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Mayland again ranks high in nation’s schools

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News An online school ranking company has selected Mayland Community College as one of the top community colleges in the nation.

Dr. John C. Boyd, the president of Mayland, told the Yancey County Commission of the ranking during the monthly county meeting Monday night.

“We selected the top community colleges based on a comparison of several studies and ratings of community colleges, each with their own unique selection criteria, as well as the schools’ reputation and our review of notable community colleges,” the website thebestschools.org wrote in its introduction to the 50 Best Community Colleges in the United States.

Boyd told commissioners that the ranking was based on several factors, including the ongoing success in student perseverance and See Page 8

Yancey County Commissioners Jeff Whitson and Randy Ollis study maps showing where the town of Burnsville asked to put a water pump station on county land near the ball field on Lincoln Park Road. The commission voted to allow the town to install the pump station once the county manager and county attorney are satisfied with the placement of the station.

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Yancey avoids floods despite heavy rainfall

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Has anyone seen Noah? With the rain that fell over the past week, it isn’t that ridiculous to think some Biblical influence wasn’t at play as the mountains felt the weight of a deluge of rain.

According to Dr. Ray Russell of Raysweather. com, “for many locations this was the wettest first week of July on record” and for “much of North Carolina, January 1 to July 8 has had the most rain ever recorded.”

Yancey County dodged the bullet on Theresa Colletta speaks to commissioners about disasters, though our neighbors to the west and tension between the Burnsville Little Theater and See Page 3 Parkway Playhouse.

Coletta: Parkway Playhouse attitude is ‘insulting’

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Theresa Coletta stood before the Yancey Board of Commissioners Monday night and said that the Parkway Playhouse is being unreasonable in its dealings with the Burnsville Little Theater.

Coletta, a former Parkway Playhouse board member, said that the Playhouse management wants to force Burnsville Little Theater to pay hundreds of dollars when it stages its twice a year performances.

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Two charged in break in, theft of copper wire

By Jonathan Austin Yancey County News Two people have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of $1,000 worth of copper wire from a local industry. Cody Stanley King, 21, and Geneva Elizabeth English, 28, both of 300 Smoke Rise Drive, Burnsville, were arrested July 4 and charged by J.D. Robinson of Yancey County Sheriff’s Office with felony breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, and felony possession of stolen goods.

According to the warrants filed at the clerk of court’s office, the two are accused of

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breaking into a storage room on U.S. 19E and stealing 45 pounds of single and braided copper wiring that belong to Rogers Group Paving Co. The warrant says the copper was stolen on July 2, and that warrants against King and English were issued July 3. Both have been released on bond. According to court records, King was convicted in February of two counts felony possession of firearms. He received a 30 month suspended sentence at the time, and was on probation at the time of the recent arrest.

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Playhouse production of Peter Pan is winding up

Who doesn’t know the story of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up? This is the beloved story of Peter, Wendy, John, Michael, the brave Tiger Lilly, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys of Neverland, and of course the diabolical Captain Hook. Brimming with youthful adventure and flights of fancy Peter Pan is a story that resonates with the young and young at heart.

Parkway Playhouse’s current production will wind up its run with three more performances on July 11, 12, and 13 all at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12-$20.

All performances will be held at the Parkway Playhouse located at 202 Green Mountain Drive in Burnsville.

Advance reservations are highly recommended and can be made by calling 828-682-

4285 or by visiting Parkway Playhouse’s secure website at www.parkwayplayhouse.com .

The production, which is a play based on the book by JM Barrie with orchestral music by American music virtuoso Leonard Bernstein. (The composer of West Side Story) opened at Parkway Playhouse on June 29 and has been playing to capacity audiences.

“Peter Pan has been an exhilarating and magical production” commented Parkway Playhouse Producing Artistic Director, Andrew Gall, who adapted the script and directed the production. “It is a great story and a fun production. If you haven’t had the chance to come and see it yet, I hope you will get out to one of our remaining performances.”

Peter Pan features one of

the largest and youngest ever assembled by the 67-year old theatre company. Heading up the cast are Myra McCoury as Peter Pan, Iszie Hilbert as Wendy Darling, and Jeff Polgar as Captain Hook. Also in the cast are Anna Franklin as Mrs. Darling, Steve Elderbrock as Smee, Stephen Bailey as Starkey, and Colin Eten as John Darling. Danny Wahlers and Nicholas Messer alternate in the role of Michael Darling and Elizabeth Boulter and Courtney Wahlers alternate as Liza. Steven Grindstaff, Caleb Grindstaff, Barry Kelly, Ryan Robertson, Travis Wynkoop, and McKenzie Pauley appear as rough group of pirates. Taylor Hutcinson appears as Tiger Lilly and Peyton Yearick, Logan Kirkimillis, Olivia Grindstaff, Logan Walden, and

Lilly Polgar portray the various braves in her tribe. Rachel Boulter, Lilly Bartleson, Hanna Barilovits, Anna Zimmerman, Rebecca Heidenfelder, and Caley Pippert appear as exotic but dangerous mermaids.

The lost boys are played by a rotating cast that includes Hana Stella, Kade Hoilman, Natalie Calkins, Izzie Davis, Zane Toomey, Zeke Toomey, Lynn Hilbert, Brianna Hilbert, Legend McCoury, Olivia Hughes, Amira Malas and Zacariah Malis.

For detailed information about the Parkway Playhouse mainstage season, special events, Parkway Playhouse Junior programs, tickets and season memberships, please visit www.parkwayplayhouse.com or call 828-682-4285.

Pediatricians see more injuries due to cheerleading Cheerleading is definitely not your grandmother’s pastime anymore, injury experts warn, but rather a highly competitive activity that’s light on the pom-poms and heavy on risky daredevil acrobatics.

The not-surprising result: Cheerleading injuries are on the rise.

“Over the past few decades, cheerleading has evolved from leading the crowd in cheers at sporting events to a competitive, year-round activity featuring complex acrobatic stunts performed by a growing number of athletes,” said Dr. Cynthia LaBella, medical director of the Institute for Sports Medicine at the Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

“As a result, the number and severity of injuries from cheerleading has also surged.”

“Relatively speaking, the overall injury rate is low compared to other girls’ sports, such as soccer and basketball,” LaBella said.

“But despite the lower overall injury rate, cheerleading accounts for a disproportionate number -- 60 percent to 70 percent -- of all the catastrophic injuries in girls’ high school sports.

That is an area of concern and needs attention

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for improving safety.”

LaBella, who is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the Northwestern University Steinberg School of Medicine, was scheduled to discuss the issue Thursday at the annual meeting of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, in Las Vegas.

According to a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) last fall, the number of students aged 6 and up who engaged in cheerleading either at school or as members of offsite competitive squads skyrocketed from just 600,000 students in 1990 to somewhere between 3 million and 3.6 million in 2003.

The vast majority of participants -- 96 percent -- are girls, according to the AAP, and what these girls are now asked to do goes far beyond the stereotypical image of fun-loving dance routines.

