Fire on Arbuckle Road takes family home Superintendant explains

Volume 24, Number 08
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Town Council passes resolution in support of Connect Fire on Arbuckle Road takes family home
NC Bond, approves money for Winterstar Corp.
By David Grindstaff
At a special called meeting of the Burnsville Town
Board last week the Town held
a public hearing concerning
the providing of some $24,407
to the Winterstar Corporation
to replace a grant from Golden
Leaf Foundation to assist the
Yancey EDC owned Business
Park located in the old Ellis
Hosiery Mill.
The money will be used
to get water and sewer to the
property.
The discussion by the
Board revolved around how
best to provide the funding to
Winterstar.
Mayor Theresa Coletta suggested that the $24,407 should
come from the Towns water/
sewer capital outlay fund in the
form of an incentive grant.
Councilman Ron Powell
offered an alternative approach
to how the town could support
economic development at the
Burnsville Business Park.
“The water and sewer fund
is underfunded now and to kick
back revenues is not responsible
and starts a bad president. Revenue to support the infrastructure
should never be given away,”
Powell said.
Powell suggested that the
money should come from the
general fund in the form of a no
interest, no payment loan that
would be collected on if and
when Winterstar decides to sell
the property.
EDC Director Wanda
Profitt said that as of now there
are no plans to sell the property
which will be used as an incubator facility for new industry in
the County.
Powell argued that the water/sewer system should stay
whole and that and incentive
for business should come from
the general fund. “We are asking
for money from grants for our
water/sewer projects but we are
willing to take money from the
water/sewer system to provide
an incentive grant? “We should
keep the Water/sewer system
intact so it will be there for the
people here now and the ones
to come in the future,” Powell
said. Powell’s motion to take the
money from the general fund
received no seconds while the
mayor’s proposal to take the
funds from the Water/sewer
Capital outlay was passed by a
vote of 4-1 with Powell the lone
dissenting vote.
In other business the Council voted to go ahead with
planning for a Town sponsored
celebration on the Town Square
for the 4th of July to tie in with
the annual fireworks display
provided by Yancey County.
A discussion of throwing
in with the county to help sponsor the fireworks was quickly
dismissed due to the cost. The
discussion then turned to the
Town sponsoring a concert or
battle of the bands on the Town
Square for the 4th of July celebration.
Mayor Coletta said that
people expect the Town do
something for the 4th and that
it has been almost eight years
since they have sponsored a 4th
of July event on the Square.
Ron Powell pointed out
that the Town was not in the
entertainment business and that
the Board should seek out a
cosponsor for the event such as
the Lions Club or the Chamber
of Commerce. He said it would
be best to give money to another
organization to hire the band
and coordinate the event.
The Board decided to
approach local musician and
music organizer Dylan Wilson,
who has produced several variety shows in Yancey County,
to take on the task of booking
some big name entertainment
for the celebration on July 4.
If weather is a problem the
event could be moved to the
Town Center, it was decided.
The Board also passed a
resolution in support of the Connect NC Bond referendum.
Mayor clarifies role on Burnsville Town Board
By David Grindstaff
Mayor declares “I came to
serve, not to sit !”
In a discussion which followed the public hearing on
economic development (See
related story) at the Town of
Burnsville’s February 16 work
session, exchanges by the mayor
and fellow board members became heated with the discussion
of the agenda item covering the
administrative responsibility of
the mayor.
Mayor Coletta began the
discussion stating that after
her being on the board for two
years, this conversation should
really not have to be. But she
felt it was time, once and for all,
to clarify her role as the town’s
mayor.
Coletta advised that this
was primarily because some
of her leadership initiatives on
behalf of the town had been
questioned by a board member
who challenged her right to
exert such authority.
The mayor distributed
handouts including her campaign letter when she ran for
mayor, highlighting her 25 years
as an administrator.
Simply stated, Coletta said
“I came to serve. I did not come
to sit !” She said that she saw her
role as one to initiate and facilitate projects which will benefit
the town, especially in obtaining
much needed grants for its aging
water and sewer system.
Showing that her administrative initiatives as mayor is an
acceptable form of governing,
especially in small towns across
North Carolina, the mayor
referred the board to another
handout that cited two of the
Institute of Government’s leading authorities on city and
town government. They wrote
that: “In small cities without a
manager, the mayor often serves
as de facto chief administrator
simply because he or she is
willing to work long hours in
the town hall.”
The Town Public Works
Director, Anthony Hensley
recently resigned and the board
is currently looking for his replacement.
The mayor stated that she
was serving her town at a time
in life when she was not bogged
down with a job, allowing her
the time and the experience to
give.
“I am not looking for thanks
from the board. My thanks will
be from those who elected me
and know that I served them
well as their mayor, Coletta
stated.
The mayor’s right to make
a motion was questioned by
council member Ruth Banks
and the mayor responded.
“The mayor has full voting
rights as a board member and
is allowed to make motions.”
Coletta reminded the Board
that mayors before her have
made motions as mayor, a fact
that town clerk Jeanne Martin
confirmed.
Banks was upset by Mayor
Coletta’s remarks and said that
“it is time for me to go home
when I can’t ask a question
without being talked to like a
dog.
Mayor Coletta responded
by saying that she was just being
up front and direct in confronting the question that was raised
concerning the mayor’s right to
make a motion.
The discussion moved in
another direction with board
members Ron Powell and Banks
both inferring that they feel as
though they are being kept out
of the loop and that the mayor
does not share information.
“I applaud your dedication
and passion for the job but I
caution you not to get too far
out in front of the Town staff,
Powell said.
Board member Judy Buchanan stated that she did not
know how the mayor could
share any more information than
she already does now.
Banks said that never before has the interviewing of
candidates for the public works
director job not been carried
out by the full board. Coletta
clarified that at the February
board meeting she distributed
to each board member a single
page titled “Suggested Procedures for Public Works Director
Vacancy”.
The procedure was read
out loud to the full board with
the request for the board’s input. There was none, with the
process being unanimously approved by the full board.
Coletta stated that a good
chair of any board brings to
their board suggestions for the
board’s review and input as
this facilitates a discussion and
moves along the process.
With many boards, having a committee representing
a board to do the interviews of
candidates for employment is
a well-established process and
helps to keep a board from getting bogged down, she said. The
full board will interview the final two applicants and will have
access to information about all
who have applied.
Closing action was taken
by the board regarding the
administrative authority for the
mayor in pursuing projects, and
especially in obtaining grants
to benefit the town’s water and
sewer system.
Board member Shannon
Peterson made the motion approving the mayor’s administrative authority, the motion was
seconded by Judy Buchanan,
and unanimously approved by
the board..
Discussion at the recent Town Board meeting was
lively as Mayor Theresa Coletta explained her administrative role on the Burnsville Town Council. Photo by
David Grindstaff
The home of Shirley Young
located at 24 Granny Young
Lane on Arbunckle Road was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday,
February 18, 2016.
Firefighters from 7 different
departments from Yancey and
Mitchell Counties responded to
the blaze that was determined
to be caused by an electrical
problem at the home, according to the Yancey County Fire
Marshall Neil McCurry.
Yancey County EMS Director Bill Davis said that the
first call came into his office at
around 11:30 a.m. and the last
department to leave the scene
did so at around 2:30 p.m.
The roof of the home was
engulfed in flames when the first
firefighters arrived on scene and
there was no one home and no
injuries reported.
“The structure was gutted
about 80 percent with only the
shell of the house and part of the
roof remaining and it could be
considered a total loss” Davis
said.
Shirley Young lived at the
home alone following the recent death of her husband Bill,
Firefighters from seven different fire departments
a Yancey County businessman battled a blaze on Granny Young Lane on Wednesday
who owned Youngs Tractor in of last week. The home, just off Arbunckle Road, was
Newdale.
deemed a total loss. Photos by David Grindstaff
Superintendant explains how education
lottery funds are spent in Yancey County
By: Dr. Tony Tipton,
Superintendent of Yancey
County Schools
A few weeks ago, a press
release from the North Carolina Education Lottery was
published both in the Yancey
County Common Times Journal
and on the WKYK website. As
a result, the Yancey County
Schools received questions
about lottery funding. I would
like to answer some of these
questions and clarify how the
funds from the lottery are used
in our county.
The January 27th North
Carolina Education Lottery
press release stated that last
year Yancey County Schools
received $837,921 in lottery
funds. It further indicated the
funds were used for teacher
positions, teacher assistants, and
building needs. Most of these
funds do not come directly to
Yancey County but are allocated
by the NC Legislature as part of
North Carolina’s total education
budget.
Because the press release
claimed the awarding of scholarships for students, I called the
main office of the NC Education
Lottery and requested a list of
students from Yancey County
who received college scholarships last year; they could not
provide a list.
I then asked for a list of
teacher assistants that were paid
out of the lottery; again they
could not. They could not because these lists do not exist.
A formula determines the
funds allotted to specified items.
A portion of the money allotted
to Yancey County Schools goes
into a pot of money shared with
the other 99 counties across
North Carolina to be used for
prekindergarten, college schol-
arships, and financial aid for students going to college. In past
years, money funded teacher’s
salaries. In 2015 –16, lottery
allocations have been reallocated from teacher positions
to support staff such as teacher
assistants.
The NC Education Lottery
website states that over the life
of the lottery, which began in
March 2006, Yancey County has
received more than $5,840,188.
It also states that last year
Yancey County received a total
of $837,921. It is important to
understand that most of these
funds never made it to Yancey
County Schools but were set
aside in Raleigh to fund public
schools across the state, including Yancey County.
Last year Yancey County Schools were allocated
$164,918.00. While this is a
large sum of money, it is not the
$837,921 reported in the press
release. The state requires that
the funds that actually come to
Yancey County Schools be spent
on building improvements,
remodeling, or new construction. Over the past 10 years a
total of $1,764,002.00 in lottery
funds have been sent directly to
Yancey County Schools.
Since four of our schools
constructed in the 1930’s remain
in use, facility issues are anticipated. Consequently, Yancey
County Board of Education has
reserved $1,068,272 of lottery
money to handle structural issues as needed.
How have lottery funds
sent directly to Yancey County
Schools been used? Some
have been used to reroof three
schools, Cane River, East Yancey, and Burnsville Elementary.
A few years ago, Yancey County
Schools received a grant to build
two new health centers, one at
each of our middle schools.
Since the grant did not cover the
entire cost, some of the lottery
funds assisted in completing the
additions.
Lottery funds were also
used to replace the visitor
bleachers at the E.L. Briggs Stadium at Mountain Heritage High
School after it was determined
the existing bleachers were no
longer structurally safe.
I appreciate the opportunity
to respond to the NC Lottery
press release and to clarify some
of the questions raised.
Yancey County Schools uses NC Education Lottery
money for many issues at the schools.
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business
experience to our
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Happening at
the Burnsville
Town Center
March. 12th, 5 p.m. - Yancey County Youth Pageant. We
will crown Little Miss, Junior
Miss, Preteen Miss, Junior Teen
and Teen Miss Yancey County.
Winners will receive a
beautiful round rhinestone
crown, custom rhinestone embroidered sash, official trophy
and many other gifts and prizes
as well as recognition as the
first ever Yancey County title
holders. For an information
packet and entry form call or
text 828-442-2946.
March. 19th, 9-2 - Burnsville Spring Fest Craft Show.
Featuring one of a kind gift items
handmade by local crafters and
artisans. If you are interested
in participating contact Christy
Edwards at (828) 208-6975 or
email at christyedwards1970@
gmail.com. The deadline for
applications is March 1st.
March. 29th, 6-8 p.m. - Edward Jones Financial Seminar.
Open to the public with dinner
included. Space is limited so
please call to register 828-6825204.
Knights of
Columbus
Bingo Games
The Knight of Columbus
Bingo Committee announces
the temporary suspension of
their Bingo games until the end
of March 2016.
The first game will resume
on Monday, April 4, at 1 p.m.
Doors will open for registration
at noon and light refreshments
will be served.
The second session is
scheduled for Monday, April
18. This schedule is dependent
on the April winter weather.
If you have any questions,
please call Chuck Kamper at
828-216-9471 or Ed Driscoll at
828-340-4857 or Bob Holstein
at 828-319-0039.
Tipton Hill
monthly
breakfast
The Tipton Hill Community Foundation will host a
country breakfast from 7:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
This event will be held the
first Saturday of each month
at the new location in the old
Methodist Church across from
Jerry’s store.
American Legion
Post #122 meeting
Allen announces candidacy for School Board
Anthony Allen announces
his candidacy for a seat on the
Yancey County Board of Education. The nonpartisan office
carries a four-year term with the
election occurring March 15th.
Anthony Allen is committed to providing a quality
education for students, support
to the teachers and staff, and being responsible with tax dollars.
“I welcome the opportunity to
work together in an informed
and transparent way to build
on past success and make our
schools extraordinary,” he said.
Anthony has the knowledge and
skills to understand the needs
of our school system and those
that it serves. He has been in
business, sales and management for over 20 years and has
served the past seven years as
the public works director for
Yancey County. In this position,
Anthony manages the budget
The following persons were
booked by the Yancey County
Sheriff’s Office from February
12 through February 18.
2-12: Rhonda Sparks Hensley, age 55, Burnsville, NC.
Misdemeanor larceny.
2-13: Stephanie Godfrey
Honeycutt, age 29, Burnsville,
NC. 27 counts of possession
of counterfeit instrument, 27
counts of uttering forged endorsement, 27 counts of obtain
property false pretense.
2-13: Nathan Vass, age 36,
Hendersonville, NC. Assault
and battery.
2-14: Rory Thomas Manning, age 33, Burnsville, NC.
Expired registration card tag,
revoked tag no operators insurance, driving while license
revoked.
2-14: Salvador Fabian Sanchez I, age 20, Burnsville, NC.
Driving while impaired.
2-15: Jarrah Paul Morley
Goldman, age 28, Burnsville,
NC. Misdemeanor larceny.
2-15: Chad Aaron Tenhopen Sr., age 38, Wyoming,
MI. Possess drug paraphernalia,
poss W/I manuf/sell/del Schedule VI controlled substance, fel-
730 E. Main Street, Burnsville, N.C.
Call 678-3914
Hours of operation:
M-F 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. / Sat 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Sun 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Phone: 828-678-3914 • Fax: 828-678-3945
a.m. – 6:30 p.m., March 8th,
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., March
9th, 6:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.,
March 10th, 8:00 a.m. – 8:30
p.m., March 11th, 6:00 a.m. –
8:00 p.m. and March 12th 9:00
am – 1:00 p.m.
You can also register the
same day you one-stop vote.
This is the best time to try out
your voter ID, and to make any
changes needed.
This is the primary election
for Democratic and Republican
candidates for the fall election,
and the final vote (barring runoff) for the non-partisan Yancey
County Board of Education.
GED testing service set at
Mayland Community College
TRAC exhibition
proposal deadline
Our very own locally owned pharmacy!
2-16: Whitley Brooke McMahan, age 23, Burnsville, NC.
Misdemeanor larceny.
2-17: Heather Nicole
Blevins, age 21, Burnsville, NC.
Contributing del of juvenile.
2-17: Frankie Dean Byrd,
age 52, Burnsville, NC. Assault
by strangulation, assault serious bodily injury, assault with
deadly weapon serious injury,
possession of firearm by felon,
habitual felon.
2-17: William Doris Byrd
Jr., age 39, Hendersonville, NC.
Habitual felon.
2-18: Earnest Cornilus
Lynn Robinson, age 25, Mars
Hill, NC. Felony probation
violation of county.
2-18: Rodney Rogers, age
49, Sylva, NC. Injury to personal property.
