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NCHP: Driver’s actions led to wreck
By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News A North Carolina Highway Patrol report on the U.S. 19 accident involving a Yancey County Transportation van that killed one person states that the driver of the van operated the vehicle in an “erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner.” The finding was included in the formal DMV 349 report, which is a standard accident report
completed for all accidents which troopers investigate. Billy R. Grindstaff, 48, died in the Feb. 12 accident after the van ran off the right side of the road near Newdale, struck a guardrail and slid down an embankment. The van caught fire and was destroyed. The driver, Nora Christine Boyer, 36, of Colby Road, Spruce Pine, was able to get
three children passengers out of the van with the help of passersby, but no one was able to get Grindstaff, who was riding in the front passenger seat, out of the burning van. In his report, Trooper R.W. Silvers noted that “the damage that was produced by the guardrail was minor but the vehicle was a total loss due to fire.” See Page 5
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Professionals and students came together Wednesday to install a home built inside at Mountain Heritage High School at its permanent location on Longview Street in Burnsville. See complete story on Page 7
Brass knuckles used in grocery store fight By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Onlookers watched open-jawed Sunday as a West Yancey man was beaten inside the Ingles Market in Burnsville Sunday evening. The fight sent the victim to the hospital and another to jail. Burnsville Police Chief Brian Buchanan said the incident occurred around 6 p.m. Sunday around 6 p.m. He said Danny Lee Hollifield, 52, of Simms Fork
Road was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon disorderly conduct and injury to personal property. According to Buchanan, the deadly weapon was a set of brass knuckles. Charles Horner King, also of Simms Fork Road, was transported to Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment of a head laceration. “Over $200 of merchandise had to be disposed of from Ingles
due to being contaminated by the blood from the head wound,” Buchanan said. Records show that Hollifield was released on bond Sunday evening. No additional details were a v a i l a b l e Your regarding K i n g ’ s locally owned injuries. Danny Hollifield
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Rep. Meadows wants funds for school safety officers
U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows has introduced legislation to pay to put law enforcement officers in the nation’s’ schools. Meadows said a majority of Americans believe “that increasing police presence at schools would be very effective in preventing future tragedies. After speaking to local law enforcement, superintendents and principals in my district, I believe this is the best path forward.” The bill, H.R. 751, would fund the Cops in Schools grant program, which was signed into law in 2005. Meadows said passage of the bill would mean up to $30 million per year could be distributed in grants to help states afford stationing police in schools. “The Cops in Schools program, which was introduced by the Clinton administration over 14 years ago, is specifically designed to assist local law enforcement agencies in the hiring of new officers,” Meadows said. “The $30 million to pay for this critical grant program
would be offset by taking unspent funds from the operations budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” he said. “The recent school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut sent shockwaves across the country,” said Meadows. “As a father, I grieved with the families who lost a loved one that day. And as a legislator, I vowed that I would take action to prevent future tragedies. According to a recent Gallup poll, 53 percent of Americans believe that increasing police presence at schools would be very effective in preventing future tragedies. After speaking to local law enforcement, superintendents and principals in my district, I believe this is the best path forward. That is why I introduced the Protect America’s Schools Act. “The Protect America’s Schools Act is a bipartisan, solutions-oriented approach to addressing school shootings that should transcend party lines. It is not the only answer, but it is a critical step forward to protect our
nation’s children. Keeping our children safe is not only an area that both political parties can find common ground, but as lawmakers, it is our moral obligation.” Dr. Tony Tipton, superintendent of Yancey County Schools, said any additional security in schools is welcome, and that the board of education is planning on funding security improvements, including the mandatory use of swipe cards to gain access to school buildings and cameras to monitor the school grounds. Tim Tipton, a Burnsville resident and former law officer who is circulating a petition asking for Yancey County to fund officers in every county school, said: “I view school systems as unique and colorful communities that deserve the protection of their own certified police officers. As of today, Most Yancey County schools offer very little in way of security. Our students, teachers and school personnel deserve this resource and the peace of mind that comes with it.”
Scientists find genetic role in fetal alcohol syndrome Scientists have identified a molecular signaling pathway that plays an important role in the development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. The new research in cells and mice, supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health, points to candidate genes for FASD susceptibility and may open new avenues for developing drugs to prevent alcohol damage to the fetal brain. A report of the study is now online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Prenatal alcohol exposure is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disorders in the United States,” says NIAAA Acting Director Kenneth R. Warren. “These new findings are yet another important contribution from researchers who have been at the forefront of scientific discovery in FASD.” Dr. Warren notes that FASD can include the distinct pattern of facial features associated with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) as well as intellectual disabilities, speech and language delays, and poor social skills.