Rather, girls must routinely execute taxing feats of gymnastic prowess, with sequences that involve tumbling, leaping, jumping, tossing and human-pyramid building.

What’s more, “injury rates increase with age and skill level, due to more complex stunts being performed at these levels,” LaBella said.

The result has been a notable increase in the frequency with which cheerleaders fall, sometimes from great heights. A range of limb, head, neck and trunk injuries, as well as sprains and strains, can ensue, with some -- such as concussions -- being serious enough to require medical attention.

It is no longer unheard of to see cheerleading participants leave the field of play having suffered permanently disabling or even fatal catastrophic injuries.

“For those who have not seen cheerleading in 20 years, it really would be an eye-opener,” said Lisa Kluchorosky, a sports medicine administrator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “So many [people] still think it’s the world of Annette Funicello. But cheerleading has gone from a more recreational, more supportive kind of role to being very competitive and very athletic, which means that the demands placed on these kids are really enormous.

“And the skill level and the types of stunts they are doing have gone up tremendously, as they have with most sports over the years,” Kluchorosky added.

Wi t h t h i s n e w reality in mind, the AAP now takes the position that state athletic associations should move to classify cheerleading as a sport, in order to ensure that the activity is treated in the same manner as all other traditional contact athletics.

“Cheerleading is still not considered a sport in many states, and it very much should be,” said Kluchorosky, who is the National Athletic Trainers’ Association liaison to the AAP. “If it were designated as such, it would be subject to the rules of all other sports, which means participants would be afforded the same resources and health care, and held to the same regulations.”

For example, under a sports designation, cheerleaders would have to engage in strength and conditioning programs during both competition and preseason periods. Practice time would be regulated, and training facilities certified as safe. Participants also would have access to onsite medical staff when needed, all of whom would be prepped with detailed emergency medical plans.

As part of a recognized sport, cheerleading coaches, in turn, would have to be certified as to their proficiency in teaching key cheerleading skills, such as spotting techniques.

Beyond that, the AAP further recommended placing specific boundaries on the kinds of activities cheerleaders can be asked to do, including limiting human pyramids to a certain height and banning tumbling on hard surfaces that lack appropriate landing matting.

“There’s still some of the feeling out there that [cheerleading] is not a real sport,” Kluchorosky said. “But it is. And we’re talking about real risks, so we have to try to move the needle forward and deal with it appropriately.”

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Locals indicted for sale of synthetic drugs Three separate criminal indictments and a criminal complaint over the distribution of synthetic drugs and conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs has been unsealed in the U.S. District Court.

The indictments and criminal complaint announced June 26 - are the result of local, state and federal investigations into head shops operating in Mecklenburg, Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and Mitchell counties.

According to court documents and court proceedings, businesses sold synthetic drugs such as synthetic marijuana and/or synthetic cathinones, commonly referred to as bath salts.

The indictments targeted businesses in Asheville, Spruce Pine, Charlotte, and in Henderson and Transylvania counties.

A criminal indictment charged seven defendants with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of synthetic cathinones and related charges at Pandora’s Dreams head shop in Spruce Pine. The indictments argue that, the conduct occurred in Mitchell and Mecklenburg counties from July 2012 to May 2013. The Bath Salts were sold under brand names such as “White Water Rapids”, “Snowman”, “Super Glass Cleaner”, “Anti Monkey Butt Powder”, “Dragon”, and “Bushman’s Repellant.”

The named defendants are Matt Davis, 32, of Charlotte, Kelly Higgins, 24, of Burnsville, John Newberry, 40, of Spruce Pine, Albert Tomes, 41, of Bakersville, Tina Tomes, 43, of Bakersville, Kevin Vickers, 22, of Bakersville, and Lori Watts, 46, of Spruce Pine.

Newberry, Watts, Albert Tomes and Tina

Tomes were also charged with selling or offering to sell drug paraphernalia. Matt Davis and Tina Tomes were also charged with money laundering. The indictment includes a notice of forfeiture, which gives notice that the defendants must forfeit to the United States all of the property, currency and monetary instruments involved in the offenses charged in the indictment, and all property, currency and monetary instruments which are proceeds of such offenses, including over $45,000 in cash, a vehicle, and a firearm seized during the investigation.

“Synthetic cathinones (bath salts) and synthetic cannabinoids are two of the most widely abused drugs in Yancey County,” said Sheriff Gary Banks. “My office has seen a large increase in the number of users of these controlled substances over the past couple of years. I feel like this is directly related to the fact that these drugs were very easy to obtain in both Mitchell and Buncombe counties. Also, typically users of these controlled substances had the impression that these substances were legal to purchase and possess. I would like to thank everyone for their assistance in this investigation,” Banks said.

The investigation into Pandora’s Dreams was handled by the DEA, the Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office, the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office and the Spruce Pine Police Department.

Mitchell County Sheriff Donald Street said he is “very thankful for the assistance from the federal authorities on closing down these head shops. Our local head shop was creating a real nightmare for our county and was destroying many people’s lives along the

way. The arrest of the individuals involved in these businesses will hopefully show them and others the consequences of selling these very dangerous substances. This investigation is perfect example of what can be accomplished when local, state and federal authorities work together to solve problems in our local communities.”

Others charged involved owners and workers at shops in Charlotte, at seven Octopuses Garden shops in Western North Carolina, and at Just Like That Smoke Shops in Weaverville and Henderson counties.

“Masking synthetic drugs with creative names and deceptive packaging does not change the fact that these substances are illegal, highly addictive and potentially deadly to those who use them. Whether such drugs are sold in Asheville, Spruce Pine or Charlotte, let it be known that the law enforcement community stands united in the fight against these harmful chemicals that wreak havoc in our communities and pose serious health risks, particularly among young people,” said U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins.

Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta Field Division stated, “The rise of synthetic drug use in the United States alone has reached epidemic proportions and has resulted in a sustained rise in emergency room visits, deaths, and violence among teens and young adults. DEA and its law enforcement partners will continue to attack this issue aggressively. Many thanks to the joint efforts by all law enforcement personnel involved.”

Some in mountains get a foot of rain in first week of July From the front in Mitchell County reported some serious damage from the flooding and mud.

Gov. Pat McCrory toured some of the hardest hit areas in Madison County last Friday. He and other

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state officials saw the storms’ impacts firsthand and talked with residents about hopes to rebuild damaged roadways as quickly as possible.

“We spent the morning checking in with residents of Madison

his retirement is invited to a dropThe Yancey County Department in reception for the community, of Social Services board of family, friends, etc. directors meeting will be held at Mary Jane’s lineup 6 p.m. on Monday, July 29, in the July is Jammin’ at Mary Jane’s!

DSS Lobby at 320 Pensacola Rd., Burnsville. This was rescheduled Breakfast 7am - 11 am, Lunch 11 from the regular third Monday of am - 3pm M-F (Sat. Lunch 11 2pm) Every Friday from 12pm to the month.

2pm we have the best Blue Grass with “The Typical Mountain Boys” Bus driver training and then Open Mic Night from 7 Bus Drivers Training Class will 9pm. Come enjoy the music and be offered July 29, 30 and 31st at dinner or sit on our back deck by the Yancey Campus of Mayland the creek and rock garden. (Dinner Community College. Class will from 5pm - 9pm) be held each day from 8:30 a.m.

