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CONTENTS On the Cover: The Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly with broad bipartisan support in 2017 and increased the age of juvenile jurisdiction. While most agree the decision is a positive one, there are still unanswered questions about the state providing the funding needed to implement the change in 2019. (Page 4)

News Tribal housing reorganization still stalled ......................................................................3 50 fast facts from the Haywood election results ......................................................6 GOP gains on Haywood commission run downhill ................................................7 High voter turnout impacts Jackson commissioner race ........................................8 Susan Belcher receives WCU service award ............................................................9 Jackson to purchase old Pepsi-Cola plant for $500K ..........................................10 Sylva to choose new TWSA board member ..........................................................11 Macon to analyze county space needs ......................................................................12 Amazing Grace makes a full recovery ........................................................................16 Business News ..................................................................................................................23

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Tribal housing reorganization still stalled Council tables resolution to abolish Qualla Housing, again

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— Principal Chief Richard Sneed

Owle was never fired from her position, but Qualla Housing has been without a director for the past three months because she eventually resigned, Sneed said. No charges have been filed related to activities at Qualla Housing, but the FBI has not finished its investigation in Cherokee.

This is not the first time somebody has attempted to dissolve Qualla Housing. In February 2017, on the same day that FBI agents were raiding the authority’s headquarters, Lambert submitted an emergency resolution directing the tribe’s secretary of housing to take control of all Qualla Housing functions and property and begin the process of dissolving Qualla Housing to merge its functions with the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Tribal Council did not support the idea then, either, voting to table it in February and keeping it tabled through March and April until it eventually disappeared from the agenda. At that time Lambert would have had difficulty receiving support for any legislation he submitted, as the political atmosphere was extremely contentious and culminated with his removal from office by impeachment in May.

TABLED AGAIN Qualla Housing has slowed down considerably from its heyday, when it was building 30 homes per year for low-income tribal members. Now that number is more like two or three. According to Sneed, that’s because higher per-capita payments mean that fewer tribal members qualify for the HUD-funded homes, and because most of the easily buildable land in mountainous Cherokee has already been taken. Today, Qualla Housing employees spend most of their time rehabbing old rental homes.

“We’re spending all this money recycling it through properties that should have been depreciated out years ago,” said Sneed.

“That’s not sustainable. That’s not responsible. If you worked in the construction industry or as a property manager, you wouldn’t do that. You wouldn’t do that with your money, but we’re doing it with the tribe’s money.”

While the majority felt that the resolution wasn’t ready to pass, some councilmembers agreed with Sneed.

“I think we’re still kicking the can down the road,” said Councilmember Boyd Owle, of Birdtown.

“We’re all afraid of change but this has been coming for 11 years, this change, and I think we’ve got most of the information we can get on it,” agreed Councilmember Tom Wahnetah, of Yellowhill.

Part of the urgency to pass the resolution stems from the funding situation, Sneed said in October. Qualla Housing is set to run out of money, but if Tribal Council approves the reorganization soon, it can save the tribe $2.5 million and ensure that nobody loses their job, he said.

Wachacha said that ultimatum felt like “having a gun barrel pointed over your head” but said he wasn’t confident the merger would be successful given the information he had in front of him. He told Smith that, should the merger fail, it would be on his hands.

“All the pressure’s on yourself in that position, because if it’s not successful who does it look bad on then?” he said. “That’s what I was

trying to foresee and look ahead. If it works it works. Prove me wrong, but I don’t see it because I don’t have a plan in front of me.”

“You say this is a lot to take on and it falls on my shoulders. It will,” said Smith. “This is one of the things we have to look at as an overall. I’m not doing this for myself. I’m not doing this for the chief. I’m doing this for the tribe and the employees.”

However, Smith said, he can’t give Wachacha all the information he’s looking for, because he doesn’t have it.

“You have to look at the overall picture,” Smith said. “It’s not what the plan is today.

We have to look further down the road. We talk about how many houses we’re going to build. It’s still unknown.”

Smith said that’s because none of the tribal programs track how many people need homes, how many people need land and other such metrics.

“To get to a point where we need to be I’ve got to fix some internal problems first so we can start tracking those things,” he said.

The resolution wound up with three moves — a move to table from Shell, with a second from Saunooke; a move to pass from Wahnetah, with a second by Councilmember Albert Rose, of Birdtown; and a move to withdraw from Councilmember Bo Crowe, of Wolfetown, which failed to gain a second.

Wachacha called for a vote on the move to table. As when the vote first took place in October, the decision to table was a close one. This time Owle, Wahnetah, Rose and Councilmember Bucky Brown, of Snowbird, voted against the motion. In October, Brown had voted in favor of tabling.

In favor were Vice Chairman David Wolfe, of Yellowhill and Councilmembers Richard French, of Big Cove, Shell, Saunooke, Crowe and Wachacha. Councilmembers Jeremy Wilson, of Wolfetown, and Lisa Taylor, of Painttown, were absent.

Editor’s note: This story was reported using online meeting videos, as Tribal Council’s April decision to ban non-Cherokee media from its chambers prevents The Smoky Mountain News from attending in person.

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The FBI has also found Qualla Housing’s practices questionable.

In October 2016, the bureau sent the program’s then-director Charlene Owle a letter informing her that the program was under investigation for “possible criminal conduct related to certain loans and loan applications, among other matters” and that destroying pertinent documents would be considered a federal crime. Agents raided Qualla Housing offices in February 2017, removing two U-Hauls full of documents. According to then-Principal Chief Patrick Lambert, the raid took place following multiple reports of forbidden document shredding.

In May 2017, days before the impeach-

“We’re spending all this money recycling it through properties that should have been depreciated out years ago. That’s not sustainable. That’s not responsible.

FBI agents raid the Qualla Housing Authority in February 2017. Holly Kays photo

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER or the second time in less than a month, an ordinance that would abolish the Qualla Housing Authority and place all Cherokee’s housing services under the Department of Housing and Community Development has been tabled.

Councilmembers in favor of tabling said that the plan to abolish the department and reassign services is not yet well enough developed to move forward.

“I can’t vote to pass without knowing exactly what I’m passing besides just a merger,” said Chairman Adam Wachacha, of Snowbird. “We can merge stuff all day long, but without the plan, is it going to work or not?”

As soon as the resolution was read during the Nov. 1 meeting, Councilmember Perry Shell, of Big Cove, moved to table it, saying that “I think we owe it to the tribe and the employees and the department” to give it more thought. Councilmember Tommye Saunooke, of Painttown, seconded the motion.

The move drew visible frustration from Secretary of Housing Travis Smith and Principal Chief Richard Sneed, who were asking for the merger. Smith requested that council either pass it or allow him to withdraw it — tabling would do no good, he said.

“We’ve had a lot of discussions on this.

We’ve had multiple work sessions. We’ve met with employees twice, we’ve met with Tribal Council in a separate visit to discuss this,” agreed Sneed. “We’ve met with the housing board. If it remains tabled and we do another work session there’s really nothing else to say that hasn’t been said already.”

Ten years’ worth of audits have shown that something has to change in Qualla Housing, Sneed said, those audits revealing lax recordkeeping and questionable accounting practices.

ment proceedings that would culminate in his removal from office commenced, Lambert released a forensic audit his administration had commissioned from RGL Forensics to look into alleged wrongdoing at Qualla Housing.

The 210-page document contains a multitude of examples in which Qualla Housing — the authority is overseen by a six-member board composed of Tribal Council members — had allegedly bent the rules, broken the law and failed to keep proper records.

Red flags included questionable business trips Owle went on with Qualla Housing funds, a laundry list of accounts with suspicious charges and poor internal controls.

Auditors requested documentation for 525 transactions they had selected as a sample but were never provided with any documents for 149 of the transactions, which included 39 checks, 100 deposits, one credit and nine debits.

“This lack of documentation indicates potential problems with record-keeping and, in some cases, raises some suspicion as to the nature of these transactions,” the report reads.

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The cost of compassion Influx of juvenile cases could cause cash crunch

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER juvenile justice system already stressed to the limit is about to be stretched even further, thanks to a change in state law that will increase caseloads as well as the need for youth diversionary programs. And although this coming change has been on the radar for some time now, there’s still no clear signs on who’s going to pay for it, how or when.

It’s called the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, passed by the North Carolina General Assembly with broad bipartisan support in 2017.

What it does is increase the age of juvenile jurisdiction — except for certain felonies — by changing the definition of “delinquent juvenile” from someone younger than 16 years of age to someone younger than 18 years of age.

Beginning Dec. 1, 2019, those who are aged 16 or 17 years old when they commit crimes will now be handled though the juvenile, rather than the adult justice system.

“Ultimately the goal is to make them productive members of our society, so they’re not stuck in this court system, because it’s hard. Once you get tagged with a charge, especially a felony when you’re young, that really sort of determines the rest of your life,” said District Attorney Ashley Welch. “And 16 and 17 year-olds do really stupid stuff.

They’re being teenagers. So we need to change the way that we think and try to keep them out of our adult system as long as we can. For what I would call your teenage stupidity stuff, you don’t need to be sitting in adult district court.”

Taken into context with the long history of juvenile justice, few would think that’s a bad idea. In the 1700s, children who committed crimes were still treated a lot like adults, and were usually incarcerated together with them. In the 1800s, apprenticeships and industrial workhouses attempted to “save” juvenile delinquents, but there was still little differentiation between them and older offenders.

During the 1900s, an early attempt at serious reform in North Carolina resulted in the 1907 creation of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, near Concord. Funded by state legislature in 1909, the school was considered progressive at the time because it only served youth offenders.

It still was far from perfect; overcrowding, violence and vasectomies authorized by the state eugenics board still took place.

Not long after Stonewall opened, reformers pushed for the first N.C. Juvenile Court Act, passed in 1919 with the aim of treating rather than punishing juveniles. Among other things, it led to the employment of juve4 nile probation officers, the practice of proba-

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tion for youth offenders, a juvenile court sys- a positive impact on jail populations. because you have to do a plea transcript and Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran said it’s a whole lot more formal — it takes a tem and, importantly, the separation of that since Jan. 1, 2017, his department has whole lot longer to deal with, just in the youth offenders from adults.

Throughout the rest of the 20th century, housed seven 16-year-olds and seven 17-year- courtroom.” little changed until the 1970s, when commu- olds who wouldn’t have been there at all had That left Welch leery of the proposal, nity-based alternatives to Stonewall-style the law been passed sooner. Haywood Sheriff which she still thinks is a good thing, if it’s schools came into fashion. In 2000, the Greg Christopher has said that it costs tax- paid in full.

General Assembly created what was then a payers about $78 a day to keep someone — of “Initially when they were first discussing cabinet-level Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, which is now under the jurisdiction of the N.C. Department of Public Safety.

This latest move to “raise the age” — as it’s being called — is the newest trend in the evolution of juvenile justice; with its 2019 adoption, North Carolina will become the 50th state to do so.

“There’s a whole lot of research out there that the brain of a child doesn’t completely develop, some of the ones I’ve seen is like even until the mid-20s,” Welch said. “Some people mature quicker and some a whole lot later. They’ll do just sort of stupid teenage stuff that Source: N.C. could rise to the level of a Department of crime, and the way that our Public Safety system is now, they’ll end up in adult court, and that’s not “Sixteen and 17-year-olds do really stupid stuff. They’re being always the best thing.”

Welch said that her office teenagers. So we need to change the way that we think and try to has tried to be creative in the keep them out of our adult system as long as we can. For what I past, focusing on deferred prosecutions and diversionwould call your teenage stupidity stuff, you don’t need to be sitting ary systems to help young people get on the right track, in adult district court.” something prosecutors — District Attorney Ashley Welch across the state have also done; statistics from the N.C. Department of Public safety back up that any age — in the Haywood Detention Center.

The law could also prevent some of those claim and show a marked decrease in juvenile detention center admissions since 2000. 16 and 17-year olds from appearing in adult courts later in life, as long as the diversionary [see chart] The “raise the age” legislation makes this measures put in place work well.

“In the long run, what you’re going to see approach much more formal.

2017 2018 to date “There’s a whole lot more attention placed is we’ll be able to deter repeat juvenile offendHaywood.................36......................41 on them than if they were in the adult sys- ers so by the time they become adults, they Jackson ..................20.......................6 tem,” Welch said. “[Before ‘raise the age’] if won’t end up in the adult system,” Welch Swain ......................5........................9 they came through our system and they were said. “So at the end of the day, if we’ve been 16 years old, got charged with possession of able to help and successfully treat a juvenile drug paraphernalia and got convicted, before they turn 18, we may never see them in this, I was not a supporter of it in general, they’re going to get a fine and costs, and the adult system.” because of the funding,” she said. “I even they’re not going to get supervision and it’s went to Raleigh and spoke to the [Juvenile going to stay on their record — it’ll follow t’s not all positive, however; increased Justice] committee and said, ‘Look, if you’re them around. With this program they’re caseloads on the juvenile side — and the going to do this, you’ve got to provide us with going to get services, treatments, drug assessexpenses associated with that — will some money and resources in order to do it ments, hopefully mental health if they need require additional funding. correctly.’ That’s always been my concern.” that, and it doesn’t show up on their record Marcus Metcalf shares that concern. As “I think a lot of people have been worried so they’re not being set up to fail later in life.” about it,” said Welch. “There will be some the executive director of something called the The exclusion of 16 and 17-year-olds from growing pains. It’s certainly going to increase HIGHTS (Helping Inspire Gifts of Hope, the adult court system — and, consequently, caseloads on the juvenile side. The average Trust and Service) program, he’s the county detention centers — should have disposition time for a juvenile case — been on the front lines of juvenile

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— Marcus Metcalf, HIGHTS executive director

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delinquency for more than a decade.

“When she first started doing programs with us she was in fifth grade,” Metcalf said of a student he’d worked with in the program.

“Her mom was addicted to drugs, her dad was dead after being in prison. She had extensive, extensive trauma, exposure to pretty horrible stuff. So not just us but a team of people … we just kind of stayed in this kid’s life through the years, whether her mom would go back to jail or some other crazy traumatic thing would happen. Last year, we saw her graduate. She walked across the stage. To us that was success, that she wasn’t addicted to drugs, she wasn’t pregnant, wasn’t in prison, she had a steady job for a long time.”

A lot of juvenile offenders are referred to programs like Metcalf ’s, which serves about 150 kids a year in Hawyood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties on an annual budget of around $300,000.

“We are total mom-and-pop,” he said.

“We are mainly volunteer-run, partnershiprun, we partner with Western Carolina University and public schools for a lot of support, just putting the pieces together, because the funding is so poor for these services.”

HIGHTS supports at-risk or vulnerable youth, and works directly with juvenile justice, social service and mental health professionals to identify and help the most vulnerable students in the community through adventure-based programs, free summer camp programs and afterschool programs.

“That’s really where we started,” he said.

“And then we’ve grown into all sorts of weird spots in the community, from buying shoes

to emergency school safety services.”

Like Welch, Metcalf has been well aware of the forthcoming change that could lead to substantial increases in his caseload.

“Every county that we work in has been preparing for the last year or two, just kind of looking down the road, trying to estimate what that number’s going to be,” he said.

“Every community’s going to have a different amount. Some of the more rural counties won’t be as deeply affected, but some of the ones with higher populations, Buncombe, Haywood, could have a pretty significant increase.”

Also like Welch, Metcalf wonders where the money’s going to come from, and when.

“That’s a great question. The reality is, we’re not exactly sure,” said Metcalf. “The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council takes this small chunk of money, the county puts in a matching piece, and then those people decide how locally they want to spend that money to best serve the population, whether that’s restitution or mediation or the HIGHTS program. We’re already paying for these people in the adult system. They just need to make sure that money is transferred into a juvenile continuum.”

Metcalf said that there’s been a promise by state legislators that JCPC budgets will be increased, which should equate to more funding for programs like his.

“That’s been the promise,” he said.

“Whether they follow through with that, there’s no guarantees in that. None of the money has been fully secured.”

The need for such diversionary programs isn’t decreasing, and “raise the age” will certainly ensure that remains the case for the foreseeable future. Regardless of funding, Metcalf said that HIGHTS will do its best to serve at-risk youth like that girl he saw wearing a cap and gown instead of an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs.

“We are dedicated to meeting the need.

We live in this community. Whether our funding sources go up or down, we are going to remain dedicated to filling that service for the community,” he said. “If our budget increases because we have to serve more kids, then we’re going to go around hat-in-hand to more churches and people and try to raise the money to support it, because we understand that if we’re don’t provide these services to these students now, then we’re going to pay for them exponentially throughout their lives through incarceration and addiction.”

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“We understand that if we’re don’t provide these services to these students now, then we’re going to pay for them exponentially throughout their lives through incarceration and addiction.”

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The after action report 50 fast facts from the Haywood election results

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER wo years ago, a Smoky Mountain News analysis of precinct-level elections results painted a portrait of a red county getting redder — at least electorally. This year was almost as rosy for Haywood’s Republican voters, who saw their candidates return to the U.S. House and the N.C. Senate as well as swing the Haywood Commission from a 3-to-2 Democratic majority to a 4-to-1 Republican advantage.

The only real blue blip in that rubescent picture was once and future Rep. Joe Sam Queen, the architect of a 2.7 percent increase in his vote totals over 2016, putting him back in the N.C. House over current and soon to be former Bryson City Republican Rep. Mike Clampitt.

That’s just one of a number of revealing facts culled from this year’s analysis of the unofficial election night vote totals as reported by the N.C. State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement; below, find 49 more.

26. In 2018, Clampitt lost Jackson County by 8.74 percent (see #16, above).

N.C. HOUSE DISTRICT 118 This district covers a significant chunk of Haywood County, as well as all of Burnsville Republican Rep. Michele Presnell’s home county, Yancey, and all of Madison County.

Presnell again won all three, including challenger Rhonda Schandevel’s home county of Haywood.

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27. District-wide, Presnell improved on her 2016 mark of 55.35 percent of the vote to 57.85 percent in 2018.

28. Only 18 of Haywood’s 29 precincts (and half of Ivy Hill) are in District 118, but this year, 45.9 percent of the ballots cast in this race came from Haywood. In 2016, that was 47.7 percent. across the district. In Haywood County he took 542 votes, good for 2.15 percent.

Haywood, Macon and Swain and Jackson, which he won by 8.02 percent.

8. Ingram’s best-performing precinct in Haywood County was Big Creek, where he claimed 5.9 percent of the vote.

16. In 2018, Davis lost Jackson County by 1.7 percent (see #26, below).

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9. Only 17 votes were cast in Big Creek, the county’s smallest precinct by population; Ingram earned one.

Despite being better organized and better financed than Asheville Republican Congressman Mark Meadows’ 2016 opponent, this year’s Democratic challenger Phillip Price didn’t fare much better in his effort to unseat Meadows, who will now begin his fourth term in the U.S. House.

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2. In 2016, Meadows won district-wide by a margin of 28 points. In 2018, that margin shrank to 20 points.

10. This year, Davis won re-election with 60.3 percent of the vote overall, down more than two points from his 2016 total.

3. The only county of 16 Meadows lost in his district was Buncombe County, which is split between the 10th and 11th Congressional Districts; those 37 Buncombe precincts in the 11th District gave Price a 10-point victory over Meadows there.

11. This is the second time in five elections that Davis’ percentage total didn’t increase over the previous election.

5. About 8.3 percent of Meadows’ 177,240 total votes came from Haywood County.

6. In Haywood County, Meadows lost two of 29 precincts this year — Lake Junaluska and Center Waynesville. In 2016, he only lost Center Waynesville.

7. First-time Libertarian candidate Clifton 6 Ingram of Sylva earned 2.03 percent of votes

24. In 2016, Clampitt won Swain and Jackson counties, with Queen taking Haywood.

25. In 2016, Clampitt won Jackson County by 1.06 percent.

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4. This year, Meadows slipped 5 percentage points in Haywood County from 2016, when he earned 63 percent of the vote.

vote, respectively, a difference of 0.61 percentage points.

Franklin Republican Sen. Jim Davis cruised to a fifth term by more than 20 percentage points over Franklin Dem Bob Kuppers, but saw a slight erosion of support, especially in Jackson and Haywood counties.

N.C. HOUSE DISTRICT 119 Bryson City Republican Rep. Mike Clampitt pulled off a stunning upset of incumbent Waynesville Democratic Rep. Joe Sam Queen in what was their third meeting and the second-closest legislative race on the 2016 ballot — winning by less than 300 votes but pulling off a roughly 1,400-vote swing from when he faced Queen in 2014. This year, it swung back, by roughly 1,400 votes.

17. In 2016, Queen was the only legislative incumbent on Haywood County ballots not to earn reelection.

29. Presnell also improved on her 2016 performance in Haywood, growing from 54.82 percent of the vote to 57.85 percent.

30. For the second straight election, Schandevel didn’t even win her home precinct, Beaverdam 3.

31. In 2016, Schandevel won three Haywood precincts — Crabtree, Beaverdam 2 and Beaverdam 5/6.

32. In 2018, Schandevel won only Beaverdam 5/6.

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20. Clampitt earned 47.7 percent of the district-wide vote in 2018, to Queen’s 52.3.

For the second election in a row, Republicans made gains on the commission, and for the second year in a row the ticket was led by a political newbie from the low end of the county (see EASTBOUND, page 7). In 2016, retiring Democrat Mark Swanger was replaced with Republican Brandon Rogers; this year, two of three available seats went to Republicans, giving them a majority for the first time ever, and a 4-to-1 majority at that.

21. As Haywood County is split between the 118th and 119th legislative districts, only 10 precincts (plus part of Ivy Hill) were in play for Queen, who won eight of them.

33. Bethel Republican Tommy Long led all six candidates with 18.8 percent of the vote; he won 18 of Haywood’s 29 precincts, and tied for the lead in another.

14. In Haywood County this year, Kuppers won three of 29 precincts — Lake Junaluska, Center Waynesville and East Waynesville.

22. In 2016 and 2018, Queen took 52.34 and 52.95 percent of the Haywood County vote, respectively, a difference of 0.61 percentage points.

34. Long’s best precinct-level performances came in Center Pigeon, Pigeon, East Fork and Cecil, where he pulled 28 percent of the vote.

15. In 2016, Davis won every county in his district — Cherokee, Clay, Graham,

23. In 2016 and 2018, Clampitt took 47.66 and 47.05 percent of the Haywood County

12. In Haywood County, Davis took 58.7 percent of the vote, compared to 59.5 percent in 2016.

13. Kuppers consequently performed about two points better district-wide than Davis’ 2016 opponent, Waynesville Democrat Jane Hipps, but in Haywood County the Macon County native Kuppers outperformed Hipps by about three-fourths of 1 percent.

18. In 2018, Clampitt was the only legislative incumbent on Haywood County ballots not to earn reelection.

19. Clampitt earned 50.4 percent of the district-wide vote in 2016, to Queen’s 49.6.

35. Of Haywood’s 29 precincts, Long finished first or second in 24 of them.

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36. Now the lone Democrat on the commission, current Chairman Kirk Kirkpatrick won 10 precincts, and tied with Long for the lead in another.

38. Long finished 990 votes ahead of Kirkpatrick overall, with 12,959.

39. Beaverdam Republican Mark Pless didn’t win his home precinct of Beaverdam 1, but it was his best precinct performance by percentage.

39. Pless actually didn’t win any precincts, but did come in second in eight of 29.

40. Kirkpatrick bested Pless by 586 votes, but Pless topped Dem incumbent Commissioner Mike Sorrells for the third and final seat by just 43 votes, of more than 11,300 cast for each of them.

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41. Sorrells recorded more absentee votes than any other commission candidate; all three Democrats (Kirkpatrick, Sorrells and Waynesville attorney Danny Davis) logged more absentee votes than all three Republicans (Long, Pless and Maggie Valley Alderman Phillip Wight).

42. Haywood County results from the races profiled herein show that the only Republican to beat their Democratic opponent in absentee voting was Rep. Presnell.

43. Haywood County results from the races profiled herein show that the only Republican to beat their Democratic opponent in early voting was Rep. Presnell.

44. The top four commission finishers — Long, Kirkpatrick, Pless and Sorrells — all finished within 2.36 percentage points of each other; coming in sixth of six, Wight was 3.85 points below Long, but just 1.49 percent away from claiming a seat.

ow could this have happened? Many Haywood Democrats are asking themselves that very question right now, but a quick glance at the partisan preference of commission voters by precinct shows exactly how it happened.

Several precincts in the eastern part of Haywood County boast high Republican turnout — not necessarily high numbers of votes, but a higher percentage of votes.

Together, they overwhelm Dem precincts at the core of the county, and leading the way is Cecil.

“I consider this area heavily agricultural, farming and ranching,” said Haywood County GOP’s Cecil precinct chair Ted Carr.

