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On the Cover: On the Cover: Frog Level merchants are working diligently to make their stretch of businesses attractive to local shoppers and tourists, but they feel like the mess being created by a band of unruly homeless people is negating all their hard work. (Page 6) Teri Siewert, owner of The Mahogany House Gallery in Frog Level, waters the plants outside her business.

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Haywood proposes 2.5-cent tax hike to pay for employee raises

BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER aywood County commissioners say a property tax increase is needed to dig the county out of a recession-era backlog.

“We kept pushing it and pushing it and pushing it forward hoping things would get better and what’s happened now is things are built up on us,” Commissioner Mike Sorrells said. “If we don’t do it now, if you wait another year, it compounds itself.”

The county budget took a wallop during the recession, and has been stuck in neutral ever since. A property tax increase of 2.5 cents — bringing in an additional $2 million for the county — is needed to catch up, said County Manager Ira Dove.

The single biggest ticket item is raises for county employees, but the to-do list necessitating the tax hike is hardly limited to one or two large items.

The county has stalled and delayed on everything from buying sheriff ’s squad cars and ambulances, putting new roofs on community centers and fixing old environmental contamination at the landfill.

“We kicked a lot of cans down,” Dove said. “This is how we got through the bad times. You do things in a down economy to get by because you have to. But one of the things I look at, is it sustainable?”

Dove answered his own question: no, it wasn’t sustainable.

Some county computers are going on 10 years old. The jail has been chronically under-staffed, getting by on over-time or part-time help. The Canton and Waynesville libraries need new heating and air conditioning systems.

The county is pledging more money for the public schools, and launching construction of a new emergency services base and new animal shelter.

The to-do list necessitating the tax hike is hardly limited to one or two large items, but the single biggest ticket item is raises for county employees, accounting for one cent

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right by your employees, this is what’s right.”

Commissioners appeared to be of like mind as Dove walked through the proposed budget at a county meeting Monday.

“There is nowhere to kick the can now. We have to make decisions now to fix things that for seven years, we couldn’t fix,” Commissioner Bill Upton said.

The county budget hasn’t kept up with inflation over the past eight years. As the cost of doing business rose, the county had to cut the budget here in order to pay for higher costs there.

Typically, the county budget grows on its own year over year without having to Conservative activists are gearing up to protest a proposed tax raise taxes. More increase in Haywood County, judging by the message on audience sales tax comes as more people buy member Terry Ramey’s T-shirt at a county commissioner meeting more stuff each Monday. Becky Johnson photo year, and new houses being built of the 2.5 cent proposed increase. are added to the tax rolls.

Dove said county workers’ pay was While that was indeed the case this year falling behind the norm for counties of simi— sales tax is projected to be $300,000 highlar make-up. er than last and construction is projected to “One of the things you told me to try to add another $1 million. But the so-called do was to try to fix it. So I fixed it relative to “new money” in the budget is still not other counties,” Dove said. “As a community enough to tackle the backlog. if you are going to say you want to do what is “I know no one wants to see a tax

increase,” Dove said. “I am saying get yourself back on track.”

Debby King, a conservative activist and frequent critic of the commissioners, said she didn’t believe hiking taxes was the only solution.

“You keep coming to the property owners for more and more and more,” King said. “I respectfully request you go back to the drawing board and find money for giving county employees a raise without increasing property taxes.”

King was part of a small entourage in the audience at Monday’s meeting where the

“As a community if you are going to say you want to do what is right by your employees, this is what’s right.”

— Ira Dove, Haywood county manager

Adding it up The proposed property tax increase in Haywood would bring the tax rate from 54.1 cent to 56.6 cents per $100 of property value. So the taxes on a $200,000 house would go from $1,082 a year to $1,132 a year. county budget was unveiled. The public was on notice that the budget would likely include a property tax increase. That led to a showing at Monday’s meeting by a group of conservative activists who regularly critique the commissioners for anything budget related — one of them wearing a T-shirt that read “Tyranny Response Unit.”

King’s comments were a small taste of what commissioners will likely hear during a formal public hearing on the budget Thursday (May 21).

Commissioner Kirk Kirkpatrick said the critics were more interested in grandstanding and political posturing — with intentionally misleading statements — than truly engaging in a public

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Commissioner Kevin Ensley said the comparison was off base though.

“They have these communities called Highlands and Cashiers,” Ensley said.

“That’s why their rates are so low. Those counties don’t have the number of schools that we do.”

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If you want to comment on the Haywood County budget proposal, here’s how: • Public hearing at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the historic courthouse.

• Public comment period during the regular county meeting at 9 a.m. Monday, June 1, at the historic courthouse.

• Via email to comments@haywoodnc.net.

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“I would ask folks to come forth with the things specifically they disagree with, not just, ‘You got a lot of money and you aren’t spending it right,’” Kirkpatrick said. “Yeah, it is a lot of money. It takes a lot of money to run the county.”

Kirkpatrick said county employees deserve a raise after years of stagnating salaries during the slow recession rebound.

“They have been loyal to us for the past six years and it is time we return that,” Kirkpatrick said. “If there was some other way to get the money I am sure our critics would find it and I would be happy not to increase taxes.”

King pointed out that Macon and Jackson counties have given their employees raises over the past six years without hiking taxes, and both have lower tax rates than Haywood.

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Darlene Azarmi, western field organizer, will make presentations with Democracy NC, on the implications and impacts of voter ID in the state. Kirk Stephens with the Jackson County Board of Education will discuss rules pertaining to voter ID. There will also be a brief historical review of voting rights in North Carolina and updates on legal challenges to the current new voter laws.

“While many states are making it easier for their citizens to vote, NC’s legislature has created more barriers to vote for specific groups — low income, young, and any one of the 250,000 voters who do not have a valid NC photo ID,” Azarmi said. “This compromises our democracy and is a direct call to action for citizens to be engaged. These public hearings provide a rare chance for all voices to be heard.”

Haywood County NAACP will host a voter ID workshop at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Jones Temple A.M.E. Zion at 35 Thomas Park Drive in Waynesville.

Azarmi will be giving a similar presentation at the Haywood meeting and Bob Hall, director of Democracy NC, will be in contact via telephone to report on his research concerning voter suppression in the state.

Speakers will discuss the importance of the upcoming public hearings being conducted across the state and give brief key facts and statistics about the law that can be used to complete written public comments. People interested in attending or speaking at the public hearing will receive talking points and additional assistance in preparation for the hearing.

Democracy North Carolina is a nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to increase voter participation and to reduce the influence of big money in politics.

The voter ID public hearing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at the Jackson County Board of Elections, 876 Skyland Drive, Sylva.

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Local NAACP chapters in Haywood and Jackson counties are holding workshops to educate the public on North Carolina’s new voter ID laws and to prepare them to attend an upcoming N.C. Board of Elections public hearing in Sylva.

As the State Board of Elections is preparing to hold a series of regional public hearings to solicit public comment on proposed voter ID rules, NAACP chapters want to inform the public on the issues and encourage them to attend the public hearing that will be held in Sylva.

In 2013, the General Assembly passed new voter laws, which require the use of a photo ID when voting in person at the polls in 2016. The law states the photo ID must “reasonably resemble” the voter. These hearings will help determine what constitutes a reasonable resemblance.

The proposed changes to the N.C. voter laws have been controversial and are being legally challenged by several voting rights organizations — including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — for violating the federal Voting Rights Act. “There is considerable confusion over what kind of photo ID will be allowed; student IDs are not acceptable, but tribal enrollment cards are. People who vote by absentee ballot are not required to show a photo ID, yet absentee voting is much more susceptible to voter fraud than by voting in person,” said Enrique Gomez, Jackson County NAACP president. “The historic mission of the NAACP has been focused on voting rights, including voter registration and education.

We are concerned that a ‘confused’ voter will be a non-voter, and we are committed to clarifying these new laws, starting with our May 29 workshop.”

Jackson County NAACP will hold a voter ID workshop form 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 29, at the Jackson County Library Community Room.

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When worlds collide Vexed by loitering homeless, Frog Level merchants beg for help combatting soup kitchen’s overflow

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Long-time merchant Jack Wadham is one of many merchants fed up with the growing number of homeless people loitering and littering around Frog Level businesses. Becky Johnson photo

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER eri Siewert picked up a pink Hello Kitty alarm clock by the cord and dragged it out from under the bushes behind her classy art gallery on the outskirts of downtown Waynesville.

“You wouldn’t believe the stuff we find,” she said. “You’ll see wine bottles, you’ll see beer bottles, you’ll see discarded clothing.”

It’s not fair and it’s not right, Siewert said, as she swept her building’s perimeter for the telltale signs of last night’s revelry by a growing encampment of homeless people who inhabit the Frog Level area.

Merchants are fed up with a small, looseknit group of homeless people who idly loiter on the streets and sidewalks outside their shops all day and night, sleeping under nearby bridges and anywhere else they can find.

“We’ve had people camp on our back deck. When my wife gets here for an early morning class, there have been people with all their belongings spread out on the deck in the back,” said Mel Fergenbaum, owner of Mountain Spirit Wellness yoga and massage studio.

They pack up and scurry off, but leave the remnants of their escapades behind.

“There is no one else to do it, so we’ve got to pick it up,” Fergenbaum said.

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chants say. The image of Frog Level caused by the homeless loiterers is hampering its revitalization and blocking the expansion of downtown’s shopping district, according to merchants.

In merchants’ eyes, the Open Door soup kitchen located in the heart of Frog Level is the breeding ground for the problem.

Tom Sheppard, owner of Bear Den

statue of children catching tadpoles from a pond, flanked by benches and plantings.

When it was installed last year, it was supposed to be the crowned jewel of Frog Level, but instead it’s a symbol of merchants’ dilemma.

“Our dream was families would come down and want to take their picture with the statue. Instead it’s surrounded by people with their shirts off, with open containers of beer, smok“There are approximately 80 people ing,” Siewert said.

Jack Wadham, one of that eat there every day. Less than Frog Level’s longtime store10 are problem people. Why should owners, has a bird’s eye view the sculpture across the they ruin it for the rest of the people? of street from his shop.

“The only people that are They shouldn’t. They shouldn’t be using it are these people allowed to ruin it.” hanging out all day long drinking and doing the rest — Jack Wadham, Frog Level merchant of this,” he said. “I watch and when the Open Door opens Antiques in Frog Level, is careful not to blan- up for lunch, they all get up and go in.” ketly disparage everyone who comes and goes The Open Door is a magnet for the homefrom the Open Door charity site. less and impoverished. Its generosity and wel“But there is a handful who litter trash, come arms have a reputation among the poor beer cans, cigarette butts, condoms and as the go-to place to get help. worse around and in our trees, bushes and It even draws the downtrodden from planters,” said Sheppard. neighboring counties. Like displaced refugees The biggest sore point with merchants is with nowhere else to turn, they make a pilthe scruffy crowds that camp out around the grimage to the Open Door. It’s a beautiful act newly-installed art sculpture — a life-sized of humanity to extend a hand, but it comes at

a price to the surrounding community.

“They bring these people down there but they have to be held responsible. Somebody has to be responsible,” said Wadham. “Why do they need to be hanging down here all afternoon? You name it, it goes on.”

The merchants say their own economic well being is being compromised, and they say it’s not fair to make Frog Level a de facto hub for the region’s homeless.

Some merchants have stated they want the soup kitchen to go elsewhere.

“A food bank and vibrant go-to shopping district will never work,” Sheppard said.

“Decisions need to be made. Is Frog Level going to be a real commercial district or not?

The economy is improving. The time is now.”

Merchants distinguish between the Open Door patrons who truly need a hand up, versus those who live a vagabond lifestyle and take advantage of handouts as their chosen path in life, with no sign of changing.

“We all realize there are many hungry people in our community needing help,” Sheppard said.

“When people are down and out on their luck, by all means let’s help,” said Fergenbaum.

“There is not one of us who doesn’t support feeding the homeless,” Siewert agreed.

But several people in the homeless encampment along Richland Creek don’t fall in that category.

The hobo lifestyle offers a certain freedom, and some intentionally choose it.

“There are people who sleep outside who we have offered to find places to sleep. We want to get them in a safer environment. But they would prefer to sleep outside,” said Waynesville Police Chief Bill Hollingsed.

If that’s the case, merchants question whether they could ever co-exist with a soup kitchen in their midst.

“If their food source stops, they will move on to another food source. This is their way of life,” Sheppard said.

A wake-up call came last week when a man jumped in a woman’s car in a nearby McDonald’s parking lot at lunch time and pulled a knife on her. He demanded she drive him across town to the Open Door, where he jumped out in the side alley. Luckily, the woman was unhurt, and the man didn’t even rob her.

Waynesville detectives later identified him as a homeless man who drifts between Waynesville and Asheville, but he remains at large.

“What are we going to wait for?” Siewert said.

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Frog Level merchants feel like the loser in a larger game of triage. A soup kitchen has to go somewhere. The homeless have to congregate somewhere.

But the shop keepers keep returning to a single truth.

“If what was happening down here in Frog Level was happening on Main Street, something would be done,” Siewert said.

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BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER Spend a few hours on the streets in Frog Level, and the heartwarming stories flow like water.

People who have overcome addictions and gotten back on their feet. People who have conquered mental illness and now hold down jobs. People who once had nothing but the clothes on their back but are now paying their own rent.

At the center of all the good news is the Open Door.

“This is a really good place, real good people,” said Matthew Brown, a homeless man hanging around the Open Door one afternoon last week. “They aren’t here to judge you, they are here to help you.”

One lesson — among many — that Brown has learned from the Open Door ministry is to take responsibility for his own choices. Ask him how he ended up homeless, “bad choices,” he replied. “I will man up to my own bad choices.”

Brown is from Bryson City, where he had spiraled into a lifestyle of drinking and drugs. One day he left his old friends and family behind and showed up on the doorstep of the Open Door after hearing it was a place that helped people.

Now, he’s working 8 hours a week at Burger King, making $7.25 an hour. He does his laundry and showers at the Open Door, but still lacks somewhere to lay his head at night.

That’s looking up too, though, thanks to a voucher for rental assistance from the Open Door. Now, he just has to scrape up $200 for a deposit.

“If it weren’t for this place right here, we would be starving to death. If it weren’t for this place, I don’t know what Frog Level would be like,” Brown said.

The Open Door is a lifeline for those struggling to get by and improve their lot in life. It’s best known as a soup kitchen, feeding free meals to the homeless, the jobless and the working poor.

But the Open Door is about far more than the food.

The Open Door is a constant stream of activity. People come seeking food boxes and clothing, help with their heating bills and rent, assistance finding a job or place to live.

The Open Door even has a bank of mail slots for people with no address of their own and no money for a PO box. f “They help people who are down and out and can’t help themselves,” said Loretta Bradshaw, who caught a ride to the Open Door with a friend one afternoon last week in hopes of getting a food box. “There’s not a lot of work for people in the county.”

A few feet away, Johnny Strickland was waiting for his girlfriend to drive up. He ended up homeless after she kicked him out for drinking and has been living on meals at the Open Door.

They only serve breakfast and lunch, but it’s enough.

“If you get two meals a day you are doing good. You can live on that. But I’m trying to get back home,” he said, as his girlfriend pulled up and he climbed in to the passenger seat.

Inside the Open Door, Ricky Price sat on a bench outside the dining room waiting for lunch to be served.

Price insisted he was a “fallen angel,” and began crying as he talked about how good God has been to him — tears of joy, he said.

“I’ve been homeless my whole life,” said Price. “You know who else was homeless? Jesus Christ.”

Price worked once, but lost his job when he failed a drug test, and has been homeless ever since. This day, he wreaked of alcohol and slurred his words. But he was proof of the Open Door’s philosophy to judge no one, accept everyone.

“Here I am. Did it stop me? No,” he said. “If you lose your job, in two weeks you’re coming down here. It is called Open Door for a reason.”

Price remembers the first Thanksgiving the Open Door served 23 years ago.

“We made the front page of the Mountaineer, the first soup kitchen in Haywood County. We were swamped. We

County. “If not for the Open Door, we would have been real hungry.”

Perry Hines, the director of the Open Door, said stories like Hixon’s happen every day here. had people setting outside eating Thanksgiving dinner,” But the Open Door has a conundrum. It’s built on a phiPrice said. losophy of love and acceptance for all. But what happens Many of the homeless people who turn to the Open Door when a handful of bad actors are taking advantage of their have drug and alcohol addictions, or mental disorders. good nature?

Enslaved by their vices or delusions, they simply can’t funcHines said he, too, would like to see a solution for that. tion in society or take care of themselves.

He doesn’t like people drinking on the sidewalks any more But some are truly just down on their luck. They lost a than the Frog Level merchants do. job, got a divorce, or had a health calamity. Many are capa“If they are not respecting the community, they aren’t ble of working hard and making a living — even if it’s just respecting us,” he said. “How do you fix any community with scraping by week to week — but they had a setback and gen- aberrant behavior in it, distasteful behavior, illegal behavior? uinely need help getting back on their feet.

How do you fix it? You do it by working together.”

But Hines doesn’t see the people who come and go from the Open Door as a blemish on Frog Level, simply by their presence.

“There may be more people walking the streets, but gosh, this is America,” Hines said.

In some ways, the Open Door is being blamed for creating the problem, rather than trying to fix a problem that would exist regardless.

“If someone is getting drunk they aren’t doing it here, because we don’t serve or sell alcohol,” Hines pointed out. “We are helping them do things to make positive changes.”

Meanwhile, Zachary Temple was biding his time until he could catch a ride back to the Pathways homeless shelter across town.

The shelter isn’t open during the day, so Temple often ends up wandering around in Frog Level until the shelter reopens for the Bags of food are put together at the Open Door in Frog Level to hand out to night.

“See that sign?” asked Temple. people in need. Becky Johnson photo He pointed to the rules posted on the wall outside the Open Door, warning patrons not to loiter, not to fight, not to be drunk and disruptive.

Just then, a Waynesville police car slowly coasted into the side alley of the Open Door, paused a moment in the parking lot, and then pulled off again.

“They cruise here constantly to make sure that no vagrants are up to no good,” Temple said. “We don’t want people hanging around here causing trouble either.”

Temple, 29, is new to the homeless life, and hopes not to be that way for long. He had a breakdown after losing his apartment and separating from his wife, landing him in the mental health wing of Haywood Regional Medical Center for treatment.

When he got out, “I had had nowhere else to go,” he said.

He had been living in Franklin, but ended up at the Pathways homeless shelter when he got out of the hospital.

Unlike most of the people he’s surrounded by, Temple “It has that energy to it, that feel doesn’t drink or do drugs. But he does have an anxiety disorder and suffers from panic attacks, a condition he suspects of old-time, classic, home-cooked. was caused by his abusive childhood.

That’s not going to go away.”

Frog Level is filled with those who feel like they don’t belong anywhere else, and they’ve come to love the place just — Zachary Temple as much as the merchants who want them gone.

“It has that energy to it, that feel of old-time, classic, That was the case for Brian Hixon and his family when home-cooked. That’s not going to go away,” Temple said. they showed up on the doorstep of Haywood County Social Back inside the Open Door, Hines had just begun a weekServices during a March snowstorm. They were put up in a ly Friday ritual that taps the healing power of group prayer to hotel thanks to local churches, and soon connected with the lift up spirits that need lifting up. A man signaled he was in Open Door. need of a prayer, and he was soon encircled by half a dozen Now just three months later, he works at Bi-Lo, his wife people. As they all placed their hands on his shoulders and works at Arby’s, his son works at Walmart, and his daughter began praying, tears welled in his eyes and he reached up is going to community college. and clasped his hand over Hines’.

They had been living in Madison County, but hitchhiked “We can go all week sometimes without being touched by to Haywood County in the back of a U-Haul truck. another person, just a pat on the back or touch on the shoul“They don’t have any places like this or the resources to der can do so much to show people that someone cares help people,” Hixon said of why he didn’t stay in Madison about them,” Hines said.

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“There are approximately 80 people that eat there every day. Less than 10 are problem people. Why should they ruin it for the rest of the people who need to be taken care of and helped and the rest of it?” Wadham said.

“They shouldn’t. They shouldn’t be allowed to ruin it.”

The handful of miscreants causing problems is equally irksome to the law-abiding patrons of the Open Door.

“This ain’t kindergarten,” said Matthew Brown, a homeless person who eats at the Open Door. “Don’t go peeing on the wall of people’s buildings. I can’t go around and babysit everybody.”

Wadham’s solution: don’t serve people who’ve been drinking.

“If we find out you’ve been drinking you don’t eat. And it stops it. Real simple,” Wadham said.

Unfortunately, those who work with the homeless population know it’s not that simple. For some with severe addictions, they don’t have the wherewithal or constitution to chose between alcohol and food.

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chants would revolt if a roving tribe of homeless people camped out on town sidewalks drinking and smoking all day.

A crowd of merchants brought their concerns to the Waynesville town board last week, explaining what they go through and asking the town to intervene.

Two days later, the Open Door allegedly issued a decree to its regular patrons to stop making a nuisance of themselves to neighbors, at least according to word on the street.

That’s one of the quick fixes merchants were hoping for.

But merchants fear it’s only temporary, if the past is any indication. On and off over the years, merchants have kicked up a fuss, and the Open Door would put pressure on its patrons to behave.

“At times the situation would improve for a short period, but never for long,” Sheppard said.

Ironically, the Open Door prohibits its patrons from hanging out around its own building between meals.

“No loitering in front of building or alley ALL IN THE LAW way … violation could subject you to being banned from the Open Door,” reads a large Waynesville Police Chief Bill Hollingsed is sign on the Open Door building. just as disturbed as merchants are with the Inside the Open Door, the real-time problems in Frog Level. footage from half a dozen video cameras “It’s what I call the quality of life crimes — plays on a continuous feed on a computer the drunk and disorderly conduct, the drinkscreen inside the director’s office. Cameras ing in public, the littering,” said Hollingsed. are trained on the street, sidewalk, side alley Waynesville dispatchers have fielded 650 and back alley, allowing the Open Door to monitor any shenanigans “The repeat offenders, we have going on outside.

