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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER f the shoppers polled while coming and going from the Bi-Lo parking lot in Franklin on a recent Thursday, none had to be told what Nikwasi Mound was, and nearly all were aware that the town of Franklin and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are currently at odds about the mound’s future.

Which is that Nikwasi mound, one of 16 remaining mounds that once marked the spiritual, political and geographical centers of Cherokee settlements throughout the region, has been the center of contention ever since a former Franklin town manager directed weed killer to be sprayed on it in 2012. The move was meant to make way for replanting with a short-growing variety of grass, which would cut down on mowing time. But it aroused the ire of the tribe, a feeling only exacerbated when the grass grew back in unsightly patches rather than in the uniform coat intended.

In recent months, the two governments have passed sparring resolutions, with the tribe resolving that ownership should pass to the Cherokee and the town standing firm on its claim, but ceding that it would be open to the Cherokee taking over maintenance, if they wished to do so.

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ship. Five people said the town should keep it, and seven contended that it should pass to the tribe, though not all of them were willing to give their name.

“I think we ought to give it back to the Indians,” said John Gallant. “Take a look at it. It looks like crap.”

“If they want to maintain it, they should, if they took 100 percent responsibility for it,” agreed Jerry Stillwell. “It’s their ancestry.”

It wouldn’t have to be a complete gift, said C.R. Brown, but the tribe should be allowed to have ownership.

“If the city has had to pay out any money

for it, it seems reasonable, as much money as the tribe has with the casino, that they should be asked to give some [payment] to the city,” Brown said.

Some people, though, feel that the mound should stay with the town. Though the weedkiller was a mistake, the town has taken care of the mound for years without incident, town supporters say. And Macon County residents are the reason the mound even still exists at all. Back in the 1940s, a bunch of residents rallied to raise $1,500 to purchase the mound from the landowner laying claim to it and deed it to the city, sav-

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ing it from the bulldozer’s bucket.

“Macon school kids raised money to buy it. I think the town should restore it, I think the town should maintain it, but it does belong to the town,” said Michael Johnson, who brought the topic up while being interviewed after casting his ballot.

That said, he’s glad the tribe spoke up.

“It was right for them to come forward and express that, and the town of course should work out some restitution, but I think it belongs to the town,” Johnson said.

Gerald and Mary Keener, meanwhile, said they didn’t see the point in the tribe maintaining it when it’s such a long drive from Cherokee and town hall is right there.

“The town’s taken care of it for years and years,” Mary said. “Then all of a sudden here we go.”

The final verdict on the mound is still to come. After Franklin passed its resolution affirming ownership but leaving open the possibility of Cherokee maintenance, Principal Chief Michell Hicks issued a statement to The Smoky Mountain News saying that the mound belongs to the Cherokee people and that he looks forward to “future discussion with Town of Franklin officials to discuss the EBCI taking ownership of the Mound.”

However, no such discussion has yet taken place, according to Franklin Mayor Bob Scott.

“We’ve reached out to Chief Hicks and that’s it,” Scott said. “We haven’t heard anything.”

Chief Hicks’ office did not return messages requesting comment.

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Construction along N.C. 209 — locally called Crabtree Road — near its exchange with U.S. 74 will cause the state road to close for three consecutive weekends between Old Clyde Road and Carley Road as a new sewer line is installed there.

The closures will be from 7 p.m. Nov. 7 to 7 a.m. Nov 10; 7 p.m. Nov. 14 to 7 a.m. Nov. 17 and 7 p.m. Nov. 21 to 7 a.m.

Nov. 24. Signs will direct traffic along the detour from N.C. 209 to U.S. 74 to Interstate 40 West and then back onto N.C. 209 via Exit 24.

Detour signage will be in place directing traffic from N.C. 209 to take U.S. 74 to Interstate 40 west, and then to Exit 24 on I-40 West. Traffic will then return to N.C. 209.

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Davis pulls out a win, pledges to continue Republican direction in Raleigh

BY BECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER .C. Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, pulled out a sizeable win over Democratic challenger Jane Hipps.

Davis has represented the mountains in Raleigh for four years, an historic era of newfound Republican control.

While many of the Republican-driven policies and legislation have been controversial, Davis hopes to continue the course the state has been on.

Davis would not call his win a mandate, but did say the majority of voters must share his ideals.

“I am the same person I was when I ran the first time. My goal was to get some fiscal sanity in the state budget. I thought it was extremely important to do for our kids and grandkids. That has been one of the sole focuses since I have been there, and that’s what I will continue to strive to do,” Davis said.

Davis said he was surprised by his own margin of victory.

“I thought this was going to be a lot closer than it did. I was really pleased with how it turned out,” Davis said.

Hipps was the underdog going into the race, with no political background and little name recognition. But that actually made it more difficult to campaign against her.

“My opponent didn’t have a record, so there was no way to criticize her,” Davis said.

Unlike his race two years ago, Davis campaign literature, flyers and ads were mostly positive statements about his own candidacy, rather than attack ads against his opponent.

Hipps said she was disappointed.

“It didn’t work out like we want it to,” Hipps said. “The voters had their say and they chose to keep Davis.”

She was also surprised she lost by so much.

“I really thought I would win. I presented a strong contest,” Hipps said.

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once had, I feel like we are in better shape.” known she wasn’t going to win? Hipps Dave Blevins, a businessman in paused a moment at the question.

Waynesville, said he supports the tax cuts Hipps worked tirelessly on the campaign enacted by Republican leaders and believes trail, pounding the pavement, shaking hands and beating the bushes to introduce herself to they will advance the state’s economic recovery. He believes the Republican policies have voters, hoping to win the seven-county disbeen good for the state, but said they do suftrict one voter at a time. She went from sunfer from a PR problem. But other voters up to well past sundown several days a week, lament the cuts to education and services for a pace she has maintained since late winter. the needy and poor that have come down Would she have invested all that time, from Republicans. money and energy had she somehow been able to read the future, and know she was going to lose? Hipps first said “no.”

But on further reflection, Hipps believes she advanced an important set of philosophical principals for the region and state.

“I got a message out,” Hipps said. “I was fighting for the middle class and hardworking people. I was fighting for better schools. I wanted to see our teachers treated with respect. I didn’t want to see the possibility of our land and water harmed by fracking across Candidates and their supporters campaigned at polling North Carolina.” sites across the mountains on Election Day, including a Hipps’ message had clearly resgauntlet of signs and literature peppering voters at this onated with some voters.

“I feel like as a society we have Maggie Valley voting site, although voter turnout was on to protect our most vulnerable the low side. people,” said Rita Pritchard, who has a grown child with a severe “I don’t like that they have cut the school physical disability. She has been hurt by cuts systems,” said Letha Hannah, a Maggie voter. in Medicaid, which she relies on to care for Another voter in Maggie, Mindy Hughes, her child who is wheelchair bound.

41, said she came out with one issue on her Millard Grant, 50, of Maggie Valley said mind: fracking. She is against fracking, and he believes the budget cuts the Republicans on her way into the polls said her mission put in place were necessary, though unpopuwas to vote for candidates who were against lar.

“At least they go ahead and state these are fracking as well.

However, she said she was going to vote the values they intend to support,” Grant said in an exit poll on Election Day. “We have for Davis, who has supported fracking, instead of Hipps, who was against it, because to do some drastic measures sometimes. I Hughes is Republican. know things were cut that were popular, but The N.C. Senate district spans the seven in hindsight, they were good choices and western counties of the state. The political even though we don’t have the resources we

Queen shuts down Clampitt, again After winning re-election in the N.C. House District 119 race, Rep. Joe Sam Queen sounded more glum than one might expect.

“It’s a mixed night for me,” Queen said.

He was feeling pretty low about races around the state.

The Tillis-Hagan results had him down, and the other state races hadn’t panned out the way he’d hoped.

“I got some help from Buncombe County with John Ager and Brian Turner. I was hoping to get Dean Hicks, but it doesn’t look like I’m gonna get him,” Queen said.

“I’d gladly have lost to win Kay Hagan, cause it’s not about

N.C. House, District 119 N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,681 Mike Clampitt (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.567 Represents parts of Haywood (greater Waynesville and Lake Junaluska), Jackson and Swain counties. me.”

While Queen didn’t see all his Democratic cohorts make the Election Day cut, his own showing was respectable. The incumbent state representative won with 53 percent of the vote against Republican challenger Mike Clampitt, who got 47 percent of the vote.

“I’m proud of my constituents,” Queen said at the end of a late evening. “They keep sticking with me, and I’ll keep sticking with them.”

This was Queen’s second time to go up against Clampitt for the 119 seat. For Clampitt, it’s a second upset.

N.C. Senate, District 50 N.C. Sen. Jim Davis (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,231 Jane Hipps (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,557 Represents seven western counties.

Haywood • Davis: 9,320 • Hipps: 9.,416 Jackson • Davis: 5,119 • Hipps: 5,599 Macon • Davis: 6,266 • Hipps: 5,411 Swain • Davis: 2,096 • Hipps: 2,185 Cherokee • Davis: 5,919 • Hipps: 3,320 Clay • Davis: 2,821 • Hipps: 1,628 Graham • Davis: 2,053 • Hipps: 1,180 leanings vary as you move across the district.

Haywood, Jackson and Swain lean Democratic. But Macon, Graham, Clay and Cherokee lean Republican.

Hipps won the three Democratic counties, while Davis won the four Republican ones.

However, Davis’ victory in the Republican counties was far more sizeable than the victory Hipps pulled off in the Democratic counties.

Low voter turnout in Haywood was particularly detrimental for Hipps.

Voter turnout in Haywood was only 45 percent. Hipps was counting on Haywood to help her carry the race.

“I needed a heavier turnout from Haywood to win, and it just didn’t happen,” Hipps said.

Haywood alone has more voters than Clay, Graham and Cherokee combined.

Haywood is both a Democratic-leaning county and Hipps’ home turf — but she won by only 100 votes in Haywood.

“Naturally, I’m disappointed,” Clampitt said following his loss. “But, you know, the people have made their choice about what kind of representation they want to have in Raleigh. Evidently, they want to continue the same-ol’ sameol’.”

Clampitt said he was surprised by the election outcome and expected more of the district’s voters.

“Real simple,” Clampitt said, “I thought the people of Western North Carolina were smarter than the way they have voted.”

Voters in the district, however, felt differently. Enough of them apparently disapproved of the direction Republicans have taken the state and decided to throw their votes behind Queen.

“The last year has been pretty bad in North Carolina,” said Waynesville voter Beth Pratt. “We needed a massive change. I felt like the state was being hijacked, and we looked ridiculous to the rest of the country.”

STAFF REPORT ep. Michele Presnell , R-Yancey, retained her seat for the N.C House, narrowly defeating fellow Yancey resident Dean Hicks in the 118th District, which includes part of Haywood County and all of Madison and Yancey.

Presnell’s margin of victory to earn a second term in the House was somewhat narrow. She took 51.4 percent of the vote, while Hicks won 48.7 percent.

However, Haywood County was largely responsible for Presnell’s reelection. She got 6,268 votes there, 55.3 percent of the vote, compared to 3,442 — 46.9 percent — in Madison County and 4,052 — 49.8 percent — in her home Yancey County.

Ted Cheffey of Maggie Valley and his wife supplied two of those votes. He and his wife are both newcomers to North Carolina. It was a challenge for them to study the issues and inform themselves ahead of the election.

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N.C. House, District 118 N.C. Rep. Michele Presnell (R) . . . . . . . 13,745 Dean Hicks (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,012 Represents parts of Haywood (Maggie Valley, Canton, Bethel area, Crabtree area), Yancey and Madison counties.

Presnell shares some candy corn with a voter outside the polls Tuesday. Becky Johnson photo for them, and they felt Presnell was the best candidate for them.

“She will dig in,” Cheffey said of his wife’s research skills.

Rep. Presnell has touted her commitment to job creation as a top priority, saying during the election that it was “the only issue I really run on.”

Rep. Presnell has also established herself

as one of the General Assembly’s most socially conservative representatives. She has vowed to “fight forever” against the recent court decision to allow gay marriage in North Carolina.

Presnell’s husband served in the General Assembly as a senator for one term in 20052006.

Many thought Hicks could win in the

118th District. In his first foray into state politics, he decided to join the race after the Legislature made cuts to education spending.

Hicks is retired from 30 years as a teacher and coach, and also served from 2002 to 2008 on the Yancey County Board of Commissioners. He said he couldn’t stand seeing education “take a backseat.”

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Haven ousted; Shields top vote-getter

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Macon County Board of Commissioners will soon see a new face at the table, and it will be that of the top vote-getter in the four-way race for the Franklin seat — Gary Shields will replace incumbent Ron Haven after pulling down 40 percent of the votes.

“I’m the new person then, so I’m ready to go to work,” Shields said as he pulled over on his way to Republican headquarters to check on the status of other races.

“I think their [voters’] perspective is if you put a lot of hard work in now, it’s not a novelty to you when you get to the county commission board,” Shields said on his hypothesis of why the win came about.

Shields, who retired in 2010 from decades in education, will join Democrat Ronnie Beale, who won re-election to his seat on the board. Beale took 31 percent of the vote for the Franklin seat.

“I’ve tried to work hard for the citizens ever since I’ve been elected eight years ago, and I think they realize that,” said Beale, who is the sitting president of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.

Jim Tate, R, also won re-election, taking the Highlands seat with 67 percent of the vote against his opponent, Michael David Rogers. Though Tate is an incumbent, this is his first general election, as he was initially appointed to his seat three years ago and held onto it in a May election.

“I’m so appreciative to Macon County for supporting me and believing in me and allowing me to be their commissioner,” Tate said.

On paper, the election will keep the current tally of four Republican and one Democratic board member. But the board doesn’t typically vote along party lines, with most split votes occurring either 3-2, with Republican Chairman Kevin Corbin, Tate and Beale voting against Haven and

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Outgoing commissioner Ron Haven (left) and newly elected commissioner Gary Shields (right) chat outside the Macon County Courthouse during one-stop voting. Holly Kays photo Commissioner Paul Higdon. The 4-1 votes usually feature Higdon as the sole opposition. So, there’s potential for this election outcome to change those tallies.

“Based upon his [Shields’] campaign plat-

Macon County Commissioners Franklin District (two seats) Gary Shields (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,647 Ronnie Beale* (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,041 Ron Haven* (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,221 John Martin (L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,349 Highlands District (one seat) Jim Tate* (R). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,665 Michael David Rogers (D). . . . . . . . . . . . 3,728 *denotes incumbent

form, we tend to see things very similarly, so I’m excited about getting to know Gary Shields and seeing what he’s all about,” Tate said.

Depending on whom you ask, the current board is either doing a good job or playing politics too much.

“I strongly believe that they need to put the interests of the people ahead of the politics of the office,” said Franklin resident Richard Sullivan, 70. He said he thinks the current board verges too closely on being “professional politicians” but admitted that he voted for incumbents Haven and Tate “because we don’t have a lot of choices.”

On the other hand, Franklin voter Michael Johnson, 61, praised the current board’s decision to pursue the Parker Meadows tournament ballfield.

“I don’t know what it’s going to do for the county, but I like that the commissioners are being progressive,” the Republican said.

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Smart money had the contest for the Swain commissioners race locked down in the primary. The board’s chairman, Phil Carson, had held on to his seat and the top four Democrats would assumably come out on top in the general election.

As it turns out, that was a safe bet.

With four seats up for grabs, the four Democrats on the ballot snagged the top spots. Two Republicans trailed behind that pack, though not by as much as might be expected in the heavily Democratic county.

Newcomers Ben Bushyhead and Danny Burns were the top two vote-getters, just as they were in the Democratic primary. Bushyhead received 20.29 percent of the vote, while Burns followed close behind with 19.88 percent.

Incumbent commissioners David Monteith and Steve Moon were next in line, with 18.06 percent and 15.25 percent of the vote, respectively.

Once Swain’s results were in — with 43.2 percent of registered voters voting — Bushyhead repeated a message he issued following his primary victory: the people want

change.

“It’s very simple. I think the people want someone who’s going to go in and try to open up the government, make it transparent, both in budget and planning,” Bushyhead said. “They haven’t had that in many years. They are crying for that.”

Burns agreed.

“I just think people were ready for some change,” the firsttime candidate said. “That’s the main thing we heard through the primary.”

Bushyhead also said that his and Burns’ victories send a message to sitting commissioners.

“Things must change,” Bushyhead said.

Incumbent commissioners Monteith and Moon held on to their seats in this election, and will be joined with Bushyhead and Burns on the board. Monteith said he’s ready for the new composition.

“I think that the Lord put us all on for one purpose and that is to serve the people of Swain County,” said Monteith, adding that he has long known Bushyhead and Burns and

In a small town, local races can be personal since voters often know at least one of the candidates personally. That personal relationship was what led Sullivan to vote for Shields, and it’s partially why Franklin voter David Beam, 50, had a tough time deciding his ballot.

“It was a hard choice,” the pastor said, declining to reveal who he ended up deciding on.

The new board will have hard choices of their own to make in the future. Challenges will include deciding whether — and by how much — to raise the property tax rate to offset a lowered county valuation, and how to deal with increased school funding requests in light of cuts at the state level.

Haven did not immediately return calls requesting comment.

Voter turnout was 47.3 percent, with 11,853 of 25,081 registered voters voting.

looks forward to working with the newcomers. “I think both of those boys are good Christian boys and I got no problem with that.”

Lance Grant II was the top Republican vote-getter in the Swain commissioners race, with 14.57 percent of the vote.

He was trailed by Carolyn Bair, with 11.96 % of the vote.

“I lost by 94 votes,” Grant said after the results were in.

“I figured it was gonna be close, but I didn’t figure I’d lose.”

Grant said he hopes the winning candidates can work together for the good of Swain County.

“I’d like to see’em tackle the budget and I’d like to see’em focus on getting jobs, good paying jobs, to the community,” Grant said.

This is the final year that the full bench of commissioners in Swain will be up for election. Going forward, the terms will be staggered. Instead of all seats coming open every four years, only half the seats will be up for election at a time.

This election sets the stage for that electoral rotation, with the two top vote-getters — Bushyhead and Burns — serving a full four years, and the remaining two victors — Monteith and Moon — seeing their seats on the ballot again in 2016.

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“I think they did a good job guiding us through the recession. They had to decide what to cut, and how much without cutting the service for those who are most needy,” Blevins said.

Republican challenger Denny King made an admirable showing, however. It was his third time on the ballot, and he has gained momentum each time. King acknowledged going into the race that Haywood is a tough county for Republicans when it comes to local seats.

King came within 200 votes of landing a seat. He got to the 9,000-vote range — the same range as the three sitting commission-

ers. He clearly held his own.

“We had really good supporters and they worked very hard. I just wish we could have gotten it over the goal line,” King said.

King said he was undecided on whether to ask for a recount, although supporters were urging him to late Tuesday night.

Dick and Jane Young of Waynesville said they voted for King when stopped for an exit poll interview on Election Day. King’s message that the current commissioners have not been frugal enough and have spent too liberally resonated with them.

It’s no surprise a Libertarian on the ballot for commissioner came in last. But Windy McKinney did better than any Libertarian candidate in history. McKinney clocked in with 4,882 votes — out of 19,000 people who voted in Haywood this election. Libertarians are just 1 percent of registered voters in Haywood, but McKinney was supported by 25 percent of those voting in this election.

Despite coming from a non-mainstream party, McKinney’s relatively strong showing is due in part to Republican commissioner candidates bringing her into their fold and publicly supporting her as a candidate.

Voters could pick up to three candidates in the Haywood commissioner race, but with only two Republicans on the ballot, conservative voters had an extra vote to toss around, and many threw it to McKinney, who had been embraced by some elements of the Republican Party, including the two Republican commissioner candidates on the ballot

Jackson Commissioners Chairman (one seat) Brian McMahan (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,783 Jack Debnam* (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,476 District 1, Whittier (one seat) Charles Elders* (R). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,496 Joe Ward (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,127 District 2, greater Sylva (one seat) Boyce Deitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (D) 5,851 Doug Cody* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (R) 4,804 *denotes incumbent do it again just like I did.”

Debnam also wonders how the new board — nearly a Democrat majority, save for Leers — will operate.

“That’ll be the interesting part,” he said.

McMahan think the new composition will function just fine. Like the current board, he expects the new board to find itself in unanimous agreement more often than not.

“As Chairman Debnam has said in the past, about 95 percent of their votes have been unanimous,” McMahan said. “I don’t see that changing a lot with the new board.”

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(three seats) Kirk Kirkpatrick* (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,586 Michael Sorrells* (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,345 Bill Upton* (D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,232 Denny King (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,068 Philip Wight (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,650 Windy McKinney (L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,882 *denotes incumbent

Republican challenger Denny King, campaigning at the polls in Maggie Valley on Election Day, came within inches of stealing a seat on the Haywood County board of commissioners.

BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR The fate of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners rested with this election.

With six candidates on the ballot — aligning themselves neatly into two teams of three — voters were asked to decide if they were satisfied with the conservative Brian McMahan incumbents or would they rather return to an allDemocratic affair.

The end vote didn’t slice as neatly as the two teams of candidates.

While challengers Brian McMahan Charles Elders and Boyce Deitz will be coming onto the board, incumbent Commissioner Charles Elders, a Republican, also held on to his seat.

McMahan, with 56.4 percent of the vote, beat sitting Chairman Jack Debnam, who got 43.6 percent. Deitz got 54.91 percent of the vote to beat out Doug Cody, with 45.09 percent. Joe Ward was the lone losing challenger, with his 48.3 percent of the vote compared to incumbent Charles Elders 51.7 percent.

Though the Democratic challengers didn’t sweep the races, McMahan still sounded pretty happy with the results.

“I think it says that Jackson County is ready for a change,” McMahan said.

McMahan will be making a return to the chairman’s seat. He originally served from 2005 through 2010. He lost his seat, along with two other Democratic commissioners, in 2010 when the trio of conservative opponents was voted in.

Just as the 2010 race was viewed by Republicans as proof that Jackson citizens were wary of the Democratic status quo — and specifically, of development moratoriums and ordinances — this year’s election is being viewed by the victors as verification that voters were ready for a change from the commission’s current conservative lean.