“Farmers think for themselves. I would contrast that to Waynesville, because I think Waynesville voters, they’re like lemmings.

They follow the leader off the cliff.”

Now, said Carr, much of Haywood’s political universe revolves around a rural 1960sera diner known for peanut-butter banana sandwiches served with mayo on Texas toast.

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here he did work, Carr said a simple branding decision on a voter guide handed out by volunteers at the polls might have made all the difference.

“We purposefully used the term ‘conservative’ rather than ‘Republican’ because conservative would attract some Democrats,” he said, of offering voters a “conservative voter guide.”

“Many, many Democrats in this county will tell you, ‘It’s not the party of my parents.

It’s not the party of 30 years ago.’ The Dixiecrats were a conservative group. That’s what a lot of the folks, particularly the farming group, here in Haywood are,” said Carr.

“They would say ‘I’m a registered Democrat, but I can’t always vote straight Democrat.

The party left me.’”

So could that Democratic Party perhaps entice unaffiliated or even Republican voters by adopting similar tactics and distributing a “liberal voter guide?”

“I don’t think so,” he said. “No, I don’t think so.”

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vote margin of victory came from strong absentee and early voting support.

Republican incumbent Mike Matthews is — or rather, was — probably the most controversial figure in this year’s local elections, with a number of Haywood public figures from both parties coming out both for and against him. Although 47.8 percent of voters came out for him, 52.2 percent came out against him, sweeping Democrat Greg West into an office many say shouldn’t be an elected position at all.

45. West won 17 of 29 precincts, mostly through the central urban core of Haywood County.

46. Matthews eked out a slim win in Ivy Hill, the county’s largest precinct in terms of voters.

47. More than 13 percent of West’s 1,071-

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48. In 2014, voter turnout in North Carolina was 44.35 percent. In 2018, it was 52.39 percent, or about 18 percent higher.

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37. Kirkpatrick’s best precinct, percentagewise, was Lake Junaluska.

n election night, Beaverdam Republican Pless said he was “in shock,” as were many across the county when he finished third, good enough to claim

“It could very well be that the heart of Bethel is Jukebox Junction,” he said. “A lot of discussion goes on at Jukebox Junction. The Republican [county party] Chairman, Ken Henson, his office is right across the street.

He’s over at the Jukebox more than once a day, and it’s easy for discussions there to amplify, to spread out in the community. I don’t know of any other communities that have a heart, a central place where people gather and talk like in Bethel.”

Carr said that he and other Haywood Republicans worked the polls every day during early voting, and campaigned vigorously before that, but not in his home precinct.

“I’m almost embarrassed to say [we worked] very little [in Cecil], because we knew from just casual conversations — talking in church, talking at the fire department, talking at the Jukebox and the mailbox — the way people were going to vote. So we didn’t put in a concentrated effort to mobilize or make phone calls to get folks out. We just had confidence that they would.”

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER esults in the Haywood County Board of Commissioners race hit the county like a cannonball, with Republicans taking two of three seats — all previously held by Democrats — while also earning themselves a 4-to-1 majority on the first-ever Republicancontrolled commission.

A deeper look, though, shows the results to be as much about party as about place; Waynesville Democrat Kirk Kirkpatrick is now the westernmost-residing commissioner in Haywood County, which has increasingly seen Republicans from the low end of the county like commissioners-elect Tommy Long and Mark Pless garnering higher and higher vote totals.

It started in 2016 when retiring Democratic Commission Chairman Mark Swanger, a resident of Fines Creek, was replaced by Canton-area Republican businessman Brandon Rogers, a first-time candidate who smoked the field and even bested centrist Republican incumbent Kevin Ensley of Iron Duff.

“What I did notice is, having someone else down here, it really helped us,” said Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers, of Commissioner Rogers. “He was just someone else to help bring that perspective to meetings, whether economic or recreation, or just having someone else to talk Pisgah football with. It was beneficial.”

Smathers, a Democrat in his first term as mayor of Canton who previously served as alderman, understands the interconnectivity

the final seat behind Long and Kirkpatrick.

“One storyline was, he was the surprise of the election,” Smathers said. “To me, with Mark, there was really an understanding on the importance of learning and knowing, and really seeking out help if he didn’t understand an issue, finding people who can help him learn.”

That’s not a knock on Pless, though. Or anyone else.

“People think that [elected officials] have all the answers, that we can wave some magic wand and make problems go away, and I think it would surprise people how many issues we deal with that we have to do homework,” said Smathers. “We go and talk to people we trust in the field to help inform our decisions.”

Smathers said his conversation with Long wasn’t a whole lot different.

“Tommy talked a lot about listening and watching and and going from there,” said Smathers. “There was a sense of — the election’s over, there’s a time for politics, and that time was Tuesday. Today is Wednesday, it’s time start finding some solutions.”

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between town and county governments in North Carolina, and told The Smoky Mountain News in September that Haywood was experiencing something of a renaissance in town/county collaboration after decades of competition.

The subsequent partisan shift toward Republicans in 2018 shouldn’t affect that, according to Smathers.

“I think that practical sense of having to get things done to answer to the people is something that you learn,” he said.

“Quickly.”

That was, however, all under a Democraticmajority board; after Rogers, the 2018 retirement of Democratic Commissioner Bill Upton threw open a Tommy Long vacancy now filled by a Republican, as did the loss by longtime D e m o c r a t i c Commissioner Mike Sorrells, of Jonathan Creek.

Canton, the nearest Haywood municipality to and thus best-poised to take advantage of the Mark Pless overwhelming economic prosperity of nearby Asheville, finds its fate somewhat married to the fate of that community — a fact on which elected officials of both parties seem to agree.

“I was very impressed with the conversations I had with both commissioners-elect,” said Smathers, who spoke with both Long and Pless. “There was nothing I heard that said we didn’t want to continue on the path of good decision-making for the county, especially with the economic development.”

49. In 2014, voter turnout in Haywood County was 45.07 percent. In 2018, it was 56.39 percent, or about 25 percent higher.

50. The number of registered voters in Haywood County in 2018 grew 6.16 percent over 2014, from 42,448 to 45,063.

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High voter turnout impacts Jackson commissioner race

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER obust voter turnout and early voting enthusiasm made the difference in three Jackson County Board of Commissioners races, causing the board to flip from a Republican to a Democratic majority.

Early voting came in just shy of double the number of early ballots cast in the 2014 midterms, with more than 9,200 people voting early this year — that’s roughly two-thirds of the total number of ballots cast in Jackson County. Each of the winning candidates — Brian McMahan, Boyce Deitz and Gayle Woody, all Democrats — received more votes in early voting than were cast in total for any commissioner race on Election Day. Woody was the only one of the three Democrats to pick up a district that had been won by a Republican or Independent in 2014, flipping two voting precincts won by Republican Charles Elders in 2014 to a Democratic majority. Woody took 50.7 percent of the vote in Greens Creek and 51.1 percent in the River district. In 2014, Elders had won each of those districts, though just by a single vote.

Perhaps the larger component of Woody’s success was the extremely high voter turnout in precincts that already voted Democrat in 2014. In 2014, only four of the 14 precincts received more than 1,000 ballots, and none received more than 2,000. In 2018, there were six precincts with more than 1,000 ballots, one of which received more than 2,000 — that was Cullowhee, with 2,569.

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won the race, Democrat Joe Ward had received 59.1 percent of the vote in Cullowhee, 40.1 percent in Qualla, 54.4 percent in Sylva North Dillsboro and 54.5 percent in Sylva South — all four precincts received more than 1,000 ballots. In Webster and Cashiers, the two precincts that passed the 1,000-ballot mark in 2018 but not in 2014, Ward had received 56.4 percent and 31.1 percent of the vote, respectively.

Contrast that to 2018, when Woody took down a whopping 70 percent in Cullowhee, 60.5 percent in Sylva North Dillsboro, 61.2 percent in Sylva South and 60.8 percent in Webster — all substantially better outcomes than Ward had seen. She also outperformed Ward in Cashiers, a large precinct that she lost with 37 percent of the vote, but did slightly worse than him in Qualla, with 46.9 percent.

Success in those larger voting districts was not unique to Woody. She, Deitz and McMahan ran as a team, and in a post-results interview on Election Day, Woody said she believes that approach contributed significantly to the candidates’ success.

“Brian McMahan, Boyce Deitz and I really worked together as a team,” she said. “We approached our campaign as a team and our advertising as a team, and I think that strengthened each of us.”

In Cullowhee, for example, Deitz took 69.4 percent of the vote and McMahan 68.9 percent to Woody’s even 70 percent. When Woody got 60.5 percent in Sylva North Dillsboro, Deitz took 62.1 percent and McMahan 62.8 percent. In Sylva South,

Election signs crowd a grassy area in downtown Sylva the week before the election.

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Woody had 61.2 percent, while Deitz got 62.5 percent and McMahan 62.4 percent.

While Deitz strengthened his overall hold on Cody from 2014, garnering 56.5 percent of the vote compared to 54.9 percent four years ago, he lost three precincts that he had won in 2014 — Barkers Creek, Canada and Cashiers — and did not pick up any new ones.

In half of the 14 precincts, his percentage of votes was less than it had been in 2014, but in the remaining seven his share of the votes increased. In some cases the increase was slight — 52 percent in Savannah compared to 51.9 percent in 2014, for example — but in other cases it was quite substantial. In Cullowhee, the precinct that returned 1,000 more votes than runner-up Sylva South, Deitz pulled a 5.3 percent greater share of the votes than he did in 2014.

McMahan lost one more precinct than he did in 2014, when he won all precincts except for Barkers Creek, Cashiers and Glenville against Independent Jack Debnam, who was the incumbent at the time. Those same

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Sales tax to increase in Swain Revenue will support school projects

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR wain County voters have typically been adamantly opposed to any sort of tax hike, whether it’s a property tax or a sales tax, which is why many were pleasantly surprised to see a quarter-cent sales tax increase approved following the Nov. 6 election.

Approval of the sales tax referendum will increase the county’s sales tax from 6.75 percent to 7 percent, and the additional revenue — anticipated to bring in another $300,000 a year — will be earmarked for school capital improvement projects.

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sales tax referendum measure — 54 percent in favor and 46 percent opposed. The exact same referendum appeared on the 2016 ballot in Swain County, but failed with nearly 58 percent of voters against the measure.

While 2016 saw a 58 percent voter turnout in Swain, this year’s midterms saw a 51 percent voter turnout, perhaps the reason the measure was able to pass, but also local officials put more effort into educating the public this year about why the increase was needed.

Swain County operates under a tight budget of about $15 million a year. A vast majority of the land inside the county is owned by the federal government, which means the county can’t collect property tax on it. These limitations make it difficult for the county and the school system to fund

school operations, let alone plan for large capital projects.

In 2016, the county commissioners supported placing the referendum on the ballot and committed to earmarking the additional sales tax revenue for school projects.

However, no one took the lead on educating the community and pushing the measure forward. To make matters worse, the referendum language did not include details about how the money would be used.

The North Carolina Board of Elections controls the ballot language so local leaders had no control over that. But they did wise up after the 2016 referendum failed.

Newly named Schools Superintendent and former principal of Swain County High School Mark Sale published a video series on Facebook to educate parents and the community, and the What About Our

precincts voted Republican this time, and McMahan also lost the Canada precinct. The remaining 10 precincts voted Democrat.

Like Deitz, McMahan’s overall larger share of the vote occurred in spite of declines in percentage in many precincts — in nine of the 14, he drew a smaller percentage of the vote than he did in 2014 against Debnam, though he still won in seven of those nine districts. The largest decline came in Canada, which with 255 votes cast in the chairman’s race is the county’s smallest voting precinct.

McMahan got 56.7 percent of the vote there in 2014 but only 46.3 percent in 2018.

However, the six districts he did better in this time around included four of the six districts to log more than 1,000 ballots. In the largest voting precinct, Cullowhee, McMahan zoomed ahead 7.75 percent from his share of the vote in 2014. His share increased by 3.1 percent in the large Webster district as well.

Woody, Deitz and McMahan will begin their new four-year terms when they are sworn in on Monday, Dec. 3.

Children Committee formed and found businesses to sponsor advertising in the local newspaper. All six candidates for county commissioner — whether Democrat or Republican — were supporters of the tax increase, especially since tourists help pay a large percentage of the sales tax in the county.

Now that the sales tax increase has passed, the school system and the county can begin planning a major renovation project to better secure the high school.

Swain County Schools received a $4.7 million critical needs capital construction grant from the state to put toward the capital project. However, to make that project possible, first the school system is going to need to complete a road construction project at the high school to reroute traffic flow. The state grant cannot be used for road construction, which is why getting the sales tax referendum passed was so important. Now that additional sales tax revenue stream can cover some of that cost.

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usan Brummell Belcher, wife of late Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher, received one of the top honors bestowed by the university, the Distinguished Service Award, and three alumni were recognized for their achievements Nov. 3 as part of Homecoming activities on campus.

During the annual Chancellor’s Brunch and Alumni Awards Ceremony, Interim Chancellor Alison Morrison-Shetlar presented the service award to Susan Belcher, who took on the role of ambassador for the university when her husband became WCU’s leader in 2011.

Belcher earned her master’s degree in vocal performance at Northwestern University and gained professional opera training with the Chicago Lyric Opera Center in Chicago. After retiring from her operatic career, she worked 16 years at the United Nations before moving to Springfield, Missouri, where she was education director, and later, executive director of the Springfield Regional Opera. It was in Springfield that she also met and married her husband, David O. Belcher. After the couple moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 2001, Susan Belcher taught as an adjunct vocal professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and continued to perform and to direct opera productions for young people.

“And then the Belchers arrived in Cullowhee,” Morrison-Shetlar said to the audience during the awards ceremony at A.K. Hinds University Center. “I hesitate now, wondering if a list exists somewhere of all the activities that Susan participated in for the next seven years as a full-time partner to David. If I had such a list, I wouldn’t be able to read it to you because we would all miss the 3:30 (p.m. Homecoming football) game.”

As the chancellor’s full-time partner, Susan Belcher “proved herself to be a passionate advocate for Western Carolina

University and a true ambassador for the institution” while also playing “a hugely important role in enhancing relationships between the university and the communities and the region that it serves,” MorrisonShetlar said. “The Belchers have been role models for all of us, and their enthusiasm for the transformative power of higher education and their desire to help future students in Cullowhee was visibly demonstrated by their very generous gift pledge of $1.23 million for student scholarships that jump-started our current (Lead the Way) fundraising campaign one year ago.”

After receiving the Distinguished Service Award from Morrison-Shetlar, Susan Belcher began her comments with raised arms and a vigorous shout of “Go Catamounts!” — as her husband did so often at WCU’s leader.

“I just had to do that. That one’s for you, David,” she said.

Chancellor Belcher died in June after a more than two-year battle with brain cancer.

She also commended Morrison-Shetlar for stepping forward “to take on the great responsibility of this university since David’s passing.”

Reflecting back on the arrival of her and her husband in Cullowhee, Belcher said the university community built the foundation for her service to the institution in three ways, including giving her “permission to serve.” Some higher education institutions prefer that the top leader’s spouse not be too involved, but that wasn’t the case at WCU. “From the very beginning, Western Carolina University embraced the idea of twofor-one, and Western allowed me to be a fulltime partner in the shaping of this university, and that sentiment and that environment allowed me to thrive. And, I had the time of my life,” she said. “My home for the last seven years has been Western Carolina University, and that uniquely good-hearted and wonderful institution gave me permission to serve, gave me the resources to serve, and gave me the support I needed to serve in my own way.”

Mary Beth Fallin Hunzaker, recipient of the Young Alumni Award, enrolled at WCU as a sociology major in 2008 and graduated in 2010. The native of Madison went on to earn a doctorate in sociology at Duke University, where she spent a year as a graduate fellow at its Kenan Institute for Ethics. Last year, she

University, where she expects to expand on her research in sub-Saharan Africa.

“I was fortunate enough to have faculty who saw in me things I didn’t see in myself.

They became my mentors,” she said. “I hope that I have inspired a few students in the same way that I was inspired by faculty here at WCU.” Kenny Messer, recipient of the Professional Achievement Award, said he was raised on Hemphill Mountain in rural Haywood County, where he spent his boyhood plowing tobacco behind a mule and cooking on a wood stove. He said that was a “great life,” but he had a dream of going to college. His academic credentials would have allowed him to attend larger schools, but Messer’s guidance counselor at Tuscola High School, WCU alumnus Tom Dowell, steered him toward Cullowhee. “(Dowell) knew that Western Carolina was a special place and the place for a firstgeneration college-bound country boy like myself,” Messer said.

After his graduation with an undergraduate degree in chemistry in 1986, Messer progressed through the ranks of the chemical industry to become president of Sartomer Americas, which is located in the greater Philadelphia area. Over the years, his involvement with WCU has been extensive, with Messer providing financial support for many university programs and activities, and filling the role of president of the Catamount Club and Alumni Association.

He is currently serving his second term on the WCU Board of Trustees.

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Pictured are Marty Ramsey, director of Alumni Engagement; (from left) Ed Holland, president of the Alumni Association; Susan Brummell Belcher, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award; Mary Beth Fallin Hunzaker, recipient of the Young Alumni Award; Kenny Messer, recipient of the Professional Achievement Award; Elizabeth Ransom, recipient of the Academic Achievement Award; and Alison Morrison-Shetlar, interim chancellor.

joined the Sociology Department at New York University as an assistant professor, teaching statistics and social psychology. She was corecipient of a highly competitive Russell Sage Foundation grant to study political polarization and public opinion concerning inequality, race and immigration in social media echo chambers. This past summer, she left academia to join Facebook’s News Feed team. In her new role, she conducts research aimed at understanding patterns of information sharing on that platform.

Hunzaker said that when she came to WCU in 2008 she couldn’t have imagined her current career path, but she doesn’t believe it would have been possible if she had not decided to attend the university.

“My experiences at the university and the mentorship and support that I received from professors here were really foundational for setting me on this pathway,” she said.

Elizabeth Ransom, who received the Academic Achievement Award, is originally from Smyrna, Georgia, and double-majored in sociology and political science at WCU in addition to being a decorated athlete on the track and cross-country teams. Following her graduation in 1994, she went on to graduate study at Michigan State University, focusing on agriculture and food systems in sub-Saharan Africa for her research. After earning her doctorate, Ransom joined the faculty at the University of Richmond, where she expanded her research to focus on the global trade in beef and the impact on local farmers in Botswana and Namibia. This past summer, she joined the faculty at Penn State

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER f all goes as planned, Jackson County will spend $550,000 to buy the old Pepsi-Cola plant in Whittier, following a party-line vote Friday, Nov. 9.

The 5.61-acre parcel was originally developed to be an industrial park by the nowdefunct Jackson County Economic Development Commission. The JCEDC sold it to Pepsi Cola Bottling Inc. in 1999, with a stipulation in the deed that the JCEDC would hold the first right of refusal for any future sale of the property. When the JCEDC was dissolved, all of its assets were transferred to the county, meaning it’s now the county that holds that first right of refusal.

The property has been on the market for some time, County Manager Don Adams said Nov. 9, but about three weeks before the meeting the county heard that it was under contract with the nonprofit 1 Voice Inc. to sell it for $500,000 plus tax credits. The county is now working out a contract to purchase the property for the same price, with an additional $50,000 budgeted for the due diligence process.

County commissioners met in closed session Oct. 30 to discuss a potential land purchase, talking for about 40 minutes and adjourning without a decision. The follow-up meeting Nov. 9 included about 50 minutes in closed session.

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When open session resumed, commissioners voted 3 to 2 to exercise their right of first refusal and assume the contract 1 Voice had with Pepsi-Cola. Voting in favor were Republican commissioners Ron Mau, Mickey Luker and Charles Elders. Opposed were Democrats Commissioner Boyce Deitz and Chairman Brian McMahan.

In a follow-up interview, McMahan compared the purchase to a person loading up on unneeded potatoes at the grocery store just because the price is low.

“Just because they’re on sale doesn’t mean you go in there and fill your shopping cart full of potatoes,” he said. “There’s other things there that you need to buy. Sometimes it’s better to focus on what you need than on what you think is a good deal.”

The $500,000 purchase price is far below the property’s tax value of $1.9 million.

However, McMahan said, the county has no specific use for it and the land has some challenges that are known going in. It’s in the floodplain, and because it’s a historic Cherokee site, any construction would require archeology work beforehand.

“I’m just concerned about the location,” said McMahan. “I’m concerned about the limited use that we could have for it, and I’m just not interested in spending $500,000 on the purchase of a building which would require potentially untold amounts of money to be retrofitted for whatever we want to do

with it. That just takes away from other projects we already have on the list.”

Mau sees it differently.

“I think it provides the county with some opportunities to pursue some projects that would benefit the county and accomplish goals or address issues that have been ongoing in Jackson County for some time,” he said.

I’m just not interested in spending $500,000 on the purchase of a building which would require potentially untold amounts of money to be retrofitted for whatever we want to do with it.”

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Mau said it would be “premature” to list what those opportunities might be but said there are multiple specific uses the property could be good for.

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be as problematic as feared. The due diligence process prior to purchase will include a GIS study to ensure that the land is actually in the floodplain — it might not be, he said.

The county will have to clear a couple hurdles before the sale is ready to be finalized.

The process will include a survey and an appraisal. The appraisal must come in at a certain amount for it to be a good deal for Pepsi, which is counting on tax credits from the sale.

The Pepsi-Cola plant is adjacent to the former Drexel Heritage Furniture Plant, which Jackson County has owned since 2007. About five years ago, a plan began forming to use the plant as an agricultural and community center, but that came to a halt when Jackson County commissioners got the results of a master planning process. They learned it would cost $1.7 million to bring the sturdy but aging building up to code and that its location in the floodplain would severely limit any potential uses. The property is now leased to an agricultural co-op made up of local farmers.

The county does not yet have a closing date for the deal, and depending on the outcome of due diligence processes, it’s possible another vote could be required before the sale is final. In that case, the sale could fall through, because the board’s Republican majority will change to a Democratic majority when the winners from the 2018 elections are sworn in Dec. 3.

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Nestler’s reappointment to the board last year turned contentious when Hensley voiced his support for replacing Nestler with someone else. Nestler said Hensley did so because he disagrees with Nestler’s stance on the impact fees, calling the move “really petty,” while in response to Commissioner Barbara Hamilton’s statement that it’s good for the town to get more young people involved with politics — Nestler is in his 30s — Hensley suggested that Hamilton wanted to “get rid of us old folks.” Nestler’s reappointment ultimately succeeded with Hensley being the only no vote.

When the appointment for Hensley’s seat was discussed last week, Dowling said that she has not yet received any applications from the community. Because Hensley’s term doesn’t expire until Dec. 31, the board has until the end of the year to make a decision. Should it take them longer than that, Hensley will continue to serve until he is replaced.

“I think there’s a little bit of a disconnect between that board and the community it serves, in particular the business community since those people are greatly impacted by TWSA’s policies.”

— David Nestler

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Sometimes we hear people make statements like, “I don’t eat any processed foods!” …and then open up a Greek yogurt or order hummus with pita bread… and all of those foods are processed.

What I think some health gurus are trying to say when they make that sort of pronouncement is in fact, “Avoid or limit foods that have been highly processed and include high amounts of fats, sodium (salt) or sugars.”

The definition of “processing” of food simply means taking a food item from an inedible or raw state to one that is edible, so in fact processing can include: boiling, baking, milling, grinding, peeling, homogenizing, pasteurizing cutting, etc. Some processing is done to make foods safe to eat (pasteurizing, roasting) and other types of processing (adding emulsifiers or mold inhibitors) can be used to improve taste, color or shelf stability.

If we think of the processing of foods as more of a continuum let’s look at some general examples moving from minimally processed to ultra or highly processed.

Minimally processed Baked whole potato Glass of (cow’s) milk Grapes

Moderately Processed Ultra/Highly Processed Peeled potato made into Flavored, salted, baked fries, salted bagged potato chips Flavored Greek Plain Greek yogurt yogurt popsicle Grape flavored soda 100% Grape Juice or grape drink

Note This is not to say that ultra or highly processed foods are “bad” but just that more often we should be choosing foods that are minimally or moderately processed rather than foods that are highly/ultra processed.

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“I urge us to wait, but I also urge us to pick someone from the business community,” said Nestler.

Hensley again reiterated his support for Dowling as the new board member, pointing out that she represents the perspective of the town board and downtown too. As well as being town manager, her position includes directing the Downtown Sylva Association.

“If the board wants me to do it, it would be part of this job,” said Dowling. “I work at the pleasure of the board and whatever the board wants me to do. I certainly see the need for having business owners represented too. I think whoever the appointment is needs to represent Sylva’s interests.”