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The new study was led by Michael Charness, M.D., of the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School. It builds on previous work in which he and colleagues from the University of North Carolina Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies have described molecular and cellular events involved in alcohol’s disruption of brain development. Fetal cells destined to become the brain and nervous system attach to each other with the help of L1 cell adhesion molecules. The cells come together when L1 molecules on the surface of one cell link up with L1 molecules on another. Dr. Charness’ group has also demonstrated that certain experimental compounds can block alcohol’s inhibition of L1 adhesion and thereby prevent alcohol-related fetal damage in mice. “Our group has previously shown that alcohol inhibits the developmentally critical L1 cell adhesion molecule,” says Dr. Charness, who is also faculty associate dean at Harvard Medical School and assistant dean at Boston University School of Medicine. In the current study, Dr. Charness and his colleagues conducted cell culture experiments to identify specific molecular events that contribute to the alcohol sensitivity of L1 adhesion molecules. One area the researchers examined was phosphorylation. Phosphorylation plays a
significant role in a wide range of cellular processes. By adding a phosphate group to a protein or other molecule, phosphorylation turns many protein enzymes on and off, and thereby alters their function and activity. “We found that phosphorylation events that begin inside the cell can render the external portion of the L1 adhesion molecule more vulnerable to inhibition by alcohol,” says Dr. Charness. “Phosphorylation was controlled by the enzyme ERK2, and occurred at a specific location on the internal portion of the L1 molecule.” The researchers also found that variations in ERK2 activity correlated with differences in L1 sensitivity to alcohol that they observed across cell lines and among different strains of mice. Dr. Charness and his colleagues note that these variations suggest that genes for ERK2 and the signaling molecules that regulate ERK2 activity might influence genetic susceptibility to FASD. Moreover, the identification of a specific locus that regulates the alcohol sensitivity of L1 might facilitate the rational design of drugs that block alcohol neurotoxicity. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health, is the primary U.S. agency for conducting and supporting research on the causes, consequences, prevention, and treatment of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and alcohol problems.
Hatchery streams to close in prep for trout season The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission every year. will close approximately 1,000 miles of This year, Commission personnel will stock Hatchery Supported Trout Waters to fishing approximately 900,000 trout, 96 percent of one-half hour after sunset on Feb. 28 and which average 10 inches in length, with the reopen them at 7 a.m. on other 4 percent exceeding 14 April 6. inches in length. During this period While fishing on Hatchery that is closed to fishing, Supported Trout Waters, anglers Commission personnel will can harvest a maximum of stock all Hatchery Supported seven trout per day, with no Trout Waters in preparation minimum size limit or bait for opening day. They stock restriction. Hatchery Supported Hatchery Supported Trout Trout Waters are open from Waters, which are marked 7 a.m. on the first Saturday by green-and-white signs, in April until one-half hour at frequent intervals in the after sunset on the last day of spring and early summer February the following year.
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When physical, mental work come together Acronyms are words consisting of the letters of several words or phrases. Some of the more notable are scuba (self contained underwater breathing apparatus) and golf (gentlemen only, ladies forbidden). While I learned that was what golf meant, I later found out golf was actually a variation of a Dutch word meaning stick, but the one mentioned above actually came into play in either the 18th or 19th centuries. Another acronym word I find interesting is boat. Boat derives its letters from ‘bring on another thousand’. So you can picture my wife’s dismay when I acquired a boat recently. Add to it this would be a ‘project’ boat. This means, according to her, something that never gets finished. I don’t know if she is far off either. Just the planning of how to modify this project boat has consumed both time and dreams. Yet another challenge with this project boat is I want it to do everything! It needs to work for fishing in lakes, rivers and coastal waters (not the ocean and deep sea, but the calmer marine waters), hunting, and bowfishing. And I want to have cameras so I can video. See how this whole ‘project’ works out? The more you think about it, the more you want, hence the never ending work and bottomless wallet. Unlike some projects that men take up though, I do have a time limit. It has to be ready for the rock fish run in late March. Cold windy weather, rain and snow are huge obstacles. Work is too. So in the time
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constraints of designing and actually doing the work, I have to plan what I can do on good days as well as on bad days. Now this project boat was in pretty decent shape when I got it. That is a valid argument to the question “why change things”. But in changing things, the boat transforms from a boat that I got recently to ‘my boat’. I get to leave my mark. Bare hull, a little elbow grease, and it begins to transform. I figure I have about three good weeks to make it happen, and one weekend is all but impossible to get anything done. Figuring out how to make it happen, then doing the work is very similar to any other
Many charged in probe of illegal hunting in Western North Carolina State and federal wildlife officials announced an undercover operation involving more than 80 wildlife violators and as many as 900 wildlife violations detected. Primary violations stem from illegal bear hunting but include an array of wildlife and game law charges. The investigation continues and more charges are possible. The four-year i n v e s t i g a t i o n t a rg e t e d poachers in North Carolina and Georgia, with some work in adjacent states. Officers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission infiltrated poaching circles to document violations including bear baiting, illegal take of bears, deer and other wildlife, illegal use of dogs, operation of illegal bear enclosures in North Carolina, and guiding hunts on national forest lands without the required permits. Officers began making arrests Tuesday. Operation Something Bruin partners also include the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the
National Park Service. “Operation Something Bruin documented hundreds of wildlife violations,” said Col. Dale Caveny, law enforcement chief for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. “These arrests bring an immediate halt to those crimes and, we hope, will make would-be violators think twice before breaking the law.” Simultaneous press conferences were held this morning in Asheville and Gainesville, Ga., to announce the results of the four-year undercover operation. “Wildlife is a shared public resource and conservation is a shared responsibility” said Gordon Myers, executive director of the N.C.Wildlife Resources Commission. “North Carolinians can assist wildlife enforcement officers in their duties by reporting possible violations. We all have a vested interest in safeguarding wildlife from poaching. By targeting wildlife thieves, Operation Something Bruin helps protect our outdoor heritage and conserves wildlife for future generations.”
