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www.yanceycountynews.com vTo be a voice, and to allow the voices of our community to be heard.v March 22, 2012 W Vol. 2, No. 12 v Recipient of the 2011 E.W. Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment v

1,500 voters aren’t here anymore By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News

More than 10 percent of the people registered to vote in Yancey County are apparently either deceased or no longer live here. That number is based on the results of an emergency ‘roll maintenance’ ordered after this newspaper reported that there were more people registered to vote than adults listed in the 2010 census. And that number is a very conservative estimate, said Election Office Director Mary Beth Tipton.

The state Board of Elections told the county to initiate steps to confirm each and every voter registration on file after the Yancey County News pointed out that there were more people registered to vote in the county than people age 18 and over in the 2010 Census. According to rolls at the board of elections, there were 14,524 registered voters in Yancey County in February. But the 2010 Census showed only 14,255 people over the age of 18 in the county. The numbers don’t take into account

the number of residents who choose to not register to vote, the number of residents who are not citizens, or others not eligible to vote. The roll maintenance involved sending a postcard to every person registered to vote in the county. The cards began going out about March 1, and on Wednesday, Tipton said, “at last count, we’ve got about 1,500 back.” The cards were only to be returned if the voter identified on the rolls did not live at the address or had died.

“A lot are coming back marked ‘deceased’,” Tipton said. “A lot are coming back with a forwarding address” after the Post Office couldn’t deliver them to the incounty address, she said. Each card returned with a forwarding address initiated a second mailing to that new address, asking the voter if they are still a resident and voter in Yancey County. Many of those second mailings are going to addresses outside the county, Tipton said. See Page 5

Jonathan Austin/Yancey County News Students at Bee Log Elementary School take the stage to thank the company that has printed the school’s year book at no cost for 10 years. The school was honoring the firm, Shorewood Publishing Co., because it is going out of business. See more inside.

No snow means trouble for end-of-year testing

Yancey County students, teachers and parents are facing a much tougher year-end testing schedule than in previous years, warns Pete Peterson, the director of Student Services. “Third grade through eighth grade students and Mountain

Heritage High School students will begin taking their End of Grade (EOG) and End of Course (EOC) North Carolina State required tests earlier this year than in the past.,” Peterson said in a statement released by the school system. “In addition, the North Carolina

Department of Instruction is administering several ‘Field Tests’ which will require most students in the county to take one or more additional tests before the end of school,” he said. “The first issue that our schools are facing is the result of the mild

winter and a late Spring break. Not only has this moved the final day of school earlier than usual, it also has pushed our EOGs and EOCs earlier by almost two weeks, Peterson said. See Page 5

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Mountain Heritage preschool taking applications Cloggers Mountain Heritage Preschool is currently present accepting applications for the upcoming school year. Enrollment is open to any child 3 annual to 5 years old. Mountain Heritage Preschool is a full day program for full-time and parttime students, which provide children with a concert learning environment that supports children’s development of skills necessary to construct their own knowledge prepare them for their next school environment and encourage them to become life-long learners. The program uses Developmentally Appropriate Practices to provide a rich learning environment that encourages children’s natural curiosity and supports them to take risks that lead to new skill development. Mountain Heritage Preschool has a safe, supportive and nurturing environment where children feel safe, respected and cared for. Children will take part in planned, active learning experiences to build their school readiness skills. Anyone interested should complete an application or if you have any further questions you should contact Renee McCurry at Mountain Heritage High School 682-6103 or 678-5235.

Church planning Shuler budget amendment fails by one vote Wednesday evening during markup the road.” Ramp Dinner of On Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed Fiscal Shuler has been working to reach a West Burnsville Church of God is having a Ramp Dinner on April 14, from 11 a.m. until all gone. Please come out and support our projects. Eat-in or Carry out Menu consists of Ramps(raw and cooked), Fried potatoes with ramps, Scrambled eggs with ramps, Streaked meat, Pinto beans, Green beans, Cole slaw, Cornbread, Desserts and Drinks. Adult plate $10; Children’s plate $5. For 4 or more dinners, free delivery within five miles. Call Randy Hall at 828-208-1555 to place your advance orders.

Year (FY) 2013 Budget in the House Budget Committee, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) offered an amendment calling for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes both spending cuts and tax reform. The amendment received bipartisan support from members of the House Budget Committee, falling just one vote short of passage. “To responsibly address our fiscal challenges, we need a budget that puts all options on the table and takes a rational, comprehensive approach to deficit reduction,” said Shuler. “Crafting a balanced budget that puts our country on a long-term fiscally sustainable path cannot be done along party lines, and I was encouraged to see both my Democratic and Republican colleagues come together in a show of support for my amendment. This is a step in the right direction for achieving meaningful, bipartisan compromise down

long-term deficit reduction solution with the “Go Big” Coalition, a bipartisan group of more than 150 House and Senate Members from across the political spectrum. Rep. Shuler and other leaders of the “Go Big” Coalition are currently in the process of crafting a comprehensive deficit reduction package based on the recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Commission. “Over the past year the ‘Go Big’ Coalition has made tremendous progress in bringing Democrats and Republicans together on the issue of deficit reduction, and last night we saw promising signs that even more Members of Congress are ready to embrace a balanced, bipartisan approach to fiscal reform,” said Rep. Shuler. “I will continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reach the comprehensive deficit reduction solution we need to put stability back in the economy and move our country forward.”

The Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Mars Hill C o l l e g e ’s n a t i o n a l champion dance team, will present its annual spring concert March 30 through April 1, 2012 in Moore Auditorium. “As Scene on TV,” is the theme of the show, which is set to take audience members on a trip down memory lane, celebrating the greatest in family television from the past and the present. From American Bandstand to Glee, BMC will share a parade of favorite family entertainment moments. So grab the popcorn and remote, because this show is going to bring back memories for all generations. Tickets for “As Scene on TV” are $10 for adults and $8 for Senior Adults. Children under six are free. Group rates are available by request. Showtimes are 7 pm on Friday, March 31, and Saturday, March 31; and 3 pm on Sunday, April 1. Contact Danielle Plimpton for group rate requests, or to purchase advanced tickets: 828689-1113 or dbuice@ mhc.edu.

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Opinion/Outlooks

More young adults are getting health care coverage Prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act, young adults were much more likely to be uninsured and about twice as likely as older adults to lose private insurance coverage, according to a new report released by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week. A previous HHS report showed that because of the new health care law, 2.5 million more young people were insured in June 2011 than were insured in September 2010. The report released today suggests that the law will help young adults both keep and gain health insurance coverage. It follows other studies that show that young adults are among those who will most benefit from the parts of the law designed to help people get and keep affordable health insurance coverage. “The President’s health law gives hard working, middle-class families the security they deserve and health insurance to millions of young people,” said Secretary Sebelius. “Thanks to health reform, more young adults

have insurance and parents have peace of mind knowing that their sons and daughters will be able to get the health care they need if they get sick or are in an accident.” The new health care law generally allows young adults to maintain their dependent coverage up to age 26 even if they do not live with their parents or if they graduate from school. This policy took effect for insurance plan renewals beginning on September 23, 2010. Under the provision of the law allowing young adults to stay under their parents’ plans, Steven Giallourakis – a 23-year-old bass player, pianist and two-time cancer survivor from Cleveland – has kept health insurance through his father’s plan at work. Steven’s mom Angie says that she has peace of mind that her son is getting the care he needs to stay healthy. Today’s report also shows that about three in 10 young adults ages 19 to 25 who initially had private health insurance in 2008 were

uninsured for at least one month over the next two years – over twice the rate of older adults. Young adults were particularly at risk of losing coverage because they may have aged out of their parents’ coverage, moved between school and employment, or changed jobs. The analysis also showed that insurance loss was most common among young adults with lower incomes. The average young adult who lost private insurance had a family income of 230 percent of the federal poverty level, compared to an average of 360 percent for those who did not lose coverage. This leaves them particularly vulnerable to not being able to pay the bills for an accident or illness. Starting in 2014, there will be more options through the Affordable Care Act for coverage for young adults. New Affordable Insurance Exchanges, tax credits and Medicaid expansion is expected to result in 30 million more insured people, including as many as 10 million young adults.

Drug take back day set for April 28

On Saturday, April 28 from 10:00am until 2:00pm you can take your unused prescriptions to the Prescription Pad Pharmacy in Burnsville to safely dispose of them. Prescription drug abuse is the Number 1 problem facing our youth today. If we are to beat this problem then we need to start by showing our children that it is not safe to just have drugs around the house just in case. The fact is that many of our children get started by

taking pills from their family members. You can use this as a great teaching moment by taking your children with you to the Prescription Pad and turning in your unused medication while explaining to them why you are doing this. That medication should only be used to treat symptoms for which they were prescribed and since they all have side effects, should be considered as unsafe for any other use.