Early voting starts March 3
Free Alzheimer’s
and Dementia
Workshop
The Earl Horton American
Legion Post 122 will meet
Tuesday evening, March 1,
2016 in The Mountain Heritage
Center meeting room located at
113 Green Mountain Drive in
Burnsville, directly across from
the Parkway Playhouse.
The meeting will begin
promptly at 6 p.m.
Veterans who have not attended a Post 122 meeting, or
considered membership in the
Post, are welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting and
become personally acquainted
with the new American Legion
South Toe Elementary will
Post 122.
be holding their annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Friday,
March 18th.
Take out orders will begin
at 4pm. Dine in at 5pm. Beginning at 7 p.m. there will be a
show with our wonderful students showing off their amazing
talents.
Dinner includes spaghetti,
salad and drink for $8 adult / $5
for child.
The money raised will benefit our students with books and
media development. Everyone
is welcome.
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1 & $200
ony possession Sch II CS, poss
W/I manuf/sell/del Schedule II
controlled substance, possess
marijuana paraphernalia, injury
to personal property, driving
while impaired.
2-15: Ronald Lee Woldford, age 29, Burnsville, NC.
PWIMSD Sch II CS, PWIMSD
Sch VI CS, felony possession
of Sch II CS, simple possession Sch VI CS, possess drug
paraphernalia, possess marij
paraphernalia, F - maintn veh
swell place CS.
2-16: Cody Robert Buchanan, age 18, Burnsville, NC.
Consume alcohol by 19, FTA,
probation violation.
2-16: Mason Walker Hill,
age 20, Burnsville, NC. Simple
possess Sch VI CS, possess
marijuana paraphernalia.
One-stop early voting starts
next week, Thursday, March 3,
and ends Saturday, March 12.
Voting will be at the Board of
Elections office, 30 E. Hwy 19E
By-pass in Burnsville.
Remember that the Board
of Elections has relocated this
year.
They are behind the old
Forrest Service building and
their main entrance is located
in the back of the building.
One-stop early voting hours
Brookside Rehabilitation are: March 3rd, 6:00 a.m. - 7:00
& Care is offering a free edu- p.m., March 4th, 7:00 a.m. –
cational workshop for family 8:00 p.m., March 5th, 9:00 a.m.
members and caregiver’s.
– 3:00 p.m., March 7th, 6:00
The workshop will cover
the disease processes, tools and
techniques to help deal with
agitation and difficult behaviors.
The workshop will be held on
GED Testing Service
March 8 at Brokside at 310 Pensacola Road at 6 p.m. Contact announced revisions to
Heather Steuer with Questions the scoring for the current
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of one of the largest county
departments supervising over
30 employees.
Anthony is a native of
Yancey County and is a graduate of Mountain Heritage High
School. He grew up in Yancey
County and has been active in
the community coaching youth
sports teams for over 25 years.
Anthony proudly served our
community as a volunteer fire-
Recent Yancey County Sheriff’s report
Spaghetti dinner
at South Toe
Elementary
Paid For By The Candidate
Anthony Allen
man for both West Yancey and
Burnsville Fire Departments
retiring with over 20 years of
dedicated service
Anthony also has a talent
for music and has been fortunate
to play bluegrass and gospel
music all over the Southeast
with groups such as Brothers 4
Him and True Grass. Anthony
lives in the Bolens Creek Community, has three children and
five grandchildren, and is a
member of Bolens Creek Baptist Church.
“I care about our kids,
teachers and schools while also
being aware of the commitment
of taxpayers.
I want my grandchildren
to have the opportunities I had
in Yancey County Schools with
small classes, bright teachers
and great facilities to reach their
greatest potential. I ask for your
support,” Anthony said.
Exhibition proposals for
2017 are being accepted through
Friday, March 25 at 5 p.m..
Each gallery has space
available for 4-6 week exhibitions per year.
Artists are encouraged to
offer collaborative shows. You
do not have to live in the area or
be a TRAC member to submit
a proposal.
For more information,
call the TRAC office at 828682-7215, email toeriverarts@
gmail.com, or visit the website,
www.toeriverarts.org.
school equivancey tests,
GED® and HiSET®, both
of which lead to the same NC
High School Equivalency Diploma. For more information
on high school equivalency
testing opportunities, please
call 828.766.1208.
Additional information
on the GED Testing Service changes is available at
Mayland Community www.GEDtestingservice.
College now offers two high com/score-changes.
Upcoming at Mars Hill College
Wind Symphony ConcertFriday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.Moore AuditoriumMargaret Morley Photography Exhibition.-February
27- May 31, 2016.
Rural Heritage MuseumThe Rural Heritage Museum
of Mars Hill University has
announced it will present an exhibition entitled “The Carolina
Mountains: The Photography
of Margaret Morley, From the
North Carolina Museum of History,” from February 27 through
May 31, 2016.
Featuring more than 50
prints made from the 244 original Appalachian mountain
photographs by photographer
Margaret Morley, this exhibition comes from a collection of
works donated to the Museum
of History in 1914.
Jazz Band Concert-Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.-Moore
Auditorium.
Low Brass Retreat-Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m.-Broyhill
Chapel.
Broadway Babies-Sunday,
February 28, 2:30 p.m.-Spainhour Hall, Moore BuildingBroadway Babies, a musical by
C. Robert Jones.
It’s the summer of 1940, the
setting is a barn theatre in Pennsylvania, and an eager group of
young thespians is “putting on
a new show.”
The play is a tribute to
the 1930s and 1940s musicals
of Mickey Rooney and Judy
Garland and their up and down
journey to take their show to
The Big Apple.
The talented cast for the
reading includes Bradshaw Call,
Kelly Christianson, Beverly
Todd, Lynn Nihart, Christopher
Caggiano, and Heather Bronson. Spainhour Hall is located
on the lower level of Moore
Auditorium on the campus of
Mars Hill University in Mars
Hill, NC.
“How Can Civility in
Politics be Recreated?” with
Sens. Tom Apodaca and Terry
Van Duyn-Thursday, Mar. 3, 7
p.m.-Broyhill Chapel-Senator
Tom Apodaca, N.C. Senator
representing District 48 (Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania Counties), a Republican; and
Senator Terry Van Duyn, N.C.
Senator representing District
49 (Buncombe County), Democratic Whip will team up for a
program on Thursday, March
3, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. about recreating civility in politics. This
event is part of the Presidential
Lecture and Performance Series
at MHU. It is free and open to
the public.
Yancey Common Times Journal- -February 24, 2016--Page 3
WNC Nonprofit Pathways Workshop to bring board and staff together
Nonprofit organizations
in Yancey, Mitchell and Avery
counties are invited to a lunch
and learn session on Friday,
March 4th, from 11:30 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. at the Yancey County
Public Library. Nonprofit consultant Beth Trigg will lead
the workshop “Building a Dynamic and Effective Staff-Board
Team” with added perspective
from Graham Children’s Health
Executive Director Schell McCall and past board chair Oscar
Weinmeister.
The discussion will center
on what works in building positive, collaborative relationships
between staff and board, and
will address the attitudes, roles,
infrastructure, and resources
necessary to create those teams
for the long-term health of the
Beth Trigg
nonprofit.
The relationship between
the Board Chair and Director is
one of the most important dynamics within a nonprofit organization, and when successful,
it can create powerful synergy
and allow the organization to
expand impact and change lives.
Challenges in this dynamic can
stand in the way of achieving
the mission and drain time and
energy.
Beth Trigg has worked at
every level of nonprofit organizations: as a staff member, as a
board member, as a volunteer,
and as a consultant --with organizations from the smallest,
most grassroots level up to the
scale of larger international
organizations.
As part of this workshop
she will enlist the opinions of
McCall and Weinmeister in a
facilitated discussion of what
each of them did to support
the good work of the other and
make Graham Children’s Health
more effective, and she’ll be
asking a similar question of
workshop participants.
This event is the second in
a series of four Lunch and Learn
Workshops sponsored by WNC
Nonprofit Pathways especially
for the Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey County region. Please
email sjanelarson@gmail.com
or call Susan Larson at 828-7652652 to pre-register and have
the link sent.
The deadline to register is
February 29. Each Lunch and
Learn session is $15 for the first
registrant from an organization
and $10 for up to three more.
Lunch is included in the fee.
WNC Nonprofit Pathways
makes high quality, capacity
building support available at
low or no cost to nonprofits
A Penland open house volunteer working with a
across the mountain region, visitor in the the clay studio. The school will hold a
thanks to generous collabora- community open house on March 5.
tive funding from a group of
foundations.
Sweet Inspiration Program helps area patients turn their health around
Steve Hall never imagined
a trip to the grocery store with
his doctor would change his life.
In fact, the Yancey County resident never imagined having the
opportunity to be at the grocery
store with Liz Peverall, M.D.,
learning to read and understand
food labels to better manage his
health.
The shopping trip was
part of Sweet Inspiration –
Learn How to Turn Your Health
Around, a unique program created by Possibilities of Wellbeing Co-Founders Geraldine
Plato and Margot Rossi in
collaboration with Dr. Peverall, Celo Health Center (CHC)
Medical Director.
The concept for the 10week program was to combine
the best of Eastern and Western
Medicine practices to offer a
new perspective on issues such
as pre-diabetes, diabetes and
obesity and help motivate CHC
patients to manage their health
through proven and easy-toincorporate diet and lifestyle
changes.
The Eastern and Western
functional and lifestyle medicine approach set the program
apart from others in the area.
“Symptoms of illnesses
such as diabetes can present
themselves in a variety of
ways,” says Plato, a certified
integrative nutrition coach.
“There’s no one-size-fits-all diet
or approach. Participants hoped
we would simply tell them what
to eat every day.
Rather than focusing on
one standard, we believe it’s
important to look at the whole
person and understand that their
age, stress level, food choices,
sleep patterns, and social interactions, to name a few, all influence healthy outcomes.”
Each 90-minute session
included a brief medical review
with Dr. Peverall and her staff,
followed by hands-on presentations, cooking demonstrations,
recipe sampling and a question
and answer period.
Classes covered a wide
variety of topics such as what
diabetes symptoms tell us about
our lifestyle, the impact of stress
and emotional wellbeing on
blood sugar levels, how to eliminate cravings, understanding
sugar and fat, tips on preventing
neurologic problems, the role of
the gut in maintaining health,
and how to read food labels.
“We could see things coming together when one student
realized her Mountain Dew
counted as a food,” Peverall
notes.
“She had been very confused about what to “eat’ to help
her diabetes until she realized
that, although it was a liquid, the
Mountain Dew she was drinking
was a big part of her intake and
did count.”
Not only did the trio offer
cooking demonstrations, they
also brought in recipes they’d
created, from quinoa to herbal
tea. “We took great care that
everything we prepared used
ingredients that could be found
locally and offered a good balance of healthy fats, protein and
fiber,” Plato says.
“We also showed participants how to replace less desir-
able foods with nutrient rich
choices that can be easily found
on the shelves of most grocery
stores.”
“What I eat now doesn’t
resemble what I ate before the
class,” Hall notes. “I never
knew that warm foods or liquids
served at room temperature
helped my digestion. I didn’t
know I could eat the right complex carbohydrates without
having much impact on my
glycemic index.
Thanks to letting us taste
so many recipes, I’ve added
foods into my diet like beets
and barley. Since they showed
us how to make our own salad
dressings, I don’t use storebought dressings anymore. I’ve
been losing weight and I feel
better.”
Helping patients shift blood
sugar levels and adapt new
dietary or exercise habits was
not the trio’s only goal. Since
stress often influences eating behaviors and affects the complex
process of digestion and blood
sugar levels, Rossi, a licensed
acupuncturist and Classical
Eastern Medicine Practitioner,
led mindfulness meditation
exercises.
She couldn’t have been
more pleased by the response.
“In one class we talked about
managing pain through breathing,” Rossi says.
“They were surprised to
experience how relaxed they
could feel by using a simple tool
like breathing.”
In addition, participants
were introduced to guided imagery and yoga practices to reduce
stress and gain new perspectives
for problem solving.
“I personally loved Margot’s imagery of floating higher
and higher away from an unpleasant thought,” Peverall
adds. The importance of spending time in nature was also
emphasized.
One of the benefits of the
program was the feedback participants gave each other.
“One patient would say
they tried something new and
share their result with the class,”
notes Rossi.
“Here was a group of people from different backgrounds,
but they understood each other’s
challenges and supported each
other. The synergy was terrific.”
That synergy was not only
evident among the students.
Although they’ve not begun
planning, the trio hopes to create
more group workshops in the
near future. “What’s great is that
we’re all so different and yet
we reinforce and support each
other’s ideas,” Peverall says.
“I think patients walked
away with a well-rounded perspective.”
Possibilities of Wellbeing’s
mission is to champion individual and community wellbeing through health education,
lifestyle strategies, and integrative medicine.
For more information on
upcoming programs or to access
a directory of complementary
medicine providers in the community, visit www.possibilitiesofwellbeing.com.
Hospice reflection from a 3rd year medical student at UNC
By Jessica Koontz
I didn’t realize just how
valuable the hospice experience would be beforehand.
I’ve always enjoyed visiting
people in their homes.
I’ve done home visits
and delivered prescriptions
multiples times in the past
during my time working at a
pharmacy, but there is something different about seeing
someone struggling with
advanced and often terminal
diseases and caring for them
in their home
Being able to step into
that part of someone’s life their home - is a privilege and
humbling experience.
It’s something we really
miss when seeing patients in
clinic because it’s a reality
check on just how many other things are impacting their
health. You gain insight into
their family, financial status,
diet, caregivers, etc.
When we see patients
in clinic I think it’s easy to
believe they live in a vacuum
where their health is the only
thing they have to worry
about because that’s the thing
we’re worrying about, but
that is far from true.
Having this experience
in a rural setting was even
more of a reality check to
me.
I grew up in a rural area,
but some of the things I witnessed during the hospice
experience shocked me. Living situations, social turmoil,
a lack of caregivers, drug
abuse - it’s all happening to
people struggling severely
with their health.
It’s easy for us to live
in our bubble and forget or
choose to ignore the unjust
reality of many individuals’
situations, but if these are our
patients, we can’t do that.
It is part of our role as
their advocate to attempt to
identify these other determinants of their health and
intervene when appropriate.
But the hospice experience also taught me that the
patient may not allow you to
do that, and that’s ok.
It’s ultimately their right
to determine how they will
address and cope with their
struggles, and it doesn’t always involve their healthcare
providers.
However, the pain and
unsettlement felt when walking away from a situation that
you know could be better was
a little overwhelming.
As physicians, we often
like to think we have control
over the well-being of our patients, but that’s not the case.
That experience humbled me
and reminded me that it’s not
about me, it’s about them.
Witnessing the relationships between the patients
and nurse was a beautiful
reminder of why we work in
this field, why we voluntarily
place ourselves into these
difficult situations and these
heartbreaking stories.
It’s because of the relationships.
The opportunity to touch
the life of someone at a time
in their life when it’s hard to
recognize the beauty in life
for all the junk in the way.
But almost more than
that, I have learned, it’s the
opportunity to be touched
by them.
Coming into medicine, I
may have had the underlying
assumption that I was going
to be the doctor. I was going
to be the one helping others
and touching their lives, but
Stop by Burnsville Wine,
Friday 4-6 pm for a special wine
tasting. All you sweet wine
fans, we’ll have something for
you to try. Remember their tastings are free, but you must be 21
to attend. The balloons will be
flying! They have some wines
and beers they just put in the
shop, come by and check what
they have. Like them Facebbok page to check their current
activities at the shop. They
also have information on their
webpage. Our winter hours are
11-6 Thursday-Saturday. They
are located at 525 West Main,
across from TD Bank. There
is ample parking at the rear of
the shop or the bank parking
lot. For more information call
682-3456 or email joyce@
burnsvillewine.com.
