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CONTENTS On the Cover: A rally held in Asheville Monday night for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump incited passionate participation from supporters who cheered him on inside the U.S. Cellular Center as well as from outraged anti-Trump protestors outside the event. Correspondents from The Smoky Mountain News provide details from Trump and other featured speakers and an on-the-ground look at what transpired inside and outside the rally. (Page 6)

News Haywood County appears poised to end dry spell ..................................................3 Reporting requirement considered for elk shootings .............................................. 4 Cherokee give $50,000 to oppose North Dakota pipeline ................................10 Case dismissed in Tribal Council pay raise suit ......................................................11 Meadows introduces bill to save floating houses .................................................. 12 Franklin to dole out funds to community charities ..................................................14 Investigation results in 26 drug arrests in Macon ..................................................15 Huge success for Canton Labor Day fest ................................................................16 Jackson looks at exemptions for wireless internet towers ....................................18 Health News ......................................................................................................................23

Opinion True patriotism comes in many colors ........................................................................24

A&E Mountain Faith to headline Mountain Heritage Day ..............................................28

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Choose Booze?

Haywood County appears poised to end dry spell

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER his November, voters will have another choice to make at the polls — whether to allow beer and or wine sales in areas of Haywood County that currently don’t offer such conveniences.

Voters may be a little confused when they see the referendum questions on the ballot.

There are five separate “for or against” questions related to alcohol sales. Voter are being asked to decide if unfortified wine can be sold “on premises,” meaning consumed where it’s bought, or “off premises,” meaning take-home package sales, or both on premises and off premises.

The same question also looms for beer.

“The current situation is, in the municipalities of Waynesville, Maggie Valley, and Canton, they have full ABC permitting,” said Haywood County Manager Ira Dove, referring to the North Carolina Alcoholic

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Beverage Control Commission.

Missing from that list is the town of Clyde. According to Clyde Town Administrator Joy Garland, alcohol sales are prohibited in Clyde unless the town allows it. Director of the Haywood County Board of Elections Robert Inman, says any change in the county’s alcohol sales rules would also affect Clyde.

When national prohibition ended in 1933, each town or county in North Carolina could decide whether or not to allow alcohol sales, resulting in a hodgepodge of local laws. Haywood County voters last weighed in on countywide alcohol in 1952.

This past spring, Haywood County commissioners decided to place the measure on the ballot this coming fall; Dove said he didn’t remember the issue being contentious at that time.

Commissioner Mike Sorrells abstained from the vote; Sorrells owns a gas station

Big Creek General Store in Mt. Sterling.

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and general store in Jonathan Creek that could benefit from the ordinance change, and Commissioner Kevin Ensley voted against it based on his religious beliefs.

County Commission Chair Mark Swanger said he hadn’t received any calls or letters complaining about allowing voters to decide the issue. To the contrary, Swanger said that he’d received some support for placing the referendum on the ballot, which he called “the ultimate public comment.”

Dove also said he thought that the measure appearing on this fall’s ballot would ensure “maximum electoral participation” on the issue since voter turnout is always much higher during presidential election years.

Debbie Milner, who runs Sentelle’s seafood in Clyde, voiced support for the measure.

“With fresh seafood, people want a bottle of wine for their lobster, or a beer for their shrimp. Why should I send my business three minutes down the road?” Milner said.

Kelly Sutton owns the Big Creek County Store in rural Mt. Sterling and loves the idea of being able to sell alcohol. The store serves a good number of Appalachian Trail hikers, who in addition to requesting laundry facilities and public toilets, also often request beer.

“I’d say one in five people that come in here ask for beer, or where they can get it,” she said. The closest place to her store is in Hartford, Tennessee.

But not everyone looks forward to more liberal rules surrounding alcohol sales.

Back in April, pastor of North Canton Baptist Church Mark Caldwell voiced opposition, citing drunk driving, alcoholism and homelessness as just a few of the societal ills made possible by expanded alcohol sales.

Asheville Regional Airport improvements continue outbound — used the airport at some point; nearly 93 percent of air travelers in WNC have flown from KAVL at some point, and according to passenger surveys, their preference for KAVL is strong among both business and leisure travelers.

The majority of residents who don’t fly from KAVL, Kinsey said, fly from Charlotte. Kinsey also said that aircraft at KAVL are full, and airlines continue adding flights to the single-runway airport.

And all this despite KAVL being near the middle of a fouryear, $64 million modernization project that represents the largest alterations to the airport since it was built in 1961.

Phases one and two of the project are complete and involved the creation of a temporary runway on the west side of the airport; this temporary runway will be used until the existing runway can be removed, hopefully before the end of the year.

That temporary runway will be used as a permanent taxiway once the new runway is ready for service, which the airport authority’s website says will occur near the end of 2017.

The new runway won’t increase KAVL’s capacity but will make the airport safer and hopefully more efficient in handling traffic in and out.

“We can accommodate 747s, like when President Obama came in a several years ago,” Executive Director of the Asheville Regional Airport Lew Bleiweis told the Haywood Chamber of Commerce over breakfast Sept. 8. “It’s just updating and modernizing what we already have.”

What this hopefully means for North Carolinians west of Asheville is that KAVL will continue to serve as the bestknown and first-choice airport for years to come.

“We try and market and advertise — the problem is our airplanes are 85 to 95 percent full, so when we advertise and build up ridership they get frustrated because our airplanes are full,” Bleiweis said. “So it’s a Catch-22 type situation. It’s a great problem to have, but we want to serve all of the regions that use our airport, so we’re always open to working with communities on how we can better get our word out.”

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER Geography and population conspire to make much of Western North Carolina a terrible place for an airport; west of Asheville, commercial airstrips are practically nonexistent.

That makes Asheville Regional Airport the airport of choice for many residents of Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties, which in turn makes the airport a crucial economic driver for not only residents leaving the area but also tourists coming to it.

“The number of passengers per day each way from the Western North Carolina markets total approximately 700,” said Tina Kinsey, director of marketing, public relations and air service development for KAVL, as Asheville Regional is known in airline parlance.

Overall, Asheville claims 50 percent of all airline ticket bookings in its primary market area, which includes much of WNC and includes Haywood County and points westward.

In 2015, nearly 800,000 passengers — both inbound and

Elk hearing draws a crowd Wildlife Commission considers “clerical” rule change, fields variety of elk-related questions

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER minor adjustment to elk depredation rules brought 70 people — about 40 of them college students — out to Haywood Community College last week for a public hearing with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

“It was just a simple, almost clerical fix to a rule adding that reporting requirement to an existing depredation rule,” said Justin McVey, district biologist for the Wildlife Commission. “It seemed most folks were supportive of that. Whenever you have a meeting that involves people talking about elk, you’re going to have proponents and opponents.”

The rule change in question simply proposed that landowners who shoot elk in the act of causing property damage be required to report the kill within 24 hours. Until Aug. 1, elk were listed as a species of special concern, and as such reporting was required.

However, when elk were removed from the list of species of special concern, they were not simultaneously added to the list of species for which reporting is required if they’re shot while depredating.

“There was a small window of time when technically there was no reporting requirement for elk in either scenario,” said Brad Howard, private lands program coordinator for the Wildlife Commission. “This is basically just to address what amounted to an oversight.”

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(National) Park Service to put in food plots and feed these animals? Why should it be up to the private landowners?”

Cowen expressed an idea often repeated by local farmers who routinely deal with herds of elk that come to their fields for a good meal. Because the Great Smoky Mountains National Park introduced them, they say, shouldn’t the park be responsible for feeding them and lessening pressure on private lands?

Cobb explained that cultivating food plots within park boundaries wouldn’t be consistent with Park Service policy, but that the Wildlife Commission is actively working to establish plots of its own. The organiza-

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Multiple people also asked questions about the Wildlife Commission’s projections

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RULE

Still, the public hearing drew some comment related to the proposed rule change itself.

“I have two concerns,” said Haywood County resident Tim Queen, kicking off the evening. “I think every elk if it’s taken should be done by permit, and I want to ask you all why are you waiting 24 hours to report? The elk need to be retrieved and the meat needs to be distributed somewhere so it doesn’t go to waste.”

David Cobb, the Wildlife Commission’s chief of wildlife management, filled Queen in on the state requirements that influence how the Wildlife Commission must manage elk kills. Because state law gives landowners the right to protect their property, he said, the Wildlife Commission has to make some allowance for landowners to shoot elk when they’re caught causing damage — thus why there’s a way to take elk with a permit and a way to take elk without a permit.

The advantage of getting a permit, he explained, is that the meat can be used, and if the landowner doesn’t want to fire the shot himself, 4 he can have someone else listed on the permit.

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“There’s a lot of flexibility on what we can do with the permits and much less flexibility on what we can do without a permit,” Cobb said.

The 24-hour timeline, he continued, is mostly because that’s the timeframe referenced in most similar Wildlife Commission regulations.

“Consistency is the only reason we picked 24 hours,” he said. “We could have said 12 or six or 48.”

Mike Stiles, a farmer, told Cobb that the Wildlife Commission should also focus on the disposal requirements. State law does say that animals shot while damaging property must be “buried or otherwise disposed of in a safe and sanitary manner on the property,”

tion is in the process of acquiring land for that purpose, and it’s also working with the U.S. Forest Service to convert federal land to elk habitat.

“The concept you have is a very good concept,” Cobb said. “It’s a matter of working out the details here on how to implement it.”

“The (Rocky Mountain) Elk Foundation over the past three years or so has been putting money annually into the Forest Service, into the Wildlife Commission, into the Cherokee tribe and the Park Service too for habitat work,” added Kim Delozier of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Delozier spent his career as a Park Service biologist and led the reintroduction effort.

About 70 people came out to a public hearing on a rule change for reporting elk kills last week. Holly Kays photo but Stiles said that because elk are so large, letting the carcass rot away in the open — as had been observed in some depredation kills this year — doesn’t meet the definition of “safe and sanitary.”

“Most of your depredation permits should be issued to farmers because that’s where depredation is,” he said. “If you should shoot an elk on a farm, you should properly dispose of it.”

A QUESTION OF HABITAT The rest of the 12 people who spoke at the meeting, however, pressed the Wildlife Commission’s representatives with more general questions about the elk population, depredation policies and the future of the herd.

“The question is as this population goes, who’s going to feed them?” asked Jimmy Cowen, a farmer. “Is it going to be up to the private landowner, or is it not fair to ask the

Be heard The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is considering a rule change that would require landowners who shoot elk that are causing property damage to report the kills within 24 hours. Reporting ensures that the Commission has the data it needs to make solid management decisions for the small elk population.

Comments will be accepted through Oct. 14 with a decision made during the Wildlife Commission’s Oct. 18 meeting. If adopted, the new rule would take effect Dec. 1.

Submit comments to regulations@ncwildlife.org or Kate Pipkin, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 1701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699.

The proposed amendment is online at www.ncwildlife.org/Proposed-Regulations.

for the herd’s future growth, asking how many there were now, what the population goal was, and how far the elk might spread.

Cobb answered that the best population estimate available is 150, though that number isn’t certain. The Commission doesn’t have any specific numerical objective for the population — just the more subjective goal to establish a “sustainable, eventually huntable population.”

“It’s moving through Kentucky right now,” said HCC forestry student Philip Blalock, referencing elk reintroductions in the nearby state. “If there’s no predator to stop them, they’re just going to keep going and going. How are we going to keep them at bay if we don’t hunt them?”

Cobb responded that the geography of Western North Carolina is a good bit different than that of eastern Kentucky.

“The goal is for the herd to continue to increase,” he said. “I don’t think it will do that the way it has in Kentucky.”

Cobb acknowledged that some

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Harley Caldwell (above), who was born in Cataloochee Valley where elk now roam, tells Wildlife Commission representatives of his appreciation for the elk. Kim Deloizer (below) a retired Smokies biologist who led the reintroduction efforts and now works for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, delivers his comments. Holly Kays photos

If we assume that our great-grandmothers lived in the latter half of the 19th century (mine was born in 1864) and into the early 20th century, which of these items do you think she would recognize as food, i.e. would she have been able to buy had she had access to a grocery store and had money to purchase?

A. Wonderbread B. Coca Cola C. Quaker Oats

the elk in order to offset the discussion of elkrelated problems.

“Whether any animal — not just an elk or any other animal — is positive or negative depends on your perspective,” Cobb began.

For one thing, he said, the simple fact of restoring a species that once made its home here before being hunted away is a benefit if what you’re after is a whole, functioning ecosystem. And in a less subjective sense, the region as a whole has seen economic benefits from the animal’s return.

“You can look at the visitation rates in the park and how the visitation rates changed after the elk were reintroduced into Cataloochee Valley,” he said. “The visitation has gone through the roof. That’s not just a benefit to the Park Service — that’s a benefit to local economies.”

People who enjoy watching elk, photographing them and — one day, perhaps — hunting them also reap the rewards.

“The elk issue is a very complex issue over there,” Howard said. “We’re still learning how to manage with the landowners and the elk populations and the conservation partners that are in the area.”

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A. Wonderbread – was introduced in 1921 B. Coca Cola - introduced in 1886 C. Quaker Oats – advertised in Good Housekeeping magazine 1888 D. Heinz Ketchup – introduced in 1876 E.

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Bottom Line: So before we’re too quick to glorify the past by repeating an inaccurate soundbite message by a journalist…be sure you know the facts!

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people may already feel like there are too many elk, as evidenced by the comments of a man who’s been dealing with elk damage to trees he’s spent years nurturing.

“I don’t want to kill any, but something’s got to be done to keep them from tearing up my stuff,” the man said.

The meeting drew a good turnout of people with real, experience-based concerns to discuss regarding elk and their impact to private lands. But attendees also spoke to their respect and appreciation for the animals.

“I’m the last native of Cataloochee Valley,” fsaid Harley Caldwell, who was a baby when his family left in 1938 and now resides in the Plott Creek area of Haywood County. “It’s a good place to go and see the elk, but leave them alone.”

Another speaker raised his hand to ask Cobb to enumerate the positive qualities of

One of my least favorite “Pollanisms” – (Michael Pollan’s food rules) is “Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”

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Because state law gives landowners the right to protect their property, the Wildlife Commission has to make some allowance for landowners to shoot elk when they’re caught causing damage — thus why there’s a way to take elk with a permit and a way to take elk without a permit.

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Trump promises to ‘fix’ problems

BY SCOTT MCLEOD PUBLISHER epublican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to a packed Asheville Civic Center on Monday as boisterous supporters cheered him on inside the arena while virulent anti-Trump protestors heckled people on their way in and out of the event.

A scuffle inside the civic center interrupted Trump’s speech at one point when a supporter in the upper levels appeared to choke one anti-Trump protestor and slap two others before the protestors were escorted out by security. The man doing the choking was left alone by security.

Outside the arena, reporters witnessed at least one protestor taking a swing at a Trump supporter and other near altercations as the two sides stood inches apart while hurling emotional insults at each other.

Law enforcement officials seemed to successfully keep the event safe despite the many fever-pitched exchanges as perhaps a thousand protestors massed outside the civic center for hours before and after the event, taunting those coming and going into the civic center.

During his speech, Trump went through a list of problems he vowed to “fix” and rights he intended to “protect.” Among those were veterans rights, repeal of Obamacare, appointing Supreme Court justices, protecting Second Amendment rights, building the wall on the Mexican border, rebuilding the military and reforming the tax code.

The most vocal audience reactions, however, came when he attacked Hillary Clinton.

“Our vision of hope stands in stark contrast to my opponent’s campaign of hate,” Trump said. “Hillary Clinton has been running a hate-filled and negative campaign with no policy, no solutions, and no new ideas. By contrast, I’ve been going around the country offering very detailed plans for reform and change. All of these reform plans are available on our website, and they’re extensive.”

Trump also criticized Clinton for her actions as secretary of state when donors to her foundation got access to meetings in the State Department.

“Nothing is so dangerous as when a public

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ELECTION ‘16 official puts their office up for sale, and that’s what she did folks,” Trump said, eliciting jeers of “Lock her up, lock her up” from the audience, some holding their hands over their heads as if wearing handcuffs.

A significant portion of the speech, however, focused on Clinton’s recent comments describing Trump supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” a line she has tried to walk back since mentioning it at a fundraiser last week.

She went on to label some of his supporters as “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it.”

“When my opponent slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable, I call you hardworking American patriots who love your county and want a better nation for all our people.”

Trump ushered a handful of supporters on stage to address Clinton’s comments, among them a couple who were African American and had spent their careers in education, as a pastor, a working mother and an NRA supporter.

“Do I look deplorable?” the mom asked the crowd, pointing at herself and laughing.

Trump also spent some time discussing trade and the loss of jobs, waving his arm across the crowd and saying he knew what had happened to manufacturing in North Carolina and he was going to change things.

“We are going to protect our workers.

Under my administration our workers are going to come first,” he said.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani opened for Trump, a surprise speaker that had not been mentioned in any pre-rally press releases. He warmed the crowd up by tearing into Hillary Clinton.

“Hillary has been running a campaign of hatred, anger, meanness and cruelty,” he said.

He also made reference to the “basket of deplorables” comment, a line that for now seems to have gotten emblazoned in the stump speeches of Trump and all his supporters.

“We’ve known for a long time why we don’t like her, but now we know why she doesn’t like us,” Giuliani said.

Asheville city officials estimated the crowd inside the Civic Center at nearly 7,000.

“Now is the time for strength, now is the time to make American great again, now is the time to elect Donald J. Trump as president of the United States.”

— Rep. Michele Presnell, R-Burnsville

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Presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in Asheville on Sept. 12, to cheers and jeers.

Local politicians speak at Trump rally Some local Republicans got their brief fling with fame during Donald Trump’s campaign rally Monday in Asheville.

Rep. Michele Presnell, R-Burnsville, whose 118th District includes part of Haywood County, was one of the openers for Trump and gave him an overwhelming endorsement.

“We are at an important crossroads in our country, a tipping point. Now is the time for strength, now is the time

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to make American great again, now is the time to elect Donald J. Trump as president of the United States,” Rep. Presnell implored the crowd of Trump supporters.

She praised Trump for creating “jobs and not chaos,” for “standing up for the unborn.”

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran also had a turn at the microphone, and he encouraged Republicans to get others to go to the polls.

“Trump is a man that will lead us to a greater America.

We must get out and vote, and get our friends to get out and vote,” Cochran said.

— By Scott McLeod

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you see. It’s sad.”

The street vendors pushing wagons and hawking Trump merch — lanyards, shirts, hats, buttons, pins, posters and signs — were overwhelmingly African American.

If polls are to be believed, Trump’s support among African Americans is nearly zero — except when there’s money to be made off of his image and likeness.

Do Clinton supporters like Mitchell really believe that supporting a candidate solely because of their sex is reasonable? Do Clinton supporters like Rose really believe that Trump shouldn’t be allowed to voice his opinions? Do Trump supporters like Tennessee and Moore really believe that a multi-billion dollar border wall is currently America’s most pressing need?

Maybe. Or, maybe they’ve just got the

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER or 223 years, the highest office in the land has been passed from one man to another without bloodshed or widespread violence. This year the same will likely occur regardless of the sex of the victor.

However, if words were weapons and looks could kill, the 2016 Presidential Election would be the bloodiest in the history of the republic — for this year, the issues don‘t seem to matter to most voters; at this watershed moment in American history, voters seem motivated to support their preferred candidates almost exclusively by fear.

Trump’s strange journey into the heart of the liberal beast — Asheville — drew an estimated 7,000 to a sold-out U.S. Cellular Center Monday night. Few of those in attendance offered substantive or nuanced policy information, instead favoring the naked, ugly hypocrisy America had thus far been able to cloak beneath the blue-hazed smoke of their own living rooms or the whitelinened tables of their economically homogeneous social clubs.

“I’m afraid the hate he inspires in other people will affect everyone and we’ll stop being an accepting country like we’re sup-

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Fear, in an election year where America’s two major parties have fielded the worst presidential candidates since, well, ever — voters this year get to choose between a con-artist and a criminal, and continue to argue about which one of those is Hillary Clinton, and which one is Donald Trump.

So batten down the hatches, and cast a suspicious gaze on anyone who doesn’t look like you. Remain armed and vigilant against free speech, coherent thought and wellfounded opinions that differ from your own. Ignore political realities and deal only in commodities far more emotional and abstract and illogical. Sow dissent against your least favorite candidate, reap that crop whose name be hatred, and by no means engage in civil discourse, ever; there are less than two months until the election, but this deplorable new normal will haunt American politics for generations to come, no matter who loses.

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posed to be,” said Asheville resident Darby Mitchell.

When pressed for specific Trump policies that troubled her, Mitchell had none.

“All of them scare me. They’re just so closed-minded and so not thought-through,” she said. “It’s like he’s not even taking his own campaign seriously.”

Her reason for supporting Hillary Clinton was succinct, and sexist.

“Because I’m a woman,” she said.

Jeff Rose, a software engineer from Asheville, said he came to the rally to make it clear that Trump was not welcome in his town.

“This is not the kind of thing we want to have in Asheville, North Carolina,” Rose said. “I’m afraid that he’s making it acceptable for people to be racist in public.”

Unfortunately, it is and has always been acceptable for people to be sexist and racist in public.

A Trump supporter who identified himself only by, “Tennessee,” said he’d come to the rally “to support the next President” who will somehow make America great again. He supports the unfeasible concept of a border wall as the first step in combating illegal immigration.

Charles Moore, another Trump supporter, agreed with Tennessee’s understanding of the threat of illegal immigration.

“I work in construction,” Moore said.

“See these cranes up right here? We do these pours at night over here. I haul concrete. On every one of these jobs it’s sad when you pull up and there’s only like three or four Americans, or white people. Back in the ‘90s you pull up on a construction site the majority was blacks, there was still some Mexicans, or whatever you want to call them — immigrants — but the difference is now, that’s all

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Protesters and supporters of Donald Trump collided at the presidential candidate’s rally in Asheville on Sept. 12. Garret K. Woodward photo

I Live For That Look The Donald and The Doomed converge in Asheville

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER “You’re a Nazi,” the 20-something female screamed into the face of an elderly veteran.

The veteran shrugged off the comment as he barreled through the onslaught of protesters, only to find a safe haven amid the security guards and likeminded folks headed for the entrance of the Donald J. Trump presidential rally held this past Monday at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Asheville.

Standing outside of the raucous civic center, one felt their stomach drop overhearing, 8 and witnessing first hand, just how dark and

COMMENTARY vile the words and expressions were between protesters and supporters of “The Donald.”

“Are you part of The Klan?” or “How can you support someone who is a racist and a rapist?” someone from behind the barriers would cry out, only to be either flipped off or given a thumbs up by someone trying to get into the venue, shouting back “How can you not love your country?” or “If you don’t like America, pack up and leave.”

I watched these horrific exchanges, all the while thinking, “This is exactly what ‘they’ want.” Divide and conquer. Pull the strings of society apart and become the puppet master. Democrat or Republican, this remains the objective. And for Trump, he didn’t come to Asheville to gain votes or influence his chances in North Carolina. He came here to stir the pot and, in the process (or by-product), get the attention and media coverage he craves.

And yet, in that moment, I was also not focusing on the biggest theme of what I was witnessing — “nothing is the same, everything is the same.” Just like every “new and

hip” generation didn’t invent sex, drugs, or youthful chaos, it also didn’t invent racial tensions, economic crisis, or terrorism.

For every protester and supporter, I wondered if they knew their history. Did they know that terrorism — on an even grander scale — was way more prominent in our country 40 years ago than today? Did they know who the Weather Underground was and how they bombed the Pentagon and Capitol Building in the 1970s? What about the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who routinely hijacked commercial airliners? What about the economic crisis and racial tensions, not to mention foreign policy and wartime debacles of the 1960s onward? Those societal issues are part of the same political landscape that has resided in our country — our culture, our subconscious — for the better part of half a century.