activity. It is very much like scouting for the perfect piece of land for deer, turkey or bear. Instead of putting up a stand or building a blind though, I am putting together a floating vessel. There is something both primal and intellectual in this modification. First, the tightening of the knuckles and flexing of the muscles as pieces are put into place brings out the most basic of my instincts. Then the progression continues as the thought process transforms into the mold of great thinkers such as Franklin, Edison, Ford or even Einstein. Dabbling in everything from physics, to electricity, to engineering, the juices flow freely and a wry smile stretches across my face. Borrowing a line from the old television show The A-Team, I love it when a plan comes together. Even with this physical and mental work, it brings solitude. This build relieves stress from the every-day world in ways a pill from the pharmacist never can. It is natural. It provides a focus, a means, and a goal. It brings about peace. And an acronym for PEACE is ‘positive energy activates constant elevation’. Bill Howard is an avid bowhunter and outdoorsman. He teaches hunter education (IHEA) and bowhunter education (IBEP) in North Carolina. He is a member of North Carolina Bowhunters Association and Pope & Young, and is an official measurer for both. He can be reached at billhoward outdoors@ gmail.com.
Penland School community open house
The Penland School of Crafts community open house will take place on Saturday, March 2 from 1-5 p.m. This popular annual event is a chance for the public to spend time in Penland’s studios and get a taste of what draws students from all over the country to this renowned school. Most of Penland’s studios will be open with activities in clay, iron, glass, metals, pastepaper painting, textiles, printmaking, letterpress printing, and wood. In the clay studio you can make a pot on the potter’s wheel or make a little clay sculpture and decorate it. In iron, you can use a hammer, heat, and an anvil to create a decorative garden stake. Visitors to the metals studio can hammer out a one-of-a-kind bracelet and decorate it with stamps and the roller press. In the letterpress studio you can print your own set of greeting cards on the Vandercook proofing presses. Visitors to the wood studio can make a wooden musical instrument, and watch woodturning demonstrations. In the school store, you can
A volunteer helping a visitor to the iron studio at the Penland Community Open House.
paint and embellis h your own postcard using watercolor paints, markers, calligraphy pens, and sturdy paper cards. In glass you’ll have to choose between the flameworking studio where you can make an ornamental glass bead, or the hot glass studio, where you can make a decorative paperweight or a juice glass. Glass is the most popular studio — signups for glass activities begin at 1 p.m., but the
line always forms at least an hour before that, so come early and get in line if you want to try glass. Items made in the hot glass studio will not be available for pick-up until Sunday afternoon. The minimum age for glass activities is 12. No admission is charged, and children are welcome, but don’t wear fancy clothes. For more information or directions, visit www.penland.org or call 828-765-2359.
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Obituaries Edna Mary Fisher Edna Mary Fisher, 87, of Spruce Pine, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Brian Center Health and Rehab in Spruce Pine. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later.
nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral was Thursday in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Service. The Rev. Arnold Revis officiated. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 22, in the Ford Cannon Family Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the family to help will funeral expenses.
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Nola Carroll Carpenter, 88, of Spruce Pine, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at the Mitchell House. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Mittie McMahan and wife of the late Paul E. Carpenter. She was also preceded in death by an infant son, Jimmy Carpenter and a daughter-in-law, Janice Holtsclaw Carpenter. She worked at Carpenter and Phillips Mica Co. in Spruce Pine, which was their family business, for a number of years and was a homemaker then later worked with Baxter Healthcare until her retirement. She was a member of Pine Branch Baptist Church who loved working in her flower garden. Surviving is her son, Terry Carpenter of Spruce Pine; granddaughters Tammy McKinney (Steve) of Collettsville, and Leisa Sullins (Dempsey) of Spruce Pine; grandsons Tad Carpenter (Tammy) and Derek Carpenter (Summer), all of Spruce Pine; great-grandchildren Cody McKinney, John Mark Sullins, Jennifer McKinney, Adashia Carpenter Pruitt, Brandon Carpenter, Joshua Sullins and Olivia Carpenter; and great-great children Page Daniels and Evan Carpenter. Funeral will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday in Pine Branch Baptist Church. The Rev. Steve Williams and the Rev. Shane Gunter will officiate. Burial will be in the Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Memorials may be made to Mitchell House Activities Department, 13681 Hwy 226 South, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or the Mitchell County Hospice, 236 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777.
