PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION Nascar Memorabilia, Animal Mounts, Building Materials, Household items & MORE! Sept 26, 9:00am. 18176 Hardwood Creek Rd., Stony Creek VA 23882. www.graycoservices.com. 804.943.3506 Gray Auctions Co. VA#1104. 12 AUCTIONS IN SEPTEMBER Homes/Real Estate; Farm Land; Golf Carts, Vehicles, 4-Wheelers, Jet Skis, and Tractors; Bar/Restaurant Equipment; and Personal Property. Visit JohnsonProperties.com for details. 919.639.2231 NCAL7340.
AUCTION "ANNUAL FALL CLASSIC OPEN" Equipment Consignment Auction 9/26/15 at 10am I-77 Speedway, Chester, SC. Accepting consignments! 803.366.3535 www.theligoncompany.com T. Randolph Ligon, CAI NCAL8951. SCAL1716 AUCTION Construction Equipment & Trucks. Accepting Trucks & Equipment We Sell & Fund Assets Fast! Excavators, Dozers, Loaders, Road Tractors, Dump Trucks, Pickups & More! 10/6 @ 9am - Goldsboro, NC. Advertising Deadline 9/11. 804.232.3300x.4 www.motleys.com/industrial. NCAL#5914 SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AUCTION 143± ac. offered in 24 estate size tracts ranging from 2 to 18 acres in Virginia's beautiful Mountain Region. Held Wednesday, October 14, 5pm at Hotel Roanoke. Inspection Dates: Sept. 20, Sept. 27 and Oct. 4 from NOON to 4pm. Contact Russell Seneff (VA#1185), Woltz & Associates, Inc., (VA#321), Real Estate Brokers & Auctioneers 800.551.3588 or visit woltz.com. RUN YOUR CLASSIFIED AD In 100 North Carolina newspapers for only $375 for a 25-word ad. Call this newspaper at 828.452.4251 for details.
BUILDING MATERIALS HAYWOOD BUILDERS Garage Doors, New Installations Service & Repairs, 828.456.6051 100 Charles St. Waynesville Employee Owned.
PAINTING JAMISON CUSTOM PAINTING & PRESSURE WASHING Interior, exterior, all your pressure washing needs and more. Specialize in Removal of Carpenter Bees - Cedar or Log Homes or Painted or Siding! Call or Text Now for a Free Estimate at 828.508.9727
CONSTRUCTION/ REMODELING ACORN STAIRLIFTS. The Affordable Solution to your stairs! **Limited time -$250 Off Your Stairlift Purchase!** Buy Direct & SAVE. Please call 1.800.291.2712 for FREE DVD and brochure. ALL THINGS BASEMENTY! Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all of your basement needs! Waterproofing, Finishing, Structural Repairs, Humidity and Mold Control. FREE ESTIMATES! Call 1.800.698.9217 HAYWOOD BUILDERS Garage Doors, New Installations Service & Repairs, 828.456.6051 100 Charles St. Waynesville Employee Owned. DAVE’S CUSTOM HOMES OF WNC, INC Free Estimates & Competitive rates. References avail. upon request. Specializing in: Log Homes, remodeling, decks, new construction, repairs & additions. Owner/Builder: Dave Donaldson. Licensed/Insured. 828.631.0747 or 828.508.0316 SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB. Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Installation Included. Call 800.807.7219 for $750 Off. SULLIVAN HARDWOOD FLOORS Installation- Finish - Refinish 828.399.1847.
CARS -
A-1 DONATE YOUR CAR For Breast Cancer! Help United Breast Foundation education, prevention, & support programs. Fast Free Pickup - 24 Hr Response - Tax Deduction 855.306.7348 SAPA TOP CASH FOR CARS, Call Now For An Instant Offer. Top Dollar Paid, Any Car/Truck, Any Condition. Running or Not. Free Pick-up/Tow. 1.800.761.9396 SAPA
R
WNC MarketPlace
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT
ATTENTION FACEBOOK & TWITTER Users! Earn 3K+ per month for just using what you already use for free! For details follow this link: tinyurl.com/MoneyOnSocialMedia SAPA $500 - $1000 DAILY Returning Phone Calls! No Selling. No Explaining! Not MLM! Call 1.866.854.1068 SAPA HUD HOMES, HALF-OFF. Get the best-selling book Free. 4.5 Stars on Amazon! Limited Time Offer. Flip or Rent, Learn Investing. Go Now. HUDCAROLINA.COM
EMPLOYMENT
September 23-29, 2015
HELP WANTED Looking to become a wonderful addition to a dental office? We are searching for a certified Dental Assistant to be the one to complete our amazing team. Send resume to: apply2assist@yahoo.com You will enjoy this great group and our awesome patients we are privileged to serve.