The Penland School of
Crafts Community Open House
will take place on Saturday,
March 5 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m..
This is an afternoon of fun and
education for all ages with
hands-on activities in most of
Penland’s teaching studios. No
admission is charged. Many
activities are messy, so don’t
wear your fancy clothes.
Here are the activities for
the afternoon: In the clay studio
you can make a clay pot on the
potter’s wheel or create a little
clay sculpture and decorate it. In
iron you can use shape hot steel
with a hammer and an anvil to
make a wall hook. In the metals
studio, cast a small keepsake in
pewter. In the photo studio, you
can have a portrait made with a
projected mask.
In the print studio you can
watch printmaking demonstrations and make your own print
on the Vandercook letterpress.
Visit the textiles studio where
you can make a rag-rug coaster
on a floor loom and watch demonstrations. In the wood studio,
make and decorate a wooden
whistle. In the school store, you
can make decorative postcard
and browse the great selection
of art materials. At the Ridge-
way building, make decorative
paper using the paste-paper
painting process.
In hot glass, make either a
paperweight or a juice glass. In
flameworking, you can make an
ornamental glass bead. Please
note that glass activities are
very popular. Signups for glass
start at 1:00 PM, but people
start lining up at least an hour
earlier, so come early if you are
hoping to make something in
the glass studio. Glass activities
are limited to visitors 12 years
of age and above. Items made
in the hot glass studio will be
available for pickup on Sunday
afternoon (because hot class has
to cool slowly).
If you need a bite to eat
while you are at the open house,
the Mitchell High School Marching Band Boosters will be selling hot dog lunches from 12:30
to 5:00 p.m. as a fundraiser for
their trip to represent North
Carolina in the Independence
Day Parade in Washington, DC
this summer.
Penland School is located
near Spruce Pine in Mitchell
County. For more information
and directions to the school,
visit penland.org or call 828765-2359.
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I have found that patients beautiful woman, and others
are way more of a blessing to like her, is why.
me than I am to them, and I
felt like the nurses and other
staff I worked with over the 2
days felt that way as well.
During the time I was
there, the group suffered a
somewhat shocking loss of
a 3-year hospice patient, a
woman who I felt honored to
have gotten the opportunity
to meet.
With the amount she
touched and inspired me in
the one hour visit, I can only
imagine the impact she had
on all that worked with her
over 3 years.
It was touching to be
there on morning the group
reflected on this.
Some of them mentioned
that sometimes it’s hard to realize why they do the difficult
work that they do, but it was
obvious this was why. This
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Readers’ Forum
The holy grail in life is to love ourselves, each other
As I consider the plight of
suffering people in the world,
especially in light of the terrible
circumstances in the Middle
East causing the mass migration
of millions of people, I had an
insight that I’d like to share here
with my community.
I invite you to take a moment to step into the shoes of
one of these people and perhaps
find similar insight to inspire
compassion like it did for me.
Find a quiet place and let
your imagination flow. First,
think of your current life and appreciate all you have (and if you
don’t have these things, then this
letter is for you too).
Think of your home that
keeps you warm and safe, your
job or other source of income
that helps you live, your friends
and family, the resources for
keeping you alive always available – food, water, fuel, medicine.
Touch in with your hopes
and dreams: for your children
to grow up and be happy; to
age well and enjoy the fruits of
your labor.
Now imagine that all these
gifts are stripped away – your
home is under siege, bombs and
guns exploding night and day as
forces of men with whom you
have no connection struggle
for power over each other and
over you. You and your sons
are under threat of conscription
or execution.
Your wife and daughters
are unable to show their faces
outside the house for fear of
rape and death.
Your job ends. You have
no more money, but that hardly
matters as there’s no food at
the stores, no fuel for your car
or stove, no lights or heat, no
schools for your children, no
hospital if you’re sick.
Your home has gone from
being an oasis to a tiny island
finally flooded by the seas of
violence.
What choice do you have
but to set out across that ocean
of death to find life for yourself
and your loved ones?
Miraculously, though it
costs you everything, you make
it through one border, then another; like seine nets set to catch
people. You and your family
overcome almost impossible
odds in order to find a country
that will see you as the suffering humanity that you are and
treat you with generosity and
compassion.
You suffer incredible indignities, physical violence, the
loss of all your valuables (the
few you could fit in your pockets for the journey). Your heart,
which had once been filled with
hopes and dreams, love and
joy, now has become a starved,
contracted, hard knot which
beats with the only rhythm it
remembers; the primal beat of
‘survive, survive, survive’. The
cruelty and uncertainty of this
life engulfs you.
It’s true that the countries
where people are seeking refuge have difficult challenges.
Everyone in the world suffers
when perpetrators of war, greed,
violence and exploitation have
their way.
When it’s very far away,
happening to people we don’t
know and never see, it’s easy
for us to deny the reality.
When those people come
desperately knocking at our
doors, they become a part of our
world, our daily life.
We are challenged to find
our wisdom and compassion
and also to demand those things
from our world leaders. The
anger and hate that is on the
rise is an outcome of fear. We
have our own personal challenges we are dealing with as
the world changes and so we’re
overwhelmed because we can
no longer live in the safety of
our denial.
Some days more successfully than others, I try to rise
above my fear, to find the love
and kindness that I know are
within me and within each of
you.
Push back the veil of your
fear and anger.
The holy grail in life is to
Love – ourselves, each other,
the beauty of the world…Life.
Jade Pierce
Burnsville
Open hearing on redistricting is too little too late
During the week of February 15, leaders of the NC legislature held hearings and a joint
session to deal with the voting
district catastrophe they created
several years ago
Recently, the Federal District Court gave the legislature
two weeks to make a new plan
for voting districts that is fair to
all voters.
The Court recognized that
the current plan makes some
votes count more than others by
blocking any attempt to create
voting alliances between groups
of voters seeking redress for
the legislature’s recent creation
of inequalities in education,
medical care, and fair wages.
Members of the legislature now
want to give the impression that
NC citizens will have input into
how to construct fair district
boundaries.
The NC-NAACP and partner Moral Movement organizations recognize these attempts
as cynical, only meant to give
the impression they are doing
something without actually
making an attempt to do what
the Court demanded. However,
their deadline--February 19-was fast approaching.
The hearings held only a
few days before the Court’s
deadline did not provide a real-
istic opportunity for responsible
public comment.
By now the racial gerrymandering and race-based
voter suppression tricks are
obvious to most NC voters,
who should recognize this as
a bad faith attempt to comply
with Court orders and provide
NC citizens with representative
government.
The NAACP is asking the
Court to push the primary back
to May and to use its power
to draw fair constitutional districts.
Sincerely,
Wanda Woodby, President
NC-NAACP Branch 54
What we’ve learned from the Republican Debates
Over these past few months
the republican debates have
enlightened many Americans.
We’ve learned that all the candidates are liars.
For the rational minded
this comes as no secret. After
all this is the party of “tricky
Dick” the party that squandered
a surplus, developed a war
built upon lies, deception and
disingenuousness of mammoth
proportions.
When Trump exposes the
truth that GW Bush was a dismal failure the party of “truth
justice and the American way”
boo’s. The fable of St Ronnie
is itself another fabrication and
evasion of the truth.
We’ve learned that the
“party of the Constitution”
hasn’t the foggiest idea about
it’s basic principals. The presi-
dent is required to nominate
a new justice to the Supreme
Court.
“There comes a point in
the last year of the president,
especially in their second term,
where you stop nominating,
or you stop the advice and
consent process.” says Rubio.
The debates exposed the party
as white supremacists not strict
constitutionalists. The precedent
for angry white republicans to
scream bloody murder over
everything and then back down
has a long history throughout
Obama’s tenure.
Their reply on government
shutdown fights, Obamacare
and immigration etc show them
as obstructionists not Constitutionists.
The debates have exposed
Republicans for the faux chris-
tians they are. The Pope, that
dreaded Catholic says: “Trump
isn’t a christian”. Trump replies: “for a religious leader
to question a person’s faith is
disgraceful.” Can no one, according to this twisted logic,
question your faith?
If conservative christians
only understood and read Jesus
rather than Leviticus and Paul
they might better understand
Jesus’ compassion.
Why then are Trump and
his allies criticizing Muslims?
Why did the Pope stop with
Trump? They’re all saying the
same thing. - even christians in
Burnsville agree.
They are more interested in
making the Constitution and the
Bible a dead documents.
Willard Cottrell
Burnsville
Reader suggest possible weekly article for paper
A while ago my husband
and I were traveling in early
morning prior to sunrise.
I couldn’t help but notice
how little dark there was - anywhere. Commercial establishments, security lights, people’s
porch lights.
Any burglar would not need
a flashlight, inside or out!
The thought went through
my mind: think of how one little
candle lights up the dark, why
do we need so much light?
WHAT IF all these “night
lights” wattage was cut in
half?
That might go quite a ways
in helping reduce the energy
consumption our country has
pledged to lower.
Just a thought, nothing I
seriously think will happen.
From there my mind went
on to other WHAT IFS.
Then I thought, hmmm,
WHAT IF there was an article
in the paper each week which
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invited the public to send in
their WHAT IF? nothing large
and preachy, just a thought and
possibly a line or two.
Who knows where that
simple little thing might lead.
We might all slowly become more mindful, or aware
of more possibilities large and
small.
Or maybe we would slowly begin to understand those that
think differently from us.
To understand that if their
thoughts are not our thoughts, it
might not mean they are wrong
and we are right.
Heck, we might become a
kinder, gentle people!
Keitha Swaim
Burnsville
Invest in Burnsville and North Carolina
As a Realtor and homeowner in western North Carolina,
I certainly see how education,
water infrastructure and natural resources impact economic
development.
It’s also why I’m a strong
supporter of the Connect NC
bond referendum.
The Connect NC bond will
have a tremendous economic
impact on western North Carolina.
The bond commits more
than $1.3 billion in funding for
higher education, including over
$4.6 million for our own Mayland Community College.
The Connect NC project list
shows improvements to 11 state
parks just in the western third
of the state and Mt. Mitchell is
clearly a tremendous economic
driver for Yancey County and
the town of Burnsville.
In addition, the bond will
commit over $309 million to
North Carolina’s small towns
and urban centers for water and
sewer loans and grants to meet
the demands of our growing
state and county.
Clean water is essential
as we work to build affordable
housing and attract jobs.
Clean water and sewer
grants have helped keep down
costs for infrastructure improvements and with the potential for
expanded growth in our community, every dollar counts to
accomplish the renovation and
expansion in Burnsville.
It has been 15 years since
the last bond investments were
authorized to upgrade or states
infrastructure.
In that time, North Carolina
has grown by 2 million people
in population and it is projected
the state will continue to experience healthy population growth
for the foreseeable future.
The Connect NC bond will
strengthen our neighborhoods
and community by improving
property values and raising the
quality of our citizens lives.
No tax increases are necessary to finance the bond,
given our state’s strong revenue
growth and ample debt service
capacity and debt levels will not
increase.
North Carolina is one of
only 10 states with AAA credit
rating which saves North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars.
On March 15th, we can
vote to invest in our state and
improve the quality of life for
Burnsville residents and the
growth of our community by
voting in support of the Connect
NC Bond referendum.
Woody Ryan
Burnsville
Thank you to neighbors in Busick community
Thank You. Words cannot
express our gratitude to our
friends, family, and neighbors
for all the support you have
shown during the illness and
passing of our loved one.
Many thanks to our neighbors in the Busick community
for the snow removal and helping get my husband, our Daddy
into the house when we brought
him home from the hospital.
What a blessing and help that
was!
And the food that was
brought in after he was settled
that day was such a huge help
to our family as well.
Many thanks to Mark and
Yancey Funeral Service for all
the help and support. You were
outstanding!
Thank you Forrest Westall
for the kind words you spoke,
the songs that Diane, Cathy and
Cindy sang, and Mt. Mitchell
Church for the wonderful supper
you prepared for the family.
We appreciate all the calls,
cards, food, visits, money, Bible
donations, thoughts and prayers
so very much.
Many thanks to Hospice of
Yancey for being so helpful and
caring in our time of need.
May God richly bless each
and everyone of you.
We will never forget your
kindness. Please keep us in
your prayers.
The family of Curtis Biddix-Burnsville
We should learn from experience, not myth
Kearney Smith noted “those
who torment us for our own
good will torment us without
end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
So true. America’s far right are
the classic moral busybodies.
They want to legally limit
a woman’s right to choose
because they insist on adherence to their own definition of
morality.
They insist that corporations have the power to do whatever they want to the environment, no matter how it affects
the public’s general welfare.
They insist that laws satisfy
their own definition of marriage
and no others.
What’s worse, they choose
to remain blind to our own
nation’s history and continue
to perpetuate manufactured
myths to explain America’s
prosperity.
To separate historical fact
from myth, one should research
the question: In exactly what
period did the U.S. create the
greatest middle class in history?
It wasn’t in the 1920s when
we had few protections of workers’ rights, three large tax cuts
for the wealthy, and few programs that benefitted the poor.
The number of millionaires
tripled, and by 1929 the average
worker couldn’t support a family of four above the poverty
line.
The same is true of the
economy we’ve had since 1980
when President Reagan declared
war on “wage inflation” (workers’ incomes going up).
His government actions
resulted in stagnant and declining wages relative to inflation, a
skyrocketing stock market, and
huge increases in corporate executive and investor incomes.
The number of billionaires
and multimillionaires is exploding and the middle class is
disintegrating.
No, the middle class was
created by liberal government
policies between 1933 and
1980.
The massive amount of
historical data demonstrate
that protections of workers’
rights, high progressive taxes
on incomes and inheritance
(those who have the power to
control the labor market and
benefit most from an economy),
social programs that help those
who actually work for a living
(Social Security, Medicare,
minimum wage standards, etc.),
and even protections of ethical businesses from unethical
predatory businesses (honesty
in accounting statements, safe
handling of food and services,
etc.).
By the way, don’t fall for
the canard that we would have
gotten out of the Great Depression even faster had it not been
for Roosevelt’s New Deal and
the four decades of progressive
legislation that followed. Conservatives always do that.
When liberals control government and economic conditions improve, they always say
that conditions would have been
even better had we not enacted
their progressive policies.
When conservatives con-
trol government by catering to
the rich and taking advantage
of low-income workers—and
things get worse and the middle
class declines—they blame liberals for not letting them benefit
the rich even more and allowing
them to reduce benefits to the
middle class and poor as much
as they wanted.
Also, don’t let conservatives’ accurate exposure of the
failures of liberalism blind you
to its more important successes.
In a complex, growing economy
mistakes are always made and
there are always major trends
and minor counter trends.
The New Deal was a major
trend and Roosevelt himself
predicted that there would be
failures.
However, he wasn’t just
going to sit back and do nothing. He tried many things and
kept those that worked and
abandoned most of those that
didn’t.
That’s what we should be
doing today, but Republicans
won’t allow it.
They’ve decided to oppose
everything Democrats try to do,
even things that Republicans
have wanted in the past.
The point: Go beyond the
persuasive sound bites, study
all points of view, and determine
which are the major factors that
have benefitted the economy of
our own nation
Chuck Kelly,
formerly of Burnsville,
still an involved member of
community thought, and subscriber to an excellent weekly
newspaper.