Elvira Greenlee Bryant, 94, of the Grassy Creek Community of Spruce Pine passed away Sunday, February 17, 2013, in Rose Hill Assisted Living of Marion. A native of Mitchell County she was a daughter of the late Samuel Thomas and Amelia Meares Greenlee. She was predeceased by her husband and best friend of 65 years, Jennings Franklin Bryant, and two of her four sisters, Rebecca Boyd of Spruce Pine and Jane Robinson of Boone. Survivors include her son, Jennings Franklin Bryant Jr. of Marion and his wife Sara, and two daughters, Amelia Duncan and her husband Reid of Spruce Pine, and Sarah Hobart of Spruce Pine, as well as seven grandchildren, Tara, Alison, Jessica, Hayley, Todd, Whitney and Adrienne, and 10 great grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth Davenport and Helen Haberneck, both of Spruce Pine. She graduated cum laude from Western Carolina University, where she served as president of the Women’s Government as well as member of the student government, Glee Club, and Alpha Phi Sigma Society. Later she received certification in Library Science, studying at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and finishing at Appalachian State University. She was a teacher of English and history and long-time librarian at Harris High School and Mitchell High School. While on the faculty she also coached debate, sponsored student government, helped organize commencements, directed junior plays, and informally counseled several generations of students. She was a lifetime member of the Grassy Greek Presbyterian Church, where for many years she played the organ and piano and sang in the choir. Graveside service was Wednesday at the Greenlee Memorial Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Grassy Creek Presbyterian Church Women of the Church in care of Helen Haberneck at 405 Dale Road, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. Webb Funeral Home is assisting.
Jerry L. Cannon Jerry L. Cannon, 58, of the Cane River Community, died unexpectedly on Monday, February 18, 2013. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of Pearl Phillips Cannon and the late Ford Cannon, who passed away in 2010. Jerry worked for 33 years at Hickory Springs. He loved making and selling axe handles, fishing and hunting. He also loved going to church, where he was superintendent for a number of years at Paint Fork Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his mother, is his wife of 37 years, Helen Cannon; daughter Jennifer Cannon of Cane River; son, Brandon Cannon of Cane River; sisters: Joyce McIntosh and husband, Jimmy, of Cane River, Norma Hughes and husband, Danny, of Erwin, Tenn., Johanna Foster and husband, David, of Erwin, Tenn. and Debbie Cannon of Piney Hill; brothers: Steve Cannon and wife, Barbara, of Cane River and Mike Cannon and wife, Wanda Lea, of Prices Creek. Several aunts, uncles,
Mary Lee Sparks Mary Lee Sparks, 89, of Valley Road in Spruce Pine, died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at Brian Center Health and Rehab in Spruce Pine. Born on January 7, 1924 in Mitchell County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Mamie Buchanan Biddix. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Sparks who passed away in 1980. She was also preceded in death by her sons; Danny and David Sparks; her daughters; Patricia and Merita Sparks; her brothers; Harold, Rufus, Leonard, Walter, Arthur, and
Robert Biddix, Jr.; and her sister; Geneva Carpenter. Mrs. Sparks was the second oldest living member of Berry Chapel Baptist Church at the time of her death. She enjoyed attending church and loved her church family. She wife, Juanita of Spruce Pine; Richard Sparks and wife, Marilyn of Bakersville; Kenneth Sparks and wife, Jo Ann of Spruce Pine; and Dennis Sparks and wife, Della of Spruce Pine; her brother; Boyd Biddix of Spruce Pine; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; six great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral was Wednesday at the Berry Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev’s. Harold Grindstaff and Greg Hollifield officiating. The family requests that memorials be made to either Hospice of Mitchell County, 236 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 or The Mitchell County Gideon’s Camp.
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Richard Ernest Laws, 66, of Mtn. View Road, died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at his home. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of Kittie Riddle Laws and the late S.C. Laws, who passed away in 2012. He was a member of Byrd’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and loved to hunt and fish. Surviving in addition to his mother, is his wife of 42 years, Rhonelda Hedrick Laws; sister, Beth Ponder and husband, Donald, of Cane River; aunt, Marie Laws of Cane River; niece, Michelle Ponder of Marion; great-niece, Laura Hilemon Pyle and husband, Mark; great-nephew, Nathan Hilemon. Funeral wasThursday in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Services. The Rev. Royce Ball and the Rev. Danny Silvers will officiate. Burial will be in the Academy Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the family or to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses.