ATTN: DRIVERS Great Miles + Top 1% Pay Family Company! Loyalty Bonus. Quality Equipment. Pet/Rider Program. CDL-A- Required. 1.888.592.4752 www.drive4melton.com SAPA AVIATION GRADS Work With Jetblue, Boeing, Delta, And Others- Start Here With Hands-On Training For FAA Certification. Financial Aid If Qualified. Call Aviation Institute Of Maintenance 1.866.724.5403 SAPA CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equipment Operator Career! We Offer Training and Certifications Running Bulldozers, Backhoes and Excavators. Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1.866.362.6497 DRIVER TRAINEES Paid CDL Training! Stevens Transport will cover all costs! No Experience Needed! Earn $800 per week! Local CDL Training! Call Now 1.888.748.4137 or visit us at: drive4stevens.com
www.smokymountainnews.com
COOK/TRANSPORTER Jackson County - Part time kitchen help/driver in Sylva. Early mornings, must work within time constraints. Must be reliable and have a valid NC Driver’s License and good driving record and be able to lift 50lbs. Background check and pre-employment drug testing required. Applications will be taken at 2251 Old Balsam Rd., Waynesville or 25 Schulman St., Sylva. You may also apply online at: www.mountainprojects.org or call 828.586.5992. EOE/AA HEALTHCARE ADMIN TRAINEES Needed! Train at home for a career as a Healthcare Administrator! Train to do HR, Admin, Billing, Patient records & more. NO PRIOR COLLEGE NEEDED! Online Degree gets you job ready! HS Diploma/ GED & Computer/Internet needed. 1.888.424.8418 SAPA ATTN: DRIVERS Great Miles + Top 1% Pay. Family Company. Loyalty Bonus! Quality Equipment. Pet/Rider Program. CDL-A Req - 877.258.8782 www.drive4melton.com HELP WANTED!! Make up to $1000 A WEEK!! Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping Home Workers Since 2001! Genuine Opportunity. NO Experience Required. Start Immediately. www.mailingcorner.com SAPA
SULLY A 4-YEAR-OLD BLUE HEELER MIX BOY. DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER FAVORITES, SULLY KNOWS BASIC COMMANDS, IS FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE, AND WILL BE A DELIGHTFUL CANINE COMPANION TO HIS NEW BEST FRIEND ADOPTER. SONNY A 8-9 WEEK OLD KITTEN, WITH AN ORANGE TABBY COAT AND LOADS OF PERSONALITY. HE IS PLAYFUL, FRISKY, AND WILL BRING LOTS OF LAUGHTER TO HIS NEW HOME.
EMPLOYMENT FTCC Fayetteville Technical Community College is now accepting applications for the following positions: Housekeeping Supervisor. Financial Aid Technician. Emergency Medical Science Instructor. For detailed information and to apply, please visit our employment portal at: https://faytechcc.peopleadmin.com/. Human Resources Office. Phone: 910.678.8378 Internet: http://www.faytechcc.edu. An Equal Opportunity Employer. PART-TIME RETAIL Merchandiser Needed to Merchandise Hallmark Products at various retail stores in the Clyde area. To apply, please visit: http://hallmark.candidatecare.com
EOE Women/Minorities/ Disabled/Veterans WEEKLY HOME TIME For SE Regional! Earn up to $0.45 CPM with bonus pay! Call Now 866.291.2631 or Visit us at: SuperServiceLLC.com HIGH-TECH CAREER With U.S. Navy. Elite tech training w/great pay, benefits, vacation, $ for school. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri 800.662.7419 NEED MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES! Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Office Staff! No Experienced Needed! Online Training gets you job ready! HS Diploma/GED & Computer needed. Careertechnical.edu/nc. 1.888.512.7122
NICOL ARMS APARTMENTS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS Offering 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments, Starting at $400 Section 8 Accepted - Handicapped Accessible Units When Available
OFFICE HOURS: Tues. & Wed. 10:00am - 5:00pm & Thurs. 10:00am- 12:00pm 168 E. Nicol Arms Road Sylva, NC 28779
Phone# 1.828.586.3346 TDD# 1.800.725.2962 Equal Housing Opportunity
MOUNTAIN REALTY Steve D. Mauldin smauldin61@charter.net
828.734.4864 MOUNTAIN REALTY 26 North Main Street Waynesville, NC 28785
52
EMPLOYMENT
828.564.9393 sMauldin.REMAXagent.com
FINANCIAL BEWARE OF LOAN FRAUD. Please check with the Better Business Bureau or Consumer Protection Agency before sending any money to any loan company. SAPA DELETE BAD CREDIT IN 30-DAYS! Raise your credit score fast! Amazing Results Guaranteed! Free to start. Call 1.855.831.9712 SAPA REDUCE YOUR PAST TAX BILL By as much as 75 Percent. Stop Levies, Liens and Wage Garnishments. Call The Tax DR Now to see if you Qualify 1.800.396.9719 SELL YOUR STRUCTURED Settlement or annuity payments for CASH NOW. You don't have to wait for your future payments any longer! Call 1.800.316.0271. SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Benefits. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1.800.371.1734 to start your application today!