The board agreed to table the vote until its next meeting, scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he Sylva Town Board is considering who it should choose to replace Commissioner Harold Hensley on the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority Board when the calendar turns to 2019.

TWSA board members serve three-year terms and are required to rotate off after three consecutive terms, so the town can’t reappoint Hensley, who will have completed his ninth year on the board by the end of December.

When the town board discussed the appointments at its Harold Hensley Nov. 9 meeting, Hensley advocated for appointing Town Manager Paige Dowling to the position.

“She needs to be on the TWSA board,” said Hensley. “Who else would know better about what the town needs for water and sewer?”

“I don’t know anybody that could handle that job better than Paige,” he added.

However, Commissioner Mary Gelbaugh said that local attorney Jeffery Goss also wanted to be considered for the appointment, and Commissioner David Nestler — who also sits on the TWSA board — said he’s spoken to two people who plan to submit an application.

“I think there’s a little bit of a disconnect between that board and the community it serves, in particular the business community since those people are greatly impacted by TWSA’s policies,” he said. “Paige (Dowling), I think you would be a good choice for that but I really think we need to get somebody from the business community on this board.”

Ideally, said Nestler, the new member would be someone from the downtown N.C. 107 business districts.

The TWSA board has a full plate over the past year, coming under fire for what some say are policies unfriendly to new and expanding businesses. In order to pay for future expansion projects required as capacity is used up by new or expanding customers, TWSA had charged an impact fee — a hefty upfront fee for water and sewer connections that often reached five figures for business connections. TWSA had to reduce those fees and rename them system development fees earlier this year following passage of a state law in 2017, but some still feel like they are too high.

Nestler and Hensley, both Sylva appointees to the TWSA board, had been at opposite ends of this spectrum of opinion, with Nestler advocating for severely reducing or altogether getting rid of the fees and Hensley maintaining that to do so would be

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Macon to analyze county space needs

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ow that the election is over and three incumbents have reclaimed their seats on the Macon County Board of Commissioners, one of the board’s top priorities will be to continue analyzing the county’s infrastructure needs and create a longrange capital improvement plan.

With requests and complaints from different groups in the county regarding infrastructure, commissioners felt it was a good time to create a well-thought-out plan when it comes to making sure county facilities will meet future demand.

Elderly residents have expressed the need for more space at the senior center, the Nantahala community wants to have a new community center/library and an overcrowded jail is causing sheriff costs to continually rise.

So, who and what gets first priority with limited funds for capital improvements each year? How does the county start tackling a long list of needs? County Manager Derek Roland set out to answer these questions by putting together a Capital Needs Plan.

Commissioner Ronnie Beale, who just won re-election to the board, said he believes the infrastructure needs of the Nantahala community will be one of the top priorities laid out in the Capital Improvement Plan and that he supports the construction of a new library/community center in the same place it’s located currently.

“I think the folks of Nantahala need it but the children of Nantahala also need it,” he said. “I’m going to be a big supporter of that.”

The Macon County Detention Center is another infrastructure issue the county is going to have to address one way or another soon. Constructed in 1999, the 75-bed facility was designed with the ability to add on to it the future if needed. The jail capacity is 75 — including only 12 beds for females — yet it’s average daily inmate population is now 100. Inmates regularly have to be transported to other jails in the region, which is costing Macon County millions.

Sheriff Robert Holland is working to better manage the jail population, but even if the average population is gotten under control, the jail still has some shortcomings — including a lack of space for females and a lack of a commercial kitchen.

“I really hate to put money into a new jail,” said Beale. “We cannot arrest our way out of this drug problem. We’ve got to tackle the problem with treatment programs … but I think when you see the space needs study, I think the answer will be yes, we need to expand the jail.”

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Commissioners also approved soliciting a request for qualifications over the summer for the space needs analysis that will coincide with the CIP. In September, the county received proposals back from six qualified architectural and/or consulting firms.

“This will work along with the CIP to help us better prioritize our needs here for county facilities — it will show us what we have now, how much of our space is being utilized and give us projections going forward,” Roland said.

Since it was a request for qualificaDerek Roland tions and not a request for proposals, the proposals don’t include any estimated costs though the county has budgeted $300,000 for the study. The proposals were graded using 13 criteria and the two firms that came out on top were ADW Architects and Moseley Architects — both out of Charlotte.

“Two firms were so close in ranking we

brought them in to interview them and look at their work,” Roland said.

Following the interviews, Roland told commissioners he recommended Moseley Architects and asked for authorization to move forward with negotiating a contract to present to commissioners this month.

“They were all good at design, but Moseley brought a component of planning to it,” Roland said. “They are very well versed in local government needs and local government facilities.”

He said Moseley had completed a similar project for Rutherford County where they took inventory of the current county facilities, analyzed their usage, examined how certain population groups are expected to grow in the future and provided cost estimates for either renovations or new construction.

Commissioners authorized Roland to negotiate a contract, which was presented to the board after press time Tuesday night (see next week’s SMN for more details). Roland said he hoped to have the completed space needs analysis document back by spring just in time for the commissioners’ 2019-20 budget planning sessions.

In putting the CIP together, Roland asked every department head to list and prioritize their infrastructure needs. Some of the large budget items projected for the next 10 years include $15 million worth of improvements at the Macon County Airport, $6.6 million in vehicle replacement costs, $8.8 million to expand the senior center, and $60 million to build a new Franklin High School.

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“Administrators, teachers and students are working hard across the board. Each year we see improvements from the previous year. Areas for improvement and challenges are also identified,” he said.

“We will never be satisfied Grade Score Growth Index when it comes to student Cartoogechaye Elementary ......C.............65...........met achievement, nor should East Franklin Elementary ........D.............54...........not met we be. From year to year, Franklin High...........................B.............76...........met each one of our schools Highlands School.....................B.............76...........exceeded will be seeking ways to Iotla Valley Elementary ............C.............64...........met improve regardless of their Macon Early College ................A.............91...........met letter grade or growth Macon Middle School...............B.............73...........exceeded index score.”

Mountain View Intermediate ...C.............61...........not met Putting the annual Nantahala School ....................C.............66...........met report cards into context, South Macon Elementary.........B.............77...........met Baldwin said they repreUnion Academy........................(Alternative school) sent a student’s efforts on one test, on a single day, in each of the End of Grade or End of Course the fourth time in the past five years. tested areas. The scores are a reflection of “I am pleased with the efforts of our stuthe academic level of the students on the day dents and teachers during school year 2017that they were tested.

18,” Baldwin said. “Macon Middle School “The growth index scores, while not was able to post an academic growth index perfect, are a more comprehensive measure score of 9.72, which is in the top 20 of 2,400 of a student’s academic progress. However, schools in North Carolina. The consistent no single test can measure a student’s high academic growth exhibited by Macon growth or a teacher’s instruction with comMiddle and Highlands School over the past plete accuracy,” he said. “Many activities five years is remarkable.” and learning experiences that lead to a stuMountain View Intermediate, East dent’s overall success and ability to conFranklin Elementary and Union Academy did not meet their academic growth expecta- tribute to the future growth of our community cannot be measured by any number of tions, but Baldwin said these schools are standardized tests.” working hard to improve and meet their tarclose behind at 94 percent.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ight of the 11 schools in Macon County either met or exceeded their academic growth expectations for the 2017-18 school year.

Based on the report cards issued by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the county’s schools experienced overall growth and success.

South Macon Elementary and Macon Early College moved up one letter grade from last year. South Macon improved to a letter grade of ‘B’ while MEC scored a letter grade of ‘A.’ East Franklin did take a dip from a ‘C’ last year to a ‘D’ this year.

Macon Middle School and Franklin High School both received a ‘B’ — the high school met expectations while the middle school exceeded growth.

Macon County is home to two K-12 schools — one in Highlands and one in the Nantahala community. Highlands earned a ‘B’ and exceeded growth expectations while Nantahala met expected growth but was graded a ‘C.’ Franklin High and Nantahala School’s four-year cohort graduation rate is 95 percent with Highlands’ graduation rate

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR nchanged over last year, all four Swain County Schools earned a ‘C’ on their 2017-18 annual report card handed down by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Only one of the four schools — Swain County West Elementary — met its expected growth goals over last year. Last year both West Swain and East Swain elementary schools met or exceeded growth, while the middle school and the high school didn’t meet growth expectations. Mountain Discovery Charter School, located in Bryson City, once again earned a ‘B’ average.

The state determines the scores and letter grades given out each year by using standardized test scores and measuring year-over-year improvements.

Swain County Schools Superintendent Mark Sale said he’s proud of the growth shown in the scores, especially when looking at subgroups of students — including minorities, students with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged — but he also understands there’s more work to be done.

“We continue to strive to meet the needs of all the students in our subgroups, so I’m pleased with some of the growth I’ve seen there and we’ll be working in our elementary schools and middle school to support the needs of those students based on some of the scores we’ve seen,” he said.

the state considered it a “chief academic indicator” but now the state is no longer going to be using biology as a major indicator.

The annual performance scores are one The report cards also look at the school measurement of student and school success, system’s four-year cohort graduation rates, but Sale said the way the state assesses which assess how many students graduated doesn’t take into account mitigating factors in the standard four years from being a freshlike Swain’s high poverty rate. man to a senior. Swain’s four-year cohort rate “The big takeaway is it’s not a level play- is 79.3 percent — 70 percent among all male ing field. Whenever you assess students in an students and 88 percent among female stuarea impacted by poverty — scores go down dents. Last year’s four-year cohort graduation rate was 83 percent, which was up from 79 percent the year before.

“Our graduation rate Grade Score Growth Index has shown improvement, Swain County High ..................C.............65...........not met but it’s not where any of us Swain County Middle...............C.............57...........not met want it to be for the fourSwain County East .................C.............60...........not met year cohort graduation Swain County West..................C.............59...........met rate,” Sale said. “When a Mountain Discovery Charter ....B person comes in as a freshman it may take them five compared to students in other areas,” he said. years to get their coursework done.”

“The state puts so much weight on proficienSale said administrators and teachers will cy and it takes away from the importance of continue to look for opportunities to student growth. If we can increase student improve student achievement as well as test growth, eventually proficiency will come — I scores, but he said they are also working wish the state would see that.” toward making sure students graduates are Of the 113 Swain County High students ready for life. who took the ACT, 11.5 percent met the “We have after-school and in-school tutorbenchmark for all testing subjects — 34.5 ing opportunities to help and we’ll continue percent met English, 18.6 percent met math, to develop relationships with our students,” 25.6 percent met reading and 15.9 percent he said. “Swain is one of a few Leader in Me met science benchmarks. school districts, which allows for us to work Sale said some of the standards are a mov- with students in areas not just academic but ing target. For example, he said the schools to build better people. Sometimes the numhave put extensive effort into biology because bers don’t always support our work.”

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A fresh look at Haywood school capacity

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER s the pace of growth and development begins to pick up across Haywood County, demand for basic services like sewer, water, fire and police protection are bound to increase, but another basic component of everyday life in the United States many look at as “intellectual infrastructure” will need to be reassessed as well.

Home to almost 7,100 students, Haywood County’s high-performing public schools — all 15 of them — are comfortably under capacity at the moment, amidst total enrollment figures that have declined nearly 8.4 percent since 2010.

“In general, we really don’t have capacity concerns other than a few elementary locations. That could change if there is a increase in the school-age population,” said Dr. Bill Nolte, superintendent of Haywood County Schools.

That could change quickly; new housing developments planned throughout the county could quickly overwhelm nearby schools.

Over those 15 schools, the total capacity is around 9,400, according to figures provided

by HCS and calculated in the wake of the controversial closing of Central Elementary School back in 2016.

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“To a point, we’re well suited to handle it,” said Chuck Francis, chairman of the Haywood County Schools board for the past 16 years. “We’ve maintained our facilities relatively well. It’s a tough time for money, and we’re being cautious right now, but making sure they’re all in good shape.”

At the same time, Francis said the state needed to spend more money on facilities, especially when a law limiting class sizes is implemented. That law will result in smaller class sizes, and require more space and more teachers. And since it’s coming from Raleigh, of course it’s an unfunded mandate.

“That puts pressure on county commissioners to raise taxes,” Francis said.

Since 2010, the county property tax rate has already risen 7.1 cents per $100 in assessed value to 58.5 cents, and with a new Republican majority coming on to the Haywood Board of County Commissioners in less than a month, there’s not a lot of political will to do that, Francis added, but there aren’t a lot of options if something like The Palisades at Plott Creek becomes a reality.

The controversial development off Plott Creek Road and within sight of Hazelwood Elementary School moved through the planning process with considerable opposition, mostly by neighbors concerned that the 200-something unit com-

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Seventy attendees representing 17 organizations from across Western North Carolina gathered for the event. The intertwined issues of drug and human trafficking affect the entire country as well as rural and seemingly isolated communities.

The meeting was led by Dr. Halleh Seddighzadeh, an international counter-trafficking advisor and forensic traumatologist. She has worked in refugee settings, war torn and crisis-affected communities with child and adult survivors of trafficking and torture in the Middle East doing psychological first aid and investigative research. Seddighzadeh frequently provides consultation and training to law enforcement agencies, service providers, faith-based organizations, prosecutors, investigators, medical practitioners as well as international and domestic businesses on trauma-sensitive best practices.

The different organizations discussed their individual, local needs and shared their thoughts on how to work together to combat drug and human trafficking more effectively.

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widening cracks in the walls.

Another longstanding concern has been the offices currently used by school district administrators; they’re currently located in the Historic Haywood Hospital, a disused former medical facility owned by Haywood County.

The county has been unsuccessful thus far in its efforts to find a better use for the building, despite interest from developers; tax credits that would make the building a more attractive financial proposition for developers haven’t materialized, although another application is pending.

If successful, Haywood Schools administrators would have to find new digs — possibly at Central Elementary that closed in 2016, and possibly at Central Haywood High School.

“We could revisit Central Elementary,” Francis said. “It’s been maintained.”

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plex would negatively affect the views, traffic and overall quality of life in the area.

Also raised at that time were concerns that with an average American family size of 2.6 people per household, it’s quite possible that between 50 and 100 school-aged children will also call the development home.

“Hazelwood’s pretty full already,” Francis said, referring to the nearby school.

While a zoning snafu and a lawsuit have thrown up obstructions to the development, it still stands a fair chance of emerging in the next few years; if it does indeed come to pass, it’s likely there will be a schoolyard shuffle for some students. Rumors of additional developments in other locations throughout the county could have a similar effect.

That would force Francis’ hand, and could lead to drastic action.

“We could redraw the district lines, which is not popular, ever,” Francis said.

School assignment areas are developed in accordance with state requirements and court rulings, and in a non-discriminatory manner, per HCS’ policy manual; the areas must serve all school-age children living in the district and promote effective use of each school facility. Ultimately, the superintendent presents recommendations for board approval, and is further directed to periodically review them.

Francis said that following the North Carolina School Boards Association Annual Conference, taking place this week in Greensboro, he’d have more to report.

“After the election we’d planned to meet with Haywood County Commissioners so they could kind of get a feel for our school facility needs,” he said.

Factoring in to that could be the county’s alternative high school, Central Haywood High School, which recently condemned its gymnasium after an engineering report deemed the building unusable due to ever-

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Amazing Grace makes a full recovery

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR eth Cline-Stroud, the executive director of PAWS in Bryson City, was on her way to an important event when a call came into the shelter about another dog in need.

A man in Swain County had a little cattle dog wandering through his yard with an arrow through her midsection. As she often does, Stroud turned her car around and headed to the caller’s house to help the dog.

“We searched for her that Friday through the night but there was no evidence of blood or her so we left notes with everyone in the area,” she said. “Early Saturday we got a call she was back at his house — she was laying in an old wicker chair. You could tell she had given up, she was dying.”

Stroud rushed her to REACH Emergency Veterinary Hospital in Asheville since Junaluska Animal Hospital was temporarily closed for renovations. In addition to the arrow sticking through her, she had no skin or fur on her back. The vet determined someone had probably put lighter fluid or some kind of chemical on her that burned her skin.

“We think someone just tortured her,” Stroud said.

The dog had to stay at REACH for about 10 days to undergo surgery and treatments for her burns. The arrow couldn’t immediately be removed while the dog was still in critical care, but it was successfully removed once she was stabilized. Amazingly, the arrow was an inch away from hitting her spine and 2 inches away from hitting her bladder, but the bladder did shift and had to be stapled back in place.

“The vet said she had been carrying that arrow around for seven to nine days. Why she lived God only knows,” Stroud said.

“She was supposed to be at REACH until the middle of November but she’s made an amazing recovery.”

Everything Stroud has experienced with the dog has been amazing, which is how Amazing Grace finally earned her name.

“When we ran her to REACH the last thing on our mind was a name for her so they put her in the system as Arrow, but I told them she can’t be Arrow with what she had been through,” Stroud said. “I started calling her Miss A, but then she made such amazing progress and everything about her was just amazing. The day she finally was able to walk outside in the grass by herself, I knew she had to be Amazing Grace.”

After 10 days, Amazing Grace was released from REACH’s care to a PAWS veterinarian in Bryson City and then was able to go home with Stroud since she still had to be sedated every day in order to change the bandages on her back. She can still feel the hard knot on her side where the arrow once was and she has a nasty scar from the burns, but her fur is beginning to grow back.

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Amazing Grace, (top) a 2-year-old blue heeler mix, is making a miraculous recovery after being rescued by PAWS in Bryson City.

Grace was found with an arrow through her midsection and severe burns on her back, injuries that appear to be acts of animal cruelty. She is temporarily staying with PAWS Director Beth ClineStroud who is nursing her back to health. Donated photos

using it as an excuse to put Amazing Grace in the cutest little sweaters and dresses, but she doesn’t seem to mind.

“It will be seven weeks Saturday since we found her. She’s doing great. She’s the most loving and trusting dog and gives everyone kisses,” she said.

“She loves everybody but she’s a little apprehensive around teenage boys — they make her nervous, which makes me think that’s who did this to her.”

Amazing Grace has been welcomed in by Stroud’s other dogs that seem to understand she’s a temporary houseguest like the others their mom has brought home over the years. Just this year alone, Stroud said she’s cared for about 42 dogs at home that needed to be nursed back to health before they could be adopted out.

“All my dogs have been good with her. We have a thing in our house where if we have a sick or injured animal we use the word baby so the other dogs know what that means and they are gentle with her,” she said.

Stroud has had a few potential adopters for Amazing Grace, but she still might not be ready for it. She took Grace to visit with a couple for a few hours who were interested in adopting her, but the cattle dog just cried at the door the minute Stroud left.

“She definitely doesn’t like to be without me right now — my vet says she’s imprinted on me,” Stroud said. “She’s still traumatized and it’s usually a hard transition, but I think after a while she’ll forget about some of the trauma and we’ll be able to get her adopted.”

Even though Amazing Grace’s veterinarian bills totaled several thousands of dollars, Stroud said private donors stepped up to ensure every bit of her care was covered so that PAWS wouldn’t have to reach into its own limited coffers to pay for it.

“We really appreciate the donations because it would have been really hard for us to come up with it on our own. We pleaded for donations but also for thoughts and prayers for her and I think that helped just as much,” Stroud said.

A report was filed with the Swain County Sheriff ’s Office after PAWS rescued Amazing Grace. While the county doesn’t have any animal control ordinance or enforcement staff, Stroud said there are state laws against animal cruelty.

“Someone is looking into it and I think they questioned some people,” she said.

“This is scary because it was such a heinous and horrid torture — you worry about the person that did something like this. It’s a fact that’s how serial killers start out, by torturing animals.”

If you have any information that could help law enforcement find the culprit, contact the sheriff ’s office. PAWS, the only shelter in the county, is always in need of volunteers and donations. For more information call 828.488.0418 or visit www.pawsbrysoncity.org.

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NEW THURSDAY EVENTS, NOV. 29 • Songwriters showcase featuring Milan Miller, John Wiggins, Aaron Biblehauser, Mark Bumgarner and Balsam Range members Buddy Melton and Darren Nicholson at the Folkmoot Center in Waynesville. 7 p.m., $30, includes dinner.

Tickets at www.Folkmoot.org or 828.452.2997.

• Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive, with Balsam Range members, at the Colonial Theater in Canton. 7 p.m., $20. www.itickets.com/events/402347 or 828.235.2760.

Friday, Nov. 30 • Balsam Range, Terry Baucom’s All Star Band, and Shenandoah

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are just as guilty.”

Armed forces veteran Rob Burress joined the Waynesville protestors to express his dissatisfaction with what he thinks is an unfair precedent being set by Trump.

“I think the president thinks he’s above the law and he needs to go through the same process everybody else has to go through. If I were being investigated for something that I was being charged with, I wouldn’t be able to call an end to the investigation and neither can he,” said Burress. “I’m a veteran and this is not what I served for, this kind of justice system.”

The event, called the “Mueller protection rapid response,” had been set up months in advance by liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org in anticipation of postNov. 6 election troubles, but was triggered when Trump fired Sessions; a call for action went out, and protestors showed up in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and even the Northern Marianas islands.

Jackson County Republican Party Chairman Ralph Slaughter, however, sees the protests as a case of much ado about nothing — stunts to generate anger about something that’s not actually happening.

“I don’t know why they’re protesting,” said Slaughter. “There’s nothing going to change from what it is today. It’s going to stay the same. Eventually Mueller will come out with what he has found out and what appears to be true or not true, and I think that’s all I can say about it … I don’t think Trump’s going to do anything.

Mueller finishes it, he will turn it over and that will be the end of it. I don’t think it will be stopped at all.”

Holly Kays contributed to this report.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER t didn’t take long for protests to spring up across the country, state and region as soon as President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

One day after Sessions’ Nov. 7 sacking, about 50 protesters gathered in front of the Jackson County Democratic Party headquarters on Mill Street in Sylva, chanting as cars drove by and honked.

“Who is not above the law? Trump is not above the law!”

That was the refrain from demonstrators concerned that Trump’s move foreshadows his meddling in the ongoing Russia investigations, from which Sessions — to Trump’s great dismay — recused himself in early 2017.

“We hope to bring attention to the fact that Mueller’s investigation needs to be unimpeded and we need to know the facts that come out without the Trump administration constantly putting it down and saying it’s fake news and basically saying it’s a big witch hunt,” said Nilofer Couture, of Cullowhee, who helped organize the Sylva event. “It’s not a witch hunt.”

The vibe was similar in Haywood County, where about 70 people waved signs and chanted in front of the Historic Haywood Courthouse in Waynesville.

“I am so ashamed and disgusted to think that the people that I love that are around me could be fooled by this absolute lunatic that we’ve got in the White House right now,” said lifelong Haywood County resident Marietta Edwards. “I never thought I’d live to see the day that our country would be in the shape that it is right now, totally because of that man and the people that support him. And the people that support him

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n Thursday, Nov. 15, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will make history by holding oral arguments for the first time in Indian Country, at the Cherokee Court on the Qualla Boundary.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has its headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, and hears cases appealed from the nine federal district courts located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Slated for review are three very different cases.

The first case is the criminal matter of United States v. Jesmene Lockhart, which presents the issue of whether the trial court’s failure to advise the defendant of a possible mandatory minimum at his plea hearing was plain error and grounds for the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea when he was advised that the maximum sentence he faced was 10 years but the defendant was later subjected to a mandatory 15 year minimum sentence.

The second case, EEOC v. McLeod Health, an employment discrimination case, raises the issue of whether a grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant was lawful where the plaintiff, a long-term employee of the defendant, made factual allegations that the defendant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by requiring medical exami-

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nations pertaining to her known congenital disability.

Finally, the third matter, Charles Finch v.

Timothy McKoy, is a post-conviction action where the petitioner (a former death row inmate) contends he is factually innocent of murder where the eyewitness identification of him was unreliable, and further, offered alleged new evidence to show that the victim was killed with a weapon different than the shotgun originally charged.

Seating for these arguments will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and is expected to fill up quickly so plan on arriving early. The large courtroom will open at 8 a.m. and arguments will start promptly at 9 a.m. and will last until approximately 11:30 a.m. No cell phones or any other electronic or photographic items will be allowed in the courthouse during the argument session. Also, no bags, briefcases, purses, backpacks or similar carrying cases will be allowed in the court house (except for the attorneys who will be making arguments). Persons seeking to enter the courthouse must present a governmentissued, photo identification card (driver’s license, state ID card, military ID, passport, etc.). The Cherokee Court is located in the Anthony Lossiah Justice Center, 137 Seven Clans Lane, Cherokee, NC, 28719.

Waynesville Rotary Club will host the Poor Man’s Supper on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

Meals are $8 for adults and $5 for children and include pinto beans, potatoes, cabbage, cornbread, a cookie, and a drink.