You might ask, why not just flush them down the toilet? Another well documented problem is drugs turning up in our rivers and water supplies and it’s happening for that very reason. So let’s please dispose of our unused prescriptions and dispose of them properly. In health, Miguel Cruz DC

Conservation lecture at Mars Hill College

Dr. Nick Haddad, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor in the Biology Department at North Carolina State University, will present a lecture titled

“Landscape Corridors for Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing World,” at Mars Hill College, March 26 at 7 pm, in Room 135 of Ferguson Math and Science Center. D r. H a d d a d ’s WHO WE ARE presentation will The Yancey County News is the only independent discuss experimental newspaper in Yancey County. It is owned, operated and published by

findings related to the conservation of landscape corridors, climate change, and the rarest butterfly species. His research focuses on the conservation of biological diversity. In particular, he has studied how habitat corridors can be used to overcome the negative effects of habitat loss

and fragmentation. Recently, his research has been featured in Smithsonian, Wildlife in North Carolina, Ecology, and Conservation Biology. This lecture is free and open to the public.

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Obituaries David Keith Laws David Keith Laws, 49, of Rutherford College, passed away, Monday, March 19, 2012, while at the Burke Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Valdese. Born August 12, 1962, in Yancey County, he was a son of the late Carl Laws and Rita Blevins Adkins, of Rutherford College. In addition to his mother, Mr. Laws is also survived by three sons, Brian, Travis and Dillon Laws, all of Burnsville; a stepdaughter, Brittany Rathburn of Burnsville; a daughter, Denise Laws of Lincolnton; a special friend, Pam Huffman of Rutherford College; and three grandchildren. Service for Mr. Laws was Thursday, March 22, at the Calvary Free Will Baptist Church with the Revs. Leonard Lindsay and Warren Blevins officiating. Interment followed at the Calvary Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690. Valdese Family Funeral Care is assisting the family.

Welzie B. Silver Welzie Brook Silver, 90, of the Low Gap community, died Friday, March 16, 2012, at his home. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Welzie A. and Lillie Ogle Silver. He was also preceded in death by brothers Reid and Cloyce Silver; and, sisters Lenore Robertson and Mary Ellen Burns. Welzie was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Mary Glen Silver; two sons: Lanny Silver and Welzie Silver Jr. and wife, Nancy; and a daughter: Linda Tipton and husband, Richard, all of Burnsville; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral service was Sunday in Low Gap Free Will Baptist Church, of which he was a life long member and deacon. The Revs. Blaine Whitson and Stanley McMahan officiated. Burial was in the Ray~Riddle Cemetery on Bee Branch. Donations may be made to Hospice of Yancey County, 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home is assisting the Silver family.

Susan Young Susan Young, 96, of Burnsville, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012, at the Laurels of Green Tree Ridge in Asheville. A native of Avery County, she was a daughter of the late Vance and Ada Smith Jackson and the wife of J. Porter Young, who died in 1972. She was also preceded in death by four children. Surviving are two daughters: Betty Ream and Carolyn Owens of Asheville; and a son: James Porter Young and wife, Marilyn, of Fletcher; 21 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Funeral service was Thursday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Betty Ream and the Revs. Frank Wyatt and Jim Swatzle officiated. Burial was in the Horton Hill Cemetery.

Fairdy Hensley Fairdy “Mountain Man” Hensley, 73, of Mars Hill, died Friday, March 16, 2012, at his home. A native of the Fox Creek area of Yancey

County, he was a son of the late Ervin and Lillie Mae Moore Hensley. He was also preceded in death by two brothers: Avery and Cormon Hensley. Fairdy had an antique store at the bottom of Madison Mountain for a number of years and loved raising goats, gardening and loved going to his church, Mt. Zion Baptist Church on Ivy Hill Road in Madison County. Surviving are his loving wife, Kathy Stump Hensley; two sons: Sammy Hensley and Harley Hensley, both of Mars Hill; two sisters: Betty Chandler and husband, Harold, of Fox Creek, Edith Buchanan and husband, Ray, of Weaverville; two brothers: Lester Hensley and wife, Dorothy, of Leicester and J. D. Hensley and wife, Elizabeth, of Jessup, Ga. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral service was March 19 in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Services with the Rev. Jack Presnell and the Rev. Kenny Stump officiating. Burial was in the Hensley Cemetery on Fox Creek. Pallbearers were Bo Chandler, Barney Chandler, Brandon Carver, Dustin Carver, Keith Hensley and Scotty Hensley.

Pam Hathcock Pam Hathcock, 59, of the South Toe Community, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, in St. Joseph’s Hospital. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of Geraldine Wimberly Kilpatrick of Asheville and the late Jack Kilpatrick. Pam was a member of South Estatoe Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of 41 years, Ted Nelson Hathcock; daughter Michele Caroline Hathcock and partner, Allison Dains; sons Ted Nelson Hathcock Jr. and wife, Katherine, and Seth Jamie Hathcock and wife, Cheryl, all of Asheville; brother, James Kilpatrick and wife, Pamela, of Castle Rock, Colo.; and grandchildren Kendra Lynn, Arden Tate and Cooper Andrew. A Celebration of Life was Wednesday in the South Estatoe Baptist Church, with the Rev. Harvey Sharpe officiating. Memorials may be made to the U Turn Ministries, Unit #5 131 North Main Street, Burnsville, NC 28714 or to the American Cancer Society 120 Executive Park #1, Asheville, NC 28801.

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Edward Ronald Dellinger Edward Ronald Dellinger, of the Pine Branch Community, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at Mission Hospital in Asheville. He was a son of the late Claude William and Claudia Young Dellinger and the husband of Grace Dellinger, who passed away in 2010. Ed was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He always enjoyed seasonal fishing trips to the coast, traveling all over the world with Grace and many friends. After retiring from BellSouth, he discovered the game of golf and loved learning the game. Ed was a faithful member of the Vesper Masonic Lodge in Spruce Pine for over 30 years. Mostly, Ed loved his Lord and serving his church. He was a very faithful member at Pine Branch Baptist Church where he served as an ordained deacon from 1971 and was also a trustee of the church. Surviving are a daughter, Dawn Hughes and husband Curtis, a son, Daryl Dellinger and wife Deborah, all of Spruce Pine; sister, Faye Johnson of Burnsville and Sherrie Styles and husband, Eugene, of Titisville, Fla.; special sister-in-law, Shirley Hoilman and husband, Joe, of Spruce Pine; and two grandchildren: Tyler and Tenille Dellinger. Many special friends also survive. Funeral service was Thursday in the Pine Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steve Williams officiating. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday in the Pine Branch Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Gideons International , 236 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or to BOM Ministries C/O Pine Branch Baptist Church, 48 Church Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.

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Maisie Howell Maisie Howell, 77, of Burnsville, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 19, 2012, in Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late David Lyda Robinson and Marie Thomas Robinson and wife of the late Herman Howell, who passed away in 2007. Surviving are her daughter, Maureen Decola of Burnsville; sons: Boyd Howell and wife, Wanda, of Morganton; Niles Howell and wife, Christine, of Burnsville; brother, Maurice Robinson and wife, Grace, of Hickory; sister-in-law, Marie Buchanan of Newdale; five grandchildren: Ashley Howell, Amanda Watts and husband, Anthony, Niles David Howell, II and wife, Amanda, Aaron Whitson and Cody Whitson; five great-grandchildren: Alexis Cooper, Carly Howell, Isaiah Watts, Abby Watts and Max Watts. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services was Wednesday in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Services, with the Rev. Chris Morgan and Rev. Lawrence Glenn officiating. Graveside service was in the Youngs Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Gideons International, PO Box 264, Burnsville,

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State Symphony coming to mountains