FURNITURE MATTRESS CLEARANCE SALE 50 - 80% Off Retail! Queen Sets From $150. Financing Available $40 Down & Take it Home 828.552.0955 COMPARE QUALITY & PRICE Shop Tupelo’s, 828.926.8778. HAYWOOD BEDDING, INC. The best bedding at the best price! 533 Hazelwood Ave. Waynesville 828.456.4240
LAWN & GARDEN BORING/CARPENTER BEE TRAPS No Chemicals, Poisons or Anything to Harm the Environment. Handmade in Haywood County. 1 for $20, 2 or More for $15 each. 828.593.8321 HEMLOCK HEALERS, INC. Dedicated to Saving Our Hemlocks. Owner/Operator Frank Varvoutis, NC Pesticide Applicator’s License #22864. 48 Spruce St. Maggie Valley, NC 828.734.7819 828.926.7883, Email: hemlockhealers@yahoo.com
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. All dwellings advertised on an equal opportunity basis. 67 ACRES OFF PRESSLEY CREEK IN CULLOWHEE NEAR WCU Includes 2/BR 2/BA, 1600 sq. ft. house, workshop & garage. Property borders Forest Service and offers long range views to the Parkway. Good road system in, several potential additional house sites, very private, good potential family compound, ideal for conservation easement. Details at: www.918gapbranch.blogspot.com or Call 828.586.0165 A RIVER RUNS THRU IT In NC. 3 acres w/2bed 2bath log cabin. $159,900. Huge screened porch, fpl, one-level. Hurry! 866.738.5522 LEASE TO OWN 1/2 Acre Lots with Mobile Homes & Empty 1/2 Acre + Lots! Located Next to Cherokee Indian Reservation, 2.5 Miles from Harrah’s Cherokee Casino. For More Information Please Call 828.506.0578 NC MOUNTAINS. New Custom Built 2/2 cabin on 2+ acres w/mtn views. Only $154,900. Huge loft, stone fireplace, covered porch, large deck. 828.286.2981.
HOMES FOR SALE
HOMES FOR RENT UNFURNISHED
VACATION RENTALS
STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT GREAT SMOKIES STORAGE Conveniently located off 19/23 by Thad Woods Auction. Available for lease now: 10’x10’ units for $55, 20’x20’ units for $160. Get one month FREE with 12 month contract. Call 828.507.8828 or 828.506.4112 for more info.
1 Month Free with 12 Month Rental. Maggie Valley, Hwy. 19, 1106 Soco Rd. For more information call Torry
828.734.6500, 828.734.6700 maggievalleyselfstorage.com
ENTERTAINMENT SCOTTISH TARTANS MUSEUM 86 East Main St., Franklin, Open 10am- 5pm, Mon - Sat. Come & let us find your Scottish Connection! 828.584.7472 or visit us at: www.scottishtartans.org.
828.506.7137
SWITCH & SAVE EVENT From DirecTV! Packages starting at $19.99/mo. Free 3-Months of HBO, STARZ, SHOWTIME & CINEMAX FREE GENIE HD/DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket Included with Select Packages. Some exclusions apply - Call for details 1.800.421.2049 SAPA
PETS
Haywood County Real Estate Agents
147 WALNUT STREET • WAYNESVILLE
aspivey@sunburstrealty.com
www.sunburstrealty.com/amy-spivey
MAINTENANCE-FREE LIVING
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Lifestyle Properties — vistasofwestfield.com Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices • Margie MacDonald - margie@4smokys.com
Beverly Hanks & Associates
FROM THE HIGH $200’S 10 Minutes to Asheville 20 Minutes to Waynesville
JAMISON’S KENNEL BEAGLE CLUB Training Hunting Dogs. Will start pups at 6 months old, $50 Sign up per dog. Will Run big dogs at $5 an hour per dog. For more info 828.508.9727. For Sale- Male & Female AKC Registered Beagles Good Running Dogs! $200 each.