Take into consideration 1968. What if, in this day and age of 24-hour news and social media, something like the violence at 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago happened this year in Philadelphia? What if a presidential candidate, like say Bernie Sanders, was assassinated at a rally like Bobby Kennedy was on that fateful night in California some 48 years ago? How would we as Americans, as well as the media and the world, react?

So, when someone says “Make America Great Again,” I say, “Well, it’s never been ‘great,’ but we’re getting better.”

Everything we’re squabbling about today are the same things we yelled at each other about during every presidential election since the end of World War II and the ushering in of the Atomic Age and the Cold War, when the awesome power of man reared its ugly political head.

Stepping into the U.S. Cellular Center, the screaming from the protesters faded into the background only to be replaced by the howling of a rollicking crowd of people looking for some answers. Amid the thousands that partook in the rally, Trump’s speech was pretty much what one would expect.

Cheers when he mentioned his love for veterans and police officers, boos when he (often) used a buzzword like “Obamacare” or “Hillary.” He doubled down on “The Wall,” once again assuring the crowd that “[Mexico] will pay for it.”

And throughout the speech, I kept wondering when he was actually going to get to the issues at hand. OK, you won the nomination — now what? With most of the speech bashing Hillary Clinton, when would something tangible, like perhaps an outlined foreign policy or plan for the economy, be mentioned? It was a pandering speech, one that was only emphasized by the “warm up act,” which was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who resembled more of a pit bull sitting at attention next to Trump rather than the same guy who preached “unity and

peace” while standing atop the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center.

But, like Trump himself, the crowd was more subdued than what’s been seen in previous rallies. Sure, there was shoving and even a punch thrown, but, for the most part, those in attendance stood and listened, hoping for something, anything of substance that would come from the man at the podium who actually stated, “Take a chance on me — it can’t get any worse.”

Yes, Mr. Trump, it really can’t get any worse. And I’m not talking about the economy or our foreign policy, not about immigration or racial violence. I’m talking about the way the American people have been used as a commodity for profit by political officials and the business elite.

It’s hard to stand there and listen to Trump say he cares about veterans when he was a draft dodger. It’s hard to listen to him vilify Clinton when she and Bill were on the guest list of his third wedding. It’s hard to listen to Giuliani hate on her when she was a former New York State senator, one who was definitely in cahoots with him over the years,

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attending the same functions and fundraisers. It’s also hard to listen to Clinton point her finger at Wall Street and bankers when they’ve been in her fundraising pockets for decades.

No matter who wins the presidential election, both Trump and Clinton come out the victors. They’re playing with house money and they’ll only continue to get richer and have more political influence as the years go along. The real losers this election season are, well, all of us, seeing as we’re seemingly angrier with our neighbor than at our politicians or those behind the scenes running the show.

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“I was in Sturgis, and I probably had about a hundred people compliment me on my Trump 2016 sticker.”

— Robert Immerman

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favor of vigorous political participation.

And participation coupled with the “lone wolf ” philosophy of many bikers leads most of them to support conservative and Republican causes.

“We’re lost if Hillary gets in,” said Bill Bush, who was visiting Maggie Valley from Edgar, Nebraska last weekend. “She’s not a very trustworthy person, putting it mildly.”

Bush has been riding for more than 50 years, and in that time, he’s seen the changes in the type of people who ride and the activities in which they partake.

“I think it’s improved — it ain’t the old dirty fightin’ drinkin’ person,” he said. “It’s family people, their kids. It’s improved a lot, the appearance I guess.”

Waynesville resident Paul Arrington has been riding almost as long as Bush, and he backed up Bush’s account of the biker community.

“I think a lot of people used to think that nobody rides excepts bums or something,” Arrington said. “But now, the riding community is a very upstanding community. There’s people that ride these things that are lawyers and doctors.”

The “biker vote” is an overlooked but important demographic in an electoral puzzle that is far more inclusive of groups once considered “fringe,” like the National Rifle Association, which now boasts 5 million members.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there were more than 8.4 million registered motorcycles in the U.S. in 2011.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER otorcyclists have always been a distinct subset of the American population, long before they gained infamy in Hunter S. Thompson’s Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, published by Random House in 1966; Marlon Brando gave credibility to the “outlaw” stereotype in the 1953 biker flick “The Wild One,” and James Dean solidified it in the 1955 movie “Rebel Without a Cause.”

But long gone are the days of Thompson’s Angels; sure, bikers are still judged by the Gonzo journalist’s depiction of them as dangerous, violent and remorseless criminals who resorted to drug running, dumpster diving, and strong-arm robberies to maintain their “live to ride, ride to live” lifestyles.

Doubtless some still resort to such activities, but since the Federal Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement officials began treating those roving hordes of vagabonds as a unit of organized crime rather than just a greasy sect of ne’er-do-wells, their shenanigans have been severely curtailed as the nearly-infinite powers of the justice system were brought to bear.

However, their unique culture still maintains elements of those wide-open days and retains the cowboy ethos of the lonesome wayfarer with none but the wind and the road as companions, but nowadays it’s probably more show than go. Perhaps what would have been most unimaginable to Thompson, Brando and Dean is that the anti-establishmentarianism bikers once held so close to their ornately ”patched black leather vests has subsided in

Certainly not every motorcycle owner fits the stereotype, but many do, and if anecdotes were evidence, Clinton supporters in the riding community are as few and far between as Death Valley gas stations.

Where this becomes important is in both the quantity and the geographic distribution thereof; with more than 8 million bikes on those same roads used by more than 300 million Americans, their owners may constitute up to 2.7 percent of the U.S. population.

And that biker population is, interestingly, overwhelmingly located in key battleground states.

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Robert Immerman takes a phone call on the steps of his RV in Maggie Valley.

As of early September, Politico considers Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin battleground states in this year’s presidential election.

Of those, Florida has the second-most registered bikes in the country — behind only California — with more than 550,000 gracing the highways of the Sunshine State. Ohio comes in fourth with more than 400,000, Pennsylvania fifth with almost 400,000, Wisconsin eighth at 280,000 and Michigan ninth at around 260,000.

North Carolina’s 193,000 bikes put the state at 15th in the country.

Robert Immerman — who like Bush and Arrington visited Maggie Valley to attend events surrounding the Geico Hot Bike Tour Sept. 8 — was perhaps the embodiment of the “biker vote.”

A plumber from Lionel Lakes, Minnesota, Immerman drove to the event in his RV, which sports a huge “Trump 2016” sticker on the front windshield.

“I’ve probably gotten 500 compliments on that in the last couple months, versus I’ve had three people flip me off,” he said.

Earlier this year, Immerman took the same RV to the legendary biker bash that takes place in Sturgis, South Dakota, each year and received similar accolades.

“I was in Sturgis, and I probably had about a hundred people compliment me on my Trump 2016 sticker,” he said. “Everybody I’ve talked to is voting for Trump — not one biker said they would vote for Hillary Clinton.”

But has he seen any Clinton stickers or paraphernalia during his bike-related voyages?

“None,” he said.

Like many, his reasons for supporting Trump seem to stem partly from his admiration for Trump, and partly from his dislike of Clinton.

“She did so many crooked things, and so many bad things have happened, people just don’t believe anything she says,” Immerman said. “And we need somebody that’s going to do something about some things. She doesn’t want to do anything — she wants to bring another 200,000 refugees into our country so she can get the democratic vote out of them.

Trump, he’s got plans — the wall, the IRS, a lot of things, you know? So I just think he’s got more issues that he’s willing to do, that he wants to do, and she’s not.”

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Cherokee give $50,000 to oppose North Dakota pipeline Situation an issue of tribal sovereignty, water rights, tribal leaders say

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians threw its support behind the cause of the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota when Tribal Council voted to give $50,000 toward a legal battle to prevent construction of an oil pipeline north of Standing Rock Sioux land.

“This is an issue of tribal sovereignty.

This is also an issue of honoring a treaty.

More importantly, it’s an issue of water rights,” Vice Chief Richard Sneed told council at its Sept. 6 Budget Council meeting.

“Where this pipeline is set to cross just north of the reservation, when there is a break that will pollute the only water source.”

“It is something that we need to be concerned about,” concurred Gil Jackson, a tribal member who Sneed invited to tell council about his trip to support the Standing Rock Sioux. “Water is life and we have to have it.

It not only affects those folks in North Dakota and South Dakota, it eventually will affect us. It’s an issue worldwide.”

The issue stems from a 1,172-mile, $3.78 billion pipeline project by Energy Transfer Partners that would connect thriving oil fields in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois.

The route passes by the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and the tribe says that completion would disturb sacred sites and burial grounds, while also endangering the tribe’s water supply. A break or spill in the pipeline, they say, would pollute its only water source.

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that legal battle Sept. 9 when U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg denied the tribe’s request for an injunction to halt construction until things finished playing out in court. However, that ruling was swiftly followed by a same-day joint decision from the Department of Justice, Department of the Army and Department of the Interior that construction would stop until the Army could determine “whether it will need to reconsider any of its previous decisions” in light of federal laws.

Sneed was quick to express his appreciation for council’s unanimous vote and endorsement of the $50,000 figure — in the resolution he submitted, he’d left the dollar amount blank for council to fill in.

“I’m humbled. I’m honored.

Today you demonstrated why we The Standing Rock Sioux have been embroiled in protest and a legal battle against construction of an oil are leaders in Indian Country,” he pipeline that they fear would endanger the water supply to their tribal land. Rob Wilson photo said. “I had no idea or even expected a move of that much. It’s impressive.”

“This is an issue of tribal sovereignty. This is also an issue of Sneed told council that he’d honoring a treaty. More importantly, it’s an issue of water rights.” like to hand-carry the check to North Dakota. When Principal — Richard Sneed, Vice Chief Chief Patrick Lambert addressed council at another meeting two struction from continuing. can drink money, none of us can breathe days later, he concurred with Sneed’s appre“I’ve been getting texts all morning on money, so those things are important,” ciation of council’s actions and pledged a this situation, and it was suggested to me Councilmember Teresa McCoy of Big Cove, swift signing of the resolution. that we donate $50,000 to this tribe,” said in the meeting.

“The feedback from the community at Councilmember Alan “B” Ensley, of The Standing Rock Sioux have taken the large and Indian Country has been tremenYellowhill, told council. “We all know what Army Corps of Engineers to court over the dous,” Sneed said in Council Sept. 8.. legal battles cost — $50,000 sounds like a issue, claiming that the Army Corps hadn’t The Standing Rock Sioux are accepting lot of money but it being a legal battle, it’s consulted them about the project as the law donations to aid their cause at www.standinnot.” requires. Protesters have been camped out grock.org/news/standing-rock-sioux-tribe— The Standing Rock Sioux lost a round of along the proposed route to prevent condakota-access-pipeline-donation-fund.

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LACK OF STANDING

Amy and Becky (from right) Walker confer with their attorney Megann Burke prior to the start of June’s hearing regarding a lawsuit against pay raises for Tribal Council. Holly Kays photo

Court rules plaintiffs lack standing

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The plaintiff in this case was the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for Justice and

Burke said that though she respects the decision, she’s disappointed with the ruling.

“The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for Justice and Accountability proudly stands on the values, customs and traditions of the Cherokee people, as well as clearly established law recognizing associational standing, in asserting a legal injury as a result of the wrongs committed by these defendants,” Burke said in a written statement following the decision. “Not once did the arguments raised in court deny that these elected officials violated Tribal law.”

The suit is not necessarily dead. The plaintiffs have the right to appeal Barrett’s decision to the Cherokee Supreme Court but have not yet decided whether they will pursue that course of action.

Defense Attorney Carleton Metcalf, however, is confident that the ruling would hold up regardless.

“We are pleased that the court agreed the case should be “Even where it appears that a dismissed,” he said in a written statement, “and believe the rultaxpayer, citizen or group of such ing to be sound in light of the persons has a genuine concern law and the allegations that were made in this matter.” regarding the use of funds ... it is Some tribal members had looked to a July indictment of not enough to create standing nine former members of the unless those persons are in Winnebago Tribal Council as encouraging news for their danger of suffering any particular cause. The indictment includes concrete injury as a result of the charges of conspiracy, theft and misapplication of funds operation of the challenged law.” belonging to an Indian gaming establishment, according to a — from Judge Sharon Barrett’s ruling press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. In that case, defendants had received salary “All members of the tribe are affected increases of about 35 percent in February when Tribal Council violates tribal law for individual personal gain,” Burke told Barrett 2013 that were retroactive to October 2012, as well as five separate bonuses in during the hearing.

2013 totaling $6,000 and six separate Perhaps, Barrett wrote, but that doesn’t bonuses in 2014 totaling $11,000, the mean that any member of the tribe can sue when she disagrees with a spending decision release said.

But even if the buck does indeed stop in Council, just as the law doesn’t permit any here, said EBCIJA member Becky Walker, the citizen of the United States to sue when he group has a lot to be proud of. disagrees with the fiscal wisdom of an item “Though the case has been dismissed, I in the federal budget. feel really confident about the work that To bring a suit on behalf of its members, was done here in the community, and I feel Barrett wrote, quoting a decision from Hunt like the people have sent a strong message v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, a group’s members would have to tribal leadership, basically saying that we’re not afraid to stand up when we feel to “otherwise have standing to sue in their own right.” The EBCIJA’s case failed that test, like the people have been treated wrongly,” Walker said.

Barrett said.

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THE COMPLAINT

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER lawsuit seeking to declare illegal a controversial Tribal Council decision to issue its members pay raises has been dismissed in Tribal Court, according to a Sept. 1 decision from Temporary Associate Judge Sharon Barrett.

The decision, which stemmed from a June court hearing, didn’t consider whether Council’s actions in October 2014 had broken the law. Rather, it evaluated whether those bringing the case had a right to ask the court to rule on the issue.

“Plaintiff ’s sincerity and earnest concern about the propriety of Defendants’ alleged actions is not the benchmark for standing,” wrote Barrett, who had been sworn in shortly before the hearing following a decadeslong legal career, first as an attorney and then as district court judge in Buncombe County and a special superior court judge for North Carolina.

“Even where it appears that a taxpayer, citizen or group of such persons has a genuine concern regarding the use of funds, and that this interest may be prompted by their status as taxpayers or citizens,” she continued, “it is not enough to create standing unless those persons are in danger of suffering any particular concrete injury as a result of the operation of the challenged law.”

Accountability, a group of tribal members aiming to ensure fairness and honesty in tribal government. The defendants — all 16 of them — were a collection of current and former elected officials of the tribe and one former finance officer, an appointed position. They had allegedly been involved with or benefited from an October 2014 vote to boost pay for Tribal Council members and cut backpay checks for the years when those members supposedly should have been earning the higher salary.

According to documents from a public records request procured by the EBCIJA, backpay checks for councilmembers ranged from $10,637 to $33,391, with former Principal Chief Michell Hicks receiving $42,500 in backpay and former Vice Chief Larry Blythe $5,100. The pay raise had boosted councilmembers’ annual salaries by more than $10,000 to $80,600, with the chair and vice chair pulling in $86,400 and $83,500, respectively.

EBCIJA members were upset about the sum of the expenditures but even more upset about the way council went about approving them. The pay raises and backpay were included as part of the yearly budget bill and not debated in open council. The vote was taken without discussion at the end of a budget hearing at which two councilmembers, who afterward vocally opposed the pay raises, were not present. And the higher salaries and backpay were paid out immediately, rather than being embargoed until the next election had passed and those new members were seated.

Opponents of the pay raises had argued that last part is what made the pay raises illegal. The tribe’s Charter and Governing Document states that “no pay raise (for

Before getting a judge to rule on the claims themselves, the EBCIJA had to establish that it had a right to bring those claims, the key issues being standing and tribal sovereignty.

Meghann Burke, representing the EBCIJA, had acknowledged after the June hearing that the standing issue “is a very difficult one for us” but held to the opinion that the EBCIJA had a case. She argued in court that her clients were indeed directly injured when council put more than $1 million in backpay and associated benefits into their own pockets. Otherwise, she said, those funds would be poured into tribal programs and services to benefit tribal members — her clients.

Cherokee tradition sees decisions more heavily through the lens of group impact and consensus than does American tradition, Burke continued, and the court should take that into account when considering how to determine standing.

“Plaintiff has not alleged that its members have a sufficient personal stake to challenge the budget resolution at issue in this case,” Barrett wrote.

The defendants had listed other grounds for dismissal as well, with tribal sovereign immunity being the strongest argument aside from standing, but Barrett’s decision did not parse those other arguments.

“Having concluded that the Plaintiff ’s Complaint must be dismissed for the reasons discussed above, the court need not address the other grounds for dismissal,” she wrote.

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Tribal Council) is to take effect until the next council is seated.” The conventional understanding of that had been that any pay raise council approved for itself had to wait until after winners of the next election were seated to take effect. But Hicks had argued that the pay increases were not raises but rather “adjustments” to comply with a 2004 resolution stating pay for councilmembers should increase at the same rate as that of tribal members. Council hadn’t gotten a raise since 2007, at which time they had also voted themselves a $10,000 increase.

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Meadows introduces bill to save floating houses

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR .S. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, introduced a bill last week to halt the Tennessee Valley Authority’s plan to ban floating homes on all of its 49 lakes.

Upon TVA staff recommendation and despite public outcry from homeowners and local governments, the TVA board of directors voted in May to place a 30-year sunset provision on all floating homes. Some 1,800 houseboats will be affected by the new policy, including more than 350 homes on Fontana Lake in Swain and Graham counties. Local governments will also be negatively impacted by the policy, citing a significant loss in property tax and sales tax revenue generated from floating homes and their owners who visit the area.

Even though floating homeowners can keep their homes for another 30 years, Meadows said just the announcement of the new TVA policy has diminished home values and rendered it impossible for people to sell their floating homes.

“The TVA’s proposal to ban floating cabins has already had devastating effects for hundreds of hard-working owners — even

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Fontana Lake in Swain and Graham counties is home to more than 350 floating homes that will be affected by the Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to implement a 30-year sunset provision. File photo

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well before the 30-year timeline expires,” Meadows said in a press release. “This is yet another example of the federal government choosing to get involved without seriously evaluating the consequences placed upon tax-paying families. I call on my colleagues in the House to move swiftly on this bill and make a clear statement that this kind of government overreach will not be tolerated.”

Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, also introduced a Senate version of the bill.

Meadows said the bill was his last option after the TVA board made it clear during its August meeting that it would not reconsider the sunset provision. While the board and TVA staff argued that houseboats present environmental and safety issues and restrict public access on the TVA waters, Meadows said the TVA did not provide any proof of it in its Environmental Impact Study released last year.

Meadows’ proposed bill would allow for recreational access for floating homes on the Tennessee River System as long as the structure is maintained to reasonable health, safety and environmental standards as required by the TVA.

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Cherokee resident Laura Sneed, whose family owns two TVA-permitted houseboats on Fontana Lake, has been organizing the charge to get the TVA to reverse its 30-year sunset provision.

Sneed started a website and a Facebook group — Fontana Families for Floating Homes — that has more than 500 members. She also maintains the website for the Tennessee Valley Floating Homes Alliance and continues to lead an online fundraising effort for future legal fees that has generated about $22,000.

Fontana Families for Floating Houses was created during the public comment phase of the TVA’s Environmental Impact Study and provided a grassroots voice for communities and families affected by these measures. The group’s efforts to create an online petition returned over 3,700 signatures supporting the continued presence of floating homes structures on the lakes.

Sneed said she’s thankful for the continued support from Rep. Mark Meadows and Sens.

Richard Burr and Thom Tillis.

“From the onset of our fight against TVA’s sunset provision, Congressman Meadows took an interest in our plight. He wrote TVA’s CEO Bill Johnson multiple letters, met with floating homeowners and marina operators and also worked to engage the support of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr. His continuing efforts have given me and everyone else on Fontana Lake genuine hope,” Sneed said.

Because of her commitment to the cause, Sneed will be one of five people invited to provide testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the United States House of Representative Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

“I am honored to be called as a witness and am looking forward to going to Washington to testify on behalf of all floating homeowners and to discuss the impact the 30-year sunset will have on Western North Carolina,” Sneed said. “Our floating communities are irreplaceable, cherished by numerous families and worth fighting for.”

TVFHA President Michael Wilks of Ohio will also be providing testimony for the Congressional Committee.

Meadows, the chairman of the Congressional Subcommittee, requested Sneed’s testimony. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is open to the public and all floating homeowners are encouraged to attend.

More information on Sneed’s upcoming testimony and the fight for floating houses may be found at www.oversight.house.gov or www.fontanafamilies.com.

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Former residents and descendants of Hazel Creek and the Fontana Lake area are invited to celebrate the 40th reunion and homecoming from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Deep Creek Shelter in Swain County.

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to get properly permitted, uphold more stringent environmental standards and pay reasonable fees, but pleaded with the board to rethink the sunset provision.

Since the sunset provision was approved in May, TVA staff has been meeting with floating homeowners to talk about ways to mitigate the economic impact the sunset clause will have on local communities.

“The TVA’s proposal to ban floating cabins They also wanted feedback on the has already had devastating effects for TVA’s future rules hundreds of hard-working owners.” that will govern the houseboats on TVA — Mark Meadows lakes until they have to be removed in 30 years. Until the rules are established, no struction of any new houseboats, but the new houseboats can be constructed and no board grandfathered in the existing permitnew permits will be granted. When TVA’s ted structures. However, the TVA has admitproposed rules are finalized, the public will ted enforcement of that regulation has been have a 60-day comment period before the lax. The lack of enforcement has led to TVA votes on whether to adopt them. The many houseboats being constructed on the new houseboat policy is now posted on the water without proper TVA permits.

TVA website and any proposed rules will Most houseboat owners who spoke at also be available online. the TVA public hearings said they’re willing

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Franklin to dole out funds to community charities

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ourteen Macon County charities are vying for a piece of Franklin’s $40,000 nonprofit funding pool, but not all organizations will walk away with their full request.

While $40,000 was allocated in this year’s budget for local charities, the town received funding requests totaling about $58,000. The same number of nonprofits submitted funding applications this year but the total amount requested is down from $66,000 last year.

Applicants must meet the public purpose doctrine, which states that charities receiving money from the town must provide a service that benefits the community as a whole. The nonprofits must also submit their budgets to the town.

A representative from all the nonprofits presented their request to the town board of aldermen last week. Aldermen called a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, to discuss the requests in more detail before making a final decision.

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ARTS COUNCIL OF MACON COUNTY The Arts Council of Macon County requested $3,000 this year to pay artist fees and production and promotion costs associated with the council’s art programs and concerts. The Council noted in its application that town funding was essential to its programming because the North Carolina Arts Council — which provides funding to local councils — tracks municipal support and leverages it into increased state funding.

The Arts Council received $1,000 from the town last year.

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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Boy Scouts of America is requesting $1,000 to purchase six additional Frisbee golf holes to complete a nine-hole course and to build a human foosball court at Lumpkin Adventure Camp. The camp encompasses 117 acres on Nichols Branch Road in Franklin used for youth programs and overnight outdoor trips.

Lumpkin Trust owns the property on behalf of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina. The camp is managed by Daniel Boone Council, but is available for all youth groups, civic groups and nonprofits in Macon County.

The Boy Scouts of America did not request funding last year.

COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OF FRANKLIN Community Care Clinic, which provides 14 free medical care to uninsured, indigent

members of the community, requested $5,000 to provide the flu vaccine to its patients.