Howard William Nelson Howard William Nelson, 90 of Plum Branch, died Friday, February 15, 2013. A native of Yancey County, he was the son of the late Rathey Stevens Nelson and Deloras Boone Nelson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Carroll Nelson, who died on May 15, 2007; a sister, Ruth Hensley; and a brother, Lloyd Stevens. Howard was a World War II Army veteran, serving as a corporal with Battery “C” 202 nd. AAA AW BN in the Philippines. He was a life member of Burnsville Lodge # 717 AF & AM, serving twice as Master and was a Certified Lecturer, and a former District Deputy Lecturer. He was an honorary member of the Bald Creek Lodge # 397 AF & AM. He was a member of Plum Branch Baptist Church, where he had served as Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, and Deacon. He was a retired employee of Parker Bros. Hosiery Mill of Old Fort, where he worked as a See next page
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Obituaries Ruth B. Radford Ruth B. Radford, 101, of Mars Hill, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. She was a native of Madison County, born March 15, 1911, to the late Jay Hugh and Janie Huntsinger Ball. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Spurgeon Radford, a son, Paul Radford of Sumter, S.C., and five sisters and five brothers. She is survived by a son, John Radford (Barbara) of Mars Hill; daughter-inlaw Peggy Radford of Sumter, S.C.; grandchildren Vickie DiLuigi (Mike) of Alpharetta, Ga., Melissa Proffitt (Rick) of Weaverville, Teresa Tallman (Bucky) and Jeff Radford, all of Sumter, S.C.; five great grandchildren; a sister, Betty Foister of Candler; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, February 22, at Bethel Baptist Church, of which she was the oldest member. The Revs Eddie Rice, Hayes Carver and Troy Rogers will officiate. Burial will follow Radford Family Cemetery. Blue Ridge Funeral Home is assisting. Donations may be made to the Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, c/o John Radford, 395 Shake Rag Rd., Mars Hill, NC 28754.
fixer. He loved his family and friends and will be missed so very much. Surviving are a daughter, Carolyn Foxx and husband, Dennis, of Burnsville, a son: the Rev. Kenneth Nelson and wife, Cathy, of Jonesville; two grandsons, Tim Foxx and wife, Jennifer, and Josh Nelson and wife, Valerie; a great grandson, Jackson Foxx; a great granddaughter, Madison Nelson; and a nephew, Donald Hensley and wife, Jearline, all of Burnsville. Funeral was Tuesday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. David Gillespie officiated. Masonic Graverites were conducted by Burnsville lodge #717 AF & AM in the Boone Charles W. Ingram Cemetery on Plum Branch. Memorials may be made to the Gideons Charles William Ingram, 89, a longtime International, P. O. Box 264, Burnsville, resident of Unicoi, Tenn., passed away NC 28714. on February 16, 2013, at VA Hospital, Mountain Home, after a brief illness. He Jacob Andrew Robinson was born in Buladean to the late Wilson Jacob Andrew Robinson, 36, of and Venia (Troutman) Ingram. In addition Greenville, S.C., died Monday, February to his parents he was preceded in death 11, 2013. He was the loving son of by a sister, Laura Ledford Buchanan, and Patricia Smith Robinson of Greer and three brothers, Luther, A.D., and Jeter the late Larry Robinson; the brother of Ingram, son Billy Ingram, and grandson, Matthew Robinson and wife, Martha, of Jason Archer. He enlisted in the Navy and served Bentonville, Arkansas, uncle to Parker, as a radio man on D-Day and received Ian and Emilia Robinson. Also surviving are his maternal grandmother, Mary Jo a Distinguished Unit Badge and three Brown Smith of Greenville and paternal Bronze Stars for participation in three grandfather, Euranious Robinson and wife, major battles in WW II: D-Day, Iwo Jima, Willa Dean, of Burnsville; aunts, Jennifer and Okinawa. After the war he worked as an ironworker Steele and husband, Carlyle, and daughter, welder for the TVA, building dams, steam Mary Kennington of Greenville; Kay and Janice Robinson and Debbie Wilson all of plants and nuclear power plants in the Burnsville and uncle, Tommy Robinson of East Tennessee area. He was a member of Middle District Freewill Baptist Church Little Washington. A memorial service was Saturday in in Buladean. He attended Buladean Elementary and the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Tipton Hill High School. Home. Burial was in the George Brown Survivors include: his wife of 58 Family Cemetery in Burnsville. years Mary Clark Ingram, Unicoi; son, Jacob was vice president of the Republican Palmetto Precinct in Greenville. Brian Ingram, Unicoi; daughter, Pamela He was a kind soul who helped many Ingram Archer and her husband David, neighbors in their time of need and cared Hendersonville, Tenn.; two sisters, for his mother during her several cancer Madeline Ledford, Baltimore, Md.; surgeries from 2005 through 2013. He Madge Peterson, Green Mountain; graduated from Riverside High School and grandchildren Justin, Josh and Jenny attended Greenville Tech in Greenville and Archer, Hendersonville, Tenn., and several worked for Star Textile Equipment as an nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral was Tuesday in Henline Hughes Associate representative. Funeral Home, Bakersville. Memorials may be made in honor of Graveside service was Wednesday with Jacob to the Institute of Translational military services in the Troutman Cemetery Oncology Research, 300 East McBee in Buladean. Avenue, Suite 200, Greer, SC 29601.