Single Family Courtyard Homes & Townhomes
Clubhouse, Pool & Fitness Center
828.667.0770 | 61 Westfield Way Candler, NC 28715
www.VistasofWestfield.com
• • • • • • •
beverly-hanks.com Michelle McElroy - MichelleMcElroy@beverly-hanks.com Marilynn Obrig - MarilynnObrig@beverly-hanks.com Mike Stamey - MikeStamey@beverly-hanks.com Ellen Sither - EllenSither@beverly-hanks.com Brooke Parrott - BrookeParrott@beverly-hanks.com Randy Flanigan - RandyFlanigan@beverly-hanks.com Pamela Williams - PamelaWilliams@beverly-hanks.com
Emerson Group • George Escaravage — gke333@gmail.com
ERA Sunburst Realty — sunburstrealty.com
HAYWOOD SPAY/NEUTER 828.452.1329
• Amy Spivey — sunburstrealty.com
Haywood Properties — haywoodproperties.com • Steve Cox — info@haywoodproperties.com Keller Williams Realty Prevent Unwanted Litters! The Heat Is On! Spay/Neuter For Haywood Pets As Low As $10. Operation Pit is in Effect! Free Spay/Neuter, Microchip & Vaccines For Haywood Pitbull Types & Mixes! Tuesday-Friday, 12 Noon - 6 pm 182 Richland Street, Waynesville
FOR SALE BORING/CARPENTER BEE TRAPS No Chemicals, Poisons or Anything to Harm the Environment. Handmade in Haywood County. 1 for $20, 2 or More for $15 each. 828.593.8321 CHAMPION SUPPLY Janitorial supplies. Professional cleaning products, vacuums, janitorial paper products, swimming pool chemicals, environmentally friendly chemicals, indoor & outdoor light bulbs, odor elimination products, equipment repair including household vacuums. Free delivery across WNC. www.championsupply.com 800.222.0581, 828.225.1075. MATTRESS CLEARANCE SALE 50 - 80% Off Retail! Queen Sets From $150. Financing Available $40 Down & Take it Home 828.552.0955
kellerwilliamswaynesville.com • Ron Kwiatkowski — ronk.kwrealty.com • Jerry Smith www.kw.com/kw/agent/jerrysmith201
Lakeshore Realty • Phyllis Robinson - lakeshore@lakejunaluska.com 311-26
Mountain Home Properties mountaindream.com • Sammie Powell — smokiesproperty.com
MOUNTAIN REALTY
Mieko
Thomson ROKER/R /REALTOR EALTOR®® BBROKER
Cell (828) 226-2298 Cell
mthomson@remax-waynesvillenc.com mthomson@remax-waynesvillenc.com www.ncsmokies.com www.ncsmokies.com
2177 Russ Avenue Waynesville NC 28786
EMERSON ——————————————
GROUP
George Escaravage BROKER/REALTOR PO BOX 54 | 46 SOUTH MAIN STREET WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
828.400.0903 • 828.456.7705 gke333@gmail.com
find us at: facebook.com/smnews
McGovern Real Estate & Property Management • Bruce McGovern — shamrock13.com
Realty World Heritage Realty realtyworldheritage.com • Carolyn Lauter realtyworldheritage.com/realestate/viewagent/7766 • Martha Sawyer realtyworldheritage.com/realestate/viewagent/7769
RE/MAX — Mountain Realty • • • • • • •
remax-waynesvillenc.com | remax-maggievalleync.com Brian K. Noland — brianknoland.com Mieko Thomson — ncsmokies.com The Morris Team — maggievalleyproperty.com The Real Team — the-real-team.com Ron Breese — ronbreese.com Dan Womack — womackdan@aol.com Catherine Proben — cp@catherineproben.com
smokymountainnews.com
CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE FOR YOU
SFR, ECO, GREEN
September 23-29, 2015
PROPERTY RENTAL ON CASCADING CREEK Sophisticated and distinctive in its beauty, this 3/BR, 3.5/BA Lodge Styled Home creates a new experience with every open door. Surrounded by the luscious mountain range that gives the Great Smoky Mountains it’s name, its hard not to feel at home. Newly custom reconstruction embraces the authentic feel that the handmade furnishings by High Country Furniture gives. Accompanied with a full finished basement-turned pool room, the possibilities are endless in this ideal mountain vacation home. Less than 8 min. to I-40. $2,000 per month plus utilities. Also Available for Sale $379,000 Fully Furnished. For more info 865.603.8167
DIRECTV Starting at $19.99/mo. FREE Installation. FREE 3 months of HBO SHOWTIME CINEMAX, STARZ. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket Included (Select Packages) New Customers Only. CALL 1.800.849.3514
311-06
ATTRACTIVE 3/BR 2/BA HOUSE In Established Neighborhood. All Appliances, Decks, Ceiling Fans, Central Heat/AC. Includes Yard Maintenance. $900/mo. Deposit Req., Lease, No Smoking/Pets. 828.734.9409 or 828.246.0918
ENTERTAINMENT WNC MarketPlace
BRUCE MCGOVERN A Full Service Realtor, Locally Owned and Operated mcgovernpropertymgt@gmail.com McGovern Property Management 828.283.2112.