The clinic has operated since 2010 and became a nonprofit in 2013. It operates out of the health department on Monday and Wednesday evenings and relies solely on grants and donations. According to the clinic’s application, the funding would help contain the flu epidemic in the community and provide for people who otherwise could not afford the vaccine. Ellen Shope, board chairman for the clinic, said providing flu vaccines would also help people avoid costly visits to the emergency room.

The clinic received $4,000 last year to educate patients on managing their chronic diseases.

FRIENDS OF THE GREENWAY Friends of the Greenway requested $4,483 to fund needed repairs to the aquatic playground equipment at Wesley’s Park.

Rita St. Clair, secretary of the board, said families frequently use the public park and playground equipment, but certain components need to be replaced within the water features of the 12-year-old playground equipment to keep it functioning properly. The Friends of the Greenway operate from donations and memberships without funding from the county.

“The required repairs now are more than we can afford,” St. Clair said.

The organization did not request funding from the town last year.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MACON AND JACKSON Habitat for Humanity requested $5,000 to continue its work repairing homes and installing handicap accessible ramps and grab bar for residents.

The funding will pay for two to four home repairs in Franklin. These kinds of repairs help keep people in their homes and raise the quality and value of their homes.

Habitat requested and received $5,000 from the town last year.

HOSPICE HOUSE FOUNDATION OF WNC Hospice House Foundation requested $1,500 to offset the $3,000 expense of having the future hospice house property in Franklin surveyed. The survey will determine the location of the planned structure and improvements to the current house.

The Hospice House Foundation has raised close to $1.2 million toward the $5.2 million project and has received $1.3 million in challenge grants, which is contingent on the foundation raising $2.7 million.

The hospice house, once completed, will serve hospice patients from Franklin and surrounding areas.

The foundation asked the town for $5,000 last year to help pay for the hiring of a campaign director but the board did not approve any of the request.

KIDS PLACE KIDS Place requested $5,000 to provide services for child victims of abuse that are located in the Franklin town limits. Those services include child forensic interviews, child medical evaluations, trauma focused therapy, victims advocacy and case management, multi-disciplinary core team and community education.

Board member Patrick Bettencourt pointed out that KIDS Place advocacy center spent $2,099 last year to provide those services for one child. KIDS Place also conducted 12 forensic interviews at the request of the Franklin Police Department.

KIDS Place received its entire $5,000 request from the town last year.

LITERACY COUNCIL OF HIGHLANDS Literacy Council of Highlands requested $5,000 to pay for programs that provide support in second language, tutoring and literacy skills. About 100 children within the Franklin town limits benefited from the Franklin Tutoring Program sponsored by the Literacy Council last year.

The council helped about 250 students total last year in the Macon County School system.

The Literacy Council requested $5,000 last year and received $2,000 from the town.

MACON COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION Macon County Art Association requested $5,000 to improve the appearance and operations of Uptown Gallery in downtown Franklin. Updates will include installing a light hanging system and a computerized point-of-sale system, which will help the association with accounting and accepting donations.

The gallery serves community members and also provides classroom space for art classes several days a week.

The art association did not request town funding last year.

address homelessness issues in the county.

Board President Bob Bourke said the nonprofit planned on providing temporary housing for 40 homeless people during the winter months.

Last year Macon New Beginnings received $2,000 of its $5,000 request to the town.

MACON COUNTY CARE NETWORK Macon County Care Network requested $5,000 to provide food for the backpack program at local schools. Students who qualify are provided with food to take home over the weekend to ensure they don’t go hungry.

Of the 500 students the program serves, about 250 of are at East Franklin Elementary, Franklin High School, Macon Program for Progress and Macon Early College. It costs about $60,000 a year to pay for the program.

CareNet requested $4,000 last year for a “Volunteer Care Program” and was granted $1,000.

MACON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY – FRANKLIN Macon County Public Library requested $5,000 to purchase new multimedia equipment in the main meeting room at the Franklin library. The equipment will include a new digital projector and ceiling mount, amplifier, Blu-ray player, and surround sound decoder and control systems.

Library Director Karen Wallace said the current equipment is 10 years old and is out of service too much for the amount of meetings and classes being held in that space.

The library received $4,000 of its $5,000 request last year to purchase a new copier and printers.

REACH OF MACON COUNTY REACH of Macon County requested $5,000 to help provide services to domestic abuse victims within the town limits — emergency shelter, court advocacy, crisis intervention and safety planning.

The new REACH shelter in Franklin provided services for 128 women and children last year — that’s a total of 2,651 nights at the shelter and almost 8,000 meals.

REACH made the same request last year and received $5,000.

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Macon New Beginnings made two requests for related causes. The nonprofit asked for $3,750 for Serving Spoon — a program to offer a free community meal once a week at the Jaycee Building at Memorial Park in Franklin. The money will cover the cost of renting the facilities and churches are donating all the food. The dinner has been feeding an average of 32 people a week.

Macon New Beginnings’ mission is to

Read2Me, a nonprofit that provides books to children in the county, requested $4,000 to help enroll children ages 0-5 in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The program allows children to receive one book a month until they turn 5. About 185 children in Franklin were enrolled in the program in the past year and the annual cost is $30 a child.

Read2Me requested $4,000 last year for the same cause and received $2,000.

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Joseph Alan Wischnowski, 32 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance (two counts) • Felony trafficking in methamphetamine • Bond: $30,000 secured

Jessica McMahan Stottlemyer, 32 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance (three counts) • Felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place for manufacture/sale/delivery of controlled substance (three counts) • Bond: $20,000 secured

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Jonathan Russell Key, 30 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance (two counts) • Bond: $50,000 secured Connor Christian Sim, 26 • Felony sell/deliver heroin • Felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place for controlled substance

Amy Morgan Smith, 24 • Felony trafficking in methamphetamine • In custody in Georgia awaiting transfer Casey Charles Smith, 29 • Felony trafficking in methamphetamine • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $30,000 secured Adam Joshua Sanders, 29 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $8,000 secured Heather Lee Reynolds, 24 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $25,000 secured Chad Thomas Moses, 28 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $10,000 secured Heather Marie McConnell, 35 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $25,000 secured Katherine Aldrich Manders, 46 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $8,000 secured Eddie Mitchell Kresal, 32 • Felony trafficking in methamphetamine (two counts)

Callee Suzanne Bowman, 28 • Felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place for controlled substance • Bond: $1,000 secured

Leslie Jones Macon County Sheriff’s Office has active warrants out for the above suspects as part of Operation Thunderstruck.

• Felony sell/deliver Schedule II substance (two counts) • Felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place for manufacture/sale/delivery of controlled substance • Bond: $300,000 secured Candance Lynn Kent, 28 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance (two counts) • Felony maintain vehicle/dwelling/place for manufacture/sale/delivery of controlled substance (two counts) • Bond: $20,000 secured Tara Lynn Hash, 28 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance • Bond: $7,500 secured Michael Clifford Hamlin, 37 • Felony sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substance (two counts) • Bond: $50,000

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acon County Sheriff ’s Office concluded “Operation Thunderstruck” on Sept. 9 with 26 arrests for drug-related offenses while three suspects are still at large.

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“We are still seeking the assistance of the public in locating the remaining suspects who currently face criminal charges,” he said in a press release.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER he longest running Labor Day festival in the South is meant to commemorate the contributions of the organized labor movement in the Unites States; appropriately, the Town of Canton’s popular weekend event wasn’t just spent guzzling sweet tea, pounding barbecue and listening to bluegrass.

It was spent building something.

“It was a big success,” said Canton Town Manager Seth Hendler-Voss. “It’s just an estimate, but it’s based on about five to six square feet per person. We think about 5,500 came on Monday, 3,500 on Sunday, and we’re guessing about 5,000 for the parade. So somewhere around 14,000.”

But bringing 14,000 people out to an event in a town of less than 5,000 residents isn’t the only way Canton officials will measure that success.

“We measure it based on the amount of town subsidy,” Hendler-Voss said. “The board set a subsidy maximum for us of $10,000 and looking at preliminary numbers right now, it looks like we’ll be at or under that subsidy.”

Most revenue from the festival comes from sponsors; in the event that revenue does not meet expenditures, the town would step in to ensure the event doesn’t end up in the red.

“By that measure, the festival was a success and we hope to get to the point where we’re self-sustaining and there is no town subsidy,” he said.

Of note, Hendler-Voss said the Papertown Kids Village, which featured six inflatable attractions, a free face painter and a balloon artist — brought in about $7,000. Admission was $10 for the entire day.

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fruitful — way to monetize a free event that doesn’t sell alcohol, which is often a major revenue source for such fetes.

Hendler-Voss said he’d like to see the festival eventually become self-sustaining.

“Of course, to be able to do that, we need more revenue,” he said. “Primarily through sponsorships and other sources.”

Indeed, in the months leading up to the festival, some members of the public appeared before the town board to bemoan the fact that the estimated 14,000 attendees — some from as far away as Germany — could theoretically visit Canton without leaving so much as a nickel behind.

Financials aside, Canton of late has been fighting to position itself as a sensible option to overpriced, overcrowded Asheville despite having the highest property taxes in Haywood County.

Over the past few months, Canton successfully wooed Western Carolina Freightliner from Asheville to a long-vacant parcel near Interstate 40, announced the addition of a craft brewery, and embarked on a much-needed streetscaping project designed to beautify historic downtown and appeal not only to long-time residents, but also outsiders.

A recent study issued by the Haywood County Affordable Housing Task Force opined that the key to population growth in the county over the next 30 years is in-migration — not natural increase — making the festival an important way for the town to raise awareness of its existence among people who don’t seem to realize that there are actually towns in North Carolina west of Asheville.

To that end, Hendler-Voss cited the diversity of the crowd attending the festival.

“It was probably the most diverse crowd of visitors Canton has ever experienced,” he said.

Canton Mayor Mike Ray agreed.

“Labor Day was a great Labor Day,” he said. “We had a lot of great entertainment, a very unique mixture, a very good mixture of people from different areas.”

That mixture came largely as the result of headliners Yonder Mountain String Band, known for their dedicated and freewheeling crowd; YMSB contrasted somewhat with Nash-pop sensation Joe Lasher Jr., and more traditional acts like

“We need to build on this year’s success so we can essentially galvanize the impression that people on the outside have of Canton and solidify our standing as a first-choice event for Labor Day weekend,” he said. “But we also have to be careful to continue to strike that balance of showcasing our history and our heritage while also embracing the new music and the changing demographics. I’d like to expand the diversity. We made great strides this year. We had more diversity this year culturally — ethnic and racial diversity — than

“Labor Day was a great Labor Day. We had a lot of great entertainment, a very unique mixture, a very good mixture of people from different areas.”

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probably ever before, and we need to grow on that, because that’s the trend of our region.”

Thus it seems that in the Town of Canton, the Labor Day festival’s success isn’t really based on how much money it raised or how many people it drew, but rather on what residents and visitors built, together.

“If we’re making paper yesterday,” Hendler-Voss said, “we’re building bridges today.”

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Hendler-Voss cited a Facebook post as evidence thereof.

“Someone said, ‘You know what, all the hippies are welcome to come out for Yonder Mountain String Band, but this redneck’s gonna stay home and I’ll be out there for Balsam Range.’ So my reply was that everyone’s welcome — we’re bridging cultures here. I mean, he was joking, but it is true.

Who ever thought that the little town of Canton, which is very monochromatic, would host such a diverse collection of people?”

He went on to say that he hoped visitors would walk away with the impression of Canton as a town that knows how to throw a quality event, values cultural diversity and celebrates a rich heritage, but also competes for growth and relevance in a region where Asheville and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park easily overshadow the small, proud, mountain mill town.

Next year’s festival — the town’s 111th annual — will give Canton yet another opportunity to market itself to the outside world; however, this year’s event set a high bar to top, as it marked a significant departure from the smaller, less extravagant festivals of years past.

As to whether it’ll continue in its expanded fashion, Mayor Ray deferred to the people of Canton.

“That’s for the community to decide,” Ray said. “Our residents — we’re doing this for those people, not necessarily for ourselves.”

Regardless, Hendler-Voss’ said he was proud of the event.

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Jackson board tweaks cell tower ordinance Exemptions considered for wireless internet towers

BY J ESS¬I STONE N EWS E DITOR fter surviving the first application process under the new wireless communication rules, Jackson County commissioners directed the planning board to look for ways to improve the ordinance.

The planning board finalized the latest version of the ordinance last August in an effort to more clearly spell out the process and the standards for applicants wanting to construct a new cell phone or wireless internet tower, but apparently the ordinance wasn’t perfect.

Though commissioners did approve Crown Castle’s application in January to construct a 120-foot monopole tower in Cashiers, the process was a daunting one — mostly trying to determine if the tower would “substantially” injure the adjacent property value.

Planning Director Michael Poston, who was hired in December after the revised ordinance was passed, recently presented the planning board with a list of suggested changes that could perhaps make the application process more streamlined.

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exempt from the approval process if the structure doesn’t exceed 120 feet in height and does not create the need for a new access road to the property.

With Jackson County’s need for better broadband connectivity, Poston said the application process for wireless internet towers shouldn’t be as stringent as they are for cell phone towers. He said it was unrealistic to think broadband providers would be willing to invest millions of dollars in new infrastructure that could potentially serve only a handful of customers in a rural parts of Jackson County. However, wireless towers can reach a broader audience by using less invasive structures.

“We’re trying to improve the process and not “Wireless internet is one lose the meaning of why we have those way to mitigate rules and regulations.” the last mile problem,” he — Michael Poston, Planning Director said. “But it’s not practical at this time to expect fiber to run up every Another suggestion was to allow for equipment on county and state properties to holler in Jackson County.”

Jackson County Economic Development be exempt from the approval process and Director Rich Price brought up the idea of instead only be subject to administrative exempting wireless towers to commissioners review.

The planning board is also looking at the back in June.

Commission Chairman Brian McMahan possibility of allowing towers exclusively was hesitant to give wireless towers a blanused for wireless broadband services to be of the issues staff found in working through the new ordinance and applying it during the quasi-judicial hearing,” Poston said.

“We’re trying to improve the process and not lose the meaning of why we have those rules and regulations.”

Poston suggested exempting state and local emergency management towers from the approval process. Since the purpose of emergency communication equipment is to protect the welfare of the community, Poston said, the ordinance’s standards might be too restricting.

“Serving the greater good may not jive with the ordinance,” he said.

ket exemption from any public hearing process, but he seemed more agreeable to place height restrictions on the exemption.

One area of the process that became cumbersome when commissioners tried to apply the new ordinance to the first cell tower application was language regarding a recommended list of locations for the infrastructure.

The ordinance recommends applicants consider placing their equipment on an existing tower or structure or in an area already developed for business use before exploring the construction of a new tower in a residential or rural area of the county.

The ordinance goes on to say applicants must provide a detailed explanation in the application if the preferred options are not selected. The proposed new ordinance language would clarify that applicants must provide justification and documentation explaining why one of the preferred locations wouldn’t work.

The planning board is also looking at reducing the setback requirements for wireless structures. The current setback is the height of the tower plus 10 percent to ensure safety in case the structure falls. Poston said he’s since learned that towers don’t fall over — they collapse on themselves — meaning the height plus 10 percent rule is overkill. The suggested change is

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Rick Barrs, owner of the property adjacent to a proposed cell tower site in Cashiers speaks against the application at a public hearing. Holly Kays photo the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decisions on cell tower applications could be legally challenged.

Commissioner Vicki Greene, who was present at the planning board meeting, said she personally liked the idea of switching the burden of proof to the other side.

Planning board member Steve Johannessen questioned if that was the right thing to do. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They (neighbors) have nothing to do with the tower then have to start spending money,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to spend money to justify me not liking that next to me.â&#x20AC;?

Poston said opposing neighbors would want to get their own appraisal anyway to refute an applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appraisal if it found the tower wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t impact other properties.

The last two recommended changes include removing a companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to resubmit the same or substantially similar application within a year of denial of the original application and changing the appeals process. The current ordinance allows the planning board to hear appeals, but Poston suggested allowing the board of adjustment to hear appeals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This amendment will allow the planning board to focus on legislative based policy issues and the board of adjustment to focus on quasi-judicial cases,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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When an applicant requires a specialuse permit for its structure, a quasi-judicial hearing before the commissioners is required. Under the current ordinance, applicants have the burden of proving that their structure will not diminish the value of adjacent properties.

Poston said he reached out to the School of Government in Chapel Hill on this issue because such a high standard could prove nearly impossible for applicants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The School of Government said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a high standard for applicants to meet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; how do you prove youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not substantially diminishing the value of the adjacent property?â&#x20AC;? Poston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It could be applied in a way that no application was ever approved.â&#x20AC;?

County Attorney Heather Baker said a possible solution is to switch the burden of proof from the applicant to the adjacent property owner or owners. With the right kind of appraisal, she said, a neighbor should be able to show whether the proposed structure would negatively impact property values. If the burden remains on the applicant, Baker said she feared any of

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The Honorable Tessa Sellers, District Court Judge for N.C. District 30, and Mike Clampitt, Candidate for North Carolina House, District 119, will be the special guests.

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Cat museum looking for volunteers A museum honoring the American house cat is set to open soon in Jackson County, but cash and volunteer hours are needed to make it happen.

“It’s going to be something new in the area, new to this part of the country,” said Harold Sims, who is spearheading the project.

The Museum of the American House Cat will display the collection of cat-related artifacts and knick-knacks Sims has collected as a lifelong cat lover, while also raising money to support Catman2, the cat rescue that Sims runs in the Cullowhee area.

Sims is currently working to outfit space in the Old School Antique Mall along U.S. 441 to hold the cat museum but needs volunteers to help clean and paint. He’s also looking for cash donations to help with rent and other expenses.

Donate online at www.catman2.org/theamerican-museum-of-the-house-cat.html. To volunteer, contact Sims at 828.293.7754 or hsims@catman2.org.

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Music at the Mill is a celebration of our WNC heritage at the 129-year old Francis Grist Mill, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013! Enjoy crafts, Mama Moody’s fried pies and milling demonstrations. Bring your own lawn chair; service animals only. BBQ By Friends of the Francis Grist Mill.

BBQ BY FRIENDS OF THE FRANCIS GRIST MILL DIRECTIONS: Hwy. 276S from Downtown Waynesville to Hugh Massie Road. The mill is on the right.

TICKETS: $10 ON THE DAY OF THE MUSIC $7 in advance Call 828-456-6307 for advance tickets

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Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute and Department of Political Science and Public Affairs are seeking questions from voters to be asked during a series of debates in September and October.

Questions should be submitted to the Public Policy Institute prior to each debate.

Questions must be submitted by registered voters in the district, should be emailed to ppi@wcu.edu, and must include the name of the sender and the county of residence.

The WCU Political Debate Series will get underway Friday, Sept. 23, with opponents for the U.S. House of Representatives District 11 — incumbent Mark Meadows, R-Cashiers, and challenger Rick Bryson, D-Bryson City.

Candidates in the N.C. House of Representatives District 119 race — incumbent Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, and challenger Mike Clampitt, R-Bryson City, will debate Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Wrapping up the series Thursday, Oct. 27, will be the contenders for the N.C. Senate District 50 seat, with incumbent Jim Davis, RFranklin, and opponent Jane Hipps, DWaynesville.

All three debates will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences Building on WCU’s West Campus. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

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The Southwestern Rural Planning Organization has developed a draft list of transportation projects and is seeking public comment until Sept. 26.

SRPO provides transportation planning support to Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties, and the municipalities therein. Every two years, local officials are asked to provide input on the top transportation priorities to be considered for future NCDOT funding.

The Southwestern RPO Written comments can be sent by mail or electronically to Rose Bauguess at 125 Bonnie Lane, Sylva, N.C. 28779, or rose@regiona.org. Projects can be found at www.regiona.org/rpo/.

Public comments are also welcome during the SWRPO Technical Coordinating Committee meeting at 1 p.m. Sept. 14 at the SCC Cecil Groves Center, 44 Siler Farm Road, Franklin, and during a public hearing at the SWRPO Transportation Advisory Committee meeting at 5 p.m. Sept. 26, at the Boiler Room Steakhouse, 1024 Georgia Road, Franklin.

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A candidate forum will be hosted by the League of Women Voters of Macon County at noon Thursday, Sept. 15, at Tartan Hall in Franklin.

Candidates for N.C. House District 120 Kevin Corbin (R) and Randy Hogsed (D) will be present as well as candidates for N.C. Senate District 50 Jane Hipps (D). Incumbent Sen. Jim Davis (R) is unable to attend.

Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch.

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that focuses on voters rights, voter information, and citizen participation in government.

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I would like to share my excitement with you about my new professional home. I've moved to Beverly-Hanks & Associates, but you, and the people you refer to me, will still be provided the same warm and professional service as always. Please update your address book with my new contact information. And if someone you know is thinking of buying or selling, please let me know. I will provide them with the best service imaginable.

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Hospitals provide diabetes education Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital are now providing outpatient nutrition therapy and diabetes education at Harris Medical Associates, Swain Family Care and Harris Family Care in Franklin.

The service, which was previously provided in the hospital, is now conveniently offered at the patient’s physician practice. For those who are not patients at one of the designated primary care practices, the service is also available.

A physician referral is required. To schedule an appointment, contact Melinda Talley at 828.631.8817.

Medicare 101 class comes to Canton

Power of Pink The 10th annual Power of Pink 5K race will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center in Clyde. Registration will open at 8 a.m. The Survivor Walk will begin at 10 a.m. in the same location. The entry fee is $25 for the 5K walk/run; $10 for the survivor walk; $10 to walk your dog and $20 each for a group of five or more from a single organization. All proceeds go to the Haywood Healthcare Foundation to provide local women with breast cancer screenings.

Register online at www.HaywoodHealthcareFoundation.org or www.gloryhoundevents.com/event/power-of-pink.

A free Medicare 101 class will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at Canton Public Library.

If you plan to change your coverage during this Medicare Open enrollment period beginning Oct. 15, this class will help you make an informed decision.

John Chicoine, Haywood SHIP Coordinator, will review the different Medicare options to help you make the best decisions.

828.648.2924.

Residents rally for recovery

Learn about mosquito-borne diseases

An estimated 900 Western North Carolina residents rallied last weekend at Lake Junaluska to celebrate recovery from addiction, mental illness and other life challenges.

The second Annual Western Regional Recovery Rally included a march around the lake, speakers, free food and drinks, live music and children’s activities. Representatives of more than 30 behavioral healthcare providers, nonprofits, advocacy groups and other organizations were on hand to share information about local resources, support groups, prevention activities and treatment options.

Guest speakers included state Sen. Jim Davis, state Rep. Joe Sam Queen, Waynesville Police Chief Bill Hollingsed, Haywood County Sheriff Greg Christopher and Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown, all of whom stressed the importance of recovery in building healthier communities. Other individuals shared their personal experiences in long-term recovery.

Come learn about mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika by visiting WCU’s Mosquito and Vector-borne Infectious Disease laboratory at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Health and Human Science Building on WCU’s campus in room 204.

Featured speaker Dr. Brian Byrd, associate professor of environmental health science and supervisor of the Mosquito and Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Facility, will guide participants in “hands-on” activities and demonstrations to educate participants about best practices to reduce mosquito-borne disease risk.

Light refreshments will be available. Space is limited. Register by Sept. 16 by calling 844.414.DOCS.

North Carolina is receiving 34 awards totaling $2,088,021 to invest in health center quality improvement efforts, and to provide high-quality comprehensive care. Health centers in North Carolina will use these funds to expand current quality improvement systems and infrastructure and to improve primary care service delivery in the communities they serve.