Eat in and carry out are available from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Delivery can also be arranged between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

The proceeds from the event will support the MANNA Backpack Program and Rotary Foundation. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Purchase tickets at Beverly Hanks, United Community Bank, Entegra Bank or HomeTrust Bank in Waynesville or by contacting a Rotary member.

For more information, call Lauri SoJourner at lauri@lakelogan.org.

John Laughter Jewelers to close in Waynesville After 50 years in the jewelry business, John Laughter has decided it’s time to close his locally owned stores in Asheville and Waynesville.

For those looking for one-of-a-kind deals on fine jewelry, both stores are having going out of business sales with huge

discounts beginning Saturday, Nov. 10.

The stores sell classic jewelry pieces including an array of diamond engagement rings, wedding bands, sapphire, emerald and ruby gemstones, and some harder to find items including Lightning Ridge and Ethiopian opals and tsavorite garnets.

Laughter recalls shining shoes in his father’s barbershop in downtown Hendersonville at age 10. Keith Shelley, a regular customer, would often get a haircut and a shoeshine over the next four years.

One day, he asked Laughter if he wanted to work at his jewelry store and learn how to be a goldsmith.

Laughter quickly became enthralled with jewelry making, already making plans at age 16 to own his own store one day.

“I was hooked,” he said.

In 1973, they opened Shelley’s Jewelry in downtown Hendersonville, followed by a new store in downtown Waynesville in 1996. Their flagship store in South Asheville opened in 2002.

His son Grant, who grew up in the family business, also has a passion for jewelry. He’s currently a store manager.

Laughter’s wife Camille also works in the family business and is called the ‘financial mastermind.’

“I love the emotional connection between jewelry and the memory it creates,” Laughter said. “A 90-year-old customer can come in here and tell me ‘I got this from my daddy when I was 13.’” I enjoy that.”

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Business Cashiers chamber to host annual dinner The Cashiers Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Meeting & Celebration from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at The Orchard Restaurant’s Event Barn.

The chamber member ticket cost of $35 per member includes abundant hors d’oeuvres catered by The Orchard Restaurant, one complimentary beverage and entertainment provided by Steve Hott of Hott Acts. Sugar Cloud Baking Company will provide a take-home holiday treat to all attendees.

Retiring chamber board members, chamber board appointees, and chamber board elected director and officers will be recognized, and chamber highlights and community developments will be celebrated. Winners of the Annual Spirit of Our Community Awards also will be announced during the evening.

Learn how to secure event sponsors Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment will be offering a workshop on securing event sponsorships from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville.

Kim Hinkelman, a nonprofit executive with over 35 years of experience in the industry, will serve as instructor for the workshop.

Registration fee for the workshop is $119.

Lunch is included.

This workshop can be taken individually or as part of the Event Planning Certificate program. For more information, call 828.227.7397 or visit pdp.wcu.edu.

Shop local on Nov. 24 With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, the North Carolina Community Colleges Small Business Center Network encourages everyone to #ShopSmall and support your local small businesses.

Nestled between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday has quickly become a nationally recognized day to support local independent merchants with the power of local dollars.

“Our local independent businesses are at the heart and soul of our community,” said Haywood Community College Small Business Center Director, Katy McLean Gould. “Small businesses contribute to the quality of life and vibrant business climate we love and appreciate in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Any opportunity to shop local and shop small is an opportunity to show your support of our local independent businesses and the impact they have on our community.”

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Wheels Through Time holds raffle On Saturday, Nov. 10, thousands of visitors gathered at Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley to witness the 16th Annual Vintage Motorcycle Raffle Giveaway. The day ended with the museum making one lucky ticket holder the winner of a 1936 HarleyDavidson Knucklehead.

With door prizes being given away every half hour, live music from Vaden Landers and Company, and the sounds of vintage motorcycles being cranked up all over the museum, the excitement was building throughout the day.

This year, the grand prize machine up for grabs was a 1936 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead in Venetian Blue and Croydon Creme.

Over the past year, this machine made the 2018 Raffle the largest Wheels Through Time fundraiser to date, raising muchneeded revenue for the museum to build new exhibits, continue the vision of the preservation of American Motorcycle history, and improve the overall museum experience for its visitors.

When it came time to draw the winning tickets, excitement grew as museum founder and curator Dale Walksler stepped up and Bella, a young girl from the crowd, dove into the tickets and swam around to give the tickets one last stir before the drawing. The Grand Prize winner was Charlie Woodward from Allons, Tennessee.

Beth Mohr of Albuquerque, New Mexico won the second prize of $10,000, and the third prize of $5,000 went to John Goforth of Canton, Georgia.

For more information, visit the museum’s website at www.wheelsthroughtime.com local businesses through the holiday shopping season. The day has since grown into a powerful movement in support of local small businesses every day and everywhere.

“Supporting our local small businesses on Small Business Saturday® is a great way to support our local economy while giving shoppers unique options,” says HCC President, Dr. Barbara Parker. “As an added bonus, shopping local means we can stay here in Haywood County and support our small business neighbors.”

Asheville airport welcomes new flights Travelers can now book non-stop flights from Asheville Regional Airport on American Airlines to Philadelphia International Airport for travel starting on or after May 3, 2019.

This new roundtrip service will be offered daily, and will provide easy, nonstop access to Philadelphia, as well as many one-stop European connections.

“The momentum of growth continues at Asheville Regional Airport,” said Lew Bleiweis, A.A.E., Executive Director. “American Airlines has a long history in our region, and is a core provider of air service at AVL, through their Charlotte hub. It is exciting that our communi-

ty will have another excellent option for air service, not only to access the great city of Philadelphia, but to also connect to many additional domestic and international destinations.”

Asheville Regional Airport was named as the second fastest growing airport in the country by Bloomberg News this year, and the growth is continuing. With 27 consecutive months of passenger growth, and eleven consecutive months of double-digit growth, AVL has moved comfortably into the small-hub category of airports in the U.S. American Airlines’ service to Philadelphia is the sixteenth nonstop destination available from AVL. To book a flight, visit aa.com.

Blackberry Market Boutique reopens Blackberry Market Boutique & Gifts recently celebrated with a grand-reopening.

Blackberry Market moved inside Mossy Rock Gifts at 37 E. Main Street in downtown Franklin. Owner Martha Holbrook and Manager Brenda Wooten along with chamber board members, staff and friends held a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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tures women’s clothing, accessories and jewelry. Mossy Rock offers unique gift items, spa products, home décor and accessories. Gifts include candles, greeting cards, jewelry, home décor, box signs and spa products including soaps and lotions. Mossy Rock also has a great selection of holiday accessories.

The celebration will continue throughout the month of November with specials and a drawing for a $100 gift certificate at 4 p.m. on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24.

All Service Heating has new owners

The Franklin Chamber of Commerce welcomes the new owners of All Service Heating & Air Conditioning, Bill & Valerie Meyers, to the membership of the Franklin business community. All Service Heating & Air Conditioning is located at 350 Depot Street.

With over 16 years of experience in the heating and air industry, All Service is an independent Trane Comfort Specialist Dealer and are dedicated to providing the best value on top quality cooling and heating products for your home or business. Call 828.349.1933 for a free estimate.

New chiropractor in Waynesville

Family Circle Chiropractic recently opened in Downtown Waynesville at 627 N Main Street, Ste 2.

The practice prides itself on low wait times, affordable care, extensive office hours, thorough care and fast recovery times. The staff can treat all manner of musculoskeletal and neurologic conditions — everything from back pain, neck pain and headaches to fibromyalgia, neuropathy and stenosis. The Massage a Professional program is a form of community outreach where the doctors visit local businesses and perform free 15-minute massage and spinal health education for you and your employees.

More information can be found on our website at www.FamilyCircleChiropractic.com

New owners of Kitchen Sink welcomed

The Franklin Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the new owners of the local kitchen store to the membership of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Kitchen Sink, Inc. is located at 72 E. Main Street on the top of town hill in the former location of The Kitchen Gourmet.

The new owners, Brooke and Rob Reale, are excited to launch their new business in the heart of downtown Franklin. The shop is full of everything but the kitchen sink with many top brands such as Le Creuset, All Clad, Scanpan, Mason Cash, Wusthof, Cuisinart and many more.

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Veterans appreciate show of support To the Editor: I would like to thank The Chef ’s Table and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino for their generosity of inviting all veterans for a fantastic free buffet on Veterans Day. The staff and food were exceptional. I know all veterans were appreciative of the open arm welcome and the acknowledgement of our service by each of the staff.

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tricts as to make it nearly impossible for their opponents to win.

When we in North Carolina voted on Nov. 6, our 13 congressional districts had already been ruled unconstitutional by the courts.

The vote went ahead because there was not enough time to have them redrawn without disrupting the election.

After the final count, 50.3 percent of the votes were cast for Republican candidates. However, we have 10 GOP congressmen and three Democrats. That’s what gerrymandering at its worst does Editor — it suppresses the will of the people.

It also encourages what many call hyper-partisanship. North Carolina legislative leaders are certainly guilty of such a charge. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Rep. Tim Moore are like body builders on steroids, muscling their way to whatever political advantage they think will help the GOP retain power in North Carolina, forgetting that half the state feels differently than

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here were many winners and losers last week on Election Day, but perhaps the best outcome is that the move to end gerrymandering appears to be taking root across the country.

Nothing will do more to quiet the current strident tone of our political discourse than having state legislatures and the U.S. House better represent the will of the people. That means lawmakers will have to compromise, and radical gerrymandering is the enemy of reasoned debate.

Voters in Michigan, Missouri and Colorado overwhelmingly passed ballot measures to create independent panels to draw state and congressional district maps. A similar ballot measure in Utah is still too close to call, but as of now it appears voters are slightly favoring the creation of a similar independent commission.

After each census, the party in power has always been able to create districts that favored their party. To the victor go the spoils, as the saying goes. But when districts were redrawn in 2011, GOP leaders in many states — including North Carolina — were able to use computer mapping to so precisely draw dis-

LETTERS Committee. Both GOP “representatives” have truly been disgraceful for eroding the U.S. Constitution.

Meadows is not a patriot, as he has continually put party and ideology above America.

Meadows, like Trump, is a proponent for the wealthy at the expense of the working class, and, like Trump, he is an incredible “deceiver.”

I have little hope average voters in WNC will ever grasp the damage they are doing to themselves by re-electing “Gerrymander” Meadows to the 11th Congressional District.

But, as a native Southerner, I’ve dealt with dumb-assess my entire life; it comes with the territory like deviled eggs, fried chicken and coronary stents.

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Keep storm drains Rep. Meadows for House unclogged Sanitation Committee To the Editor: To the Editor: Now that the rest of the nation has seen the reality of the Trump Administration and voted out the GOP House majority, I would like to suggest our local Congressman, Republican Mark “Gerrymander” Meadows, be nominated for the Chairmanship of the U.S. House Sanitation Committee. Perhaps the Democrats, who now control the House, will see fit to place Meadows, a Floridian and North Carolina pretender, to atop the committee.

Meadows, a holdout from the dwindling Republican Party, would be an exemplary congressman for overseeing the removal of trash from Capitol Hill. He is a true, proven “garbage-man.” I might suggest his buddy, Californian Rep. Devin Nunes, be nominated for vice chairman of the Sanitation

Another large rainfall event is visiting our mountains this week, which can lead to flash floods and dangerous driving conditions. I can't help but wonder if some improvement might be attained by simply keeping the drains unclogged that are choked with debris from months of neglect. Call the Division of Street/DOT road crew, etc.?

I did back before Flo was possibly coming at us. I was told it would be checked out but nothing has been unclogged along Russ Avenue yet. Primarily across from Kmart all going downhill towards Lake Junaluska. I've noticed other roads and areas as well. I'm sure there are different departments whose responsibility this task falls upon, but I think safety and common sense should prevail.

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they do. They represent the hard-right wing of their party and not North Carolina. That’s no way to lead.

Look, when the Democrats had the majority they also ignored the opposition. But, since 2011, the GOP has proven that its leaders are much better at seizing control and changing the rules of the game than Democrats ever imagined.

In addition to the movement to end gerrymandering, Democrats gained enough seats in the N.C. House to prevent an over-ride of Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power. This will — hopefully — lead to some horse trading and good ol’ political deal-making to craft measures that both parties can support.

What a quaint thought.

In D.C., there was a similar result. Democrats took the House, meaning the two chambers will have to work together to get anything passed.

So we can pick apart and study election results for weeks to come, but by my estimation we — as a nation and a state — have had a correction. We voted for better representative democracy. Let’s hope our leaders heed the call.

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

Practice what you preach To the Editor: The first duty of government to its citizens is to safeguard them from acts of violence.

Instead, the President suggests that worshiping Jews, Christians, Muslims and school teachers bear the responsibility and costs of hiring private armies to protect our people and our institutions.

I don’t want live in a country where we need armed guards in houses of worship and schools. The President’s offhand solution to the violence in our nation, this time in Pittsburgh, is repugnant. If more guns in schools and churches is the answer, then God help us.

George Soros and the media cannot be blamed for the President’s dereliction of duty.

In the meantime, the President is obsessed with sending a militia to turn back thousands of families fleeing from murderous violence in their homelands.

In demonizing “the other,” President Trump incites the acts of hate that he professes to deplore. He can express condemnation of such acts all he wants, but his calls for harsher punishments fail to address remedies

that might actually work to prevent hate crimes, such as, stricter screening for buyers of firearms and explosives and a toning down of his divisive rhetoric.

The President wants to turn back the clock to a time when “America was great.” He chooses to ignore that his mythical time of American greatness included a time when the people choose our leaders, not the courts or an outdated electoral process, a time when political discourse was measured by civility, a time when armed guards in schools and

churches was an unimaginable necessity.

I have no expectation that the President will change his bellicose, hate-driven rhetoric, but we the people who live in the backdrop of the current political divisiveness can do more.

All of us should strive to make a sincere effort to treat those whose political opinions we disagree with respect. And let’s do a better job of practicing what our religious faith and moral compasses teach.

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Time for all to choose dignity over party loyalty erhaps you have noticed how popular the “what about� argument has become these days? You know it works: you make a claim. I can’t really debate it, so I change the subject and pretend that whatever I say is a reasonable argument, even though it has nothing to do with the point you are making.

The “what about argument� has always been a popular strategy with children. I remember using it a few times during my own childhood, most vividly when I was in my late teens and got caught drinking alcohol by my mom.

I had been out with a couple of other adventurers getting acquainted for the first time with this fascinating liquid called “moonshine.� A friend procured some from an older relative, and the three of us took turns sipping it from a Mason jar until the jar was empty. We spent some time acting like the fools we were, and then they brought me home. I then discovered that I was unable to walk into the house on my own, so they escorted me inside and helped me into a chair in the living room, mumbling something about me "getting dizzy for some reason.�

Since I had no rational defense for my poor behavior, I tried the strategy of what about. “Come on, mom,� I slurred indignantly. “What about the kids who do heroin? And I wasn’t driving! What about the kids who drink and then drive?�

Do you imagine that the “strategy of what about� was persuasive to my mother?

It was not. I was grounded for about a month. Worse still, she made runny scrambled eggs for breakfast, which I had to eat.

If that approach didn’t work then, why should it work now? You hear it in conversations. You see it all over social media. You read it in letters to the editor. It has covered our national discourse like kudzu. Why do people have such difficulty holding their leaders accountable?

One reason may be that we are living in an age when party loyalty is perceived as the absolute highest virtue, even over other values such as principle, integrity and honesty.

We are also living during the age of Donald Trump. When he said during his presidential campaign that he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and not lose any voters, it sounded like a preposterous boast. Two years later, it has the ring of truth. There is rarely a day that goes by that Trump does not do

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something, or say something, or tweet something that is so outrageous or so manifestly and empirically false that it cannot be defended on a rational basis. Since his supporters cannot defend it and since the virtue of party loyalty demands absolute fealty, all that is left is the strategy of what about.

You thought the Nazis in Charlottesville were bad? What about Antifa?

You think the deficit is bad? What about Hillary’s emails?

You think paying off porn stars to keep quiet about your extramarital affairs and then lying about it is bad? What about Bill Clinton?

You think the Mueller investigation has uncovered scandals? What about Benghazi?

If last week’s election taught us anything, it is that there is no “blue wave,� and no “red tide.�

Columnist Our country is deeply divided, which is neither news nor new.

We are divided, and Donald Trump, one of the most polarizing political figures in American history, is president. Sure, it is easy to lay most of the blame at his doorstep, but in fairness he is more the apotheosis of the divide than the cause of it.

Yes, he uses this division to galvanize his base. Yes, he has made the divide more intense. But the fracture has been there for decades. The left can no more accuse Trump of creating the divide than the right can accuse Obama of it. In both cases, the election of each of these men illuminated, rather than created, the division in America.

The left is not entirely blameless. When activists harass Ted Cruz in a restaurant or Fox News personality Tucker Carlson’s wife and children in their home by banging on their doors and making threats, they need to be condemned in the strongest possible terms. For the most part, that is what we have seen, with just a few exceptions. But the condemnation of this behavior needs to be louder and stronger.

On the other hand, we rarely see anything like this on the right, except for a few conservative columnists who walked away from Trump long ago because they recognized the truth about him and chose to base their view of him on other values than party loyalty.

His core supporters rarely, if ever, hold him accountable for anything he says or does. Harassing people in restaurants and in their homes is wrong.

Inciting violence at political rallies is also wrong. Until Americans decide that party loyalty should not be the absolute highest priority, the divide will not be diminished and the “strategy of what about� will not abate.

(Chris Cox is a writer and teacher who lives in Haywood County. jchriscox@live.com.)

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health insurance as well as to support our struggling rural hospitals. These facilities are vital to our communities. Expanding Medicaid would create jobs in our healthcare system and would be an economic engine in our communities. It would provide valuable resources and treatment options that would begin to heal our district from this terrible opioid epidemic. Plus, we have already paid taxes to the federal government for this Guest Columnist program. And people, it's just the morally right thing to do to care for our fellow man.

And then there are our public schools.

Michele Presnell has voted time and time again to underfund our public schools. This is especially difficult for rural counties like ours because we do not have the tax base to compete with other counties who can provide a more attractive supplement pay to our teachers. We cannot retain or attract the best and the brightest educators to care for and educate our most valuable resource.

She throws out crumbs to our schools during election times but does nothing policywise that will aid in the success and survival of our public schools. Please remember that our state constitution mandates that every child in this state will receive a free and appropriate education.

We are dealing with a horrific opioid epidemic that is literally tearing our families and communities apart. Michele Presnell has never met with any of our law enforcement officials in Haywood County in her six years as our representative. When I confronted her about this at the Mountaineer forum in The Haywood County Courthouse, she responded by saying that they are busy people and that they know how to get in touch with her. This is

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ood day to all who will take the time to read my long and final post as your past candidate for N.C. House District 118. I will not apologize for the length of my remarks. My family and I have sacrificed three years of our lives to gain this seat and to bring back civility to our community through kindness and compassion. Therefore, there are several things that my heart must share.

I first want to thank my family and friends, old and new, for your unwavering support and love. As well as the hundreds, if not thousands of volunteers and supporters who gave so freely of their time and resources. And to the voters who took the time to use their vote as a voice in this democratic process.

I strongly and adamantly believe that partisan ideology and political gerrymandering is an unbeatable opponent! But I am at peace with the dignity and grace that our campaign put forth. We never stooped to the level of ugliness that my opponent stooped to. I will forever be proud of the honest, clean and heartfelt race that our team ran.

My prayer for my life has been to give a voice to those who could not speak for themselves and to bring leadership and attention to our rural communities, a voice that goes unheard and unnoticed so much of the time. We are at a crossroads in our community, our state and our nation. We must have a vision for the future and not just a reaction to the present!

I believe that healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Rep. Michele Presnell believes that healthcare is a privilege. She votes with insurance companies that make our premiums one of the top 10 highest in the country. And if you are fortunate enough to have insurance like my husband and I do, it is almost useless because the deductibles and co-pays are so high.

She has also refused to expand Medicaid. This would provide thousands of hard-working adults in our district with

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unacceptable!

A sweet lady in my church said that she could not vote for me because I wanted to let immigrants come into our country.

Which, by the way, has anyone heard about the caravan since Election Day? We are a nation of laws and refugees and we have an immigration reform problem. I can do very little if anything about the immigrants who walk into this country ... but I can walk into our law enforcement offices and sit down with our sheriff and police chiefs to work together to fight this life-threatening and life-ending disaster.

When you elect a representative who runs only on her stance of being a lifetime NRA member and her pride in the fact that she has her concealed weapons permit, we, as a community, will continue to deal with these issues that affect our lives on a daily basis. Fear and hate is the only mantra that she seems to understand.

And just for the record, I grew up in these mountains and I belong to a responsible gun-owning family. My husband is a historic relic gun collector. Simply put, I would be divorced from this amazing man if I were going to take away anybody's guns.

Rep. Presnell calls me a pro-abortionist in mailers and on TV, but she does not have the guts to confront me face to face. Yes, I am pro-life. Aren't we all??!!! I am not advocating for anyone to terminate their pregnancy. What I am advocating for is the right for a woman to make that healthcare decision. If many of you would take the time to investigate my life and my story as a mother to a disabled son, you might, just might, be able to begin to understand this complex issue.

I do know this, when I have a medical issue of any kind, I seek the expert advice and counsel of my doctor and the prayerful guidance of my Lord and Savior, not Michele Presnell or any other politician.

Again, thank you for allowing me the honor of being a candidate for the N.C. House. I will forever be grateful and humbled by the kindness and love that has been shown to me, but especially to my sweet and supportive family. Many of you have literally moved Heaven and Earth for me.

There are no sufficient words, so I will close with "I love each and everyone one of you!

Yes, ALL of you!"

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BOURBON BARREL BEEF & ALE 454 Hazelwood Ave., Waynesville, 828.452.9191. Lunch daily 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; dinner nightly at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. Wine Down Wednesday’s: ½ off wine by the bottle. We specialize in handcut, all natural steaks from local farms, incredible burgers, and other classic american comfort foods that are made using only the finest local and sustainable ingredients available.

CATALOOCHEE RANCH 119 Ranch Dr., Maggie Valley.

828.926.1401. Breakfast seven days a week, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. – with eggs, bacon, sausage, oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes, and always all-you-can-eat. Lunch menu every day from 12 noon to 2 p.m. includes homemade soup du jour and fresh-made salads. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night will feature an evening cookout on the terrace. On all other nights of the week, dinner is served family style and includes locally sourced vegetables, homemade breads, jellies, desserts, and a wide selection of wine and craft beer.

The evening social hour starts at 6 p.m., dinner is served starting at 7 p.m., and cozy rooms and cabins are available if you love us so much that you want to stay for breakfast, too. Please call for reservations. And see our dinner menu online at www.cataloocheeranch.com/dining.

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.

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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 hand-cut 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 WiFi, 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.

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

828.926.1820 Winter hours: Wednesday through Sunday 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Style at Country Vittles is not a buffet.

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FIREFLY TAPS & GRILL 128 N. Main St., Waynesville 828.454.5400. Simple, delicious food. A must experience in WNC. Located in downtown Waynesville with an atmosphere that will warm your heart and your belly! Local and regional beers on tap. Full bar, vegetarian options, kids menu, and more. Reservations accepted. Daily specials. Live music every Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. Open Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

HARMON’S DEN BISTRO 250 Pigeon St., Waynesville 828.456.6322. Harmon’s Den is located in the Fangmeyer Theater at HART. Open 5:30-9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday (Bistro closes at 7:30 p.m. on nights when there is a show in the Fangmeyer Theater) with Sunday brunch at 11 a.m. that includes breakfast and lunch items. Harmon’s Den offers a complete menu with cocktails, wine list, and area beers on tap. Enjoy casual dining with the guarantee of making it to the performance in time, then rub shoulders with the cast afterward with post-show food and beverage service. Reservations recommended. www.harmonsden.harttheatre.org

JOEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE 4309 Soco Rd Maggie Valley.

828.926.0212. Open seven days a week! 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Joey’s is a family-friendly restaurant that has been serving breakfast to locals and visitors of Western North Carolina for decades. 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.

KANINI’S 1196 N. Main St., Waynesville.

828.452.5187. Lunch Monday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., eat in or carry out.

Closed Sunday. A made-from-scratch kitchen using fresh ingredients and supporting the local food and local farm-to-table program.

Offering a variety of meals to go from frozen meals to be stored and cooked later to “Dinners to Go” that are made fresh and ready to enjoyed that day. We also specialize in catering any event from from corporate lunches to weddings.

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

828.586.3555. Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with Sunday Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Handtossed pizza, house-ground burgers, steak sandwiches & fresh salmon all from scratch.

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MAGGIE VALLEY RESTAURANT 2804 Soco Road, Maggie Valley.

