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Waynesville to create zoning for gambling parlors Page 14 Whitewater hall of famer reflects on life in the water Page 34

CONTENTS On the Cover: It’s been a month since Mission Health’s contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina expired, leaving thousands of insured patients to pay out-ofnetwork costs to see a Mission provider. The Smoky Mountain News followed up with Mission and other health care providers in the region to see how that decision has impacted business. (Page 6)

News Tribal members oppose alcohol expansion ................................................................3 Economic development director to retire ....................................................................4 Walker will be missed, but life goes on in Clyde ......................................................5 New Franklin hospital could move out to highway ....................................................8 Franklin board shoots down festival idea ....................................................................9 FBI probe extends beyond marriage fraud ..............................................................10 Dorm renaming recognizes Cullowhee’s Cherokee history ................................11 Transformation continues at Lake Junaluska ............................................................12 Mobile home standards to be updated in Waynesville ........................................13 Waynesville ‘nudged’ toward gambling zoning ......................................................14 Community Almanac ........................................................................................................17

Opinion Partnering with Asheville can only help Haywood ..................................................18

A&E Futurebirds to rock Highlands Food & Wine Fest ..................................................22

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Tribal members oppose alcohol expansion Public forum draws anti-alcohol sentiment, calls for referendum

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out. So why should a state law have the power to tie the tribe’s hands on this issue?

“We are a sovereign nation, and I would like to see us as a community be given that vote,” said tribal member Lisa Montelongo.

“I don’t care what these guys say, that this law passed, but it didn’t pass within our own community. We are a sovereign nation. We stand on our sovereignty.”

OPPOSITION TO ALCOHOL Not all the comments dealt with the nitty-gritty of legalese and tribal sovereignty.

Many of the speakers instead focused on the effects alcohol had had on their own lives, asking Tribal Council to reconsider before allowing expanded sales on the Qualla Boundary.

“I don’t agree with alcohol being here because I don’t think that it was made for native people. I don’t think we can handle it,” said tribal member Jatanna Feather, noting that people on both sides of her family had struggled with alcoholism. “I also think a lot of our people have adopted into it. But I don’t think it’s safe for the ones who don’t have control.”

“How much are your kidneys worth? How much is your liver worth?” asked Lea Wolfe, of Painttown. “Because that’s what alcohol does to you. It’s a slow death.”

Before the tribe thinks about expanding alcohol availability, some speakers said, it needs to get a better handle on the drug epidemic sweeping the boundary. And if any regulated substance should see its laws loosened, others said, it should be medical marijuana, not alcohol.

“I would really love it to change the referendum to be alcohol versus medical marijuana,” said Sheila Standingdeer, of Big Cove. “I don’t know why we haven’t jumped on that. I say we plant every field full of it.”

Some speakers took issue with the fact that Gross, a non-enrolled attorney from

Raleigh, had been chosen to introduce the issue at the start of the meeting, while the tribal members composing the Cherokee ABC Commission remained seated.

“I struggled when we opened up this meeting and the first thing among all us Cherokee people is we have to have a nonIndian lawyer get up and address us and tell us what’s what,” said Mary Wachacha, of Yellowhill. “I would have had more respect for the alcohol commissioners if they had stood up in solidarity and introduced themselves and gave a brief explanation about why they’re supporting this issue. I think we would have listened to them a lot better than we’re listening to this lawyer.”

There was one pro-alcohol voice among the non-elected and non-appointed people at the meeting, that of Birdtown resident James Bradley, who spoke to the economic benefits that could come from alcohol expansion.

“We’ve got this casino over here, and that’s pretty much all we got. We don’t diversify other than that,” he said. “We need to diversify in some way. I don’t hear any other ideas coming in here except alcohol to diversify our economy.”

Joey Owle, Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, also spoke in favor of alcohol expansion, delivering his comments in his capacity as a private citizen.

“I do find this resolution to be regressive in nature, in that we’re getting our butts kicked by the towns around us, and one of the factors is that they serve alcohol,” he said.

Councilmembers each gave brief statements at the meeting’s conclusion, to a one stating that they would support a referendum. However, the exact wording of the referendum question and consensus on whether a no vote would get rid of Blue Ridge Law permits will be key to the vote’s impact.

Tribal Council will likely discuss this issue, as well as a separate resolution to allow Sunday morning alcohol sales, during its next meeting Thursday, Dec. 7.

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The meeting was called as the result of a resolution that Councilmember Lisa Taylor, of Painttown, submitted asking for a referendum on off-casino alcohol sales with an eye to get rid of the permits issued under the Blue Ridge Law. None of the tribal members or government leaders who spoke Nov. 6 said they would do anything but support a referendum, but there are different views as to what a no vote on that referendum would actually accomplish.

“If it’s voted yes or no, it’s tribal-wide,” Sneed said. “You can’t nullify the Blue Ridge provision with the question that’s being presented in this resolution.”

If Tribal Council were to attempt that, Sneed said, then the state could put a halt to all permits issued on the Qualla Boundary — including the casino, which last year brought in $20 million from alcohol sales.

However, Lisa Taylor, the resolution’s author, maintained that the intent is for a no vote to get rid of all off-casino sales, including those covered under the Blue Ridge Law. “When we had a referendum that said only on casino properties, moving forward in issuing the permits for sale of alcohol off the casino property in my opinion was the wrong move to make,” she said. “These types of discussions and decisions should come from all of us.”

Tribal member Ashley Sessions, who has announced a 2019 run for Birdtown Tribal Council, pointed out that the tribe had been refusing to grant Blue Ridge Law permits for two years after the state law went into effect, with no repercussions.

“I think it’s really important to stick to the resolution the way Representative Taylor submitted it, and I think we should pull those permits back until the referendum is complete,” she said. “If this law passed in 2015, why are we just now issuing the permits in 2017? The answer to that is because Chief Lambert, he told the alcohol commission that they could not because of the alcohol referendum.”

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Enrolled member Amy Walker addresses Tribal Council during a Nov. 6 public forum on alcohol. Holly Kays photo

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER bout 100 people piled into the exhibit hall at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds the evening of Monday, Nov. 6, to tell Tribal Council members what they think about expanding alcohol sales on the Qualla Boundary. The consensus was clear: the tribal members filling the room wanted a referendum, and they wanted to see alcohol sales stay siloed on casino property.

“I know the people established that alcohol could be sold at the casino because they voted for it in a referendum, but what we know as the Blue Ridge Law, the people didn’t establish that,” said tribal member Becky Walker, one of more than 20 tribal members to give public comment that night. “I hear the attorney give this legal summation of how that happened, but my question is who gave them the authority to do that? Why wasn’t there input from the community?”

In 2009, tribal members approved the sale of alcohol at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino through a referendum vote but have soundly defeated any attempts to make alcohol available anywhere off casino property. However, when the tribe decided to set up its own ABC Commission to handle business with the casino, the tribe found itself required to come into compliance with state ABC laws, and in 2011 Tribal Council adopted an ordinance with language mirroring those laws. The state took action on its end in 2015 to bring those laws into effect.

One of those laws allows for certain kinds of alcohol permits to be issued without a referendum. These include special occasion permits, brown-bagging permits and permits for hotels and restaurants located within oneand-a-half miles of a Blue Ridge Parkway onramp — a provision that is known as the Blue Ridge Law. While the legal framework to grant these permits has been in place since 2015, the first such permits were not granted until May of this year. Former Principal Chief Patrick Lambert had refused to allow them on the grounds that the 2009 referendum would not permit alcohol sales off of casino property. Current Principal Chief Richard Sneed feels that state law requires that those permits be issued and allowed them to be granted when he took office following Lambert’s impeachment. So far, permits have been issued to three restaurants — Wize Guyz Grille, Sassy Sunflowers Bakery & Café and Little Princess Restaurant.

“There’s a specific exclusion in state law that allows for geographically constrained areas to have permits issued that are not sub-

ject to election,” said Michael Gross, attorney for the Cherokee ABC Commission.

However, many tribal members didn’t take kindly to seeing off-casino alcohol sales pop up without a new referendum. Alcohol has long been a contentious issue in Cherokee, and even allowing it in the casino wasn’t a given — for the first 12 years of its existence, the casino was dry.

“At the time I was growing up there was a federal law that prohibited alcohol on (tribal) trust lands,” said tribal member Peggy Hill. “Drinking was unacceptable when I was growing up. There are very few I remember who indulged in alcohol, and if they did, they hid.”

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First of all, EDTA (calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) is a really long name for an ingredient! But don’t let that scare you. EDTA is used as a perservative in many food like dried and canned beans, mayo, and cooked canned seafood to preserve flavor and color. Using preservatives also reduces food waste.

The amount of EDTA that can be used by manufacturers is regulated by the FDA. the ingredient is GRAS (Generally recognized as Safe) based on numerous studies on both humans, animals, rats and in vitro (test tubes) where they have administered EDTA in very large doses. The reason it is GRAS is that in humans and animals it is eliminated by the kidneys in feces and urine and even at very high amounts (well in excess to what would be used in food) there have been no health or safety concerns over long periods of time.

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Consider how much and how often you use a product that contains this ingredient. If the answer is rarely or seldom is it really that big of a concern? Look for products that don’t contain this ingredient Write to the brand or manufacturer and ask if they are willing or able to use another preservative. Keep in mind that another preservative may come with its own risks.

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Economic development director Clasby to retire

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EDC Executive Director Mark Clasby guided Haywood County through an evolving economic landscape for 14 years. Cory Vaillancourt photo

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER fter a career spanning more than 14 years as the executive director of Haywood County’s Economic Development Council, Mark Clasby told EDC board members Nov. 2 that this year would be his last.

Clasby, a highly-respected figure in the profession across the state, plans to retire as of Dec. 31.

“He was and still is a great representative for economic development and the mission of the EDC,” said CeCe Hipps, President of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce. “He’s done a great job with that and he’s been a great mentor to me.”

Clasby, 72, is an employee of the chamber, which receives $233,000 annually from the county to handle economic development activities.

During his tenure at the EDC, Clasby racked up an impressive list of economic development victories, including luring Walmart to Hazelwood after brownfield cleanup efforts and attracting tenants to the Beaverdam Industrial Park outside Canton.

Earlier this year, he told The Smoky Mountain News that he was most proud of “Buy Haywood,” a program that helped local agricultural producers crack larger markets.

“It’s really been great. I’ve had the opportunity to be involved with a lot of different projects over the years, the livestock market, Sunburst Farms — it’s been rewarding,” Clasby said. “I didn’t do it by myself and I was just part of a team, but it was a pleasure be a participant. It’s been an honor to serve.”

Perhaps Clasby’s biggest victory was helping to steer local economic development efforts from being purely a county endeavor to coming under the auspices of the chamber, which occurred in 2014 after a chamber task force studied economic development models around the state.

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Economic development agencies across the region continue to move in that direction — consolidating resources to better compete for businesses that would have regional impact.

Just days before Clasby’s announcement, the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Board approved a plan to partner with the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce for some economic development activities.

The details and scope of that agreement are still being worked out, but will essentially

“I’ve had the opportunity to be involved with a lot of different projects over the years, the livestock market, Sunburst Farms — it’s been rewarding.”

— Mark Clasby speaking about the Buy Haywood program

outsource some of the EDC’s development activities to the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, a much larger operation with a seven-employee arm dedicated to economic development alone.

Business retention will continue to be handled locally in both Buncombe and Haywood counties, which likely means a very slight redefinition of duties for Clasby’s successor.

“Yes, finding a replacement for Mark is going to be difficult,” Hipps said, adding that Clasby would help with the transition. “We will meet with the executive committee to determine best way to go about it. That discussion has not been held yet, but we need someone in here as soon as possible.”

Community mourns the loss of Franklin alderman

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“We lost a good man when we lost Billy. Philosophically we were not always that close, but professionally we could understand that and work through it.”

— Joe Collins, Franklin alderman

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER he passing of Clyde Mayor Jerry Walker Oct. 30 has not only left a huge hole in the Clyde community, but also in its government.

Walker had served as mayor of the Town of Clyde for 13 years; prior to that, he served as alderman for 24, and prior to that he served on the town’s planning board for three years.

A lifelong resident of Clyde who worked for 42 years at the Canton paper mill under its various ownerships, Walker — an Air Force veteran, active churchgoer and spouse to wife Joann for 56 years — has an obituary that reads like a the road map of a life well-lived.

“Mr. Jerry Walker was one of the most honorable men I have ever had the pleasure to know,” said friend Robbie Inman, who is also the director of the Haywood County Board of Elections.

Walker’s passing comes almost exactly in the middle of his four-year term as mayor; soon, aldermen will begin to consider who will serve in that position for the next two years.

The town’s next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on Nov. 9, where Town Administrator Joy Garland says alder-

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men may or may not decide to appoint someone to serve out the remainder of Walker’s term, which lasts until late 2020.

“We do have someone serving as acting mayor [Mayor Pro Tem Jim Trantham], but the meeting on Nov. 9 will probably be a

“Mr. Jerry Walker was one of the most honorable men I have ever had the pleasure to know.”

— Robbie Inman

good time to see which direction they plan to go with this,” Garland said.

Inman said that while there’s no real requirement that aldermen appoint someone in a hurry — or at all — he expects it will eventually happen.

“For two years, they can continue under a mayor pro tem, but it is customary and I am confident that they will, after this election is over, they will determine amongst themselves how best to proceed,” he said.

It’s also possible that the town will take no action on the matter Nov. 9 to allow for a more extended period of mourning.

Walker was laid to rest Nov. 3.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ust a couple of weeks ago, Billy Mashburn discussed with The Smoky Mountain News his continued goals and vision for his hometown of Franklin.

He was running for another term as alderman — a post he’s held consecutively since being appointed to fill someone’s unexpired term in 1992. To be re-elected every four years since 1993 is quite an accomplishment, especially in the world of

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small town politics.

Unfortunately, Mashburn, 65, didn’t make it to see another Election Day. He passed away Nov. 1 with his friends and family by his side after a three-year battle with cancer. Despite his extended illness, Mashburn was still dedicated to serving the town and was looking forward to another term in office.

He was very active in assisting the town with water and sewer projects and wanted to see an expansion project at the water treatment plant completed during his next term.

“The paramount reason I’m running again is because I like dealing with the problems of the town. We’re getting ready to start a water plant expansion and with things like that you have to be there for a while to learn the terminology and know what’s going on to be able to help put it together,” Mashburn said in his candidate interview.

Alderman Joe Collins, who grew up with Mashburn and served with him for a number of years on the town board, said a few words about his colleague at Monday night’s board meeting.

“We lost a good man when we lost Billy.

Philosophically we were not always that close, but professionally we could understand that and work through it,” Collins said. “As we all hope to do, he had the town of Franklin in his heart when making decisions.”

Mashburn was a graduate of Franklin High School and Southwestern Community College with degrees in Business Administration and Paralegal Technology.

He began his paralegal career in the 1970s with Jones, Jones and Key in Franklin and later worked at law firms in Highlands and Sylva before retiring from the Law Firm of Russell Bowling in 2014 when his health declined due to his cancer.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, in the Chapel of Macon Funeral Home.

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Mission tightlipped about negotiations with BCBS Other health care systems prepare for patient influx

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR t’s been a month since the contract between Mission Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina expired, leaving thousands of people in Western North Carolina to pay higher out-of-network prices to stay with Mission providers.

Mission Health announced in July it wouldn’t be renewing its contract with BCBS unless the nonprofit health system could get more favorable reimbursement rates from the largest health insurance provider in the state.

Mission CEO Dr. Ron Paulus said he was stuck between a rock Ron Paulus and a hard place after six months of negotiations — Mission would either have to accept a new contract with a reduction in payments for the next three years or just let its contract renew automatically Oct. 5 and accept a zero increase in payments for the next several years.

Mission officials were probably hoping the termination notice would pressure BCBS into further negotiations, but it didn’t work.

The insurance provider, according to Paulus, would not continue negotiations at all after Mission gave notice of terminating its contract. And because of a BCBS “corporate policy,” Paulus said all negotiations and conversations with the insurance provider ceased and would not resume until after the Oct. 5 termination date.

“We will continue to reach out to Blue Cross just has we have for nearly a year now and we’re hopeful conversations can now begin since they forced us out of network,” Paulus said during a video on Mission’s Facebook page on Oct. 5.

Now the Oct. 5 deadline has come and gone. Mission providers are now out-of-network for BCBS insurance carriers and there’s no word on whether the two parties are any closer to reaching a deal. When contacted for an interview on the current situation, Paulus declined The Smoky Mountain News’ request, and emailed questions to Mission’s public relations team also went unanswered.

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clear answer has been provided.

“Mission Health has always been and will always be interested in any deal with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina that enables us to effectively meet the important healthcare needs of the citizens of Western North Carolina. We don’t have any further comment on any negotiations,” said Mission spokesperson Rowena Buffett Timms in an emailed statement. “Should a contract be reached between Mission and BCBSNC, we will announce it immediately. Until then, we will focus exclusively on our patients and people who are trying to figure out which insurance to buy.”

The Smoky Mountain News also requested Mission’s patient census numbers from October 2016 and October 2017 to see if the BCBS decision had impacted patient numbers, but Mission hasn’t provided those numbers either.

Timms did provide a couple of statistics to show how Mission is working to make the transition easier for its patients. She said Mission has helped 3,009 patients apply for Blue Cross continuity of care, which allows patients already receiving special treatments through Mission to remain in-network with

“We will continue to reach out to Blue Cross just has we have for nearly a year now and we’re hopeful conversations can now begin since they forced us out of network.”

— Mission CEO Ron Paulus in an Oct. 5 Facebook post

BCBS. However, that’s the number of patients who’ve applied for continuity of care — not the number of patients approved for it.

Timms said Mission also aided 47 patients with requests to access specialty services at Mission Health through the Reasonable Access statute, which allows patients to receive in-network costs for services with Mission providers if no other health care system in the region provides that specialized service.

While Mission isn’t interested in speaking to the press, the health care system has utilized social media to get its message out to patients with the “Mission stands with you” and “The care you need. No matter what” slogans and regular Facebook live Q&A’s with

Mission Health, a nonprofit health care system based in Asheville, also operates Angel Medical Center in Franklin, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital and many other practices in Western North Carolina. Below: A Franklin mother speaks out against Mission’s decision to close labor and delivery services at Angel Medical Center. File photos

Paulus and other Mission providers.

In the meantime, Mission is pushing its virtual clinic capability that allows patients with acute illnesses to get diagnosed without leaving their home for a $25 fee. Mission is also taking this opportunity to spread the word about Healthy State, Mission Health’s own health insurance plan for self-insured small employers.

“Healthy State provides health benefit products and services to self-insured employers utilizing the Mission Health Partners network of about 1,100 physicians, eight hospitals — a collaborative of Mission, community hospitals and independent doctors,” Jon Yeatman, chief strategy officer for Mission Health, said in an interview with The Smoky Mountain News back in August.

Despite all of Mission’s efforts to not look like the bad guy in the battle with BCBS, the backlash against Mission has continued.

“Yes, adding ‘No matter what’ to your mantra makes it so much more believable.

Please don’t insult anyone’s intelligence. My insurance will change but you will remain the provider of last resort,” Tony Grooms wrote on Mission’s Facebook post. “Had a procedure this week in a non-Mission facility and

did just fine. That was a conscious choice on my part and it will remain the rule rather than the exception.”

The backlash against Mission goes deeper than the BCBS contract. The blowback started earlier this year when Paulus announced the closure of labor and delivery services at Angel Medical Center in Franklin and Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. The closure of labor and delivery in Franklin means women will have to make a 25-40 minute drive over the mountain to deliver at Harris Regional in Sylva or more than an hour drive to Asheville if they want to stay with their Mission provider. The communities felt caught off guard and their organized efforts to keep the department open were in vain.

Paulus said the decision to close labor and delivery at the two rural hospitals was a financial decision, claiming the costs of the services weren’t breaking even. He said Mission couldn’t continue to make up a $1 million to $2 million shortfall for Angel Medical every year. Then just a few weeks later, Mission announced it would be closing its women and children practices in Sylva and consolidating those

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• Background details regarding this situation and other relevant concerns related to patient care can be found at www.StandwithMission.org.

• Emergency department care and subsequent admission (if necessary) are always covered as an in-network benefit.

• Patients have only until Nov. 19 at the latest to complete a Continuity of Care form at www.standwithmission.org/resources/.

An approved COC form is required for those with ongoing medical conditions (including second or third trimester of pregnancy, active cancer care, certain chronic conditions, etc.) to continue to receive in-network benefits.

• Help completing COC forms is available by calling 828.412.6052 or by meeting with counselors at Mission Health SECU Cancer Center, Room 115.

• Continuity of Care request forms will also be used to request provision of outpatient services for which travel elsewhere would create an undue delay or excessive burden on the patient.

• Discount payments are being arranged for those who incur out-of-network expenses. Patients can call 828.412.6052, Option 1, to learn specifics about how they may benefit from this program.

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expansion of its labor and delivery unit, set to be complete by the end of the year.

Women’s and children’s services are also getting a boost in Macon County, with Harris adding a full-time pediatric office and fulltime OB/GYN office to the 25,000-squarefoot building it’s long held in Franklin.

“We are really the women’s and children’s service provider for the western end of the state on an almost exclusive basis at this point,” Heatherly said.

Meanwhile, over at Swain Community — which is integrated with Harris to operate as a single system — three new primary care providers and a pediatric doctor have been added over the last 18 months. A new CT scanner means that patients no longer have to travel to Sylva to get scans done, a walk-in clinic has been added, a consolidated pain management service will soon open and expanded inpatient services provide swing beds for patients who still need supervision but would rather not recuperate far away from home in Asheville. Those swing beds are likely responsible for much of the increase in patient volume Swain has seen this year.

“This is a really important service we can offer to our region,” Heatherly said.

“I would say that we certainly saw that pick up more as the Oct. 5 (contract end) date approached,” Heatherly said. “But the interest in the ability of local services started pretty quickly after that initial (June) announcement was made.”

While recent developments at Mission surrounding Blue Cross Blue Shield and labor/delivery services in Franklin have certainly had an effect on patient volume at Harris, those aren’t the only reasons that the hospital has been so busy lately, Heatherly said.

“Honestly, it’s at times hard for us to distinguish between the event of Mission and Blue Cross Blue Shield coming to an impasse versus the service line development and integration we’ve done,” Heatherly said. “We were experiencing increased volumes “Honestly, it’s at times hard for us to across the board distinguish between the event of before that happened.”