Nationally, more than $100 million was awarded to 1,304 health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and seven territories for quality improvement efforts.

Harris participates in new cancer survivor program

Harris to provide prescription delivery

Harris Regional Hospital is participating in the national “Cancer Transitions: Moving Beyond Treatment” program in collaboration with The Wellness Community and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

The program is built on a series of four free classes that help cancer survivors make the transition from active treatment to post-treatment care. The free classes will begin on Friday, Sept. 30, and run Fridays weekly through October. The classes will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the private dining room at Harris Regional Hospital. Classes are open to participants who have completed treatment within the past 12 months.

To register call 1.844.414.DOCS. Class leaders will contact participants to confirm a few weeks before the meetings begin.

Harris Regional Hospital is partnering with Mark’s HealthMart Pharmacy of Sylva to provide bedside prescription delivery to patients before they are discharged from the hospital.

The program is aimed at ensuring continuity of care, and lowering readmission rates and costs for patients. There is no charge for bedside deliveries.

Pharmacists and pharmacy techs will round on patients who have elected to have the service, answering questions and obtaining consent for bedside delivery. The pharmacy staff will work with nurses and hospital discharge planners to provide the service for patients. There is an option for pharmacy pickup or home delivery at no extra cost. www.myharrisregional.com or www.myswaincommunity.com.

Prostate screening available on Sept. 24 Blue Mountain Urology and Haywood Regional Medical Center will be offering prostate screenings on Saturday, Sept. 24, for a cost of $20.

If you are 50 and older, or if you are over 40 with an immediate family history of prostate cancer, it's time to schedule your annual screening. To make an appointment, call 828.452.9700 to schedule your PSA (blood test) and exam with Dr. Hooper or Dr. Steele.

The practice is located in Clyde off Hospital Drive at 15 Brettwood Trace. www.bluemountainurology.com.

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• An Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class, an eightweek exercise program designed to help participants reduce pain and stiffness, maintain or improve mobility, build muscle strength and improve everyday ability to function, will be held from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at First Baptist Church on Main Street in Sylva. 828.369.6909.

• The American Red Cross and Sport Clips Haircuts are teaming up to offer a free haircut coupon to those who donate blood or platelets during September. The coupon is valid through Nov. 6, 2016, at participating Sport Clips locations, and donors must have a valid email address on record to receive the coupon. www.redcrossblood.org.

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• GriefShare program begins Thursday, Oct. 6, at First Alliance Church located at 31 Promise Lane in Franklin. The group will meet weekly for 13 weeks from 1:30-3 p.m., downstairs in the church library. The cost is $15 to cover materials and scholarships are available.

828.369.7977 or scott@franklincma.com. www.griefshare.org.

• Mission Health has been recognized by HIMSS Analytics for achieving Stage 6 on the company’s Outpatient Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, also known as O-EMRAM. Patients are seeing significant improvements in how care is delivered at Mission through the use of advanced electronic medical records and data analytics.

• Swain Family Care participated in Swain County Schools’ back-to-school health fairs held at East Elementary, West Elementary, Swain Middle School and Swain County High School. Staff provided vision, height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure and healthy habit assessments for more than 200 students.

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True patriotism comes in many colors W

I remember John Snow, and what GOP did to him To the Editor: I remember John Snow. For those that don’t, he was the three-term state senator from this district who was defeated by Jim Davis in 2010. The tactics employed by and on behalf of Davis to defeat the most conservative Democrat in the state Senate were so outrageous that, the New Yorker magazine published an exposé in 2011 called “State for Sale.”

(Just Google “NewYorker-State for Sale”) Almost a million dollars was spent to defeat Snow, many times more money than had ever been spent in a local Senate race, and most of it came from outside the district.

One of the most effective attacks on John Snow was a blizzard of mailers stuffing all the mail boxes in the district. All of them contained either outright lies or twisted “facts” attacking his personal character or his very conservative voting record in the Senate. To this day, Sen. Davis says he had “nothing to do with them.”

Well guess what, another Sen. Davis flyer has appeared in district mail boxes. This time it is an attack on Jane Hipps, who is running to unseat him this November. True to form it contains a very questionable allegation that some would call a lie. The flyer reads “Jane Hipps told the Macon County Democratic Men’s Club the very first thing she would do in the State Senate is to raise our income taxes by at least 15 percent.”

I have been in the Democratic Men’s Club since it was formed and I am now the treasurer of the Club. I don’t think I have missed any meetings, and I have heard Jane Hipps speak many times. I have never heard her say she would raise any tax by 15 percent.

The Supreme Court decided in the Citizens United case to allow the super rich to buy our politicians. Isn’t it time that the price of a

remained a bastion of freedom. As I watched NFL star Colin Kaepernick protest the treatment of African-Americans by kneeling during the national anthem, and the growing chorus of criticism against him — especially the athletes who kneeled on the 9/11 anniversary — I couldn’t help but be thankful for his right to make such a controversial gesture.

I put displays like this to the “dad test.” I’ve mentioned before that my father was a career military guy and that Editor both my father-in-law and my brother served. Until I left for college, I had spent my entire life in military towns or living on bases.

I believe that patriotism has become a trait too often worn on the sleeve for public consumption rather than a heartfelt and sincere feeling. Kaepernick’s concern for one of this country’s very troubling social problem and his audacity to take a stand

Scott McLeod

e drove through the small town of Clyde on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 11, right in the midst of the commemoration for the 9/11 attacks. Patriotic music was playing while firemen and law enforcement officials were at attention. Unsurpri-singly, I caught myself choking up a bit.

Similar celebrations were happening across the country, people recalling the countless acts of selfless heroism that were on display that day 15 years ago and the senselessness of the terrorist crimes that at the time were so new to most Americans.

How times have changed. Now the fear of terrorism — particularly from suicide attacks — is part of every American’s psyche, something we live with when we are in large crowds or when flying.

But I’m more thankful for what we haven’t given up to the terrorists. In the days, months and years since 9/11, many wondered if the freedoms that are the bedrock of this country’s uniqueness would have to be compromised as we sought ways to confront this new threat.

But the U.S. has fought through the period since 9/11 and

politician was reduced to something the middle class could afford? Isn’t it time we respectfully discuss real policy differences? It is just hard to believe that our local dentist Jim Davis would become the poster child for this kind of dirty politics.

Louis Vitale Franklin

Hillary does not deserve support of women To the Editor: In the August 31 edition of The Smoky Mountain News, guest columnist Hannah McLeod asked “Where are all the women?” in reference to the presidential election.

My answer is that thoughtful and smart women — those not voting gender or who wisely do not see the contest as man versus woman — are supporting a truthful proven leader and successful businessman who is not a seasoned politician. That candidate is Donald Trump, who campaigns to create jobs, revive an eight-year economic disaster, reform immigration policy, tighten security to keep us safe in a world rampant with terrorism, rebuild our military and return the USA to the position of respected and admired world leader.

Trump loves Americans — all of us. This is not an election to reach a milestone, satisfy a quest for equalization or serve as a means to unite women. This election is one where we must elect a president who will restore our country’s economy, culture, safety and prosperity to expected levels. There is much more at stake other than a historic notch in our belts.

Women who think Hillary Clinton is a candidate worthy of the female vote should check out her record of lies concerning Whitewater and Travelgate. As secretary of state she mishandled requested protection for Americans in Benghazi where four Americans including our

rather than just shut up and take his endorsements could be interpreted as perhaps more patriotic than the actions of some of those who are mouthing off about the kneeling.

In cases like this, I always wonder what my dad — after 24 years in the Navy — would say about someone like Kaepernick.

As I recall, dad often used the word “jackass.” He’d probably use it to describe the quarterback, but in the next breath he’d defend his right to kneel on one knee, raise a fist in protest, or run naked around the stadium to make his point.

That’s the way it works in this country, the only way it can work. We defend to the death people’s right to do and say dumb things: racism, bigotry and homophobia are protected by the same laws that protect our most enlightened freedoms.

I appreciate the fact that, post 9/11, we now extend what I call our patriotic commitment to law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel where once it was reserved for the military. And a sincere thanks to all those people who dedicate their lives to protecting us and our freedoms.

(Reach Scott McLeod 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. ambassador were killed.

Now her lies mount about all the official emails supposedly turned over to investigators only to find out thousands were destroyed.

When accused of mishandling classified documents she professes that she did not know “C” on an email denoted it was confidential or classified. Are we to believe someone with over 30 years in government serving on numerous committees requiring confidential screenings cannot recognize a symbol for classified?

Hillary Clinton is no champion for women.

Gender voters should know Clinton ran a war room when her husband first ran for president to crack down on bimbo eruptions from women Bill Clinton sexually harassed. Hillary Clinton denigrated, denounced, discredited, intimidated and targeted women who were known as Bill Clinton’s bimbos. Google women like Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broderick. There’s a long list that includes Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern with whom President Bill Clinton committed acts in the Oval Office that led to his impeachment.

Yes, a female presidential candidate is something women can and eventually will be proud of and support. But not this woman. She does not deserve the votes of women who are sincere supporters of trustworthiness and women’s rights. In the future we women will all

be proud of a female president who deserves our respect, admiration and vote. That woman is not Hillary Clinton.

Carol Adams Glenville

Rep. Meadows should open up discussions To the Editor: I was one of the people who was turned away from Rep. Mark Meadows’ meeting at the Macon County Courthouse on Aug. 30. A group of about 30 people thought the congressman was having a public meeting to discuss the Forest Service Plan Revision for the NantahalaPisgah National Forests. He was quoted as saying that it is important to get a real open, honest dialogue. If this was truly the intent, why was the meeting closed to his constituents but not those who support the congressman’s preferences?

I spoke with Meadows, and he said the North Carolina Open Meetings Law only applies when there is a majority from any one government agency in attendance.

Obviously, the congressman, the government officials, and Forest Service staff in attendance knew this fine point of the law. They followed the letter of the law but blatantly violated its spirit.

The content of this meeting was of utmost importance, but the way it was held should be a cause of concern. They seem to have forgotten that this government should be of, by, and for the people.

Press reports indicate that one of the major concerns expressed at the meeting was access in Wilderness in case of emergencies. Macon County’s EMS director said local emergency workers have not had a problem getting in touch with the local district ranger when emergencies have occurred. Yet Meadows questioned a dis-

Finding my way in this season of change

trict ranger making decisions on health and safety. If I was a district ranger, I would feel somewhat indignant that my knowledge, experience and qualifications are considered insufficient in making such decisions.

As a senior citizen quite older than the average age in the district, I resent the statement that Wilderness is beyond my capabilities. A senior citizen has to be moderately fit to enjoy the Wilderness, but maybe more seniors would become fit and enjoy better health if the won-

ders of nature without noise, distractions, and threats of hunters were more available to them.

And, let me add, most folks can walk on a trail but most folks cannot hunt because of lack of skill, equipment or desire.

I urge Rep. Meadows to right this wrong: hold a public meeting open to all his constituents and have the willingness to listen to all opinions, even those he may not agree with.

Olga Pader Franklin

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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 ANDY'S RESTAURANT 3483 Soco Road, Maggie Valley located in Market Square. 828.944.0626. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Wednesday and Thursday. Serving the freshest homemade sandwiches, wraps, and entrees such as country fried steak and grilled flounder. Full salad bar and made from scratch sides like potato salad, pinto beans and macaroni and cheese. www.appleandys.com BLOSSOM ON MAIN 128 N. Main Street, Waynesville.

828.454.5400. Open for lunch and dinner

from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday. Mild, medium, to hot and spicy, our food is cooked to your like-able temperature. Forget the myth that all Thai food is spicy. Traditional Thai food is known to be quite healthy, making use of natural and fresh ingredients, paired with lots of spices, herbs, and vegetables. Vegetarians and health conscious individuals will not be disappointed as fresh vegetables and tofu are available in most of our menu as well as wines and saki chosen to compliment the unique flavors of Thai cuisine.

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

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the festivities that happen during October, November and December.

My sister, dad, and I never got quite as excited as she did about the flash and hoopla of it all, but we did it for her. We enjoyed seeing the shine it brought to her eyes and the energy boost it offered her spirit.

Several people have warned us that holidays are very hard to handle after a loved one passes away. The first year of holidays without the person can be brutal, they’ve said. I believe it, too. My little boys, ages 7 and 4, are propelling me forth with chatter about Halloween costumes, trips to apple orchards, and verbal discussions about letters to Santa. I am so grateful for them, because otherwise, I don’t think I could do it.

I talked on the phone to my dad for a long time the other night about the holidays. My mom was the nucleus of everything holiday-oriented. To lessen the heaviness in our hearts and avoid some triggers, we’re hoping to do something completely different this year like travel to D.C. to visit my sister or go to Mexico on Christmas day.

My parents loved to travel, and my mom had mentioned wanting to go to Puerto Vallarta, so in lieu of spending tons of money on gifts and sitting in our houses without her, we hope to plan a three- or four-day trip with the family.

So in synchrony with the weather, I am also experiencing a season of change. Several seasons of change, in fact.

Along with grieving and trying to conceive a new normal in a world without my mom, I’ve cut ties with freelance clients who weren’t fueling me creatively or emotionally.

I’ve also got several projects in the works that get me out of my own space, projects that are bigger than my little world and will hopefully better humanity. I will tell you more about those later once things get rolling.

There’s a quote that says, “Sometimes in the winds of change, we find our direction.”

Through the hailstorm that feels like my life right now, perhaps I will find the path I’ve been searching for all along.

(Susanna Barbee lives in Haywood County. susanna.barbee@gmail.com.)

Taste the Mountains is an ever-evolving paid section of places to dine in Western North Carolina. If you would like to be included in the listing please contact our advertising department at 828.452.4251

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ot long ago my front porch was a barren, pathetic place with a few pieces of hard, wooden furniture, zero greenery and an all-around lack of comfort.

Throughout the summer, I’ve worked to make it much more, and since the passing of my mom almost a month ago, it’s become a peaceful sanctuary for me.

The porch now has a wicker couch with cushions given to me by my mom last Christmas.

Three wind chimes, Columnist one wooden and two metal, play their songs with the wind. Plants hang and sit all around. The pure joy the porch offers me embodies the sentiment of “living simply.” These days I can’t think of anywhere that would feel more relaxing.

A cruise around the Caribbean? Nope. A gondola ride in Venice? Nah. A seaside spa in Greece? No, thank you.

A simple porch in the mountains of North Carolina? Yes, please.

Perhaps one day I’ll go back to dreaming of faraway places and exotic adventures but right now, I just want to be still and quiet.

Over the summer, I had to grab my porch time before 10 a.m. or it was too stifling to sit outside, but now the cool, early fall air offers porch respite all throughout the day. Lately, as I sit out there after dropping the boys off at school, I’ve been thinking about the changing of seasons.

Fall is typically my favorite time of year. I love the weather, colorful fall foliage, delicious Honeycrisp apples from Barber Orchard Fruitstand. I’ve always anticipated the month of October with a childlike excitement. My birthday, my sister’s birthday, and my dad’s birthday all fall within the month, as does Halloween, which I adore.

This year’s different, though. Fall was also my mom’s favorite season, so I’m not feeling super excited about the emotions that will come during the next several months. My mom loved holidays. She had sweaters, shirts, vests, socks, jewelry and home decor galore to correspond with all

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Come take a wagon ride with us, back to the beginnings of the Ranch. In celebration of our 83rd season, we’ll be serving up “Way Back When” dinners in an authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom o and Miss Judy’s first primitive fishing camp. Just call us for reservations, then come join us on September 16 for mountain trout and mountain music. And Cataloochee Ranch enjoy old-fashioned hospitality a mile high.

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tasteTHEmountains 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.

LIVE MUSIC TUESDAY NIGHTS! 7-9 P.M.

Upcoming Bands: September 20: Kim Smith September 27: Kim Smith SAGEBRUSH OF CANTON 1941 Champion Dr. Canton

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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 5 p.m. Closed on Sunday. We specialize in hand-cut, 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 casual neighborhood dining experience where our guests enjoy a great meal without breaking the bank.

BREAKING BREAD CAFÉ 6147 Hwy 276 S. Bethel (at the Mobil Gas Station) 828.648.3838 Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Saturday 8 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 preprepared 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.

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.

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CATALOOCHEE RANCH 119 Ranch Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1401. Family-style breakfast seven days a week, from 8 am to 9:30 am – with

eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes, and always all-you-can-eat. Lunch every day from 12:00 till 2 pm. Evening cookouts on the terrace on weekends and Wednesdays, 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 herb-baked 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 6 pm, and dinner is served starting at 7 pm. So join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view. Please call for reservations.

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

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

CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville.

828.246.6505. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Mouthwatering all beef burgers and dogs, hand-dipped, hand-spun real ice cream shakes and floats, fresh handcut fries. Locally sourced beef. Indoor and outdoor dining. facebook.com/ChurchStreetDepot, twitter.com/ChurchStDepot.

CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva.

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

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

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

THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.452.6000. Underground retail wine and craft beer shop, restaurant, and intimate live music venue. Kitchen opens at 4 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday serving freshly prepared small plates, tapas, charcuterie, desserts. Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. www.classicwineseller.com. Also on facebook and twitter.

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

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

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

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

Monday-Saturday. Father and son team Frank and Louis Perrone cook up dinners steeped in Italian tradition. With recipies passed down from generations gone by, the Perrones have brought a bit of Italy to Maggie Valley. frankiestrattoria.com FROGS LEAP PUBLIC HOUSE 44 Church St., Downtown Waynesville 828.456.1930 Serving lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; Dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Frogs Leap is a farm to table restaurant focused on local, sustainable, natural and organic products prepared in modern regional dishes. Seasonal menu focuses on Southern comfort foods with upscale flavors. www.frogsleappublichouse.com.

J. ARTHUR’S RESTAURANT AT MAGGIE VALLEY U.S. 19 in Maggie Valley. 828.926.1817.

Open nightly for dinner at 4 p.m.; Friday through Sunday 12 to 4 p.m. for lunch. Daily luncheon special at $6.99. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome.

Take-out menu. Excellent service and hospitality. Reservations appreciated.

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

828.926.1820 Open everyday but Tuesday 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 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.

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tasteTHEmountains p.m., closed Thursdays. Joey’s is a family style restaurant that has been serving breakfast to the locals and visitors of Western North Carolina since 1966. Featuring a large variety of tempting pancakes, golden waffles, country style cured ham and seasonal specials spiked with flavor, Joey's is sure to please all appetites. Join us for what has become a tradition in these parts, breakfast at Joey’s.

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

828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 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 Monday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Handtossed 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.

NEWFOUND LODGE RESTAURANT 1303 Tsali Blvd, Cherokee (Located on 441 North at entrance to GSMNP).

828.497.4590. Open 7 a.m. daily.

Established in 1946 and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Family style dining for adults and children.

PAPERTOWN GRILL 153 Main St., Canton. 828.648.1455 Open

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

Reservations appreciated.

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.

SAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE 1941 Champion Drive. Canton 828-6463750 Sunday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Carry out available. Sagebrush features hand carved steaks, chicken and award winning BBQ ribs. We have fresh salads, seasonal vegetables and scrumptious deserts.

Extensive selection of local craft beers and a full bar. Catering special events is one of our specialties.

SMOKEY SHADOWS LODGE 323 Smoky Shadows Lane, Maggie Valley 828.926.0001. Check Facebook page for hours, which vary. Call early when serving because restaurant fills up fast. Remember when families joined each other at the table for a delicious homemade meal and shared stories about their day? That time is now at Smokey Shadows. The menus are customizable for your special event. Group of eight or more can schedule their own dinner.

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SPEEDY’S PIZZA 285 Main Street, Sylva. 828.586.3800.

Open seven days a week. Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday 3 p.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Family-owned for 30 years. Serving hand-tossed pizza made to order, pasta, subs, gourmet salads, calzones and seafood. Also serving excellent prime rib on Thursdays. Dine in or take out available.

TAP ROOM BAR & GRILL 176 Country Club Drive, Waynesville.

828.456.3551. Open seven days a week serving lunch and dinner. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Tucked away inside Waynesville Inn, the Tap Room Bar & Grill has an approachable menu designed around locally sourced, sustainable, farm-to-table ingredients. Full bar and wine cellar. www.thewaynesvilleinn.com.

THE HEALTHY WAY 284 A North Haywood Street, Waynesville.

828.246.9691. Open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Welcome to the healthy way! Shake it to lose it!! Protein shakes, protein bars, teas and much more.

Our shakes and protein bars are meal replacements.

TRAILHEAD CAFE & BAKERY 18 N Main Street, Waynesville.

828.452.3881 Open 7 days a week MondaySaturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You will find a delicious selection of pastries & donuts, breakfast & lunch along with a fresh coffee & barista selection. Happy Trails!

VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin.

828.369.9890. Established here in in 1998. Our Pizza dough, sauce, meatballs, and sausage are all made from scratch by Vito. The recipes have been in the family for 50 years.

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SMOKY MOUNTAIN SUB SHOP 29 Miller Street Waynesville 828.456.3400.

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

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

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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.

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WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day Bluegrass stars Mountain Faith to headline

elebrating Southern Appalachian culture through concerts, living-history demonstrations, competitions and awards programs, Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, on the campus in Cullowhee.

A free family-oriented festival, the event is in its 42nd year, having started as Founders’ Day on Oct. 26, 1974, at the inauguration ceremony of Chancellor H.F. Robinson, and became known as Mountain Heritage Day the following year. The festival has become renowned as a showcase of mountain music, family activities, the region’s finest arts and crafts, and vendors offering ethnic, heritage and festival food.

Rain or shine, the festival brings history to life and fun to thousands. Shuttles will operate throughout the day, with stops at designated free parking and attraction locations. An added feature held in conjunction with Mountain Heritage Day this year will be a quilting exhibit by the Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild at the nearby Ramsey Regional Activity Center.

• Family Fun: Mountain Heritage Day organizers continue their emphasis on providing activities for children, and the Children’s Tent will provide fun and educational sessions throughout the day. Children can participate in sack races, free wagon rides and hayrides, as well as try their hand at arts and crafts.

• Music, Storytelling and Clogging: From shape-note singing to the best in professional bluegrass, music dominates Mountain Heritage Day from a number of stages throughout the day. There are 22 acts scheduled, including headliners Mountain Faith and Eddie Rose & Highway 40, perennial dance favorites Bailey Mountain Cloggers and high-energy bluegrass and Americana trio The Barefoot Movement.

New this year will be a ballad-singing circle, where anyone and everyone can join in.

• Mountain Skills Demonstrations: Livinghistory demonstrations include the firing of muzzle-loading rifles and blacksmithing, furniture-making, banjo-making and corn shuck crafts such as dolls, rugs and brooms, will be shown. Experts with draft animals will demonstrate traditional skills of harnessing and driving horse- and mule-drawn wagons of bygone days. Hard work and detailed knowledge will be featured in a logging skills demonstration, including cross-cut saw sharpening, while attendees can become participants by riding a wagon pulled by an old-fashioned tractor.

• Canning, Cooking Contests: Traditional food competition includes categories for canned goods, baked goods and heritage foods conservation. Competition is divided into adult and

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Internationally popular bluegrass-gospel band Mountain Faith will be among more than twodozen performing artists at the 42nd annual Mountain Heritage Day on the Western Carolina University campus Saturday, Sept. 24. Admission and parking are free. youth (16 and younger) divisions. Ribbons will be awarded to the top three entrants in each age category, plus a grand champion will be selected in each division. “A Gathering In” food competition items will be accepted at WCU’s Cordelia Camp Building, with category deadlines available in a booklet; call 828.227.7129 to request a copy. Corn will be the featured food for the “Best in the West” food recipe competition and these entries must be dropped off at by 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, with judging taking place that afternoon. All items will be displayed at Mountain Heritage Day. • Cherokee Heritage Demonstrations: The

traditional Cherokee game of stickball has been a favorite attraction for festival visitors in recent years, with adult and youth teams taking the field to demonstrate the ancient sport.