828.926.0425. 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Daily specials including soups, sandwiches and southern dishes along with featured dishes such as fresh fried chicken, rainbow trout, country ham, pork chops and more. Breakfast all day including omelets, pancakes, biscuits & gravy. facebook.com/carversmvr; instagram @carvers_mvr.

PIGEON RIVER GRILLE 101 Park St., Canton.

828.492.1422. Open Tuesday through Thursday 3 to 8 p.m.; Friday-Saturday noon to 9 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m. Southerninspired restaurant serving simply prepared, fresh food sourced from top purveyors.

Located riverside at Bearwaters Brewing, enjoy daily specials, sandwiches, wings, fish and chips, flatbreads, soups, salads, and more. Be sure to save room for a slice of the delicious house made cake. Relaxing inside/outside dining and spacious gathering areas for large groups.

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SAGEBRUSH STEAKHOUSE 1941 Champion Drive, Canton 828.646.3750 895 Russ Ave., Waynesville 828.452.5822. 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.

WAYNESVILLE PIZZA COMPANY 32 Felmet Street, Waynesville.

828.246.0927. Open Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 10 p.m.; Sunday noon to 9 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Opened in May 2016, The Waynesville Pizza Company has earned a reputation for having the best hand-tossed pizza in the area. Featuring a custom bar with more than 20 beers and a rustic, family friendly dining room. Menu includes salads, burgers, wraps, hot and cold sandwiches, gourmet pizza, homemade desserts, and a loaded salad bar. The Cuban sandwich is considered by most to be the best in town.

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‘Any old road will take you there’ Balsam Range reflects on successful past, a bright future

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER n 12 years together, Haywood Countybased Balsam Range have played some of the biggest stages in the music industry, and have also taken home some of the highest awards in the bluegrass world.

In recent years, the quintet received the International Bluegrass Music Association award for “Album of the Year” (twice), “Song of the Year,” Vocal Group of the Year” (twice), “Male Vocalist of the Year” (Buddy Melton, twice) and “Bass Player of the Year” (Tim Surrett), among other honors.

What started out from humble beginnings as a simple basement jam session between longtime friends has now molded itself into a well-oiled melodic machine, one which crisscrosses the country each and every single weekend — spreading the word of that “high, lonesome sound” to any within earshot.

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again received the industry’s highest honor — IBMA “Entertainer of the Year.” It was a moment that ideally complements not only the hard work and genuine talent of the group, but also seals the legacy of the band as one of the finest, ever-evolving bluegrass acts of the modern era — perhaps even in the entire history of the genre.

Smoky Mountain News: Where is the band right now? Because now you’re on the backside of 10 years together…

Buddy Melton: It’s a huge milestone. I think the fact we never intended to be at this place makes it that much more special. It’s a rarity for a band to stay together as the same five guys primarily. Some bands, the names make it that long, but the individual members are totally different. For us to be the same, original members is rewarding.

We’re coming up on our twelfth year as the same group, and we’re still pushing each other to grow it. I don’t feel like we’ve plateaued yet, and I think that’s a great place to be. I really don’t want to plateau anytime soon. It’s about always pushing the envelope a little bit — for new and exciting territories and frontiers. It’s something we’ve always strived to do. Everything we do this year impacts the next year. So, what do we want to be

“We’re coming up on our twelfth year as the same group, and we’re still pushing each other to grow it. I don’t feel like we’ve plateaued yet, and I think that’s a great place to be.”

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doing in 2020? That’s how far out you have to plan in this industry.

SMN: I feel the band is at a place where it can do what it wants to do...

BM: Well, I’ll be the first to admit that there’s a degree of burnout that happens every year for everybody in this band. But, we’re blessed to be able to sit down, five guys in the same town, and talk about it, what our family needs are, and recognize when we need to slow down a little bit, to give each other some space, maybe even some time to do some other things.

These days, more and more we can pick and choose what we want to do. And with that, we want to do quality things. But, we also recognize we need to stay out there, because if you cherry-pick too much, people might forget you.

SMN: It’s almost like plate-spinning...

BM: It is. It’s a balancing act all the time — meeting what the need for our music is, seeing what our energy level is. We always set our goals every year, a bucket list of what we want to do, and we also leave room for unexpected things we’re always trying for. And lo-andbehold, some of those bucket list things come through, like when we wanted to play Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

We’re at a place right now with a new project, which is a new album we’re planning to preview at the “Art of Music Festival.” And, at the same time, we’re figuring out the schedule for that album coming into the next year. What do we realistically think we can achieve? What have we not done that we want to do? How can we be innovative? That mindset led to our collaborations with John Driskell Hopkins (of Zac Brown Band), the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and Chloe Agnew (formerly of Celtic Woman).

These things are not only good for us, but also for the bluegrass industry, too.

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include performances Balsam Range, Terry Baucom’s All-Star Band and Shenandoah (traditional country). Doors open at 6 p.m.

Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets start at $25 per person with VIP and weekend ticket passes available. For tickets, visit www.balsamrangeartofmusicfestival.com.

• Saturday, Dec. 1: Night two at the Stuart Auditorium in Lake Junaluska will include performances by Whitewater Bluegrass Co., Harris Brothers (Americana), The Cleverlys (bluegrass) and the Atlanta Pops Orchestra with Chloe Agnew (of the group Celtic Woman) and Balsam Range. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is 7 p.m. Tickets start at $25 per person with VIP and weekend ticket passes available. For tickets, visit www.balsamrangeartofmusicfestival.com.

The Master Level Workshops will be taught by the All-Star Band, which will take place on Friday, Nov. 30, at Lake Junaluska.

These workshops are for advanced players wanting to hone their skills and learn from some of the finest pickers in the music industry.

Instructors will include Terry Baucom (banjo), Tim Stafford (guitar), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Frank Solivan (mandolin) and Barry Bales (bass).

Master Level Workshops require a ticket and pre-registration. Tickets are $50 for a three-hour session. For more information and/or to register, email: mandy.tenery@balsamrange.com.

The festival workshops will take place on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Lake Junaluska. The schedule is as follows: • 9 to 10 a.m. — Terrace Yoga with Cami Glauser • 11 to 11:50 a.m. — Balsam Range (full band) at the Terrace Auditorium • Noon to 12:50 p.m. — Individual instruments in the Terrace Auditorium.

Instructors include Buddy Melton (fiddle), Tim Surrett (bass), Caleb Smith (guitar), Darren Nicholson (mandolin) and Marc Pruett (banjo) of Balsam Range.

• Noon to 1 p.m. — Songwriting in the Terrace Room with Tim Stafford, Milan Miller and Aaron Bibelhauser • 1 to 2:30 p.m. — Instrument building with Caleb Smith.

• 1 to 3 p.m. — Dance in the Harrel Center with Uncle Ted White and Whitewater Bluegrass Co. For more information, visit www.balsamrangeartofmusicfestival.com.

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he third annual “Art of Music Festival” hosted by Balsam Range will return Nov. 27 through Dec. 1.

The events for this year’s festival will include the following: • Tuesday, Nov. 27: The Darren Nicholson Band (Americana/country) will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Wednesday, Nov. 28: “Hillbilly Jam” at Elevated Mountain Distillery in Maggie Valley. Open jam begins at 6 p.m. All are welcome to bring their instrument or simply sit and listen. Admission is $5 per person.

Children are free. www.elevatedmountain.com.

• Wednesday, Nov. 28: The inaugural “Bluegrass Boogie” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in Waynesville.

Performances by Ol’ Dirty Bathtub (Americana/bluegrass) and Darren Nicholson & Friends. An open jam will follow the show. Free and open to the public. www.boojumbrewing.com.

• Thursday, Nov. 29: To officially kick off the festival, there will a special “Songwriting Show” starting at 6 p.m. at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville.

Join Milan Miller, John Wiggins, Mark Bumgarner and Aaron Bibelhauser with Balsam Range’s Buddy Melton and Darren Nicholson for an evening of original music made by masters of the craft of songwriting.

The event will also feature a traditional Southern Appalachian barbeque included in the ticket price. Fresh beer will also be available, courtesy of BearWaters Brewery.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance at www.folkmoot.org or by calling 828.452.2997.

• Thursday, Nov. 29: Terry Baucom & The Dukes of Drive (bluegrass) will perform at 7 p.m. at the Colonial Theater in Canton.

Tickets are $20. For tickets, call 828.235.2760 or visit www.balsamrangeartofmusicfestival.com.

• Friday, Nov. 30: Night one at the Stuart Auditorium in Lake Junaluska will

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WCU Wind Ensemble to perform Russian music The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will perform a concert entirely of Russian compositions at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center.

The ensemble, under the direction of Margaret Underwood, WCU director of bands and associate professor of music, along with the Fortress Brass Quintet, will present a program titled “Za Náshoo Dróozhboo,” or in English, “To Our Friendship.” For the performance, the ensemble will be joined by the internationally-recognized conductor

Community Chorus at WCU The Western Carolina Community Chorus will present a fall concert at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Bardo Performing Arts Theatre on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

The 60-voice chorus is under the direction of Robert Holquist, and is accompanied by Barbara Dooley pianist, and Lorie Meservey, organist.

This season’s concert opens with three American selections with piano accompaniment from the 1990s — “Sing a Mighty Song,” “Blow Ye the Trumpet” and “The Awakening.”

‘Mouth of the South’ swings into Waynesville Jazz/swing act The Russ Wilson Duo will perform at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville.

His voice will stop you in your tracks.

Known as the “Mouth of the South,” Wilson is a bridge to an era, a time when style and class were synonymous with musicianship and showmanship.

A beloved crooner in Western North Carolina, Wilson performs in as many different and varied groups as there are days in the week. One day, he’ll jump in with

Alexander Nyankin from Moscow, Russia.

Nyankin is director of the Russian National Symphonic Band. He also is a professor of trombone at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, deputy concertmaster of the Russian National Orchestra and a soloist with Academic Concert Orchestra of Radio and Television of Russia.

The concert will include the American premiere of the recently rediscovered 1830 work, “Symphony for Band” by Alexander Alyabyev (1787-1851), a Russian composer and a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars.

Other works on the program include pieces

by Shostakovich, Scriabin and Tchaikovsky.

The performance is free and open to the public. 828.227.7242.

The remainder of the program is a work written in 1858, “Christmas Oratorio” by French composer, Camille Saint-Saens. It will be accompanied by a small string orchestra, organ, and piano.The instrumentalists come from several western North Carolina communities.

Soloists for the oratorio are members of the chorus — Doris McConnell, Diana Fisher, Emily Moss, and Maggie Jennings, sopranos; Kimberly Shuler and Jan Miller, mezzosopranos; Marty Marshall and Boyd Sossamon, tenors; and Ralph Murphy and Steve Baxley, baritones.

The chorus has been providing choral enrichment for participants and audiences in the region since 1970. The ensemble is sponsored by Western Carolina University, and the Jackson County Arts Council. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Tickets for the program are $10 for Adults, $5 for students, with a limit of $20 per family. They are available only at the door, cash or check. For further information, contact Robert Holquist at 828.506.5951. an old-time gypsy jazz outfit at a wine lounge playing selections from the 1920s and 30s, the next, he’ll be adorned in a tuxedo fronting a 16-piece big band orchestra onstage playing numbers from the ‘40s and ‘50s.

And no matter what the situation, all eyes tend to fall on Wilson. He not only commands a space with his impressive octave range, he also possesses the power to split a room like the Red Sea, where both sides are singing back and forth while Wilson conducts the melodic madness.

There will be a $10 cover per person.

For more information, call 828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

Franklin welcomes Bellamy Brothers

The Bellamy Brothers.

Legendary country act The Bellamy Brothers will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 16, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

The duo has charted 20 number-one singles and more than 50 hits overall.

They have released more than 50 albums, with the two most recent being wellreceived gospel recordings.

The Bellamy Brothers signed their first recording contract in 1975. They released “Let Your Love Flow” in 1976 and found themselves with a number one single on the U.S. pop charts, as well as more than a dozen countries worldwide.

It was in 1979 when the brothers released, “If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me,” and found success in country music. They continued the next few years with a list of country hits including, “Redneck Girl,” “Santa Fe,” “Old

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Hippie,” and “Kids of the Baby Boom.”

Billboard named the Bellamy Brothers “Top Country Duo,” and the pair went on to set the record for most duo nominations from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.

In 2005, the Bellamys recorded a compilation album featuring re-recordings of the duo’s early hits with additional artists including Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alan Jackson, Tanya Tucker, and Montgomery Gentry. In 2007, “Redneck Girl,” was covered by Blake Shelton on the soundtrack to “The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.”

That same year, the Bellamy Brothers released a gospel music album “Jesus Is Coming,” which received two Dove Award nominations.

Tickets start at $25 per person. To purchase tickets, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

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Tom McNish at his Franklin farmhouse. Garret K. Woodward

‘The air was just electric. The air was quivering.’

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I was handed a telephone number and told good luck.

Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will In the fall of 2007, I was 22 host Gold Rose (Americana) 9 p.m. Saturday, years old. Once graduate Nov. 17. school didn’t pan out, I found The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host myself scrambling to find a The Russ Wilson Duo (jazz/swing) at 7:15 p.m. gig in the journalism world.

Saturday, Nov. 17.

Based out of Upstate New York at the time, I applied for The Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will a position at The Williston host the “Songwriters in the Round” showcase Observer, a small newspaper with Brian Sanders, Gary Allen, Scott Crowley, just across Lake Champlain in Robert Shook and Dave Stewart at 7 p.m.

Vermont.

Saturday, Nov. 17.

I had never been in a real newsroom before. The publishKids at Hart will present its production of “Elf er sat me down in a small the Musical JR.” at 2 p.m. Nov. 17-18 at the booth and handed me a teleHaywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville. phone number.

“Here, this is a number of a sion of Pearl Harbor. Stationed in the World War II veteran,” the publisher said.

“He’s head of the local American Legion Post Philippines, Australia, New Guinea and eventually Japan, he witnessed the carnage brought 45, and they’re struggling to stay afloat. Call upon Nagasaki just weeks after the hydrogen him, get the story, and submit it to me by 2 bomb decimated the city. “It was an awful sight o’clock. If it’s good, then we can talk about if to see, we knew it was somewhat radioactive but you’re the person for the job here.” we had a job to do,” he said.

Staring at the number, I thought of some I wrote the article, submitted it by 2 p.m. quick questions in my head to ask. Soon, the and was offered a job at the newspaper by landline phone on the other end of the con2:30 p.m. I took a few days to think about it, versation rang. A few moments later, 83only to turn it down, seeing as I was also year-old Walter Trepanier picked up. We offered a gig at a small newspaper in the talked for the better part 15 minutes, disGrand Teton Mountains of Eastern Idaho. cussing the Legion and its issues — not havBut, I never forgot about my chat with ing a meeting house, a lack of membership Walter Trepanier. Nor have I forgotten any and lack of funding. interaction I’ve had with veterans, and I’ve Eventually, we got to his military service: talked with countless vets. Ever since I was a A South Pacific Army Engineer during World War II, Trepanier enlisted shortly after the inva- kid, I would always talk up veterans,

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whether seeing one in a World War II or Korea hat at a diner, on a street corner or in a grocery store.

Sadly, nowadays one rarely sees a WWII or Korean War hat in public. Mostly, I come across ones that say Vietnam, Desert Storm or Iraq/Afghanistan. And I talk all those folks up, too, for every single veteran deserves the time of day, where I want to thank them for their service and maybe get to know them, if just but for a moment in passing.

Truth-be-told, as a journalist, the stories and subjects that were, and remain, most meaningful to cover, are the veterans. While out in Eastern Idaho, I tracked down some Korean War veterans as American Legion Post 95 was getting ready to celebrate the organization’s 89th birthday.

And that day, in March 2008, I spent the afternoon with Gary Henrie and Dale Breckenridge of Post 95: With an older brother serving in the Korean War and a younger brother in Vietnam, Henrie is proud of the service he and his brothers gave for the country. “I’m proud we served,” he said. “There are two things I hold dear to my heart while I’m above the grass and that’s having a military funeral when the time comes and honoring those who served until that time.”

In my time at The Smoky Mountain News, I’ve again had the honor of interviewing and befriending several veterans who reside in Western North Carolina. Vets from World War II and Vietnam for feature articles, Iraq/Afghanistan soldiers in conversation at a bar or porch pickin’ session.

And of my time in these parts, two subjects stick out — Paul Willis and Tom McNish.

Willis, who recently passed away, was 95 when we first shook hands at his Canton home: An Army vet, he faced combat in the hedgerows of Normandy and was involved in skirmishes in Brittany, Luxembourg, the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine River. And it was during the Battle of the Bulge where he received the Purple Heart for injuries sustained (he also was awarded the Bronze Star).

“I remember seeing the old British Lancaster planes. And every once in a while you’d see one get hit by the Germans and explode. The air was just electric. The air was quivering,” Willis said of his time in Normandy.

And it was this past September when I found myself at McNish’s farmhouse in Franklin. As an Air Force Fighter Pilot during Vietnam, McNish’s plane was shot down across enemy lines, to which he spent six-and-a-half years in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prisoner-of-war (POW) camp. “[Living through that, you know] not only the value of life and time, but you develop an appreciation for the little things you just kind of thought were to be accepted in the past. You learn those. You learn a real solid understanding of what your true personal values are, and what you think is important in life,” McNish said.

To all the veterans out there, thank you for your service.

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

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On the beat • Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host the “Lounge Series” at its Calaboose location George Ausman Nov. 16 and Alma Russ Nov. 17. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• Balsam Falls Brewing (Sylva) will host Trippin’ Hardie Nov. 16 and Wintervals Nov. 23. All shows begin at 8 p.m. www.facebook.com/balsamfallsbrewing.

• Blue Ridge Beer Hub (Waynesville) will host an acoustic jam with Main St. NoTones from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 15 and 22. Free and open to the public. www.blueridgebeerhub.com.

• Boojum Brewing Company (Waynesville) will host a bluegrass open mic every Wednesday, an all-genres open mic every Thursday, Gold Rose (Americana) 9 p.m. Nov. 17 and Joey Fortner & The Universal Sound Nov. 23. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.boojumbrewing.com.

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• The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host James Hammel (guitar/vocals) Nov. 16, Bob Zullo (guitar/vocals) Nov. 23 and Joe Cruz (piano/vocals) Nov. 24. All shows are free and begin at 7:15 p.m. The Russ Wilson Duo (jazz/swing) will also perform at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 17, with a $10 cover per person.

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• Currahee Brewing (Franklin) will host The Corbitt Brothers (Americana/rock) Nov. 2324. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.curraheebrew.com.

• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host Somebody’s Child (Americana) Nov. 16, Aunt Bee’s Jam (bluegrass) Nov. 17, Hunter Grigg (singer-songwriter) Nov. 23 and Noah Proudfoot Nov. 24. All shows begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to the public. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

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• Harmon’s Den Bistro at HART (Waynesville) will host karaoke and an open mic at 8 p.m. on Saturdays. All are welcome. www.harttheatre.org.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Nov. 14 and 21, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Nov. 15 and 22. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Innovation Station (Dillsboro) will host Todd Hoke Nov. 17 and Kevin Fuller (singer-songwriter) Nov. 24. All events are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

• Isis Music Hall (West Asheville) will host

Gold Rose.

Americana at Boojum Brewing Asheville-based Americana/rock act Gold Rose will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in Waynesville.

This alt-country trio consists of singer-songwriter/guitarist Kevin Fuller, bassist Ryan Kijanka and drummer Ryan Sargent. The band meshes crunchy guitar noise with folk, country and Americana stories.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/goldrosetheband.

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Nov. 14, Session Americana 8:30 p.m. Nov. 14, The Meadows Brothers (Americana) 7 p.m. Nov. 15, Wanyama (funk/reggae) 9 p.m.

Nov. 15, Laura Rabell (alt-country/singer-

songwriter) 7 p.m. Nov. 16, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen w/Lovers Leap (bluegrass/Americana) 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16, Futureman/Silverman (funk/instrumental) 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Noah Zacharin & Scott

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• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host an open mic night at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday, The Remnants Nov. 17, Frogtown (bluegrass) Nov. 23 and The UpBeats (rock) Nov. 24. All shows begin at 8 p.m. For more information and a complete schedule of events, click on www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• The Macon County Public Library (Franklin) will host the “Songwriters in the Round” showcase with Brian Sanders, Gary Allen, Scott Crowley, Robert Shook and Dave Stewart at 7 p.m. Nov. 17. The Vagabonds will also perform at 2 p.m. Nov. 19. Both show are free and open to the public.

• Mad Anthony’s Taproom & Restaurant (Waynesville) will host Breakout Band Nov. 17 and Vaden Papa Nov. 23. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m.

• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. every Wednesday.

Free and open to the public. www.pub319socialhouse.com.

• Salty Dog’s (Maggie Valley) will have Karaoke with Jason Wyatt at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, Mile High (classic rock) 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a Trivia w/Kelsey Jo 8 p.m. Thursdays.

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• Satulah Mountain Brewing (Highlands) will host “Hoppy Hour” and an open mic at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and live music on Friday evenings. 828.482.9794 or www.satulahmountainbrewing.com.

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• Soul Infusion Tea House & Bistro (Sylva) will host Arnold Hill (Americana) 6 p.m. Nov. 17. 828.586.1717 or www.soulinfusion.com.

• The Strand at 38 Main (Waynesville) will host an “Open Mic” night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays. 828.283.0079 or www.38main.com.

• The Water’n Hole Bar & Grill (Waynesville) will host karaoke every Thursday, EDM w/DJ Bent It Nov. 16, “Black Friday” w/Humps & The Blackouts (psychobilly) Nov. 23, DJ Kountry Nov. 24 and Whiskey River Band Nov. 30. All shows begin at 9:30 p.m.

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• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host an open mic night every Thursday, Aces Down Nov. 16 and 23, and Somebody’s Child (Americana) Nov. 17 and 24. All shows are free and begin at 7 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

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Nov. 21 and The Lost Chord (Moody Blues tribute) 8:30 p.m. Nov. 21. For more information about the performances and/or to purchase tickets, click on www.isisasheville.com.

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Bosu’s tastings, small plates

Native American Heritage Month

Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host an array of wine tastings and small plates from Chef Stacy’s gourmet cuisine, available at The Secret Wine Bar within the shop. Dog friendly patio and front garden open, weather permitting.

• Nov. 15/22: Five for $5 Wine Tasting from 5 to 9 p.m. Come taste five magnificent wines and dine on Chef Stacy’s gourmet cuisine.

• Nov. 16/23: Secret Wine Bar Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Gourmet food, and a great wine & beer menu.

• Nov. 17/24: There will be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information, call 828.452.0120 or visit www.waynesvillewine.com.

November is Native American Heritage Month, and a series of events and activities is planned by Western Carolina University’s Cherokee Center in celebration of the designation.

The commemorative month is intended to provide a platform for native peoples to

share traditional culture, music, crafts, dance and concepts of life. Nationally throughout November, the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian

Institution and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will join together in paying tribute to the ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

The Cherokee Center, located at 1594 Acquoni Road in Cherokee, was established in 1975 as an office for outreach and partnership development. The center provides a broad range of assistance for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians interested in attending WCU, which includes application processes, campus tours, educational workshops, alumni engagement and cultural awareness both on campus and off. The center is the headquarters for all communication between WCU and the Eastern Band.

Events scheduled: • Monday, Nov. 26: blowgun and atlatl experience from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Hall lawn. The first 50 attendees with have an opportunity to try these Cherokee hunting methods.

• Tuesday, Nov. 27: “Bridging the Gaps Between Technology and Native Peoples” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at A.K. Hinds University theater. This session will examine how tribes are becoming technologically savvy with native languages and customs.

For more information, contact snsampson@wcu.edu or 828.497.7920.

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tions, sports equipment, tickets to area attractions, gift cards, gift baskets, and much more. Note that all items donated should be new or of a quality that you would be willing to give to someone as a gift. Donated auction items are tax deductible. The SCGHS will provide the donor a receipt upon request.

The proceeds from the auction will be used to upgrade equipment and resources in the genealogy library. Items may be dropped off at the Society Library (200 Main Street, Bryson City) between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday.

Items will be accepted through noon Dec. 5. For more information, call 828.488.2932.

• The “Polar Express” will depart on select times through Dec. 31 from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot. For more information on departures or to purchase tickets, visit www.gsmr.com.

• There will be a “Chili Contest” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Waynesville Public Library. Enter your favorite chili and win prizes. Each entrant may bring one guest and come hungry, there will be lots of chili to try.

For all the details email or call Kathy. Registration is required.

828.356.2507 or kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

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• A free wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 17 and 24 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 828.631.3075.

• 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.