But it simply pushes the shenaniarrested them dozens and gans off on the rest of Frog Level. dozens of times. Even if they Merchants have no legal recourse to stop anyone from loitering in are being prosecuted for these front of their buildings. Loitering, on its face, isn’t a crime. The Open Door crimes, it is not going to keep can use the unspoken threat of not them in jail any length of time.” getting fed to cut down on loitering in front of its own building, however.

— Bill Hollingsed, Waynesville police chief “They have a rule that says if you hang out at our building you can’t eat here the next day. Why should that be a calls from the Frog Level area in the past 18 rule for just their building?” Wadham asked. months — with 110 of those specifically cit“Why don’t they extend and enforce that ing the Open Door — and nearly all of them policy to all of Frog Level?” Sheppard agreed. have a similar refrain.

To merchants, the Open Door should “Intoxicated pedestrian, fight, intoxicated accommodate the homeless population it person, vandalism, civil disturbance, emerattracts to the community. gency overdose, suspicious person, vandal“The Open Door is the one that wants to ism,” Hollingsed said, ticking down a list of help these people but then we aren’t going to call reports. give them a place to use the bathroom? It is Hollingsed is often asked why the police ridiculous they have to urinate behind my can’t simply arrest people for loitering. truck in the alley way. Come on now,” Unfortunately for Frog Level merchants, loiWadham said. “These are simple things — tering isn’t a crime anymore. open a bathroom up so people can use it.

It’s considered discrimination to charge This would be a start. We need to get this someone with loitering, given the inherent cleaned up.” prejudice in deciding which people on a park It’s not that Wadham is unsympathetic. bench are loitering and must go, versus which Three decades ago, Wadham ran his own are OK and can stay. halfway house for people getting out of prison.

“You can’t just go in there and clear them He’s hired the homeless patrons of the Open all out,” Hollingsed told merchants when Door to work in his own business. And when they came to the town meeting last week. the Open Door first opened over two decades So his officers chip away with the charges ago, it was Wadham who rented them space. they can, like drinking in public, trespassing But he faults the Open Door for allowing a or causing a civil disturbance. Still, officers few bad apples to spoil what’s otherwise a have to catch them in the act. They can’t charge someone with a crime simply based in 8 critical service.

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A sign is placed on the exterior wall of the Open Door to keep homeless from loitering outside the soup kitchen in between meal times. Becky Johnson photo

Adding to the problem Theoretically, a new homeless shelter that opened across town in Hazelwood last fall should have made things better for Frog Level’s homeless plight.

Instead, it apparently made matters worse.

The Pathways Center homeless shelter was shuttling van loads of homeless people from the shelter to Frog Level every morning and then fetching them come evening to go back to the shelter.

The Hazelwood homeless shelter is closed during the day, so anyone staying there is shooed out the door at 8:30 a.m. and not let back in until 5 p.m. But the shelter’s on the edge of a residential neighborhood, and pushing them out the door into nearby neighborhood streets with nowhere to go didn’t seem right.

So instead, they were bussed to Frog Level, but it only exacerbated the number of homeless people who already loitered around the Open Door soup kitchen all day.

Pathways Center tries to get those staying at the shelter to spend their days productively: going to counseling, applying for jobs, volunteering somewhere, taking career skills workshops or attending life classes.

But since Pathways provides none of these services in-house right now, people staying at the shelter are given a bag lunch and directed to other agencies around town that offer these services.

Getting them to and fro is a kink that’s yet to be fully worked out, however.

The wholesale bussing from the shelter to Frog Level ended a few weeks ago. Now, instead of bussing them to Frog Level, a morning shuttle takes many of them to Meridian counseling center — which is only marginally better.

Meridian is just a five-minute walk from Frog Level, and many of them soon migrate from Meridian to Frog Level where they wait for lunch at the Open Door. what a witness saw.

“I know it is frustrating for the business owners to sit there watching them suck down a drink, and as we pull up in the Waynesville patrol car they pour it out and there is not a thing we can do,” Hollingsed said. “We know what was in the cup and you know what was in it, but we can’t arrest them for that.”

Even when police do catch them in the act, it still doesn’t do much good.

“The repeat offenders, we have arrested them dozens and dozens of times,”

Hollingsed said. “Even if they are being prosecuted for these crimes, it is not going to keep them in jail any length of time.”

But most of the time, the cases don’t even go to court. They nearly all get dismissed — so the offenders have learned the worst that will happen to them is a free ride in a cop car to the magistrate’s office.

That’s not good enough for Hollingsed, however, nor newly elected District Attorney Ashley Welch. They are trying to get creative on how to deal with the repeat offenders.

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Frog Level has always been the gritty side of downtown, the other side of the tracks — literally and figuratively.

To merchants, it’s the eclectic character that makes Frog Level special.

“I love the nostalgic feeling it evokes. This little area captured my heart,” Siewert said.

“While Main Street was cute and nice, Frog Level was less commercial and more interesting to me.”

Most Frog Level merchants prefer the area over Main Street, and not just for the cheaper rent.

“Don’t get me wrong, I like Main Street.

When my granddaughter comes to visit we go to Main Street and I play tourist,” said Mel Fergenbaum, owner of Mountain Spirit Wellness. “But here, there is a different energy. It is authentic.”

It’s a fair assessment of the antique shops, art galleries, rummage stores, massage and hair studios, an indie coffee shop and a craft brewery that now occupy Frog Level’s oncevacant storefronts. But the revitalization is a relatively new experiment compared to a decades-old reputation as a seedy hangout, a reputation that pre-dates the Open Door.

Frog Level’s all-time low was when a famed Jerry Springer episode about the life of granny hookers featured footage shot along the district’s sidewalks. That was in the 1990s, and it’s certainly come a long way since.

“The reply we get is ‘Oh it is so much better than it was,’” Siewert said.

That’s not the measure of success to today’s merchants, however.

Fergenbaum is also tired of hearing how past attempts to deal with the Open Door overflow failed.

“I don’t go by, ‘It didn’t work last year so it won’t work now,’” Fergenbaum said. “Frog Level can’t exist on excuses.”

Still, the merchants in Frog Level don’t want to forsake the past completely. They like the sense of history —a history that hasn’t been spit polished but still bears a semblance of the layers that came before.

Siewert cherishes the old worn lettering

communications between merchants and the Open Door disintegrated.

For merchants part, they got frustrated that their concerns weren’t resulting in any changes.

“People looked us in the eye, they promised and they did nothing,” Fergenbaum said.

But to Long’s Chapel’s leadership, it likely seemed that nothing short of moving the Open Door was going to satisfy the merchants.

While the sit-down meetings with Long’s Chapel were called off, Hines said his door is always open — gesturing to the Open Door sign out front — to anyone who wants to come and speak with him anytime.

“I want to be part of the solution,” Hines said. “I would be in favor of anything that doesn’t violate people’s civil rights, that would make our community better and deal with habitual offenders who are hurting the neighborhood.”

In his email to merchants last fall, Hines said he would continue to be available as a Teri Siewert, owner of The Mahogany House Gallery, speaks with Dewey Stovall, owner of the liaison.

Waynesville Candy Company, in Frog Level. Becky Johnson photo “Please know there is an ‘Open Door’ to discuss any community concerns, as we all “We need the folks from the Open Door to wish for a healthy environment in which to on the brick wall in her gallery that reads “leather is better,” the remnants of an old engage in this. It can’t be a one-sided discus- work and live,” Hines wrote. sion,” Brown told the merchants. advertisement from a bygone era.

Hines said he hasn’t heard from mer“I agree with that, but they have refused to chants lately, and wasn’t aware they were “It takes us back to those days,” Fergenbaum said, imagining the early 1900s deal with us anymore,” Wadham replied. going to the town board to complain until Brown said perhaps the town could act as after the fact. when the passenger train rumbled into the now-gone depot daily and Frog Level was the mediator and bring both sides to the table.

However, Sheppard said it was pointless “If in fact they want to absent themselves to keep going to Hines with the same issues filled with butcher shops, shoe shops and from the process that is a different story over and over when ultimately, it’s the Long’s general stores. entirely. Let’s see if we can come up with a Chapel board that has the power to call the that is viable,” Brown said. shots.

OWN RESPONSE solution Wadham said merchants had no choice “If the decision makers have cut us off and show no interest in meeting with us, When merchants appealed to town leadwe feel like there is no real avenue for ers at an aldermen meeting last week, the The Open Door is a charity a dialog,” Sheppard said. response was both lukewarm and mixed. outreach arm of Long’s Chapel Alderman Wells Greeley hopes Mayor Gavin Brown quickly shot down the town can break the log jam. the idea that the town could somehow hold Methodist Church. Frog Level “They say they are getting no the Open Door’s feet to the fire. communication between the Open “The first thing that would happen is a merchants were previously Door. Well, we can make that hapdiscrimination lawsuit would be brought having quarterly meetings with pen,” Greeley said. “We can facilitate against the town of Waynesville,” Brown said. communication and dialog between “We can’t pass an ordinance that singles out the Open Door director and the the two parties.” people.” leaders of Long Chapel.

Waynesville Alderman Leroy Alderwoman Julia Freeman also defendRoberson said he’d like to see the ed the Open Door. She challenged the stereoBut last fall, Long’s Chapel town help, but doesn’t have any type that those needing help from the Open answers yet.

Door were freeloading transients and trouleaders decided they would no “From what I understand, you ble-makers. longer meet with the merchants. can’t just cherry pick people you “These are individuals who are needy in want to move on to another place.

Haywood County,” Freeman said. “As we push Quite honestly I don’t have an answer for out the needy in this community, push them but to appeal to the town.

“They don’t want to listen to anybody that. You have transients that will just want to out of Frog Level, push them out of Waynesville, sit and drink,” Roberson said. where are they going to go? We have to take care else,” Wadham said.

The Open Door is a charity outreach arm Roberson suggested the town look into of our citizens in this community.

“The vast majority are good citizens who of Long’s Chapel Methodist Church. Until policies in place at other soup kitchens and need food desperately. Are we going to push last year, Frog Level merchants were having homeless shelters, since Waynesville certainly them out because of the 15 percent who are quarterly meetings with the Open Door direc- isn’t the first community to confront this tor and the leaders of Long Chapel. problem. irreverent and disobedient?” Freeman said.

But last fall, Long’s Chapel leaders decidMerchants later said if town leaders However, Alderman Gary Caldwell said he understood how the merchants felt and ed they would no longer meet with the mer- don’t take a more active role in addressing chants. the problems in Frog Level, it soon won’t wanted the town to help.

“It has been determined that further matter. The revitalization that’s come this “Don’t go away thinking unpositive. I am definitely on your side, you know, and I am all meetings at this time would not accomplish far will fizzle if the merchants can’t make a for keeping an eye on everything,” Caldwell what we would all desire,” Open Door direc- go of it. tor Perry Hines wrote in an email to Frog “We just can’t thrive in the current situatold the merchants.

Brown bristled, however, when merchants Level merchants last fall, serving as the mes- tion,” Siewert said. “What will happen is we will leave and Frog Level will go back to being suggested they couldn’t co-exist with the senger for Long’s Chapel leadership.

There are two versions of just how the what it was in the past.”

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Someone arrested for drinking in public for the first time is let go with a warning and slap on the wrist, but someone who’s arrested over and over should be subject to a different punishment. That’s what Welch and Hollingsed are trying to figure out.

“We are looking at some sort of a program for the habitual misdemeanant offenders who are committing those quality of life crimes,” Hollingsed said.

The merchants appreciate the proactive policing by Waynesville cops. The police officers have been highly responsive and sympathetic to the environment that’s breeding around them.

But even the cops showing up to arrest people for disorderly behavior is a mixed blessing. When a police car is parked on the curb outside her store putting handcuffs on a belligerent drunk person, Siewert can kiss any sales goodbye.

“Not one person is going to come into our business for that entire length of time, and anyone who does come by and witnesses that isn’t going to come back,” Siewert said.

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Getting the Pathways Center off the ground articipation at the Haywood Pathways Center in Waynesville has been holding pretty steady ever since it opened in late 2014, with about 25 people living on campus, 80 percent of them male.

But the trajectory of the lives that have come through the center’s doors has been anything but steady, said director Jeremy Parton.

All the residents came in jobless, but now about half of them are employed at places such as Huddle House, ConMet, Giles Chemical and Wal-Mart. And just about every week, someone decides they’re ready to move out on their own.

Often, they do so without taking any public housing assistance.

“There’s a lot of help in the county as far as housing, but we like to see these folks save up enough money and get on the right track so they can say, ‘You know what, I’m ready to go now. I don’t need to wait for that help,’” Parton said.

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“Until they make that choice that they’re ready for a life change, it’s not going to happen — because as bad as I want it to happen for them, I can’t do it.”

— Jeremy Parton, Haywood Pathways Center director

The Pathways Center, now operating on the location of the defunct Hazelwood prison, is the result of a community-wide project that took the idea from concept to reality in less than a year. The goal is to provide a year-round resource for people looking to overcome homelessness or regain their lives after release from prison — something beyond just a stopgap free meal and bed for the night.

The center uses a three-tier system to meet that goal. It starts with a three-day program, which comes with minimal responsibility on the part of the resident.

All they have to do is show up and abide by the center’s zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol.

“It gives them three days to see if this may be a fit for them or it may be a fit for us,” Parton said. “It’s a ‘You try us, we try you’ kind of deal.”

If the three-day trial goes well, the person can start in on the center’s 21-day program. The goal of that tier is for them to get a job. Residents without jobs are

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back,’” he said. “I went to the Open Door and [my friend] Jody was there and I was high. I’d been high the whole weekend, but I was tired of it. I was sick of it. I was tired of not having a place to lay my head.”

Jody’s advice to Mann was that he head to the Pathways Center.

“I kind of walked around the streets all day that day, wondering if that was what I wanted to do,” Mann said, “because I knew once I came here I was done, I was done with the drugs. I took two hits off a joint before I walked up to a guy and I told him, ‘I want to come to the shelter. I’m going to test positive for THC and meth.’”

That was Dec. 29, 2014, Mann’s birthday.

He hasn’t used any drugs since. On Valentine’s Day, he smoked his last cigarette.

“I gave myself a good birthday present,” he said. “I gave myself a good Valentine’s Day present too.”

It should have been harder than it was, he said. He suffered no withdrawal symptoms from the cold-turkey end to his drug use. He attributes that to the power of God, who’s become an important part of his life ever since arriving at the Pathways Center. On Jan. Calvin Mann, a former resident of Haywood Pathways Center, stands next to his new car, 4, he recommitted his life to Jesus. which he was able to purchase after finding a job and getting his life back on track. Holly Kays photo “I honestly believe that my problem in life was I tried to do things my way instead of When he passed away, it killed me. I went his way,” Mann said. “If I’d done things his straight down.” way, things would have turned out a whole That spiral whirled Mann into some hard- lot different.” er drugs, like cocaine and methamphetamine.

But compared to where he was just six He became homeless, but as a meth addict not months ago, things are already quite differhaving a home wasn’t really a concern. ent. Mann’s got a job, making plastic truck “You don’t sleep, so you didn’t need a parts for ConMet in Canton. He saved up his place to lay down,” he said. “I been up for as pay enough to buy a car, as well as the tags much as 21 days before with no sleep.”

BY HOLLY KAYS and insurance to go with it. It’s not hard to He doesn’t miss that life, he said. Even see that Mann’s pretty proud of the little red STAFF WRITER alvin Mann can’t make it far across the while living it, he knew there was something Subaru Impreza Lear sold him for $500. It’s campus of Haywood Pathways Center missing. The highs were temporary, the nothing fancy. It’s got some scrapes and a without bumping into a friend. healthy papering of bumper “Hey man, you work today?” he says, clapstickers from its time in “It’s a place to come to get your life ping a slightly shorter, bearded man on the Lear’s possession, but it runs back. Moving on, he stops to exchange a joke and it belongs to Mann and back. It gives you a chance to be with Brian Lear, one of the center’s staffers, he’s proud of it. and as he heads out to the parking lot, a car of Now, next time he goes surrounded by healthy people, fellow Pathways residents pulls in. Mann around looking for a job, he’ll healthy relationships that’s not going be able to drive. During the waves vigorously.

“These guys love me to death,” he says. first round of the job search, to put you down and damn you for Mann, 44, sees himself as a mentor, a person he put in 50 different applicathat residents can come to when they need where you’ve been, but lift you up for tions, walking each one to its advice or a listening ear. He loves the role. destination. He’s still getting where you can go.”

But until a few weeks ago, Mann was also calls back, and those calls are a resident of the Waynesville center, which is encouraging, showing him — Calvin Mann something of a cross between a homeless that he’s now got his life to a shelter and a transition home for people getplace where he can look for a ting out of prison. And just six short months friends were fake — companions who would job that’s a calling rather than just scrambling ago, he was in as bad of shape as anyone else “rob you blind” the minute they came short to find something to yield a paycheck. who’s come through the Pathway Center’s on drug money.

“I want to use what I’ve been given,” he Something had to give. doors. A pot user since his early teens, Mann said.

“One day I was in a house with no power,” had made his way through the gamut of illeHe’s full of ideas for how to do that. He’s a Mann recalled. “Everybody left and some- people person, and he loves to talk about his gal drugs.

“You know they say drugs, sex and rock body come by and took a power pole and run faith. Maybe he could get a job as a salesman n’ roll. It goes that way,” said Mann, a for- out of the yard.” or deliveryman, something that requires Mann knew that law enforcement more interaction with people. Maybe he mer guitar player and vocalist with a local wouldn’t be far behind the power pole thief, so could start up a band again. Or maybe there band.

He’d tried to get clean a few different he left the house. He was heading toward will someday be a place for him on the times, but the addiction always came back. Hazelwood to get high but wound up taking a Pathway Center staff.

The most recent spiral started in 2012, when right where he should have taken a left and “I believe I’ll be a mentor somewhere, found himself walking instead toward somehow, whether it be here [the Pathways his dad passed away.

“I took care of him for four, five years,” Meridian Behavioral Health Services, where Center] or somewhere else,” he said.

Mann said. “I quit my job. I did nothing but his then-girlfriend was getting help at the time. “Wherever God puts me, but I “I said, ‘I need resources to get my life believe I’ll definitely be using my take care of him, and he took care of me.

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testimony. I’d love to come back here and work, because this is the place that brought me out.”

But Mann’s still in transition. He recently moved out of the Pathways Center to live with his mom and is hoping to get his own place before long. But apartment searching is a tricky business. He doesn’t want to sign a lease just anywhere.

“I don’t want to live somewhere someone can knock on my door and say, ‘Hey, do you want to get high?’” Mann said. “I want to be surrounded by healthy people, supportive people, not people who are going to pull me down.”

“I’m still early in my sobriety and I’m really strong in it and I believe nobody can bring me off of it, but no sense tempting it.”

That’s what’s so great about the Pathways Center, he said. All the residents there have had a rough past, but they’re all committed to living a better future.

“Its not just a homeless shelter. It’s a place to come to get your life back,” he said. “It gives you a chance to be surrounded by healthy people, healthy relationships that’s not going to put you down and damn you for where you’ve been, but lift you up for where you can go.”

The Calvin Mann of six months ago was a mess, Mann said. But he believes even that guy would be proud of where he is now.

“I think that if people see and know me and they know where I been and the things I done, if I can do it anybody can do it,” he said.

“All you got to do is make the move.”

“Caregiver College,” a series of six, twohour lectures for caregivers of people with memory disorders will run from May 26 through June 30 at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center, 81 Elmwood Way, Waynesville.

Sessions, which will be held from 3:30 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday, are designed to improve caregiver understanding of different

The town of Canton will hold a cleanup and beautification day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, May 29, in historic downtown Canton.

Tasks are available for all skill levels on a variety of projects. For more information about how to volunteer, call 648.2363.

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The award will recognize the work of a person or group in Jackson, Swain or Macon counties who are devoted to the welfare of humanity.

Nominations are due by Aug. 31 and the award ceremony is Sept. 27.

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with the rules with residents already in place.

“You don’t know how hard that is,” Parton said.

Probably the hardest part, though, is intersecting with the lives that remain unchanged.

“We are set up to allow them to make that change, but it still comes to that choice and until they make that choice that they’re ready for a life change, it’s not going to happen — because as bad as I want it to happen for them, I can’t do it,” Parton said.

But even in the short time the center has been open, it’s had its share of success stories of lives changed for the better. And that’s what it’s all about.

“It’s nothing that we do,” Parton said.

“It’s all for the glory of God and it’s all him.”

The Haywood Pathways Center can always use some help, both financial and hand-on.

To find out how to help, contact director Jeremy Parton at 828.550.8030 or opendoorkitchenhpc@gmail.com. Online donations are accepted at www.haywoodpathwayscenter.org.

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required to put in 10 applications per week.

They go through Goodwill’s Career fConnection school and take job readiness classes, and they also volunteer at a nearby nonprofit — mostly, The Open Door and Haywood Christian Ministries.

Next is the six-month program in which Pathways uses a network of services in the community to help its residents. Residents take classes with LifeWorks, a Christian organization that helps equip struggling people with the skills to take care of themselves. The program teaches residents job, life and Christian discipleship skills.

At this point, the resident has hopefully found a job, so they’ll also be working toward saving money to move out. None of the program durations are set in stone.

“We’re not going to hold anybody here that’s ready to go, so hopefully someone that’s working and saving the money won’t have to stay six months,” Parton explained.

But it’s all a work in progress. Getting the Pathways programs off the ground has been difficult, Parton said, because staff didn’t have the luxury of planning them out before opening the campus’ doors. Instead, they had to come up

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Free sports physicals are being offered to students by Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital this spring and summer. The physicals are for high school students and rising seventh and eighth graders.

The schedule is as follows: • Wednesday, May 20: 3 to 6 p.m. at Swain County High School.

• Tuesday, June 2: 1 to 5 p.m. at Blue Ridge School gym • Monday, June 8: 5 to 8 p.m. at Harris Regional Hospital West Entrance Appointments are not necessary and athletes will receive paperwork from their coach or school athletic director, which will be required upon arrival. Parents do not need to attend with their child if the required paperwork is completed and signed.