The North Carolina Symphony head west to Mars Hill, Cherokee and Flat Rock, April 25-27, with “Beethoven and Beyond,” a program focusing on great works by Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner and Liszt. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. “As we near our 80th anniversary in May 2012, I can’t think of a better way of celebrating this orchestra’s tremendous legacy of serving the state by taking this program of timeless and thrilling music to these communities,” says Scott Freck, North Carolina Symphony Vice President for Artistic Operations and General Manager. “Highlights along the way include visits with friends old and new in Lexington, Cherokee and Flat Rock,” he adds. “We have particularly meaningful stops at Mars Hill College, the alma mater of our founder Lamar Stringfield, and also in Chapel Hill, where the North Carolina Symphony first began its mission nearly 80 years ago.” The performances include: • Moore Auditorium at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, Wednesday, April 25, 7:30 p.m. • Cultural Arts Center at Cherokee Central Schools, Cherokee, Thursday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. • Blue Ridge Conference Hall at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, Friday, April 27, 7:30 p.m. The concerts open with Franz Liszt’s dramatic Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, by far the best known from a set of 19 such

rhapsodies written by the composer. Born in Hungary, Liszt was strongly influenced by the native folk music he heard as a child. The work reflects the unique gypsy scale, along with the rhythmic spontaneity and direct, alluring expressions of that genre. The program includes the preludes from Act I and Act III of Richard Wagner’s romantic opera Lohengrin. Taken from medieval German “Knight of the Swan” lore, the opera apparently so moved King Ludwig II of Bavaria (sometimes known as “The Fairytale King” or “Mad King Ludwig”) that he built the famous, fairy-tale castle Neuschwanstein, or “New Swan Stone,” and dedicated it to Wagner. The castle’s interior walls feature murals inspired by Lohengrin and other of the composer’s operas. Guest soprano Jodi Burns joins the orchestra for “Martern aller Arten” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio. Burns returns for Beethoven’s “Ah! Perfido,” one of the seminal works in the classical repertoire for dramatic soprano and orchestra. The program ends with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, the shortest of his nine symphonies. Tickets to the Mars Hill College performance begin at $25 and are available at www.ncsymphony.org. Tickets to the Cherokee performance will be available at www.visitcherokeenc. com and at the door on concert night.

1,500 voter cards returned From the front In the mail on Wednesday, she said the office received 16 cards, and six of them were from people now living outside the county who say they no longer should be registered to vote here. She said that 40 percent number – 6 of 16 returned in one day - fairly reflects the number of cards that have come back with voters asking that their registration in the county be ceased. Charles McCurry, the chairman of the Board of Elections, said he is “very pleased” with the roll maintenance. “I think we’re going to be as close as we’ve ever been to accurately knowing how many voters we have in the county.” Tipton and McCurry said earlier this month that they had found hundreds of registration verification cards that had been sent out in past years but not processed to reflect that registered voters had not moved. Veronica Degraffenreid, a vote analyst with the state Board of Elections, told the Yancey County News earlier this month that “It does appear there were some issues with Yancey County. Back to 2008, no voters were removed due to this (mailing) cycle. It wasn’t until 2011 that 518” registered voters were moved to inactive status because they did not respond to the two required mailings. Even then, the individuals remained on the rolls, and could vote

at the polls once they provided an updated in-county address, Degraffenreid said. No one will be removed from the rolls prior to the two primary elections this year, though residents going to vote in the primaries may be asked to update their address if a conflict appears in the rolls, officials said. Tipton said the local board must

verify that the cards returned marked ‘deceased’ do accurately reflect the death of a voter. McCurry said the board recently voted to hire Tammy Wilson as assistant director at the board. “She’s very computer literate,” he said, and has a “lot of computer experience.” He said “she’ll be an excellent employee.”

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No snow means trouble for end of year testing From the front “We don’t have the number of school days after spring break that we are accustomed to having. We usually begin our regular test administrations in mid May, but this year, with the last day of school being May 17, we will begin much earlier in order to complete the testing process,” he said. The Spring break schedule - April 6-15 - means “students and teachers will not have the luxury of coming back from Spring break and having a couple of weeks to prepare. The current testing schedule calls for EOG testing to begin testing just one week after the break,” Peterson said in the statement. “There are even some students, who receive special accommodations that include taking an alternate version of the tests, who could begin testing the week before spring break.” In addition, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is developing n e w tes ts w hich ar e aligned with the States new curriculum. In order to get information on the validity and reliability of the new tests, most students will be taking one or more Field Tests. Every school is assigned specific field tests by NCDPI. While these tests do not impact the students, teachers, or the schools directly, it is an important step in

collecting data which will be used to further develop and improve future tests. “Students should not stress themselves concerning any Field Test they may be required to take but it is very important that they do the absolute best that they can on the test.” Peterson said.“NCDPI needs accurate data to help improve validity and reliability of tests administered next year. Test taking is bad enough, but taking unreliable invalid tests is a real waste of time and effort.” Parents are encouraged to be sure that their children eat nutritious meals and get plenty of rest before scheduled testing. Students who do not do well the first time they take an EOG or EOC test may be required to take the test again. “Please contact your child’s school for more detailed information regarding your child’s testing schedule,” Peterson said. Yancey County schools released this schedule for testing: April 16 – April 20 Field Tests April 24 - April 27 EOG Tests for third – fifth grades. (Reading, Math, Science) May 1 – May 4 EOG Tests for sixth-eighth grades. (Reading, Math, Science) May 9- May 14 EOC Tests for MHHS students. (English 1, Algebra 1, Biology)

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Cougars get back to business as North Carolina athletic committee puts Heritage back in traditional conference

Mountain Heritage High School Athletic Director Joey Robinson said few people gave him a chance when he traveled four hours to argue that the wholesale redistricting of mountain athletic teams was unfair. But a committee in charge of the planning changed its mind, and said that the Mountain Highlands Conference should pretty much remain unchanged. “We are ecstactic,” Robinson said Thursday morning. “It’s not finalized yet, but I think our conference will stick.” North Carolina high school conferences must be aligned every four years to accommodate growth in various schools, and the realignment plan being debated for months had boiled down to basic elimination of the 1A-2A Mountain Highlands Conference and inclusion of Mountain Heritage in a conference that

stretched from here to near Hickory. As reported in the Yancey County News on Feb. 23, Mountain Heritage teams were slated for a new conference that would include East Burke, West Caldwell, and Draughn high schools, but excluded Madison, Hendersonville, Polk or Owen – all traditional mountain rivalries familiar to Yancey sports fans. But the realignment committee gave the schools 15 minutes to argue against the changes, and Robinson took that chance. “Everybody told us ‘Western Highlands is dead,’ Robinson said. “We even debated not going down” to argue further against the changes because even the district superintendents felt it was a done deal, he said. But Madison County Schools went to argue, as did Robinson. “Somebody had to stand up and say what they felt really went on,” Robinson said,

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Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann will discuss his new book, “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars,” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. His talk is free and open to the public. Mann, a Penn State faculty member who holds joint positions in the departments of meteorology and geosciences, is director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center. He was a lead author on the Observed Climate Va r i a b i l i t y a n d Change chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC authors in 2007. He is also co-founder and contributor to the award-winning science website RealClimate.org. Mann is best known for his work reconstructing climate fluctuations over the past one thousand years. Dubbed the hockey stick graph, the chart was prominently featured in the IPCC 2001 report on global climate and became a central icon in the controversy that followed the report’s publication, known

and many smaller schools apparently felt that Buncombe County was pushing to get an alignment that favored its schools at the expense of the rest of the mountain region. “I thought it had changed to benefit a very few schools in WNC,” Robinson said, but he didn’t expect anyone to listen. Apparently the committee listened, and the result is that the Western Highlands conference remains unchanged except for the removal of Thomas Jefferson High School. “We’re excited,” Robinson said.” It was a long hard road, but things worked out for us.” While the plan is “not finalized yet,” he said he thinks “our conference will stick.” The new plan means Mountain Heritage stays in conference with Avery, Mitchell, Hendersonville, Madison, Owen and Polk.

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The High County region presents a unique opportunity to capitalize on the demand for local and organic produce due to its relatively cool climate compared to the rest of the southeast. Through his work with Eastern Carolina Organics, Tony Kleese has identified multiple crops that High Country farmers could grow during the summer months. This class will help you understand what it takes to operate in the wholesale market, what crops are needed with clear volume and price data, and the multiple wholesale systems that are in place to support distribution from the region. The class will be at Mayland Community College’s Mitchell Campus on Tuesday, March 27 from 6-9 p.m. Call 828-765-7351, x 227 or e-mail rbranch@mayland.edu to preregister or for more information.

Free Seminar: How to Incorporate Your Business

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Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann will discuss his new book, “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars,” at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall.

to many as the “climate wars.” In his talk, Mann will share the story of the science and politics behind the controversy surrounding climate change. Mann has received a number of honors and awards, including NOAA’s outstanding publication award in 2002 and selection by Scientific American as one of the 50 leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. Mann’s visit is being hosted

by UNC Asheville’s Climate Change and Society certificate program, which is part of UNC Asheville’s Masters of Liberal Arts program, and the departments of Psychology and Atmospheric Science. For more information on Mann’s talk, contact Michael Neelon, UNC Asheville assistant professor of Psychology, at 828/250-2359 or email mneelon@unca.edu.