Another vote for Reece by a reader
On March 15 we will be
going to the polls to elect a Representative for House District
118 along with other important
offices that we need to fill with
good qualified Democrats.
If you look at what the Republicans have done to us, you
have to agree that voting Democrat is the only way to go.
When we go to the polls we
will have two Democrats vying
for the position as District 118
Rep. We must elect the most
experienced and qualified one
to represent us.
That is Dr. Reese Steen.
Among other things Dr. Steen
has served as Madison County
Commissioner for 3 terms and
operated his own dental practice for years which gives him
qualification and experience far
above Rhonda Schandevel.
To my knowledge Ms.
Schandevel has no governmental or business experience. Ms.
Schandevel is presently being
coached by Ray Rapp and Joe
Sam Queen. At a recent forum
she had to call on her coaches
to answer questions. We don’t
need this.
Our present Rep. Michelle
Presnell went to Raleigh with
no experience and look what
she has done to us.
(If you find anything positive, please let me know.) She
will be running for re-election
and we must defeat her! She
cannot win without Haywood
County votes.
The last election she sold
them a bill of goods that she
saved 1000 jobs in Haywood
County. We all know that is
not true.
This time she supported the
Governor’s 2015 Budget that
cut so much money from the
Haywood School System that
they are contemplating closing
one school. More good representation!
We must change this and
we can by electing Dr. Reese
Steen!
Jack Roberts
Mars Hill, NC
Hatchery supported trout waters in North Carolina closed to fishing
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will close
approximately 1,000 miles of
Hatchery Supported Trout Waters to fishing one-half hour after sunset on Feb. 29 and reopen
them at 7 a.m. on April 2.
While fishing is closed,
Commission personnel will
stock all Hatchery Supported
Trout Waters in preparation for
opening day. Staff stocks Hatch-
ery Supported Trout Waters,
which are marked by green-andwhite signs, at frequent intervals
in the spring and early summer
every year.
This year, Commission personnel will stock approximately
916,000 trout — 96 percent
of which average 10 inches in
length, with the other 4 percent
exceeding 14 inches in length.
While fishing on Hatchery
Supported Trout Waters, anglers
can harvest a maximum of seven
trout per day, with no minimum
size limit or bait restriction.
Hatchery Supported Trout Wa-
ters are open from 7 a.m. on
the first Saturday in April until
one-half hour after sunset on the
last day of February the following year.
Letters must be signed to be published, with address and phone
number included for verification purposes only. Please keep
comments civil and refrain from hate speech, name-calling and
personally attacking others for their views. Deadline is noon
Friday. Send to: Times Journal, PO Box 280, Burnsville, NC
28714 or email: david@yanceypaper.com.
Yancey Common Times Journal- -February 24, 2016--Page 5
TRAC announces deadlines
for upcoming events in 2015
North Carolina Trooper Clinton Crane urges drivers to
use caution while driving, to ‘buckle up’ and make sure all
passengers in the vehicle do the same.
Stepped up enforcement by NCHPD
A few things to remember
concerning the usage of seat
belts: not wearing a seat belt
can cost up to $179 in fines. It
is $263 for 15 and under (penalty goes to driver of the vehicle).
More than 10% of front
seat drivers and passengers
don’t wear their belt.
Nationally, in fatal crashes
during 2013, 79% of occupants
that were ejected from passenger vehicles were killed.
In 2013, 581 lives were
saved due to seat belt and child
restraint use in North Carolina.
87.8% of men buckle up
versus 93% of women.
In 2014, 41% of motor
vehicle occupants who died in
crashes were unrestrained.
Too many people wrongly
believe they are safe in the back
seat unrestrained. In 2014, 47%
of rear seat occupants killed
were unrestrained.
The NCHPD will continue
its stepped up enforcement for
the foreseeable future and remind drivers to slow down and
Drivers urged to slow buckle up.
If you noticed the North
Carolina Highway Patrol
stepping up enforcement in
the area over the past week it
is an effort by the department
to keep motorists safe and to
make sure that they are using
their seat belts.
Trooper Clinton Crane
stopped by the Times Journal
office last week to help get the
word out.
He pointed out that in
North Carolina, it is the law
to buckle up no matter where
you sit.
down and buck up.
Yancey Co. Schools’ lunch menus
Elementary School
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Taco
loaded potato, wheat roll, fish
nuggets, Sunbutter sandwich,
cole slaw, baked beans, applesauce
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Lasagna, wheat roll, toasted cheese
sandwich, Sunbutter sandwich,
tomato basil soup, baked fries,
salad, fruit cocktail
Friday, Feb. 26 - Chicken
filet sandwich, cheesy quesadilla, mashed potatoes, corn,
refried beans, pears
Monday, Feb. 29 - Chicken nachos, meatball sub, Sunbutter sandwich, corn, peas,
peaches
Middle School
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Taco
loaded potato, wheat roll, fish
nuggets, cheese quesadilla,
cole slaw, baked beans, applesauce
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Lasagna, wheat roll, toasted cheese
sandwich, Sunbutter sandwich,
chicken tenders, tomato basil
soup, baked fries, salad, fruit
cocktail
Friday, Feb. 26 - Chicken
filet sandwich, cheesy quesadilla, mashed potatoes, corn,
refried beans, pears
Monday, Feb. 29 - Chicken nachos, meatball sub, corn,
peas, peaches
High School
Wednesday, Feb. 24 - Taco
Yancey County
Senior Center Menu
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Oven
fried chicken filet w/gravy,
green beans, apple juice, corn,
cornbread
Monday, Feb. 29 - Pinto
beans, turnip greens, orange
juice, macaroni & cheese,
cornbread
Tuesday, March 1 - Beef
BBQ/bun, coleslaw, applesauce, oven roasted potatoes
Thursday, March 3 Cubed steak w/gravy, green
beans, fruit cocktail, whipped
potatoes, roll
mit a proposal.
For more information, call
the TRAC office at 828-682725, email toeriverarts@gmail.
com, or visit the website, www.
toeriverarts.org.
Studio Tour deadline:
The first of two bi-annual
TRAC studio tours is a few
months away, but the deadline for participation is Friday,
March 4 at 5pm.
Artists must be TRAC
members (you can join at time
of application) and have a studio in the two-county (Mitchell
and Yancey) area.
10,000 Tour Guides are
distributed for each tour, and
we encourage first time participants.
Guidelines, information
and applications are online
at
www.toeriverarts.org/forartists/opps-and-apps/ or call
828-682-7215.
Egg decorating
workshop:
Spend a couple of hours
dyeing and sparkling up some
EASTER magic on Saturday,
March 19 from 10 to noon at
the TRAC Arts Resource Center (above the TRAC Spruce
Pine Gallery at 269 Oak Avenue).
Local artist Pat Benard
will lead you through making
those eggs bounce with color.
Bring 6 already boiled
eggs (preferably white) and
leave with a half dozen of the
most colorful edible art in the
“hunt.” Ages 6-12; $6 per child.
Please call 828-682-7215 to
register.
Theresa Sturgill receives award
North Carolina Outreach
Homecare recently honored
Theresa Sturgill with the Exceptional Performance Award
as the Direct Support Professional of the Year.
Sturgill has worked at the
NC Outreach office in Burnsville since 2008 and was gracious in accepting the honor
that is bestowed annually to
someone dedicated to working
with people with disabilities
and their families.
“I love providing one on
one services for my clients,”
said Sturgill. She thanked her
supervisors for their help in allowing her to provide services
that go above and beyond the
call to help those in need.
North Carolina Outreach
Homecare is located 24 North
Main Street in Burnsville.
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Craft Show is coming!
Spring Fest will feature
one of a kind items handmade
by many local crafters and artisans.
Celebrate the arrival of
Spring by shopping a wide variety of unique items such as
paintings, quilted sheep, teddy
bears, wooden bowls, stained
glass, painted signs, glass ornaments, beeswax candles, baked
goods and much more!
The Burnsville Spring Fest
will be held at the Burnsville
Town Center on March 19.
The time will be from 9
a.m. until 2 p.m.
Vendor cost for this year’s
event will be $45.00 for a table
with two chairs.
Vendor setup time will
be from 7 a.m. until 9 a.m.
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“Recently rated a HHHH home
by State of NC”
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Phone: (828) 682-4875
Email: mtnmanor15@yahoo.com
“More Like Home”
During the Spring Fest,
meet author Elizabeth Harris
and purchase a copy of her
latest book, ‘What am I to do
now, Mama?’
South Face Honey will
have wildflower honey, beeswax candles, and skin care
products including goat milk
honey soap.
Horton birth announcement
Randy and Cassandra Horton announce the birth of their
son, Maverick Ray Horton.
He was born February 10,
2016 at Blue Ridge Regional
Hospital.
He weighed 9 pounds and
was 21 inches long. Dr. Murphy attended his birth.
He has one brother, Landran and one sister, Mia Kay.
Grandparents are Richard
Shuford and Debbie Silvers.
Maverick Ray Horton
Pryor birth announcement
Jett Reed Boone
Theresa Sturgill (center) has been named Direct Support
Professional of the Year for 2015. She is pictured with a
couple of her clients.
codyblooms2015@gmail.com
loaded potato, wheat roll, fish
nuggets, chicken gordita, cole
slaw, baked beans, applesauce, mandarin oranges
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Lasagna, wheat roll, toasted
cheese sandwich, Sunbutter
sandwich, chicken tenders,
tomato basil soup, baked
fries, salad, fresh fruit, fruit
cocktail
Friday, Feb. 26 - Chicken
filet sandwich, cheesy quesadilla, Pizza Hut pizza, mashed
potatoes, corn, refried beans,
carrot sticks, peaches, pears
Monday, Feb. 29 - Chicken nachos, meatball sub, Pizza
Hut pizza, corn, carrot sticks,
peas, pears, peaches.
Boone birth
announcement
Breanna Boone announces the birth of her son, Jett
Reed Boone.
He was born January
26, 2016 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. He weighed
6 pounds, 5.3 ounces and was
20-1/2 inches long.
Dr. Mitchell attended his
birth.
Annual student
showcase:
The Burnsville TRAC
Gallery presents its Annual
Student Showcase that features
the art work of all students–
public, private and from home
schools–in Yancey County.
A week late in opening due
to weather, the exhibition will
continue through March 26.
For more information
about the showcase, call 828765-0520.
New gift shop artist
deadline:
Once a year, the Toe River
Arts Council accepts new artists into their gift shop.
Artists interested in being
represented at either or both
gifts shops—Burnsville and
Spruce Pine, should contact the
TRAC offices at 828-682-7215
and download an application
and information at their website, www.toeriverarts.
Artists must live in Yancey, Mitchell or Avery Counties
and be members of TRAC (can
join at time of application).
The deadline is 5pm on
Friday, February 26.
TRAC exhibition
proposal deadline:
Exhibition
proposals
for 2017 are being accepted
through Friday, March 25 at
5pm.
Each gallery has space
available for 4-6 week exhibitions per year.
Artists are encouraged to
offer collaborative shows. You
do not have to live in the area
or be a TRAC member to sub-
Victoria and Travis Pryor
announce the birth of their son,
Daniel Josiah Pryor.
He was born on January
15, 2016 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. He weighed 7
pounds and 8 ounces and was
19 inches long.
Dr. Mitchell attended his
birth.
He has one brother, Malachi. His grandparents are Marsha and Rick Gardner, Tony
Blevins, Ronald and Mercedes
Jones and Richard Pryor the
third.
Page 6 --Yancey Common Times Journal--February 24, 2016
Blue Ridge Universe
The 21st century solar system is light years beyond what was thought
By Bob Hampton
For most of my life my
mental image of the solar system was that area of space
with the Sun at the Center and
extending outward to the orbit
of Pluto. Within that space
there were 9 planets, a very few
moons, a few comets, and a few
thousand asteroids. It’s only
in the past few years that I’ve
come to realize that this solar
system of ours is much more
extensive than I had previously
imagined. So much so that I
now tend to think of this area
inside the orbit of Pluto as “the
inner solar system”.
So let me give you a quick,
stripped down description of the
solar system as I see it in my
mind now, based on the latest
discoveries and ideas. I hope
you will be, as I continue to be,
completely thunderstruck by the
realization of how vast our solar
system really is, and how many
truly amazing worlds there are
out there orbiting our Sun, and
how distant they can be.
The distances we’ll have to
consider are profoundly mind
boggling. If you try to measure the solar system in miles
you will soon be confronted
with some VERY big numbers.
We’re talking billions, and then
trillions of miles. So instead of
miles, astronomers use a unit of
measure called an “Astronomical Unit” or AU, which represents the average distance from
the Sun to the Earth, or about
93 million miles. So the Earth
is always about 1 AU from the
Sun, and Neptune, for example,
which is about 2,790,000,000
miles from the Sun, can more
simply be said to be about 30
AU from the Sun.
Let’s start at the Sun and
work our way outward. How
far does it go?
Mercury is at 4/10ths of
an AU, Venus is 7/10ths of an
AU, Mars is 1.5 AU, dwarf
planet Ceres and the asteroid
belt are spread out around 3 AU,
Jupiter is 5, Saturn 10, Uranus 20, Neptune 30, and Pluto
(“planet” or not) is currently
about 35 AU from the Sun.
But Pluto’s orbit isn’t quite
circular, so during its 148 year
orbit around the Sun its distance
will range from about 30 AU
(the orbit of Neptune) at its closest to about 50 AU at its most
distant. So think of 2 imaginary
circles around the Sun, one with
a radius of about 30 AU, the
other with a radius of about 50
AU. The area between these
two circles is Pluto’s orbital
space.
But we now know of more
than 1,000 other objects, many
of them dwarf planets, that
orbit in this same space. And
it’s likely that hundreds more
dwarf planets, as well as tens
of thousands of smaller asteroid
like objects, will eventually
be found here. This area, 30
to 50 AU out, is known as the
Kuiper Belt (pronounced like
“viper”), and the worlds that
orbit here are called Kuiper Belt
Objects (KBOs). (This sharing
of orbital space, and the rapidly
increasing number of known
planets, are the reasons Pluto
was officially reduced to “dwarf
planet” status.)
So let’s meet a few of these
KBOs! Keep in mind that
these are just a very few of the
the largest and brightest things
discovered here so far. These
are the ones that already have
names. The distances I’ll mention here are their approximate
current distances from the Sun.
For comparison, keep in mind
that Pluto is about 1,500 miles
diameter and is currently about
35 AU from the Sun.
These objects I’ll mention are planets! They may
be small but they are round
(roughly spherical), they orbit
the Sun, and some of them have
moons of their own! The ones
that haven’t yet been officially
designated as “dwarf planets”
almost certainly will be in the
future, as more data comes in.
But no matter how we might
define them - “planet”, “dwarf
planet”, “minor planet”, “object”, or whatever, these are
worlds - worlds of our solar
system, as much so as Mars
or Jupiter - worlds to imagine,
worlds to explore!
The tiny world known as
Chaos (about 400 miles diameter) is just over 40 AU from
the Sun. Ixion, also about
400 miles across is at 41 AU.
Quaoar (almost 700 miles
across) and its moon Weywat are
43 AU, along with Varuna (400
miles across) and Salacia (500
miles across). Varda (about 400
miles diameter) is at 48 AU.
Have you ever heard of
Orcus? This little world, probably about 600 miles diameter,
is named for the Etruscan god
of the underworld, and is sometimes called “the anti-Pluto”!
Its orbit is nearly identical to
that of Pluto, also ranging 30
to 50 AU and taking about the
same number of years per orbit. But its orbit is oriented in
the opposite direction from the
Sun as Pluto’s orbit! Not only
that, but when Pluto is most
distant from the Sun Orcus is
at its closest, and vice versa
(Orcus is currently inbound at
about 48 AU from the Sun, with
Pluto outbound at about 35 AU).