The object of the game is to move an animalskin ball, about the size of a half-dollar coin, from the center of the field to the other team’s goal line. Also at the festival, the skilled, timehonored creation of Cherokee pottery, beadwork, coppersmithing, basketry and fingerweaving, as well as arrowheads, knife blades and spear points, will be authentically demonstrated. Legends and stories will come to life through stone and woodcarvings that create

figures representing Cherokee myths and tales.

• Food and Vendors: A large and varied selection of arts and crafts will be available from vendors. Among the items on sale will be baskets, including hand-woven and wood and vine construction, and ceramics such as pottery, stoneware and earthenware. Corn shuck art and toys, quilts, cotton rag rugs and other fiber handwork, weaving and wearables such as scarves will be on hand along with knitted and crocheted pieces. Handcrafted furniture and housewares, several types of glassworks, jewelry, leather goods (including belts) and metal work will be sold.

• Other Competitions: Mountain Heritage Day hosts a variety of fun and serious competitions reflecting history and traditions of the mountains that draw contestants from near and far. A 5K race begins at 8 a.m. and winds its way through the campus. A chainsaw and timber sports event is nationally recognized, with chainsaw and crosscut saw competition.

The audience helps determine the winners of an old-fashioned costume contest for adults and youth wearing clothing circa 1900, while a panel of judges chooses category winners in the beard and moustache contest and the long hair competition for women. A vintage, classic and antique automobile show is also a viewers’ choice contest, with attendees able to walk among the colorful cars and cast votes, with plaques presented to their picks.

Mountain Heritage Day is part of the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina, with www.blueridgemusicnc.com a convenient way to find festivals, concerts, jam sessions and plenty of singing and dancing to the traditional music of Western North Carolina. To learn more about WCU’s premier festival, visit www.mountainheritageday.com or call 828.227.3039.

Mountain Heritage Day will feature an array of performances and demonstrations.

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Being part of the last generation of kids who grew up without the Internet, I’ve always counted myself lucky to be able to separate reality from technology. As in, I found beauty and wisdom, and also heartache and hardearned truths, while playing outside, getting dirty and discovering the world around me, at least until the street lights came on and it was time to go inside.

And, I think that’s what Dinosaur Jr. signifies to me — innocence. When you listen to their music, you hear your younger self within the lyrics and tone, where the attitude and angst were as if Mascis and Co. had you in mind when they penned the tunes. But, while their music captures innocence, it also exposes the loss of innocence, something we as human beings will all experience as the clock on the wall keeps ticking like the miles on the odometer of your life.

Exiting The Orange Peel, we all had a little bit more of a kick in our step, that kind of “devil may care” flare we tend to all too easily forget when the daily grind pushes us down before we ever had a chance to stand tall. But, we continue on, for what the hell else is there to do? Give up? Not a chance, brother. It’s as devastating as it is glorious, which is why we keep coming back for more — show after show, day after day.

Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y’all.

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Standing in the photo pit at the Dinosaur Jr. show within Acclaimed bluegrass act The Gibson Brothers The Orange Peel this past will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Sunday, the awe-inspiring sight Cataloochee Guest Ranch in Maggie Valley. of six stacked Marshall amplifiers was only matched by the A cornhole tournament to benefit Big Brothers, raw power of guitarist J. Mascis Big Sisters will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, six-string thrust radiating over Sept. 17, at BearWaters Brewing in the sold out Asheville crowd.

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Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. The annual Community Art Exhibit at the Swain is looked upon as one of the corArts Center will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. nerstones of the modern rock Sunday, Sept. 18, in the lobby of the center era. A “square peg in a round located on the campus of Swain County High hole” mesh of punk, metal and School in Bryson City. classic rock, the power trio launched countless garage bands The last Rockin’ Block Party of the summer will from Los Angeles to New York be at from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in City and every single Midwestern downtown Waynesville. city and cow town in between.

To see Dinosaur Jr. firing on The NetWest program of the North Carolina all cylinders in 2016 is a testaWriters Network will host an open mic night at ment to their ethos, which has 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at City Lights always been, “hell or high water, Bookstore in Sylva. this what we do — perform and punk/grunge era of the late 1980s/early make records.” Watching Dinosaur Jr. 1990s are either six feet under or have comonstage, it isn’t some nostalgia act, nor is it a pletely dropped off the radar of critics and chance to say you’ve seen them live. Rather, it’s an experience — visually and sonically — fans alike, Dinosaur Jr. continues to carry that torch of irresponsible enlightenment, that catapults the band and its audience into with Mascis the Pied Piper of a generation the forefront of some of the most authentic that grew up alongside the band. and artistically jarring music ever conceived.

You’ve got to remember, when Dinosaur As Mascis stands within his cocoon of amplifiers (a fitting space for the very private Jr. first came onto the scene, there wasn’t any Internet or social media. So, for all of us and low-key rocker), he’s completely disenchanted youth, those kids feeling out of immersed in the moment, which for him is place or alienation, music was the only way counted in guitar notes and not in seconds, to find solace, and to find ourselves in the each song — whether three years old or 30 process. Each record and song was a message years old — a portal into a reality where in a bottle from seemingly outer space, a sigtime doesn’t exist, only the melodies and nal from the abyss that you weren’t alone, how those melodies make you feel. especially in your thoughts and actions.

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Dinosaur Jr. is looked upon as one of the cornerstones of the modern rock era. A “square peg in a round hole” mesh of punk, metal and classic rock, the power trio launched countless garage bands from Los Angeles to New York City and every single Midwestern city and cow town in between.

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And it’s those signals we’re reminded of when you once again cross paths with Dinosaur Jr., either at a venue or on your stereo. In a time when we’ve never been more connected by technology, we’ve actually become more disconnected than ever. It’s only when you step into the same room with Dinosaur Jr. that you step back in the headspace you always swore you’d never forget.

But, you did — we all did — and we can only get back that sanity and sense of self in the presence of songs immortal.

Standing there, in an overflowing sea of humanity at The Orange Peel, I kept looking gazing at those surrounding me. Like myself, and like Mascis up there in his cocoon, they had a lot more grey in their hair, a few more wrinkles and pounds around the edges. But, we’re here — we’re all still here — still rocking out and trying to navigate this world to the best of our knowledge and ability.

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The Darren Nicholson Band will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. Nicholson is the mandolinist for Balsam Range, winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association award for “Entertainer of the Year” and “Song of the Year.” Tickets are $12. www.38main.com.

The Country’s Family Reunion Roadshow will host a live performance at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

For more than 10 years Bill Anderson, a country music singer, songwriter, and television personality, has been hosting Country’s Family Reunion, a TV and DVD series featuring groups of country music legends who gather together to celebrate the roots of country music.

Country’s Family Reunion is aired regularly on RFDTV and is usually recorded on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium.

Joining Anderson for this evening of reminiscing will be Jeannie Seely, Ronnie McDowell, and Linda Davis.

Seely has won many awards throughout her career including a Grammy for her song, “Don’t Touch Me.” She has written songs for artists such as Tammy Wynette, George Jones, and Lorrie Morgan. Seely is a member and frequent performer at the Grand Ole Opry and has been called “Miss Country Soul” for many years.

McDowell is best known for his 1977 song

"The King Is Gone," a piece he wrote in tribute to Elvis Presley who had recently passed.

He released a string of top 10 hits in the decade that followed and has recorded with artists such as Conway Twitty, Tammy Wynette, and Loretta Lynn and written songs for many other country legends.

Davis is a songwriter, singer, and vocal coach who toured with Garth Brooks, George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Kenny Rogers. She won a Grammy and several other awards for her duet with Reba McEntire, “Does He Love You.” She has released 10 albums, made several television appearances, and written three national jingles.

Tickets start at $24 each. To purchase tickets to see this great group of performers, or to find out more information about this or any other show at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

Highlands welcomes Balsam Range WELL STRUNG IN HIGHLANDS Bluegrass/Americana act Well Strung will perform during ‘The Bascom Night’ from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Satulah Mountain in Highlands. The evening is catered New Mountain Events. $250 per ticket. Proceeds go to programming at The Bascom, a visual arts center in Highlands. www.thebacom.org.

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Renowned bluegrass/gospel group Balsam Range, winner of the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association award for “Entertainer of the Year,” will perform at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are available by calling 828.526.9047 or by visiting www.highlandspac.org. www.balsamrange.com.

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The New York-based band, named International Bluegrass Music Association “Entertainer of the Year” in both 2012 and 2013, has been compared to the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, and other legendary vocal duos.

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• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Sept. 21 and 28, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Sept. 22 and 29, The Breedlove Brothers (Americana/country) Sept. 17 and Megan Saunders & The Driftless. All events begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

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• The “Friday Night Live” concert series at the Town Square in Highlands will host The Johnny Webb Band (country) Sept. 16 and Cross Creek Sept. 23. Both shows are free

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• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host Berndt & Brown (reggae) Sept. 17 and The Colby Deitz Band (bluegrass/Americana) Sept. 24. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

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• The Bear Hunter Campground (Bryson City) will host an evening of music with Elvis James from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 17. Free.

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• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Tyler Kittle Trio (jazz/swing) Sept. 16, The Colby Deitz Band (Americana/soul) 8 p.m.

Sept. 17, The Myxx Sept. 23 and Mercer & Johnson (bluegrass) Sept. 24. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 828.454.5664 or www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host James Hammel (singer-songwriter) Sept. 16, Joe Cruz (piano/pop) Sept. 17 and 24, and Dulci Ellenberger (singer-songwriter) Sept. 23. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

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• Andrews Brewing Company will Scott Stambaugh (singer-songwriter) Sept. 16, Blue Revue (Americana) Sept. 17, Scott Shuttleworth Sept. 23 and Somebody’s Child Sept. 24. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

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The seventh annual “Concerts on the Creek” series will closeout the summer series with Porch 40 (rock/funk) at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Bridge Park Pavilion in Sylva.

Concerts are free, with donations accepted. Chairs and blankets are allowed. www.mountainlovers.com or 828.586.2155.

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An evening with the Haywood Community Band The Haywood Community Band will perform a concert of popular music at 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Town of Maggie Valley community pavilion.

The evening’s program was created and will be conducted by music educator and professional flutist Sarah Cifani. It includes music from the silver screen, American folk favorites, and classical excerpts from Mussorgsky’s celebrated Pictures at an Exhibition. A highlight of the evening is the “Instant Concert.” Within a few minutes, the band performs familiar themes from 30 compositions. The program also includes themes from “Star Wars,” “The Lion King” and “The Rainbow Connection” from the “Muppets Movie.”

The programs are sponsored by the Maggie Valley Civic Association and are held the third Sunday evening of each month from May through October. If you are interested in performing with the Haywood Community Band or donating an instrument to the band’s loan program of musical instruments to local school children, contact Rhonda Wilson Kram at 828.456.4880.

On the beat • Marianna Black Library (Bryson City) will host a community music jam from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, anything unplugged, are invited to join. Singers are also welcomed to join in or you can just stop by and listen. Free. 828.488.3030.

• The Music in the Mountains (Bryson City) concert series will host Boogertown Gap Sept.

17 (Americana/bluegrass) and The Kelley Family Band (bluegrass/gospel) Sept. 24.

All shows begin at 6:30 p.m. www.greatsmokies.com.

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• The Rathskeller Coffee Haus & Pub (Franklin) will host Wyatt Espalin (singersongwriter) Sept. 16. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.rathskellerfranklin.com.

• Nantahala Brewing Company (Bryson City) will host and Andy Ferrell Sept. 16. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.nantahalabrewing.com.

• Sapphire Mountain Brewing Company (Sapphire) will host a jazz brunch with Tyler Kittle & Friends from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sundays. 828.743.0220.

• The Nantahala Outdoor Center (Bryson City) will host Andalyn 3 p.m. and The Whiskey Sticks 7 p.m. Sept. 23; The Bayou Diesel Band 11 a.m., The Freeway Revival 3 p.m. and The Pioneer Chicken Stand Band 7 p.m. Sept. 24 during their Guest Appreciation Festival. All shows are free. www.noc.com.

• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic with Jimandi at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays, “Funky Friday” with Bud Davis at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Isaish Breedlove (Americana) at 7 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will host Cortez Garcia w/Kaitlin Kesler Duo (Americana/folk) Sept. 16, Whiskey Soul (rock/classic) Sept. 17, The Colby Deitz Band (bluegrass/Americana) Sept. 23 and Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) Sept.

24. All shows are free and begin at 9:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nonamesportspub.com.

• The Oconaluftee Visitor Center (Cherokee) will host a back porch old-time music jam

• The Stompin’ Ground (Maggie Valley) is now open for live mountain music and clogging at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. 828.926.1288.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Cashiers) will host a “Bluegrass Mix-Up” night at 7 p.m. on Thursdays. 828.743.3000.

• The Ugly Dog Pub (Highlands) will host a weekly Appalachian music night from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays with Nitrograss.

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• The “Pickin’ On The Square” (Franklin) concert series will continue Blackwell & Dixie B.G. Boys Sept. 17 and The Remenents (rock) Sept. 24. All shows are free and begin at 7:30 p.m. A community jam begins at 6:30 p.m. www.franklinnc.com or 828.524.2516.

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The Francis Mill Preservation Society will celebrate the preservation of the 128-year-old mill during the 11th annual “Music at the Mill” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in Waynesville.

The bluegrass and barbecue celebration will include performance by The Hill Country Band and Eddie Rose & Highway 40. Advance tickets are $7 per person ($10 day of event) and are available at Elements Salon in Waynesville or Mountain Dreams Realty in Maggie Valley.

All proceeds from this event go to the continuing preservation of the Francis Mill and educational/heritage programs.

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On the street Cataloochee ‘Way Back When’ dinner The “Way Back When” trout dinner will closeout the season at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley.

The dinner showcases a recreation meal, music, storytelling and atmosphere of a 1930s Appalachian trout camp. Enjoy a wagon ride across the ranch property amid the authentic re-creation of Mr. Tom and Miss Judy Alexander’s first fishing camp.

Cost is $39.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity. To RSVP, call 828.926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

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Bosu’s wine, small plates There will be a “Secret Wine Bar Night” and small plates by Chef Jackie served from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 and 23 (both drop in), at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville.

The “Wine Dinner in the Pacific Northwest” will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 ($70, by reservation). The Secret Wine Bar at Bosu’s will host Chef Jackie’s “BYOB Dinner” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 ($50, by reservation). www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

The Southern Vintage Trailer Friends, members of the national group the Tin Can Tourists, will be hosting their annual fall rally from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Stonebridge Campground in Maggie Valley.

There will be over 50 restored and period decorated trailers open to the public for viewing.

The group likes to give something back to the communities where they camp, and will be holding an open house for the restored campers. Admission to view the trailers is $5 for adults and free for children under the age of 8. All proceeds will benefit the Haywood County Waterways Association “Kids In The Creek” educational program. The second fundraiser will be a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. and will be complete with sausages, eggs and pancakes for $5.

Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit Boy Scout Troop 318. www.southernvintagetrailers.com.

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Chef Ricardo Fernandez will be hosting a Mountain Cooking Club class, “Open fire grilling, the Argentine way,” at 3 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Wildcat Ridge Farm in Clyde.

Fernandez was the former coowner/head chef of Lomo Grill. The classes celebrate local ingredients and seasonal fare. His classes combine his native

Argentine cuisine with influences from Spain and Italy, the home of his parents.

The menu for this class will include charred calamari and shrimp salad, grassfed grilled beef duo, fresh nectarine roses, and numerous sides.

Class fee is $70 plus a $1 Mountain Cooking Club 2016 membership fee. To reserve your space, mail a check (payable to Ricardo Fernandez) to Suzanne Fernandez at 3553 Panther Creek Road, Clyde, N.C. 28721. Reservations confirmed upon receipt of payment.

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Eddie Rose & Highway 40 will headline Mountain Heritage Day on Sept. 24 at WCU. Donated photo Corn is the key ingredient in this year’s entries for the annual “Best of the West” award in the Mountain Heritage Day “A Gathering In” Traditional Food Competition.

A full schedule of events, contest rules, categories and entries are found at www.mountainheritageday.com.

The Mountain Heritage Center’s exhibits of Appalachian culture and history will be open all day. Festival attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets for comfortable seating.

Shuttles will operate throughout the day, with stops at designated parking and attraction locations. The event is free and open to the public. www.mountainheritageday.com or 828.227.3039.

Do you remember the ‘Rebel’?

For more information, see the Rebel Cruise-In on Facebook or call 828.273.7619.

The Jackson County Genealogical Society will host the program “Circle the Rebel One More Time” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Teresa Deitz Manring will facilitate a lively discussion between attendees who recall when Sylva’s Rebel Restaurant was a local hangout for young people while also serving some of the best food in town. Manring’s parents, Viola & Thad Deitz, opened the Rebel Restaurant in 1960 and it closed in the early 1970s. Forum participants will share their stories of the Rebel and of Sylva’s “night life” throughout the 1960s.

In addition, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

18, the JCGS will host the classic-car, Rebel Cruise-In at the Sylva Plaza, the site of the original Rebel Restaurant. All JCGS events are free of charge and the public is welcome.

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The annual Mountain Life Festival in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mountain Farm Museum near Cherokee.

This event preserves the legacy of Appalachian folkways and is a tribute to the many families who lived on lands that later became the national park. All activities are free and open to the public and will include demonstrations of hearth cooking, apple butter and apple cider making, blacksmithing, lye soap making, food preservation, broom making, quilting, and chair bottoming.

Artifacts and historic photographs will also be on display.

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The 42nd annual Mountain Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. The event will be preceded by a 5K foot race at 8 a.m.

WCU’s celebration of Appalachian culture also will feature a full schedule of mountain music, fun activities, dozens of booths of the region’s finest arts and crafts, and vendors offering ethnic, heritage and festival food. Balsam and Blue Ridge stages and the Circle Tent will offer continuous mountain music, storytelling and clogging.

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HART opens second stage The new second stage at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville, the Daniel and Belle Fangmeyer Theater, is finally open.

After two years of construction, the Broadway musical “Into the Woods” will officially christen the space on Sept. 16. The Stephen Sondheim hit was also the first musical in HART’s current home when it opened in 1997. The show, which jumbles the story lines of several fairy tales, will be presented in three quarter round, with audiences close enough to touch the actors on stage. There be performances Thursdays through Sundays from Sept. 16 to Oct. 16.

In addition to the show, Harmon’s Den Bistro will also be open for dining before and after all performances. The bistro is the first thing patrons will encounter when they enter the new theater and eventually it will be separated from the performance space by draperies. The bistro will seat only 40 so reservations are strongly recommend-

ed. Reservations can be made by calling the box office or going to Open Table. Chef Christy Bishop has been working for months to refine the menu and create a truly first class dining experience at affordable prices. A wine list and area beers on tap will also be a feature. The space is named in honor of John and Suzie

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Hispanic Heritage Festival comes to Franklin The Arts Council of Macon County will hold the Festival de las Artes (Festival of the Arts), a National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Las Barricas Mexican Restaurant in Franklin.

The festivities start at 6 p.m. with the opening of VISUALES EXPOSICION, a visual arts exhibit by members of our Latino Community.

Asheville-based Mariachi Internacional, that plays throughout the Southeast, will perform from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m.

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Harmon, owners of Laurel Ridge Country Club, whose support helped insure the proper outfitting of the bistro. Harmon’s Den will also be open for breakfast and lunch on Saturday’s during the Haywood County Farmers’ Market.

For a full schedule of performance times, and to also see the new bistro menu online, visit www.harttheatre.org.

The last Rockin’ Block Party of the summer will be at from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 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. These art activities are accessible on the sidewalk at the entrance to the shops.

Live music will follow at 7 p.m. on the south end and north end in front of Tipping Point Brewing. Bands include ‘Round the Fire (Grateful Dead tribute), the 96.5 House Band (pop/rock), and more. There will also be food and craft vendors onsite. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• There will a “Family Style” dinner held at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Breaking Bread Café in Bethel. The meal will include baby back ribs, barbecue chicken, pulled pork barbecue, corn on the cob, dessert, and more. $19.95 per person. By reservation only.

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percent of the country’s population, which is about 55 million people. Hispanic Heritage Month, every year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, was created in 1968 to recognize and raise awareness of their many contributions, and to celebrate their heritage and culture.

Latino Community members of all ages are invited to drop off their original art works (drawings, paintings, photographs, etc.) at Las Barricas all day Monday, Sept. 19, or by noon Tuesday, Sept. 20. Unframed pieces are fine; they will be carefully hung in a “clothesline” type display. The artist’s name should be on front of all pieces.

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• A cornhole tournament to benefit Big Brothers, Big Sisters will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17, at BearWaters Brewing in Waynesville. Live music will be provided by Chris Minick, with food available for tournament participants. $40 per team entry, two players per team with double elimination.

Cash prizes for first, second and third place.

Rain date is Sept. 24. 828.273.3601 or haywood@bbbswnc.org.

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• Traditional Mexican dance performances, Latin American music, refreshments, as well as arts and crafts will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the gazebo on the Town Square in Franklin. Sponsored by the Centro Comunitario of Macon County.

• The Darnell Farms Corn Maze will be open through Nov. 1 on U.S. 19 at the Tuckasegee River Bridge in Bryson City. Besides the maze, there will also be a pumpkin patch, picnic area, farm fresh products, hayrides,

and other activities. 828.488.2376.

• A wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m.

Sept. 17 and 24 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. $5 per person. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.586.6300.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17 and 24 at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

• Free cooking demonstrations will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays at Country Traditions in Dillsboro. Watch the demonstrations, eat samples and taste house wines for $3 a glass. All recipes posted online. www.countrytraditionsnc.com.

• The ceremonial Cherokee bonfires will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Oct. 1 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.The events are free and open to the public. www.visitcherokeenc.com.

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The Malpass Brothers’ self-titled album was produced by Bluegrass legend and IBMA Hall of Fame member Doyle Lawson.

Steeped in country music from the time they could walk, Christopher and Taylor Malpass grew up with a grandfather who taught them the music of Hank Williams, Sr., Merle Haggard, Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, Ernest Tubb and more. The brothers carried on the family tradition with performances taking them across the country and to Europe. Soon, the Malpass Brothers found themselves performing with Merle Haggard, one of the legends their grandfather admired.

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On the stage Renowned storyteller Donald Davis will be performing at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

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

“All of the stories are original and about growing up. They’re about trouble because those are the events in which we learn from.

It’s all about learning and things that move us forward,” Davis said. “They’re all funny, even if they may be sad. They’re all set in the mountains of North Carolina. Some of the

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Davis to spin yarns stories I tell have come through my family, but it can be a double story because I’ll tell you about that person and then the story.”

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Haywood County Public Library, this program is made possible by finding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Friends of the Library.

The performance is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

• Comedian Eric O’Shea will perform at 9 p.m.

Sept. 23 in the UC Illusions (Room 309) at Western Carolina University. www.wcu.edu.

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On the wall and crafts, and vendors offering ethnic, heritage and festival food.

Admission to the quilt show is $7 per day and free to any student, faculty or staff member holding a WCU identification card. For more information, go to www.smokymtnquilters.org.

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• Laurey-Faye Dean will be the featured artist with a live demonstration and discussion at “The Potter’s Wheel” series from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 24 at The Wild Fern in Bryson City.