“I think it sends as message that everyone in the county wants to be respected,

not just a few,” said Boyce Deitz, who unseated incumbent Commissioner Doug Cody.

McMahan and Deitz were joined in their challenge to the incumbents by Democrat Joe Ward. Ward ended up losing his seat to Commissioner Charles Elders.

“We did lose one,” McMahan said. “I was sad to see that Joe didn’t make it.”

Elders, the only incumbent to hold on to his seat, said he was also sad to see his fellow incumbents lose.

“It feel a little disappointed losing my two buddies there,” Elders said.

Cody conceded that the incumbent loses signaled the people’s desire for a change.

“I would’ve like to have won, but the people have spoken and obviously they wanted a change and that’s what they’ll get,” Cody said. “I hope things work out the best for everyone.”

Cody also said that state level issues — such as education funding and fracking — likely had a negative trickle down effect on the local commissioners races.

“Anytime you have an issue that motivates the base of you opponent it’s not a good thing,” the commissioner said. “And they were highly motivated.”

Chairman Jack Debnam, an unaffiliated candidate, attributed his loss to the Democrats ground game.

“Well, the Democrats evidently got out and worked harder,” Debnam laughed on election night.

The chairman also said that he was proud of the work accomplished during the past four years.

“You know, I’m not ashamed of anything we’ve done,” the chairman said. “I’d

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER oters gave their seal of approval to the current Haywood County commissioners, returning all three sitting commissioners to their seats.

Commissioners Mike Sorrells, Kirk Kirkpatrick and Bill Upton — all three Democrats — won re-election.

The trio is part of the longest reigning board of county commissioners with less turnover than any set of county commissioners in recent history.

“The vote total shows people have confidence in what we are doing with the county,” Kirkpatrick said, who appears to be the only county commissioner in the past century to be elected four consecutive times.

Kirkpatrick is going into his fourth term, Upton into this third term, Sorrells into his second. The other two commissioners on the board, Mark Swanger and Kevin Ensley, are serving their third terms.

Sorrells said he was pleased the team could continue.

“We will continue to work to make Haywood County a better place to live,” Sorrells said.

Roger Hannah of Maggie Valley said the current commissioners have done a good job.

“Yup, that’s why I voted for them again,” Hannah said in an exit poll interview. “I’d have voted against them if they hadn’t.”

Support of the sitting commissioners wasn’t limited to party Democrats. Dave Blevins, a Waynesville businessman and selfidentified conservative, voted to return the three current commissioners to office.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER fter a hard-fought and hotly contested race, the job of top prosecutor for the seven western counties was won by Ashley Welch, with a huge margin, carrying 60 percent of the vote.

“I am overwhelmed,” Welch said at her margin of victory. I felt like people were behind me, but when you are running for something like district attorney everybody is going to say they are behind you whether they are or not. So I always took it with a

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setting the stage for a wide-open race.

Welch distinguished herself as a tough but fair prosecutor, a fighter with unrelenting convictions of right and wrong, a indefatigable worker, and a straight shooter who could not be influenced by the politics of the position.

Welch ran as a Republican, and Moore as a Democrat. However, both said during a candidate forum that they felt the District Attorney race should be non-partisan. While political persuasion enters very little into the role of prosecutors, the Republican or

Ashley Welch, shown here in the Canton Labor Day parade, pulled out a huge victory in the District Attorney race (above). Jim Moore at the polls on Election Day in Maggie Valley. (right) grain of salt. I didn’t want to take anything for granted.”

Welch easily beat out her opponent, Jim Moore. Welch and Moore were both assistant prosecutors — Welch based in Franklin and Moore based in Waynesville.

The current District Attorney Mike Bonfoey is retiring after 11 years in the role,

Democrat factor was handy crutch for voters who may otherwise have been making a blind stab.

Michael Johnson, a voter in Franklin who was stopped for an exit poll during early voting last week, said he voted straight Republican — and voted for Welch as a result.

Meanwhile, Karen Lawrence of Franklin steered clear of Welch for that reason.

“She’s a Republican, I’m a Democrat, and I voted for the Democrat,” Lawrence said during an exit poll.

In general, Welch did better in Republican-leaning counties, while Moore faired better in Democratic-leaning counties.

But the race did not follow strict party line voting.

Geography also came to bear in the DA’s race. Welch pulled down an astronomical percentage of the vote in Macon — nearly

70 percent. Her margin of victory was consistently higher in the far western counties.

Leo Phillips, an attorney in Murphy, was campaigning for Welch at the polls on Election Day. Phillips said he admires her character and aptitude in the courtroom.

But he also said the seven-county judicial district has been too weighted toward Haywood for too long — with the majority of judges and prosecutors based there.

“It is not centrally located for everyone else,” Phillips said.

Welch went to UNC-Chapel Hill as an undergrad and to William and Mary for law school. She grew up in Hendersonville and was hired as an assistant prosecutor there right out of school. Welch had dreamed of being a prosecutor since a young age.

After two years with the DA’s office in Henderson County, trying primarily lowerlevel crimes in district court, Welch was recruited to join the DA’s office in the seven western counties, namely as the prosecutor handling the court load in Macon — offering the chance to try major felonies as well, not just the small fry.

“I tried to run a campaign that was positive. There was a lot going on in the background that was hurtful. I chose not to respond to it, and the results shows me that people believed in me and I can’t thank people enough for that.”

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30th Judicial District Attorney Ashley Welch (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,601 Jim Moore (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,997 Represents seven western counties.

91 of 92 precincts reporting Welch proved herself as one of the topnotch prosecutors in the region, handling complex and difficult cases with skill. Her role evolved from overseeing the Macon court docket to working whatever big cases she was needed on at any given time in a multi-county area.

Welch doesn’t plan to give up being in the courtroom.

“I will be very hands-on and very involved. You will see me in the seven counties,” said Welch.

Welch and her opponent, Jim Moore, had collaborated and partnered for years as assistant district attorneys, always batting for the same team. They even tried cases jointly, working side-by-side to bring down criminals together.

Early on, they pledged early to run a friendly race. They were determined to talk up their own attributes and qualifications, without putting the other down in the process.

But the race to the finish line was a long one, lasting a full year, ultimately taking a negative turn in the final stretch.

“I tried to run a campaign that was positive,” Welch said. “There was a lot going on in the background that was hurtful. I chose not to respond to it, and the results shows me that people believed in me and I can’t thank people enough for that.”

“I am so excited to start this and I am not going to let people down,” Welch said.

Moore said he was surprised by the results, and certainly hadn’t expected to lose by so much. He called Welch when the results came in Tuesday evening to congratulate her.

“I want everyone to get behind the next DA. Our judicial system is important and we need to not be detracting from that,” Moore said.

Moore said his top priority right now is preparing for a sex offense case coming to trial in Murphy in less than two weeks.

Welch won’t take over as DA until January.

As for what Moore will do then? Moore said he has not contemplated what his next career move will be.

The district attorney picks their team of assistant prosecutors. It is unclear whether Welch would want Moore to stay on, or whether he would want to stay on himself, given the negative turn the race took in the final months. Moore said the ball will be in Welch’s court whether he stays on.

The district attorney has 11 assistant prosecutors to handle the thousands of criminal cases, from first-degree murders and child rape to traffic tickets and everything in between.

Hall wins sheriff’s seat

Chip Hall (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,862 Curtis Lambert (R). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,806 with the Sylva Police Department shortly before the May primary. Town Manager Paige Dowling would say only that he was let go for “job performance reasons,” though Lambert has consistently claimed that he did nothing wrong and is seeking legal recourse.

He won the primary, but only after a second primary runoff. Only 43 votes separate Lambert from the lowest vote-getter of the three Republican candidates. That left him the general election to convince voters that, whatever the reason for his firing was, it was not something that would interfere with his fitness for the sheriff ’s seat.

He also had the challenge of running as a Republican in a primarily Democratic county. Of the 27,000 registered voters in Jackson County, 39 percent are Democrat, and 11,000 people turned out to vote.

Lambert did not immediately return calls requesting comment.

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran* (R). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,551 Chuck McMahan (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,757 Odel Chastain (I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 *denotes incumbent with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, seemed to be taking his loss in stride.

“I respect the outcome. I respect the will of the people,” the candidate said once results were in. “I wish Sheriff Cochran success in the future. I’ve called him and told him that.”

During his campaign, McMahan rallied voters for a change. He argued that the sheriff was disconnected from the populace, whom he said he could better serve.

Following his loss, the Democratic challenger declined to consider how the election outcome reflected on his message of change.

“I’m not gonna read anything into it tonight,” McMahan said.

Sheriff Cochran won his third term with this victory. He won his first term in 2006, following a 22-year career in underground construction, and won reelection in 2010.

“I like being the people’s sheriff of Swain County,” Cochran said in September.

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BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR Three candidates were aiming for the top prize in Swain’s sheriff race. The contest pitted the status quo against the notion of change, as well as featuring the third candidate wildcard.

In the end, voters decided to keep sitting Sheriff Curtis Cochran in his post. Again.

Cochran held a commanding lead over his Democratic challenger, Chuck McMahan. And both candidates maintained a comfortable lead over unaffiliated candidate Odel Chastain, who secured his place on the ballot by collecting 412 signed petitions.

The incumbent won his reelection with 57.21 percent of the vote. McMahan followed well behind with 39.40 percent of the vote, while Chastain walked away with just over 3 percent.

Cochran could not be reached for comment following the election results.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER With 10 candidates coming out for four seats on the Haywood County School board, the races was certainly a contested one, but there will be only one new face on the school board in the next term. Bobby Rogers, senior pastor at Dellwood Baptist Church, ousted incumbent Bob Morris for the Crabtree-Ironduff seat with 62 percent of the vote.

“I feel humbled and of course excited about working with the board that’s been elected and those that are already serving and just trying to move the school system forward,” Morris said.

A longtime friend of his opponent Morris, Rogers said he ran not to get Morris out but in an effort to practice what he preached when telling his congregation to get more involved and become leaders in the community. His priority as a school board member, besides climbing up the learning curve as quickly as possible, will be setting up some forums to give community members greater input into how the school system runs.

“To God be the glory is all I got to say, because I didn’t campaign really so much as just tried to be who I am,” he said.

Morris, meanwhile, said he feels like the seat is passing into good hands, and he’s not stressing about the outcome.

“I’m blessed,” he said Tuesday night. “I got a good family. I got two beautiful daughters, a good job. Tomorrow morning I’m going to get up and go to work, just have a good day tomorrow.”

Fourteen-year incumbent Jimmy Rogers won re-election to the Clyde district despite some avid campaigning from opponents Candie Sellers and Wende Goode.

Haywood County School Board Rogers took 44 percent of the vote, with Bethel District (one seat) Sellers getting 32 percent and Goode 23 Larry Henson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,402 percent.

Jeremy Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,890 “I appreciate the support this county has given me for the past 14 years, and Craig Messer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,453 I’m planning to do more for the next 4 years for sure,” Jimmy Rogers said.

Clyde District (one seat) Both Sellers and Goode said they Jimmy Rogers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,436 plan to stay involved with school board Candie Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,666 happenings but congratulate Rogers on Wende Goode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,393 his win.

“There was three of us running, and two of us were new and running against Crabtree-Ironduff (one seat) the incumbent, and I think that had an Bobby Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,071 effect,” Sellers said on her thoughts on Bob Morris* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,499 the outcome. “If there had only been two folks running, I think things would have Fines Creek (one seat) been much closer, whether it was me or Steven Kirkpatrick* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,522 Wende.”

John Duckett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,394 The Fines Creek seat also went to an *denotes incumbent incumbent, Steven Kirkpatrick, though he said this race against John Duckett was more of a cliffhanger than most he’s participated in during his 12 years on the school board. Kirkpatrick took 54 percent of the vote while Duckett held 46 percent.

“It was a good race and I’ve talked to John while I was running, and he did give me a run for my money, but I come out on top,” Kirkpatrick said.

Larry Henson took the Bethel seat a bit more handily, pulling down 50 percent of the vote with the rest split between two opponents, Jeremy Davis with 26 percent and Craig Messer with 23 percent.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to work, staying at work I guess to say,” he said.

In an uncontested race, Walter Leatherwood also won re-election to the Beaverdam district.

The school board will have its work cut out for it over the next four-year term, with needed creativity centering on how to deal with declining state education funding over the past several years. Areas such as textbooks, teaching materials and teaching assistants have been cut heavily, so the new board will have to figure out how to make their dollars stretch as far as possible.

They’ll also have to work with the county, which appropriates local dollars to the school board using a funding formula created more than a decade ago. The incumbents running for re-election told The Smoky Mountain News in previous interviews that they felt it should be revisited and possibly tweaked to reflect the present situation.

Other challenges facing the new board will include spurring community involvement in the schools and at board meetings and continuing to increase college and career training opportunities for Haywood County students.

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Cochran wins a third term

ing under Ashe a factor in the election.

“It wasn’t a factor for me,” he said. “I’ve been there 26 years and tried to treaty people the way I want to be treated and treated them fair, so I was a going on my record is what I was putting out to the community.”

Though Lambert didn’t have associations with Ashe to shake off, he accrued baggage of his own when he was fired from his post

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Chip Hall closed out a grueling race for the Jackson County sheriff ’s seat with a landslide victory against his opponent, Curtis Lambert. The Democrat took 64 percent of the vote compared to Lambert’s 36 percent.

“I’m just excited about it, thankful to the citizens of Jackson County who trusted me to be their next sheriff,” Hall said. “You always got it [losing] in the back of your mind, but I was getting good feedback from the community. Good, positive support.”

Hall’s challenge had been Chip Hall to escape the assumption that, as second in command to Ashe, his administration would be more of the same, as Ashe’s time in office has been riddled with scandal and criticism. The lengthy list of questionable acts included putting 1,300 miles on a Harley motorcycle confiscated from a drug dealer before auctioning it off and setting up traffic stops outside of primarily Latino communities, a move decried as racial profiling.

But Hall said he didn’t consider his work-

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YMCA camp coming to Swain County

Meals on Wheels volunteers needed Haywood County Meals on Wheels is looking for delivery drivers to help get meals to people who have trouble supplying food for themselves.

Openings include Tuesday routes in Pigeon Valley as well as Plott and Hyatt Creek and a route to Crabtree and Ironduff every other Wednesday. A Thursday route is open for Maggie Valley, and a route in Bethel needs a driver either Thursday or Friday.

Routes take about two hours to complete and need to be driven once per week.

Jeanne Naber, program coordinator, 828.356.2442.

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BY J EREMY MORRISON There will be camps for boys and girls — each N EWS E DITOR consisting of a half dozen cabins and shower Swain County will soon be home to a facilities — as well as a two-story lodge and YMCA camp. dining hall.

The camp — called YMCA Camp Watia Only about 125 acres will be touched at — will be on land located near the Almond first. Future phases call for a welcome center Boat and RV Park. and conference space, as well as additional “Probably 5 miles from the highway,” said living quarters.

Swain County Manager Kevin King. “I think Currently, there are no plans for a pool — it used to be a tree farm.”

YMCA representatives The YMCA’s planned summer camp will be located were in Bryson City recently on 900 acres in Swain County. The property for a public hearing with the includes a 3-acre pond. Donated photo Swain County Board of Commissioners. Because the organization is pursuing recreation bonds to help finance the camp — as well as other ventures in Western North Carolina — a public hearing was required in Swain.

“Basically, it’s just an IRS rule,” King said of the hearing.

According to Jes Williams, vice president of Organizational and Financial Development for the YMCA of Western North Carolina, the property is the property boasts a 3-acre pond — but “about 900 acres” located little more than a Williams left the possibility open. mile form the Nantahala Outdoor Center.

“If all the sudden momma said ‘We’re not “It’s a beautiful piece of land and it backs going to let our kid swim in Earth-water anyup to the national forest,” Williams said. more,’ we do have a space for it,” she laughed.

The YMCA plans to break ground on the The YMCA camp will specifically cater to camp in the spring of 2015. By 2016, the camp youth, ages 6 to 16, from Western North will be open.

Carolina. While campers from out of the area “We’re just going to be a summer will be able to come to the camp, the YMCA camp,” Williams said. “We’re not going to intends to focus on youth from the region. winterize it.”

“In Western North Carolina there are a Initially, the YMCA plans to put in Mecca of camps,” said Williams, pointing out enough infrastructure to support around a that a high percentage of the area’s campers third of its eventual capacity of about 300 hail from out of state. “We want to kind of campers and staff each week of the summer. turn that stat on its head.”

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The YMCA plans to work with local schools and other youth organizations in an effort to introduce the camp to pools of potential campers. The organization will also offer scholarships for campers unable to pay.

“Our goal is always to never turn anyone away for the ability not to pay,” Williams said.

The property for the camp was given to the YMCA — in the form of a charitable land lease — by Ken and Nancy Glass. The couple has owned the property for 10 years.

“This property has a lot of attributes that would be conducive to a camp,” said King.

Williams described a landscape with a soothing slope — “like a really nice golf course” — that would require little grading or tree removal. She gushed about old roads used on the onetime tree farm that appeared custom-cut for hiking and mountain biking.

“The camp is just so miraculous. It is just perfectly laid out for a summer camp,” Williams said. “We’ve had hardcore camp nerds come out and say ‘You could not have found a better place.’”

And that’s not because the YMCA didn’t look for another place. Even with the donated land, the organization scouted around to make sure it’d found the right place before settling on the property in Swain.

“We didn’t take the idea of building a camp lightly,” Williams said, noting that the camp will be the YMCA ’s further-west outpost in the state. “We did a lot of research before we dove into this.”’

“Very cool,” said King. “They could have chosen anywhere, but they chose us.”

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Hipps said the chamber is committed to ensuring the county gets what it expects under the new model, including financial accountability for how county tax dollars are being spent to accomplish economic development goals.

Ultimately, the new economic development commission is supposed to support existing businesses and recruit new ones. To bring focus to that far-reaching mission, a survey of existing business and industry will be rolled out in coming weeks.

“It will provide the closest look ever into the workers, services, resources and support needed to make our businesses more successful and sustainable,” Ken Flynt, a member of the new EDC board, said of the survey.

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The EDC, which historically functioned as an arm of county government, is now being spearhead as a subset of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce.

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The survey was refined and tailored several times over, and Flynt said it is one of the best of its kind that he has seen. It will only take four minutes to answer, but will provide a wealth of insight, be it challenges companies face in the supply chain or labor pool, to the advantages of doing business in Haywood County.

“We believe the results of the survey will allow us to be more exacting in how we do economic development,” Flynt said.

One thing hasn’t changed with the merger: the person who actually holds the title of economic development director. Mark Clasby, who spent 10 years as the county economic development director, stayed on through the transition. He had essentially been a one-man agency of the county, but is now an employee of the chamber.

Clasby has continued his primary role of ensuring the needs of the county’s major industries are being met and cultivating leads from prospective industries, Hipps said.

County commissioners were pleased with the status report they heard this week.

“I want to thank you all for the time, effort and energy you have put into the restructuring we are trying to do. Once this comes to fruitation, it will make Haywood County better,” Commissioner Mike Sorrells said.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER he newly minted Haywood County Economic Development Commission has hit the ground running in its first fthree months following a structural revamp that placed it under the umbrella of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce.

“We are giving the economic development commission a fresh, new look. That starts with basically everything,” said CeCe Hipps, the executive director of the Haywood Chamber.

The county’s economic vitality is far from shabby. Haywood has been promoted to the top tier in state economic prosperity rankings, a reflection of its robust business climate.

But therein lies the challenge: to shine up the image being projected to mirror the positive landscape on the ground.

It’s been a multi-pronged approach, including readying a new website, creating a template for quarterly e-newsletters, developing a comprehensive advertising and marketing campaign, enhancing lines of communication with the local business community, planning a promotional video and touting success stories.

Those are all critical to an enticing first impression for companies — be it small start-ups or big industries — looking for a place to set up shop.

“We want to be one of the places where they stop, check us out and consider coming here with their business,” Hipps said.

The economic development commission, which historically functioned as an arm of county government, is now being spearhead as a subset of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce, a transition that was formalized in July.

“The economic development commission is on the move in a very exciting fashion. We are setting the bar high with our expectation to market and communicate effectively and efficiently,” Nyda Bittmann-Neville, a member of the chamber’s new EDC board, said during a presentation to Haywood County commissioners Monday.

Haywood County commissioners heard from the new economic development commission at a county meeting this week.

Sharing quarterly updates with county commissioners is a condition of the new model that transferred economic development operations from the county to the chamber of commerce.

The county is still funding economic development initiatives, services and programs. But it is no longer an in-house function.

Instead, the county’s budget for economic development operations is now allocated to the Haywood Chamber of Commerce, which in turn carries out the role. But coun-

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Cleaning up the watershed HCC student spearheads effort to restore East Street Park

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER hen Katie Messer first presented her plan to improve water quality and generally spruce up a little-used park in Waynesville, she was just trying to pass a class. The report was intended as her capstone project for the low-impact development program at Haywood Community College, a degree that prepares students to reimagine spaces and construction projects so as to have the least environmental impact possible.

Now, the East Street Park project is up for a $20,000 grant from the Pigeon River Fund that, if awarded, could translate Messer’s report into real-life change.

“It’s all just been thrown together, and I’m just really shocked that it’s going this far,” said Messer, 27. “And excited. I’m excited also.”

Ralphene Rathbone, a friend of Messer’s, was the one who really “kicked me in the butt” to try bringing the project to fruition, Messer said, because she saw the potential in the concept and in its initial reception.

“I was able to go [to Messer’s presentation], and I was very impressed with the whole plan for the project, and also I was

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town had to do some emergency work to impressed with the support that she had in keep it from impacting the road any more. the room,” said Rathbone, a former chemThe small park has a good bit of hard istry lab instructor at Brevard College and surface on it, as well, which creates water Haywood County native. quality issues when stormwater runs off The crux of the project is a plan to improve water quality in the little tributary to Shelton Branch that runs through the 5.8-acre park. Shelton Branch runs into Richland Creek, which Haywood Waterways Association has for years been trying to get off the state’s list of impaired waterEast Street Park has potential as a community resource and environmenways. tal asset, and Haywood Community College student Katie Messer is workErosion ing on a plan to make that happen. Donated photo around the stream in East into the stream.