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The Jackson County Cooperative Extension will be offering a leather leaves fall craft workshop from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in Sylva.

These colorful leaves simulate the real deal but are made entirely of leather. So pretty to scatter and decorate your Thanksgiving table, wreaths, to use as coasters, or even wear as jewelry. Local artist and crafter Lawrie Williams will be teaching this unique class.

All materials will be supplied, but students should bring their own sharp scissors.

Students are also encouraged to gather and bring a variety of soft fresh fallen leaves in various sizes and shapes that will be used as patterns to cut out the leather.

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Haywood Community College’s continuing education creative arts department will host American Bladesmith Society (ABS) fall workshops on its campus.

Those interested can choose between “Leather Sheathâ€? Dec. 7-8 and “Friction Folderâ€? Dec. 7-9. • ABS Journeyman Ken Hall will lead the “Leather Sheathâ€? class. The class will cover leather selection, making a pattern, cutting leather, basic tooling, dyeing and hand stitching. Students will complete sheath for a medium sized knife that they bring to class. Cost is $190. • ABS Master Smith Andrew Meer will lead the “Friction Folderâ€? class. The class will cover material selection, blade and handle design, construction, techniques of proper fit and finishing. Each student will complete a friction folder. Space is limited for this workshop. Cost is $252.

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The annual “Stecoah Arts & Crafts Drive About Tour� will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 23-24 in Bryson City, Stecoah and Robbinsville.

With their studios open to the public, the self-guided driving tour highlights artisans who have built a livelihood with their creative talents. Media include pottery, beeswax lanterns and pillar candles, original paintings and drawings, fiber, quilts, photography, artisan cheeses and more.

The tour includes: Nantahala School for the Arts (Southwestern Community College), Sawmill Creek Pottery, Gallery Zella, Stecoah Artisans Gallery, Yellow Branch Pottery & Cheese, Taylor’s Greenhouse, Wehrloom Honey & Essentials and Junk ‘n’ Style.

The Schoolhouse CafĂŠ at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center will be open during both days of the Artisans Drive About. www.stecoahvalleycenter.com.

The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC), administrator of this year’s Regional Artist Project Grant (RAPG), is pleased to announce grantees selected for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

This Regional Artist Project Grant is a program of and supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. It is awarded to qualifying individual artists with funds from Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and Macon Counties and matching funds from the North Carolina Arts Council.

Awarded artists were selected in a competitive scoring process by a panel of artists and administrators representing counties in the consortium. This year, requests totaled more than $11,000, and the panel was able to award $6,000 in grant funds.

Congratulations to the following artist winners, who received either full (six artists) or partial funding (two artists) for their work: • Melissa Bennett – Haywood County: metal sculpture • Carol L. Conti – Macon County: visual arts

• Norma Hendrix – Macon County: visual arts • Kelley Jakelis – Clay County: visual arts/photography • Gregg Livengood – Haywood County: diptych sculpture • Julia McRae – Macon County: music • Lindsey Solomon – Haywood County: photography • Holly Turner – Haywood County: clay The Regional Artist Project Grant program provides the opportunity for regional consortia of local arts councils to award project grants to artists in their regions.

These grants support professional artists in any discipline and at any stage in their careers to pursue projects that further their professional development.

About the program, Leigh Forrester, executive director of the Haywood County Arts Council, explained, “We are thrilled to help administer this program with the NCAC and other counties in our consortium. I was excited to see a great variety of applications this year, but there is always room to grow — it’s very important to me to make sure each year we help new artists in different areas of our region.�

Applications for the 2019-20 grant season will be made available in late summer or early fall of 2019. Announcements will be made at www.haywoodarts.org/grants.

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The eclectic art work of Isabella R. Jacovino will be featured in a show in the Backstreet Gallery Room of Gallery 1 at 604 West Main Street in Sylva. The exhibit will remain available for viewing and sale though Dec. 7.

As a visual artist working with recycled materials, Isabella explores combining the aesthetics of steampunk, dieselpunk, street art, and interpretations on retro-futurism.

Her works focus on the “punk” suffix attached to both the steam and diesel aesthetics and highlight the counterculture nature of the genre with regards to its opposition to contemporary artistic canons.

Admission is free. For more information, email art@galley1sylva.com.

The art of broom making The next Creating Community Workshop will feature broom making at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Explore this Appalachian craft and the basics of broom making while making your very own cobweb broom. The cobweb broom is made to access hard to reach areas, including those pesky cobwebs in corners. Moderate hand and arm strength are needed to make the broom. It may be helpful to wear long pants. It is also recommended to bring an old towel or apron.

The instructor will be Mickey Sizemore, who has been making brooms for 10 years and has taught weekend sessions at Warren

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Wilson College on the art of broom making.

This program is free of charge. The class is limited to eight people. For further information and to sign up for the class, call the library at 828.586.2016.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library (www.fontanalib.org).

Dogwood Crafters holiday workshop Just in time for Christmas, there will be an educational workshop sponsored by Dogwood Crafters that will put participants in a holiday mood. The workshop will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Dillsboro.

• Thursday, Nov. 29: Another seasoned Dogwood Crafter, Joyce Lantz, will teach a workshop on making paper Christmas stars that are perfect for hanging on the tree. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. to noon.

Cost is $5. Register by Nov. 21 to attend.

Register by calling 828.586.2248.

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The work of artist Justin Moe will be on display throughout the month of November in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin.

Moe is an outsider artist, DJ, graphic designer and musician who lives in Macon County. And this year has been a challenging

and awakening year for him both physically and mentally.

At the end of January, he herniated a disc in his back which came to rest on the sciatica nerve bundle of his right leg. This caused excruciating pain, immobility, sleepless nights, and some major depression until the doctors finally got his medications dosed correctly to effectively manage his pain a month later.

Six months later, he finally had surgery to fix it and is grateful to have come out of it all healthy, happy, focused, and “fixed.”

He also stopped drinking alcohol due to the medications he was on. Prior to that, he was walking the ledge between being a casual drinker and being an alcoholic.

All of these events contributed to a new strength and outlook on life.

During many of those initial sleepless nights he would go in to his spare bedroom studio and create. Many of the works you see here were brought to fruition during that time.

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Grassroots Arts Program subgrants awarded The Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC), serving as a Designated County Partner of the North Carolina Arts Council, is pleased to announce the 201819 subgrantees for the Grassroots Arts Program.

These awards are for organizations producing high quality arts programming.

The sub grantees for this grant period are: • DayDreamz Project – Open Door art sessions • ARTQUEST Haywood Art Studio Tour – marketing for studio tour • Haywood Arts Regional Theatre – Kids at HART Drama Program • Haywood Community Band – music purchases • Haywood Community Chorus - winter and spring concerts • Voices in the Laurel – 23rd annual spring concert In 1977, the North Carolina General Assembly established the Grassroots Arts Program to ensure that every citizen has

access to quality arts experiences. The program provides funding for the arts in all 100 counties in North Carolina. A local arts council, like the Haywood County Arts Council, approved by the North Carolina Arts Council to receive and administer Grassroots funds is known as a Designated County Partner (DCP).

“As an arts council, one of our jobs is to support other great organizations that are doing programming well and I am thrilled to be able to share funding with our sub grantees this year.” said Leigh Forrester, executive director of the Haywood County Arts Council. “Our partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council is very important to the life of our organization and in the ways we’re able to serve our community.”

Applications for the 2019-20 grant season will be made available in late summer or early fall of 2019. Announcements will be made in the HCAC newsletter and at www.haywoodarts.org/grants.

• A “Watercolor Batik on Rice Paper” workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville. Class size limited to eight students. Cost is $60 for HCAC artist members, $65 for nonmembers. To reserve your spot, call 828.452.0593.

• The Waynesville Fiber Friends will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of the month at the Panacea Coffee House in Waynesville. All crafters and beginners interested in learning are invited. You can keep up with them through their Facebook group or by calling 828.276.6226 for more information.

• A “Beginner Step-By-Step” painting class will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays (Nov. 29) at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Cost is $25 with all supplies provided. RSVP by contacting Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560 or paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

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• Our Summerhouse Pottery in downtown Waynesville will host after-school art classes for elementary/middle-schoolers.

Pottery/art classes will be held weekly for six weeks. Elementary (8-10 years olds) will be Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m..

Middle-schoolers (11-14 years olds) will be Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuition is $95, which includes all supplies. Class size is limited to eight. Contact Amy at amy@oursummerhousepottery.com or call 828.734.5737.

• Mad Batter Food & Film (Sylva) will host a free movie night at 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. www.madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

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• “Thursday Painters Open Studio” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Franklin Uptown Gallery. Bring a bag lunch, project and supplies. Free to the public. Membership not required. For information, call 828.349.4607.

• A “Youth Art Class” will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday at the Appalachian Art Farm on 22 Morris Street in Sylva. All ages welcome. $10 includes instruction, materials and snack. For more information, email appalachianartfarm@gmail.com or find them on Facebook.

• Free classes and open studio times are being offered at The Uptown Gallery in Franklin. Join others at a painting open studio session from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays. For information on days open, hours and additional art classes and workshops, contact the gallery on 30 East Main Street at 828.349.4607.

Ian McKellen (right) in ‘King Lear.’

‘King Lear’ on the big screen The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present “Live via Satellite” the National Theatre of London’s production of “King Lear” by William Shakespeare at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 17.

Broadcast from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s extraordinarily moving portrayal of King Lear on the big screen. Jonathan Munby directs this nuanced and powerful contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s ten-

Kids at HART presents ‘Elf’ Haywood County residents will embrace their inner “elf ” when Kids at Hart present its production of “Elf the Musical JR.” at 2 p.m.

Nov. 17-18 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

The show, featuring 29 young actors from Haywood, Buncombe, and Jackson counties.

The musical tells the story of a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.

The would-be elf is given the name Buddy and raised by elves in the North Pole. Buddy lives happily unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toymaking abilities cause him to face the truth.

With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced

der, moving and shocking play.

Considered by many to be the greatest tragedy ever written, “King Lear” sees two aging fathers — one a King, one his courtier — reject the children who truly love them.

Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery, as family and state are plunged into a violent power struggle with bitter ends.

Ian McKellen gives a hugely acclaimed performance as Shakespeare’s great King. While he is more widely known for his roles in blockbuster films, McKellen’s acting career began on the stage and he has given iconic Shakespeare performances throughout his career. “King Lear” is a chance to see one of the finest actors of the 20th and 21st centuries performing live.

All students will be admitted free of charge. Tickets are available online at www.highlandspac.org, at the door or by calling 828.526.9047.

with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list, and his stepbrother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of the holidays.

Tickets are $12 for adult, $7 for children and are available at the HART Box Office. For more information, call 828.456.6322 or visit www.harttheater.org.

• There is free comedy improv class from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday in Maggie Valley. No experience necessary, just come to watch or join in the fun. Improv teacher Wayne Porter studied at Sak Comedy Lab in Orlando, Florida, and performed improvisation with several groups. Join Improv WNC on Facebook or just call 828.316.8761 to RSVP for directions.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED BRIDGE REPLACEMENT ON N.C. 116 (WEBSTER ROAD) OVER SAVANNAH CREEK IN JACKSON COUNTY TIP PROJECT NO. B-5910 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed bridge replacement on N.C. 116 (Webster Road) over Savannah Creek in Jackson County.

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The meeting will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 at the Woodland Church of Christ located at 146 Weldon Hall Road in Sylva. The public may attend at any time during the meeting hours. Please note there will be no formal presentation.

Maps of the proposed plans and project team members will be available to answer your questions and receive feedback at the meeting. All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done via phone, email, or mail no later than Nov. 29, 2018.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/.

Contact NCDOT Assistant Bridge Program Manager, Barry Mosteller, at 828-488-0902 or bdmosteller@ncdot.gov, NCDOT Bridge Program Manager, Adam Dockery, at 828488-0902 or jadockery@ncdot.gov, or Consultant Project Manager, Tommy Register, P.E., at 919-773-8887 ext.108 or tregister@tgsengineers.com for more information.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Lauren Putnam via email at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or by phone at 919-707-6072 as early as possible, so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who speak Spanish and have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que hablan español o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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A fine novel about a fascinating literary era he writers who lived and practiced their art between the two world wars of the twentieth century continue to exert a powerful pull on today’s imagination. Woody Allen’s film “Midnight In Paris,” which include a dozen or more celebrities of 1920s Paris; “Genius,” the movie about Thomas Wolfe, reviewed earlier this year in The Smoky Mountain News; the biographies devoted to such figures as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all reveal a Writer continued infatuation with that era.

Novelist Paula McLain is one of those — as am I — entranced by this unique time in American letters. In The Paris Wife, she gave us the story of Hadley, Ernest Hemingway’s first wife. In Circling The Sun, she took as her narrator Beryl Markham, the aviation pioneer who wrote a remarkable account of growing up in Kenya and of her adventures in the air in West With The Night.

In Love and Ruin (Ballantine Books, 2018, 376 pages), McLain returns to the life of Ernest Hemingway. Here our narrator is Martha Gellhorn, the journalist and war correspondent who became Ernest Hemingway’s third wife.

When we first meet Gellhorn, her beloved father is dying, her mother is deeply depressed by her husband’s death, and Gellhorn herself is coming off a failed love affair. To console her mother and for lack of a better option, she spends the winter of 1936 in her mother’s home in Saint Louis, “smoking too much and staying up late, and sleeping some days until one or two.” In June, she makes a trip to Europe, begins her fascination with Spain and its civil war, and returns home to find her account of the Depression, four novellas titled The Trouble I’ve Seen, receiving rave reviews in the papers.

A year after her father’s death, Gellhorn travels with her mother and brother to Florida, looking for sunshine and a balm for their sadness. In Key West, they take a stroll and wind up at Sloppy Joe’s, a Conch bar and home away from home for Ernest Hemingway. “He wore a ragged T-shirt and

one the result of his marriage to Hadley, the other two with Pauline — Gellhorn’s marriage to Hemingway suffers from several strains: his domineering personality, her inability to compete with him as a writer, and their separations

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shorts that seemed to have come from the bottom of a fish barrel — both of which weren’t doing him any favors. But it was

because of journalistic commitments.

The end to their union comes during World War II, when they work for so long away from each other. It is then that Hemingway begins a relationship with another journalist, Mary Walsh, who him.”

As their friendship grows into love — Hemingway is still married to Pauline — he convinces Gellhorn to go to Spain with him as a correspondent. In that war-torn they become lovers, a romance they continue on their return to the United States, an oftenwrenching affair as they tried to conceal their love from Pauline.

Eventually, of course, Hemingway divorces Pauline and marries Martha. Though she became close to Hemingway’s three sons —

becomes his fourth wife.

In Love and Ruin, McLain treats both Gellhorn and Hemingway even-handedly. We have here the Hemingway we know from so many biographies and reminiscences, a great writer plagued by alcoholism and an ego the size of Everest. McLain gives us that man, but also shows him as a loving father and as a husband who probably loved Gellhorn more than she could love him, in large part because of her ambitions and her jealousy in regard to his success.

McLain’s portrait of Martha Gellhorn is equally fair. We have here a woman who bravely faces privation and danger on the battlefront, a woman still highly regarded today as a war correspondent, a woman without children who nonetheless takes three young men into her heart. But McLain also shows us that Gellhorn could be willful, sometimes almost cruelly so, in the pursuit of her own goals, and was envious of Hemingway’s greater accomplishments as a writer. (At one point, near the beginning of Love and Ruin, Gellhorn laments the fact that even though she worked hard and poured herself into her first novel, the book failed. I wanted to take her aside and say, “Look here, Marty, no one cares how hard you tried.

They care about what you delivered. So cowgirl up and get with the program.”)

Even those familiar with the lives of Hemingway and Gellhorn will find Love and Ruin an excellent read. We readers may only hope that Paula McLain continues to explore the fascinating period in which she has become so expert.

••• Sometimes a single line from a book deserves mention.

In this case, the book is Rodney Stark’s Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History (Templeton Press, 2016, 268 pages.) Because I had previously read, enjoyed, and reviewed Stark’s How The West Won, I picked the book from the library shelves and flipped through its pages. It struck me as a bit of a strange endeavor, as I knew Stark was no Catholic. I wondered how he had come to write a book with such a title.

The last two sentences of Stark’s “Introduction” gave me my answer.

“Finally, I am not a Roman Catholic, and I did not write this book in defense of the Church. I wrote it in defense of history.”

Noble words, Professor Stark, in an oftenignoble time. Thank you.

(Jeff Minick is a writer and teacher. mnick0301@gmail.com)

New volume in Ben Bones series Michael Havelin will present his latest in the Ben Bones mystery series at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.

In Ben Bones and the Twin Pistols, Ben Bones is called in by a collector of antique guns to help reunite a pair of dueling pistols that had been in his family centuries ago, but had become separated.

The search seems clear at the start, but quickly becomes complicated when ancient lineage lines diverge, and the twin dueling pistols do, too. Lives hang in the balance. It’s a good thing that dueling has been outlawed, but maybe a “secret” rendezvous can be arranged early one morning.

To reserve copies of any of the books in the Ben Bones series, call City Lights Bookstore at 828.586.9499.

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GOING FOR THE THREE-PEAT Franklin outdoor store opens two new locations in 2018

Outdoor 76 stays well stocked with maps, clothing and a variety of other gear for outdoor adventures. Holly Kays photo

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER hen Rob Gasbarro and Cory McCall met in 2008, their friendship formed around hiking and biking the mountains surrounding Franklin, their weekdays filled by burgeoning careers in civil structural engineering and real estate, respectively.

Then came the recession. Things got bad and then worse. By 2010, the careers that they’d planned to retire in, provide for families with, seemed headed for an early end.

“Long story short, one day he and I just met for lunch and we were like, ‘Let’s just open an outdoor store,’” Gasbarro recalled. “‘What’s the worst that can happen? We starve and it doesn’t work and we’re unemployed? We’re already facing that anyway.’”

Now an anchor store on East Main Street in Franklin, Outdoor 76 was born — or at least conceived — as a rough business plan scribbled on the back of a lunch napkin at Sunrise Restaurant.

Taking the leap wasn’t easy. Neither man had much outdoor industry experience to speak of, and neither had ever started or run a business. And a shop like the one they envisioned, selling $100 raincoats and jackets? In 2010, who had that kind of disposable income, especially in Macon County, where the unemployment rate was 9.8 percent when Outdoor 76 opened in October? Nationwide, outdoor stores like the one they’d envisioned were struggling, unable to compete with lowball internet prices — how could Gasbarro and McCall do any better?

“We had a lot of naysayers, people that heard what we were doing and thought we were nuts,” said Gasbarro.

Gasbarro and McCall also entertained the possibility that they might be a little nuts. But things just seemed to line up. One of McCall’s

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real estate clients called him about a property at 76 East Main Street, asking whether he knew anyone who might be interested. That storefront became the first location and namesake of Outdoor 76, and the two men went to work fixing it up. Lo and behold, other businesses soon followed suit. Downtown Franklin began to creep back to life.

“Since then we’ve seen that other people have come and invested into our community, and other people have seen that there is the ability for someone to open a business in a small town and make a living at it,” said McCall.

McCall and Gasbarro, ages 36 and 42, both live in Franklin, though they considered setting up shop elsewhere. But the more they investigated, the better Franklin looked. It’s within two hours of a list of cities with a combined population of 14 million people. It’s an Appalachian Trail town, and located in a

county with a bounty of outdoor opportunities, including 18 peaks over 5,000 feet.

“We’re starting to see that manifest now,” said Gasbarro. “Franklin is growing.”

EXPANSION — TIMES TWO So is Outdoor 76. In the past six months, the company has opened two new stores, in Cherokee and in Clayton, Georgia.

“It’s definitely been a very challenging year, in a good way,” said McCall. “It’s forced us outside of our comfort zones, which from a business aspect is very important.”

McCall and Gasbarro had always set out to expand their business. The goal is to create something alive and growing that can provide for their families until they’re ready to retire, and that can be one day passed on to their children. To do that, they figured, they’d need more than one store.

The first big expansion happened in 2013, when they moved from their initial space to their current location, the 10,000-square-foot old Peebles building at 35 East Main Street.

They leased out a couple chunks of the space to other businesses, put in a taproom and set up their retail operation in the remaining 3,000 square feet.

Within a year of moving, they’d starting discussing where their second store should be, by 2016 settling on Clayton and starting to look for properties. The right location came up for sale in 2017, and they closed around Christmas, planning to let the current tenant stay through the end of Outdoor 76’s busy Appalachian Trail season. The Clayton store would open in late summer 2018.

Or, at least that was the plan.

In February, the phone rang with Motion Makers Bicycles owner Kent Cranford on the other end. Cranford was planning to open a Motion Makers outpost in Cherokee, and he wanted Outdoor 76 to share the building.

“After collecting all the details on it, Cory and I realized if we don’t do this now, we’ll probably never have this opportunity again,” said Gasbarro. “And after weighing out all the pros and cons and what would go into it and what we could get out of it, we kind of said, ‘We’d be dumb not to do this.’”

So, instead of plowing through A.T. season before methodically building out the Clayton store, Gasbarro and McCall went into a turbo mode that would last for months. While A.T. hikers were walking through Franklin, they were in Cherokee, working to get the building ready for a Memorial Day opening — for a while there, they were up until 2 a.m. nearly every day, working.

By mid-September, they’d opened the Clayton store, too. The chaos has subsided and they’re focused on catching a good breath as they learn how to manage their new reality.

“If you would have told Cory or I 10 years ago that we would own an outdoors store in three strong outdoor communities in this region, I would have said you’re out of your mind,” said Gasbarro.

Now the partners are learning how to oversee a whole new level of organization and management and delegation. Some things are easier now, such as being able to move inventory around between multiple stores. But other things are harder — there’s more time on the road, and hiring enough staff to meet customer service and technical expertise qualifications is a constant challenge.

“That’s really part of what makes our business different,” said McCall. “If you come in and ask us a question we want to be able to answer it. And not answer it because it’s information we’re getting out of a book or reading off a website. It’s because it’s first-hand experience of when I used this product, this is what I experienced.”

Employees have to do more than just take money at a cash register. They have to engage with customers, start conversations and, above all, get out to use that gear they’re trying to sell.

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years. The first day of skiing was Nov. 20 in 2017 and Nov. 21 in 2016, both of which were considered to be remarkably late opening days — typically opening day falls in the first half of November. The season saw a Nov. 15 launch in 2015 and in 2014 opened on Nov. 2, the third-earliest opening day in Cataloochee’s history.

Ticket prices, weather reports and slope status announcements are at www.cataloochee.com.

Four new wayside signs have appeared at the Jackson County Greenway, East LaPorte Park and South Painter Park, thanks to a grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area.

Two of the signs explain the history of logging in the area, while the other two go into natural and agricultural history discussing native and invasive plants, and the Cullowhee Community Garden.

The four new signs join two existing wayNell Knight, a frequent greenway walker, stops to read a side signs sponsored by the Cullowhee wayside sign describing native and invasive plants. Donated photo Revitalization Endeavor historian Bill Crawford and the Jackson and telling the story of Cullowhee as the County Genealogical Society. domain of Judaculla, a mythical giant who

Parking and lighting to increase at arboretum A $905,000 grant from the Buncombe County Tourism Development authority will make it possible for the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville to hold evening events throughout the year.

Funds will pay for decorative lighting in gardens and key facilities, as well as additional parking and landscaping to expand capacity for daytime and evening attendance.

The project is one of six recently awarded a collective $10 million aimed at increasing visitor spending in the county.

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someone, are we helping our community?’”

That community focus is a cornerstone By pretty much any standard, Outdoor for Outdoor 76. It makes sense economical76 is a successful small business. But ly, because, as Gasbarro said, “People vote McCall and Gasbarro are the first to admit with their money. (We wanted) people to that it really shouldn’t have happened like vote for us.” But their commitment to comthat. munity transcends a simple cost-benefit cal“When you look at the big picture, when culation. Even in the midst of expansion, you look at the underlying details, this Gasbarro and McCall made it a point to shouldn’t have worked out,” said Gasbarro. host their spring barbeque and fall 50K race “Nothing we did made sense.”

— even though the race came just days after From mid-recession timing to the partthe soft opening in Clayton. ners’ limited experience with entrepreneur“We had to really stretch ourselves to ship to Main Street Franklin’s distinct lack continue to stay focused this year on the of bustle in 2010, they had a lot working involvement aspect while we were going against them. But Gasbarro and McCall are through the expansion, which was really difficult because ultimately there’s only so many hours in a day,” said McCall.