• The High Country Quilt Guild will hold their next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

15, at the First Methodist Church in Waynesville. The group will be judging the Challenge Quilts and finalizing arrangements for the October Quilt Show. If you will have a quilt entered in the show, your entry forms are due at this meeting. highcountryquilters.wordpress.com.

• A “Basic Blacksmithing” workshop will be held Sept. 16-17 at Calerin Forge in Balsam. Students will learn the basic techniques of blacksmithing and forge craft in a small group setting. Cost is $450 per student. To register, click on www.calerinforge.com.

• “Art Beats for Kids” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Sept. 15 and 22 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. A new project every week. $20 per child, with includes lesson, materials and snack. To register, call 828.538.2054.

• A “DIY @ The Library” glass etching class with armour etch at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

• The work of 50 Cherokee artists is on view in “Of Land & Spirit: Contemporary Art Today” at The Bascom Center in Highlands through Sept. 18. The exhibit includes both innovative work and enduring craft traditions, together presented with a historical context. Programming includes Friday tours with Cherokee docents. Open seven days a week. Free. www.thebascom.org.

• The “Photography of Bayard Wootten” exhibit will be on display through Nov. 23 in the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Wootten was a female pioneer in the field of photography from the early 1900s to 1950s, when men dominated the field. All 35 photographs in this exhibition are of North Carolina subjects, which are on loan through from North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives at UNC-Chapel Hill.

• The Adult Coloring Group will meet at 2 p.m. on Fridays in the Living Room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. An afternoon of creativity and camaraderie.

Supplies are provided, or bring your own.

Beginners are welcome as well as those who already enjoy this new trend. kmoe@fontanalib.org or 828.524.3600.

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The Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild will hold its biennial quilt show beginning Thursday, Sept. 22, and concluding on Mountain Heritage Day, set for Saturday, Sept. 24, at Western Carolina University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center.

The quilt show will have more than 300 quilts from members and nonmembers alike on exhibit, plus vendors and a book table, and feature several fundraising events, including a silent auction and quilt raffle.

WCU’s 42nd annual Mountain Heritage Day is a free, family-oriented festival celebrating Cherokee and Southern Appalachian culture through a full schedule of mountain music, fun activities, more than 100 booths of the region’s finest arts

The annual Community Art Exhibit at the Swain Arts Center will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, in the lobby of the center located on the campus of Swain County High School in Bryson City.

The collection includes over 50 pieces of artwork in a variety of mediums. Artists on exhibit include Jeff Marley (altered book), Melissa R. Owen (acrylic), Kim Holt (quilting), Michelle Ellis (oil), Kenyon Holt (ink and marker), Jim Ewing (wood work), Kay Orr-Goetz (decoupage, alcohol ink), Lydia Dingle (needlework, colored pencil, photography), Edith Dingle (graphite and photography), Susan Coe (pottery), Thurman Breedlove (acrylic), Margaret Varner (batik, felt weaving), Judith Revere (watercolor), Joe Atzenhoffer (turned wood bowls), Mayna White (pottery), Carmen Holland (stoneware, rag dolls), and Margaret Oren (stoneware).

Lori Richards of Sylva will provide flute music. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Everyone is invited to come meet the artists and enjoy an afternoon of visual and performing art.

For more information contact Rachel Lackey, director of the Swain Arts Center, at rlackey@swainmail.org or 828.488.7843.

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• Paint Nite Waynesville will be held at 7 p.m. on Fridays at the Mad Anthony’s Bottle Shop & Beer Garden. Grab a pint of craft beer and get creative. $20 per person. Group rates available. Sign up at Mad Anthony’s or call host Robin Smathers at 828.400.9560. paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

• “Stitch,” the community gathering of those interested in crochet, knit and needlepoint, meet at 2:30 p.m. every first Sunday of the month at the Canton Public Library. All ages and skill levels welcome. www.haywoodlibrary.org.

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Putting a face on the growing white underclass or decades, the lot of poor white Americans has worsened. Marriage rates have plummeted while out-of-wedlock births have skyrocketed. Unemployment, particularly among young white males of this class, is endemic in many small towns in the Midwest and South. Particularly disturbing are the death rates in this Writer group for men ages 30 to 65. Poisonings, suicide, and liver disease have lowered the life expectancy of these men, a fact that one commentator found “unprecedented” in modern times in America.

In 2012, Charles Murray addressed these problems in Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2012. His research revealed the growing gulf between America’s elites and its large underclass, the poverty and harsh living conditions of that underclass, and the difficulty in overcoming the attitudes of despair among the poor.

In Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (HarperCollins, 2016, $27.99, 264 pages), J.D. Vance puts a face on Murray’s statistics.

Vance grew up in a working class family with one foot planted in Kentucky, the other in Middletown, Ohio, which even in Vance’s boyhood — he is 31 years old — was becoming a part of the Rust Belt. The son of an abusive and drug-addicted mother and an absentee father, grandson to two crusty old people who eventually took him into their home and showered him with love, Vance shows us in Hillbilly Elegy how he made his way out of the culture in which he was raised, enlisting in the Marines, attending college, and entering Yale Law School. His Mamaw, a feisty woman who could turn the air blue with curses one minute and quote Scripture in the next, and who at

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Irish. As he entered college and then law school, Vance began reading books addressing the problems of poverty and class — William Julius Wilson’s The Truly Disadvantaged, Charles Murray’s Losing Ground, and others — but these scholars were writing about black people in inner cities. “It would be years,” Vance writes, “before I learned that no single book, or expert, or field could fully explain the problems of hillbillies in modern America. Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith.”

And it is in these areas that Vance’s book leaves its mark. J.D. Vance employs few statistics here, few studies. Instead, he writes as an insider and an observer of his family and acquaintances. He reports on what he has witnessed: the drug addiction that has infected the hollers of his beloved Kentucky; the closure of mines and factories; the boarded up downtowns.

More importantly, he shows us the people in these communiHillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ties. Here Vance takes a different

by J.D. Vance. HarperCollins, 2016. 264 pages. view than one an outsider might offer. Like some blacks, Vance the age of 12 shot a man trying to steal the realizes that government programs — welfamily’s cow, was, as Vance says, his savior fare, food stamps, Medicaid — have created a during his high school years: “There was permanent underclass. His book calls for his always a safe place and a loving embrace if people to begin taking individual responsibiliever I needed it.” ty for the disorder in their lives. “Our homes But Hillbilly Elegy is more than the story are a chaotic mess;” “We don’t study as chilof a young man overcoming adversity. It is, as dren, and we don’t make our kids study when the subtitle of the book states, a personal look we’re parents;” “We choose not to work when at a culture in crisis. That culture sits in a parwe should be looking for jobs;” “We rarely ticular geographic location — Appalachia — cook, even though it’s cheaper and better for and belongs to a particular people, the Scotsthe body and soul;” “We talk to our children

Entries accepted for N.C. State Fiction Contest The N.C. State Fiction Contest is accepting entries for its 2016 competition. The contest, which drew more than 300 entrants last year, is free to enter and open to all North Carolina residents.

Writers have until Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, to mail their work to N.C. State Fiction Writing Contest, Campus Box 8105, English Department, N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C., 27695-8105. All North Carolina residents are eligible to enter the contest, except tenure-track professors in the University of North Carolina system, writers with a published book or previous winners.

Entries may not have been published in either printed form or online. Previous finalists must submit new work. All entries must be double-spaced and typed, with a word count listed on the first page. So their works can be judged anonymously, entrants should

not include their name on their stories. Entrants should include their name, email address and phone number on a separate cover sheet, along with any additional contact information.

Contestants may enter one story in each of the two categories: ■ The James Hurst Prize for Fiction: $500 An unpublished short story of no more than 20 double-spaced typed pages, limited to 5,000 words. In addition to the winner, several Honorable Mention awards will be presented.

■ The Shorter Fiction Prize: $250 An unpublished short story of no more than five double-spaced typed pages, limited to 1,200 words. One Honorable Mention award will be presented.

No emailed entries are accepted. Due to the volume of submissions, N.C. State cannot contact each contestant to return stories.

This year’s guest judge is Percival Everett, award-winning author of 30 books and novels. Everett will read from his own work at the 2016 N.C. State Fiction Contest Awards Ceremony at 7:30 p.m.

about responsibility, but we never walk the walk.” These are topic sentences for paragraphs describing the values of many poor whites in Appalachia. And as Vance writes in his conclusion to Hillbilly Elegy, “These problems were not created by governments or corporations or anyone else. We created them, and only we can fix them.”

In contrast to those immersed in this dreary lifestyle, Vance offers the examples of his grandparents and some of his relatives and friends. He writes: “Not all of the white working class struggles. I knew even as a child that there were two separate sets of mores and social pressures. My grandparents embodied one type: old-fashioned, quietly faithful, self-reliant, hardworking. My mother and, increasingly, the entire neighborhood embodied another: consumerist, isolated, angry, distrustful.”

In addition to this summons to responsibility, Hillbilly Elegy is a touching memoir, a coming of age account filled with incidents of humor, violence, love, despair, and optimism.

It is, in fact, optimism that Vance credits for his salvation. Because of Mamaw’s encouragement, at times savagely and humorously delivered, he broke free from the “environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community.”

Highly recommended.

••• A few weeks ago, I wrote here about Jim Harrison, poet, novelist, and essayist, who died this past spring. Readers interested in his work should take a look at Dead Man’s Float (Copper Canyon Press, 2016, 107 pages, $23), a collection of some of his last poems. The photograph on the back cover of the book reveals a much-wrinkled, aged man, appearing old beyond his years, yet the poetry retains all the beauty and wisdom found in Harrison’s other writings.

(Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher. He can be reached at minick0301@gmail.com.)

Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in Caldwell Hall Lounge, Caldwell Hall, N.C. State University campus.

For more information, visit go.ncsu.edu/fictioncontest.

‘Coffee with the Poet’ welcomes VanderVeen The “Coffee with the Poet” series will continue with Richard VanderVeen at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

VanderVeen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and holds a BA in English. He has taught high school English in Cherokee, High Point and Asheville. The series is co-sponsored by the NetWest program of the North Carolina Writers Network and gathers the third Thursday of each month.

For question about the series, call 828.586.9499.

Open mic night The NetWest program of the North Carolina Writers Network will host an open mic night at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

Folks are encouraged to bring their poetry or short pieces to share. The North Carolina Writers' Network connects, promotes, and serves the writers of this state. They provide education in the craft and business of writing, opportunities for recognition and critique of literary work, resources for writers at all stages of development, support for and advocacy of the literary heritage of North Carolina, and a community for those who write. www.citylightsnc.com or 828.586.9499.

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• Nancy McIntyre will read from and sign her novel Rush of River Over Rock at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. The book is the story of a part wolf/dog, found badly injured in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and the woman who gives him a home. McIntyre has lived in the mountains of North Carolina on and off all her life, always returning to them. She now lives in a small cabin with no electricity or running water, adjacent to the Black Mountain range. 828.586.9499.

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Linda Parsons and Sue Weaver Dunlap will hold a joint poetry reading at 3 p.m. Saturday Sept 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

Parsons will read from her fourth collection, This Shaky Earth. Her poems are leavened with a hunger to understand the growing pains of childhood, to face the turning seasons with grace, to know that all will be well as we navigate this sometimes-shaky earth. She is a poet, playwright and an editor at The University of Tennessee. Her poems have appeared in The Iowa Review, The Georgia Review, Asheville Poetry Review and others.

Dunlap will read from her collection, Knead.

Georgann Eubanks, author of the Literary Trails of North Carolina series, said of Knead, “Sue Weaver Dunlap has laid the table full. These warm and aromatic poems combine to create an Appalachian family memoir.” She lives in the deep Southern Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee.

To reserve copies of these poetry collections, call City Lights bookstore at 828.586.9499.

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• Katherine Soniat will read her latest collection of poetry at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

24, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. In her beguiling new collection, Bright Stranger, Soniat invites readers to celebrate the unfinished and unsure. The poems in this volume to not demand or offer certainty, existing instead in the spaces between the real and the imagined, between past, present and future. They explore the human connection with nature, contemplating loss in the erosion of rock spires and rebirth in the blossoming of an amaranth.

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Finishing his Appalachian Trail thru hike was one of the most emotional moments of Claxton’s life.

Robbinsville man raises $70,000 for children with A.T. hike

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER t was nighttime in the White Mountains, and Steve Claxton was pretty sure he wouldn’t make it till morning. Rain was falling, and winds were ripping through his campsite at 90 miles per hour, sharpening the 40-degree temperatures like a knife. He’d known that camping above treeline was a bad idea, but an incoming storm had forced him to do it — now he was afraid it was the last thing he would ever do.

“At Mount Washington there’s a huge wall of people who died in the White Mountains, most of them in July and August and most of them from hypothermia,” Claxton said. “I really thought they were going to have to add my name to that.”

But eventually dawn came, and Claxton was alive to see it. He shouldered his pack once again, continuing his trek along the Appalachian Trail in search of Mount Katahdin. Soon afterward he came by a group of rangers who were astonished to hear where he’d camped, and that he’d lived to tell the tale.

Claxton would have many more tales to tell in the coming weeks, and the best one took place at noon on Aug. 23, when he marked the end of his 2,189-mile walk from Georgia by summiting Maine’s Mount Katahdin.

“It was a very emotional moment,” Claxton said. “I tried to do a live video, but I was really choking up.”

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THE RELATIVITY OF IMPOSSIBILITY Claxton, a Swain County native who recently moved to Robbinsville, had been hiking the trail since Feb. 22, the fulfillment of a lifelong goal that he also organized as a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Graham County. He made the journey solo, his early start meaning that he missed the “bubble” of the estimated 3,400 people who started an A.T. thru-hike this year. He spent only about seven days out of the six-month journey walking with somebody else.

“I’d really go through a tough time or really get lonely. I hiked by myself,” Claxton said.

“I say by myself — it was a very spiritual journey. It was me and God hiking the trail sideby-side together.”

Claxton has a hard time talking about his hike without talking about his spirituality. It begins with his trail name, “Mustard Seed,” which comes from a verse in the Bible where Jesus tells his disciples that with the power of

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God behind them, even faith the size of the tiny mustard seed is enough to move mountains.

“It just fit what I was doing,” he said. “This journey wasn’t impossible.”

To some, it seemed impossible. Claxton had had knee surgery in November, just three months before he left. And, at 60, he was most definitely in the upper age bracket of A.T. thru-hikers. Since it was completed in 1937, about 12,000 people have successfully thru-hiked the trail — fewer than 500 of those were older than 60.

“I thought, ‘That sounds like a challenge,’” Claxton said. “I thought, ‘I can be one of those less than 500.’”

His doctor didn’t agree.

“My doctor said, ‘I’ll give you 500 miles and you’ll be back.’” Claxton recalled. “I said, ‘I’ll do 2,200 miles and I’ll be your poster child.’”

Turned out, Claxton was right. He came back to the doctor with a poster of himself at Katahdin in tow.

Completing the trail was a personal victory — a commercial outfitter who currently lives just half a mile from the A.T., hiking the trail in its entirety had been a lifelong goal.

But it was also a victory for people across Western North Carolina and even the world.

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Help the cause Steve Claxton’s hike is complete, but the journey is not. The causes he hiked for — Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Friends of Barnabas Foundation — are still in need of donations and volunteers.

■ Give online. The GoFundMe account that Claxton set up in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Graham County chapter is still open at www.gofundme.com/z3r3f7ws. In addition, Friends of Barnabas has a page and donation portal dedicated to the hike — with updates from Claxton after he took over the hike — at www.fobf.org/kylekirbyhikeforhonduras.

■ Volunteer. Big Brothers Big Sisters has chapters in counties throughout Western North Carolina and is always in need of volunteers willing to spend time building positive relationship with children who don’t come from a stable, two-parent home. Find out more at www.bbbswnc.org.

■ Live vicariously. Claxton chronicled his adventure on his Facebook page — the posts are public — and on his blog, www.steveclaxton.com/hiker.

Sisters of Swain County, Claxton had originally planned his hike as a fundraiser to launch a chapter in Graham County, where he lives now. He put together a fundraising page and set a goal of $20,000.

He raised $38,000. And counting.

The son of teachers who is now the father of teachers, Claxton’s always had a heart for kids. And his work with Big Brothers Big Sisters has been more than sufficient to show him that there’s a need for strong, loving role models to connect with kids whose home lives have involved a certain amount of trauma.

“I’ve seen so many kids’ lives completely turned around, stories that you couldn’t even imagine,” Claxton said. “Kids that have witnessed things that were unimaginable. The murder of their parents. At 5 years old the kid’s so psychologically distraught. You get them a big brother and just see them connecting.”

While he was away, the folks in Graham County actually succeeded in getting a chapter started, and Claxton is excited to see where it goes. Angela Knight, superintendent of Graham County Schools, signed up as the first big sister in the program, and he believes that

bodes well for the future.

“That really set a precedent for the local community,” he said. “If she’s willing as busy as she is to become a big sister, hopefully others will follow.”

A LEGION OF CHEERLEADERS While $38,000 is quite a chunk of change, that’s not all that Claxton’s hike brought in. It also raised $34,000 for the Friends of Barnabas Foundation, a Christian nonprofit that aims to provide medical care and community health training to help children in Honduras.

The alliance with Friends of Barnabas happened quite by accident — or by design, depending on your take on God. A Friends of Barnabas volunteer named Kyle Kirby had started the A.T. to raise money for the organization, but 100 miles in he injured his legs and had to drop out. Another team member, Ronnie Dillon, took over to add another 48 miles to Kirby’s journey, but then he met Claxton.

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A MUSTARD SEED Claxton took one notable break from his interminable press onward.

Six years ago, Big Brothers Big Sisters matched him with a sixth-grade kid who was so many miles behind in school that he

Much of Steve Claxton’s hike through the Smokies region involved snow. Steve Claxton photo

“To see him walk across that stage was just indescribable,” Claxton said.

The journey to graduation day is perhaps symbolic of Claxton’s overall adventure. In terms of human company, his hike was one of solitude. But its success was really all about people — the friends he made along the way, the people he helped, the people who helped him, the stories he told and was told. Claxton counts his digital cheerleaders among those numbers too, referring to them as newly adopted family.

Each step is small, but strung together with the power of prayer and encouragement and God walking alongside, the steps combine into something big. To Claxton, that is the journey of a mustard seed.

“You learn so much about yourself and so much about life itself by trudging on and getting through the hard times, getting through the mountains and the rocks and the roots,” he said. “You learn you can do a lot more than you ever thought you could do.”

Grant supports Cherokee-infused environmental education Classroom lessons focusing on Cherokee culture and ecology of the Great Smoky Mountains will expand to schools in seven Western North Carolina counties thanks to a $102,500 grant that the Cherokee Preservation Foundation awarded to Friends of

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The funds will support the Seeking Paths in Nature program for the third year running.

The program develops curricula for middle and high school students that integrate Cherokee culture and history into existing education programs in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Cherokee Central Schools teachers, members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and National Park Service staff work together to create the curriculum, also collaborating with teachers to ensure it meets state and national standards as well as STEM requirements. Examples of field trips and lessons include “Cherokee Folklore on the Oconaluftee Trail” and “Using Archaeology to Bring History to Life.”

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was sure he’d never catch up. He couldn’t wait to drop out.

“I told him he wasn’t going to drop out.

He was going to walk across that stage and I was going to be there to watch him,” Claxton said.

When he made that promise, he had no idea that he’d be in the middle of an Appalachian Trail thru hike when graduation day came. But he was still planning to keep his word — though he kept that plan a secret from the soon-to-be graduate — and decided to travel home by bus to save money.

Then, his kind gesture to Friends of Barnabas came back around to him. The organization bought Claxton a plane ticket.

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had been using a small GPS to track the hike, allowing followers to see exactly where on the trail they were at 10-minute intervals. Dillon asked Claxton if he would carry the GPS, at least as far as Virginia.

“I said, ‘Well I’m going to Maine, so I’ll go to Maine for you,’” Claxton said.

When he uttered those words, Claxton couldn’t have known just how difficult the journey would be. He would encounter rattlesnakes and bears. He’d almost die of exposure. He’d lose his water filter deep in a boulder crevice, during one of the most difficult and isolated sections of the trail — coming across a couple day hikers with a replacement filter to offer up was borderline miraculous.

But he kept going, even when it was difficult. Because he wanted to finish, but also because he knew there were more people than he could count cheering him on, depending on him. His Facebook page, where he posted photos and thoughts daily, exploded to 3,300 friends, and because the posts were public it’s impossible to say how many people actually viewed them.

Once he logged on to see that a woman with paraplegia had posted a photo of herself and her service dog next to an A.T. trail sign.

“It says, ‘This is as close as I’ll ever get to hiking the trail, but I’m able to hike it vicariously through you,’” Claxton recalled.

“That touched my heart. Real suddenly I realized there were 100s of them (people with paraplegia) following me. I had to do it for them.”

For them, and for his friends back home, and for the kids whose welfare depended on the funds he’d raise for Big Brothers Big Sisters and Friends of Barnabas.

A revamped website is allowing people to discover North Carolina’s natural heritage in new ways through the N.C. Natural Heritage Program.

The site boasts several popular data tools, including the Data Explorer map that shows the locations of nature preserves, conservation areas, waterways and more throughout the state.

A database of which rare species are found in each county — with multiple search parameters available — makes it easier to appreciate which unique species call an area home, and environmental professionals can subscribe to the environmental review tool to generate reports about natural features in specific project areas. ncnhde.natureserve.org.

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A round of open houses to take input on the developing forest management plan for the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests will be held this fall, starting off Thursday, Sept. 15, in Franklin.

The open houses will all be held from 3-6 p.m. and feature a flexible format that allows people to come and go during that window to talk with U.S. Forest Service staff one-on-one.

The dates are: ■ Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Nantahala Ranger District Office in Franklin.

■ Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Cheoah Ranger District Office in Robbinsville.

■ Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Tusquitee Ranger District Office in Murphy.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Pisgah Ranger District Office in Brevard.

Portions of the draft plan completed thus far are online at http://bit.ly/1TI6AEz. Comments that have the most impact on the finished product will be based on the specific characteristics of the places in question rather than subjective opinions.

Send comments to NCplanrevision@fs.fed.us with the subject line “Summer building blocks” or mail to Attn: Plan Revision Team Leader, National Forests in North Carolina, 160 Zillicoa St. Suite A, Asheville, N.C. 28801.

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• Hunters under 16 will get a head start on the deer hunting season with Youth Deer Hunting Day Saturday, Sept. 24, organized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Hunters over 16 will not be allowed to hunt; youth hunters will be allowed to use any legal weapon on public and private land and may hunt without an adult if they have passed a hunter education course. Held in conjunction with National Hunting and Fishing Day. www.ncwildlife.org/nhfd.

• The Haywood County Extension Master Gardening Volunteer Association is now accepting applications for educational and research grants. To be eligible, projects must be in Haywood County and related to gardening, horticulture or the environment — beautification projects do not qualify. Applications are available at the Haywood Extension office or by emailing mgarticles@charter.net. Submit at least three months before funds are needed.

• Jordan Smith, a native of Swain County who has spent most of his career working in a 16,000-acre South Carolina forest owned by Norfolk Southern Corporation, recently joined Mainspring Conservation Trust as its land conservation manager. Smith will be responsible for Mainspring’s land acquisition program, including landowner outreach, receiving conservation easements and land purchases and sales.

• The Waynesville Recreation Center will close at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, for its annual week of cleaning and maintenance work. The center will reopen at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, with the water park reopening at 11 a.m. that day.

828.456.2030 or rlangston@waynesvillenc.gov.

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Hurry up and hayride in Cullowhee A lineup of fall fun will raise money for Full Spectrum Farm, a non-profit that works with kids with autism, during Starlight Night at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the farm in Cullowhee.