Incorporation is an essential tool to protect your personal assets. Learn the steps to incorporate your business in North Carolina. We will cover the incorporation process and costs and what happens after your charter is approved. We will focus on the corporate types most commonly used by small businesses including single-member Limited Liability Companies and Subchapter S Corporations. The class will be at Mayland Community College’s Mitchell Campus on Thursday, March 29 from 6-9 p.m. Call 828-765-7351, x 227 or e-mail rbranch@mayland.edu to preregister or for more information.

Bookkeeping & Income Tax Preparation for Small Business

How do you set up a bookkeeping system and organize your records for tax purposes? Learn a simple, effective way to set up a bookkeeping system, organize your records, and then use them to complete your federal income tax forms. The class will be at Mayland Community College’s Avery Campus on Tuesday, March 27 from 6-9 p.m. Call 828765-7351 x 227 or e-mail rbranch@mayland. edu to preregister or for more information.

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Regional Market Reports Which markets offer Yancey farmers the best return on their investment? Should they head west, east or south? Agriculture and food industries accounted for $29,057,488 in Yancey County income in 2000, or 7.77 percent of the total county income. Livestock, poultry, and their products accounted for 23 percent of the total agricultural market. So this list recounts the prices in the last week at regional farm markets.

Harward Brothers Livestock Market, Turnersburg, NC Weighted Average Report for Monday Mar 19 Cattle Receipts: 1481 Last Week: 1763 Last Year: 1782 Slaughter cattle trended mostly steady. Feeder cattle trended mixed. Slaughter cows made up 15 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls 2 percent, replacement cows 1 percent, other cows 2 percent, and feeders 80 percent. The feeder supply included 29 percent steers, 43 percent heifers, and 28 percent bulls. Near 14 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 - 2 WNC Regional Livestock Center, Canton, Weighted Average Report for Monday Mar Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19, 2012- Slaughter cows made up 23 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls 4 percent, 6 175-195 188 170.00-217.50 188.19 replacement cows 7 percent, other cows 0 percent, and feeders 66 percent. The feeder supply included 43 percent steers, 46 percent heifers, and 11 percent bulls. Near 28 11 205-245 222 202.50-225.00 212.50 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs. 21 250-295 276 183.00-218.00 199.13 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 - 2 30 300-345 324 159.00-217.00 182.69 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 48 350-395 370 170.00-206.00 184.71 2 210-220 215 180.00-215.00 197.91 19 400-445 422 154.00-199.00 183.01 National Direct Delivered 1 285-285 285 212.50 212.50 12 455-495 473 150.00-191.00 174.30 Feeder Pig Report: TRENDS 8 300-345 321 160.00-215.00 194.53 9 500-540 519 157.00-175.00 167.79 C O M PA R E D T O L A S T 4 350-395 369 175.00-195.00 184.28 14 550-595 565 154.00-175.00 164.41 3 430-445 438 177.00-187.00 181.33 WEEK: Early weaned pigs 5.00 11 610-635 623 135.00-167.00 151.54 6 455-495 471 170.00-186.00 178.09 per head lower. Feeder pigs 3 525-540 535 160.00-175.00 168.27 2 715-745 730 135.00 135.00 steady with late week bids being 2 555-565 560 152.00-170.00 160.92 3 750-790 768 130.00-135.00 131.71 dollars lower. Demand light to 2 615-635 625 142.50-145.00 143.77 2 860-870 865 124.00-126.00 124.99 3 650-692 678 140.00-151.00 143.52 moderate for moderate to heavy Small 1 - 2 1 720-720 720 137.00 137.00 offerings of early weaned pigs. 4 150-180 168 120.00-140.00 131.72 7 770-790 774 115.00-134.50 130.42 Feeder pig demand moderate 3 205-225 212 140.00-176.00 155.50 1 900-900 900 120.00 120.00 9 255-295 277 120.00-178.00 149.09 for moderate offerings. All 1 975-975 975 100.00 100.00 12 300-340 323 117.00-152.00 134.47 Prices Quoted on Per Head Small 1 - 2 21 350-395 374 120.00-165.00 144.01 1 370-370 370 137.50 137.50 Basis With An Estimated Lean 1 585-585 585 149.00 149.00 3 400-445 428 130.00-152.00 141.04 Value of 50-54% 1 585-585 585 130.00 130.00 Full 2 465-465 465 148.00-160.00 154.00 EARLY WEANED Pigs 10-12 Medium and Large 3 3 525-543 537 116.00-145.00 135.55 Pounds Basis: 1 205-205 205 140.00 140.00 2 560-595 578 130.00-141.00 135.67 1 310-310 310 92.50 92.50 600 or less 3734 40.88-43.82 4 665-675 671 130.00-138.00 133.26 2 380-390 385 142.50-170.00 156.43 41.73 1097 46.00-50.00 48.18 Medium and Large 3 1 490-490 490 160.00 160.00 600 - 1200 12781 38.972 355-380 368 112.50-128.00 120.51 1 665-665 665 125.00 125.00 55.10 46.78 4900 44.00-57.50 2 420-435 428 122.00-139.00 130.35 1 815-815 815 80.00 80.00 Brahman X 2 485-490 488 140.00-149.00 144.52 50.80 Holstein Large 3 1 145-145 145 122.50 122.50 2 620-635 628 130.00-132.00 130.99 1200 or more 30566 33.081 235-235 235 100.00 100.00 Holstein Large 3 48.35 40.51 23940 38.0010 375-398 394 85.00-140.00 133.80 2 230-240 235 139.00-140.00 139.51 54.00 44.40 1 495-495 495 85.00 85.00 2 280-285 283 140.00-141.00 140.50 Total Composite 47081 33.082 540-545 543 78.00-80.00 79.00 2 325-335 330 130.00-139.00 134.43 2 575-580 578 60.00-110.00 85.11 55.10 42.31 29937 38.003 400-445 423 120.00-140.00 128.09 1 620-620 620 77.00 77.00 57.50 45.58 5 450-490 471 117.00-129.00 123.60 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 - 2 FEEDER Pigs 40 Pounds Basis: 2 615-645 630 107.00-113.00 110.07 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 600 or less 525 77.46-77.46 2 655-690 673 105.00-110.00 107.43 2 430-440 435 182.00-190.00 185.95 77.46 2470 78.00-86.00 82.98 3 450-495 473 154.00-165.00 160.51 Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 - 2 1 510-510 510 160.00 160.00 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range 600 - 1200 1049 70.00-70.00 2 560-585 573 137.00-139.00 137.98 Avg Price 70.00 4632 84.50-91.00 87.45 1 610-610 610 142.00 142.00 9 205-245 231 162.50-197.50 181.85 1200 or more 1200 69.721 665-665 665 128.00 128.00 15 260-295 282 150.00-195.00 170.92 69.72 69.72 1250 80.00-80.00 1 995-995 995 86.00 86.00 34 300-345 323 150.00-195.00 168.22 Small 1 - 2 80.00 39 350-395 370 150.00-177.00 163.56 1 445-445 445 165.00 165.00 Total Composite 2774 69.7256 400-445 425 140.00-168.00 153.17 1 525-525 525 145.00 145.00 77.46 71.29 8352 78.00-91.00 66 450-495 474 140.00-163.00 152.10 1 575-575 575 110.00 110.00 Brahman X 85.01 1 625-625 625 112.50 112.50 38 500-545 520 140.00-158.00 150.64 Total Composite Weighted Medium and Large 3 26 550-595 581 130.00-148.00 141.57 1 425-425 425 145.00 145.00 Brahman X Average Receipts and Price 18 600-640 611 125.00-135.00 132.22 2 475-495 485 131.00-137.00 134.06 7 650-695 678 130.00-134.00 132.75 (Formula and Cash): Bred Cows Medium and Large 1 - 2 Young All Early Weaned Pigs: 77018 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price Upstate Livestock Exchange, Williamston, SC at 43.58 1 955-955 955 750.00 750.00 Per Head Report for Monday Mar 19, 2012 1-3 Months Bred All 40 Pound Feeder Pigs: Feeder Steers: Medium and Large 1-2 215-230 1 895-895 895 825.00 825.00 Per Head lbs (223) 225.00-230.00 (227.63); 11126 at 81.59 4-6 Months Bred 255-295 lbs (274) 200.00-232.50 (216.54); NOTE: Prices are quoted on 2 1005-1155 1080 825.00-975.00 894.79 Per 300-345 lbs (319) 189.00-230.00 a per head basis delivered to Head 4-6 Months Bred (205.27); 350-390 lbs (364) 195.00-208.00 the buyers farm. These prices 1 1385-1385 1385 999.00-1135.00 1135.00 Per (199.25); 410-445 lbs (430) 180.00include freight and fees on a Head 4-6 Months Bred 186.00 (182.41); 465-485 lbs (476) 175.00farm to farm basis. Most lots of 1 1010-1010 1010 999.00-1050.00 1050.00 Per 181.00 (178.23); 500-545 lbs (523) 40-60 weight pigs have a sliding Head 7-9 Months Bred 169.00-180.00 (171.66); 550-595 lbs (576) value from the negotiated Medium and Large 1 - 2 Middle Aged 157.00-169.00 (160.45); 610-645 lbs weight basis which is calculated 1 1205-1205 1205 999.00-1000.00 1000.00 Per (629) 144.00-151.00 (147.82); 650-665 lbs on the actual average weight of Head 4-6 Months Bred (658) 140.00-145.00 (142.47); 705-740 the load plus or minus .25-.40 1 1415-1415 1415 999.00-1265.00 1265.00 Per lbs (726) 131.00-142.50 (137.75); 750-755 lbs per pound. Some early weaned Head 7-9 Months Bred (752) 128.00-137.00 (131.66); 910lots have a slide of .50-1.00 per Medium and Large 1 - 2 Aged 910 lbs (910) 125.50 (125.50). Small 1-2 215pound. Early weaned pigs are 1 1055-1055 1055 999.00-1000.00 1000.00 Per 245 lbs (230) 197.50-200.00 under 21 days old. Estimated Head 4-6 Months Bred (198.67); 265-275 lbs (270) 190.00-192.50 lean value is projected to use 2 1055-1095 1075 925.00-1025.00 974.07 Per (191.23); 320-330 lbs (325) 185.00slaughter weights with normal Head 7-9 Months Bred 188.00 (186.00); 355-395 lbs (377) 182.00confinement feeding conditions. Slaughter Cows Breaker 70-80% Lean 193.00 (186.21); 405-435 lbs (418) Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 168.00-177.00 (173.22); 450-495 lbs (466) 7 1120-1375 1265 82.00-86.50 83.74 High 165.00-174.00 (171.20). Medium and Dressing Large 3 155-195 lbs (173) 150.00-170.00 4 1405-1590 1528 70.00-78.00 75.38 (161.12); 255-285 lbs (268) 150.006 1425-1960 1579 82.50-87.50 85.14 High Dressing 170.00 (159.75); 300-345 lbs (329) 140.00-167.00 Boner 80-85% Lean (154.07); 360-395 lbs (379) 2 715-780 748 69.00-72.00 70.43 140.00-175.00 (158.98); 470-495 lbs (486) 95.002 785-895 840 84.00-86.00 84.93 High Dressing 145.00 (128.71); 500-530 lbs 4 650-885 796 49.00-60.00 57.08 Low Dressing (514) 140.00-157.00 (146.67); 805-825 lbs jersey (815) 15 900-1310 1095 70.00-79.50 74.31 70.00-74.00 (72.02). 5 1055-1260 1141 83.00-85.00 83.93 High Dressing Bred Cows: Medium and Large 1-2 Young 755-890 4 995-1215 1053 60.00-64.00 62.12 Low Dressing lbs (816) 890.00-1075.00 per 4 1410-1595 1506 72.00-79.00 75.53 head 4-6 months bred (969.62); 910-1120 lbs (1031) Lean 85-90% Lean 999.00-1230.00 per head 4-6 1 770-770 770 52.00 52.00 months bred (1133.46); 1305-1380 lbs (1343) 999.004 810-960 898 45.00-53.00 48.30 1340.00 per head 4-6 months Other Cows Medium and Large 1 - 2 Young bred (1247.65). Medium and Large 1-2 Young 705-850 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price lbs (802) 990.00-1050.00 per 1 915-915 915 82.00 82.00 head 7-9 months bred (1032.41); 930-1105 lbs (1031) 999.00-1180.00 per head 7-9 Goats, per head: (30) Slaughter and Replacement Classes: Kids: Selection 1 40-60 lbs months bred (1102.34); 1255-1425 lbs (1340) 999.0070.00-75.00; Selection 2 40-60 lbs 57.50. Does/Nannies: Selection 1 50-70 lbs 150.00, 1290.00 per head 7-9 months 100-140 lbs 165.00; Selection 2 50-70 lbs 85.00, 70-100 lbs 90.00-110.00. Wethers: bred (1243.17). Medium and Large 1-2 Middle Aged Selection 1 70-100 lbs 100.00-130.00, 100-150 lbs 130.00. Bucks/Billies: Selection 715-815 lbs (749) 710.001 70760.00 per head 4-6 months bred (744.01); 965-1085 100 lbs 120.00, 100-150 lbs 135.00-157.50, 150-250 lbs 175.00. lbs (1020) 870.00-950.00 per head 4-6 months bred (908.43). Medium and Large 3 Sheep, per head: (2) Slaughter lambs: Choice & Prime 20-60 lbs 120.00-135.00. Middle Aged 920-1015 lbs