Street Park had gotten so bad that it was “For such a small area, there’s actually undercutting the road, and chunks of quite a bit of impervious surface,” said Eric asphalt were falling into the water. The Romaniszyn, director of Haywood 265-126 Waterways, the lead applicant on the grant.

The water quality part of the project, which is what the grant would fund, would focus on stabilizing the streambank so soil doesn’t erode away and possibly working on the channel itself. Right now, the channel is curved like a “c,” a formation that makes it easier for soil to erode. By reshaping it to a “v,” erosion could be reduced.

The project would also include removing invasive species from the streambank and replacing them with native plants. Natives tend to have roots that are better at holding soil down, plus they’re better food for wildlife. Romaniszyn would like to see the native plantings include species that provide good shade, as well, because more shade equals cooler water, and cooler water is better for aquatic life.

“There are probably not trout in there, but there’s probably trout downstream,” he said. “Anything we do to keep water cold goes a long way.”

A rain garden, which would use plants to catch storm runoff, and a better gutter system along the road, would also be components.

While also going after the grant, Messer and Rathbone are busy drumming up support from the community, and they’ve been making good headway. With monetary and in-kind donations combined, they’ve got enough for a one-to-one match with the $20,000 grant. Supporters include the Boy Scouts, the Kiwanis Club and Trout Unlimited. The Town of Waynesville is in

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on the effort as well, offering to use staff time and equipment to make the project happen, with town horticulturalist Jonathan Yates pretty intimately involved in the project.

“That will save a lot of money, just having that,” Romanizyn said. “The cash we can use for Katie and Ralphene’s time, as well as for materials.”

But Messer’s full vision for the park includes aesthetics and community benefits, as well as environmental ones. She’d like to see some new playground equipment go in — Haywood County’s 2007 master plan had recommended that happen in the 2009-10 fiscal year — as well as some bathrooms, because currently the only restrooms on site are in the Boy Scout cabin located there. Her plan also includes an interpretive nature trail, a butterfly garden and a handicapped-accessible path.

“The Pigeon River Fund only focuses on improving water quality, so that’s where our partners would come in to help us enhance the park in other ways,” Rathbone said.

Neither Messer nor Rathbone want to stop with East Street Park, though. There are plenty of other spaces with potential to become something greater, both for the environment and for people.

“There are a lot of parks, not even just in Waynesville, and not even just parks,” Messer said. “I think there are places that could be spruced up a little bit but done in a way to help the environment, so I would like to just keep doing things like that.”

As the mother of a 4-year-old, an ice cream dipper at Jack the Dipper and, until graduation next December, an HCC student, Messer has plenty to keep her busy.

But the sprucing up of parks and other outdoors places is something she’s found to give her joy.

“This is just something I’m really passionate about, and especially water quality,” she said. “I think it’s really important that we need to start teaching our future generations to be environmental stewards.”

The low-impact development program is on its last legs now, being phased out due to lack of enrollment, and Messer is sad to see it go. But she’s grateful for the way that the program and its instructors have inspired her to make her community a better place to be.

In the crosshairs for a next project is Sulphur Springs Park, an approximately 1.5-acre piece of land that houses a sulphur spring once thought to have medicinal qualities and a small gazebo.

“Although it’s very small, I would love to talk to the homeowners surrounding the Sulphur Springs Park, just to ask them, ‘What would you like to see at this park?’”

Rathbone said.

For now, though, the East Street Park project is challenge enough. But Messer, Rathbone and Romanizyn are all crossing their fingers for the outcome of the grant awards and looking forward to the road ahead.

“I just get really excited about it,” Messer said. “I want to help the environment and make it a more beautiful place for us all to enjoy.”

There aren’t exactly dead spots in the middle of Waynesville, but more cell towers are on the horizon as wireless providers aim to up their data capability. This tower is discrete, but easily seen from Depot Street in downtown Waynesville.

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The wave of new cell towers being proposed have met with mixed receptions.

• Verizon pulled its application for a tower in the Cashiers area of Jackson County recently after a public outcry over marred views.

• In August, two separate cell tower applications were denied in Macon. One potentially interfered with flight paths at the airport, but it could be tweaked and brought

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON have been proposed in Waynesville’s town STAFF WRITER limits this year. fter a several-year lull in new cell towers Macon County has seen three applicabeing built in the mountains, a new tions in that time period, after a severalwave of tower construction could be on year lull of its own. And Jackson County the horizon as cell companies race to accom- recently saw its first cell tower application modate the surge in digital data moving on in four years, with more likely coming wireless networks. down the pike.

Haywood County is currently fielding a “We have gotten inquiries about locanew Verizon cell tower application that will tions, and I do think we will be getting some increase signal strength in a large area around more soon,” Jackson County Planner Gerald Lake Junaluska. The tower would fill in a cou- Green said. ple small dead spots.

But more so, it will provide “Technology has allowed them to stronger signal strength needed to watch movies, send photos put more antennas on the same and check email on your phone. location. We’ve seen a big Maps accompanying the permit application show large transition in that over the past swaths shaded in red and yelcouple of years.” low, indicating weak or mediocre reception.

— Kris Boyd, Haywood Planning Director “Are these dead spots to talk?” Haywood Planning Director Kris Boyd asked. “Maybe not, but While there was a hiatus in new cell towwhat is the new form of wireless communica- ers for a few years, it doesn’t mean the mountion? It’s not voice.” tains were free of dead spots.

Boyd flipped to the next map in the appli“We still have lots of dead spots in our cation — one that shows anticipated cover- county,” Boyd said. But the last bastions of age after the tower goes up — and those red dreaded dead spots are so rural — like upper and yellow patches turn green, the color Fines Creek or Lake Logan — that there’s not denoting strong signal strength. enough potential customers per square mile The application is one of the first to justify the cost of putting up a tower.

Haywood has seen in several years, and may Other dead spots are simply small pockets be on the cusp of a new wave of cell tower con- tucked in a hollow here or there where the sigstruction. It would mark the third such wave. nal is blocked — but again don’t have the cus“We saw a big push in the late 1990s and early tomers to warrant a tower of their own.

2000s, and then another big push to fill in There’s another reason cell companies dead spots in the mid-2000s,” Boyd said. had quit building new towers for a while.

And then, nothing. Until recently.

Technology advances allowed cell companies Since last summer, two new cell towers to get better reach and increase capacity simhave been proposed in Haywood. Two more ply by switching out old antennas for new

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back again. The other failed because the applicant didn’t demonstrate that the tower was necessary to fill in wireless service gaps.

• Two towers have been proposed in the town of Waynesville, which handles permits within the town limits separately from the county. One is from U.S. Cellular for the hillside above East Street, along Reservoir Drive, and will likely be approved, joining another tower already at the site but that has reached capacity. Another was from Verizon for a tower at Dutch Fisher Park in Hazelwood, but the site was deemed unsuitable, putting Verizon on the prowl once more.

• Meanwhile, two have come through Haywood County. One was approved last year near Waterville to fill in a dead zone in the Pigeon River Gorge along Interstate 40. The other is the Verizon tower currently pending in the Lake Junaluska area off Sleepy Hollow Drive.

Jackson has been rewriting its cell tower rules lately, a process that is still in the works as the planning board grapples with the ageold cell tower conundrum: the public wants wireless signal, but doesn’t want to see the towers.

Finding the right balance — allowing towers tall enough to do the job, but not so tall they are an eyesore — is done through cell tower ordinances, which vary from county to county.

In Macon, the maximum tower height is 180 feet. In Haywood, the maximum height is 60 feet above the surrounding tree tops, with actual tower height ranging between 110 feet and 150 feet on average.

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ones, or by adding more antennas to existing towers, Boyd said.

Until recently, towers were limited in the number of antennas they could hold.

Antennas needed a separation radius from other each other. Now, they can be more closely packed in, and that means more capacity to handle the large volume of data moving over wireless carriers — without needing a new tower to do so.

It also means more cell companies can piggy-back on the same tower.

“Technology has allowed them to put more antennas on the same location,” Boyd said. “We’ve seen a big transition in that over the past couple of years.”

In fact, while new tower applications have been almost nil, Boyd has seen more than two dozen applications for new equipment being installed on existing towers in the past year.

For example, AT&T added new antennas to 15 existing towers across the county in a six-month period this year alone, according to a review of county cell tower records.

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A one-day conference from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 12 at Western Carolina University will gather leaders from across the region to explore the area’s key challenges and opportunities for growth in the future.

The event will include a keynote presentation from North Carolina economist Michael Walden as well as a panel discussion. A pre-conference session will begin at 9 a.m.

The $99 registration fee includes lunch.

Register online at www.wcu.edu/leadwnc.

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Ornament sale supports Macon’s State WCU scholarships of the County Christmas tree ornaments celebrating Macon County Manager Derek Roland will give his thoughts on the state of the county at the League of Women Voters of Macon County’s next meeting, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 at the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin.

With elections over an a new lineup soon to take office, Roland will talk about upcoming issues and projects, the budget and the county’s needs and accomplishments. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and present concerns.

Bag lunches welcome.

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BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR t’s official. Starting with the 2016-17 academic year, sophomores attending Western Carolina University will be required to live on campus.

“We have a philosophy of students learning better by growing into their responsibilities. First-year students need that residence hall experience,” said Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Sam Miller. “It’s often their first time living away from home.”

Currently, freshmen at WCU must reside on campus. This week, the university adopted the sophomore residency requirement.

Miller said that having students live on campus better ensures their immersion in university life.

“They’re not as likely to cocoon in their technology bubble,” he said. “We want them to get involved with campus life.”

There’s also another reason: logistics. The university is looking to make sure it can fill beds on campus.

By August 2016, the school plans to add between 250 and 350 beds as part of an on-campus mixed-use development. There are also plans to add an additional 300 beds to the Buchanan Residence Hall by 2017.

“We have a responsibility to make sure the residence hall system is on solid footing,” said Miller.

Requiring that sophomores, in addition to freshmen, live on campus gives WCU an expanded pool of residents. It’s expected that upperclassmen — juniors and seniors — will naturally phase themselves out of campus housing.

“By the time you’re a junior or senior, we think you should live off campus,” Miller said.

WCU freshman Jessica Matthews said she doesn’t have any problems with the university instituting the sophomore residency requirement.

“I was probably going to do that anyway,” Matthews said, taking a pause from a cross-campus walk.

Fellow freshman Conner Fox also said he didn’t mind the new requirement. Although,

he could see where the policy could ruffle some feathers.

“I feel like if you can afford that and you want to live off campus, it should be an option,” Fox said, dismissing any argument that paints underclassmen as not mature enough for off-campus living — “I feel like ‘mature’ is a relative term.”

Standing outside of Scott residence hall, freshman Davis Wilson said he could see both sides of the issue.

“There’s pros and cons to everything,” Wilson said, before conceding that the new requirement was “not necessarily a bad thing.”

Ryan Archer is a junior at WCU. He’s also a residence assistant, or RA, in the Benton

Beginning in the fall of 2016, WCU sophomores will be required to live on campus. Jeremy Morrison photo

“[Students are] not as likely to cocoon in their technology bubble. We want them to get involved with campus life.”

— Sam Miller, vice chancellor of student affairs

dorm on campus. He’s a proponent of oncampus living.

“I think that living on campus is part of the experience you get here,” Archer said.

“Overall, I think it’s good. I think it’s a positive move.”

WCU’s new sophomore residency requirement became official policy this month. The policy won’t take effect, though, until next fall. Even then, students currently enrolled at WCU won’t be impacted, as this year’s freshman class is grandfathered in and insulated against the requirement.

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“It’s all about the provider being able to make money. It’s plain and simple, that’s what drives them,” said Haywood County Commissioner Mike Sorrells, who is chairman of the Haywood EDC and also on the broadband committee.

“It’s demand. Demand and supply,” said Clasby. “We only have 60,000 people in the whole county. The provider could spend the same amount of money in a larger area and have a better return on investment.”

To that end, the committee is launching a community survey to get a handle on how many Haywood residents are lacking service.

The hope is that such data will be useful in attracting a service provider to expand access in the county.

“What we’re trying to do is quantify that demand,” Clasby explained.

The survey formally kicked off Nov. 3, with Clasby laying out the project to the Haywood County Board of Commissioners.

He told them that the survey was a “great effort” and would take about two months.

“There’s a lot of people here in the county that do not have access to the Internet,” Clasby told the commissioners. “We’ll create a map and then from that map we’ll show it to various providers.”

Swain County is also conducting surveys in an effort to quantify the need to up the bandwidth availability in the area. The results aren’t back yet, but Swain County Manager Kevin King said he’s expecting a verification of what he already knows is true for the rural community.

“There’s a big need,” said King.

Jackson County did a similar survey last year. Like in Haywood, officials felt that the rural areas of the county were underserved.

“The tendency is, [providers] like to look at the commercial areas and the business corridors, those are kind of the low-hanging

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BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR he folks spearheading the effort to expand broadband access in Haywood County are thinking big. Gigabyte big.

“Our goal is to make Haywood County a gigabyte community,” said Ron DeSimone.

The so-called gigabyte community might be a long shot for Haywood, but Simone thinks a baseline of 10 megabytes of bandwidth sounds reasonable. He estimates most of the county gets between three to six megabytes right now.

“The rest of the world is on 20 to 50,” Simone explained. “Urban centers are actually between 50 to 100.”

Simone, who serves as the mayor of Maggie Valley, sits on a committee packed with government and business representatives and charged with bettering Haywood County’s broadband access.

This is not an entirely new effort.

“I’ve been working on this for a number of years,” said Mark Clasby, who chairs the broadband group and also heads up the Haywood County Economic Development Commission.

But since August, the effort has assumed new energy with the formation of the broadband committee. The most recent evolution in the effort was kickstarted by DeSimone.

“I kind of initiated it,” DeSimone said.

DeSimone said that he regularly speaks with people considering a move to the Maggie Valley area and that those people regularly express concerns that the limited broadband access will not allow them to work

from home via a computer, or telecommute.

“Every time I talk to them, the first or second most important thing on their mind is broadband. They have found that we don’t have adequate broadband service,” the mayor said. “It’s integral to improving our economic development of the future. If we don’t do this we’re going to be behind.”

The broadband committee considers increasing bandwidth availability a necessary component for Haywood’s growth and future. Access to high-speed Internet is no longer a luxury, but is rather a must-have for a thriving community.

“I look at this no different that the electrification of the 1930s or the expansion of the sewer service,” DeSimone said.

Even now, measuring time in bandwidth, it appears the region is behind the curve. A quick step off the beaten path can quickly lead to slow Internet service, or no service at all.

This is the problem that members of Haywood’s broadband committee are addressing.

“Our needs are tremendous,” said Clasby.

“Our goal is to provide better service to the unserved and the underserved — you’re talking about Crabtree, Bethel or Cruso, Fines Creek.”

Clasby said that the lack of access to highspeed connections puts Haywood residents at a disadvantage.

“In this world you need better service than DSL,” Clasby said. DSL stands for Digital Subscriber Line, and typically refers to Internet availability through phone lines.

But increasing the area’s broadband availability could be a tough sell. The infrastructure involved in expanding service is expensive, and Haywood’s population hasn’t proved attractive enough for the larger telecommunications companies.

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fruit, the most profitable,” said Jackson County Manager Chuck Wooten. “But the residential gets left out.”

Jackson’s survey did not garner a tremendous response. About 100 surveys were returned.

“Not an overwhelming number,” Wooten said.

Like Haywood, Jackson worked with the N.C. Department of Commerce. They made a map and shopped it around.

“We were hoping that would generate some interest among some of the carriers,” Wooten said.

Currently, Jackson is still trying to increase its broadband access. There’s a couple of smaller providers that may be interested in discussing the possibilities, but service remains an issue.

“If you’re outside of the area that is served by cable TV and you’re outside in some of the rural areas, you probably lack service,” Wooten said.

The broadband committee in Haywood is hoping its survey generates a bit more interest. In addition to being available soon on the Internet, there are plans to make the survey available at various government buildings — such as the Department of Social Services offices, or the senior resource center — as well as other public buildings, such as the library. The media will also be used to get the word out, and schools may be used in some fashion to facilitate informing the public about the broadband survey.

“Anywhere we can get it out, we’re gonna get it out,” said Sorrells.

During Clasby’s presentation before Haywood County commissioners, Chairman Mark Swanger noted that the survey would focus not only on areas that currently lack service, but also on areas that are unable to get quick enough service.

“A lot of people consider having access to the Internet with having service. You can get dial-up, but you don’t have decent access to the Internet,” Swanger said. “Speed is critical.”

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Benefit concert aids WNC veterans

BY J EREMY MORRISON N EWS E DITOR t’s been two years since Bruce Yarrington and his Knights of Columbus buddies started volunteering at the Veterans Restoration Quarters in Asheville. Twice a month the crew makes the trip from Waynesville to cook for the veterans at the center.

“This is our baby,” said Yarrington, who served six years in the Marine Corps. “I’ve always looked for a hands-on way to help veterans, especially the younger ones coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.”

The Veterans Quarters, a service of the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministries, serves veterans in Western North Carolina. The ministry offers a residential program for homeless vets and strives to help them get back on their feet with housing, education and career training.

Yarrington learned about the veterans quarters from a friend in his Knights of Columbus chapter.

“A brother Knight told me about this veteran’s quarters. I said, ‘I’m a veteran, I want to help, what can I do out there?’” he recalled.

Yarrington and his brother Knights in Waynesville decided they would offer their time and talents by preparing food for the veterans staying at the quarters. Twice a month, on the first and second Friday, they trek to Asheville and hit the quarter’s kitchen.

“It started out as one Friday and it became two,” Yarrington said, explaining that the Waynesville contingent is but one group of volunteers hailing from around Western North Carolina.

During their visits, the Knights have become familiar with the quarters. They have gotten to know the veterans there, as well as their needs.

“A vet will open up to a vet,” Yarrington said.

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“I am honored to make a little music for all the brave men and women who served our country. It’s the least I can do.”

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In addition to preparing meals, the Knights started looking for other ways to help the center. They contacted Dale Walksler, who runs the Wheels Through Time museum in Maggie Valley, and gave him a tour of the veterans quarters.

“It touched his heart,” Yarrington said.

“He said, ‘What can I do?”

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A dedication ceremony last week, held by the N.C. Department of Transportation, officially named a bridge at the intersection of U.S. 74 and Alarka Road in Swain County to honor Dock T. “Dockie” Brendle, a Swain County native who earned three Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War. He fought in many battles, including the 1968 Tet Offensive, and his last and most severe injury left him blind in his right eye and paralyzed on his left side. Despite his physical limitaions, Brendle has been instrumental in promoting veterans and other humanitarian efforts in his community. He’s a lifetime member of Vietnam Veterans of American Chapter 994 in Franklin and a past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9281.

His community felt the bridge should be named after him, but the request was at first denied by the DOT on the grounds that, as a rule, it doesn’t name roads and bridges after Purple Heart winners, on Medal of Valor winners. The people of Swain County had to show the DOT that Brendle was indeed a community figure worthy of the recognition and did so in grand fashion by holding Dockie Brendle Day in April, as well as compiling letters of support and signa-

with the veterans center. Half the proceeds raised through Wheels Through Time’s 12th annual motorcycle raffle will be donated to the Veterans Restoration Quarters.

Now, Yarrington has hatched another way to assist his fellow veterans. He has orchestrated a benefit concert, with proceeds from ticket sales benefiting the restoration quarters.

“He spearheaded this thing, got the ball rolling,” said Cheryl Wilson, special events director with the ABCCM. To perform in the concert, Yarrington scouted out some backyard talent. Western North Carolina artists Balsam Range — a Haywood band that won big at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association awards — will headline the show. Also on the bill is teenage country singer from Haywood County McKayla Reece, who was named an ambassador for the Disabled American Veterans at age 9.

Wilson said she’s excited that the benefit was able to land such a well-known group.

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“We’re just glad that Balsam Range, who are big in this area, were willing to help,” she said.

It apparently was not a difficult decision for the musicians in Balsam Range.

“I am honored to make a little music for all the brave men and women who served our country. It’s the least I can do,” said mandolinist Darren Nicholson. “They’re the reason we have freedoms and the liberties to be entertainers, doctors, or whatever dreams we want to pursue in this life. Nothing in this world is free. We owe the most respect to our veterans.”

That sounds similar to the ABCCM’s mission with the Veterans Restoration Quarters ministry.

“We just think that we need to help these men and women that have served our country and come back and need a boost,” Wilson said.

It also sounds a lot like the reason Yarrington and the Waynesville Knights of Columbus chapter got involved. To give back.

Plus, like his brother Knight told him when first mentioning the center, it just feels good.

“Rick said, ‘Once you do it once, you’re gonna see a paycheck in the heart and see how good it feels,’” Yarrington recalled.

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Derrell Maxwell, the Oct. 29 ceremony’s emcee, formed the original committee to name the bridge after Brendle.

Speakers at the ceremony included Transportation Secretary Tony Tata; Richard Norton, president of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 994; Phil Carson, chairman of the Swain

Combat veterans will have an opportunity to discuss the personal costs of war during a program to be held on Veterans Day – Tuesday, Nov. 11 – at Western Carolina University.

Titled “Unseen Scars,” the program will begin at 7 p.m. in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center. It is free and open to the public.

The event will bring together veterans of Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan to discuss their wartime experiences and address issues, questions and concerns shared by soldiers and civilians.

The program is being sponsored by WCU’s Office of Counseling and Psychological Services, and a group of veterans on the WCU campus are involved in its organization, said Tom Baker, a Vietnam veteran who is semi-retired from the staff of WCU’s Reid Gymnasium.

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With four new hand-held GPS units, the forestry students will keep current with advances in forest inventory and geospatial technology and further their knowledge base.

Through this state-of-the-art forest inventory technology, students will use these skills throughout their time at HCC and rely on it to complete their final capstone project of preparing an entire forest management plan.

HCC is working with ForesTech Resource Solutions, LLC for the equipment. According to its website, the company provides technical products and services for forestry and natural resource management through the use of the latest technology, a well-developed network of strategic partners and a wealth of applied knowledge in natural resources management.

“In order for students to be properly prepared to enter the workforce, it is very important for them to be trained on technology they will be using in the field,” explains Terry Porter, President of ForesTech.