Saturday Nights: Dinner from to 3:00 p.m. There is no fee for 5pm - 9pm 7pm - 9pm in July: this class. If you have questions July 13th Dana and Susan regarding this class you may Robinson: traditional music at it’s contact the Yancey County Schools best Transportation Department at 682July 20th Glenn Nunce and 2167.

Lenny Ski: traditional, folk and bluegrass Fun July 27th Bob Early: A local Retirement reception favorite Call for reservations: 828-678for Rick Tipton A retirement reception for 9362 *Dinner from 5pm - 9pm. Come Principal Rick Tipton will be held just for dinner or stay for the good in the cafeteria at East Yancey Middle School on Monday, July 15 music. There is a $5 cover for from 4-6 p.m. Everyone who wants those staying for the music to help to stop by and wish him well on support our local musicians.

County where storm debris litters properties and several roads were either impassable or damaged,” said McCrory. “Sheriff Buddy Harwood took us to several hard hit areas and we are here to help.”

Two mobile home parks in Mitchell County were evacuated because of flooding, and the American Red Cross reported that volunteers opened a shelter at the First Baptist Church in Spruce Pine during the storm.

In Madison County, Gunter Town and Chapel Hill roads near the Laurel community in Pisgah National Forest suffered some of the most significant damage.

Heavy rains washed away the hillside above some roads and the hillside below some roads, triggering mudslides that blocked lower roads. NCDOT crews cleared debris from those blocked roads.

Russell said some areas saw well over a foot of rain, while

others had only three or so inches.

According to Weather Service trained spotters, Burnsville saw from 3.85 inches up to 7 inches, with Mt Mitchell reporting 11.72 inches. 10.20 inches was reported in the Halls Chapel Road area. In Avery County, weather service spotters reported Crossnore getting 13.39 inches of rain, and Linville 16.25 inches.

Mars Hill received 4.94 inches, while Bakersville reported a spread from 5.66 inches to 9.77 inches.

A weather spotter in Spruce Pine reported 13.04 inches of rain.

Black Mountain in Buncombe County saw 8.65 inches of rain, while 11.57 was recorded at Sugar Mountain.

Yancey County M anager Nathan Bennett said he received calls about driveways washing, but he felt the county had been spared serious damage.

Man charged for meth possession From the front In an unrelated case, a local man has been arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine and felony conspiracy.

Frank Ballard, 67 of Sawmill Hollow Road, was arrested June 25 on charges

of or two counts of felony conspiracy, two counts of possession of methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, one count of maintain a vehicle for the keeping and selling

of methamphetamine, and two counts possession of drug paraphernalia.

Ballard remains in jail under a $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on July 12.

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Obituaries Art Garland

Medical Park Dr., Marshall, NC 28753 or nephews.

Funeral was July 5 in the Chapel of Broyhill Children’s Home, 111 Sneed Dr., Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Clyde N. C. Arthur Eugene ‘Art’ Garland, 91, of Rev. Ray Wilson officiated. Burial was in Laurel Cove Road in Bakersville died Micaiah James Ledford the Cane River Church Cemetery.

Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Brian Center

Health and Rehab in Spruce Pine.

Micaiah James Ledford died Thursday, Furman Roger Wilson Born on December 31, 1921, in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late Virgil July 4, 2013 at Blue Ridge Regional Furman Roger Wilson, 71, of McMahan and Nita Parker Garland. In addition to his Hospital in Spruce Pine.

He was the infant son of Lily Ledford Road, Burnsville, died Tuesday, July 2, parents, he was preceded in death by his and Corey Harris. In addition to his Mother 2013. wife, Ruby Duncan Garland who passed and Father, he is survived by his maternal A native of Macon Co., he was a son of away in 2007. grandparents; Bill and Amie Ledford of the late Radford and Virta Anders Wilson.

Art was a member of the Bear Creek Baptist Church and a Navy veteran of Spruce Pine; his paternal grandparents; He was also preceded in death by his first Steven and Kelly Harris and Donnie wife, Katie Ann Wilson.

World War II. He retired after 40 years from American He is survived by several nieces and and Amanda Pace all of Rutherfordton; his maternal great grandparents; Wayne Enka.

He was a founding and charter nephews.

A memorial service and additional Ledford of Spruce Pine and Floyd and member of Bethesda Baptist Church in Thelma Ayers of Bakersville; his uncles; Candler, where he served as pastor. He arrangements will be announced later.

Dakota and Michael Ledford of Spruce was a charter member of the Primitive Nell Imogene Metcalf Edwards Pine and Chase Harris of Rutherfordton Quartet, and a past Master of the Masonic and his aunts; Grace Ledford of Spruce Hominy Lodge #491, and transferred to the Burnsville Lodge.

Nell Imogene Metcalf Edwards 75, of Pine and Hope Pace of Rutherfordton.

Graveside service was Sunday at the He is survived by his wife, Margie Marshall, passed away Sunday, July 7, Sullins Branch Baptist Church Cemetery Letterman Wilson; daughters Carol 2013, at John F. Keever Solace Center.

She was a daughter of the late Hugh and with the Rev. Bill Ledford officiating. (Dennis) Randall, Debbie (Jay) Roberson, Effie Whittemore Metcalf. She was also Interment followed in the Sullins Branch Sherry (Jim) Rice, and Jennifer (Jerry) Bradford; sons Curtis Bradley, Richard preceded in death by brothers; John, Baptist Church Cemetery.

(Cindy) Blevins, Ronald (Pam) Blevins, Howard and Gordon Metcalf and great Pansie Hedrick Hensley and Donald (Tonya) Blevins; grandchildren grandchild Easton Cope Edwards. Nell was Brandy Rice, Justin Roberson, Andy, a member of Bull Creek Baptist Church, Pansie Hedrick Hensley, 81, of McKinney Shannon, Lacey, and Chelsea Blevins, was WMU Director for many years, Road, Burnsville, passed away Tuesday, Hannah, Heidi, and Sarah Blevins, Jaron, Sunday school teacher for several years, Jessica, Jonathan, and Jacob Bradford; and worked with bible school for many July 2, 2013.

A native of Yancey County, she was great-granddaughter Allie Blevins; sisters years and Church Mice painting group.

Surviving is her husband of 58 years, a daughter of the late Bob and Hamey Jean (Floyd) Jones, and Judy (Red) Bobby Edwards, son, Donald Edwards Whitson Hedrick and the wife of Harrell Bullman; and brothers Norman (Wanda) Wilson, and Truman (Linda) Wilson. and wife Elaine, grandson, Travis Edwards Hensley who died in 1977.

She was also preceded in death by Funeral was Friday at Bethesda Baptist and wife Tiffany, sisters; Edith Bryant and Joann Rice and husband Jimmy, brother, brothers: Ray Hedrick and Glen Hedrick. Church, with the Revs. Dale Banks and Pansie loved her farm, garden and caring Michael Banks officiating. Interment Eugene Metcalf and wife Linda, sister-inlaw, Imogene Metcalf and several nieces for her animals and grandchildren. She was followed in the church cemetery. a member of Byrd Branch Baptist Church.