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735 119.00-135.00 127.05 910 92.00-94.00 92.67 Small 1 - 2 4 260-290 278 120.00-140.00 130.77 4 305-330 318 112.50-140.00 125.35 23 355-395 378 100.00-156.00 140.17 10 400-445 425 120.00-142.00 133.48 5 450-485 469 130.00-147.00 140.90 3 530-535 532 113.00-130.00 124.02 4 550-580 570 100.00-120.00 107.38 2 605-615 610 110.00-133.00 121.59 3 660-695 682 90.00-105.00 98.24 Medium and Large 3 2 200-240 220 150.00-180.00 166.36 2 295-295 295 119.00-136.00 127.50 3 313-330 319 150.00-156.00 152.07 7 360-395 377 122.50-153.00 139.06 3 430-440 435 144.00-154.00 149.30 9 450-485 466 124.00-154.00 139.89 6 500-540 522 130.00-147.00 140.32 2 560-580 570 100.00-126.00 112.77 5 620-640 632 105.00-114.00 109.81 2 760-790 775 85.00-104.00 94.32 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 - 2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 48 400-445 420 150.00-197.00 179.40 53 450-495 473 146.00-189.00 169.21 40 500-545 524 145.00-172.00 158.48 30 555-595 574 140.00-165.00 151.60 14 600-645 620 135.00-160.00 148.53 14 650-695 667 132.00-154.00 139.74 6 705-740 722 119.00-137.00 127.27 4 750-780 759 112.00-123.00 117.25 Small 1 - 2 16 400-440 422 129.00-160.00 140.41 10 450-495 474 127.00-150.00 138.56 3 510-520 515 130.00-145.00 136.95 5 555-595 571 118.00-145.00 127.71 3 600-620 608 111.00-140.00 126.86 2 755-790 773 100.00-110.00 104.89 Medium and Large 3 3 405-430 420 131.00-172.00 150.66 7 500-545 524 130.00-145.00 135.28 5 550-590 570 123.00-142.00 134.20 7 615-645 629 112.00-137.00 125.85 Slaughter Bulls Yield Grade 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 1080-1460 1306 90.00-102.00 96.34 10 1535-1910 1731 89.00-103.00 97.61 6 1555-2035 1842 105.00-105.50 105.17 High Dressing 2 1585-1790 1688 75.00-87.00 81.36 Low Dressing Cows/Calf Pairs: (3) Small 1 and 2 805 lbs middle age cows with 70 lbs calves 750.00 per pair. Medium 1 and 2 810-940 lbs middle age cows with 275-305 lbs calves 1150.001270.00 per pair. Source: NC Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (968) 700.00-750.00 per head 4-6 months bred (726.23). Small 1-2 Young 645-685 lbs (665) 720.00-730.00 per head 1-3 months bred (725.15). Small 1-2 Middle Aged 685-750 lbs (718) 640.00-650.00 per head 1-3 months bred (645.23). Small 3 Young 610-745 lbs (678) 530.00-550.00 per head 4-6 months bred (541.00). Slaughter Cows: Breaker 70-80 percent lean 1120-1305 lbs (1247) 85.00-89.00 (86.69); 1500-1780 lbs (1640) 84.50-87.00 (85.64). Boner 80-85 percent lean 965-1380 lbs (1152) 80.50-90.00 (86.08); 975-1315 lbs high dressing (1169) 93.00-96.00 (94.71); 1495-1585 lbs (1550) 79.50-87.00 (83.41); 1450-1480 lbs high dressing (1463) 92.00-94.00 (92.83). Lean 85-90 percent lean 730-790 lbs (750) 78.50-80.00 (79.47); 895-1350 lbs (1084) 77.0080.00 (78.13); 825-1340 lbs low dressing (1012) 65.00-75.50 (72.20). Other Cows: Medium and Large 1-2 Young 905-1115 lbs (968) 87.00-99.00 (95.30). Medium and Large 1-2 Middle Aged 610-695 lbs (653) 79.00-83.00 (80.69). Slaughter Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1080-1220 lbs (1134) 94.50-105.00 (100.96); 1020-1220 lbs low dressing (1120) 88.00-91.50 (89.59); 1510-1615 lbs (1572) 98.50-104.50 (101.94); 1545-1730 lbs high dressing (1638) 108.50 (108.50). (18) COW CALF PAIRS: Small-Medium 1-2 740-1155 lbs young-middle age cows with 80-260 lbs calves 1075.00-1385.00, couple 1500.001525.00 per pair. (42)HOGS: Barrows-Gilts U S 2-4 260-395 lbs 78.0085.00, Sows U S 3-4 385-595 lbs 60.00-78.00. (67)GOATS: KIDS 1 20-40 lbs 40.00-50.50, KIDS 1 40-60 lbs 57.50-72.50, KIDS 1 60-80 lbs 85.00-110.00, NANNIES 1 70-80 lbs 65.0080.00, NANNIES 1 100-140 lbs 92.50-100.00, NANNIES 1 140-160 lbs 127.50-155.00, BILLIES 1 70-100 lbs 95.00102.50, BILLIES 1 100-150 lbs 117.50-127.50, BILLIES 1 150-250 lbs 135.00170.00. Source: SC Dept of Ag-USDA Market News Service, Columbia, SC