Mission and Blue Cross Blue Shield Since spring of this coming to an impasse versus the year, Harris has added three midwives and a service line development and nurse practitioner to its labor and delivery integration we’ve done. We were unit as well as a pediaexperiencing increased volumes across trician, two cardiologists and an orthopethe board before that happened.” dist. Some of those hires were spurred by — Steve Heatherly, CEO, Harris Regional the need to respond to and Swain Community Hospitals developments at Mission — Harris While issues at Mission have certainly hadn’t planned to hire the new midwives made Harris the default option for many and nurse practitioner until later, but who may have previously gotten their moved the timeline up when the closure of healthcare elsewhere, Heatherly stressed labor and delivery at Angel was announced — but by and large they’re part of a general that Harris intends to earn its place as the best choice for health care services rather push to expand services at Harris that began before Mission announced any of the than take patient migration for granted. If changes that have made headlines this year. Harris doesn’t offer the services that people These additions are mostly changes that need, then patients can’t choose them, Harris has had on the horizon for years, but regardless of their insurance situation — therefore, developing services will take they’re going into effect now because the precedence over addressing any momenacquisition by Duke LifePoint, which took tary relationship between another hospital place in 2014, provided the resources to and an insurance company. bring them to fruition.

“With respect to the Mission-Blue Cross “We have resources that we didn’t have thing, presumably at some point they’ll back then, so we can execute in many come to an agreement,” Heatherly said. respects the very same plans we had at that “Here in the interim we don’t take for time with the confidence that we can get to granted that because they’re not in network the finish line on completing those plans,” and we are that people are going to choose Heatherly said.

Harris celebrated the opening of its new us. But quite frankly, right after that is resolved we don’t take for granted that peoemergency department Monday and is in ple will choose them and not choose us.” the midst of a $6 million renovation and

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER ission Hospital’s decision to let its contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield expire has resulted in increased business for Harris Regional Hospital, with patient admissions this October up about 20 percent over numbers from October 2016.

“We’ve certainly seen an increase in the number of Blue Cross Blue Shield patients we’re treating,” said Steve Heatherly, CEO of Harris and Swain Community Hospital.

“We’ve seen an increase in inquiries from patients with Blue Cross Blue Shield understanding what services we offer and what their treatment options may be.”

The uptick in admissions is even more noticeable when it comes to labor and Steve Heatherly delivery, an area of medical care that’s been in the news ever since Mission announced in May that it would stop offering labor and delivery services at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, effective July 12. This October, Harris saw about 45 percent more deliveries than it did in October 2016 — and that number is still increasing.

“When that announcement was made, there was a subset of women who were pregnant. Mission and Angel I think did a really good job of connecting those folks with resources throughout their system,” Heatherly said. “We have seen those numbers steadily climbing as we make our way through that transition period. I think by the end of the year we’ll be fully through that and we would expect our delivery numbers to normalize.”

Haywood Regional Medical Center and Swain Community Hospital are seeing increased volumes as well. Patient volumes at Swain have quadrupled over this time last year, Heatherly said, and a prepared statement from Rod Harkleroad, CEO of Haywood Regional, noted a “steady increase” in outpatient services over the last month.

The hospital has seen 200 more emergency department cases in October 2017 compared to October 2016 and 30 more obstetric clinic visits. Primary care has seen the biggest growth, with more than 250 new patients.

“Currently, all the measures we have put in place to absorb this volume have worked well and we are prepared for continued growth and support. We are dedicated to this community and our mission of Making Communities Healthier,” Harkleroad said in his statement. He declined requests for

an interview in this story.

Heatherly said that Harris began fielding phone calls from Blue Cross Blue Shield patients soon after Mission announced the possibility of pulling its contract in June, with some patients changing health care providers before the contract officially lapsed Oct. 5.

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services and providers in Franklin.

This year’s tough financial decisions for Mission have wreaked havoc on its reputation in the region and have presented a huge opportunity for growth among the other health care systems covering Western North Carolina counties. Just as Mission made its labor and delivery closure announcement at Angel Medical, Harris Regional was completing an expansion to its delivery wing of the hospital in Sylva and started making plans to expand women and children’s services in Franklin and Bryson City in preparation for more women choosing to deliver at Harris.

Harris and Haywood Regional Medical Center — both Duke LifePoint hospitals — were able to renew a contract with BCBS and are actively promoting the fact they are still in network.

BCBS is one of the largest providers in the state on the open market and also the main provider on the Healthcare.gov marketplace set up by the Affordable Care Act. Those with private insurance or those that have a plan through the Marketplace still have time to change providers during this year’s open enrollment period, which ends Dec. 15.

Those who are staying with BCBS still have in-network options at Haywood Regional Medical Center, Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital.

Highlands Cashiers Hospital and Angel Medical Center in Franklin are both Mission affiliates.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER brand new emergency department at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva received its first patients Monday, Nov. 6, marking the end of a project that’s been more than a decade in the making.

“Our staff and physicians do such a great job with patients that we’ve long wanted to give them an environment that matches their skill and expertise, and we want to give patients and families a more comfortable, private environment in which to receive care,” said Harris CEO Steve Heatherly.

“We’re really excited to get that project completed and be operational.”

With more than 16,000 square feet and 15 treatment rooms, the new emergency department is more than quadruple the size of the old emergency department and accommodates twice the number of patients.

The change in patient capacity isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. The old emergency department didn’t have actual patient rooms, instead using a ward-type setup in which curtains could be moved to add or subtract patient areas. The new facility offers individual patient rooms that are designed to be easily expandable for procedures requiring more space.

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WESTERN MEDICINE No decisions have been made as to what will happen to the old emergency department, though it’s possible a catheterization laboratory will eventually go in there. The hospital has recently begun doing cardiac catheterizations but uses a mobile service to perform them.

“As our volume builds we anticipate putting in a fixed cath lab sometime in the next year or two,” Heatherly said.

Prior to Duke LifePoint’s acquisition of Harris Regional, the hospital’s foundation had been working for years to raise funds in support of the new emergency department.

The agreement with Duke LifePoint during the acquisition included $11 million to kick off construction and complete the facility.

The new emergency department at Harris Regional Hospital features 15 separate patient rooms, including four that, like this one (above, right), have walls that can be pulled down to cover items that could be dangerous to behavioral health patients. Holly Kays photo

Community forums scheduled A slate of upcoming community forums in Bryson City, Cashiers and Sylva will give residents a chance to learn about new services and quality ratings at Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital.

Forums will be held 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Swain County Senior Center in Bryson City; 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library in Cashiers; and 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 8, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

During the Sylva and Bryson City meetings, hospital representatives will share updates on hospital services, planned service expansions through the 2018 strategic plan and results from the hospitals’ quality outcomes. The primary purpose of the Cashiers forum will be for residents to share their perspectives on how healthcare is consumed in small mountain communities like Cashiers, Glenville, Tuckasegee and Sapphire, with highlights of the 2018 strategic plan shared as well.

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New Franklin hospital could move out to U.S. 441

BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ngel Medical Center has been located in downtown Franklin for 60 years, but hospital officials are looking into the possibility of building a new facility out on U.S. 441.

According to a press release, Angel Medical Center began its evaluation of potential properties to construct a replacement hospital this summer and recently completed a due diligence assessment phase. Based on the assessment, the site under evaluation at 1 Center Court — at the intersection of U.S. 441 and Hunnicut Lane — met the most important criteria for the new facility. The potential site is located near Entegra Bank Headquarters.

The announcement that Macon County would be getting a new $45 million hospital was made back in May around the same time Mission Health and AMC announced the closure of the labor and delivery unit at AMC. At the time, Mission CEO Ron Paulus said it would cost the health care system more to 8 renovate the existing building than it would

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is its ability to accommodate behavioral health patients. Four of the rooms have pull-down walls that can cover items in the room that could be dangerous to a behavioral health patient, with other equipment in those rooms, such as sinks, curtains and TVs, designed to prevent patients from hurting themselves.

Because there was no overlap in operations between the new and old emergency department — patients were moved from one to the other at 7 a.m. Nov. 6 — all the equipment contained in the new facility is new as well.

to build a new facility — and not planning to include a labor and delivery unit in the new facility would save another $7 million.

When talking about potential locations back in May, AMC President Karen Gorby mentioned the hospital owned about 9 acres adjacent to the current facility that might be a feasible option, but it looks like officials are moving in another direction.

“The proposed site will offer a more central and easier-to-access location for patients, visitors and staff, allow for more prominent and clearer wayfaring signage and potential future expansion,” the press release stated.

“In addition, it will enable project architects and the hospital’s planning team to create a building and grounds design that optimizes parking for patients. This is especially important for the Emergency Department and visitor parking sections. The proposed site also offers an approach that contributes to traffic decompression that will have a favorable impact on patient and visitor experiences.”

Hospital leaders and the project team are now moving forward with the required steps

to seek North Carolina state regulatory approvals necessary as part of the site selection process. The site selection process is one that requires extensive research and the meticulous consideration of multiple aspects of a potential property, ensuring that it meets a range of standards established by the hospital’s leadership, project team and board in order to accommodate the new facility’s physical requirements and anticipated flows.

AMC will have to apply for a Certificate of Need with the N.C. Department of Health Services Regulation and approval must be obtained in order to finalize the selected site.

“Given the clear need for a replacement facility, close proximity to the current hospital location and obvious community benefits, leaders don’t anticipate any good-faith concerns about this site, according to the press release. “The $45 million investment in a new, state-of-the-art replacement hospital for Macon County and the surrounding community represents a major investment in the future of healthcare for the region and a benefit to every resident of Franklin.”

Gorby said the new site and the new hospital will house the clinicians and state-ofthe-art equipment that are essential to provide the best patient care.

“With our oldest building being 60 years old, it was time to think seriously about how our facility would remain strong in the decades to come. A suitable site will be the foundation for the hospital that will serve our deserving community members and their healthcare needs in the best way possible,” she said.

“We are both proud and excited to take this next step to support our community.

The incredible replacement facility will serve our community for many decades to come, making a difference in the lives of so many in Franklin and the surrounding region,” said AMC Board Chair Jane Kimsey.

AMC hasn’t yet purchased the property, which is currently owned by Entegra Bank Corporation. Entegra owns several parcels in that area, one of which is 23 acres. The last sale price of that parcel was over $2.1 million and the assessed value is $1.6 million.

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Veteran portraits on display in Macon

Contributing writer and veteran Kurt J. Volker poses with his portrait by Franklin artist Fay Teller Panico. It depicts him as he looked just prior to his honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy in August 1965. Donated photo

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been painting seriously since 2007 after a successful career in the skin care/beauty service industry.

“I’ve always had the ability to draw and loved color and throughout my childhood and young adulthood, creating art became my comfortable place,” she said.

With no formal training and eager to renew her long-delayed interest in creating art, Panico had enrolled in the art school at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Now in her 60s, Panico has entered a number of juried art shows, won a best in show award, painted commission portraits and landscapes, and started experimenting with abstract

expressionism.

“I want to thank all of the artists, our contributors, sponsors, friends and veterans for contributing to the success of this event,” said Smith. “Without their hard work and dedication, none of this could have happened.”

The Uptown Gallery is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Visit www.franklinuptowngallery.com or call 828.349.4607.

Kurt J. Volker is a writer/photographer who lives in Otto. He may be contacted at volkerks4742@frontier.com.

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BY KURT J. VOLKER CONTRIBUTING WRITER n recognition of Veterans Day 2017, the Macon County Art Association will conduct its sixth annual Veterans Portrait Presentation Ceremony at noon Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Uptown Gallery on Main St. in downtown Franklin. The portraits have been on display at the gallery since Nov. 1.

According to project chair Karen Albig Smith, the association issues a call each Memorial Day for local veterans to submit their service photos along with a concise, service focused biography. From these submissions, a group of 10 veterans, selected at random, are chosen to have their portraits painted by the association’s artist members.

This summer, seven men and three women representing the Army, Navy and Air Force were selected and then matched with their corresponding volunteer artists.

Typically, the pairs meet to discuss the project and the artist’s approach to the portrait.

Artist Fay Teller Panico was one of the volunteers to work on the project. She has

“We want to draw business to downtown Franklin and show that this property could be utilized by the town and the town can make some money on it,” he said. “We want to focus on the Whitmire property.”

Town Attorney John Henning Jr. said the town would have to change its ordinance to allow alcohol on town property. However, he said he was more concerned about the liability that the town would have with allowing people on the property. He said he wouldn’t be surprised if the cost was way more than $30,000.

“I like a party more than anybody, but there’s a number of things I’m worried about,” he said. “There would have to be a lot of site prep to know you had a safe place to invite the public.”

There’s also the question of whether the town would want to invest that much money in a piece of property it may not keep for the long-term future. The town will be hearing a proposal from a consultant in December as to the possible best uses for the property.

Alderman Joe Collins said he would at least like to wait to see what that report says before making a decision to spend money on cleanup.

Alderman Brandon McMahan said the cleanup work would be beneficial whether the town decides to keep or sell the property in the future.

“Jimbo, I love the energy. It hurts me, but I don’t see it. I don’t think it’s in the cards to clear the decks for this coming spring,” Collins said.

The issue could have been tabled, but Scott called for a vote and the board voted the proposal down with a 3 to 1 vote. McMahan voted against the motion to deny the request and Alderman Adam Kimsey abstained.

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think the town should keep it and turn it into some kind of outdoor recreation space.

Ledford made a pitch to the town board last summer to turn the property into a multiuse town park with trails, a skate park, racquetball courts, disc golf and an open air theater, but the town didn’t seem receptive to that idea either.

As for the festival idea, Ledford said it would help increase room tax revenue by filling up camping sites and hotels for the weekend, encourage Appalachian Trail hikers and other young professionals to visit Franklin and show the town how valuable the property can be if utilized correctly.

Using the Whitmire property for a festival would also include some site preparation — Ledford said there’s a huge pile of rubble that would need to be removed from the property and other cleanup efforts. He estimated it would cost up to $30,000 to get that work done.

“If the town doesn’t want to take on that responsibility, we’d ask you to allow us to take on that responsibility — we could take it on starting tomorrow,” Ledford said, adding that some businesses may be willing to help with the cleanup for free.

Mayor Bob Scott said he had many concerns about allowing this type of proposal to move forward.

“Have you looked at any other sites that would already have some of these facilities in place?” he asked.

Ledford said there really weren’t any other sites that would be appropriate for such an event. While the recreation park of the Parker Meadows Sports Complex could handle large crowds, it’s not designed for a music and beer festival.

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BY J ESSI STONE N EWS E DITOR ranklin alderman candidate Jimbo Ledford had hoped his idea for a multiday music and beer festival on the languishing Whitmire property would convince the town government and the community that the green space property should stay under town ownership.

Unfortunately, the Franklin Town Council decided there were too many factors to overcome to make his vision a reality and voted down his request during a Nov. 6 meeting.

In his presentation to the town board, Ledford said he formed Jepaca — Jimbo’s Entertainment Planning and Cooperation Association — to present Springtopia, a festival that would include music, beer, food, camping and arts and crafts. With hopes of attracting 3,500 people or more, he said he was already reaching out to potential business and community partners and wanted the town’s cooperation in making the event happen.

“We’re asking to work toward an agreement to use the property for an event and to have alcohol,” Ledford told the board.

Serving alcohol on town property, which is currently prohibited by town ordinance, is only one of many hurdles the town would face in preparing for such an event. The town bought the 13-acre Whitmire property in 2005 with plans to construct a town administration complex, but those plans fell through.

The town paid about $1.6 million for the pristine property and it’s paid off, but the town still hasn’t decided what to do with it.

Some councilmembers think it’s best to sell the property to a developer while others

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FBI investigation of Ruth McCoy extends beyond marriage fraud Plea deals in marriage fraud case included agreements to aid investigation

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER he FBI’s investigation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Cherokee Agency’s deputy superintendent Ruth McCoy goes far deeper than the charges of marriage fraud that she and 11 others are currently facing, according to recently filed court documents.

“As the Defendant (McCoy) is well aware, the United States is investigating the Defendant in connection with charges that go beyond what the Grand Jury alleges in the present indictment,” reads a document that Assistant United States Attorney Daniel Bradley filed Oct. 30. “The Defendant knew that to be true well before the Grand Jury indicted this case, and in fact knew the nature and scope of the Government’s broader investigation of her while the particulars of this case were still being nailed down.”

The document doesn’t provide any further details as to what that broader investigation entails, and a call to Bradley yielded a reply from a spokesperson stating that the government is unable to provide any information beyond what exists in publicly available documents. However, the statement as to the existence of a broader investigation is the first time that rumor to that effect has been confirmed in an official, public document.

According to a June 7 indictment, McCoy, 57, of Cherokee, would work with Golan Perez, 38, of Cherokee, and Ofir Marsiano, 41, of Pigeon Forge, to connect U.S. citizens with non-citizens who hoped that marriage to a U.S. citizen would

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improve their immigration status. In some cases, McCoy or her husband Timothy Taylor, 41, of Cherokee, would allegedly act as sponsors for the non-citizens, in exchange for a fee, and the citizens who participated in the marriages would get paid as well.

Once they’d been paired up, the indictment alleges, the participants would travel to Sevier County, Tennessee, to perform the marriage ceremony. In most cases, the noncitizens would then apply for adjustments to their immigration status, using the marriage to bolster their case.

McCoy and Perez currently face one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and three counts of marriage fraud violation. Taylor was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and one count of marriage fraud. Marsiano was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and four counts of marriage fraud.

The case also involves eight other people — four who are U.S. citizens and four who are not — each of whom were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and one count of marriage fraud. In these cases, the defendants who are U.S. citi-

The four non-citizens charged in the case were never arrested. However, all four of the U.S. citizens charged with entering into these fraudulent marriages — Jordan Littlejohn, Kaila Cucumber, Jessica Gonzalez and Kevin Swayney — have pled guilty to the charge of marriage fraud. While the specific plea agreements are not public, the Oct. 30 court document shows that at least some of these plea agreements included cooperation provisions, meaning that these former defendants are now witnesses in the case.

Debriefs of these defendants-turnedcooperators have turned up additional evidence, the document states. For example, Littlejohn’s statement alerted investigators for the first time to the existence of nearly nine hours of phone calls that McCoy’s son Kallup McCoy made from the Swain County Jail to his mother and to Littlejohn, with whom he was in a relationship at the time.

“The Discovery Agreement executed by the Defendant (McCoy) explicitly provides that the Government’s investigation is ongoing, and that the Government expects the investigation to produce additional discovery,” it states.

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“As the Defendant (McCoy) is well aware, the United States is investigating the Defendant in connection with charges that go beyond what the Grand Jury alleges in the present indictment.”

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zens allegedly entered into marriages with the defendants who were not U.S. citizens — not for love, but rather to help the noncitizens improve their immigration standing. The U.S. citizens were paid for participating in the marriages and knew about other fraudulent marriages that were occurring.

mation is contained is a response to McCoy’s motion to continue the trial from the scheduled Nov. 6 date. McCoy’s motion, filed Oct. 23, stated that her defense required more time to review a large amount of recently produced evidence and that some documents her defense had requested from the government had not yet been delivered.

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In his response, Bradley wrote that the government has no problem with continuing the trial but that McCoy’s motion had mischaracterized the government’s response to the defense’s requests.

For instance, Bradley’s motion reads, the defense had first asked for documents related to the Cherokee Indian Police Department’s and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ cooperation with the FBI just six days before filing its motion to continue. In regard to the nine hours of jail phone calls, it would have been impossible for the government to provide that discovery sooner than it did because that evidence was only recently gathered, the result of interviews with Littlejohn following her plea agreement.

“The United States cannot possibly produce 302s of cooperator debriefs to defense counsel before those debriefs take place, and the United States does not get to choose when a defendant decides to plead guilty and turn witness,” Bradley’s response reads.

Further, the document states, the government is not going to produce all the documents that McCoy’s defense is asking for, because some of those documents don’t relate to the marriage fraud investigation — instead, they pertain to the larger investigation being conducted against McCoy that has not yet resulted in official charges.

“The United States is working to collect and produce the materials requested by the Defendant (McCoy), but that production will not be complete before the present trial setting, and it will require some ongoing discussion as to what is and is not within the scope of the Defendant’s requests,” the motion reads.

In an order filed Nov. 3, the court did grant the defendants’ motions to continue the trial, which will likely include the cases of McCoy, Perez, Taylor and Marsiano.

Littlejohn, Cucumber and Gonzalez have all had guilty pleas accepted by the court.

Swayney’s guilty plea has not yet been accepted, but he has filed a notice of intent to change his plea to guilty, as well as a factual basis for that plea. In his case, postponing the trial date would allow him to continue working out the particulars of the plea deal.

While the case was continued from Nov. 6, as of press time no new date had been set.

McCoy’s attorney Sean Devereux did not reply to a request for comment.

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WCU Chancellor David Belcher and EBCI Principal Chief Richard Sneed (left to right) sign documents pledging additional collaboration between the two entities. WCU photo February.

The name Judaculla refers to a great giant who, according to Cherokee legend, resided in Cullowhee Valley along the Tuckasegee River. In his remarks at the dedication ceremony, Sneed described Judaculla as a “great teacher who taught humans how to live in this place,” teaching them the languages of birds, forest animals and fish to pass on to future generations after he left. Judaculla Rock, a large soapstone boulder located in the Caney Fork community, contains some of the most significant petroglyphs east of the Mississippi River, which Judaculla himself is said to have scratched into the rock with his sevenfingered hands.

“Western Carolina University is built in ‘joolth-cullah-wee’ — or Judaculla’s place, which we’ve shortened to Cullowhee — a seat of higher education in the place of a great teacher,” Sneed said at the ceremony.

Former Principal Chief Joyce Dugan, who is also a member of the WCU Board of Trustees, told those gathered at the dedication that the current relationship between

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the tribe and the university is probably the best it’s ever been. WCU is currently in the midst of a yearlong observance of an interdisciplinary learning theme titled “Cherokee: Community. Culture.

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ed with the university better understand WCU’s relationship to the Eastern Band.

“This naming of Judaculla Hall is an example of the university embracing our historical and present cultural value — I’m not saying ‘values,’ I’m saying ‘value’ — as a people,” she said. “I am hopeful that the students will educate themselves on this name and that, through their research and their inquisitive natures, they will be inspired to learn more about the Cherokee and to learn more about our history in this place.”

In addition to celebrating renaming of the building, Belcher and Sneed also signed documents pledging future collaboration between the two entities and an instructional credit agreement to increase the number of Cherokee students enrolled at WCU and to strengthen Native American student organizations on campus. Goals for the instructional credit agreement include reinvigorating the Digali’i association for Native American students and keeping a minimum of 50 EBCI students at Western.

Built in 2004, Judaculla Hall is a fourfloor building terraced into a hillside landscape. It includes 300 beds, arranged into suits consisting of either four private rooms or two private rooms and one double room, as well as a shared bathroom and living area.