Orcus also shares with Pluto
the fact it has a moon (Vanth,
diameter about 200 miles) that’s
not a whole lot smaller that the
planet it orbits.
Haumea, a definite, official dwarf planet with 1/3rd
the mass of Pluto and 2 known
moons (Hi`iaka and Namaka),
is at 50 AU. Strangely, Haumea
is shaped more like a flattened
football than like a sphere!
At 52 AU we’ll find another officially designated
dwarf planet. Makemake (pronounced ma-Kay-ma-kay), is
about 2/3rds the size of Pluto
and takes 309 years to orbit the
Sun. (Note: Makemake will
likely be the most distant solar
system object visible to you by
eye using the new 34 inch public
telescope at the Bare Dark Sky
Observatory in Yancey County,
which is set to open to the public
this summer!)
Makemake is very near
the outer edge of the Kuiper
Belt. The space beyond here is
known as the Scattered Disc,
and the hundreds of unnamed
worlds discovered there so far
are known as “Scattered Disc
Objects”. They’re thought to
have been flung or scattered
outward as a result of passing
too close to Neptune (billions
of years ago), although some of
them are in orbits seemingly too
distant to have ever interacted
with Neptune. Only 2 of these
worlds have official names.
One of these Scattered Disc
worlds is the as yet unnamed object designated as 2012 VP113,
which is currently at 83 AU.
Its closest approach to the Sun
(perihelion), at 80 AU, is the
most distant perihelion of any
known object.
At 86 AU we’ll find the as
yet undesignated dwarf planet
Sedna, which is probably about
600 miles across. We’ll look at
the fascinating orbits of Sedna
and 2012 VP113 in just a moment.
The dwarf planet Eris,
with its moon Dysnomia, is
currently 97 AU from the Sun,
almost 3 times more distant
than Pluto! Eris is the most
distant known dwarf planet. It
approaches the Sun to within
40 AU, in the Kuiper Belt (and
inside the orbit of Pluto), but
at 97 AU is now very near the
outermost point of it’s 560 year
orbit. Eris is the most massive
of all the known dwarf planets,
and is the second largest, just
slightly smaller than Pluto.
In November 2015 a world
designated “V774104”, was
discovered 103 AU from the
Sun, displacing Eris as the
most distant solar system object
visible to the world’s largest
telescopes.
V774104 is less than half
the size of Pluto. Astronomers
will have to watch it for a while
to determine its orbit.
So here we are just over
100 AU from the Sun, nearly 3
times as distant from the Sun as
Pluto! We’ve reached the outer
realm of the most distant known
worlds of our solar system - as
we can see them now. Is this the
“edge” of the solar system? Is
this the beginning of interstellar
space? No, not even close! But
before we take the next big leap
let’s look at a couple of nearby
things.
We can’t see it, but just past
110 AU the Voyager II spacecraft is on the move toward the
constellation Telescopium. A
few weeks from now it will be
passing 111 AU!
At 121 AU we cross the
heliopause, which marks the
outer extent of the solar wind.
When the Voyager I spacecraft
reached this distance in 2012
it was said by some that it had
entered interstellar space. But I
guess that depends on how you
define “interstellar”. We’ll get
back to that too, but Voyager I,
the most distant human made
object, is now at 134 AU, nearly
4 times as distant as Pluto and
cruising along at about 39,000
miles per hour toward the constellation Ophiuchus.
Let’s now drop back and
contemplate the orbits of 2012
VP113 (I wish they’d give it
a name!) and Sedna. 2012
VP113, as mentioned above is
at about 83 AU right now - but
it has a 4,300 year orbit that
takes it out to 450 AU! And
Sedna has an 11,400 year orbit
that takes it out to a distance of
about 900 AU!
For most of their orbits
they’re simply too far away to
be seen with any currently existing telescope. Their discovery
was possible only because they
happen to currently be very
near their closest approaches
to the Sun. This means there
could very well be, and most
likely are, hundreds of other
Sedna like worlds out there in
the Scattered Disc, too distant
in their orbits for us to see now.
We need bigger telescopes!
We can’t see Sedna when
it’s hundreds of AU away, but
we know from its orbit that it
goes there. So even though we
can’t yet actually see the extent
of it, we know that there are
worlds that orbit the Sun out to
a distance of nearly 1,000 AU,
or nearly 30 times the distance
to Pluto, at least.
It was recently announced
that there is evidence to indicate
the possible existence of “Planet
Nine”, a hypothetical Neptune
sized planet with 2 to 4 times
the mass of the Earth and with
a 20,000 year orbit that takes it
out to about 1,200 AU from the
Sun. The strangely aligned,
highly elongated orbits of Sedna, 2012 VP113, and four other
recently dicovered extremely
distant objects (possible dwarf
planets!) seem to indicate the influence of something larger and
more distant - Planet Nine might
explain those orbits - if it really
exists. I guess we’ll see...
Far beyond the outer extent
of the Scattered Disc, thousands
of AU from the Sun, is a realm
of comets known as the Oort
Cloud. The “cloud” is just
theory at this point, but it is
thought that literally millions,
if not billions or trillions of
comets orbit the Sun out there.
We do in fact know of a quite a
few comets that have orbits that
take them many thousands of
AU beyond the Scattered Disc.
For example, Comet West,
which passed through the inner
solar system (actually inside
the orbit of Mercury!) in 1976
is now 40 years into an orbit
that will likely take millions of
years to complete, and might
carry it out to a distance as far
as 70,000 AU! This is the most
extreme of all known orbits,
but Comet West is just one of
many comets now known to
roam this intensely distant space
beyond the Scattered Disc, and
like the scattered disc objects,
we can only see these comets
for a very small fraction (a few
months when they are very close
to the Sun ) of their multi million year orbits - so there must
be many, many more that are
out there currently beyond our
ability to see.
If Comet West really goes
out to 70,000 AU, then it will be
2,000 times as distant as Pluto
and more than a light year away
from the Sun! One light year
is about 63,000 AU, or a little
more than 6 Trillion miles.
A light year! Did you ever
imagine that the solar system
could extend in every direction
more than a light year from the
Sun?
But there’s more. Depending on how you figure it,
the Sun’s gravitational sphere
of influence probably extends
out to about 2 or 3 light years
from the Sun, meaning that
it’s theoretically possible for a
comet, planet, or other object
to be flung out 2 or 3 light years
from the Sun and yet still be
slowly pulled back in by the
Sun’s gravity. But somewhere
out here you’ll cross the point of
no return. The Sun occasionally
flings a comet out beyond this
distance - those comets never
return to this solar system, but
instead wander the galaxy as independent rogues until possibly
(eventually?) being drawn into
some other star system.
I think this gravitational
point of no return, this distance
somewhere around 2 to 3 light
years from the Sun, is the final,
outer edge of the solar system,
and the beginning of truly interstellar space. Beyond this point
you’re no longer bound to the
Sun in any way.
So it seems to me now that
the solar system, our solar system, must be a roughly spherical
area of space that has a diameter
of somewhere between 4 and 6
light years!
Within this spherical space
hundreds of known worlds,
likely thousands of worlds,
and literally trillions of smaller
objects, are all in motion around
the Sun. Each with its own
cycles, each with it’s own range,
each with its own inclinations,
and each riding the pull of the
Sun’s gravity. Wheels within
wheels, turning light years
around! So there you have the
basic idea of the 21st Century
solar system as I see it. When I
think of the solar system this is
the image that comes to mind.
I hope my words have added
some light years to your ideas
of the solar system!
DIG IN! Celebrates with local musician fund raiser
Dig In! Yancey Community
Garden extends an invitation to
all to join us as we celebrate the
approach of Spring with music,
food and fun. Our Local Musicians’ Showcase Fundraiser
will be held on Saturday, March
19th, 2016, 6 p.m.-11 p.m., at
the Celo Community Center.
Doors will open at 5 p.m..
On stage will be five outstanding local musical groups:
Nancy Wood-Susan GarriquesSusan Scoggins, Polly Lorien
and Bob Early, David Wiseman,
Broke Holler, and Smokey Joe
and the South Toe Syndicate.
Yves Giraud and Eric Witherspoon will be the Tweeners.
For a mere $10.00/adults
and $5.00/children entry fee you
will enjoy good music as well as
lots of food and fun with friends
and neighbors.
The mission of Dig In! is to
build and maintain a volunteeroperated community garden
and through our established
Polly Lorien and Bob Early, “Polly and Bob” will perform at the March 19 fund raiser for Dig In! Community
Garden at the Celo Community Center.
partnerships with local hunger
The Celo Community Cenrelief agencies, provide fresh ter is located in the old Celo
fruits and vegetables to people Health Center on Seven Mile
within our community who Ridge Road in the South Toe
are in need of food assstance. area of Yancey County.
Looking forward to seeing
We seek to teach, inspire and
empower the people of Yancey you there!
For more information about
County to grow and share our
Dig
In!:
diginyancey.org.
own healthy food.
Make your Easter eggs the natural way
Have you ever thought of
using natural dyes to dye your
Easter eggs?
Natural dyes are a fun way
to decorate your eggs. Start
with either hard-boiled eggs
or emptied egg shells. Choose
a dyestuff (see the list below
for ideas.)
Use your own judgment
about how much dyestuff to
use. Except for spices, place
one, two, or three handfuls of a
dyestuff in a saucepan. Add one
cup of water for each handful of
dyestuff.
Bring water to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer from
15 to 60 minutes until you get
the color you like. Dyed eggs
will not get as dark as the color
in the pan. Remove the pan from
the heat. Strain the dye mixture
into a liquid measuring cup.
Add 2 to 3 teaspoonfuls of white
vinegar for each cup of strained
dye liquid. Pour the mixture into
a small bowl that’s deep enough
to completely cover the eggs
you want to dye. Carefully dip
egg into the hot liquid. Leave
the eggs in the water until you
like the color. Lift out the eggs
Sue Estridge of the NC Extension Service show
some kids different ways to get the color they desire
for their Easter Eggs this year, naturally.
and place on a rack to dry. Pink: Fresh beets, cranberries,
Naturally dyed eggs have a dull radishes, or frozen raspberries.
finish and are not glossy. After Orange: Yellow onion skins.
they dry, you can rub the eggs Golden Yellow: Ground turwith cooking oil or mineral oil meric. Green: Spinach leaves.
Blue: Canned blueberries or
to give them a soft sheen.
What to use as natural red cabbage leaves. Brown:
dyes… Red: Save the skins Strong boiled or instant coffee
or chili powder. Gray: Purple
of red onions and boil with
grape juice, red grape juice, or
the eggs for 30 to 60 minutes.
beet juice.
Yancey Common Times Journal- -February 24, 2016--Page 7
Mountain Heritage hosts two first round NCHSAA 2A playoff games on Tuesday
The North Carolina High
School Athletic Association
released the parings for the 2A
state basketball tournament on
Saturday.
Mountain Heritage girls are
seeded fourth in the 2A West
bracket. The Lady Cougars
will take on a familiar foe, West
Caldwell of the Southern District 7 Conference in Tuesday’s
first round.
The Cougars (21-1), a #4
seed, have won 19 in a row and
haven’t lost since early December. West Caldwell enters
the tournament at 11-11 as a
#29 seed.
East Davidson (22-0),
Smoky Mountain (21-1) and
RS Central are the top three
seeds for the girls 2A.
The Lady Cougars begin
State tournament play after running through the Western Highlands Conference this season
without a loss after they won
two more games in the league
tournament last week to win the
championship.
In the title game on Friday
night in Avery County Heritage
trailed the Owen Warlassies by
a single point heading into the
final eight minutes of play but
out scored the team from Swannanoa by nine points in the 4th
to win 53-45.
As she has done all season
long Ciera Chandler paced the
Lady Cougars scoring while
Hali King and Olivia Grindstaff
Cougar forward Job Kennedy puts up a shot in the
first round loss to Polk County in the Western Highlands
Conference Tournament. Heritage hosts Hunter Huss in
the opening round of the State 2A playoffs on Tuesday.
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MHHS Lady Cougars regular season and tournament champions in the Western
Highlands Conference are pictured above. The team hosts West Caldwell Tuesday
night in the opening round of the NCHSAA 2A playoffs.
WHC drops Hendersonville
in second NCHSAA draft
Cooper added 9 and Trey Robnson chipped in 7.
Heritage (14-7), a #16 seed,
will host #17 Hunter Huss (1210) on Tuesday in Burnsville.
The North Carolina High
Come out and support Heri- School Athletic Association
tage at home on Tuesday.
released its second draft for the
2017-21 realignment last week
and only one area school moved
to a different conference.
In the first draft, Polk
County was placed in a 1-A
conference with Bessemer City,
Cherryville, Highland Tech,
Piedmont Community Charter
and Thomas Jefferson.
In the second draft, Polk
was placed back in a split 2-A/1A conference with current
Western Highlands Conference
schools.
It ends up being the same
Western Highlands Conference, minus Hendersonville.
Polk (1-A) is now placed in a
conference with Avery County
(1-A), Mitchell (1-A), Mountain
Heritage (2-A), Madison (2-A)
The Lady Cougars completed an unbeaten season and Owen (2-A).
in the WHC with a tourney championship. Photos by
The other conferences reKeith McCurry.
mained the same as in the first
draft.
The 2-A conference with
area schools is Brevard, East
Henderson, Franklin, Hendersonville, Pisgah and Smoky
Mountain, and the 3-A conference with area schools is A.C.
Reynolds, Asheville, Enka,
Erwin, North Buncombe, North
Henderson, T.C. Roberson,
Tuscola and West Henderson.
The other 1-A area school,
Rosman, remains in its same
conference with Smoky Mountain Conference schools.
March 1 is the deadline for
schools to respond in writing
with concerns or suggestions to
the second draft.
On March 16, the third
draft will be released, which
will likely be the final draft.
The NCHSAA Board of Directors will meet May 3-4 and may
consider appeals to the third
draft. On Aug. 1, 2017, the new
realignment will begin.
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added 9 points each and Haley
Elkins netted 6.
Heritage Coach Susie Shelton said that she is happy with
what her team has done but
really not focusing on it right
now.
“We will do the celebrating
after the season. Right now we
want to stay focused and win as
many games in the State playoffs as possible.
The Cougars enter the
NCHSAA Tournament on a
skid after dropping a first round
game in the WHC Tournament
to Polk County.
The Cougars found themselves behind by ten points after
the first quarter as a hot shooting
Wolverine team constructed a
31-25 lead by halftime.
In the third quarter the two
teams traded baskets and in
spite of a 19-12 4th quarter the
Cougars wound up on the short
end of a 57-55 score.
The main reason was
Polk’s Jamal Wheeler who finished with 33 points. Job Kennedy knocked down 19 points to
lead the Cougars while Bryson
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Page 8 --Yancey Common Times Journal--February 24, 2016
Gerald Allen
Johnson
Gerald Allen Johnson, age
66, of the Pyatte Community,
went home to be with the Lord
on Monday, February 15th,
2016 at Cannon Memorial Hospital. A native of Avery County,
he was a son of the late Treely
and Beth Johnson. He was also
preceded in death by a stepbrother, Lawrence Johnson.
Gerald was the rock and
stability to his loving wife,
Minnie and the sweetest and
most perfect daddy to his four
girls, Jessica, Allison and Erin
(yep, his pup Heidi is included)
and the greatest champion of
his grandchildren, Levi, Paisley,
Stone, Mica and Treely.