Memorials may be made to Bethesda and nephews.

Surviving are her son, Bobby Hensley; Baptist Church, PO Box 1357, Candler, The funeral was Tuesday in Robbie two grandchildren, Jason Hensley NC 28715.

Capps Memorial Chapel of Blue Ridge Funeral Service. The Revs Wesley Pike, and Jennifer Hensley, and two greatgrandchildren, Hayden and Breona, all Stanley Peek and Ray Hipps officiated.

Donations may be made to: John F. of Burnsville; a sister, Mae McKinney of Keever Solace Center (Care Partners Erwin, Tenn.; two sisters-in-law, Betty Foundation) PO Box 25338, Asheville, N. Hedrick of Green Mountain and Mildred C. 28813, or Madison County Hospice, 590 Styles of Charlotte, and several nieces and

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When you need a hair dryer while camping My idea of camping may not be how most people think of it.

Camping for me is but a part of the hunt. Because of this, I tend to pack light since I have the potential of having to bring an animal out at the end of the hunt.

For instance, I did a five day bear hunt in the Mount Mitchell Bear Sanctuary a few years ago.

I was excited when I found out the sanctuary was going to open for a few draw hunts and realized this may be a good opportunity since the area had not been hunted before.

The hunt itself was actually only three days, but I went in two days early to scout the area to locate the best opportunity for success. My camp consisted of a small tent big enough to fit two people, a cold weather sleeping bag, single burner stove, bread, peanut butter, hot dogs and a couple of cases of Mountain Dews. The temperatures would reach highs in the mid to high 30s so I did not have to worry about a cooler. It worked out well.

Last year I found myself on a three day hog hunt in which I would be setting up camp as well.

This was a lot different than the

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bear hunt as the highs would reach the lower 90s during the day and the night would remain in the 70s.

There was also the potential for sudden thunderstorms.

I had to plan slightly different, but still did not want to over pack.

I used a one man dome tent, a sleeping bag to lie on top of instead of in, peanut butter, some deer and wild hog sausage, soft tortilla shells, and again my Mountain Dews. The person I went with brought some wild game sausage

as well and a stove.

We both had coolers packed with ice. We moved all my food items from my cooler to his because I was fortunate enough to arrow two feral hogs the first night of the hunt and filled my cooler with the hog quarters.

The reason I mention all of this is my wife has another i d e a o f camping.

When I first mentioned going camping with her a couple of years ago she was quick to point out the only reason she slept in a tent as a child was because she was not old enough to get her own hotel room.

A couple of years ago I convinced her to give it a try. She only agreed after I agreed that we could take the dogs with the family. We ended up having a great time and here we are again planning another family camping trip.

This one will be at Kerr Scott Reservoir. This week however instead of trying to do some online

study on where to fish the reservoir and the likes, I have been forced to do the manliest of things; shop with my wife. We have looked at fancy gas stoves, inflatable mattresses, cast iron skillets, and even some contraption that looks like a trap for hot dogs. Our tent that we purchased for the family a couple of years ago is as large as half of our house. That was another concession. My tent I used for hunting would not do.

Fortunately I do not have to bring the generator so my wife and daughter can dry their hair this year. Yes, the campground has electricity. I have never thought about having a hair dryer while camping, but then again, I would need hair for that.

At least I have found a way for her to enjoy the outdoors. Well, kind of.

Bill Howard teaches hunter education (IHEA) and bow hunter education (IBEP) in North Carolina. He is a member of North Carolina Bowhunters Association and Pope & Young, and is an official measurer for both. He can be reached at billhoward outdoors@gmail.com.

Discounted Penland classes available to area residents

Penland School of Crafts has open spaces in several classes in its fifth summer session available at half tuition to residents of the following Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Graham, C l a y, H a y w o o d , Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Wa t a u g a , a n d Ya n c e y ; a n d t h e following counties in East Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, a n d Wa s h i n g t o n .

Regular room and board charges apply, but students are not required to stay on campus.

The two-and-ahalf-week session runs July 21-Aug. 6 with openings in papermaking, clay, glass, iron, photo, letterpress printing, and textiles. The paper workshop, taught by Melissa Jay Craig, will focus on making sculpture from paper pulp. Kenneth Baskin will teach a clay workshop covering handbuilding from clay slabs. In the glass studio, Jason Chakravarty, will lead in intermediate-level workshop in neon sculpture. Rebekah Frank will teach a workshop that will apply blacksmithing techniques to steel jewelry. In photo, Dan Bailey will cover approaches to exploring the territory in between digital

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photography and video. The letterpress workshop, taught by Denise Bookwalter, will cover the basics of letterpress printing and then find ways to make threedimensional forms from printed pieces.

And in the textiles s t u d i o , To m m y McClure Scanlin will offer an intermediate level class in woven tapestry.

The glass and textiles class requires previous experience.

All of the other classes mentioned are open to students of all levels—beginners are welcome. Complete information is available in the classes section of the Penland website: www.penland.org.

To enroll, call the Penland registrar at 828-765-2359, ext 15. The Penland Standby Program offers discounts to area residents who take unfilled spaces in Penland classes shortly before the classes begin. The Penland registrar can also put your name on a waiting list.

Elk supporters to meet

The Great Smoky Mountains Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will host its 20th annual Big Game Banquet & Auction at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Hotel on Saturday, July 27.

If you have enjoyed visiting with the elk in Cataloochee Valley or in Cherokee, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the RMEF, to raise funds for the elk restoration project, and to have fun.

The event includes a rib-eye steak dinner with all the fixings, raffles and drawings, a silent auction and a live auction (at least 12 rifles or shotguns and two handguns will be raffled or auctioned).

Monies raised will support the RMEF in saving wildlife habitat in various locations of the United States. If you would like to become a member of the

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and attend the banquet, contact J. Cooper in Cherokee at 828-5063308, J. Treadway in Asheville at 828-230-6040, R. Bryson in Hendersonville at 828-891-4455, or R. McLean in Waynesville at 828.452.2896. If you would like to join the organization, individual membership is $35. The cost of the meal is $45 per person. You may order online at: http://events.rmef. org/!AEQ. Banquet doors open at 5 p.m. for a memorable evening -- all in a spirit of camaraderie shared by folks who love the outdoors. Dress will be casual.

If you purchase a membership and attend the banquet, you will receive a free Buck Paklite Caper knife with the RMEF logo. You will also receive six issues of the “Bugle” magazine in the coming year.

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Wine tastings offered

Burnsville Wine and will be having their regularly scheduled wine tasting Friday July 12, 4-7 featuring a Chardonnay, Sparkling and Red Blend. Wine tastings are free, but you must be 21 to attend. We continue to expand our beer selection. Wine and beer may be purchased while you shop, or enjoy a glass with friends on the deck. We are located at 525 West Main, across from TD Bank. There is ample parking behind the shop or in the bank parking lot. Regular shop hours are 11-7 Tuesday – Friday and 11-6 Saturday. For more information call 682-3456.