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BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER efore white settlers corrupted the name to Cullowhee, the land along the Tuckasegee River south of Sylva was known to the Cherokee people as “Joolth-cullah-whee,” or Judaculla’s place.

Now, a newly dedicated building on Western Carolina University’s campus pays homage to that heritage with the name Judaculla Hall, a change celebrated during a ceremony Oct. 10.

“I think what it speaks to is the level of respect and honor that Western Carolina University attaches to the land they’re on, and equally as important the relationship that the university has with the tribe,” said Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Principal Chief Richard Sneed. “All the land that the university sites on at one time was Cherokee land. The current chancellor and his administration do an outstanding job of paying respect to the history and heritage of the Eastern Band.”

Naming rights for university buildings have the capacity to bring in significant donations from donors who want to see their names on the sign. But in its December 2016 meeting the WCU Board of Trustees voted to rename Central Hall in honor of the area’s Cherokee heritage — pending approval from the Cherokee Tribal Council.

“I have to tell you, it took us a little time to find that perfect name, but we did it,” WCU Chancellor David Belcher said during the dedication ceremony.

Tribal Council gave its approval unanimously during its February 2017 meeting with the promise that Western Carolina would continue working with the tribe’s consortium of Cherokee speakers to get the best possible Cherokee syllabary translation for the sign. The finished sign includes English, Cherokee syllabary and a phonetic spelling of the Cherokee words using English characters.

“We’re committed to getting this right and to trying to celebrate that heritage on the WCU campus,” Brett Riggs, WCU’s Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies, told councilmembers in

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Transformation continues at Lake Junaluska

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER he Lake Junaluska Assembly prides itself on being a place of transformation and renewal for all people, but over the next year, the hallowed local institution will itself undergo transformation and renewal as it searches for a new leader.

Executive Director Jack Ewing, who announced his Dec. 31 retirement last week, will be remembered as a leader working to stay true to that mission, while also managing a very necessary business model modernization.

“I think one of the keys to Jack’s success was to build an extraordinarily strong team committed to the mission of the Lake,” said Mike Warren, who is in his first year as board chair after nearly 60 years of association with Lake Junaluska. “One of the things that will be imperative during this transition time is that that strong senior team particularly remain in place.”

Warren explained that he’s not a formal member of the five-person search committee that’s been established, but former board chair John Russell is; together, that committee will craft a job description and begin working to replace Ewing.

Replacing Ewing, however, won’t be easy.

Ewing, 65, is born and bred in the Methodist faith, and brought with him in 2011 decades of high-level experience including from Dakota Wesleyan University and The University of Mount Union. But Ewing started the job already knowing that things would need to change, and fast.

“The first day that I was introduced back seven years ago, these words came out of my mouth,” Ewing said. “I’m not sure I should call them prophetic, but I said that the world is changing, what people are wanting is changing, and what people are willing to pay for is changing, and therefore Lake Junaluska is going to have to change as well.”

It wasn’t just the world that was changing around the Lake; the world within the Lake was changing even faster.

“Lake Junaluska, for almost the first 100 years, had a very close connection to and significant financial support from the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church,” said Warren. “Fairly early in Jack’s tenure that financial support for operating needs was discontinued.”

That funding loss wasn’t a surprise to Ewing or anyone else; nor was Ewing’s desire to take the job in the face of that challenge — or, as Ewing called it, opportunity.

“It had been decided two-and-a-half years before I started my position,” Ewing said.

“Probably what I’m most proud of, what we are able to do was not just say ‘Oh, woe is us we’ve lost this support now and we’re the victims,’ but I almost immediately started talking about the gift that the jurisdiction gave us of ‘how do we get better?’”

Warren said that Ewing presided over a significant portion of that transformation, 12 morphing the Lake into a more sustainable

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“The first day that I was introduced back seven years ago ... I said that the world is changing, what people are wanting is changing, and what people are willing to pay for is changing, and therefore Lake Junaluska is going to have to change as well.”

—Jack Ewing, Lake Junaluska Assembly Executive Director

economic entity.

“We entered into a second phase, if you will, of knowing that we were going to have to move more towards a businessbased model in conjunction with and consistent with our continuing mission that Junaluska remain a site of transformation and renewal, and that we would continue to have a connection with the Methodist church, which we have historically,” he said.

Ewing, though, cautions that the transformation isn’t over.

“I think we’ve lived in that, and we’re just at the beginning of living in that. So whether you want to call the next leader entrepreneurial or not — some people might be put off by that thinking it’s too business-oriented and not enough focused on mission — ultimately Lake Junaluska’s success in helping people to experience that sense of transformation and renewal that is core to our mission is dependent on people coming.”

REFLECTIONS ON THE LAKE In looking back over his time at Lake Junaluska, Ewing is frank about the future of the institution.

“Ultimately the success of Lake Junaluska is dependent upon us finding people who want what we can provide — great Christian hospitality in a beautiful location — and that they are willing to pay for that,” he said.

The setting in which the Lake provides that hospitality, in the form of conferences and retreats, is unlike almost any other.

“One of the things that is unique that probably no executive director of a conference center in America experiences is to have 850 private residences on your grounds, on your campus of your conference center,” he said. “That brings unique challenges with it.”

It’s written in The Works of John Wesley that Wesley once thought the life of a Christian was by necessity a solitary one, until upon reflection he came to a stunning

conclusion — “not if Jesus Christ be the model of Christianity.”

Wesley’s reflection hasn’t been lost on Ewing.

“One of the things that we have tried to do as we have moved the conference center forward, is we’ve tried to move the community forward as well,” he said, noting that he and his wife have chosen to remain part of that community by maintaining a residence there.

“We value this place. We love this place and we want to be a part of it going forward.”

In the next six to nine months, the search committee will attempt to identify candidates, hopefully narrowing that down to two or three who will make a visit to meet with and be interviewed by other board members, members of the staff and members of the community before a final decision is made. N “A lot of Jack’s time, his seven years as executive director, was moving us through that transition phase to the point where today we look forward to what kind of executive director we need in the years ahead,” Warren said. “We’ve got to rethink that assignment in view of what seems to be a significantly changed circumstance from what we’ve had for 90-plus years.”

And what kind of executive director would Ewing like to see?

“Of course it is never appropriate for a person who’s retiring to tell an organization who they should hire in the future,” Ewing said. “Certainly I hope that the person they look for sees opportunities at Lake Junaluska for continued growth and expansion.”

their width, must be attached to “a permanent foundation of brick, stone, concrete, framing or block” and must have a roof “covered with a material that is customarily used on site-built dwellings.”

Individually owned units must also have at least 10 inches of eave and roof overhang, a requirement only applicable in parks to doublewides.

“You want it on a permanent foundation, and you want certain characteristics that make it blend in with the neighborhood,” Teague said.

Parks are defined as parcels of no less than three contiguous acres, with a maximum of eight units per usable acre. Existing code for parking, setbacks and buffers must be respected during planning, and two trees must be planted per dwelling.

The planning board’s recommendation reduces the allowable distance between dwellings in manufactured home parks from 30 feet to 20, and also reduces the setback from “any travelled way within the park” from 20 feet to 10 feet.

Although this change alone won’t allow an increase in the density of dwellings in a park, it could help developers manage portions of the overall parcel lost to setbacks, parking, and other space requirements.

It also in theory reduces costs of and for manufactured homes in parks, but could result in costs going up for individually-located manufactured homes that will be made to comply with the proposed standards.

As of press time it was expected that the Town of Waynesville would, at its Nov. 14 meeting, schedule a public hearing on the planning board’s recommendation. After that hearing, aldermen would still have to vote to adopt any changes.

“At any point, the public can still influence the final decision,” Teague said.

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School Athletics. The event will feature a sitdown meal, music, silent auction and a cash bar. Dress is black and gold casual.

It’s not too late to sponsor the event — a table for eight people costs $750 and discounts are available. Call 828.926.1022.

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Help support Tuscola athletics The Big T Club will present the second annual Big T Bash at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Laurel Ridge Country Club. Tickets are $75 each and proceeds go to support Tuscola High

SCC to host Veterans Day celebration Southwestern Community College will host a Veteran’s Day celebration at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in Myers Auditorium on SCC’s Jackson Campus.

Jamie Pendergrass, Army veteran and SCC human services technology student, will be the keynote speaker.

SCC human services coordinator Lori J. Clancy will give a special presentation, and there will be a slideshow to honor veteran SCC employees and students.

For more information call 828.339.4000 or visit southwesterncc.edu.

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Former Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville, will host a campaign kickoff event on Thursday, Nov. 9. Queen, who served several terms in the state legislature as both a senator and a representative, seeks to avenge his narrow loss last year to frequent opponent and (now) Rep. Mike Clampitt, R-Bryson City. Queen’s event will be held at the Balsam Mountain Inn from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and will feature refreshments and music from the Trantham Family Band. www.facebook.com/joesamqueennc.

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BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER ew standards and stricter definitions for manufactured homes in Waynesville could make it easier to develop manufactured home parks, under proposed changes that will soon go before the Waynesville Board of Aldermen.

Back in June, town staff notified the town planning board of concerns over development standards regarding manufactured homes on individual lots versus manufactured homes in manufactured home parks.

“There was a design guideline that was not clear as to whether or not mobile homes on single-family lots and mobile homes in parks were any different from each other,” said Elizabeth Teague, director of development services for the Town of Waynesville.

Once town staff met with a group of manufactured home park owners and private mobile home vendor Clayton Homes, however, it was decided that due to changes in the manufactured home industry over the years, standards concerning manufactured homes located both inside and outside of parks needed some tweaking.

“The original intent, we believe, was that it was the mobile homes on single-family lots that needed to have these design standards, whereas [with] mobile homes in manufactured home parks, we shouldn’t necessarily apply the same standards because they seem to be more transitory in nature.”

Under plans approved by the Waynesville Planning Board Nov. 6, owners of manufactured housing not located in permitted manufactured home parks would face stricter requirements than for those located in parks.

Unlike dwellings located in parks, individually owned manufactured homes are restricted to a length no more than four times

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Waynesville ‘nudged’ toward gambling zoning

BY CORY VAILLANCOURT STAFF WRITER hen the Nudge City video gaming parlor popped up in an old auto dealer’s lot on Dellwood City Road earlier this year, it quickly caught Elizabeth Teague’s eye.

“I saw the sign, and then I came back inside, and said, ‘What is that?’”

It’s an unusual question for the Town of Waynesville’s development services director to ask; as such, Teague’s business is to know the whats, wheres and whens of land use within the town.

“We have to maintain the integrity of the zoning ordinance in order to be fair to everybody,” Teague said.

Teague was caught unaware because the owner of Nudge City hadn’t applied for a zoning permit, and therefore shouldn’t have been allowed to open.

But even if Tami Nicholson had applied, the business — classified as retail — wouldn’t have received one for the current location, and the town’s table of permitted uses doesn’t anywhere include an entry for video gaming parlors such as hers.

Current and pending state statutes, however, make clear that this type of business isn’t going away, and will likely continue to expand in communities across the state, meaning town officials must now consider where, exactly, these types of businesses belong, as well as the ultimate fate of the nonconforming Nudge City.

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NOT AN ISSUE, STILL AN ISSUE All involved freely admit that the issue has almost nothing to do with the existence of gambling in the community; such decisions are routinely made at levels of govern-

Nudge City, on Dellwood Road, is the subject of broader planning discussions.

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“We have to maintain the integrity of the zoning ordinance in order to be fair to everybody.”

— Elizabeth Teague, Town of Waynesville

ment far higher than town planning boards, and those decisions are routinely modified at that same level. Municipalities can do little but comply.

A few years ago, the N.C. Supreme Court ended sweepstakes-style gambling — a token effort that has resulted in business owners like Nicholson chasing the seemingly endless legal loopholes that make some machines legal.

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bans video gaming machines including all card games, bingo, craps, keno, auto or any other game not dependent on skill or dexterity.

Nudge City’s games apparently require dexterity, and thus the state’s ban on “games of chance” doesn’t apply; indeed, the sign Teague referred to — a rebranding of the classic “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” sign located on Las Vegas Boulevard South — boldly asserts “It’s not

luck, it’s skill.”

In addition, House Bill 750, sponsored

by Rep. Harry Warren, R-Salisbury, and Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Greensboro, would allow “video lottery terminals” to which the definition in the General Statute would not apply.

“That’s on the table now, but that has not passed,” Teague said; the bill was referred to a judiciary committee in April, but could still see rein-

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Canton to honor veterans this weekend Canton’s 2017 Veterans Day Celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Pisgah High School stadium. Guest speakers include Maj. Tim Barnhill, Sheriff Greg Christopher and Commander Michael Weaver.

There will be a special performance by McKayla Reece and the Pisgah High Navy ROTC. The town of Canton is also sponsoring a special event — Sunday at the Opry — at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Colonial Theater.

Local musicians will perform as country music legends like Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Haywood County veterans are admitted for free. Tickets cost $15 and will be sold at the door.

Estate-planning seminar at SCC Southwestern Community College will be hosting an estate-planning seminar at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in room 102D of the Burrell Building on SCC’s Jackson Campus.

The seminar, entitled, “Is A Will Enough?” will be presented by Diane E. Sherrill, an SCC graduate and local attorney. Health care directives, powers of attorney and other areas of concern to those attending such as Medicaid, VA benefits, taxation and charitable

gifting will also be discussed.

A free complimentary light lunch will be provided. For more information and to RSVP, call Sherrill at 828.586.4051.

Cherokee awards promote fiscal responsibility The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Office of Internal Audit presented its annual Success in Operations, Accountability and Reporting (SOAR) Awards during Tribal Council Nov. 2.

Awards aim to encourage and promote fiscal responsibility, sound fiscal decision, best business practices and transparency. The Family Safety Program (pictured) was given the Chief Noah Powell Fiscal Excellence Award, the highest level of recognition presented.

The Tribal Trout Hatchery, Tsali Care Center and Cherokee Hospital Physical Therapy received the Fiscal Commitment award, which can be given to up to three nominees that demonstrate through their best business practices and accomplishments a serious commitment to striving for fiscal excellence.

Tribal Realty Services, the Cherokee Indian Police Department of Corrections, Cherokee Fire and Rescue, Cherokee Bottled Water and Cherokee Tribal Lifeline Program received the Fiscal Recognition award, which can be bestowed upon nominees not selected for one of the other awards.

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Teague told the planning board that the owner of the 479 Dellwood Road property, Tim Welch, “had inquired about pursuing a zoning text or map amendment to allow additional types of commercial uses along Dellwood Road, but the town did not receive a text or map amendment application.”

It wouldn’t have really done Welch much good, anyway — the property sits squarely in a mixed-use overlay of the Love Lane Residential District.

“Right behind it, up on that hill, are historic bed-and-breakfasts, so we do want to be careful in land uses that might impact those businesses, which are really an important economic driver for Waynesville,” Teague said.

Waynesville’s description of the Love Lane area says it’s “one of the oldest neighborhoods in the town” containing “excellent stock of smaller bungalow-style homes on small lots.”

Retail isn’t allowed in the district — only personal and professional services — but after “much discussion” according to meeting minutes, the planning board decided to allow Nudge City to remain in operation until the town could establish proper zoning regulations.

“The business is operating in violation of zoning, however since there’s no actual existing zoning for that type of business, [the planning board] is proposing a new zoning for those types of businesses and allowing the business to operate until it can apply for a zoning permit under the proper type of zoning,” said Teague.

But that grace period is not open-ended; the planning board directed staff to pro-

pose a solution, and set up a public hearing to resolve the issue.

The proposal, first heard before the planning board last month, would add a new definition to the town’s land development standards — video gaming parlor.

“Any use or structure intended to provide access to video games in which customers purchase retail gift cards or gain access to electronic games of skill or dexterity or other electronically simulated games approved and regulated by the state of North Carolina.”

With that, Teague suggested Regional Center or Commercial-Industrial zoning as an appropriate place for such businesses.

“Patrons of these businesses tend to remain for extended periods of time,” Teague said; that generates greater parking needs than, say, a sub shop or a furniture store, and makes areas like busy downtowns a poor choice for such businesses.

The planning board settled on Regional Center districts — Dellwood-Junaluska, Hyatt Creek, and Russ Avenue — which are hubs for retail and mixed-use developments like shopping centers, drive-throughs and big-box stores.

“It’s the Russ Avenue corridor, the area down by Walmart and then Dellwood Road where Bojangles is,” Teague said.

Nudge City would be right at home among them; Nicholson’s 3,000 square-foot business has 18 machines, 50 parking spots and is open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. except on Sundays, when it opens at noon. No food or alcohol is served, but snacks and soft drinks are available.

In such districts, video gaming parlors would be permitted, subject to supplemental standards including a buffer or a 6-foot privacy fence or wall between the use and any residential or mixed-use district.

Alcohol use could come only by special use permit of the town’s planning board, but language in the proposed H.B. 750 seems to prohibit it.

When the planning board conducted a public hearing on the proposed definition and classification Nov. 6, only attorney Adam Melrose spoke up, on behalf of Nicholson.

Melrose didn’t contest the definition and said that the supplemental standards sounded “reasonable,” but he did try to make his case for allowing Nudge City to remain where it is, on Dellwood City Road.

“The current location is a good location,” Melrose said to the board.

Teague said that during previous discussions, the planning board had little appetite for allowing Love Lane to acquire retail characteristics, a position the board then made clear to Melrose.

The board then found the proposal to be in agreement with Waynesville’s comprehensive plan, and voted to recommend it to Waynesville aldermen.

A public hearing is expected before the Waynesville Board of Aldermen after which the new zoning classification would take effect if approved, but for now it looks like Nicholson’s video gaming parlor is about to be ‘nudged’ out of its Dellwood City Road digs.

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Thus it’s clear that towns in North Carolina must make accommodations for such operations both now and in the future, and Teague is being proactive in planning for the future.

But Teague admits town staff is being reactive in dealing with Nudge City itself.

“We tried to react as quickly as we could, but making decisions from a reactive mode is not the best way to make decisions,” she said.

Teague attributes Nudge City’s opening to a miscommunication.

“They didn’t go through all the steps you have to when opening a business,” she said. “There may have been some miscommunication in that it seems like the business owner had the impression that they were allowed to go in because they’d gotten a building inspection over the summer.”

The application for an occupancy use inspection listed the property as a “retail” business. No zoning permit was ever issued.

Teague immediately contacted the property owner, issued a notice of violation, and took the issue to the planning board.

“This is going to be allowed in our community,” she told the Waynesville Planning Board Oct. 16. “Where and how should we consider it according to our land use plan?

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raise money for two great causes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation Disaster Relief Fund have benefited from these efforts.

The credit union’s “Tee It Up For Diabetes” Golf Tournament raised $9,000 and will benefit the Greater Western Carolinas Chapter of JDRF. Simultaneously, Mountain Credit Union challenged its staff and members with a $2,500 donation match for Hurricane Harvey relief. Staff and members donated $4,310 of their own funds and with Mountain Credit Union’s donation match of $2,500, a total of $6,810 was given to the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation for hurricane relief.

First class graduates citizens academy The inaugural class of the Jackson County Citizens Academy recently graduated 25 participants. The next Citizens Academy will be offered in 2018. Pictured in the front row are Tommy White, (from left) Roy Burnette, Heather Gordon, Joan Parks, Pat Buckner, William Brothers, Elizabeth Ramirez, Pat Thomas, Aaron Alexander, Charlotte Cowan, Laura Bowers and Gayle Woody. Back row includes Billy Hutchings, (from left) Chris Moore, Ron Robinson, Eric Myers, Dr. Don Tomas, John Patterson, Paxton Myers, Kirk Shufelt, Terry Ashe, Jason Kimenker, Betsy Swift, Tracy Fitzmaurice and Jennifer Webb.

Support for Sarah Smart A fundraiser will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Crabtree-Iron Duff Fire Department to raise medical expense funds for Sarah Smart as she undergoes treatment for cancer. Donations will be accepted at the door.

There will be a bake sale, silent auction, 50/50 drawing and face painting. Live music provided

by Vices in the Laurel, Dixie Darlin’ Cloggers, Bean Sidhe, The Seekers and more. If you can’t attend but want to donate, call 828.400.9447.

FUR kittens to hold open house Feline Urgent Rescue of WNC will host a special Kitten adoption day and Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at FUR’s Cat Sanctuary.

The adoption fee for kittens is $20 and $35 for the older cats. All have been spayed/neutered, are current on shots and have microchips.

Refreshments will be served and there will be door prize drawings for people who adopt kittens.

The Sanctuary is located at 38 Safe Haven Drive off of Rabbit Skin Road in Waynesville is at the junction of Highway 276 and I-40 at Exit 20.

Continue one mile up the road. Safe Haven Drive will be on the right.

844.888.CATS, visit FURofWNC.org or facebook.com/furofwnc.

Flu shots available Macon County Public Health is taking flu shot appointments at their facility on Lakeside Drive in Franklin. Appointments for flu shots will be available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

This year MCPH will offer seasonal quadrivalentinfluenza vaccine, which provides protection against four strains of flu, including H1N1.

The cost for regular flu vaccine is $30 and insurance will be filed, so clients should bring their insurance cards with them to their appointment or the clinic. Some children and other special populations, including those on Medicaid or those with inadequate health insurance, may qualify for free vaccine.

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SCC meets scholarship goal Southwestern Community College Foundation met its “March to a Million” goal during its Annual Bluegrass, Blue Jeans & Bling gala.

Dr. Don Tomas, president of SCC, announced around 9:15 p.m. that silent auction sales had pushed the Student Success Campaign total over the $1 million mark, giving the college its first seven-figure endowment to be used primarily for scholarships.

Launched in 2013 with the help of a U.S. Department of Education challenge grant, the Student Success Campaign aims to bridge the gap between scholarship need and availability at SCC. 828.339.4227 or k_posey@southwesterncc.edu.

Mountain Credit Union supports two causes Mountain Credit Union staff and members have recently answered the call in a big way to

Toy Run returns to Haywood The 26th Annual Haywood County Motorcycle Parade and Toy Run will roar through Haywood County again on Saturday, Nov. 11. Registration begins at 10 a.m. at Canton Town Hall and the parade begins at noon. The parade will end at Maggie Valley Town Hall where Dicky King and his Kookin’ Krewe will have prepared barbecue with all the fixings. Cost for entry into the parade is $10 or a new, unwrapped toy of equal or greater value per person per bike.

Donations may be dropped off at Maggie Valley Rendezvous during the week. Checks should be made payable to Haywood County Toy Run and Motorcycle Parade. For those wishing to receive a taxable deduction, checks may be mailed to Waynesville Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 1590, Waynesville, NC 28786.