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The instructor will be Lisa Verges, MD, a MemoryCare staff physician and Waynesville resident. The cost is $85 and free to caregivers of those actively enrolled in MemoryCare.

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Waynesville bans smoking on sidewalks

BY B ECKY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER Smoking will soon be banned on sidewalks in Waynesville.

Town aldermen voted unanimously last week to ban smoking on all town property — including parks, ball fields, greenways, public parking lots and the grounds of town buildings.

Sidewalks were the most debated part of the ban as town leaders have pondered what to do over the past three months. Ultimately they decided that public sidewalks shared by all were no place for smoking.

“I am an advocate of the healthiest lifestyle we can provide in our town,” said Alderman Wells Greeley. “With all of the studies, information and data that’s out there on the harms of smoking and tobacco use, it is understood in today’s world that smoking needs to be regulated.”

The ban goes into effect in November, allowing the town to work on public education of the ban and come up with some sort of “no smoking” signage, Town Manager Marcy Onieal said.

The town also has to figure out how it will be enforced — including how the public can report complaints about offenders.

“I am concerned about the enforcement of it. But we are concerned about the enforcement of driving the speed limit. So I think we have to go with it,” Greeley said.

Town leaders made in clear during discussion over recent months that they didn’t want to saddle police officers with the role of snuffing out smoking in town parks and on sidewalks.

The smoking ban on sidewalks will apply all over town, from Main Street to Russ Avenue. But it will have the greatest impact downtown, where there are relatively few islands of private property.

While smoking bans have become common, a smoking ban on city sidewalks is still rare.

It’s not the first small town in the mountains to go that way, however. Canton actually wins the prize for the first blanket smoking ban on sidewalks.

Meanwhile, Haywood County commissioners last month voted to ban smoking on the grounds of the historic courthouse and justice center, which anchors one end of Waynesville’s Main Street.

It was assumed that smokers who once congregated around the courthouse would simply wander over to the nearest sidewalk instead. That won’t be an option now.

Alderman Leroy Roberson said he hopes the ban discourages people from smoking.

While the dangers of lung cancer are well known, as a long-time optometrist, Roberson saw first-hand the toll smoking takes on vision loss as people age.

“It is an economic issue, too. It is a strain on society as you are increasing the cost of health care,” Roberson said. “At least the people who aren’t smoking aren’t confronted with second hand smoke.”

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Jackson pursuing staff attorney hire

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ommissioners in Jackson County are moving forward with a plan to scrap their policy of contracting legal services with a private attorney in favor of hiring a full-time staff attorney. At a recent work session, they gave County Manager Chuck Wooten the go-ahead to advertise the position and include more than $100,000 in salary, benefits and associated expenses in his proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-16.

“I think it could potentially save money.

I don’t have the figures, but I’m basing it off of what I know we’ve budgeted for legal,” said Chairman Brian McMahan, adding that he also believes that if Brian McMahan the county hired its own full-time attorney, it would have better opportunity to give that person the training necessary to specialize in areas particular to the position.

“It’s not going to be on day one, but after a couple of years and a lot of training, this person could be the most knowledgeable attorney there is in the county,” McMahan said.

The idea that the move could save the county money was far from unanimous, however.

“I’d like for someone to show me in numbers where that’s going to save us money or where that is needed to the point we’re going to put someone on full-time,” said Commissioner Boyce Dietz. “Some of these legal situations we’re going to get into, is he or she going to be able to handle that or is she not, and are we still going to have to hire outside people to take care of these things this person would do?”

The county’s Department of Social Services, Wooten said, has already let him know that while they’d be glad to have the support of an in-house attorney, they plan to keep the attorney they already contract with who specializes in the types of cases DSS handles. The sheriff ’s office has taken a similar position.

The real question would be whether a staff attorney would be able to handle the foreclosure proceedings that account for most of the county’s legal bill. Of the $200,000 budgeted for the county’s administrative legal services, about $60,000 goes to the commissioners’ contracted attorney. The rest is used to handle foreclosures.

“The question for me is still if a county attorney who is a staff attorney does foreclosures, can we pass the cost associated with that position onto the taxpayer?” Wooten said.

Right now, legal costs are added on to the outstanding taxes owed by the person being foreclosed on and collected when the property is sold or taxes paid. The question is whether the county could pass the cost of a staff attorney involved in foreclosure activity

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on to the taxpayer like it does the cost of a contract attorney.

“I just feel like it would be a little waste of money from my standpoint,” said Commissioner Charles Elders.

However, McMahan also pointed out the benefit the county could see from having a legal expert around to advise on even smaller matters that might come up in the course of county business, which a contracted attorney might not be immediately accessible to take care of.

“You’re going to avoid potential lawsuits,” agreed Commissioner Vickie Greene.

“You’re going to have a better-informed county staff who can go to the attorney and ask, ‘Can I do this or not?’”

Ultimately, commissioners agreed, the outcome will depend on who applies for the job. Much of the benefit of having an attorney on staff would come when that person had gained experience.

“The critical thing here is to get the right person who doesn’t want to go anywhere but Jackson County and considers this his or her home,” Greene said. “I think there is someone out there who can fill this bill and be an asset to this county. If there isn’t, then we go back to the contract thing.”

More new positions on the horizon Jackson County’s proposed budget for 2015-16 will include more new positions than just a staff attorney. Altogether, the budget will include 9.5 new positions for a total $344,000 in salaries and $128,300 in benefits.

New positions include two deputies, a detention officer, a planner, a utility worker and half-time positions for a housekeeper, public health educator and social worker.

Hours would be increased for a bailiff, administrative assistant and senior center manager in Cashiers, and the Green Energy Park would get half-time positions for a programming coordinator and studio technician.

Seven new positions were added in for the current year budget, said County Manager Chuck Wooten. All of the proposed positions for 2015-16 could be added without raising taxes.

Currently, former commissioner Jay Coward is serving as the county attorney, a post he took after the commissioner election in 2010. When the new board was seated in December, they said they’d like to consider hiring a different attorney. A request for applications garnered a list of eight names — including Coward’s — to consider, but commissioners wound up extending Coward’s contract through the end of the fiscal year so they could spend some more time considering the possibility of going with a staff attorney. If they decide against the staff attorney option, they plan to revisit the initial list of applicants.

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As someone who cared for both of her parents, Racine said no one should have to face the end of their life alone. The hospice house will be a place for patients as well as a place for families to feel welcome and comfortable.

Michele Alderson, president of the SECU Hospice House Foundation, said there are several reasons why hospice patients would need to be cared for in an in-patient setting — sometimes an illness can’t be managed at home or a caregiver reaches a point when they can no longer take care of their loved one around the clock.

Alderson said the hospice house would allow home-like comfort while being cared for by trained hospice nurses. While hospital nurses have a number of patients every day dealing with different conditions, nurses at

Upcoming Hospice House fundraiser Art for the Heart of the Hospice House, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at Carpe Diem Farms in Highlands. Thirty pieces of art work will be auctioned off to raise funds for the SECU Hospice house project. Food will be served. Tickets are $50 a person.

Available at www.hhfwnc.org or at local chamber of commerce offices. the hospice house are specifically trained to manage pain and care for terminal patients.

With only six patients at any given time, hospice nurses will get to know them and their needs.

“It will be a home setting instead of a hospital bed,” Racine said. “Family can come by anytime and use the kitchen to cook, use the laundry facility or stay over night with their loved one.”

The facility also will have chaplains available to assist the patient and family, social workers to discuss emotional and family challenges and bereavement services following

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR Event promoters may soon be able to advertise by hanging a banner across Main Street in Franklin.

The Franklin board of alderman approved a special banner policy at its May board meeting after being asked by merchants in March to consider the possibility. Larry Hollifield, owner of American Computer Repair in Franklin, told commissioners in March that allowing banners would be an inexpensive way for event organizers to promote their events and draw more people to downtown.

However, some aldermen were concerned of the distraction and liability that could accompany the banners.

Hollifield and other merchants formed a committee to come up with a plan for the banners and brought recom-

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the death of a resident for surviving family.

Volunteers will be an important aspect of hospice house care. They will be available to assist patients/families in helping with activities, care and personal errands.

The foundation had a rocky start several years ago when Angel Medical Center decided not to partner with the hospice house project and continued to provide hospice care in a hospital setting. But the foundation board continued to push forward and the work is paying off. The foundation found a new partner in Four Seasons and was able to receive its certificate of need from the state in 2012.

“We made an application to the state how many people use hospice,” Alderson said.

“There’s no hospice inpatient facilities west of Haywood County to serve the western region.”

Racine said the community has been very supportive of the project so far and she hopes it continues. In addition to the support from SECU, a challenge from Jodi and Bernie Maki has helped keep the momentum going strong. The Makis donated $50,000 and chal-

mendations back before the board in April.

Town Attorney John Henning Jr. said the change would require an amendment to the town’s sign ordinance.

Pending the required public advertising and public hearing, which will be held at 6 p.m. June 1 at town hall, the board plans to approve the plan. There are just a few restrictions.

• The banner has to be a lightweight, windproof material that is mounted to poles or buildings by ties on both sides of the street.

• The sign cannot exceed 240 square feet in area.

• The event featured on the banner must promote a nonprofit or community event in the town of Franklin.

• Only one banner shall be displayed at a time for no longer than two weeks before the event.

• Permits will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Banners must be hung on East Main Street between the eastern boundary of Town Hall and the intersection of

lenged the community and the SECU Hospice House Foundation to raise another $50,000 toward the campaign. Once that challenge was met, the Makis donated another $50,000.

Macon County commissioners approved applying for a Building Reuse grant through the Department of Commerce on behalf of the foundation. Alderson said she expects to know by next month whether the foundation will be awarded the $100,000 grant. If the foundation is approved, the county is committed to kicking in $5,000 to the project.

“We’re looking at a number of grants — we’d like to see half of the money come from grants and the other half from individuals,” Racine said. “We’d like to finish the campaign this calendar year but that all depends on fundraising.”

Once the project has enough money to get going, architectural plans will need to be completed before construction can begin. If all goes as planned, the hospice house could be up and running by 2017.

To donate to the project, visit hhfwnc.org.

East Main and Iotla Street.

• The applicant must obtain permission from the property owner to hang the banner and it has to meet N.C. Department of Transportation regulations before the town planner will grant a permit.

Aldermen also discussed whether businesses putting on the event or sponsoring an event could be listed on the banner. Mayor Bob Scott said he didn’t think businesses should be part of the banner. If businesses want to be recognized for sponsoring an event, he said they could be listed on other forms of advertising.

“I think if a business sponsors it they should be on it,” said Alderman Verlin Curtis, adding that at least 80 percent of the banner words should focus on the event itself.

“I think you’d be opening a can of worms,” Scott replied.

The board approved the banner policy with the stipulation that no businesses are listed on the banners and that the applicant hold a liability policy for the special event.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR he Hospice House Foundation of WNC is in the midst of a major fundraising campaign to construct and operate a six-bed hospice house in Franklin.

It’s a dream the nonprofit foundation has had since incorporating in 2004 and now it is becoming a reality. The foundation has so far raised $1.25 million toward the $4.3 million project. The $4.3 million also includes the first year of operating expenses. While $4.3 million seems far away, Capital Campaign Manager Phyllis Racine said she was focused on reaching the $2.2 million mark.

“When we reach $2.2 million, the (N.C. State Employees) Credit Union will give us a $1 million grant,” she said. “At that point, we’ll be well on our way.”

There are more than 50 inpatient hospice centers in North Carolina that care for the terminally ill, but this would be the first one to serve the Western North Carolina region west of Haywood County. In Macon County alone, the sheriff ’s office reports there are about 50 unattended deaths each year. Racine said the 65 and older population accounts for 25 percent of the total population in Macon County and that number is expected to grow steadily.

“This hospice house is a pretty critical need,” she said.

The Hospice House project really began to take off when the former Dryman home and 2.74 acres on Maple Street in Franklin was donated to the foundation. The home will serve as administrative space and family living areas and an addition will be made to the back of the house to accommodate the six patient rooms.

The facility will be operated by Four Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care, which also operates the Elizabeth House — a 12-bed inpatient hospice house in Flat Rock. The new facility in Franklin will be named the SECU Hospice House because of the credit union’s fundraising commitments. Racine said there are still plenty of other naming opportunities in the house for other donors, including each patient suite.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ackson County planning and code enforcement staff will be pouring through two years’ worth of building permits and retroactively inspecting certain projects after learning no one has been enforcing the county’s Mountain and Hillside Development ordinance for more than two years.

The ordinance is arguably one of the most important development ordinances the county has on the books as it deals with steep slope restrictions.

The planning department thought it was under the jurisdiction of the permitting department, while the permitting department claims it has always been the responsibility of the planning department.

Tony Elders, permitting and code enforcement director, said his department is responsible for N.C. building codes, the county’s erosion and sediment control ordinance and the flood damage prevention ordinance. As a member of the planning department from 2007-2012, Elders said it was his job to enforce the mountain ordinance and that didn’t change when he was made permitting director.

“I’ve never had enforcement responsibilities of the mountain and hillside ordinance,” Elders told planning board members.

“Who is then?” asked Gerald Green, the outgoing planning director.

Green recently announced his resignation to take a similar position in Knoxville.

“The planning department,” Elders responded.

The mountain and hillside ordinance spells out building requirements developers must follow that are based on Tony Elders a number of factors, including the property’s proximity to a body of water and the slope of the lot. Once a permit is issued, an enforcement officer should be checking on the project periodically to ensure the required processes are being followed during construction.

When the county decided to shift all the permit application processes to Elders’ department in 2012 to create a “one-stop shop” for builders, Green said County Manager Chuck Wooten told him that enforcement would be handled in that department as well.

In a follow-up interview Tuesday, Wooten confirmed that enforcement of the mountain and hillside development ordinance was the planning department’s responsibility.

“It’s my opinion that the planning department has always had that responsibility so I’m not sure why a statement was made to the 14 contrary,” he said.

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because the house is being built 31 feet from the river. It fell into the “class B” stream classification and therefore doesn’t require any buffer, according to the county’s erosion and sediment control ordinance.

“There’s no restrictions under that classification,” Elders said. “Landfills would be allowed on that property.”

Elders was asked point blank by planning board member Dickie Woodard if the house was being constructed within the law.

“Is it a totally legal build?” he asked.

“Yes, it is,” Elders said. “… So far there haven’t been any issues that we haven’t had on any other normal construction site.”

What he believes got everyone’s attention was the mess that occurred when lumber rolled off of a truck and down the bank when construction first started. Elders said it took a while for each individual log to be brought back up the hill one by one.

Elders said the silt fencing was still intact and there had been no runoff into the river as far as he could tell.

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There’s no question that the property is on a steep slope. It’s about a 35 percent grade, but Elders claims the property is exempt from the mountain and hillside development ordinance because the single-lot tract was recorded with the register of deeds in 1991. Elders said lots recorded before the mountain and hillside ordinance was passed Precautions are being taken on a home construction site on Cowee Tunnel Road in Dillsboro to in 2007 are grandfathered in and not keep debris from falling off the steep bank and into the Tuckasegee River. Donated photo required to meet the current standards.

But Green and Elders disagree on the Planning board chairman Sarah public questioning the legality of a home interpretation of the ordinance language. The Thompson said it sounded like the problem being built on a steep slope right on the ordinance defines a lot of record as “a lot lies with “one hand not knowing what the Tuckasegee River in Dillsboro. included within a plat which has been recordElders had come to the planning board ed in the Office of the Register of Deeds of other is doing.”

County Commissioner Vickie Greene told meeting last week to give a presentation Jackson County or a lot described by metes the planning board to ask the board of com- about the permitting process for the house. and bounds, the description of which has missioners to clarify whose responsibility it Elders said his department first learned of the been so recorded.” should be before a new planning director new home construction along the river on Green said a new plat was submitted in Cowee Tunnel Road in July 2014. Before issu- 2013 that divided the Cowee Tunnel Road comes on board.

Elders said Commission Chairman Brian ing any land development permits, his property into two parcels. In his interpretaMcMahan told him that the commissioners department reviews permit applications to tion of the ordinance, an updated plat means would begin a thorough review of the permit- makes they are in compliance. the property loses its exemption and any ting and planning processes once the budget development now has to follow process is completed. the ordinance restrictions.

“This is an example of how the In the meantime, Elders said he and John Elders said the 2013 plat Jeleniewski, planning department code comdoesn’t count because it was planning board can tighten up pliance officer, would go back through all pernever recorded with the register mits issued in the last two years to see if there of deeds so he referred to the procedures and try to do a better are any outstanding issues that need to be 1991 deed. When the ordinance job of meshing the ordinances addressed. The review would include any perwas adopted in 2007, he said the mits issued on lots that were not lots of land-use attorney that helped together so complement each record as of August 2007 when the mountain write it said to always use the other instead of causing problems.” date the deed was recorded to and hillside ordinance was adopted.

“There shouldn’t be that many permits to determine whether property was — Jay Coward, county attorney investigate that were issued on lots that were a lot of record. He added that the not lots of record,” he said. “Once we identify current County Attorney Jay He cleared up one important mispercep- Coward also said to go by the deed date. those, I imagine we will await guidance from the new planning director on how they wish tion about the ordinance — the mountain “I can promise you Tony (Elders) didn’t to proceed. Our department will assist in any and hillside ordinance addresses steep slope decide the interpretation of a lot of record,” way we can to work through these issues construction but it doesn’t prohibit it. Elders said “That’s been the policy since the Depending on the development, the appli- ordinance was adopted.” going forward.” cant may have to submit additional informaCoward said it was apparent that the contion or get further environmental studies struction on Cowee Tunnel Road was correctly TEEP SLOPE CONSTRUCTION done before a permit can be issued. permitted. He added that there wouldn’t have For example, Elders said his department been any question or controversy if the plat Finding out no one had been enforcing the ordinance was an alarming revelation for had to check the classification of the body of hadn’t been submitted in 2013. planning board members, especially with the water running next to the house in Dillsboro In his opinion, the permitting

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The Jackson County Planning Board will have a new face at the table with the appointment of Bonnie Claxton, a Sylva attorney with Legal Aid for North Carolina who previously worked with Coward, Hicks & Siler.

“She wants to do this and it’s not an easy job, but I think she will be very good in the position,” said Jackson County Commissioner Boyce Dietz, who made the recommendation.

Claxton will replace Ben Burgin, who had not participated in board activities for the past year or responded to communications, warranting his removal, Chairman Brian McMahan said.

“That is a very important board that meets on a regular basis,” McMahan said. “It’s very important to have people at the table making those decisions.”

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department should determine a lot of record by the registered deed date, but he can also see how the ordinance language could be interpreted differently.

“I’ve watched Tony and Gerald struggle with this for a long time,” Coward said. “I think it would behoove everybody to have a thorough review of the technical language in these ordinances.”

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To help prevent this problem from occurring in the future, Coward suggested that the planning board start looking at putting together a unified development ordinance to replace all the separate development ordinances in place. f “This is an example of how the planning board can tighten up procedures and try to do a better job of meshing the ordinances together so complement each other instead of causing problems,” he said.

Green said that was one thing they could all agree on — the need for a unified development ordinance so that there would be no ambiguity between the separate land development ordinances.

Elders agreed that the ordinances needed to be updated and the board should consider how many properties are currently exempt from the mountain and hillside ordinance.

When the ordinance was adopted in 2007, Elders said there were more than 35,000 lots of record in the county and all those lots are exempt from meeting many of the requirements in the new ordinance. Only about 3,000 new lots have been recorded since then.

“As long as those aren’t split up they will be lots of record forever,” he said. “If the ordinance is not amended, it would be exempt from most of the ordinance.”

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He isn’t sure whether the commissioners will be able to fund all of those needs this year, but he said they are willing to work with the school system to create a long-range plan to get it accomplished. A committee is being formed with two members from each board to tour the facilities and come up with a plan.

Smith said the biggest challenge during this year’s budget process was not knowing how much funding would come from the state. In the past, the state sends out a planning allotment to school systems in April.

While the planning allotment numbers are just an estimate, it at least helps local systems have some idea where to start. Smith said the state decided to no longer send those estimates and the school system has to wait until July to know how much funding it will receive from the state.

“We really don’t know what to do or even think about doing for next year,” she said. “It’s a shot in the dark.”

McKinley said the board of education has only hired a bare minimum staff for the fall until the final numbers are submitted in July. Either way he expects additional cuts.

The school system has lost some teaching and teaching assistant positions but so far it’s been through attrition.

“We haven’t had to lay anyone off yet,” he said.

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Swain County Schools requests from the county for 2015-16 $750,000 for operations $410,000 in capital outlay

Capital outlay requests High school • Green house – natural gas piping $15,000 • Gym water heater convert to gas - $69,000 • Little theater carpet - $12,662 • Little theater lighting upgrade - $46,000 • Paint - $6,000 • Cafeteria snack station - $7,000 • Football field visitor dressing room gas water heater - $17,000 Middle school • Carpet in 4 rooms - $18,100 • Gym bleachers - $60,000 • Lighting project - $22,000 Pre-K • Playground shade - $20,000 East Elementary • Hall base replacement - $7,000 • Stair treads - $12,000 • Water pump replacement - $18,000 West Elementary • Auditorium carpet - $23,800 • Hall base replacement - $7,400 • Stair treads - $12,000 • Tile existing classrooms - $33,000 • Water pump replacement - $18,000 Total capital needs - $474,922

The nuts and bolts of Swain schools’ master plan Swain Middle School master plan

Swain County High School master plan Phase 1 – STEM classrooms, guidance suite, admin/entry, open media center - $3 to $3.7 million Phase 2 — Kitchen and dining area - $900,000 to $1.2 million Phase 3 — Additional classrooms, aux. gym, multipurpose space - $6.9 to $7.5 million; new gym lobby and toilets addition - $495,000-$594,000 Future ■ New softball field - $780,000 to $968,500 ■ New football practice and track facility $1.9 to $2.2 million ■ 80 new parking spots $95,000 to $125,000 TOTAL - $14.2 to $16.4 million (Prepared by Grant Tharp, Cope Architecture)

Aerial view of Swain County Middle School.