A visitation was held from
5 until 9 p.m. on Thursday, February 18th in Elk Valley Baptist
Church. A private burial was
held in the Gerald Johnson Family Cemetery. To send online
condolences, please visit our
website at www.yanceyfuneralservice.com.
Cassie
Constance Styles
Cassie Constance ‘Connie’
Styles, 91, of Burnsville, passed
away Monday, February 15,
2016, at Brookside Rehabilitation and Care. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter
of the late Virgil Lusk and Minnie Belle Letterman Edwards
and the wife of Robert Maurice
Styles, who died in 2004. She
was also preceded in death by a
son; Rodney M. Styles, sisters;
Catherine Edwards and Jeanette
Waldrop and brothers; Guy, Ellis and James Edwards.
Surviving are a daughter:
Teresa Styles of Charlotte; sons:
Virgil Styles and wife Debbie
of Richlands, NC and Keith
Styles and wife Sue of Sylva;
5 grandchildren and 15 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 3 P. M. Friday, February
19th in the chapel of Holcombe
Brothers Funeral Home. Rev.
Randy Randolph officiated.
Burial was in the Styles Family
Cemetery on Green Mountain
Drive.
Volunteer at
To view this obituary onBrookside
line or send a condolence, visit
Whether it is your church www.holcombebrothers.com.
youth group or you as an individual, the staff would love to
talk to you about volunteering Volunteers needed
Meals on Wheels needs
at Brookside. To begin the
process, call 682-9759 and ask volunteers to deliver meals. any
to speak to someone in Activi- weekday from 10:30 to noon.
For information call the
ties or come by and pick up an
Senior
Center at 682-6011.
application.
Ruby Mae Sparks
Ruby Mae Sparks, age 93, of
Rabbit Hop, went home to be with
the Lord on Saturday, February 13th,
2016 at her home surrounded by her
loving family. A native of Mitchell
County, she was a daughter of the
late Rissie Tipton and the wife of
Lindsay Sparks, who passed away
in 2000. She was also preceded in
death by an infant daughter, Martha
Jean Sparks; brother, Billy Ray
Baker and two grandsons: Steve
Sparks and Dennis Gouge. Ruby
was the oldest living member of
Big Crabtree Baptist Church, where
she was a former Sunday School
Teacher.
Left to cherish her memories
are her children: Ella Gouge and
husband, Rev. George Gouge, of
Monroe, Ann Stewart and husband,
Nate, of Rabbit Hop, Tom Sparks
and wife, Carolyn, of Three Mile
and Lewis Sparks and wife, Anita,
of Marshville; brothers: Earl Tipton
and wife, Lee, of Albion, Indiana
and Gary Willis and wife, Joan, of
Benzonia, Michigan; grandchildren:
Sherry Koepp and husband, Glenn,
Bobby Sparks and wife, Benita, Sarah Ann Barrett and husband, Dean,
Lisa Stewart, Sara Stewart and Adam
Sparks; great-grandchildren: Olivia
Sparks, Macy Sparks, Noah Barrett
and Logan Barrett. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral Services were held at 6
p.m. on Wednesday, February 17th at
Big Crabtree Baptist Church. Rev.
Dean Honeycutt officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
To send online condolences,
please visit our website at www.
yanceyfuneralservice.com.
Claude Woodby
Claude Woodby, 86, of
Byrd Branch, Burnsville, went
home to be with the Lord on
Saturday, February 20, 2016, at
his home. A native of Yancey
County, he was a son of the
late James Marion and Alice
King Woodby. He was also
preceded in death by his brothers: Bruce, Jim, George, Charlie
and Bill; a sister: Lydia Higgins; half-brothers: Harrison,
Dan, Troy, Leacer and Luther;
half-sisters: Margaret, Maphra,
Maggie, Birdie and Wanda; and
a very special part of the family:
Bobby Gunter. Claude was a
lifelong farmer and retired from
Glen Raven Mills. He will best
be remembered for being proud
of where he came from, and the
love of his family and friends.
Surviving are his wife: Orpha Bryant Woodby; sons: David and Dennis Woodby (Robin)
of Burnsville and Darrell Woodby (Marina) of Estatoe; daughters: Rose Woodby, Mary Alice
Woodby and Melanie Woodby
Murphy (Max), all of Burnsville, and Daphny Woodby
(Steve) of Spruce Pine; 5 grandchildren: Christy Hill (Drew),
Amanda and Amiee Woodby,
Cody Woodby and Kenneth
Woodby; 2 step grandchildren:
Samantha and Shane Murphy
and one great grandchild due in
May. Also surviving are his sisters: his twin, Maude Bradford
of Burnsville and Mary Kampf
of Arden; and sisters-in-law:
Honnie and Gladys Woodby.
A host of nieces and nephews
also survive.
Funeral services were held
at 2PM Tuesday in Borings
Chapel Freewill Baptist Church,
of which he was a member.
Revs. Dale Laws, Frank Cable
and Marvin Silvers officiated.
Burialwas in the Woodby Family Cemetery. Grandsons and
nephews were pallbearers.
To view this obituary online or send a condolence, visit
www.holcombebrothers.com.
RB Miller
RB Miller, 62, of Connelly Springs, passed away
Wednesday, February 17, 2016,
at Carolinas Medical Center in
Charlotte, surrounded by his
loved ones. A native of Yancey
County, he was a son of the late
Arnold and Mary Magdaline
Fox Miller.
Surviving are 2 daughters:
April Bolin and husband, Scott,
and Brandite Conley, both of
Hickory; a son: John Brooks
Miller of Hickory; 10 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren;
6 sisters: Susie Jones of Hildebran, Gail Price and Shirley
Reed of Connelly Springs,
Carolyn Miller of Morganton,
Judy Moss of Brooksville, FL
and Jenny Miller of Tennessee;
and, a brother: Jack Miller of
Brooksville, FL.
Funeral services were held
at 2PM Saturday in the Chapel
of Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home. Terry Hensley officiated. Burial followed in the
Grover Hunter Cemetery.
To view this obituary online
or send a condolence visit
www.holcombebrothers.
com
Emma Jane
Stevens
Emma Jane Stevens, age
89, of Upper Browns Creek,
went home to be with the Lord
on Monday, February 15th,
2016 at her home surrounded
by her loving family. A native
of Yancey County, she was a
daughter of the late Will and
Arie Jones Boone and the wife
of the late Cecil Stevens, who
passed away in 1986. She was
also preceded in death by sisters: Mary Boone, Sara Boone,
Dorothy Carroway and Ola Mae
Webb and brothers: Harold,
John, Elmer and Earl Boone.
Emma Jane was a member of
Brown's Creek Baptist Church
who loved to sew quilt tops, can,
garden and her flowers.
Surviving are her daughters: Joan Renfro and husband,
Tim, of Micaville and Judy
Young and Larry Ballard of
White Oak; sons: Bob Stevens and wife, Judy, of Upper
Browns Creek, Bill Stevens
and wife, Vivian, also of Upper
Browns Creek, Ricky Stevens
and wife, Denita, of Banner Elk
and Roger Stevens of Upper
Browns Creek; sister, Mable
Boone of Upper Browns Creek;
grandchildren: Bobby Stevens,
Jr., Dewayne Stevens, Jeremy
Stevens, Karen Stevens Gurley,
Melissa Stevens McIntyre, Jeffery Fox, Sheldon Fox, Michelle
Fox Robinson, Julia Renfro,
Kayla Renfro, Adam Renfro,
Garrell Brinkley, Bo Brinkley,
Josh Stevens, Cody Stevens,
Ashley Cook, Daniel Stevens,
Emily Young and Brandi Young;
great-grandchildren: Kennedy
Stevens, Addlynn Stevens, Billie Jo Gurley, Junior Gurley,
Ethan Fox, Abbey Fox, Dakota
Luckadoo, Maylee Fox, Ava
Fox, Joanna Robinson, Hannah
Robinson, William Robinson,
Kiley Pate, Zayden McDowell, Timothy Owen Renfro,
Ryder Gurley, Garrett Brinkley,
Mackynzie Brinkley, Delylah
Brinkley and Connor Brinkley.
Several nieces and nephews also
survive.
Funeral Services were held
at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February
18th in the Chapel of Yancey
Funeral Services. Rev. Matthew
Robinson officiated. Burial followed in the Boone Cemetery
on Upper Browns Creek Road.
The family would like to
say a special thank you to Hospice of Yancey County for the
wonderful care given to Emma
Jane. To send online condolences, please visit our website
at www.yanceyfuneralservice.
com.
Easter Egg Sale
orders taken by
Church of God of
Prophecy
The Easter Egg Sale has
begun for the delicious 8 oz.
chocolate covered peanut butter
eggs. This is an annual event
sponsored by The Church of
God of Prophecy located on
Meadow Road in Burnsville.
Orders are now being taken. Call 828-675-5456 or 828682-2769 to place your order.
Leave a message with your
name, phone number and how
many of these most wonderful
eggs you would like to have.
You will receive a return phone
call to verify your order and
delivery date.
Georgia Gouge
Hall
Georgia Gouge Hall, a
Mountaindale Road resident,
passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at the Kline Hospice House in Mount Airy, MD
after a brief illness. She was 100
years old, born in Celo, Yancey
County, North Carolina in 1915
to the late Martha Blalock and
James Gouge. Five sisters (Susan, Mae, Cordia, Grace Marie,
and Juanita) and five brothers
(Thomas, Newton, Lawrence
"Jack", Benjamin, and James
Herman) predeceased her.
Her late husband, the love
of her life, George Hall passed
away in 1990. They moved to
Frederick in 1958 with their
children and since then she
called Frederick home. All
nine children survive her as
follows: Joyce Shealy (Craig
Alderman, Jr.) of Leesburg,
Virginia; James Hall (Joan)
of Vancouver, Washington;
George "Bud" Hall (Nell) of
Clover, South Carolina; Patricia Heintzman (Tom) of West
Lawn, Pennsylvania; Monty
Nordin (Roy) of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Sharon Kilcrease
(Tom) of Hereford, Arizona;
Catherine "Kate" Truitt (Roger)
of Raleigh, North Carolina;
Donald "Donny" Hall (Paula)
of Gaithersburg, Maryland; and
Roger Hall of the home address
in Frederick.
She is also survived by
18 grandchildren and 25 great
grandchildren. She is predeceased by a granddaughter,
Hannah Hall and a great granddaughter, Rebecca Massey.
Georgia loved her family
and lately kept in touch with
her dispersed family using smart
phones and tablets. She was a
homemaker from her late teens
until her early 90s when aging
and health issues forced her to
pass on the responsibilities to
her youngest son Roger. It was
only at this time that she could
sit and enjoy her bird feeders
and TV westerns. She was a
quilter, gardener, and always
ready for an adventure from a
baseball spring training visit
in South Florida to an autumn
ride in the beautiful Catoctin
Mountains. Georgia cooked
from scratch her whole life;
breakfast biscuits and jam were
a delicious treat for all who
came to her table, especially
for her grandchildren. Also, she
knew all the steps in running a
tobacco farm from personal experience in the North Carolina
mountains. Her hands and arms
remained strong throughout her
advancing years in part from the
manual nature of tobacco farming. She will be deeply missed
by her family and friends.
The memorial service was
held at 3:00 pm on Saturday,
February 20, 2016 at the Chapel
Mausoleum of Resthaven Memorial Gardens, 9501 Catoctin
Mountain Highway, Frederick,
MD. with interment following at
Resthaven Memorial Gardens.
Condolences and other expressions of sympathy may be
sent to Resthaven Funeral Services, 9501 Catoctin Mountain
Hwy., Frederick, MD 21701.
Community
Lenten Services
The Burnsville area churches will again be sponsoring
ecumenical Lenten services
Wednesdays in Lent at noon
(please note there is no service
planned for Wednesday, March
9). The worship services are
designed to last 30 minutes,
and will be followed by a soup
luncheon.
Pleas join us. Everyone
is welcome to attend. Feb.
24 at Bald Creek UMC with
Tommy James from First BapChamber Singers at Higgins UMC
tist. March 2 at First Baptist
Friday, March 11th at 6:30 the Highpoint University with Joe Bennett from Yancey
Chamber Singers will present a FREE concert at Higgins Hospice. March 16 at Higgins
United Methodist Church in the Sanctuary. Mark your UMC with Brad Hinton from
calendars for a great evening of music.
Windom UMC.
Yancey Common Times Journal- -February 24, 2016--Page 9
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PRIMARY
ELECTION
YANCEY, NORTH
CAROLINA
A primary election will be
held on March 15, 2016 in
Yancey County to vote on
the candidates for the offices
of US PRESIDENT (REP),
(DEM) and (LIB), US SENATE
(REP), (DEM), US HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
D I S T R I C T 11 ( D E M ) ,
NC GOVERNOR (REP)
and(DEM), NC LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR (DEM), NC
AT T O R N E Y G E N E R A L
(REP) & (DEM), NC
COMMISSIONER OF
A G R I C U LT U R E ( R E P ) ,
NC COMMISSIONER OF
INSURANCE (REP), NC
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
(DEM), NC SECRETARY
O F S TAT E ( R E P ) , N C
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(REP) & (DEM), NC
TREASURER (DEM), NC
STATE SENATE DISTRICT
47 (DEM), NC HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
D I S T R I C T 11 8 ( D E M ) ,
YA N C E Y C O U N T Y
REGISTER OF DEEDS (DEM),
BOARD OF EDUCATION 3
seats (ALL BALLOTS) AND
CONNECT NC PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENT BOND
(ALL BALLOTS)
Most voters will be asked
to present acceptable photo
identification when presenting
to vote in person at the polls,
with exceptions for voters who
are unable to obtain acceptable
photo identification, have a
religious objection to being
photographed, or are victims
of a natural disaster. The
acceptable forms of photo
identification are a NC Driver’s
L i c e n s e o r D M V- i s s u e d
Identification Card (expired
up to four years), US Passport
or Passport Card (unexpired),
Military ID Card or Veterans
Affairs ID Card (unexpired, if
there is an expiration date), and
certain Tribal
Enrollment Cards. VOTERS
WHO ARE UNABLE TO
OBTAIN ONE OF THESE
FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION
M AY S T I L L V O T E I F
THEIR INABILITY IS
DUE TO A REASONABLE
IMPEDIMENT such as
a lost or stolen ID, lack of
transportation, illness or
disability, a lack of proper
documents, work schedule,
and others. These voters may
vote a provisional ballot after
completing a Reasonable
Impediment Declaration and
providing an alternate form of
identification or the last four
digits of their social security
number and their date of birth.
Acceptable alternate forms
of identification for voters
who complete a Reasonable
Impediment Declaration
include their voter registration
card or a current utility bill,
paycheck, government check,
bank statement, or other
government document bearing
the voter’s name and current
address. Alternative voting
options are available for voters
who do not present acceptable
photo identification for a
reason other than a reasonable
impediment to obtaining
one. Voters who use curbside
voting may also present one
of the alternative forms of
identification described above.
No identification is required
to vote an absentee ballot
by mail. Free Identification
Cards for registered voters
are available from the NC
DMV. For assistance with
obtaining acceptable photo
identification for voting or for
more information on exceptions
and alternative voting options,
contact the NC State Board of
Elections voter outreach team
toll-free at 1-866-522-4723 or
visit www.VoterID.nc.gov.