Caregiver program set

A C a r e g i v e r Wo r k s h o p : Traveling the Journey of Memory Loss, will be offered Thursday, August 15, from 2-4 p.m., at Burnsville Town Center, 6 South Main St. No registration is required!

The workshop includes a viewing of “A Family’s Journey” and “On the Road to Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention and Cure by 2025. Are we there yet?” a presentation by Burnsville resident Dr. Tom Kaluzynski.

Fruit berry symposium

Photo by Jonathan Austin/Yancey County News Richard Marzen carefully installs insulation in the new glass fromt at the License Tag Office in Burnsville. The storefront was smashed recently when a driver drove his truck through the front of the building. Marzen works with Diversified Glass out of Morganton.

Soccer goalie clinic, camp and registration A soccer goalie clinic will be held on Saturday July 20, with the first session scheduled for U8-U12 players from 10 a.m12 noon. Cost is $10.

The second session will be for U14 through high school players from 1-3 p.m.

Cost is $15.

The clinic instructor is Sam Miller, a 10year veteran high school coach who also played goalie for Goshen College.

The free soccer camp is open to U10-U12 players and will be held July 22, 23 and 25 from 6 -7:30 p.m.

The Yancey County News is the only local newspaper whose main owner lives in Yancey County!

Fall registration will be available at all soccer clinics and camps. Cost is $45 for U6 and $50 for U8-U12. These events will be held at the new Cane River Park off Whittington

Road in Burnsville.

For more information contact Kelly Peterson at 828-208-9467, Joe Tomcho at 828-7131109, yanceysoccer@ yahoo.com or check out our facebook page YCYLA-Soccer.

Buy Yancey County News at Mitchell-Yancey Habitat for Humanity Restore 563 Oak Ave., Spruce Pine and Habitat keeps half of the money!

Open Tues – Fri, 9-5; Sat 9-2

Symposium on Thursday, July 18 from 1-8 PM. The symposium is designed for farmers who are interested in diversifying their

crops, members of the public who are interested in farm diversification, and government and civic leaders who are interested in agriculture as an economic development tool.

This is a two-part event will start with an information/education session at Mayland Community College’s Mitchell Campus from 1-4 PM followed by a pig picking and networking event at Linville Falls Winery from 5-8 PM. There is no cost to attend the event.

The speaker roster and subjects include: Dr. Gina Fernandez, NCSU discussing blackberries and raspberries; Dr. Jeremy Pattinson, NCSU discussing strawberries; Dr. Bill Cline, NCSU discussing blueberries; and Dr. Sarah Spayd, NCSU with Richard Boylan from Watauga County Cooperative Extension facilitating via video presentation discussing grapes.

Representatives from the Mountain Research Center will be available to network and share information. Sponsors for the event include Mayland’s Small Business Center, the Mayland Community College Foundation, the Cooperative Extension Centers of Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, and the North Carolina State University Horticulture Program.

To r e g i s t e r o r f o r m o r e information, please call Robert Branch, SBC Director, at (828) 766-1295 or e-mail him at rbranch@mayland.edu.

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Yancey FFA members earn state awards

By Mikayla Hughes 2013-2014 FFA Reporter This summer, the North Carolina FFA Association celebrated 85 years of proven student success at the 85th North Carolina FFA State Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Unique in its ability to reach thousands of students, advisors, parents, alumni and sponsors with the association’s mission, the state convention celebrates 85 years of student promise, spirit and success.

Students participated in state-level career development events, discussed FFA policy, learned about new developments in agriculture and met new friends from all across the state. Through these experiences, students discovered how their current classes apply to future dreams. Attendees were motivated by inspirational speakers and the state FFA officers during convention sessions.

While in Raleigh, 15 Mountain Heritage FFA members received numerous awards and participated in many Career Development Events (CDE’s). “Through participation in CDE’s, members gain and strengthen career Sixteen Mountain Heritage FFA students at the 85th State Convention in Raleigh. and life skills,” says Olivia Watson, Mountain to receive this degree, the student must meet preparing for leadership and careers in the Heritage FFA Advisor. stringent requirements. The student must first science, business and technology of agriculture Participating in the State FFA Parliamentary have obtained the Greenhand and Chapter FFA with more than 250 local chapters across the Procedure CDE were team members Ashley Hill, Degrees. They must have completed two years state. FFA makes a positive difference in the Emily Ray, Kaylee Blevins, Whitney Jackson, of high school study in agricultural education lives of students by developing their potential Morgan McNeil, and Mikayla Hughes. In this and maintained membership in the FFA for premier leadership, personal growth and event participants demonstrate their ability to organization during that time. The student must career success through agricultural education. conduct orderly and efficient meetings, present have an agricultural project in place and must logical and convincing discussions, and properly record the activities of the meeting.

Mikayla Hughes participated in the Prepared Public Speaking CDE and received 4th in the state. In this competition, students must prepare a 6-8 minute speech on a agricultural topic which they select and present their speech to a panel of judges and are then asked questions about their topic. Mikayla’s topic was based on the farm to school program.

This year’s Forestry CDE team consisted of Blake Elkins, Blake Tschudy, Damian McFarland, and Allie Gordon. The Forestry The Mountain Heritage Parliamentary Procedure Team Hey guys, event will test students’ skills and (l-r) Ashley Hill, Morgan McNeill, Whitney Jackson, Kaylee Blevins, Mikayla Hughes, Emily Ray look here!

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My management. Team members must take a have earned and productively invested at least name is Pete! written exam, identify trees and equipment, and $1,000, or worked at least 300 hours in excess I am a beautiestimate pulpwood and sawtimber of a stand of of scheduled class time as well as participated ful 2 year old trees. The team finished 8th out of 31 teams. in 25 or more hours of community service. The Border ColThis year Ashley Hill and Emily Ray State Degree is the highest degree level that lie mix. I can received their State FFA Degree. In order can be awarded by North Carolina. Mountain bounce my Heritage also had one past FFA members to be way into your recognized for meeting the requirements for the heart. Hurry highest FFA Degree, the American Degree. This in to meet outstanding past member is Elizabeth Woody. me.

She will be recognized and receive her degree sWell look this fall at the 86th National FFA Convention up!

My name in Louisville, Ky. is Woody. I Mountain Heritage was also recognized will scamper my way in to your heart. with a Membership Growth Award for the Top that, Pete! Come in to take me 2012-2013 school year which helped North home today.

Carolina FFA achieve an all time record high of 20,000 members in North Carolina. 20132014 Chapter President, Blake Elkins, proudly accepted the award on behalf of the chapter.

“We appreciate all the parents and sponsors of the Mountain Heritage Agricultural Education Program. We would especially like to thank Yancey County Farm Bureau for their generous sponsorship which has allowed these FFA members to participate in State FFA Convention. We also would like to give a big thanks to Stuart Jolley for his help in 8th place Forestry team (l-r) Back row: Blake chaperoning this trip”, stated Watson.