“HCC Forestry students will have access to new and emerging technologies that are being utilized by the forest industry, state and federal agencies,” says Blair Bishop, HCC Forest Management Technology Lead Instructor. “As a result, the use of this technology will have a long-term impact on the future foresters.”

According to Porter, “When these students

Business notes • Tyler Allen, a senior from Waynesville majoring in computer science and mathematics, is the recipient of an Upsilon Pi Epsilon/Association of Computing Machinery Scholarship Award.

The award recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and comes with a $1,000 cash prize.

• Haywood Community College was recently delegated a 2015 Military Friendly® School by Victory Media. Now in its sixth year, the designation and list by Victory Media is the premier resource for post-military success. The designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students.

• Waynesville town clerk and project specialist Amie Owens, a student in Western Carolina University’s graduate degree program in pub-

HCC Forest Management Technology students put their new equipment to work. Photo by Aaron Mabry are ready to enter the workforce, employers are looking for people who have been utilizing this technology. They are looking for people who are well versed and will be able to hit the ground running.”

HCC is the only technical college in Western North Carolina to offer a two-year Forest Management degree and the only Forest Management Technology Program in the state accredited by The Society of American Foresters.

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lic affairs, is the recipient of a $2,000 scholarship awarded by the North Carolina City and County Management Association.

• After more than a month of being in the classroom full-time, 13 Southwestern Community College radiography students have begun their clinical rotations at a variety of area hospitals. On their first set of rotations, these students will work under the direction of radiography professionals and assist in taking X-Rays as well as in other daily tasks.

• Adriel A. Hilton, assistant professor and director of Western Carolina University’s College Student Personnel Program, has been selected as the 2014 Outstanding Professional Contribution and Distinguished Scholar honoree for the North Carolina College Personnel Association. In connection with the award, Hilton will be the keynote speaker and receive the award at the 2015 NCCPA Research Symposium to be held in Wilmington in February, and will be recognized at the 2015

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Iranian-born journalist to speak Nov. 20 at WCU A native of Iran who is a former Rotary Peace Fellow and past editor of publications now banned or shut down by the Iranian government will present the keynote address for International Education Week at Western Carolina University on Thursday, Nov. 20.

Ali Eshraghi, Iran project manager for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, will deliver a talk tentatively titled “U.S.-Iran: Reconfiguring the Ali Eshraghi Middle East” in the theater of A.K. Hinds University Center at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Eshraghi’s journalism career spans more than 15 years, and he has published hundreds of articles and op-ed pieces in Persian, Arabic and English media outlets, including CNN, the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Guardian, PBS Frontline, the New Republic and Al Jazeera.

The nonprofit institute for which Eshraghi works is committed to supporting citizen journalism and media institutions to help people in parts of the world faced with conflict and crisis have the information they need to drive positive changes in their lives.

In Iran, dozens of journalists have served time in prison or been sentenced to lashings after being charged with offenses such as “anti-government publicity” and “meeting and conspiring against the Islamic Republic,” according to information from the nonprofit organization Reporters Without Borders.

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American College Personnel Association conference in Tampa in March.

• Gordon E. Mercer, professor emeritus of political science at Western Carolina University, has been inducted into the Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society Hall of Fame, an honor that has been only bestowed 19 times.

• The dean of Western Carolina University’s Honors College battled leaf-looker traffic and the long uphill climbs of the Blue Ridge Parkway to complete a 118-mile bicycle ride from Cullowhee to the top of the highest mountain in the eastern United States to boost a student scholarship fund. This year’s journey to 6,684-foot Mountain Mitchell, completed over five days on a mountain bike, was the ninth autumnal pledge ride undertaken by Brian Railsback to raise money for the fund that benefits Honors College students.

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head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, said Eshraghi’s experience has given him an invaluable expertise and perspective of peace, war and conflict resolution as well as U.S. and Iranian relations.

“He is someone whose life has been committed to speaking truth to power in the interests of reforming his own community and world,” said Whitmire. “In his various vocational lives, he’s been a real exemplar of journalistic and citizen advocacy directed towards changing his own society for the better, which you can’t do unless you really uncover the ways that it is currently falling short. In his case, this has entailed a lot of risk.”

Eshraghi also serves as the chair for the Civic Institute for Advocacy and Networking and a teaching fellow in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is an alumnus of the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution and was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Journalism and the Institute of International Studies. Eshraghi also was a research fellow at the Religion, Politics and Globalization Program at U.C. Berkeley. He studied political science and Islamic studies at Imam Sadiq University in Tehran.

In addition to delivering the keynote address for International Education Week at WCU, Eshraghi will speak to a philosophy and religion class about his experience of religion inside and outside of Iran; an English class that has read Persepolis about life in Iran; and to journalism students about his career and what it takes to succeed.

WCU’s Office of International Programs and Services partnered with the Department of Philosophy and Religion to make Eshraghi’s visit and address at WCU possible.

offering its master’s degree programs in middle grades and elementary education exclusively online. This enables WCU to phase out its existing residential-based graduate programs in middle grades and elementary education and replace them with online programs consisting of 30 credit hours each. The new programs, both with a strong focus on professional development, can be completed in as little as two years.

• The departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro have partnered to create an inter-institutional program that will extend doctoral-level training to qualified individuals in Western North Carolina. The Inter-institutional Doctoral Education Arrangement for Learning and Leadership program will expand UNCG’s existing doctoral program in communication sciences and disorders to include WCU students via distance technologies and face-to-face instruction.

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it. It’s one of the fastest growing places in the region whose potential is matched by the energy of those who live and work there. And this is why it is important that those advocating for zoning measures in Cullowhee prevail in the face of the passionate but misguided voices trying to squelch the forward motion.

Western Carolina University has 7,500 traditional college students who live and study in and around Cullowhee. Total enrollment is around 10,300, but some of those are nontraditional students — professionals seeking a second degree who live elsewhere or students at its satellite locations. By 2023 — that sounds like the distant future, but is now less than 10 years away — that 7,500 figure is expected to grow to 11,000. That’s a whopping 46 percent increase in students, and that doesn’t account for the faculty and staff required to accommodate this growth.

From 2000 to 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township of Cullowhee grew by 47 percent. That made it easily the fastest-growing township in Jackson County during that decade.

Student apartment complexes, communities for the faculty and staff, and commercial development are now part of Cullowhee and will play a role in its future. It’s as sure as sunrise

and the leaves falling every autumn.

The Jackson County Planning Board is trying to make sure that those who profit from this growth also help pay for it. Developers need to help cover the cost of new infrastructure like roads and sidewalks. They also need to be careful not to infringe on neighborhoods and family farms by dumping traffic in front of houses or locating too close to them, causing noise problems, having parking lots that send stormwater runoff into someone’s yard or pasture or creek, or just ruining the atmosphere enjoyed by generations of Editor rural Jackson County families.

Elected leaders — in particular the Jackson County commissioners — need to stand strong on this issue. Case studies will prove that good zoning does not deter growth but instead promotes it by providing developers with clear and concrete guidelines so they know upfront what they have to do.

There are those who will fight the creation of a planning district, but they are wrong. To do nothing opens up the beautiful Cullowhee Valley for years of ragtag, profit-at-all-cost development that won’t serve the short- or long-term good. Doing noth-

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ullowhee rising. Sounds like a fitting name for some aspiring college band, but it best describes what’s happening at C Western Carolina University and the community surrounding

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As students change how they learn, teachers must adapt

very attentive person knows there is a revolution occurring in language, and much of what was once communicated by words is now communicated by images. Texting is quicker than calling, snap chatting quicker than texting, and emoticons quicker than either. My students, for whom emoticons are second nature, are smart, and they have a thorough understanding of icons and symbols.

Columnist Formal research and informal observations for the last decade tell us these students learn differently than previous generations. Their learning responds directly to their environment’s demands. They learn interactively. They learn through images. They learn through sound. Very few students learn primarily through the written word.

And yet the state test they must pass for English IV is a variety of excerpts from literary works and historical documents, followed by multiple-choice questions.

I understand, perhaps as well as anyone, that being a good reader can make life easier, as in understanding a cell phone contract; and pleasanter, as in having a philosophical approach to difficult times; and more intelligible, as in knowing how our brains work.

However, new means of communication are replacing

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old, and not over a span of centuries, as with the advent of the printing press, or decades, as with television. For these students, it’s overnight. Forget sound bites. Forget tweets. These students can grasp a complex idea by looking at a single image, and the constant bombardment of information has taught them to filter out the irrelevant.

That is why I apologize to my 17-year-olds when I give them a state-mandated test that tells them to “Determine Melville’s use of the word ‘Patagonian’ in Moby Dick.” Archaisms in context just don’t get through their filter. Yes, this study of layered diction is a beautiful exercise in thinking, but not one the iY generation finds useful. They live in a brave new world of collaboration, creativity, and interaction, but also endless noise, lack of privacy, and fleeting relationships.

I know there is still a place for focus, for calm, for quiet thought, and for the written word in human life. I have taught this for most of my career. That is, until I realized the majority of my students had seldom lived in a home with two adults, or sat in anyone’s lap to read stories, or been without a cell phone, or been in a space not dominated by television, even when there was no food in the refrigerator. So I realized I must meet them where they are if I hope to lead them where I would have them go. I still teach literature. I still teach writing. Most of my students admire smart people and writers as much as they admire rappers and professional athletes. But if educators really want to prepare them for what comes next, we must assess them on how they learn. If we ever decide to test them on whether they’ve adapted to the dizzying pace of the culture we’ve created, I bet they’ll all make straight A’s.

(Dawn Gilchrist is a writer and a high school English teacher in Swain County. She can be reached at dawngilc@gmail.com.)

ing is the equivalent of writing a blank check to those who care nothing about the heritage or history of this region.

Planners are working to make sure that the regulations in the Cullowhee Planning District won’t be a one-size-fits-all model. This district is small enough so that exemptions and special uses can be allowed, ensuring that long-time residents don’t lose potential profit from their land while still protecting the integrity of the Cullowhee Valley.

It’s a shame people like Mike Clark, a former member of the Cullowhee Advisory Committee, resigned from that post. If this plan passes — and we think it will, and think it needs to — his voice would be valuable in making sure that regulators don’t harm the interests of long-time property owners and residents.

Cullowhee, a special place now, could become one of this nation’s most prized college communities. The university leadership is making the right moves. It’s situated in one of the most picturesque valleys on the Eastern Seaboard. It has a passionate citizenry who believe in what it can become.

Enacting these zoning measures currently being considered by the county planning board will help Cullowhee fulfill its potential. We hope Jackson’s leaders give Cullowhee a chance to do just that.

(Scott McLeod can be reached at info@smokymountainnews.com.)

Big mistake not to return Nikwasi Mound To the Editor: I am writing in regards to the Nikwasi Indian Mound. I am concerned for the community of Franklin and the image it is giving off to the rest of this country. Franklin has a lot of part-time residents that live elsewhere and a lot of others who are keeping up on the goings-on that are deciding whether to ETTERS retire or visit here.

First off, I cannot believe that the Town of Franklin has missed the mark concerning the return of the mound to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). This is an opportunity to close some wounds, restore a church to a culture that has thousands of years’ history to the land, and to demonstrate understanding and goodwill. Folks, when I ask people what religion they feel Franklin is, they say “there are a lot of Christians.”

However, the Town of Franklin doesn’t uphold that image. Here is why.

They are hypocrites not loving their neighbor as themselves. If they would look at this issue from a cultural standpoint, they would understand they are withholding a church from a people that lost it because they were forced by Christians that coveted their land, some stole it, murdered them for it and waged war against the Cherokee all because of gold. Christians were hostile against them back then and that is still continuing today because it is obvious they are not culturally sensitive people.

The mound has looked horrible since it was desecrated with herbicide.

Indians consider that like burning a church. If you understood culture, the Town of Franklin would have never done that to the mound. They altered it, which was also against the instructions from the Macon County Historical Society when the deed was transferred to the Town of Franklin.

I had to go research a bit at the library to maybe find some answers why Franklin refuses to return the Nikwasi Mound. They claim it’s rightly owned by people that bought it. They claim that EBCI is a sovereign nation and what would happen if they owned a piece of land in the middle of Franklin.

They claim that the complications from it being privately owned interfere with them returning it.

Those arguments are invalid. First, EBCI owns two other mounds and they are not going to alter, remove, or put a casino on it or use it to take over land. If you were culturally educated you would understand this is not some-

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thing that is allowed in Indian culture to do to sacred sites. The deed being in EBCI’s name is no different if I put a piece of land that I owned in the name of the EBCI. All we are looking at is a real estate transaction.

Here’s the interesting piece of information I came across in Barbara McRae’s book called Franklin’s Ancient Mound, Teresita press, 1993. The Siler family oversaw the matters with the Indian Removal process (Jacob Siler was the man that served in the legislature in 1839-40 when issues concerning matters of the Cherokee Indians were discussed). It was also Jesse and Harriet Siler that acquired the Nikwasi Mound in the 1800s and built a gazebo on it. The mayor of Franklin, Bob Scott, married a Siler descendant.

Now I couldn’t help but to wonder if this is why it is so difficult to return the mound is because Mayor Bob Scott has personal family history against the Cherokee Indians and he is still enforcing cultural insensitivity. I really would like to know because that is sure what it looks like after reading the history about the mound and watching the behaviors of a culturally inept council.

The other argument is why didn’t the Indians purchase the mound back in 1949 to get it back? I can tell you why … they were poor, still struggling to survive from what happened to them after the removal. They couldn’t afford it folks. Again, cultural ignorance shines right through because some refuse to learn about others to understand it from their point of view.

I think the Town of Franklin needs to rethink its decision of just allowing the EBCI to take on the expense of maintaining the mound but not own it. You are killing the Town of Franklin’s chance to heal wounds, to perhaps let the EBCI build the community by building a museum next to the mound to attract visitors here. You are missing an opportunity to show what Christianity is really about and not look like hypocrites to the rest of the world like some of the white ancestors were. There is no room for racism, not loving your neighbor and treating others like outsiders in the Christian religion.

After gaining some knowledge on the history of the mound, Bob Scott, you have a lot of explaining to do because most of the arguments in the media from the Town of Franklin are horribly invalid and definitely culturally insensitive. I would suggest returning the mound before we end up on national news with Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson making your political life difficult and ruining Franklin’s reputation.

Rachel Truesdell Franklin

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Make Lake Junaluska annexation more fair To the Editor: Your opinion piece from the summer titled "Changing mind now won't undo the damage" left out a more common solution to the annexation of the 775 homes in Lake Junaluska with its woefully and poorly maintained Lake Junaluska sanitation infrastructure.

Really, why should the homeowners of Waynesville pay for the seemingly intentional lack of proper maintenance that occurred over 30 to 40 years? This gave them a reduced cost on utilities during that time.

Now, with a clear road to annexation, their failure will be paid for by Waynesville homeowners with just a portion of the cost going to the Lake Junaluska folks. Is this really fair?

So annex them. It is good for them and ultimately good for Waynesville. But for 15 years put them in a special sanitation subdistrict so that they can pay for their lack of oversight, diligence, etc. Have them pay for at least 75 percent of their mess before the current Waynesville homeowners and business owners have to take on their debts.

Did Waynesville homeowners vote to accept the infrastructure debts of Lake Junaluska? Lake Junaluska homeowners voted to have Waynesville homeowners take on Lake Junaluska debts. Where is the reverse? This is a pig in a poke that will cost an estimated $10 million over about five years.

Make it more fair, then proceed. Neither Rep. Joe Sam Queen nor Rep Michelle Presnell nor any public officer has developed a fair solution before annexation.

Annexation without fair apportionment of infrastructure debts harms the majority of Waynesville taxpayers and rewards the Lake Junaluska homeowners. Lake Junaluska management shirked its responsibility in order to keep utility costs abnormally low.

Let's be fair to all and annex Lake Junaluska but put them in a special sub-sanitation district for more than 10 years.

Rick Helfers Waynesville

To the Editor: It was very sad to witness all the hateful rhetoric tossed around during elections this year. I don’t think I’ve seen such a display of lies and distortions, and we have sunken to a new depth of slime. The scary part is that we may never dig ourselves out. Will we ever be able to bring honesty and decency back to the political arena? I just don’t know, and based on what I recently observed, we may not. Reason and logic have given way to hatred of any opposing ideas using any means to defeat an opponent.

People that I look to for leadership joined in and immersed themselves in the slime and were a great disappointment to me as human beings.

Politics should not resort to the fights that fans get into after a football or soccer game and should rise above all the fracas.

But, sadly, it doesn’t.

I understand the liberal ideology where anything goes and spare none to win, but it brings humanity down to a new level. In short, take no prisoners.

I also understand the liberal view that people are simply cattle and need to be herded around by those who consider themselves superior to them. Were they to have their way, we would be a dictatorship and all opposing parties would be outlawed as they did in Communist Russia, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries where one party rules.

Keep the lower classes supplied with food stamps and cell phones to keep them happy while the political elite run amok, getting rich off the backs of others.

The conservatives fell into much of the same trap and failed to make their case, spending their time defending themselves or poking at their opponent. That left little time for them to explain the real problems the country faces and what they expect to accomplish.

Perhaps the liberals intended to prevent the sane logical and reasoning politicians from getting their point across and it was all part of the plan to keep the opposition preoccupied defending their ideas.

As a member of humanity, I’ve always felt an obligation to help pull my fellow man up to something better, but the liberals just see humans as so many cattle to be led by those so-called intellectuals who would rule them.

Problem is, under their system too many people pay the price. Some 40 million retirees are being wiped out by liberal economic programs we simply can’t afford. Our young grow up looking for some charismatic elite rulers to take care of them rather than bringing innovation and creativity to the nation.

Can we ever bring sanity and honesty to political campaigns, or must we always resort to lies and distortions? Can opposing parties ever sit down at a table and discuss our real problems in a sane and honorable way? Can we ever solve problems? I just dunno, but perhaps I’m just disappointed in political campaigns that have sunk to new lows.”

Bob Wilson Franklin

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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.

quality hot pressed sandwiches and the huge portions of hand-cut fries to the specialty frozen sandwiches and homemade Southern desserts, you will not leave this top-rated deli hungry.

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. Friday and Saturday serving freshly prepared small plate and tapas-style fare. Enjoy local, regional, or national talent live each Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter.

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.

FILLING STATION DELI 145 Everett St., Bryson City, 828.488.1919.

Open Monday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sundays (in October) 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Locals always know best, and this is one place they know well. From the high-

FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St. Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com.

HERREN HOUSE 94 East St., Waynesville 828.452.7837.

Lunch: Wednesday - Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday Brunch 11 a. m. to 2 p.m.

Enjoy fresh local products, created daily. Join us in our beautiful patio garden. We are your local neighborhood host for special events: business party’s, luncheons, weddings, showers and more. Private parties & catering are available 7 days a week by reservation only.

JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley.

828.926.0212. Winter hours; Friday through Sunday and Mondays, 7 a.m. to noon. 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 pan-

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Joey & Brenda O’Keefe invite you to join what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.

JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. 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 daily for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted.

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

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RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 828.926.0201 Bar open Monday thru Saturday; dining room open Tuesday thru Saturday at 5 p.m. Full service restaurant serving steaks, prime rib, seafood and dinner specials.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400.

Open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through 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.

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THAI SPICE 128 N. Main St., Waynesville.

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

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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.

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In search of the perfect word Author Ron Rash.

Courtesy of Western Carolina University

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER

The beauty of literature is its solely unique power of transportation.

“I think what a novel allows is a deep reflection on life. With a good novel, it’s always a meditation of complex issues, a reminder that life and reality are not something that can be broken into small segments and be fully realized.”

— Ron Rash

That beauty lies in the meticulous arrangement of words, phrases and sentences on a simple black and white page, where upon decoding the message you conjure endless colors, scents and landscapes. You find yourself walking the streets of far away places in forgotten eras, faces and voices long since put six feet under, all covered up in dust under the bed of a modern world.

The key to opening the portals to these places lies in the fingertips of the writer. Sitting down and letting the images in your mind pour out onto the blank page is a sacred act, one where you let the story unfold in front of you rather than racing to find a conclusion.

Crafting a story is a delicate and often misunderstood process. To find the perfect word, one must travel to the deepest, darkest corners of their soul, in search of the ideal conflict that is located at the foundation of every great story.

For Ron Rash, it isn’t about wrestling with an idea, but letting it reveal itself to him in its own time.

A renowned Southern Appalachian writer, Rash embodies this mysterious and majestic region. Since the publication of his short story collection The Night The New Jesus Fell to Earth in 1994, his career has been a slow burn of success, a flame glowing brighter every year.

Soaking in the historical essence of the people, places and things in Western North Carolina and beyond, works like The World Made Straight, Serena, The Cove and Nothing Gold Can Stay are chilling reminders of what it means to be a human being — for good or ill.

At 61, Rash is seemingly hitting an ideal stride. With a handful of bestsellers under his belt, his highly acclaimed novel Serena recently hit the big screen featuring Hollywood starlet Jennifer Lawrence and leading man Bradley Cooper. A two-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, he also received the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award in 2010 and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2007 and 2009.

When he’s not writing, Rash is in the classroom as the John Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University, a position that allows him to share insight and passion with the next generation of

potential authors. But, at the end of the day, Rash is who he is — a writer. His art is a finely tuned discipline commanding respect and complete honesty with the face in the mirror.

The Smoky Mountain News recently caught up with Rash as he geared up for a book tour of readings for his latest release, Something Rich and Strange, which serves as a collection of short stories, new and old. He spoke of what it takes to be a professional writer, how he dives into his bottomless imagination, and the place of the novel in the 21st century.

Smoky Mountain News: What can we expect with Something Rich and Strange?

Ron Rash: There are some new short stories and a collection of stories from the past. Out of 100 stories or so, these are the 34 I picked that I’m the most pleased with.

SMN: Where do you get inspiration from?

Do you come across people in daily life and in conversation that become characters for stories or do you have a list of ideas to pick from?

RR: The stories just kind of come to me.

Sure, I could hear a line that someone says and it might trigger something, stories from some research I do. They just come from different places, and they often come from an image. If I get an image in my head I just follow it into a story.

SMN: What’s your writing process? Lock the door until it’s ready or casually work on something and keep coming back to it?