Swain County Schools, with the help of Cope Architecture, put together a master plan for long-term school renovations and expansions for Swain Middle School and Swain High School. The total cost of both projects could reach $30 million. The county has applied for interest-free bonds to begin an addition to East Elementary but funding has not been identified for the middle and high school projects.

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Phase 1 — Construction budget based on 2014 costs; temporarily relocate art, band and library to other spaces in existing school or into modular building; permanently relocate board of education offices; and demolish original stone building - $250-$350,000 ■ Construct new 2 story, 22 classroom and media center addition - $5 million to $5.4 million ■ After addition is complete, move band and art into existing town story modular Phase 2 — Move classrooms into new phase 1 building; demolish old two-story classroom building - $175,000-$200,000 ■ Construct new gym administration secure entry and art classroom Phase 3 — Demolish old gym - $125,000-$150,000 ■ Construct new cafeteria, kitchen, band, chorus and locker/weight room $3.4 to $3.6 million ■ Repurpose old cafeteria building for open multipurpose space - $420,000-$560,000 TOTAL - $12.5 to $13.5 million

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In addition to the county and state funding, Swain County also received impact aid

from the federal government, which is estimated to be about $64,000 this year. The aid provides per capita funding for Swain County schools students who live on federal land, including the national park and forest and the Qualla Boundary.

While many counties have seen a steady decline in student population since the recession, Swain has seen a steady increase over the past few years that is just now leveling off, according to Smith.

McKinley said the increase might be attributed to families moving closer to Swain County to take jobs at the casino in Cherokee. With Harrah’s getting closer to opening a casino in Murphy, it may result in another uptick in student numbers.

Smith said the projected enrollment for 2015-16 is 2,189 compared to last year’s enrollment of 1,985.

McKinley said the growth has strained the county’s aging school buildings, especially at the high school.

“At one time we did have plans for new high school, but that’s probably not going to happen — you’re looking at a $50 million project and a for small rural community that’s tough,” he said.

The board of education recently completed a schools master plan that outlines renovations and expansions for East and West elementary as well as the middle and high school. It’s a long-term plan, but work will begin this summer to add eight more classrooms onto East Elementary.

Swain County commissioners approved applying for $3.2 million in interest-free financing for the East Elementary project.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR wain County schools are requesting an additional $250,000 from the county commissioners to cover some muchneeded building maintenance projects at all four schools.

Amanda Smith, finance director for Swain County Schools, said the system spends between $500,000 to $600,000 a year on building maintenance projects. The county typically only funds about $160,000 of that cost each year while the remaining funds come from the schools’ fund balance.

Last year, the fund balance contained about $4.7 million.

This year the school board is asking for the usual $750,000 for operations and $410,000 for capital projects.

“Because other budgets — particularly the state and federal budgets — are being cut, we’ve asked the county to pick that up cost so we could use fund balance money in others areas,” Smith said.

Gerry McKinley, chairman of the Swain County Board of Education, said upgrades were a necessity for the county’s aging school buildings. While the school system is working on securing funding to begin major renovations and expansions at all of its schools, he said there is still work to be done in the interim.

Water pumps and heating and air units have to be replaced, classrooms need new carpeting, light fixtures need to be upgraded and walls need a new coat of paint.

“We have a lot of capital needs,” McKinley said. “Our schools are 20 years

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Fast track legislation a threat to democracy

To the Editor: Fast Track legislation that was prepared in secret by some 600 lobbyists of the largest transnational corporations will give permission for the passage of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). This legislation, often referred to as the North American Fair Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on steroids, is now before Congress.

On May 12 the Senate voted to deny debate on the proposed legislation but advocates (including Obama) insist that it be brought back to the floor. The House has yet to take action. NAFTA was a job and economy killer and the TPP is much worse. This bi-partisan effort to bring more grief to the working people of this country must be stopped.

Reuters reports (blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/02/16/as-free-tradepacts-expand-u-s-trade-deficit-soars-whyadd-one-more/) that over “5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs — one in four — have been lost since NAFTA and other postNAFTA expansion deals, all enacted through fast track.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports www.bls.gov/news.release/disp.t07) that three out of five displaced workers who were fortunate enough to find new employment earn less money now than before NAFTA. A full one-third of displaced workers took pay cuts of 20 percent or more.

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some noodling around online: “intergenerational income mobility was lower in metropolitan areas with a larger share of single mothers, a bold-faced finding that touched off a new round of public debate over what this relationship means.”

Here’s another statement from the same story: “It’s clear in America that family structure and poverty are intertwined: Nearly a third of households headed by single women live below the poverty line. And just six percent Editor of families led by married couples are in the official ranks of the poor.

Poverty, meanwhile, touches an astounding 45 percent of children who live without a father.”

Two factors seem to rise to the surface again and again in discussions about inner city problems: poverty and singleparent families. I won’t even get into the nightmare of cops gone bad because that’s another issue altogether.

I’m likely the opposite of whatever a social conservative is, but I’m also a realist. The single-parent issue is a huge part of the problem.

I was raised by a single mother from the time I was 11 until I left for college at 18. My mom worked 40 to 50 hours a week, tried to have some kind of social life, and despite her

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he rioting in Baltimore has settled down and we haven’t heard much out of Ferguson, Missouri, recently. The uproar and incessant debate over what is happening in our inner cities — racism, poverty, violence, drugs, police brutality — has, for the moment, quieted down. But problems don’t go away just because they are left unspoken.

The festering wounds in those towns were on my mind as we settled down Sunday night to watch the award-winning movie “Selma.” The film is about a few weeks in Martin Luther King’s life as he organized and marched in Selma, Alabama.

The marchers were specifically calling for an end to laws that kept blacks from voting, and despite the mortal dangers they faced — there were deaths in those few weeks among whites and blacks who supported the marchers — it worked.

Congress passed the Voting Rights Act that same month.

It’s a moving film, and its scenes of violence and fear and of prejudicial laws and institutional racism are presented in very a straightforward manner. I found it unsettling that such things were happening just 50 years ago — in my lifetime — and that so much has changed over these last five decades.

Or maybe not? At least that’s the message that kept blasting from the pages of the different newspaper stories I read as the unrest gripped Ferguson and Baltimore. Inner-city minorities are still locked in a cycle of generational poverty.

Here’s an excerpt from a Washington Post story — not about police brutality, but about poverty — I found while doing

Richard Burr, R-N.C., voted yea for the fast track legislation. From all indications, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, is in support. If this legislation passes it will give President Obama unfettered authority without full congressional approval to unilaterally enter into the TPP and other similar trade agreements. It is time that we the people have our voices heard. Please contact your representatives via phone, email, and letter.

Let them know that the TPP is bad for local business, bad for jobs, and bad for our economy. Ask them to vote No on fast track authorization.

Allen Lomax Sylva

Madam, you are indeed a thief To the Editor: My family and I were enjoying a meal at a local buffet restaurant (on Mothers Day 10 at approximately 3:30 p.m. The restaurant was moderately crowded. We were seated about 15 feet from the cash register area. At one point during our meal we were startled by the sound of breaking glass. A patron was standing in line to pay for her meal and dropped a bag containing a piece of glassware. Of course we all looked over to see what was going on.

She was holding a baby carrier on one arm and her other arm was laden with other items minus the bag which she dropped. There was some conversation among her party and other people waiting

best efforts I had way too much unsupervised time on my hands. In the Southern suburbia of the 1970s where I grew up, there were a slew of drugs, drinking, crime and sex all around. Another parent at home would have made a huge difference.

But inner-city poverty, perhaps, is an even a larger problem. If there was hope for a better future — more jobs and more economic opportunity — then young inner-city kids could more easily break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. This current recession — coupled with government actions that have sent jobs overseas — contributes mightily to the restive atmosphere in our urban areas that has shocked most of us who are on the outside looking in.

I want better. I’m a 50-something white guy who grew up in an era when his older brother was advised to stay home from high school on some days for fear of “race riots,” whose Southern mill-town father grew up using the now-sickening “N” word regularly to banishing it from his vocabulary as he became older and wiser. I want this country to get over any kind of racial divide and work together to solve the big problems confronting us.

So even though there is a lull in the debate, the problems persist. The tinderbox will ignite again and again until real change occurs.

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

LOOKING FOR OPINIONS The Smoky Mountain News encourages readers to express their opinions through letters to the editor or guest columns. All viewpoints are welcome. Send to Scott McLeod at info@smokymountainnews.com., fax to 828.452.3585, or mail to PO Box 629, Waynesville, NC, 28786.

We also encourage our readers to participate in our online forums in the comment window at the bottom of each story on our website, www.smokymountainnews.com. to pay their check. She nonchalantly stated: “I will just take it back to Burke’s and tell them it was broken when I bought it and get another one.”

I was shocked. Did I hear her correctly?

She was going to return to the store and ask them to exchange something she carelessly broke long after the purchase? What a thief.

I immediately excused myself from my table, called 411 to get the phone number and phoned Burke’s Outlet to warn them of their impending deception. I explained to the manager the sequence of events and to expect a visit by this thief. After we finished our meal and headed back home, I called

Burke’s again and the manager confirmed she was visited by the thief. She said the thief was acting nervous and after concluding her deceit was discovered stated, “I must have gotten it at Walmart” and departed the store.

N People wonder why things cost so much.

Not only do we have to pay for the cost of development, manufacturing, distribution and selling we now have to pay for theft.

This is common theft at its best.

Madam, my hope for you is you fall to your knees and beg your God to forgive you. Then call the store and ask them to forgive you too.

Douglas Turner Clyde

Thanks to Waynesville town employees

To the Editor: The Waynesville Public Art Commission would specifically like to thank Waynesville town employees Dave Foster, Daryl Hannah, Jonathan Yates and Bill Litty and all of the men who worked with Daryl Hannah when they were installing each of our seven pieces of art. Without their very careful handling of each of our art pieces we would not have the art pieces installed in their places and look as great as they do! We are very fortunate to have these very special men who serve Waynesville as conscientiously as they do! Thanks to all of these gentlemen.

Jan Griffin Waynesville Public Art Commission

Exotic pests a continuing threat to our mountains

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AMMONS DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT & DAIRY BAR 1451 Dellwwod Rd., Waynesville.

828.926.0734. Open 7 days a week 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Celebrating over 25 years.

Enjoy world famous hot dogs as well as burgers, seafood, hushpuppies, hot wings and chicken. Be sure to save room for dessert. The cobbler, pie and cake selections are sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.

APPLE CREEK CAFE 32 Felmet St., Waynesville.

828.456.9888. Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Home to an extensive build your own sandwich menu as well as specialty salads, soups burgers and more. With local ingredients and made-from-scratch recipes using a variety of good-for-you ingredients Apple Creek Cafe is sure to become favorite lunch spot.

BLUE ROOSTER SOUTHERN GRILL 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, Lakeside Plaza at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997.

Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and

fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slowsimmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts.

Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily.

Brown bagging is permitted. Private parties, catering, and take-out available. Call-ahead seating available.

BOGART’S 303 S. Main St., Waynesville.

828.452.1313. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Carry out available. Located in downtown Waynesville, Bogart’s has been long-time noted for great steaks, soups, and salads. Casual family atmosphere in a rustic old-time setting with a menu noted for its practical value. Live Bluegrass/String Band music every Thursday. Walking distance of Waynesville’s unique shops and seasonal festival activities and within one mile of Waynesville Country Club.

BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner nightly from 4 p.m.

Closed on Sunday. We specialize in handcut, all natural steaks, fresh fish, and other classic American comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available. We also feature a great selection of craft beers from local artisan brewers, and of course an extensive selection of small batch bourbons and whiskey. The Barrel is a friendly and

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Because of the dire threat that these pests pose to our forests, Great Smoky Mountains National Park currently only allows certified heat-treated firewood inside the park.

Campers must either gather wood inside the park or purchase certified heat-treated wood from over eighty local vendors. The council applauds these efforts to protect Western North Carolina’s “crown jewel” which is also the most visited National Park in our nation.

While Great Smoky Mountains National Park has taken aggressive steps in keeping these pests out of the park, there are still millions of acres of national forests, state parks, state gamelands, and state forests where firewood outside of North Carolina can still be legally brought in by visitors. Instead of having a confusing patchwork of different regulations for our federal and state lands, perhaps it is time North Carolina acts more aggressively against these exotic pests by prohibiting the movement of all firewood into the state.

States such as New York and Pennsylvania, who have been dealing with these new pests for a longer period of time, have taken pro-active steps to try and prevent these pests from becoming established in other areas of their state. These steps include prohibiting the movement of any untreated firewood into the state. These common sense regulations ensure that folks who heat with wood can still harvest firewood locally, while helping to prevent firewood pests from being moved to new locations. This type of regulation has the added benefit of encouraging out-of-state visitors to buy firewood in North Carolina, which would give a boost to local rural economies.

Living in an increasingly connected world means that new forest pests will undoubtedly be introduced into the U.S. and North Carolina. But we can take measures to prevent most of these introductions: • Don’t move firewood from other states.

• If you are camping on public lands, consider using local wood or wood that is certified as being heat-treated (it burns hotter and cleaner anyway).

• If you heat your home with firewood, please use firewood that is harvested locally.

• And lastly, please pass the word to others that these pests pose a real threat to our forest. You can learn more at Don’tMoveFirewood.org.

(Jason Love of Otto in Macon County is the chairman of the Western North Carolina Public Lands Council.)

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BY JASON LOVE G UEST COLUMNIST am writing on behalf of the Western North Carolina Public Lands Council, an advisory group appointed by the governor whose mission is to promote the protection, conservation, and sustainability of Western North Carolina’s natural and economic resources.

The Council meets regularly with representatives of both federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway, N.C. State Forest Service, N.C. State Parks, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, and N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources to discuss issues that impact public lands and the citizens of western North Carolina.

Recently the council has learned about the threat of forest pests such as the emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, and thousand cankers disease. These pests are not native to the U.S. so our trees have no natural defenses against them. Moreover, these pests can be transported great distances through the movement of firewood.

There are currently no federal regulations regarding the movement of firewood across state lines, unless the wood is from a quarantined area.

If left unchecked, the forest pests that are currently in the U.S. will devastate dozens of tree species. It is conservatively estimated that if these forest pests were to become established in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, they would have the potential to wipe out 50 percent of the forested area in the park. Massachusetts has had to spend over $100 million just to combat the Asian longhorned beetle; entire forests, including over 10,000 trees in residential areas, had to be cut down and ground into fine mulch.

The Asian longhorned beetle infestation in Ohio, discovered in 2011, has already necessitated the removal of well over 60 thousand trees from backyards, parks, and wooded areas.

We have witnessed the decline or loss of several of our native trees to exotic pests: American chestnut (chestnut blight), eastern hemlock (hemlock wooly adelgid), and flowering dogwood (dogwood anthracnose), just to name a few.

This new suite of forest pests has the potential to wreak additional damage: impacting the wood products industry, harming tourism, decimating our mountain forests, and costing taxpayers billions.

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BREAKING BREAD CAFÉ 6147 Hwy 276 S. Bethel (at the Mobil Gas Station) 828.648.3838 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturaday & Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chef owned and operated. Our salads are made in house using local seasonal vegetables. Fresh roasted ham, turkey and roast beef used in our hoagies. We hand make our own eggplant and chicken parmesan, pork meatballs and hamburgers. We use 1st quality fresh not pre-prepared products to make sure you get the best food for a reasonable price. We make vegetarian, gluten free and sugar free items. Call or go to Facebook (Breaking Bread Café NC) to find out what our specials are.

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BRYSON CITY CORK & BEAN A MOUNTAIN SOCIAL HOUSE 16 Everett St.,Bryson City. 828.488.1934.

Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday brunch 9 a.m. to 3p.m., Full Menu 3 to 9 p.m. Serving fresh and delicious weekday morning lite fare, lunch, dinner, and brunch. Freshly prepared menu offerings range from house-made soups & salads, lite fare & tapas, crepes, specialty sandwiches and burgers. Be sure not to miss the bold flavors and creative combinations that make up the daily Chef Supper Specials starting at 5pm every day.

Followed by a tempting selection of desserts prepared daily by our chefs and other local bakers. Enjoy craft beers on tap, as well as our full bar and eclectic wine list.

CATALOOCHEE RANCH 119 Ranch Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1401. Family-style breakfast seven days a week, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. – with eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes, and always all-you-can-eat. Lunch every day from 12 till 2 p.m. Evening cookouts on the terrace on weekends and Wednesdays (weather permitting), featuring steaks, ribs, chicken, and pork chops, to name a few. Bountiful family-style dinners on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with entrees that include prime rib, baked ham and herbbaked chicken, complemented by seasonal vegetables, homemade breads, jellies and desserts. We also offer a fine selection of wine and beer. The evening social hour starts at 6pm, and dinner is served starting at 7pm. So join us for mile-high mountaintop

CHEF’S TABLE 30 Church St., Waynesville. 828.452.6210.

From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday dinner starting at 5 p.m. “Best of” Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine. Set in a distinguished atmosphere with an exceptional menu. Extensive selection of wine and beer. Reservations honored.

CITY BAKERY 18 N. Main St. Waynesville 828.452.3881.

Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join us in our historic location for scratch made soups and daily specials.

Breakfast is made to order daily: Gourmet cheddar & scallion biscuits served with bacon, sausage and eggs; smoked trout bagel plate; quiche and fresh fruit parfait. We bake a wide variety of breads daily, specializing in traditional french breads. All of our breads are hand shaped. Lunch: Fresh salads, panini sandwiches. Enjoy outdoor dinning on the deck. Private room available for meetings.

CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva.

828.587.2233. Open Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tasty, healthy and quick. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, espresso, beer and wine. Come taste the savory and sweet crepes, grilled paninis, fresh, organic salads, soups and more.

Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly. Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com.

Lunch, Dinner & Sunday Brunch Free Movies Thurs-Sat

Phillys Pizzas Wraps Steaks Check out this week's movies at madbatterfoodandfilm.com

www.MadBatterFoodandFilm.com 828.586.3555 617 W. Main St. Sylva NC

pares innovative and unique Southern fare from local, organic vegetables grown in Western North Carolina. Full bar and wine cellar. www.waynesvilleinn.com.

COUNTRY VITTLES: FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANT 3589 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley.

828.926.1820 Open Daily 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., closed Tuesday. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service.

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

Open Monday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sundays (in October) 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Locals always know best, and this is one place they know well. From the highquality hot pressed sandwiches and the huge portions of hand-cut fries to the specialty frozen sandwiches and homemade Southern desserts, you will not leave this top-rated deli hungry.

FRANKIE’S ITALIAN TRATTORIA 1037 Soco Rd. Maggie Valley.

828.926.6216 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday-Saturday. Father and son team Frank and Louis Perrone cook up dinners steeped in Italian tradition. With recipies passed down from generations gone by, the Perrones have brought a bit of Italy to Maggie Valley. frankiestrattoria.com

THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday serving freshly prepared small plate and tapas-style fare. Enjoy local, regional, or national talent live each Friday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter.

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

CORK & CLEAVER 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville.

828.456.7179. Reservations recommended.

4:30-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, Cork & Cleaver has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Executive Chef Corey Green pre-

GUADALUPE CAFÉ 606 W. Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.9877.

Open 7 days a week at 5 p.m. Located in the historic Hooper’s Drugstore, Guadalupe Café is a chef-owned and operated restaurant serving Caribbean inspired fare complimented by a quirky selection of wines and microbrews. Supporting local farmers of organic

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Full Bar • Creekside Dining Specialty Sandwiches Crafted Beer & Moonshine

TUESDAY: 75¢ Oysters after 4pm WEDNESDAY: AYCE Fish & Shrimp THURSDAY: AYCE Crab Leg FRIDAY: Surf-N-Turf Special SATURDAY: Seafood Trio Special SUNDAY: Low Country Boil

828.586.1985 • CLOSED MONDAYS

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Exit 85 to Skyland Dr., two blocks from McDonalds

JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel.

828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner.

The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era.

MAD BATTER FOOD & FILM 617 W. Main Street Downtown Sylva.

828.586.3555. Open Tuesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Hand-tossed pizza, steak sandwiches, wraps, salads and desserts. All made from scratch. Beer and wine. Free movies with showtimes at 6:30 and 9 p.m. with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Visit madbatterfoodandfilm.com for this week’s shows.

MAGGIE VALLEY CLUB 1819 Country Club Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine.

Open seasonally for lunch and dinner. Fine and casual fireside dining in welcoming atmosphere. Full bar. Reservations accepted.

MOUNTAIN PERKS ESPRESSO BAR & CAFÉ 9 Depot St., Bryson City. 828.488.9561.

Open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. With music at the Depot. Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Life is too short for bad coffee. We feature wonderful breakfast and lunch selections.

Bagels, wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads and quiche with a variety of specialty coffees, teas and smoothies. Various desserts.

PATIO BISTRO 30 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.454.0070. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Breakfast bagels and sandwiches, gourmet coffee, deli sandwiches for lunch with homemade soups, quiches, and desserts. Wide selection of wine and beer. Outdoor and indoor dining.

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 828.926.0201 Open Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m and Sunday 7:30 a.m to 9 p.m. Full service restaurant serving steaks, prime rib, seafood and dinner specials.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400.

Open from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. A Waynesville tradition, the Smoky Mountain Sub Shop has been serving great food for over 20 years. Come in and enjoy the relaxed, casual atmosphere. Sub breads are baked fresh every morning in Waynesville.

Using only the freshest ingredients in homemade soups, salads and sandwiches. Come in and see for yourself why Smoky Mountain Sub Shop was voted # 1 in Haywood County.

Locally owned and operated.

Old World Wine Tasting Thursday May 21 | 5:30 p.m.

Grand Opening May 22 | 5 pm - midnight | Free!

Free tastes, wine deals, and small plates specials!

OPEN LATE! DOWNTOWN SYLVA • NC www.EvolutionWineKitchen.com

SATURDAY, MAY 23 Through the Hills

SUNDAY, MAY 24 Rye Baby

Now Open for Breakfast All Day — 7 Days a week

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From the street to the stage — PRODUCTIVE PARANOIA

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER Turning the corner at Church and Main streets in downtown Waynesville, I saw them out of the corner of my eye.