There have been other, more traditional ingredients to the store’s success, too. The gamble Rob Gasbarro helps a customer at McCall and Outdoor 76 in Franklin. Holly Kays photo Gasbarro made on the resurgence of both serious about their Christian faith, and Franklin’s Main Street came out in their they’ve come to believe that Outdoor 76 favor, and frugality early on kept plenty of was just something that they were supposed money in the business’s account to cover to do. the growing expenses that came with grow“We didn’t go asking for this. This ing revenues. wasn’t a childhood dream that we chased,” A large portion of Outdoor 76’s revenue said Gasbarro. “This was one day we both comes from customers in the 45 to 55 age felt it on our hearts, almost like God saying, range, active people with more disposable ‘I’m putting you two together. You two income than their younger counterparts. became friends because I want you to go But A.T. hikers — with their vast array of into business together.’” ages and backgrounds — are also a key part That doesn’t mean it’s been a bumpless of the business’s success. From January to road. There have been lots of nights of lost May, the store is all about serving and supsleep, lots of seasons of doubt on the edge plying the thru-hikers. As a result, word has of a risk. But knowing they’re walking a spread through the A.T. community that path they’ve been called to has brought Outdoor 76 is a place to stop. peace to those storms — and it’s brought “We knew that the A.T. hikers would be perspective to success. a portion of our business,” said McCall.

“We don’t ever want to feel like we’re “We had no idea stepping into it how signifdoing this because we deserve this or we’re icant the A.T. market would be.” entitled to this,” said Gasbarro. “Every deciBut really, that’s just one more surprise sion we make, we try to be like, ‘Are we to add to the list. making this decision for the greater good?

“We never imagined us being where we Are we serving someone, are we helping are now,” said Gasbarro.

protected Cherokee territory, and of a 1940 flood that took out the bridge over the Tuckasegee River on Old Cullowhee Road.

Retired Western Carolina University professor Anna Fariello wrote and designed the signs with help from county

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Cataloochee Ski Area opened for the first time this season on Sunday, Nov. 11.

Two slopes were open for business from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, with the ski area closing up at the end of the day in anticipation of prolonged rain Monday and Tuesday. The plan is to resume snowmaking and open up again before the coming weekend.

The Nov. 11 opening is one of the earlier opening days Cataloochee has had in recent

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Watch a disc golf tournament The annual Blind Hog Thanksgiving Throw Down disc golf tournament will return to Waynesville on Sunday, Nov. 18.

A total of 72 disc golfers from four states will compete in this Professional Disc Golf Association contest at the Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Funds raised — expected to total close to $4,000 — will support Haywood Waterways Association and Base Camp on the Go from the Waynesville Parks and

Recreation Department.

Spectators are welcome. Information will be available about Haywood Waterways, Base Camp on the Go and the Haywood Healthcare Foundation, which is supporting Base Camp on the Go. Tim

The tournament is expected to draw 72 professional disc golfers to Waynesville. File photo

Trail crews work on the trail as it passes by Rainbow Falls.

Petrea, tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov or 828.456.2030.

Run the Green this Thanksgiving

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A 5K will be among the smattering of holiday events offered in Cashiers Thanksgiving week.

The Gobble on the Green run will step off at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, at the Village Green Commons on Frank Allen Road, offering an enjoyable out-and-back around Cashiers Lake with a 1-mile Kids Fun Run through the park beginning at 9:30 a.m. for ages 5 to 10.

Registration is $30, and the fun run is free with registration. Age group awards will be given as well as prizes for the most creative and holiday festive race attire.

Advance sign-up is required at runsignup.com/gobbleonthegreen; no day-of registration offered.

The weekend will also include a Christmas on the Green event Friday, Nov. 23, featuring a visit from Santa Claus, Christmas music and the Cashiers Christmas Tree Lighting celebration. info@villagegreencashiersnc.com or 828.743.3434.

INDOOR FLEA MARKET AT THE OLD ARMORY Saturday, Nov. 17, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m 44 Boundary St., Waynesville The flea market will be held the third Saturday of each month. To sell items, booths are $10 each.

After two years of work, the new and improved Rainbow Falls Trail is open for business following a Nov. 14 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The 6-mile trail, which begins along U.S. 441 and extends up to Mount Leconte, had been heavily damaged over time by erosion and a spiderweb of user-created trails, which often made it difficult for hikers to see which trail was the one they should follow — this led to many search-and-rescue calls in the area.

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The trail rehabilitation, funded by the Friends of the Smokies, is part of the Smokies Trails Forever program that launched in 2008 following a challenge to match a $2 million grant from the Aslan Foundation of Knoxville. Now a $6 million endowment, Trails Forever funds a full-time trail crew to reconstruct and rehabilitate some of the park’s most impacted trails.

Previous Trails Forever projects include the Forney Ridge Trail, the Chimney Tops Trail and the Alum Cave Trail.

Crew forms to maintain remote trails The new Remote Overnight Crew, organized by the Carolina Mountain Club, will seek to renovate hard-to-reach trail sections by merging trail maintenance with backpacking.

The first event is planned for Nov. 17-18 on the Appalachian Trail near the Spring Mountain shelter, which will serve as the base of operations, in the Cherokee and Pisgah national forests. A spring overnight trip is planned for April 27-28.

Pre-registration is required at www.carolinamtnclub.org/eventform.cfm. Youth are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Training, supervision and tools provided. The event is a partnership between CMC and the A.T. Conservancy.

Paul Curtin, pmcurtin@hotmail.com.

Volunteers are needed to adopt trail sections in need of maintenance in the Pisgah National Forest and Blue Ridge Parkway.

The Carolina Mountain Club is responsible for maintaining these trails and is looking for people who would pick a trail section to walk three to four times per year.

Volunteers can complete the walks as non-

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Help maintain WNC trails

For more info, call the Old Armory at 828.456.9207

828.456.2030

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tool-carrying maintainers who scout for issues to report for weekly crews to address, or as maintainers who hike with hand tools.

These volunteers clean ditches, lop branches, trim weeds, keep blazing fresh and saw small trees that have fallen across the trail, but anything requiring a chainsaw would be reported for crews to address.

CMC provides all tools. A full list of trails up for adoption is available at https://bit.ly/2OiM0OV. Contact Les Love at lesrlove55@gmail.com.

Mount Mitchell gets new leader Veteran ranger Kevin Bischof has been named to the superintendent’s post at Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Kevin holds a master’s degree from Indiana University in outdoor recreation and has worked for the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation as a ranger at Gorges, Lake James and Goose Creek state parks, as well as Jordan Lake State Recreation Area.

Bischof succeeds Robert McGraw, who transferred to the superintendent’s post at Gorges State Park in Transylvania County earlier this year. Mount Mitchell State Park was established in 1916 and now encompasses 1,996 acres. It recorded 398,091 visitors in 2017.

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The incident follows a late September episode in which a Swannanoa woman was sent to the hospital following an attack by a mother bear with cubs. Toni Rhegness was walking her dog on leash at night in her front yard when she encountered the bears, which were attracted by garbage cans in the neighbor’s driveway.

Heavy rains earlier this year have caused natural food like acorns and berries to become less abundant, spurring the bears to be bolder as they seek to bulk up before hibernation. Bears in the region typically den in late November or early December.

Human-bear encounters are rare, as black bears tend to be shy and non-aggressive toward humans unless fed or provoked. People should never feed, approach, surround or corner a bear.

Encounters are on the rise as more people move into areas where black bears live.

To avoid bear encounters, store food waste and containers in bear-proof containers, remove bird feeders when birds are active, feed pets indoors, clean grills thoroughly and never feed bears intentionally or unintentionally.

Learn more about coexisting with black bears at www.bearwise.org.

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Bear injures Haywood County man A Haywood County man has become the second person to be attacked by a black bear in Western North Carolina this year.

Elmer Pumphrey, of the White Oak area of Haywood, was standing in the driveway of his home Tuesday afternoon on the phone when he noticed three bears — a sow with two large cubs — about 20 feet away. Pumphrey yelled at the bears in an attempt to scare them off, but the sow came after him. Pumphrey struggled with the bear, trying to drive it away. He was unsuccessful, sustaining scratches on his hip, until his wife came out of the house yelling, which drove the bear away.

The bears left the area afterward, and according to Wildlife Commission Regional Biologist Mike Carraway, they weren’t habituated to the area due to human food sources and are not expected to return.

“This is not a situation where the bears were seen in or returning to the neighborhood repeatedly prior to the incident,” Carraway said. “We think capture is unlikely. If we do catch a bear we won’t know for sure whether it is the right one; we will evaluate and decide the best course of action if we catch one.”

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Judge blocks wolf protection rollback

three known breeding pairs remaining. In June, the Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a new rule that would restrict the protected red wolf population to one national wildlife refuge and a bombing range in eastern North Carolina, repealing any restrictions on killing red wolves wandering outside that area.

“Support for red wolf protection has been overwhelming,” said Jason Rylander, A federal judge found that the U.S. Fish senior staff attorney for Defenders of and Wildlife Service violated the Wildlife. “But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act and the National Service has Environmental ignored public Protection Act when it A captive red wolf stands support and rolled back protections with her pup. Wildlands Network photo moved forward for the world’s only wild with a proposal population of red wolves. that will doom the U.S. District Court species to extincChief Judge Terrence W. tion. Today’s deciBoyle, in the Eastern sion by the court District of North to protect red Carolina, found that, wolves from being “taken together, these shot and killed actions (of the USFWS) offers a glimmer go beyond the agency’s of hope for discretion and operate to species recovery and new energy to make violate [the USFWS’] mandate to recover this program successful once again.” this species in the wild.” He made permaThe Fish and Wildlife Service’s June pronent a Sept. 29, 2016, order preventing the posal drew 108,124 written comments, with Fish and Wildlife Service from capturing nearly all of them — 99.9 percent — favorand killing red wolves and authorizing priing strong federal protections for the anivate landowners to do the same. mals. That figure comes from an analysis by In September 2016, the USFWS the Wildlands Network, Wolf Conservation announced that red wolves would be Center, Center for Biological Diversity, removed from the majority of the five-counDefenders of Wildlife and Animal Welfare ty area of eastern North Carolina where Institute, all of which have strongly favored they’d been reintroduced. The move foladditional protections. lowed nearly two years of evaluating the feaOf the 2,923 comments submitted by sibility of reintroduction efforts, and a lawNorth Carolinians, 2,898 were in favor of suit in which environmental groups claimed red wolf protections, the analysis said. In the USFWS was not doing enough to prothe current five-county red wolf recovery tect the wolves. Reintroduction was once areas in eastern North Carolina, 75 out of attempted in the Smokies, but failed.

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ers, sportsmen and the rural economy.

“Farmers, ranchers and forest owners across the country depend on Farm Bill conservation programs for the tools they need to protect and improve soil, water and wildlife habitat on working lands, and this failure to pass an on-time Farm Bill means that farmers and ranchers will no longer be able to enroll in the full suite of conservation programs over the coming weeks,” said Aviva Glaser, director of agriculture policy The 2014 Farm Bill expired at midnight at the National Wildlife Federation, in an Sept. 30, and Congress has thus far failed to Oct. 2 press release. reauthorize a new five-year bill, spurring “The Farm Bill plays a critical role in concerns as to the lapse’s potential effect on keeping America’s working lands in workagriculture. ing hands and yields significant economic “Family farmers and ranchers are in the benefits to farms, ranches and communities midst of the worst decline in the farm econacross our nation … Every day we lack a omy in decades, and they want to see action new Farm Bill is another day we stand to from their federal representatives,” said lose another farm or ranch,” added Lori Faeth, government relations director of the Land Trust Alliance.

Impacts extend to sportsmen too, said Brent Rudolf, director of conservation for the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society.

“With nearly Farm Bill provisions affect two-thirds of myriad aspects of agricultural America’s forests businesses. File photo under private ownership, mostly in the hands of families and individuals, the National Farmers Union President Roger Farm Bill is a critical tool for forest conserJohnson in a Sept. 12 press release. “It is vation that benefits big game and upland critical right now for family farm agriculbirds,” Rudolph said. ture to have the support of Congress and The House and Senate both passed verthe administration. And that support can sions of the bill in June, but they are still in come through immediate passage of the the process of agreeing on a uniform bill farm bill and movement on a long-term, that can be approved by both houses. legislative solution that protects family Currently, Republicans hold both the House farmers from the significant damage occurand the Senate, but when new officials are ring to our trade markets.” sworn in following the 2018 elections, the The farm bill is the federal government’s House will flip to a Democratic majority. primary tool for agriculture and food poliRepublicans are hoping to get a new bill cy, containing a wide range of economic passed during the lame duck session. and conservation regulations, ranging from Track the bill at nutritional quality in school lunches to www.congress.gov/bill/115thinternational trade of farm products. The congress/house-bill/2. lapse could create uncertainty for landown-

Veterans get tree discount The N.C. Forest Service is offering a 20 percent discount on tree seedling orders to active and retired military personnel during the month of November.

The discount applies to the first $500 of all new orders. Proof of service is required to qualify.

Order at www.buynctrees.com or call 1.888.NCTREES.

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The N.C. State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honors Program is seeking engaging people, researchers, public servants, educators, entrepreneurs and alumni in agricultural and life science careers to deliver seminars about their career paths.

The program aims to have a speaker from every county in North Carolina. It is looking for people with interesting stories to tell who are engaging, inspiring and energized to interact and network with students.

Contact Vicki Martin, vjmartin@ncsu.edu or 919.515.2614.

WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • The ninth annual Handmade Holiday Sale is scheduled for noon-7 p.m. on Nov. 15, in the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee.

Featuring high-quality, handmade gifts created by students, staff and alumni. Arts.wcu.edu/handmade.

• The N.C. Department of Transportation invites the public to a Nov. 15 meeting to discuss the proposal to replace a 67-year-old bridge on N.C. 116 over Savannah Creek in Jackson County. Meeting is from 4-7 p.m. at Woodland Church of Christ in Sylva. Info: 488.0902, jadockery@ncdot.gov, 919.773.8887, ext. 108, or tregister@tgsengineers.com or bdmosteller@ncdot.gov.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Haywood Community College’s Workforce Continuing Education Department is offering a wide variety of courses. For a complete listing: www.haywood.edu. Info: 627.4669 or rgmassie@haywood.edu.

• Haywood Community College will host American Bladesmith Society workshops on Dec. 7-8 (leather sheath) and Dec. 7-9 (friction folder). The tomahawk and friction folder classes cost $252; the sheath class is $190. Info: creativearts.haywood.edu or 565.4240.

• Marcus Harvey, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Asheville, will visit Western Carolina University to speak as part of the Jerry Jackson Lecture in the Humanities series.

Harvey will present “The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat,” a lecture about Malidoma Somé and the future of Africana religious studies, at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in Room 214 of the McKee Building. 227.3852 or amckenzie@wcu.edu.

• Registration is underway for a ServSafe Food Certification Course that will be offered from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Nov. 19-20 at the Jackson County Department on Aging in Sylva. Designed for food service managers and supervisory staff. $125 per person. Register or get more info: 587.8250 or http://health.jacksonnc.org/servsafe.

• Western Carolina University’s Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment will offer a workshop on securing event sponsorships from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at WCU Biltmore Park in Asheville. Registration fee: $119 (includes lunch). For info or to register: 227.7397 or pdp.wcu.edu.

• Registration is underway for a luncheon entitled “How to Grow Your Business with Email Marketing,” which will be offered through Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce.

Speaker is Aaron Means. Registration required: www.southwesterncc.edu/sbc or 339.4211.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • Jackson County Public Schools is holding a “Stuff the Bus Challenge” on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16-17 at Ingles in Sylva with the goal of gathering as many hygiene items, individual pre-packaged snacks and gently used clothing and shoes as possible from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday. The system has 44 homeless students, and 48.63 percent of all JCPS students receive free or reduced lunch. 586.2311, ext. 1922 or ataylor@jcpsmail.org.

• Tickets are on sale now for Haywood Community College’s “Brook and Beast Feast,” which is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, at the Haywood County Fairgrounds in Waynesville. Fundraiser for HCC’s Fish and Wildlife Management Technology students. $10 in

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted. advance; $15 at the door. 627.4560 or srabby@haywood.edu.

• Tickets are on sale now for the third-annual Big T Bash, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Waynesville Country Club. $50. Proceeds support Tuscola High School athletics. 926.1022.

• Donations of winter clothing and fleeces are being accepted through Nov. 30 at Mast Store in Waynesville.

Donations will go to students in the Haywood County School System; teachers will distribute to students in need.

• Tickets are on sale now for the Literary Council of Buncombe County’s 11th annual Authors for Literacy Dinner & Silent Auction, which features a keynote from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 29 at the Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center in Asheville. $95 for general admission. Limited number of VIP passes available, including a meet-and-greet with the author. 254.3442, ext. 206 or www.litcouncil.com.

• Annual “Holiday Shopping Auction” benefiting Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society is scheduled for Dec. 6. This is an evening of live music by Jesse & Friends, fun and frivolity and an opportunity to do your holiday shopping by purchasing unique gifts via a silent auction. The “auction-party” is open to everyone and there is no charge to attend. Auction Items are needed for the auction, which include handmade crafts, artwork, subscriptions, sports equipment, tickets to area attractions, gift cards, gift baskets, and much more. Items may be dropped off at the Society Library (200 Main Street, Bryson City) between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday. Items will be accepted through noon Dec. 5. 488.2932.

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• A four-part series on creating a Wellness Lifestyle Enhanced with Essential Oils will begin on Thursday, Nov. 29 10:30 a.m. and continue for the next three consecutive Thursdays. This class will dive deeper into the use of essential oils for your wellness. Topics of discussion will be eating right, exercising, rest & managing stress, reducing toxin load, informed self-care, and proactive medical care. Participates are encouraged to attend all sessions but are not required. Free • The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donors due to an emergency shortage. To schedule an appointment or donate, use the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 800.RED.CROSS (800.733.2767).

• The Jackson County Senior Center will offer a Caregiver Education Class at 10 a.m. on the third Monday of every month in the Board Room of the Department of Aging in Sylva. 586.5494.

• The Haywood County Dementia Caregivers' Support Group has change the location of its meetings. The group will meet at the Haywood Senior Resource Center (81 Elmwood Way, Waynesville). The meetings are scheduled from 4:30 PM until 6:00 PM on the fourth Tuesday. 926.0018.

• Community First Aid and CPR classes are offered from 6-10 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at Haywood Community College in Clyde. Info: 564.5133 or HCC-CPRraining@haywood.edu.

• A support group for persons with Multiple Sclerosis as well as family, friends and caregivers meets at 6:45 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month in the conference room of the Jackson county Public Library in Sylva.

293.2503.

• Nutrition counseling and diabetes education are offered through Macon County Public Health in Franklin.

349.2455.

• Western Carolina University’s student-run, Mountain Area Pro Bono Physical Therapy Clinic will be open from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays of each month. 227.3527.

• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host Volunteer Orientation for working at Sarge’s at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeandfriends.org.

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) holds a support group for family, friends, and those dealing with mental illness on the 1st Thursday of each month in the 2nd floor classroom at Haywood Regional Medical Center at 6:30 p.m.

• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host “Foster Orientation” for fostering animals at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeandfriends.org.

• HIV and syphilis testing will is offered during normal business hours at Jackson County Health Department.

• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host volunteer orientation for working at Sarge’s Adoption Center on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeandfriends.org.

HEALTH MATTERS • The Haywood County Senior Resource Center holds a dementia caregivers support group from 4:30-6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday each month in Waynesville.

356.2800 or www.haywoodseniors.org.

• “Caregiving through the holidays” will be offered by the Alzheimer’s Association from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Waynesville Library Auditorium.

• Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) meets at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Friendship House on Academy Street, behind and adjoining the First United Methodist Church of Waynesville. Group of persons desiring healthy and fulfilling relationships. 775.2782 or www.coda.org.

• Tai Chi for Health class is set for 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room. Tai Chi and Qi Gong are ancient Chinese mind/body exercises. 321.759.3141 or leaswain@yahoo.com.

• A support group for anyone with MS, family & friends meets monthly at 6:45 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the conference room of Jackson Co. Library in Sylva. No Fee, sponsored by National MS Society. Local contact: Gordon Gaebel 828-293-2503.

• “Laughing Balsam Sangha,” a meeting for Mindfullness in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, meets will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays at 318 Skyland Drive in Sylva. Included are sitting and walking meditation, and Dharma discussion. Free admission.

335.8210, and “Like” them on Facebook.

• A “Walk With A Doc” program is scheduled for 10 a.m. each Saturday at the Lake Junaluska Kern Center or Canton Rec Park.

MyHaywoodRegional.com/WalkwithaDoc. • Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACA) meets at noon on Saturdays at the First United Methodist Church Outreach Center at 171 Main St. in Franklin. 407.758.6433 or adultchildren.org.

• The Haywood County Health & Human Services Public Health Services Division is offering a Night Clinic from 4-6:30 p.m. on the third Monday of every month in Waynesville. Services include family planning, immunizations, pregnancy testing, STD testing and treatment. Appointments: 452.6675.

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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 • The Jackson County Department of Public Health will offer a general clinic from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 587.8225.

• A Food Addicts Anonymous Twelve-Step fellowship group meets at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays at Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville. www.foodaddictsanonymous.org.

• Big Brother/Big Sister, a one-evening preparation class for children who are about to greet a new baby into their family, is offered for children ages 3-10 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. 452.8440 or MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses.

• Mothers Connection, an ongoing social gathering for mothers and their babies, meets from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Thursdays excluding holidays at Haywood Regional Medical Center. 452.8440 or MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses.

• A support group meeting for those with Parkinsons Disease and their caregivers will be held at 2 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• Dogwood Insight Center presents health talks at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

• Free childbirth and breastfeeding classes are available at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva. Classes are offered bimonthly on an ongoing basis. Register or get more info: 586.7907.

• Angel Medical Center’s diabetes support group meets at 4 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month in the AMC dining room. 369.4166.

• A free weekly grief support group is open to the public from 12:30-2 p.m. on Thursdays at SECU Hospice House in Franklin. Hosted by Four Seasons Compassion for Life Bereavement Team. 692.6178 or mlee@fourseasonscfl.org.

• A monthly grief processing support group will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Homestead Hospice and Palliative Care in Clyde.

452.5039.

• A free, weekly grief support group will meet from 12:30-2 p.m. on Thursdays at the SECU Hospice House in Franklin. 692.6178 or mlee@fourseasonscfl.org.

• “ECA on the Move!” – a walking program organized

by Jackson County Extension and Community Association – meets from 9-10 a.m. on Mondays through Thursdays. It’s an effort to meet the American Heart Association’s recommendation of 10,000 steps per day. 586.4009.

• A Tuesday Meditation Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin.

RECREATION AND FITNESS • Waynesville Yoga Center will present “Fats: The Good, the Bad, and the Healthy” from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, in Waynesville. $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

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• “Walk This Way” – a fitness program for safely exercising during the fall and winter – will be offered from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Mondays, Nov. 19, Dec. 3, Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, at the Waynesville Library.

• Waynesville Yoga Center will present “PostThanksgiving Buti Turkey Burn” from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Friday, Nov. 23, in Waynesville. $14. Register: 246.6570 or WaynesvilleYogaCenter.com.

• A CommUnity Square Dance is set for 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Old Rock School in Webster.

Caller Phil Jamison will teach call all dances to live music by Cullowheezer. No partner required.

Pammanottus@gmail.com.

• “Lets Get Movin’ at the Library” – yoga with local instructor Karen McGovern – is scheduled for 2-3 p.m. on four consecutive Mondays, Nov. 26-Dec. 17, at the Waynesville Library. Register: 356.2507 or Kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov

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• A wide variety of yoga classes are offered daily through the Waynesville Yoga Center. For updated, current listings, visit: http://waynesvilleyogacenter.com/class-schedule.

• Pickleball, a cross between tennis, badminton and ping-pong, will be offered from 9 a.m.-noon on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Old Hazelwood Gym in Waynesville. $3 per visit, or $20 for a 10-visit card.

452.6789 or iansmith@haywoodcountync.gov.

• Yoga classes designed specifically for those who have experienced trauma are being offered at the Fitness Connection in Waynesville. www.sonshineyoga.com.

• Tai chi is offered from 10:45-11:45 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center. It’s also offered from 1-2 p.m. on Thursdays. Taught by Bill Muerdter. For info about the classes or HRHFC memberships and offerings, call 452.8080 or visit MyHaywoodRegional.com/Fitness.

• ZUMBA! Class with Monica Green, are offered from 6-7 p.m. on Monday & Wednesday, at the Canton Armory. $5 per class. 648.2363 or parks@cantonnc.com.

• Ultimate Frisbee games are held from 5:30-8 p.m. on Mondays at the Cullowhee Recreation Park. Organized

by Jackson County Parks & Recreation. Pick-up style.

293.2053 or www.rec.jacksonnc.org.