Polls will be open from 6:30
a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Election
Day. One-stop early voting
will be held at the Yancey
County Board of Elections
office located at 30 East US
Hwy 19E By-Pass, beginning
March 3, 2016 at 6:00 am and
ending at 1:00 p.m. on March
12, 2016. One-stop early voting
hours are March 3rd 6:00 am 7:00 pm, March 4th 7:00 am
- 8:00 pm, March 5th 9:00 am
- 3:00 pm, March 6th CLOSED,
March 7th 6:00 am - 6:30 pm,
March 8th 8:00 am - 8:30 pm,
March 9th 6:00 am - 6:30 pm,
March 10th 8:00 am - 8:30 pm,
March 11th 6:00 am - 8:00 pm,
March 12th 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.
Canvass Day will be held in
the Yancey County Board of
Elections office on March 22,
2016 at 11:00 am.
Absentee ballots are allowed.
Requests for an absentee ballot
must be made on a State Board
of Elections Absentee Request
Form, available at the Yancey
County Board of Elections
office, and must be received
back in the Yancey County
Board of Elections office by
5:00 p.m. on March 8, 2016.
Completed absentee ballots
must be returned to the Yancey
County Board of Elections by
5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016
or postmarked on March 15,
2016.
All residents of Yancey
County who are registered to
vote with the Yancey County
Board of Elections may vote
in this election. Voters who
are previously registered
need not re-register for this
election. THOSE VOTERS
WHO ARE REGISTERED
UNAFFILIATED MAY VOTE
IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION
. Unaffiliated voters will be
given a choice of ballot at the
polling places. Those residents
of Yancey County who are not
registered to vote must register
on or
before Friday, February 19th,
2016 by 5:00 pm in order to
be eligible to vote on Election
Day. Those voters who are not
registered by Friday, February
19th, 2016 may register and vote
during one stop early voting
only , and will be required
to provide documentation of
their identity and residence.
Voters who wish to change their
party affiliation or who have
changed their name or address
must update this information
by February 19th, 2016. Name
changes or an inside precinct
address changes can be done
at any polling location. If the
address change results in a
precinct change it has to be
done by February 19th or during
One-Stop voting. Failure to do
so may require the voter to vote
a provisional ballot.
Persons with questions about
registration, location of polling
places, absentee ballots, early
voting at One-Stop location
or other election matters may
call the Yancey County Board
of Elections Office at 828-6823950 Monday thru Friday.
Duane Cassida, Chairman
Yancey County Board of
Elections
Published February 3, 10, 17,
24, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
Polling Place Buffer zones
for Yancey County Polling
Places
The following is a list of
Yancey County polling places
and a description of each buffer
zone in which Election Day
electioneering is allowed.
Buffer zones are designated in
accordance with G.S. § 163166.4(a), by the county board
of elections. Where practical
set limit of the zone is 50 feet
from the door of entrance to the
voting place, measured when
that door is closed, but in no
event is the limit at more than 50
feet or at less than 25 feet.
The poll workers will mark
buffer zones on Election Day
with No Campaigning or
Electioneering signs.
Burnsville:
Located at Burnsville
Elementary School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the front door of the
building
Cane River:
Located at Bald Creek
Elementary School
Electioneering is allowed
50 ft from the back door of the
cafeteria door
Egypt:
Locate at Bee Log Elementary
School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the Cafeteria door
Ramsey Town:
Located at Ramsey Town Fire
Department
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the side entrance door
Green Mountain:
Located at Green Mountain
Voting House
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from front entrance
Jacks Creek:
Located at Clearmont
Elementary School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the back entrance
Brush Creek:
Located at the Brush Creek
Community Building
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the front door
Crabtree:
Located at Micaville Elementary
School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the front door
South Toe:
Located at South Toe Elementary
School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the back entrance
Pensacola:
Located at Pensacola Fire
Department
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the side entrance
Prices Creek:
Located at Cane River Middle
School
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the main front entrance
One-Stop:
Located at Yancey County
Board of Election Office
30 East US HWY 19E ByPass, Suite #2, Burnsville, NC
Electioneering is allowed 50
ft from the main entrance
Duane Cassida, Chairman
Yancey County Board of
Elections.
Published February 3, 10, 17,
24, 2016.
LEGAL NOTICE
YANCEY COUNTY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
NOTICE OF CHANGE
IN TIME OF ABSENTEE
MEETINGS AND
ADDITIONAL MEETINGS
The following is a notice
of change in time of absentee
meeting & additional absentee
meeting in which the Yancey
County Board of Elections
will meet (if necessary) to
approve the application for
absentee ballots for the Primary
Election to be held on March
15, 2016. Meeting will be
held at the Yancey County
Board of Elections, 30 East US
Hwy 19E By- Pass, Burnsville,
NC 28714, pursuant to G.S. §
163.230.1(c1). Other business
may be transacted by the board
at this time.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
at 2:00 pm
Thursday, February 25th,
2016 at 2:00 pm
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 at
2:00 pm
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
at 2:00 pm
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 at
2:00 pm
Thursday, March 10th, 2016
at 2:00 pm
Monday, March 14th, 2016
at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
at 2:00 pm
Monday, March 21st, 2016
at 6:00 pm
William Duane Cassida,
Chairman
Yancey County Board of
Elections
Published February 3, 10, 17,
24, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
15 SP 84
NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
YANCEY COUNTY
Under and by virtue of a
Power of Sale contained in that
certain Deed of Trust executed
by Mark R. Austin and Lisa P.
Austin to Robert A. Phillips,
Trustee(s), which was dated
October 25, 2013 and recorded
on October 25, 2013 in Book
699 at Page 324, Yancey County
Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made
of the note thereby secured by
the said Deed of Trust and the
undersigned, Trustee Services
of Carolina, LLC, having been
substituted as Trustee in said
Deed of Trust, and the holder
of the note evidencing said
default having directed that the
Deed of Trust be foreclosed,
the undersigned Substitute
Trustee will offer for sale at
the courthouse door of the
county courthouse where the
property is located, or the
usual and customary location
at the county courthouse for
conducting the sale on March 1,
2016 at 1:00PM, and will sell to
the highest bidder for cash the
following described property
situated in Yancey County,
North Carolina, to wit:
BEING that certain tract
or parcel of land lying in the
Town of Burnsville, Burnsville
Township, Yancey County, North
Carolina and more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING on an iron
stake located S 22 03 11 E
47.33 feet from the southern
corner of a one story dwelling
house located on the property
herein described and further
being located in the right of
way margin of a public road;
thence running N 27 16 40 W
159.64 feet to an iron stake;
thence N 53 21 53 E 64.91 feet
to an iron stake; thence N 78 01
56 E 114.06 feet to a point in
the right of way of Indian Trail
Road; thence with that road as
follows: S 05 41 04 E 27.54 feet;
thence in a curving direction
with the following coordinates:
Chord Bearing = S 01 17 49 W
72.12 feet; Arc = 72.30; Radius
= 296.69 feet; thence running
in a curving direction with the
following coordinates: Chord
Bearing = S 27 43 11 W 57.08
feet; Arc = 58.19 feet; Radius
= 85.74 feet; thence with the
public road as follows: S 47 09
40 W 85.83 feet; thence leaving
the road and running N 27 16
40 W 4.63 feet to the point of
BEGINNING, containing 0.49
acre and being Tract 1 and 2 as
shown on a map prepared by
Keen Surveying, RLS # L-2991
and designated as Map File No.
89-304-L-S.
SUBJECT TO the right of
way of Indian Trail to its full
legal width.
Being the same premises
conveyed from John Allen
and wife Marjorie Allen to
William Ray Allen and wife
Susan S Allen by deed dated 1
December, 1989 and recorded 5
December, 1989 in Deed Book
220, Page 671 in the Yancey
County Deed Registry.
Save and except any releases,
deeds of release or prior
conveyances of record.
Said property is commonly
known as 109 Indian Trail,
Burnsville, NC 28714.
A cash deposit (no personal
checks) of five percent (5%)
of the purchase price, or
Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars
($750.00), whichever is greater,
will be required at the time
of the sale. Following the
expiration of the statutory upset
bid period, all the remaining
amounts are immediately due
and owing. THIRD PARTY
PURCHASERS MUST PAY
THE EXCISE TAX AND THE
RECORDING COSTS FOR
THEIR DEED.
Said property to be offered
pursuant to this Notice of Sale
is being offered for sale, transfer
and conveyance “AS IS WHERE
IS.” There are no representations
of warranty relating to the title
or any physical, environmental,
health or safety conditions
existing in, on, at, or relating to
the property being offered for
sale. This sale is made subject
to all prior liens, unpaid taxes,
any unpaid land transfer taxes,
special assessments, easements,
rights of way, deeds of release,
and any other encumbrances or
exceptions of record. To the
best of the knowledge and belief
of the undersigned, the current
owner(s) of the property is/are
Mark R. Austin and wife, Lisa
P. Austin.
An Order for possession of the
property may be issued pursuant
to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the
purchaser and against the party
or parties in possession by the
clerk of superior court of the
county in which the property is
sold. Any person who occupies
the property pursuant to a
rental agreement entered into
or renewed on or after October
1, 2007, may, after receiving
the notice of sale, terminate the
rental agreement by providing
written notice of termination to
the landlord, to be effective on
a date stated in the notice that
is at least 10 days, but no more
than 90 days, after the sale date
contained in the notice of sale,
provided that the mortgagor has
not cured the default at the time
the tenant provides the notice
of termination [NCGS § 4521.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination
of a rental agreement, the tenant
is liable for rent due under
the rental agreement prorated
to the effective date of the
termination.
If the trustee is unable to
convey title to this property for
any reason, the sole remedy of
the purchaser is the return of
the deposit. Reasons of such
inability to convey include,
but are not limited to, the filing
of a bankruptcy petition prior
to the confirmation of the sale
and reinstatement of the loan
without the knowledge of the
trustee. If the validity of the sale
is challenged by any party, the
trustee, in their sole discretion,
if they believe the challenge
to have merit, may request the
court to declare the sale to be
void and return the deposit. The
purchaser will have no further
remedy.
Trustee Services of Carolina,
LLC
Substitute Trustee
Brock & Scott, PLLC
Attorneys for Trustee Services
of Carolina, LLC
5431 Oleander Drive Suite
200
Wilmington, NC 28403
PHONE: (910) 392-4988
FAX: (910) 392-8587
File No.: 15-24806-FC01
Published February 17, 24,
2016
LEGAL NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT
DIVISION
YANCEY COUNTY
FILE NO. 12-CVD-233
NOTICE OF SERVICE
OF PROCESS BY
PUBLICATION
COUNTY OF YANCEY
Plaintiff,
vs.
ALPHONSO S.
MILLIGAN, et al
Defendants.
TO: ALPHONSO S.
MILLIGAN and spouse,
ANGEL D. MILLIGAN, and
any HEIRS, ASSIGNS or
DEVISEES of ALPHONSO
S. MILLIGAN and spouse,
ANGEL D. MILLIGAN
A pleading seeking relief
against you has been filed in
the above-entitled action and
notice of service of process by
publication began on February
10, 2016.
The nature of the relief
being sought is as follows:
Foreclosure on tax parcel(s)
more completely described
in the Complaint, to collect
delinquent ad valorem taxes
(assessments). Plaintiff seeks
to extinguish any and all claim
or interest that you may have in
said property.
You are required to make
defense to such pleading not
later than forty (40) days after
the date of the first publication
of notice stated above, exclusive
of such date, being forty (40)
days after February 10, 2016,
or by March 21, 2016, and upon
your failure to do so, the party
seeking service of process by
publication will apply to the
Court for relief sought.
This the 30th day of January,
2016.
MARK D. BARDILL
Attorney for Plaintiff
310 W. Jones St.
P. O. Box 25
Trenton, North Carolina
28585
(252) 448-4541
February 10, 17, 24, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix
of the Estate of Johnny Wayne
Huffman of Yancey County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all persons and corporations
having claims against the Estate
of said deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 3rd day of April 2016 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 3rd day of February
2016.
Misty R. Huffman
36 Murphy Branch Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 3, 10, 17,
24, 2016
Volunteers needed
LEGAL NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE GENERAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT
DIVISION
YANCEY COUNTY
FILE NO. 13-CVD-81
NOTICE OF SERVICE
OF PROCESS BY
PUBLICATION
COUNTY OF YANCEY
Plaintiff,
vs.
MOSES LEDFORD, et al
Defendants.
TO: MOSES LEDFORD
and spouse, if any, and
any HEIRS, ASSIGNS or
DEVISEES of MOSES
LEDFORD and spouse, if
any, or any other person or
entity claiming thereunder
A pleading seeking relief
against you has been filed in
the above-entitled action and
notice of service of process by
publication began on February
17, 2016.
The nature of the relief
being sought is as follows:
Foreclosure on tax parcel(s)
more completely described
in the Complaint, to collect
delinquent ad valorem taxes
(assessments). Plaintiff seeks
to extinguish any and all claim
or interest that you may have in
said property.
You are required to make
defense to such pleading not
later than forty (40) days after
the date of the first publication
of notice stated above, exclusive
of such date, being forty (40)
days after February 17, 2016,
or by March 28, 2016, and upon
your failure to do so, the party
seeking service of process by
publication will apply to the
Court for relief sought.
This the 5th day of February,
2016.
MARK D. BARDILL
Attorney for Plaintiff
310 W. Jones St.
P. O. Box 25
Trenton, North Carolina
28585
(252) 448-4541
February 17, 24, March 2,
2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of Joe Pate
Curtis of Yancey County County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons and corporations
having claims against the Estate
of said deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 12th day of May 2016 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 10th day of February
2016.
Emmite E. Curtis
42 Curtis Lane
Burnsville, NC 28714
Dale L. Curtis
55 Curtis Lane
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 10, 17, 24,
March 2, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Judy Lynn
Ray-Lackey of Yancey County
County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons and corporations having claims against
the Estate of said deceased to
present them to the undersigned
on or before the 12th day of
May 2016 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate please make immediate
payment.
This the 10th day of February
2016.
Amy Ray George
105 Mandy Cove Road
Mars Hill, NC 28754
Published February 10, 17, 24,
March 2, 2016
Times Journal Deadline
Deadline for newscopy,
Meals on Wheels needs pictures, classified advertisevolunteers.Call 682-6011.
ments is 12:00 on Friday.
Page 10 --Yancey Common Times Journal--February 24, 2016
FOR SALE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix
of the Estate of Ruby M. Ingram of Yancey County County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons and corporations
having claims against the Estate
of said deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 12th day of May 2016 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 10th day of February
2016.
Diane Adams
859 Bolens Creek Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 10, 17, 24,
March 2, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix
of the Estate of Ned Ewart Wilson of Yancey County County,
North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons and corporations
having claims against the Estate
of said deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 12th day of May 2016 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 10th day of February
2016.
Marjorie Wilson
194 Garden Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 10, 17, 24,
March 2, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executrix
of the Estate of Georgia Lorene
Harris of Yancey County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all
persons and corporations having claims against the Estate of
said deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or before
the 3rd day of April 2016 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 3rd day of February
2016.
Kimberly H. Bryant
53 Flagstone Drive
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 3, 10, 17,
24, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of
the Estate of Sherman Fox of
Yancey County County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all
persons and corporations having claims against the Estate of
said deceased to present them to
the undersigned on or before the
12th day of May 2016 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 10th day of February
2016.
Randy S. Fox
223 Blue Rock Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
Published February 10, 17, 24,
March 2, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
RESOLUTION OF
THE YANCEY COUNTY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
CONCERNING THE
COUNTING OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
On Monday, December 21st,
2015, the Yancey County Board
of Elections met at the Board
of Elections Office, Burnsville,
North Carolina and adopted the
following resolution:
B E I T R E S O LV E D b y
the Yancey County Board of
Elections that:
1. The Yancey County Board
of Elections shall meet at 2:00
pm Election Day, Tuesday,
March 15th, 2016 at the Board
of Elections Office at 30 East US
Hwy 19E By-Pass, Burnsville,
NC 28714, to count and total
absentee ballots.