Sitting one-by-one atop the brick planter in front of Earthworks Gallery, the five young faces were all smiles amid their sing-along. Each had an instrument, some of which were seemingly as big as the kids themselves. Their sound was a mix of traditional mountain music and modern day Americana.

And although these sounds of Southern Appalachia have intrigued folks, young and old, for generations, it was impressive to see these teenagers so interested and passionate about perpetuating the ancient music of this landscape and its people.

They told me their name was Productive Paranoia. And for the last few years, they would take their place on the brick planter every first Friday of the month during Art After Dark. They liked performing for those strolling by, meandering between the galleries, shops and restaurants. Many-a-time someone would stop, drop a dollar in their “tip jar” and comment about how “great it is to see y’all playing the good stuff.”

Based out of Haywood County, Productive Paranoia consists of Ean Sheppard (15, bass), Andreas Kampouris (17, mandolin/vocals), Madeleine Sheppard (17, vocals), Connor LuckeySmith (18, guitar/vocals) and Keegan Luckey-Smith (20, banjo/vocals). In 2014, they released their debut album “Liars, Fools, and Riches For You.” Now entering their fourth year together, the quintet will be kicking off the Concerts on the Creek summer music series on May 22 at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva.

Smoky Mountain News: How did your band come about?

Connor Luckey-Smith: We were all part of Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) back around 2011, and decided it would be fun to play some shows together. Our first official show was during Folkmoot in 2012, and after that we decided to book at local breweries and venues. Our only real motive was to just have a good time playing together, and, thus far, we feel that we’ve done a good job accomplishing that.

SMN: Where does the name come from?

Keegan Luckey-Smith: We were at a 4-H leadership conference and Jim Collins mentioned a business term called “productive paranoia” — being so paranoid that it contributes to your productivity. For example, being so scared that your power is going to go out, that you complete all of your assignments for school a couple days early. I think we just decided it sounded cool.

SMN: What’s the philosophy of the group?

Andreas Kampouris: I think the intent is to spread both our own music, and the music of Appalachia, to the people of Haywood County, and have fun doing it.

Madeleine Sheppard: To help keep the spirit and heritage of Appalachia alive, and to help the younger generations relate to it more since we’re young ourselves.

SMN: Describe the sound. What sets your style and atti-

tude apart from other acts?

Ean Sheppard: Our style is constantly evolving. We started with very strong Appalachian influences, and now we are kind of crossing into folk rock and Americana, with roots in Appalachian music. I think our age definitely plays a role in our style as well. There aren’t really any other bands that are as young as us, collectively speaking, playing the same style of music.

SMN: I remember seeing y’all at first playing and jamming out in front of Earthworks Gallery. What about those experiences, those moments, ultimately molded itself into your current group?

MS: We think it really gave us an opportunity to try out new stuff without the worries of someone being overly critical of what we are doing. It also allowed people to get to know who we were. They could stop by, listen, talk, and find out about where we were playing future shows.

WANT TO GO? The 6th annual Concerts on the Creek season begins on May 22, and will run from 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday through Labor Day at the Bridge Park Pavilion in downtown Sylva.

Performers include Productive Paranoia (folk/bluegrass) May 22, Sundown (rock) May 29, (PMA) Positive Mental Attitude (reggae/rock) June 5, Corbitt Brothers (outlaw country) June 12, Emporium (rock) June 19, 96.5 House Band (classic hits) June 26, Dashboard Blue (rock/rhythm/blues/beach) July 3, Lisa Price Band (country/rock/bluegrass) July 17, Buchanan Boys (country/rock) July 24, Robertson Boys (bluegrass) July 31, Porch 40 (southern funk rock) Aug. 7, Mountain Faith (bluegrass/gospel) Aug. 14, Mangas Colorado (Americana/folk/rock) Aug. 21 and Unspoken Tradition (bluegrass) Aug. 28.

The July 4 Fireworks Festivities will feature Darren Nicholson & Friends featuring David Holt (bluegrass) from 4 to 6 p.m. and The Business (rhythm & blues) 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Fireworks at dark.

The July 10 band will soon be announced. The Concerts on the Creek series is a Blue Ridge Music Trail partner. The events are free with donations accepted. Bring a chair or blanket. The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce team up to celebrate the musical traditions of Southern Appalachia by producing the series.

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SMN: What is it about this music that you find attractive?

CLS: What attracts us to Appalachian music is the heritage and stories of it. I know that when I am writing some of our songs, I draw heavy influences from the old-time stories I would hear when I was a child.

Coincidentally, we actually, especially in our newer stuff, draw some influence from rock music. But, we definitely maintain our roots in old-time music.

“A lot of what we play was created somewhere in or around this area. The hills of Haywood County carry a lot of history and heritage, which we try and glean influence from.”

— Keegan Luckey-Smith

SMN: What does 2015 hold for y’all?

CLS: Besides Concerts on the Creek, we have a bunch of other shows planned too, like Appalachian Lifestyle Celebration in Waynesville and Freedom Fest in Bryson City.

We’re also planning on recording an EP sometime in June. We have three great new songs, and I’m always working on more.

SMN: How does the landscape of Western North Carolina affect the sound and what it is you’re ultimately trying to get across to an audience?

KLS: It’s really interesting, actually. A lot of what we play was created somewhere in or around this area. The hills of Haywood County carry a lot of history and heritage, which we try and glean influence from. The banjo, in particular, really draws me in, and I’m always trying to learn new songs from the fantastic musicians of Haywood County. Our main message is really just for people to hear both our music, and the music of this area.

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We meandered around New England and the mid-Atlantic on the highways, bi-ways

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD and back roads of America. One night we’re at an after-party in a Syracuse mansion or a basement bar in Boston, the next with toes in the sand on the Long Island Sound, onward to the northern woods of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont or cruising the bustling streets of Greenwich Village in New York City.

Incredible strangers seeing that band for the first time (now lifelong friends), generosity of folks to offer a place to stay for the night, tour bus breakdowns on the side of the interstate, bar brawls (not everyone liked our long hair and beards), midnight shenanigans of pure beauty and utter chaos — we saw it all. Eventually, I knew my time with the band had run its course after about a year and a half. I was ready to do other things, with a lot of that influence coming from watching Lucid, day in and Garret K. Woodward photo day out, up there onstage They are my brothers. reaching for their dreams. I Well, in terms of genetics, they technicalhad aspirations of my own, to ly aren’t. But, when it comes to heart and become a writer — the finest soul, we’re carbon copies. When it comes to writer of my generation — and purpose and intent, we’ve always been on Lucid fueled my drive to do so.

Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will have the same page. They’re the members of Thus, it was genuinely surSoldier’s Heart (Americana/roots) at 8:30 p.m.

Lucid — my brothers-in-arms. real last Saturday afternoon May 22.

The band — a when their tour bus rolled up rock/funk/blues/reggae/kitchen sink to my porch in downtown BearWaters Brewing (Waynesville) will have a ensemble — and myself hail from New York Waynesville. They had a show comedy show at 8 p.m. May 23.

State, from the North Country, from Clinton that evening in Asheville. And, County, from the City of Plattsburgh. And until they had to load their Concerts on the Creek (Sylva) at Bridge Park for the better part of the last 12 years, we’ve gear in, were free to hang out Pavilion will have Productive Paranoia been thick as thieves, ambassadors of irreand catch up with an old (bluegrass/Americana) at 7 p.m. May 22. sponsible enlightenment, frolickers of the chum, a familiar face from the moonlit night, mystic wanderers of all that is North Country.

A gala and benefit auction will be held from 5 to cosmically holy and spiritually just.

Since it was hot that day, I 8 p.m. May 30 at the John C. Campbell Folk The North Country is a pretty rough decided to take them to a swimSchool in Brasstown. place to pursue your dreams. Granted, the ming hole up near the Sunburst The Lost Hiker (Highlands) will have Porch 40 landscape of the Champlain Valley, Lake Campground on N.C. 215, out(rock/funk) at 9 p.m. May 23.

Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains side of Bethel toward the Blue is mesmerizing, but one tends to have the Ridge Parkway. Riding in that odds stacked against them right out of the beast of a tour bus brought something of substance that, if nurtured gate. Sure, there’s ample employment up back a flood of memories, as if no time had there, but those gigs of being a prison guard, correctly, would find its destiny. ever passed. I was surrounded by faces that I When I was finally of legal drinking border patrol officer, teacher or insurance adored, faces that know me better than anyage, in 2006, I’d catch Lucid wherever and salesman never seemed to appeal to me, or body, faces dearly missed. to those other folks wanting a career of artis- whenever I could in the North Country, You see, living in Western North Carolina from mountainside in Lake Placid to tic or melodic merit. for the last three years or so sometimes beachside in Cumberland Head. For me, I remember those first few encounters makes me forget about my life before and many of my peers, as the years went with Lucid around Plattsburgh, at random Southern Appalachia. Haywood County is along, the band represented something shows here and there at coffee shops and my home these days, and will be. And yet, special, almost like what going to church is my existence back in my hometown feels so dive bars. I remember being out of high school, not yet 21, and sneaking into those for certain people. Every show was differalien to me, as if some long forgotten dusty ent, every set intricate and captivating, dive bars to see them play. At the time, it dream I only come across in the most every experience like a communion, where was a collage of sound, one that still ancient of slumbers. you were part of something, of a crowd of hadn’t found its footing or identity, but And all those beautiful things from the joyous human beings, all together to you knew that there was something there, starting line of my existence overflowed become part of something the cup of my soul on that riverbank in bigger than ourselves.

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On the beat ‘Music on the River’ series returns to Cherokee The ever-popular open-air summer concert series “Music on the River” begins May 22 and runs through Sept.

6. Concerts take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and occasionally on Sundays, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Admission is free.

Musical performances include rock ’n’ roll, blues, jazz, gospel and country, and take place near local eateries, shopping and downtown water features. The stage is located at the Cherokee Welcome Center on Tsali Boulevard.

This year’s lineup includes: May 22 — A36 Band, May 23-24 — Amazing Grace Ministries, May 29 — AM SuperStars, May 30 — John Emil Montagnino, June 5 — David Lambert, June 6 — A36 Band, June 12 — David Lambert, June 13 — Eastern Blue Band, June 19 — A36 Band, June 20 — AM SuperStars, June 26 — A36 Band, June 27 — David Lambert, July 3, 4 and 5 — Amazing Grace Ministries, July 10 — Eastern Blue Band, July 11 — A36 Band, July 17 — AM SuperStars, July 18 — An Evening with Elvis, July 24 — John Emil Montagnino, July 25 — AM SuperStars, July 31 — A36 Band, Aug. 1 — Eastern Blue Band, Aug. 7 — David Lambert, Aug. 8 — AM SuperStars, Aug. 14-15 — Eastern Blue Band, Aug. 21 — Alfred H. Lossiah, Aug. 22 — AM SuperStars, Aug. 28 — David Lambert, Aug. 29 — A36 Band, Sept. 4 — David Lambert, Sept. 5 — Amazing Grace Ministries (noon to 6 p.m.) and An Evening with Elvis (7 to 9 p.m.) and Sept. 6 — Amazing Grace Ministries.

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Lonesome River Band, Mountain Faith in Franklin Acclaimed bluegrass groups Lonesome River Band and Mountain Faith will perform at 7:30 p.m.

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During their career, Lonesome River Band has released 17 albums. Three of those were released in 2012 as the group celebrated its 30th anniversary. The band is currently celebrating its Billboard Top 10 Bluegrass Album, “Turn on a Dime.” Some of their most popular hits include, “Her Love Won’t Turn On A Dime,” “Perfume, Powder, and Lead” and “Angeline the Baker.”

The Lonesome River Band will play May 30 in Franklin. Donated photo Mountain Faith is an award-winning, accomplished bluegrass group based in Sylva. They have been traveling and singing together for 14 years and have a unique style that offers a variety of different genres of music including a great mix of both traditional and contemporary bluegrass, classic and modern country, folk, acoustic and contemporary gospel, and a little rhythm and blues.

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• BearWaters Brewing (Waynesville) will have Woody Pines (Americana) at 7 p.m. May 30. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602.

• Big Wesser BBQ (Nantahala Outdoor Center) will have Trees Leave (folk/rock) on May 22, The Freight Hoppers (Americana/bluegrass) May 23, Somebody’s Child (Americana/blues) May 24, Heidi Holton (blues/Americana) May 29 and The Whiskey Sticks (rock/Americana) May 30. All shows begin at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

• Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will have The Moon and You (jazz/classical) May 22, Joe Cruz (piano/pop) May 23, Arvie Bennett (Americana/rock) May 29 and Jacob Johnson (folk/funk) May 30. There will also be a W.O.W. (Women of Waynesville) free tasting from 6 to 8 p.m. May 20. All shows begin at 7 p.m.

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• Historic Cowee School (Franklin) will have Jonathan Bryd & The Pickup Cowboys (country/blues) at 7 p.m. May 23 as part of their concert series. $15 per person, $75 for a season pass. www.coweeschool.org.

• Derailed Bar & Lounge (Bryson City) will have The Ghost Peppers at 7 p.m. May 30.

Free. 828.488.8898.

• Harrah’s Cherokee will have Boston (classic rock) at 9 p.m. May 22. www.harrahscherokee.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night May 20 and 27, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo May 21 and 28. All events begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will have Soldier’s Heart (Americana/roots) May 22, The Kevin Prater Band (Americana) May 29 and Mangas Colorado (Americana/bluegrass) May 30. All shows are free and begin at 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Watt Tombstone (Americana/folk) May 20, Dirty Soul Revival (rock/blues) May 22, Darren & The Buttered Toast (soul/funk) May 23, Darrin Bradburry Band May 29 and Cross Road Redemption May 30. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m.

828.586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• O’Malley’s Pub & Grill will have karaoke with Chris Monteith May 22 and 29, Through the Hills (Americana/bluegrass) May 23, Rye Baby (Americana/bluegrass) May 24, Dustin Martin & The Ramblers (Americana) May 30 and Dave Darbbin May 31.

• Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will have a Lip Sync Battle 6:30 p.m. May 20, Louis-Virie Blanche May 22, Ronnie Evans May 23 and Gary Carter May 30. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• The Stompin’ Ground (Maggie Valley) is now open for live mountain music and dancing at 8 p.m. Saturday. 828.926.1288.

• The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will have The Josh Daniel/Mark Schimick Project (Americana/soul) at 7:45 p.m. May 21 (tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door), Lee Roy Parnell (country/blues) at 7:30 p.m. May 24 (tickets are $35) and Shana Tucker (jazz/soul) 7:30 p.m. May 30 (tickets $30 for adults, $25 students, $15 child). www.38main.com or 828.283.0079.

• Tipping Point Brewing (Waynesville) will have James Stinnett (singer-songwriter) May 22 and Ashli Rose (singer-songwriter) May 29. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m. www.tippingpointtavern.com.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will have Fish Out of Water (rock/funk) May 22-23. www.theuglydogpub.com.

• Water’n Hole Bar & Grille (Waynesville) will have Tonology (metal/hard rock) May 22 and Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter) May 23. All shows begin at 9:30 p.m.

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• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will have Chris Minick (singer-songwriter) May 21 and 28, Stone Crazy (classic rock) May 29 and Through the Hills (Americana/bluegrass) at 9 p.m. May 30. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

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• Concerts on the Creek (Sylva) at Bridge Park Pavilion will have Productive Paranoia (bluegrass/Americana) May 22 and Sundown (rock) May 29. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlovers.com.

• The Lost Hiker (Highlands) will have Porch 40 (rock/funk) May 23 and Randy Flat May 30. All shows are free and begin at 9 p.m.

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• Andrews Brewing Company will have Frank Lee (bluegrass/folk) 6 p.m. May 22, Mangas Colorado (Americana/bluegrass, $5) 7 p.m.

May 23, Through the Hills (Americana/bluegrass) May 29 and Guy Marshall (Americana/singer-songwriter, $5) May 30.

All shows are free, unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

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Cashiers Blues, Brew & BBQ festival

Rock/funk act Porch 40 will be performing at the Blues, Brew & BBQ festival in Cashiers on May 23. Garret K. Woodward photo The Blues, Brew and BBQ festival will be from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at the Village Green in Cashiers.

The event mixes local barbecue, craft beers and two of the most popular blues bands in the Southeast. Satulah Mountain Brewing Company of Highlands will be the featured brewery. Live music will be provided from 5 to 6:30 p.m. by Porch 40 (rock/funk)

and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. by The Shane Pruit Band (southern rock).

The festival is free, with donations accepted. Rain or shine. Personal coolers, food and pets are not permitted. Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket.

The festival is presented by the Greater Cashiers Area Merchants Association. www.visitcashiersvalley.com.

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A “BBQ & Brews Dinner Train” will be departing at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad depot in Bryson City.

The dinner features slow-cooked barbecue prepared fresh and beer tastings showcasing Nantahala Brewing Company. The train travels to the Fontana Trestle and arrives just around sunset for a spectacular view, then arrives back to the depot at 9 p.m.

The event is for ages 21 and over. Tickets start at $69. Additional beer will be available for purchase onboard the train. Admission to the Smoky Mountain Trains Museum is included with ticket purchase.

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The first Rockin’ Block Party of the summer will be at from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 23, in downtown Waynesville.

From 6 to 7 p.m., the “Kids on Main” will begin with several merchant sponsored hands-on activities, balloon twisting, face painting and a children’s area. Live music will follow at 7 p.m. with the 96.5 House Band on the south end, with Travers Brothership (blues/rock) on the north end in front of Tipping Point Brewing. There will also be food and craft vendors onsite.

As well, the Labor Day Rockin’ Block Party has been moved to Saturday, Sept. 19. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• PAWSitively Fun Kids Day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 30 at Riverfront Park in Bryson City. Live music, games, arts and crafts, refreshments, and more. Free. Rabies and pravo/distemper vaccines will also be

available for free. www.greatsmokies.com.

• A “Customer Appreciation Tasting” will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. May 30 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. Free tasting of nine wines celebrating Papou’s 9th anniversary. www.mountainlovers.com.

• “Community Day” will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 22, at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Depot in Bryson City.

Live music, free lunch, engine tours, free Dogwood tree seedlings. There will also be free admission to the train museum.

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• A “Tarheel Discount” for the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City will be given for local residents in Swain, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Graham, Clay and Cherokee counties. The discount is good for coach class or standard open-air gondola rides on the Nantahala Gorge and Tuckasegee River. Adults rides are $25, children $15. 800.872.4681, mention promo code “local discount.”

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The Cherokee Bonfire events will return on May 22. Donated photo

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The ceremonial Cherokee bonfires will kickoff the summer season from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 22, at the Ocoaluftee Island Park in Cherokee.

The bonfires will run every Friday and Saturday through Sept. 5, and also everyday from June 29 to July 4. Spend an evening with the Cherokee people by a roaring fire. Listen as Cherokee storytellers in period dress from the 17th century spin tales of days gone by, myths and mysteries passed down through the ages and talk of the history. Learn Cherokee survival skills and experience the dance.

Your hosts will provide light refreshments, which include marshmallows for roasting and drinks. Guests sit by the fire near the Oconaluftee riverside enjoying a unique and entertaining experience.

The bonfires are free and open to the public.

800.438.1601 or 828.359.6492 or friehusk@nc-cherokee.com.

The Smoky Mountain Sk8way & FUN ZONE has once again partnered with area teachers and specialists to offer a fun, affordable, healthy and safe summer day camp experience for kids who’ve finished kindergarten through sixth grade.

With “Skate, Learn, Play” as the theme, this year the summer camp has gone the extra mile to become an officially licensed camp by the State of North Carolina which allows them to accept subsidized payments from Southwestern Child Development. The Sk8way has also added a 5,000-square-foot outdoor park for the kids to play in, new games and activities and the Haywood County School System will provide nutritious breakfasts and lunches.

Activities will be both on site and off site. Every Monday a specialist will come in and give a class like hula hooping from Kelly Timco, self defense, creative dance, dog training, etc. Every Tuesday the campers head out for field trip day and visit places like the WNC Nature Center,

Bowling at Country Side Lanes, trips to the post office, fire station, library, movies, Cherokee, putt-putt and more.

There will also be a different field trip every week. Wednesdays are on site activities like roller skating games and skate lessons, arts and crafts, climbing wall, team building, and culinary fun, just to name a few. Every Thursdays is a trip to the Waynesville Recreation Center for swimming, a trip to the park and a picnic. Fridays are on site and the day the Sk8way invites other camps to join in for an afternoon of skating, games and inflatable fun.

The camp offers flexible scheduling to work with parent’s schedules and summer vacations.

Camp hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Full time enrollment (4-5 days a week) is $110 and part time is $90 (1-3 days a week).

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Leno to hit Harrah’s stage Comedy legend Jay Leno will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at Harrah’s Cherokee.

Before he became the host of the toprated “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” he honed his comedy in clubs all over the country, often exceeding 300 dates per year. He opened for the likes of Tom Jones and John Denver and, after moving to Los Angeles, began his career in television and film, both writing behind the scenes and making appearances on shows such as “Welcome Back, Kotter” and films including “American Hot Wax.” On March 2, 1977, Leno made his first appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and was named permanent guest host in 1987. While he took over the desk full-time in 1992, Leno never stopped touring on the comedy circuit and still averages over 150 gigs a year.

Leno has authored two New York Times best-selling children’s books, “How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World (or Just in Your Class)” and “If Roast

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The Unto These Hills outdoor drama will run at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday May 30 to Aug. 15 at the Mountainside Theater in Cherokee.

The acclaimed outdoor drama traces the Cherokee people through the eons, through the zenith of their power, through the heartbreak of the Trail of Tears, finally ending, appropriately, in the present day, where the Cherokee people, much like their newly rescripted drama, continue to rewrite their place in the world.

General admission tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under age 5. Reserved tickets also available.

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• “Magic Shows for Nepal” with Professor Whizzpop will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24 at Jack the Dipper in Sylva. There will also be a show later at 4 p.m. at the Waynesville location.