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Accident report says driver contributed to fatal van accident
From the front The van burned fiercely, charring the van before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames. Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Director Lynn Austin said Grindstaff had relied on county transportation for years. The van was taking him and the children home, she said. According to North Carolina Department of Transportation guidelines for accident investigation, the investigating trooper should determine
whether the actions of the driver contributed to the crash. “This data is used to evaluate the effect that dangerous driver behavior has on the crash,” the DOT states in an online manual that explains how the form is completed. Specifically, DOT wants details about “the actions of the driver … which may have contributed to the crash.” The trooper noted that an alcohol and drug test was performed, and that results are pending.
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Students and mentors from the construction technology class at Mountain Heritage pose for a photo as half of the home they built is lowered into place in Burnsville this week.
Students build home for Habitat program
By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Students in the construction technologies department at Mountain Heritage High School got to see the fruits of their labor
Wednesday morning as a large construction crane lifted a modular home they had built and set it atop its foundation on Longview Street in Burnsville. “The kids did the work,” said
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Jeremy Dotts, the construction instructor at the school. The 1,000-square-foot home was built at the high school in two sections and transported to the homesite on rigid steel frames. The students worked with professionals to build the foundation, and a crew from Asheville Crane Co. arrived Wednesday morning to heft the two home sections into place. “It is a very well-constructed home,” Dotts, a building contractor, said as the students watched the crane crew prepare one half of the home for lifting. “Energy costs will be very affordable” for the new owner. The home was built as part of the Habitat for Humanity program, and its new owners will invest time and energy to finish it for occupation. On Wednesday it was a shell ready for finishing, with interior framing, windows and exterior house wrap.
On Wednesday the students were on site awaiting the installation, waiting aboard an activity bus in the chilly weather. Once the crane arrived they piled out and watched, waiting until the home was installed to begin working to tie the building to the foundation. The crane crew passed cables through holes drilled in the foundation and in short order lifted half the house, rotated it to its proper position, and set it in place. Adults manned the corners and communicated with the crane operator to assure that the house was centered on the foundation. The construction technologies department at the school is designed to teach students basic building skills, and Dotts said the initial goal was to build one modular home a year. But that schedule may be accelerated because the program has been able to build the structures faster.
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College for Seniors spring course catalog available The spring course catalog for the College for Seniors at UNC Asheville is now available. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, in person at UNC Asheville’s Reuter
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What’s all this about paleo diet? Does it work?
Medea Galligan MS Nutrition, CHHC, AADP
By now most people have heard about a “paleo,” “primal,” or “caveman” diet, but what is it really all about? One of the most thorough looks into “Stone Age” nutrition was done by Dr. Loren Cordain, author of The Paleo Diet and considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on Paleolithic nutrition. Based upon scientific research examining the types and quantities of foods our huntergatherer ancestors ate, the foundation of “The Paleo Diet” is lean meat, including ostrich and bison as well as organ meats, seafood, fresh fruit and non-starchy vegetables -- a far cry from the Standard American Diet, otherwise known by its acronym SAD. During the Paleolithic period, which spans to 12,000 years ago, people ate primarily vegetables, fruit, nuts, roots and meat. According to Dr. Cordain, if you went out to gather food during this time, the foodstuffs you would find the least of would be carbohydrates. As he said, there was a lot more “fauna” than “flora” in the environment. Our bodies likely developed the signal to store energy based upon the food type that was least abundant, i.e. carbohydrates, and this has continued to this day. So when you eat carbs, your body hears “store energy” -- and this situation is put on steroids with the Standard American Diet. Researcher Nora T. Gedgaudas, in her book Primal Body, Primal Minds, has been able to show through anthropological findings that our pre-agricultural Paleolithic ancestors lived healthy lives, and show the marked decline in stature, bone density, and dental health and the increase in birth defects, malnutrition, and disease that followed the implementation of the agricultural lifestyle. She shows how our modern grainand carbohydrate-heavy lowfat diets are a far cry from the high-fat, moderate-protein huntergatherer diets we are genetically programmed for, leading not only to lifelong weight gain but also to cravings, mood disorders, cognitive problems, and “diseases of civilization”--such as cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance), heart disease, and mental illness. Eat the Way of Your Ancestors Our Stone-Age ancestors not only ate more natural foods than we do today, but they also ate an incredibly wide variety of them. Dr. Mark Berry, who is involved in the Paleolithic nutrition research, explained that back then humans ate 20-25 different plant foods
a day. Today, many Americans struggle to fit in five! Modern-day man eats far more carbs -- including grains, sugar and fructose -- than your ancestors could have dreamed of. See, you don’t get fat simply because you overeat -- on the contrary, you overeat because your fat tissue is accumulating excess fat. But why would your fat tissue continuously accumulate fat if you’re not simply “eating too much and exercising too little”? This is because dietary carbohydrates, especially fructose, are the primary source of a substance called glycerol-3-phosphate (g-3-p), which causes fat to become fixed in fat tissue. At the same time, high carb intake raises your insulin levels, which prevents fat from being released. The resulting equation is simple: fructose and dietary carbohydrates (such as grains, which break down into sugar) lead to excess body fat, obesity and related health issues. No amount of exercise can compensate for this damage because if you eat a lot of fructose (and there’s a good chance you are, considering it’s in virtually every processed food), it could be “programming” your body to become fat. It’s not hard to understand the dietary roots of the American weight problem nowadays when
you consider that the top 10 sources of calories in the American diet: Four of the top five sources of calories, and eight out of the full 10, are CARBS -- sugars (primarily fructose) and grains! This is the opposite of what our ancestors ate, and is also counterproductive to what you need to lose body fat and stay healthy.