RR: I tend to try to put about eight to 10 hours in for a week to get a story draft. I edit for around two weeks, put it away for a while, then come back to it and realize it’s not as good as I thought it was, so I start revising and trying to get it to where I feel good about it.

SMN: Where do you go in your head in the midst of creating a story?

RR: I just dig deep into the world of my characters. I get into their heads and I kind of leave this world for another. Today for instance, I’ve been writing for about seven hours. I forgot to eat until 1:30 in the afternoon. I didn’t even think about eating because I got lost in this world of these characters.

Finally, my stomach started growling so I knew maybe I should eat.

SMN: Where does that discipline come from? Is it a learned trait or have you always had it?

RR: I’ve always been very disciplined. I was an athlete in high school and college. I ran track. I think that kind of day-in-day-out training, the idea that this is something you do every day, and there are going to be days you don’t want to do it, but you do it. For me, discipline is a huge part of being a writer.

SMN: There are a lot of really dark themes in your work — greed, corruption, murder, the darker side of humanity. Where does that darker side come from within your mind? Are you trying to be shocking or is that just the way it comes out?

RR: What makes a short story work is conflict. I don’t bring violence into my work to just shock or titillate the reader, but it’s only in moments of extreme situations that fpeople reveal who they really are. I like to put my characters in these extreme situations fbecause then the mask they might wear in everyday life falls away and they reveal who they really are, as people do in real life.

SMN: You have such strong, controversial and/or troubled female characters in your work. Why is that?

RR: I’ve always admired writers who don’t limit themselves by writing for a single gender or social class. A writer such as Annie Proulx, who writes primarily about men, part of what makes writing so amazing is that kind of empathy. To imagine somebody very different from yourself is what gives a writer range.

SMN: What is the current state of the novel? What is its place in the modern world?

RR: It is probably more important now than it ever has been because we live in an age of sound bites and short attention spans, and I think what a novel allows is a deep reflection on life. With a good novel, it’s always a meditation of complex issues, a

Bestselling Appalachian writer Ron Rash will present his new short story collection at 11 a.m. Nov. 8 at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

Something Rich and Strange brings together some of Rash’s best stories from previous collections and also includes two stories not previously collected.

828.456.6000 (Blue Ridge) or 828.586.9499 (City Lights). reminder that life and reality are not something that can be broken into small segments and be fully realized. A good novel demands a real attentiveness. In a world full of distractions, the novel offers us something increasingly rare and much needed.

SMN: Are the words triumph and tragedy synonymous?

RR: I don’t know if they’re synonymous, but they’re both essential.

SMN: Well, I guess I mean the idea from great triumph can come from tragedy and vice versa.

RR: Yeah, I mean I think that goes back to the idea of putting characters in these situations and through their challenges and temptations the reader and writer will get a sense of how they react to good and bad fortune.

SMN: I see a lot of the idea of “nothing’s the same, everything’s the same” in your work, where common themes from the past apply perfectly well to today.

RR: Yes, because I think what a writer wants to do is simultaneously show a world and time that’s different, yet at the same time connect what’s seemingly different with the culture, cultural artifacts and beliefs, but ultimately I’m writing about what it means to be a human being in the world, at any time.

SMN: What has your life in writing taught you about what it means to be a human being?

RR: I feel very fortunate that I’ve been

SMN: What is it about the Southern Appalachian landscape and its people that lends itself to so much mystery and conflict in literature?

RR: My primary interest is because my family has such deep roots in the region. My mother’s family is mostly from Watauga County, near the Boone area. My father’s side is from Leicester and Buncombe County.

Generations of my people have lived here and that in itself I find fascinating. But also I’ve just been interested in how particular landscape affects the psychology of people.

SMN: What do you see with the college kids you’re instructing at WCU? RR: I’m delighted with the students I’ve been working with. One of them, David Joy, is getting ready to publish a novel with a major New York publisher. So, I’m very proud of him. I’m just trying to teach them to be better writers. Many are better than I was at their age. I tell them that, and its true. The question is how badly they want it. I tell them not to get discouraged and there’s a good chance they’ll see people who are not as good of writers getting attention and maybe winning prizes, but that also if you persevere and keep getting better somebody is going to notice you.

SMN: What’s next? I see that “Serena” is hitting theaters now.

RR: I haven’t seen it or really kept up with it. I haven’t even read the screenplay. I stayed out of it. It’s hard enough to write a good story, so I just concentrate on that. The next thing for me is a novel called Above the Waterfall. I’m actually finishing it up right now, I was working on it today. The plan is to have it out next fall. I’m hoping to have it finished completely by February and have it out by next fall. It’s a book about wonder. It really is the most upbeat novel I’ve written. It even has a happy ending. People sometimes ask me, “Why can’t more good things happen in your novels?” A lot of good things happen in the next book, but of course it does start out with a fish kill.

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Eureka Mill (1998) Among the Believers (2000) Raising the Dead (2002) Waking (2011)

Short story collections • The Night The New Jesus Fell to Earth (1994) • Casualties (2000) • Chemistry and Other Stories (2007) • Burning Bright (2010) • Nothing Gold Can Stay (2013)

Novels • • • • •

One Foot in Eden (2002) Saints at the River (2004) The World Made Straight (2006) Serena (2008) The Cove (2012)

Children’s book • The Shark’s Tooth (2001)

Awards • 1987: General Electric Younger Writers Award • 1996: The Sherwood Anderson Prize • 2002: Novello Literary Award (One Foot in Eden) • 2002: ForeWord Magazine’s Gold Medal in Literary Fiction (One Foot in Eden) • 2002: Appalachian Book of the Year (One Foot in Eden) • 2004: Fiction Book of the Year by the Southern Book Critics Circle (Saints at the River) • 2004: Fiction Book of the Year by the Southeastern Booksellers Association (Saints at the River) • 2004: Weatherford Award for Best Novel of 2004 (Saints at the River) • 2005: James Still Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers • The Short story “Speckled Trout” was included in the 2005 O. Henry Prize Stories. This story formed the basis for the first chapter of The World Made Straight.

• 2008: Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (Chemistry and Other Stories) • 2009: Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (Serena) • 2010: Heasley Prize at Lyon College • 2010: Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award (Burning Bright) • 2010: Inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors • 2011: SIBA Book Award (Fiction) for Burning Bright • 2012: David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction for The Cove

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SMN: Was there a moment when you realized a story could be whatever you wanted it to be? f RR: Yeah, when I was a young writer I tended to outline my stories, to know exactly what was going to happen before I wrote it.

And perhaps the most valuable thing I’ve learned as a short story writer is that I don’t want to know what will happen, I don’t want to know the ending, I don’t want to know where this story is going. In a sense, I want to be as surprised as my characters and also as surprised as I hope my readers will be.

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SMN: And with that, I was reading the obituary for famed poet Galway Kinnell who died today (Oct. 28). He was once asked by The Los Angeles Times about why his work was so dark and disturbing. He told them, f“I’ve tried to carry my poetry as far as I could, to dwell on the ugly as fully, as far and as long as I could stomach it. Probably more than most poets I have included in my work the unpleasant, because I think if you are ever going to find any kind of truth to poetry it has to be based on all of experience rather than on a narrow segment of cheerful events.”

RR: Yeah, that’s true. I do think though that even though my fiction can be dark that the characters in my work are very often trying to fight that darkness and trying to do the best with what the world has given them.

SMN: Writing is a very intimate and personal act. What do you like about doing readings?

RR: Because so much writing is done in solitude, it’s nice to come out of the cave and actually meet some people who are reading the work and finding some pleasure in it, or at least I hope they are. It’s good for me because I’m an introvert, and when I’m writing I’m often in solitude most of a day. It’s probably good for me to get out, do readings.

I’m like a groundhog, I pop my head out occasionally and then go right back in.

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able to do and pursue something I wasn’t sure I could do. It was a big risk in my 20s to commit to writing and it has been a very slow process. For years, no one was interested in what I was doing and the writing wasn’t very good, so they shouldn’t have been. But it is very heartening to meet readers when I’m at book readings. And I enjoy that what I’ve spent so much time and a huge portion of my life doing brings some pleasure to other people.

SMN: What’s the best advice you ever got about writing?

RR: Not to give up. Know that many other writers, including me, started out very slowly but persevered and finally began to improve.

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The musical production of “42nd Street� will be held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-15 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University.

The production will be directed by Terrence Mann, WCU’s Phillips Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre, with assistance from music director Katya Stanislavskaya and choreographer Karyn Tomczak. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes, the musical follows an aspiring chorus girl on her journey through Broadway. Music will include “You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me,� “We’re in the Money� and “Lullaby of Broadway.�

The show is part of the Mainstage series at WCU. Tickets are $21 for adults, $16 for seniors and WCU faculty and staff, and $7 (in advance) and $10 (day of show) for students.

828.227.2479 or www.bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

Renowned storyteller Donald Davis will be performing “Our Stories Take Us Home� at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

Growing up in Waynesville, Davis has fond memories of spending time with his relatives and running around the hills of Western North Carolina. It was a rich fabric of oral tradition, one that soaked into his soul. That tradition of storytelling ultimately led to his calling as a minister, a platform where his speaking talents emerged and flourished.

The show is presented by The Shelton House, with Davis donating his performance proceeds to benefit the museum, a private, nonprofit whose mission is to collect and preserve the heritage crafts of North Carolina.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors

• The Miss Asheville Pageant-Blue Ridge Valley Scholarship will be held on Nov. 8 at the Colonial Theatre in Canton. The Little Miss Pageant will be from 1 to 4 p.m., with the Miss & Teen Pageant from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door. • The annual Countywide Showcase of Student Talent will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Fine Arts Center at Franklin High School.

Sponsored by The Arts Council of Macon County. $5 for adults, $2 for youth.

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Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at The Orange Peel in Asheville. Tickets are $28 in advance, $30 day of show. www.theorangepeel.net or www.davemasonmusic.com.

HOT PICKS 1 2 3 4 5 Soldier’s Heart (Americana/rock) will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville.

The Mountain Shapes & Colors celebration of art and craft will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Nantahala School for the Arts in Bryson City.

The musical production of “42nd Street” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-15 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University.

Storyteller Donald Davis will be performing at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

Metal Night will begin at 9 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Water’n Hole Bar & Grill in Waynesville.

SMN: You’re 68 now. What do you think about that?

DM: It means I’m in the last quarter.

[Laughs]. I’ll be doing this until I can’t do it anymore. I’m on the road and we’re hitting towns. I keep myself in a place where I can

just get up and perform every night.

SMN: How do you avoid becoming a nostalgia act?

DM: I really have no control over the way people perceive the music and I don’t give it much thought, to be honest. I have a great group of guys. I’m a working musician, always have been. We all take a lot of pride in what we do. We get onstage every night and make it the best show we’ve ever done.

SMN: You recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” with Jimi Hendrix. I heard the idea to record that song came when you were at a party with him in London one night and…

SMN: What do you think about how big the electronica music scene has gotten, where younger audiences are focusing more on gimmicks rather than actual musicianship?

DM: Well, it’s for younger people. When you’re young you’re caught in the action, the fashion and the flash. And it’s always been that way to a certain extent, it’s just that there’s more of it today. I get younger people at our shows and a lot of times they’re like, “Wow that’s incredible.” We’re a batch of people doing the real thing — there’s no gimmicks going on.

SMN: What has a life in music taught you about what it means to be a human being?

DM: I think about things like everybody else has — love, loss, laughter, joy, sorrow, triumph, good and bad times. Mostly, you’ll learn more from your failures than your successes. The longer I live, the more I see, the less I know. [Laughs]. I thought I knew everything when I was younger. And a big part of everything is learning acceptance.

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Smoky Mountain News: Why is it your music has remained as vital as it did 40 years ago?

Dave Mason: For the music, for the band, the music speaks to a lot of people. They’re memories of college, getting married or falling in love. And there were a number of people who carried my music with them into Vietnam. It’s a lot of things. My themes are personal, so a lot of them become timeless in a sense. And I think people connect to that.

people in the 60s?” [Laughs]. That’s what’s happening. We’re trying to play great music for those in the audience, and it sparks a lot of memories. I also get a lot of guys coming up to me saying, “If I didn’t have your music in Vietnam, I’d have gone nuts,” and that can be a little bit overwhelming, but I try not to dwell on it. For me, I just wrote a few songs about things that mattered to me and the fact that they touched other people deeply is amazing to me.

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Dave Mason has seen it all.

As co-founder/guitarist for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Traffic, Mason, alongside band mate Steve Winwood, found himself at the forefront of the music industry in the 1960s.

With iconic hits like “Dear Mr. Fantasy” and “Feelin’ Alright,” the ensemble was a vital sound amid the era’s spirit of political turmoil and societal freedoms.

Mason himself has continually ventured down the rabbit hole of music history. It was his 12string acoustic guitar pickin’ within Jimi Hendrix’s cover of “All Along The Watchtower,” his melodic touch found on albums like “Beggars Banquet” (The Rolling Stones), “All Things Must Pass” (George Harrison), “Venus and Mars” (Paul McCartney), “You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind” (Joe Walsh) and countless others. He was slated to be the second guitarist for Derek and the Dominos, recorded a duet with Michael Jackson (Save Me), joined Fleetwood Mac for a brief period and opened for the Grateful Dead when Traffic reunited.

Simply put, Dave Mason is rock-n-roll, which is perseverance and purpose within the endless possibilities of a free spirit.

Mason’s Traffic Jam will hit the stage on Saturday, Nov. 8, at The Orange Peel in Asheville.

The Smoky Mountain News caught up with Mason while on his current tour. He spoke of his time with Hendrix, what he sees from behind the microphone, and why his music still remains as fresh and symbolic as it did over 40 years ago.

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DM: We were at somebody’s house and we were listening to Bob Dylan’s album “John Wesley Harding.” Something tweaked in Jimi’s head when we were listening to “All Along the Watchtower,” so we decided to record it. I never saw Jimi without a guitar in his hand. He was very quiet, all business, all work, very focused. He probably stands out the most for of all of those I’ve worked with.

At that time, London was the center of it all.

There were a certain amount of studios and everybody shuffled in to finish their albums, and everybody was bound to cross paths with each other. There were so many opportunities to meet and work with people.

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On the street History of Bryson City to be discussed Writer and Bryson City Alderman Rick Bryson will be the featured guest at the Swain County Genealogy Society meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, above the Bryson City Police Department.

Bryson has published three novels, two of them on the removal of the Cherokees and one on the Separatist Movement in Quebec, two more due out in 2015, one dealing in loss of faith in our government, the other with the Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin. He has also designed and built several boats, the objective being to keep them light, but strong. During the presentation, Bryson will speak about “The Beginning of Bryson City.”

The purpose of the Swain County Genealogy Society is to aid in the preservation of family bible records, military records, cemetery records and other genealogical and historical records. www.swaingenealogy.com

Wine 101 class in Sylva

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A Wine 101 class will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Mondays from Nov. 10-Dec. 1 at Southwestern Community College in Sylva.

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Wendy Dunn, a professional in the wine industry, will be teaching the class.

The course will touch on topics like wine terms and descriptive terms, winemaking basics, how to order from a wine list and the major countries where wine is primarily produced. Each class meeting includes opportunities to taste red and white wines.

828.339.4426 or j_williams@southwesterncc.edu or www.southwesterncc.edu.

Importance of Rutherford Expedition The founding significance of the Rutherford Expedition will be discussed during the next Jackson County Genealogical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Jackson County Historic Courthouse in Sylva.

The speaker will be regional native and historian, Joe Sam Queen. Queen will expand on his marvelous presentation from several years ago and discuss the central role the Rutherford Expedition played in the founding of the United States, and also its role in the destruction of the sovereign Cherokee Nation.

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Cherokee celebrates Native American Heritage Month To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, there will be two special events Nov. 8-9 at The Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

The Cherokee Experience for families will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 8. It starts with a tour of the museum’s awardwinning exhibits. A program on Cherokee music and dance will involve the audience in traditional dances, presented by Bo Taylor, whose recent album of dance songs received a NAMMY — Native American Music award. A “tasting lunch” of Cherokee foods will include bear meat, bean bread chestnut bread, beans and hominy, herb tea, and blueberry bread.

During lunch, storyteller Freeman Owle will share traditional tales. After lunch, parents and children can try their hand at making a traditional Cherokee bowl or other craft.

The Snowbird Choir will lead singing in Cherokee language from the new Cherokee Hymnbook at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9. If you don’t know Cherokee language, Shirley Oswalt will provide instruction in singing with the phonetic words provided.

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

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To register for the Cherokee Experience Family Day, call the museum at 828.497.3481 (ext. 2). Cost is $25 for adults and children ages 13 and up. This includes museum admission, lunch, dance program, storytelling program, hands on craft workshop and materials for the workshop. Registration must be paid by Nov. 5. The Cherokee Hymn Singing is free and open to the public.

The weekend is sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org.

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The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will host a presentation on The Battle of Plymouth and the sinking of the CSS Albemarle at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University.

Andrew Duppstadt, assistant curator of education, NC Division of State Historic Sites in Kinston, will address the Round Table on the Battle of Plymouth and the Sinking of the CSS Albemarle in the coastal operations of the Civil War. Duppstadt’s presentation will center on the inter-connected events, the fall of Plymouth and the sinking of its guardian, the CSS Albemarle. The Confederate ironclad’s short but impactful career, April 1864 to August 1864, would thwart Federal efforts through that summer to seize total control of the Albemarle Sound. A Union success would mean blocking yet another avenue of supply to the Southern capital, Richmond.

Duppstadt formerly held the position of assistant manager at CSS Neuse State Historic Site and Gov. Richard Caswell Memorial at Kinston. The CSS Neuse, being North Carolina’s other ironclad of note, allowed him an up close experience with

preservation and ships of these types. Also, he has devoted considerable research to these subjects as an Adjunct History Instructor at UNC-Pembroke, Craven CC, and Coastal Carolina CC. Before the presentation there will be a meetand-greet dinner at 5 p.m. at Bogart’s in Sylva.

• A Veteran’s Day parade will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in downtown Franklin.

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• A Wines for Thanksgiving tasting will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at City Lights Café in Sylva. www.citylightscafe.com.

• The Polar Express themed train will celebrate the holiday season Nov. 7-8 and 14-15 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot in Bryson City. The classic children’s book comes to life as the train departs for a special visit at the North Pole. Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, guests on board will enjoy warm cocoa and a treat while listening and reading along with the magical story. The train arrives to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa boards the train, greeting each child and presenting them with their own silver sleigh bell. Christmas carols will be sung as they return back to the depot. www.gsmr.com or 800.872.4681.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco, Dear Salem, Ethan Morse, The Harmed Brothers/Charlie & The Foxtrots/Chris Blaylock OMB and Demon Waffle will perform at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Menasco plays Nov. 6, with Dear Salem Nov. 8, Morse Nov. 13, The Harmed Brothers/Charlie & The Foxtrots/Chris Blaylock OMB Nov. 14 and Demon Waffle Nov. 15. All shows begin at 9:30 p.m., with Sunday performances from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Company in Waynesville. Love Medicated plays at 7 p.m. Nov. 8, with The Get Right Band 8 p.m. Nov. 14. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602. â&#x20AC;˘ Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Soldierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heart, Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration and Brushfire Stankgrass are scheduled for Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville. Summers & Kram play at 6 p.m. Nov. 6 and 13, with Soldierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heart 7 p.m. Nov. 8, Veteranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day celebration 5 p.m. Nov. 11 and Brushfire Stankgrass 7 p.m. Nov. 15. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Singer/songwriter Ashlee Rose will perform at 9 p.m. Nov. 7 at Tipping Point Brewing in Waynesville. Free. www.tippingpointtavern.com. â&#x20AC;˘ Pianist Holly Roadfeldt, Percussion Ensemble, Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet (jazz), Student Trumpet Recital, Guitar Ensemble and a Gamelan Concert (world music) will be in the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University. Roadfeldt plays Nov. 5, with Percussion Ensemble Nov. 6, Stevens Nov. 7, Student Trumpet Recital Nov. 8, Guitar Ensemble Nov. 12 and the Gamelan Concert Nov. 13. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. www.wcu.edu. â&#x20AC;˘ A back porch old-time music jam will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in Cherokee.

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up of local musicians, who invite anyone who plays an instrument to sit in with the band.

There will also be a potluck dinner following the dance at 5 p.m. Please bring a covered dish, plate, cup and cutlery and a water bottle. Suggested donation of $5. ronandcathy71@frontier.com or www.dancewnc.com.

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Community dance in Sylva Daughtry will roll into Harrah’s Cherokee on Nov. 8.

Acclaimed rock act Daughtry will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Harrah’s Cherokee.

In the course of only five years, Chris Daughtry has had more than his share of career highlights. The singer/songwriter from North Carolina has released back-to-back No. 1 albums, the quadruple-platinum “DAUGHTRY” (which became the fastest-selling rock debut in Soundscan history) and 2009’s platinum “Leave This Town.” “DAUGHTRY” has scored four No. 1 Top 40 hits (“It’s Not Over,” “Home,” “Feels Like Tonight” and “No Surprise”), earned four Grammy Award nominations (including Best Rock Album for DAUGHTRY) and won four American Music Awards.

Tickets start at $40. www.harrahscherokee.com.

Out of the Woodwork will perform at the community dance at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Dancing will include circle and square dances as well as contra dances. All dances will be taught and walked through before dancing. No previous experience is necessary and no partner is required. Anne Marie Walter will call the dance to the live music of Out of the Woodwork, a band made

A community music jam will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett of Grampa’s Music in Bryson City. Normally, Larry starts by calling out a tune and its key signature and the group plays it together. Then, everyone in the circle gets a chance to choose a song for the group to play together.

The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned over the years or learn old-time mountain songs. The music jams are offered to the public each first and third Thursday of the month – year round.

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On the wall Glass ornament class in Dillsboro A glass Christmas ornament workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro.

With the assistance of resident artists at the Green Energy Park, participants will work with molten glass to create unique and beautiful pieces of glass art. Participants will make a glass Christmas ornament. Walk-ins are welcome but space is limited, pre-registration recommended.

Cost of class is $30.

828.631.0271 or www.jcgep.org.

Museum receives N.C. Arts Council grant The Museum of the Cherokee Indian has received a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council for $56,905 for the year beginning July 1, 2014 through June 2015. The Arts Council has designated the museum a State Arts Resource organization because of its role in perpetuating Cherokee traditions.