Donations will be accepted to be forwarded to on-the-ground workers in Nepal. dana.smith3@gmail.com.

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• The drama “The Drowsy Chaperon” will hit the stage at 7 p.m. May 29-30 and 3 p.m. May 31 at the Franklin High School Fine Arts Center. $8 for adults, $5 students. www.franklin-chamber.com.

• BearWaters Brewing (Waynesville) will have a comedy show at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 23. www.bwbrewing.com or 828.246.0602.

• An “On Broadway” recital will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 22 at Encore Dance in Sylva. Tickets sold at the door. Cash only.

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The work of photographer Barbara Sammons will be on display through May 29 at Gallery 86. www.barbarasammons.com

Photography, folk art exhibit at Gallery 86 A creative photography and folk art exhibit, “Memories — Past, Present and Future” will be showcased through May 29 in Gallery 86 at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville.

Works by Candler sisters, Barbara Sammons and Francine Menor, will be on display.

Sammons captures the past with a stunning collection of junkyard car, the present with a creative technique called “scanography,” which is the process of producing fine art photography with the use of a flat bed scanner. Menor’s folk art is representative of the future with her hand-painted growth charts.

All of the works are for sale, with proceeds from the exhibit to benefit CarePartners Foundation and CarePartners Hospice in memory of the sister’s mother, Irene Holloway. www.haywoodarts.org or 828.452.0593.

Cherokee festival showcases gourd crafts Gourd artists from around the world will again be ‘gathering’ at the 13th annual Gourd Artists Gathering and Art Festival May 29-31 in Cherokee.

Throughout the weekend, nearly 300 gourd artists will be participating in more than 100 scheduled workshops, demonstrations, mini-workshops, presentations and Q&A sessions. Gourd art Instructors and nationally acclaimed artists from around the

country have teamed up to provide a wide variety of techniques from their areas of expertise.

In addition to a variety of finished gourd art for sale, many art and craft supply vendors will be on hand with a variety of tools, books, patterns, accessories and other supplies which are used in many art forms, not only gourd art. There will be an auction Saturday evening, which features a wide variety of finished gourd art, raw gourds, gourdrelated items and other art.

The festival is free and open to the public. www.gourdgathering.net.

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A screening of the documentary “First Language: The Race to Save Cherokee” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

“First Language: The Race to Save Cherokee” is a documentary film about current efforts to revitalize the Cherokee language, a vessel of knowledge and identity for the Cherokee people. This film won the Best Public Service award at the 2014 American Indian Film Festival. The panel immediately following the movie will be made up of Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, the executive director of The Cherokee Preservation Foundation; Dr. Hartwell Francis, director of the Cherokee Language Program at WCU; Tom Belt, the Cherokee Language Program Coordinator; and possibly more.

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

Free. www.fontanalib.org or 828.586.2016.

• A gala and benefit auction will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. May 30 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown. Live entertainment, delicious food and traditional crafts. $25 per person. Proceed benefit the Folk School’s programs. 800.FOLK.SCH or www.folkschool.org.

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• The film “Dolphin Tale 2” will be screened at 7 p.m. May 22 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

Presented by the South Macon School. $5. www.greatmountainmusic.com.

• A “DIY @ The Library Presents: Glass Etching” class will be from 2 to 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 21, at the Waynesville Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 828.356.2507.

• There will be an After-School Art Adventure for children and students from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. May 20 and 24 at The Bascom in Highlands. Participants will work on individual and collaborative art projects. Free. www.thebascom.org.

• The Franklin Kid’s Creation Station will be from 10 a.m. to noon May 23 and 30 at the Uptown Gallery. There will also be a station from 10 a.m. to noon May 23 and 30 at The

• “American Sniper” (May 21 and 8:30 p.m.

May 23), “Songcatcher” (May 22), “Strange Magic” (2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. May 23), “Last of the Mohicans” (May 28), “Ballet 422” (May 29) and “The Fugitive” (May 30) will be screened at the Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Screenings are free and begin at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. There is also a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturdays. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

• “Still Alice” (May 22-June 3) will be screened at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. Every Friday and Saturday in May, “Dazed and Confused” will be shown for free at 9:30 p.m., with “Paddington” also for free every Saturday in May at noon and 2 p.m. For screening times, click on www.38main.com or call 828.283.0079.

• The Franklin After-School Art Adventure for children and students will be held from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. May 20 and 24 at the Uptown Gallery. Participants will work on individual and collaborative art projects. Free. www.thebascom.org.

• “Quilt Art by the Shady Ladies” will be May 29-31 at the Lake Logan Episcopal Church.

Over 100 handmade quilts will be on display.

Admission is $5. www.lakelogan.org or 828.456.8885.

• Potter Connie Hogan and local artist Toni Kender will be the featured artists for the month of May at Tunnel Mountain Crafts in Dillsboro. Both artists will be onsite from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 23, with Kender painting small magnets and Hogan demonstrating how to trim functional pottery pieces.

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• The “Come Paint with Charles Kidz Program” will be at 4 p.m. May 21 and 28 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. $20 per child. Materials and snacks included.

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Bascom in Highlands. www.thebascom.org or 828.349.4607 (Franklin) or 828.526.4949 (Highlands).

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• The Spring Into Summer Craft & Art Show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 22-23 at the Macon County Fairgrounds in Franklin.

Free admission and parking. Food by Roadside Eats. 828.349.4324.

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ome 30 years ago, I saw a disturbing film entitled “Koyaanisqatsi.” The title comes from a Hopi word meaning “unbalanced life.” Essentially, this film (which has no dialogue) consisted of disturbing images of our planet: abandoned cities, vistas of barren earth and surreal sequences in which our technology seemed out of control. When people appeared in the film, they seemed lonely, trapped and irrelevant. In recent years, I have often remembered those bizarre images when I watched the nightly Writer news (which is further evidence that “things are definitely unbalanced”).

This sense of a world in which natural laws seem out of control has become increasingly evident in recent Southern literature. We no longer have traditional stories in which our protagonists struggle against recognizable evil (alcohol, cancer, the Mafia, etc.). Suddenly, the antagonist is the Earth itself: indeed, it is as though a defiant Mother Nature has decided to rid herself of a deadly virus known as humanity. We have poisoned the ocean and destroyed the natural balance that once existed between the natural world and mankind. Perhaps it is time for us to go.

Writers like Cormac McCarthy, Mark Powell and Donald Woodrill have produced dark works that the critics described as “apocalyptic” and which depict humanity in full retreat before floods, cyclones, drought and holocausts.

Well, in the midst of all of this darkness and gloom, it is refreshing to find one gifted writer who prefers to view natural disasters with a dark, gothic humor. Jamie Kornegay, a gifted wordsmith (who operates a book store in Greenville, Mississippi) is blessed with a satirical eye and has crafted a tale that is intent on revealing a basic truth: it isn’t the flood, drought and cyclones that are wrecking lives in Madrid, Mississippi, it is the foolish, arrogant and pretentious behavior of his characters.

Let’s start with Jay Mitz, a new age farmer

who sold his home and moved his wife, Sandy, and their son, Jacob to a tract of land which he had hoped to convert into a hydroponic utopia: tomatoes and corn thriving on chemicals. A year later, a drought followed by

neighbors are spying on him and a half dozen government agencies have him “under surveillance.”

Without water, telephone or electricity, he ponders suicide. Then, when it seems that matters could not get worse ... they do. He finds a corpse washed up by the nearby river. Instead, of calling the police, Jay creates a wild fantasy in which the corpse has been “planted” and he is about to be arrested and charged with murder. What to do? Well, poor Jay decides to destroy the evidence. Cremate it. Grind it to dust.

Next comes Danny Shoals, a deputy in the Madrid Police Department, where he enjoys a privileged life since his uncle is the sheriff. Egotistical and vain, Danny wears tailored uniforms and spends a great deal of time tooling the dark roads of Bayard County in his souped-up 1976 Mustang (which he affectionalely calls “The Boss”) However, Danny is not looking for criminals. Danny is looking for women; specifically young naive waitresses and secretaries that he can lure into the Mustang’s seductive interior. He also has a video Soil by Jamie Kornegay. Simon & Schuster, 2015. 368 pages. camera and has become an adept peeping tom ... a flood has left Jay bankrupt. His wife has left at least until a local beautician fresh from her him, taking his son and she has moved to shower spotted the little red light on his camtown where she now teaches school. The expe- era outside her bathroom window. Currently, rience has left Jay paranoid, and as he slogs he is planning the seduction of Sandy Mitz, through the mud of his farm, he becomes the school teacher who is living with her son increasingly paranoid, imagining that his in an apartment in Madrid. Danny is sure she

is lonely and much in need of his comfort.

Now about Sandy Mitz, who is the only character in Soil that is deserving of sympathy. Sandy is that rare thing, a dedicated teacher, and she still cares for her misguided husband, Jay. She is torn between cutting all ties with Jay, returning to the ruined farm and trying to salvage both her marriage and the wrecked farm. Her father is in intensive care at the local hospital and Sandy finds herself rushing from work to the hospital to her apartment with never enough time.

Is she aware of Danny Shoals, the young deputy who fancies himself a stud? Well, barely. She knows that he is out there in the dark, making countless trips by her apartment where he inquires about her welfare. Does Danny know about Sandy’s husband? Oh, yes, but considers him a “nut case” that spends much of his time wading through the muck along the river and burning refuse.

There you have it. These three characters and their interaction provide much of the excitement and humor for this gothic novel. There are other characters of course, including an eccentric senior citizen named Leavenger, who navigates the muddy fields and roads on crutches and spends much of his time searching for the “crazed psychopath” who killed his dog. That would be Jay Mitz, who doesn’t know that in this instance, his paranoia is justified.

There are other characters, all deftly defined, such as Desdemona, the AfricanAmerican secretary in Sheriff Shoals’ office who observes the goings and comings of Danny Schoals with a cynical wit; there are escaped convicts and “missing persons” who appear and disappear with regularity, and a gaggle of teenagers who have converted the flooded fields into a mud race track. In addition, there are a number of non-human characters who appear with regularity, including a crocodile and a turkey buzzard.

This marvelous book resembles the Southern Gothic novels of the past such as the classic Eternal Fire by Calder Willingham. Deputy Danny Schoals appears to be a direct descendant of Willingham’s colorful seducer, a villain named Harry Diadem.

(Gary Carden is a writer and storyteller. He can be reached at gcarden498@aol.com.)

Novel discusses historical discrimination Meta Commerse will present her work The Mending Time at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

The book is an intergenerational, layered story of overcoming cycles and effects of violence and separation in the legacy of slavery. For three generations, the novel follows two families on the South Side of Chicago, taking an intricate look at the effects of historic discrimination, struggle, migration and urban life on these African descended people. Its nugget culminates inside the story, imagination and resilience of the child whose birth joins these two families.

Commerse is a native Chicagoan, raised in the black arts movement. She is the daughter of two artists, award-winning author of six books and one play, all focused on family violence prevention and healing.

She is certified wellness practitioner, and an adjunct professor of history and English in Asheville. She is also an instructor at Haywood Community College. www.blueridgebooksnc.com.

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Writer Kirk Thomas will read from his new poetry collection Miscellaneous Musings and Other Odd Thoughts: The Desert Poem at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

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Sapphire author Edward Fahey will present his third novel The Gardens of Ailana at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 22, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

The book explores the metaphysical, the idea that there are places on this planet not confined to the logic of men or limitations of science. In this modern-day fictional tale, four people with very different backgrounds, each scarred by a horrific childhood, meet at a place of healing where one’s most crippling darkness must be faced down. In the rubble of their lives and broken spirits they learn that in their weaknesses lie their most profound strengths. In their festering wounds they find hope.

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WCU student awarded prestigious fellowship Channa De Silva (left) discusses research in simulating molecular behaviors with students Christian Jensen and Joshua Rickard. WCU photo

WCU researchers making their mark Scientific work by professors and students at Western Carolina University is earning recognition and winning research money. The Cullowhee campus, already recognized for its outdoor opportunities, is making an impact on several environmental fronts. Here are three recent examples of that work.

Professor studies radioactive waste cleanup Channa De Silva studies the tiny “nano” particles that play a role in big problems as he carries out his teaching and research.

For a lesson in the environmental sciences, the Western Carolina University assistant professor of chemistry takes students outdoors to collect tailpipe exhaust and measure the nitrous oxide levels in auto emissions. One of his laboratory activities involves a study of nanoparticles as small as one billionth of a meter for their potential beneficial use in bacteria-resistant

Shorelines program receives grant to conduct coastal workshops

Western Carolina University’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines has begun a series of workshops in the Caribbean and Latin America aimed at coastal vulnerability.

The workshops are being funded by a grant from the National Park Service, which WCU has worked with for more than 10 years on a variety of projects. It was only natural that the PSDS was selected to conduct the workshops, said Rob Young, program director.

“The Department of Interior and the National Park Service are trying to communicate with some of their international partners, people who manage park lands in Central America, to work with them on some of the similar kinds of topics we’ve been working on with the National Park Service,” Young said. “Things like how will you protect your park’s natural resources and infrastructure from factors such as coastal storms, and hazards and climate change? As a part of their effort, we’ve been asked to participate in, and help organize, several workshops in the Caribbean and Central America.”

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Shortly after receiving the grant in April, two members of PSDS, coastal research scientists Katie McDowell Peek and Blair Tormey, who is also a faculty member in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources, went to Jamaica to conduct a five-day workshop.

They shared two of the projects they’ve been involved with in the U.S. — a natural resource vulnerability assessment that was done on Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia, and a protocol they are currently working on that deals with climate change vulnerability of infrastructure within national parks.

“They were extremely interested in this protocol we were creating for calculating vulnerability because they have quite a bit of vulnerability to coastal hazards in Jamaica, being an island nation,” Peek said. “They also have a lot of structures close to the ocean. They really thrive on coastal tourism.”

The workshop was held at Discovery Bay Marine Lab, while the team also visited Runaway Bay in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. While there are no immediate plans, Young said the team likely will conduct future workshops at additional locations in Jamaica, as well as other countries such as Panama. www.psds-wcu.org.

Western Carolina University junior Marissa Taylor has received a prestigious EPA fellowship that includes a summer internship and pays for her final two years of college.

Only 34 of the fellowships are conferred by the EPA to undergraduate students across the nation.

“I had already been doing some work with the Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Facility, so I was able to put together a research narrative,” Taylor said.

“I am provided with $22,000 to use for tuition, which equals $11,000 for each of my final two years here at WCU,” Taylor said.

“There is also a $5,000 expense allowance, which I can use for things like laboratory supplies, equipment and travel to conferences.

The final $23,000 is a stipend, which I use for my living expenses. The stipend also supports my living expenses over the summer.”

Taylor’s internship will take place in San Francisco, California, this summer.

“I will spend 12 weeks working on a project titled ‘Community Air Toxics,’” she said.

“My project will focus on air pollution risk reduction in communities. Specifically, I will be working with near-road air pollution and wood and coal stoves, particularly with tribal communities.

“After graduation, my dream is to work with the Environmental Protection Agency. I also plan to earn a masters of public health degree. I am very interested in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health and environmental justice.”

Her current project is a partnership between the laboratory at WCU and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Biology Department and focusing on mosquitoes related to LaCrosse encephalitis, a disease regularly found in residents of Western North Carolina. Taylor gave a work-inprogress talk about the project for WCU’s Undergraduate Expo along with her lab partner, Makensey Campbell.

“As I go forward in my career at WCU, I plan to always be involved in undergraduate research,” Taylor said.

Rain barrels for sale by HWA food-grade containers and fitted with a bug screen and connections for a garden hose, overflow pipes, or to connect multiple barrels in series. Display models are at the Cooperative Extension office (589 Raccoon Road in Waynesville) where they can also be purchased.

The cost for each barrel is $80.25, which includes sales tax.

Each barrel captures 650 gallons of stormwater per year on average and also helps keep pollutants, such as airborne nitrogen, from getting into streams. Over their estimated 30-year lifespan, they have a value of $880 in terms of nitrogen removal and potable water savings.

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The program offers opportunities for 50 faculty members from smaller universities to engage in research with some of the nation’s top scientists and engineers and to use instruments and supercomputers at national labs. De Silva spent two weeks in Richland, Washington, with scientists in the Pacific Northwest’s environmental molecular sciences lab.

“This was an opportunity for some meaningful research with the scientists and to bring some knowledge and skills back to work with students on similar projects. For me, it was like being a student again,” he said.

Winner of WCU’s 2014 Hunter Scholar Award, De Silva plans to co-author a paper on the research findings with Ping Yang, chief scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, who worked with him at the Pacific Northwest lab in May. He also will make a presentation in Memphis, Tennessee, in November at the Southeast regional meeting of the American Chemical Society.

“It’s motivating for our students to see what these scientists are doing and to understand that what they learn in their classes has applications,” he said. “It helps them to know that we can all be part of a team where everyone works together to solve important problems.”

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His recent research, a computer-based project that won a WCU Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award of $5,000 in March, focuses on a monumental task at the molecular level – the cleanup of radioactive waste.

“Nuclear energy is very efficient for electric power and also for use in medicine,” De Silva said. “Nuclear power plants generate nuclear waste. One of our great challenges is to develop novel technologies to remove radioactive waste from the power plants.”

De Silva will spend the summer analyzing computer data generated through a yearlong collaboration with scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy. The project involved computerized simulations of molecules with a large number of atoms in a study of their physical properties and behaviors. The goal is to develop selective organic compounds, known as “extracting agents,” to find and grab radioactive uranium metals left in the wastewater at the plants so that they can be safely removed and disposed.

A native of Sri Lanka who joined the WCU faculty in 2010, De Silva began work on the project in May 2014 when he was selected for a Visiting Faculty Fellowship sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Science.

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Two tracts of land with headwater streams have been placed in conservation easements with the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.

The Icy Cliff Knob easement is for 265 acres in the Little Sandy Mush Community of Madison County. It protects forestland with biological diversity and the headwaters of Morrow Branch, which flows into Sandy Mush Creek, a major tributary of the French Broad River.

The Early View easement is for 108 acres near Worley’s Cove in Big Sandy Mush. It protects headwater tributaries of Sandy Mush Creek, as well as scenic views and 39 acres of agricultural land.

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The Swain Soil and Water Conservation District is in the process of creating a mobile, walk-through exhibit focusing on soil resources. Soil resources are often not presented to the same caliber as other natural resources, and are frequently overlooked or abused. The Swain Soil and Water Conservation District hopes that the Mobile Soil Exhibit will fill a void in soil resources education and will be an effective teaching tool for all ages. The exhibit will be available for use across the western region of the state and will make appearances at The Mountain State Fair, the Regional and State Envirothon, and Conservation Field Days. To learn more about the Mobile Soil Exhibit, contact Lauren at lauren.casey@swaincountync.gov or call 828.488.8803 ext. 101.

The fascinating and complex world of carnivorous plants is the subject of the newest exhibit at the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville.

“Savage Gardens” opens Memorial Day weekend and runs through Sept. 7. The exhibit will offer both real and interpretive examples of carnivorous plants, including the infamous Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia). The nationally-known traveling exhibit was developed and created by Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Tork, Inc. Savage Gardens demonstrates the many wonders of carnivorous plants and how they lure, catch, kill and digest insects as part of their feeding process. The American Pitcher Plant, for example, offers a narcotic nectar causing intoxicated patrons to take a clumsy tumble into a pool of digestive enzymes. The similar approach of some larger varieties of the Tropical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes) has been known to even cap-

A workshop on “Close-up Outdoor Photography” will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 30 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education.

The workshop is hosted by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Learn the settings and techniques for getting the closest, sharpest images of the fascinating world of tiny plants and animals. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a camera.

The Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is located on U.S. 276 south of the Parkway in Transylvania County.

Free, but pre-registration required. 828.877.4423 or www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/EducationCenters/Pisgah/EventRegistration.aspx

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As an addition to the traveling exhibit, the Arboretum will have live carnivorous plants onsite in its Baker Exhibit Center Greenhouse. Venus flytrap plants will also be available for purchase at the Arboretum’s Connections Gallery gift shop. The indoor exhibit will be open daily from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. inside the Arboretum’s Baker Exhibit Center and its outdoor components will be located on the upper-level grounds outside of the Exhibit Center during regular visiting hours.

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Ride to support Good Samaritan The Good Samaritan Cycle is a threeday bike ride to raise awareness about ongoing healthcare needs in the community and to support the work of the clinic.

Clinic supporters plan to ride a combined 427 miles over three days from May 29-31 through areas the clinic serves. The total mileage of each rider is 106.75 miles, so the four-person team will ride 427 miles.

That number — 427 — is the number of patients the clinic served in 2014.

The cycle will begin in Andrews and end at the Good Samaritan Clinic in Sylva. Good Samaritan is a free health clinic that provides care for those with limited income who are ineligible for Medicaid. It serves patients in Jackson, Macon, Swain, Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties.

Rider include the deputy director of the North Carolina Association of Free Clinics, Mark Scheer; Dr. Dale Brotherton, head of the Department of Human Services; Will Pfeiffer, a member of WCU Cycling Club; and Ron Huff, owner of Bicycle Underground in Sylva.

Gene Perrotta will be bringing up the rear, representing the clinic as a former board chairman and clinic volunteer.

The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society has two May outings planned.

Curtis Smalling and Michelle Styring will lead a trip to Gorges State Park on May 23. Smalling is the state Audubon Director of Land Bird Conservation. Expect to see Swainson’s and worm-eating warblers among other birds on this trip.

Meet at Highlands Town Hall at 7:30 a.m. or at the new Cashiers Recreation Center lot at 8 a.m.

A car birding trip along Rich Gap Road will be led by Brock Hutchins on May 30.

Expect to see tanagers, red-tailed hawks, black-throated green warblers and more. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org or 828.526.1939.

Bird walk hosted by the LTLT Bird expert Jack Johnston will lead a birding outing on the Land Trust for the Little Tennessee’s Gibson Bottoms property from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on May 29.

Hikers will search for and identify bird species. This event is for people over 12 years old. Bringing water and binoculars are encouraged. Space is limited to 20 people.