So what should you eat? Ironically, when U.S. News evaluated and ranked 20 diets with input from a panel of health experts, the Paleo diet ranked lowest of the 20! But this was not because it is a poor diet, but because the panelists didn’t believe it was possible to find the appropriate foods in the modern era. Nothing could be further from the truth, because food selection today is no longer dictated by your environment as it was so long ago, but rather by your choices at the supermarket or, better, the farmer’s market. As written in AlterNet: “The Paleo diet is less a prescription than a framework for considering one’s relationship with food, but several themes are common to most Paleo menus. Aversion to wheat and most grains is common, and processed carbs and sugar are especially avoided. Many Paleos are suspicious of modern fruit, engineered as it was by agriculture into the equivalent of candy bars hanging from trees.”
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A long-time favorite, meat loaf is a quick and delicious one-pan meal! Cut up some onions, carrots, mushrooms, or peppers and place in a roasting pan and cook alongside meatloaf. Serve together with the meatloaf and a fresh green salad or steamed green beans. Leftovers are delicious! Makes 4-6 servings. Ingredients 1 pound pastured ground beef plus 1/2 pound organ meats or 1 1/2 pounds pastured ground beef 2 organic eggs 1 cup bread crumbs 1/2 cup organic cream 1 small onion, peeled and chopped 2 teaspoons dried fresh herbs 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 jar organic tomato paste Directions 1. If you can find a butcher to make a blend of organ meats (such as heart, liver and kidney), use 1 pound of ground beef mixed with 1/2 pound organ meat blend; if you cannot obtain an organ meat blend, use 1 1/2 pounds organic or pastured ground beef. 2. Mix egg crumbs with cream and let sit a few minutes. 3. Mix all ingredients except tomato paste, form into a loaf and set in a loaf pan greased with butter or coconut oil. 4. Coat the top with tomato paste. 5. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour, or until toothpick comes out clean.
While you wouldn’t be able to find many of the wild varieties of plant foods eaten by cavemen even if you wanted to, because modern agriculture has largely taken over the food supply and tweaked and shrunk it to where only a few varieties of wheat, corn and other plant foods are left, you can certainly mold your diet around the principles of Paleo eating rather simply by following my nutrition plan. I believe it to be one of the most profound interventions for the 21st century and, when properly applied, it can improve just about anyone’s health by basing your diet on fresh, whole, unprocessed, “real” food! As Dr. Cordain stated: “Simply put, human nutritional requirements for optimal health are determined by our genes, and our genes are shaped by the environment of our ancestors through natural selection. Many modern staples and processed foods were not present throughout most of the more than 2 million years hominin species have been present on earth. The nutritional qualities of modern processed foods and foods introduced during the Neolithic period are discordant with our ancient and conservative genome. This genetic discordance ultimately manifests itself as various chronic illnesses, which have been dubbed “diseases of civilization.” By severely reducing or eliminating these foods and replacing them with a more healthful cuisine, possessing nutrient qualities more in line with the foods our ancestors consumed, it is possible to improve health and reduce the risk of chronic disease.” Where does exercise fit in? While exercise is important and crucial for weight loss, the foods you choose to eat are multiple times more important for controlling your weight than your exercise. And if your diet relies on carbohydrates like sugar, fructose and grains, weight and fat loss will be virtually impossible. But alongside a good whole foods Paleo-based diet, exercise IS vitally important in building calorie-burning muscle, stimulating the metabolism, and reducing stress. The best exercise has been discovered to be short burst of high intensity activity, which mimics the behavioral patterns of the Paleolithic people. During this era, people were not running long distances without any rest, the way so many people do on treadmills today. Rather, they would exert themselves in short bursts while hunting or evading threats, and then follow this up with a period of rest. By following this strategy, you can really maximize your weight loss efforts, as long as it is combined with proper dietary changes. Short intense training improves muscle energy utilization and expenditure due to its positive See next page
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You should pass your values to your children
By John Rosemond Someone recently told me she wanted her children to “think for themselves.” Not me, I said. If I was still in my active parenting years, I would most definitely want my children to think like I do. That would be, in fact, my primary purpose. I would want them to accept that my values are the right values to hold and I’d want them to eventually make every effort to pass those values on to their children. But then, I don’t subscribe to the postmodern notion that all values are equal. I’m not a relativist. But even in the case of a person who doesn’t think like I do and (therefore) doesn’t hold the values I hold, wouldn’t that person still want their children to think like they do? Wouldn’t a person who believes all values are equal, that right and wrong are relative concepts, want their kids to believe likewise? It’s called a worldview, and there’s really little point in investing eighteen or more years of time, effort, and money in raising a child if one is not trying to produce someone who will subscribe to a certain, defined worldview and (therefore) champion certain values. How do you pass your values onto your children? From the earliest possible time in their lives, you talk about your values and
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your child’s character, by which you produce a good citizen, someone who will make the community a better place. Everything else - grades, athletic accomplishments, artistic talents, and so on - is secondary. Raising a mathematically and musically gifted and talented child who wins a scholarship to Harvard is fine, but when all is said and done, good parenting is simply an act of love for your neighbor. But make no mistake, no matter how well you communicate your worldview to your children, they will think for themselves, and from a very early age. They will even make decisions that will cause you to scratch your head in wonder or weep with sorrow. Parenting is an influence; it does not determine the outcome. Even the most well-parented (by whatever standard) child is capable, on any given day, of acting in ways that are completely inconsistent with his or her upbringing. That fact, if not fully accepted, can generate lots of parental frustration, lots of parental guilt, or lots of both. As your great-grandmother put it, “Every child has a mind of his own.”