2. Any voter of the county
may attend this meeting and
may observe the count.
3. The results of the absentee
ballot count will not be
announced before 7:30 pm when
the polls close on that day.
William Duane Cassida,
Chairman
Gary Boone, Secretary
Kim Simpson, Member
Yancey County Board of
Elections
Published February 24,
March 2, 9, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
NONDISCRIMINATORY
POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Yancey County Christian
School admits students of any
race, color, national and ethic
origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities
generally accorded or made
available to students at the
school. It does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational
policies, admissions policies,
scholarship and loan programs,
athletic and other school-administered programs.
Administrator
Logan Buchanan
Published February 24, 2016
HEALTH & REHABILITATION
Full Time, Part Time
and PRN positions
available immediately:
EMPLOYMENT
Brian Center of Weaverville
is now hiring RNs, LPNs,
CNAs and Nurse Managers
for all shifts
Please contact
Heather or Cindy at
(828)645-4297
Brian Center of Weaverville
218 Laurel Creek Ct. Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Phone: 828-765-7312 Fax: 828-765-7295
226224
CNA (RCS) LPN RN
is now hiring an
Activities Assistant
Please contact
Meredith Ivy at
(828)645-4297
EMPLOYMENT
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EOE
Part time employment at
Mitchell-Yancey Habitat
for Humanity, It is for
volunteer Coordinator
20 hours per month at
$10.00 per hour.Must
have experience and be
willing to work in a group
setting. Apply in person
at the Mitchell-Yancey
Habitat for Humanity
ReStore at 563 Oak
Avenue, Spruce Pine, N.C.
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE GENERAL
COURT OF JUSTICE,
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
SUPERIOR COURT
DIVISION
ADMINISTRATOR/
EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of
the Estate of Mary Geneva Deyton of Yancey County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all
persons and corporations having claims against the Estate of
said deceased to present them to
the undersigned on or before the
22nd day of May 2016 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate please
make immediate payment.
This the 25 day of February
2016.
Douglas A. Deyton
960 Wykshire Ct.
Whitsett, NC 27377
Published February 25,
March 2, 9, 16, 2016
LEGAL NOTICE
RESOLUTION OF
THE YANCEY COUNTY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS
CONCERNING THE
OPENING AND RUNNING
THROUGH THE DS200 OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS
On Monday, December 21st,
2015, the Yancey County Board
of elections met at the Board of
Elections Office, Burnsville,
North Carolina and adopted the
following resolution:
B E I T R E S O LV E D b y
the Yancey County Board of
Elections that:
1. The Yancey County Board
of Elections shall at every
absentee meeting open and run
through the DS200 tabulator
set aside for absentee ballots
all approved ballots from that
meeting.
2. The totals will not be run
until 2:00 PM March 15th,
2016 and the totals will not be
released to the public until 7:30
PM when the polls close.
William Duane Cassida,
Chairman
Gary Boone, Secretary
Kim Simpson, Member
Yancey County Board of
Elections
Published February 24, March
2, 9, 2016
EMPLOYMENT
RN/LPN- Hospice And
Palliative Care Of The
Blue Ridge. Full Time
With Benefits, Part Time
No Benefits. Call 765-5677
For More Information.
Ask For Beverly.
RENTAL SPACE
Commercial Rental Space
Cross Street Commerce
Center in Spruce Pine
has newly renovated
spaces for rent. There
are three spaces that
range from 400’ to 4000’.
Private and community
bathrooms and kitchenettes.We have a court
yard with water feature
and 7000 square foot
ballroom for parties.
We have a 3500 square
foot bar room for private
parties with large screen
projector TV. Utilities
included in rent. Call
765-1801 or 765-9700
for more information and
pricing.
Buying or Selling Yancey Land?
call ROBERT TOWE
~Experienced Acreage Specialist~
NEW TO YOU FURNITURE:
Specializing
in
quality
used furniture, antiques,
gift items. American-made
recycled items at their best.
We buy, sell and trade. 601
East Main Street, Burnsville,
NC 28714. (828)682-9354.
Open Tuesday - Saturday.
DAD’S STORE, 2113 Shoal
Creek Road, 2 miles up on
left. Old magazines, books,
radios,
windup
record
players, 78-45-33 records,
old toys, record players,
many other items too many
to list. Open Mon-Sat 10am
till 4pm. Call 765-3035 or
828-284-0294 to be sure
we’re there.
Pd3-5un
REAL
ESTATE
FOR SALE: In town
Bungalow with mtn. views.
2-3 bedrooms, hardwood
floors, 1080 sq. ft. Remodeled
in 2009, dry walk-out
basement. Large back yard
with garden. Parking, front
& back. $94,000. Move-in
ready. John Buzenberg with
Beverly Hanks Realtors.
WNC AUTO PARTS, LLC, 828-284-2230.
specializing
in
Toyota pd3-9
Trucks, 4Runners, and parts
for both, years 79-02. Will
buy and pick up the same if
you have available. Contact
FOR RENT: Nice 1 and
Jimmy at 828-231-5715.
2 bedroom apartments in
Mention this ad and get 20%
Burnsville. Refrig. and stove.
off.
3 bedroom house. Call 682#7639/11-24-10un
4456.
#4916/6-20-09un
YE
OLDE
COUNTRY
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COMMERCIAL SPACE bulk foods. Butter, cheese,
1400 sq. ft., Burnsville city
spices, jams and snacks.
limits, great location, high
Folk art prints. Bread making
traffic area. 682-4456 or
ingredients and many new
284-0849.
products. 7 South Main
#4916/8-17-11un
Street, 678-9900.
FOR RENT
FIREWOOD FOR SALE:
Split seasoned - you load
it $85 for pickup truck load;
$125 for pickup truck load
delivered; $250 for ton truck
delivered. Steve Robinson,
682-7313 or 284-0381.
#6144/8-26un
FIREWOOD FOR SALE:
$110 half-ton truck. $65 S10
truck. Delivered within 8
miles. Call Marco 208-3763
or Juan 284-4327.
FOR SALE: Set of 5 Jeep
Wrangler wheels & tires.
Size 255-70R18. Came off
2013 Jeep. $500 for all. 6754999 or 208-4214.
#6124/7/1-13un
NEED TO RENT NEW or
used furniture, appliances,
computers,
TV,
DVD/
VCR? Call 766-8775. Free
delivery.
#1685/5-5un
FOR RENT: Under new
management. 2 bed. apart.
for rent close to US 19,
Burnsville. Tel. 828-4246437. $450 month plus $400
security deposit.
#1039/4-1-15un
FOR RENT: One bedroom
one bathroom apartment in
town. $450. Call 208-2001.
#3122/2-24
FOR RENT: 24x60 mobile
home, 3 bedroom 2 bath,
central heat & air. Private
RATHBURN’S FIREWOOD
lot. Available. Call 828-678- All quality hard wood.
9081.
Affordable prices. Dump
pd2-24
truck $200, 3/4 ton $100.
We have wood year round.
FOR RENT: Nice 14x70
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2289, 828-682-7092.
heat/AC, refrigerator, stove,
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HUD approved.
Creek. No pets. $450 +
deposit & references. Can
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be HUD approved. 682Call 682-3166
3835.
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home or investment
property. $89,000
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Please call us at
Farms, Forest Land, Retreats
Mtn. Acreage, Inc. 828-253-7055
FOR
SALE:
Roland
synthesizer/keyboard (EM303). 128 tones, 64 music
styles, built-in amp and
speakers. Owner’s manual
& instructional materials
included. Gently used. $350.
682-6854.
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(828) 682-6166
EAGLE RIDGE RETREAT
Three bedrooms, two baths,
sleeps eight, two TVs and
internet hookup.
7EEKY2ENTs-ONTHLY2ENT
MOUNTAIN VACATION RENTALS
Kelly Dean 888-743-0258
FOR RENT
On Jekyll Island, GA
“Emerald Cottage” or “Turtle Nest Cottage”
both near the beach.
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Volunteers needed
Meals on Wheels needs
WATSON
PAINTING
- volunteers to deliver meals. any
!FFORDABLEQUALITYRESIDENTIAL weekday from 10:30 to noon to
PAINTING SERVICE $ECK Yancey County’s shut-ins.
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Old Burnsville
Gym Schedule
Times Journal
Deadline
Deadline for newscopy,
pictures, classified advertisements is 12:00 on Friday for
Wednesday’s publication. Copy
should be brought by the office
located at 22 North Main Street
or mailed to Times Journal, 22
North Main Street, Burnsville,
N.C. 28714.
Monday thru Friday
8:30 to 10:00am - Walkers
10:00am to 12noon - Open Gym
12noon to 1:30pm - Walkers
1:30pm - 4:00pm - Open Gym
LAND
SURVEYING
(828) 682-3404
405 East Main St. brick house
Next to Aldrige Eye Assoc. ◆
PO BOX 1452
BURNSVILLE, NC 28714
JIM HUGHES, P.L.S.
ALAN WRIGHT
BACKHOE SERVICE
Septic Tank & Reservoir
Installation
Any type of backhoe work
or hauling
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Call 682-6751
Pensacola Rd.
Burnsville
MARCO’S LAWN CARE
7E WEEDEAT MULCH
UNDERBRUSH LANDSCAPING
TREE TRIMMING AND DO ALL
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"ONDED &OR ANY QUESTIONS
call 828-208-3763.
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Isaac R. Bailey, Area Rep.
Sales & Service
Aerus - Electrolux
Vacuum Cleaners
Genuine Parts
Repairs - Supplies
Phone: 682- 2834 day or night
DAVID’S DOORS
~ Garage Door Specialist ~
Residential • Commercial
Garage Doors & Openers
All
types
of Tree
Work
Views
Trimming
Topping
Chipping
Fully
Insured
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Estimates
“We will beat
any other
estimate!”
828-284-6626
H&H Hauling
828-208-9948
675-9107
~ David Farrell ~
Calls returned within 24 hrs.
Want to Buy
JUNK VEHICLES
any condition -- no title needed!
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I pay cash money!
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MULCH hauled by
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Used Guardrails 13ft. long
CLEAR CUT
TREE
SERVICE
SALES • SERVICE
INSTALLATIONS
Berl Thomas
(828) 675-4641
777-5848
4x4 ton truck load
Cross Ties
6 DAYS
A WEEK!
by appointment
MARC BUCHANAN
GRADING & TRUCKING
1348 Three Quarter Creek Rd., Burnsville
Backhoe • Dozer • Trackhoe
Dump Truck
“Quality
Service for
over
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Joey Hylemon,
Owner
Best Price on Your Hauling Needs
including
Gravel, Dirt, Sand and Mulch!
Also Small Trackhoe Work
including
Water Lines, Culverts and Ditching!
Driveways Repaired
and Maintained.
FREE ESTIMATES
Hensley’s Electric
Service
Green Mountain Grading
Grading • Land Clearing • Roads • Septic Tanks
Gravel Hauling
Shannon Deyton
Cell: (828) 284-2121
s5 Years Experience
Free Estimates
McKinney Grading
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“Don’t pay big
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or
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Custom Landscape
Design & Installation
Digital & Cad Designs
Plant Installation & Maintenance
Paver Walks, Patios, & Driveways
Boulder & Stone Work; Walls
Landscape Lighting
Naturalistic Water Features
Lawn Maintenance
www.autreylandscaping.com
828-675-5311
Licensed Designer / Contractor
Page 12--Yancey Common Times Journal--February 24, 2016
Mountain Heritage crowns new Miss
Trillium in ceremonies at the school
Pictured is the cast of Parkway Playhouse’s 2014 Production of The King and I which featured an enormous
cast drawn from across Western NC. Auditions for Parkway Playhouse’s 2016 Season will be held on March 5
and 6 in Burnsville. More information is available on Parkway Playhouse’s website, www.parkwayplayhouse.
com or by calling 828-682-4285.
Parkway Playhouse auditions for 2016 season set
Tatum Anglin was crowned the new Miss Trillium
during halftime on senior night at Mountain Heritage
“Being involved in a inspired drama The Ballad well as sing and participate in hands on opportunities to High School recently. Tatum Anglin was escorted by
play or musical is exciting, of Frankie Silver. Open au- a dance/movement audition, learn about various aspects Ray Anglin. Photos by Keith McCurry
fun, and an unforgettable
experience” says Parkway
Playhouse Artistic Director
Andrew Gall.
“There is something
pretty incredible about the
whole process and people
who get involved, even once,
never forget it.”
Parkway Playhouse is
about to begin casting its
2016 Season, the theatre’s
70th season, and Gall’s 13th
at the helm. The theatre has
over 80 roles to fill in its busy
mainstage season that starts
in May with the sentimental
favorite, Steel Magnolias
and ends in October with
the jazz-aged flash of The
Great Gatsby. In between,
there are two musicals West
Side Story and Little Shop of
Horrors; as well as the screwball comedy You Can’t Take
it with You and the locally
ditions for actors aged 15
and up will be on Saturday
March 5 from 10am to 4pm
and Sunday March 6 from
1pm to 5pm at the Mountain
Heritage Center, located at
113 Green Mountain Drive
in Burnsville.
The auditions are open
to any actors and performers
wishing to be considered for
roles in the theatre’s upcoming mainstage season.
Parkway Playhouse will
also be seeing actors at the
Western North Carolina
Theatre League Auditions
on February 27. (More information about these auditions can be found at www.
unifiedauditions.org).
Auditions on March 5
and 6 will be held on a firstcome first serve basis. Actors
will be asked to read scenes
from the various plays as
if they wish to be considered
for one of the musicals. ( Professional actors are expected
to have prepared material. )
Parkway Playhouse casting
is open to all and no previous experience is required.
Auditionees are encouraged
to read the scripts prior to auditioning and perusal copies
are available at the check-out
desk of the Yancey County
Public Library. Complete
information about auditions,
rehearsal schedules, and
production information can
also be found on Parkway
Playhouse’s website at www.
parkwayplayhouse.com.
Parkway Playhouse will
also be accepting applications for its College Intern
Program and High School
Apprentice Programs.
Interns and Apprentices
who are selected will get
of producing theatre.
Parkway Playhouse, located in Burnsville, NC, and
opened its first production
in 1947. Since then, it has
entertained thousands and
has served as a launching
pad for emerging performing
artists from North Carolina
to hone their skills alongside
accomplished professionals.
Parkway Playhouse alumni
have gone on to remarkable
careers within the performing arts, film, and television;
winning awards such as the
Obie, Emmy, and Tony for
their accomplishments.
2016 Miss Trillium First Runner Up was Danielle
For more information Silver. She was escorted by Dennis Silver.
about Parkway Playhouse,
including performances,
classes, and volunteer opportunities, please call 828-6824285 or visit the Parkway
Playhouse website at www.
parkwayplayhouse.com.
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Savannah Buchanan was escorted by Ken Waldrop.
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"I don't do
Windows!"
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Kaeleigh Griggs was escorted by Randy Griggs.
Penland School discounts
Penland School of Crafts
has open spaces in its upcoming
eight-week session available at
half tuition to area residents.
These long workshops are an
unusual opportunity to spend two
months working with first-rate
instructors in professionallyequpped studios.
The discount is available to
residents in 21 Western North
Carolina counties including
Yancey, Mitchell and Madison.
The session runs from March 13
through May 6.
To enroll, call the Penland
registrar at 828-765-2359, ext
1106.