Preregister with Sharon Burdette at sburdette@ltlt.org.

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Raptor presentation coming to Highlands One of the Southeast’s premier raptor presentations, “Wings to Soar,” will bring birds of prey to the old gym of the Highlands School in what is described as an entertaining and informative program at 7 p.m. on May 26.

John Stokes and Dale Kernahan are professional presenters at Rock City during the summer, late spring and early fall and will provide a fun-filled evening designed to entertain and educate about nature and birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, owls and falcons.

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Doris Mager, both John and Dale are creating their own legacy with Wings to Soar.

They have been deeply involved in the rehabilitation of a variety of birds of prey, including an American Bald Eagle who lost a wing and is now involved in their educational programs. Also, restoration of peregrine falcons has been a cooperative endeavor with Rock City where seven captive hatched falcons have been released into the wild.

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Western Carolina University will offer educational demonstrations and workshops covering everything from knot-tying and orienteering to campfire cooking at Asheville’s 15th annual Mountain Sports Festival, which will be held Friday, May 22, through Sunday, May 24, in the city’s Carrier Park.

WCU is a sponsor for the festival, which typically attracts 15,000 outdoor recreation enthusiasts to Asheville each spring to participate in a variety of events and enjoy gear demonstrations, music, food and craft beer.

WCU was recently named the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic’s “Top Adventure College” for the second year in a row by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine as a result of academic programming that incorporates the great outdoors. That includes off-campus adventures organized by WCU’s Base Camp Cullowhee, which will offer family friendly rock climbing trips in conjunction with Mountain Sports Festival.

Registration is ongoing for Saturday and Sunday rock climbing excursions to Rumbling Bald at Chimney Rock State Park.

The group will depart from the festival site at 10 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Participants must be at least 14 years old, and the charge of $30 per person, includes transportation,

equipment and instruction, and permits for Chimney Rock State Park. Registration and more information is available by visiting basecamp.wcu.edu and clicking on “Events and Registration.”

Representatives from WCU’s Base Camp and the Parks and Recreation Management Program will be on hand to offer a series of mini-workshops at the university’s festival booth, and WCU’s nursing students and faculty will lend support at the first-aid tent.

Admission to the Mountain Sports Festival is free. More festival information is available at mountainsportsfestival.com.

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Participants pay an $11 entry fee to compete for $10,000 in tagged fish in the Oconaluftee River and other Cherokee waters. The waters have been stocked with specially tagged fish that you redeem for cash prizes based on the color of the tag.

The tournament is open to all ages and for all legal fishing methods.

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WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Oconaluftee Indian Village, which replicates 18thcentury Cherokee Life, is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday through Oct. 17 in Cherokee.

More info at visitcherokeenc.com.

• Spring rabies clinics will be held throughout Haywood County from 5-6:30 p.m. this week. Locations are as follows: May 20 at Hazelwood Elementary; May 21 at Riverbend Elementary School; and May 22 at Jonathan Valley Elementary School. $9 per vaccine. 456.5338 or 452.6682 or visit www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/rabies.

• A Taste of Local event will be held from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on May 21 at the Waynesville Ingles Stores.

• A community day at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad is scheduled for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 22 in Bryson City. Music, free lunch, engine tours, raffles, free admission to museum and free dogwood tree seedlings.

• A public art dedication featuring a piece entitled “La Femme” will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 22 at the intersection of Wall and North Main Streets in Waynesville. Public invited; light refreshments will be served. Ann Melton at 452.2500.

• The Historic Tax Credit Tour of historical buildings in Sylva will take place starting at 1 p.m. on May 22 with N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kulttz, Sylva Mayor Maurice Moody and other elected leaders. Tour starts at Jackson County Public Library Atrium.

• American Legion Post 104 will provide a Memorial Day ceremony beginning at noon on May 25 at the Veterans Memorial Fountain located at the foot of the Old Jackson County Court House. All Jackson County veterans deceased since Memorial Day 2014 will be listed in the program and will be honored in a solemn Post Everlasting ritual that will conclude the ceremony as Taps is played.

• The Fines Creek Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual budget hearing at 7 p.m. May 28 at the fire station in Clyde. Public input is welcome.

• Bingo will be held at 5:45 p.m. every Thursday from May 28-Sept. 3 in the pavilion next to Maggie Valley Town Hall. $50 coverall prize each week. Beverly Stone at 926.7630.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • “Business Owner’s Roundtable: SEO Demystified” will be held from 8:30-10 a.m. on May 20 through Haywood Community College’s Small Business Center. Sbc.haywood.edu or 627.4512.

• A basic Internet class will be offered at 5:45 p.m. on May 20 at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Free. Register or get more info at 586.2016.

• A celebration of Haywood Family Eye Care’s renovated space is set for 11 a.m. on May 21 in Waynesville.

Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings

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• Ducks on the Tuck, the primary fundraiser for New Century Scholars, is set for 1 p.m. on May 23 at Riverfront Park in Bryson City. Adopt a rubber duck for $5 or six for $25; first duck to cross finish line wins a 50-inch flat screen Insignia TV. Other prizes include rafting and zipline tickets and other gift certificates.

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• Smoky Mountain High School’s “Mustang Classic” Golf Tournament will be held June 23 at Balsam Mountain Preserve. All proceeds benefit the high school’s athletic department. Hole-in-One contest for a 2015 Ford Mustang sponsored by Andy Shaw Ford. $135 per player; four-man Captain’s Choice format. Adam Phillips (508.2158) or Buddy Parton (507.5066).

• A yard sale to benefit the Beaverdam Community Center is scheduled for 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 23 in Canton. Inside spaces are $10 each; outside spaces are $5 apiece. 648.0002.

• Fourth-annual Fashion Show and Luncheon, a fundraiser for United Christian Ministries, is set for Saturday, May 23, at Sylva First Baptist Church Mission and Fellowship Center. Tickets are $15 each and on sale now at Krismart Fashions. 586.6144.

• Earthquake relief fundraisers for Nepal featuring magic by Professor Whizzpop are scheduled for May 24 at Jack the Dipper’s ice cream shops in Waynesville and Sylva. The Sylva store’s show is at 2 p.m.; Waynesville’s is at 4 p.m. Jack the Dipper will donate 10 percent of the day’s ice cream sales to the cause. Dana Smith at dana.smith3@gmail.com.

• Canton Clean-up Day is scheduled for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on May 29. Call 648.2363 for info on how to volunteer.

• A yard sale is set for 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 30 at Crabtree United Methodist Church in Clyde to benefit KARE. To donate items contact Jennifer Rowland at 712.4733 or 456.8995.

• Clyde Elementary PTO is selling Asheville Tourists baseball tickets for $6 each through May. This is a discount of $2/adult and $1/child, Tickets can be used at all games except for Thursday games, July 3rd and playoff games. ptoclydeelementary@gmail.com or 6272206.

• Friends of the Library Book Sale Committee needs books for its annual sale on July 23-25. Books can be picked up at your home. Call Sandy Denman at 627.2370.

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• A red ribbon cutting and open house celebration for Recaptured Charm is set for 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 23 at Shoppes on the Green in Cashiers. Food, drinks and entertainment.

• A Ladies Night Out program on the topic of “Don’t Let Arthur In – Arthritis” will be offered at 4 and 6 p.m. on May 26 at Angel Medical Center in Franklin.

• Relay for Life of Franklin hot dog lunch and bake sale

• Red Cross is holding a blood drive in honor of World Blood Donor Day from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on June 3 at State Employees Credit Union in Franklin.

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• A Men’s Night Out program entitled “General Health and Screenings” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on May 26 in the third-floor video conference room of Angel Medical Center in Franklin. Info: 349.6887 or 349.2426.

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Blood Donor Day from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on June 3 at Haywood Regional Medical Center Health and Fitness Center in Waynesville. 800.733.2767.

• Registration is under way for Haywood County Recreation & Parks’ adult summer soccer league, which will have games on Monday and Wednesday evenings from June 8-July 26. Deadline is May 20. 452.6789 or drtaylor@haywoodnc.net.

• An Open House and Franklin Chamber Mingle is set for 5-7 p.m. on May 21 at the Franklin Health & Fitness Center. Door prizes, hors d’oeuvres, drinks, membership specials, complimentary massages. RSVP to 524.3161.

• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College offers a free seminar titled “Sell Like an Entrepreneur” from 6-9 p.m. on May 26 in HCC’s auditorium. Visit sbc.haywood.edu or call 627.4512.

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• A Memory Care caregiver education class is set for Tuesdays from 3:30-6 p.m. on May 26-June 30, at the Haywood Senior Resource Center. Sessions are designed to improve caregiver understanding of different aspects of dementia care. Instructor is Dr. Lisa Verges. $85, scholarships available. To register contact MemoryCare at 771.2219 or office@memorycare.org.

• Red Cross is holding a blood drive in honor of World

POLITICAL CORNER • Jackson County Board of Commissioners Chair Brian McMahan will be special guest at the upcoming annual legislative breakfast at 8:30 a.m. on May 21 at the Zookeeper Bistro in Cashiers. Hot breakfast buffet is $20 for members of the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce; $25 for nonmembers. RSVP at info@cashiersareachamber.com or 743.5191.

• The Jackson County Chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring a workshop on “Are You Ready for Voter ID?” from 68 p.m. on May 29 in the Jackson County Library’s Community Room. The 90-minute program will be followed by free pizza and soft drinks. Joyce Stratton at 682.478.8839 or Roger Turner at 586.1508.

• Information about new voting laws will be presented

by Darlene Azarmi, an organizer for Democracy North Carolina, at 2:30 p.m. on May 30, at Jones Temple A.M.E. Zion in Waynesville. 400.5475.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • A blend of contemporary and traditional worship traditions will be presented at 10:30 a.m. on May 31 at First United Methodist Church in Sylva. Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. 586.2358.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES • A class on Excel will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. each Wednesday till May 27 at Haywood Senior Resource Center.

KIDS & FAMILIES • A series of swim classes for children ranging from ages six months to teens will be offered through Western Carolina University’s Office of Continuing and Professional Education on weekdays in the late spring and summer in the Reid Gymnasium Pool in Cullowhee.

For help determining appropriate swim groups, parents can contact Mike Creason at 293.5364. $75 for ages six years and older; $55 for children between six months and five years old. http://swim.wcu.edu or 227.7397.

• There will be an After-School Art Adventure for children and students from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. May 20 and 24 at The Bascom in Highlands. Free. www.thebascom.org.

• The Franklin After-School Art Adventure for children and students will be held from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. May 20 and 24 at the Uptown Gallery. Free. www.thebascom.org.

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• Free sports physicals are being offered by Harris Regional Hospital and Swain County Hospital from 3-6 p.m. on May 20 at Swain County High School for Swain High School and Swain Middle School. 586.7934.

• Free sports physicals are being offered by Harris Regional Hospital and Swain County Hospital from 1-4 p.m. on May 21 at Robbinsville High School’s gym for Robbinsville High School and Robbinsville Middle School. 586.7934.

• The “Come Paint with Charles Kidz Program” will be at 4 p.m. May 21 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. $20 per child. 538.2054.

• The Franklin Kid’s Creation Station will be from 10 a.m. to noon May 23 at the Uptown Gallery. There will also be a station from 10 a.m. to noon May 23 at The Bascom in Highlands. www.thebascom.org or 349.4607 (Franklin) or 526.4949 (Highlands).

• Kids on Main festivities will be held from 6-7 p.m.

May 23 along Main Street in Waynesville in conjunction with the downtown block party. Shops are sponsoring hands-on activities, balloon twisting, face painting, and a children’s area. downtownwaynesville.com or 456.3517 • Nature Nuts: Salamanders, a program about local species, is set for 9-11 a.m. on May 23, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. For ages 4-7. 877.4423.

• “Eco Explorers: Bird watching,” a program that shows you distinguishing characteristics of birds at backyard feeders and in the woods, is set for 1-3 p.m. on May 23, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. For ages 8-13. 877.4423 • Teens Cook! – a Haywood County Public Library program – offers teens the opportunity to learn how to make healthy, tasty snacks at 3:30 p.m. on May 26 at the Waynesville Library, and at 4 p.m. on May 27, at Canton Branch Library. Free. Sign up by calling 356.2512 (Waynesville) or 648.2924 (Canton).

• Family Fly Fishing Day, an opportunity to learn the basics of fly-fishing, is from 9 a.m.-noon on May 26 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest.

877.4423. Ages 8 and up.

• Free sports physicals are being offered by Harris Regional Hospital and Swain County Hospital from 1-5 p.m. on June 2 at Blue Ridge School Gym for Blue Ridge School and Highlands School. 586.7934.

• Stop by the Macon County Public Library to sign up for its summer reading program. Program runs from June 14-Aug. 22.

• A beginning baseball program for 3-4 year olds is offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays till May 28 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For info, contact Donald Hummel at 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov. Register at the Waynesville Recreation Center.

KIDS CAMPS • Registration is now under way for a summer basketball camp for boys and girls that is being offered for third through ninth grades at Waynesville Recreation Center. The camp will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, June 29-July 2. $135 for fullday camp; $90 for half-day. $25 deposit required.

Register at Waynesville Recreation Center. Kevin Cantwell at academy7@live.com.

• Registration for summer camp at Waynesville Parks and Recreation has started. Camp dates are June 8-

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Aug. 14 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Camp is from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays except for the week of July 4, when camp meets only four days. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov.

• A summer volleyball camp will be held for students entering fourth through 12th grades from 9 a.m.-noon from June 15-18 at the Waynesville Recreation Center.

Camp director is Amy Mull, Haywood Christian Academy’s head volleyball coach. Cost is $75 for those who register by June 1 or $90 after June 1. For info or to register, contact Mull at amull@haywoodchristianacademy.org.

• A Summer Day Camp experience for ages 6-to-11 will be offered by Cullowhee United Methodist Church from June 19-Aug. 7. $75 registration fee due by June 19. Program is $650 for the summer, $95 per week or $25 per day. Call 293.9215 or visit http://www.cullowheeumc.org/summer-camp-2015/.

• A TetraBrazil Soccer Camp will be offered for Academy, Challenge or Classic Level players from ages 8-15 from June 22-26 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Half-day camp times are from 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. at a cost of $156 per camper.

Full-day camp is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at a cost of $208 per camper. $10 late fee for campers registering within 10 days of the start date. Info at 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Registrations are now being accepted for the 2015 Innovative Basketball Training Summer Camp, which will be taught by longtime coach Derek Thomas from 9 a.m.-noon on July 6-9 at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Thomas was a head coach for 32 years and won 425 games. Cost is $100, or a $50 deposit can reserve a spot. For info, call Thomas at 246.2129.

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• The Swain Soil & Water Conservation District will host a five-day Environmental Summer Camp for rising seventh and eighth graders in Swain County from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on July 20-24. $25 per student.

Scholarships available on as-needed basis. Register by contacting Lauren Casey at lauren.casey@swaincountync.gov or call 488.8803, ext. 101.

KIDS MOVIES • “Strange Magic” will be screened on May 23 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

• The film “Dolphin Tale 2” will be screened at 7 p.m.

May 22 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. $5. www.greatmountainmusic.com.

22-24 at Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.

Maggievalleyrallys.com or 336.643.1367.

• Concerts on the Creek will be held from 7-9 p.m. every Friday from May 22-Aug. 28 at Bridge Park in Sylva. Free, open to the public. Donations accepted.

Complete concert listing at www.mountainlovers.com.

800.962.1911.

• Satulah Mountain Brewing Company will be the featured brewery at the Blues/Brew/BBQ Festival from 59 p.m. on May 23 at the Village Green in Cashiers. visitcashiersvalley.com.

• Blues, Brews & BBQ is set for May 23 at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers. www.visitcashiersvalley.com.

• A Downtown Waynesville Block Party will be held May 23. Kids activities will be scattered along main Street 6-7 p.m., with live music kicking off at 7 p.m.

Three stages will feature the 96.5 House Band, Blue Ridge Big Band with big band music, and Travers Brothership soulful blues, rock, funk jazz. downtownwaynesville.com or 456.3517.

• Gourd artists gathering is scheduled for May 28-31 at Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds.

• Discounted advance ticket prices for the Cherokee Bluegrass Festival are available through May 29.

Tickets for the three-day event, which is June 4-6 in Cherokee, are $35 for a single day ($40 at gate) or $90 for the entire event ($95 at gate). Children ages 7-13 cost $15 for a day or $45 for three days ($50 at gate). Children under six are free. Tickets available online at www.adamsbluegrass.com. Info: 706.864.7203 or 497.9204.

• Spring into Summer Craft and Art Show will be held from 10 a.m. To 5 p.m. May 22-23 at the Macon County Fairgrounds, 441 South, Franklin. Free admission. Local crafters with unique handmade crafts.

828.349.4324.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT

• Papertown Country Music & Dance Parlor is from 710 p.m. on Saturdays at 61-1/2 Main Street in Canton. $8. 736.8925.

• Raymond Fairchild, John Locust, Freddy Haney, and Danny Blythe playing at Maggie Valley Opry House at 8 p.m. on May 22-23. $12. Raymondfairchild.com or 926.9336.

• Music and Clogging is held from 8-10:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays at the Stomping Ground at 3116 Soco Road in Maggie Valley. 926.1288.

• Historic Cowee School (Franklin) will have Jonathan Bryd & The Pickup Cowboys (country/blues) at 7 p.m.

May 23 as part of their concert series. $15 per person, $75 for a season pass. www.coweeschool.org.

• Guitarist, singer and songwriter Lee Roy Parnell plays Texas roots-music at 7:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Strand in Waynesville. $35 all seats.

• “Stranger on a Mule,” Appalachian fiddle music and storytelling with Bruce Greene, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on May 26 at Village Green in Cashiers. Free.

• Sundown (rock) will perform as part of Concerts on the Creek from 7-9 p.m. on May 29 at Bridge Park in Sylva. 800.962.1911.

• “Music on the River” concert series will feature AM SuperStars from 7-9 p.m. on May 29 in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com; or contact Frieda Huskey at 359.6492.

• A musical concert featuring local band Mangas Colorado (rock, outlaw country, bluegrass, folk) is set for 6:30 p.m. on May 21 in the community room of the Jackson County Library. Free. 586.2016.

• Legendary comedian Jay Leno will perform at 7:30 p.m. on May 30 at Harrah’s Cherokee Resort Event Center. Tickets start at $43. Ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000.

• Harrah’s Cherokee will have Boston (classic rock) at 9 p.m. May 22. www.harrahscherokee.com.

• Unto These Hills Drama is performed at 7 p.m. every night except Sundays from May 30 through Aug. 15 at the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee. Laura Blythe at 497.1126.

• Free family movies are shown at 3:30 p.m. each Tuesday at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. Disney, Hallmark and other family-oriented movies. 488.3030.

• “Music on the River” concert series will feature A36 band from 7-9 p.m. on May 22 in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com

• Family movie time, 4 p.m. Mondays at Jackson County Public Library. Call for title of movie.

586.2016.

• An “On Broadway” recital will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 22 at Encore Dance in Sylva. Tickets sold at the door. Cash only.

• Family movie time Thursdays, 3:45 p.m. at Albert Carlton, Cashiers Community Library. Call for title.

743.0215.

• The Smoky Mountain Community Theatre presents its production of “The Carol Burnett Show Skits” at 7:30 p.m. on May 22-24, May 29-31 and June 1 in Bryson City. Tickets: $10 adults; $5 for students from 6-18; free for children under 6. Toby Allman at 488.8227 or 488.8103 or visit www.smctheatre.com.

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• Pickin’ in the Park is from 7-10 p.m. on Fridays at the Canton Rec Park. Free. Cantonnc.com or 648.2363.

• The Josh Daniel/Mark Schimick Project (bluegrass, soul, reggae, rock n’ roll) performs at 7:45 p.m. on May 21 at the Strand in Waynesville. $10 in advance; $12 at door.

• “Paddington” will be screened each Saturday in May at noon and 2 p.m. for free at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. www.38main.com or 283.0079.

FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

• Bogart’s Live Bluegrass/String Band is at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at 303 S. Main Street in Waynesville.

452.1313.

• Singer-songwriter and cellist Shana Tucker will perform genre-blending ChamberSoul™ on May 30 at the Strand in Waynesville. $30 adult, $25 student, $15 child.

• “Freedom Rocks the Square,” a free concert featuring pop hits of the 1950s-80s, will be held at 7 p.m. on May 22 on the Franklin Town Square gazebo (weather permitting). Music by C-Square. Info: 524.ARTS or arts4all@dnet.net.

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Collingsworth Family is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on May 23, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets range from $1525. 866.273.4615 or info@greatmountainmusic.com.

• Productive Paranoia (folk/bluegrass) will perform as part of Concerts on the Creek from 7-9 p.m. on May 22 at Bridge Park in Sylva. 800.962.1911.

• “Music on the River” concert series will feature Amazing Grace Ministries from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24, in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com.

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• Bluegrass groups Lonesome River Band and Mountain Faith will perform in a show starting at 7:30 p.m. on May 30, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $22 each.

866.273.4615 or info@greatmountainmusic.com.

• “Music on the River” concert series will feature John Emil Montagnino from 7-9 p.m. on May 30 in the riverside area of downtown Cherokee. Free. 800.438.1601, 359.6490 or travel@nc-cherokee.com.

• Christian music singer Ivan Parker will perform at 7 p.m. on May 31 at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets are $15.

866.273.4615 or info@greatmountainmusic.com.

• Classic country music legend Merle Haggard will be on stage at 7:30 p.m. on June 6 at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.

NIGHTLIFE • Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night at 8 p.m. on May 20. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo at 8 p.m. on May 21. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Watt

Tombstone (Americana/folk) May 20 at 9 p.m.

586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will have Lip Sync Battle 6:30 p.m. on May 20. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will have Chris Minick (singer-songwriter) May 21 at 6 p.m. 454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Karen “Sugar” Barnes and Dave MaGill perform at 7 p.m. on May 22 at City Lights in Sylva.