Call the shelter at 682-9510 for more informaThe North Carolina FFA is a youth tion on these or other pets, or plan to visit us at Tschudy, Damian McFarland. Front Row: Blake organization of over 20,000 student members 962 Cane River School Road.

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MAYLAND CLASSES

Beginning Glassblowing (9 hours) At over 2000 degrees you can bet that this is the HOTTEST class in town! In this basic class, taught by Loretta Forde, students will learn skills necessary to make their own terrific paperweight and hand blown glass. Forde has

been teaching glassblowing since 1991. No experience needed, but patience is required.

Class size is limited to ensure that each student will receive individual attention. Preregistration required. Class begins on July 13 at 9 a.m.

Tree Identification (6 hours) Plant specialist and Yancey County Ranger

with the NC Forestry Service, Roger Thompson, will help you learn to identify many of the trees found in the southern Appalachians. You will gain an understanding of how different trees are used by man and wildlife and become familiar with the basic characteristic of forest ecosystems. This is an all-day Saturday trip to the woods, so bring a bag lunch! Class begins on July 13 at 10 a.m.

Turning Flowers to Jelly (3 hours) This will be an interactive class where Her response to for both organizations everyone will help in the making of Flower commissioners was t o c o o p e r a t e a n d Essence Jelly made from Daylilies. Learn how blunt. “We are flexible. begin repairing a to collect, prepare the flowers for making an The bottom line is, relationship that has infusion to be used in making jelly. We will we have every right become contentions.” make the jelly in our on-farm certified kitchen to be in the Parkway C o l e t t a s a i d and everyone will take home a 4 oz. jar of jelly Playhouse building t h e a r b i t r a t o r i s that is made during this class. Class begins on for our productions. h a n d p i c k e d b y July 13 at 3 p.m.. For more information visit B u r n s v i l l e L i t t l e Parkway Playhouse www.mayland.edu and click on the Continuing Theatre is as much my and that any outcome Education link or call 828-682-7315. heritage as it is yours. might be tainted due to “We have a right that close relationship. to be there,” she told She argued that commissioners, “and simple agreements From the front success among lowif you don’t help us, can work well, and no one will.” t h a t t h e r e i s n o completion of degrees i n c o m e s t u d e n t s , In a letter to the reason why the Little and/or transfer to four- a n d t h e p o l i c y Parkway Playhouse Theatre should have year colleges; the o f m a i n t a i n i n g board dated June 5, the to be enslaved to values and practices reasonable tuition Little Theatre asked the Playhouse ticket that actively engage c o s t s , a c c e s s t o for firm dates each requirements, having students and require financial aid resources, year for the spring and to pay the Playhouse t h e m t o s t r e t c h and an emphasis on fall productions. They $3.50 for every ticket academically; and m i n i m i z i n g p o s t asked for either the bought with a credit the strong rates of school debt.

Mayland also last week of April and card, 15 cents for every employment, salaries and advancement for ranked in the top five the first week of May, ticket bought with graduates matched of the best community or the last two weeks cash, and 5 cents for of May, and the last every complimentary with workplace skill college in the 2010 Washington Monthly week of September ticket issued. She needs.

He also said the ranking of America’s and the first week or also said there is not ranking considered best community October or the first reason why her group two weeks of October. must put money in the student diversity and colleges.

I n i t s J u n e 8 Parkway Playhouse In the General Court of Justice, Yancey letter to the Little coffers by agreeing County, North Carolina, Superior Court Theatre provided by to sell only Parkway Division Coletta, the Parkway Playhouse provided File no.

2013 E _____ Playhouse managers snacks. said that “on several While the board PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S NOTICE occasions in past offered no official usage of the Playhouse reaction, commission Having qualified as the Personal Representative theatre, Burnsville Chairman Johnny of the Estate of Charles John Hardin of Indian Little Theatre has Riddle said he “didn’t River County, Florida, this is to notify all f a i l e d t o p r o v i d e think you’re out of persons, firms and corporations having claims P l a y h o u s e s t a f f line; in what you’re against the Estate of the deceased to present with an appropriate asking for, speaking them to the undersigned on or before 25 October, 2013 or this notice will be pleaded production schedule, for myself...” failed to provide He went on to say in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

Week of 7/15/13 - 7/21/13 Playhouse staff with that what the Little adequate notice for Theatre was asking dates that have been seemed “reasonable.” This the 27th day of June, 2013. cancelled, and failed Representatives of to follow building Parkway Playhouse David C. Hardin, Personal Representative policy. were asked to comment 500 East Broward Blvd. “ T h e P a r k w a y for this article, but Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-3004 Playhouse that exists n o c o m m e n t w a s June 27, July 4, 11 & 18, 2013 now is vastly different provided. than the organization Edited by Margie E. Burke  that was in place 10, Difficulty : Easy 20, 30 and more years HOW TO SOLVE:  ago,” the Playhouse   managers wrote. “We   cannot realistically be    expected to operate  under arrangements      that were in place Answer to Last Week's Sudoku when the theatre was   operated by a college.”          In its letter the             Playhouse invited the          Little Theatre to submit              both arguments to             arbitration that would          result in a contract   that is legally binding          and “provides a clear             set of basic guidelines          Copyright 2013 by The Puzzle Syndicate

Dispute over theaters described for commission From the front “ I t ’s i n s u l t i n g .

They’re just jerking around the Burnsville Little Theatre.”

She said that the Burnsville Little Theatre traditionally uses the Parkway Playhouse building for performances in spring and autumn, before the Parkway Playhouse gears up for the season and after its season ends.

But she said this year the Playhouse wanted the Little Theatre group to start too early when the facility was freezing inside.

S h e s a i d discussions with representatives of the Parkway Playhouse have gone “from bad to worse” as the year progressed. “ We m a y b e mountain people, but we aren’t dumb,” she stated.

Commissioners seemed dumbstruck by the tirade that suggested a serious disagreement in the theater community.

Both the Parkway Playhouse and Burnsville Little Theatre are traditions in the community, providing live performances and supporting efforts to educate and enlighten, The Parkway Playhouse rents the theater building, located behind the county library on Green Mountain Drive, from the county for $1 a year.

In that contract, the county says that the theater must offer “athletic, artistic, literary, dramatic and/ or education purposes with programs that, in addition to the general public, are available for the benefit of the school system and the children it serves.”

Coletta said the Little Theatre strives to serve children, but that the Parkway Playhouse does “very little work with the public schools.”

“I don’t know the children they serve, except those who can afford their classes” that are offered every year, she said.

In prior years, Coletta said the Little Theatre group has used the theater for two weeks in spring and two weeks at the end of the theater season, and the “gentleman’s agreement” was that they paid $300 to $400 per two weeks to help with utilities. “If there was something else, we addressed it,” she said.

N o w, s h e s a y s the Playhouse board is demanding $600 in rent, money for rehearsal hours, and a security deposit. A Parkway Playhouse rental policy she shared with commissioners also specifies that a Playhouse staffer be on site whenever the Little Theatre people were there, and that costs $10 an hour, with a minimum four hour fee.