• There will be several ballroom and Latin dance classes offered on Sundays and Mondays at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Classes for beginners, intermediate and all levels. $10 per class. For more information, click on www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• The Wednesday Croquet Group meets from 10 a.m.noon at the Vance Street Park across from the shelter.

For senior players ages 55 or older. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Flow + Center Yoga is offered from 9-9:55 a.m. on Wednesdays at Maggie Valley Wellness Center.

944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com.

• Gentle Vin Yin Yoga is offered from 9-9:55 a.m. on Fridays through November at Maggie Valley Wellness Center. 944.0288 or maggievalleywellness.com.

• Pickleball is offered from 9 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at the Old Armory in Waynesville. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Safekids USA/Blue Dragon Taekwondo School is offering self-defense classes from 9-10 a.m. on Saturdays. $5 per class. For females 14-older. Classes are at 93 Jones Cove Road in Clyde.

• Karaoke is happening at 8 p.m. on Saturdays at Harmon’s Den Bistro at HART Theatre in Waynesville.

• The Maggie Valley Wellness Center is offering two yoga classes from 9-9:55 a.m. on Wednesdays through March: Gentle Flow with Candra and Gentle Vin Yin

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• Line dance lessons will be offered from 7-8 p.m. every other Tuesday in Waynesville. $10 per class.

Modern/traditional line dancing. 734.0873 or kimcampbellross@gmail.com.

• The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department is now offering pickleball on four indoor courts from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Equipment provided; free for members or daily admission for nonmembers.

456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Line Dance Lessons will be held on Tuesdays in Waynesville. Times are 7 to 8 p.m. every other Tuesday.

Cost is $10 per class and will feature modern/traditional line dancing. 734.0873 or kimcampbellross@gmail.com for more information.

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• Pickleball is from 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday nights at First Methodist Church in Sylva. $1 each time you play; equipment provided. 293.3053.

• Cardio Lunch class will meet from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For ages 16 and above. Cost is regular admission fee to the rec center or free for members.

456.2030 or tplowman@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Flexible Fitness class will meet from 4:30-5:15 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For ages 16 and above. Cost is regular admission fee to the rec center or free for members. 456.2030 or tplowman@waynesvillenc.gov.

• Pump It Up class will meet from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For ages 16 and above. Cost is regular admission fee to the rec center or free for members. 456.2030 or tplowman@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Canton Armory is open to the public for walking from 7:45-9 a.m. on Monday through Friday unless the facility is booked till spring. 648.2363. parks@cantonnc.com.

• Pickle ball is offered from 8 a.m.-noon on Mondays

through Fridays at the Waynesville Recreation Center.

456.2030 or www.waynesvillnc.gov.

SPIRITUAL • Registration is underway for a Self-Directed Retreats that will be offered at Lake Junaluska in the coming months. Spend time walking the trails, meditating in gardens, in private devotions, journaling, reflecting and more. Lake Junaluska will also provide a booklet with optional agendas, resources and ideas for structuring your retreat. $97 per person, per night, including lodging in Lambuth Inn, breakfast and retreat booklet.

Nov. 19-21. www.lakejunaluska.com/retreats.

• Registration is underway for Personal Spiritual Retreat that will be offered at Lake Junaluska Nov. 5-7.

Experienced spiritual directors and clergy guide you through a group centering session, evening prayer service and an individual spiritual direction session, while leaving you ample time for personal reflection and renewal. $297 for two nights lodging in Lambuth Inn, program and retreat booklet. www.lakejunaluska.com/retreats.

POLITICAL • The Jackson Branch of the N.C. NAACP announces the election of officers at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17 at Liberty Baptist Church on Scotts Creek Road in Sylva.

• The Jackson County Democratic Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at party headquarters, 500 Mill St. in Sylva.

• Down Home Haywood holds its monthly community meetings at 2:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month at Canton Presbyterian Church. Tackling issues like healthcare, wages, housing and more. chelsea@downhomenc.org.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • Michael Havelin will present his latest in the Ben Bones mystery series at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. To reserve copies of any of the books in the Ben Bones series, please call City Lights Bookstore at 586.9499.

• The North Carolina Writers' Network-West will sponsor The Literary Hour on the third Thursday of the month unless otherwise indicated at the Keith House on the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown. This reading is free of charge and open to the public.

• Canton Book Club meets at 3:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, at the Canton Library.

648.2924.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES • “Medicare 101” – an informative session with John Chicoine from the Senior Resource Center - will be offered at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the

Waynesville Library Auditorium. Registration is required: 356.2507 or Kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

• The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department has set a time for senior citizens (55-older) to play tennis from 9 a.m.-noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through Oct. 28 at the Donnie Pankiw Tennis Center in Waynesville. For players intermediate or higher skill level. $1 per day. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Waynesville Recreation Center will offer additional courts for pickleball for seniors from 7 a.m.-noon on Mondays through Fridays. For ages 60-up. Free for members; $3 for nonmembers. 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• The Mexican Train Dominoes Group seeks new players to join games at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• Book Club is held at 2 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800 • Senior croquet for ages 55 and older is offered from 9-11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Vance Street Park in front of Waynesville Recreation Center.

Free. For info, contact Donald Hummel at 456.2030 or dhummel@waynesvillenc.gov.

• A Hand & Foot card game is held at 1 p.m. on Thursdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• Senior Sale Day is on the third Friday of every month at the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. Patrons 60 and older get 20 percent off all purchases. Proceeds benefit the Sylva Library.

• Pinochle game is played at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• Mah Jongg is played at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville.

356.2800.

• A Canasta card game is set for 1 p.m. on Mondays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

• A Parkinson’s Support Group is held at 2 p.m. on the last Wednesdays of each month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

KIDS & FAMILIES •A Lego club will meet at 4 p.m. every fourth Thursday of the month, at Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.

Library provides Legos and Duplos for ages 3 and up.

Free. 488.3030.

• Nature Nuts: Turkeys will be offered to ages 4-7 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

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• Eco Explorers: Elk will be offered to ages 8-13 from 1-3 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• “Eco Explorers: Elk” will be offered to ages 8-13 from 1-3 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• The “Polar Express” will depart on select times from Nov. 9 through Dec. 31 from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot. www.gsmr.com.

• Registration is underway for Lake Junaluska’s Winter Youth Retreats, which are held from December through February in Haywood County for middle school and high school youth groups. Two-night events start at $186 per person; three-night events start at $249 per person. To register or view schedule, including speakers, band and entertainers: www.lakejunaluska.com/winteryouth. Register: 800.222.4930.

KIDS FILMS • “Incredibles 2”, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free.

586.3555.

• “The Grinch” is showing at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. on Nov. 15, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. on Nov. 14, Nov. 16- 18 & Nov. 21 at The Strand On Main. See www.38main.com for tickets.

• “Disney Christopher Robin”, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva.

Free. 586.3555.

• A family movie will be shown at 10:30 a.m. every Friday at Hudson Library in Highlands.

A&E FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

• Tickets are on sale now for an “Art of Music” festival, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville.

Featuring Americana songwriters Milan Miller, John Wiggins, Mark Bumgarner, Aaron Bibelhauser and Balsam Range’s Buddy Melton and Darren Nicholson.

Tickets: $30, available at Folkmoot.org or 452.2997.

HOLIDAYS • Winter Lights opens on Friday, Nov. 16, at the N.C. Arboretum. Nightly from 6-10 p.m. through Dec. 31.

Tickets: $18 for 12-up, $12 for ages 5-11 and free for ages 4-under. $15 for groups of 20 or more. Purchase tickets at www.ncwinterlights.com.

• Franklin’s Annual Christmas Parade is scheduled for

• “Christmas on the Green” – featuring a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus – is scheduled for 2-5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23, at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers. Holiday music and tree lighting celebration at 5 p.m. Info: info@VillageGreenCashiersNC.com, VillageGreenCashiersNC.com or 743.3434.

• The Town of Sylva’s official tree lighting is set for 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, on the steps of the Jackson County Public Library. Concert of holiday music will be performed by Western Carolina University’s choral group and Geoff McBride.

• The Town of Sylva’s winter market and photos with Santa will be held from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. Market is in the parking lot at Main/Landis Streets. Santa will be at downtown breweries and clubs starting at 9 p.m.

• Sylva Christmas Parade is at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, on Main Street. Theme is “Christmas Around the World.”

FOOD & DRINK • Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host five for $5 Wine Tasting from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 15/22. Come taste five magnificent wines and dine on Chef Stacy's gourmet cuisine. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville will host Secret Wine Bar Night from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov. 16/23. Gourmet food, and a great wine & beer menu. 452.0120 or www.waynesvillewine.com.

• Hiker Happy Hour is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at Currahee Brewing Company in Franklin. Opportunity for outdoorsy types to connect over brews. Hosted by Nantahala Hiking Club.

• There will be a “Chili Contest” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Waynesville Public Library. Enter your favorite chili and win prizes. Each entrant may bring one guest and come hungry, there will be lots of chili to try. For all the details email or call Kathy. Registration is required. 356.2507 or kathleen.olsen@haywoodcountync.gov.

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

Nov. 17 and 24 at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. www.papouswineshop.com or 631.3075.

• “Brown Bag at the Depot” – an opportunity to gather with neighbors – is at noon every Friday at Sylva’s newest park at the corner of Spring and Mill Street along Railroad Ave. For info, contact Paige Dowling at townmanager@townofsylva.org.

• Graceann’s Amazing Breakfast is 8-10 a.m. every Tuesday in the Sapphire Room at the Sapphire Valley Community Center. $8.50 for adults; $5 for children.

Includes coffee and orange juice. 743.7663.

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• Free cooking demonstrations will be held from 5-7 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.

• A game day will occur from 2-9 p.m. every third Saturday of the month at Papou’s Wine Shop & Bar in Sylva. Bring dice, cards or board games.

586.6300.

• A wine tasting will be held from 2-5 p.m. on Saturdays at Papou’s Wine Shop in Sylva. $5 per per-

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• The “Art After Dark” in downtown Waynesville is hosted on the first Friday of the month (MayDecember), Main Street transforms into an evening of art, music, finger foods, beverages and shopping as artisan studios and galleries keep their doors open later for local residents and visitors. www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.

• Creekwood Farm RV Park will host “Light Up The Farm” for its Winterfest festivities at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23, at 4696 Jonathan Creek Road in Waynesville. Details: 926.7977.

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• The Highlands Biological Foundation will offer a series of nature-themed films and documentaries shown at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of March in Highlands. For info on each show, call 526.2221.

• Lake Junaluska will host a Thanksgiving Lunch Buffet from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Nov. 22. $29.95 for adults; $13 for ages 4-11; free for ages 3-under.

Reservations required: 454.6662. Info: communications@lakejunaluska.com or https://tinyurl.com/yawjnvmz.

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• “Nature Nuts: Turkeys” will be offered to ages 4-7 from 9-11 a.m. on Nov. 16 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25, and registration is underway with a deadline of Nov. 21. Theme is “The Joy of Christmas.” $25 entry fee. 524.3161.

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son. www.papouswineshop.com or 586.6300.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Saturdays at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com or 452.0120.

• A wine tasting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. Free with dinner ($15 minimum). 452.6000.

ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • The Western Carolina University Wind Ensemble will perform a concert entirely of Russian compositions at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center. 227.7242.

• Legendary country act The Bellamy Brothers will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

• Kids at HART will present their production of “Elf the Musical JR.” on Nov. 17 and 18 at HART Theatre in Waynesville. Tickets: $13 for adults, $7 for children.

456.6322 or www.harttheater.org.

• Asheville-based Americana/rock act Gold Rose will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in Waynesville. www.facebook.com/goldrosetheband.

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• Jazz/swing act The Russ Wilson Duo will perform at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at The Classic Wineseller in Waynesville. There will be a $10 cover per person.

452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

provided. RSVP by contacting Robin Arramae at 400.9560 or paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

• Joyce Lantz, will teach a workshop on making paper Christmas stars that are perfect for hanging on the tree at Dogwood Crafters in Masonic Lodge in Dillsboro on Nov 29 at 10 a.m. Cost is $5. Register by Nov. 21 to attend. 586.2248.

• Learn how to make “Leather Leaves” from 12:30-3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office in Sylva. Led by Lawrie Williams. Cost: $15. Reservations required: 586.4009.

• Make your own glass ornament for the holidays in a class offered on Nov. 16 or Nov. 30 at Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. Cost: $30. Ages 13-18 may participate with a parent present. Choose a 30minute time slot between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Register: 631.0271. or www.jcgep.org.

• Registration is underway for a Batik Class led by local artist Barbara Brook from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery & Gifts in Waynesville. Transform a photo of a water lily into a batik painting using watercolors and wax. Cost: $60 for HCAC members; $65 nonmembers. Info or to reserve a space: 452.0593, info@haywoodarts.org or HaywoodArts.org.

• Songwriters in the Round will return to the Macon County Public Library at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, in Franklin. Featuring Brian Sanders, Gary Allen, Scott Crowley, Robert Shook and Dave Stewart.

• The Highlands Performing Arts Center will present live via satellite the Theatre of London’s production of “King Lear” by William Shakespeare at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, in Highlands. Tickets: highlandspac.org or 526.9047.

• The next Creating Community Workshop will feature broom making at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

The class is limited to eight people. For further information and to sign up for the class, call the library at 586.2016. (www.fontanalib.org).

• The Western Carolina Community Chorus will present a fall concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Bardo Performing Arts Theatre on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Tickets for the program are $10 for Adults, $5 for students, with a limit of $20 per family. They are available only at the door, cash or check. 506.5951.

• Registration is underway for a Master Gardener Wreath-Making Event, which is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Cooperative Extension Office in Waynesville. Sessions are from 9:30 a.m.-noon and from 1-3:30 p.m. $20 for one 16-inch wreath. mgarticles@charter.net or 456.3575.

• Tickets are on sale now for “Appalachian Christmas,” a weekend of music, meals and artistry from Dec. 7-8 at Lake Junaluska. Handel’s “Messiah” is Dec. 7, and the Appalachian Craft Show – and a performance by Lake Junaluska Singers – will be held on Dec. 8. www.lakejunaluska.com/specials_packages/holiday_packages/christmas, 800.222.4930 or communications@lakejunaluska.com.

• Tickets are on sale now for Bolshoi Ballet’s performance of “Don Quixote,” which will be screened as part of the Bardo Arts Center’s Sunday Cinema Series at 3 p.m. on Dec. 9 in Cullowhee. $15 for adults; $10 for WCU faculty/staff and seniors and $5 for students.

Arts.wcu.cinema or 828.227.ARTS. • Haywood Arts Regional Theatre is opened up its bistro Harmons’ Den for karaoke performance on Saturday nights. It is also open mic night. On nights when there’s a theater performance in the Fangmeyer Theater, karaoke begins after the show is over. www.harttheatre.org.

• Guadalupe Café (Sylva) will host Folks’ Songs (world/fusion) from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays.

• Open Mic Night is from 7-9 p.m. on Saturdays at The Strand on 38 Main in Waynesville. 283.0079 or www.38main.com.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS • The Haywood County Public Library is offering online lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units, through Universal Class. Free for library cardholders. www.haywoodlibrary.org or 452.5169.

• A “Beginner Step-By-Step” painting class will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays (Nov. 15, 29) at Frog Level 50 Brewing in Waynesville. Cost is $25 with all supplies

• A comedy improvisation class will be offered from 79 p.m. on Tuesdays in Haywood County. Led by improv teacher Wayne Porter, who studied at Sak Comedy Lab in Orlando and performed improv with several groups.

To RSVP and get directions, call 316.8761.

• Western North Carolina Woodturners Club will meet at 10 a.m. on the second Saturday every month at the Bascom in Highlands.

• An indoor flea market will take place every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday in March at Friends Of The Greenway Quarters at 573 East Main St. in Franklin. Registration fee will go to FROG. • The Old Armory will host an indoor flea market from 7 a.m.-2 p.m. on every third Saturday. Booths are $10 each for selling items. 456.9207.

ART SHOWINGS AND GALLERIES • The Arts & Crafts Drive-about – a self-guided tour of eight studios and galleries in Graham and Swain Counties – is scheduled for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23-24. For maps and info: StecoahValleyCenter.com/tour.

• The eclectic art work of Isabella R. Jacovino will be featured in a show in the Backstreet Gallery Room of Gallery 1 at 604 West Main Street in Sylva. The exhibit will remain available for viewing and sale though Dec. 7. As a visual artist working with recycled materials, Isabella explores combining the aesthetics of steampunk, dieselpunk, street art, and interpretations on retro-futurism. Admission is free. art@galley1sylva.com.

• A new art display featuring the work of Justin Moe will be presented throughout the month of November in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room in Franklin.

• Sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Council, the November Rotunda Gallery exhibit will feature artist Barbara Ray Sitton at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. info@jacksoncountyarts.org or by calling 507.9820.

• The Waynesville Parks and Recreation Department and the Waynesville Golf Resort and Spa will offer the Annual Blind Hog Thanksgiving Throwdown on Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. tpetrea@waynesvillenc.gov or 456.2030.

• The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at the Bardo Arts Center is pleased to announce the opening of its newest exhibition “Glass Catalyst: Littleton’s Legacy in Contemporary Sculpture,” which will run through Dec. 7. Littleton’s work and other glass artist will be on display. A key work in the exhibition will be a new acquisition to the Museum's collection: a glass sculpture by Harvey Littleton entitled “Terracotta Arc.” Regular museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and Thursdays until 7 p.m. 227.ARTS or bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host a Cat-Handling Class at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeandfriends.org.

• The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will have a yearlong exhibition on “Defining America” through May 3 in Cullowhee. Info: 227.ARTS or bardoartscenter.wcu.edu.

• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host a dog handling class at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. Taught by animal behavior coordinator Caitlin Morrow. www.sargeandfriends.org.

• The Haywood County Arts Council is accepting applications for the “It’s a Small, Small Work” exhibit scheduled for November and December. Applications: director@haywoodarts.org or www.haywoodarts.org.

• The Franklin Uptown Gallery has opened for the 2018 Season. The artist exchange exhibit will feature artwork created by members of the Valley River Arts Guide from Murphy. 349.4607.

• New artist and medium will be featured every month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

FILM & SCREEN • “Puzzle”, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. Free. 586.3555.

• Free movies are shown every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. See website for listings and times at madbatterfoodandfilm.com.

• Registration is underway for “Ecology of Chimney Rock” – a moderate hike scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 24, at Chimney Rock State Park. $23 adults; $8 for annual passholder; $13 youth (ages 5-15) and $6 per Rockin’ Discovery Passholder. Led by local naturalist Clint Calhoun. Advance registration required: chimneyrockpark.com.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • The Turkey Strut 5K Walk/Run is set for noon on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Kituwah Farm near Bryson City.

Hosted by Cherokee Choices. Registration is $20 and $5 for 12-under and 59-up. Day-of registration is from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

• The Sylva Rotary Club Turkey Trot is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. Starts at the WCU fountain at the center of campus. $30 preregistration or $35 on day of. www.sylvarotaryclub.org/turkey-trot-5k.php.

• “Gobble on the Green” – a 5K run/walk turkey trot – is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 22, at the Village Green Commons in Cashiers. Registration: $30.

One-mile fun run (free) for ages 5-10 at 9:30 a.m.

Advance registration required: RunSignUp.com/GobbleOnthe Green.

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• Haywood County Animal Shelter and Sarge’s will host “Dog Body Language,” at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the shelter, 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde. www.sargeandfriends.org.

• Fish fans are invited to help the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and Trout Unlimited Cataloochee chapter stock the West Fork of the Pigeon River at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 16. Meet at a parking lot just past Lake Logan and before Sunburst Campground off N.C. 215.

Tucataloochee427@gmail.com.

• Outdoor Cooking will be offered to all ages from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• The Highlands Plateau Greenway will conduct its monthly work day from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Nov. 17, on the Greenway trail. If interested in participating: highlandsgreenway@nctv.com or 342.8980.

• The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education is offering an Outdoor Cooking program from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education in Brevard.

Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/yb28fpz8.

• Carolina Mountain Club will organize a “Remote Overnight Crew” to renovate hard-to-reach trail sections by merging trail maintenance with backpacking.

The first event is Nov. 17-18 on the Appalachian Trail near the Spring Mountain shelter. Preregistration required: www.carolinamtnclub.org/eventform.cfm.

Spring trip to same area is planned for April 27-28.

• The Jackson County Farmers Market operates from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays through Dec. 22 in the Bridge Park parking lot in Sylva. www.jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• Haywood County Extension is accepting applications for the 2019 Master Gardener class with training sessions scheduled for Tuesdays mornings from January through April. 456.3575 or mgarticles@charter.net.

HIKING CLUBS • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate 5.5mile hike with an elevation change of 600 feet on Saturday, Nov. 17, along the Nantahala River.

Reservations and info: 524.5298.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate fourmile hike with an elevation change of 900 feet on Sunday, Nov. 18, from Wayah Crest on the Appalachian Trail to Siler Bald.

• Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate five-mile hike with an elevation change of 400 feet on Saturday, Dec. 1, from Jones Gap to White Rock Mountain off the Bartram Trail. Reservations and info: 524.5298.

• Nantahala Hiking Club holds monthly trail maintenance days from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on every fourth Saturday at 173 Carl Slagle Road in Franklin. Info and to register: 369.1983.

• Hike of the Week is at 10 a.m. every Friday at varying locations along the parkway. Led by National Park Service rangers. www.nps.gov/blri or 298.5330, ext. 304.

• Friends of the Smokies hikes are offered on the second Tuesday of each month. www.friendsofthesmokies.org/hikes.html.

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MarketPlace information: The Smoky Mountain News Marketplace has a distribution of 16,000 every week to over 500 locations across in Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties along with the Qualla Boundary and west Buncombe County. For a link to our MarketPlace Web site, which also contains a link to all of our MarketPlace display advertisers’ Web sites, visit www.smokymountainnews.com.

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■ Free — Lost or found pet ads.

■ $5 — Residential yard sale ads, ■ $5 — Non-business items that sell for less than $150.

■ $15 — Classified ads that are 50 words or less; each additional line is $2.

If your ad is 10 words or less, it will be displayed with a larger type.

■ $3 — Border around ad and $5 — Picture with ad or colored background.

■ $50 — Non-business items, 25 words or less. 3 month or till sold.

■ $375 — Statewide classifieds run in 170 participating newspapers with 1.1+ million circulation. Up to 25 words.

■ All classified ads must be pre-paid.

Classified Advertising: Scott Collier, phone 828.452.4251; fax 828.452.3585 classads@smokymountainnews.com

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Evening gosbeaks to make rare appearance “Seen for the first time amid the snows of winter and against a background of darkling pines these strange and beautiful waifs of the northland seem somehow out of place, as would some rare and singular exotic plant blossoming in ... winter.”

— Dr. Elliot Coues, Birds of North America (1925)

H

George Ellison

ead up bird watchers! According to a recent news release posted online at eBird — an excellent source of information sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology — advised that early “observations are Columnist hinting at the largest movement of Evening Grosbeaks in the Northeast in more than a decade.”

Each year some birds that breed far to the north choose to overwinter here in the southern mountains. Winter residents that come readily to mind are ruby-crowned kinglets, yellow-rumped warblers, purple finches, and fox, white-throated, and swamp sparrows. Hermit thrushes, pine siskins, and red crossbills are often listed as winter resi-

BACK THEN

Evening Grosbeak. National Audubon Society photo

dents, but this is not totally accurate since these species do breed frequently in the southern mountains.

One of the most spectacular of our winter residents is an unreliable visitor. Some years nary an evening grosbeak is to be seen.

(That was Elizabeth’s and my experience in 1998-99.) Other years they seem to be everywhere. Ornithologists designate peak years as “light years” and massive southward movements as “irruptions.” Other bird species that periodically irrupt southward in great numbers include white-winged crossbills and northern goshawks. John C. Kricher describes the phenomenon in A Field Guide to Eastern Forests of North America (1988): “These dramatic mass movements ... are unusual both because they involve large numbers of birds and because, unlike migration, they are not generally predictable .... There is no local indication that an irruption will occur.... The appearance of irruptive species is called a ‘flight year’ ... thought to be caused by periodic unpredictable food shortages in the breeding ranges of these species. Seed-eating species may irrupt in years following the cessation of masting. Many young are produced when seeds abound during masting, producing an over population. When

the seed crops drop precipitously, seed-dependent species ... are forced southward. Not all individuals of the irruptive species leave the nesting areas, however. Irruptive flocks tend to be comprised predominantly of young birds. Of adults,

females seem to outnumber males, although data are not well established on this point.”

(George Ellison is a naturalist and writer.

He can be reached at info@georgeellison.com.)

November 14-20, 2018 Smoky Mountain News 55

November 14-20, 2018 Smoky Mountain News 56

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