Funds raised for new animal shelter Friends of the Haywood County Animal Shelter recently raised $30,000 toward its $1 million goal with an event at Linda Twomey’s home.

Leap Frog Tours provided chauffer service for the guests, some of whom came from as far away as South Carolina and Florida just to attend the event. Dr. Kristen Hammett, president of the Friends and Doyle Teague, director of Haywood County Animal Services, each spoke about the history and current needs of the shelter. The Friends are committed to raising $1 million toward the county project to furnish the shelter with state of the art equipment and materials.

The new Haywood County Animal Shelter is scheduled to open in January 2018. http://hcasfriends.org/.

Humanitarian awards given in Jackson Two individuals and a nonprofit organization were recently singled out for Jackson County NAACP’s biannual Humanitarian Awards.

Dr. Ron Fisher and Dr. David Trigg both received a 2017 Individual Award. Dr. Fisher, an

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• The Macon County Cancer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in the cafeteria of Angel Medical Center in Franklin.

Bonnie Peggs, Chaplin at Angel Medical Center, will speak on emotional health and wellbeing after a cancer diagnosis. There will be light refreshments and free gifts.

• REACH of Macon County is currently looking to hire a domestic violence services coordinator for Jackson County.

Submit your resume to REACH of Macon County, P.O. Box 228, Franklin, NC 28744 or email it to reach@reachofmaconcounty.org.

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• To promote diabetes awareness during this month, the Jackson County Department of Public Health (JCDPH) will offer a free diabetes education class from noon to 1 p.m.

Nov. 15 at the Jackson County Senior Center.

• The upcoming Ladies Night Out Program in Franklin will feature Robin Jones speaking about stroke awareness. Women are invited to have your blood pressure checked by Macon County Emergency Management and to participate in a Stroke Risk Assessment in the AMC cafeteria beginning at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14, and the program starts at 5:30 p.m. original founder of the Good Samaritan Clinic, earlier served uninsured and underserved WNC patients for 16 years.

When Dr. Trigg and his family settled in Western North Carolina, he worked for five years at the Qualla Boundary Indian Health Service; then, in emergency medicine, before being recruited to develop an EMT program at Western Carolina University. The Humanitarian Award for nonprofits went to the Clean Slate Coalition. In 2011, Clean Slate opened as a transition housing program for women leaving incarceration, treatment centers or other temporary or abusive situations.

Grace Church awards grants Grace Episcopal Church in the Mountains awarded 19 grants to local Haywood County charities in October, totaling $17,175.

Proceeds were raised during the church’s Annual Parish Fair in July. This year’s grant recipients include: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Circles of Hope, Clothes to Kids, Community Kitchen, Fine Creeks Community Association, Good Samaritan Clinic of Haywood County, Haywood Christian Ministries, Haywood County Senior Center, Haywood Pathways Center, KARE, Mountain Mediation Services, Mountain Projects, No Boundaries: Integrated Services for Independent Living, Pigeon Center MultiDevelopment Center, REACH (Elder Abuse), REACH (Housing), Region A Partnership for Children, Western Economic Development Organization and Haywood Spay and Neuter.

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sheville is red hot in more ways than I can list here. Pick up a travel magazine, visit an outdoor adventure website, listen to interviews with famous musicians or screen stars, or read articles discussing best places to visit, retire, live, eat or open a business and Asheville is among the places brought up.

I know that’s not breaking news, but the fact that we all know it’s the truth is why I think it was a smart idea for Haywood County to partner with the Asheville Chamber of Commerce for economic development marketing.

First a disclaimer: I’m on the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Board (since June) and am also a member of the Haywood County Economic Development Council, which is an advisory board. I’ve voted twice to approve this decision.

The way the process is set up in Haywood right now, it’s the chamber executive director and the economic development council’s executive director who do the tough job of trying to boost Haywood’s economy, with the chamber board having to vote on many of the decisions and the economic development council discussing and offering advice and even voting, but not having any real authority. That was the way things were restructured in 2014.

And of course county commissioners, who fund economic development to the tune of $280,000 annually, are also kept in the loop.

Last week it was announced that the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce would ink a deal with the Asheville Chamber to promote Haywood to businesses looking to locate to this area. At the most basic level, this decision came down to numbers and money. Asheville’s economic development office has seven employees. Haywood has one. They have a budget of several million dollars. They have a multitude of

Libraries are economic engines To the Editor: As I read this week’s (November 1-7) Smoky Mountain News and the article entitled “Swain library project hits roadblock,” I was interested in the similarities that I saw between the perspective of the county commissioners in Swain County and those exhibited by the Haywood County commissioners when the updating and renovation of the Haywood County Library in Waynesville was being discussed. I may be oversimplifying, but it seems that the commissioners in both counties are showing extreme fiscal conservatism when the subject of libraries is in front of them.

Commissioners, libraries are important! I realize that we live in a time of limited resources to do all that needs doing in each of our counties, but you cannot relegate public libraries to the level of the unimportant without realizing the long-term cost our society.

Libraries are centers of literacy. They are gathering place for the citizens of the county, they provide programs to educate, they teach the children, and they help the citizens who are not otherwise connected when job applications need to be submitted on-line.

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resources, just what one would expect of a popular city that’s getting lots of inquiries.

So adding Haywood’s list of sites and amenities to their own won’t be that difficult. In fact, from all we’ve been told the Asheville folks are excited about having more arrows in their quiver. It’s getting crowded over there.

We are both mountain towns, albeit Asheville’s position as the epicenter of the region is solidly in place.

Buncombe is expected to have a population of 270,935 by 2020, while Haywood is projected to be at 63,791.

Buncombe’s growth rate from 2010 to 2020 is expected to be 13.7 percent, while Haywood will clock in at 8.1 percent. Like the rest of the state and the Editor rest of the country, rural Haywood County is not performing as well economically as our urban neighbor just a few miles to the east.

But if companies or businesses are looking for the mountain lifestyle and think Asheville may be a good fit, there’s a good chance Waynesville or Canton may also be a good fit.

Truth is we have amenities Asheville doesn’t — closer proximity to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee and Harrah’s, much less traffic, lower real estate prices, and empty downtown storefronts begging for investment that are likely cheaper than what’s available in Buncombe County.

Some fear we may not get much help from this partnership because Asheville folks will still try to sell their town and just take our marketing money to the bank. But those who are still working out the fine points of this deal are confident that won’t happen.

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conjunction with the South Carolina Association of Public Library Administrators, recently published a study titled “An investment that pays,” in which they they described the investment in libraries as important to “quality of life,” “education,” and as an “economic engine” for the state.

In that study, 92 percent of citizens polled said that libraries “contributed to the overall quality of life;” 76 percdent of respondents said “they used it when searching for a new job;” 38 percent said “it attracts new businesses.”

I realize that these might be viewed by some citizens and the commissioners as platitudes with no real substantive value, but what is a key part of this discussion that even the most frugal can appreciate is that the same report found that the ROI (return on investment) for dollars that the state spent on libraries was 350 percent.

Said another way, “For every $1 expended, the return is $4.58. The state of Florida found in 2013 that their ROI for library expenditures was “$10.18 to $1” (“Return on Investment and the Economic Benefits of Public Libraries,” completed by the Hass Center for Business Research and Economic Development, at the University of West Florida).

So, the challenge to the county commissioners of Swain County (and Haywood County) is to get out from behind the dais, go visit your library, and really talk to the citi-

Economic development experts around the country are touting regionalism. Haywood already benefits from being next door to Asheville. Estimates are that 40 percent of the jobs in Buncombe County are held by people who live outside the county, primarily Henderson, Haywood and Madison counties (which form the Metropolitan Statistical Area). I can count dozens of people I know who live in Haywood and work at Mission Hospital, the VA Hospital, UNCA, the public school systems, Asheville-Buncombe Community College, the town or county, the large industries and the hundreds of small businesses across the county line.

By the same token, when the region around Asheville grows, those people in the surrounding counties head to the big city for entertainment, restaurants, to make large purchases and more. If businesses locate and thrive in Haywood County, Asheville and Buncombe County still benefit. That status as a bedroom community that is home to smaller businesses has its advantages. People in economic development understand that relationship.

And here’s benefit of this partnership that hasn’t gotten much attention. Haywood’s economic development director will now be able to concentrate on helping existing entrepreneurs and recruiting others. The Asheville team will be getting in front of potential big companies so we can re-focus local efforts toward small businesses and smaller manufacturers.

Remember the lonely Maytag repairman, the guy who had a quality product but whose phone never rang? Well, I’m not saying Haywood’s phone never rings, but it’s achingly simple to see that the commercial growth in our neighbor to the east is rocketing forward. It’s time we jump on and ride that beast for all we can.

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

LETTERS zens that are there using the library and think about their needs with an open mind.

And to the argument that “not everyone in the county uses the library” which is always used to argue against library funding, well not everyone uses the fire department, or the sheriff ’s department, or even the school system, but ….

Thanks, Smoky Mountain News for covering this important topic. If we keep talking about library needs, someday soon the purse strings might get loosened to support these important institutions in our counties.

Kent Stewart Haywood County citizen

Phillip Price has common sense To the Editor: If you elect Phillip Price to Congress, he will work toward some moderate, commonsense policy shifts that the overwhelming majority of Americans supports: expanding background checks, coming to the aid of women who seek protection from abusive partners with firearms, combating illegal gun trafficking, and improving the background check system with better records reporting.

Phillip Price will stand for these values and also uphold the right to bear arms established in the Bill of Rights. We can do both.

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-Asheville, casts his votes for the benefit of the NRA. They both want to turn our country into an armed camp.

The NRA is a trade association that’s more focused on corporate profits than the rights of gun owners. Mr. Meadows continues to support NRA instead of discussing crucial gun control issues. Can’t we agree on a few simple rules about gun ownership that honor the Second Amendment while protecting Americans from random gun violence?

Michelle Price (wife of Phillip Price) Nebo

Chamber director helping Haywood To the Editor: Bravo to CeCe Hipps! As a former Haywood County Chamber of Commerce employee years ago, I have worked with CeCe and watched her overcome many obstacles in heading a chamber, from a small staff to funding shortages. She led on in spite of economic hardship that really hit our country hard a few years ago. Thanks to her and many others

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here in our local government and business community, we have fared better than many other small towns.

Cece has always had the same vision to move Haywood County forward while cherishing our small-town flavor and beautiful mountains. But progress will come and we are becoming more and more of a bedroom community to Asheville. It is truly innovative of her to make this union with their economic resources and ours to better our future growth.

I personally hope our small town never gets to big, but better to steer the bus than be run over by it. Everyone can benefit by supporting and joining your area Chamber of Commerce, and Haywood County is damn lucky to have Ms. Hipps steering our bus!

Mylan Sessions Waynesville

Time to remove Trump from office To the Editor: By whatever authority you use one thing is clear: Donald Trump’s presidency is unraveling and accelerating faster than we can logically follow.

When Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) likened the Trump White House to an “adult daycare center,” he was only parroting what people close to the president have been saying from the beginning. Despite his

aides’ best efforts, insiders describe Trump as “increasingly unfocused” and “consumed by dark moods,” the very same mental picture painted of Nixon at the end of his presidency.

Unmistakably, Trump is in way over his head and, in my opinion, would be wise to remove himself from office.

Otherwise the Republican leadership must take the necessary steps in addressing the common belief that Trump is not psychologically or morally equipped to be president and remove him from office.

Unfortunately the present Republican leadership seems far more absorbed and committed to dismantling Obama’s legacy than attending to the business of governing and holding in check our responsibilities here and throughout the world.

Given that invoking the 25th Amendment to remove a president requires a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress (and Republicans enjoy a majority in both Houses), that remedy is presently impractical and therefore illadvised.

That does not however, negate the fact that President Trump, by his own words and deeds, daily (in my view) proves himself incapable of adequately performing the complex duties of his office. As Michael Cohen in The Boston Globe eloquently phrased it, Trump is “an unbearable, infuriating, enraging, and draining presence in our national life.” Amen to that.

David L. Snell Franklin

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ver the past couple years, this column has been a sounding board for me.

I’ve written about everything from coping with my mom’s death to getting a tattoo. But one major life woe I’ve kept mostly to myself is being separated from my husband.

A person never wants to air her dirty laundry in the newspaper, but it’s getting harder and harder to write anything at all when my mind is consumed with a singular topic I’m trying to keep quiet.

For me, writing is part of the healing process. I can go to therapy or drink wine or take Lexapro, but ultimately nothing is as soothing to my soul as putting thoughts to paper.

It’s time to write about the separation.

Today’s column is not a story of he saidshe said or who tried harder or who made the most mistakes. He’s a good person and a great dad, and I’m a good person and try to be a great mom.

Sometimes marriages just aren’t meant to last forever, no matter how hard two people try.

That’s really all I need to say about the separation itself. With both of us being known in the community and humans being innately curious, I’m sure there are rumors and accusations aplenty, but I can’t worry about all that.

As Rumi once observed, “The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”

As a young woman with rose-colored glasses and my entire life on the horizon, I never imagined dealing with divorce and the death of my mom in a short 15-month period. You truly don’t know your own strengths until you’re forced to use them.

Above all, I’ve worried about the wellbeing and adjustment of my two little boys.

They are 5 and 8 and the loves of my life. I feel my throat grow thick with tears as I sit here and think of them. This is heavy stuff for a person of any age, much less little ones.

Everyone dreams of giving their kids the quintessential childhood with a nice home, two loving parents, beach trips, family hikes, a trip to Disney World, the whole shebang. And for so long, our boys had all of that. In fact, the adults worked overtime and in overdrive trying to give them that fairytale life for as long as possible.

But as with many areas of life, dreams don’t always come true. Or they may come true, but they’re not what you expected.

The feelings aligned with the fallout of a marriage are almost indescribable. It’s a mixture of defeat, sadness, frustration, relief and freedom.

And overall, it’s not a good feeling. It’s a dark feeling.

I recently bought a cute little house for

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myself and the boys when they’re with me.

This past weekend was their first experience in this new space. Even though we’ve talked to them throughout this entire process and they’re mostly aware of what “separation” means, I’ve been so anxious about how they would react to having two homes.

But in true childlike fashion, they surprised me with their optimism and resiliency.

All the main components are in the house. A couch, beds, heat, lights, water and food. There are a few décor items and kitchen appliances but not much else at the moment. Despite the uncertainty and a very heavy heart, I conjured an excited, joyful persona for them.

We spent the weekend nesting, watching movies, cooking, playing Monopoly, reading books, doing art projects and just being together. If they missed the Columnist other house, they never said it. If they felt uncomfortable, they didn’t act like it. I was watching them like a hawk, searching for any cue they weren’t OK but honestly I didn’t get any.

I know as the months go by, the situation will get better at times and worse at times. There are no easy answers or solutions when it comes to little hearts and minds having to understand a separation.

The feeling of loss is so similar to what I felt when my mom died; it scares me a little.

It shows me that grief doesn’t always follow death. But what I also know about experiencing death is that over time, things get easier. There’s always a before and after, but things do get better, a new normal somehow emerges from the ashes.

As always, thank you for listening. I needed to write about this before I could move on and write about anything else.

There will be all kinds of emotions as the boys and I navigate the future and adjust to so much change. I’m sure some of those experiences will be woven through the lines of this column.

I’ve always felt grateful to live in Waynesville and Haywood County and this time is no different. One would assume dealing with a separation in a small town would be harder because of misconceptions and rumors, but the advantages of a closeknit community outweigh any trivialities such as those.

This town and the people in it have become a village for the boys and for us adults. People have stepped up to the plate in every way imaginable and for that, we will be forever appreciative.

Life is sticky and messy and sometimes very confusing. But life is also beautiful and mysterious and full of possibility. While I lost those rose-colored glasses long ago, I’ve found a new pair. A solid pair that offers a clearer, less naïve view of the future, so even if my heart is hurting, my eyes are wide open, ready for a new tomorrow.

(Susanna Barbee can be reached at susanna.barbee@gmail.com.)

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BLUE ROOSTER SOUTHERN GRILL 207 Paragon Parkway, Clyde, Lakeside Plaza at the old Wal-Mart. 828.456.1997. Open Monday through Friday. Friendly and fun family atmosphere. Local, handmade Southern cuisine. Fresh-cut salads; slow-simmered soups; flame grilled burgers and steaks, and homemade signature desserts. Blue-plates and local fresh vegetables daily. Brown bag-

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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 hand-cut, 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. Family-style breakfast from 8 to 9:30 a.m. – with eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and oatmeal, fresh fruit, sometimes French toast or pancakes, and always all-youcan-eat. Lunch menu from 12 to 2 p.m. with fresh salads, homemade soups and sandwiches. In the evening, social hour begins at 6 p.m.; dinner is served at 7 p.m., with entrees such as seared salmon, oven-roasted chicken and cast-iron skillet pork chops, complemented by locally-sourced vegetables, homemade breads, jellies and desserts. We also offer fine wines and local craft beer. Please call for reservations and join us for mile-high mountaintop dining with a spectacular view.

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

From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday dinner starting at 5 p.m. “Best of”

Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator Magazine. Set in a distinguished atmosphere with an exceptional menu. Extensive selection of wine and beer. Reservations honored.

CHURCH STREET DEPOT 34 Church Street, downtown Waynesville.

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

CITY LIGHTS CAFE Spring Street in downtown Sylva.

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

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

Outside patio seating. Free Wi-Fi, pet-friendly.

Live music and lots of events. Check the web calendar at citylightscafe.com.

THE CLASSIC WINESELLER 20 Church Street, Waynesville.

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

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

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FERRARA PIZZA & PASTA 243 Paragon Parkway, Clyde. 828.476.5058.

Open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 12 to 8 p.m. Real New Yorkers. Real Italians. Real Pizza. A full service authentic Italian pizzeria and restaurant from New York to the Blue Ridge. Dine in, take out, and delivery. Check out our daily lunch specials plus customer appreciation nights on Monday and Tuesday 5 to 9 p.m. with large cheese pizzas for $9.95.

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EVERETT HOTEL & BISTRO 16 Everett St.,Bryson City. 828.488.1934.

Open daily for dinner at 4:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday Brunch from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner from 4:30-9:30 p.m. Serving fresh and delicious weekday morning lite fare, lunch, dinner, and brunch. Freshly prepared menu offerings range from house-made soups & salads, lite fare & tapas, crepes, specialty sandwiches and burgers. Be sure not to miss the bold flavors and creative combinations that make up the daily Chef Supper Specials.

Followed by a tempting selection of desserts prepared daily by our chefs and other local bakers.

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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. Instead our waitresses will bring your food piping hot from the kitchen right to your table and as many refills as you want. So if you have a big appetite, but sure to ask your waitress about our family style service.

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

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

Open for dinner at 4:30 to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. World-famous prime rib, steaks, fresh seafood, gorgonzola cheese and salads. All ABC permits and open year-round. Children always welcome.

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JUKEBOX JUNCTION U.S. 276 and N.C. 110 intersection, Bethel. 828.648.4193. 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday through Saturday; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Serving breakfast, lunch, nd dinner. The restaurant has a 1950s & 60s theme decorated with memorabilia from that era.

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

828.926.1616. maggievalleyclub.com/dine.

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

PATIO BISTRO 30 Church Street, Waynesville.

828.454.0070. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Breakfast bagels and sandwiches, gourmet coffee, deli sandwiches for lunch with homemade soups, quich-

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.

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

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

Located across from the Fire Station.

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

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

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

VITO’S PIZZA 607 Highlands Rd., Franklin.

828.369.9890. Established here in in 1998. Come to Franklin and enjoy our laid back place, a place you can sit back, relax and enjoy our 62” HDTV. Our Pizza dough, sauce, meatballs, and sausage are all made from scratch by Vito. The recipes have been in the family for 50 years (don’t ask for the recipes cuz’ you won’t get it!) Each Pizza is hand tossed and made with TLC. 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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MOUNTAIN PERKS ESPRESSO BAR & CAFÉ 9 Depot St., Bryson City. 828.488.9561.

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

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

RENDEZVOUS RESTAURANT AND BAR Maggie Valley Inn and Conference Center 70 Soco Road, Maggie Valley 828.926.0201 Home of the Maggie Valley Pizzeria. We deliver after 4 p.m. daily to all of Maggie Valley, J-Creek area, and Lake Junaluska. Monday through Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday: 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. country buffet and salad bar from 5 to 9 p.m. $11.95 with Steve Whiddon on piano. Friday and Saturday: 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 to 8 p.m. 11:30 to 3 p.m. family style, fried chicken, ham, fried fish, salad bar, along with all the fixings, $11.95. Check out our events and menu at rendezvousmaggievalley.com

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

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Only here for your love Futurebirds to rock Highlands Food & Wine Fest

But, as with growing up itself, the answers soon reveal themselves. Instead of retreating into their own separate corners — physically and emotionally — the Futurebirds realized the sum total of their talents was (and remains) too important to simply let it crumble over differences, frustrations and a blurry vision for the next step. They took a bird’s-eye-view of themselves, ultimately seeing the beauty in what they’re doing, and also who they’re reaching, night in and night out.

“Then, we’ll be feeling [frustrated] and play a house party, people going nuts, it’s real people and it’s connecting with somebody — it’s a real human experience,” Johnson said. “When we first started, we were like, ‘Man, if all ended tomorrow, we’re just happy to have been able to do it,’ but I don’t want it to end tomorrow.”

“It’s just about making good music now. We’ve tried for so long to have a bigger presence, to do this or do that, but I can’t control how people receive the music or whether or not we get played on the radio.”

— Thomas Johnson

Rock act Futurebirds will perform during the Highlands Food & Wine Festival at noon Friday, Nov. 10. From left, Thomas Johnson, Brannen Miles, Johnny Lundock, Carter King and Daniel Womack.

For more information about the band, visit www.futurebirdsmusic.com. David McClister photo

BY GARRET K. WOODWARD STAFF WRITER It’s about finding a balance between your creative soul and your sanity.

“When you feel you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing, and things aren’t going well at the same time, and you still believe in what you’re doing, but there’s no relief,” said Thomas Johnson. “It makes you feel crazy, because you believe in what you’re doing, and you think it’s important and good, and it’s not connecting. Am I crazy? Am I too close to it?”

Lead guitarist for Futurebirds — an Athens, Georgia-based rock bastion — Johnson stands tall these days, as do his other bandmates. Partly, because the quintet is nearing their 10-year anniversary after endless hardscrabble miles and countless sleepless nights, all in pursuit of dreams held high since adolescence. Partly, because the band itself is seemingly running on all cylinders, a muscle car engine of sound and attitude that’s only getting better with age.