“We must look pretty dumb, but dumb we are not,” Coletta said.

She said the rental policy requires the Little Theatre to use the Playhouse ticket staff, box office, and only sell snacks provided by the Playhouse.

She also said the Playhouse management has asked her and others to be quiet about their disagreement.

She provided commissioners with what she said was a letter from the Playhouse to the Little Theatre in which Playhouse management said “the negative actions and interactions have damaged both organizations and will need to immediately cease in order to prevent additional compromise of Parkway Playhouse discussions with Burnsville Little Theater.”

Mayland gets high ranking

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Psoriasis, eczema causes are more than skin deep

By Medea Galligan MS Nutrition, CHHC, AADP

Did you ever have a longterm maddening itch that is so intense, especially at night, that you damage your skin with your frantic scratching? If so, you’ve likely experienced the miseries of eczema, p s o rias is or othe r types of dermatitis.

These inflammatory conditions of the skin are slightly different conditions, but the terms are often used generically for any itchy, red, scaly skin problem. They can occur at any time in a person’s life, often beginning in infancy and may sometimes continue unabated for decades. Unfortunately, psoriasis is so common that it affects more than 7.5 million Americans.

In the case of psoriasis, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) describes the condition as “an immune system disorder that affects the skin, and occasionally the eyes, nails, and joints.” It is a chronic, non-contagious disease that is characterized by itchiness and a skin rash. Psoriasis may also affect very small areas of skin or cover the entire body with a buildup of red scales called plaques. The infection usually affects the elbows, knees, scalp, fingernails, and trunk of the body.

Psoriasis can also lead to arthritislike joint pain. Scratching that breaks the skin increases the risk of infection. Long-term scratching can cause the skin to become thick and leathery.

It is often difficult to differentiate between psoriasis and eczema, since both often exhibit similar symptoms. A common way to differentiate between the two diseases is by seeing which area of the body is affected. Psoriasis often affects the back of the elbows and front of the knees (extensor surfaces), while eczema usually affects the inside of the arms and the back of the knees (flexor surfaces).

Eczema is also more often found on the ankles than psoriasis.

Eczema and psoriasis are both worsened by stress, but psoriasis is more affected by the weather.

Cold dry winter weather worsens psoriasis, whereas sunny, hot, humid conditions make it better.

In keeping with the autoimmune nature of psoriasis, when the person develops an infection, such as a sore throat or sinusitis, their psoriasis will often flare up. Many classes of drugs also worsen psoriasis symptoms these include antihypertensive ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, Chloroquine (an anti-malaria drug), progesterone, indocin (the anti-inflammatory drug) and lithium.

What Causes Eczema and Psoriasis?

In normal skin, there is a balance of skin cells that form and skin cells that die - it takes about 28 days for skin cells to fully form. However, when the skin is damaged, there are more skin cells formed, which also draws more blood into the area causing redness and swelling (inflammation).

Similarly, in psoriasis, this process also occurs, although the process of skin cell development is accelerated to take only 4 days, with thirty times more new skin cells.

What causes this rapid piling up of skin cells in people with psoriasis?

Eczema and psoriasis are potentially allergic conditions that can be triggered by environmental factors and dozens of other external irritants like the following: Laundry detergent, Soaps, Household chemicals, Workplace chemicals, Perfumes, Animal dander, and Metals (such as nickel in jewelry). The most common internal allergens from food include wheat, nuts, seafood, eggs and some fruits, such as strawberries.

Both conditions are often associated with food intolerances and multiple chemical sensitivities.

Food intolerances and multiple chemical sensitivities are often the result of dysbiosis or an imbalance of intestinal flora that causes yeast overgrowth. SAD -- the dreaded Standard American Diet -- is loaded with refined sugar and processed foods that feeds candida albicans, a common yeast. Over time, this “junk food” diet, combined with the use of antibiotics, results in the loss of our good bacteria and the overgrowth of candida and other pathogens. These pathogens eat through the mucosal lining of the small and large intestine resulting in the permeability of the gut lining, known as “leaky gut syndrome”. When the body loses its good bacteria and develops an overgrowth of bad bacteria, these other pathogens easily enter the body and create recurring

autoimmune infections, often creating widespread systemic effects. There are many doctors that believe that psoriasis flare-ups may be caused by systemic viral infections.

According to the best minds in integrative medicine, we known that auto-immune diseases like psoriasis happen for a reason - a healthy immune system will not just attack healthy tissues. The immune system will, however, go into overdrive when the body becomes toxic. A good example of this is the simple case of aspartame, the poisonous artificial sweetener. Most “diet” products contain aspartame, a substance that people take in hopes of losing weight or use as a “healthier” substitute for sweetened products.

These people often end up with itchy rashes that can be indistinguishable from eczema.

A naturopathic doctor would say that in an attempt to eliminate aspartame, its metabolites are excreted to the skin surface where it causes irritation.

medications of this kind can only be used for short periods of time, which is not very helpful to the chronic sufferer. When you suppress a skin condition with cortisone, especially in children, the focus of the child’s illness shifts from the skin to the lungs and they often develop asthma.

Parents may be relieved their child’s skin condition has cleared, but don’t realize that they are substituting a milder condition for a much more serious one.

Most of these treatments have significant adverse effects and can be costly in more way than one - it’s no wonder that more psoriasis sufferers are looking to natural solutions.

Triggers for Psoriasis & Eczema About one-third of people with psoriasis have other family members with it as well. Despite the genetic predisposition, there must be a specific trigger to start the process. Recent research has found that the problem is not in the skin cells themselves, but is a reaction of the immune system.

Some of the immune-related triggers of psoriasis include any infection, such as from strep throat, viruses, or yeast; physical injury (even a cut or scrape); pregnancy; an emotional crisis or stress; and medications (eg: lithium, blood pressure drugs).

From a naturopathic perspective, we also know that our immunity is dramatically affected by nutritional deficiencies, a liver overwhelmed with toxins, and by what is happening in the digestive tract – with psoriasis what happens on the inside can have profound effects to the outside. Other factors that are associated with psoriasis include obesity, type 2 diabetes, alcohol consumption, smoking, and excessive animal fats in the diet.

Most underlying factors tend to fall in four categories – nutrition, toxicity, digestion, and stress & lifestyle.

Dangerous & Ineffective Conventional Treatments Conventional medicine will tell you that there is no cure for either of these conditions, and that children with eczema will “grow out of it.” Most treatments focus on topical skin care to relieve the inflammation, itching, and scaling. The conventional treatment of the most common forms of psoriasis include topical skin treatments like coal tar, corticosteroids, synthetic vitamin A and D ointments, and ultraviolet phototherapy. For moderate to severe cases, immunosuppressive medications may be used such as methotrexate or cyclosporine.

Newer ‘biological agents’ have been developed that block specific parts of the immune system.