The evening will include music, a kids' tent hosted by the Western Carolina University Recreational Therapy students, hayrides, petting zoo, farm tours, barbecue and a silent auction. Solely funded by donations and small grants, Full Spectrum relies on revenues from this annual event to keep it running. $25 per person or $50 per family. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting Full Spectrum. Table sponsors, silent auction donations and volunteers are needed.

Full Spectrum is located at 1185 Wayhutta Road in Cullowhee.

828.293.2521 or www.fullspectrumfarm.org.

Celebrate a Smokies-style harvest Explore Appalachia with the Mountain Life Festival in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mountain Farm Museum adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center.

The centerpiece of the event is the sorghum syrup demonstration, which uses a

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horse- or mule-powered cane mill and a wood-fired cooker. The demonstration is provided by Swain County High School Future Farmers of America through a cooperative agreement with the park and the Great Smoky Mountains Association (GSMA).

Other demonstrations will include hearth cooking, apple butter making, blacksmithing, lye soap making, food preservation and chair bottoming, with historic artifacts and photographs on display as well.

The festival will coincide with music jam sessions held on the porch of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Free. 828.497.1904.

Calling all kids to celebrate nature The Highlands Nature Center will celebrate its 75th anniversary and national Take a Child Outside week with a day of outdoor fun, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24.

Activities will include making nature bracelets, embarking on digital scavenger hunts, making animal track field guides, participating in a bioblitz and winning prizes.

Free, with all ages welcome.

828.526.2221. www.highlandsbiological.org.

Learn about plans for a Waynesville arboretum Plans for an arboretum in Waynesville will be the centerpiece of a Tuscola Garden Club meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Bethea Welcome Center in Lake Junaluska.

Diane Kornse of the Mountain View Garden Club will discuss her club’s vision and plans for the arboretum, a concept birthed in collaboration with Waynesville horticulturist Jonathan Yates.

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leashes, tags and up-to-date shots are allowed to participate. $30 5K; $20 for those running as part as a team; $10 for the walk; $10 for dog registration. www.gloryhoundevents.com/event/power-ofpink-5k.

■ The Cherokee Harvest Half Marathon and 5K will take off at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, from the Acquoni Events Center in Cherokee, with proceeds benefiting the Madison Hornbuckle Children’s Cancer Foundation. $30 for the 5K and $50 for the half marathon, with online registration open through Sept. 29. www.imathlete.com.

■ The Bethel Half Marathon and 5K will send runners through the rolling farmlands of Bethel on Saturday, Oct. 8. The race is sanctioned by the Asheville Track Club with race times submitted to the ATC Grand Prix Series. $25 for the 5K and $40 for the halfmarathon, with prices rising $5 for day-of registration. Register by Sept. 20 for a guaranteed tshirt size. www.imathlete.com.

■ The Parker Mathis 5.1K Run/Walk will take off at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, from Iotla Baptist Church in Franklin, raising money for the Parker Mathis Memorial Scholarship Fund. $25, with day-of registration available at 9 a.m. www.active.com.

■ The Pumpkin Run 5K will provide a mid-fall run at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, on the Little Tennessee Greenway in Franklin. Held in conjunction with the same-day PumpkinFest downtown, the run will benefit the Macon/Jackson County Habitat for Humanity. $20 online registration, with day-of registration beginning at 8 a.m. www.active.com.

Beginning runners and seasoned athletes alike can appreciate the joy of a 5K run during Appalachian autumn, and this fall season will offer plenty of opportunity to test your stride against a varied bench of runners.

■ The Dye-A-Beat Diabetes 5K Color Run will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Western Carolina University. Organized by WCU’s Alpha Gamma Delta chapter, proceeds will go to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation. $4 students; $6 for general registration; $12 T-shirts. www.runsignup.com.

■ The Haywood Heart-to-Heart 5K will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the open-air gym at Lake Junaluska. The self-timed race will loop the larger section of the lake to cross the dam and footbridge, ending back at the gym. $30, with a DJ providing post-run music. www.runsignup.com.

■ The Mountain Heritage Day 5K will tour the Western Carolina University campus at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. Held in conjunction with the Mountain Heritage Day Festival’s offerings of live music, local vendors and great food, the race will raise money for the WCU Sport Management Association Scholarship Fund. $10 for students; $15 for non-students; $20 day-of with registration beginning at 6:45 a.m. www.mountainheritageday.com.

■ The Power of Pink 5K will be held 9 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Haywood Regional Fitness Center, raising money for breast cancer screenings. The event will include a 1-mile Honor/Memory/Survivor Walk, and dogs with

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that riders must navigate within a designated amount of time. Classes range from beginner to pro, with beginners and experts running from 9 a.m. to noon and sport and pro riders going from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. $20, with online registration open through Sept. 23 and day-of registration open at 8 a.m. www.noc.com/events/gaf-bike-trials.

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An all-ages bike trial event will challenge riders with a variety of natural and manmade obstacles on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Nantahala Outdoor Center near Bryson City.

Part of NOC’s Guest Appreciation Festival, the GAF Bike Trials competition includes sections of obstacles such as rocks, logs, water, scaffolding and automobiles

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Take the family hiking The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Family Hiking Day is coming up Saturday, Sept. 24, and area hiking clubs will host several opportunities for families to get outside and explore the trails.

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■ An easy 4-mile hike along the Nantahala River will explore what was a railroad bed during the 1930s logging era. Led by the Nantahala Hiking Club, the group will meet in Franklin at 10 a.m. Mary Stone, 828.369.7352.

■ An easy 2-mile hike to Big Laurel Falls will take place the next day, leaving from Franklin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. A great hike for young children, the gentle and shaded path

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ends at a spectacular waterfall. Organized by the Nantahala Hiking Club. Bill and Sharon Van Horn, 828.369.1983.

■ A moderate 4.4-mile hike will take in the Max Patch loop near Harmon Den, traversing open meadows, shaded forest and a small stream. Kites are encouraged, weather permitting. Organized by the Carolina Opportunities about Mountain Club, to celebrate Family the group will Hiking Day. NPS photo meet at 9 a.m. off of I-40. Jan Onan, 828.606.5188.

■ A moderate to strenuous 2mile hike near Hot Springs will take the A.T. up to a view overlooking the French Broad River, returning via a retired section of the A.T. to make a loop. Organized by the Hot Springs Community Learning Center and Hot Springs Mountain Club, the group will leave from Hot Springs at 11 a.m. Jack Dalton, 828.622.3704.

All hikes are on Sept. 24 unless otherwise noted. RSVPs to hike leaders are required. www.appalachiantrail.org/home/community/events/2016/09/24/default-calendar/family-hiking-day.

A trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway will give birders a chance to drink in avian sightings. Holly Kays photo

Bird the Blue Ridge Parkway Birdwatchers will spend the day in search of raptors, warblers, vireos and thrushes on the Blue Ridge Parkway, starting bright and early at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in Highlands.

The annual Charlie David Memorial

Blue Ridge Parkway Outing will allow for spectacular autumn views and interesting birds. Little hiking is involved.

Organized by the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. RSVP to Brock Hutchins, 404.295.0663.

Get hands-on with the outdoors A day full of interactive demonstrations and outdoor skills will mark National Hunting and Fishing Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education.

Participants will have a chance to try their hand at fishing, outdoor cooking and fly-casting, among others, and they’ll also have the chance to explore the center’s five aquatic habitats, which feature live fish, frogs, salamanders and snakes.

Free. The Pisgah Center is located off of U.S. 276 outside of Brevard.

828.877.4423.

Gear deals, paddling and mountain bike muscle coming to NOC Bargain-priced gear, free shuttles to whitewater releases and a variety of familyfriendly outdoor games will characterize Nantahala Outdoor Center’s Guest Appreciation Festival Sept. 23-25.

The weekend will kick off with the gear marketplace and outfitter’s store sidewalk sale at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, with more gear sales, a bouncy house and live music from Andalyn and The Whiskey Sticks coming later. Sales will continue throughout the weekend, but Saturday will bring a Bike Trials competition, a special release on the Upper Nantahala, a raptor show and a full lineup of live music. Things will wrap up

Sunday with another whitewater release and continued gear offerings and kids activities.

Free. For the full schedule, including whitewater release times and NOC’s complimentary whitewater shuttle schedule, see www.noc.com/events/guest-appreciationfestival-gaf.

Search for salamanders A short hike in search of salamanders will allow participants to help the National Park Service with an ongoing salamander study 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Purchase Knob area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Haywood County.

Known as the salamander capital of the world, this area of the Smokies is known to have 30 salamander species. While the hike will be short, its difficulty is rated as moderate to strenuous.

Sponsored by the park and Haywood Waterways Association as part of its Get to Know Your Watershed series of outdoor activities.

Free for HWA members and $5 for nonmembers, with memberships starting at $25. Space is limited; RSVP to Christine O’Brien by Sept. 22, christine.haywoodwaterways@ gmail.com or 828.476.4667.

WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Limited edition prints of the “Golden Threads” Shindig mural, which is outside Pack Square Park in Asheville, are available for sale with a “Stories of Mountain Folk” CD. Proceeds benefit Shindig on the Green and the Catch the Spirit of Appalachian Scholarship program facilitated through Southwestern Community College. 293.2239.

• The Darnell Farms Corn Maze will be open through Nov. 1 on U.S. 19 at the Tuckasegee River Bridge in Bryson City. Besides the maze, there will also be a pumpkin patch, picnic area, farm fresh products, hayrides, and other activities. 488.2376.

• Macon County Fair Sept. 14-17. Highlights of the event include opening ceremonies (1 p.m. Sept. 14), cross-cut saw demonstration (6 p.m. Sept. 15), bbq supper (3 p.m. Sept. 16), kids pedal tractor pull (6 p.m.

Sept. 16), cake contest (11 a.m. Sept. 17), tractor driving contest (2 p.m. Sept. 17). There will also be numerous livestock shows, entertainment and live music throughout the fair. For a complete schedule, www.themaconcofair.com/agricultural-fair-franklin-nc.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. event at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Macon Campus. 306.7017 or b_petricek@southwesterncc.edu.

• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will offer a seminar entitled “Financing Your Business” from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, 3021 in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. 627.4512 or SBC.Haywood.edu.

• An English as a second-language community liaison for Durham Public Schools will discuss opportunities and obstacles for Latina/Latino students applying for college in North Carolina at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, in Niggli Theatre on Western Carolina University’s campus in Cullowhee. Info: 227.3272 or mdbirkhofer@wcu.edu.

369.3523. Macon.ces.ncsu.edu. 349.2046.

• Dr. Seth McCormick, assistant professor in the School of Art and Design at Western Carolina University, will host a discussion at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Haywood County Arts Council Waynesville. The talk will be titled, “The Color of Knowledge: Black Mountain College and the Birth of Pop Art.” www.haywoodarts.org.

• Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina’s “Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse” and other training will be offered Sept. 21-22 at Haywood Community College’s Regional High Tech Center in Waynesville. Training is from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 21 and from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Sept. 22. Register by Sept. 16.

• Hunter Safety courses will be offered by Haywood Community College and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission from 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 19-20, Oct. 17-18 and Nov. 14-15 at HCC’s Campus, Building 3300, Room 3322, in Clyde. Pre-registration required: www.ncwildlife.org.

• Coffee with a Cop is scheduled for 7-9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, at Panacea Coffee Co. in Waynesville.

Sponsored by Waynesville Police Department.

• An iPhone/iPad Basics class will be offered for beginners at 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. Register and get info: 524.3600 or cchambliss@fontanalib.org.

• A Community Shred Event and hot dog lunch is scheduled for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, at First Citizens Bank in Waynesville.

• “Buckle Up Baby,” a free car-seat checking station, will be available on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Macon County Fair.

• The 40th reunion of Former Residents of Hazel Creek and the Fontana Lake area is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the Deep Creek shelter. “Birdell” – a one-act monologue play that tells the story of a Hazel Creek resident in the early 1900s, is at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 17.

• A Law Enforcement Team Blue Breakfast Appreciation Day is scheduled for 8 a .m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the VFW Post in Tuckasegee. 293.5627.

• “Turmoil on the Southwestern Frontier in 1776” will be presented by John Slaughter, National Park Service superintendent, from 10-11:30 a.m. on Sept. 17 at the Waynesville Public Library.

• A celebration of Haywood County Library’s 125th anniversary is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Fines Creek Library.

• Legal Aid of North Carolina is partnering with the Jackson County Public Library to hold a back-to-school legal clinic from noon-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.

21, at the library in Sylva. Advance registration required: 586.2016.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • A class on Twitter will be offered at 5:54 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Led by Tim Tweed and Sarah Beckmann. Register: 586.2016. Co-sponsored by Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.

• Franklin Mayor Bob Scott will be the featured speaker at Southwestern Community College’s Constitution Day

• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will offer a seminar entitled “How to Find Your Customers” from 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 20, in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. 627.4512 or SBC.Haywood.edu.

• A Facebook Class will be offered at 5:55 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. 586.2016.

• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will offer a seminar entitled “How to Write a Business Plan” from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. 627.4512 or SBC.Haywood.edu.

• The Small Business Center at Haywood Community College will offer a seminar entitled “Basics of Bookkeeping” from 6-9 p.m. on Sept. 27, in Clyde. Part of the Business Startup Series. 627.4512 or SBC.Haywood.edu.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Haywood Spay/Neuter is holding a fundraiser “Sips for Snips” from 5-8 p.m. on Sept. 15 at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. Tickets: $30. Includes a taste of four wines plus hors d’oeuvres by Chef Jackie. Tickets available at Bosu’s and Haywood Spay/Neuter. Info: 452.1329.

• The inaugural charitable golf outing for Haywood Pathways Center is scheduled for Sept. 16 at Springdale Country Club in Haywood County. Haywood Pathways Center is a halfway house, homeless shelter and short-term life transformation program serving men, women and families. Haywoodpathwayscenter.org, dianephelps633@gmail.com or 452.6974.

• A corn hole tournament is set for Saturday, Sept. 17, at Bear Waters Brewing Company in Waynesville.

Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Haywood

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County, which helps children facing adversity achieve measurable outcomes leading to lifelong success.

Registration starts at 11 a.m. To register, sign up for a sponsorship or get info, contact Martha Barksdale at 273.3601 or Haywood@bbbswnc.org.

• Bluegrass/Americana act Well Strung will perform during “The Bascom Night” from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Satulah Mountain in Highlands. The evening is catered New Mountain Events. $250 per ticket. Proceeds go to programming at The Bascom, a visual arts center in Highlands. www.thebacom.org.

• Full Spectrum Farm, which coaches autistic men and women, will hold a “Starlight Night” fundraiser at 5 p.m. on Sept. 24 at 1185 Wayehutta Road in Cullowhee.

Music, kids’ tent, hayrides, petting zoo, farm tours, barbecue and silent auction. $25 per person or $50 per family. 293.2521 or www.fullspectrumfarm.org.

Donations can be sent to: Full Spectrum Farm, P.O. Box 3101, Cullowhee, NC 28723. A PayPal option is available on the website.

• Southern Vintage Trailers will be showcased from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 24 at Stonebridge Campground in Maggie Valley. Tickets are $5 per person; kids under eight get in free. Proceeds benefit Haywood Waterways Association’s youth education programs. www.southerinvintagetrailers.com. Boy Scout Troop No. 318 will host a breakfast fundraiser from 9-11 a.m. Cost is $5.

• Tickets are on sale for the Haywood Community College Foundation’s Shine & Dine Gala, which is from 6-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 at the Laurel Ridge Country Club in Waynesville. Event includes buffet dinner, jazz music by Juan Benavides, student Timbersports demonstration and a silent auction. Sponsorships range from $250-$5,000. Tickets are $75 per person. Sponsorship info: pahardin@haywood.edu or 627.4544. Tickets: 627.4522 or stop by the HCC Foundation Office.

• Mountain Faith will perform at Catch the Spirit of Appalachia’s 10th annual scholarship dinner at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus in Sylva. Proceeds benefit Catch the Spirit’s scholarship through the SCC Foundation. Tickets: $25. 631.4587.

• Haywood County Tourism Development Authority is now offering smaller, single replicas quilt trail blocks for purchase. The blocks are priced at $65 each with 85 percent of the proceeds being donated to raise funds to build the new Haywood County Animal Shelter.

944.0761 or stop by 1110 Soco Road in Maggie Valley.

HEALTH MATTERS • Acupuncture clinic for Haywood County veterans are scheduled for 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 14 and 28 at Blue Ridge Natural Health in Waynesville. First come, first served. 356.5577 or www.blueridgenaturalhealth.com. www.facebook.com/WesternRegionalRecoveryRally.

• A six-week anxiety and stress reduction workshop start Sept. 15 at 166 Branner Ave., Suite C, in Waynesville. Meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. each Thursday through Oct. 20. $15 per person or $25 per couple per session. Registration required: 703.609.9107.

• A DivorceCare series for separated or divorced men and women begins Sept. 21 at First Alliance Church in Franklin. 13-part series runs from 6:30-8 p.m. www.franklincma.com, 369.7977 or scott@franklincma.com. www.divorcecare.org.

• A program on mosquito-borne diseases like Zika will be presented at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Health and Human Science Building on Western Carolina University’s campus in Cullowhee. Register by Sept. 16: 844.414.DOCS. • Blue Mountain Urology and Haywood Regional Medical

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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 Center will offer prostrate screenings on Sept. 24. $20.

Schedule an appointment: 452.9700.

• Southwestern Community College’s health fair is from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the SCC Macon Campus in Franklin. American Red Cross blood drive as well as exhibits from each of SCC’s 15 health sciences programs. Community vendors. j_gunter@southwesterncc.edu or 339.4305.

RECREATION AND FITNESS • The High Mountain Squares will host their 14th annual “Greenway Dance” from 2-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.

18, at the Macon Rec Park Pavilion in Franklin. Stan Russell from Greenville, S.C., will be the caller. Westernstyle square dancing, mainstream and levels.

787.2324, 342.1560, 332.0001 or www.highmountainsquares.com.

POLITICAL • The League of Women Voters of Macon County will host a meeting/forum at noon on Sept. 14 at Tartan Hall. Candidates for the N.C. House District 120, U.S. House District 11 and N.C. Senate 50 have been invited.

• A Meet & Greet with Kay Miller, candidate for Haywood County School Board, is scheduled for 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, on the outdoor patio at the Patio Bistro in Waynesville. In case of rain, the event will move to the Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. RSVP: 452.6000 or VoteKayMiller@gmail.com.

• A “Pancakes and Politics” breakfast event is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the North Jackson County Republican Party Headquarters located near Harold’s Supermarket in the West Sylva Shopping Center. Special guests are Mike Clampitt, candidate for the N.C. House, District 119, and The Honorable Tessa Sellers, District Court Judge for N.C. District 30.

• Swain County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at party headquarters at 122 Everett Street in Bryson City. 736.7169.

• The Jackson County Democrats will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 at headquarters: 500 Mill Street in Sylva.

508.5296.

• Haywood County Sheriff Greg Christopher will speak to members of the NAACP at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

24, at Jones Temple A.M.E. Zion in Waynesville.

• Highlands Mayor Patrick Taylor has coffee and an open public discussion with Highlands residents from 11 a.m.-noon on the last Friday of each month at Hudson Library in Highlands. www.fontanalib.org or 526.3031.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE • “What Catholics Really Believe,” an opportunity to obtain unfiltered information from Catholics, is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sept. 15 at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Waynesville. 456.6707.

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AUTHORS AND BOOKS • The Theme Team Book Club will be presented by the Waynesville Library from 2-4 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. Pick any book from a chosen them; each participant gets a chance to discuss his/her book.

Sign-up required: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

• Cookin’ the Books will be held at noon on the last Wednesday of the month at the Waynesville Public Library. A book club focused on cookbooks. All members choose a recipe from the book and bring it to share. The group will discuss the good and bad aspects of the chosen cookbook. 356.2507.

• A new book written by seniors will feature the authors from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Cashiers Senior Center. 745.6856.

• Artist Elizabeth Acevedo will host a spoken word poetry reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in UC Illusions Room 309 at Western Carolina University. www.wcu.edu.

• Canton Book Club meets at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15. For book title and info, call 648.2924.

• The “Coffee with the Poet” series will continue with Richard VanderVeen at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 and an open mic night at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16 at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. The series is co-sponsored by the NetWest program of the North Carolina Writers Network and gathers the third Thursday of each month. 586.9499.

• Caroline Duckworth and Bryan Lane will present “Your Great Trip to France” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

456.6000 or blueridgebooks@ymail.com.

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• Linda Parsons and Sue Weaver Dunlap will hold a joint poetry reading at 3 p.m. Saturday Sept 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. To reserve copies of these poetry collections, please call City Lights bookstore at 586.9499.

• Storyteller Donald Davis will speak at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. In celebration of Haywood County Public Library’s 125th anniversary.

• Miriam Herin will present her second novel, “A Stone for Bread,” at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the Susan Todd Lounge in the Harrell Center at Lake Junaluska. clauser@charter.net.

• Nancy McIntyre will read from and sign her novel Rush of River Over Rock at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. 586.9499.

• Katherine Soniat will read her latest collection of poetry at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. 586.9499.

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• Author and photographer Tim Barnwell will present “Great Smoky Mountains Vistas” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville.

456.6000 or blueridgebooks@ymail.com.

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• Cookin’ the Books is at noon on Wednesday, Sept.

28, at the Waynesville Library. Book club focused on cookbooks. 356.2507.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES • BINGO is offered from 10 a.m.-noon on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program will be offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• The Haywood Senior Resource Center is organizing a trip to participate in a “Local Food Made Simple” program on Thursday, Sept. 21, at the local farmer’s market. Program will be led by Julie Sawyer, a graduate of the University of Tennessee. To register, stop by the center or call 356.2800.

• A KonMari Indoor Sale is scheduled for 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the banquet room of the Haywood County Senior Resource Center.

KIDS & FAMILIES • A Tuesday Library Club for ages 5-12 meets at 4 p.m. each Tuesday (except for the fifth Tuesday on months that occurs) at the Canton Library. Hands-on activities like exercise, cooking, LEGOs, science experiments and crafts. 648.2924 or kpunch@haywoodnc.net.

• A youth photography program will be offered for ages 12-16 on Tuesday afternoons in September and October at The Bascom in Highlands. Private lessons are also available. www.thebascom.org or 526.4949.

• “Art Beats for Kids” will be held from 4 to 5 p.m.

Sept. 15 at the Charles Heath Gallery in Bryson City. A new project every week. $20 per child, with includes lesson, materials and snack. To register, 538.2054.

• Sing & Sign storytime is at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 524.3600.

• A T-Shirt making program for teens will be offered at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Canton Library. 648.2924.

• A short moderate-to-strenuous “Salamander Hike” will be offered by the Haywood Waterways Association and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Purchase Knob. Guided by one of the park’s experts on salamanders. RSVP by Thursday, Sept. 22: christine@haywoodwaterways@gmail.com or 476.4667.

• The N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission’s Youth Deer Hunting Day will be held for ages 15 and under on Saturday, Sept. 24. www.ncwildlife.org/nhfd.

• A family friendly event to celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day is scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education near Brevard. lee.sherrill@ncwildlife.org or 877.4423.

• Highlands Biological Foundation will hold “Take a Child Outside” Festivities and Nature Center’s 75th Anniversary from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Highlands Nature Center in Highlands. www.highlandsbiological.org/foundation or 526.2221.

• Kids Fishing Day for ages 5-15 is scheduled for Sept. 24 through the Jackson County Recreation Department. $5. Register by Sept. 23. 293.3053, 631.2020 or www.facebook.com/jacksonrecreationandparks.