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Top prep players in annual Blue & White game Mountain Heritage basketball players Summer Ray, Alex Biggerstaff, and Eli Buckner all played well in the Annual Blue and White senior game at T.C. Robinson High school. Mairia Kardulis made the team but was not able to play. Yancey County nativeTaylor McCurry, who played prep ball at Enka High School, was selected as the Boys MVP.

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What’s to eat at the elementary schools? Friday, Mar 16

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Friday, Mar 23

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Monday, Mar 19

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Get your voice heard regarding hunt changes Spring means the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is readying for a very active period as well. Come April 7, the hatchery supported waters will fill once again with trout, and hunting mentors will take out youth hunters for the first shots at unwary toms strutting in front of their harems of hens. Prior to all this, the NCWRC is holding meetings throughout the state searching for input on the growing problems with feral swine and coyotes. Last year, North Carolina dropped the classification of ‘wild boar’ from swine located in six mountain counties, essentially meaning that wild boar do not exist in North Carolina. The ruling left feral swine and the once classified wild boar under the NCWRC’s control. Whereas feral swine could be hunted during night hours prior to this change, the law immediately caused confusion and a change that meant feral swine would only be hunted during daylight hours. To counteract the changes that occurred, the NCWRC offered a temporary permit that could be printed from a home computer simply by submitting your Wildlife Commission license number that would allow night time hunting of feral swine on private property until March 31, 2012. The permit is no cost and required no review. This still left things in a ‘gray’ area. From the update the NCWRC sent out earlier this week; “The proposed seasons would be yearround, seven days a week. All hunting on Sundays is allowed on private lands and only with archery equipment. Night hunting is one means of controlling the population of coyotes and feral swine, both of which are non-native to North Carolina. Currently, there is no closed season on either species, but hunting

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them at night is not allowed. If approved, the new regulations would take effect August.” What everyone needs to look at is what can of worms we will open whether approved or disapproved. First, if approved, it can possibly open the door for poachers and illegal hunting of deer and bear. Second, if not approved, it could eventually cause harm to crops and other wildlife if the feral swine and coyotes are allowed to flourish. Hunting feral swine and coyotes at night is a common practice in many states. Night hunting is more efficient as both species tend to be more active at night. However, we must also deal with current spotlighting laws. Now the issue with poaching. If you spot a deer at night in May, it would be similar to seeing a dime on the other side of the street.

You notice, but really have no temptation whatsoever to cross the highway to pick it up. But, if you are night hunting hogs come October, and a massive 10 pointer is staring you down, it is more akin to spotting a $100 bill. There is much more temptation involved. Even a ethical hunter who is shining a light looking for hogs or yotes, will likely at least stop the rotation of the beam if a large deer or bear happens to fall in the line of light. Without any thoughts of shooting the deer, the act of stopping the light on the deer then falls into the spotlighting laws. I have personally seen damage hogs can cause to crops. They will tear up a large acreage easily. They also can have litters several times each year meaning exponential growth in a short amount of time. Even coyotes wreck havoc if uncontrolled. Through diseases passed by tangling with domestic pets, or even killing of domestic pets and livestock, as well as wild turkey and other small game predation, coyotes cause harm to our natural inhabitants. Trying to limit and control each species without hunting at night will likely prove unsuccessful. My opinion is to have an open season throughout the year, with a limited season for night hunting only. This season should likely be in the early spring through mid-summer. This would lesson the urge of hunting antlered deer illegally at night as the antler growth will not be developed to a ‘trophy’ status yet. This is MY opinion. The NCWRC needs your opinion. If you are not/were not able to attend one of the meetings, you can still email the NCWRC at regulations@ncwildlife.org and voice your opinion and concerns. Bill Howard is an avid bowhunter and outdoorsman.

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birthdays. MARCH IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

An estimated 143,460 cases of colorectal cancer are expected to occur in 2012, but there are steps you can take every day to stay well and reduce your risk of colon cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends that adults maintain a healthy weight by being physically active and eating a well-balanced diet. Limiting the amount of alcohol and limiting intake of processed and red meats are also steps you can take every day to reduce your risk of this disease. Screening for colorectal cancer has been proven to reduce deaths from the disease both by decreasing the number of people who are diagnosed with it and by finding a higher proportion of cancers at early, more treatable stages. Overall, colorectal cancer rates have declined rapidly in both men and women in the past two decades, due in part to early detection and removal of precancerous polyps. However, only half of the U.S. population aged 50 and older have been tested. Contact your American Cancer Society for information on the different types os screenings and screening guidelines. The American Cancer Society CHA program in Yancey County hopes to educate and reach undeserved populations, identifying and specifically taregetting women who are unscreened for colorectal cancer. The goal is to eventually encourage these women to participate in the life saving screenings they need. For more information about becoming a CHA Volunteer, please contact: Kathlene Stith 828.675.0305 or Kathlene.Stith@cancer.org

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION Administrator / Executor notice

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Having qualified as ancillary executor of the estate of Clinton Edwards of Yancey County of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 28th day of June 2012 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

by Margie E. Burke

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Having qualified as co-administrators of the estate of Mary Lou Wilson of Yancey County of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before 13th day of June 2012 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 13th day of March 2012. Merita B. Good 3262 Paint Fork Rd. Mars Hill, NC 28754 Linda B. McKinney 2908 Hwy. 80 South Burnsville, NC 28714

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Administrator / Executor notice Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Johnnie Crain of Yancey County of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before 8th day of May 2012 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 29th day of February 2012. Mary Crain 330 Crain Rd. Flag Pond, TN 37657

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Self esteem not what it’s cracked up to be

By John Rosemond

unwavering confidence he brought to his mission, the United States Q: I recently heard you speak in San Diego and need some of America might not exist. Researchers have discovered that people with high self-esteem tend clarification. While I understand that researchers have found that high self-esteem is not what it was cracked up to be, I want my kids to to overestimate their abilities. If anything, they are over-confident. As a result, they don’t cope well when life deals them a bad hand approach the challenges of life with or their performance doesn’t live up to their self-expectations. confidence in their abilities. There’s Living For those reasons, they are highly prone to depression. got to be a reconciliation point here. Because they believe anything they do is deserving of reward, What is it? they also tend to underperform. Ironic, since high self-esteem A: Excellent question! First, with was promoted as the key to happiness and academic success. researchers have indeed found As has been known for millennia, the key to a sense of that high self-esteem doesn’t live children personal satisfaction (not the same as happiness, by the way) up to its hype. In fact, it’s not a and the feeling that one has made and is making an important desirable characteristic at all. The contribution (not the same as the contemporary concept of general finding has been that people success, by the way) is hard work and a solid platform of good with high regard for themselves have equally low regard for others. Yes, they feel really good about values—the centerpiece of which is high regard for others. Note that themselves (the sales pitch), but they tend to be seriously lacking in the primary beneficiary in that equation is one’s fellow traveler, not oneself. In short, the key to the good life is putting others first. Call sensitivity to anyone else. The desirable attribute is humility. That was known thousands of that the Good Neighbor Principle. Society is strengthened and culture is moved forward by the efforts years ago, proving once again that there is nothing new under the sun. Humble people pay attention to others, look for opportunities to serve, of people who think of others before they think of themselves, not by and are modest when it comes to their accomplishments. People with people who think they are the cat’s meow. In that regard, one of the high self-esteem want attention, expect others to do things for them, most foreboding things about contemporary American culture is that today’s young people regard the narcissistic, self-promoting celebrity and tend to crow about their achievements. Where confidence is concerned, there is no evidence to suggest as more of a role model than George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. That, in fact, may be our ultimate undoing. that humble and confident are incompatible. By all accounts, George Family psychologist John Rosemond answers questions at Washington was a very humble man who was more than a tad uncomfortable in the spotlight he’d been thrust into. Yet without the rosemond.com.