“Support from the arts council allows us to help Cherokee artists, not only to pass on those traditions, but also to bring back traditions that have been lost,” said Bo Taylor, executive director at the museum.

The museum showcases Cherokee artists and performers at the annual Cherokee Voices

Festival, the second Saturday in June. The event is sponsored by the arts council and is free to the public. These artists and performers also work with small groups of visitors in The Cherokee Experience, which provides cultural immersion for visiting groups. www.cherokeemuseum.org or 828.497.3481 (ext. 306) or bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org.

Hammered metal, basket making in Dillsboro There will be two craft skills classes held in November by Dogwood Crafters in Dillsboro.

A hammered metal ornaments class will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7.

Retired art teacher Joan Marsden will instruct participants in shaping and hammering aluminum wire into hearts, stars, and trees for use as ornaments or pendants. Aluminum wire does not tarnish so it will remain shiny without polishing. Cost for this class is $6.

A basket making class will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Dogwood Crafter Sharon Crosby will teach participants how to make a doorknob basket, a simple but pretty home accessory. Cost is $11.

Both classes will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Dillsboro.

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Art, artist demos and more can be found during Waynesville’s Art After Dark.

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Art After Dark returns to Waynesville Art After Dark continues from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in downtown Waynesville.

Enjoy a stroll through working studios and galleries on Main Street and Depot Street.

Festive Art After Dark flags denote participating galleries.

Glassblower Kristen Munoz will demonstrate her craft at Twigs and Leaves, with jeweler Terri Lefler at Earthworks Gallery, painter/illustrator Nick DePaolo at Remax on Main Street on Main Street, ceramic artists Jean Saake and Lori Deustschmen at The Mahogany House, mixed media artist Sunny Norman at the Beverly Hanks downtown office and jeweler Rebecca Hellman at the Burr Studio. Metalsmith Grace Cathey will also hold a discussion titled Timeless Sculptures Created For Your Home.

Art After Dark is presented by the Waynesville Gallery Association. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

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Metalsmith William Rogers will hold a copper hammering workshop in Sylva on Nov. 8.

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Copper hammering workshop in Sylva A copper hammering workshop with William Rogers will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Rogers, of Rogers Metals Studio, will have class participants make a copper pendant or badge that can be worn, using the ancient technique of repoussé. The class will begin by creating a two-dimensional design that will be transferred to flat copper. Then participants will learn to use punches and hammers to bring their piece into a third dimension.

• Photographer/mixed media artist Rachel York-Bridgers will hold an art opening at 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at City Lights Café in Sylva. www.citylightscafe.com.

• The Mountain Shapes & Colors celebration of art and craft will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Nantahala School for the Arts in Bryson City. Over 20 craft vendors, food, live music and artisan studio demonstrations. www.greatsmokies.com.

• An open call for artisan vendors is underway for the annual craft fair to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center in Clyde. Booths are $15 for center members, $25 for nonmembers. 828.452.8080.

• Acclaimed painter Dominick DePaolo recently joined the Mahogany House Fine Art Gallery and Studios in the Frog Level District of Waynesville. DePaolo will now be teaching interactive classes in oil, watercolor, acrylics

A Blacksmithing Fundamentals class will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro.

Fundamental techniques will be covered: forge safety, basic hammer techniques, general shaping/squaring/drawing out, heating, quenching, scrolling, and twisting. Once the basics are mastered, students will make a variety of simple pieces, including twisted hooks, nail swords, a fire poker, and more. Students must wear closed toe shoes (preferably leather), long pants, cotton clothing, and should bring a lunch.

Space is limited to five students. Pre-registration is strongly suggested. $100.

828.631.0271 or www.jcgep.org. and drawing from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Fridays, and private classes by appointment. www.dominickdepaolo.com.

• The annual holiday pet photo session will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Folks can come by during those hours to have holiday themed photos taken of their well-behaved furry friends. There will be a $10 sitting fee that will be donated to ARF, and will include one 4x6 print, with options to buy other prints, and/or a CD with all the photos from the session.

CDs will be $25. The prints will be the photographers choice, and will be available for pick up the following Saturday at City Lights.

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• The Swain County Quilt Trail Committee is currently recruiting quilt trail participants, to paint, to research quilt patterns, and to build blocks. Those interested should contact Rota Krape at 828.488.8180, or stop by the Swain County Chamber of Commerce to talk with Heidi. Meetings are the first Monday of each month at 10 a.m. in the chamber. www.greatsmokies.com.

• The acclaimed documentary “Cataloochee” has recently been awarded the Paul Green Multimedia Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians.

• Artist Toni Kender will be painting small original pieces for purchase from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Tunnel Mountain Crafts in Dillsboro. chogan4196@gmail.com.

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• A water-coloring class with acclaimed artist Susan Lingg will be held from 1 to 3 p.m.

Nov. 7 and 14 at the Jackson County Senior Center in Sylva. Classes are $10 per person for senior center participants and $15 for non-participants. 828.586.4944.

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• A call for artists is underway for the Small Works show, which will run Nov. 19-Dec.27 at Gallery 86 in the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Works will be received Nov. 3-8. office@haywoodarts.org or www.haywoodarts.org.

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This technique was used to create the Statue of Liberty and is the same method used by prehistoric Americans to form copper panels like the copper artifact that will be used as a teaching tool in the classroom.

This workshop is for participants 14 years old and above. There is no charge for this program but sign up is necessary as space is limited. The workshop is made possible through a grant from the Jackson County Arts Council.

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On the page Jackson County author Col. Tom Davis will present his memoir at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

The Most Fun I Ever Had With My Clothes On chronicles his time in the military, where he spent 20 of his 30-plus years serving with the Special Forces (Green Berets). He entered the Army as a private and retired as a full colonel, having served in three combat zones: Vietnam, Bosnia and Iraq/Turkey. Davis will share stories from his time in service, read passages from his book and signs copies.

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Teen writing workshop in Canton As part of National Novel Writing Month in November, the Canton Branch Library is teaming up with local author Dawn Cusick to hold a Teen Writing Workshop. The workshop will take place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 19 and Dec. 3.

Teenagers age 13-19 are invited to explore their worlds and imaginations through writing. In this workshop young

writers will be able to share their writing with their peers, and gain valuable knowledge about the writing process from an experienced author.

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Veteran to discuss Vietnam memoir Vietnam veteran Charles Van Bibber will hold a reading at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

The author will read from his memoir Valentine’s Day: A Marine Looks Back, which recounts his time as a soldier fighting in Vietnam. Van Bibber served in 1968 in Da Nang. This event is planned to commemorate the 239th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Bookmaking for Kids at Sylva Library Gayle Woody will offer a beginning bookmaking class for children ages 5 and up

at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

“These books we will be making are an excellent vehicle for personal writing, poetry, photo collages, and any other small artistic endeavors,” Woody said.

The particular method she will be teaching in this program is called simple longstitch binding method.

Woody has lived in Western North Carolina for 50 years. She is currently the art teacher at Smoky Mountain High School.

She is a member of the Jackson County Arts Council and has won numerous awards for her art.

The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.

All materials will be provided. Free.

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Cash to discuss WNC drama Writer Wiley Cash will read from his novel This Dark Road to Mercy at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 5, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

Released in paperback in September, This Dark Road to Mercy is a resonant novel

of love and atonement, blood and vengeance, set in Western North Carolina, involving two young sisters, a wayward father, and an enemy determined to see him pay for his sins. Cash is also the author of the New York Times Bestselling novel, A Land More Kind Than Home.

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Shop local, read local in Macon The first Read Local Library Book Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

The event will introduce the reading public to several of the local authors in our midst, and will support the growing shop local-movement. More than 20 local authors will give readings, talks, and will have their books available for sale, just in time for holiday gift-giving.

Books Unlimited will be helping with book sales during the fair. Volunteers from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the Friends of the Macon County Public Library will also be on-hand with information on donating and volunteering.

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Home tweet home Audubon project seeks to bolster birds, engage people

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER hen the North Carolina Audubon Society announced its campaign to install 10,000 small-holed bird boxes to bolster the population of brown-headed nuthatches, Russ Regnery was intrigued. But, like many environmental issues coming down from Raleigh, the plight of the little songbird had little relevance in the mountains. The birds just don’t live much above 2,000 feet.

“We kind of felt left out because we didn’t have the bird,” said Regnery, president of the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. “Then we started thinking, ‘Well shucks, the same principal may apply to other small cavity-nesting birds as well.”

So Regnery and his compatriots at the HPAS devised a plan. Why not adapt the state organization’s initiative into an experiment for the mountains? Brown-headed nuthatches are smaller birds than English sparrows, bluebirds and other species that use boxes with 1.5-inch holes intended for eastern bluebirds, the most common nest boxes in use. By installing boxes with smaller entrance holes, about 1 inch wide, birds that normally have to compete for space with larger avians have a better chance of reproducing.

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all the data together from everybody and combine it into one nice data set and really sit down and analyze it,” Regnery said.

So far, HPAS has distributed 50 box pairs to individuals and organizations across its service area. Audubon members install the boxes on metal poles — poles better lend themselves to uniform installation than do trees — at least 50 feet apart to keep nesting birds in one box from affecting those in the other. They take note of the habitat where the boxes are installed, and they leave the participants with an observation sheet to fill in as they check their boxes and an identification guide for the birds they’re most likely to find.

“It’s kind of exciting,” Regnery said. “It’s one of the most interesting little programs that our chapter has gotten involved with in recent years that has caught the imagination for a bunch of people.”

Boxes are up at Blue Ridge, Summit Charter and Highlands schools, where students will learn by checking them. They’re also along the Little Tennessee River and at the Hudson Library in Highlands and the Cashiers/Glenville Recreation Center, to name a few. They’re in backyards, being checked by people who are just beginning to learn how to identify birds and at research sites such as Highlands Biological Station, being moni-

The Carolina chickadee (opposite page) Will Stuart photo and red-breasted nuthatch Eugene Beckes photo are two species that Audubon hopes to help with its bird box project.

Russ Regnery and George Kaye install a pole and nest box. (below) Michelle Styring photo

ous enough to really be called science.

This experiment, he said, “may not be science, but it’s getting pretty close and will provide useful data for people and for birds.”

Aside from the uniformity provided by the Audubon members’ installation and the use of metal poles, there’s the construction of the professionally made boxes themselves, which Regnery said are “so uniform it amazes me.”

The boxes weren’t available for sale with smaller holes, so excluders that shrink the hole were placed on the outside. But to make sure the presence of the plastic piece didn’t affect birds’ nesting habits, Audubon went ahead and placed excluders on the biggerholed boxes as well, even though those pieces aren’t actually shrinking the opening.

Each box is also given GPS coordinates.

Later, that data can be synthesized to figure out how factors such as elevation, position on the landscape and whether a slope faces east or west plays into how birds use it.

“What would be really cool would be if we could get a graduate student interested in this and they could take it on and do some rigorous statistical analysis of what’s really going on,” Regnery said.

How far the data goes will largely depend on how cleanly it comes back, how well it’s recorded. This year could end up being a rough run, a trial so that next year Audubon will have a better idea of how to make it work well. Or, it could go well enough to become a multi-year effort, engaging Audubon chapters beyond just the one in Highlands.

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tored by professionals. It’s an effort of citizen science that Regnery hopes will get more people to appreciate and help conserve birds.

“Basically what we’re doing is you’re keeping an informal diary of what goes on in the boxes,” he said. “You can be as rigorous as you want to with it as long as we get an idea of what the box is being used for.”

But he hopes that the experiment’s setup could help it to rise above the standard bar for citizen science, which he says often isn’t rigor-

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While there aren’t any brown-headed nuthatches at the higher elevations, there are plenty of smaller birds that could use some help with nesting sites. The HPAS experiment is looking to install as many pairs of nest boxes as possible in the organization’s area of Franklin, Highlands, Cashiers and Scaly Mountain. One box will have the larger, bluebird-sized hole, and the other will have a smaller entrance.

“Next year about this time we’ll try and get

The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society is still looking for volunteers to put up nest boxes as part of their experiment to see whether boxes with smaller entrance holes attract different species than standard bluebird boxes.

Individuals can purchase box pairs at cost — $35 buys two boxes with metal poles and installation by Audubon members — and the boxes are theirs to keep. A data sheet and identification guide to common birds are also part of the deal, but participants must take two boxes or none at all, and they should be willing to check the boxes regularly to record their findings. Boxes should be set up by New Year’s Day, but early bird recording is encouraged.

Free boxes are available for public areas and schools through a $1,000 grant the Mountain Garden Club provided for the project.

For more information, contact Michelle Styring, hpasbirdboxes@gmail.com.

But birds are wild animals, right? So why should people take so much trouble to provide for them what they’ve been finding in nature for many, many years?

“It may seem like a strange concept,” Regnery said, “but we’ve already reduced the number of trees significantly just by the amount of acreage that we’ve consumed in roads and houses and shopping centers.

Whatever we can do to make that up a little bit is sort of money in the bank for the birds.”

Cavity-dwelling birds, which are the ones using nest boxes, often rely on holes drilled by woodpeckers in dead and dying trees. Good landscaping doesn’t usually involve leaving dead trees standing, but when those trees are removed, so is potential habitat for cavity nesters.

Climate change is another factor in the importance of bird boxes. Birds, along with other species, are seeing their geographical distribution change as the climate does. By increasing the number of places available for nesting, Regnery said, we help bolster their populations and give them a stronger advantage over environmental stressors.

“The more resilient we can make these populations, hopefully the better for the future,” he said.

The main species that Regnery hopes to see in the nest boxes are redbreasted nuthatches and chick-

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ed to find out whether flying squirrels and mice use the boxes, and he’s hoping that the metal poles the boxes are mounted on don’t prove tempting for black bears to knock over.

“There’s lots of little questions you could ask and answer, so it really is a learning experience,” Regnery said.

A retired microbiologist, Regnery is excited about the scientific potential of the project, having even tossed around the idea of writing it up as a paper, depending on how the results come back. But possibly the most important outcome will be the experience’s power to connect people with their environment — because when people value the environment, they come on board to conserve it.

“We’re trying to give back a little bit when we can,” Regnery said, “and the bird box thing is a fairly rare situation where we can give back a piece of the environment.”

American Chestnut Foundation volunteers work at the organization’s major research station in Meadowview, Virginia.

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adees. Neither is endangered, but both are special to the area. Chickadees, for example, are “one of the hallmark species up here,” and they’re important to birders, since they often point the way to flocks of other species of birds.

“When you have chickadees around, frequently the warblers will hang out within earshot of the chickadees,” Regnery said. “I always think of them as the host of the traveling party. I don’t know why that is, but it’s true.”

Red-breasted nuthatches in particular are “not common,” Regnery said, so hopefully the smaller entries will give them a boost.

The record shows that bird boxes do indeed have that power. The now-common bluebird boxes were once a new idea, and before the bird boxes became a fixture in backyards up and down the East Coast, the Eastern bluebird was a much rarer species.

“It’s sort of the poster child for how you can succeed in actually doing this, because now there are more bluebirds than there probably ever have been,” Regnery said.

It’s hard to tell, though, exactly what will come of the experiment. The HPAS is still looking for volunteers to set up the boxes and wants to have them all in place by the time January rolls around, since birds often scout around for nest sites before the actual nesting season.

Plus, having the boxes up early could allow for the data to include more species than just birds. Regnery would be interest-

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The Nov. 2 opening was just days later than the ski area’s first and second-earliest openings, Oct. 28 in 2008 and Oct. 31 in 2012.

A new trail named Richard’s Run opened this year, commemorating 55-year-old Cataloochee board member Richard Coker, who succumbed to brain cancer in 2013. The trail includes several terrain features that had been located at the Over Easy Terrain Park and has lighting and snowmaking.

Up-to-date weather reports are posted at www.cataloochee.com.

American chestnut seedlings will be planted at the Smith-McDowell House in Asheville at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, part of a three-phase project to restore the home’s landscaping to its original design. The chestnut seedlings, called Restoration Chestnuts 1.0, are believed to be blight-resistant. They’re part of a unique breeding program by The American Chestnut Foundation to restore American chestnuts to eastern forests throughout the country.

Cataloochee Ranch is home to one of the first and largest experimental stands of the blight-resistant variety of the American

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Beekeepers looking to learn more about fall and winter beekeeping, as well as those who just want to learn more about the buzzing insects, are invited to the Macon County Beekeepers Association at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Macon County Cooperative Extension Office in Franklin.

The group meets regularly on the first Thursday of each month. bpgagliardo@gmail.com.

Chestnut. The chestnut orchard at Cataloochee Ranch, planted eight years ago, is a project of The American Chestnut Foundation and serves as a leading example of the tree’s reintroduction.

American chestnuts were once a staple for forest wildlife, economy and landscape and stood up to 100 feet tall. They were wiped out in the first half of the 20th century by a disease accidentally imported from Asia.

TACF has been working to bring the tree back since 1983 by back-crossing the American Chestnut with the blight-resistant Chinese chestnut, and in 2005 the organization produced the first potentially blight-resistant trees, which are genetically similar to the American variety but contain just enough of the Chinese variety to make them blight resistant. www.acf.org.

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Public input gathered at a series of statewide hearings on fracking rules was supposed to be presented in a report to the N.C. Mining and Energy Commission last week, but the meeting was delayed to give hearing officers more time to finish the report.

The new meeting is rescheduled for this week on Nov. 6-7. Meetings could also be scheduled for Nov. 14 and 17 if necessary.

The decision to postpone the original meeting date was prompted in part by a greater-than-expected number of comments that came in during the public input period, particularly in the final few days of the comment period, and the report thus took longer to compile, said Vikram Rao, chairman of the commission.

In all, the MEC received 217,285 comments on draft rules. The actual number of individuals who commented could be less, according to a press release, because the way the comments were calculated allowed for an individual letter to contain multiple comments.

During the four public hearings, three members of the MEC served as hearing officers. The November meetings will allow the full commission to consider the report, which will include documentation about each public hearing, and consider the 217,000 comments.

Before hearing the report, the MEC will discuss a formal petition, submitted by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, requesting rules to control and monitor air emissions during oil and gas development.

Prior to Nov. 6, the report will be posted online at portal.ncdenr.org/web/mining-andenergy-commission/.

Fall burns planned for forest, national park Prescribed burns are planned in the Nantahala Ranger District of Nantahala National Forest and areas of Great Smoky Mountains National Park over the next few weeks.

These understory fires are used as a management tool to reduce woody debris on the forest floor, reducing the risk of wildfire, and to promote the growth of leafy plants, which benefits wildlife, though some say the method is over-used. Fall is a preferred time to conduct prescribed burns because snow hasn’t yet fallen to wet the ground, but it is less likely to ignite out of control, as can happen in the summer.

■ Nantahala Ranger District Four sites in southern Jackson County will undergo prescribed burns this fall. In the Moses Creek area, this will include 684 acres at Coward Bald and 158 acres at Moses Creek. In Panthertown, the Big Green burn unit will include 497 acres. And in the Bonas Defeat area, 240 acres will be burned at Awl Knob.

Fire Management Officer Greg Brooks, 828.524.6441 ■ Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fire is used as a management tool in a far more limited basis in the national parks, compared to the national forest. However,

A prescribed burn is conducted in Cades Cove Fields. NPS photo prescribed fires have been conducted already this fall in the Cataloochee fields and will continue intermittently through the rest of the month. The area will remain open to visitors, though some trails could be closed temporarily. Burns will also be

held in the Cades Cove area during a similar window. www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/fireregime.htm.

All burn schedules are weather-dependent.

Free business seminars to give farmers a hand

A series of small business seminars, offered by Southwestern Community College, will help farmers learn to grow their businesses as colder weather pushes them indoors.

The free sessions are scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 13, Dec. 4 and Dec. 11 at the Jackson County Library.

The first session, titled “Market Feasibility for Farmers—Agri-Business,” will help farmers examine their business’s market, customers, competition and expected sales.

The Dec. 4 seminar, “The Triple Bottom Line of Farming and Agriculture,” will show farmers how to improve their business’s equity, environment and economy, while the Dec. 11 seminar “Pricing and Promotion for Agriculture Business” will help farmers identify factors that affect prices and develop promotional strategies.

Free, but registration is required at www.ncsbc.net. 828.339.4211 or t_henry@southwesterncc.edu.

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Water lines replaced at Whitewater Falls Water line replacement for restrooms at Whitewater Falls Recreation area south of Cashiers will cause some inconveniences while the U.S. Forest Service completes the work during the second half of November.

Access will be limited to one lane of traffic, and the bathrooms will be closed. Exact dates could change depending on weather.

The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department is looking for input about its programs, and a brief online survey will be open through Nov. 30 to gather opinions.

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Winter closures are beginning in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

While the main roads, trails and visitor centers are open year-round, most campgrounds, secondary roads and amenities will close on a rolling basis over coming weeks.

Those that have closed already include: Cataloochee Campground, Smokemont Group Campground, Balsam Mountain Road and Round Bottom Road. Look for closures soon at Rich Mountain and Parson Branch roads.

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After 2.5 years of closure, Winding Stairs Road in Macon County is open again. The U.S. Forest Service first closed the road following a mud slide, but a year later, another storm caused a timber blowdown and rock slide on the upper section of the road.

A private developer and homeowners association of a nearby subdivision funded repairs for the road, which stretches from the Queens Lake area of Macon County to the Nantahala River on the Macon-Swain line.

“I appreciate the efforts of Ami Shintzky (the developer) and the Mystic Lands Property Owners Association for making the repairs at a time when the agency lacked sufficient funding,” said Mike Wilkins, Nantahala District ranger. “These local residents stepped up to fund the $70,000 project, and they have assumed maintenance for the road.”

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For the first time, the Haywood Historic Farmers Market aren’t folding up their tent when the weather gets colder. Instead of going into hibernation til spring, the Haywood farmer’s market will keep things going with an indoor market during late fall

Jackson market declares winter here The Jackson County Farmers Market held its first indoor market of the season last week. This is it’s sixth year of moving indoors but staying open during winter months, selling meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods, coldweather greens, winter root vegetables, greenhouse produce and value-added farm products, from herbs to jams.

The market is held at the Community Table during the winter months, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with kids activities available most weeks. The Community Table is in downtown Sylva on Central Street between the town swimming pool and playground.