you explain how they comprise your code for living. Why do you donate the one hundred dollar bill you found blowing in the wind to the local homeless shelter? Why don’t you allow your children to watch certain movies and television shows? You explain to your children that your definitions of right and wrong, your decisions, and your opinions about various matters are based on certain core principles. Your ability to articulate those principles clearly enough that a 5-year-old can understand them reflects that you are clear on them yourself. And you not only talk about your values, but you walk your talk. There’s no room for “Do as I say, not as I do” in an Family psychologist John Rosemond ethical worldview. answers questions at rosemond.com. This is the process by which you shape
Just what is a paleo diet? Popular bluegrass group to appear From Page 10 effects on increasing muscle mass and improving muscle fiber quality. Muscle tissue burns three to five times more energy than fat tissues. This means that muscle gain increases your body’s metabolic rate and allows you to burn more calories, even when you’re sleeping. Further, several studies have confirmed that exercising in shorter bursts with rest periods in between burns more fat than exercising continuously for an entire session. In fact, you can actually lose more weight by reducing the amount of time you spend on exercise. With high intensity exercise, most people only need 20 minutes two to three times a week. Remember proper dietary choices are your first and most important step to fat loss, but high-intensity exercise can boost your progress from there. How to benefit from a Paleo diet Adopting a Paleo diet will allow you to curb sugar cravings, promote fat burning and weight loss, reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep and moods, increase energy and immunity, and enhance memory and brain function. As many of you already know, our modern diet leads to weight gain and “diseases of civilization”--such as cancer, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, heart disease, and ADD. Many doctors and researchers are just beginning to understand how what we eat directly affects the brain, hormone balance, the aging process, as well as the occurrence of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. When we apply modern discoveries to the basic huntergatherer diet, we can unveil a holistic lifestyle for true mindbody health and longevity. Both research and modern practice has proved the primal origins and physiological basis for a high-fat, moderate-protein, starch-free diet and the importance of adequate omega-3 intake--critical to our brain and nervous system but sorely lacking in most people’s diets. When we reduce or eliminate problem foods like grains, gluten, soy, vegetable oils (like corn, soy and canola) and too many starchy vegetables, and include healthy saturated fats from pastured animals and fresh organic leafy vegetables and fruits, we can finally lose weight, improve sleep and mood, increase energy and immunity, and enhance brain function and memory. Living a Paleo lifestyle also helps us save money on groceries, save our health, support our local farmer’s, support our local environment, and ultimately, live longer and happier life. For more information on how you can adopt a Paleo lifestyle, visit www.HealthyLifestyleConcepts.com or call (828) 989-9144. Sources The Paleo Diet, Dr Loren Cordain, 2010 Primal Body, Primal Mind, Nora T. Gedgaudas, 2011 Body by Science August 21, 2011 Alternet.org August 29, 2011
A popular bluegrass band will appear at Burnsville Town Center on March 9. Bobby and Blue Ridge Tradition won the bluegrass competition at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair, as well firstplace honors in three individual instrument divisions and vocals They were honored to have the featured bluegrass gospel song in The Singing News, a national publication, and have recorded an appearance for Song of the Mountains, a nationally broadcast television show featuring regional and national bluegrass artists. “We love this music; try our best to represent it well, and introduce it to people who may never otherwise hear it,” says founding member and mandolin player Jim Turpin. “It’s always a blast
Yancey County DSS schedules meeting T h e Ya n c e y C o u n t y Department of Social Services Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 27, at 3 p.m. in the DSS Conference Room in the DSS building, 320 Pensacola Rd, Burnsville.
to see someone get converted into a bluegrass fan, once they experience it for themselves and realize how dynamic and fun this music really is.” The show at Burnsville starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $10. Tickets are available at the door. Visit www.burnsvilletowncenter.com for information.
LEGAL NOTICE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, YANCEY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Ruth Banks Peake of Yancey County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and cooperations having claims against the Estate of the deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 21st day of May, 2013 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This the 20th day of February, 2013. Derrick S. Peake, Executor 125 Fox Squirrel Road Pelion, SC 29123
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