Ronnie Bassett Jr. wins UARA season opener at Hickory Motor Speedway By Kassie Hughes R o n n i e B a s s e t t J r. t o o k advantage of his outside-pole starting spot to win Saturday night’s UARA-STARS season opener at Hickory Motor Speedway. Following a late, fierce battle for the lead, he emerged ahead of Sunoco polesitter Andy Mercer who finished second followed by rookie contender Ben Rhodes, Roger Powell and Garrett Campbell. Jumping ahead of polesitter Mercer, Bassett Jr. grabbed the lead early in the race. Around lap 10, Bassett realized he needed to save his equipment and began to hang back. With twenty laps to go Bassett Jr. began to make his move. On the final restart on lap 143, Bassett Jr. found himself back on the front row with pole winner Andy Mercer on his outside. The two drivers battled door-to-door to the checkered flag, ending with Bassett in victory lane. “These guys worked so hard on this car this offseason and we knew it was going to be fast, we just didn’t know it was going to be this fast,” said Bassett in victory lane following the event. “They didn’t get this car finished until a couple of weeks ago and we were only able to test once before this race. Chris and the entire crew busted their butts and we’re here for blood on this championship this year.” Although Mercer and Bassett Jr. were the two to beat late in the race, Roger Powell certainly had a good start to the night as he led the opening half of the race. Powell raced three wide with Garret Campbell and Rookie of the Race Ben Rhodes during the seven lap final shootout. Rhodes

was able to pull it off with Powell in fourth and Campbell rounding out the top five. “We really worked hard to come out here and win this race,” said Mercer after running second. “My brother put a wacky setup under the car that we’ve never tried and it was fast all weekend long. We just didn’t quite have enough for Ronnie late in the race. But this is a good start for all of our sponsors and we’re always

searching for more to help us run the rest of the tour. We needed this. This will be good going to Dillon.” The first caution of the 2012 season fell on lap 27 when Randy

Hawkins got together with Trey Marcham and spun on the high side between turns one and two. The spin had a domino effect, causing Giles Thornton and Cory Joyce to spin on the low side to avoid the calamity. Hawkins was also involved with the second caution, when he and Darrick Coomer made contact on the backstretch on lap 84. Coomer suffered right-front damage and Hawkins was also able to continue. The last two cautions of the night included a spin by Thornton, which caused Camden Murphy to get pinned up against the inside wall by Devin Jones The final cautiion was due to a spin by Brandon Jones after contact from Tim George Jr.’s machine with 12 laps to go. Jones will be the ARbodies hard luck winner of the race. Another UARASTARS competitor that had a great start to the night was Kaleb P r e s s l e y. P r e s s l e y started the night in 14th place, but by lap 20 he was in second challenging for the lead. Unfortunately loss of oil pressure forced him to park his car with only 50 laps to go. Pressley will be the recipient of the Pigwire “Electrifying Move of the Race” award after this great show of strength. Joey Herques won the season opener’s Holley Performer of the

Race Award, his second such award of his UARA career. Herques started 26th and worked his way through the field and finished 14th, making him the driver who gained the most positions during the race. The next stop for the UARASTARS will be on April 7th at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina, for another 150lap contest and the series’ only visit to the track this year. The event will also be broadcast LIVE on a pay-per-view basis at MotorsportsBroadcasting.com as will the remainder of the 16-race UARA schedule. OFFICIAL RESULTS: 1. Ronnie Bassett Jr. 2. Andy Mercer 3. Ben Rhodes 4. Roger Powell 5. Garrett Campbell 6. Dillon Bassett 7. Josh Wright 8. Matt Piercy 9. Jake Morris 10. Scott Turlington 11. Travis Swaim 12. Trey Marcham 13. Tim George, Jr. 14. Joey Herques 15. Sean Shalvoy 16. Tyler Laing 17. Randy Hawkins 18. Jeremy Pike 19. Brandon Jones 20. Devin Jones 21. Giles Thornton 22. Camden Murphy 23. Darrick Coomer 24. Cory Joyce 25. Sean Rayhall 26. Clayton Pyne 27. Kaleb Pressley 28. Will Gallaher

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Local nursery sees opportunity in China

to the agriculture extension service After a delegation of popular in the states, Chinese horticulture and “the companies professionals visited that are doing millions Ya n c e y C o u n t y ’s in (plant) sales are own Carolina Native only 10 years old.” Nursery, they turned What he hopes around and asked to get going is an nursery president Bill approved export Jones to visit them. of native mountain Jones took them plants that will thrive up on the offer, and in similar area in recently spent a week China. He is stepping talking up nursery carefully, hoping trade opportunities. to avoid mistakes. H e h o p e s “We’re trying to be international deliberate. We want cooperation ends up to learn the lessons, bring jobs and money and not blow it early.” to Yancey. And what could it “When I was at mean for his Price’s their plant market I Creek nursery and recognized almost other nurseries in the everything there,” state and region? Jones told the It could mean tons Yancey County News of jobs, he said. “I this week. “All the Bill Jones stands in his Carolina Native Nursery on Price’s Creek Road. Jones recently traveled to think the potential is plants we think of as China where he saw ‘unbelievable’ opportunity for the export of native mountain plants. unbelievable.” common are already in Yancey and the but their landscape he recalled. “They’d there, but there are United States is nearly architects realize the never seen this,” LEGAL NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY so many plants here invisible in China. need for many more he said. pointing NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION AND SECOND that they haven’t ever “Their culture, from beautiful and hardy to the tree covered PRIMARY (if needed) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN seen.” what I can understand, plants to enrich the m o u n t a i n s a n d Pursuant to G.S.§163-33(8) that an Primary election will Jones toured Xiao is that they may be u r b a n l a n d s c a p e . thousands of acres of be held May 08,2012 for the following purposes: Shan and attended e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l , ” “They’re wanting undeveloped land. (1) A non-partisan election to fill three (3) vacancies on the Board of Education, a horticulture trade seeking ways to find everything,” he said. As Chinese (2) A Democrat Primary for Presidential Preferences, show at The Xiaoshan and sell items that Traveling in d e v e l o p e r s US House of Representatives District 11, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Commissioner of Agriculture, Flower and Plant are desired, “but they China, Jones said he construct residential Commissioner of Labor, Treasurer, Market, one of the don’t immediately saw “not a vacant d e v e l o p m e n t s (3) A Republican Primary for Presidential Preferences, largest in China. US House of Representatives District 11, Governor, think of inventing lot, or a stretch of i n v o l v i n g t e n s Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, Commissioner of What struck him, something new, or woods. There are no o f t h o u s a n d s o f Agriculture, Commissioner of Insurance, Secretary of State, h e s a i d , w a s t h e figure out a new way spots that aren’t in residences and other Superintendent of Public Instruction, Treasurer, House of Representatives District 118 voracious appetite to do things.” use by humans, he b u i l d i n g , “ t h e y (4) A Libertarian Primary for Presidential Preferences, the Chinese have for T h a t ’ s w h e r e said. “There isn’t a realize they need to (5) A N.C. Constitutional Amendment defining marriage hardy plants, the lack small but established tree over 30-feet-tall” have some green,” as between one man and one woman. Absentee Ballots are allowed and application for such may of 3/26/12 4/1/12 of available space toWeek American nurseries because the residents Jones said. “They be made to the election board office beginning March 19th, grow those plants, fit in. cut everything in want more than the One-Stop absentee voting will begin April 19th from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday and on Saturdays and the oppressive “What we’re trying g e n e r a t i o n s p a s t five” existing choices from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., with the exceptions of April pollution in the ever- to do is to broaden f o r c o n s t r u c t i o n , popular in China. 27 and voting hours will be from 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. growing country. and May 5th voting hours will be from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 their plant palate,” firewood, or other European countries p.m. Registration Books close for this election April 13, He said the native- he said. “They just uses. are exporting 2012. We will have same day registration at One-Stop born entrepreneurial have a small list of When the Chinese container loads of voting only, during the hours set out above. If needed, a Second Primary will be held June 26, 2012 if spirit that drives most plants” that they delegation came here, plants to China, he there are no Federal office races needing a second primary every small business use in landscaping, “they were floored,” said, but the market in the State. If there are Federal offices needing a Second Primary in the State, the date of the Second Primary will appears wide open. be July 17, 2012. Absentee voting will be allowed in the The Chinese want to Edited by Margie E. Burke Second Primary and One-Stop absentee voting will be buy “expertise, plants, allowed as well. Contact the Yancey County Board of Difficulty : Medium Elections for dates and times of One-Stop absentee voting HOW TO SOLVE:  equipment, fertilizer in the Second Primary.  everything.” By order of the Yancey County Board of Elections,  Charles W. McCurry, Chairman, China doesn’t have Publish March 22rd, 29th , and April 5th, 2012  anything comparable By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News