The Seller’s Agency — listwithphil.com • Phil Ferguson — philferguson@bellsouth.net
TO ADVERTISE IN THE NEXT ISSUE 828.452.4251 | ads@smokymountainnews.com 53
www.smokymountainnews.com
September 23-29, 2015
WNC MarketPlace
Super
54
COALITION OF STATES
CROSSWORD
strung together in 12 long 1 Cockatiel kin answers in this puzzle 2 Bacteria in the gut ACROSS 79 ER neighbor 3 Staff again 1 Integrate 80 “I — agree more!” 4 Crushes up 6 Pulitzer winner William 81 Finger’s end 5 “Get out” PC key 10 Cubes in miso soup 83 Device setting for 6 Sweet smoke 14 Honshu hub store display 7 Our, in Paris 19 Stellar tennis servers 88 Madrid-to-London dir. 8 Tasty 20 Midday time 89 Pitman’s workplace 9 With 12-Down, 21 Revival shout 92 Above Manhattan Project physi22 Y, at times 93 Tucker (out) cist 23 Funny film star 95 Joanne of “Drango” 10 Tex-Mex treats 25 “Dolphin adventure” 97 Keanu of “Speed” 11 Epps of “The Mod park in Florida 98 Fish lures Squad” 27 Author Paton 100 Costa — 12 See 9-Down 28 “Il Trovatore” compos- 103 Teaser ad 13 Partnerships er 105 Lamb bearer 14 Across the pond 29 Frankfurter brand 106 “What’ll —?” 15 Seville sun 30 Deli loaf 109 Piece of PC hardware 16 Mindful 31 Weather station point- 111 Bit of force 17 African nation er 113 Popular way to have 18 Catkin-bearing tree 33 Prez Coolidge chili 24 Great greed 35 Calligraphy mishap 117 Film director Howard 26 A-bomb, e.g. 37 Passé letter opener 118 Approach 32 Very intense 38 Sniffers 122 “Bali —” 34 “Hugo” star Butterfield 40 “I — bad moon rising” 123 — Marcus (luxury 36 Penn & Teller’s field 41 Din-din tie-on retailer) 38 Fish-fowl connection 44 Mission — (Orange 125 Nile city 39 Bug planter County city) 127 Novice 41 Crimson Tide, briefly 46 Nile vipers 128 Ms. Pac-Man, for one 42 Glaze over 48 Go-between 130 Like some elite U.S. 43 “I — differ!” 52 Like the acid in vineathletes (or an apt alter45 Chef Child gar nate title for this puzzle) 47 Air cell, e.g. 54 Cyber-address 132 Bobby of the Chicago 49 English rocker Brian 56 Kennel barks Eight 50 Vikings’ org. 59 Data, briefly 133 Re-sol linkup 51 Burn — crisp 60 Million-dollar contract, 134 Chicken chow — 53 New Mexico art colony e.g. 135 Bows 55 Capital of Portugal 62 Gall 136 Rocker Van Halen 57 Starchy food 65 Barq’s maker 137 Beggar’s cry 58 Kilt sporter 67 VW or BMW 138 Exam for H.S. juniors 61 Refer (to) 68 Flax product 139 Spawn 63 Show over 71 Cruise of film 64 Overturned, with 72 State short forms DOWN “over”
66 Pal, to Yves 69 “Dateline —” 70 Netflix item 73 Pol Pawlenty 74 “Don’t have —!” 75 Rack up 76 “You can count —!” 77 Unworldly 78 Bone-muscle connector 82 — majesty 83 Strike lightly 84 Zeta-theta linkup 85 Me, in Paris 86 Of the eye 87 Teacup part 90 Military mother 91 Sierra — 94 Cup edge 96 Meas. of engine speed 99 Bus rider with no seat 101 Eye layers 102 Excitement 104 Scenting substance 107 One of the “Desperate Housewives” 108 It’s a mystery 110 Use a tent 112 Main order 113 Hurry after 114 Propelled a boat 115 Battery type, briefly 116 AOL memos 118 Paramecium propellers 119 Staring at 120 — Triomphe (Paris attraction) 121 Be very hot 124 Radio toggle letters 126 Bexley brews 129 Old Frazier foe 131 Abate
answers on page 50
MEDICAL ACORN STAIRLIFTS. The Affordable Solution to your stairs! **Limited time -$250 Off Your Stairlift Purchase!**Buy Direct & SAVE. Please call 1.800.211.9233 for FREE DVD and brochure. SAPA LIFE ALERT. 24/7. One press of a button sends help FAST! Medical, Fire, Burglar. Even if you can't reach a phone! FREE Brochure. CALL 800.316.0745. SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB. Alert for Seniors. Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less Than 4 Inch Step-In. Wide Door. Anti-Slip Floors. American Made. Installation Included. Call 800.807.7219 for $750 Off.