“We’ve kind of taken a different approach to

a lot of stuff — let’s do things that make sense,” Johnson said. “If there’s not good shows out there to be had, then let’s spend the time to be creative, then play shows when it makes sense.

We feel strongly about the material and the vibes, it feels like we’re cresting at a really tough time — we’re back in a better spot.”

Those tough times were numerous. From having a record ready to release and no label to release it, to their van breaking down in the middle-of-nowhere, to the usual ups-anddowns of a band on the run, trying to make it — hell or high water — all while plate-spinning the daily interactions of friends, family and those strangers soon-to-become friends and family.

“The duality of everything, there is just so much yin and yang. Everything felt like they were polar-opposites,” Johnson said. “There was no middle ground with anything we were doing — relationship-wise, label-wise, musicwise, band-wise. It was like band bipolar disorder, manic depressive waves we were riding — it was really exhausting.”

And with that “do it yourself ” attitude — recording, promoting, touring — currently permeating through the group’s ethos, it’s no wonder there’s a new sense of self radiating from their songs and energized live shows.

“Not being with a label right now, we just want to continue the cycle of recording, touring, recording, touring, and always be creating, engaging. When we want to record something, find the time and do it — having that freedom has definitely rejuvenated us,’ Johnson said.

“That vibe is so integral to what we like about being musicians, and what we like about being in music. It’s part of the process, you have to have the performance aspect and the creation aspect, and if the creativity gets stifled, the live show suffers.”

With their recent EP releases, “Portico I” and “Portico II,” the Futurebirds have solidified what their fans have already known for the better part of a decade — they are one of the great rock bands of the modern era. Just in terms of their music stylings and round-robin stage presence, one could easily argue they are The Band of the 21st century, a spectrum of tone as wide as it is captivating.

“It’s just about making good music now.

We’ve tried for so long to have a bigger presence, to do this or do that, but I can’t control how people receive the music or whether or not we get played on the radio,” Johnson said.

“What I measure [success] by is, are we progressing somewhere musically? Am I stimulated and engaged? It’s about getting back to basics — that’s what we got into this for.”

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The Highlands Food & Wine festival will be held Nov. 9-12 around downtown.

• Thursday, Nov. 9: “Grand Tasting” at 7 p.m. at Kelsey Hutchinson Park.

• Friday, Nov. 10: “Truckin’” food truck gathering with live music by Dawes (indie/rock) and Futurebirds (rock/folk) from noon to 4 p.m. at Old Creek Circle.

Food trucks include: Automatic Taco, Farm to Fender, Brined & Cured, Backwood Bakery, Bun Intended, and The Velvet Cup, alongside James Beard nominee Elliot Moss with Buxton Hall Barbecue. Sip & Shop will run from 11

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a.m. to 4 p.m. on and around Main Street. Wine Dinners & Small Bite Experiences beginning at 5 p.m.

• Saturday, Nov. 11: “Main Event” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street, live music

by JJ Grey & Mofro (rock/soul). Sip & Shop will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on and around Main Street. Wine Dinners & Small Bite Experiences beginning at 5 p.m. “A Generous Pour” with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at 8 p.m. at Kelsey Hutchinson Park.

• Sunday, Nov. 12: “Gospel Brunch” at noon at Kelsey Hutchinson Park.

For more information, a full schedule of events or to purchase tickets, visit www.highlandsfoodandwine.com.

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‘And it feels like heaven’s so far away’

The “Sunday at the Opry” will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at The Colonial Theater in Canton.

Editor’s Note: There will be a memorial service for Shannon Marsden from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva. There will also be a fundraiser for Marsden’s family and Mary Harper’s medical recovery with live music by PMA (reggae/rock) at 9 p.m. Nov. 10 at Innovation Brewing in Sylva. Creekside Oyster House & Grill (Sylva) will donate a portion of sales Nov. 9-10 to the fundraising efforts.

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It’s the three words one perThe Museum of the Cherokee Indian will host son — let alone one family or a day of fun activities celebrating the Cherokee one community — never wants month of Nvdadegwa, known as the “Hunter’s to here when it comes to a young Moon,” on Saturday, Nov. 11. person passing away before they could blossom and take over the Folkmoot Friendship Center will hold a Middle world, usually with a signature Eastern Friendship Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. smile or laugh (or both).

Friday, Nov. 17, in Waynesville.

Growing up in an older family, where my aunts, uncles and No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will host PMA grandparents were many years (reggae/rock) at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10. ahead of my peers’ families, I was used to the occasional funeral as KARE will have its 8th annual Festival of Trees a kid. It was my 103-year-old dinner and auction at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, great-grandmother when I was Nov. 16, at Laurel Ridge Country Club.

13, my grandparents when I was in high school and college, and so forth.

I was 20 years old when that happened. I But, it was the funerals of local kids or was a sophomore in college in Connecticut. friends of mine that really struck a chord The spring semester ended, with summer deep within me. vacation being the only priority. Instead of At first, you’d see the face — whether you immediately driving back to Upstate New knew them or not — at the beginning of the York to see my high school cronies and famyearbook, a dedication to someone “taken ily, I followed my girlfriend at the time too soon,” where teardrops from their down to her abode in the Pocono friends and family would surely stain the Mountains. I spent most that first week of page once they came across it. summer vacation bouncing around northAnd there were those tragedies growing eastern Pennsylvania, hiking to waterfalls up, where some teen would flip their car during the day, cheering on the Philadelphia drunkenly after a party or from speeding Phillies at night. down a lonely stretch of road, ultimately But, when I finally decided to make an ending in an early demise. Then, there’s the appearance back in my hometown of Rouses ones who were born sick or got sick while Point, I remember the silence of walking into we all were in school. Disease. Cancer. my childhood home. My sister was gone to Medical accidents. her boyfriend’s house, my dad at work on But, nothing really prepares you for that the Canadian border, but my mother was in first “taken too soon” that hits you directly her bedroom, in her bed, sobbing to herself. between the eyes, out-of-nowhere, and “What’s wrong?” I asked, with that sinkthere’s nothing you can do about it. ing feeling washing over me that something

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terrible happened and I was about to hear what it was.

“Jason was killed last night,” she muttered under her breath.

My childhood best friend, Jason had always been there for me, especially during those years when I count all my friends on one hand, with four fingers left vacant after I counted Jason. We did everything together.

Inseparable. After he’d become a “teacher’s helper” — where we moved up to 5th grade, but he remained in 4th for another year — we started to lose touch. But, the memories, and the eternal bond, remained.

Jason was 19 when he died. Motorcycle accident. I remember his wake, vividly. Most of us just a year or two out of high school, many still with a year to go before college.

The uncontrollable crying. I held it together all the way to the casket, but lost it when I hugged his mother. Cried like a baby. But, I also remember kneeling in front of his casket, dropping a handful of dirt on it, whispering, “I’m going to live a life for two of us,” before I kissed the cold metal, stood up, and moved on with my life.

There have been several young friends of mine who have passed since that funeral some 12 years ago. And each one immediately brings me back to kneeling there at Jason’s casket. All those young faces, all full of energy and potential, “taken too soon,” their flame extinguished on this physical earth, but not in the hearts of those who will never forget their presence, and impact on the greater good.

Twenty-eight-year-old Shannon Marsden was definitely one of those “taken too soon.”

A beloved bartender at No Name Sports Pub in Sylva and also a huge supporter of the Western North Carolina music scene, Shannon was a common denominator of this region, just like her best friend and fellow co-worker Mary Harper, who was also involved in the car crash last weekend and still remains in the hospital.

Since we’ve all learned of Shannon’s passing, a candlelight vigil has remained in front of No Name, never once flickering out, always being relit, just like the souls wandering by the vigil, hugging and comforting each other amid this crossroads where everyone is once again taking inventory of their own lives and actions.

“But, why?” It seems to always be the question posed when something like this happens. We’ll probably never get much more of an answer than, “It just does.” It’s as simple, and as sad, as that. But, it doesn’t ever take away the sincerity of daily interactions, the preciousness of friendship, and the singular power that is genuine love between people — far and wide, known and unknown.

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On the beat Keirsten Hedden will perform a hurricane relief concert Nov. 14 in Franklin.

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SCC hurricane relief concert Moved by the recent news of hurricane devastation in Florida, Puerto Rico and Texas, the Human Services Club at Southwestern Community College has organized a disaster relief concert at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

The concert will feature Franklin natives Keirsten Hedden, the Upbeats Band and Brent Ledford. Donations will be accepted at the door, and all proceeds will go to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief.

“This is a major undertaking, but our students care deeply about the pain and suffering they see in the news right now,” said Lori Clancy, who oversees the Human Services Technology program at SCC. “Human Services is all about helping people

who are going through a rough season, and I am incredibly proud that our students are so passionate about doing this even before they’re actually out in the field.”

A country and R&B artist, Hedden released “I’ll be in Tennessee” on the Jump23 record label in late 2015.

The Upbeats Band is a cover rock act, and Ledford performs country music.

First-responders who attend will receive special recognition over the course of the evening.

For more information about the Human Services Technology program at Southwestern, visit www.southwesterncc.edu or contact Clancy at l_clancy@southwesterncc.edu or 828.339.4397.

include writers of many top-ranked songs.

A buffet dinner is included in the $49.50 price. To purchase tickets, call 828.456.9498 or www.balsammountaininn.net.

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‘Songwriters in the Round’ The “Songwriters in the Round” series will host acclaimed Nashville artists Victoria Banks, Jerry Vandiver and Steve Williams starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Balsam Mountain Inn. The Balsam Mountain Inn began its Songwriters in the Round series 20 years ago, and modeled it after similar performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Café. Balsam’s performers are most often the Nashville-area songwriters who pen lyrics performed by country and western stars. Many performances feature Grammy and CMA award winners, and all

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from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva.

There will be food, giveaways, and live music from Positive Mental Attitude (reggae/rock).

Admission is free. Open to the public.

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Chuck Seipp (trumpet) and Randall Sheets (organ/piano) will hold an evening of virtuoso, entertaining and inspirational music at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Bryson City United Methodist Church.

Both musicians are from Washington, D.C. Their artistry resonates with the majesty and opulence of this classical music genre.

Geoff McBride.

Having only returned to singing live professionally a few years ago after some years away from the industry, McBride’s rekindled passion inspired his decision to become a recording artist once again. A key part of this was the on-screen encouragement of Aguilera, who snagged McBride for her team after a mini-battle for him with Green.

With a rich vocal palette that taps as deeply into the church music traditions of his youth as it does the romantic power of legends like Seal, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Al Green and Donny Hathaway, the North Carolina born singer brings his uncanny storytelling ability — in the tradition of another of his heroes, James Taylor — to his music and his live performances.

This program is free and open to the public. The event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. For more information, call the library at 828.586.2016. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library (www.fontanalib.org).

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The Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table will host an evening of Civil War-era music on Monday, Nov. 13, at the Waynesville Public Library.

Bruce Nemerov, whose evolution in music began at the knee of his mother listening to strains of “The Blue Danube” on her piano, will perform songs of the era as well as the historical background of each piece and the treatment of popular music including the later contributions of AfricanAmerican slaves. Those who are interested in the optional meet-n-greet with Nemerov may do so at 5 p.m. at Bogart’s in Waynesville. A reception and social is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the library in a conference room and is to be followed with the performance at 7 p.m.

Nemerov also writes commentaries and essays on a regular basis for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” on the subject of Southern musical and social history.

Of those, here are three short pieces about the blues, quartet contests, and the wonderful guitar evangelist Sister O.M. Terrel — A Chance Encounter with the Blues; The Lost Tradition of Quartet Contests; Sister Terrell: A Crooner on the Amen Corner.

Members, their guests and the publicat-large are invited. Admission is free, but seating is limited.

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Sheets is the Ceremonial Organist for Arlington National Cemetery, as well as an active concert organist and pianist. Seipp is professor with Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia and is retired from The United States Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” in Washington, D.C. The Seipp/Sheets Duo program will feature several works written and arranged for them including Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto and they will demonstrate the power and beauty of Mussorgskys “Pictures at an Exhibition.” Particularly fun for the audience will be “Carnival of Venice” with Seipp performing on six different trumpets as

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A contestant on “The Voice,” Geoff McBride will perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

The powerhouse singer blew away millions of viewers — and judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green — with his explosive twist on Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” during the blind auditions phase of NBC’s mega-hit talent competition.

“I want to convey the essence of who I am as a vocalist and an artist,” McBride said.

“My love for a variety of music, from pop and R&B to gospel, acoustic, soul and rock.

Though my foundation is in soul music, I am not just a soul singer. I believe that all music transcends together.”

McBride, whose rough video demo of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On” got him in the door and who sealed the deal singing “Drift Away” for the show’s executive producers, never viewed his time on the show as a competition — but rather an opportunity to share his gift.

well as the iconic “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin for trumpet and piano.

The program will conclude with a tribute to veterans and the military including video presentations accompanying the performers.

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On the beat • Andrews Brewing Company (Andrews) will host Tom Edwards (singer-songwriter) Nov. 18. All shows are free and begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.andrewsbrewing.com.

• The Classic Wineseller (Waynesville) will host Dulci Ellenberger & Kevin Williams (piano/guitar) Nov. 10 and Joe Cruz (piano/pop) Nov. 11. All shows are free (unless otherwise noted) and begin at 7 p.m.

828.452.6000 or www.classicwineseller.com.

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• Derailed Bar & Lounge (Bryson City) will have music at 7 p.m. on Saturdays.

828.488.8898.

• Frog Level Brewing (Waynesville) will host a Community Rhythm Circle every Tuesday at 7 p.m. with free drum circle lessons at 6:30 p.m. www.froglevelbrewing.com.

• Innovation Brewing (Sylva) will have an Open Mic night Nov. 8 and 15, and a jazz night with the Kittle/Collings Duo Nov. 9 and 16. All events are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.innovation-brewing.com.

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• Lazy Hiker Brewing (Franklin) will host Shane Davis (singer-songwriter) Nov. 10, Gopher Broke Nov. 11, Troy Underwood

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‘Sunday at the Opry’ The “Sunday at the Opry” will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, at The Colonial Theater in Canton.

(singer-songwriter) Nov. 17 and The Remnants (Americana) Nov. 18. All shows are free and begin at 8 p.m. www.lazyhikerbrewing.com.

• Mountain Layers Brewing (Bryson City) will host Frank & Allie (bluegrass/old-time) Nov. 11 and 18. All shows are free and are from 6 to 9 p.m. www.mountainlayersbrewingcompany.com.

• No Name Sports Pub (Sylva) will host PMA

Join the Opry for a special Veteran’s Day event in the heart of Canton. Musicians Darren Nicholson, Jessi Stone, Lorraine Conard, Chris Minick, Hunter Grigg and more will perform as Grand Ole Opry greats for a fun afternoon of country classics in honor of those who have served. The J. Creek Cloggers will also perform during the show, which will be emceed by Mary Ann Enloe.

Tickets available at Eventbrite, by calling 828.452.0593, visiting the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville (86 North Main Street) or at the Colonial in Canton (no credit cards at this location).

Sponsored by the Town of Canton. Cost is $15 (+ tax) for adults, $5 (+ tax) children.

Veterans admitted for free (though ticket required to reserve your seat).

(reggae/rock) Nov. 10, 20 Watt Tombstone w/Styrofoam Turtle Nov. 11, Mario Tourny w/Scott Burr (rock/jam) Nov. 14, Karaoke w/Chris Monteith Nov. 15 and 17, and Rob Black Band (Americana) Nov. 18. All shows are free and begin at 9:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. www.nonamesportspub.com.

• The Oconaluftee Visitor Center (Cherokee) will host a back porch old-time music jam from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18. All are welcome to come play or simply sit and listen.

• Pub 319 (Waynesville) will host an open mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. on Wednesday with Mike Farrington of Post Hole Diggers. Free and open to the public.

• 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 an Open Jam with Rick 8 p.m. Thursdays.

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

• Sneak E Squirrel Brewing (Sylva) will host line dancing every Friday at 7 p.m. and contra dancing every other Friday at 8 p.m.

828.586.6440.

• 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 Amnesis (metal/rock) Nov. 10, Emma’s Lounge (pop/Americana) Nov. 11, The Dirty Soul Revival (rock/blues) Nov. 17 and The MIXX Nov. 18. All shows begin at 10 p.m.

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Jamie Grace Harper will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin.

Known by fans worldwide as Jamie Grace, she is a contemporary Christian musician, singer, songwriter, humanitarian, and YouTube star from Atlanta, Georgia. Her musical style is somewhat unusual as she combines elements of hip-hop, folk, and pop into a very unique sound that speaks to music fans of all genres.

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with her older sister. In 2006, when she was 14 years old, she created a YouTube account and began posting videos of her songs online.

She received a lot of attention from Audio Adrenaline’s Mark Stuart and landed a singing and acting gig with the television show, iShine. In 2010, TobyMac found her songs on YouTube and quickly signed her to his label, Gotee Records. Her debut song, “Hold Me,” earned her a Grammy nomination in 2012. That same year, Grace received a Dove Award for “New Artist of the Year.”

Grace was a featured artist and speaker in the Revolve Tour by Women of Faith alongside artists such as Britt Nicole, Group 1 Crew, and Hawk Nelson. She was also part of the West Coast Winter Jam Tour in 2015. She has released three studio albums and some of her hits include, “You Lead,” and “Beautiful Day.” Grace’s most recent record was released just a few short weeks ago and has already soared to the number one spot on Christian and Gospel charts.

Grace has used her personal obstacles to inspire others in many ways. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at the age of 11, she has never let it get her down and she uses her music and words to encourage others who may have struggles of their own. Grace has also founded ImAFighter.org and The Jamie Grace Foundation, both of which advocate for children and families. Just recently, Grace launched LoveWill.net, an extension of The Jamie Grace Foundation that advocates for children in foster care.

Tickets start at $20. To purchase tickets to see the multi-talented and inspiring Jamie Grace in concert, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

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On the street • The “Polar Express” will depart Nov. 10-11 and 17-22 from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot in Bryson City. For more information on departures or to purchase tickets, visit www.gsmr.com.

KARE ‘Festival of Trees’ KARE will host the eighth annual Festival of Trees dinner and auction at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Laurel Ridge Country Club.

The event will begin with a cocktail hour. Dinner will be served with a live auction to follow. Local artists, merchants, and creative folk will contribute ornately decorated trees, centrepieces, and other handmade creations for both the live and silent auctions.

The Creative Tree challenge is open to local designers and community members to compete to raise the most money. Trees will be on display beginning Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Laurel Ridge Country Club. The Creative Tree that raises the most money will be named the 2017 KARE Festival of Trees winner.

This year’s event is sponsored by Susan Sorrells of Merrill Lynch, Jack Bishop III of Edward Jones, and Laurel Ridge Country Club.

KARE is Haywood County’s only Child Advocacy Center and provides services to child victims of abuse and their families through its Victim Advocacy Program. KARE also offers parenting classes through the Positive Parenting Program, and creative, individualized developmental skill-building activities through its Parents As Teachers Program.

Tickets are available at www.karehouse.org. For more information, contact Julie Schroer 828.456.8995.

• The “Uncorked: Wine & Dine Train Event” will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in Bryson City. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.gsmr.com.

• “Letters to Santa” will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 10 to Dec. 23 at the Swain County Heritage Museum in Bryson City. Drop a line for Santa.

Materials provided. Call the museum for Santa appearances: 800.867.9246.

• “Lighting Up Maggie Valley” will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.

Tree lighting, Santa strut contest, pictures with Santa, live music, food and coat donations, ugly sweater contest, and much more.

• “Laughing Balsam Sangha,” a meeting for Mindfulness 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. For more information, call 828.335.8210, and “Like” them on Facebook.

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• Sneak E Squirrel Brewing (Sylva) will host the Jackson County Corn Hole Association on Monday evenings ($5 buy in, 100 percent payout), Karaoke with Captain Moose from 7 to 11 p.m. on Tuesdays, Trivia at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and a Guitar Hero Tournament at 7 p.m. on Thursdays.

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• There will be a free wine tasting from 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18 at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com or 828.452.0120.

• A free wine tasting will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18 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.

Cherokee Heritage Day Visit the Museum of the Cherokee Indian on Saturday, Nov. 11, for a day of fun activities celebrating the Cherokee month of Nvdadegwa, known as the “Hunter’s Moon.”

Activities are free of charge. Sponsored by the museum and the North Carolina Arts Council, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Activities are suitable for all ages and will be happening from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Everyone is welcome.

A dance workshop will be held on the green in front of the museum, weather permitting. Food will be available 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Nikki’s Fry Bread. All presenters are enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Deino Panther and the Cherokee Archery Club will be providing archery demonstrations and information throughout the day.

Joyce Cooper, of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, will have a display in the lobby about the project that has restored the elk to the Great Smoky Mountains. If you are “hunting” for your Cherokee ancestors, you can participate in genealogy workshops with Robin Swayney, genealogist for the museum, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Visitors can make a Cherokee stamped pot in workshops taught by Jarrett Wildcatt at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Visitors can participate in traditional Cherokee dances at noon, and listen to storytelling and flute music at 3 p.m.

by Matthew Tooni. Throughout the day, Cherokee arts and crafts will be demonstrated in the lobby.

Activities for Cherokee Heritage Day are

free, except for regular charges for touring the museum’s exhibits and for food. The museum’s two exhibits are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and include “The Story of the Cherokee People: 13,000 Years” and “Emissaries of Peace: 1762 Cherokee & British Delegations.”

Admission to museum exhibits is $11 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-13 and free for children age 5 and under. Discounts are available for AAA, AARP, military, and groups. If you would like to bring a group, please contact bduncan@cherokeemuseum.org.

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is located at 589 Tsali Boulevard in downtown Cherokee, at the intersection of U.S. 441 and Drama Road.

828.497.3481 (ext. 1003) or www.cherokeemuseum.org.

Folkmoot Middle Eastern Dinner Western Carolina University is wrapping up its International Education Week at Folkmoot Friendship Center with a Middle Eastern Friendship Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 17, in Waynesville.

Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with a traditional Middle Eastern meal, catered by The Döner of Asheville and will feature falafel wraps, red lentil soup and pita bread, tabbouleh and baklava.

At 7 p.m., guests will move to the Multipurpose Room for a film screening of “Bon Voyage” and a discussion of the journey of refugees with Fadia Afashe, a renowned visual artist from Syria, former Humphrey Fellow and lifelong activist; her husband Jay Abdo, a Syrian actor who has recently starred

in “Queen of the Desert” with Nicole Kidman and “A Hologram for the King” with Tom Hanks; and Abeer Aman, a North Carolina resident from Yemen.

Tickets for this event are $15 for adult, $10 for students and can be purchased at Folkmoot.org or by calling 828.452.2997.