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YANCEY COUNTY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING Yancey County will be holding a public hearing to solicit citizen input on the submission of an application for Community Development Block Grant funds in the NC Catalyst category. The CDBG funds will be to assist in the construction of a new Senior Citizens Center in Yancey County. The public hearing is

LEGAL NOTICE scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Yancey County Courthouse. The Courtroom is located on the third floor of t h e Ya n c e y C o u n t y Courthouse located at 110 Town Square, Burnsville, NC. All interested citizens are invited to attend. This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Please contact Nathan Bennett,

County Manager at (828) 682-3971 or at 110 Town Square, Room 11, Burnsville, NC for accommodations for this request. Esta información está disponible en español o encualquier otro idioma bajo petición. Por favor, póngase en contacto con Nathan Bennett, County Manager al (828) 6823971 o en 110 Town S q u a r e , R o o m 11 , Burnsville de alojamiento para esta solicitud.

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Why weight loss diets don’t work By Medea L Galligan, MS Nutrition We have all heard for years that “diets don’t work,” yet millions of us every year are willing to try yet another diet, desperate to believe the claims that “you can lose 30 pounds in 10 days,” that “you can lose inches while you sleep,” or that “you can reverse the clock without having to move a muscle.” Like moths to a flame, we are drawn to spend millions of dollars on diet books, pills, foods, and plans, so willing to believe the unbelievable in our desire to be fit, healthy, and beautiful without changing a thing in our lives. The diet industry promises you an edge in weight loss, a boost that will help you avoid the work and sacrifice that is actually required if you really want to shed excess pounds and build calorie-burning muscle. It is important to evaluate carefully any claims that the industry makes, according to the Federal Trade Commission, because the promises are often too good to be true. Weight loss is a $55 billion-a-year industry globally, CNBC reported in February 2010. And Americans alone, according to BusinessWeek, spend $40 billion of the total. Players in the industry include weight loss franchises, food companies, pharmaceutical firms, the diet book industry and dietary supplement suppliers. The fact is that many claims made by weight-loss programs are less than truthful. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s most recent study of weight-loss ads, published in 2002, 55 percent strain credibility by making such claims as “works three times faster than fasting itself,” or “lose up to 2 pounds daily.” Says Richard Cleland, an assistant director at the FTC: The ads are filled with testimonials about amounts of weight that are just physiologically impossible for a person to lose. You just don’t lose 30 pounds in 30 days. In fact, the standard disclaimer “results not typical” is one of the few claims that are actually true. So why don’t they work? Yes, it is possible to lose weight, but about 95 percent of people who lose weight by dieting will regain it all in 1 to 5 years. Since dieting, by definition, is a temporary food plan, it is not designed to work in the long run. Besides being logically flawed, dieting is completely ineffective and damaging for both body and soul. Physically, your body reacts to fewer calories by slowing down your metabolism - burning fewer calories each day just to maintain your body functions. If you don’t add exercise along with the diet, you will lose lean muscle mass as well as fat and water weight. When you lose muscle, your metabolism is slowed even further and you would have to eat even fewer calories per day to continue losing weight. Dieting is not only an ineffective way to create lasting weight loss, but it is most certainly harmful as well. Most diets deprive you not only of calories, carbohydrates, and necessary fatty acids (fats), but they also lack many other essential nutrients that your body needs to function properly, creating a numerous deficiencies and imbalances. When they’ve “completed” their fad diet, having learned nothing about nutrition or how to best support the body, most people simply return back to the only thing they know, that being the unhealthy eating patterns that caused the weight gain in the first place. This is the beginning of “yo-yo dieting,” which can bring its own health problems in its wake. Studies are finding dangers in the yo-yo diet cycle of losing weight, gaining it back plus a little more, losing, and gaining again.

It is stressful on the body systems to have wide swings in body weight. We think each time that this time we won’t gain it back, but the statistics show that most of us will. Instead of focusing on long-term health, which would result in weight loss and the nourished and balanced metabolism that results in a healthy weight for life, most diets focus on short-term weight loss at the expense of long-term health. Psychologically, the deprivation of restrictive diets usually leads to a diet-overeat or diet-binge cycle. At first a diet can give you a sense of control. You are taking charge of your eating patterns. You may see success as the scale drops. But soon you are fighting cravings for forbidden foods, as well as hunger pangs and a lack of energy from the lower calorie level. You may even stop socializing because food is such a big part of how we interact with friends and family. Eventually you rebel against the diet and start “cheating.” If your cheats are small you can still be losing weight, although more slowly. But soon you may go into full rebellion and return to your old eating habits. Dieting, along with the frequent and compulsive weighing that accompanies it, often leads to eating disorders. We feel deprived, alienated and alone, except for others who are dieting. Eventually we give up and enter back into the world of happy uncontrolled eating, carrying negative feelings toward healthier “diet foods.” After years of unsuccessful dieting, even the word “healthy” can be falsely perceived as restrictive to many of us, and make us feel like “failures” because we couldn’t “stay on the diet” or “keep the weight off”. We erroneously think that it is our fault that the diets didn’t work, when the truth is that it’s not your fault because diets are not designed to work! If Diets Don’t Work, What Does? The simple truth is that ideal body weight is a reflection of a properly functioning and wellnourished metabolism, not the result of dieting and deprivation. Due to the overwhelming amount of processed, chemical and artificial foods, most people, especially children, are malnourished even though they are overweight or obese. Instead of consuming the necessary proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (that our bodies must have to function properly) in whole foods, as they naturally occur in both plant and animal sources, most of our food choices are highly processed non-foods. While the processing of what were originally “whole foods” extends the shelf life and transportability of those foods, it destroys the valuable nutrients and adds numerous nonnutritive and toxic chemicals to our foods and our diets. The lack of crucial nutrients and overwhelming presence of toxins in our foods together create numerous chronic illnesses, including overweight and obesity, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes 2, food allergies, digestive disorders, arthritis, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue, just to name a few. When you remove chemicals and toxins from the diet, and include a balance of high quality vegetables, fruits, grains, proteins, healthy fats, lots of clean water, and regular exercise, the body finally begins to receive what it needs to function properly. Energy levels rapidly increase, chronic conditions

improve and disappear, and unneeded pounds are effortlessly shed. Bio-Individuality The concept of bio-individuality is that each person has unique food and lifestyle needs. One person’s food is another person’s poison, and that’s yet another reason why fad diets tend to fail in the long run. When you learn to listen to the messages your body is telling you, and you work on the principle of bio-individuality, you begin to make positive choices and changes that are based on your unique needs, lifestyle, preferences, and ancestral background.

Primary Foods It’s easy to overlook all of the other things in our lives, besides food, that actually contribute to our sense of nourishment and fulfillment, and directly affect our food choices. Our choices are not just about what we eat, but why we eat. When we are conscious of the other factors present in our daily lives, such as our relationships, career, physical activity, and spiritual connection, we realize they directly influence these choices. When these “primary foods” are balanced, what you eat becomes “secondary.” You become supported in achieving all of your goals, from eating the right foods for your body to living an inspired, fulfilling life, and it becomes possible to actually enjoy living a healthy lifestyle over the long-term, instead of just dieting to “lose weight” in the short-term. A personalized, holistic approach based on whole foods prepared and cooked correctly naturally enables you to be successful at reaching your weight loss goal because it finally becomes both physiologically and psychologically possible. When you then add your effort in the form of choosing, preparing and eating high quality whole foods and making exercise a part of your daily routine, your appropriate body weight, as well as lasting health, is the natural result! Medea L Galligan earned her Masters of Science in Nutrition from Oklahoma State University, and also attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s Health Coach Training Program, located in New York City. Since 1998, she has helped thousands of people of all ages improve their health and well being through support and encouragement, exploring which foods are right for them, and assisting them in bringing back the joy of cooking and eating. Visit www.HealthyLifestyle Concepts.com for more information.

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