PERSONAL YOUR AD COULD REACH 1.6 MILLION HOMES ACROSS NC! Your classified ad could be reaching over 1.6 Million Homes across North Carolina! Place your ad with The Smoky Mountain News on the NC Statewide Classified Ad Network- 118 NC newspapers for a low cost of $330 for 25-word ad to appear in each paper! Additional words are $10 each. The whole state at your fingertips! It's a smart advertising buy! Call Scott Collier at 828.452.4251 or for more information visit the N.C. Press Association's website at www.ncpress.com
PERSONAL A CHILDLESS Married couple seeks to adopt. Will be hands-on mom/work-fromhome dad. Financial security. Expenses PAID. Lucy & Adam 1.844.275.0355. SAPA A UNIQUE ADOPTIONS, Let Us Help! Personalized Adoption Plans. Financial Assistance, Housing, Relocation And More. Giving The Gift Of Life? You Deserve The Best. Call Us First! 1.888.637.8200. 24 Hour Hotline. SAPA MAKE A CONNECTION. Real People, Flirty Chat. Meet singles right now! Call LiveLinks. Try it FREE. Call now 1.888.909.9978 18+. SAPA STRUGGLING WITH DRUGS Or Alcohol? Addicted to PILLS? Talk to someone who cares. Call The Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free Assessment. 800.511.6075
SCHOOLS/ INSTRUCTION CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equipment Operator Career! We Offer Training and Certifications Running Bulldozers, Backhoes and Excavators. Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1.866.362.6497 HIGH-TECH CAREER With U.S. Navy. Elite tech training w/great pay, benefits, vacation, $ for school. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri 800.662.7419
SCHOOLS/ INSTRUCTION AVIATION GRADS Work with JetBlue, Boeing, Delta & others - start here with hands-on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance. 877.300.9494.
SERVICES *REDUCE YOUR CABLE BILL* Get a 4-Room All-Digital Satellite system installed for FREE! Programming starting at $19.99/MO. FREE HD/DVR upgrade for new callers. CALL NOW 1.800.795.1315 SAPA ACE PRESSURE WASHING Providing pressure washing for driveways, gutters, siding & decks (sealed or stained). We can also help with plumbing; such as installing toilets, garbage disposals, dishwashers and faucets. Call Steve today at 828.476.1097. DIRECTV Starting at $19.99/mo. FREE Installation. FREE 3 months of HBO SHOWTIME CINEMAX STARZ. FREE HD/DVR Upgrade! 2015 NFL Sunday Ticket Included (Select Packages) New Customers Only. CALL 1.800.421.2049 SAPA EMERGENCIES CAN STRIKE At any time. Wise Food Storage makes it easy to prepare with tasty, easy-to-cook meals that have a 25-year shelf life. FREE sample. Call: 800.621.2952
WEEKLY SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine. Answers on Page 50
Dealing with the dreaded writer’s block
I
George Ellison
n the June 14, 2004, issue of The New Yorker magazine, there is an essay titled “Blocked! Why Do Writers Stop Writing?” (I can’t find the author’s name in the online edition). Therein one of the Romantic poets, Coleridge, is cited as a prime example of a writer who suffered from that peculiar malady known as “writer’s block”: “‘Yesterday was my Birth Day’ … Coleridge wrote in Columnist his notebook in 1804, when he was 32. ‘So completely has a whole year passed, with scarcely the fruits of a month. — O Sorrow and Shame … I have done nothing!’” It was true. Most of the poems for which he is remembered were written when he was in his mid-twenties. After that, any ambitious writing project inspired in him what he called “an indefinite indescribable Terror,” and he wasted much of the rest of his life on opium addiction.’’ Therein the point is made that “Coleridge is one of the first known cases of what we call writer’s block. Sometimes, ‘block’ means complete shutdown: the writer stops writing, or stops producing anything that seems to him worth publishing. In other cases, he sim-