Limited seating is available so guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance.

Parking is free and available in the back of the Folkmoot Friendship Center.

Folkmoot’s year-round programming initiatives have been made possible by Haywood Regional Medical Center, the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and Western Carolina University.

Folkmoot is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating many cultures in one community. The Folkmoot Friendship Center is located in the Historic Hazelwood School at 112 Virginia Avenue in Waynesville. Staff can be reached by phone at 828.452.2997 or by email at info@folkmoot.org.

Heritage Arts Holiday Festival The annual Heritage Arts Holiday Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Southwestern Community College Swain campus.

Shop from a large selection of handcrafted items including pottery, holiday decorations, knitted items, jewelry, and more. Kids crafts: ornament decoration, raku firing demo and printmaking demo. Free admission. ncheritageartsfestival.wordpress.com/ holiday.

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Elevated Mountain Distilling in Maggie Valley will host a “Special Tour Night” event from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, to support Women of Waynesville.

Come take a $5 tour of the distillery. All proceeds will go to WOW, an all-volunteer organization that supports the needs of women and children in Haywood County.

Each tour also includes up to six samples of Elevated Mountain’s craft spirits, which are available for purchase by the bottle at the distillery.

WOW members will also be at the event to talk more about the organization and our fundraising efforts. Call 828.550.9978 or visit www.womenofwaynesville.org for more information about WOW.

Haywood Pathways fundraiser Guests are invited to experience an evening of elegance and fellowship in support of Haywood Pathways Center from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Maggie Valley Country Club.

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The annual “Plow Day & Harvest Festival” will be held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at Darnell Farms in Bryson City.

This old-fashioned event is a hit with the entire family. Music jam, food, crafts, pumpkin patch, hayrides, and old-time farming demonstrations. $10 parking. Get lost in our very own themed Corn Maze. There will be fresh made mountain barbecue, as well as pumpkin pies and apple pies for sale. Stock up on all our homegrown fall decorations, and choose from 25 different varieties of pumpkins, gourds, and decorative squash. www.facebook.com/darnellfarmsnc.

The production of “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney will return to the stage Nov. 17-19 at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

The play was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize when it premiered in 1988.

“Love Letters” centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards in which over nearly 50 years they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats that have passed between them throughout their separated lives.

HART’s production will have perform-

ances at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17-18 at 2 p.m.

Nov. 19. Harmons’ Den Bistro is open for dinner before the show on Friday and Saturday and for brunch on Sunday.

Reservations for the HART Studio are recommended.

To reserve a seat for the studio or for

bistro reservations simply call the HART Box Office at any time at 828.456.6322 and leave your name, phone number, the number of guests and the date of performance you would like to attend. Regular ticket prices are $10 for all adults and $6 for students. www.harttheatre.org.

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faculty and staff seek to serve Christ through service to their communities and others.

Every year, students are challenged to evaluate and select a local charity that best aligns with their mission, and this year, they are proud to announce Haywood Pathways Center as the benefactor of their fundraising efforts.

Tickets are $30 each and guests will enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and dancing. All proceeds from the charity ball will go directly to Haywood Pathways Center.

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On the wall Open call for Sylva mural The Town of Sylva and the Sylva Public Art Committee invite artists or artist teams to submit qualifications for an artist to develop a mural concept and for installation of mural by artist(s) on the wall of Ward Plumbing & Heating on Mill Street in downtown Sylva.

An artist or artist team is being selected to develop the first public mural downtown.

The mural concept is for the artist to create mural representative of a vintage postcard that is engaging and representative of the community. The Public Art Committee envisions a historic postcard with the letters of Sylva filled with five of our community’s attributes. The Town of Sylva and Public Art Committee will consider other mural concepts that are representative of the community. If interested and schedule permitting, the artist may have the opportunity to work with art students at Western Carolina University to engage more of the community. Artists should indicate whether they are interested in this in the artist statement.

Once the concept is reviewed by the Sylva Public Art Committee and the Board of Commissioners, the artist will be responsible for materials as well as the labor to paint the approved mural onto the wall.

Please note the specifications on the attached drawing including the surface area of the block wall at approximately 53 feet in length and a height of 21 feet eight inches.

The town asks that the top of the wall remain a solid color or simple pattern for easier maintenance.

Artist finalists may propose design concepts with a final project budget of up to $10,000. The final proposed project budget must be inclusive of all fees, including but not limited to design fees, costs for installation, materials, administrative costs, insurance and all travel expenses related to the project upon artist selection through completion of the project. Artists will be required to meet the town’s insurance requirements.

The Town of Sylva follows the definition of an artist as being a professional practitioner in the arts, generally recognized by his or her peers as possessing serious intent and ability. Any artist team 18 years of age or older who are authorized to work in the United States are eligible to apply.

Preference will be given to artists residing in Jackson, Haywood, Macon, Buncombe, and Swain counties. Secondary preference will be given to residents within a 300-mile radius.

Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. Applications and materials must be received by this date and time to be considered. Include the following in the subject line: Downtown Sylva Mural Project.

For questions about submissions, what is expected in each submission or to confirm receipt of materials, contact Sylva Town Manager Paige Dowling at 828.586.2719 or townmanager@townofsylva.org. Include the following in the subject line: “Downtown Sylva Mural Project.”

‘It’s a Small, Small Work’ exhibit The Haywood County Arts Council annual show, “It’s a Small, Small Work,” will be held through Dec. 23 in HCAC Gallery & Gifts in Waynesville.

The show provides a unique opportunity for budding artists to exhibit their work, as well as the opportunity for more seasoned artists to test their boundaries.

All pieces submitted are exactly 12” or smaller in every dimension, including base, matting, and frame. All art work is for sale, priced at $300 or less, and must have been created in the last two years. Commission will be the gallery’s usual 60 percent (artist) to 40 percent (HCAC) split.

The Haywood County Arts Council’s small work show was launched in 2008 to demonstrate that original artwork is affordable and fun. Most businesses, homes and apartments can accommodate smaller works of art — and the show promotes buying local and regional work to help support artists in Western North Carolina.

For more information, www.haywoodarts.org or 828.452.0593.

Pine needle ornament workshop

The monthly Creating Community Workshop will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Do you like to use a needle and thread?

In combination with long leafed pine needles, participants will make a red and green holiday ornament with a natural look. Hand strength and good eyesight are important for a successful project, but prior experience with pine needles is not required.

Joyce Lantz began making baskets over 30

20 years ago, starting with white oak and moving to honeysuckle and eventually to pine needle. She has taught continuing education classes, museum classes, and in various programs in Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina. She is a dedicated Dogwood Crafter.

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).

This program is free of charge. This class is limited to 10 people. For further information and to sign up for the class, call the library at 828.586.2016.

Sylva holiday art sale Just in time for holiday shopping, Gallery 1 in Sylva is featuring small works of art for sale by its artist members.

The list of art included in this special exhibit is as follows: photography, blown glass, alcohol inks, block prints, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, oil paintings, encaustic, metalwork, stained glass, fused glass, quilt collage and mixed media.

Featured artists in the small works exhibit are Terry Barnes, Frederick J. BauKnecht, Beth Bowser, Ken Bowser, Wanda Browne, Curtis Browne, Tracey Chapple, CynDe Copple, Jonathan Lee Dills, Fitzallen Eldridge, Ashley Hacksaw, Amos Earl, Pamela Haddock, Isabella Jackov, Joe Klerlein, Tim Lewis, Joe Meigs, Judy McManus, John Meile, Jim Smythe, Teri Leigh Teed, Phil Watford, and Gayle Woody.

A reception for the small works exhibit will be held on from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Gallery 1 Sylva on 604 West Main Street. The exhibit will run through Nov. 30.

Gallery 1 Sylva, the oldest art gallery in Jackson County, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Featuring the work of

local artists who have been nurtured on the flanks of the Plott Balsam Mountains, the gallery offers multiple genres and a taste of the beauty of Western North Carolina.

Opening hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit the gallery website at www.gallery1sylva.com, www.facebook.com/artinthemountains and www.instagram.com/gallery1_sylva.

New Macon art exhibit A showcase of artwork from Justin Moe will be on display through the month of November at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin.

“This exhibit is a mix of older and recent pieces. Over the past couple of years my output has slowed a bit — at least in my eyes and head it has — and that has been bothersome at times for me,” Moe said. “I think sometimes every artist goes through lulls. Artists have to be OK with the fact that sometimes the visions come on like a gusher, and at other times they rest in an eddy waiting to be cultivated and brought in to fruition. The muse sometimes lets you know to ‘rest,’ so as not to become a creator who just repeats themselves over and over.”

For more information, visit artbyjustinmoe.weebly.com or www.facebook.com/artbyjustinmoe.

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The Macon County Art Association is having a 10-day show of the 2017 class of local Veteran portraits painted by its members for the vets in the community.

The public is invited to come to the Uptown Gallery 34 West Main Street in Franklin to view the portraits. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will be presented to the families on Veteran’s Day at the gallery after the parade at noon Saturday, Nov. 11.

For more information, contact the gallery at 828.349.4607.

‘Three Billboards’ screening in Sylva Filmed in Sylva last summer, the Hollywood A-list movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” will have a special screening event from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, in downtown.

“The Sylva Red Carpet” is a free photo opportunity event. Drop in anytime between 3 to 6 p.m. at Sassy Frass Consignment (the location used in the film for the Ebbing Police Department) to get your photo taken on the red carpet by paparazzi photographers.

All participants will receive a movie passport booklet which will direct you to other

• The Heritage Christian Academy “Holiday Market” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Webster Baptist Church. Crafts, gifts, wreaths, and more.

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

• The Waynesville Fiber Friends will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the second

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‘Carolina Snowflake’ workshop Dogwood Crafters will be offering a “Carolina Snowflake” workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge.

David Jordan, a member of Dogwood Crafters Co-Op, will be the instructor. The snowflake, a three-dimensional star made from basket reed, could be hung in a window or on a tree. Cost for the class is $5.

To register to attend, call Dogwood Crafters by Nov. 9 at 828.586.2248.

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.

• “Paint Nite Waynesville” will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays (Nov. 16, 30) at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. Sign up for either event on the Paint Night Waynesville Facebook page or call Robin Arramae at 828.400.9560. paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

• There will be a “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.

• The “Handmade Holiday Sale” will be from noon to 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University.

• 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.

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• The next meeting of the Western North Carolina Woodturners Club Inc. will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Bascom in Highlands. Drive across the covered bridge into the parking lot, and come into the main entrance near the covered patio. There will be directions on how to get to the wood turning studio. Visitors are always welcome. The club meets in Highlands the second Saturday of every month.

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• There will be a “Glass Ornament” class Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. The 30-minutes time slots are available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $30 per time slot. To register, call 828.631.0271 or visit www.jcgep.org.

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downtown businesses where you’ll get your passport stamped and have a chance to win prizes. After-parties are planned and festivities will continue throughout the evening at other downtown businesses. More details are coming soon.

Some photos may be selected for publication on Facebook and in local media.

Optional 5”x7” photos will be available to purchase ($5 donation for the first print, $2.50 for each additional copy) and may be ordered at the event for pick-up at Livingston Photo the following week.

All proceeds will benefit Mainstreet Sylva Association.

For more information, or to become a sponsor, contact Jason Kimenker at friends@panthertown.org or visit www.mainstreetsylva.org.

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Masterful work by one of our great writers number of Mark Helprin’s works — Winter’s Tale, Memoir From Antproof Case, and more — have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List. Helprin’s A Soldier of the Great War, his story of an Italian army officer and his struggles for survival during the First World War, is a thick novel which I have read twice and to which I return on a regular basis, rereading favorite scenes, always astonished by the beauty of writing and touched again and again by certain passages. His Freddy Writer and Fredericka, a story whose characters are loosely modeled on Prince Charles and Princess Diana, stands alongside John Kennedy Toole’s New Orleans novel, A Confederacy Of Dunces, as perhaps the two funniest novels I have ever read.

Now comes Helprin’s Paris In The Present Tense (The Overlook Press, 2017, 394 pages), a tale centered on 74-year-old Jules Lacour, a master of the cello, a widower who ardently loved his wife Jacqueline, an oarsman, a veteran, a survivor of the Holocaust, and a Parisian. LaCour has arrived at that time of his life when a man still yearns for achievement but also treasures peace, when he reflects on the joys and sorrows of his past but still finds himself caught up in the turmoil and heartache of the present.

Unfortunately for Jules LaCour — that last name translates into English as court or courtyard, but is surely as well a play on the French le coeur, which means heart — life has stacked up a mountain of troubles for him.

He needs money to send his terminally ill grandson to a hospital in the United States, where he hopes American doctors may find a cure for the boy. Luc’s mother, LaCour’s daughter, is half-convinced her father has gone mad. An international corporation has promised LaCour a fabulous sum of money

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for composing a tune that will serve as the company’s theme song, but when he goes to

America to be paid, he finds the his benefactors have lied to him. He becomes involved with a fraudulent insurance scheme. He falls in love with a young cello student, Elodi. He defends a Jewish teenager being beaten by three Muslims, and as a result of the carnage that ensues, the French police begin an investigation of him.

In addition to its sweeping story, a

Young novelist receives WCU honor Novelist David Joy of Haywood County was among the honorees recently as Western Carolina University gave out the alumni award as a part of its recent Homecoming festivities.

Joy, who has written a series of critically acclaimed novels set in the modern-day Southern Appalachians, received the WCU Alumni Association’s Young Alumnus Award.

Joy, a Charlotte native who now lives in the Plott Creek community of Haywood County, earned his bachelor’s degree in 2007 and his master’s degree in 2009, both through WCU’s Department of English.

His first novel, Where All Light Tends To Go, was published in 2015 and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award, one of the top honors in the publishing world. His second novel, The Weight Of This World, was released earlier this year, and a third novel, The Line That Held Us, is due out next summer.

In presenting the honor, Robin Parton Pate, president of the Alumni Association, said Joy’s short

Helprin trademark, Paris In The Present Tense offers all those wonderful gifts that Helprin brings to the best of his novels and stories. Though too numerous to enumerate in this short review, some of the treasures readers will find in these pages are Helprin’s exquisite portrait of a man nearing the end of his life, his blend of past and present and how each plays on the other, and his vivid examination and description of the large-scale ideas and virtues so often avoided by our postmodern minimalists.

Let’s look first at Helprin’s take on ideas and abstract concepts. His protagonists may sometimes indulge in irony, but are never cynics. They behave nobly, and words like honor, duty, love, and romance have deep meaning for them. Here, for instance, is Jules LaCour in the aftermath of his first kiss with his young cellist: “Although he knew it would never happen, Jules wanted to return with Elodi to her tiny apartment and forget everything that had kept him from her.

He felt and imagined this so strongly it was as if he were with her in a new life that other than in dreams was impossible. And on the train, numb all the way home, hardly turning her head, Elodi

would feel intense pleasure echoing through her entire body, with sadness following insistently in its wake.”

As in some of this other works, particularly A Soldier Of The Great War and Memoir From Antproof Case, Helprin in Paris In The Present Tense also adroitly demonstrates the interplay between the past and the present.

Jules LaCour is haunted by the murder of his parents and his guardians by the Nazis, laments some of the actions he took as a soldier during the French conflict in Algeria, mourns his dead wife Jacqueline, and regrets, mostly for reasons regarding his grandson, his lack of acuity in finance when he was younger. Yet as the story progresses, we see that all these experiences of the past equip LaCour with the resources to face the obstacles he must overcome in the present.

Finally, in Jules LaCour Helprin creates a portrait of a man in his seventies who has led a full and adventurous life. Twice before in his novels Helprin has employed this same tactic with brilliance and verve. In A Soldier Of The Great War, the aged Alessandro Giulani tells a young Italian man the story of his life and what he has learned from his struggles during the war, his search for a lost love, and his deep attachment to art and beauty. In Memoir From An Antproof Case, an elderly American living in Brazil also casts an eye over his shoulder to review his long history: his time as a boy in a mental institution; his attempts at love; his battles as an investment banker; his lifelong hatred of coffee. Like these two men, Jules LaCour brings his rich history to the table, and as usual, Helprin creates a believable elderly man, another in a line of Helprin characters who bring to mind the closing lines of Tennyson’s “Ulysses”: “One equal temper of heroic hearts,/Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

Alessandro Giulani, the mystery man from Memoir, and now Jules LaCour: these men are more than protagonists. Like Ulysses, they are heroes.

stories and essays also have been published in numerous magazines, and readings and book signings have sent him across the nation and to Europe in recent years.

“David’s creativity, work ethic and sheer literary talent have taken him a long way over the past several years, and it’s going to be exciting to watch him continue to make his mark in the long legacy of exceptional Southern fiction writers,” Pate said.

In his comments, Joy said he found valuable mentors in English Department faculty members Ron Rash, Annette Debo and Deidre Elliott, calling Elliott “the greatest teacher I’ve ever met.”

Joy relayed a story about when he was working in Cashiers and he learned that a publisher was buying his first novel. He said he drove from Cashiers to the WCU campus and entered the Coulter Building, home of the Department of English, to stand in the hallway between the offices of Rash and Debo “because that was where it all started.”

“For the rest of my life, everything that happens, it will all be tied back to this place. I owe a great deal to Western,” Joy said.

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Earning her place Bryson City whitewater hall of famer reflects on lifetime on the water

BY HOLLY KAYS STAFF WRITER Bunny Johns became a paddler mostly by accident.

As a college freshman in the early 1960s, she’d lined up a summer job in her hometown outside of Atlanta but returned to discover the position had fallen through. Then a friend of hers called to say she’d been offered a job teaching swimming at Camp Merrie-Woode in Sapphire but didn’t want to go — maybe Johns, who had been a competitive swimmer in high school, would want to take her place?

Johns accepted.

“It’s one of the most beautiful spots on the face of the earth,” she said of the outdoor camp near Cashiers. “I had never traveled anywhere. My parents lent me a car so I could go to North Carolina, which I had never been to.”

One of the camp’s offerings was canoeing, with campers given the chance to work toward a captain’s hat in the sport.

“One of the things they have to do (to earn the hat) is teach somebody else how to paddle. They don’t let them teach the other campers, so they teach the counselors,” Johns recalled. “That’s how I learned how to paddle.”

Johns would go on to finish her undergraduate degree and then earn a master’s, and finally a Ph.D. in plant physiology. But summers in Sapphire were the start of her entrance into the sport that would define her legacy.

Now 76, Johns has been inducted into the International Whitewater Hall of Fame, a ceremony held last month at the Nantahala Outdoor Center making her one of four peo-

ple added this year and the only one to be honored in the “Advocate” category.

“It’s hard to say,” she said when asked her thoughts on the achievement. “I feel very honored. And I never expected it. So I don’t know. I just never thought about that being something I would be in.”

Perhaps, but it’s also not the first time Johns has been singled out for recognition.

She received the 1995 Legends of Paddling Award, which comes with an induction to the American Canoe Association Paddlesport Hall of Fame, and was named 2008 Boater Chick of the Year by Endless River Adventures, among a long list of other recognitions.

“I love being out on the water,” Johns said.

“I love the feeling of being able to put your boat wherever it is that you want to put it.”

FROM PLANTS TO PADDLING She developed her comfort with the paddle quite quickly, in 1964 making a first descent of the Chattooga River, Section 4, in a tandem canoe with Al Barrett. And while she left Camp Merrie-Woode to pursue a career in academia, she kept in touch with the people she’d met there — including a man who at the time was executive director of the American Red Cross and told her about a couple he knew, Payson and Aurelia Kennedy, who planned to start an outdoors center on the Nantahala River.

At the time, Johns was putting her Ph.D. to use doing research for N.C. State. But she was also in the process of leaving her husband and had gotten herself a nursing degree with adventure travel in mind.

“I thought what I was going to do was pad-

dle and travel, but what ended up happening was when I went to the Nantahala and saw what was happening, I stayed here,” Johns said. “I’ve been here ever since.”

Johns began working days at the newly launched Nantahala Outdoor Center, heading over to Andrews to work nights as a nurse at District Memorial Hospital.

It didn’t take long for her to focus her interest on NOC’s instruction program. At the time, NOC did a lot of work with the N.C. Outward Bound School, taking kids who knew nothing about paddling out on threeday trips that culminated with some pretty challenging water.

“We’re outside, we’re teaching other people how to paddle, and that was a challenge,” Johns said. “It was a real challenge to see how well we could work with the Outward Bound instructors, number one, and number two how do you get some kids who don’t even want to be there in the first place to the stage where you can safely get them down a river that’s actually pretty difficult?”

It was just the kind of challenge that Johns enjoyed.

EVOLUTION OF A CAREER Today, there are agreed-upon ways to effectively teach a host of paddling skills — Johns had a hand in developing many of those teaching methods — but when Johns arrived at NOC, the sport was still young with many

“I thought what I was going to do was paddle and travel, but what ended up happening was when I went to the Nantahala and saw what was happening, I stayed here. I’ve been here ever since.”

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techniques yet to be discovered.

“I remember teaching myself to roll a kayak from a piece of paper that had a stick figure on it,” she said. “I’d turn over and I’d try something. Eventually I taught myself to roll. Now a good instructor could teach somebody to roll in an hour or so.”

According to information compiled in the hall of fame nomination application friends submitted on her behalf, Johns spent “countless hours” in the 1980s working on the ACA instruction certification program, which is now the most widely accepted and recognized certification program worldwide. She chaired the ACA Training Committee — later renamed the ACA Safety, Education and Instruction Council — and as head of NOC’s whitewater instruction program helped develop whitewater rescue techniques that “profoundly influenced the lifesaving whitewater/swiftwater safety courses now taught worldwide.”

“This was Bunny John’s greatest contribution to the sport of whitewater paddling,” said Kent Ford, IWHOF Advocate — 2008 and former elite instructor under Johns, of Johns’ work on paddling instruction, according to the nomination packet.

At NOC, Johns rose through the ranks from instructor to head of instruction to vice president and, finally, to president, a role she filled from 1976 to 2000. During much of that time period, it was quite rare for a woman to be in such a prominent leadership position, but Johns said she didn’t meet much opposition at NOC. “At the NOC that I knew back then it was fairly well accepted,” Johns said. “Because I could paddle. I wasn’t as good and I never would be as good or as strong as some men, but I could paddle with the best of them and I knew how to teach.”

Throughout the ‘70s and into the ‘80s, Johns held her place as a world-class paddler, the capstone being a 1981 gold medal in the World Wildwater Championships in Wales, which she and her tandem canoe partner Mike Hipsher won with a time that beat all U.S. Men’s Teams and ranked 13th among all C2 Men’s times. Though Johns is a woman, she and Hipsher anchored

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Left to right: Bunny Johns is inducted to the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. Johns rafts the Grand Canyon in 2005. Johns concentrates on the water. Johns prepares for a boat launch in 1980.