Jenny, 828.399.0290 or www.jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

and early winter.

From 9 a.m. till noon on Saturdays through Dec. 13, the market will be held at the gym of The Folkmoot Center on Virginia Avenue in Waynesville.

“Our loyal and admiring customers don’t stop eating just because the tomato vine has wilted,” said Elizabeth Ur, market manager.

Ur said not only is there customer support for an indoor market, but growers have found ways to respond to the locally-grown demand beyond the traditional end of the harvest season.

“Our vendors are using the latest growing technologies to extend the growing season — greenhouses, high tunnels, hoop houses and row cover. And by planting every two or three weeks, while germination and growth are slower this time of year, a vegetable grower can still offer for sale greens and root crops that are just what the soup pot needs this time of year.”

Many of the market’s regular vendors have made the move to the indoor location.

Offerings will include fresh salad greens, potatoes, local meats, baked goods, value-added jams and sauces, honey and the season’s last tomatoes, fresh seafood driven overnight from the coast, as well as crafts such as handmade furniture and cutting boards.

Elizabeth Ur, market manager, 828.550.4774.

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Waynesville Middle School seventh graders got to explore the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s Purchase Knob Education Center last week. Hands-on activities included identifying lichen, graphing data on groundlevel ozone at Purchase Knob, measuring trees and hiking to Ferguson Cabin to learn about life in the 1800s. Here, Kennan Huskison smiles as he and classmates Logan Parks and Luke Mina measure the diameter of a tree.

The field trip was funded through Friends of the Smokies’ Parks as Classrooms program, which designs field trips specific to grades kindergarten through eighth grade for counties in North Carolina and Tennessee bordering the park.

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Hikers will have a chance to learn what kinds of exercise best support their habit in a presentation at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

In an event planned by the Nantahala Hiking Club, Richard Hotchkiss will present a talk titled “Exercise for the 20th Century: How to build and maintain strong arms, knees, back and legs.”

Hotchkiss owns Exercise Thru the Ages, a high-intensity exercise facility on Sloan Road in Franklin and is retired from more than 20 years in the U.S. Army.

The presentation is designed to help hikers of all ages and experience levels strengthen their bodies for the trail.

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Nantahala Hiking Club has a full lineup of outings planned this weekend to take advantage of the last days of fall color.

Hikes run the gamut from Round Mountain views to Gorges State Park waterfalls, from a gentle stroll in Standing Indian to a 10-mile trek up Siler Bald.

Any member of the hiking public are invited on the outings, but must call the hike leader first.

See the Outdoors section in The Smoky Mountain News calendar for the full lineup and contact info for each hike.

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Nantahala mountain bike club to celebrate active year

A trail workday at Tsali Recreation Area brought together mountain bikers and other trail users to help groom the well-loved trail system. Donated photo including new changing rooms for mountain bikers, refurbished campground bathrooms, piping water to each camp site, new trail signs and alleviating drainage problems on County Line road.

A slide show, interactive Google map with photos of rides and trail work parties, new stickers and opportunities to join the club will all be available at Wednesday’s get together. 828.488.1988.

Spelunk with Jackson Parks and Rec An expedition to Worley’s Cave in Bluff City, Temm., on Nov. 22 will give people of all experience levels a taste of the underground.

The caving expedition will take in stalagmites, columns, flowstone and more cave features, but it’s not for the faint of heart. The adventures will involve crawling, climbing, bending and getting wet, so participants must be in good physical condition and in the eighth grade or older.

Offered through Jackson County Parks and Recreation for an all-inclusive fee of $60. Space is limited. Register by Nov. 19 at the Cullowhee or Cashiers/Glenville recreation center, 828.293.3053 or 828.631.2020 or jenniferbennett@jacksonnc.org.

A new five-year strategic plan from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy will guide management of the Appalachian Trail over the coming years with an emphasis on reaching younger and more diverse populations, engaging partners and AT clubs and communities and keeping the organization’s finances healthy.

“The Appalachian Trail, stretching from Maine to Georgia, puts a phenomenal National Park in the backyard of millions of Americans,” said Ron Tipton, executive director/CEO of the ATC. “We must be a part of preserving this wonderful hiking experience for future generations.”

The new plan is the first to go into action since the Appalachian Trail Conference became the Appalachian Trail Conservency in 2005. The key goals are listed as proactive protection, engaged partners, effective stewardship, broader relevancy and strengthened capacity and operational excellence.

The complete plan is available online at www.appalachiantrail.org/strategicplan.

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Nantahala Area SORBA, the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, will hold an end-of-year celebration 5-8 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Innovation Brewery in Sylva to recognize their contribution to the mountain biking climate in the far west.

Nantahala SORBA helps maintaining trails, works with the U.S. Forest Service to represent mountain bike interests and hosts weekly rides in the area and monthly rides at more distant venues, open to all.

“We have had a very productive year. It’s all part of our mission to be advocates for mountain biking in Western North Carolina,” says Andy Zivinsky, President of the Nantahala SORBA chapter. “Mountain biking is a major tourist draw for the area, and we are looking forward to building on the success we have had this year to make it even better in the future.”

The chapter has made it a priority to build partnerships with the Forest Service and other trail groups to address common goals. The U.S. Forest Service is making major improvements at Tsali this winter

Five-year plan guides future for the AT

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Introduction to Computers class, 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 at 9:05 a.m, Macon County Public Library.

524.3600 or cwilder@fontanalib.org.

• The Franklin Open forum will discuss the 2014 election, and what the results mean, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, Rathskeller Coffee Haus and Pub, 58 Stewart St., downtown Franklin. 371.1020.

• Haywood County’s board will present information about the Shining Rock Classical Academy, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, Old Armory, 44 Boundary St., Waynesville. Shiningrockclassicalacademy.com.

• Rick Bryson will host the next Swain County Genealogy Society meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Genealogy Society, above Bryson City Police Department.

488.2932.

• The Macon County Beekeepers Association will meet, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Cooperative Extension Office, Thomas Heights Rd. Fall and winter beekeeping will be discussed.

• The annual holiday pet photo session will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. Folks can come by during those hours to have holiday themed photos taken of their well-behaved fur friends. There will be a $10 sitting fee that will be donated to ARF, and will include one 4x6 print, with options to buy other prints, and/or a CD with all the photos from the session. CDs will be $25. The prints will be the photographers choice, and will be available for pick up the following Saturday at City Lights.

• “Cherokee Experience” and Cherokee Hymn Singing will be offered by the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

Nov. 8, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Nov. 9, 2 p.m., Museum of the Cherokee Indian. $25 per person for the Nov. 8 event. 497.3481 ext. 2 or bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org.

• Annual Veteran’s Appreciation Dinner, 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, Heritage Room, Department of Aging building, 100 County Services Park, Sylva. Veterans and one guest is welcome at no charge. Additional guests are $10 each.

• The 2015 Relay For Life of Franklin Kick Off, 6 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 10, Motor Company Grill, 88 W. Main St., Franklin. 371.1868.

• The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will meet, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium.

293.5924.

• A Veteran’s Day parade will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in downtown Franklin. 524.2516 or www.franklinchamber.com.

• OccupyWNC General Assembly will meet, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 11, Conference Room, Jackson County Regional Library. www.occupywnc.org.

• “Connecting Leaders: Building Regional Success,” a WNC economic development summit, will meet, 10 a.m.

– 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, WCU Ramsey Regional Activity Center. $99 per person, including lunch.

Leadwnc.wcu.edu or 227.3014.

• Teen Writing Workshop with Dawn Cusick, 4-5:30 p.m.

Nov. 12, 19 and Dec. 3, Canton Branch Library.

Registration is required. 648.2924 or kpunch@haywoodnc.net.

• Introduction to Excel Computer Class, 5:45 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 12, Jackson County Public Library. Class limited to 16 people. 586.2016.

• The Western North Carolina Woodturners will meet, 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Blue Ridge School, 95 Bobcat Dr., Cashiers. 526.2616.

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 • The Jackson County Genealogical Society will present “The Founding Significance of the Rutherford Expedition,” 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Historic Jackson County Courthouse, Community Room. Joe Sam Queen will speak. 631.2646.

• Kent Stewart will offer a workshop on journal making, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, Blue Ridge Books 152 S Main St., Waynesville. 456.6000.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Haywood Chamber of Commerce Issues and Eggs will meet, 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, Laurel Ridge Country Club, Waynesville. Dr. Edward Wright, Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WCU will speak. 456.3021 or media@haywoodchamber.com.

• Women in Business will meet, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, Laurel Ridge Country Club, Waynesville. Dr. Sarah Evans, professor of women’s empowerment, will speak. 456.3021 or media@haywoodchamber.com.

• Free GED classes offered by Southwestern Community College, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, SCC Swain Center, Room 101. 366.2000.

• Haywood Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Laurel Ridge Country Club. $25 for members, $30 for non members. Pre-registration is required. Web.haywoodnc.com.

• Tourism Seminar for the Small Business Owner, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Haywood Community College Creative Arts Building. Free to the public. 627.4606.

• “How to do Business Financials” at SCC, 2-5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, Macon Campus, Southwestern Community Campus. www.ncsbc.net.

• “Hit the Bullseye,” how to market yourself for your customers at SCC’s Small Business Center. Monday, Nov. 10, Small Business Center, SCC Jackson Campus.

Call for times. 339.4211.

• Social Media for Small Business, 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 12, Frog Level Brewing, 52 Commerce St., Waynesville. www.kellyparsons.com.

• Goodwill will offer a job skills class at the Canton Branch of the Haywood County Public Library, 3-5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 13, Haywood County Public Library, 11 Pennsylvania Avenue, Canton. Registration is required.

336.543.8640.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • The 17th annual Turkey Drive by the Maggie Valley Area Lodging Association. Donations benefit Haywood County’s disadvantaged residents. Every $25 will deliver a full meal to a family. www.visitmaggie.com.

• The Jackson County Family Resource Center is in need of slightly used blankets for their Blanket Drive.

Accepting blankets until Dec. 1. Deliver to the Jackson County Family Resource Center, 1528 Webster Rd., Webster. 354.0109.

• $10 Fall Fix: get unfixed pets for spay/neuter and rabies vaccination for only $10 through Nov. 30, through Haywood Spay/Neuter. Pet owner must live in Haywood County and sign their pets up at the Haywood Spay/Neuter office, noon to 6 p.m. open Tuesday through Friday. 452.1329.

• P.A.W.S. Adoption Days first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the front lawn at Charleston Station, Bryson City.

HEALTH MATTERS • Harris Regional Hospital will host a session focused around diabetes awareness, prevention and treatment, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, Harris Regional Hospital, main lobby. 586.7734.

• A diabetes awareness program including blood glucose screening will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. Part of the monthly Tuesdays to Thrive focusing on different health topics the first Tuesday evening of each month. Sponsoed by WestCare Wellness and Jackson County Department. www.westcarehealth.org or 586.7734.

• A program on prescription drug abuse and Project Lazarus will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. Part of the monthly Tuesdays to Thrive focusing on different health topics the first Tuesday evening of each month. Sponsored by WestCare Wellness and Jackson County Department. www.westcarehealth.org or 586.7734.

• Haywood County’s doctor of naturopathy will lead a free seminar on digestive and bowel disorders, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville. Must RSVP. 356.2507.

• Diabetes Management Classes by Angel Medical Center Diabetes Management Services, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 and Thursday, Nov. 13. Call for location and for pre-registration. 369.4166.

• Center for Family Medicine – Cullowhee will hold an Open House, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Western Carolina University’s Health and Human Sciences Building. 631.8924.

• Cindy Sullivan will offer breast thermograms at Dogwood Wellness. Friday, Nov. 14, Dogwood Wellness, 114 W. Hemlock St., Dillsboro. Initial thermogram is $149. 586.6262.

KIDS & FAMILIES • A drop-in information session about a new charter school planning to open in Haywood County, Shining Rock Classical Academy, will be held at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Old Armory on Boundary Street in Waynesville. Another session will be held Nov. 20. bbutler@srca.teamcfa.org.

• Seasonal stories, crafts, games and snacks for the family at Haywood County Public Library in Waynesville at 4 p.m. Nov. 19, and Dec. 10. 356.2511.

• Children’s Storytime at JCPL, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, Jackson County Public Library. 586.2016.

• A Kid’s Harvest Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Historic Bethel Presbyterian Church in Bethel. Pony rides, a bouncy house and slide, face painting, cake walk, games, prizes and hot dogs with all the fixins provided by Bethel Rural Community Organization. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Bethel Middle School Gymnasium.

• Saturday morning cartoons play for free at 11 a.m. at the Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. 283.0079 or www.38main.com.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted.

POLITICAL EVENTS •The Haywood County Libertarian party will meet, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, Organic Beans Coffee House, 1110 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley.

SUPPORT GROUPS • Parkinson’s Support in the Mountains will meet, 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Jackson County Senior Center, room 164. 507.4690.

•The Macon County Cancer Support Group will meet, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, Angel Medical Center cafeteria, Riverview St., Franklin. Meeting will focus on Lung Cancer Awareness. bswooten@email.dnet.net.

A&E ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Milton Menasco & The Big Fiasco, Dear Salem, Ethan Morse, The Harmed Brothers/Charlie & The Foxtrots/Chris Blaylock OMB and Demon Waffle will perform at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. Menasco plays Nov. 6, with Dear Salem Nov. 8, Morse Nov. 13, The Harmed Brothers/Charlie & The Foxtrots/Chris Blaylock OMB Nov. 14 and Demon Waffle Nov. 15. All shows begin at 9:30 p.m., with Sunday performances from 5 to 8 p.m. Free. 586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Americana singer/songwriter Aaron Burdett and pianist Joe Cruz will perform at The Classic Wine Seller in Waynesville. Burdett plays Nov. 7, with Cruz Nov. 8.

Shows begin at 7 p.m. $10 minimum purchase.

452.6000.

• Love Medicated and The Get Right Band will hit the stage at BearWaters Brewing Company in Waynesville.

Love Medicated plays at 7 p.m. Nov. 8, with The Get Right Band 8 p.m. Nov. 14. www.bwbrewing.com or 246.0602.

• Craig Summers & Lee Kram, Soldier’s Heart, Veteran’s Day celebration and Brushfire Stankgrass will perform at Frog Level Brewing Company in Waynesville.

Summers & Kram play at 6 p.m. Nov. 6 and 13, with and Soldier’s Heart 7 p.m. Nov. 8, Veteran’s Day celebration 5 p.m. Nov. 11 and Brushfire Stankgrass 7 p.m.

Nov. 15. 454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Singer/songwriter Ashlee Rose will perform at 9 p.m.

Nov. 7 at Tipping Point Brewing in Waynesville. Free. www.tippingpointtavern.com.

• Pianist Holly Roadfeldt, Percussion Ensemble, Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet (jazz), Student Trumpet recital, Guitar Ensemble and a Gamelan Concert (world music) will be in the Coulter Building at Western Carolina University. Roadfeldt plays Nov. 5, with Percussion Ensemble Nov. 6, Stevens Nov. 7, Student Trumpet recital Nov. 8, Guitar Ensemble Nov. 12 and the Gamelan Concert Nov. 13. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. www.wcu.edu.

• Music producer and singer-songwriter, Gurf Morlix, will perform, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, The Strand at 38, 38 N. Main St., Waynesville. $15-18 per person.

283.0079.

• The Boys from Tuckasegee will perform at WCU, 7

p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center. 227.7129.

• Donald Davis will present his performance “Our Stories Take Us,” 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, HART Theatre, Waynesville. Davis will donate his performance to The Shelton House, which houses the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts. $10-20 per person. 452.1551 or www.sheltonhouse.org.

• The Miss Asheville Pageant-Blue Ridge Valley Scholarship will be held on Nov. 8 at the Colonial Theatre in Canton. The Little Miss Pageant will be from 1 to 4 p.m., with the Miss & Teen Pageant from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door.

• The Western Carolina University Percussion Ensemble will perform, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, recital hall of Coulter Building, WCU. Free to the public. 227.7242.

• The National Theatre of London’s production of Frankenstein will hit the big screen on “Live in HD” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center in Highlands. $18 for adults, $15.30 for PAC members and $15 for students.

526.9047.

• ‘42nd Street’ will be performed by the School of Stage and Screen at WCU. Nov. 13-15, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 16, 3 p.m., John Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, WCU. $7-21 per person. 227.7491.

• The annual Countywide Showcase of Student Talent will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Fine Arts Center at Franklin High School. Sponsored by the The Arts Council of Macon County. $5 for adults, $2 for youth.

524.7683 or arts4all@dnet.net.

• The Who’s Got Talent? competition for Western North Carolina will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. $10. www.greatmountainmusic.com.

BOOKS & AUTHORS • A Haywood county non-fiction book club meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at various locations. 456.8428.

• “Read Local” Library Book Fair at Macon County Public Library, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Macon County Public Library, 149 Siler Farm Rd., Franklin. More than 20 local authors will give readings, talks and have their books available for sale.

524.3600.

• Ron Rash will read from his new book, “Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories,” 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Blue Ridge Books, 152 S Main St., Waynesville.

456.6000 or www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

• Tom Davis will present his memoir, “The Most Fun I Ever Had with My Clothes On,” 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

586.9499.

• Ron Rash will present his new book, “Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories,” 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva.

586.9499.

• Write a Novel this November at the Canton Library, 3:30-6 p.m. Every Monday in November, meeting room, Canton Branch Library. 648.2924.

• “The Literary Hour,” an hour of poetry and prose reading by the John Campbell Folk School, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 12, Keith House, JCFS campus.

494.2914.

• Timm Muth, author of “Disciple of the Flames,” will read from his novel, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, Blue Ridge Books, 152 S Main St., Waynesville. 456.6000 or www.timmmuth.com.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS NIGHTLIFE • The Polar Express themed train will kickoff the holiday season Nov. 7-8 at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot in Bryson City. www.gsmr.com or 800.872.4681.

• The Diamond K Ranch in Maggie Valley has live music Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays are ladies nights. 926.7735.

• A game day will occur from 2 to 9 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. Bring dice, cards or board games. 586.6300.

• Aaron Burdett will perform at the Classic Wineseller, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Classic Wineseller, 20 Church St., Waynesville. www.classicwineseller.com or 452.6000.

• Singer/songwriter Ashlee Rose will perform at 9 p.m.

Nov. 7 at Tipping Point Brewing in Waynesville. Free. www.tippingpointtavern.com.

• Metal Night with Amnesis, Death Trip and Binding Issac will be at 9 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Water’n Hole Bar & Grill in Waynesville. $5.

• Juan Hollday of The Secret B-Sides will perform at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. $10 in advance, $12 day of show. www.38main.com.

• Karen “Sugar” Barnes & Dave McGill will perform on

• Dogwood Crafters and Joan Marsden will lead a Hammered Metal Ornaments class, 1-2:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 7, Masonic Lodge, Dillsboro. $6 per person. 586.2435 or junettapell@hotmail.com.

• The Jackson County Senior Center will offer two painting classes, 1-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 and 14, Jackson County Senior Center. $10 per senior center participant, $15 for non participants. Pre-register by Nov. 4. 586.4944.

• Art After Dark with Sunny Normand, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Beverly Hanks Offices, 26 N. Main St., Waynesville. Sunnynormand2@gmail.com.

• Coppering hammering workshop at the JCPL, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, atrium of the Jackson County Public Library, Sylva. Registration is required.

586.2016.

• Oil, Watercolor, Acrylics and Drawing classes by Dominick DePaolo, 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, Frog Level’s Mahogany House Fine Art Gallery and Studios. 246.0818. www.DominickDepaolo.com

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• Gary Watkins will perform at the Mahogany House Fine Art Gallery, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 240 Depot St., Waynesville. 246.8018.

• Beginning bookmaking class for children, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 6, Jackson County Public Library. Free to the public. 586.2016.

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• A call for artists is underway for the Small Works show, which will run Nov. 19-Dec.27 at Gallery 86 in the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Works will be received Nov. 3-8. office@haywoodarts.org or www.haywoodarts.org.

DANCE • Sunday Community Dance, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, Community Room, second floor of the Jackson County Public Library. Dinner will follow at 5 p.m.

Bring a covered dish. 586.5478.

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• Chris Daughtry will perform at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 777 Casino Drive, Cherokee. Email for ticket prices. mifisher@cherokee.harrahs.com.

Nov. 15 at City Lights Café in Sylva. www.citylightscafe.com.

• The Bascom in Highlands is offering classes this month in Fall Photography, The Art of the Teapot, Landscape in Watercolor and a Multi-Media Art Sampler. www.thebascom.org.

• Drawing Lessons for Adults, by Char Avrunin, 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays and painting lessons from 1 to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays. www.iamclasses.webs.com or contact Char at 456.9197, orcharspaintings@msn.com.

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• Watercolor classes with Dominick DePaolo from 10 a.m. to noon and oil painting classes from 1 to 3 p.m. on Mondays, at Uptown Gallery, Franklin. 349.4607.

• Toni Kender will paint small original pieces at Tunnel Mountain Crafts, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Tunnel Mountain Crafts, 94 Front St., Dillsboro.

Pieces will be available for purchase. 954.707.2004.

• Copper Hammering workshop at the JCPL, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Jackson County Public Library.

Free to the public. Must RSVP. 586.2016.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • Oaks Gallery will host an exhibition of regional “Pottery Traditions.” The exhibit will run until Nov. 14.

Located in Dillsboro’s Riverwood Shops. The exhibit is free to the public. 586.6542.

• Artist Toni Kender will be painting small original pieces for purchase from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Tunnel Mountain Crafts in Dillsboro. chogan4196@gmail.com.

• A call for artists is underway for the Small Works show, which will run Nov. 19-Dec.27 at Gallery 86 in the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Works will be received Nov. 3-8. office@haywoodarts.org or www.haywoodarts.org.

• WCU Fine Arts Museum has an exhibit, “Abstract Autobiography for a Fractured Narrative” on display until Nov. 7. WCU Fine Arts Museum, Cullowhee. 227.3591.

• The Appalachian Pastel Society Juried National Exhibition will be held through Jan. 4 at The Bascom in Highlands. www.thebascom.org

• Photographer/mixed media artist Rachel YorkBridgers will hold an art opening at 6 p.m. Nov. 7 at City Lights Café in Sylva. www.citylightscafe.com.