BACK THEN ply stops writing what he wants to write. He may manage other kinds of writing, but not the kind he sees as his vocation. (Coleridge turned out a great deal of journalism and literary criticism in his later years, but he still saw himself as disabled, because he wasn’t writing serious poetry.)” Last week I received an email from a reader asking advice. She has been working on a novel for young adults set in the Smokies, for which she has a publisher and a deadline. Things were going well, she thought, up until this past spring, when she came down with what she described as “a bad case of writer’s block.” I asked her to describe the symptoms. As anticipated, she has become an expert at “procrastination” — coming up with anything from polishing the silverware to bathing the dog to defrosting the refrigerator to shopping at Walmart that will “justify” not sitting down at her desk and writing. When she runs out of excuses and reluctantly does make it to her desk, she almost always experiences what she describes as “brain jam.” Her thoughts become so jumbled it requires great effort to compose a paragraph. On those few days when she produces a page or two after spending a whole day at her desk, she will go to bed feeling good
about things. But the next morning, “upon review,” they will seem so poorly written she’ll have deleted them before breakfast. I wrote back, saying that I not only recognized the symptoms but could prescribe the cure. When in doubt do what Aristotle, Shakespeare, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, Hazlitt, Darwin, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Muir, et al, did — take a walk. It will clear your mind and whet your appetite for writing. If walking doesn’t work, nothing will. I also suggested that she read Austerlist, the magnificent novel by the German author W.G. Sebald that appeared in 2001 (in English translation) shortly before his death in an automobile accident. In Austerlitz, the main character is suffering from “brain jam,” if you will, and has fallen into the mother of all writer’s blocks. “The various ideas I entertained at various times of this book I was to write ranged from the concept of a systematically descriptive work in several volumes to a series of essays on such subjects as hygiene and sanitation, the architecture of the penal system, secular temples, hydrotherapy, zoological gardens, departure and arrival, light and shade, steam and gas, and so forth. However, even a first glance at the papers I had brought here from the Institute … showed that they consisted largely of
sketches which now seemed misguided, distorted, and of little use … Reading and writing had always been my favorite occupation … but now I found writing such hard going that it took me a whole day to compose a single sentence, with the greatest effort … than I saw the awkward falsity of my constructions and the inadequacy of all the words I had employed … Now and then a train of thought did succeed in emerging with wonderful clarity inside my head, but I knew even as it formed that I was in no position to record it, for as soon as I picked up my pencil the endless possibilities of language, to which I could once safely abandon myself, became a conglomeration of the most inane places.” Austerlitz’s self-prescribed antidote to this malaise was nocturnal excursions along the streets of London: “For over a year, I think,” said Austerlitz, “I would leave my house as darkness fell, walking on and on, down the Mile End Road and Bow Road to Stratford, then to Chigwell and Romford, right across Bethnal Green and Canonbury, through Holloway and Kentish Town and thus to Hampstead Heath, or else south over the river to Peckham and Dulwich or westward to Richmond Park. It is a fact that you can traverse this vast city almost from end to end on foot in a single night.” (George Ellison is a naturalist and writer. He can be reached at info@georgeellison.com.)
September 23-29, 2015
WCU FAMILY WEEKEND
This is a great weekend at Western Carolina that is sure to always bring a big crowd to Catamount Football.
#PROVEYOURPURPLE
800.34.GOWCU
CatamountSports
|
T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY
The first 5,000 fans to enter E.J. Whitmire Stadium will receive a FREE “Prove Your Purple” Tshirt.
@Catamounts
Smoky Mountain News
OCT. 3
3:30 P.M. VS. PRESBYTERIAN
wcu_catamounts
CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM
55
AutoStarUSA AutoStarUSA.com .com Mike Burrell F Finance inance M Manager anager
Mike Mike Bur Burrell rell has joined the Waynesville Waynesville Automotive Automotive tteam eam as their new Finance Finance Manager. Manager. Burrell Burrell is from from Asheville, Asheville, NC where where he attended attended Asheville Asheville H High igh SSchool. chool. A After fter high school school,, Bur Burrell rell became ccertified ertified as a personal trainer. trainer.