Because these treatments simply suppress the visible symptoms, and do not address the underlying causes, these strong and toxic medicines are of limited effectiveness. Long-term use of Treating The Causes, steroid creams can result in side Not Just The Symptoms effects, such as thin, fragile, dry From the naturopathic skin and even suppression of the perspective, some of the important adrenal glands. For these reasons, See next page

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Supervising children is not ‘entertaining’ them

A mom asked me a most interesting and currently pertinent question the other day: “How much one-on-one interaction should take place been a nanny and a child under her supervision?” The question is pertinent because increasing numbers of upper-middleclass parents are choosing to use nannies for daily child care instead of or in addition to day care centers and preschools. I will say, up front, that I have no general opinion of this trend at all. Each nanny situation should be judged on its own merits or lack thereof.

I have some personal experience with this issue because during my preschool years, when my mom was a single parent and we lived in Charleston, S.C., she hired a woman to come in to our flat and supervise me when she was working and attending college. Gertie Mae, with whom I grew quite attached, also performed housekeeping responsibilities outside of my supervision, but her role was similar, in many respects, to that of today’s nanny. Outside of the fact that she occasionally insisted I eat food I did not like, my experience of the relationship was completely positive.

She was an important figure in my life and I remember her fondly.

I am aware that many of today’s nannies are expected to or feel they cannot adequately justify their salaries unless they play with

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their charges and otherwise provide a good amount of stimulating and enjoyable activities for them. In a word, they entertain. I have no memories of Gertie Mae ever playing with me or providing me with entertainment. Both she and my mother expected me to entertain myself, which is one of the most important life skills a child ever acquires, and the earlier acquired, the better for all concerned. The child who learns to entertain himself is also, later on, more likely to do his own homework without much if any supervision, perform regular household responsibilities without prompting, solve peer problems without coming to adults, and so on.

None of the nanny websites that I looked at used the word “entertainment” when describing nanny responsibilities. The website www.nannies4hire.com, for example,

listed preparing children’s meals, providing mental stimulation, doing children’s laundry, and reinforcing appropriate discipline as primary nanny responsibilities. Facilitating playgroups was mentioned as an “additional” responsibility, but facilitating and entertaining are horses of different colors.

As most of my readers know, I advocate a low-involvement parenting style where children enjoy freedoms commensurate with the responsibility they are willing to assume for themselves and their behavior. To use a political analogy, it’s a libertarian parenting philosophy that allows children to learn, largely by trial and error, how to run their lives with minimal need for Big Parental Government. Speaking personally, it was not so much my mother’s job to be involved with me as it was my job to keep her from getting involved. This creates a mutual state of liberation for both parents (especially mom) and child.

This is the way children were raised two generations and more ago, when they emancipated much earlier and more successfully than has been the case since.

That’s why my answer to the question posed in paragraph one above is “As little as possible,” and why it applies to both parents and nannies.

Find the underlying factors when addressing skin issues from page 10 basics to ensure positive results are to improve the diet, detoxify, improve digestive health, and balance stress. Note that topical treatment can help, but full resolution will only come from the inside out. From the dietary perspective, it is fundamental to eliminate the foods that trigger the immune system.

1. The first step to long-term solution to healing both psoriasis and eczema starts by eliminating all sugar as well as refined and processed foods from your diet. This means avoiding table sugar, foods that contain sugar or high fructose corn syrup, any white food, like white bread, biscuits, pizza dough, baked goods, anything that comes in a box and most canned foods.

2. The next step is to avoid food irritants and allergens. I recommend doing an elimination diet where suspect foods are cut out for 3 weeks to see if symptoms improve – common culprits are wheat, dairy, eggs, and soy. An alternative to this is a blood test checking for immune system antibodies to common foods.

It is interesting to note that 16% of psoriasis sufferers have an immune reaction to the gluten protein found in grains (wheat, barley, kamut, spelt, oats, rye, triticale). For these people, eliminating gluten in the diet usually solves the psoriasis, amazing! You can suspect a food allergy if you have continual craving for that food, or eat it every day.

3. If you are not doing so already, start taking a high quality probiotic every day and incorporate naturally lacto-fermented foods, like delicious homemade sauerkraut and kefir, into your meals. By healing a “leaky gut”, correcting the imbalance in intestinal flora by adding “good” bacteria to your system, and strengthening your immune system, will find that many systemic problems- including psoriasis and eczema - will resolve themselves.

4. Increase the omega-3 fatty acids by eating wild salmon, grass-fed beef, walnuts, and green vegetables, as well as taking a quality supplement daily. People with skin disorders frequently have low levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Studies indicate that

supplementation with omega-3s will reduce severity and inflammation of eczema and psoriasis. Be sure to get a quality fish oil supplement that contains both EPA and DHA. 5. Due to the high content of lauric acid — a fatty acid that provides antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties, organic unrefined coconut oil has been found to be an excellent natural treatment for relieving psoriasis. A common recommendation is to take 2-3 tablespoons of virgin coconut oil each day, either in smoothies or use it as a replacement for butter.

6. Add foods rich in vitamins A and B-complex, like green leafy vegetables, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes and dried beans.

7. Add foods that are high in magnesium.

These include nuts, seeds, whole grains, and fresh green vegetables -- organic if possible.

Magnesium is so essential for helping to prevent allergies, detoxify, improve skin quality and aiding in relaxation that you might consider adding it as a supplement.

8. A whole food multi-vitamin that contains beta-carotene and vitamin A that promotes tissue healing. Another helpful vitamin is vitamin E because it helps moisturize skin from the inside and promotes tissue healing. Taking selenium will help the body use vitamin E. Finally; taking Zinc is a good choice, as it helps with wound healing.

9. Digestive enzymes will enhance digestion and rapidly improve the condition of skin. Digestive enzymes not only digest the meal you are eating, but, taken between meals, they have been shown to digest inflammatory proteins in the body that could otherwise cause skin irritation or other inflammatory conditions.

10. To alkalinize and detoxify, take 2 Tsp of Raw Apple Cider Vinegar and 16 ounces of filtered water. Start with the ACV Tonic—Mix 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in 16 ounces of water and sip from this all day. You will be keeping your pH in a constant, alkalized state by sipping this highly diluted dosage. Usually 1-2 tall glasses of the concoction are all you’ll

need each day.

11. Many doctors prescribe artificial ultraviolet light treatments to patients suffering from psoriasis. A less expensive alternative is to simply get more sunlight! Exposure to the sun can enhance the production of Vitamin D, which has been found to be effective at treating psoriasis.

12. Natural herbal creams and topical supplements that have found to be effective in relieving eczema and psoriasis from the outside in while dietary changes support the body from the inside out: unrefined organic coconut oil, natural aloe vera gel, calendula and chamomile creams, dandelion tea, and soaking in baking soda or raw apple cider vinegar solutions.

Sources National Institute of Health (NIH) Rahim B. Habib BSc, ND Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D. Medea L Galligan earned her Masters of Science in Nutrition from Oklahoma State University, and also attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s Health Coach Training Program, located in New York City.

Since 1998, she has helped thousands of people of all ages improve their health and well being through support and encouragement, exploring which foods are right for them, and assisting them in bringing back the joy of cooking and eating. Visit www.HealthyLifestyle Concepts.com for more information.

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