• Nantahala Brewing (Bryson City) will have Soldier’s Heart (Americana/roots) May 22 at 8:30 p.m. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Tipping Point Brewing (Waynesville) will have James Stinnett (singer-songwriter) 9 p.m. on May 22. www.tippingpointtavern.com.

• Big Wesser BBQ (Nantahala Outdoor Center) will have Trees Leave (folk/rock) on May 22 at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

• Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will have Louis-Virie Blanche May 22 at 8 p.m. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• Frank Lee (bluegrass/folk) 6 p.m. May 22 at Andrews Brewing Company. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Dirty Soul Revival (rock/blues) May 22 at 9 p.m. 586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Water’n Hole Bar & Grille (Waynesville) will have Tonology (metal/hard rock) May 22 at 9:30 p.m.

• The Moon & You (cello, guitar, vocals) will perform Americana, folk, pop and originals at 7 p.m. on May 22, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. For dinner and music reservations, call 452.6000.

• Randy Flack will perform from 7-10 p.m. on May 22 at Fontana Village Resort.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will have Fish Out of Water (rock/funk) May 22-23. www.theuglydogpub.com.

• BearWaters Brewing (Waynesville) will have a comedy show at 8 p.m. May 23. www.bwbrewing.com or 246.0602.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will have Darren & The Buttered Toast (soul/funk) May 23 at 9 p.m. 586.2750 or www.nonamesportspub.com.

• Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will have Ronnie Evans May 23 at 8 p.m. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• Water’n Hole Bar & Grille (Waynesville) will have Ginny McAfee (singer-songwriter) May 23 at 9:30 p.m.

• Mangas Colorado (Americana/bluegrass) at 7 p.m. on May 23 at Andrews Brewing Company. $5. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• The Lost Hiker (Highlands) will have Porch 40 (rock/funk) May 23 at 9 p.m. 526.8232 or www.thelosthikerbar.com.

• Big Wesser BBQ (Nantahala Outdoor Center) will have The Freight Hoppers (Americana/bluegrass) May 23 at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

• Joe Cruz (piano, vocals) will perform the music of the Beatles, Elton John and James Taylor on May 23, at the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. For dinner and music reservations, call 452.6000.

• Kristen & Her Jumping Jacks perform from 7:30-10 p.m. on May 23 at Fontana Village Resort.

• Big Wesser BBQ (Nantahala Outdoor Center) will have Somebody’s Child (Americana/blues) May 24 at 6 p.m. www.noc.com.

• Joe Cat performs at 7 p.m. on June 6 at City Lights in Sylva.

• The Stompin’ Ground (Maggie Valley) is now open for live mountain music and dancing at 8 p.m.

Saturdays. 926.1288.

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• Mary Alice Monroe presents “The Lowcountry Summer Trilogy” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

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• A class on how to hand-build appetizer trays will be taught by Maria Greene from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesdays from June 2-30 through the Cowee Pottery School at the Macon County Heritage Center. $42. www.coweepotteryschool.org, 524.7690 or coweepotteryschool1@gmail.com.

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• Meta Commerse, an instructor at Haywood Community College, will present “The Mending Time” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

taught by Hank Shuler and Lydia Patillo from 6-8:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays from June 1-June 25 through the Cowee Pottery School at the Macon County Heritage Center. $150. www.coweepotteryschool.org, 524.7690 or coweepotteryschool1@gmail.com.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • The Lens Luggers Photographic Association is having a Field Photography through June 2 at the Waynesville Old Armory Recreation Center in Waynesville. Participants will meet Wednesday mornings and carpool to various locations to take photos of landmarks, wildlife and wildflowers. They’ll meet on Tuesdays to review the images. $48 per field shoot and $15 per Tuesday. Bob Brytten at 627.0245 or bobfgry@aol.com.

• Glass etching, an opportunity to create an affordable gift for yourself or others, is offered from 2-3 p.m. on May 21 at the Waynesville Library Auditorium.

Sign-up required: 356.2507.

• Folk Festival Front Porch interviews will be held at 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Both showings feature interviews with Sue Waldroop and Fred Stiles.

524.3600.

• Chair Seat Weaving, an Extension and Community Association group, meets from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 21-22 in the Conference Room of the Community Service Center in Sylva. $11 approximate cost, depending on project. 586.4009.

• A glass blowing class entitled “Ruffle Bowl or Plate” with Cole Johnson will meet in 45-minute time slots from 3-8 p.m. on May 22 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $50 per time slot (six available). 631.0271 or JCGEP.org for more info.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • The Spring Into Summer Craft & Art Show will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 22-23 at the Macon County Fairgrounds in Franklin. 349.4324.

• The “Countdown to Ecstasy: A Faculty Biennial” art exhibit runs till May 29 in the Fine Arts Museum at Western Carolina University. Featuring professional and studio artwork from WCU faculty members. www.wcu.edu.

• The 13th annual Shady Ladies’ Quilt Art Show is set for Friday through Sunday, May 29-31, at Lake Logan Episcopal Center in Canton. The event, which will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from noon-5 p.m. on Sunday, features more than 100 new quilts. $5 admission benefits Lake Logan Summer Camp program. www.logan.org or Jane Cole at 456.8885.

• An exhibit commemorating the life of Horace Kephart and his impact on the region is on loan from Western Carolina University for a display in Asheville from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday through June 30 at the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources office.

CALL FOR VENDORS / SPONSORS • Participants in the Highlands Motoring Festival 2015, a classic car show, need to contact Steve Mehder by May 25, at info@highlandsmotoringfestival.com or 336.337.5014. This year’s festival is Saturday, June 13.

• A glassblowing class, “Introduction to Blown Vessels and Basic Cold Working” with John Almaguer, is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. on Mondays from May 25June 15 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $345 per person. 631.0271 or JCGEP.org for more info.

• A “Front Street Arts & Crafts Show” will premiere on June 20 in Dillsboro. Silent auction will benefit Community Table of Sylva. Food and entertainment.

Vendors can apply at visit dillsboro.org or www.visitdillsboro.org/specialevents.html. Info: 954.707.2004.

• A glassblowing class entitled “Introduction to Solid Sculpture and Basic Cold Working” with John Almaguer will meet from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays from May 25-June 16 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $345 per person. 631.0271 or JCGEP.org for more info.

• Artists of all mediums are invited to participate in the seventh-annual fine art festival set for Oct. 3 in Dillsboro. Regional fine artists and crafters must apply by July 1. www.visitdillsboro.org, chogan4196@gmail.com, 631.0900 or stop by the Jackson Chamber of Commerce. Food vendors may also download a food application.

• A glass blowing class entitled “Ruffle Bowl or Plate” with Cole Johnson will meet in 45-minute time slots from 3-8 p.m. on May 29 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $50 per time slot (six available). 631.0271 or JCGEP.org for more info.

• A Movie Maker class will be held at 11 a.m. on May 28 at the Haywood Senior Resource Center. Instructor is Torrie Murphy.

• The “31” Extension and Community Association group meets at 2 p.m. on May 28 in the Conference Room of Community Service Center in Sylva.

586.4009.

• The Western North Carolina Carvers will hold its monthly meeting from 1:30-4 p.m. on May 31 at Harvest House in Asheville. Free presentation on how to carve the classic ball in a box. Bruce Dalzell at 665.8273 or Brian Greenwood at 684.5442.

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• A limited number of arts and crafts vendor spots are available for the 2015 Sweet Corn Festival, set for July 11, at St. Cyprian’s Church in Franklin. 369.6997.

FILM & SCREEN • “American Sniper” will be screened on May 21 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and May 23 at 8:30 p.m. at the Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

• “Songcatcher” will be screened on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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• A Basic Blacksmithing class with Chelsea Miller is set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $100 per person. 631.0271 or JCGEP.org for more info.

Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center (classrooms) 75 Leroy George Dr., Clyde

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• Local Potter Connie Hogan and local artist Toni Kender will be featured artists for May at Tunnel Mountain Crafts in Dillsboro. Kender will paint small magnets from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 23. Shop is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Thursday, May 21 from 6 pm- 7 pm

• “The Gold Rush” starring Charlie Chaplain is set for 2 p.m. on May 22 in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. Runtime: 1:35. 524.3600.

• “Still Alice” will be shown at 7 p.m. on May 22; as well as at 4 and 7 p.m. on May 23; at 2 on May 24, as well as at 7 p.m. on May 26-27 and May 29 and again on May 30 at 2 p.m. at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. www.38main.com or 283.0079.

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• “Dazed and Confused” will be shown for free at 9:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in May at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. www.38main.com or 283.0079.

• The documentary “First Language, The Race to Save Cherokee” will be screened at 6:30 p.m. on May 28, in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow the 57-minute feature. Free. 586.2016.

• A classic movie will be shown at 2 p.m. every Friday in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room.

524.3600 or www.fontanalib.org/franklin.

• A movie will be shown at 2 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays in the meeting room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. For movie title call: 524.3600.

Visit www.smokymountainnews.com and click on Calendar for: ■ Complete listings of local music scene ■ Regional festivals ■ Art gallery events and openings ■ Complete listings of recreational offerings at regional health and fitness centers ■ Civic and social club gatherings on May 23, at the Cradle of Forestry. $5 for adults; kids 15 and under are free. www.cradleofforestry.com or 877.3130.

• Practice fly-fishing skills under the supervision of instructors from 9 a.m.-noon May 25 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. 877.4423. For ages 12 and up.

Outdoors • An introduction to fly fishing/lake fishing class is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 20 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. For ages 12 and up. Must have completed intro to fly fishing or have equivalent experience. 877.4423.

• The Appalachian Trail Conservancy will hold a phenology workshop at 1 p.m. on May 20, at the Macon County Library in Franklin.

• A bird walk along the Greenway, sponsored by the Franklin Bird Club, is set for May 20. Meet at Salali Lane at 8 a.m. 524.5234.

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• Haywood County Pesticide Collection Day is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 20 at Haywood County Extension Center. Dispose of pesticides at your home or farm that you no longer use or need. www.ncagr.com/PDAP. Bill Skelton at 456.3575.

• Memorial Day Tagged Fishing Tournament will be held from May 22-24 at Oconaluftee and Reservation water. Check-in is from 4-6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from noon-2 p.m. on Sunday at the Chamber of Commerce in Cherokee, across from the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. 788.0034 or 554.6110.

• Birding in Gorges State Park, a Highlands Plateau Audubon Society Field Trip, is scheduled for May 23.

Free. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Highlands Town Hall parking lot or at 8 a.m. at new Cashiers Rec Center parking lot.

• An Introduction to Tenkara, a form of traditional Japanese fly-fishing, will be presented by Jason Sparks from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 23, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest.

877.4423. For ages 14 and up.

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• “Bogs, Bugs and Beavers,” two guided walks along the Pink Beds Trail, are set for 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• Wings to Soar, a multimedia program on raptors with live birds flying overhead, starts at 7 p.m. on May 26 at the old gym of Highlands School. A Highlands Audubon Society Field Trip. Free. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org, 743.9648 or 526.1939.

• Rain barrels are for sale throughout spring for $80.25 each at the USDA Agriculture Service Center in Waynesville. 476.4667 or info@haywoodwaterways.org.

• Boating safety courses will be offered by Haywood Community College’s Department of Arts, Sciences and Natural Resources from 6-9:30 p.m. on May 2728 in Building 3300, Room 3322 in Clyde. More boating safety classes will be held June 17-18 and July 29-30 at HCC. Registration is required at www.ncwildlife.org.

• A bird walk along the Greenway is set for 8 a.m. on May 27. Meet at Macon County Public Library parking area. 524.5234.

• A bird walk in the Walnut Creek area, led by Jim and Ellen Shelton, is set for 8 a.m. May 29. Meet at Bi-Lo parking area to carpool. 524.5234.

• Heritage Life Skills IV, a weekend of classes in survival skills ranging from archery to food preservation to ham radios, will be held May 29-31 at the Haywood County Fair Grounds.

• The 12th annual “Salamander Meander” is at 9 p.m. on May 29 at the Highlands Nature Center. Bring a flashlight. $5 per person; for ages 6-up. Advance registration required: Call Patrick Brannon at 526.4123.

• A car birding trip along Rich Gap Road, Highlands Audubon Society Field Trip led by Brock Hutchins, is May 30. Free. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org or 526.1939.

• A program on Close-up Outdoor photography is set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 30, at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Pisgah Forest. 877.4423. Ages 14 and up.

• A river safety and rescue course will be offered by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on June 3, at the Waynesville Recreation Center and in Dillsboro. Lunch provided. $150 per person. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesville.gov.

• A river safety and rescue course will be offered by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. No prerequisites for taking the course. Lunch provided. $170 per person. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • A Collier Lilly Ride for Outward Bound will be held on May 24 the last day of the 15th Mountain Sports Festival in Asheville. Riders will complete 8,600 feet of climbing. The ride honors the memory of Lilly, a graduate from the North Carolina Outward Bound School. www.collierlillyride.racesonline.com.

$25. Participants take home soil blocks ready to grow out and plant in their gardens. Light lunch will be served. mpdargan@dargan.com or 743.0307.

• Free, hands-on gardening classes will be taught by Master Gardeners at 10 a.m. on June 1 at the Canton Branch Library. 648.2924.

FARMERS MARKET • Canton Farmers Market and Heritage Crafts takes place from 3-7 p.m. every Thursday in the municipal parking lot of downtown Canton. 734.9071.

• Haywood Historic Farmers Market is held from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the parking lot of HART Theatre in Waynesville. 280.1381 or haywoodfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

• The Original Waynesville Tailgate Market is from 8 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 171 Legion Drive in Waynesville (behind Bogart’s).

456.1830 or vrogers12@att.net.

• The Jackson County Farmers Market will be on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon on at its Bridge Park location in Sylva. jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• The Good Samaritan Cycle 2015, a fund-raising event to benefit the Good Samaritan Clinic of Jackson County, is scheduled for May 29-31. Teams of four cyclists apiece will ride a combined 427 miles from Murphy to Sylva.

• The ‘Whee Farmer’s Market is open from 4-7 p.m. every Tuesday at the corner of the N. Country Club Drive and Stadium View Drive in Cullowhee, behind the entrance to the Village of Forest Hills off Highway 107 across from Western Carolina University. 476.0334

• Run for the Park 5K run and walk is set for 8 a.m. on May 30 in Highlands. Run starts at the corner of Fifth and Pine Streets. Pre-registration fee is $25 for adults, $20 for students (13 and older) and $10 for 12 and under. Race-day registration costs $35, $30 and $15, respectively. www.active.com or www.webscorer.com . Skip Taylor at 526.4280 or stmas4280@gmail.com.

• The Cashiers Tailgate market is open from 9 a.m.noon on Saturdays at the United Community Bank on N.C. 107 South. 226.9988 or blueridgefarmers@gmail.com.

• A 5K Open Water Swim is set for July 12 at Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Ga. Register before early season pricing changes on April 1. Register at active.com. Info: 389.6982

• Swain County Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Fridays at the barn on Island Street in Bryson City. Special Tuesday hours from 5 to 8 p.m. during peak months from June 16 through Sept. 15.

488.3848 or Christine_bredenkamp@ncsu.edu.

• Early registration is open for the Blue Ridge Breakaway, a multi-distance bike ride set for Aug. 15 in Haywood County. Early bird rates are $41 for the 26-mile route through Aug. 1 and $46 for the 51-, 76and 106-mile distances. Blueridgebreakaway.com or 456.3021.

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• The Franklin Farmers Tailgate Market is from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturdays on East Palmer Street across from Drake Software in Franklin. 349.2049 or alan_durden@ncsu.edu.

• Cherokee Farmers Market is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Fridays from July through Oct. 30 at 876 Acquoni Road next to the Easter Band of Cherokee Indians Cooperative Extension Office. Sarah McClellan at 359.6935 or saramccl@nc-cherokee.com.

HIKING CLUBS

• A Greenway Gathering program entitled “Can you Describe your Soil” is set for 10 a.m. on May 21 at FROG Quarters of the Macon Soil and Conservation Service.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate sixmile hike in Panthertown Valley on May 23. 380-foot elevation change. Mike and Susan Kettles at 743.1079.

• A workshop on soil-blocking and seed-starting is set for 10 a.m. on May 22 at Dovecote Porch & Gardens in Cashiers. Mary Palmer Dargan will lead the workshop.

• A half-day, five-mile hike organized by the Carolina Mountain Club is set for May 24. Bev MacDowell at 777.5806 or bevmacdowellhappy@gmail.com.

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Epp’s Springs were once Bryson City’s calling card

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www.CoweeSchool.org/music.html and can be picked up at will-call the night of the show, or may be purchased at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

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John Prine’s gift for stark little songs that tell big, complex stories, Guy Clark’s lean melodicism, Lyle Lovett’s wry mischief, and Bill Morrissey’s knack for the revealing image.” Byrd grew up singing in the Southern Baptist church, where his father preached and his mother played piano. After four years in the Navy, he returned to home to play in rock bands. It was at an old-time fiddle festival in the mountains of southwest Virginia where his writing began to change. Assimilating the sounds of southern traditional music, Byrd wrote new songs in an ancient style. After 10 years as a full-time touring songwriter and 7 acclaimed albums, it seems this native of Cackalacky is getting the attention he deserves.

Here’s a video from his sold out show at Hugh’s Room (Toronto) in March 2013. http://youtu.be/hCDqNUsOO_U

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up land cheap and selling the timber Springs tract. This property has on it a very rights.” His son, John H. Everett, who was valuable mineral spring which was analyzed born in 1856, took over the operation of the

by A.S. Wheeler, through Joseph Hyde in 50 yards of this spring, and has running Epp’s Springs facility following his father’s Pratt, State Geologist.” water. There are 500 acres of ground belongdeath.

Wheeler’s analysis (based on parts per ing to the spring property, which is largely A “History of Epp’s Springs” was includmillion) cited various chlorides, sulphates, covered with timber, as oak, popular, chested in a front page article about Swain bicarbonates, oxides, and silicas that had, nut and some pine. Although there have County that appeared in supposedly, stimulated “some wonderful been but little the Raleigh News and cures” through the years. improvements Observer (July 21, The article then went on to elaborate made on this 1907): “About eighteen upon plans for “a modern hotel to be erectproperty, it offers years ago, a syndicate ed in the near future at the railway station, a favorable locawas formed by the foltwo hundred yards from the spring [with] tion for building lowing persons: Col. water to be pumped into the lobby.” There up a mineral A.B. Andrews, Col. were to be electric lights in the hotel powspring resort …

Theodore Pool, Maj. ered by Canebrake Branch.

Canebrake Wilson, Gov. Robinson, But by the time John P. Arthur pubBranch offers sufRobert Furman and E. lished his Western North Carolina: A ficient power to Everett in Swain County History in 1913, the chapter he devoted to develop electricity to buy up timber, minerNotable Resorts and Improvements barely for lighting the al, and farming lands. E. mentioned Epp’s Springs in passing as “the hotel ... The water Everett was secretary property of the late Epp Everett of Bryson from Epps Spring and. treasurer. They City” where “there are two cabins.” gushes out from bought lands in Macon, It’s has been some time since I visited the rock on the Graham and Swain the mouth of Canebrake Creek (by walking west side of a counties … comprising down the Tuckaseigee River in winter when steep hill and is several thousand acres … the Fontana Lake is down) but I can’t recall within 30 feet of After E. Everett died, his ever observing remnants of a rail depot or a Canebrake son, J.H. Everett mineral springs resort. Time flies and Branch, but well exchanged his father’s things pass away. above it .…”

(George Ellison is a naturalist and writer.

Epaphroditus ‘Epp’ Everett. sixth interest in all the The spring Pete Prince Collection, University of Tennessee Libraries other lands for the Epp’s He can be reached at info@georgeellison.com.) and facility were named for Epaphroditus Everett, one of Bryson City’s leading citizens. There is a lengthy account of “Epp” Everett’s life by Helen Ann Leatherwood Cody in The Heritage of Swain County (1988) that incorporates an anonymous “Biographical Sketch” which appeared in The Appalachian (an early newspaper) in 1903, the year of Everett’s death.

Epp was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, in 1830; prospected for gold in California; served as Captain of Company E of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry (seeing action JONATHAN BYRD & THE PICKUP COWBOYS at First Bull Run); and came to WNC in Jonathan Byrd is “one of the top 50 songwriters of the last 50 1867, where he eventually became Swain years,”says Rich Warren of WFMT in the Chicago Tribune. Scott County’s first sheriff and first mayor; and Alarik of the Boston Globe says, “This rootsy North Carolinian may “amassed a moderate fortune” by “buying be the most buzzed-about new songwriter in folkdom. He displays

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friend of mine who is a veteran backcountry explorer in the Smokies sent a recent email to me and others in which he noted that various lodges and hotels associated with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park “would make a good topic for a book … including such locations as the Wonderland in Elkmont, the original Columnist Cataloochee Ranch, the Swag, the ones at Tremont, below the Chimneys Picnic Area, and on the Tuckaseegee at Canebrake, as well as the one up on the Thomas Divide and the old Mountain View in Gatlinburg. I am sure there are many others but those are just the ones I can think of.”

His mention of a lodge “on the Tuckaseegee at Canebrake” caught my eye because my house is situated (on Lower Lands Creek) about 1.5 miles east of Canebrake Creek. The establishment is usually referred to as Epp’s Springs or the Epp’s Springs Hotel in contemporary documents.

But the spelling varies from Epps Spring to Epps Springs to Epp’s Spring and so on.

Its claims to fame were advertised in the Asheville Citizen (July 7, 1907) as “unsurpassed” climate and scenery; “excellent bass fishing;” and “medicinal waters [that] are splendid for stomach and kidney diseases [containing] nine medicinal ingredients found by Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, and strongly recommended by him. / Rates $1.00 and $1.50 per day.”

In his report The Mining Industry in North Carolina During 1907 with Special Report on the Mineral Waters (1908), Pratt described Epp’s Springs: “This spring is located at the foot of East Canebrake Knob, about 5 miles west of Bryson City and 150 yards up Canebrake Branch from Epps Springs, a station on the Murphy branch of the Southern Railway. There is a small hotel, containing 12 rooms, that has been built for the accommodation of guests, which is with-

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