280 Hyatt Hyatt Creek Creek Rd., Rd., Waynesville, Waynesville, NC 28786
Like most people, people, Burrell Burrell has an interesting interesting story story as to to how how he got into into the automotive automotive industry. industry. After Afterr buying a car, went in for fo or a regular regular oil carr, he went tion sk ills and change where where he was was ccomplimented omplimented on his negotia negotiation skills in invited vited tto o meet the o owner. wner. ou should meet our o wner,” Bur rell ““They They w were ere like like,, yyou ou should sell cars cars,, yyou owner, Burrell op and shor ts with a said said.. “And “And there there I was was in m myy tr training aining clothes clothes,, a tank ttop shorts really?” pon ponyy tail half way way do down wn m myy back thinking… thinking… really?” tgages, Bur rell has sta yed in the D Despite espite training training and w working orking in mor mortgages, Burrell stayed e he has rremained emained vvery ery suc cessful. aut auto o industr industryy ffor or o over ver 15 yyears ears wher where successful. W hile aatt his pr evious job vehicles. on a tr ip tto oM exico ffor or o selling tthe most vehicles. While previous job,, he w won trip Mexico
285 Hyatt Hyatt Creek Creek Rd., Rd., Waynesville, Waynesville, NC 28786
““My My fa vorite thing about the car business is working working with and helping different different people every every day, day,” favorite Bur rell said. said. Burrell Bur rell has been with Waynesville Waynesville Automotive Automotive for for two two months months and is very very excited excited about not only his Burrell futur e, but the futur e of the dealership future, future dealership..
September 23-29, 2015
“ The opportunity opportunity for for growth growth her e is incr edible,” Bur rell said. said. “They “ They seem hungry hungry for for o growth. growth. They’re They’re not “The here incredible, Burrell stagnant and they ’re not content content just selling cars stagnant they’re cars..” W hen he isn ’t w orking, Bur rell still enjo ys fitness tr aining and w orking out ver the yyears, ears, he has been When isn’t working, Burrell enjoys training working out.. O Over trainer ffor or M iss Nor th Carolina, Carolina, the Highway Highway Patrol Patrol and other professional proffessional e athletes. He isn’t isn’t the fitness trainer Miss North athletes. talented one in the family is wif fe of ffour our o years, years, Jennifer, Jennifer, is finishing her last nine months months in the only talented family.. H His wife P harmacy school and recently recently w on B est Photographer Photographer in W estern Nor th C arolina ffor or w edding Pharmacy won Best Western North Carolina wedding photography. O ther members of the family include thr ee pit bulls photography. Other three bulls.. V isit M ike Bur rell at at Waynesville Waynesville A utomotive ffor or yyour our ne xt vvehicle ehicle pur chase. Visit Mike Burrell Automotive next purchase.
*Excludes additional shop supplies & hazardous waste fees. Excludes synthetics, diesels & some specialty vehicles. Not combinable with other of offers. fffers. See Service Advisor for details.
CAN CANTON TON
SY S YLLLVA VA
ASHE ASHEVILLE VILLE
BLACK MOUNTAIN A BLACK MOUNTAIN
750 Champion Drive Canton, NC 28716
1188 West Main Street Sylva, NC 28779
2 Westgate Parkway Asheville, NC 28806
306 Black Mountain Ave. Black Mountain, NC 28711
(828) 492-0631
(828) 586-0202
(828) 581-0136
(828) 357-8505
Smoky Mountain News
CERTIFIED CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED PRE-OWNED SPECIALS
22008 008 Subaru Suubaru Outback S Ouutback LTD O LTTD AWD AWD AW
STK # 43660B
22008 008 Ford FFoorrdd E-150 E-1 EE-15 150
22008 008 Lexus Leexxu uss ES ES 350 350
22006 20 006 Jeep JJeeep Wrangler Wra Wr W rraangl ggle leer X 4x4 44xxx4
STK # A2851
STK # A2793
STK # P2782A
*Prices do not include taxes, title, license or $499 doc fee. See dealer for details. Subject to prior sale. Artwork for illustration purpose only.
56
AutoStarUSA AutoStarUSA.com .com | AutoStarUSA AutoStarUSA.com .com | AutoStarUSA AutoStarUSA.com .com