• Art After Dark, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Main Street and Historic Frog Level, Waynesville. Will feature Kristen Munoz, Terri Lefler and Rebecca Hellman.

456.1940 or www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.

• The Mountain Shapes & Colors celebration of art and craft will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Nantahala School for the Arts in Bryson City. Over 20 craft vendors, food, live music and artisan studio demonstrations. www.greatsmokies.com.

FOOD & DRINK • “Wine 101” will be a course provided by SCC, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10 through Dec. 1, Southwestern Community College, Jackson Campus. 339.4426 or www.southwesterncc.edu.

FILM & SCREEN

• Movies at the Macon County Library. New movies, documentaries and foreign films every Monday at 3:30, Wednesday at 4:30 and again at 7 p.m., and classic matinees at Fridays at 2 p.m. The movies and popcorn are free, but donations are welcome.

524.3600.

MUSIC JAMS AND GROUPS • Old-time music jam from 1-3 p.m. the third Saturday of the month at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on U.S. 441 outside Cherokee. 452.1068.

• Cruso Circle Play & Jam, 7 p.m. every Tuesday, Cruso Community Center and Friendship Club in Cruso. www.facebook.com/crusocircleplayjam.

• Signature Brew Coffee Company holds Sylva Open Jam nights on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. Shop provides the instruments, you provide the talent. Chris Coopers’ Fusion band hosts.

• An open jam session is held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each Thursday at Heinzelmannchen Brewery in Sylva.

All skill levels and instruments welcome. 631.4466 or www.yourgnometownbrewery.com • Golden Aires singing group meets at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Golden Age Senior Center in Sylva. Secular and religious music. Performances given at area nursing homes. Singers need not be seniors to join. goldenagecenter1@verizon.net.

• Haywood Community Band meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at Grace Episcopal Church.

452.7530.

• Karaoke is held at 7 p.m. every other Friday at the American Legion Post 47 in Waynesville. Open to all members and their guests. 456.8691.

• Karaoke is held from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. every Friday at the Tap Room at the Waynesville Inn. 800.627.6250.

• Men Macon Music, canella singing, meets at 5:30 p.m. every Monday in the Chapel of First Presbyterian Church, 26 Church St., Franklin. Visitors welcome.

524.9692.

• Mountain Dulcimer Players Club meets from 2 to 4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of each month at the Bryson City United Methodist Church. Knowledge of music not required, tablature method used.

488.6697.

• Pick and Play Dulcimer Group of Sylva meets at 1:30 p.m. on the first, third and fifth Saturday of every month in the fellowship hall of St. John’s Episcopal Church. 293.0074

• “The Muppets” will be shown at the Marianna Black Library, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, Marianna Black Library, Bryson City. 488.3030.

• The Franklin Early Music Group meets every Monday at 9 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. 369.5192

• A historical drama starring George Clooney will be shown, 2 and 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Macon County Public Library. 524.3600.

• The Nikwasi Dulcimer Players meet every Thursday afternoon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Franklin. All are welcome.

524.1040 or 524.2294

• “Frankenstein” will be shown at the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center, 2 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 8, 507 Chestnut St., Highlands. $1518. 526.9047.

ARTS GROUP MEETINGS • Blue Ridge Mountain Quilt Guild, 6 to 9 p.m. fourth

• Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild meets every Wednesday from 1-3 p.m. Blue Ridge Books, Waynesville. 246.0789.

• The Haywood County Beekeepers Association will meet, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Haywood County Extension Service. Annual election of club officers will be conducted. Refreshments and door prizes will be offered.

• The Tuesday Quilters meet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church on N.C. 107. Bring your machine and whatever quilt you are working on.

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

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

• Rug Hooking Group, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Jackson County Public Library. Beginners welcome.

631.2561.

• Jackson County Arts Council meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Jackson County Library Complex conference room. 293.3407.

Outdoors OUTINGS & FIELDTRIPS • The Town of Waynesville will have compost and double-ground mulch available, 8 a.m. – noon. Nov. 6, 7, 8, Town yard waste landfill, off Bible Baptist Drive. $10-200 per load. 456.3706.

• Smoky Mountain Elk talk, every Saturday through October. A ranger will take questions about elk and dish on the best places to see them in the park. 11:30 a.m., Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. 497.1904.

• A benefit to raise money for a Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 1, in the Oak Room at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. RSVP by Oct. 24 to info@cherokeesmokies.com or 788.0034.

• Welcome Back to the Smokies! Join a ranger to hear the stories of reintroduced species within the park, including peregrine falcons, river otters and elk. 1 p.m., Oconaluftee Visitor Center porch. Every Monday.

• Do You Have Power? Join a Ranger to learn how to leave a light carbon footprint and help protect the park and planet for future generations. 1 p.m., Oconaluftee Visitor Center porch. Every Tuesday.

• Forecasting the Future with Mother Nature. Nuts were fair, berries late, with several morning fogs and moon rings in August. Join a ranger to learn what this might mean for the upcoming winter and how people in the past used nature to forecast the seasons. 11 a.m., Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Every Wednesday.

• Black Bears: Big, Smelly and Smart. Discover the wondrous ways black bears adapt to their environment and how they prepare for winter. 1 p.m., Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Every Thursday.

• Myths and Legends of the Cherokee. The lands of

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• A “Wines for Thanksgiving” tasting will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at City Lights Café in Sylva. www.citylightscafe.com.

• Movie Night at the Fairgrounds, 8-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Haywood Fairgrounds, 758 Crabtree Rd., Waynesville. Captain America: Winter Soldier will be shown. $5 per person. www.haywoodcountyfairgrounds.org or 400.1704.

• The U.S. Forest Service will hold a public input meeting on the forest management planning process, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, Graham County Community Center, Robbinsville.

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• A water-coloring class with acclaimed artist Susan Lingg will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 7 and 14 at the Jackson County Senior Center in Sylva. Classes are $10 per person for senior center participants and $15 for non-participants. 586.4944.

• Family movie days at Marianna Black Library, Bryson City, are at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Classic movies at 1 p.m. the second and fourth Friday. Other films also shown. Free movies and popcorn. 488.3030 or www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.

Thursday, January through October, and third Thursday, November and December in Canton.

316.1517 or on Facebook at Blue Ridge Mtn. Quilt Guild.

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• Spinning Art Yarn workshop, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 8, HCC Creative Arts Building.

565.4240.

• The Mad Batter Food & Film now showing featured films, 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, downtown Sylva location. Special kids’ matinee at 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. Movie listings and information, www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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• The American Legion will hold a turkey shoot every Saturday, 9 a.m. Every Saturday through April 2015, Post 47, Waynesville. 456.8691.

PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS • The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will offer a Green Growth Toolbox workshop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Jackson County Public Library, Community Room. Must register via email.

Kacy.cook@ncwildlife.org.

• Try Scuba Program by the Smoky Mountain Divers Carolinas, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Waynesville Rec Center Pool. $30 plus pool admission per person.

Call to RSVP. 864.710.1567.

• A Youth Swim Refresher Course will be offered by Western Carolina University’s Office of Continuing and Professional Education, 6:25-7:15 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 3-5, Reid Gymnasium. $59 per person. 227.7397.

• Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, located in East Tennessee, makes weekly hikes in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park as well as surrounding areas. www.smhclub.org.

• Benton MacKaye Trail Association incorporates outings for hikes, trail maintenance and other work trips.

No experience is necessary to participate. www.bmta.org.

• Diamond Brand’s Women’s Hiking Group meets on the third Saturday of every month. For more information, e-mail awilliams@diamondbrand.com or call 684.6262.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will present “Exercise for the 20th Century,” 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, Macon County Public Library. Richard Hotchkiss will speak.

369.0421.

BIKE RIDES • A weekly bike ride in Waynesville meets Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. at Rolls Rite Bicycles on the Old Asheville Highway. Beginner to intermediate rides led by Bicycle Haywood advocacy group. Eight- to 12-mile rides.

276.6080 or gr8smokieszeke@gmail.com.

• Hunter Safety Course at Rec Center, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 5 and 6, Rec Center in Cullowhee. Register online. www.ncwildlife.org.

• A weekly bike ride meets in Bryson City on Wednesdays around 6 p.m. Depart from the East Swain Elementary school in Whittier on U.S.19 off exit 69 from U.S. 23-74. All levels. 800.232.7238.

• “Try Scuba” program by the Smoky Mountain Divers Carolinas, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Waynesville Rec Center Pool. $30 plus pool admission.

Reservations are required. 864.710.1567.

• A weekly bike ride in Sylva meets Tuesday at 6 p.m., departing from Motion Makers bike shop for a tough 25-mile ride up to the Balsam Post office via back roads and back into Sylva. 586.6925.

• Fall Night Sky Presentation in new PARI outdoor planetarium, 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. RSVP by 3 p.m., Nov. 14. $10-20 per person. www.pari.edu or 862.5554.

• A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., departing from Smoky Mountain Bicycles at 179 Highlands Road. Geared for all levels. 369.2881 or www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com.

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• The Jackson County Farmer’s Market has moved indoors for the winter. It is held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays at the Community Table, located in downtown Sylva off Central Street between the playground and pool. www.jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• Agriculture-centered small business seminars at SCC, 9 a.m. – noon. Thursday, Nov. 13 through Dec. 11, Jackson County Public Library. Must register. www.ncsbc.net or 339.4211.

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• Nantahala Hiking Club based in Macon County holds weekly Saturday hikes in the Nantahala National Forest and beyond. www.nantahalahikingclub.org • High Country Hikers, based out of Hendersonville but hiking throughout Western North Carolina, plans hikes every Monday and Thursday. Schedules, meeting places and more information are available on their website, www.highcountryhikers.org.

• Carolina Mountain Club hosts more than 150 hikes a year, including options for full days on weekends, full days on Wednesdays and half days on Sundays.

Non-members contact event leaders. www.carolinamountainclub.org • Mountain High Hikers, based in Young Harris, Ga., leads several hikes per week. Guests should contact hike leader. www.mountainhighhikers.org.

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

• The Cherokee Riders holds weekly group rides. Hugh Lambert 554.6810 or hughlamb@nc-cherokee.com.

• Cashiers Tailgate Market. 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays May through October. Anglican Church parking lot next to Macon Bank on U.S. Highway 64 East. 226.9988 or blueridgefarmers@gmail.com.

• Jackson County Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to noon April to October at Bridge Park in Sylva; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

November to March at Community Table. Family Art at the Market offered at 10 a.m. and story time with City Lights at 11 a.m.; monthly fundraising brunches and occasional music given. 631.3033, 399.0290, or jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

• The Jackson County Farmers Market will be indoors at the Community Table, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Every Saturday, starting Nov. 1, Community Table, over the Bridge and through the playground from Central St. 399.0290.

• Wintertime Farmers Market Fundraising Feasts, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, Jackson County Farmers Market, The Community Table. 399.0290 or www.jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

Macon County • Franklin Farmers Tailgate Market. 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays through November on East Palmer Street across from Drake Software. 349.2049 or alan_durden@ncsu.edu, www.facebook.com/franklinncfarmersmarket.

Swain County • Swain County Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fridays through Oct. 31. 210 Main St. at the corner of Main St. and Everett St. in Bryson City. 488.3848 or christine_bredenkamp@ncsu.edu. www.facebook.com/pages/Swain-County-FarmersMarket/104853346226504.

• The Cherokee Runners meets each month on the 1st and 15th of the month (if the first falls on Sunday, the group meets on the 2nd), at the Age Link Conference Room. Group runs are being held each Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. starting at the Flame. www.cherokeerunners.com.

• Small RV Camping club is seeking additional members. We camp one weekend per month March through November. All ages are welcome. No dues, no structured activities. Just an enjoyment of the outdoors, fellowship, good conversation, potluck dinners and a roaring campfire. Contact Lillian for more details lilnau@aol.com or 369.6669.

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

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

• The Jackson-Swain Master Gardeners’ Association meets at 9:30 a.m. every second Wednesday at the Jackson Community Services Building on Scotts Creek Road in Sylva. Mike Glover at 736.2768 or lmgofish@gmail.com.

MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDES • Weekly mountain bike ride at Tsali, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesdays. Hosted by Nantahala Area SORBA. Social ride, so all skill levels are welcome and encouraged to come. Meet in the Tsali parking lot. www.facebook.com/nantahalaareasorba. Andy, 488.1988.

• Monthly “Girlz Ride” at Tsali, last Friday of every month. Sponsored by Nantahala Area SORBA. Meet at 6:30 p.m. in Tsali parking lot. All skill levels welcome.

Social and snacks provided after the ride. 506.115, www.facebook.com/nantahalaareasorba.

FARMERS & TAILGATE MARKETS Haywood County • Canton Farmers Market and Heritage Crafts. 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday through Oct. 31, municipal parking lot of downtown Canton. Robin Smith, 734.9071 or michaelrobin07@yahoo.com.

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• The Jackson County Parks and Rec will offer a Full Moon Hike on the Blue Ridge Parkway, 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, Cullowhee Rec Center. $5 per person. Must register at the Cullowhee Rec Center by Nov. 5.

293.3053.

• A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Saturdays at 8 a.m., departing from South Macon Elementary School.

369.2881, www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com.

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OUTDOOR CLUBS • Cold Mountain Photographic Society is a camera/photography club for amateurs and professionals who want to learn about and share their knowledge of photography with others. Must be 18 or older to join. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month in the conference room of MedWest Health and Fitness Center, 262 Leroy George Drive in Clyde. More information at www.cmpsnc.org or info@cmpsnc.org.

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• The Historic Haywood Farmer’s Market will continue through December at a new indoor location at The Folkmoot Center in Hazelwood. Held from 9 a.m. to noon featuring meats, eggs, baked goods, and winter produce.Located at 112 Virginia Ave. 550.4774.

• A weekly bike ride in Franklin meets Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. at Macon Middle School on Wells Grove Road.

Ladies and beginners’ ride. 369.2881 or www.maconcountycycling.blogspot.com.

• The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market. 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesdays and Saturdays through Oct. 29 at 171 Legion Dr., Waynesville, behind Bogart’s restaurant. 648.6323. www.facebook.com/pages/waynesville-tailgate-market/117024646020.

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the Cherokee once extended through several states within the southeast and included all of the Great Smoky Mountains. Join a ranger to explore the culture, history and mythology of the Cherokee through storytelling. 1 p.m. Oconaluftee Visitor Center. Every Friday.

• Haywood Historic Farmers Market. 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday and Saturday through mid-December at 250 Pigeon St, Waynesville, parking lot HART Theatre.

280.1381 or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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Pet Adoption Shepherd mix. He weighs 20 pounds, is friendly, and very handsome. He gets along with other dogs and is working on crate training, but isn’t fully housebroken due to his young age. Newman could be adopted now, but can’t go to his new home until he is neutered. ARF is scheduling this surgery for as soon as possible. 828.508.1301.

BANDIT - An adolescent, neutered, black cat. He tries to answer the telephone. He is litter box trained. 828.586.5647.

SIR JOSEPH - A white with tan markings Jack Russell. He is 2 years old and weighs 15 lbs.

Call 877.273.5262.

BARNUM - A purebred, 3 year old, male, 28 lb. Beagle. He is sweet, good on a leash, working on house training, and uses a

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Call 828.586.5186.

SMOKY - A two-year-old brindle Aussie mix. He is lively and friendly. Call 877.273.5262.

VIOLET - A 1-2 year old, purebred Black and tan hound.

She is very affectionate.

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2177 Russ Avenue Waynesville NC 28786

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ARF’S NEXT LOW-COST dog and cat spay/neuter trip is in December 1st. Register in advance at ARF’s adoption site in Sylva 1-3 on Saturdays.

Spaces are limited, so don’t wait until the last minute to register. You should not bring your animal to registration. Do bring income documentation if you wish to apply for free or other low-income discounts.

877.273.5262.

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Mike Stamey 828-508-9607

ERA Sunburst Realty — sunburstrealty.com Haywood Properties — haywoodproperties.com 74 NORTH MAIN ST. • WAYNESVILLE, NC

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Keller Williams Realty kellerwilliamswaynesville.com • Ron Kwiatkowski — ronk.kwrealty.com 265-146

Mountain Home Properties — mountaindream.com • Sammie Powell — smokiesproperty.com

Mountain Realty

Ron Breese Broker/Owner

Main Street Realty — mainstreetrealty.net

2177 Russ Ave. Waynesville, NC 28786 Cell: 828.400.9029 ron@ronbreese.com

McGovern Real Estate & Property Management • Bruce McGovern — shamrock13.com

Emerson Group

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• George Escaravage — gke333@gmail.com

Each office independently owned & operated.

Prudential Lifestyle Realty — vistasofwestfield.com 265-117

Full Service Property Management 828-456-6111 www.selecthomeswnc.com

828-734-8765

Realty World Heritage Realty realtyworldheritage.com • Carolyn Lauter realtyworldheritage.com/realestate/viewagent/7766 • Martha Sawyer realtyworldheritage.com/realestate/viewagent/7769 • Linda Wester realtyworldheritage.com/realestate/viewagent/7771

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• Steve Cox — info@haywoodproperties.com

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jsmith201@kw.com

The Seller’s Agency — listwithphil.com • Phil Ferguson — philferguson@bellsouth.net

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ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY 828.761.2001, 14 Forever Friend Lane, Asheville, NC 28806 We’re located behind Deal Motorcars, off Brevard & Pond Rd.

Michelle McElroy — beverly-hanks.com Marilynn Obrig — beverly-hanks.com Mike Stamey — beverly-hanks.com Ellen Sither — esither@beverly-hanks.com

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Mix dog – black & white, I was born in spring 2014 and I’m a handsome, energetic pup. I already weigh 53 pounds, so I’m going to be a big boy. I already know how to use a doggy-door to let myself go potty, and I have mastered several commands.

Even though I enjoy playing rough with other big dogs, I do get along with cats and small dogs and I am very respectful of them.

Adoption fees vary; if you’re interested in me, please contact adoptions@ashevillehumane.org.

GOOSIE - Domestic Shorthair cat – gray & cream, I am 4-5 years old, and I’m a big beautiful girl. I am front-declawed, which means I need to stay strictly indoors! I’m very sweet and

people-friendly and will seek out your attention, but don’t get along with other cats very well.

Adoption fees vary; if you’re interested in me, please contact adoptions@ashevillehumane.org.

SHAKIRA - Domestic Shorthair cat – apricot & white, I am about 8 years old, and I’m intelligent, sweet girl with plenty of energy left but maturity to go with it. I enjoy cuddling but will not “smother” you with my affection.

Many of my teeth have been extracted, but that doesn’t stop me from being able to eat dry cat food. I get along fine with dogs, birds, and other cats, but I do prefer an environment that is more calm than active. Adoption fees vary; if you’re interested: adoptions@ashevillehumane.org.

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ARF (HUMANE SOCIETY OF JACKSON COUNTY) Holds rescued pet adoptions Saturdays from 1:00 - 3:00 (weather permitting) at 50 Railroad Avenue in Sylva. Animals are spayed/neutered and current on shots.

Most cats $60, most dogs $70.

Preview available pets at www.a-r-f.org, or call foster home.

CONNOR - Great Dane/Retriever

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100 Trix or Kix 24 Start of a riddle 103 Un-PC suffix 27 Riddle, part 2 104 Laura or Bruce of 29 Isle of exile for film Napoleon 105 Start for eminent 30 Stakes 106 Actress and comic 31 It’s larger than gigaGasteyer 32 Old fruit soda brand 107 Twist the truth 34 “I’m freezing!”

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Greenery is a Southern Appalachian specialty

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George Ellison

his region has been furnishing the eastern United States with quantities of various evergreen materials (trees, running ground cedar, mistletoe, galax, and so on) for well over a century. Of these, one of the most interesting is American holly. In many ways, the plant’s dark green leaves and scarlet berries signify the season almost as much as the Christmas tree itself.

The ongoing custom of employing evergreen plants for Columnist decorative purposes during the winter is obviously one of considerable antiquity, apparently originating in pre-Christian ceremonies that celebrated the winter solstice.

Festooning the interior of dwellings with evergreens was a way of providing a refuge for sylvan spirits that allowed them to survive the winter gloom.

In time, our immediate ancestors — who were not for the most part inclined toward unrestrained revels or a belief in woodland spirits — exchanged holly’s bright fruits and shiny leaves as a token of friendship to help cheer up homes at a time of the year when daylight was at its shortest.

In Western North Carolina there are

BACK THEN three holly species, belonging to the genus “Ilex” (pronounced “ee-lexs”). Two of these, winterberry and mountain holly, bear clusters of scarlet berries that make a colorful show in winter but do not have evergreen leaves.

American holly (I. opaca) is easily identified by its spiny, wavy-edged, glossy, evergreen leaves borne on alternating stems.

Each leaf persists for about three years before being shed in the spring. The light gray bark is often roughened by wart-like growths.

In WNC, Christmas holly is a relatively uncommon tree found in rich bottomlands, cove hardwoods, and hemlock forests.

Mature trees tend to form a pyramidal shape with a narrow crown. Specimens of up to four feet in diameter have been reported from the rich bottomlands of Texas and Arkansas, but in our region a holly with a diameter of two feet is good-sized.

You will have undoubtedly noticed that most holly trees do not bear berries. This is because the “male” trees bear staminate flowers that produce pollen, while the “female” trees bear pistillate flowers and produce fruit. Many plants (willow, sassafras, persimmon, mulberry, etc.) have evolved this method of producing pollen and seed-bearing flowers on separate indi-

American holly. viduals in order to effectively insure crossfertilization.

Before Christmas-green pickers began mindlessly harvesting the leaves and berry clusters from female hollies, there was no doubt a more even distribution of the sexes.

But the habit of tearing off the berry-laden branches has resulted in the obvious depletion of the female type, while over the course of time necessarily reducing the entire population.

George Ellison wrote the biographical introduc-

tions for the reissues of two Appalachian classics: Horace Kephart’s Our Southern Highlanders and James Mooney’s History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees.

In June 2005, a selection of his Back Then columns was published by The History Press in Charleston as Mountain Passages: Natural and Cultural History of Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains.

Readers can contact him at P.O. Box 1262, Bryson City, N.C., 28713, or at info@georgeellison.com.

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