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Air quality improves in N.C. economy and healthy environment can thrive at the same time.”

Ozone forms when nitrogen oxides react with hydrocarbons on warm, sunny days with little wind. It can be unhealthy to breath, and exposure to high levels can cause even healthy people to develop asthma over time. It also causes millions of dollars in tree and crop damage each year in the U.S. In the early 2000s, about one-third of N.C. counties were classified as non-attainment zones for ozone, but air quality has improved due to declining emissions from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources, spurred by the 2002 Clean Smokestacks Act that required the state’s coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions by 75 percent and EPA requirements leading to lower emissions from other sources.

The Nantahala Hiking Club and the Carolina Mountain Club have both selected new presidents to lead their organizations. n Randy Fluharty was elected president of CMC for 2018-2019 during the club’s annual dinner. A former senior vice president of the Biltmore Company, Fluharty brings a wealth of organizational and local knowledge to the post.

“I grew up hiking with my dad in these mountains. I want to work on broadening the participation of our current members, so we can have more hikes, hike leaders and trail maintenance,” Fluharty said.

Based in Asheville, CMC is the largest and oldest hiking and trail-maintaining club in Western North Carolina. www.carolinamountainclub.org. n San Ho Choi has been elected as the new president of the NHC. Originally from South Korea, Choi came to the U.S. in 1964 to complete his medical residency and was then recruited by the town of Franklin as one of only three physicians in town at the time. He retired in 2016 after 44 years of practice and has been a member of NHC for 14 years.

“I have hiked trails all over the U.S. and multiple foreign countries,” Choi said. “As you can see, the outdoors has been an important part of my life.”

The NHC is based in Franklin. www.nantahalahikingclub.org.

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North Carolina set a record low for number of unhealthy ozone days with the close of the 2017 season Oct. 31.

Since March 1, the state has recorded just four unhealthy ozone days with concentrations higher than the 70 parts per billion ozone standard set by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2015, the best outcome since the previous record low of five unhealthy ozone days in 2013. None of this year’s unhealthy ozone days occurred in Western North Carolina.

“This is a positive indicator that our partnerships focused on curbing air pollution are working,” said Mike Abraczinskas, director of the Division of Air Quality (DAQ ) in the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. “This year’s ozone data provides clear evidence that a robust

Hiking clubs get new leaders

Nighttime mountain bike rides begin A weekly nighttime mountain bike ride will take off at 6:30 p.m. Mondays from the Ledford Branch Trailhead at Bent Creek in Asheville.

Organized by Motion Makers Bicycles, the ride invites bikers to come by the shop after 5 p.m. to get a light or meet at the trailhead ready to ride at 6:30 p.m. Call for details at 828.633.2227.

Bunny Johns (far left) stands with her teammates after their historic win at the 1981 World Wildwater Championships. Donated photo

Hit the trail A 5.5-mile hike near the Standing Indian area outside Franklin will offer gorgeous views with little elevation gain during an excursion Saturday, Nov. 11.

Rated as moderate, the route travels from the Park Ridge Trail to the Park Creek Loop, including an elevation change of 640 feet. The hike is organized by the Nantahala Hiking Club, with the group to gather in Franklin at 9 a.m. before carpooling to the trailhead.

Visitors welcome, but no dogs. RSVP to hike leader Gail Lehman, 828.524.5298.

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6.5 mile hike loops around a beautiful, wooded trail Please bring: • Comfortable, waterproof hiking shoes • Snacks and lunch • Walking sticks • Rain Gear • Any medications and information about allergies • Water

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For Johns, fun has figured large in the arc of her career, with a thirst for challenge not far behind.

“I wouldn’t say I’m an adrenaline junkie,” she said. “There must be some to it, but it’s more the challenge of doing the water, doing it well and doing it up right.

And that’s not to take away from the fact that I’ve swam a lot of times.”

Now retired, Johns remains a prominent face in the community. Stepping into Mountain Perks Coffee Shop in downtown Bryson City for her interview, she caused seemingly every person in the place — customer and staff member alike — to stop what they were doing and greet her by name. Johns is still the chairman of the Harris Regional Hospital Board of Trustees, a position she’s held since the hospital was run by WestCare, and despite the drastic changes the sport has seen over the decades, she still maintains a passion for paddling — though in some respects she still prefers the old ways.

“I personally like the old boats better,” she said. “They’re longer, and they’re faster.”

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the men’s team relay and brought them into fourth place to finish the year undefeated.

The gold medal was one of nine she won between 1975 and 1982, in competitions including the Open Boat Nationals, Wildwater Nationals, World Wildwater Championships and Open Canoe Nationals.

Those accomplishments, however, were reported based on a list compiled by Johns’ friend Julie Thorner, who helped spearhead the hall of fame nomination — not based on an interview with Johns. Johns barely mentioned the accolades, and when asked which paddling experience she’s most proud of or sees as most memorable, Johns instead spoke of a staff trip down the Grand Canyon in the early days of NOC. “I had never seen anything like the water in the Grand Canyon,” Johns said of that stretch of the Colorado River that runs between 30,000 and 40,000 cubic feet per second compared to the Nantahala’s 800 cfs. There weren’t many rocks, but waves would frequently rear up 10 and 12 feet high.

“For people like us who had never seen that kind of water, it was amazing,” she said. “And it was a lot of fun.”

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Effort underway to save the ash tree MountainTrue and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy are partnering to ensure that the emerald ash borer doesn’t cause the majestic ash tree to go the way of the dodo.

An N.C. License Plate Grant from the ATC has allowed MountainTrue to inventory more than 10 miles of the A.T., resulting in more than 200 trees along nearly 5 miles of the trail to be treated with chemicals that will ward off the invasive emerald ash borer.

“This is just the beginning of a long process,” said Josh Kelly of MountainTrue. “Our goal is to save over 1,000 trees to be the seed sources for the restoration of ash after the emerald ash borer moves through the Blue Ridge.”

Kelly estimates it will take at least five years and continued funding to save those 1,000 trees. Portions of the A.T. in Pennsylvania and Virginia have already been devastated by the emerald ash borer, and in addition to ecological impact, the downed trees make it harder for volunteer trail maintainers to keep the trail open.

“What we are doing in NC will not only benefit the environment and save some trees for future generations, it will reduce maintenance costs for the Appalachian Trail,” Kelly said.

Arboretum to light up the holidays Asheville’s brightest holiday tradition will return to the N.C. Arboretum when Winter Lights opens for the season on Friday, Nov. 17, with the lighted display continuing nightly 6-10 p.m. through Sunday, Dec. 31.

New interactive displays and lower pricing for children will set this year’s show apart. The Arboretum’s gardens will be dressed in unique displays and landscapes composed of nearly 500,000 holiday lights.

The event is the Arboretum’s largest single fundraising event of the year, with all proceeds used to help expand its educational programs, exhibits and facilities year-round.

Volunteers are needed to help make the event tick, with more than 300 volunteers donating more than 4,000 hours during last year’s event. Individuals and groups alike can fill positions such as greeters, fire pit attendants and G-scale train operators.

Volunteers must be 18 or older. Sign up at

Nearly 500,000 lights make Winter Lights at the N.C. Arboretum an event to remember. Micah McClure photo www.ncarboretum.org/volunteer.

Admission is $18 for adults, $12 for children and $15 for groups of 20 or more.

Arboretum members receive a $2 discount off each ticket. Tickets are date-specific and available at www.ncwinterlights.com.

Master Gardener trainees sought The 2018 Haywood County Master Gardener class is now taking applications, with training sessions to be held Tuesday mornings from Jan. 9 through April 24, 2018.

The training will cover a variety of gardening-related topics, with participants agreeing to volunteer at least 40 hours in the following year in exchange for the training.

Topics will include lawns; ornamental trees and shrubs; insect, disease, and weed management; soils and fertilizers; vegetable gardening; plant propagation; home fruit production; flowering plants; composting; and landscape design principles.

Candidates must be residents of Haywood County.

Free. Sarah Scott, 828.456.3575 or sarah_scott@ncsu.edu.

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National Park Service crews remove trees along a roadway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. NPS photo

Tree removal to result in closures Removal of trees along some roadways in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will result in temporary, single-lane closures along the southbound lanes of the Spur, the Gatlinburg Bypass and Cherokee Orchard Road through Friday, Nov. 17.

Roadside brushing work will take place during the same time period along the Foothills Parkway East between Cosby, Tennessee, and Interstate 40.

Roads will remain open, but motorists should expect single-lane closures on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Smokies emergency communications fundraiser gets help

Help out at Tremont

First snow Frosty temperatures Sunday night into Monday, Oct. 30, brought the first snow of the season to high elevations in the Smokies.

In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest elevations received 3 inches of snow. NPS Road Crew photo

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The Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont will hold its annual volunteer workday starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18.

A long-standing tradition at Tremont, Volunteer Day will involve work on a variety of projects on campus, such as clearing ditches, spreading gravel, stacking firewood, washing windows, maintaining trails

and raking leaves. Indoor and outdoor projects will be available.

A homemade lunch will be served in Tremont’s dining hall as a thank you.

Tremont is located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Townsend, Tennessee. Register online at www.gsmit.org/event/volunteer-day/.

Laura Beth Denton, laurabeth@gsmit.org.

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Sunny Point Café in Asheville is joining forces with Friends of the Smokies to raise money for radio and emergency communications upgrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This November, donation envelopes will be available on tables at the restaurant, with the restaurant matching all gifts made by patrons up to $1,000.

The new radio system will keep park visitors, volunteers and rangers safe by allowing the park to communicate with police, fire and emergency services in neighboring communities, as well as internally. The $2.5 million fundraising effort arose from an after-action report on the response to last year’s Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which found that incompatible radio systems made communication between the park and outside emergency services organizations difficult. Friends of the Smokies is working to raise the funds needed to address that issue.

Sunny Point Café is located at 626 Haywood Road, Asheville, and open daily.

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Go back in time to the CCC era outdoors

A music and storytelling program evoking the spirit of life in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be offered 23:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva.

Michigan-based author/songwriter Bill

Bill Jamerson.

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Jamerson will present “The CCC Boys of the Great Smokies,” helping the audience to imagine being 17 years old trying to survive the Great Depression, when life was tough, food scarce and jobs non-existent. For many, announcement of the new federal job works program paying a dollar a day prompted them to leave their homes and spend long days planting trees and building roads.

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In North Carolina, the CCC put more than 75,000 men to work during its nineyear run starting in 1933, adding $82 million to the North Carolina economy through wages to plant millions of trees, build hundreds of bridges and dams and construct thousands of miles of roads, including the Blue Ridge Parkway. Some two-dozen CCC camps operated in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with numbers evenly divided between North Carolina and Tennessee. The camps revitalized North Carolina’s natural resources and turned boys into men by providing discipline and teaching work skills.

Jamerson, recipient of the 2017 National Educator of the Year Award from CCC Legacy, will be dressed in uniform as he shares stories about the CCC, reads excerpts from his book Big Shoulders, shows a short video from a PBS film and sings original songs with his guitar.

The program is offered by the Great Smoky Mountains Association, with space limited. $25 for GSMA members, $35 for nonmembers and $10 for students 17 and under. Register at http://conta.cc/2zdYpA3.

Read through the Anthropocene A collection of poetry confronting what this era of human environmental impact means for the world will headline an afternoon at Alarka Institute in Cowee Valley, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11.

The afternoon will feature a reading from John Lane’s new poetry collection Anthropocene Blues with a wine and cheese reception to follow. The International Commission on Stratigraphy has recently decided that we are living in a new geological era, the Anthropocene, marked by human impact on the environment. Lane’s collection consists of poetic renderings on what this means for art, science, human understanding and what’s left of the wild. $25 includes reception and a copy of the book. Space limited. Sign up at paypal.me/cedartree.

828.524.7400.

Hear from an aquatic biologist Aquatic biologist Steve Fraley will speak during a meeting of trout fishermen at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Rendezvous Restaurant in Maggie Valley.

Having spent the past 25 years working in aquatic biology, Fraley has been the regional aquatic wildlife diversity coordinator for the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission for the past 15 years and lives in the Fines Creek area of Haywood County.

Free, with attendees welcome to come early and eat. Offered as part of Trout Unlimited Cataloochee’s regular monthly meeting.

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WNC Calendar COMMUNITY EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital will hold community forums over the next couple of months to share updates on hospital services, expansions of services and results from the hospitals’ quality outcomes. Swain’s forum is from 3:30-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Swain County Senior Center in Bryson City. Harris’ is from 10 a.m.-noon on Friday, Dec. 8, at the Jackson County Library in Sylva. www.myharrisregional.com, www.myswaincommunity.com or 586.7000.

• Southwestern Community College will host a Veterans Day celebration at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in Myers Auditorium on SCC’s Jackson Campus. Jamie Pendergrass, Army veteran and SCC human services technology student, will serve as keynote speaker. www.southwesterncc.edu or 339.4000.

• A Veterans Day Celebration is scheduled for Nov. 11 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. 508.2657.

• The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will host a day of fun activities celebrating the Cherokee month of Nvdadegwa, known as the “Hunter’s Moon,” on Saturday, Nov. 11.

• The annual Holiday Dinner of the Beaverdam Community Center is Monday November 13 at 6:00 pm at 1620 N Canton Road in Canton. Turkey and ham will be provided so come and bring your favorite dish to share. 648-0552.

• Applications are now available for the Waynesville Christmas Parade, which is at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, on Main Street. Registration ranges from $20-30. info@downtownwaynesville.com or 456.3517.

Applications are due by noon on Friday, Nov. 17.

• Registration is underway to sign up an entry for the 43rd annual Cashiers Christmas Parade, which is at noon on Saturday, Dec. 9. http://tinyurl.com/y94jp8yd.

• Feline Urgent Rescue of WNC will hold a kitten adoption day from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at FUR’s Cat Sanctuary in Waynesville. Adoption fee for kittens is $20; older cats will be available for adoption for $35.

844.888.2287 or furofwnc.org.

• The Town of Sylva and the Sylva Public Art Committee invite artists or artist teams to submit qualifications for an artist to develop a mural concept and for installation of mural by artist(s) on the wall of Ward Plumbing & Heating on Mill Street in downtown Sylva.

Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15.

Applications and materials must be received by this date and time to be considered. 586.2719 or townmanager@townofsylva.org.

• Folkmoot is organizing a trip to Greece that will depart Dec. 26 and return on Jan. 3. To register or get more info: http://folkmoot.org/Greece or 452.2997.

BUSINESS & EDUCATION • Registration is underway for the spring semester at Haywood Community College. Classes start Monday, Jan. 8. 627.4500 or haywood.edu.

• A Hunter Safety Course will be offered two more times from 6-9:30 p.m. on Nov. 6-7 and Dec. 18-19 on the Haywood Community College Campus, Building 3300, Room 3322, in Clyde. Participants must attend both nights to receive certification from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Preregistration required: www.ncwildlife.org.

• A Life @ Western program entitled “Asheville Symphony” with David Whitehill is scheduled for Nov. 7 at Western Carolina University’s H.F. Robinson Building Auditorium.

For people over 50. life@wcu.edu or 227.3022.

All phone numbers area code 828 unless otherwise noted.

• Western Carolina University will host a Global Spotlight Series event focusing on issues involving indigenous people from 4-5:30 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Multipurpose Room of the A.K. Hinds University Center.

Two speakers will focus on Cherokee-related topics while a third will be about “Aboriginal Australians.”

227.3860 or jsschiff@wcu.edu.

• Registration is underway for a financial education class on “Understanding Credit,” which will be offered

by OnTrack from 6-7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, at the Waynesville Recreation Center. Preregistration required: 452.7960.

• “Navigating WCU’s Digital Resources” will be the topic of the Jackson County Genealogical Society meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the historic Jackson County Courthouse in Sylva. Led by Elizabeth Skene, WCU special and digital collections librarian.

Info: 631.2646 or search for the group on Facebook.

• Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Ward Plumbing & Heating will host a gathering from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Bridge Park in downtown Sylva.

There will be food, giveaways, and live music from Positive Mental Attitude (reggae/rock). Admission is free. Open to the public.

• Sara Jenkins will review “Small is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered” by E.F. Schumacher at the Lake Junaluska Book Review Committee meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the Susan Todd Lounge of the Harrell Center at Lake Junaluska.

• A “Facebook Tips and Tricks” class is scheduled for 1-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Register: 586.2016.

• Registration is underway for an Agribusiness Summit that will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Haywood Community College. Presented by HCC’s Small Business Center and regional agribusiness partners. Two tracks will be offered: “How to Start a Food-Based Business” and “How to Grow a Food-Based Business.” Register or get more info: http://SBC.Haywood.edu or 627.4512.

• A TED talk discussion on “How to Spot a Liar” will be offered on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Waynesville Library. 15-20 minute talk followed by discussion.

Registration required: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

• Small business owners can find materials and services to support business growth at Fontana Regional Library’s locations in Macon, Jackson and Swain Counties. Computer classes and one-on-one assistance also available. 586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org.

• A meeting of current and former employees of the Waynesville plant of Champion/Blue Ridge/Evergreen is held at 8 a.m. on the first Monday of each month at BoJangles near Lake Junaluska’s entrance.

• One-on-one computer lessons are offered weekly at the Waynesville and Canton branches of the Haywood County Public Library. Lesson slots are available from 10 a.m.-noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Canton and from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Waynesville Library. Sign up at the front desk of either library or call 356.2507 for the Waynesville Library or 648.2924 for the Canton Library.

FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS • United Christian Ministries will have fundraisers at the following days, times and locations – with 10 per-

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cent of all proceeds going to help Jackson County families in need: 4 p.m.-closing on Thursday, Nov. 9, at Coach’s in Dillsboro; and 4-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Pizza Hut of Sylva.

• KARE will have its 8th annual Festival of Trees dinner and auction at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at Laurel Ridge Country Club.

• Tickets are on sale now for a “Middle Eastern Friendship Dinner” and short film, “Bon Voyage,” that will be offered starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at Folkmoot Friendship Center as part of Western Carolina University’s International Education Week in Waynesville. Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for students.

452.2997 or Folkmoot.org.

• “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” will have a special screening event from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, in downtown Sylva. “The Sylva Red Carpet” is a free photo opportunity event. Drop in anytime between 3 to 6 p.m. at Sassy Frass Consignment to get your photo taken on the red carpet by paparazzi photographers, receive a movie passport booklet which will direct you to other downtown businesses where you’ll get your passport stamped and have a chance to win prizes.

After-parties are planned and festivities will continue throughout the evening at other downtown businesses.

All proceeds will benefit Mainstreet Sylva Association. friends@panthertown.org or www.mainstreetsylva.org.

• The Human Services Club at Southwestern Community College has organized a disaster relief concert at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin. The concert will feature Keirsten Hedden, the Upbeats Band and Brent Ledford. Donations will be accepted at the door, and all proceeds will go to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief. www.southwesterncc.edu or 339.4397.

• Elevated Mountain Distilling in Maggie Valley will host a Special Tour Night event from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, to support Women of Waynesville – an all-volunteer organization that supports the needs of women and children in Haywood County. $5 for a tour of distillery. 550.9978 or www.womenofwaynesville.org.

• Haywood Christian Academy’s 11th annual Charity Ball is from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Maggie Valley Country Club. Tickets: $30. All proceeds go to Haywood Pathways Center. http://tinyurl.com/ybraw4d6.

VOLUNTEERS & VENDORS • The Good Samaritan clinic of Haywood County seeks volunteers to help uninsured patients receive medications, vision care and other health and spiritual-related services in Waynesville. Clinic is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday. 454.5287 or crocco@gcshaywood.org.

HEALTH MATTERS • Lauren Page, a physical therapist at Haywood Regional Medical Center, will be the presenter for a meeting of Parkinson’s Support in the Mountains at 3 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Jackson County Department on Aging in Sylva.

•”Breastfeeding A-Z” will be offered for expectant mothers from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 9 at Haywood Regional Medical Center. Taught by Board-Certified Lactation Consultants.

MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440.

• A meeting to discuss the growing trend of suicides in Haywood County will be held from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at Haywood County Health & Human Services in Clyde. 356.2244, phjohnson@haywoodnc.net, 356.2272 or mhauser@haywoodnc.net.

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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 • An Epilepsy Symposium will be offered by Mission Health and MAHEC Continuing Education at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 11 at MAHEC in Asheville. Register: mahec.net/epilepsy. Info: Rosalyn.wasserman@mahec.net or 257.4437.

• CarePartners Bereavement Department will host a “Surviving the Holidays” workshop from noon-1 p.m. on Nov. 14 at 68 Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville. For those coping with grief. Info and reservations: 251.0126.

• “Your Amazing Newborn” classes will be offered for new parents from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 16 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

MyHaywoodRegional.com/ParentClasses or 452.8440.

• A support group for anyone with MS, family & friends meets monthly at 6:45 p.m. on the3rd 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.

• Western Carolina University’s student-run, Mountain Area Pro Bono Physical Therapy Clinic will be open from 6-8:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. 227.3527.

• 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.

• 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.

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• A support group meeting for those with Parkinsons Disease and their caregivers will be held at 2 p.m. on the last day Wednesday of the month at the Waynesville Senior Resource Center.

• A support group for anyone with Multiple Sclerosis, family and friends meets twice each month: at 2 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Heritage Room at the Jackson County Senior Center in Sylva and at 5:30 p.m. on the second Thursday at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. Info: 293.2503.

• 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.

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• 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.

SPIRITUAL • Registration is underway for the Interfaith Peace Conference, which is Nov. 16-19, at Lake Junaluska.

Affirming the community of Abrahamic faiths (Christians, Jews, Muslims) and other religious traditions to advance the work of reconciliation and peace.

Lodging and meal packages available. www.lakejunaluska.com.

POLITICAL • The Jackson County Democratic Party will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at party headquarters, 500 Mill Street, in Sylva.

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• Tickets are on sale for the 25th annual Charles

Taylor Holiday Dinner, which is Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Crown Plaza Resort in Asheville. Taylor is the longest-serving Republican U.S. Representative in WNC history (1991-2007). Tickets: $60. Checks can be mailed to Charles Taylor, P.O. Box 7587, Asheville, NC 28802. Info: 243.2187 or tasmothers@yahoo.com.

• The Haywood County Libertarian Party is now meeting at Blue Ridge Books on Main Street from 4:30-6 p.m. every second Monday of the month. These meetings will be for discussion on current events, and are open to the public.

• A lunch-and-discussion group will be held by the League of Women Voters at noon on the second Thursday of each month at Tartan Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin. RSVP for lunch: lwvmacon@wild-dog-mountain.info or 524.8369.