• Magical Morning at the Library is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Waynesville Library.

Magician and balloon artist Mark DeVerges will perform.

KIDS MOVIES • A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

• Family Friendly movie is at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Waynesville Library. 356.2507.

• A family movie will be shown at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City. A fantasy adventure about a barn owl kidnapped from his forest home. Info, including movie title: 488.3030.

• A children’s movie will be shown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Macon Library in Franklin.

• A family movie will be shown 1 p.m. on Mondays during the summer at Jackson County Public Library.

586.2016.

• Family story time for ages zero to six years old is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. each Tuesday at the Canton Library. 648.2924.

A&E FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Sept. 16 and 23 (both drop in), at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville.

• There will a “Family Style” dinner held at 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 16, at Breaking Bread Café in Bethel. The meal will include baby back ribs, barbecue chicken, pulled prok barbecue, corn on the cob, dessert, and more. $19.95 per person. By reservation only.

648.3838.

• A Cajun Fall Fest will be held Sept. 16-18 at St. William Catholic Church on Andrews Road in Murphy.

There will be music and plenty of Cajun food, as well as beer, wine and soft drinks available. The 50/50 raffle tickets will be sold and the winner will receive half of the money collected.

• The Jackson County Farmers Market will host its monthly “Market Feast” from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Sept. 17, next to Bridge Park in Sylva. The market is open from 9 a.m.-noon. www.jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• The ninth-annual Youth Arts Festival is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. More than 30 regional artists will demonstrate skills. Youth dance ensemble will perform. www.JCGEP.org or 631.0271.

• Acclaimed bluegrass act The Gibson Brothers will perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Cataloochee Guest Ranch in Maggie Valley. Tickets are $75 per person, which includes dinner at 7 p.m. This event will sell out. 828.926.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host the annual Mountain Life Festival from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Mountain Farm Museum, which is adjacent to the Oconaluftee Visitor Center on Newfound Gap Road north of Cherokee. 497.1904.

• The last Rockin’ Block Party of the summer will be at from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in downtown Waynesville. From 6 to 7 p.m., the “Kids on Main” will begin with several merchants sponsored hands-on activities, balloon twisting, face painting and a children’s area. These art activities are accessible on the sidewalk at the entrance to the shops. Live music at 7 p.m. in front of Tipping Point Brewing. www.downtownwaynesville.com.

• The Rebel Cruise-In, an opportunity to Circle the old Rebel Restaurant in Sylva, is from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18. Vintage and muscle cars, 60s music, hot dogs, hamburgers and more. 273.7619.

• The Francis Mill Preservation Society will celebrate the preservation of the 128-year-old mill during the 11th annual “Music at the Mill” from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in Waynesville. The bluegrass and barbeque celebration will include performance by The Hill Country Band and Eddie Rose & Highway 40.

Advance tickets are $7 per person ($10 day of event) and are available at Elements Salon in Waynesville or Mountain Dreams Realty in Maggie Valley. 456.6307.

• The Arts Council of Macon County will hold the Festival de las Artes (Festival of the Arts), a National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Las Barricas Mexican Restaurant in Franklin. The festivities start at 6:00 p.m. Latino Community members of all ages are invited to drop off their original art works (drawings, paintings, photographs, etc.) at Las Barricas all day Monday, Sept.

19, or by noon Tuesday, Sept. 20. 342.7872.

• Nantahala Outdoor Center’s Guest Appreciation Festival is Sept. 23-25. Bargain-priced gear, free shuttles to whitewater releases and a variety of family-friendly outdoor games. www.noc.com/events/guest-appreciation-festival-gaf.

• The 42nd annual Mountain Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

The festival also offers a variety of demonstrations and contests centered on authentic mountain folk arts and skills: competitions for best beards and mustaches, period costumes and chainsaw woodcutting. www.mountainheritageday.com or 227.3039.

FOOD & DRINK • The next “Way Back When” trout dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. $39.95 per person, plus tax and gratuity. To RSVP, call 926.1401 or 800.868.1401 or www.cataloocheeranch.com.

• There will be a “Secret Wine Bar Night” and small plates by Chef Jackie served from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday,

• The “Wine Dinner in the Pacific Northwest” will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 ($70, by reservation). The Secret Wine Bar at Bosu’s will host Chef Jackie’s “BYOB Dinner” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 ($50, by reservation). www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

• Chef Ricardo Fernandez will be hosting a Mountain Cooking Club class, “Open fire grilling, the Argentine way,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Wildcat Ridge Farm in Clyde. Class fee is $70 plus a $1 Mountain Cooking Club 2016 membership fee.

246.7465 or chefricardos@gmail.com.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The 2016-17 Galaxy of Stars Series has begun at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Series subscriptions for all six shows are $100 for WCU faculty and staff; $125 for others. $45 for students and children. www.bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or 227.2479.

• The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be hosting two musical performances entitled “Appalachian Range: Old Mountains, New Music” by the park’s artist-in-residence. Classically trained violist Jackie Beckey will perform the mountain-inspired, original music from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. She will also play from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in Cades Cove at the Becky Cable House. www.nps.gov/grsm/getinvolved/artist-inresidence.htm.

• A classic comedy starring Anthony Quinn, Alana Bates and Irene Papas will be shown at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. 524.3600.

• Traditional Mexican dance performances, LatinAmerican music, refreshments, arts and crafts are scheduled for 5:30-10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16, at the Gazebo on the Town Square in Franklin.

• Balsam Range will perform bluegrass at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center. Tickets: highlandspac.org or 526.9047.

• .38 Special will hit the stage at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Harrah’s Cherokee. www.harrahscherokee.com.

• Elvis James will perform a variety of music from 6-8 p.m. on Sept. 17 at Bear Hunter campground in Bryson City. 704.351.7321.

• Haywood Community Band will perform a concert of popular music at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, in Maggie Valley’s community pavilion. Program was created and will be conducted by music educator and professional flutist Sarah Cifani.

• The Larry Davis Duo (bluegrass guitar) performs at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Canton Library as part of the Sunday Concert Series.

• The Darren Nicholson Band will perform at 4 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18, at The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville. Tickets are $12. www.38main.com.

• Season subscriptions and individual tickets to the 2016-17 Mainstage theatre season, presented by Western Carolina University’s School of Stage and Screen, are on sale at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center box office.

The season begins with “Resident Alien,” a musical written by WCU assistant professor Katya Stanislavskaya. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, through Saturday, Sept. 24, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

25, at Hoey Auditorium.

Subscriptions and tickets can be purchased online at bardoartscenter.wcu.edu or by calling the box office at 828.227.2479.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • A “Knot Tying 101” class will be offered Sept.

29 at the Jackson County Recreation Center in Cullowhee. 293.3053, 631.2020 or www.facebook.com/jacksonrecreationandparks.

• A glass etching glass will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Waynesville Library. All materials provided. kolsen@haywoodnc.net or 356.2507.

• High Country Quilt Guild is holding its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the First Methodist Church in Waynesville.

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• A “Basic Blacksmithing” workshop will be held Sept. 16-17 at Calerin Forge in Balsam.

Students will learn the basic techniques of blacksmithing and forge craft in a small group setting. Cost is $450 per student. To register, www.calerinforge.com.

• The Jackson County Genealogical Society will lead attendees on a trip back in time by sharing memories and stories of the Revel and Sylva in the 1960s on Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

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• The Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild will hold its biennial quilt show from Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 22-24, at Western Carolina

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • A touring exhibition of work by artist Wendy Maruyama is on display at the Penland Gallery in Penland. www.penland.org.

• Haywood County Arts Council will host several artists from the WNC Design Guide through Oct. 2. The WNC Design Guide is an exclusive collection of curated artists from the Western North Carolina region whose work focuses primarily on creating fine craft and fine art pieces for homeowners who enjoy elegant mountain living.

• An art exhibition featuring the work of the late Joel Morris, a Western Carolina University alumnus, will be on display through Sept. 16 at the Fine Art Museum at WCU in Cullowhee.

227.3591 or fineartmuseum.wcu.edu.

• The annual community art exhibit is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, in the lobby of the Swain Arts Center at Swain County High School. Flute music by Lori Richards.

Light hors d’oeuvres. rlackey@swainmail.org or 488.7843.

• The work of 50 Cherokee artists is on view in “Of Land & Spirit: Contemporary Art Today” at The Bascom Center in Highlands through September 18.

• The “Photography of Bayard Wootten” exhibit is on display through Nov. 23 in the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

• An exhibition entitled “This is a Photograph: Exploring Contemporary Applications of Photographic Chemistry” is on display at Penland School of Crafts near Spruce Pine.

765.6211 or penland.org/gallery.

FILM & SCREEN • Adult movie time, 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Jackson County Public Library. Call for title of movie. 586.2016.

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• A seminar on lure techniques is offered at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Dream Catchers Fishing Supply at 21 Steeple Road in Sylva.

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• Comments are now being accepted through Oct. 14 by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on proposed elk depredation rule changes. The proposed amendment requires

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• A bird walk along the greenway is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Sept. 14 in Franklin. Meet at Salali Lane. Franklinbirdclub.com or 524.5234.

• A fall foliage presentation will be offered on Thursday, Sept. 15, in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library. Dr. Dan Pittillo, a retired professor of biology at Western Carolina University, will present.

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• The Lake Logan Lecture Series continues at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, with a presentation on the history of forestry by Cindy Carpenter, education and interpretation program manager for the Cradle of Forestry.

Registration fee: $25. www.lakelogan.org/2016-lecture-series.

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• Registration deadline is Sept. 12 for the Haywood Waterways Association’s second annual Leaders in the Creek Workshop, which is scheduled for 2:30-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

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• The U.S. Forest Service will hold an open house from 3-6 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Nantahala Ranger District Office at 90 Sloan Road in Franklin. Discuss local issues, district projects and forest plan revision with forest staff. www.fs.usda.gov/nfsnc.

• Clyde Tractor Supply will hold a Pet Appreciation Week’s Main Event on Saturday, Sept. 17. Pet adoptions, samples, giveaways, drawings and activities. Deals on pet products including food, treats, toys and crates from Sept. 14-18. 454.1054, facebook.com/TractorSupplyCo or TractorSupply.com.

• The Highlands Plateau Audubon Society is holding its annual Charlie Davis Memorial Blue Ridge Parkway Outing on Sept. 17. Leave at 7 a.m. from Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in Highlands. Search for migrating warblers, vireos, thrushes and raptors. 404.295.0663.

• The annual Charlie Davis Memorial Blue Ridge Parkway Outing is scheduled for 7 a.m. on Sept. 17. Birding opportunity through the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society. Leave at 7 a.m. from Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park in Highlands. 404.295.0663.

• A program entitled “Bring Back the Monarchs” is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Cradle of Forestry in Pisgah Forest.

877.3130. www.cradleofforestry.com.

• The N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is introducing its “Sow It, Grow It, Show It” exhibit through Sept. 18 at the Mountain State Fair in Asheville. www.ncwildlife.org/pisgah or 877.4423.

• Hunter safety courses will be offered from 69 p.m. on Sept. 19-20 at Haywood Community College, Building 3300, Room 3322 in Clyde.

Instruction in ethics, responsibility, conservation and more. More classes are Oct. 17-18 and Nov. 14-15. Preregistration required: www.ncwildlife.org.

• “Wings Over the Smokies” convention is Sept. 20-25 in Cherokee. angehern@nc-cherokee.com or 359.6473.

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•The Cullowhee Mountain Arts “Late Summer Retreat” will be held Sept. 18-22 at Lake Logan. The five-day, four-night retreat will host artist-in-residence Karen Weighs and writer-inresidence Pat Riviere-Seel. Writers are free to come at a non-workshop price of $795 — including lodging, meals, workspace, yoga, mindfulness and interaction with visual artists. www.cullowheemountainarts.org.

• The N.C. State Fiction Contest is accepting entries for its 2016 competition. The contest, is free to enter and open to all North Carolina residents. Writers have until Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, to mail their work to N.C. State Fiction Writing Contest, Campus Box 8105, English Department, N.C. State University, Raleigh, N.C., 27695-8105. go.ncsu.edu/fictioncontest.

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• Submissions are now being accepted for the 2017 edition of Milestone, the biennial art and literary review published by Southwestern Community College. First- and second-place cash prizes will be awarded in three categories: Poetry, Prose (short story or nonfiction works) and Visual Arts, including photography.

In addition, one cash prize will be awarded for Cover Art. Open to residents of Jackson, Macon, Swain counties and the Qualla Boundary – as well as SCC students and alumni. Info and submissions (by Dec. 5): tknott@southwesterncc.edu or bkeeling@southwesterncc.edu.

Info: 339.4314 or 339.4325.

• Laurey-Faye Dean will be the featured artist with a live demonstration and discussion at “The Potter’s Wheel” series from noon to 5 p.m.

Sept. 24 at The Wild Fern in Bryson City.

landowners who take a depredating elk without a Commission-issued depredation permit to report the take to the Commission within 24 hours of the kill. Proposed amendment is available at www.ncwildlife.org/ProposedRegulations. Send comments to: regulations@nc-wildlife.org or Kate Pipkin, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 1701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1701.

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• The Country’s Family Reunion Roadshow will host a live performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $24 each. www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866. 273.4615.

University’s Ramsey Regional Activity Center in Cullowhee. Admission is $7 per day; free to students, faculty and staff members. 347.6276 or www.smokymtnquilters.org.

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• A bird walk along the greenway is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Sept. 21 in Franklin. Meet at Big Bear Shelter parking area. Franklinbirdclub.com or 524.5234.

• Informal hawk watches will be conducted by the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society from Sept. 21-26. www.highlandsaudubonsociety.org.

• A Leave No Trace – Master Educator class will be offered through Landmark Learning on Sept. 21-25 in Cullowhee. Learn the principles of LNT and become equipped to teach your own two-day trainer courses.

293.5384 or main@landmarklearning.edu.

• Informal hawk watches will be conducted through the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society from Sept. 2125.

• An all-ages bike trial event featuring natural and man-made obstacles is scheduled for Saturday, Sept.

24, at Nantahala Outdoor Center near Bryson City.

Classes range from beginner to pro. Registration fee is $20. Online registration is open through Sept. 23 at www.noc.com/events/gaf-bike-trials. Day-of registration is open at 8 a.m.

• National Public Lands Day and Pink Beds BioBlitz is Sept. 24 at Cradle of Forestry near Brevard. 877.3130 or www.cradleofforestry.org.

• National Hunting and Fishing Day will be celebrated from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 24 at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. www.ncwildlife.org/pisgah or 877.4423.

• A program entitled “National Public Lands” is scheduled for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Cradle of Forestry in Pisgah Forest. 877.3130. www.cradleofforestry.com.

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• Annual meeting of the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Civic Center in Highlands. Following the meeting will be a presentation on the Golden Eagle Project by Christine Kelly of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. www.ncwildlife.org.

• The public is invited to offer comment through Sept.

26 for projects through the Southwestern Rural Planning Organization. www.regiona.org/rpo or Rose Baugess, 125 Bonnie Lane, Sylva, NC 28779 or rose@regiona.org. Committee meeting is at 5 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Boiler Room Steakhouse in Franklin.

• A Wilderness First Aid class will be offered through Landmark Learning on Sept 26-27. Comprehensive medical course; national standard for outdoor trip leaders. 293.5384 or main@landmarklearning.edu.

• A bird walk along the greenway is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Sept. 28 in Franklin. Meet at Salali Lane.

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• Tuscola Garden Club at Lake Junaluska will open its season with a meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept.

20, at the Bethea Welcome Center in Lake Junaluska.

Guest speaker Diane Kornse will discuss the Mountain

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 View Garden Club’s plans and vision for an arboretum in Waynesville. 246.0437 • A Farmer Appreciation Dinner is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26 at the Swain Senior Center. Hosted by the Swain county Farmland Preservation Advisory Board. RSVP by Friday, Sept. 23: 488.8803, ext. 3105.

FARMERS MARKET • A community tailgate market for local growers is open from 3-7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Village Green Commons in Cashiers. 734.3434, info@villagegreencashiersnc.com or www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

• 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 or waynesvillefarmersmarket.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 at Bridge Park located in Sylva. Info: 393.5236. jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or website jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• The ‘Whee Farmer’s Market is open from 4 p.m. to dusk 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.

• Franklin Tailgate Market is from 8 a.m.-noon every Saturday at 203 E. Palmer Street in Franklin. Info: collins230@frontier.com.

• The Cashiers Tailgate market is open from 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. on Wednesdays at the United Community Bank on N.C. 107 South. 226.9988 or blueridgefarmers@gmail.com.

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• The Dye-A-Beat Diabetes 5K Color Run will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Western Carolina University. Organized by WCU’s Alpha Gamma Delta chapter, proceeds will go to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation. $4 students; $6 for general registration; $12 t-shirts. www.runsignup.com.

• The Haywood Heart-to-Heart 5K will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the open-air gym at Lake Junaluska. The self-timed race will loop the larger section of the lake to cross the dam and footbridge, ending back at the gym. $30, with a DJ providing music of post-run entertainment. www.runsignup.com.

• The Tsali Adventure Triathlon is Sept. 17 near Bryson City. Three-mile paddle, five-mile run, 13-mile bike.

Presented by MedicForce; Bryson City Bicycles is the cycling sponsor. www.tsalitriathlon.com.

• The Mountain Heritage Day 5K will tour the Western Carolina University campus at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. Held in conjunction with the Mountain Heritage Day Festival’s offerings of live music, local vendors and great food, the race will raise money for the WCU Sport Management Association Scholarship Fund. $10 for students; $15 for non-students; $20 dayof with registration beginning at 6:45 a.m. www.mountainheritageday.com.

• The Power of Pink 5K will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Haywood Regional Fitness Center, raising money for breast cancer screenings. The event will include a 1-mile Honor/Memory/Survivor Walk, and dogs with leashes, tags and up-to-date shots are allowed to participate. $30 5K; $20 for those running as part as a team; $10 for the walk; $10 for dog registration. www.gloryhoundevents.com/event/power-of-pink-5k.

HIKING CLUBS • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate fourmile hike with an elevation change of 920 feet on Friday, Sept. 16, from Wayah Crest to Siler Bald on the Appalachian Trail. Night time hike. Reservations: 421.4178. Visitors and children welcome.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a 13-mile, very strenuous hike, with an elevation change of 3,000 feet, on Saturday, Sept. 17, to Mt. Sterling in the Smoky Mountains National Park. Reservations: 586.5723.

• 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.

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• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a three-mile, moderate hike with an elevation change of 700 feet on Saturday, Sept. 17, from Tellico Gap to Wesser Tower on the Appalachian Trail. Reservations: 772.233.7277.

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hike, with an elevation change of 300 feet on Sunday, Sept. 18, to historic Warwoman Dell and Becky Branch Falls. Reservations: 772.233.7277. Families and visitors welcome.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an 8.5-mile hike with a 1,900-foot ascent on Sept. 18 at Highlands Plateau. 384.4870 or stuengo@comporium.net.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 5.5-mile hike on Sept. 18 at MST downhill from Waterrock Knob Parking Lot. 505.0471 or mwbromberg@yahoo.com.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 10.4-mile hike with a 1,300-foot ascent on Sept. 21 from Big Creek to Walnut Bottom. 404.731.3119 or djones715@aol.com.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have an all-day, 8.5mile weekend hike on Sept. 24 to Herrin Knob, Mt. Hardy and Green Knob. Elevation change of 2,000 feet.

For info, contact leader Dave Wetmore at 577.0648 or dwetmore@comporium.net.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 4.4-mile Youth Partnership Hike on Sept. 24 at Max Patch Loop. 800foot ascent. Info or reservations: 606.5188 or janonan59@gmail.com.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will lead an easy fourmile hike along the Nantahala River at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, as part of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Family Hiking Day. RSVP required: 369.7352.

• Hot Springs Community Learning Center and Hot Springs Mountain Club will lead a two-mile hike on Sept. 24 near Hot Springs. RSVP required: 622.3704.

Group will leave Hot Springs at 11 a.m.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will lead an easy twomile hike at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, to Big Laurel Falls. RSVP required: 369.1983.

• Carolina Mountain Club will have a 6.2-mile, halfday hike on Sept. 25 to Buck Spring Trail Uphill. 1,200foot ascent. Info or reservations: 777.5806 or bevmacdowellhappy@gmail.com.

OUTDOOR CLUBS • The Jackson County Poultry Club will hold its regular meeting on the third Thursday of each month at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office. The club is for adults and children and includes a monthly meeting with a program and a support network for those raising birds. For info, call 586.4009 or write heather_gordon@ncsu.edu.

• The North Carolina Catch program, a three-phase conservation education effort focusing on aquatic environments, will be offered through May 15. The program is offered by the Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department. Free for members; daily admission for non-members. 456.2030 or tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov.

• An RV camping club, the Vagabonds, camps one weekend per month from April through November. All ages welcome. No dues or structured activities. For details, write lilnau@aol.com or call 369.6669.

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The naturalist’s corner

BY DON H ENDERSHOT

Must have been an omen hen I checked my email Friday morning (9/9), I had a message from Chris Kelly, mountain wildlife diversity biologist with North Carolina Natural Resources Commission. Kelly helps coordinate an annual nightjar (birds of the family Caprimulgidae like Chuck-will’s-widow and whip-poor-will) survey across the mountains of North Carolina for the national Nightjar Survey Network. The email was an update for those who volunteer for the nightjar survey but it started out with a note that, “It is Common Nighthawk migration time!”

Well, Friday evening I was taking my daughter Izzy to a sleepover in Maggie Valley about 6:30 p.m. We were on U.S. 276 headed south just passing K-Mart when movement in the evening sky caught my eye.

A quick scan of the horizon revealed a group of 20-plus nighthawks foraging in the twilight.

I’ve written about nighthawks before. I knew them as bullbats when I was growing up in the Delta of northeast Louisiana, and they were common in the summer and early fall as they danced in the twilight, vacuuming bugs out of the sky with their wide over-

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sized mouths. Their dry mechanical “peeennnttt” call emanated from the sky over farm fields, cow pastures, ball fields, lakes and bayous. They were as ubiquitous as the drone of cicadas in the summer heat.

However, today, common nighthawks are disappearing from the landscape. The natural history of the whole order Caprimulgiformes is still largely an ornithological mystery. But records from breeding bird surveys, scholarly research and other citizen-science projects point to wholesale population declines.

As for most North American fauna, habitat destruction is a big player. Because they are insectivores, pesticide use is also a major concern. Because of the wide distribution of the species and an absence of good data — they nest across most of North America from Alaska to Texas — individual population thresholds (there are at least nine subspecies) are hard to assess. But according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology there has been a cumulative decline of nearly 61 percent over the last two decades.

According to the Birds of North Carolina, the common nighthawk is a scarce breeder and migrant across the mountains of North Carolina. Most of the peak counts are during

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their appearance at dusk and dawn helped create the moniker nighthawk. Heavy hitters like Aristotle and Pliny determined that since these birds with the large gaping mouths were observed in the fields with livestock — especially goats — and that the goats’ teats were often found dripping in the mornings, that these birds were “goatsuckers.”

The bullbat attribution seems to come from their batlike insect-chasing aerobatics and the loud booming noise the male makes with its wings during courtship displays. No matter what name you want to give ‘em — you owe it to yourself to experience ‘em. Peak migration may be over now, but there will still be bullbats passing through. If you need another excuse to watch a latesummer sunset descend on a pasture or cornfield or dance across a river or lake, you got it. Heck, I’ve even seen them on the top deck of the parking lot in Waynesville hawking insects near the deck lights.

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