AUTHORS AND BOOKS • An afternoon reading and reception for John Lane’s new collection of poetry, “Anthropocene Blues” is being held at Alarka Institute in Cowee Valley. The event starts at 2 and ends at 5, and is only $25, which includes a copy of “Anthropocene Blues” and wine and cheese reception. 524 7400.

• Western Carolina University will present a doubleheader event focusing on two early 20th-century Americans, Aldo Leopold and Horace Kephart who were pioneer conservationists and remain respected as outdoor authors Thursday, Nov. 16, in the ground floor auditorium of H.F. Robinson Building. n exhibit featuring artifacts from the Mountain Heritage Center’s Kephart collection will be on display and DVDs of the film will be available for purchase. For more information, call the Mountain Heritage Center at 227-7129.

meet from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville.

• A Silver Sneakers Cardio Fit class will meet from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Waynesville Recreation Center. For ages 60 and above.

Cost is regular admission fee to the rec center or free for members. 456.2030 or tplowman@waynesvillenc.gov.

• 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 Mondays 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 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

• Hearts is played at 12 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

• Mah Jongg is played at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2813.

SENIOR ACTIVITIES • A Life @ Western program entitled “American Politics” with Chris Cooper is scheduled for Nov. 14 at Western Carolina University’s H.F. Robinson Building Auditorium. For people over 50. life@wcu.edu or 227.3022.

• An estate-planning seminar entitled “Is A Will Enough?” will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Room 102D of the Burrell Building on Southwestern Community College’s Jackson Campus.

Presented by Diane E. Sherrill, a local attorney and SCC graduate. For info and to RSVP: 586.4051.

• A Life @ Western program entitled “Elder Law: What are the protections?” with Richard Kort is scheduled for Nov. 28 at Western Carolina University’s H.F. Robinson Building Auditorium. For people over 50. life@wcu.edu or 227.3022.

• The Mexican Train Dominoes Group seeks new players to join games at 1:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 926.6567.

• Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina – an effort to help area residents commit to a healthier lifestyle, will

A&E FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • “Art After Dark” will be from 6 to 9 p.m. the first Friday of the month (May-December), in downtown Waynesville. Each 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.

• The Highlands Food & Wine festival will be held Nov. 9-12 around downtown.

• The annual Heritage Arts Holiday Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Southwestern Community College Swain campus.

Shop from a large selection of handcrafted items including pottery, holiday decorations, knitted items, jewelry, and more. Kids crafts: ornament decoration,

raku firing demo and printmaking demo. Free admission. ncheritageartsfestival.wordpress.com/holiday.

• Registration is underway for the Balsam Range Art of Music Fetival, which is Dec. 1-2 at Lake Junaluska.

Featuring some of the top bluegrass and acoustic musicians in the nation. www.lakejunaluska.com.

HOLIDAY • Applications are now available for the Waynesville Christmas Parade, which is at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, on Main Street. Registration ranges from $20-30. info@downtownwaynesville.com or 456.3517.

Applications are due by noon on Friday, Nov. 17.

• Registration is underway to sign up an entry for the 43rd annual Cashiers Christmas Parade, which is at noon on Saturday, Dec. 9. http://tinyurl.com/y94jp8yd.

• Registration is underway for the Franklin Christmas Parade, which is set for 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26. $25 per entry. Deadline is Nov. 23. 524.3161.

•The “Polar Express” will depart Nov. 10-11 and 1722 from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad depot in Bryson City. For more information on departures or to purchase tickets, click on www.gsmr.com.

• “Letters to Santa” will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 10 to Dec. 23 at the Swain County Heritage Museum in Bryson City. Drop a line for Santa. Materials provided. Call the museum for Santa appearances: 800.867.9246.

• The 26th annual Haywood County Motorcycle Parade and Toy Rclasun is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, starting at noon at Canton Town Hall. $10 or new unwrapped toy for entry (per person, per bike).

• Heritage Christian Academy will hold a Holiday Market from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at Webster Baptist Church in Webster. Crafts, gifts, wreaths and raffles. 399.0549 or latashamqueen@gmail.com • The “Handmade Holiday Sale” will be from noon to 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University.

• Tickets are on sale for the N.C. Arboretum’s Winter Lights event, which opens on Friday, Nov. 17, and runs through Dec. 31. Tickets: $18 for adults; $12 for children and $15 per person in groups of 20 or more.

Members get a $2 discount per ticket. www.ncwinterlights.com.

• “Lighting Up Maggie Valley” will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds. Tree lighting, Santa strut contest, pictures with Santa, live music, food and coat donations, ugly sweater contest, and much more.

FOOD & DRINK • The “Uncorked: Wine & Dine Train Event” will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, depart-

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• Sneak E Squirrel Brewing (Sylva) will host the Jackson County Corn Hole Association on Monday evenings ($5 buy in, 100-percent payout), Karaoke with Captain Moose from 7 to 11 p.m. on Tuesdays, Trivia at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and a Guitar Hero Tournament at 7 p.m. on Thursdays. 586.6440.

• “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.

• 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 person. 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.

• Songwriters in the round is from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at Franklin Underground. Featuring Rob Ricotta, Marie Dunkle, Dan Kowell, Liz Powell and Eli Roach.

• The “Songwriters in the Round” series will host acclaimed Nashville artists Victoria Banks, Jerry Vandiver and Steve Williams starting at 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11, at Balsam Mountain Inn. A buffet dinner is included in the $49.50 price. 456.9498 or www.balsammountaininn.net.

• Jamie Grace Harper will perform at 7:30 p.m.

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• The “Sunday at the Opry” will be held at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 12, at The Colonial Theater in Canton.

Local musicians Darren Nicholson, Jessi Stone, Lorraine Conard, J. Creek Cloggers, and more will perform as Grand Ole Opry greats for a fun afternoon of country classics in honor of those who have served. Tickets available at Eventbrite, by calling 452.0593, visiting the Haywood County Arts Council in Waynesville (86 North Main Street) or at the Colonial in Canton (no credit cards at this location). Cost is $15 (+ tax) for adults, $5 (+ tax) children. Veterans admitted for free (though ticket required to reserve your seat).

• Bruce Nemerov will perform music of the Civil War era during the Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, at the Haywood County Library in Waynesville. Meet-n-greet at Bogart’s in Waynesville and reception at 6:30 at the library.

• A contestant on “The Voice,” Geoff McBride will perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. This program is free and open to the public. 586.2016 or www.fontanalib.org.

• “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney will be on stage from Nov. 17-19 at HART in Waynesville. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17-18 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 19. $10 for adults; $6 for students. 456.6322.

• The Kittle/Collings Duo (jazz) performs from 6-9 p.m. every Friday at Bosu’s Wine Shop in Waynesville. www.waynesvillewine.com.

• 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 • Dogwood Crafters will be offering a “Carolina Snowflake” workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 15, at the Dillsboro Masonic Lodge.

Cost for the class is $5. To register to attend, call Dogwood Crafters at 828.586.2248 by Nov. 9.

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ON STAGE & IN CONCERT • Rock legend Sammy Hagar & The Circle will hit the stage at 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Harrah’s Cherokee. www.harrahscherokee.com or 800.745.3000.

• A trumpet and organ duo, Chuck Seipp and Randall Sheets, will perform at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Bryson City United Methodist Church.

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• Registration is underway for the Thanksgiving Buffet at Lake Junaluska. Event is Nov. 23.

Reservations required. www.lakejunaluska.com.

the Performing Arts in Franklin. Tickets start at $20.

To purchase tickets to see the multi-talented and inspiring Jamie Grace in concert, visit www.greatmountainmusic.com or call 866.273.4615.

• Three metal-working courses will be offered in November with local metalsmith William Rogers: Blacksmithing basics, hammered copper and mobile wind sculpture. For families, groups of friends, couples and children. Afternoon classes from 3-6 p.m.; evening classes from 5:30-8:30 p.m. For info and to register: RogersMetals@gmail.com or 293.3777.

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• The monthly Creating Community Workshop, Pine Needle Ornament, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva. With needle and thread in combination with long leafed pine needles, participants will make a red and green holiday ornament with a natural look. (www.fontanalib.org). This program is free of charge. This class is limited to 10 people. 586.2016.

• Glass Ornament classes will be offered on Nov. 11 at Green Energy Park in Dillsboro. $30 per time slot.

Each time slot is 30 minutes; slots available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pre-register: 631.0271. Ages 13-18 may participate with parent present. www.jcgep.org.

• The Western North Carolina Woodturners Club, Inc., will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Bascom in Highlands.

• A community music jam will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City.488.3030.

• The Waynesville Photography Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of each month on the second floor of the Haywood Regional Health and Fitness Center in Clyde. All skill levels welcome.

Waynesvillephotoclub@charter.net.

• Registration is underway for a basket-making workshop featuring local crafter Junetta Pell. Learn how to make a Beauty of Autumn Basket from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27. $25.

586.4009.

• A “Women in the Woods” series will be hosted by the N.C. Cooperative Extension in Haywood County from through mid-November. Last session is Nov. 17.

Facilitated by Dr. James Jeuck of Haywood Community College. More info or to register: 456.3575.

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• Registration is underway for a holiday card making class that will be offered by Southwestern Community College from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Nov. 16, at SCC’s Macon Campus. $55 cost includes materials. Register or get more info: 339.4657 or www.southwesterncc.edu.

• A class on making sauerkraut will be offered from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Waynesville Library. Led by Julie Sawyer, Extension Agent.

Registration required: 356.2507 or kolsen@haywoodnc.net.

• Sign-ups are underway for the 26th annual Haywood Arts Regional trip to broadway, which is May 10-13.

Cost is $1,575 per person. $500 deposit due by March 1; balance due April 1. HART, P.O. Box 1024, Waynesville, NC 28786.

• Waynesville Fiber Friends welcomes fiber artists of every kind: crochet, knitting, cross-stitching and more, from 10 a.m.-noon on the second Saturday of each month at Panacea Coffee House in Waynesville.

276.6226.

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• Appalachian Art Farm will host a free art session from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Community Table in Sylva. 273.9682 or MyriahStrivelli@gmail.com.

• The High Country Quilt Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the First Methodist Church in Waynesville. www.highcountryquilters.wordpress.com.

• The Bryson City Lion meet at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month at the Iron Skillet in Bryson City.

• “Paint Nite Waynesville” will be held at 6:30 p.m. every other Thursday at Frog Level Brewing in Waynesville. There will also be “Painting at the Porch” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Southern Porch in Canton. Sign up for either event on the Paint Night Waynesville Facebook page (search event: Brush N. Brew) or call Robin Smathers at 828.400.9560. paintnitewaynesville@gmail.com.

• There will be a “Thursday Painters Open Studio” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Franklin 42 Uptown Gallery. Bring a bag lunch, project and sup-

plies. Free to the public. Membership not required. For information, call 828.349.4607.

• Coloring Club will be hosted on the second Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at Canton Library.

Color pencils and color pages supplied. For ages 8 to 108. 648.2924.

• Beginners Chess Club is held on Fridays at 4 p.m. at the Canton Public Library. Ages 8-108 invited to participate. 648.2924.

• Cribbage is at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Maggie Valley Inn. 410.440.7652 or 926.3978.

• An Antique, Vintage & Handcrafted Flea Market starts at 8 a.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 3029 Soco Road in Maggie Valley. Bring your own table/tent. Spaces rent for $10 a day or $25 for all three days.

• The Adult Coloring Group will meet at 2 p.m. on Fridays in the Living Room of the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. An afternoon of creativity and camaraderie. Supplies are provided, or bring your own.

Beginners are welcome as well as those who already enjoy this new trend. kmoe@fontanalib.org or 524.3600.

• Haywood County Arts Council is inviting artist members to participate in its annual Artist Member Show.

Download a show contract/inventory sheet from www.haywoodarts.org. Send completed forms to gallery@haywoodarts.org or P.O. Box 306; Waynesville, N.C. 28786.

• The Jackson Rangers Camp 1917 will hold monthly meetings at 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at the Barkers Creek Community Center.

Members are being sought to participate in honor guard graveside events and honor Confederate soldiers. The Confederate Rose, a ladies auxiliary group that supports active members, meets at the same time and location. 736.6222 or jrcamp1917@hotmail.com.

• The Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum at Bardo Arts Center will host the exhibit “WCU Collects: Recent Acquisitions” through Jan. 26. 227.3591.

• Exhibit “Conversation/What Remains” featuring artists Rachel Meginnes and Kelly O’Briant will be on display through Nov. 19, at Penland Gallery near Spruce Pine. 765.6211 or penland.org/gallery.

• Gallery 1 in Sylva is featuring small works of art for sale by its artist members. A reception for the small works exhibit will be held on from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Gallery 1 Sylva on 604 West Main Street.

The exhibit will run through Nov. 30.

Opening hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. www.gallery1sylva.com, www.facebook.com/artinthemountains and www.instagram.com/gallery1_sylva.

• In the WCU Fine Art Museum main gallery through Dec. 8 is the nationally traveling exhibition “Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art,” curated by Tony A. Tiger, Bobby C. Martin, and Jace Weaver. The symposium will be held on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 10, followed by a reception honoring the “Return from Exile” exhibition from 5 to 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. The symposium includes a ticketed keynote performance from Canadian First Nation electronic music group A Tribe Called Red at 7:30 p.m. arts.wcu.edu/tribe.

The museum is also presenting “WCU Collects: Recent Acquisitions.” This exhibition showcases a selection of artworks recently given to the museum and includes a number of artists not previously represented in the collection. www.wcu.edu.

• New artist and medium will be featured every month at the Haywood County Senior Resource Center in Waynesville. 356.2800.

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

“Thor: Ragnarok” will be playing at 7 p.m., Nov. 8-10 at 7 p.m., Nov. 11-12 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m., Nov. 13-16 at 7 p.m. at the Strand on Main in Waynesville. See website for tickets and pricing. www.38main.com.

• The Sew Easy Girls meet from noon-3 p.m. on the first Monday of every month at the Jackson County Cooperative Extension Office’s conference room. Learn how to sew. 586.4009.

• “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will be playing at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14, 7 p.m. and 9:55 p.m. on Dec. 15, 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:55 p.m., on Dec. 16, 1 p.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m., on Dec. 17, and at 7 p.m. on Dec. 18-21 at the Strand on Main in Waynesville. See website for tickets and pricing. www.38main.com.

• A community art group meets at 10 a.m. every Wednesday at the Hudson Library in Highlands.

828.526.3031.

• A writer’s group meets at 1 p.m. every Thursday at Hudson Library in Highlands. 526.3031.

• Free one-on-one technology help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday morning at Hudson Library in Highlands. Call 526.3031 to make an appointment.

• “The Glass Castle” will be showing at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. FREE. • “Atomic Blonde” will be showing at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva. FREE. • Free movies are shown every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Mad Batter Food & Film in Sylva.

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GALLERIES

• A showcase of artwork from Justin Moe will be on display through the month of November at the Macon County Public Library in Franklin. artbyjustinmoe.weebly.com or www.facebook.com/artbyjustinmoe.

• The Macon County Art Association is having a 10day show of the 2017 class of local Veteran portraits painted by its members for the vets in the community.

The public is invited to come to the Uptown Gallery 34 West Main Street in Franklin to view the portraits. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will be presented to the families on Veteran’s Day at the gallery after the parade at noon Saturday, Nov. 11. 349.4607

• The Franklin Appalachian Trail Community Council’s monthly meeting is at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce.

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• Mainspring Conservation will have a volunteer “Thank-You” breakfast from 8:30-10 a.m. on Nov. 16 at the Mainspring Franklin Office. http://tinyurl.com/yc3w9o4j.

• A weekly nighttime mountain bike ride is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Mondays from the Ledford Branch Trailhead at Bent Creek in Asheville. Organized by Motion Makers Bicycles. 633.2227.

• The Great Smoky Mountains Institute will hold its annual volunteer workday at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Tremont, near Townsend, Tenn. Register online: gsmit.org/event/volunteer-day.

COMPETITIVE EDGE • Registration is underway for the Cherokee 5K Turkey Strut, which is Saturday, Nov. 18, beginning and ending at Kituwah Mound near Bryson City, starting at noon Saturday, Nov. 18. Hosted by Cherokee Choices, the run welcomes everyone from avid runners to walkers, with a variety of age groups offered. Proceeds will benefit the Cherokee Braves Booster Club, which supports athletes at Cherokee Central Schools. www.runsignup.com.

• Registration is underway for the Cold Turkey 5K, which starts at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23 in Franklin.

The Little Turkeys FUN! Run/Walk for kids will begin at 9 a.m. with the 5K starting at 9:30 a.m. The route goes along the Little Tennessee Greenway. A portion of the funds will go to a nonprofit in Macon County, to be announced at a later date. $25. www.active.com.

FARMERS MARKET • The Jackson County Farmers Market will have market from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturdays at The Community Table. Info: 393.5236. jacksoncountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com or website jacksoncountyfarmersmarket.org.

• A community tailgate market for local growers is open from 3-7 p.m. every Wednesday at The Village Green Commons in Cashiers. 734.3434, info@villagegreencashiersnc.com or www.villagegreencashiersnc.com.

HIKING CLUBS • The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate, 5.5-mile hike on Saturday, Nov. 11, from Park Ridge to Park Creek Loop. Reservations and info: 524.5298.

ART SHOWINGS AND • Linda Dickinson’s display of black-and-white photography is being displayed at the Canton Public Library Meeting Room in Canton. Show is entitled “Waynesville and Environs, a Black & White Perspective.” 648.2924.

• Registration is underway for the Ginseng Marketplace, which is from noon-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 258 Carolina Lane in Marshall. Hosted by the N.C. Ginseng Association. Tickets: $30. Register: http://tinyurl.com/yd4t75sp.

Outdoors • Jake Greear and Jim Tolbert will visit City Lights Bookstore on Thursday, November 9th at 6 p.m. to discuss CCL. Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a coordinated, nation-wide network of volunteers working to create the political will for climate solutions.

• A Spay/Neuter Clinic is offered from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays at 182 Richland Street in Waynesville. As low as $10. 452.1329.

• Tickets are on sale now for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebration, which is Nov. 9 at Biltmore. Dinner, drinks and awards ceremony. Tickets: $100 and available at brpfoundation.org/20yearsstrong or 866.308.2773.

• Friends of the Smokies will hike the North Shore Road Loop on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Great Smoky Mountains. 9.4 miles; 1,350-foot elevation gain. Led

by Gracia Slater. $20 for members; $35 for new members. Register: http://Hike.FriendsoftheSmokies.org.

• A hike in the Shining Rock Wilderness Area will be offered from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, through the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department. Open to ages 8-up. $5. Register: rec.jacksonnc.org.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take a moderate, 4.5-mile hike on Saturday, Nov. 18, to Round Mountain in Jackson County. Reservations and info: 743.1079.

• The Nantahala Hiking Club will take an easy, 2.5mile hike with little elevation change on Sunday, Nov. 19, along an old logging road to Mud Creek Falls in Sky Valley, Ga. Info and reservations: 369.6820.

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REAL ESTATE ANNOUNCEMENT

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18 This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All dwellings advertised on equal opportunity basis.

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LAKE JUNALUSKA 2/BR 1/BA Great Location! No Smoking!

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For more information please call or text me at: 828.246.0682

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STUNNING NC MTN. VIEWS New log cabin on nearly 2 ac.

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24 Soft rock 110 Graf — (ill-fated 26 Tailless cat 29 “Still the King” cable German warship) 27 Secretive govt. group channel 111 Notch shape 28 Small city’s package 31 Faux — 112 Inner layer deliverer?

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WEEKLY SUDOKU Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

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Sunset doesn’t carry a watch.

Don Hendershot photo

The naturalist’s corner

BY DON H ENDERSHOT

S.P.E.C.M.M.D.S.G.T. on’t you love the way it rolls off the tongue — “spec-mm-dsgt?” As in, “what time is it spec-mm-dsgt?”

It’s a simple acronym that solves all the standard vs. daylight saving time acrimony.

It stands for (you’ve probably already figured it out as it’s self explanatory) Standard Pacific Eastern Central Mountain Mean Daylight Saving Greenwich Time.

I propose, on Jan. 1 at 12 a.m. Eastern, that would be 11 p.m. Dec. 31 Central, 9 p.m. Dec. 31 Pacific (you get the drift) everyone set their clocks to 12 a.m. and problem solved — no more jet lag; no more what day is it in Russia? Sure that first day might be a little weird as some people will have to spring through Sunday to get to Monday and others will have to fall back from Tuesday, but 100 years from now nobody will remember.

I mean who knows why we have Daylight Saving Time (and I have it from good sources that it’s saving, not savings) in the first place. Seems like World War I was the catalyst. Germany began the practice in 1916 in hopes of conserving energy for the war effort. France and the U.S. soon followed

D

suit. The measure fell by the wayside in most countries after WWI only to be revived during WWII, generally under the same energysaving assumptions. Daylight saving once again found displeasure in the U.S. and was rescinded around 1945.

And if you think SPECMMDSGT would be confusing, you should just look at the U.S. from 1945 to 1966. Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, noted: “In 1965 there were 130 cities in the country with populations of 100,000 or more. Fiftynine did not observe daylight saving. Of the 71 that did, there were at least 20 different adoption dates. In Minnesota, St. Paul was on one time, Minneapolis was on a different time, and Duluth was on Wisconsin time. In fact, somebody even found a Minneapolis office building in which the different floors of the building were observing different time zones because they were the offices of different counties.”

This makes Yogi Berra looks like a savant when he was asked, “What time is it?” The Berra-meister’s response — “You mean now?”

So the Feds stepped in and fixed everything with the Uniform Time Act of 1966.

The mission of the law was to promote a

uniform observance of time throughout the United States. I guess, as uniform as a fourhour difference between LA and New York can be. And to be sure times would be uniform across the country, they made the choice voluntary and Arizona and Hawaii chose not to play.

I believe if you just weigh this short list of pros and cons regarding daylight saving, you will see SPECMMDSGT is the way to go: Pros: saves energy; increases business revenues; late afternoon golfers love it; fewer auto accidents on the commute home from work; farmers wholeheartedly endorse it.

Cons: greater energy demands; no net gain in business revenues; early morning golfers hate it; increased auto accidents on commute to school and work; farmers collectively denounce it.

I would hope, from this list of pros and cons the solution is self-evident. Please email me if you think the time for SPECMMDSGT has come and we will start a petition, as soon as I finish the newsletter I’m working on for Procrastinators Anonymous.

(Don Hendershot is a naturalist and a writer who lives in Haywood County. He can be reached at ddihen1@bellsouth.net)

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BECOMING THE NATIONS LARGEST FURNITURE CLEARING HOUSE

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